CHAPTER 1: The new teacher
Gumballs POV
I woke up. The first thing I heard was the beeping alarm clock buzzing into my feral ears. I tried to turn it off but it was out of my reach. Oh! Good ol' alarm-clock-out-of-your-reach-to-get-you-up-trick. I stood up and turned the electric nuisance off. I went to the bathroom for dressing up and getting my morning routine done. When I looked at the mirror I saw a creature with dark blue fur, sharp ears with a few cuts, a muscular rather buffed appearance, a scar all over its chest, a few shot wounds in its head, one of the two hand-like paws looking translucent and a face with ruby red eyes filled with bitterness and sorrow. I gave it a weary pitiful look and suddenly, the creature changed it's expression to my pitiful one at the speed of light. Then I realized that the creature I was glancing at me was my reflection. I was shocked upon this sight and froze. When I noticed that I didn't even recognize myself, I felt rejected by society. But it wasn't society that rejected me, it was my own, torturing remorse that went through every single vein, painfully and merciless. Where was my amazing world? Where has it gone? Why did my wonderful life have to end like this? I guess Clare was right, this isn't an amazing wonderland, 'this is real life and bad things happen in real life' I heard Clare's voice echoing in my head tugging on my lost sanity, ripping away even the last pieces of my mind. As my eyelids started flickering I saw my eyes in the mirror turning from the glossy crystal clear red, to a fluid-like blood red. I saw my fur getting a purplish tone as her words echoed further into my mind, speeding up the transformation into a powerful, uncontrollable beast, the one that killed my family. 'That killed my family' the thought went through my mind and made me aware of the powers I wielded. I fought the insanity phenomenon back to where it came from. It tried to come back but I pushed it away again After I had successfully beaten the inner feral back I fell to the floor in exhaustion. I never knew it was this strong. I stood up again feeling weak. I'm 27 years old now, it's been 11 years since I lost Penny and all the others and it was my fault! The mere thought of them filled me with grief again as I went downstairs for eating breakfast 'In the end I was just too weak' I thought 'both physically and mentally' I made myself a jelly-peanut-butter-sandwich subconsciously. I started sobbing softly upon thinking I was too weak as I munched down the tasty sandwich which reminded me of Penny.
"Aw come on!" I angrily yelled still sobbing "Is the whole universe trying to tear my heart apart?"
After I finished my breakfast, I saw the rain on the outside of my window and decided to take a waterproof coat, as I stepped out my front door, I felt the cold breeze going through my fur ruffling it a bit and the rain touching my fluffy fur softly.
I heard some distant yells "I WARNED YOU! EVERYONE YOU LOVE! EVERY SINGLE ONE!" but I assumed I was just hearing things and ignored them.
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MEANWHILE ON ELMORE HILL:
"I WARNED YOU! EVERYONE YOU LOVE! EVERY SINGLE ONE!" I yelled angrily "AND I SUCCEEDED WATTERSON!" Then I gave a last glance over Elmore, it has lost his hero...
11 YEARS AGO AT THE SAME PLACE:
"Watterson I promised to destroy you and everyone you love! Everyone!" I said "And you know what? I've got a plan for doing so!"
Gumballs POV
I sat down on the front porch and looked at the picture of Penny with a weak smile as a tear ran down my cheek and I closed my eyes. Then I suddenly saw a TV-static and heard someone call my name. I was shocked but jumped into the conclusion that it was my insanity which caused this chain of thoughts and opened my eyes. I stood up again and ran to school, I felt my fur spiking up almost vertically like a certain hedgehog and made it into my room just in time. When I came into the room the bell rung and every student stood up automatically. I just panted heavily. And looked into 10 little faces a cactus, a robot, a little fox, a balloon, a light blue humanoid, a ghost, a seemingly strong Border collie, a coyote, an emerald green cat and an orange fairy. I sat down on the teachers desk and started sobbing uncontrollably 'old memories' I thought 'please, Cato, Amber, Jake, Kelsey, Randal, Evelyn, Darwin, Anais, Nicole, Richard, Carrie please forgive me!' I pleaded in my thoughts, still sobbing, suddenly something tapped my shoulder. I looked up and saw a fairy in front of me.
