I wanted to thank Sal for his help on this chapter.
The Newcomer
An Amazing World of Gumball Story
By NeoNimbus
Chapter 41-The Drawing
It was just another typical day in Miss Simian's class and for Brian and the rest of his classmates; the weekend was around the corner, as everyone was prepared to turn in their homework to the elderly baboon.
"Alright class, I expect you to hand your homework ASAP, no exception." Miss Simian declared, before she started off with the closest student.
As each student handed out their homework to the elderly, cantankerous baboon, Brian didn't heed his teacher's announcement, as the purple fox was too busy drawing a caricature of Miss Simian herself. Brian couldn't help but snicker at what he had just drew; all he had to do was show his friends the caricature and see what they think of-
"Brian O'Quinn!" Miss Simian yelled at Brian, snapping the purple fox back to reality. "Turn in your assignment this instant!"
"Oh yeah…um, sure, Miss Simian." Brian quickly said, as he handed the paper to his teacher, before the elderly baboon went to the next student. As the purple fox sighed with relief, he noticed that his assignment was still on his desk, much to his curiosity.
'That's strange; I thought I handed out my homework to her. How did it…get…there…?'
Brian trailed off the moment he caught a glimpse of the paper he just handed out to his teacher. Much to his horror, the paper he handed out to Miss Simian was in fact the caricature of his teacher.
'Oh no; if Miss Simian saw my drawing of her, I'm going to be in big trouble!' Brian thought, as the purple fox silently panicked due to his situation, all the while trying to figure out a way to get his drawing back from underneath his teacher's nose.
The afternoon had finally arrived, as students from every classroom made their way to the cafeteria. But for Brian, his day was turning out to be anything but pleasant; he can still recall seeing his drawing underneath the stack of homework that Miss Simian was collecting and it'll only be a matter of time before the elderly, cantankerous baboon discovered the caricature with her own eyes and Brian has no doubt of the kind of reaction she'll get upon her discovery.
As the purple fox continued to sit at the table with his friends, still worried over his situation, Gumball noticed the look on his face, prompting the curious blue feline to confront the purple fox of his behavior.
"Brian, why are you behaving like that? Come to think of it, you've been acting like that since we left Miss Simian's class."
"Plus, you said you're looking forward to the weekend." said Mike.
"Mike's right, I thought you would be happy after turning in your homework to Miss Simian." Darwin noted, prompting Brian to take a deep breath before giving his friends an explanation to his demeanor.
"Everything would be fine, except that I didn't turn in my homework at all. In fact, I gave Miss Simian a stupid drawing I made of her. If she sees the drawing, who knows what kind of punishment she'll be planning."
"Let me get this straight…" Mike began. "You made a drawing of that old bat?"
"That's besides the point Mike!" Brian stated, somewhat annoyed by the maroon badger's response. "I need to get that drawing away from Miss Simian before she finds out for herself."
"But how are you going to do that?" Darwin asked the purple fox. "You can't just walk up to Miss Simian and ask her for it."
"Darwin's right, Brian; knowing Miss Simian, she's going to be suspicious of your intentions. Besides, it takes clever planning if you want to get your drawing back." said Gumball.
"That's why I need you guys to help me out." Brian informed his friends, much to their surprise. "Look, I really need your help. The last thing that I want is to suffer her wrath due to my own carelessness."
Gumball, Darwin and Mike looked at one another before looking back at Brian, all the while pondering on what to do next. On one hand, they could get themselves in trouble if Miss Simian caught them and they'll be force to serve detentions on Saturdays; on the other hand, Brian was their friend and if it'll make him feel better, they might as well take the risk and at least do their best to retrieve his drawing before he gets into trouble.
Their minds made up, the trio turned to Brian, ready to give him their answers.
"Alright man, we'll do it for you." said Gumball.
"We're your friends and we'll do the best to help you out." Darwin assured the purple fox.
"As long as we don't get caught, we're in." Mike stated. "So, how are you going to get that drawing back and swap it with your assignment?"
"Huddle up and I'll explain everything." Brian replied, as he and his friends gathered up to discuss with each other some possible plans on getting his drawing back.
Once Brian told them what he had in mind, the purple fox, along with Gumball and Mike, are quietly crawling through the ventilation shaft, trying to find Miss Simian's classroom, while Darwin, at their insistence, stayed behind to look around in the hallway to see if the elderly baboon was heading their way. After what seemed to be like an eternity, the boys finally made their way to Miss Simian's classroom.
