Unwavering Bonds
(: At first this was basically just me writing a story of my favorite characters portraying them in ways that I find adorable or fitting to my weird desires. Seriously though my favorite characters from the show are. Gumball! The greatest most adorable little kitty kat of all time. Nicole! The second best kitten, whom I would give belly wubs for days, also she's a ninja! Thirdly Anais, she is just cool and witty a sly little miscreant. All in that order. I will be writing a lot more very soon. I hope you all like this, please leave me feedback on your opinion good or bad, I accept criticism with a grain of salt and tissues at the ready. Take notice throughout your adventure into my world you'll find lots of Easter Eggs and Cool References so keep an eye out. Formally "The Taken Ones" is now "Unwavering Bonds" Please feel free to tell me what you think of the improved title and new summary changes. I was pondering it for days, I hope it is fitting also the story cover is just so cute. I hope everyone can see it, what with FanFiction's annoying Glitches. Anyway as of 08/22/15 I've revised this chapter for the final time, I know there was a lot of mistakes that you all were quick to throw me to the wolves over so I've corrected them. I sincerely hope that you enjoy this chapter, again. Or if it is your first time reading, the start of my wonderful tale. :)
Chapter One: The Beginning, Stuff Happens
The sun crept up over the horizon beautiful rays of shimmering light bounced across the little city of Elmore. Birds soared through the clear blue sky chirping their songs surely it was going to be wonderful day.
Meanwhile in a little cats' room on the far edge of Elmore a fish with legs and arms was jumping up and down on top of him. "Come on Gumball get up, get up! Let's go play!" Darwin sputtered frantically trying to awaken his sleeping brother. Gumball remained unresponsive as he snored loudly carefully pulling the covers over top of him whilst mumbling softly. "Da-aaaad stop it, that was my piece of bacon!" The little cat muttered softly a confused look dawned on Darwin as he raised a brow. "Oh well, I'll go ask Anais."
Darwin leapt off the bed swiftly flying through the hallway towards Anais' room. He nearly thrashed into Nicole along the way she appeared to be doing laundry. Quickly she side stepped around him avoiding an accident. "Darwin no running in the hallway, you gotta be more careful sweetie." Nicole warned as she cautiously tucked away a suspiciously glowing present amidst some of Richards underwear in the basket.
Gumball lying in his bed slowly he opened one of his eyes cautiously leaning over the side of his bed peering outward into the hallway to see if he was gone. The lil kitty chuckled softly to himself as he reached underneath his pillow pulling out yet another glowing present although his was sloppily wrapped in yesterday's newspaper. "Ahh! I just know he's gonna love this, I can't wait to give it too him." Gumball gleefully whispered aloud whilst clutching the tiny present.
"So what'd you get him...?" Nicole asked as she stepped around the bunkbed only to see something unsightly. "Gumball Tristopher Watterson! How many times have I told you not to sleep naked! You know that's a good way to get beds bugs or worse fleas, they love your fur you know!" Nicole nagged motherly whilst angrily crossing her arms. Gumball merely rolled his eyes knowing nothing bad ever came from sleeping comfortably. "You can't tell me what to do... I'm naked and free! Besides, it gets really hot in my room at night." He complained while wiping sweat off his forehead.
The mystical vision camera appeared as if from out of nowhere zooming out to reveal. Gumball's filthy room clothes toys and empty pizza boxes littered the floor. A chill ran down Nicole's back as she spotted a rat scampering across the ground her eyes darted to a large pile of dirty underwear in the corner. "No wonder it's so hot in here your dirty clothes are blocking the vent..." Gumball raised a brow in simpleminded confusion as he glared past her trying to see but there was still some grit in his eyes from sleep. "There's a vent in here?" He uttered confusingly whilst gently rubbing his eyes clear.
Nicole pushed the massive pile of clothes out of the way her spine popped into place, her face cringed as she leaned against the wall for support. 'Man, I'm getting too old for this.' She thought to herself as a nice refreshing breeze of cool air began seeping into the room through the now unblocked vent. "Now put some darn clothes on, I'm going to go get breakfast started!" Gumball quickly bounced up and grabbed ahold of her hand. "But mom..." He mumbled lowly. She stared at him as if he had something immensely important to say. There was a glimmer in his eyes that appeared almost malicious as he gave a crude grin. "I don't have any clothes they're all dirty." The little miscreant jokingly spoke with a chuckle before freely prancing towards the door holding his now pulsating present in his paws. It's importance becoming more prominent as its glow brightened.
