I'm writing this story as a little pick-me-up after I did The Dark Night Of The Soul. This is just a cute little story about Gumball and Carrie's cute infatuation with him.

DIY stands for Do It Yourself.

The DIY Amusement Park

Chapter One

One day, Larry's boss was feeling unusually generous and gave Larry an extra ten minutes added to his lunch break. Not one to waste time, Larry decided to use the ten minutes to go to the bookstore next to Ripley 2000. After all, books are full of knowledge and knowledge is power.

When he rummaged through the bargain box the store placed outside, his eyes caught a book entitled: Become the Master of Your Domain and Everyone Else's: easy steps that'll help you to reach your goal of being a better, more assertive, person.

The book has caught Larry's interest and he decided to buy it.

When he got home after done with work, he had already finished the first chapter. The first chapter told him that he needed to be more assertive. He took the advice to heart, he tried to become more assertive in his everyday life.

"Sorry Gumball, but you can't go on this ride." Says Larry. He sits just outside the entrance to The Stomach Destroyer.

"Why not?" Whines Gumball.

"You're not tall enough to go, it wouldn't be safe." Explains Larry.

"But you've let me go on this ride before!"

"I know." Larry says solemnly. "That was back when I let people walk all over me. Back when I even let little kids push me around like their plaything. But not anymore, I am standing up for myself now. If I say you can't ride The Stomach Destroyer, then you're going to have to deal with it. Little punk."

They stand there in silence, Gumball staring at him while Larry has his arms crossed, standing in an intimidating pose.

"What happened to you, Larry?" Asks Gumball. "You used to be cool."

"No I wasn't. Now get outta here. Try the merry-go-round."

"I wanted to go on The Stomach Destroyer." Says Gumball as he starts to leave the amusement park. He stops and turns back to Larry to say "I hope you get fired from this job too!" before finally exiting.

"You're gonna regret saying that, Watterson! One of these days, I'm going to run this whole town. I'll be everybody's boss. And I'm going to make your life as awful as you made mine!"

Just then, Larry's boss comes over to tell him he's been let go.

"This whole day is lame." Says Gumball as he kicks a can along on a sidewalk next to a busy street. "With Darwin gone, I thought I could still have some fun without him." Says Gumball to himself. "But that's not gonna happen, is it?"

He kicks the can extra hard, sending it flying to the road. It hits the bumper of a car and it flies back to Gumball and hits him right on the forehead. He falls on his back and lies there unconscious.

He wakes up some time later when a voice speaks to him saying, "Hey, Gumball, are you alive?"

He opens his eyes and sees Carrie floating above him. "Carrie? What are you doing here?"

"I saw you lying out here in the middle of the sidewalk and thought you died. It's a shame you didn't."

"What?" Exclaims Gumball. "You want me dead? That's not a very nice thing to say."

"No, I meant-it's just that there's not a lot of undead people in Elmore. It be nice to have some company like that."

"Well," Says Gumball as he gets up. "Sorry for not dying then."

"It's fine." Carrie looks around. "Where's Darwin? He's usually with you all the time."

"Yeah. He's got a date with Rachel. So it's just me by myself."

"Really?" Carrie says excitably. "Uh…" She regains her composure. "I mean, really? Don't you have other friends?"

"I don't know. They're all busy with other stuff."

"Well, what about…" For some reason, she hesitates with finishing her sentence. "…Penny? If Darwin's on a date, why didn't you go with her?"

"She's busy with stuff too. Cheerleading practice." Clarifies Gumball. "Doesn't have the time for me."

"I'm sorry to hear about that."

"Don't worry about it. I'll find something to do." He starts to leave. "Later Carrie, it was nice talking to you."

"Where are you going?" Gumball stops walking.

"I don't know." Says Gumball. "Actually, I was planning on going to the amusement park, figure I could have some fun without Darwin over there, but Larry's being a jerk and won't let me on any of the fun rides."

"Oh, that's a shame. I hear that place is a lot of fun."

"It is. Oh well." He starts to leave again.

"Wait. Gumball." Gumball stops again.

"What is it?"

"You don't need an amusement park to have fun."

"What do you mean?"

"We can have fun with just the two of us."

"…What do you mean?"

"I know of an amusement park that no one else has heard about. It's at a really secluded area."

"Really?"

"Yeah, it's a really fun place and I can take you there."

"You would do that for me?" Gumball says squealing like a little girl.

"Of course, follow me."

Carrie speeds off, with Gumball running close by.

"Carrie, stop!" Gumball falls down head first onto the pavement of the road. He and Carrie are out in the middle of an empty road, far away from the city of Elmore. Carrie stops flying and goes over to check on Gumball.

"Where is this place anyways?" Asks Gumball.

"The Forest of Doom." Carrie answers. Gumball jerks his head up.

"What? We can't go there, it's dangerous!"

"No it's not. I've go there plenty of times."

"Last time I was here, I almost got eaten."

"We'll be fine." Says Carrie, then she adds "We'll be careful." To empathizes her point.

"I don't think I want to go anymore Carrie." Gumball gets up.

"Don't be like that Gumball. Tell you what, if you get in trouble, I'll be there to help you out."

Gumball looks at the long stretch of road they have covered. "Well, we've came all this way so far. I guess I can keep going. Can't stop now."

"Alright, let's keep going."

That's the end of the first chapter everyone, but there should be more coming soon. I originally planned for this to be an one-shot, but something went wrong with my computer and now I have to write the whole thing again.

Anyways, please review!