Gumceline Chapter 5
The More The Merrier
I stopped floating and fell to the ground, not wanting to get up. My face hit the warm ground and waves of pain shot up from my nose through the body. I let out a little squeak, but soon regretted it. Prince Gumball picked me up and cradled my face in his hands.
"Just..just let me lay down." I said, pushing him away. I glanced back to the group of gender-bent version of my friends and I and tried to clear my thoughts. Just seeing the picture of the.. 'Other me.' was bone-jarring, but actually seeing him a few feet in front of me was..I can't even put in words how shocking it was. I heard a thud and looked at the group again, and the boy was on the ground, backing up frantically.
"W-Who is that?!" I heard him say.
"Okay, everyone, just calm down." Gumball said.
"How can I calm down when there's another ME right there?!" He replied, pointing at me.
"Just calm down and I'll explain everything!" Gumball said firmly.
"Okay, okay, I'm calm, now EXPLAIN!" He said, getting up and smoothing his plaid over shirt.
The girl and her cat were just standing there, dumbstruck apparently. The girl had a little bunny hat on with some of her golden blond hair hanging out of one corner, with a blue long sleeved shirt and a matching dark blue mini-skirt. Her hand was resting on her cat's head, who was hugging her sock covered legs. She had brown and white fur and big black eyes, and she was stepping on the girl's Mary Jane shoes, jaw dropped.
"Okay, so right now you are in an alternate universe where everyone you know is a gender-bent version of their former selves." Gumball said, gesturing to me.
"For example, this is Marceline, the female version of you, Marshall." So his name was Marshall.
"Marceline, this is Marshall Lee." Marshall Lee. Marshall covered his eyes and shook his head a few times, but other than that he looked fine.
"Man, Bubba, you really need to work on your 'explaining' skills." Bubba? What a cute nickname.
"Sorry, sorry." Gumball said putting up his hands.
"Let's just go to Marceline's place, and, as you say, chill out." Gumball said. Then his expression brightened as he finally noticed the girl and her cat. "Fionna! Cake! So glad you're here." He said, greeting them with a hug.
"Hi Bubba." Fionna said, her expression unchanging. Cake just stood there, still hugging Fionna's leg. I rubbed my eyes and started floating again, this time back towards my house. I didn't look back to see if they were following me, because I really didn't care. I actually hoped they weren't, but when I reached my porch and looked back, Gumball was telling Fionna and Cake about my cave. I sighed and opened the door, floating in. I heard everyone come in after me, and I plopped on the couch, too exhausted to float, and not paying any attention to the uncomfortable feeling coming from my rear. I heard someone sit down next to me, and turned. I saw it was Gumball. He patted my back and scooted over. I was confused but then Marshall sat next to me, trying to get comfortable. He looked at me and started poking my face. I laughed and pushed his hands away from my face, smiling. He smiled back and patted my head.
"So!" Gumball said, clapping his hands. "It's good that you are acquainted with each other."
Marshall frowned and turned to him, "Why did you leave?" he asked with a stern look on his face.
"I had to know if there were more universes. Obviously." Gumball said, crossing his arms. "Why did you leave?" He asked Marshall.
"We wanted to know you weren't being kidnapped or eaten alive. Someone like you would have died in a few minutes if it weren't for Marceline. You were stupid for not bringing someone with you." Marshall said, now angry. Oh great, now they were having a fight. Just what we all needed. Why did this have to happen to me?
~CannibaLoohoo
