A loud buzzing from an electronic clock pulled Gumball out from a pleasant dream. He dreamt of cookies and milk! And now this device from hell signaled that it was time to get up and get ready for school. Gumball sat up in his bed and yawned while scratching his head. The clock showed 7:15pm.
He rubbed his eyes and jumped out of bed. Over at the nightstand, the glass fishbowl had bubbles rising from it. An orange fish, his brother Darwin, slept soundly in it. He was completely undisturbed by the ringing clock. Gumball shut off the clock and gently knocked on the bowl. "Darwin, wake up, it's time for school."
No response. He knocked again and repeated his brothers name a little louder. Nothing. Then a fun idea appeared in his mind. Gumball backed up a little from the nightstand and cleared his throat, then yelled, "DARWIN WAKE UP OUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE!"
Darwin's eyes snapped open and he bolted from his bowl. Unfortunately, his leg caught on the bowl and he went down together with it, splashing water everywhere. He jumped up, and quickly looked around. There was no smoke or fire anywhere. "Huh… what?" He saw his brother snickering madly. "You liar! There is no fire!"
"Hahaha! Sorry dude, I couldn't help myself." Gumball patted Darwin's head apologetically and looked down on the carpet. "Yikes. Mom is going to be livid."
"Yeah. You made a mess!" Darwin responded with a frown. It was only morning and his brother already had managed to create chaos. Although, he was partially to blame too.
"Meh, it'll dry up before we get back." Gumball waved it off and went to brush his teeth in the bathroom.
However, he had to wait outside the door as it was already occupied. Gumball tapped his foot impatiently, nearly five minutes later, he banged on the door with his fist after losing his patience. "Oh come on! What's taking so long?!" However, the door simply opened up after the first hit. "Oh…". Either the door was closed really tightly or there was a poltergeist holding it shut from behind. Whichever one it was, Gumball shrugged and went inside. Or at least, he would've, if a small, pink blur didn't zip inside before he could set his foot in there. The door was shut right in front of his nose a moment later. "Hey, what gives!?" He shouted angrily.
"Sorry, Gumball! You snooze you lose!" Came a reply from behind the door. It was his sister's voice.
"Anais! Come on!" He whined pathetically.
When Darwin put on his green shoes and walked outside, he saw his brother angrily gritting teeth and glaring at the bathroom door. "What's wrong?"
"Anais! She- I! Whatever." Gumball gave up with a sigh. It was too early for this, besides, who cares if he didn't brush his teeth once. Or thrice. "I'm going to go get breakfast." He said, walking down the stairs into the living room.
"Wait, aren't you going to- Oh, he's gone." Darwin said to himself. Unlike his brother, Darwin planned on waiting patiently until he could use the bathroom. Having a bad fish breath was the worst, especially in school. Now that he thought about it, having any fish breath would be terrible. Good or bad.
Breakfast for Gumball would've been quiet for the first time in weeks. However, his father barrelled down the stairs as did his mother.
Nicole looked to be in great hurry, setting down bowls from the cupboards on the table at the speed of light. How the darn clock managed not to ring, it was beyond her and now she was going to be late for her work at rainbow factory. "I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!" She repeatedly said. "Gumball, make sure to get to the bus on time. Richard, you have your chores for the day!"
"Yes I do, ma'am!" Richard saluted as he sat down on the other end of the table.
Nicole jabbed her finger at his chest with a serious look. "And make sure to actually do them this time! I'm serious." She said with a tone that left no room to argue. She then smiled and kissed his cheek. "Okay then, see you boys later!" Nicole said and rushed out the door.
"Ah! Mom! You forgot to…" Gumball shouted, but the door was slammed shut with her footsteps disappearing. "-prepare breakfast." He sighed.
"Don't worry son! I make breakfast for myself all the time!" Richard said and went into the kitchen. "I'll make something amazing!"
Later on, Darwin and Anais joined the breakfast, which was just a bunch of microwaved sausages with butter, mayo and ketchup. Lots of butter and mayo. Anais wondered how anyone could eat something with so much fat and not throw up on the spot. Yet there was their father, digging in like it was nothing but a simple dish.
After breakfast, the three kids bid their dad farewell and went to the bus stop. Waiting for the bus always proved to be boring. Since they were almost always the only ones there, the boredom made them do all sorts of things. Specifically, the two boys. Anais just sighed at their silliness. Darwin was busy with chasing a butterfly and Gumball began treating it as a race between the two, describing on the entire ordeal as an overly excited race commentator would.
