It has over a few weeks since Cora went on a rampage across the local forest. As you can probably tell, no one was happy about her and she (and Kate for some reason) could've been easily sentenced to time in prison but Anastasia struck a deal with the mayor in which the two girls plant trees to replace the one Cora destroyed under the eyes of local officers to prevent the two from beating the crap out of each other. Belle also joined, more or less because Kate needed someone to keep Cora under control much to Cora's chagrin. No one mind this since people either believe Cora deserve it or Belle is too scared to even harm anything, even a little fly.
On their fifth week (likely not that long but the girls quickly lost track time so it could literally later that same week where Cora burned down the forest in the first place but whatevs), the girls were having the time of their life. Unless if you're talking about Kate and Cora. In those two cases, Kate is broiling in the flames of her rage over getting intro trouble for something she didn't do and was actually trying to prevent and Cora is confused as to why the people can't plant the trees themselves or at the very help them out and is ever so worry about the state of her business. Belle on the other hand was doing okay. Not fantastic but definitely not seething with anger like her sisters. Of course, Belle is a bit sadden by the fact that she couldn't see her friends, especially Dakota, during this but she is hopeful she'll see them again.
But anyway, back to the story. The triplets were busy planting trees, as per usual at the moment. But it was very clear that they were becoming unhinged, slowly. Cora keeps finding herself making outfits and such out of old tree bark and leafs, Kate can heard singing off to a bunch of wild Pokémon and Belle is... well, Belle.
It also hasn't help that the mayor force them to lived in a cabin deep in the forest. Why are they forced to live in a cabin? I don't know but according to some people, it's to make the girls reveal their true colors after having their mind broken from long-term isolation. Granted, the rest of the family do visit them from time to time, but it did little to make the triplets any saner.
"Ugh! I just can't wait to get this nightmare over with!" Kate groaned, who was the first to get sick of planting trees. She was wearing a light pink and purple-reddish pattern shirt and black skirt. She also had black boots with magenta ribbons and a red-clad bracelet with a red gem.
"Absolutely, Katherine. This laborious task has gone on long enough," Cora agreed, who despite being rather tamed to the work than Kate was already getting tired of doing the same thing over and over again. Cora was wearing a white shirt, a purple puffy jacket, a grey blue hakama-style pants and a pair of purple heels.
"Are you sure, guys? It's really not that-" Before Belle could finish her sentence, Kate look daggers at her. Belle wore a purple jacket with dark pink highlights, a grey shirt that exposes her naval, indigo shorts with yellow highlights and pair of indigo sneakers with yellow lightning bolts on the sides. Immediately, Belle shut up and went back to planting trees, not uttering a single word.
"Katherine! What is wrong with you?" Cora snapped.
"The fact that I have to waste my time fixing your mistake!" Kate retorted
"My mistake?" Cora gasped. "Who was the one that start this mess in the first place?"
"You did, you bloody fashionista!"
"Well, my rampage wouldn't have happened if you just let me, the eldest out of the three of us, go take a bath first, you filthy diva." Cora concluded. Upon hearing that insult, Kate couldn't take in her rage any longer and began to throw herself at Cora, who was caught off guard Fortunately, Cora recovered and fight back against her sister.
"U-Um, girls. Can you two stop fighting? T-They're l-looking at us," Belle warned nervously, noting the fact that there are still people on standby to stop the girls from attacking/ killing each other. Little did she know that they were all on break, much to her dismay.
"Oh, shut it, Goldilocks!" Kate shouted at Belle, who look quite offended at the name. So much so that she was speechless and step back a little before recovering. Never since the time where she was called "The Luigi to Sara's Mario" has she felt so insulted, so much so that she almost lost control over her emotions and began to join in the fight, but she calms down and went down to doing her work, a bit more anxious than usually. Eventually, the two girls calmed down after the long and grueling fight and the two went back to work, acting as if nothing has happen.

