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Buttercup became different on the day she was born. Blossom was the smart one and ever so good. Bubbles was the kind one, always happy. They were beautiful the perfect little girls. They were the professors greatest accomplishment his perfect little girls but where did that leave buttercup? . Buttercup POV: I remember the day of our creation, the powerpuff girls. The professor said,"i'll call you blossom because you opened your eyes first, and i'll call you bubble because you so cheery and happy." I was so excited what would mine be, it ruined my image of my creator,"...and i'll call you buttercup because it also starts with a b." It was then i decided that i could never fit in so i would stand out whether it be in a good way or bad i would be noticed.
I wanted to be different. I wanted to be special. I became the tom boy, the spice in the powerpuff girl mix. I was not as smart and perfect as Blossom or as kind and multi-talented as bubbles. I did not have any special powers so i worked hard to become the strongest. And i did and the was finally something i could do something people could appreciate that my sisters could not do well that was before the ice breath and ability to not just understand any human language but along came Bubbles ability to talk to animals. They were praised and i was forgotten. I found out i had a 'special ability'- I could twirl my tongue. I was excited there was finally something i could do that no one else could i went to show the professor but my sisters complained it was unfair why was i able to do that. I was vivid but remained calm because they were wrong the professor would tell them well that is what i thought. "Your sisters are right Buttercup you shouldnt flaunt that but besides girl its not a special power, it wont help you fight crime", Professor said. I remember the smug looks on their faces as they told the Professor he was right that it was not even a power so it was not important. Professor agreed, he seemed to forget that when Blossom received her power he threw her a party to show Townsville how much she is growing, they did the same for Bubbles but me, the didnt even notice when i walked away with glistening eyes. Kindergarden passed- I coped i became friends with Dexter a quite, nerdy boy who was bullied by 8th graders. We get along well he helped me improve in school and i helped him gain confidence. I opened up about my insecurities and he left me. Blossom noticed his potential and invited him to study with her on the bleaches in other words they would make out behind the bleaches. It was only two days later in the scool hallway he told me that i was a good friend but we had too little in common and walked away only to link hands with Blossom at her locker. I remember the smug look on her face and Bubbles giggling in the background. I remember the first year of high school Mitch and i became best friends. He was a dare devil always trying reckless stunts making crude jokes in class and he loved to skate board. We hit it off instantly. We were the class clowns, making jokes entertaining each other. He came from a broken home, his parents abandoned him and his grandmother raised him. Maybe we got along because we could understand each others pain. I remember when i took him home the first time-the Professors forced smile, Blossoms disgust and Bubbles over done perkiness- I knew they would find faults in him. After his departure Professor turning to me in a mixture of anger and disappointment asking how i could associate myself with that crowd, how i could put my sisters image in jeopardy. He told me that I was to end that friendship, I refused. That night I called and confessed what happening and let someone hear me cry, he reassured me he was my friend and so it will remain or maybe we could be something more. I was happy. Someone liked me, for me. He asked me to the end of the year final i was excited, i wasnt your average girl who enjoyed dressing ups but for once i felt that way. We skated every friday but one day he cancelled he on me. He told me he had to help his grandmother. I did not see him the next few days until the night of the dance he was supposed to pick me up but he did not show up. I figured i would meet him there because we never had time to discuss the arrangements since he said we should go together as dates. I arrived in my green floor length dress with a slit yeah i know what you are thinking Buttercup in a dress and in one with a slit no less but that was how happy i was to be at the dance with my best friend and my kind- of boyfriend. Now with all this excitement going on imagine my surprise when i enter the gym hall where the school dance was being held and i see Mitch and Bubbles in a dance of the tongues. I start to approach them (im not particularly sure why I am but I am) I notice that Bubbles saw me and broke their kiss asking him, "what about Buttercup I thought you liked her?" And i waited for Mitch to come to his senses but what he said next shocked me,"Buttercup who? You mean that sorry excuse for a girl. I mean come on she doesn't even boobs and she follows me everywhere and she actually believed all that crap about us being 'something more'. I dont even know why you are asking me this when you were the one who told me to ask her out to find out if she likes me before you date me and i did. Now stop talking about Buttercup and focus on me." And they went back to making out. Im not sure when during their making out session I walked out but by the time i found myself out of that trance i was sitting outside by the school fountain holding in the tears i did not even know were forming. I let a tear slip before i stopped myself. What was i doing there crying i was a powerpuff i was the strength, the tough one. I was not going to let my sorry excuse of sisters and any boys. That night i went home and told the Professor i wanted to stay in Cityville with his cousin Ace. He agreed immediately. He was happy to rid himself of me and yet i did not care i was going to be with someone who loved me. Someone who loved me for me and didn't find the need to constantly belittle me or compare me to my sisters and the funny part was that he was not the professors biological brother. The professors father found him in the town dump being looked after by a group of teenager runaways and took him in he was 8 and the professor was 16. It was 10 years later when their father passed. Ace tried to form a bond with the professor but all he cared about was his work. So at 18 after their fathers death he packed his bags and moved to Cityville. I found out about him completely by accident considering how the professor constantly ignored him. I answered the phone and he asked who i was and to his surprise i was his brothers daughter. He did not even know the professor had daughters and travelled to meet us. The girls started to dislike him the minute he refuse to look down upon me and said he was not even the professors real brother, he was just a charity case. I on the other hand formed a bond with him and we have been in contact ever since.

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