Laying on the couch, staring at the ceiling of the living room, Nicole was running out of ideas on how to control her anger more often than she needs to contain it within her. "Am i a demon incarnate?" The cat mom said out loud to herself. "Or what if i'm Satan incarnate?"

"Come on honey, you are no demon. If you were, you would halo above your head and have bird-like wings on your back." Richard tried to cheer her up.

Nicole sat up from the couch, looking annoyed at her husband's usual stupidity. "I was talking to myself, Richard and, that's an angel you're talking about."

"Oh yeah." Richard remembered. "I wish there was a way to make you feel better."

"You and me both, Richard," Nicole sighed. "You and me both. How does Penelope get such good a mood wheb i am stuck with a temper worse than Ares?"

"Did your grandparents have anger problems?" Asked Darwin curiously.

"Oh yes." The cat woman narrowed her eyes. "My dad's mother, and his mother's father, so in and so forth. It is hereditary I'm afraid."

"But why is Penelope so relaxed and chill when you're not?" Asked Anais

"Ha! I wonder that myself, honey. How did my sister get so lucky to have the happiest go-lucky attitude in the world? Did that big man in the sky play a cruel joke on me? Am I a loser?!" She was starting to become hysterical again. Taking a deep breath, realizing what she was doing, Nicole said: "i'm sorry. I lost myself there again. But I hope Gumball is having a better day than I am

Meanwhile in Equestria

Nicole is correct, Gumball was having a fun time with Pip and Spike near the Everfree Forest with a beach ball from Fluttershy's closet.

Both boys were having the time of their lives as they were passing the ball to one another. "Pass it to me!" Spike said. "Pass it to me!"

"Ok." Said Gumball as he did so.

Little did Gumball know that he wasn't controlling his strength properly, and the ball bounced all the way to the Everfree forest next to them.

"Aw no. The ball went all the way into the Everfree forest!" Pip said.

"Maybe Fluttershy has another one we can use." said Spike

"No! We have to get it back." Gumball urged his cronies.

"Are you insane?" Said the purple dragon child. "The Everfree forest is a death trap! So many monsters that want to kill and eat you, hazardous things that can kill in seconds."

"I have a friend who's a t-rex and i have seen scarier things. For instance; me and my family once owned an evil turtle as a pet and let it go after laying it's evil spawn under out house so they wouldn't destroy the entire world. His cohorts gave skeptical looks at the cat boy. "It's true!" Gumball insisted "you think i'm crazy? You think i'm Pinkie Pie?"

"no, no. We're not calling you crazy." Said Pip

"And Pinkie's not really crazh as she is goofy or unpredictable at times, Gumball" Spike pointed.

"Whatever." Gumball brushed off. "Come on, we need to look for that ball."

While looking reluctant about this, Pip and Spike decided to listen to Gumball and run off into the dangerous woods of Everfree. This place was thick with lots of trees and bushes that it was hard to tell where the ball landed.

At last, Gumball found it near a cave, and he shouted in triumph. "I got the ball, guys! Let's get out of here."

"Leaving so soon?" Said a deep, gutteral, monstrous voice from the bushes. Behind them. All three of them got spooked and hugged one another. "We wanted to get to know you boys better." The monstrous voice said.

"Who's there?" Asked Pip

The creature came out of the brush and it scared the three boys. It was a monster with a tiger and goat body, a tiger and goat head, and a snake for a tail. "We're very hungry too." said the goat head.

"Whoa!" Spike said in shock. "Sweet Celestia, it's a Chimera!"

"Well, what a smart boy." Said the goat

"Indeed. Someone has been doing their homework." The tiger head sneered

"do not be afraid." Said the snake.

"Look, we just lost our ball and we found it." Said Gumball. "So we'll just leave now."

"Yeah, we'll be on our way now." Pip smiled nervously. "Come on, guys."

Before the boys could walk away, the chimera use her left tiger paw to stop them. "Don't be silly. Me and my sisters are very very hungry and we'd like you all to stick around for lunch."

"Well... look, we don't have anything to give you." Gumball said. "No food whatsoever."

The three-headed monster laughed. "Don't you worry." Said the snake. "Cccccertainly will not be a problem for usssss at all."

"Gumball, i think we're the lunch to them." Pip whispered to his right ear.

The cat boy gulped. He wished his mom was here, so that way; she can just beat up this freaky monster in a heartbeat with her limitless strength. But alas; Nicole was not here to save him

"And the best part of it is," said the goat head, "there are three of you and three of us. One head for each of our mouths to eat. So get in line and kidt accept your fate."

"Oh look!" Spike said while pointing his right finger over the monster. "A cart full of apple pies!"

"Where?!" The three heads said in unison, being fooled by this trick. This gave the three boys the perfect chance to run away and try to go back ti the safety of Fluttershy's cottage. They were halfway there and their luck ran out when the Chimera leaped in front of them.