Later that night, the girls were in the cabin, also forced to share the same bedroom. Sharing a room with a sibling can either be good or bad depending on who you ask. But if you ask these girls, chances are they'll say they can't stand each other to the point where Anastasia has to force Cora, Kate and Belle to wear a shock collar to make sure they don't murder each other after one argument. Not that it helps, since they could just as easy take it off once she leaves the room.
Anyway, someone knock on the door. It was their mother, having heard about the fighting from Samantha and Sylvia, who come over to scold the two for putting one another in harm's way and the two apologizes for their misbehavior. Anastasia has also given each one of the triplets a letter from someone. Kate didn't bother to read hers because she still pissed about being left to live in a cramped space with two other people for a long time (even though it has been like thirteen days). Fortunately, she said that tomorrow would be their day so there's some hope left for the three. Sometime after their mother left to return to the estate, Kate went to her bed and immediately fall asleep.
The other two decide to go read their own letters. For Belle's, it was a simple letter from her friend, Dakota, letting her know that she's still waiting for her to return so they could have fun together. Belle slightly blush upon reading it and decide to go to bed afterwards to leave the day on a happy note. Cora look at her letter, which was Phrona telling her that was it her fault and that she's sorry. However, she also did state that Cora should learn to control herself when she get what she wanted, much to Cora's annoyance.
"Ugh, how dare she tell me to control myself. Does she not know who she's dealing?" Cora scoff. "Me, the most sophisticated and the most matured, the one who follows in the path of being a Veluson unlike her, lose control? It's like Sophronia has never met me. And she's supposed to two years older than me." Cora then turn to Kate's letter, still unopened.
Hmm. I wonder if it wouldn't hurt a little to see if- No, I mustn't. It's Kate's letter, not mine. Auntie Ruth'll kill me if she heard I put my nose in other people's business. But, maybe this one wouldn't do that much, After having a mental argument with herself, Cora decides to open it and read through. A few moments later, her eyes went wide-opened, in utter disbelief from what she's reading:

Dear, Mrs. Anastasia,
You have been selected alongside others to partake in our annually mother-daughter contest in Pokébu Pier. In this letter are tickets for you and your daughter. However, since you have one than one daughter much like me, I'm afraid you could bring only one. I'm sorry but this is to prevent anyone from getting an unfair advantage. If you want my opinion, I recommend not bringing Cora. This isn't because I don't like her but it's rather because her actions is still fresh in some of my daughter's minds and they wouldn't be too happy to see her. Anyways, see you at the party!
Sincerely, Lizzie

Cora look at Kate and then at the letter. There was no possible way that her mother could possibly choose Kate over her, she thought. She was speechless before speaking up a few moments later, "No, I-I should've been the one. I should've been the one to go, not that self-absorbed, arrogant oversized fireball! She's just going to abuse the spotlight like she always does, that spoiled brat!" Cora bellowed with anger. It would take quite a while for her to calm down, even more to fall asleep. But while she wasn't looking, Kate overheard her outburst and couldn't help but feel offended.
Eventually, Cora did calm down and went to bed. Cora had a lot to think about, especially with the letter advising her own mother to not take Cora. To her, it felt like a thousand needle has pierced through skin and stop mere inches of her heart. It also hasn't help that with every passing year, she felt more and more distant from the rest of her sisters and couldn't understand why. Of course, they're still family but it really hasn't help with the fact that she's putting more attention on her clothesline than her flesh and blood. Given time, Cora would soon dozes off into the realm of sleep.

