Hey Everyone, I said to expect the next one towards the end of February and here it is! Hope you enjoy :D

I had a lot of fun writing this one for some reason despite having a headache the past few days but i promised one for February so I had to commit haha.

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Gumball's Dark Amazing World

Chapter 8: The Revelation

It was early Sunday morning. The Watterson family was scattered around the house with feelings they have never felt before: depression and loneliness. Richard was on the couch, Nicole and Anais were in their bedrooms and Darwin was in his and Gumball's room, lying down on the bottom bunk. They all wept with the thoughts of why and how this happened until they eventually went to sleep from exhaustion.


Penny was on her way back home, but she just couldn't get these new questions off her mind. Wanting answers, she changed her route and instead went to visit Gumball. After what Rob told her, she was worried about him, she needed to see him. She began walking to the visit the Watterson's house, but she had the feeling something wasn't right as she got closer and closer to her destination. Penny gradually picked up her pace; she went from walking to jogging and eventually running until she arrived.

With the Watterson's residence coming into view she began to feel nervous and scared about what Rob meant. Walking up to the porch, she put her hand up and knocked on the door however, as she knocked on the door it swung open like it was purposely inviting her in as it wasn't shut properly.

"Hello, anyone there?" she asked questioningly as she peered through the gap of the ajar door, "It's me, Penny. Is Gumball here?"

Without an answer, she crept inside and spotted Richard sleeping on the couch. She didn't think too much about it as she knew how lazy Gumball's dad was and decided to walk past and head upstairs to Gumball's room.

She knocked on the door to Gumball and Darwin's room, but received no answer. She turned the handle and opened the door, stepping inside the room. From where she was standing, she could see Darwin lying on the bottom bunk with the blue cat nowhere to be seen. As she stepped closer towards the middle of the room to look around, Darwin started panicking in his sleep.


Darwin woke up, not taking any notice of where he was as he rubbed his eyes. However, as he got up he realized that he was not at home. In fact, he knew where he was as it was the same place he had been to in the dream he had not too long ago.

He asked himself out loud as he looked around: "W-what is this dream? W-why am I here?" Pondering the reason he was having this dream, he knew it wasn't any ordinary dream for two reasons: firstly, he had never questioned or remembered a lot of details in any dream he had previously. Furthermore, this was the second time he had this dream.

Like before, the door once again appeared and as he walked towards it, it opened for him. The door invited him back into the pitch-black room which gave the orange fish nothing but a cold and dreary feeling. Despite that, he walked inside and followed the same path as before until he reached where he had thought he seen Gumball the first time.

Lo and behold, Darwin had now walked farther than before and could clearly see the figure. He knew it was Gumball but still had no idea why. He ran closer towards him with tears in his eyes.

"Gumball! It's me, Darwin!" Continuing to get closer, he struggled to finish his sentence. "I-I thought y-you were go-…gone?" he trailed off at the end of his sentence, clearly seeing the state Gumball was in. "Gumball? W-what happened? Why are you in chains? Is that your blood on the floor?"

The only response Darwin received sent chills down his spine. "I'm c-c-cold…M-Mom, D-Darwin, anyone? Why do you hate me..." he said while shaking, tears in his eyes and blood surrounding a healed scar on his torso.

As Darwin continued comforting Gumball, he too was still crying from the sight his best friend was in. "Gumball! It's me, Darwin! I'm here, buddy, don't worry!" Darwin never believed this was just some normal dream, especially after this. Something was going on here and he was determined to find out what it was. He persisted to try and aid his blue-furred companion, but despite Darwin's best efforts of reassurance, Gumball took no notice and continued to beg for help.

"It's s-so c-c-cold… it h-hurts, please…s-someone...p-please end it!" Gumball pleaded with many areas of his body still chained to the floor.

Darwin had enough of this and aimed his sights at the chains. However, as he went to grab them to try and get them off, his hand phased right through them. From the confusion, he tripped and the rest of his body also phased through Gumball.

Darwin stood up and continued to try and grab the chains, his desperation to help his friend beginning to make him panic.

"Why?!" Darwin yelled, "Why can't I help you?!" Not giving up, he felt himself beginning to tear up again. "I-I let you die and now I can't even save you from this hell!" Eventually, after using up all his energy, he gave Gumball a hug, but that too didn't work and Darwin felt defeated.

This was when he began to get sucked back into the white room; he could feel the room trying to push him out again like it had before. He wasn't quite ready to go just yet.

"N-No! I-I don't want to go, I can't go! Not now, not when he needs my help!" He didn't want to go, he didn't want to leave Gumball like that, and on the off chance this was just some weird dream that meant nothing, he didn't want to return to a place where Gumball no longer lived.


Despite his best efforts to try and stay, the force pushing him out was just too strong. As he was pulled out, the door he had entered from slammed on his face.