Nicole merely rolled her eyes while reaching out somewhat violently grabbing Gumball's tail swiftly pulling him back into the room. Her paws moved as fast as lightning as she slipped clothes over top of him that she'd found lying around that smelt the least repulsive. Gumball glared up to his mother with an angry frown visible upon his face and a tear evident in his eye. "I-I... I was naked and free... Also that hurt my tail..." He mumbled with a little whimper while carefully rubbing his rump as she stepped past him smiling devilishly. Gumball's eyes darted around his room seeing the dense piles of mess stacked high to the ceiling in every direction. He then glanced down to his gift for his brother Darwin admiring its beauty before swiftly pulling the band of his jeans outward and dropping it inside, as if they were bigger on the inside.
"Anais, Anais!" Darwin cheerfully screamed as he ran into her room with a wide smile across his face. Anais was nowhere to be found in her girlish pink flower wallpapered room with little donkey plushies everywhere. It seemed as if a tea party was initiated but there was no one around, steam was emitting from the cups as if someone was just here. Darwin giggled at the thought of snooping around his little sisters room as he began tip toeing.
Meanwhile downstairs. Richard fiddled around on the couch as he moved cushions around whilst snickering happily attempting to hide his pleased grin. "I can't wait for later." He spoke in glee with a little chuckle. Nicole suddenly dropped her basket of clothes on the floor causing a loud thud which startled Richard causing him to bounce up on the couch. "Wh-what are you doing, what're you hiding under there?" She asked curiously whilst folding her arms together. "Uhh... It's nota present for Darwin on his birthday or anything like that, no..." He spoke nervously his teeth beginning to jitter. "Oh come on honey, let me see you can trust me, I won't tell..." She replied. Richard quickly sat down on top of the cushion he was moving. "No, it's suppose to be a surprise. I won't show anyone!" He protested.
"Oh well too bad..." Nicole uttered as she picked up the basked immediately dumping all of the clothes out of it. "Here take this up to Gumball and tell him to put all of his dirty clothes in it." Nicole ordered firmly yet motherly with a devilishly sly smile on her face. "Fine!" He moaned sadly whilst hopping off of the couch and stomping upstairs the basket dragging and banging against each step. Nicole chuckled while reaching underneath the cushions searching frantically for the present that she knew had to be there. Finally she found it the sound of crinkling paper could be heard as she pulled it out. Her eyes expanded in anger as she glared at an unopened family sized bag of cheese doodles. She proceeded to pull all of the cushions out of the couch.
Upstairs Richard slowly walked towards Gumball's room the sound of laughter could be heard echoing throughout the hallway. He pushed the door to his room open only to see something amazing his mouth dropped to the floor as he lost grip on the basket. "What's going on here... This can't be my sons room. The constant aroma of pizza is gone, the mountains of soft clothes that could be used as chairs have vanished well at least it's cooler in here." Richard spoke somewhat in awe as he glared into Gumball's room something of a miracle had to have taken place. The floor was spotless the air was clean all of the toys were tucked away the beds were made it was absolutely crazy. Gumball stood in the center holding a vacuum in one hand and a feather duster in the other while wearing some sorta maid outfit as he slowly turned to face his father who at this point had stopped breathing.
Meanwhile outside in the backyard Anais was playing with daisy happily enjoying the beautiful sunny day. Sunlight gleamed down onto her as birds chirped singing cheerfully all around her she smiled happily whilst dancing with her plush donkey he was her absolute favorite. Suddenly a loud scream emitting from within the Watterson house filled the air the ground trembled in its wake. Anais' fluffy ears stood on end as she stared back at the house hearing what sounded like her mothers scream now echoing down the street everyone could hear it. "Sounds like someone's in big trouble, I wonder who it is this time...?" She chuckled innocently now prancing back towards the house in curiosity of an impending fight.
"RICHARD! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!" Nicole screamed loudly as she began sprinting madly upstairs. The camera zoomed in on the couch now completely removed of all pillows and cushions. Dozens if not hundreds of bags of cheese doodles were seamlessly packed tightly inside the couch a receipt and a note that read. "Property of Richard Watterson, do not touch!" Was left lying on top of them. The receipt read. "117 bags of cheese doodles 329.99$ paid in cash." Nicole violently stomped through the hallway as flames of pure rage engulfed her very being. A demonic voice spoke in her place it's evil cryptic tone filled the air with a chill causing it to sting. "I'm coming for you Richard." Demon Nicole bellowed. Darwin cautiously peeked out of Anais' room to see what was going on a look of utter fear consumed him as he powerlessly spectated. The lights in the hallway flickered and dimmed as Nicole made her way down it. Her breathe was visible in the form of steam that poured itself out of her mouth, nose and ears.
Nicole sluggishly stepped inside Gumball's room only to find Gumball himself responsibly shoving all of his clothes inside of the basket that his dad had brought him. The flames of hell itself froze as they suddenly shot back up inside of Nicole her eyes widened in absolute fear, they frantically darted around the room seeing everything had changed it was new, it was clean, it was frightening. Her nostrils expanded widely taking in the fresh scent of berries and a calming summertime fabreeze. The walls were sparkling clean the carpet was spotless there was a rat in a trap underneath Gumball's hat rack.