We'll be starting off with Cora, since hers is normally the more basic: a dream where she has total control over her side of the family (but still isn't a matriarch) and that's about it. In other words, she can make her sisters do whatever she wants with a snap-of-the-finger. Normally, this would be a bad thing but her sisters are pretty much okay with this. In fact, rather than saying that Cora is controlling them to do her bidding, they say that they are actually helping her out with whatever she needs.
Anyway, Cora is in her room looking at a bunch of papers and then turn to the clock. It was 10:00 AM. Good, there's still time left, she thought to herself. Today, something special is going to happen. Is it her birthday? Is she getting marrying? Is today her mother's birthday? No; she wishes; and we're more than half-a-year away from celebrating it. No, today is the day where the party will be held in her own mansion and she wants everything to be done properly in her own version. Normally this would be quite a problem for Cora but today she got a plan for it.
Cora then walk outside her room to approach Samantha and Sylvia, who were both in the middle of doing something. Not another one of their pranks again, she moaned internally.
" 'Morning, Cora. How's your day?" Sylvia greet eagerly.
"It's going well. More productive than yours at the very least. Have you forgotten that we're to have a party later today, Sylvia?" Cora ask sternly to the Sylveon sister.
"W-What? Of course not," Sylvia replied nervously, hiding something behind them.
"Then explain this," Cora quickly snatches whatever Sylvia was hiding, much to her surprise. The thing that Sylvia was hiding was a seemingly normal cupcake with pink, blue and white frosting.
"Oh, that's um... a cupcake I've made for the guests. See, I didn't forgot," Sylvia retorted.
"Well, I hope you don't mind if I take a bite outta this," Cora said as she began to take a bite out of the cupcake, which started to look a bit purplish. Sylvia wanted to tell her to not eat it but out of fear that she would be ridiculed, she did nothing. As Cora enjoyed the bite, she has yet to realize that the cupcake has been corrupted by the Sableye's interference and was now change into a ticking time bomb. After finishing the bite, she decided to go take another bite until her stomach started to ache. She clutch her stomach as she fell to the ground on her knee.
"Cora? A-Are you okay?" Samantha ask. It took a while but Cora got up on her feet, the cupcake still in her hand and no longer purple.
"I'm fine, Samantha," Cora reassures as she turn to Sylvia with a stern look. "You better do some actual cooking or else," she scolded, giving Sylvia the cupcake back. She then walk away from the two girls, still clutching her stomach.
"G-Goddamnit. What the hell did she put in that?" Cora ask herself as she stumbled to and fro until she reaches the grand foyer, where Phrona and Velvet went in. " 'Morning, girls."
" 'Morning, Cora," the two said, uncharacteristically eager to the Vaporeon sister.
"What brings you here?" Phrona ask.
"Have you two even started on the decorations?" Cora demanded.
"No, because you didn't told us on what's the theme will be," Velvet said with a deadpan expression. "Or why we're doing this party in the first place."
"First off, we're doing this to impress the world so we can step out of the shadows and into the limelight. And second, I've told you to make give me the most appropriate atmosphere least week so don't give me any excuses for your indolence!"
"But that's like vague as sh*t! Be more descriptive next more."
"Next time? There won't be a next time! Our entire bloodline'll be a laughing stock if you don't give me a perfect setting this instant!" Cora bellowed as she stormed out of the foyer, much to Phrona's concern.
To make this short, most of the dream was like this; Cora goes to her sister, she gets tick off by their laziness and is slowly descending into a state of madness by the minute. I won't go into details on how the others slowly made Cora insane but it should be obvious on who's who.
It was 2:00 PM when Cora went all over the house and has effectively lost it. It seems as if no one is too concern about the future if they don't give a good show to the world. She went to her room to cry for about a minute or so before going to her bathroom and taking a shower to relieve some of her stress. But unknown to her, the Sableye-infected cupcake has somehow changed her ability to Water Absorb. Once the water, her body started to expanded rapidly. Her breasts and buttocks have each reach the size of her entire body and they weren't stopping at there. No, unless if the water stopped flowing, she will keep on expanding till the end of time. Cora tried to turn off the faucet but even when she closed it, the damage was done. Her "perfect" bod was now ruined and she was easily bigger than her entire section of the mansion. It also hasn't help that she have created a hole in one of the mansion's walls, making her body visible for all the world to see. Her cheeks as bright as the sun, Cora was so embarrassed by this than she could not speak another word for the rest of the dream.

