Buttercup was silent until they landed, practically shooting out of Blossom's arms. Blossom didn't resist the retreat, knowing she owed the girl answers. Buttercup's eyes were wild and drowned in confusion and anger as she rounded on her best friend. She drew herself to her full height, crossing her arms in front of her chest.
"Explain. Now." Blossom ran a hand down her face, suddenly world weary and dead tired. She'd only wanted a normal life, with a normal love and normal problems for the six teens. But with history repeating itself despite the different circumstances, it made her wonder why she showed the three brothers mercy in reincarnating them too.
"Let's go inside. You'll want to sit down for this.
Blossom spent the next few hours explaining their situation.
The girls had been powerful witches in their past life, having been blessed by the Goddesses from birth. However, usually only girls were able to receive such a blessing, since girls were taught to be more open and accepting of the natural world around them. So while boys too had the capacity, more effort was put into raising girls in the hopes they would win a blessing at some point in their life. Only a few were lucky enough to win such favor at birth.
But the boys' father, Mojo, desired power and wealth beyond his station. So, he adopted six children - Brick, Boomer, Butch, Riley, Raiden, and Reed. He tortured all of them, using many inhumane ways to make the boys more compatible with the Gods. While Reed, Riley, and Raiden didn't seem all that compatible but were still capable of wielding magic, Brick, Boomer, and Butch struggled to wield magic but had bodies that were highly compatible. So Mojo switched his tactics. He kept Brick, Boomer, and Butch locked in the basement, and taught the other three summoning magic. He groomed them to be top rate warlocks, filling their heads with promises of greatness. But the boys didn't want greatness. They, like most men in the kingdom, desired the Utonium sisters. They weren't princesses, but they were right below the royal family in terms of power. To win a Utonium was to win fame, fortune, and power over the regions.
The girls, for their part, hadn't been interested in relegating themselves to coming second to a man. They had earned the recognition of their family, becoming employed as part of the royal family's personal guard. They were granted titles and riches for their service.
Blossom met Brick by chance. Brick had managed to escape his captivity, promising to come back for his brothers. She had been patrolling the square when she stumbled on him, passed out behind a dress shop. She'd brought him to the local infirmary, coming back to bring food and water for him. He'd woken up to see her long auburn hair as she'd left, vowing to never forget this kindness.
She ran into him frequently after that, though she never knew he wanted in the square every day for a chance to see her. His intelligence caught her attention unlike any other. He won food for his brothers during their chess games, and she won a genuine friendship.
Since Blossom had been spending more time in town, her sisters had decided to follow her to see why. Bubbles had immediately jumped to romantic conclusions seeing her sister and the red eyed mystery man talking animatedly over a game of checkers. Buttercup had grown bored, deciding to wander around since they were there. She ended up running in to Butch and Boomer, who'd also escaped. Unlike the oldest brother, Butch and Boomer had escaped with the help of Raiden. He'd taken pity on the boys, since unlike his own brothers he had no grudge against his adoptive brothers.
Soon the six were hanging out regularly, or as regularly as the boys could get away. But all things must come to an end. Mojo discovered the boys' escape, locking them up and casting enchantments around them. He moved up the possession ritual, increasing the training of his other three sons.
Riley, Reed, and Raiden met the girls after participating in the tournament to determine who the new witches and warlocks to serve the king would be. After they were chosen, they too began spending time with the girls. They too grew close enough to call each other friends. But everything changed when Reed discovered Blossom had been asking around for Brick. He reported this to Mojo, who brushed it aside. The possession ceremony was finally ready, so he wasn't worried about the girls.
Butch's and Brick's had failed. Mojo, driven mad by the backlash, left Boomer's to the boys. Raiden had been set to sacrifice Boomer when Bubbles, who'd gotten lost on her nightly rounds, overheard the screams and came to investigate. So he'd knocked her out while she'd been focused on the horror happening to Boomer, and chained her to the wall. But before Raiden's ceremony was complete, her sisters interrupted it. Brick and Butch had broken from their captivity thanks to their new powers.
Meanwhile, Mojo had summoned shadow demons to wage war on the capital. Since his plans had been a failure, he'd decided to try taking matters into his own hands. They weren't sure what happened to Raiden, Riley, and Reed in the confusion, but Blossom had been convinced that they had been corrupted by Mojo. If they were given the chance to make their own path, she was sure they'd choose a better one. So when she'd done the reincarnation spell, she'd included them along with the rest of the innocent people who'd lost their lives that day.
Buttercup sat stunned as her brain struggled to process everything she'd been told. Blossom sighed at her lost expression, reaching forward to cup her head in her hands.
"Relax. I'm about to undo the seal on your memories." Buttercup flinched as images flooded her mind's eye. But when she got to Butch's death, she jerked away, wanting desperately to scream in anguish. Unlocking her memories finally identified the reason for the hole in her chest. As tears cascaded down her cheeks, her eyes blazed in hesitant determination.
"So, what do we do now? The boys don't have control of themselves this time. And they have Bubbles." Blossom stood, moving to grab the curtain obscuring the outside world through her bedroom window.
"I don't know. I messed up BC."
"Well obviously. I don't see why you included those idiots too. But what's done is done. We need to get Bubbles back first. We're worry about everything else after that." Blossom's brow furrowed as she frowned. She dropped the curtain and turned away from the window, not convinced that it would be that simple.
"Yeah."