"No, Gumball!" he yelled, "I don't want to leave, please! Gumball!"

"Sh, it's okay you were having a nightmare."

The fish looked up to see none other than Penny, who was now next to him. She tried to calm him down, even though she wanted to ask what he meant. She thought it would be best to ask about it once he had calmed down.

Darwin quickly calmed down as he realized he was back in his room. He got up from where he laid and hugged Penny.

"G-Gumball, he's…" He struggled to say anything as he sobbed from his confusion, "He's gone…or I think he is? I-I don't know anymore, it's all too confusing. I just want to see him again!"

Was Gumball dead? Was he alive? What is that dream he keeps having? If he's alive, then where is he, and why would he do this? He had many questions on his mind and they were all just a mystery to him. Not knowing any of the answers and not being able to help his friend is what caused his cheerless state.

Penny, perplexed herself, tried to calm Darwin down again. "It's okay, Darwin. I'm sure Gumball is fine. Could you to explain to me what happened?" Penny let go of her fishy friend and grabbed a chair by the computer desk to sit down.

Darwin sat up on the edge of the bed, drying his tears before he started to explain what had happened earlier in the morning and how Gumball had been acting strangely the past few days. Penny just sat there and listened; she was shocked to hear about the recent events which had conspired.

Suicide? Gumball would never do something like that! she thought as Darwin came to the end of his talk, "That can't be! I mean…if that's the case, why did that Rob guy say he was alive?"

Darwin perked up at the mention of Rob and Gumball in the same sentence. "That's it! It's Rob's fault! He knows what's going on here!" he said happily, thinking he had found the answers to all or most of his questions.

Darwin looked at Penny expectantly. "So…? What did Rob tell you? I need to know, please!" His gaze was locked on Penny as he awaited a response.

Penny decided it was best to share her knowledge with Darwin, especially seeing him in the state he's in. She told him what happened yesterday evening when Gumball visited her, how she followed a flying figure that looked like Gumball early in the morning which led her to meeting Rob and finding out about D-Ball from what Rob told her later that same morning.

Darwin was now even more confused than before, but he at least had hope now for Gumball to truly still be alive. "Is that it? He really didn't know why this happened?" Darwin was desperate for more answers. He urgently wanted to help his best friend. He wanted to help his brother.

Penny, wishing she could help more, apologized: "Sorry…that is everything he told me. Nothing more, nothing less."

Sighing, Darwin told her: "That's okay, thanks anyway. At least we have a good place to start." Despite this positive piece of knowledge, he still wished they knew more.

They both thought about everything they knew and began putting the pieces together as best they could. In spite of their best efforts, there were still too many vital parts missing. Mainly: how did this all happen to begin with? That was the big question they both pondered over.

After thinking for a while and discussing all the knowledge they had available to them, they decided it was best to go outside and look around for any more clues that could lead them to this D-Ball character.


As they headed out of the room and went downstairs, they could see Richard was still sleeping on the couch.

Darwin sighed. "I-I think we should tell Mrs. Mom," he suggested. He was nervous about how she would react. "Though, I doubt she will believe any of this."

Penny decided to let Darwin make the choice to tell her. "I'll leave it to you. I'll wait outside while you talk to her about it." She thought it was best not to get involved in this situation and opened the front door, stepping outside.

Darwin prepared himself then began to reach his hand up to the bedroom door. Knocking softly, he informed her of his presence and gently opened the door entering the dark room. Stepping inside, he turned on the light.

"Hey…Mrs. Mom. Can I talk to you?" he asked, fidgeting.

Nicole was still feeling upset. After all, why wouldn't she be? Drying her tears for what seemed like the millionth time, she sat up in her bed and invited Darwin to come closer. "What is it, dear?" she asked as she somberly looked at him with empty eyes.

"I don't know where to start, but it's about Gumball," he said, awkwardly darting his eyes back and forth from the floor to Nicole as he hesitantly approached her.

Worried, Nicole nodded somewhat encouragingly. "How about from the beginning?" Her depressed eyes were still looking at Darwin.

By now, Darwin was standing by the side of the bed. "Well…the other day I had a weird dream and today I had the same dream, but different." He told her everything about the dreams he had and what Penny had told him not too long ago. "To wrap it up, there is someone who looks like Gumball called D-Ball and Gumball may still be alive somewhere."

Nicole was speechless. Even so, a slither of hope entered her thoughts and her eyes no longer showed the emptiness they had before. Nonetheless, she still couldn't fully believe what she heard but desperately wanted to.

Darwin stood there silently for a bit, expecting a reply but nothing was said. "I um, know you probably don't believe any of this, Mrs. Mom…but I'm going to go with Penny now and we're going to look around for anything that could lead us to Gumball."

Darwin turned around slowly and was about to walk out of the room, but Nicole got up and grabbed Darwin, embracing him into a hug as she let out more tears. However, this time the tears were not of sadness, but of the little hope she had regained thanks to her son.

