The Newcomer
An Amazing World of Gumball Story
By NeoNimbus
Chapter 24-The Blind
It was morning at the O'Quinn residence, as Brian got up and did his usual morning routine; before he got down to get breakfast. As always, his parents were downstairs having their usual breakfast, just as their son made his way in to the room.
"Good morning!" Brian greeted his folks.
"Good morning, Brian." Annie and Gordon simultaneously greeted back.
As the purple fox made his way to the cupboard, Brian opened one of the cabinets when he was suddenly assaulted by what appeared to be snakes. Almost immediately, the frightened fox desperately tried to get rid of them as quickly as he could, before he heard his parent's laughing out loud.
"Looks like your mom got you real good!" Gordon shouted out, trying his best not to laugh too hard.
"What are you-" before Brian could finish his words, he noticed that the snakes weren't moving at all. Upon further inspection, he realized that these 'snakes' were nothing more than worn-out dolls, much to his surprise.
"Looks like you just had been pranked!" Annie commented, before snickering out loud.
"Alright mom, you got me real good." Brian calmly said to his mother. "But to be honest, it wasn't that impressive."
"The reaction on your face says otherwise." Gordon pointed out.
"Anyway…" Brian began, wanting to change the subject. "I need to get to my school, mom."
"Sure Brian, no problem." Annie replied. "But first, put it up sport."
Annie then stretched her arm out to Brian, allowing him to shake her paw. Though suspicious by his mother's action, Brian shrugged his shoulder and reached his paw out to shake his mother's. But just then, Brian received an unexpected jolt out of nowhere and before he knew it, his mother showed the joy buzzer concealed underneath her paw.
"Looks like I got you again!" Annie exclaimed, as Brian could only grumble in annoyance.
After his mom dropped him off to Elmore Junior High, Brian was able to catch up with Gumball and Darwin, hoping that a simple conversation with his friends would make forget about the pranks his mom pulled on him earlier.
"Hey guys." Brian greeted the Watterson brothers.
"Hey Brian." Gumball and Darwin greeted back.
"So, did I miss anything?" asked Brian.
"Not much so far, Brian." Gumball replied. "But we do have to get our stuff for Ms. Simian's class today. Who knows what she has in stored for us."
"You're right Gumball, we should get ourselves prepared just in case." says Brian.
"I couldn't agree more." Darwin happily said.
Once they made their minds up, the trio headed towards their lockers in preparation for a possible surprise quiz from the old, cantankerous baboon. But halfway in their destination, the purple fox suddenly tripped and fell to the floor, much to his and his friends' confusion. As the Watterson brothers help Brian get up to his feet, the trio could hear a snickering from behind them.
"Have a nice trip there, furball?" Jamie sarcastically asked.
Brian, however, chose to ignore the hybrid's question and resumed heading to his locker alongside his friends. As soon as he arrived to his locker, the purple fox opened it, only to be greeted by a pie in the face. As an annoyed Brian wiped off the remains of the pie, both he and the Watterson brothers turned to see Jamie snickering much louder and it was clear she was responsible for the recent prank just now.
"What's up with Jamie?" Brian asked Gumball and Darwin. "Why does she behave like that?"
"To be honest, it beats me." Gumball replied. "All I know is that Miss Simian held her back one year ago for talking back to her."
"Somehow, that doesn't surprise me one bit." Brian deadpanned.
"Cheer up Brian, don't let Jamie ruin the day because of a few simple pranks." Darwin attempted to calm the purple fox down. "In fact, I bet that she's already done for the day."
"You know, you're right Darwin." Brian agreed with the two-legged fish. "I should let bygones be bygones and just move on."
With that said, the trio resumed getting their materials for class, hoping that they can be prepared for another of Miss Simian's devious tricks.
3 hours later…
Gumball, Darwin and Brian sat at their usual spot in the cafeteria, with today's menu on their tray. But for the purple fox, his day had hardly improved at all, thanks to the actions of a certain hybrid.
During Miss Simian's class, Jamie shot a barrage of spitballs at Brian's head, forcing the purple fox to clean off most of paper wads in the boys' bathroom. During PE, the hybrid thought it was amusing by putting ants down Brian's pants and Brian ended making a complete fool out of himself in the process. Finally, just before lunch, Jamie tampered with the water fountain, resulting in Brian covered from head to toe in water.
