Same As It Never Was

Chapter 1

Welcome Home

"Ugh, wha…?" Blossom awoke from her unconscious state, slowly blinking her eyes to reinstate her vision.

Looking up at the sky, it was dressed in a dark red color, with heavy mist and fog surrounding her all around. She sat up to look around and began to smell a rank odor nearby and noticed she was in an alleyway next to a large dumpster.

"Eww, gross." she muttered in disgust. Feeling a bit woozy, she stumbled a bit, but managed to pick herself up when she suddenly remembered something…

She gasped then shouted, "Mojo Jojo and the Ganggreen Gang! I've got to tell the girls." She immediately flew off into the sky over Townsville.

Looking down below, Blossom noticed there were no people in sight, no speeding cars honking their horns, no big city lights shining bright. Instead, she saw buildings with giant crater holes in them, shattered window glass from small corner stores, and abandoned parked cars lining the streets.

"What happened here?" she said to herself. "This place is a mess; I need to find out the cause of this right away! It surely had to be Mojo who did this, but the Ganggreen Gang working with him? That doesn't make any sense."

Blossom flew as fast as she could, finally arriving at her home. She landed on the ground near the walkway entrance and was overcome by complete shock at what she saw. Her eyes widened as she stared at the house in horror while covering her hands over her mouth.

"Oh no." she said softly. The house was in bad state; the windows to her and her sister's bedroom were broken, and there was a giant chunk of concrete wall missing at the side leading to the garage.

Luckily, the front door still stood there firm. She was hesitant at first, but quickly erased the fears from her mind and began to slowly turn the doorknob. While the door was opened halfway, she took a peek inside to look around. There were no lights on in the house, only the light from the door illuminating the front entrance could be seen.

"Hello… Girls… Professor… Are you guys alright?" she called out. Nobody answered her.

Blossom slowly floated inside and closed the door behind her. She made her way to the living room and saw that the couch was still there, although missing a few cushions and pillows, but the TV screen was smashed to bits.

"Professor, Bubbles, Buttercup?" She called out again. Still getting no answer, she began to worry. Blossom thought to herself what if Mojo got them? What if he is holding them hostage right now? The Ganggreen Gang could be here right now to ambush me!

Blossom floated by to the kitchen and noticed in the entrance there was a long straight piece of wire placed at the bottom between the open-door way. She floated down to investigate.

"What is this here for?" She said as she pricked at the wire with her hand. "Is it some sort of tripwire or trap?"

Suddenly, Blossom heard footsteps coming from the stairs next to her. She became silent… Someone else is here, and it might possibly be an intruder. I have to be cautious about how I approach this. Wait, I got it! I'll just use my X-ray vision to see them through the wall. She went to the kitchen wall with the staircase right behind it and used her X-ray vision on a corner. From what she could make out from the skeletal image, was a little girl's figure, wearing her hair in pigtails on both sides. It's Bubbles! Blossom thought happily. Thank goodness! She can explain everything to me!

She zoomed out of the kitchen back into the living room eager to greet her sister, but to her surprise, nobody was there… Where did she go? She couldn't have just vanished like that. Confused by what just happened Blossom was just about to turn around when all of a sudden…

"HIYAH!" Out of the shadows a figure emerged and Blossom was tackled to the ground from where she was floating.

She tumbled and rolled around on the ground with her opponent in the dark.

"WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT DO YOU WANT?!" They yelled. Blossom, having her eyes shut when she fell down, didn't see who it was, but she immediately recognized their voice.

"BUBBLES GET OFF OF ME!" Blossom yelled back.

Bubbles had her hand up against Blossom's face pushing it to the ground. "FIRST TELL ME WHO YOU ARE!" Bubbles yelled. "ARE YOU A SPY SENT TO GET ME, OR A ROBOT? OR A ROBOT SPY? TELL ME!" Blossom was getting irritated, and couldn't take the pressure from the weight she was locked in under.

"BUBBLES… GET… OFF OF ME!" she screamed.

