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The Newcomer
An Amazing World of Gumball Story
By NeoNimbus
Chapter 35-The Generous: Part 2
It was Saturday evening in the town of Elmore and while most people would be sleeping, for Brian and the Watterson brothers, the night had only just begun.
As promised, Rachel was able to get the trio an invitation to what was supposed to be the coolest party ever. Apparently, the location to this party is rather secretive and the blue humanoid was very kind to help the boys out, as Rachel continued to lead the trio in a wooded area in town.
"Are you sure you know where we're going?" asked Brian.
"I know where the place is, Brian. Just try to be patient." Rachel assured the skeptical fox, as the blue humanoid pushed some bushes away.
"No offense Rachel, but we've been wandering around for almost an hour…" Gumball began. "I'm starting to think that this place doesn't even exist at all."
"Calm down for just a moment, you guys. If Rachel knows what she's doing, then let's give her a chance." Darwin said to his friends. "For all we know, we could be there-"
"We're here!" Rachel informed the boys, prompting the trio to stop their conversation and turned to see what was in front of them. But upon catching a glimpse of the sight, the boys were very disappointed what they were looking at, particularly Brian.
"That's it? The coolest party in Elmore is inside a warehouse?"
"I'll admit it's not what it looks like, but appearance can be deceiving." Rachel replied. "Besides, there's a reason why it's a secret location to begin with."
"I hope that's the case." Gumball commented, as him, Darwin, Brian and Rachel made their way to the warehouse. Upon reaching the building, the blue humanoid banged on the metal door and before the trio knew what happened, the panel slid aside, showing only a pair of eyes staring at the four.
"What's the password?" the voice demanded.
"Would you kindly." Rachel replied.
The voice from the other side didn't respond immediately and instead closed the panel from the door. Just then, the metal door opened up for the four to let them in; while Rachel stood there excited, Gumball, Darwin and Brian were awestruck by what they were looking at.
Inside the warehouse, the party was in full swing, as the partygoers were having the time of their young lives, music filling up the room and lights flashing right before their eyes. Never in their lives did the trio imagine that they would come across into something so amazing that it would take their breaths away.
"Wow! This really is the coolest party in Elmore!" Gumball, Darwin and Brian simultaneously exclaimed.
"See, I knew you guys would like it." says Rachel. "Now come on, let's go have a good time."
Gumball, Darwin and Brian nodded their heads in agreement and along with Rachel, made their way inside the warehouse, traversing to the sea of partygoers as carefully as they could, not wanting to cause a ruckus.
'Geez Louise! There are so many people here in this party!" Brian thought, before him, his friends and Rachel were able to find some open space to move freely, allowing the purple fox to stretch his back out.
"That took longer than I expected." says Gumball, as he stretched his arms out.
"Tell me about it. I thought I was going to suffocate back there." Darwin said to his brother, stretching his legs out.
While the boys were busy trying to regain their composure, Rachel, also stretching her limbs from getting out from the sea of partygoers, noticed three certain girls coming right towards her, much to the blue humanoid's joy.
"Hey girls! How's the party so far?!"
"It's going great so far." Hilda replied. "Anyway, why don't you and that new kid come with us at the table? We're very interested about him, don't you agree, you two?"
As soon as the black sheep asked that last statement, Hilda gave Sissy and Linda a wink, prompting both the poodle and the pterodactyl to nod their heads in agreement, going along with their friend's action for the moment, as Hilda turned to Rachel to hear her answer.
"Sure, I guess that's alright."
Rachel then made her way to Brian, as the fox finally loosened his body, just as he noticed the blue humanoid right in front of him.
"Rachel…is there-" was all Brian could say, before the blue humanoid immediately dragged the confused purple fox with her, something that both Gumball and Darwin noticed right away.
"What was that about?" asked Gumball.
"I don't know, but I am curious to see what they're up to." Darwin replied with a tone of jealousy.
"Darwin, Brian already told you everything what happened between him and her yesterday. How could you still have doubts about him?"
"I want to see with my own eyes whether Brian is telling the truth or not. Now come on, we need to follow them and find out for ourselves."
Gumball could only sigh, deeply annoyed that his brother still remained skeptical about what the purple fox had told them yesterday. Nevertheless, the blue feline reluctantly agreed with him and the Watterson brothers cautiously followed Brian and Rachel as quietly as they can.