Thinking of the hybrid's prank was getting onto Brian's nerve, as the purple fox's face turned bright red with anger, growling with dissatisfaction how today was turning out. His patience was nearing its limits and if this keeps up, he was about to completely lose it!
While the purple fox was lost in his thoughts, a certain child prodigy strolled along their table and as usual, was ready to greet them at a notice moment.
"Hey guys."
"Hey Anais." Gumball, Darwin and Brian greeted; the latter, however, was less enthusiastic.
"What's wrong Brian?" Anais asked the purple fox.
"If you must know, Jamie is making my day a lot worse with each passing minute." Brian gloomily responded.
"She's been doing this since this morning, sis." Gumball started to explain. "And she still hasn't stopped pranking him since then."
"Wow, sorry to hear that Brian." Anais said with sympathy
"Thanks Anais..." Brian began. "But that doesn't change the fact that Jamie is enjoying this."
"She's going to have to stop eventually." says Darwin. "I mean, she can't keep this up forever."
"Besides, I bet she's starting to lose interest pranking you about now."
Just then, Brian felt something soft and wet smacked his head. It didn't take the purple fox too long to realize what had occurred, as he could hear Jamie snickering from behind and it was clear that the hybrid was the one who threw her lunch at him.
Needless to say, Brian's anger grew even larger by this discovery. While he could brush off his mother's pranks, the pranks that Jamie was giving him were another story. Something needed to be done this instant…wait a minute! Of course! He couldn't believe the answer to his problem was right in front of him.
The moment the idea came to Brian's head caused him to calm down right away, as the anger from his face was slowly replaced by a wide grin. His demeanor didn't go unnoticed, as the Watterson siblings looked at their friend with confusion.
"Brian, are you feeling alright?" Darwin asked his friend.
"Why are you grinning like that all of a sudden?" Gumball questioned the purple fox. "It's kind of creeping me out."
"If I know any better, I'm betting you're planning to get even with Jamie." Anais stated.
"That's exactly what I'm about to do." Brian replied. "In fact, Jamie won't even realize what's coming at her."
Before either of the Watterson siblings could questioned Brian further, the purple fox immediately left for the hallway, as he picked up his cell phone and call his mother back home.
"Mom, are you still there? Listen, I need to ask you something very important…"
Once Brian made his call to his mother, the purple fox waited outside the entrance of Elmore Junior High, as he impatiently sat on the steps. Eventually, Brian saw a silver coupe coming by the driveway, as it pulled right near the school's entrance, before rolling its window down, revealing Annie on the driver's seat.
"Hey sport." Annie greeted her son.
"Hey mom, did you get what I needed?" Brian asked, as he approached the silver coupe.
"Just found it in the closet." Annie replied, before she handed her son a seemingly ordinary gift box to him.
"Hard to believe this is it." Brian stated, still a bit astonished what he had received in his paws.
"Don't be fool by its appearance, Brian…" Annie explained. "This is one prank you should be very careful with. Whatever you do, don't look directly into it."
"Don't worry mom, I'll be careful." Brian assured his mother, before he heads back inside the school, intending to carry out with his plan.
Jamie, along with Tina and Anton, were laughing at their table, as they couldn't believe how today was turning out. From the morning all the way to the afternoon, the hybrid was able to make a complete fool out of Brian every chance she had. She could still recall seeing the reaction on the fox's face and her only regret about it was that she didn't even had a camera with her.
'What a maroon!' Jamie happily thought. 'I can't believe furball fell for those pranks!'
As Jamie and her friends continue to laugh at Brian's misfortune, the door to the cafeteria suddenly burst wide open, prompting the hybrid and her pals to see Brian walking calmly towards them, smiling for some reason and hiding something behind his back. The fox's strange demeanor earned some curiosity from the trio, wondering what Brian was up to.
"What do you want furball?" Jamie asked, arching an eyebrow with suspicion. "As a matter of fact, why are you acting like that so suddenly?"
"Oh, it's nothing Jamie." Brian happily replied. "I just thought that since you were in a good mood, I want to present you with this gift."
Before either Jamie or her friends knew it, the purple fox showed her what appeared to be a simple white gift box, tied with an elaborate red bow. Jamie was clearly surprised by this, for it was the last thing she ever expected; likewise, everyone was equally surprised by Brian's action, especially the Watterson siblings, as the three approached their friend with confusion on their faces.