"Alright, it looks like we're not too late." said Brian.
"Tell me about it, I'm starting to cramp up over here." Gumball complained.
"As soon as we get Brian's drawing, we'll be out of here in no time." Mike assured the blue feline. "It's a good thing that Tobias was kind enough to lend us his walkie-talkie."
"Speaking of which, you should ask Darwin for updates." Brian stated.
Nodding his head in agreement, Mike turned on the walkie-talkie and proceeded to talk through to it.
"Come in Clueless Scales. Do you see Crazed Fossil yet?"
"Nothing yet…" Darwin began, before he realized something. "Wait, what you called me?!"
"Stay focused Scales! We'll be deep fried and served with ketchup if you don't!" Mike shouted, before hanging up on his friend.
Relieved that Miss Simian hasn't shown up, Brian, Gumball and Mike removed the cover above their teacher's classroom and landed roughly on the floor. Once the boys dusted themselves off and regained their composure, Gumball turned to Brian, hoping the purple fox could come up with an answer to their situation.
"Alright then, what do we do next once we get your drawing?"
Brian didn't respond right away to the blue feline's question and pondered for a moment, before the purple fox noticed the windows right behind them. Upon further inspection, Brian noticed some shrubs and bushes just below them…wait a second! There's the answer to their problem!
Satisfied with this discovery, Brian turned his attention to Gumball, finally ready to give him his answer.
"Once we find my drawing, we'll just jump out of the window and land on the bushes below us."
"Are you serious, Brian?!" Gumball exclaimed. "What kind of plan is that?!"
"Calm down you two…" Mike began, getting himself between the purple fox and the blue feline. "This is no time for arguments. Right now, we need to find that drawing and get the flip out of here before Miss Simian returns."
Agreeing with the maroon badger, the boys began to search the classroom for the drawing, inspecting every nook and cranny of the room, even checking Miss Simian's desk. After about a few minutes, the boys were unable to find the drawing, much to Brian's dismay.
'Where the hey did Miss Simian put it?!' Brian angrily thought.
As the purple fox was lost in his thoughts, it was at this moment that a certain two-legged fish spoke through the walkie-talkie.
"Markings! Come in Markings!" Darwin called out, prompting the maroon badger to pick up the walkie-talkie and answered it.
"Markings here, Clueless Scales. What's the situation?"
"Here comes Crazed Fossil! Get out of there!" Darwin warned his friends, as Miss Simian was making her way to her classroom, just inches away to the door.
"Roger Scales! Over and out!" Mike responded, before turning to Gumball and Brian. "And I mean out!"
With that, the trio proceeded to leap out of the window, just as Miss Simian finally made her way inside her classroom. The boys gave themselves a sigh of relief, before Gumball, Brian and Mike landed on top of the bushes, causing them to yelp and wince in pain. It didn't take too long for the boys to realize that the leaves from the shrubs and bushes were rough and sharp.
"I heard of rough landing, but this is too much for me!" Gumball whined.
"No kidding. I didn't expect it to be this painful." Brian complained.
"Let's worried about that later…" Mike began, before focusing his attention to Brian. "Okay…now what?"
Brian pondered for a moment, trying to think of the next move that he and his friends should take.
For Miss Simian, it was the same routine that she has been handling ever since she began teaching at Elmore Junior High: checking up on her student's assignment, see if they solved the problems correctly and give them a grade for their effort.
'As expected, you performance is quite as sloppy as ever Sussie and I mean literally by that.' Miss Simian thought to herself.
As the elderly baboon check off one assignment after another, hoping to get a good rest when this is over, the door to her classroom burst wide open, startling Miss Simian in the process, as a panicked Darwin made his way inside.
"Miss Simian, thank goodness you're here! Gumball and Mike are fighting in the hallway!"
Before Miss Simian could have a chance to say anything, the two-legged fish quickly grabbed her hand and dragged the confused baboon outside and sure enough, Gumball Mike were circling each other, while their fellow students were watching the entire scene from the sidelines as spectators, chanting them to fight.
"Gumball, I can't believe you elbowed in my face and not apologized for it." Mike angrily accused the blue feline.
"Mike, it's not what it looks like." Gumball attempted to explain.
But the blue feline's words were ignored; as Mike proceeded to 'grab' and 'pin' his friend down on the floor, all the while making it looked like that they were really fighting to fool the elderly baboon with their act.
