The Dance
by Tonifranz
Okay, I finally updated after six months! To tell you the truth, I had abandoned this fic, or at least, put it in indefinite hiatus because I think that this isn't a good fic at all. But since so many of my reviewers in Allies and Rivals IIwanted me to finish this story, I decided to do that.
Before you read this, I'd like to say that this story would fit in the timeline of Allies and Rivals II, after the first defeat of Ckracknow in his island but before the election of Brick as leader of the Ruff-Puff Alliance. This happened after both TheDate and What is Buttercup's Plan?Though you don't need to read Allies and Rivals II, The Date, and What is Buttercup's Plan? to enjoy this, that larger story would help you put into context and perspective the actions, the personalities, the characters, and the relationship of the boys and girls in this fic. For those thinking of a romantic clich' between the RRB and the PPG, I think the relationship of the boys and girls in Chapter 22 of Allies and Rivals II is sufficient answer.
Anyway, I'd advise you all to reread chapter 1, since I've made changes to meet some objections to the story, particularly that it's too clich'd. Particularly the girls conversation with Princess Morebucks, where I made the most changes. The changes are very significant, so please, reread chapter one first. Well, I hope these info would help in understanding this fic, though without knowing all the above, you'd still enjoy it!
So here goes! Have fun!
Short Summary: Pokey Oakes elementary has an annual school dance for its first graders. Sounds good. The catch is, the girls are the one who invite the boys, and the boys, according to school rules, can't refuse the girl who first asked them.
Long Summary: This is a story about a Sadie Hawkins Dance, where the girls ask the boys, and the boy has to take the first girl to ask him to the dance, or else! The boys conjure ways to get out from being asked, and going to the dance, while the girls, as a result of a combination of events, were left with only the Rowdyruffs to ask. Will the Rowdyruff Boys escape from the terrors of the dance? Or will the Powerpuff Girls manage to get the boys to the Dance? And what does Princess Morebucks have to do with all of this?
Disclaimer: I don't own the Powerpuff Girls or their characters. The Powerpuff Girls are owned by Craig McCracken and Cartoon Network. I only own my own characters, the most prominent of which is Dr Edwards.
Chapter 2
Escape from the Girls
The City of Townsville…
"Dad! Dad!" shouted Brick as they arrived home. Dr. Edwards was poring over some reports from subordinates regarding his company.
Dr. Edwards, without pulling his eyes off the documents, answered. "Yes?"
"You know Dad, you know the Mayor gave us the next three days off!" Boomer said. "And since it's Tuesday today, it means we won't have to go to school for the next three days!"
"Huh? Why the hell would the mayor do that?" asked Dr. Edwards.
"The Mayor's an idiot," Butch said. "He actually sold this town to Princess for food before, I think, so it's easy to persuade him to give us three days off. Besides, we deserve it for opening his pickle jar, er, um, I mean, saving the city."
"I agree. Jay Mayor is an idiot, but, I still don't believe you," their father said. "You have any proof?"
"I'd knew you'd be sceptical, and I don't blame you, Dad," said Brick. "But we anticipated it, and we got written proof!"
With relish, Brick gave the papers to Dr. Edwards excusing them from school for the next three days. The Professor took it and carefully read it, word by word, making sure it was authentic to his satisfaction. "This looks genuine," said Dr. Edwards. "Okay. I'll call the mayor and Ms. Bellum to see if the Mayor really signed this."
Dr. Edwards then took to his land phone, and dialled the Mayor. "Hello Mayor? No it's not Santa Claus. No, I did not call to give you advice on how to beat the fairy in your video game. No, I did not call to open your pickle jar. I just want to ask you something. No, I won't read you a bedtime story. Mayor? Hello. It's okay, anyway, did you sign a paper telling my three sons that they are excused from school in the next three days? You did? Why? They opened your pickle jar? They gave you candies? They saved your cat? And they saved the day? Okay!"
"What did he say, Dad?" asked Boomer.
"He did sign it, though I'm not sure why. He rambled on and on about some cat killing his fairy and video games. Oh well, let's see what Ms. Bellum has to say about this." He then went and dialled her phone number.
The boys waited in nervous anticipation as Dr. Edwards called Ms. Bellum.
