This is the first time I am making a one-shot from the Amazing World of Gumball, and this is a tragic one which leads to an explanation on what has been going down with the only two members of the Watterson family, and what they are trying to do in order to stay alive, survive and move on from the tragic day that they both lost so much. Enjoy reading this guys, I had a dream about this.

"The day the adventures ended."

(Watterson Residence, somewhere in Wisconsin.)

We go to this nice and very normal looking house in a decent and calm and peaceful neighborhood and inside the house is a 40 year old humanoid cat mother, and her name is Doctor "Nicole" Watterson, dressed in her usual clothing she always wore when she was 38 years old.

Her usual outfit consists of a white collared shirt and a short, light gray skirt. She is barefoot and she doesn't have the button that symbolizes the place she once worked at.

Nicole sighs and she goes through the photo album in her closet and she opens it and sees through the many photos she has inside, and these photos are memories of the life she once had with her Gumball "Zachary" Tristopher Watterson.

Nicole has some tears when she sees the photos of when she married the large pink food loving rabbit, Richard Buckley Watterson, and that was also the day she never wanted to see her own parents ever again, and yet she did have to tolerate Granny Jojo.

Nicole sees the photos of when her first born Gumball was born, and it was the happiest day for both Richard and Nicole, and then came the day when Darwin became part of the family, a fish that grew legs and can talk, which was weird but still alright with them. Though his real name was given and it's: Darwin Raglan Caspian Ahab Poseidon Nicodemius Watterson III. Though, Darwin is kinda younger than Gumball, and yet they go to the same classes together.

Then she sees the photos of the day they're second child was born, their baby girl who is a rabbit, Anais Errrrrr Watterson, and she was glad that the major whatever happened between her kids was dealt with when Gumball and Darwin did their part to take care of her, and it meant that they were good siblings towards each other.

As soon as things were calm and good, the adventures all came to fruition and everything has been going onward as a crazy and wild adventure for her children, her husband and herself. Though, Nicole wasn't always pleased with what her kids did, because they tend to cause a whole lot of trouble, though she is glad that her son Gumball found his crush.

Heck, even Nicole wasn't pleased with how Richard would try to be there for the kids, and yet she loved him and she knows that he is either trying or just being his usual lazy self. But she is no saint either, Nicole recalls that her temper always tends to get the best of her, and she questions why she even takes the anger management club when she clearly cannot control her anger.

Nicole also recalls the many moments when she had her own adventures, and sometimes it has her kids involved or she gets involved to be there for her kids, such as when she wanted to spend some time with Gumball some more, and then tried to help him to become a winner from the whole "The Fridge" ordeal.

Though it was something when she faced her former friend, Yuki and they became good friends once more, and then came the moment when her parents came back, and she didn't like them being around and judging her choice to live in the life she has, and yet she loved them and made amends with them, and she will call them if she and her family could use some help or something.

Then Nicole sees something, the very last photo of all of them, in one photo and it hurt her to recall what happened a week after.

'Time sure flies by, and memories always tend to come back. I remember that day, when we all wanted to go to Joy-Joy Burger for a Family Outing, and everyone was talking about what they wanna order, and of course Richard had a small battle in his head, and stomach about which burger he wanted, because there were two new ones there, but I know he'll get both.'

'That day was after I got a huge bonus from being the saleswoman and doing an amazing job at the Rainbow Factory. So, I spent some of the cash to pay for the bills, and the car, and the house and even bought groceries, and the rest for what we wanted to do for lunch, and everything seemed to be the best and calm day for us... But then, then came the accident.'

'All I recalled is that the light was green and so I drove forward and then came was the sound of a large semi-truck and then everything flashed before my eyes, like my whole life flashed before my eyes and when I awoke... The car was a wreck, and the vehicle that slammed into us has driven off, and everything else was a mess. We weren't the only ones hit. Five more vehicles were hit, and one of them was the chief of police, I think he was the one who looked like a bucket of fried chicken.'

'Someone recorded the whole thing, and the video went viral about the truck that collided with us, but the one thing I didn't think of was the pain all over me when I got myself out of the seat belt, and I saw my kids and husband were unconscious and the car was a wreck and on fire. So, as the mother and also the alpha in the family... I needed to save them from this and so I did. I got all three of my kids out of there, and then I had to drag my husband out of the wreck.'

