Okay I'm going to have to explain.
At the time I post this, it's October 14th, the day I posted this story. So in honor of the first year writing this story, I wrote a short story titled "FDAU meets the Canon", which, is pretty self explanatory.
Darball and FDAU universe Anais, meet their canon selves.
As I write this, I'm still working on Chapter 19, which sorry if it's been since FLIPPIN May for this story to be updated. Reason is, Chapter 19's taking forever. I'm trying to make it sound good.
So while I'm getting that done, here have a short story.
Disc: It takes place BEFORE all the X Group and hidden building stuff. Mostly it's around Chapters 6-10. Hope this clarifies!
With that said, enjoy the short story!
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It was a somewhat average morning in the FDAU universe. Like what happens most of the time here, Gumball/Darwin were on the run from an angry mob (like usual).
The two quickly hid behind a fence, as the crowd passed by, unaware they were hiding. The coast now clear, they sighed with relief.
(I forgot to mention, but thoughts are sort of scripted now for Gumball and Darwin)
Gumball: Good thing those guys are stupid..
Darwin: Yeah.. But how are we getting home without them noticing us?..
They looked down, noticing a weird thing a few feet from them. Curious, they bent down and looked inside it, which appeared to be some kind of portal, with blue and purple colors swirling around inside it.
Before they could investigate further, they began to panic, seeing the angry mob was coming back, noticing where they were.
Glancing down at the portal again, Gumball/Darwin jumped into it, right before the mob could get to them. However, the portal inside, was a lot more weirder than outside.
The two passed several alternate universes, most of them being pretty weird to be honest. Anyway, they eventually fell into one, landing hard onto the concrete below them.
Gumball/Darwin got off the ground, and glanced around at the surroundings.
Gumball: Where are we?... This Elmore doesn't really look any different from ours..
As you can tell, Gumball was fairly worried.
Darwin: I kinda wonder what this version has..
"What the?.."
The two's thoughts were interrupted by a familiar sounding voice, which they knew who it belonged to. They turned to see Sarah looking at them with confusion, and disappointment. "I thought we fixed everything.."
Confused, Gumball/Darwin raised an eyebrow.
The ice cream cone thought about what to do, but had no idea. She then sighed, grabbing the two by the hand and dragging them down the sidewalk.
"Hey where the heck are you taking us Sarah?!" Gumball questioned, annoyed by this.
Sarah flinched a little, not expecting his voice to sound like that. "Um.. To find a way to get rid of you?.."
She then tried to drag them again, but the two refused to go anywhere. "Hold on, exactly what are you talking about?"
"Come on, let's just get you to Gumball and Darwin's house.."
She then took them over to the universe's Watterson house. Sarah went up to the door, knocked on it, and waited, still holding onto Gumball/Darwin so they wouldn't run off.
~Inside the house~
(Canon) Gumball and Darwin were watching TV with Richard, who had fallen asleep on the couch like usual.
Hearing knocking at the door, they groaned, and went to go answer it. Opening the door, they looked pretty annoyed.
"What is it now Sarah? Did you screw up the universe with your weird fanfiction thing again?" Canon Gumball questioned.
"Um.. I think so.." Sarah gestured towards a weird figure she had with her.
Canon Gumball and Darwin had weirded out looks. "Uh.. What is that?.." They both then questioned.
"I think another one of my fanfic OCs?.." The figure then forcefully took their hand away from Sarah, looking agitated. "OC? Really?"
"Sarah.. I don't think that's an OC of yours.." Canon Darwin said, with realization.
The figure sighed, nodding with agreement. "Of course we're not.. Heck, we're not even from here.."
"Wait.. Is that my voice?.." Canon Gumball looked confused. "Who are you?.."
"We're you guys from a different universe, well, a pretty bad universe anyway." (not canon) Darwin explained.
"Another universe? Yeah.. You do look like it.." Canon Gumball glanced at the two's appearance.
Soon, they were all inside the house, in the canon bedroom.
"Okay, let's run the basics." Canon Gumball said, standing on the carpet. "What do you want us to call you guys by?"
"What?" Gumball/Darwin were sitting on Canon Gumball's bed, looking a little confused by that.
"I mean, it's not like we can just have the same names you know." Canon Gumball thought for a moment. "How about we call you.. Creepy weird version of us? Gotta say though, you guys look like we got hit by a truck and train at the same time. On fire."
"Ouch, no need to be so harsh here." (not canon) Gumball replied, as the two were a little hurt by that comment.
"Okay then.. What about.. Gumwin?.." Sarah quickly whispered into Canon Gumball's ear, in which what he heard made him gag with disgust. "No scratch that. Sarah says that some weird.. Uh.. Forget it you probably figured that out."
He then quickly went back to what they were doing. "Um.. What about.. Darball?"
