For the whole day, Gumball and Anais were stuck in a state of soullessness. They stared forward all day, even when they did their work. Darwin grew more worried for them. They functioned properly, they just never talked or moved their eyes or heads to a different direction. This especially freaked Nicole and Richard.
How was your day? What's the matter? Did someone say something to you? What happened at school? Gumball and Anais just sat at the dinner table. "Does this have something to do with the Internet?" Dad looked at Darwin. He nodded. "Ah ha! I knew it! More proof that the Internet is evil! One time, the Internet made me waste our money for some star (The Treasure), another was when Gumball embarrassed himself and caused trouble (The Internet) and not to mention that one time when Gumball and Darwin were on the computer the day before 75% of Elmore was destroyed (The Colossus) and had to fix all our wrong doings in the past- (The Finale)" Richard took a deep breath to compensate from the long list.
"You kids go upstairs and get ready for bed," Nicole hurried. The children got up and went upstairs immediately.
Darwin finally figured out a way to make them snap out of it. He took them upstairs and held a hammer in front of the computer. The siblings finally shook their heads and got out of their trance. "NO!" they both shouted. Darwin smiled cleverly.
"What happened to us?" Gumball asked.
"You were both in some trance. You still functioned like normal people, you know, schoolwork-"
"Wait, I actually DID schoolwork?!" Gumball asked surprisingly. Darwin looked at him weirdly. He nodded slowly.
"Anyways, you two were stuck staring forward all day," Darwin explained. Anais looked at the floor thinking about what happened.
"I usually don't succumb to this weird hypnotic state, but if I fell into it for a whole DAY, then something bad has to happen. I mean, something horrible, something extreme in magnitude!" Anais thinks of some possibilities of the situation. "This could be worse than what we expect! The world may collapse into a crease in existence-"
"Mm-hmm. Sure. Anais, the last time you explained this kind of thing, all we found was the reason we can't afford all the good stuff in life. A dead star," Gumball reminded.
"Plus, if it were this bad, then why haven't we detected anything weird yet?" Anais shrugs.
"It may take a while until the world realizes the disturbance. I warn you two, that fanfiction is NOTHING to play around with. If anything, it's something you avoid!" She climbs up to the top bunk in the room. "Also, I'm going to bed. Goodnight guys. And DON'T cause such a commotion." The two boys nodded and went to bed immediately after brushing their teeth and changing.
The following day was just as weird.
Gumball felt a weird emotion from within him, and Darwin did as well. Gumball described it as butterflies in his stomach, while Darwin thought it felt like a headache. Anais concluded that it was a normal hormonal imbalance and that it was part of growing. Neither of which the boys understood.
"Dude. Do you feel that?" Gumball asked Darwin, clutching his stomach. Darwin began to rub his temples.
"I have kind of a headache. I got a bit of a stomachache as well," Darwin replied. Penny walked by to say hi to Gumball.
"Hey Gumball!" She said, smiling.
"Hey, Penny!" Gumball replied, trying not to display his pain as much.
"Penny, have you felt anything weird lately?" Darwin asked. He wanted to make sure he and Gumball weren't the only ones with the uncomfortable symptoms. Penny thought for a minute.
"Actually now that I think of it, I do. I've recently had small migraines, but I've ignored them," she describes. Darwin looks at Gumball.
"This doesn't mean we're alone! I wonder if anyone else has the same thing," Darwin remarks. Darwin made a self note to ask as many people as he can if they've felt any recent discomforts. The three walk to class just in time.
"Alright class, today we have some new students," Miss Simian drones. The whole class whispers about who it might be.
"Maybe it's another meteorological embodiment! Like a tornado, or a supercell!" Masami says.
"A vegetable like a potato or-" Idaho stops, unsure of any other vegetables.
"Ooh! How about a fruit?" Banana Joe suggests. The whole class buzzes with interest.
"Or maybe consider a new addition to the class as a supercomputer robot humanoid designed and engineered like me, but perhaps electronically programmed and altered to act and behave as a female counterpart" Bobert says in his robot voice. The class looks at him in silence for a few moments.
"Oh, I can't wait to see who they are!" Leslie exclaims.
"SILENCE!" Miss Simian screeched. The whole class falls dead silent. Miss Simian clears her throat before continuing.
"Meet Fang Bloodwolf, a white vampire wolf thing whatever," she says monotonously. "Next is Addison Watterson, Gumball and Darwin's sister. Another is Truth Eternity, Gumball and... Darwin's... brother..." Miss Simian squints at the clipboard she was reading.
"There must be a mistake," she says quietly, mostly to herself. The class exchanges glances, confused.
"No really! There is no way that Nicole Watterson had 30+ kids in one night!" Gumball's eyes widen.
"What gave you that idea?" Gumball asks nervously. Miss Simian shows Gumball the clipboard she was holding. Gumball reads the list as the class crowds him to get a view. "I have so many siblings!"
"Not to mention the batch of new kids in other grades and the rejected students due to overflow of current students," Miss Simian says. The whole class falls silent for a few seconds before they felt it.
A shaking of the ground began. "Earthquake!" Miss Simian yelled. Most of the kids, except for Tina, Molly and the unfortunate 34 new students, got under their desks as the lights began to sway. The seismic storm continues as books fall off shelves and pencils rattle. The shaking progresses harder. Eventually the swaying became a rocking. The power goes out before a bright, blue flash occurs.
The shaking stops immediately and the power returns. The dazed students were stunned by the bright flash. Another new character takes shape. Another one?
So what is going on here? Why are people randomly appearing from earthquakes and why are Gumball, Darwin and Penny feeling a bit sick? Check out Chapter 3 when it comes out!