Onto the next dream, we have Belle, who as we've established is a cowardly lion-sort of character. Well, would it surprise you that she doesn't want to be the cowardly lion? Yeah, that's what her dream is about: A sociable version of Belle where she's not afraid of no sea or sky and whose beauty is on par with her own sisters. Of course, there's still some of her usual timid nature here and there but the ones Blle considered to be the negative aspects have disappeared in favor of this courageous and sexy Jolteon.
Today, it was like any normal day for Belle, a day of competitive sports against her sisters. It wasn't anything too special, save for the fact that Erma kept getting her ass kicked (and is reconsidering some of her life decisions) and that Belle is going a bit... mental. This is one thing and that despite her best efforts to make sure that her sisters gets a fair chance, it seems her dream body wouldn't let her.
After an another game of volleyball, Belle decides to take a short break and go for a walk in the nearby park. Even though she won, she still feel bad for her sisters not winning and Belle wanted to think about herself.
"I don't get it. I know I'm supposed to be the athletic one but I should at least give them a chance at victory," she sigh.
Or maybe you shouldn't, her inner voice chimed in, surprising Belle. After ever, aren't you tired of holding back?
"Y-Yes, but I just want to share the feeling of victory. Not take it away from them."
You mean share your much well-deserved victory with the same people who think so lowly of you that your father is up high in everest compared you, the voice mocked. Hearing the dishonorable use of her father, Belle scowls with distrust. Face it. They never thought of you as an equal, only a mere child that needs to be kept happy lest they want you to be an emotional wreck.
"I'm not a wreck!" Belle shouted to the voice, whereas to the people nearby she's yelling at thin air.
Well of course, you aren't. You've been an adult for five years. And unlike children, adults can well do on their own, unlike you.
"Shut it! Just please, shut it!" Belle covered her ears with her hands and shut her eyes, in hopes that the voice would go away. But alas, it remains persistent as ever.
Think about it. You can do so much than what you could possibly imagine. The only thing that's keeping you from seeing that is your family!
"No! Just pleas stop!"
"Belle! Are you okay?!" Sylvia shouted. Belle slowly open her eyes as she took her hands off her ears and look at Sylvia.
"I-I should be fine."
"You weren't acting fine a minute ago. Look, let's just get you home for now," Sylvia said as she picks Belle up and carries her back to the mansion. After resting within the dream (don't ask), Belle got over her insecurities for now and is ready to go out and try another round. But unfortunately, it was around midnight and most of the girls were asleep.
To keep her spirits high into the night, she look for something to eat in the kitchen and found some of Sylvia's homemade cookies with white frosting and pink and blue sprinkles, though they flicker to a more publish hue. After some initial hesitation, she takes a bite out of one of them and then leave it their, not wanting to ruin her image. Belle decides to go for a walk in the park for an hour or two before returning back to sleep (or wake up from this dream. Who really knows at this?). Little did she knew that the cookies, similar to what the cupcake came to Cora in her dream, changed her ability to Volt Absorb.
The walk itself was uneventful and Belle quickly got bored of it so she decides to change things up a bit and went into a path that leads to a forest. Unbeknownst to her, there would be a seemingly disused high voltage box along the path. Once she reach the place with the box, Belle thought nothing of it but wonders if her cousin, Arian, would like to use it. She picks up the high voltage box and was well on her way until she thought she heard something in the distance. Immediately, she dropped the box, which was then opened upon the contact with the ground. As the box's contents become exposed, Belle's ability started to activated and she began to absorbed the energy out of the box. Her breasts and buttocks were expanding rapidly, reaching about a fourth of the trees in the area. Her hair, similar to a certain other Jolteon, was also growing, about as twice as much as the rest of her body. Once the box was free of any electrical pulses, Belle look around her new body, now about as big as the trees themselves as well as naked and exposed to the elements, and couldn't help but whimper. And then the howling return, and Belle closes her eyes and pray endlessly for this nightmare to end.

And onto the next victim of the Sableye's dreamland intervention is none other than Kate. Much like her triplets, her dream is also simple: one where she is always the center of attention and nothing is going to take that away from her, not even her sisters. Of course, that doesn't mind one cannot take her attention away from herself but as long as Kate is always in the spotlight, that's all that matters. Not that it stop the others from trying to get a place in the limelight.
In Kate's make-up room somewhere in the Pokémon equivalent of Hollywoods, Kate was preparing for her next music video. She was wearing a Jessica Rabbit-like dress and was still applying her make-up. Also in the room were Cora and Belle, still in their normal clothes. As Kate continues whatever she's doing, Cora had a frown on her face as Belle grew increasingly nervous.
"Argh, Katherine! You've been out there for too long!" Cora complained.
"Yeah, at least give us a moment in the-"
"Oh, quiet, you two. I'm busy," Kate hush the triplets.
"Excuse moi! It's been eleven f*cking hours since we've seen the light!" Cora complained. "Excuse my language but the point is that-"
"I rock, you all sucks. End of story," Kate teased.
"You ungrateful little bit-"
"Okay, now Cora. Let Kate have her fun," Belle interrupted as she pulled Cora out of the room before things got messy. Kate lets out a sigh of relief before continuing. But a few moments later, someone knock on the door.
"Come on in," Kate said, begrudgingly, but once she saw Sylvia came into the room, she kind of wish she didn't. Sylvia had a small piece of red velvet cake and was hoping to give it to Kate.
"Hey, sister. I brought a slice just for you," Sylvia offered.
"Um, okay. What do you want me to do with it?" Kate ask, a bit hesitant.
"To eat. Don't worry, it's not a prank."
"And it better not be or else. Just put it over there. I'll eat it when I get the chance," Kate said. Sylvia puts the cake on a desk away from Kate and leave the room. Before long, Kate's stomach started to rumbled. What the? but I just-, she was confused and became even more so once she saw the cake flash a purplish hue.
After some time, Kate decides to eat the cake to just get it over with and finish it in under five minutes. She had to catch her breath a moment or two before returning to applying make-up, unaware that she has just had her ability changed to Flash Fire much like her sisters previously.
It wasn't until long that Kate was ready for start the filming of her music video, which was largely uneventful as per usual. At least it was until Kate had to sit in a chair made of fire, and that's when her new ability activated. Without any warning, their breasts and buttocks started to expand rapidly like the wildfire that destroy an entire town a couple of years ago. But the end, she was about as twice the size as the set and to say Kate was embarrassed would be a major underestimated. In the background, she could see the rest of her sisters giggling and chatting among each other, with the exception of Cora would just merely grinning. Kate could look up at the stars and hope that she would wake up from this ordeal any moment now.

