Chapter 1: Bad Day
It was a normal day in the town of Elmore. The sun was high in the sky, being somewhat blocked out by multiple dark clouds that were ready to burst out rain. At one small home in particular, the sound of an alarm clock ringing could be heard from upstairs. Inside the room was a mess of clothes lying around the floor, clearly from the lack of being cleaned recently. A hand reached out toward the nightstand, slamming onto the alarm clock and turning it straight off. The blankets of the bunk bed moved aside, revealing a young cat with blue fur and slightly pointy ears, wearing a blank white shirt and shorts. He rubbed his head tiredly. "Ugh… I was up way too late…" he muttered to himself while getting dressed and putting on his usual clothing, a tan colored sweater with black jeans. He stretched, and he looked around. He could see his younger brother a goldfish with arms and legs, still slumbering. He went over and shook the fishbowl that he was sleeping in on the nightstand, jolting the goldfish awake. He stood up and climbed out of his bowl.
"Morning, Gumball… what time is it?" the fish greeted his feline brother. "It's almost time for the bus, Darwin," Gumball answered while digging through the littered piles of clothing for his backpack, Darwin doing the same to try and find his. The two were well known throughout the town of Elmore not only for their antics but for the damage they have caused, but it was never anything they got in major trouble for. Usually the punishment was handled by their mother.
"Oh wow… I told you we shouldn't have stayed up until 2AM!" his younger sibling exclaimed while they heard the sound of the bus horn honking outside. Gumball had found his backpack right after the honk. He threw it onto his back, seeing Darwin with his found already. The two sped downstairs and they jolted past the mainly empty rooms, presuming that their mother had already left for work before they were awake for breakfast. The siblings arrived to the bus, both relieved that they at least made it onto the bus. Inside the bus, all of the other students were already seated and chatting idly. It wasn't an abnormal morning so far. The two were usually picked up last.
Gumball and Darwin walked to the very back of the bus and took their usual seats alone together. The most notable detail was the emergency escape door off to the side in case of an accident that was to take place. While the two just were resting for most of the bus ride, Gumball noticed one of the students sitting nearby a chair or two ahead. She had bright orange hair with two horns sticking out of it and green skin and black pants along with bands around her wrists. She seemed to be just staring at the floor. "What's wrong with Jamie?" Gumball spoke to his sibling about Jamie, who was known in school for being one of a few bullies that were known for causing trouble to other students. He had noticed a depressed look on her. "Probably because Tina got suspended for a month… she accidentally hit the principal with her tail and it broke his arm," Darwin explained his presumption behind what happened to cause the bullies depression.
"Well… I guess that's good…" Gumball shrugged, knowing it was one less bully to deal with. He did feel bad for Jamie, but he remembered the multiple beatings he had mainly received from her friend. Jamie normally went for the emotional bullying. "So how have things been with Penny?" Darwin tried to change the subject while they saw rain begin to drizzle outside. "I think she's been out sick for the past few days, but they haven't been the best every time I try to do anything, Tobias gets in the way. Literally, I tried to kiss her at lunch one time and a sandwich hit me from across the room," the little kitten expressed his irritation while the bus was about to arrive at school. "Well, what can you do? He'll just beat you up otherwise," his brother reminded him, although they knew Tobias was not exactly the toughest in all of Elmore. The bus came to a stop as everyone began to climb off and enter the school in a hurry to get out of the rain.
Soon, Gumball was at his locker, putting his backpack away. His brother was already heading off for class along with most of the other students. The halls were practically empty as of now. Gumball was finishing up at his locker before he heard footsteps behind him. "Hey, Gumball," a familiar voice rang out. He just let out a sigh of irritation over recognizing that voice, turning around and seeing a colourful boy with a headband on his head, standing in front of him. "What do you want, Tobias?" Gumball cut to the chase, speaking to Tobias who was once a good friend but turned into a practical bully ever since he had begun dating a girl by the name of Penny Fitzgerald. "I want you to break up with Penny, and I'll leave you alone, simple as that," he explained his practical demands, making the blue kitten raise an eyebrow.
"I am not going to do that, Tobias. All you do is just harass me. You're just going to wind up getting expelled at this rate," Gumball warned him. "Face it. You're just pathetic…" he added, only to get punched in the face, stumbling back into the lockers. Gumball groaned while he rubbed his cheek. "Yeah, but this time, I came to make sure you listen to me!" Tobias claimed, punching the blue kitten in the stomach. Gumball tried to throw a punch back, but the pain he was in now caused him to miss. He got hit in the face again, falling onto the floor with multiple bruises on his face.
"I hope you understand that this time…" Tobias told him in a practically evil fashion before walking away, having just brutalized him. Gumball just stared while beginning to pass out from the multiple blows to the head that he had received.
End of Chapter 1