Gumball/Darwin raised an eyebrow. "Darball?.."
Canon Gumball then put his hands together. "Great! Darball it is then!"
The two sighed, not bothering to argue.
"So, what's it like in your universe?" Canon Darwin asked, a little curious to know how the two ended up like that.
"Well.. In our universe, we got kidnapped by some weird creepy guy, and he killed us, turned us into well.. This.. And basically, people didn't like us all too much, so they try to kill us."
"Woah.. And you're supposed to be what?.. Some weird Frankenstein thing?.." Canon Gumball questioned.
"Yeah."
"Wait.. You mean in your universe.. We're.. Dead?.." Canon Darwin looked pretty concerned, and a little horrified, since he didn't want to imagine getting killed like his alternate self.
"Pretty much.. Yeah.."
"That's horrible! How do you guys deal with that even?"
"Um.. I guess we kinda just go with it.." Gumball replied. "It was a little weird getting used to it though.."
"So.. How did you get here?" Canon Gumball looked at the two with interest.
"There was some portal thing we found when we were getting chased like usual, and we just went in it." Darwin said.
Before anyone could react, the bedroom door was opened.
"Hey, guys?" Anais stuck her head outside the doorway. "Have you seen Dais- What the heck?!" She had a look of fright and horror upon seeing Gumball/Darwin.
The rabbit stepped inside, soon raising an eyebrow, still pretty horrified. "What on Earth did you guys bring in?.."
Canon Gumball was the first to speak. "Sis, meet Darball! They're the weird Frankenstein version of Darwin and I from another universe!"
"Another universe? Are you sure you didn't just bring in some hobo off the street or something?"
"Wow. That was really rude." Gumball remarked, the two looking quite hurt by that. "Our Anais is a lot nicer about it."
"So you're from another universe?" Anais glanced up and down at them, looking quite fascinated, but concerned. "Yep." Both replied, with a slight nod.
"There was a portal thing in their world, and they went through it when some guys were chasing them." Canon Gumball explained, right when Gumball/Darwin were about to speak again.
Gumball: Wow, the me in this universe is more of a jerk than I am.
Darwin: True.
"This, isn't a good thing." Anais said, looking rather serious. "It could mean our world's going to get glitched up-"
"Like that superhero movie we watched that was animated?!" Gumball interrupted with excitement.
"I guess yeah." Anais replied. "But it could mean both our worlds could get mixed together on accident. If that happened, how could you tell who's who? The worlds could even collapse too!" She looked over at Gumball/Darwin. "You didn't see any other people come in after you, right?" They shook their head no. "Well, we better head over and see if that portal's still there. Otherwise we're all doomed."
"Um.. I'm just gonna let myself out.." Sarah uttered, quietly heading out of the room and leaving the house.
"Anais what are you talking about?" Everyone flinched, hearing Nicole from downstairs.
"She heard us?" Canon Darwin asked.
The five opened the door and went downstairs. Nicole looked over at them with confusion, (and also disgust cause of Darball) with an eyebrow raised. "What the?"
"Mom so uh.. We found this weird alternate version of Darwin and I from another universe.. And.. Um.. The world could be at stake?.." Canon Gumball explained nervously.
"Okay, that explains that. But that doesn't tell me how Anais is somehow there," Nicole gestured over to a figure, in which the five looked immediately concerned and worried. "And THERE at the same time!" There beside Nicole, was another Anais, that looked almost exactly like her.
Seeing Gumball/Darwin, the other Anais quickly went up to the two with worry. "Guys you're okay!" The other Anais then examined Gumball/Darwin. "Are there any injuries? Loose stitching?"
"Um.. I take it this is your Anais.." Canon Darwin said, in which Gumball/Darwin nodded. "Yep."
The other Anais then noticed the canons. "Okay, what exactly is going on here?"
Canon Anais sighed, and began to explain. "You and Darball came from a different universe through a portal. Because we know now it's still open, the people from your world are starting to come into ours. Which means that both our worlds could possibly collapse, since they're not supposed to be together, obviously."
"Well what were you guys going to do?" (not canon) Anais asked.
"We were gonna go head over to that portal thing." Canon Gumball replied. "And you know, fix this mess."
Anais looked reluctant at first, but accepted. "Alright, I might as well come too. This situation sounds pretty bad."
Canon Gumball and Darwin looked concerned. "You mean there's going to be TWO Anaiss' bossing us around?" Canon Gumball looked a little annoyed by that.
"You want both our worlds getting destroyed, and possibly killing us all?" Both Anaiss' inquired. The canons thought, before shaking their heads no.
"Come on, we probably don't have much time before things get confusing!" Canon Anais said, ready to leave.
The others quickly followed behind her, and they all began making their way to the source of it all, aka the portal. As the five walked, they soon saw characters from the other world seen in the area.