Gumball slowly approached his mom who appeared frozen like a deer in headlights. He leapt upward bouncing on his spongy like carpet waving his right paw across her eyes trying to get her attention. "Mom, you okay?" He asked feeling deeply concerned as she stood unmoving her eyes weren't even blinking she herself wasn't even breathing... "M-mom..." He repeated fearfully. Finally after a minute of silence snapping back to reality Nicole sluggishly glanced down toward her son whom simply smiled cheerfully up at her as she slowly raised a brow. "Wh-what are you wearing, and what is all this... Who are you because you're definitely not my son! What have you done with the real Gumball...?" Nicole asked whilst slowly leaning down onto one knee staring him down glaring directly into his big eyes.
"What, can't I do something good for a change... I was getting tired of the stench anyway. I'll miss those chairs though, they were so comfy. Plus it's already feeling really cool in here." Gumball stated happily as he suddenly pulled his maid out off tossing it into the basket revealing his smelly old clothes consisting of blue jeans and his favorite classic sweater. Unexpectedly a loud sneeze could be heard coming from within Gumball's closet. "Ah-ha!" Nicole yelled loudly as she quickly jumped up pulling the door open revealing Richard hiding in the depths of the closet. "Darn! It was so clean my nose couldn't take it."
"Your nose has betrayed my deer husband of mine. Now I have just one thing to ask..." Nicole uttered in a somewhat disturbingly calm tone. "WHY...? Did you blow all of Darwin's birthday fund on CHEETOS!" Nicole spoke angrily in between violent screams. Gumball's eyes suddenly darted open widely in sheer surprise at hearing that. He swiftly ran past his mother toward his father who was sitting uncomfortably in the closet, which even it was cleaned spotless not a single spec of dust remained. "You-you d-did what! How-how could you... Wh-what about the p-party and the cake an-and the-the bouncy castle and the, and the..." Gumball stuttered sadly as he angrily wailed on his fathers chest tears filling his eyes.
Gumball now feeling a bit weak in the knees collapsed to the floor sobbing somewhat in anguish as he feverishly rubbed his eyes trying desperately to get ahold of himself. He was really looking forward to today it was gonna be so much fun. Although Darwin will probably be more disappointed, actually it'll mostly likely resemble heartbreak for him anyway. Nicole slowly reached down scooping little Gumball up into her arms holding him close as she glared angrily at her husband impatiently awaiting a response. He was sweating bullets so much so that you could mistake him for a heavy machine gun. "Wh-what, I-I was hungry!" Flames suddenly began engulfing Nicole's entire body once again as she slowly stepped into the closet firmly slamming the door shut behind her.
Anais trotted through the hallway into Gumball's room. A look of utter surprise dawned upon her face. "Whoa! Looks like a tornado of mops, brooms, vacuums and God himself hit this place." Anais stated whole heartedly as she pranced inside hearing the sound of faint sobs and whispering in the background. "What's going on in this place and where is everybody?" She asked whilst confusingly looking around seeing no one but definitely hearing something. She pressed her ears to the door of the closet attempting to eavesdrop.
The camera zoomed in to reveal Richard with a black eye and swollen lips. "I can't believe you Richard... How could you do this, look how upset you've made your own son and if Darwin finds out it'll crush him to know you care so little." Gumball reached over attempting to punch his father in the gut with all of his strength, it amounted to little more than what felt like some one poking water in a pool causing ripples on the surface. His fat jiggled as his son furiously struck him repeatedly.
"Okay, okay... Okay. I'll return a few bags..." He spoke hoping for a resolution while grinning crudely. "It should be enough to cover everything, right...?" He added knowing full well it definitely would not, Nicole merely blinked her eyes rapidly as she blatantly stared into the camera with a look of regret and somewhat disgust. "Y-you-you're the worst...! I no longer recognize you as my dad, you monster frisbee..." Gumball cried out in pain feeling utterly betrayed as he cautiously wrapped his little paws around his mother's back hugging her tightly. Wishing this was just some sort of cruel joke or nightmare that he was more than ready to awaken from.
Nicole sighed heavily now staring Richard down glossing him over honestly not knowing what to do with him. "...Fine just keep all of your stupid chips, if they're that important to you. I'm going to the store to try and salvage what's left of this birthday using what little cash I have." Nicole muttered angrily turning doing a one-eighty opening the closet door she sluggishly stepped out into the blinding light engulfing her. Richard squinted his eyes peering through the brightness glaring at her back. Seeing a steady stream of tears running down his sons face as she stepped away caused his heart to stutter. She glanced over her shoulder looking back at him while uttering these words. "You're sleeping outside tonight. I hear it's wolves season." Richards eyes suddenly grew large as she slowly disappeared into the hallway he simply sat there in stern silence presumably contemplating his own folly.
