This one had fewer words, which means I'm not going to the bonfire, phew.
In the Fitzgerald house, the screen shows Penny's room empty.
Distant but loud voices can be heard coming from downstairs. Suddenly everything went silent.
Then a loud crash came from upstairs that shook the room, then a deep voice that spoke so loudly that it was possible to clearly understand what it was saying.
"I JUST GET STRESSED WITH HIM BECAUSE I WANT TO BE CLOSE TO HIM BECAUSE I LOVE HIM AND I GET ANNOYED BECAUSE YOU NEED TO SET BOUNDARIES AND RECOGNIZE THE BAD SIDES OF SOMEONE, EVEN THE ONE YOU LOVE! SOMETHING YOU DON'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND!".
Once again everything went silent.
A few seconds later, the door opened and Penny stamped her feet irritably into the room and closed the door.
"AARRRGG", she grumbled, standing near the door.
She turned her head and glared at her bed, staring at it for a moment as if she were considering something.
She took an irritated breath, closed her eyes, and faced the bed. Her wings flapped and sent her flying above the floor. Then they threw her forward, sending her crashing onto her stomach and landing hard on the bed.
Her bed was soft, but not soft enough to keep from making a loud thud when she was hit.
Penny was quiet for a second, lying on her bed, "Ouch", her voice was muffled by the pillow, but it didn't hide her irritation and disappointment, "How does he make this look easy?".
She just sighed and stayed like that in her bed. Her parents' voices could be heard downstairs.
Silence again.
Then there was a knock on the door, "Penny, it's me, can I come in?", it was her mother's voice. Penny just moaned loud enough for her to hear.
The door opened and her mother walked in with her little sister in her arms.
Judith and Polly looked at Penny's situation, Judith looking worried, while Polly didn't understand why everyone looked bad.
Penny was the first to speak in her muffled voice, "I thought you were going to send him here".
Judith came over and sat on the edge of the bed, "Not this time, this is going to be a girl talk".
Penny quickly lifted her head from the pillow, "Wait! Are you going to do that thing where you talk about how my body is changing and everything?!", she stared at her in horror.
Judith placed Polly next to her and raised her hands, "No, no, this conversation is about something else", she clasped her hands together and pointed at Penny with a more serious look, "But we'll talk about it sometime, because I know your body is already changing".
Penny threw her head back on the pillow in annoyance, "Yuck".
Judith placed her hands on the bed, "Penny, I really want to talk about what happened", she was speaking with a calm but attentive look and voice.
Penny spoke with her face in the pillow, "About Daddy being him, as usual?!".
"Honey, he was just trying to protect you, as usual", she said the last part sarcastically.
"Yeah, that whole 'I won't let you see him anymore for your own good' thing and blah, blah, blah!", she grumbled, "I thought he had stopped being overprotective!".
Judith gave a light laugh, "Oh, Penny, dear, he never stopped being overprotective, he always will be".
"He simply learned that there's no point in forcing you to do something to protect you, but instead he started to trust you and try to advise you when he thinks it's necessary", she turned to Polly and held her with one of her arms, Polly happily accepted the hug, "He and I learned that".
Penny put her hands on the bed and raised her head to look into her mother's eyes, "But it didn't seem like he was advising me, it seemed like we were in court, he was listing Gumball's crimes against me!".
She let her head fall back on the pillow once more, but her face was not hidden now, "And he doesn't even know the worst ones", she now avoided her mother's eyes.
Judith's face twitched a little, "Whatever those..."crimes" were, your father was just trying to understand what you see in Gumball".
"But I wish I understood that," she sat closer and put her hand on Penny's shoulder, "Because I really don't like it when you come home hurt".
"I know you like him, but is everything okay between you two?" she asked in the most comforting tone she could muster.
Penny looked into her mother's eyes, only to look away again, "It's okay...it's just...".
She stood up and changed position, now on her back, "Even before we dated, when I fell in love with him, I saw how Gumball could be sometimes…", she seemed to hesitate.
"Difficult?" her mother tried to finish.
"Annoying".
"Oh, yeah, I remember what your birthday was like".
"He was talkative, stressful, self-centered, a crybaby and he was only worse than Tobias!", his yellow skin turned a shade of purple and red as his body converted into his medusa form, his mother even recoiled a little at this sudden outburst.