"Hi Sara, it's me, William. Oh I'm okay. Listen, I want to ask you something. One, did the Mayor sign a paper this afternoon excusing my sons from attending school in the next three days? You weren't there? But does the mayor have the authority to make such an excuse? He does? It's part of the city charter, I see. So what's your advice? Unless my sons are behind, they can take the three days off. Thanks a million, Sara. Bye!"
"Well, you're right. You have three days off from school," Dr. Edwards sighed. "But first, I'll check your school to see if they'll excuse you or not, and to check your class standing so I can know if you deserve it. Otherwise, I'll send you back to school." He then dialled the principal's number.
"Hello, is this Mr. Albertson, Principal of Townsville Elementary School? This is Dr. William Edwards, parent of William Jr., James, and Wilbur, known as the Rowdyruff boys. Their nicknames are Brick, Boomer, Butch. Listen, I've got a question. The mayor had given my sons papers excusing them from going to school for the next three days, till Friday, I think, for doing some heroic thing I don't know. The mayor didn't specify. Now, are those excuses legal? Oh they are! And will you excuse my sons for being absent the next three days based on the Mayor's actions? You will? So they won't be penalized? They won't! That's good news. Anyway, could I know how my kids are doing, so I could know if they can afford to miss three days of school. Oh they are! Well, I'm sure glad to know that my boys are absolutely brilliant. What? They aren't very disciplined and usually makes pranks and very naughty and always get in trouble? But how about academics? So they are still in the top six in their class on all subjects with the Powerpuff Girls? Well, okay. Thanks. Bye."
Dr. Edwards put down the phone. "Well, it seemed as if you're acing your grades, yet you're still trouble, especially since you have so many records of pranks and tricks! But heck, the Professor and I were even more trouble than you are when we were in elementary, and look where we ended now? So okay, you can skip class for the next three days!"
"Thanks Dad!" the three ruffs shouted and hugged him tightly. "You're the greatest."
"Well, since we have five days, we can go on a vacation," said Butch.
"But I have work," protested Dr. Edwards.
"Come on Dad, you promised us ever since we first defeated the girls that we would have a week long vacation, but because the girls recovered, and then school came, then the super strong monsters, then Ckracknow with his goons One and Two, then school again, you still haven't kept your promise," Brick argued.
"And you are the boss, and you're the highest boss in your corporation, and you can go to a vacation anytime you like, and no one will dare to bitch about it!" Butch said.
"Well, I guess you boys are right. Of course, Mr. Clark can take care of things in the company while we go on a much-needed vacation. Okay, just to satisfy you and to keep my earlier promise, we'll go somewhere. Where do you want to go?"
"Anywhere out of the city," said Boomer. "And we should leave tonight!"
"Anywhere?"
"Particularly in some isolated place no one has ever heard of!" Brick added.
Dr. Edwards was miffed by his son's suggestion, but decided to entertain his sons. After all, his sons were extremely loyal, good students and such. And the only thing wrong with them is their propensity for pranks, their contempt for many people, and some remaining trace of evil. "So that's where you want to go? Well, I know just the place! Pack your bags, and get dressed! We're going to leave Townsville in two hours!"
"One more thing Dad," said Brick.
"What son?"
"Well, since we want to enjoy our vacation, could you find a way to block transmissions from the girls' watches to our watches?" asked Brick.
"But what if something attacks Townsville?"
"The girls can handle it!" Butch said. "After all, what are the girls but just stand-ins for us when we want to catch a break and someone needs us? They can handle anything we can handle!"
"Well, okay," said Dr. Edwards. "You're right. How can you enjoy a vacation if someone keeps bugging you with bad news?"
"Anything else?"
"Well, that's all!" said Brick.
"So boys, go, take a shower, pack your clothes and things, because we're going to the country!"
With that, the boys went and packed their things, happy that their scheme to get out of town without getting into trouble until the dance was over was working perfectly. Dr. Edwards himself was suspicious about the motives of his boys, but he decided to give them a free pass, since everything checked out all right in their story and arguments. Besides, he thought that he had overworked himself in the past couple of months, and now was a good time for him to relax. He contacted Mr. Clark, explained he'll be gone till Monday, then gave him instructions on running the company, and a cell phone number to which he could call him in an emergency. He also instructed Clark to call him if something major attacks Townville and the boys were needed. He then instructed his agents in the city to direct any call in an emergency to the Professor's home.
