LAST DAY SURPRISES
PART 2: SUPRISES AND SHOCKS
BY
Sgamer82
Bubbles and Ms. Keane walked out of Ms. Keane's office and went to their respective seats. Bubbles continued to console Blossom and try to convince her that outright revenge was not a very good idea. Blossom refused to listen. Bubbles soon realized she couldn't win and gave up. Buttercup was forced to remain still in the corner, not allowed to make any moves. Everyone eventually took off their graduation caps and gowns and just talked or played with the board games Ms. Keane kept handy for rainy days.
"Ms. Keane must know Buttercup hates sitting still." thought Bubbles.
Soon the lunch bell rang and all of the students, except Buttercup, were allowed to go outside and eat. Buttercup ate her lunch in the corner while Ms. Keane sat at her desk and ate.
On the school's playground, Blossom and Bubbles were in the shade a large tree. Bubbles once again tried to convince Blossom she was doing something bad.
"Bubbles," Blossom began, "Buttercup revealed my underwear to the whole school. I'll never live that down!"
"You were wearing tights! Nobody saw anything! And today's the last day of school!" said Bubbles, in one last attempt to make her seething sister see reason.
What Bubbles didn't realize was that that wasn't what had Blossom so angry. Throughout the Powerpuff Girls' careers as crime fighters Blossom had, with rare exceptions, always remained calm under pressure. And yet, when her graduation gown and skirt were blown up, she'd lost all control and panicked. It was never the act itself that humiliated Blossom, it was her reaction to it. Blossom intended to make Buttercup pay for making her do that.
"I'm still gonna get her back!" Blossom retorted. She then got up and left.
Bubbles just sighed and realized what Ms. Keane had earlier, that the only way to placate Blossom was to let her do whatever it was she wanted to do and hope Buttercup didn't get hurt.
"I don't know who I should feel sorry for." Bubbles said, thinking out loud, "Blossom 'cause'a what happened. Or Buttercup 'cause'a what's gonna happen."
Sandy waited until everyone had come in from lunch before she stood from her desk and spoke to the class.
"Class, I have an announcement to make."
Everyone listened intently, mainly because they thought Ms. Keane was going to tell them how Buttercup, who was still in the corner trying to resist the urge to start fidgeting, would be punished.
"I've decided that instead of finishing the Blarney movie, we're going to spend the rest of the day watching the Polymatrix."
Most of the boys cheered Ms. Keane's decision while a large number of girls just groaned. Buttercup, hearing Sandy's announcement, started to turn around in her seat.
"Buttercup, you're not to look away from that corner for any reason!" Sandy reminded her.
Sandy turned out the lights, popped in the video and hit play.
Bubbles saw Blossom was upset at Ms. Keane said they would watch Polymatrix. Bubbles thought Blossom was probably hoping after all she just went through, she would at least get to see the end of the Blarney movie. Now she seemed sadder than ever.
As the movie ran Bubbles noticed Buttercup trying to peek over her shoulder to try and see the movie, only to look back after a glance by Ms. Keane. Bubbles quietly pointed this out to Blossom, who suddenly got a big grin on her face.
"Don't you get it, Bubbles?" she asked, right before answering her own question, "Right now we're watching a movie that's one of the biggest special effects shows ever, and Buttercup can only listen to it! Hee hee hee hee hee."
Bubbles didn't get it, so she couldn't watch the movie. All Bubbles could think of was that Buttercup had really wanted to see this movie and now she couldn't. Bubbles just got frustrated trying to figure it out. She hoped this whole thing with her sisters would blow over soon.
She hated having to be the sane one.
Buttercup was never so grateful to hear a school bell ring. But after the most agonizing hour and a half of her life she was glad to be able to go home. As soon as school was officially over she bolted out the door and waited for her sisters to arrive. When they did she realized Blossom seemed very angry, Bubbles just looked worried. Buttercup knew she had to do something.