"Thanks dear, I would never doubt you." She held tightly onto Darwin as she continued to weep. "It wouldn't be like you to make up a lie like this."

Darwin accepted the hug and returned it. "Thanks Mrs. Mom." They stayed like this for a bit, but Darwin couldn't stay. "Sorry Mrs. Mom, Penny's waiting outside so I better go." He let go of Nicole and walked back towards the door, turning the light off. "I'll see you later, Mrs. Mom."

Nicole was still surprised about this new info but was grateful anyway to the chance she could have to see Gumball again. "Be careful dear, that D-Ball sounds dangerous from what you told me." A fire lit within Nicole's eyes. "I'd like to have a few words with him myself."

Darwin left the room and walked outside to greet Penny. "Hey Penny, sorry to keep you waiting for that long." Once they were next to each other, they began walking together down the road. "I never put much thought into this but…where should we start looking for clues?"

This comment from Darwin made them freeze in their tracks, since neither of them really knew where to go first. Penny, however, had a few suggestions:

"We could go to the park I was at earlier and try to get more answers out of Rob! Or, just look around?" Penny looked at Darwin as she suggested her other idea. "I also thought that maybe we could look around town for anything weird going on?" She now waited for an answer from Darwin as they stood quietly on the side of the road.

Darwin silently thought about it briefly then decided, "I think the town is the better choice as you already went to the park earlier." As they began walking towards the town, he simply stated that they could return to the park later.

Penny nodded, agreeing with the orange fish as she walked next to him, on their way towards the town. As they walked, they didn't have much to talk about other than what they already discussed and what happened when Darwin had told Nicole about the current situation. However, they weren't prepared for what would happen next.

Especially Darwin.


D-ball had just left Rob's base, entering his newly-opened doorway into the void. As he hovered through it, the staticky portal closed behind him. D-Ball was now inside the void and now possessed the power to erase anyone from their existence.

As he floated around the space he was in, he looked around and thought for a moment. It would be good to have a base where I could plan my following moves without interruptions. Finding a good place to start building, he stopped floating and landed on a large piece of land that had been sucked in who knows when.

Using all the power he could muster, he pulled many different objects from the surrounding area, which consisted of metal, wood, and concrete among other materials and formed them into a huge building that resembled some sort of mini-modern stronghold.

D-Ball was exhausted after using up so much of his energy the last few hours; after all, it wasn't too long ago where he had just made a clone and now he had just built this settlement for himself.

"I used up more energy earlier than I thought," he said weakly as he tried to catch his breath. His fatigued body limped inside of the new building that stood strongly in the center of the void. Once he entered through the electronic metal door, the sinister being collapsed on the floor to re-charge his exhausted powers.


-BACKSTORY-

It was mid-day on Thursday, and Gumball and Darwin were at school performing their usual shenanigans as they often like to do. Unbeknownst to them, something was going on elsewhere within the town of Elmore.

From behind, the officer started chasing him down. "Stop! In the name of the law, pull over the vehicle!" The Doughnut Sheriff was right on this speedster's tail.

The vehicle being chased down was a small red van with graffiti covering the sides of it. It was commonly known as the Awesome Store to the locals who liked questionable purchases. The van was speeding along the road as all the police cars and helicopters in Elmore now chased it down.

The Doughnut Sheriff called out again through the speakerphone. "I said pull over, you punk!" The Sheriff was getting fed up and rammed into the back of the van.

Losing control for a second, the van swerved and hit a bump in the road, which caused the back doors of the vehicle to loosen up and burst open. A significant amount of the merchandise flew out from the van and into the police cars chasing from behind.

Among the many valuables, there was one specifically which had to be protected at all times: it was a small gemstone which had its powers sealed so it appeared as any normal pebble. As it flew out of the back of the van and hit the windshield of the Sheriff's car, the box it was in flung open and the sealed gemstone bounced away somewhere along the road.

The mysterious driver of the Awesome Store looked back as it flew out with a panicked expression, even though he couldn't do much about it right now since he was being chased.

"Damn, that's not good," he muttered to himself in a mysterious, coarse voice, hoping he could retrieve it later before it was too late.

Still being ignored, the Sheriff turned to his partner who sat next to him.

"Why do they never listen..." As he tried to focus on a way to stop the van in front, he suddenly came to a conclusion. "I know! Maybe he just doesn't know how to stop." He pulled out the speakerphone again. "Hey! I just realized that you may not know how to stop, so I'm going to show you." He pulled up next to the van and slowed down pressing the breaks as he moved towards the curve to pull in. Again using the speakerphone, he called out to the van, "Just like that! Now you try."

The van completely ignored the request and sped up, driving down the road turning a corner that was actually an alleyway covered with shadows, making seem pitch black even though it was the middle of the day.