The embarrassment finally ended when the bus came. Why they boarded the bus, the ride was somewhat silent for the two brothers.
Darwin decided to break the conformable silence with a question that gnawed at him since yesterday. "Hey, Gumball?" Darwin got his attention.
"What is it?"
"What do you think will happen today?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, we always have these crazy adventures." Darwin began, his expression growing a little concerned. "And they keep getting more dangerous each time. We had ticked off Tina, nearly drowned, alligators nearly ate us, and even scary ghosts almost dragged us down to…you know, where the bad people go."
Gumball couldn't help but chuckle at his brother's worry. Sure, the adventures were dangerous, but also fun. And they helped a lot of people in the process. "Don't worry dude, you have me by your side, don't you? Besides, we have made so many people's lives brighter and had fun while doing so! And in the end, isn't that far more important?"
"...well, I do like helping people. But still, maybe we should cut back a little? Take it easy, you know. Try to avoid-"
Before Darwin could go on, Gumball silenced him by putting his hand over his mouth. "Shhh! It's the adventure that matters. Danger naturally comes with it. Besides, I wouldn't let anything happen to you."
"Awh, you two make me sick!" Gumball felt his head being patted. He looked up to see that it was Carrie. The goth ghost, who was also Darwin's girlfriend and Gumball's good friend.
"Oh yeah, how come?" Gumball asked.
"You are so squishy and mushy with your feelings that I can actually see rainbows radiating from both of you." She teased with a grin.
"I can't tell if you're joking, complementing, or teasing us." Gumball responded dryly. Sometimes he couldn't read her at all. Which was surprising, because you could literally see through her ghostly body.
"Hey, Carrie!" Darwin waved in a greeting with a cute smile. His previous worries immediately went away upon seeing his love.
Even if Carrie didn't have a physical heart, she still felt the same, sudden strike of warmth in her chest whenever she saw Darwin. And his smile, it took everything in her to keep her cheeks from turning beet red. "So I was wondering, would want to come over at my house tomorrow?"
Darwin nodded and grinned. An entire afternoon with just him and Carrie? There was no question about it, he was going to be there. "I would love to!"
"Alright, I'll see you at school then!" Carrie replied with giddy smile and floated back to her seat.
Gumball directed a scrutinising look on Darwin. "Hmm, I guess our plans for gaming afternoon are not happening then."
"What are you talking about, of course it's happening! Just, a little bit later, okay?" Darwin explained, hoping that his brother will understand. He has already rarely seen Carrie these days and he wanted to catch up with her.
Gumball rolled his eyes and shrugged. It's not like he could deny Darwin of seeing his girlfriend. Gumball himself went out on more dates with his girlfriend than his brother and Carrie. "Yeah sure, whatever."
The bus had reached it's destination and the students filed out. Classes went like usual. Miss Simian was a pain like always, torturing the entire class with a surprise test. Gumball glanced over his shoulder, Penny's seat was occupied by Idaho. The fairy had another class at the moment. If Darwin was going to be busy this afternoon with his girlfriend, he wanted to go out with Penny. He thought about going and visiting her directly after school, but her father was still not too fond of his future son in law. Although, that has never stopped him before.
Then there was another thing he wanted to do while the school was on. Get acquainted with the new student in their class. Then again, he already forgot his name when he heard it from Masami, plus, he dressed like a businessman and was probably a huge nerd. Gumball, not wanting to get his ears talked off by the new guy about D&D or something along the lines of science, decided to put it off until later date.
The class was interrupted by the speakers blaring out. They carried principals voice. "Good morning students, this is your principal speaking."
Miss Simian was immediately paying attention with a longing look. What could be so important that his dearest had to interrupt the class? Perhaps he was finally going to man up and propose? Oh how she hoped that it was the case.
"I wanted to remind you all to report to the gym after this class for a very important notice about the upcoming football game. That would be all."
Then again, one could only dream. With a sour look on her face, she returned her attention to the newspaper that she was reading.
"Doesn't our school always lose? What could be so important this about this one?" Whispered Anton to Banana Joe.
"Yeah, Richwood always beats us before we even make it to the finals." Tobias said quietly. Two years in a row their school was denied of victory and made a laughing stock on the Internet by Richwood students.
