Chapter 1: Beginnings
"BUBBLES! WHERE'S MY DRESS?" Blossom shouted.
It was a normal Saturday, back at the Powerpuff House. And although it was early, things inside were running at top speed. Breakfast being made (courtesy of the Professor), girls getting ready, and of course, there's always boring and tedious chores.
And today, the girls were in a rush to get ready. Why? Because currently, a villain was attacking Townsville. And like a new student arriving at school after getting stuck in a bad traffic jam, they were late. Very late.
Bubbles poked her head into Blossom's bedroom, her blonde pigtails bouncing.
"Just a sec! It's in the dryer!" she replied.
Blossom, who was sitting on the bed, turned around, her hands busy with tying her red bow. She frowned.
"Bubbles. What did I say? You don't need to wash my clothes for me. I can wash my own." she sighed.
Bubbles smiled guiltily. "Oops. Sorry. Force of habit."
Blossom got up, leaving her bow partly tied. "Can you just go and get it out, please?"
Bubbles shook her head. "No can do. It has at least 20 minutes left before it's done."
"But then, how come your clothes are done?" Blossom asked, looking at Bubble's clean blue dress.
"I wash our clothes separately! Blue first, then green, and finally, pink. I don't throw them all in together! I'm not a savage." Bubbles replied simply, as she walked away.
Blossom groaned, and slapped her forehead. "Ohhh, we're gonna be LATE."
Quickly, she ran to the door, opened it, went down the hallway, and down the stairs. In the living room, Buttercup was sitting on the couch in a relaxed position.
"Buttercup! Why are you relaxing?! You have to do your chores, remember?" Blossom asked.
Buttercup rolled her eyes. "Relax. I'm doing 'em."
It was then that Blossom noticed the running vacuum. It was moving and cleaning by itself, and it was glowing bright green. After looking at the vacuum, Blossom looked back at Buttercup with a tired look.
"Really? Would it kill you to just do things without your powers?" Blossom sighed.
Buttercup looked lazily at Blossom. "Yes. Yes it would."
Blossom shook her head and flew away in a streak of pink light towards the basement entrance.
"HYPOCRITE!" Buttercup yelled from behind her.
Blossom clicked her tongue as she landed. "For me, it's an exception! I'm in a rush!"
"Sure…"
Blossom ignored Buttercup's snide remark as she opened the door and quickly ran down the stairs. Once she reached the bottom, she carefully weaved her way through tables filled with weird tools and papers, and avoided the much larger, scientific equipment. She sighed. As much as she appreciated her dad being a scientist, it was a little annoying how she would find equipment everywhere she looked.
Although, she shouldn't complain. Her dad was the only one to even find out about superpowers in her and her two sisters. Even Blossom herself had no idea how her powers came to be. All she knew was that they appeared when she, Buttercup, and Bubbles were just toddlers.
When that happened, the Professor immediately took to researching and doing tests about it. And the results were surprising. Apparently, the girls' DNA had some kind of mutated component to it. A component that the Professor named, "Chemical X" or "X" for short. That was the thing that gave the girls superpowers, and may have or may not have given them their weirdly colored eyes (Blossom had pink, Bubbles had very bright blue, and Buttercup had green).
Blossom softly flicked herself, snapping herself out of her thoughts.
"Come on, Blossom!" she whispered to herself, "While you're here lollygagging, people could potentially be in danger! Stop thinking for once!"
Finally, she reached the washing machine and the dryer. Quickly, she stopped the dryer, flung open the door, and took out a pink dress that had a black stripe on the waist. Blossom eyed the dress, noticing that the dress was only partly dry.
"Ugh…" she groaned, trying to smooth out the rumples, but to no avail, since the dress just went back to wrinkled.
Blossom frowned, thinking about another alternative option that would make her dress nice and dry. But then, she quickly shook her head.
"No… no superpowers. Do things the old fashioned way for once." Blossom protested.
But then, she looked back at the dress, and gritted her teeth.
"But, it looks weird…" she sighed.
Finally, Blossom gave in, and laid the dress down on top of the dryer.
"Well… it wouldn't hurt to use a little bit…" she reassured herself.
Clapping her hands together, Blossom started to rub them together, slow at first then fast. As she did, her hands got extremely hot to the touch. After a few seconds, she stopped, walked over to the dress, and pressed her hands against the fabric.
Immediately, the fabric under her hands started to smooth out and dry. Slowly, Blossom ran her flat hands up and down the dress, smoothing it out by using her hot hands as a flat iron. After a few moments, when the dress looked dry and smooth, Blossom took her hands off, and shook them hurriedly, making them immediately cool down. She picked up the dress, and smiled.