"This is just getting confusing.." Canon Gumball commented, glancing around trying to figure out who was who.
"Pfft. You're telling us.. We can't even tell Anais apart!" (not canon) Gumball replied, him and Darwin looking just as confused as everyone else.
"So are you guys the only um.. Dead thing?.. Or are there more?.." Canon Anais asked.
"Um.. Well.. I guess it's just us.." Darwin answered, the two making a slight shrug.
"So you're kind of on your own with this whole thing?"
Reluctant, the two nodded. "Yeah.. Our Elmore isn't taking it too well.." Gumball said, looking a little uneasy.
"What do you mean? Are there like, witch hunts for you guys or something? Burning at the stake? Trial stuff?"
Canon Anais glared at Canon Gumball, looking quite annoyed, and angry. "First of all, that's just the Salem Witch Trials.." She said. "Second, you probably shouldn't be asking personal questions like that! I get that you're curious about them and all, but most of it isn't our business!"
"Okay okay sheesh." Canon Gumball put his hands up in defense with worry. "I won't ask."
"Well I mean we're not THAT sensitive about stuff." Gumball said, the two not really looking like they cared about it. "It's just the name calling and sort of bullying that gets to us."
"Name calling and bullying? What.. Do they usually call you guys?.." Canon Anais questioned, trying not to be nosy like Canon Gumball.
Gumball/Darwin glanced to the side, shifting uncomfortably. "Well.. Normally they just call us names like zombie, freak, monster, fiend I guess, mostly it's just freak and monster."
"Oh.. Sorry to hear that.." Canon Darwin had a worried, yet hurt expression shown, feeling pretty bad for him and Canon Gumball's alternate selves.
"Okay we're getting way off track of what we're supposed to be doing." Anais cut in, interrupting the conversation. "We need to get to the portal, remember?"
Before the five could react, a mix of people from the alternate world, and canon world, pointed at them, looking angry, and a bit disgusted by Gumball/Darwin's appearance. "Hey! Those guys!"
"Uh oh." Anais quickly took G/D and hid in a nearby fence area.
"Um.. What are you doing?.. Shouldn't we be running?.." Canon Gumball questioned, confused by their behavior.
"Fair point. Sorry, we're kind of used to just hiding from them." Anais replied, as she and G/D stepped out of their hiding place.
"Come on! They're getting closer!" Canon Anais shouted.
The five then ran down the street, getting chased by the angry mob of canon and non canon.
"This is REALLY confusing now!" Canon Gumball exclaimed, glancing back at the crowd.
"Some of them are pretty slow though.." Canon Darwin said, noticing that some of the people in the mob were struggling to keep up.
"Oh, that's good. But we still need to get out of here." Canon Gumball responded.
The five quickly turned left, the crowd not realizing it. To their relief, the mob went straight ahead, away from them.
"That was close.." G/D were pretty grateful that they weren't dead by now. Well, if it was possible in this universe.
"Does this usually happen?.." Canon Gumball questioned, trying to catch his breath from all the running.
"Sadly, yeah. It happens most of the time."
"How do you live like this?!" Canon Gumball looked a little shocked, but concerned. "You're technically dead, people chase you down and call you names.. I mean, how? To be honest I probably wouldn't survive all that.."
Gumball/Darwin thought, puzzled by this question. They really didn't know how either. "I guess.. We just kinda have luck with that stuff.. Plus there's the family and our girlfriends looking out for us."
"I usually help them out a lot." Anais added.
"Is that the portal?" Canon Anais pointed ahead to a swirling circle in the ground nearby, now larger than G/D saw it.
No really, it was huge. The portal was now covering most of the alleyway, like a public swimming pool.
"Well, there it is.." Canon Darwin was worried by how big it was, and the slight shaking of the ground.
"Wait a second. What do we do about the people from you guys's world that are running around?" Canon Gumball questioned.
Anais thought, before shrugging with worry. "Those people from our world still hate my brothers. Which, I don't think they'd listen to us about this whole 'both worlds getting destroyed' problem."
"Then what do we do?" Canon Darwin asked.
Suddenly, the ground began to shake more, loud destruction noises able to be heard.
"We don't have much time!" Canon Anais exclaimed. "Those people need to get moving back here, now!" She looked over at Canon Gumball and Darwin. "Go round them up and bring them back here!"
"How will we know who's who?.." Canon Gumball questioned, which made both Anais's groan.
Canon Anais then pushed G/D forward to their canon selves. "Go with them! The people from your world hate you right? They might be able to be spotted with you there!"
"And if they try to kill us?" Gumball didn't really like this plan all too much.
"JUST GO!"
G/D and their canon selves quickly followed the order, running off to find the non canons.