Brian couldn't fathom what just happened right now; one minute, the purple fox was able to regain his composure long enough to feel very energetic to have a time of his life on the dance floor. The next thing that Brian knew, Rachel was suddenly dragging him to a table with three girls he didn't recall seeing before.
"I'm going to assume that these are your friends." Brian deduced.
"Of course they are, Brian. I wouldn't bring you over here if they weren't." Rachel said to the purple fox. "Anyway, let me introduce you to Hilda, Sissy and Linda."
"Um…it's nice to meet you." Brian greeted the three girls, despite being extremely nervous around them. For their part, Hilda, Sissy and Linda giggled in response, amused by the response the nervous purple fox gave to them just now.
"You're so funny, Brian. We've heard so much about you." says Hilda.
"Yeah, about that-" was all Brian could say, before the purple fox found himself cut off by one of the girls.
"Don't worry about it. Rachel assured us that you were just helping her out before." Sissy spoke out.
Brian couldn't help but feel a bit relieved to hear this; glad to know that these girls didn't believed the rumors that William spread throughout school yesterday. Even so, the purple fox still didn't seem to enjoy their company that much, even though they appeared to be rather kind to him based on their manners.
"Listen, it was nice meeting you girls and I mean it, but I really need to find my friends."
"Why are you in such a rush, Brian?" asked Rachel, confused by his demeanor. "Just stick around for just a few minutes of-"
"Actually, we kind of need our friend here for the moment." Linda spoke out, cutting off the blue humanoid. "If you don't mind Brian, we really need to have a private talk with her."
Before Rachel could say anything, the black sheep, magenta poodle and pterodactyl immediately pushed the blue humanoid to another part of the warehouse, leaving Brian all alone on the table, just as Gumball and Darwin had arrived to face the purple fox.
"Hey guys, it's good to see you." said Brian, before he noticed Darwin looking at him in a peculiar way. "Um, is there something wrong?"
Without warning, the two-legged fish immediately grabbed the purple fox by the collar of his hoodie and before Brian knew what happened next, he found his face being pressed onto Darwin's.
"For starters, you've been hanging out with Rachel." Darwin replied. "Plus, you've been getting too friendly with those other girls back there. What are you really up to?"
Brian couldn't believe what he just heard out of his friend's mouth. Even though he already explained to him what happened on Thursday, Darwin was still suspicious by his actions. The purple fox couldn't help but wonder if the two-legged fish might be jealous of the fact that he was hanging out with the blue humanoid.
'Perhaps I should get some answer right out of him.' Brian thought, as he pulled himself away from his friend's grip, allowing himself to regain his composure, before focusing his attention to Darwin.
"Look Darwin, I'll say it before and I'll say it again: there's nothing going on between me and Rachel. In fact, if I know any better, I say that you might have feelings for her. Am I right?"
The moment the purple fox says those words to him, Darwin tried to counter his friend's claims, but after several seconds of thinking, the two-legged fish could only sigh in defeat, before giving an answer to Brian.
"Alright, I'll admit that I have feelings for her. It's just that, I panicked when I heard about those rumors and deep down; I knew you would never like Rachel as much as Rhonda. I'm sorry I was so rough on you."
"That's good to hear, Darwin. Glad we managed to clear things up." Brian said to Darwin.
"It's about time you guys got over with it." Gumball finally spoke. "Now come on and let's just have a good time."
Both Brian and Darwin nodded their heads in agreement and before long, the trio head to the dance floor, intending to have a good time.
Rachel was surprised by tonight's unusual turn of event; first, Brian, for some reason, seemed to be reluctant to talk to her friends, even though they were very friendly with him to begin with. And if that wasn't, Hilda, Sissy and Linda suddenly dragged her off and before long, the blue humanoid soon found herself in another section of the party, far away from Brian and the Watterson brothers.
"What's the big deal? Come to think of it, why are we even here in the first place?" Rachel demanded.
"Calm down Rachel, we just want to discuss with you about this prank we're planning to pull off tonight with you." Hilda explained.
"What prank?" Rachel asked in curiosity.
"I'm glad you ask about. Girls, if you would kindly explained to our friend here."
Once the black sheep finished her statement, Sissy and Linda approached the blue humanoid, the latter holding what appeared to be a blueprint of some sorts, causing Rachel to become even more curious.
"As you can see…" Sissy began, before she and Linda unrolled the blue prints in front of Rachel. "We want you to continue to hang out with the new kid and his friends for a bit longer until you take them to one specific spot in this party…"
"…And when they reached to that spot, me, Sissy and Hilda will take over from there and give them a night they'll never forget." Linda added.