"That's it?! This is what you have in mind?!" an astonished Gumball exclaimed.
"Of all the things you could think of, why a gift box?" asked Darwin.
"I have to agree with my brothers on this one." says Anais. "This isn't what I expect you to do at all."
Brian, however, didn't answer their questions right away, as he only winked his eyes in response. After a couple of seconds, Gumball, Darwin and Anais clearly understood what he was doing and decided to just play along with him for the moment.
"So Jamie, what do you think?" Brian asked the hybrid.
Jamie couldn't believe what she was looking at; in front of her, was a genuine gift box. What did the purple fox buy for her? For that matter, why did he buy something for her to begin with, despite what she had done to him all day?
"Jamie!" Tina called out to her friend, snapping the hybrid back to reality. "I don't think you should accept it. I bet this is a prank."
"Calm down, Tina. We don't know if that's his intention." Anton attempted to calm the carnivore down. "Besides, I think it's up to Jamie to decide."
"I'm going to agree with the toast for once." says Jamie, much to Tina's surprise. "At least let me take a look at it."
With her mind made up, Jamie happily snatched the gift box from Brian's paws, as the hybrid began to unwrap it, both curious and ecstatic to see what's inside.
'I don't know what it is, but I don't care! It was nice of Brian to get me something!'
Once Jamie removed the last of the wrapping paper, the hybrid slowly opened the lid, hoping to get a nice peek of her gift. But as she removed the top, a bright flash of light suddenly emitted from the gift box, sending the unfortunate hybrid back to the wall, before she fall to the floor face first, as Brian calmly walked towards the hybrid with a smile.
"Jamie, you just been pranked."
Everyone in the cafeteria was silent, stunned to see that Brian, off all people, was able pull off a prank on Jamie, one of the toughest bullies in school. For a while, there was a long, eerie silence all over the cafeteria, as no one said or made a single move. Finally, the kids burst into laughter, as they were amazed that the hybrid fell for such a simple trick.
"Augh…" Jamie moaned, as she got up on her feet, her hands covering her face. "What did you do to me, furball?! I can't see a thing at all!"
"Oh come on, Jamie. Even I'm not that gullible enough to fall for that one." Gumball flatly said to the hybrid.
"You don't understand, you knucklehead! I'm BLIND!"
Jamie then showed her face to everyone around, revealing her now blank eyes, as the crowd stopped laughing and gasped with horror. As everyone looked on with worry and concern, Brian was left horrified what his action has done to Jamie. This was the last thing he wanted to happen and guilt soon clouded his mind.
Brian waited outside of the nurse's office, leaning in the hallway, as he looked down on the floor with remorse and guilt. Feeling responsible for Jamie's condition, the purple fox took her to the nurse's office as quickly as possible, hoping that the School Nurse could at least help the hybrid out as best as she can.
'I can't believe what just happened!' Brian gloomily thought. 'I really hope my prank didn't cause any serious harm.'
Just then, the School Nurse came out of her office, alongside Jamie, the latter wearing a pair of shades to cover her now blank eyes. Concerned for the hybrid's well-being, Brian cautiously approached them, before asking the School Nurse for some answers.
"Excuse me, but can you tell me how bad Jamie's condition is?"
"Don't worry about that, kiddo. Her vision wasn't as bad as I thought." the School Nurse explained. "Her blindness is temporary and she'll recover her vision in about three hours."
"Are you serious?!" Jamie angrily exclaimed. "I have to wait for the next three hours doing nothing until I can see again?!"
"That's what you get for exposing your eyes to intense light to begin with." the School Nurse deadpanned, causing Jamie to growl in aggravation. "Anyway, your friend here should look after you for the moment. Until then, be careful."
With that, the School Nurse went back to her office to resume her work, leaving Brian and Jamie in the hallway. Despite some hesitation on his part, the purple fox decided to take a chance and attempted to talk to the already irate hybrid.
"Jamie, are you al-"
"Zip it, furball!" Jamie rebuffed, cutting off the fox's words. "This is your fault! If you didn't blind me in the first place, I wouldn't be in this mess!"
"Well excuse me!" Brian angrily retorted. "I'm not the one who keeps pulling various pranks all day long for no apparent reason! Perhaps this wouldn't have been a bad day for you if you had stopped pranking me to begin with!"
"Whatever!" Jamie nonchalantly responded. "Look, I'm not in the mood right now. If you want to help me, then fine. Just do a good job being my eyes and ears and don't get in my way."