But as quickly as it started, his body returned to normal, "But when we talked to Gumball being himself, that anger disappeared", his gaze became slightly sweet, "I even started to like those things that made me angry before".
She smiled a little at the memories, "When he was an idiot, I thought it was funny, when he cried like a baby, I wanted to hug him".
Her expression was almost completely replaced by a passionate one, "And even though he seemed like an idiot, he was only like that when life was simple, but when things were serious, he did everything for the one he loved, even if it's Gumball-like".
Her eyes were shining at this point, "I fell in love with him!" Her expression fell a little, "That's why at the beginning of our relationship, I felt so ecstatic about this love that I didn't complain about his nonsense".
Her expression became slightly angry, "But when he almost killed me several times again in one day because of an emoji-".
Her mother interrupted her in disbelief, "You almost died?! Again?!".
Penny shrugged, "Gumball," was her only argument.
Her mother stared at her in surprise and sighed, "Of course."
"When this happened, I was furious, I wasn't going to let him get away with it, all I could think about was being angry," her expression softened, "But at the end of the day, he reminded me, even if by accident, that that anger was because I loved him that way and staying mad forever would never happen".
Her expression brightened, "Gumball needs boundaries because he's very emotional and destructive, but that never stops me from loving him for who he is and despite who he is in the end".
Penny was now in a moment of happiness brought about by pure and genuine love. This made her mother laugh, as she stared at her daughter's passionate manner.
But Judith's expression became more serious, "So what's bothering you?".
Penny's passionate expression disappeared, now she was nervous and bothered, "It's just... sometimes I get mad at him, but that anger ends up not being at him, but... at myself".
She stood up to sit down and hugged her knees, "Even though he needs limits, I don't like to get mad at him".
"Sometimes I just want to say 'I love you very much' instead of seeing his scared look".
Judith looked extremely sympathetically at her daughter. But before she could do anything, her other daughter stood up and fell to sit next to her sister.
Polly hugged her sister's waist, Penny looked at her without reacting, but soon hugged her back. This put a small smile on Penny and Judith's faces.
Penny broke the hug a little and looked at her sister, "Thanks, Polly", Polly smiled, "Big brother Gumball told me that whenever you're sad, just hug you".
This took Penny and Judith by surprise, who stared at the child without reacting while she continued to smile, so naive.
Penny tried to reconnect her brain, "Did he tell you that?", "Yes, he said that you love hugs and that it's always good to hug someone when they're sad!".
This gave Penny another sweet smile.
Judith tried to restart the conversation, "You know, being mad at someone you love is part of a relationship".
She sat even closer to her daughters, "Because if you love them even when you're mad, it means you care, that you're trying to secure a future with that person".
Her expression grew irritated, "I have my list of memories of when your father made me mad!" She stamped one foot on the floor with her eyes closed, her cowboy boots making the classic sound of a western movie, "But all those times it was because I was showing what bothered me, I was being honest about my feelings", her expression softened.
"And maybe your partner knows that you're only doing this for the good of both of you, even if it doesn't seem like it. But always make sure he knows how much you care".
Penny smiled even wider, then the girls pulled each other into a group hug with smiles on their faces, "Thank you", Penny said.
When the hug broke, they sat on the bed.
Then Penny remembered, "By the way, Mom, you don't need to talk about that talk about moving, Mrs. Simian already did it in one of our classes".
Judith raised an eyebrow, "She did it with boys and girls separately, didn't she?".
"No, she did it with everyone together, she said that way we would be much more embarrassed".
Judith snorted, "Apparently decades weren't enough to change that primate".
She turned to Penny, "But we're still going to talk, but about how you deal with these changes with a boyfriend".
This made Penny's face glow red with blush, "MOM!". This made Judith laugh and left Polly confused.
Downstairs, Patrick sat reading his newspaper, but he was getting bored.
So he put the paper down with a long sigh.
He looked at the stairs and his gaze went up to the bottom of them, where his wife and daughters were talking. Probably badmouthing him.
His head tilted forward with a regretful look, "Maybe I should go apologize".
He took a deep breath, stood up and walked determinedly up the stairs. But before he could set foot on the step, the phone rang.
