Chapter 1: New and Beautiful


(REUPLOADED DUE TO MY UNACCESSABLE ACCOUNT!PLEASE FOLLOW THIS NEW ACCOUNT IF YOU LIKE ABNORMAL IS ETERNAL! THE ORIGINAL ACCOUNT IS NOW INACTIVE, PROBABLY FOREVER)other than that, hi peoples!

Author's Notes: Hello, hello peoples! Like many writers say, this is our first fanfic, yes, this is being written by two people, and I will say this now, in future chapters, there might be blood and brutal scenes and perhaps sexual themes, but I'm sure that sexual themes will only come if you, the readers chant for a ship, which is why this is rated T, for reasons you may predict *wink wink* that there would be violence, and NO, there will not be shipping of a canon character and my fan characters I have put into this story, UNLESS, LISTEN, UNLESS, everyone or the vast majority wishes to see two characters get together, so if you DO have a ship you want to see or multiple ships, please do comment them so I can see. And I have some in mind. Ships that I will input are Dipcifica. I don't ship it personally myself but it's hinted at in my story, but so far in my plans for this story, I don't plan for it to become canon (for this fanfic). Anyways, I truly hope you enjoy! (This author's note was WAY too long)

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(Dipper's POV)

I couldn't believe how long it's been.

It's been about 4 years since our first arrival in that…marvelous yet sinister place, full of mystery and still so many things to be discovered.

Gravity Falls, Oregon, the most mysterious place ever. Or, that's what I think at least, due to my experiences of this town. Things like gnomes that dress up as teenagers for a queen and live dinosaurs! Yep, they're still alive, you dino lovers. Go wild with your enthusiastic screams.

Enough with the cryptic messages though. Let me explain why we're back at this supposed "sinister" and mysterious place. And also who "we" are. My name is Dipper Pines, a usually quiet and adventurous 16 year old male, alongside my jumpy and sweet twin sister, Mabel Pines, who is 16 as well, if you couldn't guess from us being twins. Even though Mabel is older than me by about 5 minutes but that doesn't matter as of appearance wise. If it was a year difference, sure. A couple of months? Yeah, agreed again to a certain extent, but 5 minutes? Nah. Yet, it doesn't seem to be the case with my sister, as she believes those minutes DO so very importantly matter on who the alpha is or whatever the hell she believes. As you should've assumed, Mabel likes to tease me a lot, mainly about being so submissive as a pre-teen but I do know that she is jealous of my academic skills and other things, like how I am envious of her being able to make friends so easily and how she can stay joyful during the most threatening situations and make it out alive. Like, how do you even stay happy when a giant troll monster that can turn people into stone with ONE stare is destroying your business?! Ugh, enough with the rambling.

We we're back in Gravity Falls, not because of summer, like we usually would be visiting for but because of the school year. Our parents started believing us about our previous adventures back on our first year in Gravity Falls, especially with our great uncles, Stanley and Stanford, them being coincidentally twins as well, proving it by showing them some creatures back at the end of our 2nd summer visit. And due to that, and our maturing age, they saw that we were independent enough and strong enough to live in Gravity Falls, and stay there even for our school years and other summers to come. I can say myself that we have matured, at least in retrospect of our past visits. Our parents said that they would join us in Oregon after the first school year, with a new house to live in, and all the things you could imagine being transported for moving. And of course we'd still have some form of contact with our parents over this year. Wouldn't it just be irresponsible? Then again, they both agreed on keeping me and my twin sister in this town for ANOTHER year, with barely any contact, despite hearing all the news about Gravity falls' abnormalities. 'Fake news' they said and believed. Back to my explanation though.