"What's the matter, kitty?" she asked caringly. Despite the stupid nickname she gave me I liked that she cared for people who looked sad.
"Is this your sister?" I asked as I took out the photo of Penny Fitzgerald and gave it to her.
She nodded and started crying "Yes..." I saw every single face showing pity but that emerald cat did something else, it sneaked up to the fairy. Then I saw his eyes: Flaming, but tame like a tea light. It seemed that the one taming his burning eyes was the fairy mere presence. As he was sneaking up to her, he slowly stretched his arms out, clearly having the goal of comfortingly hugging her. But the whole class chuckled at the cats doing so the fairy turned around to see why they were chuckling and before she knew it, the cat hugged her and their lips accidentally met, causing both of them to blush extremely hard and the whole class to burst out in laughter. As the class was laughing the two tried to break away from each other but some weird force kept them from doing so. They stopped struggling against it, seeing no use in struggling, and relaxed. The class was still laughing so I intercepted:
"Silence!" I yelled and the class immediately dimmed down the laughter "And you two . . ." I turned to them. "Whatever you were doing, bring up the strength and break apart. And go to your seats."
Surprisingly, the two broke apart easily and went to their respective seats.
"Pollie Fitzgerald?" I asked.
"Yes Mr. Gumball?" the fairy asked
"How do you know my name?" me and Pollie asked in unison. "From Penny, right?"
We were stunned, every single word we spoke was spoken in unison "Yes" I said "Anyways would you come to me after this lesson please?"
"Yes Mr." Pollie said.
"Hello everyone my name is Gumball Tristopher Watterson but just call me Gumball" I said "OK lets fill today's attendance list!"
"Annette Keane?"
"Here!" the cactus girl replied
"Bobert?"
"Attendant!" I heard a synthetic voice
"Jade Springer?" upon her mention the coyote looked at her slinkily.
"Ready!" the fox said
"Alen Keane?"
"Yes!" the balloon said
"Eric Anderson?"
"My attention is yours!" the humanoid said politely.
"Sophia Anderson?"
"Teach me, master!" the ghost said with an echoing mysterious voice.
"Jett Locke?"
I just heard a threatening growl from the Border collie and asked him if he could visit me after this lesson.
"Jay Springer?"
"I am here!" the coyote said.
"Luke Fireson?"
"Yeah?" the emerald green cat asked.
"Pollie Fitzgerald?"
"Yes!" Pollie said.
"So, everyone is here? Good!" I said "You all know how to write right?" Everyone nodded. "So everyone of you has to write a small story about 100 to 300 words you have time until the end of the lesson"
Everyone started writing. The time flew by and the lesson ended. Everyone dashed out as fast as the wind and Eric used his super speed to get out. Then Pollie came to my desk.
"Uhm, Gumball what do want to talk about?" Pollie asked me.
"Luke seems to like you" I said "Is this pal a troublemaker?"
"Yes he totally is" Pollie replied
"OK you seem to have the same caring attitude as your sister." I said "So could you do me a favor?"
"Yes?" she asked. "What is it?"
"Be very kind to Luke" I said.
"Why?" she said in a tone that was clearly angry at the kid who embarrased her in front of the whole class.
"Trust me" I said in a reassuring tone "It'll pay off. Karma will kick in one day, it may be sooner or later but it will"
"OK" Pollie said "Gumball, from what I've heard from Penny you were kind of a troublemaker, so why are you a teacher now?"
"After the two tragedies that happened I decided to be a better person" I said, my voice trailing off into the distance.
"Gumball, your talking in riddles" Pollie said
"What?" I said when I snapped back to reality. "Ugh I'll explain later"
"O, kaaaaay?" Pollie said, confused. Then she just went out of the classroom.
"Jett?" I said "Could you come here please?"
The Border collie came over to my desk and mumbled something that I didn't understand but I didn't bother to ask.
