Bubbles was alone at the lakeside. She didn't need to call out to HIM before everything turned red.

"Had enough of Townsville yet dear?" HIM was laying on an invisible couch resting his cheek on his lobster claw. He looked at Bubbles with an amused smile.

"You tried to play me by ruining all of my relationships," she pointed at HIM, "It was you all along!"

"Bravo, you figured everything out. Have you figured out how to reverse your condition?"

Bubbles' confidence faltered, "Well...no."

HIM giggled, his voice bouncing off imaginary walls, "Have you ever thought that this new you is a good thing? I've always known you were born with great potential," when Bubbles blinked, HIM was sitting in an invisible chair behind her. She whirled around. He was eating from a stem of grapes.

He took a bite of a grape, savoring its taste, "Delicious. As I was saying, what better time to fulfill that potential is now? Blossom is studying across the country and will be for the next couple years, assuming she wants to come back. Buttercup is...well Buttercup." He shrugged her shoulders at that last point.

"Buttercup has brute strength but do you know what I see in you?" his eyes narrowed, "Raw power."

"That rage and anger under that sweet, sweet surface. It can be something powerful. More than any of your sisters." HIM disappeared in a cloud of black smoke. The black smoke quicklys surrounded Bubbles. Bubbles took a fighting stance.

"That's why I chose you, my dear. Not to bully you but to help you," HIM's voice wasn't coming from a particular source. He was there and wasn't' at the same time.

"This was my little experiment. The mixture of the Professor's formula and my blood is what changed your body to hunger for blood. The fangs and the claws are just my special touches," His finger playfully tapped one of his sharp canines.

"Make sure to thank your father for this opportunity-"

"Leave him out of this!" Bubbles fumed, her slitted eyes screamed murder.

"Think about it," HIM ignored Bubbles, "If I gave you this kind of power, imagine all the other powers I can grant you."

"So you can grant me back my previous form-"

"Ah ah, remember the formula that splashed on you altered your very DNA, just like Chemical X. No amount of magic can change that part of you." HIM solidified next to her.

Bubbles shook and hung her head low, "I'm begging you, change me back please...I want things to go back to normal."

"Even if I could change you back, what would I get in return?"

"A chance at World domination of course."

"For yourself, you mean?"

"Well dear, let's change the topic," HIM manifested in front of her with a television monitor in front of her, "Let's talk about an even bigger elephant in the room." Bubbles stared at the screen until a familiar figure flickered. Her eyes widened.

"I spy with my little eye, something green..." HIM drawled out with a smile, tracing Butch's outline on the screen.

"He's not a part of this-"

"Oh yes he is. He chose to be a part of this," HIM waved his hand in a circular motion around Bubbles' face and body to emphasize his meaning.

"I'm not his legal guardian anymore. He's 20. He can take care of himself perfectly well. But I raised him and basically gave birth to him." Bubbles gritted her teeth.

HIM continued, "He's evil. You're good. But now that you're not seen as 'good' in the eyes of the people in Townsville, let's just say he's even more interested in your worth than usual."

Bubbles dashed forward to land a kick at HIM but ended up smashing the television instead. Smoke wafted from the old cable tv box.

She heard HIM's voice from behind, "You sure he's found interest in you because of you? Or this new you? When did he start approaching you exactly? Right, after the transformation."

"Think about it sweetie. I know these boys. I resurrected them and raised them. His expressions may range from a wooden plank to a deranged lunatic but there's more than what meets the eye."

"He's the most...simplest out of the three. His needs are very simple indeed. He likes two things most in this world. Evil and lust."

Bubbles felt something in her chest get crushed to a million pieces, "You're wrong!"

"Am I?" HIM wrapped his arms around Bubbles in a pseudo attempt to console her. "Awww, there there….the truth always hurts."

Bubbles stayed still for a while, "You know what else hurts?"

"Hmm?" Bubbles whirled around a splashed blue liquid in HIM's eyes. He roared in pain and covered his eyes. Bubbles did not hesitate and delivered a barrage of blows to his body.

After what felt like hours, HIM tumbled to the ground. His body physically melting into a black puddle.

Blue swirled the blue liquid in a vial above his form, "Remember? It was a bit of my dad's fault."

HIM must've gone unconscious for the time being. Bubbles had to act fast.

She poured the contents of the vial into HIM's bathtub, mixing with the black liquid. She saw her reflection in the obsidian-like surface.

"Here goes nothing," she took a deep breath and dunked her head under the surface.

Butch sensed someone was standing near the bed and sat up. Bubbles walked towards his side of the bed and gently pulled his head to her stomach. He wrapped his strong arms around her waist and breathed in her smell.

"I did it…" Bubbles whispered and she cradled his head.

It really was the combination of magic and science after all.

Bubbles could tell because so was her hunger for blood and didn't have the nails, eyes, and fangs anymore.

HIM really did purposely change her after all. The vampire transformation and Sedusa, were all a plan to get Bubbles to turn evil, break apart the Powerpuff Girls, destroying the whole world, etc.

Bubbles can smell when breakfast is being cooked and full hungry, eat breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert whenever she wants. All the things she loved in life, she'll never take them for granted again.

But some people still thought she was a hungry, blood-sucking being. Sometimes people asked to see her fangs when she passed by. She ignored them.

The Professor was so disturbed that his work affected his daughters again, so he decided to take time off from his research. Luckily his cohort understood completely and gave their word they would credit Professor Utonium for all his efforts.

Blossom went back to college but promised to visit every week. She really did miss Townsville. Buttercup and Bubbles started to discuss strategies on responses to crimes. They didn't have a perfect system but it worked.

Bubbles was waiting on the sidewalk wearing a blue sundress and a large, floppy sun hat.

Butch brought her an ice cream cone wearing a dark green baseball cap. She savored the creamy, fruity flavor of her favorite breakfast cereal in the form of an ice cream. The ice cream itself was blue and was sprinkled in cereal bits. It made her mouth water.

The sight of Butch also made her blush as he handed it to her. She gave a peck on his cheek for thanks and he looked away with a grunt.

They were walking with Bubble's arm around his. She finished her ice cream in record time.

Bubbles rubbed her fingers together our of nervousness and asked the question that was on her mind, "Can I stay over at your place tonight?"

He looked down at her with wide eyes. "Didn't...think you wanted to take things that fast. But I'm not complaining." He grinned leerily at her.

She playfully pushed him away, "Get your mind out of the gutter, silly. I was thinking if you wanted to make something for dinner with me?"

He chuckled, "Hungry?"

Bubbles beamed, "I could eat a whole cow!"

A/N: I had a lot of fun with this idea and has not been beta read. Thank you for reading!