'I hope this really works.' Mike thought, before he felt something hard hitting him on the face, sending the maroon badger down to the floor. As Mike lay on the floor, with his hand on his nose, he spotted Gumball up, with a look of panic on his face. It didn't take too long to realize what had happen.
'I can't believe he actually punched me!' Mike thought, before he got up and proceeded to tackle the blue feline down to the floor, much to the crowd's excitement.
"Alright, you two, knock it off immediately!" Miss Simian shouted, closing the door behind her, as she and Darwin made their way to the duo. As the cantankerous teacher tried to defuse the situation, unbeknownst to her, a certain purple fox quietly tiptoed from the sidelines, as he made his way to the classroom.
'Wow, I can't believe I didn't do this before.' Brian happily thought, before he turned the knob on the door. Expecting the door to be opened, the purple fox realized that the door remained close. After turning on the door knob a few times, it didn't take Brian too long to realize what was going on.
"Great. The door is locked and Miss Simian is the only one who can open it." Brian muttered under his breath. "That bites."
Sighing in defeat, Brian turned his attention to Darwin, signaling the two-legged fish with hand gestures. Initially, Darwin looked at his friend, confused by the purple fox's action; eventually, after a few seconds, the two-legged fish nodded his head, understanding what Brian was getting at, before Darwin made his way to his friends, while the purple fox tiptoed away as fast as he could.
Darwin proceeded to tap Mike on his shoulder which told him to calm down as they didn't need to act anymore.
Once the two-legged fish "calmed" Mike, they turned to face Miss Simian, infuriated about their recent actions.
"Miss Simian, this isn't what it look like…" Gumball attempted to explain.
"I don't want to hear any excuses from either you or your friend!" Miss Simian spoke, cutting the blue feline off. "You'll have a lot of explaining to do at the principal's office!"
Both Mike and Gumball could only sigh, as their teacher escorted them to Principal Brown's office, just as Brian made his way to Darwin, once he was certain that the elderly baboon was nowhere in sight.
"Well, that was all for nothing." Darwin commented. "What do you think we should do now?"
Brian pondered for a moment, thinking of the next move that he and his friends should take. Then, an idea came to his mind.
"I think I know one way to get that drawing. It's not much, but…"
After Principal Brown lectured the two of their 'fight' and scolded them for exhibiting such behavior in front of their classmates, the furry slug allowed them to leave the office and out in the hallway, but not before giving Gumball an hour of detention, while Mike was let go with a warning, since he was new around school.
"I can't believe you actually punch me!" Mike berated Gumball, still rubbing his nose. "You were supposed to be faking it, Gumball!"
"I'm sorry Mike; I just panicked." Gumball claimed. "I didn't think my punch was going to be that hard."
While the two continued to chat with one another about the 'fight', both Brian and Darwin made their way to their friends, prompting Gumball and Mike to stop what they were doing and focused their attention to their friends.
"So how did it go with Principal Brown?" Darwin asked his friends.
"It's just the usual lecture that he gives out as always." Gumball replied.
"So what brings you two over here?" Mike questioned his friends, prompting Brian to take a deep breath and answer the maroon badger's question right away.
"Guys, I think I know a way to get the drawing for sure. One of us will go pull the fire alarm, causing Miss Simian to leave her classroom, so the way, I can sneak inside, swipe the drawing with my assignment and leave before Miss Simian returns. I know it's sounds risky and all, but-"
"Brian, that's enough." Gumball suddenly spoke, prompting the surprised purple fox to focus his attention to his friend.
"It's nothing personal, but I think you have to do this on your own." Gumball explained. "The last thing I want is to get another detention."
"Alright Gumball, if you say so." said Brian, understanding his friend's reason, as he turned his attention to Darwin. "So Darwin, are you in or out on this one?"
Darwin pondered for a moment, trying to think of the right thing to say to his friend. Although he wanted to help the purple fox out, the two-legged fish also doesn't want to get in trouble, especially with his mother, fully aware of how angry she can get if she learned what her sons had done.
His mind made up, Darwin turned to Brian once more, ready to give him his answer.
"I'm sorry Brian, but I have to agree with Gumball on this one. But if it'll make you feel better, I hope you get the drawing before the day ends."
With that, Gumball and Darwin turned to the opposite direction, leaving just Brian and Mike in the hallway, as the purple fox turned his attention to Mike.
"So Mike, what about you?"
