Well, we're off to a weird start.
Okay, so.. Last chapter. I tried, I REALLY tried not to make it sound cringy.
Quick question, did it work?
Anyway, onto the chapter!
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Previously on The Stone..
"Well, from the looks of it, that rock isn't normal. It must've been bright enough to blind us temporarily." Anais said.
"Where is it though?.." Gumball asked, his eyesight now working again.
"I.. I don't know.. It looks like it disappeared.." Darwin answered, looking around for any sight of the object.
Anais looked up, noticing something was very amiss, Darwin noticing as well.
"Gumball, you might want to look down." She said, still looking at the amiss thing.
Obeying, Gumball looked down, discovering a very weird sight.
He was glowing.
Onto the chapter!
"Um.. Since when was I able to that?!"
Gumball was now freaking out, since this was getting very weird for him.
"Calm down, I'm sure its just some kind of.. Side effect.. It'll probably stop soon." Anais said, trying to reassure him.
The three waited several minutes, but nothing happened.
"This isn't good.." Darwin had a look of worry on his face.
"I told you not to touch it!" Anais scolded, facing Gumball with a glare.
Suddenly, the three heard the sound of a car parking, which imedietly alerted them.
"Richard can you help me take these into the house?"
"Sure!"
"Oh no.. What are we going to do?!" Gumball began to panic again.
They thought, until an idea came to mind.
Richard set the bag of groceries down onto the counter, as he drooled over the steak inside it.
Noticing this, Nicole pushed the bag away, making the rabbit frown.
"Sorry Richard, but you can't have this until dinner."
"Aw... But Nicole.."
The two cut off, noticing movements underneath the dining room table.
Sighing, Nicole bent down to look under.
"Alright kids, what are you doing.."
The three were a little startled, and a little worried as well.
"Well.. Uh.."
Nicole cut Darwin off, noticing a faint glow around Gumball.
She sighed again, knowing it was probably another shenanigan like any other day.
"Okay, explain."
The three looked at each other, unsure of who should say it first.
Darwin and Anais thought, before looking at Gumball.
A little hesitant, Gumball began to explain.
"Well... You know how in some movies... One of the characters touch something bad... And.. Get a weird consequence?..."
"Gumball what did you do.."
Nicole had a look of annoyance on her face.
"Uh... There was this weird rock thing in our backyard... And... I touched it... Now I'm... Glowing for some reason..."
Gumball was now worried, since a scowl was now heard from Nicole.
She sighed, and motioned the three to come out, in which they obeyed.
"Now let me get this straight.."
Nicole was pinching the bridge of her nose as she spoke, annoyed by this explanation.
"There was a rock in our backyard, and somehow it made that happen."
The three nodded, making her sigh.
"There's nothing else it did right?"
"Uh... We don't know yet.." Darwin replied.
"Well where is that rock?"
"We don't know about that either..."
Nicole glanced over at Richard, who smiled nervously and dropped the steak back into the bag.
She looked back over at the three.
"I'll try to talk to Mrs. Jotunheim about this, she might know what that rock is."
Nicole took the bag off the counter, much to Richard's dismay.
"As of now, I guess you'll have to deal with it."
She stepped into the Kitchen, and Richard sadly went over and sat on the couch.
For the last week, the glow would not stop.
Unusually, it seemed to change color most of the time, strangely based on emotions.
For example, if Gumball was angry, the glow would flash red.
At a neutral state, the color was a purplish white.
THE NEXT DAY.
"Come on kids, it's time for school."
Darwin and Anais got out of bed, and went to go get ready.
However, Gumball did not, a look of annoyance on his face.
Nicole sighed, knowing this would probably happen.
"Gumball get up please.."
"No."
"Come on, no one's going to make fun of you. Just get up."
Looking at the glow's color, Nicole could tell it was flashing red.
"Get up, or I'll have to force you to."
Groaning, Gumball finally did as he was told, and went to get ready.
Nicole let out a sigh of relief, as she went downstairs.
Meanwhile, Gumball was in the bathroom taking a shower.
Once finished, he stepped out, but what was there scared the living crap out of him.
In the mirror, his reflection had what appeared to be black soulless eyes, kind of like.. Alien eyes?
Gumball screamed, the reflection screaming as well.
He then heard footsteps, implying that someone was coming to the door.
"Gumball is everything okay?.. What's wrong?.."
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Okay, well, there's the chapter. Sorry if it was short, but it might be longer next chapter.
Anyway, let me know what you think! Was it good?
With that said, see you in the next chapter!