The Dance
by Tonifranz
This fic happens after What is Buttercup's Plan. But reading that fic and my other fics is not necessary for understanding or enjoying this fic. There are references to my other fics, notably Allies and Rivals and Allies and Rivals II. However, the only thing that needs to be understood in this was that a certain Dr William Edwards was the one who recreated the Rowdyruff Boys, not Him, after they were first destroyed by the girls by being kissed, and under his guidance, they were not evil anymore. And they were in alliance with the girls, called the Ruff Puff Alliance, with Blossom as leader.
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?
Announcement: BTW, I've just updated chapter 7 of Allies and Rivals III.
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 10
Dinner is Served!
The City of Townville, and on the middle of the City, or precisely, at Townsville Central Park, the boys, holding Blossom against her will, were hiding in the insides of a hollow tree. Buttercup and Bubbles were searching for them.
Bubbles approached an empty trunk to see if they were there.
"Bubbles, go and look on those thick bushes there," Buttercup asked, pointing to a thick growth of vegetation to her right.
"Okay," said Bubbles as she went over to where Buttercup was pointing at, skipping the tree trunk. Brick and the boys sighed, while Blossom panicked.
She tried to shout, but Butch and Brick tightened their clamp on her mouth, making her virtually soundless. The boys breathed a sigh of relief as they were bought time by the diversion.
Bubbles checked the thick vegetation where Buttercup pointed but found nothing.
"Nothing here!" shouted Bubbles.
"Nothing here either!" said Buttercup.
"Blossom! Blossom!" shouted Bubbles.
"Blossom! Where are you?" Buttercup called.
Blossom, hidden from the others, tried to call out, but the hands clamping over her mouth stifled her cries. She tried to break free, but the combined strength of three Rowdyruffs whose arms were wrapped around her body trapping her arms to her sides were too much even for a Powerpuff like her.
Buttercup and Bubbles slowly floated around the forest, with their feet a couple of inches from the ground. They were careful not to get their dresses dirty and to keep it intact.
"Oh I hate this dress!" complained Buttercup. "I could have searched faster with my favorite small green dress! At least it's not as frilly as silly as this one!"
"Oh hush," said Bubbles. "Just look for her, okay?"
After ten minutes, there was still no Blossom and no boys, and for some reason, they had completely forgotten to look on the tree trunk.
"Well, she's not here," said Buttercup. "We've looked everywhere and I mean everywhere in Townsville Central Park!"
"But Blossom's device said that they are all here!" said Bubbles.
"Well, for some reason Blossom's not here! Heck, maybe she's playing around with us and wanted to catch the boys alone! I mean, she's the only one who was able to read that map in her device!" Buttercup reasoned.
"But why would she lie to us?"
"I dunno, but they're not here so we better go look for them elsewhere!"
'No you idiots, I'm right here!' Blossom wanted to shout, but the boys, feeling a little hopeful, clamped their hands tighter over her mouth.
"Well, let's go!" said Bubbles.
But one second before the girls went off, Boomer's stomach growled very loudly, indicating his hunger.
"Hey, what's that?" asked Buttercup.
'Boomer you idiot! Come to think of it, I'm famished!' Brick thought.
"It came from that tree trunk! The tree trunk! Of course, how can we be so stupid! It's right in the middle of us for crying out loud!" Buttercup shouted. "Bubbles, I think their stomachs gave them away! Check it out!"
Bubbles went to the tree trunk that earlier she nearly checked-out. And she saw the boys and Blossom. The boys sighed in defeat and let go of Blossom.
"It's about time!" said Blossom, rubbing her mouth then straightening her dress.
"Hey, Buttercup, I saw the boys hugging Blossom in the tree trunk!" Bubbles shouted.
"No we didn't! We just grabbed her to shut her up so she couldn't rat us out!" Brick retorted.
"Oh! I thought you were hugging!" Bubbles exclaimed.
"Why would I hug that snot-nosed pea brained jerk?" Blossom said in defense, referring to Brick.