But the worst perpetrators were the Franklin high. Not once did they pass up the opportunity to laugh at Elmore Junior high for their loss. The Franklin's students went out of their way to humiliate Elmore high with each opportunity they got. On the street, on the Internet, the poor kids were laughed at and called by all sorts of nasty names. They even had been pushed around, pranked, had garbage thrown at them. It was because of that reason why most kids avoided walking to school on foot, or even going close to the northern end of Elmore, where Franklin High was located. They were afraid of encountering them.
After the bell had rung, all of the students made their way to the gym, teachers included. The gym bleachers filled up and everyone awaited for their principal to show up. A microphone was set in the middle of the gym, as well as some speakers.
Soon enough, principal Brown had shown up. He was covered from head to toe in brown hide, truly living up to his name. He also wore a paid glasses. When he reached the microphone, he cleared his throat and addressed the crowd. "Ahem, good mor-"
Of course, getting the attention of a gym full of kids was not easy. Nobody had heard him and the continuous chatting resumed between them.
"SILENCE!" Yelled the principal. A minute later, everyone had settled down and listened to what he had to say about the supposed football game. "Now, as you all know, every year, Elmore Junior high partakes in the American football championships between schools. And every year, we never make it to the finals."
"Its because of Richwood!" "Yeah! They're the worst!" Yelled some students and others agreed.
"Mhm, yes, quite. We have won the semi finals against Richwood." Principal said calmly.
There was a stretch of silence. The news were certainly surprising. If their school won the semi finals, that meant that they will be competing in the finale. The bleachers shaked as students went wild. Cheers and applause ringed out all around the gym.
Principal Brown smiled at their reaction. It was only natural that they would go crazy. "Alright, alright everyone. Settle down…" Even with the microphone amplifying his voice, it couldn't cut through the cheers. "SILENCE!" He yelled again. Two minutes later, when shouting and applause settled down, he spoke up again.
"The championship finale will take place at the Franklin High's football field, 6pm on Friday. Everyone is welcome to come and cheer for our school. Now, let's make sure to support our team so that our school could pull out a victory and become the champions!"
Neal didn't go to the gym on purpose. Without all the kids present, the library was devoid of people as everyone no doubt went to gym. Save for the old tree lady who was the librarian. Which proved to be a golden opportunity to do some research without rising any unnecessary thoughts or questions.
Neal had considered taking a swing from his potion to strengthen it's effect as it was slowly wearing off currently. However, with one quick and cautious look over the shoulder, he noticed security cameras at the corners of the library. Not only that, but he estimated that the vial would only last him until tomorrow early afternoon.
He redirected his attention to the computer monitor. He needed herbs to brew his mixture. With no knowledge of the local fauna, he had to resolve to checking out the Internet. Oh how the need to browse and check the latest cartoons allured him, however, he forced himself to stay on track. Nothing good ever comes from getting distracted from the goal. 'Elmore local fauna' was what he typed in the search bar.
The results that the search engine returned could be counted on the fingers. One particular result lead to a Wiki about various plants in Elmore. It was moderated by a person named . Neal swore he had heard the name from somewhere before. Quickly navigating through the wiki page, he found a neat list of all the plants. Few different plants could be used as key component in his potion. Cornflower Blooms, Dogwood bark or fruit, Hyacinth flowers, Oregon grapes. None of which showed up on the Wiki list.
Neal leaned back in his seat and tiredly rubbed his eyes under the glasses. Surely this couldn't be it? He was going to run out of the blue mixture and without it, no more dizziness. No more feeling like everything is fine and dandy. He tapped the computer mouse with his finger repeatedly, trying to make his sluggish mind work and come up with what to do. However, he was drawing blanks. Being under the potions effects had it's drawbacks. Lack of imagination and slow brain function was one of them.
"Mister Small might know something about plants." A voice soft as silk came from the right. Neal swore it belonged to an angel. When he looked over his shoulder, he saw a bear girl standing behind him. However, the most distinct feature about her, was that she was of paper, with a drawn on face and clothes. Two square ears, big eyes and an adorable muzzle. She was also by far the most cutest girl he had seen so far in this school. However, he had forgotten her name when Sarah was telling him the names of his classmates.
He glanced at his screen, then back at her. "Oh, Mister Small is…?" He drew on, not knowing who the person in question was.
"Our guidance counselor." She finished for him.