"There we go. Much better." she said.
Quickly, she changed out of her pajamas and into the dress. After that, she tied her ribbon fully, smoothed her orange hair, and ran out of the basement.
As she ran over to the front door, Buttercup and Bubbles were waiting for her in their dresses.
"Took you long enough." Buttercup scoffed with a grin, "I thought the very punctual, never-late leader would be the first out the door."
"Oh shut it, Buttercup." Blossom replied as she rolled her eyes.
Just then, the Professor walked out of the kitchen, and he wiped his hands on the apron he was wearing.
"Now, girls. No fighting with each other. Save it for the villains." he said with a smile.
The three girls looked at him, and nodded with equal grins.
"Okay!" they said in unison.
The Professor crossed his arms with a playful smirk. "So, what are you waiting for? Go and save Townsville, so that you get back in time for breakfast."
"Oh, right!" they all said, as they opened the door, and walked out.
As soon as all of them were outside, they sprung off the ground and started to fly up into the air, with their signature flying streaks painting the sky behind them.
"Come on girls! Let's go!" Blossom shouted as she flew away.
"Right!" Bubbles and Buttercup answered, as they both followed her.
It didn't take long for the girls to fly to the crime scene. But, that still didn't make them not late. That was proven from the loud bangs and the screams of terrified citizens.
"Oh man, we should've gotten here more quicker!" Bubbles squeaked.
Blossom sighed. "Bubbles, it's quicker, not more quicker. But you're right. It seems like more damage is being done by the minute!"
Just then, a nearby building was shaking from the vibrations of another boom. Slowly, it started to tilt to the side, about to fall on the crowd of running and screaming people.
"Holy shit!" Buttercup cried.
Quickly, she flew over to the building in a green flash. Using her hands, Buttercup pressed her palms against the wall of the building, and slowly flew upwards as she pushed the building upwards.
"Someone help me glue this building back together!" Buttercup grunted.
Blossom flew over to the building, and flew down to where the upper half of the building broke away from the foundation. She took a huge breath in, and after holding it in for a split second, exhaled, releasing an icy mist. Immediately after the mist surrounded the crack, it froze into ice, holding the building pieces together.
Once it was steady, Buttercup let go with a sigh. "Crap, that was close."
Bubbles flew over with wide eyes, clearly sad. "What villain would do such a thing, trying to collapse a building on innocent civilians?"
Buttercup glared. "Villains are Villains, Bubs. They don't give a fuck about who gets hurt if they get their way."
Blossom hit Buttercup on the shoulder. "Language!"
Buttercup growled. "Am I wrong, though?!"
Just then, another earthquake shook the ground, causing citizens to trip. The three girls wobbled a little, feeling the vibrations in the air. Buttercup then turned to face where the earthquakes were spreading out from.
"Alright, that's it. Time to kick this fool's ass!" Buttercup yelled as she blasted away.
After sharing a glance, Bubbles and Blossom took off behind Buttercup. After a while, they reached the center where the quakes were the strongest. Without looking, Buttercup launched herself into the clearing, blasting green energy out of her hands.
"TAKE THIS, SUCKER!" she roared.
As Buttercup was shooting attacks though, Bubbles noticed something she didn't and flew over to her.
"Um… Buttercup?" Bubbles asked while tapping her on the shoulder.
Buttercup continued attacking without hearing Bubbles. "YOU PICKED THE WRONG GIRLS TO MESS WITH!"
"Buttercup-"
"I HOPE THIS TEACHES YOU A LESSON TO NEVER SHOW YOUR ASS AROUND HERE AGAIN, BIT-"
"BUTTERCUP! There's no one HERE!" Bubbles shouted.
Finally, Buttercup stopped and opened her eyes. Sure enough, the town plaza they were in had no Villains in sight. In fact, nobody was around except for the girls.
Slowly, the girls touched down on the ground, which seemingly stopped shaking with earthquakes.
"Where IS everybody?" Buttercup asked.
Blossom narrowed her eyes. "I'm not sure… it's like they fled before we came."
Buttercup scoffed. "What a bunch of cowards. I bet I scared them off."
Suddenly, a soft rustle caught the girls' attention. Nearby, on a patch of grass next to the sidewalks, there was a tree. And despite the fact that there was no wind, the leaves were shaking.
Blossom walked over. "I think I know where the Villain went."
After she said that, she put her hands together. A ball of pink energy appeared in her hands and grew until it popped, revealing a shiny red yoyo. Quickly looping her finger through the hole in the string, Blossom threw the yoyo forward, and it wrapped around the tree.