"What are you girls talking about?" Rachel questioned her friends, feeling a bit uncomfortable by their behaviors.
"Isn't it obvious Rachel? We're going to humiliate them in front of everyone." Hilda calmly replied.
The moment the black sheep gave her response to the blue humanoid, Rachel was both shocked and surprised to hear this, too stunned to respond right away. Her demeanor didn't go unnoticed, as Hilda, Linda and Sissy noticed their friend's reaction right away.
"What's wrong, Rachel? I thought you would like this plan of ours."
"Yeah, it took us several hours to come up with this prank."
"Perhaps this prank of ours wasn't that impressive."
For a while, there was nothing but silence between the blue humanoid and the three girls. After several seconds of silence, Rachel was finally snapped back to reality, confronting her friends with a look of disappointment.
"Why would three do something like that to those guys?"
"What's the big deal?" Hilda questioned the blue humanoid. "They're nothing more than a bunch of dumb loser babies. You, of all people, should know that we eighth graders never associate with them."
"Yeah Rachel…" Sissy began, eyeing the blue humanoid with suspicion. "Why are you behaving like this all of a sudden?"
"If I know any better, I say you're warming up to those little dweebs back there, especially that new kid." Linda deduced.
As soon as the pterodactyl said those words, Rachel responded by glaring at her friends, somewhat annoyed by such an assertion, before she calmed herself down and began to talk to her friends once more.
"Look, Brian, Gumball and Darwin hadn't done anything wrong. I'm just saying that we let them have their fun and just leave them alone."
"So you're saying that you don't care about our friendships, is that it?" Hilda asked the blue humanoid.
"That's not what I'm-"
"Are you suggesting that you want to be friends with them?" Sissy spoke, cutting off Rachel's words.
"If you would just-"
"That's a shame then, because I thought we were supposed to be friends." says Linda.
Rachel tried to come up with an explanation for her friends, but after a minute or so, the blue humanoid was unable to come up with anything to say back. In addition, she noticed the glares coming from her friends, something that left Rachel rather uneasy. Even though she disagreed with them about their plans, she also wanted to cherish her friendships with them and the last thing she wanted to do was to get on their bad side.
Deciding that it was not the time or place to think about her situation, the blue humanoid decided to put her thoughts aside for the moment, focusing her attention towards her friends, ready to talk with them once more.
"Look, let me think about it for a moment and I'll get right back to you girls with an answer."
With that, the blue humanoid quickly walked away from the girls as fast as she can, clearly uncomfortable with their presence and disturbed with their plans for tonight.
Gumball, Darwin and Brian were having a time of their lives; the trio didn't know how long it has been since they came to a party like this, but they could care less about it for the moment. Right now, they just want to make sure that this was one night they'll never forget and planned to dance the whole night.
"Isn't this exciting or what, you guys?!" Brian called out to his friends.
"I don't know about you, but this is the best thing that ever happened!" Gumball responded back.
"I just wish that this night would never end!" Darwin declared.
As the trio continued to party out at the dance floor, the purple fox could feel a tap on his shoulder, prompting him to stop what he was doing and turned around to see Hilda right behind him. Likewise, Gumball and Darwin also stopped dancing and noticed the black sheep in their presence as well.
"Um, is there something you need?" Brian asked with curiosity.
"Actually, I do…" Hilda began. "But first, I need you and your friends to come with me for the moment. I rather discussed with you three somewhere private."
Brian and the Watterson brothers looked at one another with uncertainty, unsure of what to make of the black sheep's words. While Gumball and Darwin barely knew Hilda for more than a minute, Brian, on the other hand, was already uncomfortable being in her presence. He wasn't so sure if it's because she happened to be an eighth grader or if he was simply suspicious by her actions.
Regardless of what the trio thought about Hilda, the boys decided to best hear from the black sheep, before they can resume partying like before.
"Well, I guess it's alright to hear you out." Brian replied, rubbing his head sheepishly.
"That's very good to hear." Hilda said, happy to hear his answer. "Now, you three come with me for a moment and I won't bother you guys any further."
With that, Gumball, Darwin and Brian followed Hilda out of the dance floor, as the black sheep began to lead them far away from the party and into the service area, which was surprisingly empty, much to the trio's confusion.
"Why are we here?" Gumball questioned the black sheep.