'After I got Richard out from the wreck, I saw my son Gumball was awake and he was in tears, and he was trying to revive his siblings and then it hit me... There were some red stains in the car, and I realized that they got badly wounded when the roof of the car got torn and ripped apart, and I noticed how badly wounded Darwin and Anais looked.'

'Gumball was a crying mess and didn't bother with the wound to his left arm, and he carried his critically wounded siblings towards me and cried and begged me to save them, but what I saw scarred me to the core. Darwin and Anais looked mangled and nearly mangled by the head, Anais lost a portion of her ears and her arms were bleeding and Darwin looked like he was literally a dead fish, with his eyes bulging and a sharp piece from the car roof on his head. '

'I couldn't forget what I have seen, and I just heard my son Gumball crying and begging me to help, and then a doctor who was having a day off showed up, and tried to help. But he confirmed, that they were gone, and then he told me that so was Richard, and then I gazed upon the lifeless form of my husband. A lot of the sharp glass from the car has struck his face, and I couldn't make out his expression, but it horrified me and I fell to my knees and cried in fear and screamed, and Gumball did the same and we both didn't know what was going on.'

'I was able to notice, that my son had just experienced something he shouldn't, and that something was the reality of things, the things that aren't part of the adventures and stuff he randomly does with the others. The last thing he did was cry and show signs of so much fear, as if he has been scarred for life knowing the truth and he came over to me and cried as I embraced him and I cried with him. Then came the sounds of sirens at the distance, but what is the point? My 10 year old son, 4 year old daughter and my husband... Were no longer alive.'

'After the crash, we went to the hospital to get our injuries patched up. I just had a few cuts and bruises, and Gumball with a few of his cuts and bruises, and the doctors said that he was lucky to have survived the crash and then he snapped at them fr saying those words and he wanted his siblings and father to have also been lucky to survive the whole thing.'

'I couldn't blame him, and then after we were patched u, we visited them one last time in the morgue and Gumball didn't wanna be there any longer, and we left after 10 seconds, and Gumball had a break down and I had to calm him down and make sure he was doing alright. Then Granny Jojo (Joanna "Jojo" Watterson) came and she was happy that we survived and I thought she would've blamed me for the whole thing, but she didn't.'

'Granny Jojo told us that the truck driver was the real criminal, and then after she heard that Richard, Anais and Darwin were dead... She blacked out and then, she died. Her heart couldn't take it, and we lost another Watterson, and we tried to call Richard's father, Francis "Frankie" Watterson. It wasn't after five days when we heard that he was found dead in a casino, in Vegas... Also dead, and it was unknown on who murdered him. It seemed like the Watterson family was already tearing itself apart.'

'So, I called my parents and they were horrified to hear this and they came over to check on us and they felt bad and sorry we had to lose our family, heck my dad wanted to pay for the funeral service, and we were fine with it. We just couldn't cope with what went down and my mother offered some therapy for us and this seemed to be the first time they never got some rich lawyer to marry me, because they knew how much I loved Richard, and that Gumball was the only one I have left as family.'

'After we were discharged from the hospital, we went back home thanks to my parents and they stayed awhile to give us company, and then left hours later. They also were planning to investigate the truck that struck us, and that left just myself and Gumball, and that night we couldn't sleep, we literally couldn't. I mean, we lost our family! how the heck do we sleep through knowing that they are no more, and Gumball came into my room, and went into bed and slept by my side and cried himself to sleep.'

'As his mother, I needed to comfort him and help him endure what we have been through and even I cried myself to sleep. I wanted to be strong and show that he can be strong and go through with this, but I couldn't and we were both a heaping mess of depression and fear. We just couldn't believe it, we lost Richard, Darwin and Anais, and at a moment that was supposed to be a bonding family outing.'

'The next day came and we barely had any energy to do what we do in the day and so I made the choice for us both to stay home, and even my boss was fine with me taking the day off since word got out that my family was killed, and all I have left was my son. We just spent the day trying to calm down, cope and comfort each other, but then the news was on TV and it wasn't just Anais, Darwin and Richard who got themselves killed that day.'