The next morning, the triplets woke up from their respective nightmares. Each one were panting from the ordeal they went through and then they turn to each other.
"You guys got nightmares, last night?" Belle ask her two triplets, which both nodded.
"I just don't understand on why it happened when it started out so normally," Cora wonder.
"Yeah, me too. Maybe it got something to do with last night, Cora," Kate eyed her. Cora started to look a bit nervous.
"L-Last night. I-I have no idea what you're talk-"
"OI! Shade! What the hell were you doing in my dreams?" Someone demanded outside the cabin. The three triplets look outside the window and saw their sister, Vivi, along with their mother, arguing with the Sableye.
"U-Um... Trying to earn your love?" Shade replied nervously.
"Earn my daughter's love? All you did was gave her nightmares!" Anastasia shouted at the Sableye.
"And us too!" The triplets yelled in unison. It was then Anastasia's eyes become icy-blue and knowing what will happen, the triplets step back from the window and Vivi made a quick run for it. Shade let out a small chuckle but deep down, he secretly knows that he is so f*ck.

Later the hospital, Shade was in a full-body cast, his head barely uninjured enough to not warrant a cast. The rest of his, and Vivi's friends were there, and none of them were too pleased with this. The person next to his side was a Mawile named Fang and is his ex-girlfriend, and she as the most disappointed.
"I tried to warn you that this was not going to work," Fang said.
"But it was worth a shot," Shade said, grinning despite still being in pain.
"Don't worry, you'll get her eventually," The Zangoose said.
"Yeah, right. It's going to take eons for Vivi to like him, and it's only going to be in fanfic form!" The Seviper argued.
"Hey, don't you dare argue discourage him from chasing his dreams."
"Hey, at least I'm a realist, unlike you!" Seviper retorted. It wasn't long until the Zangoose and the Seviper, known as Scar and Viper respectively, went into a bitter argument. The other three, a Skarmory, a Liepard and an Absol, were watching the argument from the other side of the room.
"And they're at it, again," Raze, the Absol, sighs.
"Gee, with all this drama, it's like a miracle we're still friends," Jass, the Liepard, commented.
"Couldn't said it better myself," Stealth, the Skarmory, replied. "Say, how's Vivi holding?" He asked Fang.
"I don't know, but from what I've been told, she's not doing too well."
"Oh? How so?"
"You wanna hear it? Well, it all started-"

Author's Note: Finally, after much delay, the third Short Sweet is upon us! Anyway, we have another story that is sorta linked to Phrona/Britney-incident but not really since it's its own thing, I think. Regardless, this is far from the first time I've ever wrote a story about the triplets, especially for the likes of Cora and Kate. Also, I've decided to used some of Belle's older characteristics to make her feel a bit more alive in my opinion. And if you wondering on who's Shade and the others came from, then it's time for a little history lesson. Back in April of 2018, I've created a set of characters that were meant to be Vivi's friends but I've never gotten around to the stories. However, even after I changed Vivi's character late 2018, I still considered them to be her friends but I've never really talk about them, primarily because I tend to forget about them. And if you can't tell, the next story should be about Vivi. Also, once again, if certain parts felt rush rush. Hope you all like the story regardless.
Anyway, if any of you got any suggestions on future stories, then feel free to do so in the comments down before. Until then, I'll see y'all next time!