Once it was secured, Blossom pulled on the string, causing the tree to bend forward. As it did, Mojo Jojo fell out of the treetop, screaming. As he landed on the ground, dazed, Blossom called the yoyo back to her with a glare.
"Just as I thought." Blossom said.
Bubbles and Buttercup came up behind her, ready to fight.
"MOJO! Should've KNOWN it was you!" Buttercup sneered.
"Stop terrorizing Townsville for once!" Bubbles demanded.
After Mojo gathered his bearings, he gasped, looking panicked and angry.
"ARGH! NO! Why did you pull me out here?!"
Buttercup stretched out a hand, where green fire was now igniting and swirling around her hand.
"Same reason why you're about to get some Fireworks to the face." Buttercup sneered.
Mojo squeaked and guarded his face with his hands.
"Please! I'm already being shaken up by these annoying earthquakes! I DO NOT NEED ANOTHER BEATDOWN!"
Blossom frowned at the words. "You're being shaken up… by the earthquakes YOU caused?"
Mojo put down his hands, blinking in confusion and bewilderment.
"Me? ME?! You think I'M the one causing this? NO!"
Buttercup put her hand down, but still glared. "Liar. If you have nothing to do with this then why are you hiding from us like a COWARD?!"
Mojo shook his head frantically. "No, I'm serious! Believe me, I had a different plan in destroying Townsville. I was going to blast things up with my new photon blaster! But then, these stupid earthquakes started, and destroyed my blaster. After that, I had no choice but to take shelter to save myself!"
Bubbles looked at the tree then Mojo. "In a tree?"
Mojo rubbed the back of his head while giving a shrug. "I mean, it's far away from the ground so…"
Blossom put a hand on her chin, thinking. "So, if you're not causing the earthquakes, then… who is?"
Just then, the loudest bang blasted their eardrums, as another much stronger earthquake shook the ground. The ground a few feet in front of the 4 cracked open, revealing bright beams of light that shot out of the cracks.
As Mojo screeched, Buttercup crouched into a fighting position, startled.
"I think we found our answer!" Buttercup shouted.
After she said that, the earthquake was getting stronger as the road underneath them started to fall apart. Bits of asphalt and debris pelted the girls' faces, who all quickly blocked their faces.
"What is that?!" Bubbles shouted with fear.
Blossom moved her arm slightly and squinted. The ground in front of them was now completely decimated. And in its place was something she had never seen before.
It was as if the air itself was cut in half by scissors, creating a considerably large rip. In the rip was swirling and blinding light, pulsing erratically. It looked like a tear in reality, like a spatial anomaly.
Like… a portal.
As the girls dropped their arms and stared at the portal, Mojo backed away slowly.
"While you dummies watch the deadly light show, I, Mojo Jojo, am running for my LIFE!"
With that, Mojo took off in the opposite direction. But at the moment he chose to do so, the portal started to cause mayhem. Wind and air blasted and whirled around them like a vacuum, pulling stuff into the portal.
"FLY AWAY!" Blossom ordered her sisters.
Buttercup turned away, an urgent expression on her face. "Don't have to tell me twice."
Quickly, the girls took off, their flying streaks being left in their paths. Mojo, meanwhile, was being pulled back by the wind, and frantically held onto a nearby mailbox.
"SOMEONE HELP!" he shrieked.
Soon, the vacuum got so strong that it started sucking the colorful fly streaks into the portal. As it did, the girls were slowing down bit by bit.
"It's sucking us in!" Bubbles cried.
"Kick it into overdrive then!" Buttercup yelled.
With all of their efforts, the girls put more power and speed into their flying, causing them to get farther away. But ultimately, the wind won, as the girls stopped flying due to tiredness and were shot back like a bungee cord.
Being the closest to the rip, Bubbles screamed as she got closer and closer. But just then, Buttercup was able to reach her and grabbed her hand. Additionally, Blossom grabbed Buttercup's hand, and used her free hand to grab a light pole nearby.
"HOLD ON!" Blossom shouted over the roar of the wind.
For a moment, the girls held on for dear life as they were dangerously close to being sucked in. But after a few seconds, Mojo was torn away from the mailbox. He then fell into the portal, his screams being the last thing heard before a deafening "WHOOSH" swallowed them up.
As Blossom held onto the pole, she saw her fingers slipping away. Her eyes widened, as Blossom finally lost hold of the pole and she and her sisters were torn away from it. As a last ditch effort, she called up her yoyo and threw it towards the pole, wrapping the yoyo around it. But as the yoyo clutched onto it, the pole finally gave out and tore off of its hinges.
With nothing else to hold onto, the girls finally got sucked into the portal. As Blossom fell into the light, the last thing she could see was a decimated plaza before it was covered by bright, blinding light.