'The others who got killed, was the father of Banana Joe, Miss Simian, The Pizza Couple and the lady who was once the girlfriend of Larry. This became a major news story and the police are trying to investigate who did this, but then the word got out that my parents have hired some actual professionals and they solved it... The truck, and the driver were from the place I work, the Rainbow Factory. They managed to find the driver who was fired after the incident, and that explained why my boss allowed me to have a day off, he was trying to cover up the tracks of the whole incident that he caused.'

'Why? Because he wanted the driver to hurry and bring the new computer parts to the building, and he didn't care if the driver had to break the law and go over the limit of the trucks speed, and even passing by so many red lights, and we were among those who were struck in the whole event and this filled me with so much rage, and then my son took the TV and he threw it out of the window and yelled in anger, and then he cried. I went over to console him, and we were both filled with despair and pure anger.'

'We then agreed with my parents that we need to sue them for what they have done, and the court hearing was made and set and we won the case. Despite my friend Yuki there and Gumball's friend Masami, they were distraught and ashamed of what their father/husband did, and didn't wanna do anything with him anymore. He was found guilty and then arrested and the company was sued for their actions and new management was underway, but I didn't wanna be part of the company who murdered my family. Also, Gumball attempted to attack the man, and his rage and anger... Was like me when I get angry.'

'More than millions of dollars were sued, and given to those who are the families of the victims, and even myself and Gumball, but the cash wasn't enough to fill the hole in our hearts that we lost those dear to us, and we had each other now, and we needed to be there for each other. We may have won the outcome and got that bastard in jail, but there was one thing I couldn't give to my son, and that was our family back. He even asked me if Richard, Darwin and Anais have been avenged, and I answered that they were, along with the others. He didn't even ask me that he wanted them back, because he knew that they were never coming back.'

'Days later, the time came for us to bury Richard, Darwin and Anais and that was the hardest thing we have ever done, and it hurt us to know that we may never see them again, and also Granny Jojo, and Richard's father. Gumball didn't wanna leave Darwin be, and he tried to go into the graves alongside him, but I stopped him and comforted Gumball as he cried nonstop, saying how sorry he was for all the things he has done with Darwin, Anais and his father, Gumball was hurt the most than I was.'

'After that, we had yet another hard time sleeping, and Gumball couldn't sleep in his room and he went to sleep with me and I had to comfort him, the reason why is because he was afraid. My son was afraid that he might hear bubbles and snoring in the empty fish bowl, he was afraid of someone snoring at the top bunk of the bunk bed, he feared that Darwin and Anais were back, because they aren't supposed to be there, and I was in the same state as well.'

'The day before the funeral, I thought I heard someone in the kitchen and I was afraid that it would be either the ghost or corpse of Richard, and it was Gumball looking for some water, and I startled him and he cried and he apologized for staying up and being there and so I comforted him after what I nearly did with the baseball bat. I didn't mean it, and he understood. Heck, we were even afraid of seeing a pair of pink rabbit ears over by the couch, and watching TV while eating something, we feared of them returning and possibly giving us a scarring fright.'

'We needed to find some solace, and Gumball told me that Carrie could help, and so we went to visit her, but she informed us that Darwin, Richard and Anais are not in the world of the afterlife, they have gone into a better place to which she cannot be able to see. that means we cannot see them anymore, and it hurt us to know that we won't even say goodbye to their spiritual forms, and we also know that Carrie was truly hurt inside, since she really liked Darwin, a lot.'

'With the tons of cash we got, I didn't have to rush in getting a job, and yet I chose to use the skills I had from training and became a traffic cop, to make sure it didn't happen again. I did however manage to take down several crooks and thieves who have tried to make a run for it, and I was dubbed the best dang cop they have ever seen, and I was better than that donut who doesn't do a decent job as an officer of the law. But the reason why I was doing this, to keep my son safe.'

'We didn't have the car anymore, so my parents got me a Prius and it was installed with a siren and emergency response stuff since I chose to be a cop and take the law into my own hands, and I always brought Gumball to school, and then both went home together. I talked to the chief of police and he understood the moments when I needed to be home and be there for my son, he gave me a schedule on my daily duties and patrols.'

'Every time that I would head off to my new job, my son would be scared for me and always told me to be careful and yeah I kinda had a few ups and downs and had to try and stay alive and be safe, so that I can still be there for my son. But, I was more concerned with Gumball and what he is going through at school, and what do I mean? Well, things haven't been the same or the best moment for my son.'