"Um...Blossom..." Buttercup stammered, "I'm really really sorry. I know I..." she stopped as Blossom just floated by and ignored her.
"Fine! Be that way!" exclaimed Buttercup, looking away crossing her arms in a huff.
Bubbles just stood there and let out a sigh.
"Buttercup," she began, "maybe you should wait a while before you apologize. At least until she calms down."
"Forget it!" said Buttercup angrily, "If she doesn't wanna listen I'm not gonna bother!"
"But..." Bubbles tried to get her sister to listen but Buttercup just flew away on her own. Bubbles just hung her head and sighed.
If this didn't blow over soon Bubbles wouldn't be the sane one for very much longer.
Blossom stood at the front door of her house. She didn't want her father knowing something was wrong, not yet anyway. She took a few deep breaths and thought about her favorite Blarney episode. She started smiling at the thought of that episode, the one the Girls had watched when the Mayor had made Mojo Jojo their baby-sitter.
Buttercup landed at the door at just that moment and saw the smile on Blossom's face. Buttercup took this to mean that Professor Utonium knew all about the prank today and Buttercup was going to be in some serious trouble.
Ohhhh, I'm done for. She thought as Blossom walked in the door. Buttercup simply stood at the front step until Bubbles landed next to her.
"Buttercup!" she heard Professor Utonium called. Buttercup winced and entered the house, ready to take whatever the Professor decided to give her for punishment. What Buttercup found inside the house was not at all what she expected.
Buttercup walked in to see the Professor sitting on the couch looking at her a little angrily.
"Um...yeah..." said Buttercup. She saw Blossom standing in front of the couch with the same surprised look that Buttercup surely had on her face. Buttercup didn't even notice Bubbles walk in behind her and gawk at the scene unfolding in front of her.
"Buttercup," Utonium said in a way that made Buttercup start to sweat, "Did you hide my car keys again?"
"Um...yeah..." said Buttercup, with downcast eyes. Secretly relieved that Utonium didn't seem to know what she had done yet.
"I know you like to play these little jokes, but today isn't the time. But I don't really want to punish you today if I can avoid it. So we'll talk about this later." Utonium told her.
"Okay," stammered Buttercup nervously, suddenly wondering how much her father really knew and what he didn't, "Gotta go."
The three girls zipped up the stairs. But were out of earshot when Professor Utonium stood up and shouted.
"Wait, Girls! I forgot to tell you...I had to mess up your room to find my keys."
The Powerpuff Girls walked into their bedroom and noticed everything was in disarray.
"Woah!" exclaimed Blossom, "It looks like a tornado went through here."
"Or a big gust of wind!" said Bubbles.
"Okay, girls, spread and search!" said Blossom.
All three girls zipped about their bedroom and full speed. Buttercup opened the closet door and looked inside. She saw what looked like a big lump under her blankie.
If there's someone using my blanket without permission they're gonna be sorry. She crept up to the blanket silently. She saw what looked like a person underneath.
Of course, what else is it gonna be? she asked herself sarcastically. Buttercup noticed that this person was completely motionless. Not even appearing to breathe.
"Hey. Get up." Buttercup told the figure. But it didn't move. So she walked closer, but along the way stepped on a squeak toy causing a loud squeak to sound throughout the closet. The figure began moving and making a loud clanking and screeching noise. The figure startled Buttercup, causing her to scream.
Bubbles rushed over to her sister and saw what had startled her. Buttercup calmed down and saw the source of her distress too. It was nothing more than a little toy chimpanzee with cymbals lying on its side.
Buttercup felt pretty dumb over acting like such a fool over nothing. She suddenly realized how Blossom felt after Buttercup pulled her prank. Another pang of guilt hit Buttercup right in the gut. She knew she had to take care of this now.
Buttercup just shrugged and floated over to where Blossom was picking up toys. Bubbles was with Blossom but floated off to put away some of the toys when she saw Buttercup coming. Bubbles knew something was gonna happen and she was not about to be caught in the middle.
