Gumball's POV

Hi, I'm Gumball (formerly Zach) Tristopher Watterson and today I woke up to the sound of fins flapping frantically. Yes. That's right. Fins.

"C'mon, dude! Wake up!" My adopted brother, Darwin Raglan Caspian Ahab Poseidon Nicodemius Watterson III (God, was that a mouthful) was jumping on me continuously, which was very annoying to say the least. He is a goldfish...with legs. Yeah..., take a minute to register that. He's technically not my brother, (he's a pet) but we're close as brothers. He's naive and he has trouble understanding many situations. He's pretty cheery though, and he always knows how to cheer me up. But anyways, I'm waffling on here when I should be concentrating on the orange fish that is caving my chest in.

"Uggh...Darwin, what is it?" I finally conceded to consciousness after I felt a rib crack.

"Good job you woke up," Darwin said with a sigh of relief, "I might had have to use that CPR move again."

"Wait..wha-."

"Nothing, nothing." Darwin shook his head frantically. I raised an eyebrow, then shrugged. I turned to the clock. It read 2:45am. I turned bleary-eyed back at a beaming Darwin before my senses kicked in. I turned back at the digital clock just as it turned to 2:46am. I swiveled back to Darwin, who was still beaming like an imbecile.

"Care to explain why you've woke me up at TWO IN THE MORNING?" I hissed.

"Well," Darwin whispered, scratching his head awkwardly, "I'm really excited about the ceremony tonight, so I couldn't sleep." He gave me a sheepish smile.

"Seriously. That's it." I said bluntly.

"Yeah, pretty much."

"So, why d'ya have to wake me up to tell me about it?"

Darwin shrugged, still grinning that stupid smile. I glared at him.

"Go to bed, Darwin." I threw the duvet over my bed. Darwin eventually got off my bed after 'bout five minutes and went back to his glass bowl and squeezed himself in.

"Good night, Gumball."

"Night," I muttered back.

There was about thirty seconds of blissful silence and I could actually feel my eyes drooping before-

"Hey, Gumball, you asleep yet?"

"...No..."

"Oh, okay, then." Darwin fell silent.

After a minute or so...

"Hey, Gumball, you asleep yet?"

I sighed both inwardly and outwardly as I realized it was going to be a long night.

In the morning, I didn't wake up (as I was already awake, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DARWIN!) but I was still woken up by Anais, my baby sister. Anais is a small pink rabbit with a white tail. She looks like Dad, only shorter. She usually wears an orange dress with a white trim and white socks. At the moment, she was wearing that stupid looking Daisy The Donkey onesie thing. I'm jealous of her because She is one of the only people in our family to wear footwear. I mean, are we that poor?! Geez. Anyway, where was I? Anais waking me up, yadda yadda...

"Gumball, wake up!"

"I'm already awake." I shot a dark look at Darwin, but it was wasted as Darwin was still asleep. Yeah, I know, right.

"You're gonna be late to school. Mom will kill you!" Anais shouted in her stupidly high voice.

"You mean us," I countered, "you're not dressed either. Besides it will be worth it." I smirked.

"Why?" Anais asked as I changed my clothes.

"Just to see you run for the bus." Darwin just woke up and heard the joke and laughed.

"Not cool." Anais narrowed her eyes and frowned.

"Whatever." I said, as Darwin walked towards the shower room. My stomach churned suddenly. Sleep deprivation makes me sick. Hopefully this day can pass quickly.

"Hey," I looked round, "where are my shoes?"

"I think I saw them under the bed last." Was the reply from Anais.

I ducked under the bed and quickly saw them. I pulled them out but also inadvertently pulled out bones...of some sort.

"What's...that?" Anais asked quietly.

"I think it's Darwin Raglan Caspian Ahab Poseidon Nicodemius Watterson I (still a mouthful), our old pet."

"Put it back, then!"

I slid the bones back into their resting place just before Darwin came out of the shower.

"Hey, did I miss anything?" Darwin asked.

"Nothing!" I and Anais replied instantaneously.

As expected, hell broke loose when Mom realized that we were still here. Mom says I greatly resemble her. I have to admit she's right. We are both cats. She has light blue fur like me, and is somewhere between Dad and me in height. Her head is shaped similarly to mine, except Nicole's whiskers are shorter than mine, and she has visible eyelashes. Like the rest of us poor people, she doesn't wear shoes. Dad lay snoring on the couch, unaware of everything as usual. Dad has a similar appearance to Anais. They are both pink rabbits, but whereas Anais is very small, Dad is extremely obese. He has short, black whiskers on both sides of his face, and unusually long eyelashes. Unusually, even though he is unemployed, Richard is almost always seen wearing a work uniform (but I've never bothered to comment on this 'cause I know I'll get shouted at.) Crap, I'm zoning out again.

"How could you?" Mom shouted (though 'cause she always does this, it could be counted as her 'normal' voice),"even when you have an exam today."

Aw, crud. Completely forgot 'bout that. My gut decided then was the time to twist and I clutched my stomach.

"Oh no, mister, don't try that with me. I'm not falling for it."

The doorbell suddenly rang and rushed, eager to escape Mom and to forget my twisting stomach. I opened the door and standing there, was Aunt Gladys, Granny Jojo, and my cousin Sam. This was the last straw. I pushed past them and spewed chunks of carrot across the pavement. I think Mr Robinson, our next door neighbor, shouted something and I glanced at Aunt Gladys who was shaking her head.

"Is this usual?" Sam asked Darwin.

"No, this is a new one, " Darwin replied and then I passed out.