'First off, after word of Ms. Simian deceased, it hurt Principal Brown that he resigned and a new principal was put onto the chair and desk and this lady was not as strict or stupid as Principal Brown, she seemed like a nice person who did her part to make sure that the rules and regulations remained, though Mr. Small seemed to be attracted to her, and yet she had no feelings for him.'

'But she did inform me that my son hasn't been himself at school. He doesn't seem to be at good terms with his friends and he hasn't spoken to anyone, heck he didn't even bother with that T-Rex bully, and didn't interact with anyone at all. Mr. Small tried, but nothing worked and he didn't seem keen to hang out with Penny either, and yet his grades have become something else.'

'Gumball has now had better grades, almost as if some part of him has changed after what went down with his siblings and I can see that without Darwin and Anais, he feels like he can accomplish what I expected, but it didn't seem right since he didn't seem to have his fun side, unless he was hanging out with me. He feared hanging out with the others, because he feared he would get them harmed.'

'I thought that perhaps I would have him see someone, but then the call came that I needed to head to the school and see what happened. Gumball had a major breakdown and he panicked and screamed and yelled that he swore he saw Darwin, and so I had to bring him home and everything seemed to calm down. But then it kept happening, every time. Gumball said that he swore he saw Darwin at class, the gym, the back of the school and at lunch time.'

'He was afraid, scared and didn't know what to do without Darwin around. Everything was falling apart for him, and it seems the same with me too. At times, I would see things and think that Richard was still around, but it didn't stop me from trying to continue my work, but I wasn't there to help my son and I knew that we cannot keep this up and try to live our lives and still proceed to face the dark and damned times of seeing our family still alive, it scared us and we would lose ourselves if we didn't make something else with our lives. So, I made the choice, for us to move out of Elmore.'

'I informed Gumball, and he was alright with it. He told me that whatever is happening here, wasn't gonna stop or even help with the life we have here. So, we were ready to move, but I needed to arrange the calls, and again my mother and father helped us out and they know a good place for us... a house they had planned for us, somewhere in Wisconsin. They had that planned for when something bad happens and they said the moving plans will be ready after three days and that gave us time to speak with the others we knew around the house.'

'We told the others, and the chief of police was kinda disappointed knowing that we were moving, but he understands and they held a farewell party and it was something I have never had, and yet it was something I would always remember. I think that donut cop was happy I was leaving, but then they placed my portrait on the wall of the best cops Elmore has ever had.'

Gumball told his classmates and they wanted to throw a farewell party, but he didn't want one and just wanted to be left alone, he then went back home and he waited for me. I was angry at him for not telling me he headed home on his own, but I understood that he didn't wanna be in Elmore anymore, and so do i. We didn't even speak to Mr. Robinson and he didn't bother with us, though things went too far when his stupid wife Margaret tried to do something.'

'That delusional puppet lady broke into our house, and she tried to scare us both by dressing up as our deceased family. I got into defensive mode when I saw Gumball lose his cool and cry his eyes out and apologize, and so I took the shot and wounded that psycho delusional puppet woman, and the other cops showed up and took her away.'

'After that, Mr. Robinson left and felt free with her gone. He felt like a prisoner because of her and now he is free, and he did give us the money his wife was saving to cover up for what she did and I didn't really care. Gumball needed some more time to calm down, but there wasn't any time and we were finally leaving, and during that time Gumball hasn't let go of holding my hand. I couldn't blame him, and we drove by and saw everyone saying their farewells towards us, even the kid who hated Gumball and Darwin. A lot of folks said farewell to us, and even Larry.'

'My parents even followed us to help us get used to the place, and we made it into Wisconsin and we arrived into the town and saw the nice home, it seemed a little bigger than the house we once had, and Gumball had a large bed for himself. Nothing from his old room came along with him, he didn't pack much but didn't want anything else. Just his clothes and a few small stuff, such as his cellphone and laptop. But I made sure I packed the stuff that meant something to the both of us.'

'After being settled in, we needed some time off from getting a job and having my son attend school. We were surprised at how nice and nearly expensive the house was, and my parents of course have chosen to move somewhere not too far from our house, and they would be willing to help watch over my son when I was at my job, and they weren't going to make Gumball just like me, because they understand that Gumball has his own choices to go by.'