He turned in surprise to the phone on the wall of the living room. He looked between the stairs and the phone, then snorted in disappointment.
"Who would be calling at this hour?", he reached the living room and picked up the phone, "Hello?", he said without enthusiasm.
"Hello, Patrick", his eyes widened as he recognized the voice on the other end, choking a little in fear, "H-hi, Nicole! How are you? Don't worry, I'll sort it out!".
The screen split between Nicole who was in her pajamas and Patrick, and he could see Nicole's confused look, "What? But I didn't even say what it was about".
Noticing her calm, Patrick reassured himself, "Oh, sure, feel free".
Nicole was not impressed when she understood his agitation, "Don't worry, I'm not after you". Patrick placed his hand over the phone and sighed loudly in relief.
He brought the phone closer to his...horn?, "Well, what happened?".
Nicole got a little nervous, "There was a little problem here at home and Gumball left in a rage. It's late and I wanted to know if he was spending the night at your house".
Patrick put his free hand on his waist, "I didn't see him, and I don't think Penny is hiding him in her room. She's mad at him now".
Nicole sighed, "Apparently, he pissed off a lot of people today", she said to herself and turned back to Patrick, "Thanks, Patrick. Now I'll have to call our neighbors to ask about him and hope Gumball didn't piss them off too".
Patrick tried to reassure her, "You don't need to worry, it's not late enough for him to be in danger."
Nicole got serious, "It's already past eleven o'clock, Patrick."
Surprised, he took his hand off his waist and looked at the watch he had forgotten to take off his wrist.
His gaze fell with a heavy sigh of defeat, "Great, now let's hope Polly wants to sleep in tonight".
Before she could put the phone back on the stand, one of Nicole's ears stood up. At the same time, Patrick turned his head when something was outside.
"Good night", they said in unison and put the phones back on the stands.
Nicole approached the window to see what was happening and was shocked.
There were people running down the street, waving their arms, screaming in despair or fighting furiously.
One of them shouted, "THE END OF THE WORLD IS COMING!", she lit a match and set fire to the Wattersons' trash can, picking it up and throwing it at the people in front of her, knocking them over, "RUN!", she ran away.
A car appeared on the street, driving wildly and heading towards Richard's car.
First surprised, she jumped out the window with an angry expression, breaking the glass and waking everyone inside the house.
Darwin jumped out of his aquarium with such momentum that he fell upside down on the floor and almost knocked over the aquarium, holding it with his legs.
Anais got up from the covers and had forgotten that her bed was high up, swinging her arms behind her back to stop herself from falling.
Richard was only startled enough to roll out of bed and fall face first onto the floor.
Everyone opened the front door just in time to see Nicole stop in front of Cartax and grab the front of the out-of-control car with her arms outstretched.
Taking advantage of the momentum, she grabbed it and threw it backwards, making the car pass inches from Richard's car and fall on the asphalt almost completely crushed.
The driver hurriedly got out of the vehicle just before it exploded, now a pile of burning scrap metal.
The town's homeless man who was sitting nearby watched the scene, which made him tear his coat and show his hairy body while screaming like a wild animal, "ANARCHY, YES!".
At the Fitzgerald house, Patrick opened the front door and narrowly avoided being hit by a rock.
When he looked where the rock came from, he saw the same thing Nicole had seen: People running, screaming and hurting each other.
He then looked angrily at the adults who were throwing rocks at the house to try to break the window, but their throws were horrible.
He went back inside only to come out of the house with his rake, swinging it around to keep people away.
"GET OUT!", he shouted furiously, this along with his rake, scared the people.
They retreated while continually trying to advance like a pack of wolves.
But one of them was hit and fainted on the lawn, this put fear in everyone and they ran away.
He breathed a little heavily to catch his breath, "I'm not that young anymore", he leaned on the rake.
He then took a better look at the chaos in front of him. Other houses were also being attacked, people were on the roofs to protect themselves and others were already ready to kill for their homes.
One even had a flamethrower, somehow.
The commotion was enough to draw the attention of the girls in the house, opening Penny's bedroom window to see the same scene.
Penny and Judith looked at everything in shock, while Polly looked at everything again without understanding, innocent.
Judith's shocked eyes went down to her husband, who became irritated when they saw a person passed out next to him, "PATRICK!".
