"Elle what are you doing" my best friend sat on the bunk above me her head dangling down, her hair a mess, "Reagan I have told you a million times I can't stay here in this orphanage anymore… I'm running away" Regan looked at me with her icy blue eyes, she could see past my lie but I could not tell the truth. She then went cold and distant, it wasn't fair but I had to leave her for her own safety and anyone else I knew. I finally got out of bed rubbing the dust from my eyes, before looking in the mirror. I did this everyday not out of vanity but out of curiosity, nothing was new anyway I still had my knee length red hair, my big green eyes, crocked nose and the hundreds of freckles on my face and arms. Then I looked at the thing I wanted to go away, the scar going around my left eye in the shape of a triangle.
My bag was packed with all I needed to survive in the woods and I was all set to go, before I left Reagan weakened and hugged me whilst sobbing, we had known each other forever and only had each other as friends, I hugged her back and she said through heartbroken sobs "I will find you again Elle somehow I will find you in this world" she then slipped a small box rapped in brown paper and tied with string. I felt like crying but instead slowly unwrapped the small parcel. In there was a small torch attached to some string, I slipped it around my neck gave Reagan one final hug, opened the window and slid down the drainpipe. I didn't want to look back because I would the back out of this and in the end cause everyone more pain than I was causing Reagan at this moment. A tear escaped my eye but I wiped it away and carried on walking to the train station. "One child ticket to Gravity Falls please." I asked the woman in the ticket box. Sadly the machine was broken so I had to speak to someone which never was my strong point. The woman grunted and printed off my ticket which read: "One way to Gravity Falls, Oregon." I walked down the station with my bags and got onto the train into an empty carriage and sat myself down and grabbed a book from one of my bags. As the train started moving I grabbed a chocolate biscuit and sat their munching and turning the situation over in my head. I had run away from the one place I had called home, our orphanage wasn't bad either, once you were 13 you got a phone which was probably why I waited so long to leave. A while latter the train pulled into a station, a girl with long blonde hair came in, her green eyes darted around the carriage and for some reason she decided to sit next to me even though every other seat was empty which annoyed me seems as I then had to speak to make things less awkward "hi," the girl said tucking a few loose strands of hair behind her ear "I'm Pacifica, who are you?" For a few minutes I just opened and closed my mouth like a goldfish then finally squeaked "hi I'm Elle." Then Pacifica looked at the scar around my eye. She looked haunted at it as if she knew what it meant at the time I didn't know she knew all too well what it was "Where you heading Elle, I'm going to gravity falls for the summer to stay with my parents, I live with my grandparents but I have to go to see my parents every summer." At this point I wondered: why is she telling me all this and what's so bad about her parents? I decided not to ask and reply "I'm going to Gravity Falls to and I'm going to study the paranormal." This was only half a lie I was going to gravity falls but not to study the supernatural but I did hope to find someone who did. "The Pines twins are coming too they come every year" I had no clue who these two people she knew where so I just nodded in agreement and closed my eyes to symbolise I wanted her to stop talking to me. That plan lasted for about half an hour when two twins clambered onto the train and for some reason also thought I was a fun person to talk to… the twins where Mabel and Dipper Pines and where going to gravity falls for the summer great now three people thought we were friends when I barely knew them and they barely knew me. Mabel was the dominant twin often speaking for Dipper who clearly just as bad at people skills as I was. He did ask a question it was that one question I could not stand and got where ever I went. "What's up with your scar?" I hated this question because I didn't have a logical answer I could forever say I got it in the car crash which killed my parents but that doesn't happen I would of got more than a scar around my eye in a car crash wouldn't I? I said that lame attempt of an excuse, Mabel and Pacifica brought it but I could tell Dipper suspected something odd about me something even I hadn't thought of. From his bag he produced a notebook and started doodling on a half ripped page. When we finally got there Mabel and Pacifica went ahead and the two socially awkward ones where left to fell socially awkward together… just my luck. "What are you really?" Dipper asked I sighed knowing I couldn't tell him unless he gave me answers to my questions he wouldn't believe me anyway no matter what he has seen I am different to anything he would have seen… but he suspected something bigger than it seemed at the time something we couldn't ignore…