"So Red, why were you hiding?" asked Buttercup.
"I am not hiding! Those boys grabbed me!"
"But why didn't you call out?" asked Buttercup. "Oh I get it! You were for some reason, hiding with the boys in the tree trunk! Maybe, you like being held by those boys!"
"Because, they clamped my mouth that I couldn't make a sound? Really, Buttercup, you should know me better! Just because I respect them and want to work with them doesn't mean that I like them like that!" Blossom reasoned.
"Well, what do we do now?" asked Buttercup.
"First, we need to deal with the boys!" said Blossom. "First, what are your plans? Do you really think you'd get away from us?"
"Yup," said Brick. "First, we disappear. Then we reappear five minutes before the Dance is over. Then we claim that we were there all the time, and you can't say we lied since it's a pretty crowded place, and we could easily get lost in it!"
"Nifty plan!" said Blossom. "And it would have work too, if it wasn't for us meddling girls! Plus, a few other things!"
"Like what?" asked Brick.
"Like Ashley Dinkins!" said Blossom.
"Who?" asked Boomer.
"Well, she saw you leave the bathroom through the narrow window outside the hall," said Bubbles.
"Well I'll be!" exclaimed Brick. "Well, it was all luck! If it wasn't for her, then you wouldn't have found out that we left, or if you did, you wouldn't find us here!"
"Oh really? Guess I better show you this!" said Blossom, and she took a small device from her pocket. "It's a locator! It can locate anybody who wore the communicator watches made by Dr. Edwards." She then pressed a couple of buttons and it showed six dots on a map of Townsville in Central Park.
"Let me see!" Boomer suddenly said grabbing the device. He took a small screwdriver and began fiddling with the screws, opening it.
"Hey!" Blossom complained. "You're ruining it!"
"Ah, don't worry. Boomer's an expert in electronics," said Brick. "He knows what he's doing."
Boomer then fiddled with the internal circuits using his screw driver and wire cutter, and, screwed it back on, and gave it back to Blossom.
Blossom again pushed the buttons, and it worked before, except that the dots disappeared. "Boomer, can you lend me your screwdriver?"
Boomer did, and she fixed it up so the dots reappeared.
"Very clever!" said Boomer.
"Now what?" asked Butch.
"We go back to the dance!" said Bubbles.
"Oh no! You can't force us back to the Dance!" said Butch.
"Yeah! The rules said that you have to go to the Dance! We already did! And it didn't say you have to stay until it's over!" Brick added.
"True," said Blossom. "But if you don't, we'll tell your Dad that you sneaked out, and you know how he'll react!"
"You wouldn't! Please don't! He'll get furious with us!" Boomer suddenly panicked. "We'll do anything!"
"You idiot," Butch sneered at his brother. "She doesn't have to know that, you know!"
Brick grimaced. "Now you gave it away! Okay, what are your conditions?"
"Conditions?" asked Buttercup.
"Yes! What are your conditions for you not divulging it to my Dad?" asked Brick.
"Oh yeah! I'm telling you after the Dance. If you behave, maybe I'll be lenient with you," said Blossom.
"Oh what the heck! Let's get it over with and go back," said Butch. "Oh I hate this dance."
So the six went back to the Dance Hall, where the girls never let go of the boys' hands.
"Boys, Girls, welcome to the Dance," said the Announcer. "I hope you'll have fun! Anyway, it seemed as if you're not sure what you're going to do, right?"
There were incomprehensible murmurs from the kids.
"Anyway, all of you at the edge of the hall, get your partners and come to the center. Come on, don't be shy," the other announcer, a female teen-ager encouraged.
At first, no one dared to move, until some of the more daring ones did. Then the trickle became a flood, and some of the boys who were too shy were pulled by their partners to the center of the hall.
However, the Rowdyruffs were different.
They, having not eaten dinner yet, were very hungry. Then they saw it. There was a buffet at an adjacent room, where hungry dancers could go and eat. It was now empty of people.