"Yeah, there's not that many people here to begin with." Darwin noted.
"Oh don't worry about it…" Hilda began, slightly smirking. "This place will be packed before you guys will even know what happened."
"What exactly do you mean by that?" asked Brian.
"Oh, don't worry your pretty little head." the black sheep responded. "You and your friends will find out soon enough. If you don't mind, I need to excuse myself for the moment."
Once those words were spoken, Hilda immediately walked away from the area, leaving just Brian and the Watterson brothers on their own, still confused by Hilda's action just now.
"What was that about?" Gumball asked his friends.
"Beats me Gumball, but I really didn't feel comfortable being around with her or her friends for long." Brian replied.
"What do you mean by that?" asked Darwin.
"Well…" Brian began. "It happened not so long ago…"
While Brian explained to his friends of his brief encounter with Rachel's friends, not far from where they were, Sissy and Linda peeked around the corner, as the two were hiding right behind a metal pillar, spying on the unsuspecting boys. Just as they had imagined, all three of them were in the exact spot from the blue print, as a big bucket containing rotten eggs and milk were right above them, attached to a very long rope resting right next to the poodle and the pterodactyl.
"Wow, I can't believe they're right were we wanted them to be." Sissy commented.
"You said it, girl." Linda remarked. "Right now, we just need to wait patiently for Hilda so we can go through with this prank."
On cue, a cell phone buzzed from Sissy's person, prompting the magenta poodle to pick up her phone and answered it right away.
"What's the word, Hilda?"
"Do I really have to tell you, Sissy? You and Linda need to pull that rope right now and get it over with." Hilda spoke in a condensing tone, before hanging up on the poodle.
For a while, Sissy, as well as Linda, was taken aback from the black sheep's last remark. Nevertheless, the two felt obliged to obey Hilda's command and without any further hesitation, the two girls proceeded to pull the rope with all their might, going through the final phase of their plan.
"...And that's why I didn't like Rachel's friends that much."
As soon as Brian finished his explanation to the Watterson brothers of his brief encounter with Rachel's group of friends, both Gumball and Darwin were somewhat surprised that the purple fox didn't like being around them the moment they met. Then again, their friend barely knew them that much, so they understood that Brian didn't warm up to them right on the spot.
"Maybe you should talk to Rachel about her friends when you get the chance." said Gumball.
"Gumball's right…" Darwin began. "I'm sure she'll understand how you feel about her friends and perhaps she'll talk to them when she gets the chance."
"Speaking of Rachel, where is she? I haven't seen her since we got here." Brian noted.
As the boys pondered about the blue humanoid's whereabouts, unbeknownst to the trio, the bucket right above them was tipping over on its side, revealing the contents. After what seemed to be like an eternity, the bucket finally gave way, spilling down its rotten contents right towards the boys.
But as said contents were speeding down towards the trio, something very strange suddenly occurred. Out of nowhere, Rachel shoved the boys out of harm's way, just as the blue humanoid found ended up covered in the bucket's contents.
The rotten smell from the contents, in addition to the sudden fiasco, prompting every partygoer to stop what they were doing and take noticed almost right away, confused and curious about what had occurred. For a long time, there was a wave of silence all over the warehouse, as no one moved or said a single word. Slowly, but surely, laughter soon filled up with room, as many people started pointing their fingers at Rachel. Among those laughing at her misfortune where Hilda, Sissy and Linda, Rachel's so-called "friends", amused to see that the blue humanoid ended up getting pranked in the process.
"Oh my goodness, I can't believe she ended being such a mess." Hilda cruelly remarked.
"I know right? What a maroon!" Sissy commented.
"It serves her right for getting in the way." Linda said with indifference.
As the girls, along with the partygoers, continued to laugh their heads off, all Rachel could do was stare at everyone, trying her best not to cry while feeling incredibly humiliated from the attention she was getting. Rachel was also understandably hurt, unable to believe what she was looking at: the girls she thought were her friends were clearly happy to see her in this state. To them, she was nothing more than an underling that should have known her place.
As the blue humanoid shed a few tears, hurt by this revelation, what happened next took her and everyone else by surprise.
"So, this is what you have in mind? Did it ever occur to you girls about the consequence of your actions?"
Everyone, including Hilda, Sissy and Linda, stopped laughing and stared at Brian in amazement by his actions. Likewise, Rachel was just as stunned as everyone else, not expecting the purple fox to say anything at all. Before everyone knew it, Brian, along with Gumball and Darwin, walked right besides the blue humanoid, as the trio frowned at the black sheep and her friends, much to their confusion.
