Hello! And here is chapter three!

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All seemed quiet in the office, not a single word spoken at all yet.

Principal Brown was quietly at his desk, waiting for something.

Gumball was sitting in the seat across from him, not even trying to do anything else except occasional glances around the room.

After a few more minutes of silence, the office door opened.

Principal Brown took a sip of his coffee, and motioned the visitor to sit down.

Gumball was slowly panicking, as he realized the visitor was actually Nicole.

"You wanted to speak Principal Brown?"

He could tell Nicole looked a little ticked off, also guessing that she was expecting another mishap that came with another expensive bill like usual.

"To reassure you, it's not another bill this time."

Nicole sighed a little in relief, thankful that was not the case.

"But."

Gumball was now worried, noticing that the 'incident' from earlier was going to be talked about.

"Mrs. Watterson, we hate to inform you, but on our security cameras, your son was seen strangling and ripping out the stuffing of our school janitor in one of the bathrooms."

"Wait.. What!?"

Nicole turned towards Gumball, angered by this news.

"If you would like some proof, it's right here."

Principal Brown showed her the footage, which pretty much had the entire thing recorded.

Once the video was finished, it was a moment of silence.

Then, Principal Brown continued to speak.

"Because of this.. Behavior, we'll have to suspend him for a few days. Just until things cool off a little. Especially.. Considering... That-"

Gumball quickly cut him off, in order for the principal not to mention anything regarding that day.

"Look I really didn't mean to-"

Principal Brown then cut him off.

"I'm sorry Watterson, but rules are rules. You know we don't tolerate this kind of behavior from students. Now goodbye, we'll see you next week."

"But-"

"Gumball come on, we're leaving." Nicole said, still pretty angry about this.

Gumball sighed, and followed behind her.

Students were watching in silence, as the two walked down the hall.

Gumball didn't even bother looking at anyone, not even noticing Darwin standing there with a look of confusion and worry.

Once they were in the car, Nicole took a deep breath.

"Okay, I'm going to try to say this calmly, but.."

She failed at the calmly part.

"Gumball what is the matter with you?! You've never behaved like this!"

Nicole had a look of anger again, as she was glaring at him.

"I know.." Gumball replied, with a sad depressing tone in his voice.

"Why on Earth did you do that?!"

Nicole kept her eyes on the road, but kept glancing over to him.

"I.."

Gumball cut off, not knowing what to say, considering if he told her the truth, she would probably not believe him.

"It's complicated.." He finished.

Nicole sighed, since she wasn't getting an exact answer.

"Gumball, is there something you're not telling me?"

"Um.. No.."

She narrowed her eyes, a little suspicious, since this was obviously a lie.

"Look, I'm just worried, okay? You've been acting a little.. Weird lately.. And I just want to know if there's anything that's wrong."

"There's nothing wrong."

They arrived at the house, and Nicole parked the car.

She sighed again, and stepped out of the vehicle.

"If there's something bugging you, just talk to me about it, okay?"

"Okay.."

The two stepped into the house, which caught Richard's attention, who was sitting on the couch eating pizza.

"Oh hey, why are you guys home so early?" He asked, his mouth full of food.

"Nothing wrong dear. Just another one of those days." Nicole replied, not telling him what actually happened.

Darwin and Anais got off the bus, and began walking to the front door.

"So, do you know what happened earlier today?" Anais asked.

The two stopped, while facing each other.

"Well, all I saw was Mrs. Mom and him walking out of school.. So I really don't have a clue.." Darwin replied, shrugging.

"Let's just hope it wasn't seriously, seriously bad." Anais said, as the two went inside.

"Oh hi kids! How was school?"

Nicole was keeping the conversation casual, unaware that the two were in on what Gumball wasn't telling her.

"It was fine." Anais replied, as she and Darwin went upstairs.

The two opened the door quietly, and peeked inside the bedroom.

"Gumball?.. Are you in here?.." Darwin questioned.

A short sigh was soon heard from in the room.

"Yeah.."

Darwin and Anais finally came in, noticing Gumball was sitting on his bed facing the wall glumly.

"Uh.. Are you okay?.." Darwin asked, still worried about the earlier event.

"Yep, I'm fine. You don't have to worry." Gumball replied quickly, still facing the wall.