'After spending some time with Gumball in the town and getting to know the place. I managed to get a job without the help from my parents, I am a traffic cop, again. I have to start from the beginning and I am already doing a good job when dealing with people who are not doing the right side of the laws when it comes to driving, and I was always cautious when I saw a semi-truck driving by.'

'Before the day came for my son to go to school, I had a night time chat with him in my room and deep down we were still having some small nightmares of the family we lost. We wanted to try and be there for each other, move on and look forward to the future we should be enjoying, because Darwin, Richard and Anai's would've wanted us to move on, and do what we gotta do with our choices, and yet be there as a family.'

'That night, was the start of the good dreams going into our heads, and the nightmares fading away. We both didn't cry, or even scream or have a meltdown, and we stopped seeing the figures of our deceased loved ones, and it meant that we were ready to move on, but the real proof was the following day, which is something my son needs to look forward to.'

'Gumball was then sent to the local Middle School and he has been, doing well. He became part of some clubs, and he made some friends. He seemed really happy, calm and after the talk we had last night, he was moving on and that made me proud of him, my Gummy Puss was now growing up, and it also means that we were ready to look forward to the new life we had, even though we lost our family and also had to leave behind so much... They would've wanted us to keep going and live for the future.'

Nicole then closes the photo album and she sighs in relief. "We may have moved on, but we would never forget the good times we had, the times we spent when we were a family. The Watterson family." She then hears a knock on the door. "Come in."

"Mom?" opening the door and revealing who it is, is none other than the 14 year old son, Gumball "Zachary" Tristopher Watterson and he is dressed differently. Sporting a red short-0sleeved shirt, with a white long-sleeve shirt underneath and blue jeans. "Are you okay in here?"

Nicole nods and she wipes away her tears. "Come here, my Gummy Puss." Gumball does so, and he sits next to her, and then he sees the photo album. "Just recalling the good times and how we got to where we are now. How have you been doing, sweetie?"

Gumball sees the album and he sighs. "I miss them mom, I miss them all." He then sheds a few tears, and then Nicole embraces her son and Gumball doesn't hesitate and he hugs her back. "I just... I really miss them, mommy."

Nicole nods. "Shush, it's alright Gumball. Everything is gonna be fine, and I miss them too, sweetie. I miss them a lot." They continue this moment, and then they break the embrace and Nicole wipes away her son's tears and she kisses him on the forehead. "We're together, and everything is gonna be alright and we're still here, we'll keep living on... for them, remember?"

Gumball nods and he smiles. "Yeah, we have to keep living on and going onward with what we have planned. I remember and I know they would be happy with the life we have now. Thanks mom, oh and I am gonna go and head to the Mall. Wanna tag along? I need to go and get something I need for school."

Nicole chuckles. "Well, I do need to see if there are new kitchen supplies, and I was thinking that we should order some Chinese food for dinner, how does that sound Gummy Puss?"

Gumball chuckles and he feels kinda embarrassed when hearing his mother call him that. "Yeah, that sounds fun. I gotta go and grab my jacket, see you outside mom and..." He then hugs her again and kisses her cheek. "Thanks for being there for me, and for this life we are having to move forward. You're awesome."

Nicole returns the hug. "You're welcome, son." She then departs from the hug and she watches her son leave the room, and she sighs in relief and she grabs the car keys and her own jacket. She then sees the picture of her whole family, seeing the smiles on their faces and how happy they all were back then. "We're living our lives forward, for all of you." She kisses the picture and then she places it onto her table.

Nicole then heads out of the room, in high spirits and looking forward to another day, with her only son Gumball in this new life and looking ahead to whatever the future holds for them both. Then Nicole thinks about something. 'I wonder which girl has my son chosen to go to the dance next month.'

"The End."

A/N: This is the first time for me on the cartoon I haven't watched in a long, long time and I don't know why I made this one, but it came to me in a dream and I don't know how others would respond about this. But, whatever I guess... I needed to get this out of my system and so this is it. I hope you dudes enjoyed this one-shot I made, and thanks for reading and leave a review or something.

Date made: 3/9/10 - 3/10/22.