One hour later, at seven in the evening, Dr. Edwards, with his sons, drove out of Townsville to the open country, leaving the city for five days, telling nobody else of their planned destination. At eleven, they stopped by a motel, ate their dinner, rented a room, and slept there the entire night until five in the morning, when they resumed their drive. They're going to a place known only to the mind of Dr. Edwards himself.
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The next day…
"Well, today's the day," said Bubbles happily. "Today I invite Boomer, and he can't refuse!"
"Blech!" Buttercup disgustingly said. "Why would you invite any of those jerks? I'd rather not invite any boy, but since Princess challenged me, I'll go with Mitch. He's not as whiny as all the other boys, and I know I won't have to be nice to him since we all know what a jerk he is! If he complains, then wham! And nobody would care because of his reputation was so badly wrecked since that Hamster incident."
"Let's go. We don't want to be late and run out of boys to invite. Remember, girls outnumber boys in our class by fifteen percent," said Blossom.
So the Powerpuff Girls hurriedly dressed and ate breakfast. As they were about to leave, the phone rang.
"Hello, John Utonium speaking. What, the First National Bank is being robbed! Girls, the bank is being robbed!"
"We're on it, Professor," Blossom said. "Boys, this is Blossom, your leader. There has been a robbery at the First National Bank, and I expect you to be on the case."
No answer.
"Strange. There's no answer. And why didn't Dr. Edwards call us?" wondered Blossom.
"Who cares? I just want to kick butt!" Buttercup said.
The three girls went and stopped the robbers.
However, as soon as they were flying towards school, a huge monster suddenly attacked Townsville. It took them awhile to defeat it, but after fifteen minutes of horsing around, they finally killed it. Then there was a robbery in a jewelry store, then a fire in City Hall, a destroyed bridge with a bus falling from it, another bank being robbed, then a explosion in the middle of town, a cat stuck on a tree, an unnecessary pile-up of traffic, another destroyed bridge, two trains nearly colliding, an airplane crashing, a riot, another explosion, an airplane hijacking, all happening one after the other. The girls were able to stop all of this, but it was nine in the morning when they finally were able to go to school, knowing they'll be excused because they did, after all, got late because they saved the day.
"Where the heck are the boys? We're here working our guts out, trying our best to save the town, and what do they do? They don't show up! And we can't even contact them because they won't answer their watches!" Buttercup ranted as they arrived at school.
"Sorry, we're late, Ms. Cartwright. We have to save the day, and there are a bit too many disasters this morning," Blossom explained.
"That's alright, Blossom. You and your sisters are excused."
The entire class looked at them. Many of the girls were giggling and talking among themselves, while others have frowns on their faces. All the boys except Mike Believe had dejected looks on their faces, indicating that all of them had been forcibly invited to the dance.
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Later, at recess…
"Hello, Pete, um I was wondering, um, do you have a date for the dance. If not, I'm inviting you," Blossom said.
"Um, sorry. Katie has already invited me," he sadly said. "Aw, it's not fair! Why do us boys have to get invited to your silly parties? We don't want anything to do with your girly pastimes!"
"Nevermind," Blossom said. "Well, Buttercup, any luck?"
"Na-ah! All the boys had already been invited. We're too late!" she ranted. "Mitch was already bagged by Princess."
"Hey, have you seen the Rowdyruff Boys?" asked Judy Tyler.
"Why'd you want them?" asked Blossom. "Those three are blind jerks! They let us do all the work this morning!"
"Well, you see, all the boys have been invited—"
"You mean all?" asked Bubbles.
"Oh yes. You should have seen the scene this morning. It was chaos. Many boys hid themselves in trees, rooms and such, while some just bowed to the inevitable, and found girls they were comfortable with who would invite them. And as many as thirty boys hid in the boys' bathroom until Principal Albertson forced them out when the bell rang and school started. But the girls were persistent, and gradually, no boy was left uninvited in school. But since there are more girls than boys, then a lot of us have no dates yet."
"So there's none left? No first grader left to invite?" asked Buttercup.