Today is our first day going to a newly built high school, and despite how anxious I can be about upcoming things, especially with new people, I was EXCITED for this! I couldn't wait to see everyone again and tell them the news about us staying in Gravity Falls for now on! I couldn't wait to find more people like me in this strange town! And because it's the school year, families will be coming back from their vacation outside of Gravity falls, so it ensures new faces. I know that my usual self wouldn't be as jumpy as Mabel for a new school year, but as mentioned before, we're spending it in Gravity Falls. And despite the events that have damaged me from our travels, this was still my favorite place to be in. Besides, it IS a hotbed for the super natural, and I love things that are mysterious. Except for one mysterious thing,

As much as Gravity Falls says that there is nothing to see here, there are certainly the most mesmerizing and amazing forms of life you will ever see! Back to the follow events though, me and my sister are currently sitting on a bus, travelling to the new Timberwood High that was opened last year, meaning that there would certainly be some familiar faces. I'm sure that Wendy and her friends would be going there for their final year of high school, and despite it being their final year, it was okay! It's better than no school year with the coolest people I've gotten to know. I look to my left to see that Mabel was brushing out her hair again, holding a purple band around her wrist, ready to tie it up in a ponytail. I was currently looking out the window, thinking about all the possibilities and events that could happen this school year. Sitting on the cushions of the bus seat, smooth and leathery, with the perfectly clean crystalline windows that make everything look crystal clear. It's certainly déjà vu from my previous travels to Gravity Falls. As we were passing by the trees, we could see some of the gnomes and other creatures waving at us, yelling something at us. By the motions of their lips and the slightly muffled voices, I definitely heard they say 'Good luck on your first day!' It seems like they knew.

Ever since Weirdmageddon, it's been hard for me to get back up on my feet and metaphorically stay standing. I'm sure that if YOU saw giant heads with one giant arm that eat humans alive and flying eyebats, that you would definitely be cautious in most situations and feel stressed for a lot of the time. Then again, I don't even know why I'm so stressed. All of it is gone. We've barely encountered monsters or in more light terms to make them seem as innocent as they truly are; creatures, that would threaten us. At least in my case exploring and hunting for anomalies either alone or travelling with Mabel, Ford, Wendy, or anyone else. I could feel the bus we were travelling on slowing down, arriving at our destination. I looked back at Mabel, about to ask if her she was ready to go, since she was brushing her hair out earlier, and I saw she already had her ponytail in and was standing up with her backpack around her shoulder.

"You gonna get up or what, Dipstick?" Mabel asked playfully, motioning to get my ass off the bus seat. "O-oh, yeah, of course" I stutter, grabbing my backpack and standing up. Mabel and I start walking towards the exit, but in front of us are two girls. That's weird since I remember Mabel and I being the only two students on this bus, because we live at the Shack, particularly far from casual neighborhoods in Gravity Falls.

The two girls walked off and so did me and my sister. I looked up to see the big logo. "WELCOME TIMBERWOOD FRESHMEN" it read. That seems like a very fitting name for a school in a place like Gravity Falls, a place full of trees and forest like biomes. I really wouldn't be surprised if this school gets possessed and comes to life. If so, there's it's journal name! "Timberwood". As I'm lost in thought, I hear Mabel make a squeaky noise, in which I quickly whip my head in her direction, and she was running towards two familiar faces, Candy Chiu and Grenda Grendinator.

"CANDY, GRENDA!" Mabel yelled, at the top of her lungs, dashing over to her "people" in which she quickly bear hugged the two of them. "MABEL!" they yelled in unison as they hugged Mabel back with their excited smiles. At least Mabel has her two best friends right away. I smile and snicker under my breath at the sight of Mabel's happiness, but apparently I was unaware that I was just standing there in between the crowd, or rightfully so, groups of people travelling across the wide sidewalk leading to the entrance of the school, being an obvious obstacle, and with me being an obvious dumb-shit, I had someone bump into me. I didn't turn my head just yet to see who it was, mainly because they spoke first. "Oh! Sorry! I wasn't watching here I was going!" I heard the familiar voice speak.

Wait, only one person has that voice. I quickly spun myself around, not knowing what to say, so I just asked, "Pacifica?" And there she was, wearing the llama sweater Mabel gave to her and with her hair in a pony tail.

