In-Grave-ing Your Name On My Heart

Chapter 5

The people of the Candy Kingdom started calling their beloved Prince Gumball by a new name, not able to accept that the fun-loving, rocker prince that had taken over was actually their cool-tempered, proper prince. His attitude changed with his style, and with his style change came a whole new persona. It was as if Gumball had died, and his rock candy heir, Jawbreaker, had taken over. That's right, Jawbreaker, as if he hadn't scared the people enough with his sudden change already.

However, even with these strange changes, you still found him lingering, still trying to unbreak his shattered heart. His kingdom put back in order, more or less, left him with too much time on his hands. He tried his best to keep busy, but even Fionna and Cake found this new character hard to be around. Seeing Gumball transform into Jawbreaker overnight was... tough. So he was left to wander the land of Aaa alone.

Finding himself too close to the Haunted Forest, he turned to go back. When he turned to leave, he heard voices. His curiosity getting the best of him, he felt brave and crept cautiously into the dark wood. Only a few feet from him sat Ashton, Marshall's ex, and her best friend. Jawbreaker rolled his eyes, and again was about to leave until he heard a name that caused him to stop dead in his tracks.

Marshall Lee.

"I heard he's going to be at that concert this weekend, and if he is, we are so getting back together. Now that he's broken up with that weirdo, Gumball, we can recreate the chemistry we used to have," Ashton squealed.

"I thought he said you were crazy bananas and you couldn't talk to him anymore?" Her friend asked, lamely.

"No... He said he was crazy bananas in love with me and couldn't stand to be away from me, so I broke up with him. It was too soon to be making any plans, gosh," Ashton stated, pushing her white-blonde hair out of her face.

"How would we even get into the concert to start with? I heard it's crazy hard to get into if you don't have connections or aren't performing."

"My ex boyfriend, Chad, is getting us in. Keep up, everyone wants me," She pursed her lips, "Besides, if we can't get in that way, we can just sing our way in. Walk-in performances are totally welcome."

Jawbreaker grabbed his chest, hearing Marshall's name again was killing him inside, making his rock-solid layer of protection crumble. He had to get out of there.

A thought passed through his head, what if he performed a song that could get Marshall's attention..? Then he could give him a proper goodbye and Marshall could be free to move on.. and so could he. One last time, Gumball, what do you say? His new alter-ego asked him. Could he handle it?