There were five long tables filled with food, with a door at the end. The boys' mouths were just watering.
"Food!" said Brick, and floated toward the buffet.
"Hm, delicious!" said Boomer. Bubbles tried to pull him away from it, but he instead pulled her towards it.
"I'm so hungry," said Butch, mesmerized by so much food.
"Oh no you don't, the Dance is just beginning," said Blossom, who tried to pull Brick away, but found that it was as useful as stopping a boulder with a pebble. His hunger fuelled additional adrenaline that pulled Blossom towards the buffet table.
Bubbles still had her iron grip on Boomer, but she couldn't resist from being pulled towards the room full of food.
Buttercup just watched in disgust as Butch slowly floated towards the room, with Butch following the smell of the food.
"Ha, looks like your partners are too, let's just say, food struck! Ha, I was right! And it's so funny! You playing second fiddle to food in the attentions of your dates! Oh boy, what a hoot! I knew you were losers! But losing out to food on a buffet? Ha, that's new!" said Princess. "You're the only ones not in the middle of the Dance Hall with their partners!"
Indeed, following the instructions from the announcers in front, with music, the kids attempted to Dance. It was funny, with more shoes being stepped upon, and with some kids as stiff as sticks, while some were quite graceful, trying to flow in with the music. Some just stood there doing nothing, while others are just wacky and funny as their movements were out of sync with the music, but all of them, at least those with dates, stood with their partners in the middle of the hall and just talked if they didn't do some kind of poor excuse for a dance.
That is, except the Powerpuff Girls, whose dates were ignoring them and paying attention to all the food instead.
"I was right! You're the only wallflowers on the Dance! Oh, I can understand not having a date on the Dance, but having a date and being ignored by them once they saw food? Hilarious!" Princess laughed before going with Mitch to the middle of the hall.
"Boys, please, let's go," pleaded Bubbles.
"If you don't, I'll bleed your nose," Buttercup threatened.
"Brick, please! You're embarrassing us! You may not mind it with the others boys seeing you just eat, but it would be embarrassing for us girls," said Blossom.
But all was lost on the boys, who didn't even hear them, as they began to eat their hearts out.
"Well, there's a lot of time," said Blossom, "and at the rate they're going, they're going to finish eating all the food in thirty minutes."
"Oh, those pigs!" said Buttercup.
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Meanwhile…
"Oh, I better make sure those girls really are humiliated," said Princess, snickering. She took her cellphone from her pocket.
"Hey, who're you're going to call?" asked Mitch.
"Oh, someone very important," said Princess. "You want revenge on those Powerpuff Girls?"
"Oh would I!" said Mitch.
"Well, keep your mouth shut and don't tell anyone what you hear," said Princess. "Morebucks Food Caterers? Oh yes, this is Princess. You're the one who are supplying the food for the buffet at the Townsville Elementary School Dance, right? Well, I want you to replace the food on the table as soon as the food in the table is gone, okay? Don't worry about it, I'll make sure Daddy won't get mad. How long? Oh I guess till ten tonight, until the Dance is over."
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Later…
Four long tables were already empty, and the boys were already on the last one, eating and drinking like there's no tomorrow. Twenty-two minutes have gone by since the boys started eating.
"Finally, one more table and we can join the others," said Bubbles optimistically.
"We should have eaten out first before we came to the Dance," said Buttercup.
"Yeah," said Blossom. "Maybe next time, they can control their appetites."
However, their hopes were dashed when the caterers arrived and filled out the four tables with food.
"Huh? What are you doing?" asked Bubbles.
"Oh hi girls. Well, it's our policy to keep the table full of food and drinks until the Dance is over to make sure everyone can eat," said the head caterer. "Now if you'll excuse us, we've got work to do."
The caterers then filled out the remaining four tables.
"Oh I don't believe this!" said Blossom. "All the other boys, even those forced, are out there in the main hall with their girls, and here we are, watching our dates eat, completely ignored!"
