Chapter 08: Becoming a Cartoon

Vernon Dursley was in a good mood as he was walking back home after a day of work at Grunnings with selling more drills and he did manage to yell at six different people for not doing their jobs correctly.

So all in all, it was a pretty rewarding day.

The last few months have been great without having to look at the little freak or provide for him, even if Dudley wouldn't look at them for chasing the freak away.

Vernon knew that his son would understand when he was older that the freak was confounding him the whole time.

Did he feel guilty about chasing his nephew away?

No, he was too freakish for his normal family.

Vernon stopped at a store to pick some food up for Petunia since they were running out and he glanced at the local magazine rack before he stopped.

'No.' He thought walking towards there only to see the Freak himself on the cover along with four freakish looking cartoons of all things.

'Gorillaz rock Camden Brownhouse.'

Grabbing the Magazine, Vernon flipped through it to show pictures of this 'Gorillaz' playing a concert and the freak looked way too happy.

'This can't be happening.' Vernon thought in horror.

Closing the magazine, Vernon put it back and ran to the check-out with what he had.

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2-D was back a week after the surgery and he had to rest for another week from using his vocals as it did hurt to talk.

But Murdoc kept him playing his keyboard while he was recovering since he could still do that.

Damon Albarn also came into the studios from time to time to help them out and he bonded with the Gorillaz through mutual love for great music.

The plan was to get the album truly started around the end of November.

It was actually a circus inside of KONG Studios wherever you look and Harry had to question some of the things they did.

Harry had a routine throughout all of these different practices.

Wake up, get dressed, eat either cereal or toast before getting on the lift and helping the band members doing random things to experiment with sounds.

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"Um is this legal?" Harry asked as he and 2-D were tossing Ostrich Eggs off the roof of KONG to the sheets of metal.

2-D gave a shrug as he tossed another one and for some odd reason when it hit the sheet, instead of breaking into yolk, a baby ostrich hatched.

2-D blinked in complete confusion from that before the Ostrich ran off.

"Yew saw dat too, right?" 2-D asked despite the pain he was feeling from speaking.

Harry gave a nod, unable to believe that himself.

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"This is going to end badly." Harry said as he had a bucket waiting at the bottom of the stairs while Noodle had a skateboard.

"Faith." Noodle told him with a grin before giving a battle cry and she grinded down the railing, kicking off the skateboard leaping into the bucket.

Harry blinked.

She actually went in.

"The hell?" Harry walked over to see Noodle pull herself out.

"See?" Noodle asked before Harry tried and he only got a foot in as he tripped and slid into the kitchen. "Anata wa daijōbu? (You okay?)" She called out as Harry groaned in pain.

He still didn't get how she pulled that off.

… Probably had something to do with her being a cartoon.

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Russel had a few piles of pans as he began beating his drum sticks on them to get a few sounds with Harry in the background randomly turning the water on and off to get the desired dripping sound.

2-D was in the background opening and slamming the door shut to help out.

It seemed that nothing was going to be too far-fetched for them in experimenting with sounds.

"Alright, Harry let's try that again and this time keep it going a little to get more of the water sound." Russel said as Harry gave a nod as they got ready to try again. "And D, use some more force."

"Got it Russ."

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Harry stared as he helped Murdoc by throwing a speaker into an unoccupied bathtub to have the sound of electricity going haywire in the recording.

Luckily they had the money to replace it, but this seemed a little extreme to the young boy.

Frowning at the lack of sound, Murdoc grinned as he had Harry attach a car battery to the back of the toilet.

Harry didn't know why until he heard 2-D scream in pain a few minutes later as Murdoc was laughing his ass off while the young boy was apologizing to the singer for that.

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"Now play it like this." Damon said as he was listening to Harry practice his Guitar and he played a small CD that had different notes come out.

Harry gave a nod and got to practicing it as Damon listened intently.

The man knew what he was doing in response to all of the band members, just the other day he helped 2-D make a mixtape with the Keyboard while giving the Gorillaz inside knowledge of how the music industry worked helping them avoid the most obvious pitfalls that would do more harm than good.

"Now do it like this." Damon played different notes and Harry was surprised by how they went together.

"Wicked." Harry said causing a chuckle to come out of Damon.

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Harry was by himself later that day tossing magnets to the sheets of metal after 2-D was done throwing ostrich eggs as he used another magnet to force them to move for the desired sound.

Humming in thought, Harry wrote a bit as he continued his part of the work.

It wasn't long before they had forty tracks knocked out.

What would take the longest would be breaking them into 15 masterpieces as Murdoc called them, for their first album which could take up to months and that's not counting what they do for Music Videos.

Plus they needed to add the lyrics soon.

2-D only had to rest his vocals for three more days and he would be ready to sing.

But until then, he was bored.

They did just about everything outlandish to experiment with sounds.

Everything from throwing rocks into electrical fan, having them shoot out towards the walls to using an air horn in the middle of a dog pound before they got kicked out or in Murdoc's case banned.

And through it all, Harry could see himself slowly becoming animated again just like how he saw in the mirror the night of the first show.