"Um...Blossom?"
"What?!" Blossom replied angrily.
"Look, I'm sorry 'bout what I did...I didn't mean to embarrass you."
"How can you say that?" Blossom said in an angry whisper, turning to face Buttercup, "You made me cry like a baby in front of the entire school! It's not just that you embarrassed me! You made me act like a fool! I've stood up to monsters, criminals, and supervillains! But you caused me to panic at nothing more than having my skirt blown up over my head!
"You're not getting away with it that easily. I won't tell dad about what you did, and I made sure Ms. Keane won't either. But only because I want to get even with you myself. I want you to feel just like I did!
"Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got a bedroom to clean up."
Blossom floated off, feeling a little better at having gotten out some of her anger. Buttercup watched her go, feeling a little worried because she had never seen Blossom that mad at anybody before.
What have I done? Buttercup asked herself. She knew at that instant that she was going to regret ever playing that prank.
The rest of the afternoon went fairly well. Blossom spent the day pretending as if nothing had happened at all. Buttercup, worried at Blossom's plans and angry at her at the same time, played along, not willing to give Blossom the satisfaction of seeing her sweat.
The Girls played games for a while. Blossom seemed especially competitive today. Doing everything she could to make sure Buttercup lost her games. She'd trip Buttercup during games of tag, peek during hide and seek, she even managed to beat Buttercup in her Hole-Drop video game. Something that almost never happened. Soon, five o'clock came around and the Professor came outside while the Girls were out there.
"Girls!" the Professor called, "You should start getting ready, the ceremony starts in a couple hours."
"Okay!" they said before going inside and rushing up to their rooms.
Buttercup was pulling out her graduation cap and gown and went into the bathroom to get dressed. She was feeling a little anxious about the upcoming ceremony. Buttercup was well aware how much Ms. Keane hated for things to go wrong and Buttercup only wanted to make her teacher happy. So she began to worry she would do something to screw up the ceremony.
Her throat began to feel parched, she always got thirsty when she was nervous, it was why she was getting dressed in the bathroom. She got herself a quick cup of water from the sink and gulped it down. Buttercup finished putting on her cap and gown and went down to the living room to wait for her sisters.
Blossom saw Buttercup come out of the bathroom in her cap and gown. Blossom herself was already dressed and ready to go. She was wearing her usual clothes under the cap and gown, as all three Girls were. Though she was wearing a T-shirt and pants underneath her gown. She didn't even want to risk the kind of embarrassment she experienced this afternoon.
If Blossom was correct, then tonight would be the best possible time to exact her revenge. She knew her sisters' habits inside and out, just as her sisters knew her own habits. And her knowledge of Buttercup told her that tonight would be the perfect time to strike. Not only would Buttercup be off her guard but she would ultimately bring her punishment down on herself. And Blossom was going to make sure she everything went right...for everyone but Buttercup.
The Girls sat in the Professor's station wagon, strapped into the child safety seats in the backseat. They were all dressed for the graduation ceremony, wearing bright red gowns and caps with yellow tassels. They waited for the Professor, who was inside the house searching for his cameras.
"I still don't see why we have to sit in these stupid baby seats!" Buttercup complained impatiently.
"Considering that a few months ago you were more than ready to be a baby and sit in these seats all the time, I don't think you have any right to complain!" said Blossom, more than happy to throw that little fact into Buttercup's face.
"If I were a baby than being in a baby seat wouldn't be a problem, so I DO have a right to complain."
"Do not!" yelled Blossom, quickly losing her currently short temper and not in the mood for a rational argument.
"Do to!" replied Buttercup.
"Do not!"
"Do to!"
"Do not!"
Bubbles just rolled her eyes and sighed at her sisters' petty argument. She was close to blowing her top too, the only thing holding her back was the fact that she didn't want to make the arguing worse. Luckily, she was saved from that by the timely arrival of the Professor.