As much as Brian would like to decline the hybrid's request, a part of him felt that he had to do this, since he was directly involved with her temporary blindness and it was the right thing to do. At the very least, the purple fox wanted to make sure that Jamie was at least safe and unharmed, in spite of her actions towards him this morning.
With that in mind, the purple fox let out a sigh and complied with Jamie's request, as he led the blind hybrid down the hallway. Along the way, Brian noticed that some of the students expressed their pity to Jamie, while a few others decided to take advantage of the hybrid's condition, as Tobias, along with Banana Joe, casually walked towards her.
"Hey Jamie, I'll tell you what really caused your blindness. That reflection of yours finally recognized how ugly you really are." Tobias informed the hybrid, causing a few to chuckle from his classmates.
"Say that in my face so I could knock that smug off of yours, Tobias!" Jamie called out to the jock.
Tobias, however, didn't feel threatened by the slightest, as Banana Joe calmly walked up to Jamie, imitating a ringing phone, before handing the hybrid a worn-out shoe.
"Looks like you just received an important call just now." Banana Joe sarcastically remarked.
"Get lost!" Jamie then throw the shoe to the opposite direction and much to Brian's horror, the shoe was hurling towards Miss Simian, hitting her on the head, before the ill-tempered teacher turned around, her face simmering in anger.
"Who threw this shoe at me?!" the cantankerous baboon demanded.
Unwilling to stay and face the baboon's wrath, Brian quickly dragged Jamie to the other side of the hallway, hoping that Miss Simian didn't notice them there. After the exhausted fox took a quick peak around the corner, Brian sighed with relief before he turned his attention to the hybrid, clearly frustrated from her action just now.
"Jamie, you almost got us into trouble!" Brian scolded the hybrid.
"So? This is how I always solved my problem every day." Jamie responded dismissively.
"Well you're going to have to stop that for now." Brian explained. "At the very least, can you promise me that you'll keep your temper in check?"
"…Fine, I'll try my best to stay calm." Jamie reluctantly complied. "But I can't make any promises."
"That's all I needed to hear, Jamie." says Brian, sighing with relief.
Satisfied with the hybrid's promise, Brian continued to lead Jamie through the hallway, hoping that there wouldn't be any more unfortunate events for now.
30 minutes later…
The afternoon wasn't turning out the way Brian had hope for, as Jamie was continuing to create a lot of problems, thanks to the actions of a certain jock, alongside his friend.
In an effort to get Jamie to loose her cool completely, Tobias attempted to get the hybrid to walk to the boys' bathroom just for the sake of amusement, though Brian managed to prevent the hybrid from walking in. As if that wasn't enough, the jock and the banana somehow made the time to make various traps for the hybrid, prompting the purple fox to lead the blind hybrid to safety, getting hurt in the process in doing so. Finally, Tobias tricked Jamie by having her walk straight into Hector's path and the hybrid would have been squashed had Brian quickly pushed her out of the way, getting himself hurt instead.
'This is getting ridiculous! I don't know how much more I should handle at this rate!'
As the bruised and battered Brian got up from the floor, dusting himself off, the purple fox noticed both Tobias and Banana Joe walking up to him, somewhat annoyed by his actions.
"What's the big deal?" the jock demanded. "Why are you helping out that troglodyte? She's nothing more than a bully."
"That doesn't mean she deserves to get bullied back." Brian retorted.
"And I suppose what you did is any different?" Banana Joe questioned the fox.
"What I did back there was meant to be harmless!" Brian insisted. "Look, why don't you two just get lost already?"
For a moment, both Tobias and Banana Joe stood where they were, glaring at the purple fox with dissatisfaction. Eventually, they grudgingly complied with Brian's demand and walked away from him, just as Jamie managed to approach the fox.
"Are you alright?" Brian asked with concern
"You know I can take of myself." Jamie bluntly replied.
"I know that…" Brian began. "But I just wanted to show you that I take full responsibility for my actions."
"So that's why you keep getting in my way to begin with, even though doing so got you hurt?" Jamie questioned the fox.
"I didn't exactly enjoy getting myself hurt protecting you, but it was better than seeing you in harm's way." Brian explained.
As soon as the purple fox offer his explanation, Jamie was quite stunned by this. She couldn't believe that after what she put him through this morning, he was more than willing to help her out, despite being one of the bullies of Elmore Junior High. Jamie couldn't believe what she was about to do next, but for some reason, it felt very good to do so.
