Chapter 1: The good luck charm
It was a normal night in Elmore City. The town was peaceful, and the dark sky was clear black. It was a pretty average night. Most of the family was asleep in one house, but the sound of rummaging could be heard. A young pink haired rabbit in an orange dress was digging through her toy box, looking for something she held dearly. "Anais, what are you doing?" she heard and saw her older brother standing in the doorway. He was a blue cat wearing black jeans and a yellow sweater. "I'm looking for my Daisy the Donkey doll. I need it for tomorrow," Anais responded while continuing to throw random items out of drawers in her search. Her older brother Gumball rolled his eyes, having noticed the doll sticking out of under the blanket. He showed it to her, and she grabbed it in reaction.
"What do you need it for anyway? We're just going on basically a camping trip tomorrow. It's not smart to bring toys," Gumball asked, wondering what exactly she could want to bring her Daisy the Donkey doll for a big field trip being planned tomorrow. Her room was a mess, but under the pile of toys was a simple pink room with a desk, a toy chest and a bed with a nightstand. "Duh, they say if you bring your lucky charm your wish will come true," Anais answered. Normally she was far more intelligent than him, but sometimes she was unable to hide her true childish nature. "...I don't have a lucky charm," Gumball realized with his ears lowering quickly. The clock ticked past eleven and it was only getting darker at the moment.
Gumball was planning to stay up for a little longer to find his own luckiest charm. "Kids, why are you still up?" they then heard. Their mother entered the room in her night gown, her voice having no energy to it from being awake from the loud sound of toys being thrown out of their drawers and the room being turned into a junkyard. She was a taller blue cat, just like her son Gumball. "Sorry, mom. I was looking for my Daisy," Anais apologized to immediately relieve herself of any blame. "I was about to go try and find my good luck charm, but I don't even have one..." gumball mumbled why he was still awake.
"Oh, that old wish rumor... I remember it when I was young. My dad bought me my lucky charm," the feminine feline Nicole smiled at the memories of her youth. "Come with me, honey. You need a good luck charm, right?" she asked. Gumball nodded, since there was going to be an overnight field trip tomorrow where their class went and stayed up late to watch a sky full of shooting stars flying through the night, an event that only occurred more random than imaginable. Nicole was glad that her children were going to get to experience it.
Nicole led Gumball to the attic where she pulled the string for the small dangling light bulb that switched the light on. The attic was dusty and old, and he was worried if he breathed in the air too much, his lungs would be infested by dust mites. "Alright, let's see..." she muttered, going over to a corner that was full of boxes of various junk sliding them aside while searching for something.
Nicole found a small chest in the back. She picked it up and brought it over to him. "Since my dad bought me it to use as a good luck charm, why don't you use it too?" Nicole offered. Gumball opened the small chest, finding a small toy inside. He pulled it out into the moonlight, being illuminated by a small window. A star shaped plush doll that was somewhat overstuffed and a bit bulky, but it was a toy more than likely meant for children to use as a pillow.
"Did your wish come true, mom?" Gumball asked knowing that the myth of making a wish on the shooting stars would come true. "Yep," Nicole nodded while putting the chest away. "...what was it?" his ears perked. "I asked to just live happily," Nicole simply answered while rubbing his head. "Now get back to bed. You all need to be rested if you wanna see the stars tomorrow," she bid him goodnight. They both went downstairs to get back to bed. Gumball was aware of the big trip tomorrow as he went to bed with the star toy. It was like a hand-me-down, where it was put to use by his dear mother and discarded until she let her son get ahold of it. Inside the room was his younger brother, a goldfish with arms and legs that was asleep in his fishbowl by their bed. Gumball fell onto the bed and drifted off to asleep in a matter of seconds from the partially late night. The star doll's beady black eyes seemed to reflect his peaceful slumber.
Gumball woke up by the sound of his alarm clock. His annoyed figure picked it up and threw it against the wall. He looked to see the bowl that his younger brother slept in was empty. It was early in the morning, and Gumball hadn't let go of the star plush all night, much like Anais with her Daisy the Donkey doll, something that made him raise an eyebrow. He hadn't slept with a toy since he was a four year old. Gumball just put the star plush in his backpack so he wouldn't forget about it at school. He just made his way downstairs for the big night ahead.
Gumball saw his family doing their usual business in the morning. His father, an obese pink rabbit watching television like he always did. The living room had only a coffee table, a television, a small rug and a large sofa. Gumball passed by it to enter the kitchen. It looked cleaner than it normal was. He sat down with his brother and sister to join them in breakfast, which was just their cereal. "Good morning, Gumball," the goldfish chimed. "Mornin' Darwin. What are you bringing tonight?" Gumball asked his brother.
"My first toy," Darwin said, showing the little fake castle that was the size and shape of a rook found in a chess set. "I'm bringing Daisy," Anais jumped into the conversation, showing her prized donkey toy. All three of their good luck charms were toys. "I'm bringing this," Gumball said not sure what the name was, going over to his backpack and pulling out the star plush. They both looked at him, surprised that he wanted to bring that out of all things. They had never seen it before, but they didn't judge him over it.
One or two minutes passed, and they heard the horn of the school bus. The three immediately put their stuff away and made off for the bus, looking forward for tonight. "Remember to have fun!" Nicole called out to them, trying to let them enjoy the night since it was simply put as a glorified camping trip. Gumball was having an annoying feeling in the back of his mind, like a nerve was telling him that something was wrong. He just ignored it and continued on to the bus with his siblings.
End of Chapter 1