"I can't believe that you three would do such a thing like that! I'm more amazed that you three dare to call yourselves Rachel's friends!"
"What's a dumb loser baby like you would know a thing about friends?" Hilda rudely asked.
"For your information, Brian knows a lot of what real friends should be." Gumball replied. "He did the one thing you three have never done: helping someone out when they needed it the most."
"What are you talking about?" Sissy questioned the blue feline.
"What Gumball's talking about is that Brian and Rachel actually got to know one another while he was helping her out." Darwin pointed out.
"What's your point?" Linda deadpanned, clearly annoyed just by talking to the boys.
"You know what I think. I think you girls are just jealous that Rachel was able to make genuine friends." Brian responded.
"WHAT?!" Hilda, Sissy and Linda shouted simultaneously, prompting everyone to stare at the girls, as their face started to blush brightly by the fox's claim.
"You heard what Brian said..." Gumball began. "You and your friends are just jealous that Rachel was spending a lot more time with Brian than with you three."
"I couldn't agree more." says Darwin.
"How dare you!" Hilda shouted at the trio, the blush on her face getting brighter by the moment.
"We dare because we are standing up for a friend who didn't deserve to be treated like she was nothing!" Brian retorted. "Just do us a favor and get out of our sights!"
Hilda, Sissy and Linda couldn't believe what was happening just now. It was bad enough that a bunch of seventh graders were telling them off in front of everyone, but the fact that there were plenty of stares coming from all over the warehouse was starting to prove too much for the girls to handle, especially for the impatient black sheep.
"Come on girls; let's get the flip out of here!" Hilda informed her friends, before the three left the warehouse in disgusts.
"Rachel, are you alright?" Brian asked the blue humanoid with concern.
"Aside from being covered by rotten milk and eggs, I'm good." Rachel replied, grateful that both the fox and his friends stood up on her behalf.
"We're sorry that tonight didn't turn out the way you had hoped." said Gumball, showing his sympathy for her.
"It's alright Gumball; you and your friends didn't know how things were going to be like this either." the blue humanoid assured the blue feline.
"That's good to know…" Darwin began. "But right now, let's leave this place. It's starting to get me down."
Everyone nodded their heads in agreement, before they too left the party, deciding that heading back home was the right choice.
A few days later…
Gumball, Darwin and Brian were at their usual spot in the cafeteria, just minding their own business. A few days have gone by since the incident at the party and the trio hadn't seen Rachel for a while after what her so-called "friends" did back there. Needless to say, the trio were becoming very worried, pondering what Rachel has been up to now.
'Where is she?' Brian wondered.
As the purple fox and his friends continued to wonder what became of Rachel, they failed to notice the presence of a certain blue humanoid right behind them.
"Mind if I sit with you guys?" asked Rachel, prompting the trio to turn around and noticed the blue humanoid in front of them, much to their relief.
"Sure Rachel, we don't mind at all." Brian replied, before realizing something. "So, where have you been? We haven't seen you for a while."
"Now that Brian mentions it, you haven't been around school that much." Darwin noted.
"Sorry about that, you guys…" Rachel began, as she apologized to the boys. "I was just having a chat with Hilda and girls for the last time. It took longer than I thought."
"Wait a minute, are you saying-" was all Gumball could say, before Rachel spoke once more.
"That's right Gumball; I cut off all ties with them. After what happened on Saturday, I realized that you three are my real friends."
"Well, I'm glad to hear that, Rachel." says Brian, smiling in response.
"Yeah and I do plan on befriending the rest your friends when I get the chance."
"Don't worry Rachel; I'm sure they'll open up to you in time." Gumball assured the blue humanoid, while Darwin nodded his head in agreement.
"Thank you so much, you guys." Rachel said to the boys, touched that not only did the trio accept her, but that she finally had found some real friends for the first time.
Next time on The Newcomer
Chapter 36-The Visit: Part 1
When Rhonda invites Brian to come by at her house, the purple fox decided to seek some expert help to leave a good impression on his crush.
Tidbits
-Took much longer than I thought, but it turned out pretty good in the end. Hopefully I get to use Rachel again for future chapters.
-Once again I want to thank EvelioandZgroup for his suggestion.
Thanks again for those who read this chapter and I'll see ya next time!