He knew that the others didn't say anything but they noticed it a bit too.

Getting back to tossing the magnets, Harry saw Noodle bungee jumping out of KONG studios, coming to a stop near the ground where she unhooked herself.

Now normally that would be something that would seem way too dangerous, but Harry noticed something about the Gorillaz being cartoons.

They are a lot more durable then people think, 2-D once fell from the roof of KONG and when he hit the ground he made a crater the shape of his body.

Instead of broken bones or death like one would expect, he pulled himself out with a few bruises and dirt in his azure hair.

And all of that was gone within a few minutes.

Thinking on it, Harry wondered why the heck the Tonsil Surgery was different then that injury.

Once she was unhooked, Noodle ran towards Harry. "Anata wa mada itte? (You done yet?)" She asked hopefully.

"I think so." Harry said standing up as he brushed the dirt off his pants. "I take it you're bored?"

"Hai, nothing on TV." Noodle said causing Harry to chuckle.

"Yeah I know what you mean." He said with a smile. "With everything that's happened I'm surprised we ran out of stuff to do."

"Hai, What now?" Noodle asked as Harry groaned.

"I have no clue." He muttered tapping his head in thought.

Noodle looked disappointed at that as she sat nearby with the two of them trying to think about what to do.

"Watashitachi wa nani o okonatte imasen ka? (What have we not done?)" Noodle asked curiously.

Harry gave a shrug as he thought about what she said. "Well, we usually compete with our guitars but that can get old… Pokemon?"

Noodle shook her head. "Wareware wa sudeni sono sū-kai yarimashita. (We did that few times already.)"

"Yeah." Harry sighed because they both beat the main storyline of that game already. "Man I hate being bored."

Noodle gave a nod before her eyes widened. "Idea."

Harry turned to her in surprise but he looked happy.

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2-D was humming to himself as he was eating a bowl of ice cream.

He couldn't wait for the next few days to pass by so he could get back to singing.

Although he would have to practice his singing a bit since not doing it for two weeks would cause some discomfort.

But he didn't care because he was going stir-crazy from not being able to sing.

Hearing footsteps as he put another spoonful of ice cream in his mouth, 2-D turned to see Harry and Noodle who stopped at seeing him.

If anyone walked in on this little scene, there's the chance that they would fall over laughing as 2-D's cheeks were swelled up from the ice cream and another spoonful was on the spoon, slowly dripping back into the bowl while Harry and Noodle looked like they were caught with their hands in a cookie jar, both of them carrying a makeshift sled that were actually two kitchen trays put together with duct tape, Harry had one of Noodle's spare helmets on and both of them had scarves and padding on their elbows and knees.

It was silent as they stared before 2-D swallowed the Ice Cream. "Wot are yew two doing?" 2-D asked curiously.

"Uh nothing." Harry said a bit nervously as 2-D gave them suspicious looks.

"Ogenkidesuka? (How are you doing?)" Noodle asked with a small smile.

"Oh fine luv, me tonsils are almost healed." 2-D said with a smile as he ate another spoonful. "How about yew two, are yew done with everyfing?"

"Yeah, we're just finding something to do." Harry said nervously as he looked from 2-D to Noodle as if trying to avoid saying something.

That caused 2-D to frown. "Wot exactly are yew two up to?" 2-D asked looking between them.

"Nothing." Noodle piped up as Harry gave a nod before looking behind 2-D.

"Hey Murdoc."

That caused 2-D to spin around because he was actually supposed to be recording with keyboards, but he looked dumbfounded because Murdoc wasn't there.

Only the fridge was behind him and the rapid footsteps told him what just happened causing him to chuckle.

"Yew want to play it like dat huh?" 2-D asked placing the bowl inside the freezer as he began to run after them, pausing as he was trying to find them. "Where did yew two go?"

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"Oh man that was close." Harry said as they were on the roof of KONG.

"Very." Noodle agreed as they were setting the stuff up

Their activity today was to sled off the roof of KONG and down the cemetery hill, something that none of the others would approve of, but it would definitely kill their boredom.

"How do you wear this all the time?" Harry asked as he kept trying to straighten the helmet.

"Dō shita no? (What's wrong with it?)" Noodle asked with a frown as Harry finally took the helmet off and threw it to where it landed near the door.

"Nothing, just not my style." Harry said to her as they both got on the sled. "You know, this might be even better with snow."

"Hai." Noodle agreed as it was in the middle of November and there was no snow as of yet.

They were both about to push off when the door opened to show 2-D who had a mischievous look before his dark eyes widened at what he was seeing. "Wait!" He called out in a panicked tone and ran to stop them.

"Twothee look out." Noodle said as she saw the helmet that Harry threw in his way but it was too late as the singer tripped over the helmet and slammed into them, knocking them off the roof as they were on the sled.

Noodle and Harry gave a cry of excitement while 2-D screamed in fear as they slid off of the side of the Studio with the sled and it slammed into the ground before going down the hill.

2-D finally regained his senses and grabbed the side of the sled and had it move out of the way of an oncoming headstone as they barely missed it causing the two kids to yell out, enjoying the ride before he continued to make it slid out of the way of a tree, a trashcan, he accidently knocked a cat in the air though but it was fine as it hissed at them in retaliation.