"Now, Girls, stop that arguing right now!" Utonium scolded, "Tonight's supposed to be a celebration."
"But she started it..." Buttercup said.
"Did not!" yelled Blossom.
"Did to!"
"Did not!"
"Girls!" said the Professor in a authoritary tone.
"Sorry..." mumbled the two girls.
"That's better. Now let's get you to your graduation."
"Okay!" said the Girls with enthusiasm.
Buttercup stood behind the curtains of the stage Ms. Keane had had built in the Pokey Oaks Kindergarten playground. She had it built next to the school building some distance away from the jungle gyms and sandbox in the hopes that the kids wouldn't be tempted to run off and get their caps and gowns dirty by playing on the equipment.
Buttercup took a quick peak around the curtain and saw the large crowd gathered there for the ceremony. Parents and relatives of all the kids were gathered here in the audience. Buttercup managed to spot the Professor in the crowd. She had hoped that would ease her nerves a little but seeing her father with video camera ready did nothing but make Buttercup more nervous. She floated over to the drinking fountain for a quick sip of water for her dry throat.
Blossom watched as Buttercup got yet another drink of water. So far, everything had worked out like Blossom had hoped. She knew her chance would come soon, she just had to make sure she didn't miss it.
Ms. Keane went around the backstage making sure everything was going according to plan. The last thing Sandy wanted now was for something to mess it all up at the last second. So she went around double checking everything she could think of. Sound checks, lighting, she even checked to make sure the kids were all dressed right. She went over every possible detail. That was when she spotted Princess Morebucks, who was showing off her new cap and gown, which had several diamonds and sequins sewn into it. Ms. Keane couldn't believe her eyes, she also knew she couldn't let this slide.
"Excuse me, Princess, but what do you think you're doing?" asked Sandy.
"I'm getting ready to graduate in this brand new, and expensive, ceremonial outfit that my daddy bought me after I told him about how you were gonna make me wear that drab little robe. He felt it was far below the standards of his little Princess." replied the wealthy child. Under normal circumstances, Sandy would have just reprimanded her and left it at that, but as important as tonight was, she was having none of it.
"I don't think so Princess. This ceremony is for everybody. I won't have you deliberately trying to outshine the other children like this. Now march back inside and change into a spare gown so you can participate in this even like everyone else!" With this Sandy took Princess' hand and pulled her along to take her inside the classroom to get her a new gown.
"But I'm better than everyone else!" Princess managed to cry out before the door shut on both of them.
Bubbles stood off to the side and watched all of the activity going on. She watched the whole scene with Princess and Ms. Keane. Bubbles was so happy tonight that not even Princess' remarks could bother her. Her hair had finally grown back to the length that Bubbles could once again do it up in two pigtails, which she had done the second she realized that fact. But Bubbles' happy mood faded when noticed Blossom was watching Butterup very closely.
What is Blossom up to? Bubbles wondered, Bubbles knew that whatever happened, she had to at least try to stop whatever Blossom was planning. She knew if Blossom pulled her revenge prank, whatever it was, Buttercup would just retaliate in kind and it would just go on and on. Bubbles didn't want that anymore than Blossom and Buttercup themselves probably did. Bubbles had to figure out some kind of solution that would let them both keep their pride before something happened.
"Okay, children..." called Ms. Keane, who had returned with a very upset Princess, "The ceremony'll begin in about five minutes. So go to your places."
Buttercup was about to step into the building to take care of something when Blossom suddenly rushed up to her.
"C'mon, Buttercup. We can't be late, now. We gotta take our seats."
Blossom pushed Buttercup over to the stage and made her sit down while Blossom took her own seat two chairs to Buttercup's left. As Bubbles took her own seat, she suddenly realized that it was too late to stop Blossom's plan, whatever it was. Now she just hoped that it wouldn't cause too much damage.