He turned to his wife in confusion, then remembered that there was a person passed out next to him who he looked at and then looked back at his wife, "HE TRIED TO BREAK INTO OUR HOUSE!".
He didn't realize that the person had woken up and crawled close enough to reach his foot.
The person grabbed his ankle, which made him scream in panic.
"AAH!", he grabbed the rake and hit the person again without thinking, making him pass out again.
The screen split again, with Patrick having just knocked someone out and Nicole just after throwing the car.
"Mom!", "Ma'am mom!", all the Wattersons came out of the house and went to the matriarch, "Is everything okay?", Anais asked. "I don't know, everything is crazy!", Nicole said nervously.
Patrick looked at everyone running down the street and approached the sidewalk, "Hey", no one heard him, "Hey!", nothing new, "HEY!".
In the middle of the chaotic situation, Anais recognized someone in the crowd, "BILLY!", she approached the blue egg, which had a calm smile on its face.
Patrick got irritated by this and watched closely everyone who was running, raised his hand in the air and grabbed one of them, "HEY!".
The person he grabbed screamed in his face and escaped from his hand.
"Billy, are you okay?", Anais asked agitatedly, "Yes, I am, my mother is on the other side of the street", he pointed to the other side, where Felicity was beating several people at the same time in a crazy way.
Patrick grabbed another person on the street and when she screamed in his face, he slapped her, making her go quiet.
"What's going on?!", Patrick and Anais asked in unison.
Respectively, Billy and the person pointed upwards, with the two following suit and their families following soon after.
Everyone gasped at the sight.
A human man, with dark blond hair in a pompadour and fair skin wearing dark clothes, was slowly appearing in the sky. He seemed to be pulling the world closer to him.
In the void, Gumball watched in terror as the man pulled the horizon made of static like a rubber screen.
Little by little, the horizon converted into some kind of image of Elmore from above, gaining color and decreasing in size as he was pulled.
It got to a point where the static "wall" was connected to a crystal ball that showed all of Elmore by a thin static rope stretched by the man's strength.
With one last pull, the man separated the crystal ball from the wall, the horizon returned to normal as if nothing had happened.
The man looked at the wall to check if there had been any problem, then checked the crystal ball in his hand.
The crystal ball was nothing more than a kind of round screen with Elmore appearing in real time. Before large, it was now about 8 centimeters tall, the size of an apple.
The citizens who were previously panicking and causing chaos, could not help but drop everything they were doing and look in terror at the man who was staring at them from the sky.
It was as if God was about to punish them.
"What have you done?", a trembling voice took the man's attention away from everyone, making them look in another direction in the sky.
Everyone looked on, shocked this time, as the town's troublemaking blue cat stood frozen away from the man.
"Gumball," Penny said in a low tone, most likely of concern.
The man didn't take his eyes off the crystal ball, "I'll make sure you only leave here when I get what I want".
He slowly turned to Gumball, his body swelling and growing in his transformation at the same rate.
Then a large, heavy, scaly foot stomped down hard on the ground in front of Gumball, causing the earth to crack like dry land in extreme heat.
The man was back in his CGI spinosaurus form, better than Tina, staring at a frightened Gumball with a stern look and baring his teeth.
"And I'm going to do it right this time", his monstrous voice was back too.
In Elmore, everyone watched this with confusion and curiosity, with a good pinch of fear.
"Isn't that the Wattersons' troublemaking son?", a blue man in his underwear pointed out with a raised eyebrow.
A can of multicolored paint that was nearby groaned, "Great! And I thought the Wattersons weren't going to destroy the city this week!", he said something more quietly, "Now I've lost twenty dollars".
The people who were near the other family members also started to jump to conclusions.
Then many started to glare at them, waiting for them to explain themselves.
The family cowered at the looks, Anais turning back to the others and the four of them leaning their back to the others and the four of them leaning their backs against each other for protection.
Everyone was sweating coldly with nervous smiles as Nicole spoke, "W-we really have no idea what's going on or why my son seems to be in the middle of this!", she gestured nervously.
"We don't want your explanations, we want you to solve it!", a deep, male voice from further away declared.
Nicole was visibly offended and regained her natural angry posture, "Oh, and how do you want us to solve this, huh?!".