Darwin and Anais exchanged annoyed glances, knowing this was a lie.

Gumball then sighed again, and finally turned around to look towards them.

"Okay.. I'm not fine.."

"What happened?.." Darwin asked, a worried expression on his face.

"I... Kinda strangled Rocky and pulled his stuffing out today..." Gumball replied hesitantly, in case his siblings had a negative reaction.

"Wait what?! Hold on, he's okay right? Not dead?" Anais questioned.

Seeing her brother nod, she sighed in relief.

"But.. Now I'm suspended for a few days.. Because everything was recorded on camera.."

"Well.. Isn't that good?.. I mean, it probably means less risks for.. Well.. You know.. Right?"

Darwin noticed the 'are you serious?' look on his sibling's faces, which meant no. It wasn't a good thing.

"Do you think Rocky's going to say anything about it?" Gumball asked, worried about the result that option could bring.

"Hopefully not, since that would most likely make things worse for you."

Anais then had a dead serious look on her face, as she looked straight at Gumball.

"But can you PLEASE stop trying to kill people!? That's not going to help the situation if you keep doing that!"

"Okay, okay sorry.." He quickly said, hoping that she would get off his case.

Anais sighed once again.

"So far, I haven't heard anything from the authorities yet. But there's a very likely chance they'll find some evidence sooner or later."

"What do we do when that happens?" Darwin asked.

"Well, I'm not sure yet. Unless you have an idea that'll stop a bunch of police officers from coming for him, then Gumball's screwed."

Anais then left the room, leaving only Darwin and Gumball there.

"What if mom finds out too soon?.. You don't think she'll kick my butt right?" Gumball questioned, now worried about that.

"Don't worry, I'm sure if that happens, everything's going to be okay."

Darwin then had a look of confusion.

"So.. What?.. Are you going to tell her?"

Gumball was looking down at the ground, his response pretty quiet.

"Well I was.. But I don't know what she would say.. I mean, would she hate me? Be mad at me? It's worrying."

"I'm sure Mrs. Mom would understand. Uh.. Hopefully.. But if you want to tell her, you can. I'll try to be there too."

"Really?.."

"Of course."

The two then shared a small hug.

Oh don't worry indeed. You'll be fine.

Gumball had an annoyed look on his face, obviously annoyed by the voice in his head.

Not with you. You only make things more worse than they already are.

Excellent observation. But don't you know even without me, things will get worse anyway?

"Um.. Gumball?.. How much is that voice bugging you?..."

"A lot.. Pretty much most of the time..." Gumball replied.

He let out a small gasp, seeing that weird shadow figure thing from earlier, smiling.

"Are you okay?.." Darwin asked, a little worried.

The figure was looking straight at Gumball, still grinning, as it pointed at Darwin, and then made a gesture as to say it was going to strangle him.

"Uh.. Yeah I'm fine... Nothing to worry about.."

Gumball ignored the shadow, having a somewhat nervous smile on his face.

"Um.. Okay.."

Darwin was a little suspicious about this, but shrugged it off and left the room.

As soon as the door closed, Gumball turned towards the shadow, a look of anger and annoyance on his face.

"What the what was that?! Did you really have to make that gesture towards me?!"

The figure snickered, as it circled around Gumball.

"Well you know he's going to die SOME time, right?"

"Just SHUT UP! Darwin is NOT going to die! Especially not at the hands of YOU!" Gumball yelled.

He then went back over to his bed, nearly ready to scream into the pillow in frustration.

Meanwhile, Darwin was quietly listening outside the door, a look of worry and fright on his face.

What on Earth was Gumball saying? Who was he talking to? Was it that voice again? What was that part about whoever it was killing him?

This was honestly worrying.

Darwin let out a sigh, as he quietly went downstairs, the questions he had still in mind.

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Well that was chapter three!

Let me know what you think! Was it good? Somewhat intriguing?

With that said, what will happen next? What even IS the shadow figure? Stay tuned!

Quick note! Gumball is the only one who can see the shadow figure, which takes form of the voice in his head. In reality, Gumball looks like he's talking to himself. Or just being weird. Probably both to whoever's around.

See you in the next chapter! :)

Chapter 4: COMING SOON.