"This is embarrassing!" said Buttercup. "Now all the other girls will laugh at us at school!"
"Let's just hope that they'll get full before this is over," said Bubbles.
But the boys never showed signs of getting full, and as soon as they finished the fifth table, they went back to the fourth, the third, the second, and the first. And as soon as a table was finished, the caterers would replace the food.
The girls just watched the boys, too embarrassed to go to the Main Dance Hall, very frustrated and very disappointed at the turn of events.
"Well, it's official. This Dance is not fun!" said Blossom.
"It sucks," said Buttercup.
"Well, I'm hungry too," said Bubbles. "We haven't eaten yet."
"Well, if you can't beat them, might as well join them," said Buttercup, and she grabbed a plate and went and ate.
"Well, all those flying sure made me hungry," said Blossom.
So the girls also ate, though they only ate about a fourth of one table, after which they were full.
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"Oh I can't eat another bite," said Bubbles.
Blossom looked at the boys, still eating. "How could those boys eat so much and not get fat?"
"Well, listen to that music. I bet they're having fun!" said Buttercup. "Too late for that for us! I'm too full even to stand!"
"Oh maybe we shouldn't have gone to the Dance," said Blossom. "Oh those boys are going to pay!"
The girls they talked among each other while waiting for the Dance to get over.
Finally, at nine-fifty, the caterers finally run out of food to deliver, and the boys finally ate the last morsel of food. The parents of the other kids have arrived to fetch them home and most of them have gone. By the time, the Dance Hall was mostly empty.
"I'm full! That's the most delicious meal I've ever eaten!" Boomer exclaimed.
"You got full? Gee, I thought you'd eat the entire planet before that would happen!" Buttercup replied.
"Ah, this is the most satisfying meal I've ever had! It was fun!" said Butch.
"Yeah! This Dance really is fun! Ha, if you've told me that all you have to do in a Dance is eat, well, you wouldn't have to chase us half-way across the country to get us to go!" said Brick. "I never knew that a dance is another kind of buffet. At least we all know that Dances are about eating food!"
"Yeah, thanks for inviting us to eat so much," said Boomer sincerely. "We really had fun eating!"
The girls, however, were mad. Blossom was positively steaming, while Buttercup was almost growling.
"What? Why are you mad? We went to the Dance, and we had fun? Isn't that what you want?" asked a clueless Brick.
"Boys, remember the conditions that you must fulfil for us not to tell your Dad not to sneak out?" asked Blossom.
"Oh yeah," said Brick.
"Well, you must be our slaves for a whole month. You must serve us, must follow every order we give, and fulfil our every whim!" Blossom demanded. "And not just in the Alliance, but in all things too!"
Author Thanks
To PinkPuff514,yes, the girls have found the boys. And you already know what Blossom demanded.
To Kim,well, long time no see! Well, you already know what Blossom had in mind.
To Scotty Boyo,yeah, Boomer can sometimes be really clueless, but so can his brothers (especially about girls and Dances) at times, but usually Boomer more so.
Yes, they were too young, that's why there's some announcer's in front to tell them what to do, otherwise, nothing really would happen.
To Hairy Gregory,I agree. He really shouldn't have divulged his plan to the girls twice.
Well, let's say Blossom grip is not that tight, while Brick is more slippery (figuratively and literally) than Boomer.
Well, it points the general location of the boys, not the exact pinpoint location.
To Lynx Sarnage,so the war continues!
To Kezzer,well, they just ate at the Dance, and now thinks the Dance is about eating food. Yes, at that young age, at six, the Rowdyruffs, despite their being intelligent, can be quite naïve about such matters.
To Tones,yeah, they're busted!
To BrYtt BRatt,yup, I agree. They didn't hold the girls for long.
Well, they did enjoy eating all those food, though I'm not sure about the girls.
To The Ultramind,and the struggle continues.
To shadowedstar213,well, now you know what happened next.
To Dooly,well, the boys did had fun eating all those food.
To Runa,right!