"Yes?" he said leaving a growl out of his mouth.
"How did you actually manage to stay that chilled the whole lesson?" I asked "I thought you were a cup of trouble"
"I was" he said in a sad manner.
I inhaled to ask him why he isn't any more but he just cut me off "Don't even think about it"
"If you lost somebody or something, I have advice" I said "Never bury your past, because one day it'll come back to you, unexpected, threatening, lethal."
He gave an approving mumble and went off. I went out of the room too and and locked the door 'OK next lesson is gym class' I thought 'Well its time to meet my colleagues.' When I came into the teachers lounge I was met with a rather unpleasant sight: Miss Simian, Mr. Brown and Mr. Small.
"How's it goin' guys and gals?" I said and went over to Miss Simian then Mr. Brown and then to Mr. Small "Its okay if I call you Lucy, Nigel and Steve right?" everyone mumbled something but I didn't pay attention and decided to go to the cafeteria where I was greeted by a huge humiliation: Somebody just shouted "A TEACHER! ATTACK!" and then as quick as lightning food came from all directions directly at my face, I was knocked down and felt myself rolling backwards and standing up in a fight stance. Everyone laughed at me probably for the fight stance thing but I got angry again, my inner monster trying to rise. I just growled loudly and inhaled and exhaled deeply to fight it back but that didn't help. My fur got this purplish tone back and for this time my translucent fist started glowing. Startled by this I looked at it not paying attention to my inner beast as it saw its chance right now when I noticed my transformation sped up I was shocked. I punched my feral back into me, "No! No! No! Not again please! Not again!" I yelled fearfully. My knees started shaking and I knelled down while fighting against myself. My struggle gave me more attention than I already had been given but that was okay. I stood up again and started feeling numb, just numb and collapsed to the floor while passing out. I managed to utter a "Sorry Guys!" before I passed out. I woke up in the nurses room, surrounded by my class, as if they were close family and friends. That act of pure kindness made me want to hug all of them.
"Oh hey! Sup Class!" I said as if nothing had happened.
"What happened back there?" Pollie asked seeming slightly disturbed.
"Where?" I responded dryly.
"Oh Gumball stop pretending!" Pollie said "I ask you again, what happened?"
I said nothing.
"Please, answer!" Pollie pleaded.
"The long or the short version?" I asked.
"The short one." she said. "Gym class has started 10 minutes ago!" Suddenly the Emerald cat kicked itself in the face. Upon this Pollie gave a slight chuckle.
"Face-Kick-Syndrome, huh?" I said "Lets say, its best for your mental health that you don't know the full reason and its best for your physical health that you guys don't make me angry."
Everyone kept quiet for a while until I broke the silence "Anyways, lets go to gym class" I heard a kick and scoffed "Luke, please refrain from kicking yourself!"
"OK I'll try" he said, his head slightly bowed.
I stood up from the bed and went to the gym together with my class.
"Today I will duel against everyone of you!" I said pretty loud.
"WHAT?!" Everyone shouted.
"I'm serious" I said
"REALLY?!" Everyone shouted, disbelieving gazes were shot in my directions but I didn't care.
"Annette, you're the first one!" I demanded.
TO BE CONTINUED . . .
Hey guys so this is the first chapter of 'Insanity', comments are very welcome(may they be positive or negative)
I've made two references here the first one is about Sonic: He's the 'certain hedgehog' mentioned in the story
The Second one is the 'Face-Kick-Syndrome' it means kicking yourself in the face upon the mention of a specific word. Gumball claims that he had it referring to S03E03 The Coach were he did this upon the mention of 'Gym class'
The Amazing World of Gumball belongs to Ben Bocquelett.
Cato Anderson, Amber Ceaser belong to Fitroz777.
Jake Wiley, Kelsey Springer, Randal Locke, Evelyn Luck, Jett Locke belong to Nomad36.
Anette Keane, Jade Springer, Alen Keane, Sophia Anderson, Eric Anderson, Luke Fireson, Jay Springer belong to me.
See Ya Next Time!