"Oh, thank you." Neal said. Since she started the conversation and looked like a genuinely sweet person, Neal decided to try and talk with her more. Or at least, attempt to. "You're my classmate, right? I'm Neal." He offered a handshake.
However, Teri took a step back with a slightly disturbed look on her face. "Yes. I'm Teri…"
Neal immediately glanced at his hand. Was there something on it? Upon closer inspection, he found nothing on it. Certainly no grime either. Then why did she back off like so? Then again, maybe for a girl who was a bear and made of paper, humans looked repulsive.
"Eeeh...you touched the keyboard." She said, thinking that he will understand what she meant by that. After not responding to her, Teri explained a little bit more. "You didn't know that keyboards have more germs on them than a toilet seat?"
Fear of germs, Neal concluded. It's always the cutest ones that were a little silly. Although, he was in no place to judge with his addiction to a calming substance.
Neal decided to play a smarty pants and mess with her a little. He glanced at the keyboard, then back at Teri with a small grin and a nod. "Yep, I've heard of that."
Teri put her hands on her hips and regarded him with a raised eyebrow. "Oh yeah? How and when?"
"Just now. You told me." He winked with a sly grin. It looked like Teri wasn't impressed at all, choosing to continue to look at him weirdly. So much for joking around. Bad first impression. "Right." Neal dropped his playful expression. "Anyways, why are you concerning yourself with germs and stuff?"
"My mom is a doctor. I've seen what germs do to people and what sickness they cause." She replied to him with a small manner of pride in her voice. "So I try to avoid them as much as possible. In fact, one sec…" She took out a hand disinfectant and sprayed it on her palms.
'Silly' and 'little' was an understatement now. More like crazy. Neal scratched his head awkwardly. Ignoring her germ obsession and carrying on like nothings wrong seemed like the best course of action now. "So, why aren't you at the gym? Didn't the principal have something important to say?"
"I care little for football. Besides, I'm pretty sure it's really not that important." Teri replied after being done with disinfecting her hands for the ninth time this day. "Even though I'm part of the cheerleader team, still I think it's a filthy sport. All the sweat, dirt and mud. Yuck!"
"Ahaa…" Neal had a tough time with trying to carry on a conversation with her. It felt strange, normally, he had no problems with speaking to other people at all. "Good to know. So th-"
Teri had cut him off however. "Well, I should probably go. The coach will want our team to start getting ready for the upcoming game."
"Oh, right, okay. Its been nice to talk to you. Good luck with your practice!" Neal said with a smile which Teri returned with a polite wave.
"Thank you. Good luck with...whatever it is that you're doing here!" Teri replied and exited the library. She didn't like the new student one bit. He talked and behaved like any nice, normal person. He definitely didn't seem like a huge nerd that Masami made him out to be. Not that she cared in general. However, the cloudy look in his eyes was something she took notice of. Teri had seen quite a few patients in the hospital that she got admitted to -twice this week-. Neal possessed the very same look as those patients, as if he was under the influence of some sort of medicine. Pushing the bad impression away, she went towards the gym in search for her cheerleading team.
Neal had left the library and now was scouting the school for the guidance counselors office. It didn't look like it, but the school was definitely big.
"What a bore. Who cares about some football match." There was a pretty loud conversation happening ahead as a group of students walked down the hall. They most likely left the gym early.
Neal walked to the right to pass the group. All of a sudden, his back hit the locker. At first, Neal didn't understand what had happened. Then he heard small chuckles further away. His mind only caught up a minute later, he was pushed.
"Hey man, watch where you're going!" Came a voice from behind a group of weird looking students. A big, pink, plush Teddy bear with a white shirt and heart in the middle with a scary look on his face. A rat with a white hide, red eyes, scar on his cheek, standing on two legs and dressed much like Neal would, dark grey hoodie and washed out grey jeans. His eye twitched occasionally. And a big, disembodied hand with tattoos all over it. Truly an interesting group of individuals, who didn't look friendly at all. They were probably upperclassmen too, judging by their size.
Neal pushed himself up and dusted off his jacket with a sour expression. What jerks, he was watching where he was walking. He even moved out of the way. But they still shoved him. "I was watching! You just shoved me for no reason at all! That's not very nice." He said with a terse tone.
The students parted and from the middle stepped out a student that Neal hasn't seen before. A pretty tall and thin humanoid, his entire body was black and he had a bomb for a head. He dressed in an old fashioned style. White, two button shorts, big white shoes and white bow tie. "Think I care?" He said with a confident smirk and got all up in Neal's face.
