DISCLAIMER: All references used in this fan fiction are not mine. I claim NOTHING of them.
A The Amazing World of Gumball Fiction
THE GOOD By ElexCube
Chapter One
"THE MORNING"
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*Beep-beep-beep! Beep-beep-beekp! ...*
Gumball woke from slumber as he sat up with a yawn. He opened his eyes and reached for the buzzing alarm clock to turn it off, ears flopped down. The twelve year-old cat then removed himself from the sheets, got out of bed, rubbed his sleep-drunk eyes, and glanced to his side at the alarm clock.
"FRI 6:20 AM MAR 12"
Blob blop–* That sound came from the fishbowl just behind the time-indicator slash sleep-wrecker. Adjusting his sight, Gumball glanced over to his goldfish brother and saw him closing his mouth from a yawn, eyes still closed. As Darwin stood up from his sleeping position, Gumball said his first words that morning.
"Morning, Darwin." Gumball's ears perked up.
Darwin peeked behind his eyelids and saw his blue-furred brother standing in front of the drawers. "Good morning, Gumball." He also rubbed his eyes.
Gumball smiled at his brother before asking, "Sleep well, buddy?"
Darwin was about to say yes but instead his face lit up as if he remembered something. "Ooh! Ooh! I got this dream that..." He placed his fins on the rim of his bowl. "...you're a superhero with ice powers and you fought this giant..." He opened his fins wide to emphasize. "...blazing blocks of earth, it was kinda like a person though. It was like..." He stepped out of his bowl, stood on top of the drawers, and threw his hands animatedly. "...shooting fire balls around the city while it laughs like..." His face turned evil and with a deep grumbling voice he said, "HA...HA...Ha...ha... I WILL BURN YOU ALL TO THE GROUND!!!" slowly. He dropped the face and continued. "But then you came flying from the SKY and threw huge ice spikes at him! And you said..." With his best impression of Gumball with anger and determination, he said, "Stop right there, you monster! I have come to stop you from creating more chaos that may destroy this beloved city of mine!!" He dropped the impression, jumped down on a rug laying down below the drawer's side, and... continued. "Then— then the monster roared at you but you didn't flinch!" He stood on the rug and let some water on his body trickle down on it. "After that, y-you flew right in front of it and you sent a powerful blast of ice, snow, and wind right on its face! It was like..." He made a pose with his fins forward and created a spraying sound for two seconds. "And the monster was like..." He changed his pose to a sheilding position with his fins blocking his face and shifted his voice again. "NOOOOOooooo..." He returned to normal. "It froze and crumbled into pieces. Then you flew out of sight and the city was saved!" He jumped in front of Gumball and exclaimed, "Yeeeey...!!! And then... I woke up." Darwin said the last part anticlimactically and brightly smiled, finishing his story.
Gumball, who just stood there during the whole episode of Darwin's story, had a mild amusement on his face. "Huh... That's... that's well detailed if I should say. And... why me? Aren't you supposed to be the main character of your own dream?" He asked.
Darwin pondered for three seconds by looking up and placing a fin on his chin. He then turned to his brother and shrugged. "I don't know. I think it's not the same for all of us." He answered.
"Hmm... That's a point." Gumball said as he looked down and also placed a paw on his chin. He then let go of the matter. "But anyways... Dude, that dream was awesome. How do I look? What does my hero costume look like? Does it have a cape? What was my hero name? And I can fly?!" Gumball asked over-excitedly. "Answer me, bro! Answer me!!!" He grabbed Darwin's sides as he screamed that last part.
Darwin became slightly annoyed at that and slapped his brother to make him stop. "Dude, relax." Darwin said calmly as Gumball rubbed his cheek sheepishly with his ears down. "Let's go to the bathroom, I'll tell you the details later in the bus." He started to walk to the door.
Gumball's ears perked up again at that and said, "Okay." He followed his brother excitedly.
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A few moments later, they arrived and stood in front of the bathroom door. The sound of running water stopped them on their tracks, they figured that someone might be inside already. Gumball extended his arms to the door and knocked twice, just to make sure.