Across town, people near the Fitzgerald residence were also making their angry accusations.
"Now they've managed to ruin my week!", a corn cob complained.
"Every time I see that kid, I lose something important in my life!" a man made of cheddar cheese expressed, "First a hot dog, the second time a free burger! What's next? A PRIZE-WINNING PIZZA?!" he crossed his arms with a scowl.
"We have to get the Wattersons out of this town once and for all!" a brown cupcake slammed his fist into his hand, "LET'S MARCH TO THEIR HOUSE!", he raised his arm high in the air with a closed fist.
Every other person on the street did the same, shouting "YEAH!" at the same time, then followed the cupcake man in a determined march down the street.
Patrick watched the situation carefully in case someone tried to break into his house again.
Judith watched the same situation with concern.
Penny, however, continued to look at Gumball with concern and confusion.
Gumball was a coward, in the sense that he was always afraid, which made him constantly run for his life.
But he was frozen, which worried her.
It wasn't normal.
In a moment, the citizens who were marching to the Wattersons' house, the rest of the townspeople, the Fitzgeralds, Richard who put his arms in front of his children while Nicole argued with several people at the same time.
Everyone went back to watching the scene in the sky when the dinosaur spoke, almost as if it were a powerful spell.
"Aren't you going to do anything stupid?", he asked a little sarcastically and almost indignantly.
Gumball kept his scared look quiet.
"Not even running?".
He remained quiet.
The dinosaur snorted, "Okay, it's easier this way".
But Gumball broke the silence when he looked to the left in surprise, "WHAT IS THAT?!", he pointed.
The dinosaur was not impressed and spoke quietly, "I had to say it out loud".
Gumball continued pointing and gesturing to the left.
The dinosaur continued not to care, "Seriously? Do you think I'm as dumb as your-".
He was silenced by a taxi that hit him in the face with a decent amount of force, which made him take a diagonal step back.
When he stopped, he shook his head and looked at the taxi, picking it up and lifting it in the air without difficulty, "What the-".
He was hit by a rock, much smaller than the taxi and with much less force. This made him look back to where they both came from.
Several pieces of land were destroyed or missing a part, there were also whole ones. Some of them were bouncing off each other like pool balls.
He huffed grumpily, "This place is going to get even messier than it already is-".
He stopped talking when he felt something in his hand.
He quickly checked it and saw Gumball hanging on one of the three fingers of the hand that held the crystal ball.
He swung his hand once and the force threw Gumball to the side, rolling a little on the ground.
He braced himself with one arm as he saw the dinosaur shift its grip on the taxi and throw it towards him.
The people of Elmore gasped, all at once.
Gumball gave a slight scream and jumped forward, falling flat on the ground and covering his head with his arms as the taxi passed over him millimeters away.
Then the vehicle hit the ground behind Gumball, being crushed until it was half its length and falling upside down. But its plate on top did not make it parallel to the ground.
Gumball took his hands off his head and quickly dodged a strong stomp from the dinosaur towards him, breaking the ground in the process.
And he dodged other stomps.
It got to the point where he was pressed back and jumped on top of the taxi to avoid them.
Then the dinosaur raised its foot high and stomped down with everything. Gumball jumped to the other side of the taxi, but the taxi being raised on one side because of the plate made it act like a seesaw.
Gumball was thrown forward at high speed towards the dinosaur. It hit him with a slap when it got close enough.
He flew a long distance in the air, stopping when he hit one of the pieces of earth that was higher than the previous one and served as a brick wall.
The earth around him crumbled and crumbled, with cracks in the firmest part. He was left with both of his eyes blackened.
This made him groan in agony.
A large shadow came towards him, covering him before he even stopped walking.
A three-fingered reptilian hand grabbed him by the torso and pulled him out of the ground.
The dinosaur walked to the other side of the patch of land they were on, getting close to the wall of the horizon.
At the edge, he dropped Gumball on the ground and shrank back into his human form.
He handed the crystal ball forcefully to Gumball, who took it in a groggy state due to the pain.
He shook his head and returned to normal, looking at it in confusion, "What?".
He looked at the man in confusion, only to see him grab one of his feet and pull it back with enough force to leave one leg raised. It looked like a baseball pitcher.
He then pulled Gumball, which threw Gumball's face into the wall with great speed.
