The Curse of the Yetteeth - A TAWOG Tale

Chapter 4

Tap... tap..

Gumball squeezed his eyes shut and rolled over in his bed. Something had been tapping on his window all night.

He looked over at his alarm clock. 3:25 am. "This is such a—" he said under his breath as he sat up and rubbed his eyes. He slowly got off his bed and tip-toed to the window, being careful not to wake up his siblings.

He opened up the window and looked out.

Nothing.

"Hey!" Somebody called from the ground. Gumball looked down.

"Penny? What's going on?" Gumball sleepily asked. "Get down here!" She harshly whispered.

Gumball groaned and threw out the blanket rope they'd made a few months ago. It hit the side of their house, and he carefully slid down. "Penny, what is it?" Gumball hissed. "It's 3 in the morning!" He put his thumb and index finger on the bridge of his nose, rubbing his eyes.

"It's really important." She urged. "The Curse— isn't gone." She said. "What? That's impossible! We—" Penny rolled her eyes. "Just... follow me."

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"So, where are we going?" Gumball asked. "Well, it's Leo." She said. "What? What about him?" Gumball asked.

"Well—"

Penny had led him into town, next to the nearest Joyful Burger, where a whole wall had been torn through. Bricks were scattered everywhere, and a trail of French fries and pieces of burger had been scattered around. Condiments had been squirted all over the floors and wall where the wall had been broken through.

"Oh— man." Gumball stood in awe at the delicious mess. "Are you sure it wasn't my dad?" Gumball chuckled. She walked over to the mess and pulled a clump of brown fur out of a pile of ketchup.

"Not unless your dad has fur." She looked in disgust at the fur, before throwing it at the ground. "Hey, look!" Gumball pointed to a trail of mustard paw prints going in the same direction as the food.

"Leo must be a monster again." Penny said as she and Gumball stood side-by-side in the chilly parking lot. "So... if he's a monster again, why aren't you?" Penny looked at Gumball.

"Shh! Don't jinx it!" He cried. "That's the last thing I want." He crossed his arms. "I can't ruin my reputation. I don't want people to know that I was— that thing." Penny thought for a minute. "You're right." She said.

"Well, we better get home." She looked at the night sky.

"Goodnight."

She shapeshifted into a dragon, and flew towards her home. Gumball looked towards the mess.

"Goodnight."

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The Joyful Burger Break-In was all over the news the next day. Gumball sat on the couch and watched the tv.

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"It was like a whirlwind of fur!" A distressed Larry said over the tv to the news reporter.

"It ate everything in sight, and then broke through the wall and ran down the road." The reporter nodded.

"And that's it, folks. Stay tuned for 'How to Ward Monsters Away From You're Home,' and '5 Things You Need to Know About Werewolves'."

Nicole shut off the tv, cutting off the reporter. "Anyone care to explain?" She asked the kids as she stood in front of the tv. "Wasn't me!" Richard said from the far end of the couch, shoving a stack of waffles into his mouth.