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16 years in the past, Millstone Private High School basketball court. At the middle of the basketball field starting emitted bright light. They successfully travelled back as the light faded away.

"Is this our school…basketball court?" Cedric asked. He looked around the place. It was seemly their school basketball court but slightly a bit older.

"Probably…" Stella said. Jason started to question Gumball why they travelled back.

"So why do we travel back again?" Jason asked Gumball.

"I wanted to find out what really happen on the last seal." Gumball replied.

"O-okay…"

"Anyway…do you remember what I told you?" Jason asked Gumball to ensure he remember what Jason told them before travelling back to time.

"Yea, of course I know. If we let any people see us or whatever, time and space will be twisted." Gumball said.

"Take it serious. If the future twisted, we might not even know each other. You won't even took the program if that happen." Jason said, telling Gumball to take everything seriously as he didn't want to forget him.

Scar suddenly felt a headache as Gumball could hear it from his thoughts. "Damn…" Scar murmured.

"Scar are you alright?" Gumball asked.

"Not good, I felt weird energy around this place…, but I don't know where it came from." Scar said as he took form in his spiritual form as well as Rex.

The other walking around the school as they stayed close to each other. Alex, Jason, and Carrie stayed with Gumball. Rex starting to felt something.

"Wait…that's impossible. We didn't bring other people here except us…" Rex murmured.

"Rex you felt it too?" Gumball asked.

"Yea…the exact same feeling Scar felt," Rex replied with a heavier tone.

"Could it be someone went back to time?" Jason wondered, but Gumball thought that its utterly impossible except if Harbinger have someone with the same ability time travel ability like Jason.

A voice came out of nowhere speaking in Gumball's thought, "Gumball beware…Harbinger will kill Scar, Kyler, and Cyrus from the past." It sounds like Hadley. Hadley vision was perspective as he can tell what will happen from every angle, each choice has consequences that will ruin the present. Gumball assumed it was Hadley, but how is he able to use telepathy when they were 16 years back in the past. Gumball started to wonder how he did it as he plans to ask him after they got back.

"Kay…the Harbinger did come. They're planning about something, something about killing Scar, Kyler, and Cyrus before they seal the portal." Gumball said as the others grouped up after looking around.

"So you all back. There's something we need to do." Gumball said. "We have to find the members of Harbinger and stop them before they kill Scar, Cyrus, and Kyler." Gumball said as the others couldn't believe the Harbinger went to the past as well.

"How did you know…?" Cedric asked.

"Hadley linked me with telepathy and told me just now…" Gumball replied.

"Old man sure is experience…" Stella murmured commenting Hadley.

"Let's start finding…" Selina said. They nodded.

"Can't imagine Harbinger really going so far as to travel back to time to kill us…" Cyrus said. They left the school basketball court as they standing in front of the school.

"So where should we start searching?" London is huge you know…" Alex said.

"Let's start in Millstone." Kyler said.

"Or we can split up and search around the place. Stella, Selina, and Cedric," Gumball called them as they looked at him. "Go search around the school's forest."

"Let's go." Stella replied as they left.

"Christ, Trish, Jason, and Alex. Go look around the city." Gumball said as they nodded.

"I will search around Millstone with Carrie." Gumball said. Everyone left locating the Harbinger. Jason teleported Alex and the twins to spared some time from walking.

"Let's get going…" Gumball said. They went to search at Millstone, small town in ne of many sections of the city, London.

The City

"Stay close. If we separate, they will take us down any moment they want." Jason said

"Erm…you don't have to tell us." Alex said. They walked down the street as it enlightened by street lights and moonlight.

"Just saying…Anyway, Christ and Trish you both are twins right?" Jason said while looking at the front instead of the twins.

"Yea…" the twins replied in unison.

"How do you both met Gumball?" Jason asked.

"We once the members of the Harbinger…" Christ said as Jason continued to listen as well as Alex walking behind them.

"That time, we were sent out on a mission to kill him and the others by our adoptive father also the boss of Harbinger." Christ said in a strong, but calm tone.

"What happen then?" Jason asked as he wonder Gumball force them to join him.

"Did he force you both to join him?" Jason asked. Alex stayed silence as he walking behind them.

"No…he didn't force us. After we found out that our father was not really our true father…it was sad and hard to accept. He shown us the truth, he adopted us as he only wanted to use us as a weapon for destruction. He murdered our parents." Trish said instead of his brother. She felt deep sadness inside her as his brother felt the same thing but he insisted while Trish starting to tears.

"I see…so that's why you left the Harbinger and joined Gumball and his friends." Jason said. "I'm sorry for asking if I know this is going to be awful."