But when it hit, Gumball's body rubbed against it like a sheet of paper.
The man lifted Gumball in front of him, looking at him in confusion, "Ah?".
He examined Gumball's back, it was normal, but when he turned him over, Gumball's body could no longer be seen. He had lost width, now he only had height and length.
He turned Gumball around once more, now face to face with him, "Hehe, hm... 2D character?", he smiled nervously.
The man glared at him angrily.
He turned him back to the side that couldn't see him and tightened his grip on Gumball's foot.
Even though he was only in two dimensions now, it made his body stiffen enough.
The man was going to hit him again, this time with a pickaxe.
But before he could do it, his eyes widened and he yelled, "OW!".
He let go of Gumball and looked at the palm of his hand. It was possible to see that the claws on Gumball's feet were exposed.
Gumball fell to the ground, which made him return to three dimensions, but because he was on the edge, he slipped and caught himself to keep from falling. He looked down and regretted it.
His eyes returned to the front when a shadow covered his face.
The man had his foot raised towards Gumball, "YOUR-", he stomped on the ground, breaking up the earth and cracking the firmer part underneath.
To avoid being hit, Gumball loosened his grip and slid down, but the ground he was holding gave way and he fell, screaming with his eyes closed.
But instead of falling into infinity, he stopped in midair. This made him stop screaming and open one eye, then open the other in fear.
The man transformed into the Spinosaurus again, grabbing him by the sweater.
He pulled him, pulling Gumball out of there until he passed over his own head and threw him to the ground.
Gumball fell on his butt, which made him take a while to dodge the kick he was going to receive.
A part of the kick hit his face and dragged him on the ground for a few meters.
Gumball immediately got up from the kick, apparently not hurting himself this time.
He froze.
Something warm was on his cheek.
It was dripping slowly.
He put his hand up, it was wet, and checked it.
It was blood.
His eyes widened in terror.
Everyone's eyes widened in terror.
None of them had ever seen blood from a wound.
Gumball slowly reached out and rubbed his hand where it hurt, trying to deal with it.
But the feeling of something warm running down wouldn't go away.
His eyes only grew more and more terrified.
"Just because I won't kill you doesn't mean I won't hurt you", he glared at Gumball menacingly.
Gumball's eyes met the dinosaur's.
They stared at each other.
Gumball's pupils began to tremble.
The dinosaur looked to the left. Gumball followed.
A little far from Gumball was the crystal ball.
All the inhabitants of Elmore watched the tension of the moment.
Their eyes met again.
Gumball was the first to move.
He grabbed the crystal ball and dodged a brutal bite, he passed between the dinosaur's legs and ran with all his strength.
The dinosaur was right behind him.
Gumball ran screaming desperately as the dinosaur approached.
He closed his eyes and used all the strength his panic could muster.
The dinosaur rose almost completely above Gumball and was about to bite him.
At the last moment before being caught, Gumball disappeared between the dinosaur's jaws, throwing dirt in its eyes.
The dinosaur stopped running and rubbed his eyes with difficulty, having claws and sunken eyes didn't help.
When the discomfort stopped, he looked ahead.
Gumball was completely gone.
He looked around.
Nothing.
He stood there breathing heavily.
His anger built up and he roared towards the horizon.
A terrifying, long, furious roar.
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(Here is a demo)
Well, counting everything, his abilities are:
Pocket dimension creation (can separate Elmore from the void)
Ability nullification (can fatally hurt cartoon characters because he is not a finished character, that is, with specific rules)
Resistance to memory manipulation (Because he is someone linked to the void, he does not lose his memories, he would not even be affected by the remote control if Robo tried to erase his memory)
All the above abilities only apply to the void, he cannot do anything more than that and nowhere else besides the void.
Shapeshifting (Spinosaurus form and all the advantages that come with it, such as better senses)
Weaknesses:
He is not as fast to run as the other characters, this makes him easy to lose.
His dinosaur form cannot use his void manipulation abilities, but he is still resistant to memory loss.
He gets angry easily.
I think that's all.
Besides, I wrote the beginning talking about Penball because I don't think I'll be able to include as much of them as I wanted.
So I have ideas for two other projects, less ambitious, but more relaxed and romantic with them.
What can I do, I love those two.