Mike rubbed his chin, pondering for a moment to come up with an answer. On one hand, he could get himself in trouble just for helping the purple fox to retrieve one drawing. On the other hand, he already has been in his new school for just a couple of weeks and by now, he slowly gotten use to his friends' shenanigans and somehow they always managed to get themselves out of seemingly impossible situation.
Shrugging his shoulders in response, Mike turned to face Brian, ready to give the purple fox his answer.
"What the heck, I'm not afraid to spend some time in detention."
Brian couldn't help but smile, glad that he was able to get some help. He didn't know how much time he had left until school ends, but right now, he needed to make sure that this third and final attempt counted.
Brian took a quick peek inside Miss Simian's classroom, seeing the elderly teacher still grading today's assignment. By now, the cantankerous baboon was only halfway done with the assignments and the purple fox had no doubt that she'll soon reach his drawing in a matter of seconds.
'This is now or never.' Brian thought, before he spotted Mike just a distance down the hallway. As soon as the purple fox gave him a thumb up, the maroon badger nodded his head and proceeded to pull the handle, triggering the fire alarm system. At that moment, Brian could hear Miss Simian's reaction to this.
"Oh my! I need to get to Nigel before it's too late!" Miss Simian shouted, bursting through the door, failing to notice the purple fox's presence, much to Brian's relief.
"That was a close one." Brian said to himself, before the purple fox went inside the classroom and immediately began looking for his drawing, discarding one homework assignment after another.
'Oh come on already! Where is it?!' Brian angrily thought, not caring of the mess he made, scattering the homework all over the place.
Eventually, after what felt like an eternity, Brian finally managed to find his drawing among the assignment, relieved that his worries are finally over, as he switched it with the homework he was suppose to give to Miss Simian.
"Alright, got what I needed…" Brian began. "Now, I just have to leave the scene before she…comes…back…"
Brian trailed off when he spotted Miss Simian standing right in front of him, shocked to see the purple fox in the classroom. But the shock was soon replaced by sheer anger, infuriated that someone like Brian would make such a huge mess around here. It was the last thing she would have ever expected all day.
"I don't know what you're up to…" Miss Simian snarled. "But whatever it is, this ends now."
Once the elderly baboon made her statement, Miss Simian began to bang on her chest, howling mad and before Brian knew what happened next, the cantankerous teacher actually lunged right at him. Panic and anxiety soon filled in, as the purple fox barely dodge her attempt to tackle him, before a startled Brian left the classroom and made his way towards a concern Mike.
"We have to go…now!" Brian informed the maroon badger.
Before Mike could say a single word, the maroon badger spotted Miss Simian heading right at him. Shocked to the elderly baboon coming towards them at surprising speed, both he and Brian ran with all of their might, hoping to avoid her wrath as best as they could.
"What'd ya do?!" Mike yelled at Brian.
"I threw most of the assignments aside to get my drawing!" Brian replied. "Besides, I was in a rush!"
All Mike could was shook his head in annoyance, stunned to hear the purple fox's answer. But right now, they need to get rid of the enraged ape on their back…wait a minute! Of course! There was only one way to do!
"Brian, heads up!" Mike shouted at the purple fox.
"Heads up? For-" was all Brian could say, before the maroon badger suddenly grabbed him by the collar of his hoodie and threw him to the opposite direction, passing Miss Simian in the process. Undaunted by this, the enraged baboon turned around and attempted to give chase once more, but before she had a chance, Miss Simian suddenly slammed her face hard, before she fell to the floor unconscious, as Mike looked on with smirk.
'That'll show her.' Mike happily thought, closing the locker door, as Brian managed to regain his composure and confronted the maroon badger about his action.
"What the fudge was that for?! You could have at least given me a warning!"
"What choice did I have back there? It was either that or faced the wrath of Queen Kong." Mike replied. "Besides, weren't you complaining a half hour ago about her killing you or something?"
Brian attempted to counter the maroon badger's answer, but after a few seconds, the purple fox was unable to come up with one, prompting Brian to sigh in defeat.
"Yeah, that's what I thought." said an amused Mike.
"Alright, you proved your point…" Brian began. "Now come on, let's get out of here before-"
Just then, both Brian and Mike felt two hard grips on their shoulder and with great reluctance, the two slowly turned their heads around and to their dismay, Miss Simian had somehow recover, with a look of ferocity that neither of them had ever seen before. Panicked by this, the boys desperately tried to free themselves, only for the enraged baboon to pick them off the floor with ease, stopping them in the process.