"What now?" Anais looked over at her canon self. "There's not much we can do until they get back, so we'll have to wait." Canon Anais replied.
~Meanwhile with G/D and their canon selves~
"Okay, so.. If we show you guys off.. Then the people from your universe should be spotted?.." Canon Gumball questioned.
Gumball/Darwin nodded with slight hesitation. "I think so yeah."
"HEY GUYS!" Canon Gumball shouted, catching the attention of others. "THE MONSTER'S RIGHT HERE!" That definitely caught the people's attention.
"No offense.." He whispered to G/D, remembering the whole name calling bullying thing. "None taken." The two replied. "You guys can handle being chased right?" "Yep." "Good."
"THEY'RE GETTING AWAY!" Canon Gumball shouted again, as Gumball/Darwin took off running ahead. "Follow them!" Canon Darwin added, not as loud as his brother. Canon Gumball and Darwin quickly ran behind G/D, pretending to go after them, the crowd right behind them.
"They're back!" Anais pointed at G/D and their canon selves.
"Guys hurry!" Canon Anais shouted.
"We're going as fast as we can okay?!" Canon Gumball was struggling to keep running faster, since he was starting to get tired.
"Did you get the right ones?"
"I think so yeah!"
The angry crowd was a little confused, seeing the canons and G/D stop. But, they were mostly confused about where the heck they were at the moment.
"Look people, I know this is kinda confusing right now, but you have to listen to us." Canon Anais said, trying to calm the mob down.
The people scowled and grumbled, but agreed to at least hear what the five had to say.
"You guys aren't in your correct universe," Anais explained. "This portal brought you here by accident, hence why you're here."
"And both our universes are starting to collapse, since they can't handle two versions of all of you at once," Canon Anais added. "If you don't get back to your own universe, then the universes will be destroyed, and we'll all die."
"So you want us to go back into that thing?" One questioned, looking at the gaping hole known as the portal.
"Yep, unless you don't want to live I guess." Canon Gumball replied.
The crowd nodded and mumbled words of agreement to each other. A little hesitant, the people went in one-by-one.
"Huh. I thought that would be a little harder." Darwin said, relieved, but still concerned by the whole ordeal.
"Same here. It's a good thing they have actual common sense." Canon Anais replied, scowling.
"So.. I guess it's our time to go.." Gumball had a slight tone of sorrow in his voice, as he uttered the words.
The crowd was gone, back into their own universe. Only G/D and Anais were left.
"Well, it was nice meeting you guys." Anais shook her canon self's hand, the canon her doing the same.
"I kinda wish you got to stay longer.." Canon Gumball said, as he and Canon Darwin said their farewells to G/D.
"Yeah.. But then again, if we did everyone would probably die." Gumball replied.
"Fair point. But.. Promise you'll come back some day?"
"Um.." G/D looked over at Anais, with a look that read 'is that okay?'.
Noticing, she nodded. "It's fine. Although you would only be here for I'd say at least eleven or twelve minutes."
"Yeah we can come back sometime." The two then answered, facing their canon selves.
Before G/D could react, Canon Darwin then embraced them into a hug. "Thanks for accidently coming here Darball, it was kinda fun with all that action." Soon Canon Gumball joined in on the hug as well. "Sorry, I just wanted to be part of this. Thanks anyway."
G/D hugged back, pretty happy, since it's kind of only their loved ones that did that sort of thing to them back home, so they were making this one count. Then again, it was just different versions of themselves, but it didn't matter.
"I'll be in in our universe. Hurry up guys." Anais then jumped down into the portal, and disappeared.
"Well.. Bye guys." G/D got ready to fall below, being careful not to slip off.
"Bring something cool next time!" Canon Gumball called out to them, in which the two nodded in agreement.
Soon, they entered the portal, falling past other universes like before. After a few minutes of falling, they landed painfully onto concrete. "Ow.."
"Are you guys okay?" Anais helped G/D up, the three now back into their own universe.
"Yeah we're okay." Gumball replied, grateful that they didn't break anything. "Wait.. We were in another universe right? Why was it just us before, well, you know.."
Anais thought for a moment, questioning that as well. "I don't know.. Our other selves sounded and looked like us (before a certain thing).. Maybe it was an alternate version of our world where none of that Gilson stuff happened.."
"Anyway," Anais changed subject. "We should probably get home before-"
"HEY!"
She sighed. "-The crowd comes.."
The three were soon running away from the angry mob, heading home where things could be safe. Well, things were sort of back to normal.
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Well, there's the short story. 3000 words is a lot, huh?
Anyway, I'd just like to say thank you for a wonderful year. Thank you for the wonderful reviews, the favorites, everything.
I swear Chapter 19 will be out soon, I just have to work on it some more.
With all that said, see you in Chapter 19, and happy 1 year to FDAU.
May great things be yet to come.