The Sheriff looked patiently at the van as it sped into an alleyway. "Maybe he will turn around and come back?" he said awkwardly, with skepticism to his partner.

The cop just looked to the Sheriff, face palming. "No, I don't think he's coming back." Sighing, she just looked towards the radio, awaiting the next call.

The Sheriff put away the speakerphone and looked around, noticing his doughnut box was empty. "Hmm…that's good then. I think he learned his lesson. Want to go for doughnuts?" he asked, craving his favorite food.

The Sheriff's partner agreed and so they turned around and drove to the doughnut store with all of the helicopters and police cars still following from behind.

-END OF BACKSTORY-


Penny and Darwin continued to walk towards town along the road, but as they continued, Darwin started to feel odd. The feeling of somebody giving up on him, slowly forgetting about him filled his chest. He collapsed to the pavement, not in pain but in a strange, unusual sense of sadness.

Penny immediately noticed this and kneeled beside him, rubbing Darwin on the back. "Are you okay? Maybe you should rest. You did have a rough morning, after all," she stated, trying to make him feel better.

Darwin attempted to pull himself up off the ground. "I…I'm fine," he reassured her with a somber sigh. He didn't understand why he felt like this, as he was feeling hopeful just a couple of minutes ago. "I don't know what that was about…let's go," the fish said as he managed to pull himself back up.

Once he stood up again, he managed to walk a few yards, but quickly collapsed almost as soon as he got up. Darwin didn't understand what was happening and thought for a minute. Suddenly, he remembered something - he remembered the only other time he had ever felt like this.

It was back around the time he had first met Gumball and Richard had flushed him down the toilet by accident. When he was trying to get back to Gumball, Gumball's heart had blackened because he had given up on trying to find Darwin. Though it wasn't for long, he could tell that the feeling he had then was the same feeling he felt now but hundreds of times stronger.

This event made him recall the dream he had earlier before Penny arrived. Gumball was calling for his help, yet he was unable to interact or help in any way within that space. That must be why. He must have given up on me ever helping him, he thought to himself.

Tears began to fill his eyes, once again feeling like the worst friend and brother. After all, he couldn't help Gumball even though he was right in front of him. He couldn't help Gumball before any of this happened and he only blamed himself.

Penny once again kneeled down, rubbing Darwin's back again. "You are definitely not okay. You need to go back home and get some decent sleep!" she demanded, getting into position to support Darwin on her shoulder.

It was then that something suddenly and completely unexpected happened to Darwin. It was almost like he grew shorter, but Penny still supported Darwin's shoulder at the same height.

She looked down and what she saw was a complete shock to her; she couldn't possibly imagine how Darwin would react to this.

"Umm…Darwin?" Penny awkwardly asked, stopping in her tracks. "I don't want you to worry but…well…look down."

Penny prepared herself as Darwin started panicking and hyperventilating. "M-My l-legs are g-gone! MY LEGS ARE GONE!" he yelled, letting out a loud screech just before he passed out.

Penny didn't know what to do, and she was also panicking as this was the first time she had seen someone's legs disappear. This just wasn't something that should logically happen.

There was one guy, however, who saw everything that happened. He was watching from a dark alleyway across the road. Penny caught sight of him as he was motioning her to follow him into the alley.

Penny didn't really have any choice - even if she took Darwin back home, she wouldn't know how to fix the current issue. Going against her every instinct, she crossed the road and followed the mysterious man hidden by shadows to a red van.

The man opened the back doors to the van. "If you want to save that fish, then follow me inside," he said in his rough voice as he stepped inside the van and hid behind a curtain at the front.

Her thoughts were going crazy right now. Should I go inside? If I don't, what will happen to Darwin? Who is this man? Can I trust him? Despite these thoughts, he was the only one who had seen and knew what happened to Darwin, claiming he could save him.

Stepping inside of the vehicle she decided to ask: "How do you know what happened to Darwin?" It was waning on her mind ever since he told her to follow him into the alley.

The man's eyes glowed through the curtains despite how dark it was. "Isn't it obvious, girl? I was that fish's original keeper," he replied, leaving Penny utterly bewildered.


Credit goes to the great lilie-pucisse on deviant-art for the appearance of Dark Gumball and the cover art! :D

Credit also goes to HitmonchanMan also on deviant-art for the name Dark Gumball! :D


Well what you think of that? I hope you readers remember what episode this concept is based from :)

If you pay enough attention there have been many callbacks to episodes in the show throughout the Chapters and there are 2 that play a major role in this story. The first was this stuff to do with Darwin and the second...Well you'll have to wait to find out on that or just speculate hehe.

It's not too obvious but should make sense when revealed. :D

Finally, as usual, I try to keep characters personality's as canon as possible so please tell me if I stray too far from that. (Don't count D-Ball / Dark Gumball)


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