"None," said Judy. "I was late so I wasn't able to get one. And I'm still trying to find one. But now, only the Rowdyruff Boys are uninvited, and as many as fifty girls are trying to get their hands on them."
"So there's no one left but the boys?" asked Blossom.
"Yes," Judy Tyler said before she left the three girls.
Princess grinned. 'Looks like my plan to arrange crime after crime after disaster after disaster this morning to keep those Powderpuffs from inviting anyone worked!' Princess Morebucks thought. "Ha, I told you three are going to be wall flowers!" she boasted.
"Shut-up!" Buttercup said.
"There's still the Rowdyruff Boys," Bubbles defended.
"Isn't there anyone else?" Blossom said, still upset over the boys' not helping the girls in the earlier disasters.
"None! None!" Princess crowed as she laughed and left the three girls seething. "Ha, the great Powerpuff Girls can't even bag a boy even if the boy you invited is essentially forced! What a hoot!"
"Well, we can't go to the dance alone," said Blossom. "It would ruin our reputations! But I can't stand those boys! Yes, they're good! At least they follow orders, but they are absolute jerks! And they have such nerve to call me ugly!"
"Aw, they're not so bad. After all, they did help us rescue our Dads in Ckracknow's island. And they did go to our party celebrating our win, and Boomer went out on a date with me, and—" Bubbles explained.
"Well, since I hate Princess more than I dislike the boys, then it's the Rowdyruffs," Buttercup spat.
"Yeah, you're right," said Blossom. "And I don't like it one bit. But we have to. Well, let's find those three and get it over with."
With that, they flew fast towards their house.
Author Notes
This fic, along with The Date, and What is Buttercup's Plan? happens between Chapter 21 (The Triumph of the Ruff Puff Alliance), and Chapter 22 (Brick's Challenge) of this story, Allies and Rivals II: Commander and the Leader. The kids already had rescued Prof Utonium and Dr Edwards from Ckracknow's first island. Ckracknow himself escaped, got some financing from Mr Morebucks, and unknown to the kids, was creating the five clones that will attack Citiesville. Blossom's still the undisputed leader of the Ruff Puff Alliance, but Brick was plotting to grab it from the pink puff leader.
To Ud the Imp, well, the RRB don't like girls, and they especially don't like parties and dances. Heck, they're six-yea-old boys for crying out loud! So why would they want to go to a dance?
Well, Dr. Edwards checked the papers with the Mayor, Ms. Bellum and the Principal, and it pretty much is legit.
Hey, I know it's overused, but hey, this is part of my fic, and as I mentioned, this happens after the Date, and What is Buttercup's Plan, so it pretty much is unavoidable that Bubbles like Boomer, as I had already demonstrated it.
To sum-jackass, well, in Townsville it's possible. Well, Brick had Dr. Edwards block signals from the girls.
To Tones, well, I hope you like this. And I'm sorry 'soon' took over six months.
To M's Mn Queen, well, the RRB is bad, yes, but I've already explained in Allies and Rivals how they became part of the good guys.
Yeah, Buttercup don't like them, and Blossom kinda also, but is irked by Brick's arrogance and pretensions to her leadership.
To DL23400,well, you're right about the boys and girls having their own point of view about this.
To Hairy Gregory,well, the boys did manage to avoid school and all the girls without too much trouble. Questions is, what would the girls do now?
About the romantic clich', well, even if they got paired up, you've read The Date, What is Buttercup's Plan, and Allies and Rivals II, and you know how I structured the relationship of each pair.
To BrYtt BRatt,well, you're right. Boys that age don't want to go to dances. And well, let's just say that it is part of the culture of Townsville elementary among girls.
Yeah! Great idea! Though I'd doubt they'd actually do that.
To Bubblebean022, thanks.
To PeteyPie23, thanks.
To Phantom's Shadow, well, they skipped town.
To Somewei, well, I finally updated. Sorry for the delay.
To Aquilo Frost,well, Ud's one of the most honest reviewers in this board, and I appreciate his critics, so please, don't call him stupid. I consider him highly intelligent, and funny too, judging by his reviews.
Well, I've changed chapter 1, so it doesn't sound so clich'd. Satisfied?
To Libertygirl0115,well, maybe. Anyway, I've just explained my thoughts on that.
To Doris,thanks.