"No…you don't look like you do." Neal responded and backed up a little with a scrunched nose. The bomb guy had a sharp smell of sulfur coming from his mouth. "Yeesh, ever heard of Tik Tak?"
Neal was grabbed his jacket and pulled eye to eye by the angered student. "What was that?" He growled menacingly.
This situation escalated really quickly. He hoped against all odds that it won't turn physical. Maybe jokes weren't the best thing to use in these types of situations. He wouldn't know. After all, violence was best solved with violence. "N-nothing, I was just… You know…" Neal stammered and gulped.
"Yeah, that's what I thought." The student sneered and showed Neal into the lockers again and went to rejoin his friends who were giggling at Neal's expense.
"What a punching bag." The rat said mockingly. Neal didn't respond and waited for them to leave before getting back up again. He watched them go with neutral expression, and once they disappeared over the corner, he took out the blue vial and took a swing from it.
"Julius, wanna go mess around outside?" The rat asked his friend.
But Julius didn't respond. He felt very irritated, not once did the pushover kid looked like he was intimidated by him. "Looks like we found ourselves some fun, boys." He said absentmindedly. A new source of entertainment had appeared to shorten the boring school time for them. Only second later, he replied to his friend's question. "Sure, let's go."
"Did you see that?" Masami said as the group of delinquents left Neal sitting on the ground. She and Leslie hid observed what was happening behind the corner.
"Yeah, what complete jerks." He said with a frown on his usually smiling face.
"No, he is a complete loser. He didn't even do anything!" Masami said.
"What do you expect him to do? There's five of them!" Leslie replied heathedly.
"Oh, nothing at all." Masami replied with a grin. Perhaps she could use this. About time someone showed up who was a complete tool.
After the unpleasant encounter, Neal had finally located the counselors office on the second floor of the school. He knocked on the door and second later, a voice called from the other end. "Come in!"
Neal stepped into the office. The room was simple, few metal cabinets, a writing desk. On the walls, some colourful posters were hanged. The counselor turned out to be an interesting looking person. Humanoid in nature, very tall, he looked more like a sheep or a walking could with all the puffy white hide. He wore black pants, open toe sandals and a very colourful shirt.
"Good morning, sir." Neal politely said and closed the door behind himself.
"Good morning to you too. Please, take a seat." Mister Small gestured at the chair near his desk with a pleasant smile.
Once Neal was seated the counselor addressed the new student. "So, what brings you to the counselors office? Problema with other students? Trouble keeping your cool? Stress of homework?"
Neal considered reporting the guy with a bomb for a head. However, he held back. It will probably tick him off even more, and he didn't want more problems with him. Pushing the little incident away, he cut to the point.
"Actually, neither. Mister Small, I have heard that you are knowledgeable in the local fauna?" And why wouldn't he be? The man painted the picture perfect image of a hippie, colourful clothes, the constantly mellow expression too. So Neal assumed that he had to have some manner knowledge about plants. Teri was correct after all.
"Mhm, I in fact am." He replied proudly.
"Oh that's just great! Could you perhaps tell me what sort of plants grow here?" Neal asked. Hopefully, he had more knowledge than he put in his wiki page.
This was certainly new. Not once Small was asked about such a subject. Usually, students came to him from the principal's office because they caused some trouble Most of the time, they were Gumball and Darwin. "Ahem. Right. There's Luc-
"No no no! I read it all in your page. I'd like to know if there are any others that you didn't mention in your wiki." Neal explained quickly.
Someone had read his wiki page! Mister Small smiled inwardly, his efforts weren't for naught. Someone else had shared his interest for nature and plants! Yet, the question was still strange. He chose to overlook it and carry on. "Well, there is only one that I left out. Isatis tinctoria, or Woads. But…"
"What?" Neal knew that he won't like the answer.
"Those only grow in doom forest." The counselor said with a serious look. "I didn't put them on the page just for that reason alone."
Surely the name was an exaggeration. And if it wasn't, though luck. He still needed those herbs no matter what. A trip to Doom forest it was. But only tomorrow. More research was in order. Just to make sure that the name was indeed an exaggeration.
"Alright. I see. Just out of curiosity, how do these Woads look?" Neal asked, hoping that he didn't raise any suspicion with such a question.
"Oh, they're these tall growing flowers, they have a bunch of small, yellow blooms growing on their stalks." Mister Small explained like an expert.