"Just a minute...!" Anais' muffled voice sounded from behind the door.
"Take your time...!" Gumball bellowed.
The blue cat and the goldfish just stood there for a few seconds waiting for their turn until Darwin broke out the silence.
"Dude, you seem on a very good mood today." Darwin informed his brother.
"Hmm... Well... I asked Penny for a date and she accepted it. We're going out tomorrow." Gumball beamed.
"Oh... That's why. Good luck with that." Darwin smiled for his brother.
"Thanks. So... how about you and Carrie?" Gumball asked.
"We're good." Darwin responded happily, remembering his ghost girlfriend, then an idea entered his mind. "You know what, I think I'll go ask her out too. It's been... three weeks since our last date."
"That's great, buddy. Everything's good about spending time with your S.O.." Gumball said the last part dreamily.
"What's S.O.?" Darwin questioned.
"Significant other. Duh..." Gumball sassed. The bathroom door suddenly opened showing Anais, their little pink rabbit sister, in her usual clothes.
"If you two are done talking about your lovelives, you can now use the bathroom." Anais said, with arms crossed and a playful expression.
The boys looked over to their sister. "And good morning to you too, little sis." Gumball said playfully.
"Good morning, Anais." Darwin greeted.
"Good morning, guys." Anais got out of the doorway and headed downstairs but without saying, "Hurry up or we will have breakfast without you two." to her brothers.
"Yes, Ma'am!" and "Roger that!" were heard after, which earned a giggle from Anais.
The boys then proceeded to do their morning routines which involve brushing their teeth, taking a quick shower, and dressing for the day. This was a typical morning inside the Watterson household. Members of the family go around and do their things with a couple of 'good morning' and 'sleep well?' aimed to each other. Then finally, everyone will gather around the dining table to eat breakfast together.
Speaking of breakfast, Nicole Watterson, the family's matriarch, prepared some eggs and bacon and marched to the table to arrange it, she hummed merrily as she did so. After finishing one of her morning routines, she called out to her whole gang. "Guys, breakfast is ready!" She was heard throughout the house.
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Meanwhile in the living room area, Anais was sitting on the couch while tending on her backpack. She was reviewing her homework to check if she had made mistakes on it. While by the other end side of the couch, Richard Watterson, the family's patriarch, was wearing his work-out outfit and in a middle of a dance exercise that he's been copying from the TV. He has been like that for a few weeks after being taken to the hospital because of that cheese-butter-smeared-deep-fried-chicken-drumstick incident. He was adviced to go good regarding with his health. The father and daughter were just minding their own businesses when they heard a call from Nicole.
Anais looked over to where her Mom's voice came from. "Okay, Mom...!" She gave her homework one final look and with a satisfied smile, she put it back inside her bag.
"Be right there, *pant* honey...!" Richard replied next. He was eager to eat breakfast with his family but still got to finish the dance routine.
Then thuds came from upstairs, it was the sound of the arrival of the last two members of the house. They carefully ran down the stairs before stopping at the bottom. "Yey! Breakfast!" Gumball and Darwin cheered before noticing their father, who was still facing the TV while flailing his hands in the air.
"Good morning, Mr. Dad!" Darwin spoke first.
"Morning, Dad. What's it for today?" Gumball said, eyeing the television.
"Good morning... sons... I think they say... they say it's still about... developing your stamina... *wheeze* You guys go to the table... I'll be right there with you." Richard panted to his sons without taking his eyes off the screen.
Gumball and Darwin gave their affirmation and walked to the table where their Mom and little sister were already seated.
Nicole was reading newspapers when she saw the entrance of her sons, she was seated on the farthest end of the table facing the living room area. She immediately noticed the bright smiles on her sons' faces. "Good morning, sweeties. Anything's up? You guys seem to be excited about something." She said.
Gumball and Darwin placed themselves on their seats before the latter spoke. "Good morning, Mrs. Mom. It's nothing, Gumball's just excited for his date tomorrow." That earned a smile from Nicole and a surprised squeak from Gumball.