"No need for apologies." Christ said. His sister wiped away the tears on her face as they continued searching.

"Guys…I think someone is here…" Alex said with his instinct.

"Be careful…" Jason said.

School's Forest

"Darn…why do I have spooky feelings," Cedric murmured as Stella hears it.

"Stop being a little girl," Stella said jokingly as Selina chuckled beside her.

Cedric looked at her with an annoyed face. "Okay…I'm just kidding. Don't be so serious." Stella said. They were walking in the forest as something was watching them as it accidentally stepped a breach. Cedric thought he heard something or maybe just an illusion. Then he heard it running pass him from behind.

"I think I heard something…" Cedric said as he's in defensive mode.

"Probably just squirrels running around the woods." Stella said. This time the noise was louder as everyone heard it.

"Do you hear it?" Cedric asked as they stopped walking.

"Yea…" Selina and Stella replied in unison.

They called out their weapons.

Millstone

"It seems like there's nothing around here…" Gumball said as he finished doing a full search from the sky in only a few minutes.

"They weren't in Millstone…then where can they be…?" Carrie said.

"Gumball…I think I sense something." Rex said.

"Rex…you sense me from the past…not something." Scar said as he knows the sources of energy came from.

"That's…unexpected." Gumball murmured as an agile looking figure presuming to be a cat walked dto them with his head lower that only his lower body was shown under the street light.

"I'm Scar." He said as he walked closer to them. They couldn't believe what they just heard and saw.

"I already know you and your friends will come." Scar from the past said. They finally get to look at Scar original body. He was a black cat with a sword cut scar on his left cheek. "Call me Cian. Scar was just a nickname of mine."

"Okay…Cian…" Gumball said. Now he knows Scar true name was Cian as Scar was only a nickname based on the scar he got on his left cheek.

"I guess Eldred and Scarlet already found your friends." Cian said.

"Who are they?" Gumballl asked.

"Kyler Eldred and Cyrus Scarlet," Cian replied.

"Guys, do you heard me?" Gumball linked everyone with telepathy.

"Yup!" they shouted.

"Do not fight, those weren't members from the Harbinger." Gumball said. "Gather in front of the school."

"So…why come to the past?" Cian asked Gumball as they walking to the school.

"I want to find out what really happen during the seal…" Gumball replied as Carrie floating beside him.

"Sometimes…it's better to know less than more." Cian said. Gumball and Carrie stayed silence.

"But if you insisted, I don't mind. I think you wanted to ask why me, Kyler, and Cyrus are different from other holders marks or runes. Am I right?" Cian said.

"I do wanted to know what exactly are you…" Gumball said as he looking at Cian.

Cian turned at him, "We're born as a mark but not the holders. That's what make us different from the others."

"How…?" Gumball continued questioning.

"The Book of Marks or also referred to Books of Runes, created us from its power. We have our own body and more powerful." Cian replied.

"So that's why the Harbinger want us death so much because they afraid of us…" Gumball murmured.

"You're quite smart, kid. The people you talking about are somewhere around this place." Cian said.

"About 51 of them have come."

"What!? 51 of them?" Gumball, Carrie, Scar, and Rex shocked.

"But why couldn't I sense them?" Scar asked himself from the past. It seems like Scar suffered memory loose from the past after last seal.

"Your power hasn't fully regain yet. That's explain why you couldn't sense their presences." Cian said as they reached school.

"Hey Cian!" Scarlet shouted as she waving her right hand.

"They emerged from the road. The others have gathered in front of the school.

"Everyone here?" Cian asked as Gumball checking on his friends and nodded.

"Who are they?" Jason asked.

"They're Kyler Eldred, Cedric's mark. Cyrus Scarlet, Stella's mark. And Cian, Gumball's mark." Carrie said.

"What…my mark!?" Cedric and Stella shouted in unison.

"Nice to meet you." Cedric and Stella shook their hands. Jason, Alex, and the twins were dumbfounded except for Selina.

"We have to find the Har-" Gumball said as he's been cut off by Cian. "There's no need to find them."

"What did you mean?" Gumball asked

"Remember, their target is us." Cian replied

"Oh...I get it." Gumball murmured

"They will find us instead of us finding them. That's make everything easier." Scarlet said

"Come with us. We take you all to our hideout." Cian said. Three of the marks take them to their hideout

"Gumball…are you sure this is going to be alright?" Jason asked as he started to concern about the present

"I can ask Hadley anyway…wait me," Gumball said as he's trying to link with Hadley while following Cian and his friends

"Hadley, you there?"

"Yes I am…"

"Anything changed in the present?"