That's all Neal needed to hear. "Alright, well, thank you, sir. I'll be taking my leave then." He said and left the office.
"Stay out of the trouble and good luck studying!" Mister Small said on his way out.
After the principal Brown had concluded the message, most of the students had left the gym, except for Gumball. He wanted to ask Penny out. Getting down from the bleachers, he found her talking with her team and the coach. The cheerleading team was comprised of Penny, she was the head cheerleader. Then there were others, Masami, Carmen, Molly, Teri, Leslie and Sarah. Three of which were absent currently.
Gumball awaited for her to be done talking to the coach. Once their massive teacher lumbered off somewhere, Gumball took it as his cue to chat her up.
"Penny! Hey!" Gumball greeted her.
The fairy had turned around and greeted him. "Oh, hello Gumball." She said with a tired sigh.
"What's wrong?" Gumball asked with concern in his voice.
"The coach wants us to practice for much longer now, every day until Friday." She said pathetically. "'Everything's gotta be perfect for the big game, so don't mess this up!'" She said in mock voice of coach Russo.
Gumball laughed instantly at her charming display of silliness. "Hahaha! That's a spot on impersonation!"
"Thank you!" Penny replied with a little bit more energy.
Gumball didn't want to ask the obvious, but since he was already there, he might as well get it out of the way before the subject veers off the course. "So, we won't be able to hang out, or say, go on a date anytime soon?"
"I'm afraid not. By the time I'm done practicing, it will be getting dark already." Penny said with an apologetic look. She would've loved to go on a date with him, however, she was the head cheerleader. The coach stressed how important it was for them to put up a perfect performance in support for their football team. And it's not like she could drop out and abandon her team when they needed her.
On the other end, Gumball had already made up his mind. He inhaled deeply and prepared himself for the next words that he was going to deliver and stick to, no matter what. "I'll be there then! Everyday! I'll cheer you on during your practice until Friday! And you can bet that I'll be at championship too!" He said as enthusiastically as possible. Now way he would miss out on what would be a pretty big deal for Penny.
"Oh really now?" She asked with a small grin. Gumball was so sweet and considerate. Especially when she needed help and support. Sitting and observing her practice for hours on end will be extremely boring, yet there he was, willing to sacrifice his time and patience for her. Time that could be spent with his brother. Which worried her a little because last time his brother got quite jealous of them. "But, wouldn't you rather hang out with Darwin? Besides, don't you remember how jealous he got when we-?"
"Penny, Penny! That was some time ago! I'm sure he'll understand." Gumball reassured her with confidence. Besides, Darwin had Carrie to distract him from his lack of bro-friend.
"If he gets like that again, I will talk to him and explain everything like a mature, responsible and reasonable person that I am." He explained. And if that won't work, there was always plan B, ice cream and amusement park.
"Alright then." She walked up to Gumball and kissed his cheek out of gratitude, making the young cats cheeks turn slightly red. "Thanks Gumball, I'll see you during the practice." She said and ran off to rejoin her team.
Gumball just stood there, the spot on his cheek where she kissed him still felt tingly. He watched Penny leave the gym and only when the school bell had rung, did he realise that he missed the free period and was now late to class. More than that, Gumball wondered how he was going to tell Darwin that not only will they not be able to hang out tomorrow, but for almost the entire week. With all said and done, this was going to be one long and tiring week, but it was all for her and her alone.
-End of chapter 3-
Not important message for the readers:
Hey boys and gurls. It's Evercry writing to you. I just wanted to let you guys know that these chapters come daily due to them being pre-written. Chapter 6 is going to be the last chapter that I had in storage(Sorta, currently typing it out). After that, I'll have to write again, which will slow down the update time.
Now on the more fun matters. Thank you all so much for supporting comments and your dedicated time in regards of reading this story of mine. I read every single comment and it warms my heart knowing that someone reads what comes out of my brain. I'm trying my hardest, and will continue trying my hardest to stay true to the characters no matter what. If I do start slipping, don't be nice about it, rip me a new one and keep me in place.
Also, in regards of the OC, I will try, no, I will do everything in my skill to make him be his own character and not just some Marry Sue that everyone in the story loves and adores.
Also, if you think this story will be sunshine and rainbows…well, it's rated 'M' for a reason. But don't expect any lemons. I'm not that kind of writer.
With that said and done, thank you all for the support. I will see you all in chapter four!