"Well…" the hybrid began, as she rubbed her head sheepishly. "I suppose this is your way of saying sorry, so I can accept that."
"So, we're cool?" asked Brian.
"Don't push your luck, furball." Jamie responded. "But I might go easy on you tomorrow."
Brian couldn't help but smile by the hybrid's last statement. But just as he was about to say another word, the purple fox felt a slight tremor behind, growing louder with each step. Eventually, the tremor stopped, prompting Brian to slowly turned around and saw Tina looking down at him, clearly angry at him for his action at the cafeteria.
"What do you think you're doing to my friend?" Tina snarled, bearing her sharp fangs. "Don't think you done enough for one day?"
Before Brian could say anything, the blind hybrid approached the angry carnivore and began to speak up for the purple fox, much to Tina's surprise.
"It's alright Tina. Furball here was just helping me out, so it's cool."
"But Jamie, he caused your blindness to begin with." Tina pointed out.
"I know that." Jamie bluntly said to the dinosaur. "But I think that we should just let him off the hook, at least for now."
"…Alright Jamie, if you say so." Tina reluctantly agreed, before she turned her attention to Brian. "I'll take it from here, furball. So you're free to go."
"Tina's right." says Jamie. "I think you deserve a break after what you been through."
"Thanks…I guess." Brian responded, shaking the blind hybrid's hand, before Jamie and Tina walked off, just as the Watterson siblings showed up, showing concern for their friend.
"Brian, are you alright?" asked Gumball.
"I actually feel a bit better now." Brian replied.
"Are you sure about that?" Darwin questioned the purple fox.
"Don't worry, Darwin. My day didn't turn out the way I had envisioned it, but at least it wasn't as awful as I thought." Brian assured the two-legged fish.
"That's good to know." says Anais, before curiosity hit her. "So, what was it like helping Jamie out?"
In response, Brian took a deep breath and explained what had occurred for the last thirty minutes, as he and his friends walked down the hallway, trying to get back to their usual routine.
The rest of the days went on without any further incidents, as the school bell rang for the last time, before every student rushed out and left school until the next day. Among the students were Tobias and Banana Joe, somewhat disappointed that their day was ruined, thanks to the action of a certain purple fox.
"Well, that didn't turn out the way I expected." Banana Joe commented.
"Don't worry about it." says Tobias. "We still have another opportunity around the corner."
"You really think so?"
"Looking for me, boys?" Jamie asked, prompting the jock and the banana to turn around and see the hybrid standing from a distance. Initially shocked by her presence, both Tobias and Banana Joe quickly smirked, before the former spoke to Jamie.
"Hey Jamie, better watch your steps when you're crossing the street." Tobias mockingly called out to the hybrid.
"She doesn't need to worry about, because she can't see a thing." Banana Joe said, stating the obvious.
As the duo burst into laughter, the hybrid slowly reached for the shades before removing them from her face, revealing her eyes had been restored, along with a serious expression on her face. The moment Tobias and Banana Joe noticed that the hybrid has her vision back; their chuckling slowly dwindled, eventually replaced by awkward silence.
"We were just kidding, that's all." the jock bashfully explained.
"Yeah, we didn't mean any of that." the banana insisted.
Jamie, however, wasn't interested in listening to their excuses, as the hybrid pulled a baseball bat out of nowhere. Realizing her intention, both Tobias and Banana Joe screamed with horror and ran for their lives, while Jamie let out a war cry and proceeded to chase them down, as Brian watched the scene from a distance.
"Some things don't change." Brian jokingly commented, before he gave himself a chuckle.
Next time on The Newcomer
Chapter 25-The Chipmunk
Brian's plan to hang out with Rhonda goes awry when a chipmunk ruthlessly beats him up. He spends the rest of the day desperately trying to prove to everyone of his claim, but obviously no one believes him.
Tidbits
-This chapter proved to be a lot challenging than I though, mainly due to the fact that I haven't see an episode that has Jamie played a major role. Nevertheless, I wanted to get this chapter right as best as I could.
-Due to the pacing of this chapter, I was force to cut some scenes and a few lines. It's not what I was hoping, but it didn't turn out too bad as I had thought.
Well, I hope everyone enjoyed reading this and I'll see ya next chapter!