"Looks like I caught you two red handed…" Miss Simian began, as she smiled deviously. "Oh, I can't wait to see what kind of punishments you boys will be facing when I'm through with-"
"Hold it right there, Miss Simian!" a certain blue feline shouted.
Startled by this, Miss Simian turned around, with Brian and Mike still in her grasps and much to their surprise; they saw Gumball and Darwin right in front of them.
"What do you want Gumball?! Can't you see I'm busy at the moment?!"
"I can see that, Miss Simian…" Gumball began, as he and Darwin approached their teacher. "But before you could do anything else, Darwin and I just want to let you know something very important!"
As soon as the blue feline made his statement, Miss Simian became quite intrigued by this, before she put Brian and Mike down on the floor, wanting to know what the Watterson brothers had to say.
"You see Miss Simian, all day long, me, Gumball and Mike was just helping Brian to retrieve a drawing that he accidentally handed out to you instead of his homework." Darwin explained.
"Darwin, what are you-" was all Brian could say, before being cut off by Gumball.
"Believe it or not, Miss Simian, it's the honest truth. All Brian wanted to do was get his drawing back and put his homework in its place. All he wanted to do was to avoid getting into trouble because of his actions."
Miss Simian looked at Gumball with incredulity, surprise to hear what the blue feline had just said to her. Even so, the cantankerous teacher had a look of doubt on her face, somewhat unconvinced by Gumball's face, before turning her attention to Brian.
"Do you have any proof to back up your friend's claims?"
All Brian could do was nod his head in agreement, as the purple fox took a deep breath and handed the drawing to his teacher, allowing Miss Simian to see what was on the paper with her own eyes.
The moment the elderly baboon looked at the drawing, she couldn't believe what she was looking at. In her hands was a caricature of her face and somehow, the purple fox was able to nail the features on her face right, even if they were distorted. As Miss Simian continue to look at the drawing speechless, Brian panic in silent, not knowing how his teacher will react next.
'Oh man, I'm doom!' Brian thought, but what came out of Miss Simian's mouth took him and his friends by surprise.
"I don't believe it. This is the best piece of art I have ever seen!"
"Huh?" Gumball, Darwin, Brian and Mike uttered simultaneously, stunned by Miss Simian's answer.
"In all of my life, I have never thought that anyone would make a drawing out of me in all those years. I don't think I have ever been happy in my entire life!"
"HUH?!" As Miss Simian continued to look at the caricature, Gumball, Darwin, Brian and Mike looked at their teacher, astonished with seeing the elderly baboon being so uncharacteristically happy for a change.
'You can't be serious.' Mike thought with incredulity.
After what felt like a long time, Miss Simian was finally done admiring the drawing, before she handed it back to Brian, who was still speechless of her action and focused her attention on the four.
"Normally, I'm supposed to punish you boys for disruptive behavior…" Miss Simian began. "But after seeing Brian's drawing, I decided to cut you four some slack and just brush off this incident just this once."
Brian, Mike and the Watterson brothers gave a sigh of relief to hear that Miss Simian was going easy on them, despite what happened this afternoon, before they turned their attention to their teacher, who gave them a stern and serious expression.
"But next time you have something very important, let me know right away so we don't have to go through the same situation. Are we clear?"
Once Miss Simian finished her sentence, the four nervously nodded their heads, before the elderly baboon smiled; satisfied that she got an answer from them.
"Now, if you don't mind, I have to finish grading."
With that, Miss Simian walked right past the four, leaving Gumball, Darwin, Brian and Mike in the hallway, still stunned by today's surprising outcome.
"Well…" Mike began, breaking the silence. "That was easy."
Next time on The Newcomer
Chapter 42-The Geezer
When Annie invites her parents over this weekend, Brian is hardly happy by this, especially since he has to deal with his cantankerous grandfather. But things become very complicated when his grandfather decided to hang out with his only grandson, much to Brian's horror.
Tidbits
-First time I was able to do a chapter featuring Miss Simian and it turned out quite well than I imagined.
-I wanted to thank Sal for his help on The Drawing.
-Originally, I was planning on having Brian to draw a picture of Rhonda, but I thought that would have been too obvious, so I had him draw a picture of his teacher instead.
Thanks to everyone who continued to follow my story and I'll be seeing ya next chapter!