BallPen, A TAWOG Story

Dreams

Nicole was in the kitchen, making Gumball a snack. He and Darwin were in the front room playing a game. "Yeah! Beat you Darwin!" Gumball cheered. "Poop. I lost again." Darwin grumbled. "Still, good game. High Five?" He asked. Darwin raised his hand to high five and Gumball missed by a landslide. "Hahahaha Bitch!" Gumball hissed. He raked his claws down Darwin's face, drawing blood. "MS. MOM!!" Darwin screamed. Nicole leaned in the door and saw her older son clawing her youngest son. "GUMBALL!!" She screamed, pouncing on her child, knocking him off the couch. Gumball, terrified, turned around. He only had a little time to scream before Nicole ripped his throat out.

Nicole sat up sweating. That dream was terrible. She was panting and drenched in sweat. She got up and went to the kid's room. She looked at the bottom bunk and saw Gumball and Penny snuggled up with each other. She smiled softly at them and wiped her forehead. She looked at her paw which was drenched in sweat. She sighed and went back to her's and Richard's room. She lay back into bed and fell asleep once more.

Nicole this time was trapped in a chamber, with one sided glass much stronger then her as walls. On her left was another chamber, and it was empty. On her right was another chamber, and in it lay Darwin. Directly in front of her was another, slightly bigger chamber, and Gumball was in it. He was strapped into a chair. He seemed dazed. In front of him stood someone wielding a knife. Gumball and Nicole stared at that knife. The person approached Gumball. He raised the knife....and brought it down. Blood spurted onto the glass and drenched the chamber. Gumball's screams echoed around the entirety of the room they were in. Nicole added her own screams too.

This time Nicole gunned out of the bed. She decided no more sleeping. She knew her dreams would only get worse. She marched stiffly into the front room and sat on the couch. She cried a small amount, thinking about her first dream, how she spilled her son's blood on this couch in her mind. She thought about how morbid her mind is, if she was scared of a couch because an illusion her brain created. She leaned back on the couch and regretted it immediately. She fell asleep quick.

She was sitting on the couch. Normal. The house was quiet. Not normal. She got up and went up the stairs. She covered her mouth to stop herself from doing anything. The stairs were soaked with blood. And at the top, she thinks she spied an arm. She went to the top cautiously and realized the blue arm was still connected to the body. She rounded the corner and saw Gumball, spread eagled. Nothing seemed to be wrong with him at first. Until she got closer. His head was tipped to the side. She lifted his head up. The entire right side of his face had been melted away, leaving nothing but a bloody skull. His right eye was missing. His empty eye socket had veins trailing out of it. His teeth were visible in his jaw, even though his mouth was shut. His skull was cracked in multiple places. It kinda looked like the work of acid. Some must've dripped onto his shoulder, because his right arm had rivulets where the acid had ran down his arm. His partly melted hand was twitching, claws extended, blood on them. His ears were twitching as well. Nicole dropped his head in shock. She started bawling. He opened his eye and made sort of a groaning noise, but he didn't sound alive. He got up, swaying on his feet, and lunged at Nicole.

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!" Nicole screamed, falling off the couch. She scrambled to her feet quickly. Why do I keep dreaming about Gumball?! She screamed in her mind. She staggered to the kitchen cabinet to find some drug to keep herself awake. She grabbed a random one and popped it in her mouth. She collapsed into a dreamless sleep.

In the kid's room, Penny was dozing off. She was dreaming about the date. She was thinking about what would've happened.

"Can't....breathe..." He groaned. Penny leapt out of her seat. She still doesn't know the heimlich. She squeezed. Didn't help. "SOMEONE HELP HE'S CHOKING!" No one replied to her screams. "PLEASE! CALL 911!!!" She tried again. Gumball's efforts were weakening drastically. She squeezed harder. Gumball's eyes started to drift shut as he wheezed for breath. She tried with all her might to crush the water out of his lungs. It still was ineffective. Gumball's eyes snapped open and he fixed Penny in a stare as his eyes lost focus. There was a black web spreading over his sight. He reached out a shaky paw and grabbed Penny's hand in his. "Penny..." He gasped. "I........" His sentence was cut off, and he never finished it. His face was bright red, and his eyes were distant. Penny tried so hard to squeeze life back into him that her shell started to crack. His eyes were shut, and a muffled scream ripped out of his throat, the last noise he created.

Penny sat up in a shock. That dream was horrifyingly realistic. She thought, disturbed. She looked at Gumball, who was asleep. And breathing. She added to herself. Tears were in her eyes and she impatiently wiped them away. She stroked back his ears, which were perked up, only to have the shoot back upwards again. Penny smiled sleepily. Must be a nice dream. She thought somewhat sourly. At least someone was having a good dream. The smile fell off her face and she lay back down. Love you, Gumball. She thought to herself, before falling asleep again. Love you too...

Gumball was really enjoying his dream.

"Gumball Watterson, do you take Penny Fitzgerald as your lawfully wedded wife?" Darwin said, a book in hand. He was standing at the podium. Gumball, in a tuxedo, and Penny, in a dress, stood facing each other. Both party's families were seated facing them, along with their friends and friend's families. A large diamond sat on Penny's finger and an emerald sat on Gumball's. "I do." He said softly. "And Penny Fitzgerald, do you take Gumball Watterson as your lawfully wedded husband?" Darwin said cheerfully. "I do." Penny replied. "You may now KISS THE BRIDE!" Darwin announced, voice cracking. Penny and Gumball leaned in and kissed each other heartily on the lips. They stood there for a while, relishing the kiss. Then cheers went up. They parted and grinned at the seated people. Nicole and Richard, in the bridesmaid and groomsmen areas, cheered. Anais and Penny's sis, in the audience, cheered loudly too. Darwin came down from the podium and stood in the Best Man section. Patrick also stood in the groomsmen section. Other close friends stood in the respective areas. A few were Tina, Bobert, Tobias, Rachel, Carrie, Anton, and despite Gumball's furious attempts to keep these two out, Alan and Leslie. The rest of the day went great. Gumball and Penny had a dance competition and Gumball won. Darwin kissed Carrie. Tina tried to use a fork as a joke and everyone laughed. Bobert calculated the probability of them staying together and it was incredibly high. The day went great for the two. It seemed so realistic.

Gumball peeled his eyes open reluctantly. He didn't want the dream to end. He didn't want it to be a dream. He looked at Penny, who had beads of sweat on her forehead, and was squeezing Gumball tightly. Gumball wiped away tears that we're building in Penny's eyes. The tension left her body a bit. Gumball smiled softly before hugging Penny close and falling asleep once more.