"Oh really...?" Nicole questioned playfully.
"Yes really." Anais inserted. She was seated on her high chair at the right far-end of the table. "I saw him yesterday floating around the hallway in glee after he asked Penny. He's got this dumb face on." She chuckled, remembering her brother's face yesterday.
"No, I didn't." Gumball denied. "And it's not any of your business, guys." Slightly annoyed, he decided to pour himself a glass of milk.
"Oh, don't worry, sweetheart, we won't meddle, we're just... curious. That's all." Nicole said. Darwin and Anais nodded at that.
Richard, who heard the whole conversation, appeared from the living room, slightly sweaty. "That's right, son. And remember, if anything goes wrong when it comes to girls, you can always seek help from this man here." Richard presented himself proudly as he sat himself on his seat between his eldest and youngest kid.
That earned a raised brow from the whole family. Gumball looked over to Darwin and found his brother equally puzzled, but Gumball noticed something on Darwin's face. He looked over to his Mom, who smiled and shook her head at what her husband had just said, and then to Anais, who shared a similar reaction with her mother. After looking at Anais, Gumball beamed and turned to his brother again. "Hey! I just noticed, you raise your right eyebrow while we raise our left brow." Gumball snickered. That earned a much less needed puzzlement for everyone.
"Really?" Darwin asked. He looked up and tried to spot his eyebrows.
"Yes." Gumball said and turn to his father quickly. "Anyways, Dad... I'll keep that in mind." He smiled as he pat his father's arm.
They ate their breakfast after that and continued to talk about anything that came up, which includes Gumball's date, Richard's exercises, Darwin's eyebrows, etc.. After the breakfast, each one of them put their plates and glasses on the sink. Nicole went upstairs to fetch her small sling bag. Richard was washing the dishes. The kids waited by the front door for their mother, Anais got her small backpack.
"So, guys, what are your activities today?" Anais asked her brothers as she bounced her backpack, knowing that they're both in the same class.
Gumball thought for a second. "Nothing much. Maybe a pop quiz by Miss Simian, which is more likely because she hasn't given us any of that this week." He replied.
"Man, I wonder what class it will be. Math? Science? History? I hope it's not history." Darwin squeaked worryingly.
"Well, good luck with that." She said. She don't know what it would be like to be on one of Miss Simian's class but glad that she skipped it because of her acceleration.
Nicole walked down the stairs towards her kids and shouted to the kitchen. "Richard, we will be off now. I'll be back around 3:00. Can you do some of the chores?" She opened the front door, looking at her husband's shadow in the kitchen.
"Yup, I'm on it!" Richard's voice came from the kitchen together with clattering sounds of the dishes. "Bye, honey!"
"Bye...!"
"Bye, kids!"
"Bye, Dad...!", "Bye, Mr. Dad."
Nicole held the door as her kids got outside. She noticed one of them stopped in front of her.
"Um, Mom. Can I ask you something?" Gumball looked up at his mother.
"Oh yes! Anything, dear. What is it?" Nicole answered.
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A few moments later, the Wattersons, minus Richard, left the house and walked through their front lawn, that has puddles of water around from the last night's rain, until they reached Nicole's car.
Nicole walked around the car as her kids stood there on the sidewalk. She stopped by the driver seat's door just enough to still see her kids over the car. "Do you guys need anything before I go?" She asked as she searched her bag for something.
"We're fine, Mom. Don't worry about us." Gumball smiled. His brother and sister nodded to their mother.
Nicole smiled at that. "Awww... You know I always do that to you guys. Well, have a nice day at school, sweeties." She waved her hand at them and with her car's key on hand she opened the car and sat on the seat. She reached over her shoulders to get the seatbelt. When buckled up, she inserted her key on the key slot, started the engine, and she looked over at her kids for the last time and waved them goodbye.
"Bye, Mom!", "Bye. Mrs. Mom." Gumball, Anais, and Darwin waved back at their mother.
