Andie opened her eyes. She was in a forest, with gigantic plants and flowers around her and trees that looked as if they were miles high. Andie looked at how she was dressed, and let out a gasp. She was wearing a sleeveless yellow jumper with a wide black stripe at the waist.
"Oh my goodness!" Andie thought. "Is it possible?"
Andrea stretched out her arms and jumped into the air. She traveled up for what seemed a foot... and kept going! The girl's heart was pounding like a drum as she soared higher and higher into the air. She was flying!
Andie looked at one of the gigantic trees. She had to know if it was really true! "Oh, boy," she exclaimed to no one in particular, "if I'm wrong this is gonna be the shortest adventure ever!" A second later, she stretched out her left arm, pulled in her right leg, and flew into the tree trunk as fast as she could!
There was no pain as Andie flew into the tree, but there was plenty of wood splintering around her. Andie flew deeper into the wood, effortlessly boring a hole straight through the tree. Barely a second after she'd started, she emerged on the other side.
Andrea hovered in the air, admiring the hole she had made in the gargantuan tree. She could fly! She had super strength and speed!
Andrea realized her wish had come true. She was a Powerpuff Girl!!
Andrea flew into the air, higher and higher, until the forest was a tapestry of green beneath her. She figured she must have been miles above the earth now, but she didn't feel tired or weary for her efforts. Beside the sheer joy of flying, Andie wanted to find Townsville to join her fellow Puffs!
With the help of her telescopic vision, Andie located the Powerpuff's hometown. She figured she'd better hurry: If her time was going to be limited, she couldn't waste it lingering in the forest. Andie flew down until she was just above the treetops, and then headed in the direction of Townsville.
As she flew, Andrea reflected on what she'd seen and done.
Andie thought her yellow uniform complemented her long strawberry-blonde hair nicely. Perhaps yellow wasn't the color she would have chosen, but pink had already been taken; and anyway, she was a Powerpuff Girl! It didn't make sense to gripe over her dress color now.
Andie figured the huge trees must have been giant California redwoods. It made sense; everyone said Townsville on the show was like Los Angeles was in real life. Andie had to reflect that the tree she'd flown through didn't look like the pictures of redwoods she'd seen; and besides, weren't the real giant redwoods in northern California? And what about those giant flowers and plants? Had she stumbled onto a place where Mojo Jojo was growing monster plants with which to attack the Girls?
Andrea decided she could make sense of the trees and flowers later. Right now she had to decide on her Powerpuff name. "Let's see," she thought, "the name has to start with a 'B' and have a double letter in it somewhere..."
The newest Powerpuff Girl was in Townsville in minutes. She located Pokey Oaks Kindergarten and flew down to look in on the Powerpuff Girls and their classmates.
Andie drew near to a window, but stopped suddenly. The window of the building looked hundreds of feet high and twice as long! It was open just a bit at the bottom. Andie headed down to pull it open so she could enter the room. To her surprise, she discovered she could fly through the gap and into the classroom!
The kindergarten was empty; Andie realized school hadn't started yet. Everything looked the way she had seen it on television and in the comics: the desks and blackboards were where they were supposed to be. But it was all so gigantic! She felt as if she was in a room designed for giants.
Andie flew to Miss Keane's desk and found a ruler. Lifting it upright, she leaned it against a vase on the teacher's desk. Then she flew to the base of the ruler and measured herself.
She was only two inches tall!
It all made sense now. The trees weren't giant redwoods at all, they were ordinary trees. The flowers, the window, the classroom... none of them were huge. They only looked that way to Andie because she was so tiny.
"FLORINA!" Andie called out. "Why did you shrink me like this?"
The fairy godmother did not appear, but Andie heard her voice: "Andrea, my dear, I told you my magic has its limits. To send you to Townsville and give you Powerpuff abilities, I had to reduce your size a little."
"A LITTLE?" Andie answered. "I thought you were going to limit my time here! I didn't think you were gonna make me the size of a bug!"
"My dear," Florina's voice continued, "perhaps you are a bit smaller than you were. But don't you remember you wished you could be a Powerpuff Girl, even if you were really little?"
Andie had to admit she was thinking that, although she was thinking of being the size of a small five-year-old and not the size of a small mouse! She also realized that, from Florina's point of view, Andie wasn't really all that small; she probably was about chest-high to the fairy godmother, just as a normal ten-year-old would be to a normal adult. Andie decided that, instead of complaining about things that weren't to her liking, maybe she should enjoy the things that were good.
"Florina," Andie asked, "since I'm so tiny now, does this mean I can stay here longer?"
"Why, yes, my child!" the fairy's voice answered. Andie thought she detected some new joy in the woman's voice, as if she was happy that Andie had accepted her wish. "You may stay here for much longer than just one or two hours. Perhaps you will have a number of exciting adventures with the Powerpuff Girls!"
"There's just one problem, fairy godmother," Andie added.