"Come on Gumball the two of us will go to the store and try to make things right." Still sobbing audibly he stared up out from her chest at her with tears visibly running down his cheeks. "Do you... D-do you think we-we can still get a b-bouncy castle." Gumball stuttered in a saddened heart broken tone whilst giving her big and watery puppy doggie eyes. Nicole bit her lower lip trying desperately to resist the eyes fearing the worst for her shrunken wallet finally giving in she gave him a warm smile. "Sure, honey. I want this day to be as special as you do!" Nicole spoke softly whilst gently patting her son on the head comforting him as best as she could with all things considered. Nicole slowly stepped down the stars glancing over at the couch seeing it had been fixed the pillows and cushions put in there places not quite sure who did it though she raised a brow in curiosity.
"You know Gumball, I'm so proud of you for taking initiative and cleaning your room for once. It really took me by surprise, I nearly had a heart attack!" She chuckled happily while sitting him down on the floor. "Yeah, I was hoping you'd like it. I just wanted to try to do something better for a change, also Darwin said the stench was beginning to permanently effect his sense of smell." Nicole sporadically darted around the living room desperately searching for her car keys. 'We really gotta get going it's almost noon and the kids will be showing up here around five for the party. Where are those keys darn it how could I have misplaced them at a time like this!' Nicole thought to herself whilst digging through several drawers.
Gumball stood up and brushed himself off he turned to his right immediately spotting a pair of glowing keys. "Hey mom are these it! They're glowing and my video games senses are tingling so they must be important!" Nicole instantly darted up with a dirty sock on her face she was digging through the laundry smiling happily she darted for the door. "Those are it, let's go sweetie we gotta hurry." Anais and Darwin peeked down the stairs as Gumball and Nicole flew to the front door.
"Hey where are ya'll going?" Darwin asked suspiciously whilst rubbing his chin. Nicole and Gumball froze solid in fear not wanting to tell Darwin of their plans also not wanting to lie to him either. They both nervously turned to face him. Anais looked down to them and winked innocently as she grabbed ahold of Darwin's fin and began pulling him back upstairs. "Come on Darwin let's go play with daisy in my room, I got a special plushie for you." She begged whilst pulling on his hand. "Oh, well... Okay then see yah Mrs. Mom, bye Gumball!" He muttered obliviously while running upstairs with Anais. Gumball and Nicole broke a sweat as they both turned to the front door.
The sunlight shined down upon them as they stepped outside it was kinda hot and a little humid too. The glaring brightness was most overwhelming when coming straight out of the house. Richard stood by the car shutting the trunk before turning to his loving wife and caring son. "Richard wh-what's going..." - "Up, up, up!" He interrupted. "I'm sorry, I should have never bought all those chips in the first place I was just so hungry and I wanted to have plenty for later I planned on sharing with you guys but I see now what I did was wrong so I'm going to let you take them all back. Except three of them I ate while putting them in the trunk but the rest are yours to return." Both Nicole and Gumball smiled widely so happy they both leapt at Richard hugging him tightly. He pulled them both in close treasuring their presence. "I hope you guys can forgive me!"
Gumball slowly looked up to his father with a soft smile on his face. "I forgive you dad! At least now we can really have an awesome party, Darwin's gonna love it!" Gumball stated cheerfully whilst running to get in the car. "Shotgun!" He screamed aloud. Nicole looked at Richard so relieved that she wouldn't have to release her wrathful wolves upon him, she gently kissed him on the cheek causing him to blush bright red all over. "Thank you honey, I'm so glad you finally came to your senses. Do you wanna come with us." She asked softly whilst walking to get in the car. "Nah, I'll stay here with the kids. Just take your time, also while your out can you get some chips..." Nicole violently threw a dirty sock at him as she sat down in the car and slammed the door shut.
Gumball chuckled innocently as Nicole started the car and began angrily driving off an unamused frown evident on her face. "See yah dad, we'll be back soon." He shouted while sticking his head out the window and waving. "Gumball sit down and buckle up if I hit and hump and you're like that you'll fly out the window." Nicole nagged waved goodbye as they faded into the distance a pit opened up deep down within his stomach as if he knew something was going to go horribly wrong or perhaps it was just hunger.
End of Chapter One
(Sorry, if the spacing is a bit odd, I ran into a problem when editing. I believe this might've been a tad bit short but what do you want from me, do you know how hard it is to begin a story. Lol! JK! There is a lot of important stuff to comprehend like the future of the story, plot, character introduction and development also grammar and words. Words are so important!)