The car then drove off leaving the Watterson siblings. They stood there in front of their house waving at their Mom's car until it was out of sight. They stopped waving and just stayed there for a moment.
"Hmmm... There still at least ten minutes before Rocky arrive. Why don't we go and say hi to Mr. Robinson." Gumball suggested then treaded the sidewalk towards the Robinson's.
Darwin and Anais eyed each other and just shrugged before following their big brother.
Meanwhile, Gaylord Robinson planned to decorate his yard. Being retired and all, he got to find something to do once in a while and some aesthetics would be good. He just got his decorative stones, one of the items he ordered, delivered to his house and was carrying them one by one from the sidewalk to his backyard. The rocks were not as heavy as they look like so Mr. Robinson managed to move them and now he was down to the last rock. He pulled his pants up, bent down, grabbed the rock, and lifted it with a grunt. "Phew, who's old now?" He chuckled and started to walk towards the backyard.
Gumball arrived at the facade of the Robinson's house and spotted Mr. Robinson carrying something. "Good morning, Mr. Robinson!" Greeted Gumball rather loudly.
Mr. Robinson jumped at that sudden call. "AAHH!!!" He screamed out of shock and fell on his back as he slipped on a puddle of water he was walking on. The rock he was holding went flying straight up.
The scene became in slow-mo as Gumball saw the rock flew right above Mr. Robinson. "Mr. Robinson, look out!!!" He dashed towards the laying Mr. Robinson and with a final look up at the rock that was about to go down he readied to jump. "Aaaaaaahhhhhhh..." Gumball sounded in a low slow-mo voice as he jumped right over Mr. Robinson.
*THUD* "OW!!!" Darwin's painful squeal filled the air.
Gumball landed with a roll before looking behind him. "Oh..." His eyes darted around and landed on his siblings.
Darwin was squashed by the rock. "I'm okay...!" He held up a thumbs up. While Anais shook her head before pointing at Mr. Robinson.
Gumball gave a meek smile then walked over to the old puppet on the ground. "Uh... Mr. Robinson?" Gumball approached carefully.
Then without warning, Mr. Robinson was suddenly on his feet like a puppet that was pulled up quickly, looking very enraged. "WHAT DO YOU WANT?!!!" He shouted as he shook his whole body.
"Uhhh... Nothing, Mr. Robinson. Just came to say good morning." Gumball shrunk a little, smiling meekly.
Mr. Robinson glanced over to Darwin and Anais, they were still standing on the sidewalk.
"Good morning, Mr. Robinson." Darwin greeted cheerily. He held the stone on his fins.
"Hello, Mr. Robinson." Anais waved sweetly.
Mr. Robinson looked at Gumball again and he stared at the kid for a few seconds before sighing. He then looked back at Darwin and Anais and said, "Morning." plainly, he then turned his attention to Gumball again. "And if it's nothing, then leave me alone. I got some... things to do." He was back to his usual crabby demeanor. He went to Darwin and got the decorative stone from him. He quickly walked towards his narrow sideyard leading to the backyard.
"Okay. Have a nice day, Mr. Robinson." Gumball started to walk to his siblings but then he stopped. "Uh, Mr. Robinson." He called.
Mr. Robinson stopped on his tracks. "What?" He said, irritated.
Gumball clasped his hands together before saying, "Sorry I startled you, when you fell on your back. I hope you're not hurt." He apologized.
The retired old puppet was taken aback a bit by that. "I'm fine, kid. Don't sweat it." He replied and continued to walk.
Gumball smiled after knowing that and ran back at their waiting spot for the school bus. When he arrived at that spot where his siblings were already at, he immediately asked his brother. "Dude, you okay?"
"I'm fine, bro. That rock's not as heavy as it looks like." Darwin reasoned.
"It's made of synthetic materials. So, it's mostly plastic." Anais commented. "Anyways, is Mr. Robinson okay? That was quite a fall." She asked.