While screaming at the top of her lungs, Blossom threw a hard punch at Bubbles. Bubbles hit the wall opposite of them at incredible speed leaving an imprint behind her and then slumping down to the floor. Blossom got up and adjusted her eyes in the dim light to get a proper look at Bubbles. Her blue dress and her blonde pigtails were just the same as before, but she looked slightly taller than her now. She was also wearing black sunglasses and a black overcoat, along with some black jeans and a pair of blue and white sneakers.

Blossom started slowly approaching Bubbles yelling at her "BUBBLES! WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH YOU?! WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA FOR ATTACKING ME LIKE THAT?"

Bubbles was still shaken from the blow she just received and was panting heavily. Blossom was just about to say something else when Bubbles immediately rose up and pulled out a pistol and pointed it directly towards Blossom.

"Not… a step… closer." Bubbles said while still panting.

Blossom was completely taken off by this. As she slowly backed up with her hands raised halfway she said "Bubbles you have a gun? What are you d…?"

"This is a 50-caliber desert eagle handgun. You hit me like that again, I WILL NOT HESITATE TO SHOOT YOU." Bubbles shouted. "Now back to the original question. Who… are… you?" Bubbles said while pulling back the lever on the pistol.

"Bubbles… it's me… your sister, Blossom." Blossom answered nervously.

"My dear sister Blossom finally returns after all these years? I don't buy it."

Blossom was confused by her statement. "All these years? What do you mean? I…"

"YOU DAMN WELL KNOW WHAT I MEAN!" Bubbles' voice was growing with anger. "IT'S BEEN FIVE YEARS SINCE YOU WENT MISSING BLOSSOM. HOW CAN YOU JUST SHOW UP NOW OUT OF NOWHERE?"

"Five years…" Blossom whispered to herself quietly. "Bubbles… what happened to you?" she asked her sister in a soft voice.

"WHAT HAPPENED TO ME? WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO YOU?" Bubbles yelled back. "WHERE WERE YOU ALL THIS TIME?!"

Blossom was struggling to find any words to say as she couldn't comprehend the situation herself. "I… I…" "Wait a minute." Bubbles interrupted in realization. "You haven't changed at all… you still look the exact same like we were five years ago… that's impossible."

Blossom tried her best to calm her sister down. "Bubbles, please, will you just listen to me… I don't remember exactly what happened. I just woke up in an alleyway in downtown Townsville. It was right after the big fight between the three of us and I ended up going after Mojo Jojo and the Ganggreen Gang by myself."

"Mojo and the Ganggreen Gang?" Bubbles said in confusion. "The Ganggreen Gang has been dead for years now."

"They're d…dead?" Blossom replied in a faint voice. "What about everyone else, the other villains? Where are our friends and family? What happened to the Professor and Buttercup?" She asked frantically.

Bubbles had a puzzled look on her face. She was ignoring all of Blossom's questions and instead asked her "What do you remember from the encounter with Mojo?"

Blossom thought back to the moment before she was knocked out. In the flashback, she can vaguely see Mojo cackling over her with a large metal circular device tucked under his arm. She proceeds to then tell Bubbles about this. "Mojo had some sort of device he was carrying. I was dealing with the Ganggreen Gang until they went into this alleyway and I was ambushed."

After hearing this, Bubbles lowered her weapon. "So… it really is you Blossom. After all this time, you were just stuck in a time warp… how pathetic."

"HEY!" Blossom answered back. "WILL YOU STOP BEING SO RUDE?"

"Honestly, I could give less of a shit about my attitude." Bubbles said.

Blossom just stared at her with a look of complete shock and anger for a few seconds. "You can't be Bubbles." She said giving her a squinted eye look. "Bubbles would never act like this."

"That Bubbles you knew has been gone for a long time now." Bubbles replied.

"Oh, let me guess, you're "hard-core" all over again?" Blossom said mockingly.

"No, I wouldn't describe myself like that. Let's just say… I've changed." Bubbles said with a low voice. "Or you could just describe me as a "badass" now, your choice." She said with a grin.

Blossom became annoyed beyond reason at this point. Frustrated, she finally sighed then asked "Bubbles… what happened here?"

Bubbles responded "It's a long story, I'll explain most of it you, so listen carefully. Mojo was the cause of all this, that bastard."