"How do I stop dis crazy fing?!" 2-D shouted in horror as the sled didn't have any brakes on it.

"Faster!" Noodle called out.

"No!" 2-D replied to that.

Harry leaned forward to add more speed right as 2-D went to swerve to try and stop, the action caused Harry to fall off of the sled, face first onto the ground as he began rolling with the momentum crying out in pain as he kept moving.

2-D had wide eyes at seeing that while Noodle winced as Harry collided with a tree and just laid there, his feet twitching.

Finally the sled came to a stop and 2-D jumped off of it and ran towards Harry to make sure he was alright, with Noodle hot on his heels before both of them came to a stop as Harry was slowly pushing himself up.

Only… He looked different.

A cartoonish Harry was stumbling as birds were flying around his head before he shook it to show the injuries were gone. "Ow." Harry muttered rubbing his face.

That was when he noticed how the two were staring at him.

"Uh what?" Harry asked before seeing how cartoonish his hand was.

Blinking in surprise, Harry began looking all over himself to see that he somehow became a cartoon just like the other Gorillaz.

"What in the world?" Harry muttered in complete confusion.

Finally 2-D snapped out of his surprise as he remembered what happened. "Are yew alright?" He asked making Harry turn his head to see if there was a hidden injury or something like that.

"Uh I'm fine?" Harry said although it sounded more like a question than anything else.

"Dono yō ni shite manga ni narimashita ka? (How did you turn into a cartoon?)" Noodle asked as 2-D finally let go of Harry's face.

"I don't know." Harry muttered recognizing 'how' and cartoon' in her speech but the other words were just a guess for him. "It just happened."

"Wot were yew two finking?!" 2-D finally shouted at them causing them to wince, although Harry flinched a bit. "Yew could've been injured badly or killed, I fought yew two were playing a safe game before I found yew on da roof like dat."

"Gomen." Noodle muttered guiltily as this was her idea.

"S-Sorry." Harry looked down.

2-D sighed before gently grabbing their wrists. "Come on yew two."

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"You did what?!" Russel shouted as both Noodle and Harry were in the Kitchen area, 2-D had to explain how he came in with Harry being a cartoon, catching Murdoc, Damon and Russel off guard.

"Wow a part of me wants to add that to the small biography for the album but that would cause social services to intervene." Damon commented as Murdoc gave a shrug.

"Since when do they interfere with cartoons?" Murdoc asked.

Damon gave a nod. "Huh, good point."

"You two shut up." Russel said giving them a glare before looking back at Noodle and Harry. "You two are in big trouble for that stunt."

"Oh Lards lay off, they're just kids." Murdoc said chuckling as he actually liked the story of how they scared Face Ache and took him on the ride, of course if they made the recovery of the tonsil surgery worse than he would have some harsh words to say. "I can think of worse things a kid could do than that."

Russel just ignored him. "Alright, no TV or Video Games for a week."

"Nani/What?!" Both Noodle and Harry cried out before Russel held up a hand.

"Be lucky that's all." Russel said feeling like he was the only responsible adult in the room as Damon was a little bit like Murdoc, only nicer and cleaner.

"... Right." Damon said as it got quiet after witnessing that. "So back to what I was saying, that song you guys got titled Re-Hash. I have an idea about the singing in that one."

"Well go on." Murdoc said happy to have something else to talk about.

"I'm thinking of having a female singer harmonizing with Noodle there just to give it some flare, something different as 2-D is singing most of the songs." Damon suggested causing them to blink.

"Anata wa watashi ga utaitaidesu ka? (You want me to sing?)" Noodle asked in surprise.

"... What?" Damon asked not sure what she said.

"Sing? Me?" Noodle repeated in English.

"Yes, it could work, in fact I have the perfect singer in mind to harmonize with you." Damon said with a nod.

Harry kept quiet as Damon began explaining about a singer named Miho Hatori as he looked at his new cartoon hands in thought.

Just how did this happen?

Giving a shrug, Harry decided to just go with it.

To Be Continued…

Man it's been a bit longer before I did this chapter but I managed to get it done and out, hopefully everyone liked the remake of how Harry became a Cartoon as the original, which is no longer up on this site, was horrible in comparison.

Plus I also have Damon act a bit like Murdoc, just more friendly and less violence attached, I don't know how Damon is in real life so I had to come up with something.

Now the next chapter will be about them building their first album and I plan to make it a long chapter, just not sure how long it will be.

Anyways let me answer some reviews so I can post this.

Ddragon21: Thank you and yes it is and I may make toontown real as that would explain the Gorillaz a bit. Pft, imagining Harry surprising everyone at Hogwarts with toon logic just makes me laugh.

Ms. wow64: Really? I never seen his eyes before they were fractured unless they were the black and white pictures in Rise of the Ogre, thanks for that I'll have to fix it soon.

Spactraintotheuniverse: Thank you and I hope you enjoyed this chapter.

Whoa: Thank you and I hope to continue making it well enough.