"He said he's fine so don't worry about it, he's Mr. Robinson after all." Gumball said as a matter-of-factly. "And I think he forgave me."
"Uh-huh... Dude, I surely think that he hates you." Anais informed.
"Nah... He's just like that because he's got no friends. That's what we're here for." Gumball putted his arms around Darwin's shoulders, who nodded at Gumball's statement.
"We will become BFFs!" Darwin exclaimed.
"Yeah, right." Anais said, knowing that there's no point of talking to her brothers about the subject. She sighted the school bus approaching from the distance.
Removing his arms around Darwin, Gumball said, "Man, I think I should make up to Mr. Robinson." An idea came into him. "Oh! I know! . . ."
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Gumball talked to Darwin about the idea on how to make up to their favorite neighbor. The school bus came to a stop in front of the Watterson siblings before it's door opened for them. Anais hopped in first.
"...so, yeah. I think he won't turn us down. You're up to it, buddy?" Gumball asked to Darwin before following his sister inside the bus.
"Count. Me. In." Darwin stressed with a nod, following Gumball.
Inside the bus, the school bus driver saw the first one to enter the bus at this stop. "Hi, Anais." Rocky greeted.
"Hi, Rocky." Anais gave a small wave and smile before stepping deeper inside the bus.
Rocky then turned his attention to the Watterson boys. "Hey, guys." He offered a palm.
"Hi, Rocky-dude." Gumball said as he gave Rocky a high five.
"Hey, Rocky." Darwin said and slapped his fin on Rocky's hand.
The two then walked towards their seat. On their way, they exchanged some high fives and some pleasantries with some of the guys while the girls just ignored them, except Molly who gave them a wave which they did return.
Gumball stopped by a certain seat occupied by a certain orange fairy and his one and only girlfriend, Penny Fitzgerald. "Hi, Penny" Gumball greeted dreamily.
"Hi, Gumball" Penny giggled at the face Gumball was giving to her. She bent down and gave a little peck on her blue cat's cheek.
Gumball was ecstatic.
Meanwhile, Darwin also got his stop-by-seat and now he was smiling at his girlfriend. "Hello, Carrie." He adorably said.
Carrie blushed at that before she replied, "Hello, Darwin." She flew down and gave her goldfish a kiss on his cheek.
Darwin smiled wider and said, "Talk to you later at school. I got something to tell you."
Carrie became a little excited at that. "Okay. At lunch?" She asked.
"Lunch it is." Darwin said, waved at his girl, and continued to walk to his seat. As he did so, he saw Gumball by Penny's seat.
"We'll talk later at school, Gumball. You go to your seat, it's not safe to remain standing on a moving vehicle." Penny informed.
"Yeah— Yeah, your right." Gumball paused. "See you later, Penny." He started to walk towards the back of the bus.
Darwin stop by Penny's. "Hi, Penny." He smiled.
"Oh hi, Darwin." Penny replied.
Darwin continued to walk, he waved.
"Bye, Darwin." Penny gave a small wave.
Gumball and Darwin reached their seat. It was at the back of the bus. They sat there with Anais between them. The trip to school was pretty much uneventful. Until. . . .
"Hey, guys! What does the pig's tail say when it wakes up every morning?" Banana Joe asked out of nowhere. That caught some attentions.
"It say 'I'll go back to sleep. It's TW-EARLY.'" Banana Joe quipped then went into a laughing fit.
Everyone looked at other before deciding to ignore the matter. Some didn't got the joke but there are some, like Tobias, that contained their laughter.
Darwin got his right eyebrow raised. "I don't get it."
"It's tw-early! Ha!" Gumball laughed.
The ride went peacefully after that episode until they reached their eventual destination: Elmore Junior High.
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A.N. — Hello everybody, ElexCube here. This is my first fic, actually my first written story, so bear with my writing style. And also I'm not an English speaking individual. I'll get better soon. So, I hope you enjoy this one.
Please leave some comments, even negative ones, suggestions, and an advice or two maybe.
Don'tMindMe! You— You go back to doing what you are doing. XD