Stormy Bubbles
Chapter 4: Stormy Brat
As Buttercup continued her search, she continued to yell out her usual "I'm sorry". Days passed, weeks, she could not find any sign of her sister in any part of town, or even the places around it. But then…
…she came across a broken mirror, it must've broken in the storm, been flown here. It was heart shaped, and it was pink. The glass was shattered all around it, and…
"Bubs!? BUBS!!! It's yo-" but as she neared the unconscious blonde, she realized that this was not Bubbles. "…BRAT!?"
She began to wake up in the arms of Buttercup "n-no, Brute… five more minutes of yummy cookie time…" she wasn't fully there, still partly in her dream. But then… "WHAT THE- BUTTERCUP!?!?"
"Woah woah chill. I'm not here to hurt you… y'know, unless you're here to cause any more trouble." Said Buttercup sternly.
"Why are you in Viletown!?"
"Actually, you're in Townsville. Again."
"…WHAT!?" she looks at the mirror, clearly distraught at it being broken "SO YOU'RE SAYING IM STUCK IN THIS GOODY GOODY TOWN!?"
"…not the words I would've chosen, but yeah." Buttercup was clearly annoyed.
"H-how am I gonna fix the mirror!? Oh gosh, this is my fault, Berserk said not to use my weather powers near the mi-"
"Weather powers!?" Buttercup was in a state of shock. " You got them too!?"
"…too!?"
"Bubbles, same as you. Atmokinesis." Buttercup explained.
"At….. at monkey knees?"
"Close enough."
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Blossom rushed home, flying in a pink flash. She was met with the destruction of her hometown, distraught. "Who did this… what kind of monster…!?"
The Professor was in tears, but he seemed so relieved that his third daughter was okay. "Oh, Blossom!! You're alive!!"
"O-of course I am, Professor, i- what's happening!?"
"Oh, Blossom…" started the Professor, "Bubbles got a new power, atmokinesis. But her anxiety made a huge storm and now Buttercup is looking for her and… oh Blossom, it's been weeks and neither of them are back..!!"
Blossom was starting to piece together the information she was given with her surroundings. "so…Bubbles did all this. Surely she didn't mean it, right!?"
"Of course not, sweetie… I just need you to help me find Buttercup and Bubbles, Buttercup told me to stay here, but I just can't… I need to know my daughters are okay!!" cried the Professor, tears in his eyes.
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"So you'll help me find a way to fix the mirror if I help you find Bubbles????" Started Brat. "Please please please please PLEASE." she whined, clearly not meaning those pleases in a polite way.
Buttercup was already annoyed at her new tagalong. "Fine. Whatever. Now let's go." And with that, a green and blue flash flew away to scour the entire world for their sister and counterpart.
"So…" said Buttercup, after some time. "How did you even get here? Why are you here?"
"Well, I got the at.. money… kitten…. The weather powers, and I liked using them to destroy stuff."
"Course you did…"
"And, well, you know, bossy ol' Berserk said that I couldn't use them around the magic mirror."
"For once I agree with a Powerpunk. You know what I have to deal with with Blossom?"
"THAT'S NOT THE POOOOOIIIIIINT!!!" whined Brat, before she continued. "So basically I, like, sort of… did it anyway? But not on purpose. Brute made me mad and then boom, hurricane. Last I remember I sort of got, like… blown away into the mirror?"
Buttercup listened to the story in full, noticing the similarities in the two situations. Bubbles and Brat. Herself and Brute. "By any chance was Brute… jealous? Of your powers, I mean?"
"Oh yeah totally. She like was all… she was all like 'first hair powers and now weather powers!' Though she used bigger words than that. The weird at money thing."
Buttercup took in the information. She wondered if Brute was looking for Brat the same way she was for Bubbles… she began to feel sympathy for the Powerpunk Girls, something she never thought possible.
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Bubbles saw a green flash in the sky. Afraid of being seen, she hid. She vowed to never let herself be seen again if it meant keeping her family safe, to make sure that she isn't seen when she's run from. But what Bubbles didn't know is that Buttercup was looking for her, not to run from her.