Summary: After the death of his family(and a horribly inaccurate custody battle), Danny is sent to live with his Uncle Stan in the small town of Gravity Falls. Life is normal for the first few months he's there, but when Summer came around things change with the appearance of his twin cousins. Based after Ultimate Enemy and a little before the beginning Gravity Falls.
"There is no way I'm letting Daniel go with someone like you!" Vlad shouted in an old man's face.
"Listen here, Masters!" the man countered, "If you think that I'm gonna let you take my sister's kid without a fight, then you've got another thing comin' pal!"
"Are you threatening me, Stan?!" Vlad stepped closer to the man.
Daniel, or rather "Danny," could hear everything coming from the room behind him, even the social worker trying to get the two aged men to calm down. He was there because his family had been caught in an explosion weeks before. He wasn't entirely over it, but he had come to terms with the fact that they wouldn't be back.
The two men argueing were his godfather Vlad Masters and his Uncle Stan Pines. He had had little contact with his uncle but in the teen's mind he was leagues better than Vlad, who had tried on numerous occasions to kidnap him, brainwash him, and, on several occasions, kill him... so, yeah Stan was his favorite at the moment.
When the two came out of the room, flanked by the social worker, Danny instinctively scooted closer to his uncle, "Alright, Daniel, since we cannot finalize a decision, we have resorted to asking who it is you wish to live with," Vlad spread his arms, "Now, come to Uncle Vlad."
The man blinked and when his eyes opened, Danny wasn't in his seat, "Ha! In your face ya creepy bastard!" Vlad turned to see Danny standing next to Stan, who was pointing at him with a victorious smirk.
"Aw, kid, you're gonna love Oregon, it's got..." Stan paused, "stuff."
"Heh, I think that's everywhere ,Uncle Stan." Danny grinned.
"Well, Gravity Falls has better stuff!"
Danny sat back in Stan's car. They had just passed the Oregon state line and were headed to Gravity Falls, Stan's home town. Danny couldn't help but feel a pang of guilt for leaving Amity Park, and Stan seemed to notice, "Hey, Danny," the boy turned to him, "When we get to the Mystery Shack, I, uh, I kinda overstocked on some junk, ya know, so when we get there how about you take somethin' from the shop."
It was a small gesture, Danny knew, but Stan was trying to make him feel at home. He smiled "Thanks, Uncle Stan."
"City Boooy!" A voice whooped from behind Danny, followed by numerous chants of, "City Boy!" Danny turned from restocking shelves. He was dressed in worn blue jeans, faded red sneakers, a plain black shirt under a red flannel, and a red beanie, his gift from Stan when he had first arrived. In front of him now were his friends, the ones who had forced him into wearing flannel in the first place(only for it to grow on him). Among them were Thompson, an overweight, unconfident, kindhearted fellow, Nate, a laid back, tattooed party guy, Lee, the stereotypical fun seeker, and Tambry, the social media queen of the group. Heading up the pack was Wendy Corduroy, Danny's best friend these days, and the instigator of the chanting.
"Hey, hey, Country Girl!" the two hugged before Danny greeted the others, "What are you doing here, I thought it was your day off?"
"What, you sayin' you don't want us around to make your day better?" Wendy punched his arm and they shared a laugh, it was then that Danny noticed the other member in the group, "Who's the new guy?"
"New guy?" Wendy looked at him confused before turning back to the group, a look of realization donning her face, "Oh, right, you haven't met Robbie yet!"
Robbie stepped forward, a guitar strapped to his back, "'Sup?"
Danny rubbed his chin, "Haven't I heard your name before?"
"I'm the guy who spray painted the water tower." He bragged smugly.
"Seriously?" The other boy nodded, "Well thanks a lot! Every time I look at it now, I get hungry!"
The grin on Robbie's face dropped, "Wait, what?"
"Well you did spray paint a muffin on it, how could I not get hungry?" Danny shrugged, "It is a muffin right?"
Murmurs of agreement floated among the group, "What, n-no! It's an explosion!"
A picture of the water tower came into Danny's mind, "Yyyeah, I guess I see it," he turned to stock the shelves, "You play guitar though, that's pretty cool."
The smirk was back on Robbie's face, "Yeah, I'm kinda in a band, nothin' big."
"Well, how 'bout you play a song, might make this go faster." The boy didn't see his friends frantically shaking their heads.
"Well, if you insist." Robbie chuckled, slinging the guitar off his back. The sudden wailing of his voice startled Danny, causing him to scramble to not drop the snowglobe in his hands.
"Shut the fuck up," Wendy shoved Danny with a laugh, "There's no way you met
Ember McClain!"
The two were currently in Wendy's secret spot on top of the Mystery Shack, "I did it's true!" the boy laughed back, "She was kind of a bitch at first but she got over that, even taught me to play a guitar a bit."
"Okay, now I know you're messin' with me!" the red head smirked at her friend, "If you were taught to play guitar by someone like Ember, then why didn't you show Robbie how it's done?"
"For one, I don't have my guitar anymore. Two, I was working, and thought that making money was more important than showing someone up. 3, did you want to see Robbie cry?"
"I don't know, it could have funny." the girl threw her arm around Danny. Danny tried to rein in his blush, and judging by Wendy's silence, it worked, "Tell you what, City Boy, the fair's comin' up soon," She stood and looked at the Fenton, "There's always a stall there that gives away guitars to people who can land a coin on a plate of glass, it's rigged as hell, but how about we get the guys and play 'til we get you a new guitar?"
Danny smirked at her, "Why not?" He took Wendy's outstretched hand and pulled himself up, "Could be fun."
A/N: The first few chapters of this story will be based a few moths or so before the first episode of Gravity Falls, so pretty much nothing too epic will happen in them. For those who are confused: Danny still has ghost powers, but he hasn't had to use them in a while. Hope you all enjoyed the story, Chapter 2 will be up soon enough.