Chapter 2
Gumball sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose as a candy citizen went on, continuing her complaint.
"And it's not like I don't ask him to leave my flowers alone. I do! Every day! He just eats them and plants new ones at night thinking I won't notice."
"I don't eat your flowers ya old coot." Another citizen yelled at her, waving his cane in her direction. Mrs. Butterfield and Mr. Licorice had lived next to each other for years. And it was always the same complaint.
"Of course you do! They're always a different color!" Gumball reached between them to gently push them away from each other before they started swinging canes.
"I ain't never touched 'em!" Too late, he threw his cane at Mrs. Butterfield. Gumball caught it before it could hit her and returned it to Mr. Licorice.
"Mrs. Butterfield, I suggest we put a fence around your flowers to protect them. Will that be okay?" The old candy woman thought for a moment, before nodding.
"That should be fine. As long as he doesn't climb it!" She jabbed her cane into the old candy next to her and then gently knocked it against Gumball's knees.
"You're a good Prince, my boy." Gumball patted her head and watched as the two walked away. He sighed, reaching into his bag; he only had one citizen complaint left to deal with and the sun was going down.
He made his way to the candy's house, jogging at a slow pace so as not to tire himself as the candy lived on the edge of the kingdom. He read the report on the way. Another petty theft of crops because they grew over the fence.
He got there right at sunset, knocking on the door a sheen of sweat coating his skin. He waited a few moments with no response before knocking again. Soon, a chocolate bar opened the door, a blanket wrapped around them.
"Hello, Mrs. Joy." Another candy bar and a tiny one appeared behind him. "Hello, Mrs. Joy and baby Joy." The baby giggled and ran back inside.
"Prince Gumball! What can we do for you?" Gumball pulled the paper back out of his bag.
"I'm here about your complaint." The candy bar waved him off.
"Don't worry, your highness. We took care of it. Thank you though!" Gumball looked back down at the report.
"Oh, are you sure? It says here that all your crops were stolen?" The Candies nodded, stepping outside and motioning for Gumball to follow them. They led him to the back of their house where their garden full of lush plants looked untouched.
"They were. But the neighbors brought them back when Baby Joy gave them a mud pie. Now they leave us alone." Gumball looked to see a row of mud pies surrounding their garden, which looked more like dirt mounds than pies.
"Okay, do you still want me to talk to them for you?" The candies shook their heads and led Gumball back to the front of the house.
"No, we're all good now. It really helped us learn that we don't need you for everything. We can solve our own problems!" Gumball inhaled deeply, clutching the report to his chest.
"Right. That's.... Good! That's good." He exhaled and shoved the report back in his bag. He rocked on his toes for a second before bringing his hand up to wave goodbye. "Well, you guys have a good night."
"Goodnight your majesty!" Baby Joy waddled out of the house and into one of the Mrs. Joy's arms.
"G'night you Majestee." Gumball smiled and bowed to the family. Then he turned and walked back to the castle. The sun was rapidly disappearing and the candy people were going inside for the night. He saw Miss Taffy carrying a whole bunch of groceries across the street.
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From Dusk Til Dawn
Fanfiction*I have also posted this on archive so if you find it there, don't worry that was also me* Gumball stared into the night, trying to find some kind of moving shadow, and hoping the one he found would be the one he was looking for. It had been three n...