What happened next seemed to be unclear. All there was was a blast of light, then darkness. Blossom and her sisters felt nothing as they were spit out of the portal, in a completely different world. They felt nothing as they fell like three brightly colored meteors through the sky. They even felt nothing as they crashed on a rooftop.
Coincidentally, it was the same rooftop where a superhero and a green haired boy had a conversation just minutes prior.
Of course, Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup knew absolutely nothing about that. Because this wasn't their world. It was a world of superheroes, where 80% of the world's populations had powers. A world of Pro Heroes all around who saved people from danger, while being under the restrictive and lawful watch of the government.
It was far more different from the Powerpuff Girls' world. Maybe that was why they were separate dimensions.
On the rooftop, in the newly created dent, laid the three girls. Unconscious and dirty, but relatively unharmed. Slowly, one of them began to stir. Blossom.
When Blossom slowly opened her eyes, all she could see was the endless blue sky and clouds. She blinked, taking in the sight. Then, she groaned.
"...What?"
Slowly, she sat up, wincing from her currently sore back. Blossom rubbed her eyes and looked around at the rooftop. Definitely a change from Townsville's street plaza. And in Blossom's head, no matter how disoriented she was, she saw it as a red flag.
Immediately, Blossom's eyes widened, as she became alert. She quickly turned to her sisters, who were unconscious next to her. Quickly, she shook Buttercup, who was nearest to her, awake.
"Buttercup! BUTTERCUP!" Blossom whispered harshly.
Buttercup turned on her side, groaning and completely oblivious.
"Not now, Dad! Five more minutes… all I'm asking for…" she muttered sleepily.
Blossom prodded her roughly on the side. "Buttercup, wake up!"
Finally, Buttercup's eyelids flew open, revealing confused green eyes.
"Guh… Blossom?" she asked, disoriented.
"Come on, get up! We have a problem! Wake up Bubbles too!" Blossom instructed.
Frowning in confusion, Buttercup slowly got up, and poked Bubbles next to her. This time, Bubbles woke up more easily than Buttercup, and sat up with her once neat blonde pigtails now a mess.
"What's going on?" she asked in a soft voice.
It was at that point that Bubbles and Buttercup registered their surroundings, and their eyes widened.
"Hold up… weren't we in a street plaza or something?" Buttercup asked, bewildered.
"Are we even in Townsville?" Bubbles gulped.
Blossom frowned and got up slowly. "I don't know. Do you guys remember what happened when we were there?"
Buttercup and Bubbles got up too, and stood next to Blossom.
"All I remember is that we were about to beat Mojo's ass, then a weird portal thingy appeared outta nowhere, then…"
As Buttercup trailed off, she pricked up, realizing something. And so did Bubbles and Blossom.
"You don't think we…? DID WE?!" Bubbles squeaked.
"No way. As far as I know, alternate dimensions don't exist." Blossom quickly replied.
"Well, we didn't know PORTALS existed, and boy were we wrong about that!" Buttercup snapped.
After she said that, Buttercup raced to the edge of the building and looked around, gazing down at the city below. As Bubbles and Blossom came up behind her, they all froze.
"That is DEFINITELY not Townsville." Bubbles concluded, as she shivered.
Blossom couldn't find a counterargument so she said, "No. No it is not."
Just then, a boom sounded in the distance, making the girls jump with screams.
"IT'S THE PORTAL, READY TO SUCK US INTO ANOTHER WEIRD PLACE!" Bubbles wailed.
"NOT THIS TIME! I'LL BLAST IT TO PIECES!" Buttercup hollered.
But, surprisingly, another earthquake didn't happen. Instead, there was smoke rising from a not far away part of the city, in full view of the girls. Blossom was the first to connect the dots.
"Not a portal… an explosion." Blossom mused.
Bubbles blinked, worried. "That must mean… people are in danger!"
"Uh, people we don't KNOW!" Buttercup countered.
Bubbles turned to Buttercup, frowning.
"They're still people, Buttercup! Ours or not! I say we go and investigate."
Buttercup's eyes widened to the size of dinner plates.
"Are you CRAZY?! We have NO idea who or what made that explosion! For all we know, it could be aliens! Or blood-sucking vampires!"
Blossom shook her head. "No. Bubbles is right. Maybe that explosion is connected to the portal somehow. We need to take every chance we have at the possibility of getting home. Plus, saving people is what we do."
With that, Blossom and Bubbles took off into the sky, leaving a stammering Buttercup on the rooftop. Finally, after a few moments, Buttercup sighed.
"If there are zombies there, I'm throwing Bubbles and Blossom to them as sacrifices." Buttercup huffed as she took off after them.