"What is that, my dear?"
"If I'm gonna be this size, I think I'll have to find a better name than Battledroid!"
"Oh my goodness!" Andie thought. "Is it possible?"
Andrea stretched out her arms and jumped into the air. She traveled up for what seemed a foot... and kept going! The girl's heart was pounding like a drum as she soared higher and higher into the air. She was flying!
Andie looked at one of the gigantic trees. She had to know if it was really true! "Oh, boy," she exclaimed to no one in particular, "if I'm wrong this is gonna be the shortest adventure ever!" A second later, she stretched out her left arm, pulled in her right leg, and flew into the tree trunk as fast as she could!
There was no pain as Andie flew into the tree, but there was plenty of wood splintering around her. Andie flew deeper into the wood, effortlessly boring a hole straight through the tree. Barely a second after she'd started, she emerged on the other side.
Andrea hovered in the air, admiring the hole she had made in the gargantuan tree. She could fly! She had super strength and speed!
Andrea realized her wish had come true. She was a Powerpuff Girl!!
Andrea flew into the air, higher and higher, until the forest was a tapestry of green beneath her. She figured she must have been miles above the earth now, but she didn't feel tired or weary for her efforts. Beside the sheer joy of flying, Andie wanted to find Townsville to join her fellow Puffs!
With the help of her telescopic vision, Andie located the Powerpuff's hometown. She figured she'd better hurry: If her time was going to be limited, she couldn't waste it lingering in the forest. Andie flew down until she was just above the treetops, and then headed in the direction of Townsville.
As she flew, Andrea reflected on what she'd seen and done.
Andie thought her yellow uniform complemented her long strawberry-blonde hair nicely. Perhaps yellow wasn't the color she would have chosen, but pink had already been taken; and anyway, she was a Powerpuff Girl! It didn't make sense to gripe over her dress color now.
Andie figured the huge trees must have been giant California redwoods. It made sense; everyone said Townsville on the show was like Los Angeles was in real life. Andie had to reflect that the tree she'd flown through didn't look like the pictures of redwoods she'd seen; and besides, weren't the real giant redwoods in northern California? And what about those giant flowers and plants? Had she stumbled onto a place where Mojo Jojo was growing monster plants with which to attack the Girls?
Andrea decided she could make sense of the trees and flowers later. Right now she had to decide on her Powerpuff name. "Let's see," she thought, "the name has to start with a 'B' and have a double letter in it somewhere..."
The newest Powerpuff Girl was in Townsville in minutes. She located Pokey Oaks Kindergarten and flew down to look in on the Powerpuff Girls and their classmates.
Andie drew near to a window, but stopped suddenly. The window of the building looked hundreds of feet high and twice as long! It was open just a bit at the bottom. Andie headed down to pull it open so she could enter the room. To her surprise, she discovered she could fly through the gap and into the classroom!
The kindergarten was empty; Andie realized school hadn't started yet. Everything looked the way she had seen it on television and in the comics: the desks and blackboards were where they were supposed to be. But it was all so gigantic! She felt as if she was in a room designed for giants.
Andie flew to Miss Keane's desk and found a ruler. Lifting it upright, she leaned it against a vase on the teacher's desk. Then she flew to the base of the ruler and measured herself.
She was only two inches tall!
It all made sense now. The trees weren't giant redwoods at all, they were ordinary trees. The flowers, the window, the classroom... none of them were huge. They only looked that way to Andie because she was so tiny.
"FLORINA!" Andie called out. "Why did you shrink me like this?"
The fairy godmother did not appear, but Andie heard her voice: "Andrea, my dear, I told you my magic has its limits. To send you to Townsville and give you Powerpuff abilities, I had to reduce your size a little."
"A LITTLE?" Andie answered. "I thought you were going to limit my time here! I didn't think you were gonna make me the size of a bug!"
"My dear," Florina's voice continued, "perhaps you are a bit smaller than you were. But don't you remember you wished you could be a Powerpuff Girl, even if you were really little?"
Andie had to admit she was thinking that, although she was thinking of being the size of a small five-year-old and not the size of a small mouse! She also realized that, from Florina's point of view, Andie wasn't really all that small; she probably was about chest-high to the fairy godmother, just as a normal ten-year-old would be to a normal adult. Andie decided that, instead of complaining about things that weren't to her liking, maybe she should enjoy the things that were good.
"Florina," Andie asked, "since I'm so tiny now, does this mean I can stay here longer?"
"Why, yes, my child!" the fairy's voice answered. Andie thought she detected some new joy in the woman's voice, as if she was happy that Andie had accepted her wish. "You may stay here for much longer than just one or two hours. Perhaps you will have a number of exciting adventures with the Powerpuff Girls!"
"There's just one problem, fairy godmother," Andie added.
"What is that, my dear?"
"If I'm gonna be this size, I think I'll have to find a better name than Battledroid!"