Bubbles walked over to the light switch and turned on the living room light. Blossom just stared at her with an angry look on her face the entire time. The girl in the black overcoat, sunglasses, and jeans looked and sounded like her sister, but most of her apparel, as well as her attitude, definitely did not.

"Bubbles… I cannot believe you would point a gun at me like that. I'm your sister." Blossom said while feeling a bit choked up.

"Well sorry sis. Honestly, I thought you were some damn illusion, you know? Like I was thinking to myself "that couldn't be you." Then I noticed you were snooping around a lot and went towards the kitchen, figured that you were investigating my trap that I setup. That showed me you were a real entity and it wasn't just some shit messing with my mind."

Blossom still bared an agitated look and began to ask a series of questions to Bubbles. "How am I five years into the future? It felt like I just left the house five minutes ago! And what is with your attitude Bubbles? You are ten times worse than Buttercup now! Also, why are you wearing that outfit: a black overcoat and sunglasses in doors… really? Looks like a cheesy action movie getup to me. Another thing..."

"OKAY BLOSSOM, you're asking too many questions at once. Let's go into the kitchen and discuss things. I need a drink."

"BUBBLES YOU DRINK ALCOHOL NOW?" Blossom shouted angrily.

"No dumb ass, its soda. I had a little bit of beer before, it tasted like shit anyway." Bubbles said.

"Oh, okay then… HEY! WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME?" Blossom yelled in realization.

"Oh, sorry Ms. Prissy Pants. I didn't mean to offend you." Bubbles said in a mocking tone as she walked towards the kitchen.

Blossom could not believe what she was seeing; what she was hearing. Her sweet, polite, innocent sister had turned aggressive, insensitive and vulgar. As Blossom floated behind her, she started thinking this can't be real. It has to be some weird dream or something. How is this even possible? I apparently got sent in a time warp to the future by Mojo, and now Townsville is in complete ruin. I would say that Bubbles does look a bit older though, but there is so much that doesn't add up.

END OF CHAPTER 1

Author's Note: Hello everyone! My name is Matthew, I am a new fanfic writer and this is my first fanfiction. The Powerpuff Girls is probably my favorite animated show of all time. I loved watching it as a kid, along with other CN classics like Dexter's Lab, Samurai Jack, Kids Next Door, Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, etc. PPG though, holds a special place in my heart. I would always be ready to watch it as soon as I came home from school. Never missed out on an episode. I even went to see the movie in theatres. (I was probably the only boy XD). Anyways, we all are avid fans of PPG and even after the show ended many years ago we still love the series so much that we follow and even create new content outside of the main medium it is based on. That is the true power of the fans right there. I also run this PPG fan page on Facebook. I post fanart, fanfiction, comics, and classic content from the show itself. Check it out if you like! facebook(dotcom)/ppgfancom

Some Clarification: I was having a hard time, choosing a proper time period, since this story deals with time travel. I ultimately decided that I wanted all three of the girls to be kids still, not teenagers or adults. Since Blossom was sent through a time portal to the future, she hasn't aged and is still 5 years old. Everyone else in the story however, has aged by 5 years. That is why Bubbles is described as slightly taller now, as she is 10 years old. (I know she has quite a potty mouth for a 10-year-old, but hey, it's a bleak future that she had to grow up in.)

I drew heavy inspiration for this story from a TMNT episode with the same title. (I'm not creative with titles XP). In the episode, Donatello gets sent to a future post-apocalyptic world where the Shredder has taken over and Leo, Mikey, and Raph have split up. It's a great episode and has some incredible dark themes. I however, plan on having my story differ drastically though from the plot in this episode.

Another thing I wanted to incorporate was the idea of Bubbles becoming a badass. Bubbles is known as the most innocent, loving, and caring character of the group. Well I wanted to take that personality AND STOMP ON IT TO PIECES. (lol jk) Like in the episode "Bubblevicious," we see a different side of Bubbles that takes no shit from anybody. I wanted to take that personality and ramp it up to 11, making her even more badass than Buttercup probably.

Anyways thank-you for reading and stay tuned for more! I have the blueprints planned out for future chapters already and I don't want to spoil them, but Chapter two will be a flashback chapter showing the events that took place before. Should be up soon, as well as chapter three.

-GoldMatt 007, Matthew