"Nope…just keep it on…"

"Okay then." Gumball said as he closed the link with Hadley

"Nothing happen there." Gumball said. It turned silent as they kept on walking and following until they reached a waterfall where the hideout located.

"We're here…" Cian said. They have arrived at the hideout the waters from the waterfall covers the entrance. The air was invigorating and the water was crystal-clear as they can see fishes right through it. It was beautiful but it won't stay long after Harbinger finds out.

"We walked so far and reached this wonderful miracle place…totally worth it." Stella said

Christ and Trish eyes were shining like a diamond. "Come in." Scarlet said as the others already went through the water and into the hideout.

"I don't want to get wet…" Jason said as Cedric thought the same thing.

"You won't get wet, trust me kid." Eldred said

"Really?"

"For sure." Eldred walked in as Scarlet pushed Jason and Cedric and went pass the waterfall. Jason and Cedric thought that they were wet but they didn't.

"Why am I still dry?" Cedric wondered. "I swear that I walked through a waterfall, but how…"

"The entrance of the waterfall won't get you wet." Eldred smiled at them

"Cian, what was that?" Gumball asked about a weird looking device

"Oh that…a device that used to seal the portal for several years." Cian replied while looking at it.

"Can't we erm…just destroy the portal?" Gumball asked

"That's what we wanted to do, but we don't know how to destroy it." Cian replied. "Kid, I know you and your friends will destroy it in your time. Don't give up faith."

"I'm Gumball anyway…"

"Sorry to involve you in the future, Gumball." Cian said. "As well as your friends."

"Nah…I'm actually enjoying it anyway. Having a chance to save the world sounds good to me," Gumball said

"You sure are fearless." Cian said. "Did you know…there existed many dimensional world that we didn't know?" Cian asked as he walking around a stone table.

"There do?" Gumball asked.

"Yes, it was tremendous and breath-taking. I once travelled to another dimension where mythical creatures exist." Cian said sharing his experience with Gumball.

Gumball just amazed by it. "I stayed there for several weeks, months or even years exploring that mythical world." Cian said with a smile on his face.

"You can explore it after you destroy the portal in the future and this once and for all."

Carrie, Selina, and Stella were hanging outside the hideout's waterfall. Watching the night sky filled with stars and the moonlight shines through the forest. Stars brighten the sky as it twinkles.

"I always wanted to experience new things and places…and now I actually done it." Carrie said looking at the stars.

"Well we can only look at these wonderful stars laminating the sky once. If lucky maybe a few times," Stella said as Scarlet joins in.

"Looking at the stars?" Scarlet asked.

"Yea…" they replied together each in different tone.

"Life is complicated sometimes. It's full of choices to accept and denied. But, happiness and peace brought harmonies. Looking at the crystalline sky where not single clouds obscured always calm my heart and my thoughts." Scarlet said as she sat down with them.

"What do you do all this time?" Selina asked.

"Killing phantoms nearly all of my life with Cian and Eldred." Scarlet replied.

"Don't you erm…do something else other than killing phantoms." Stella asked.

"Nothing much, but I sometimes hang out with them, looking at the sky, and walking around the woods listen to the nature." Scarlet replied.

"You all have to treasure your life." Scarlet said. "Mine won't last longer I guess...also I will be with you in the future." She pointed at Stella and slowly put down.

Jason, Alex, the twins, and Cedric spending time chatting as they waiting for the Harbinger to arrive.

"Darn…how long will they come…" Alex was getting a bit impatient.

"Calm down," Eldred said as he emerged behind them.

"I can't wait to kick their butts…" Alex murmured.

"So do we, but we need patients." Eldred said.

"Cedric." Eldred called him.

"You had learnt everything from me right?" Eldred said to Cedric.

"I think so…" Cedric said.

"There's more you need to learn…" "Eldred said. "Aww…training again…" Cedric thought.

"Come with me." Eldred took Cedric to the forest as they left Alex. Jason, and the twins in the living room.

"The left…" Jason said as they watched Eldred and Cedric walking out of the entrance. Gumball and Cain came out from the library in the same moment.

"51 peoples almost reach the hideout. Be ready." Cian said with his senses.

"Okay…but when will they actually arrive?" Gumball asked.

"About an hour," Cian replied. The girls gathered with them. Eldred trying to help Cedric master his potential and ability.

"How long will we get there?" The leader who led the members asked.

"An hour," one of the members replied.

"Good. Because there's going to be a party real soon…"

"A big party…" The leader grinned

They successfully went back to the past but the Harbinger as well. A battle had yet to begun…

Jason Murderday by Jasonmday

Alex by SonicFanFlame

Gumball and Carrie by the creator of TAWoG, Ben Bocquelet