"Dipper!" she exclaimed, as she quickly hugged me in delight. I of course hugged back, since I haven't seen her in a while. Her family had been away in Europe for the two previous summers, so I didn't have any contact with her. "I wouldn't expect you to be here, Dipper!"

"Well, heheh, here I am!" I exclaimed, as we both laughed it off. Mabel and her two best friends came over, giggling. "Mabel, what's so funny?" I ask, giving a tone that expresses my obvious feeling of annoyance. Mabel stopped snickering, but Candy and Grenda proceeded to continue holding in their laughter. It didn't seem like humorous laughter but fangirl laughter. "Oh nothing really, Mason! You just seem to have a nice relationship with Pacifica" Mabel said, making her classic teasing face. "Wait, it's not like that!" I blurt out, objecting the whole idea. And I thought today would be normal but NOPE, Mabel has to still act so childish. Then again, I can't really blame her. I mean, I still act anxious a lot of the time.

"Dipper, it's okay. Their jumpy girls, remember? Just ignore them." Pacifica has really grown out of her stuck up shell and has become really encouraging, and it certainly goes to show that anyone can change. "Th-thanks, Pacifica" I reply. "Anyways, I'll be heading to my first class now. Our first class is going to begin in 30 minutes but, I'd rather be early for roll-call" Pacifica states, as she starts walking into the building. "BYE PACIFICA!" Mabel yells out, waving at her and Pacifica waves back, sweetly smiling.

I look back up at the giant letters, displaying the school's name. They look perfectly new, along with everything else I've seen so far from this campus. Goodness, I can't wait for this year to begin with the bang it deserves.

"You are like TOTALLY IN LOVE WITH HER!" I hear Grenda yell with her booming voice. In response, Mabel playfully slaps Grenda's cheek, motioning her to "STAHP".

"Anyways Dipstick, I think I'll be heading to class early as well!" Mabel states, as she picks her backpack up off the cement, from taking it off to hug Candy and Grenda previously. "Oh, and remember!" she cheered, as she stuck a pink snicker onto my cheek that said "Have an Ext-roar-dinary Day!" and had a T-Rex on it. I just rolled my eyes. "I'll see you in our 3rd period" I casually inform Mabel, assuring that we'll meet up again soon. "Alright, my lil' bro-bro!" she yelled, running into the building, waving goodbye to me, with her two friends trailing behind. Maybe I should go to my first class early as well. But, I doubt that we would get in big trouble for being late for the very first day and if so, these teachers and the county needs to remind themselves of the transition of vacation to school. You certainly can't move that fast, especially as minors.

I decide not to go to class early, mainly because it would be the best to get comfortable and be knowledgeable of my surroundings. And since I'm on my own, I suppose I can explore this school now without any form of interruption right?


I've been exploring the school campus for about 15 minutes. Simple math would show that I have 15 minutes left until my first period. I'll take 10 more minutes exploring and then 5 getting to my class.

As I'm walking through one of the hallways, I see someone walking my same direction and they go by a corner, disappearing from my sight.

Why would someone else be in this area? Judging by the status of this area, which is shown on the school map, showing which areas are inhabited, no teachers have taken these rooms. These are just storage rooms. Maybe someone is causing trouble…

With that thought, I followed the mystery person. I could now see them with my full sight. A color pallet of yellow, black, and blue. Those exact colors of that monster…Bill Cipher. That would be too cliché for him to come back, and especially on my return to Gravity Falls. Besides, he was erased within Stan's mind. Right?

This person also has long brunette hair, pushed into the neck of their sweater. They seem to have a female figure as well. Bill isn't a female nor would have brunette hair, I would think, and neither do I imagine that an event with Bill returning would coincidentally coincide with my first day of permanently staying in Gravity Falls. Well, both my first day and Mabel's first day. The supposed girl stops walking and walks into a room.

I keep following them and I see that they kept the door open. They're sitting on one of the ledges near the window, with their backpacks set to the side, looking out of the glossy window at the waving pine trees. The room is empty except for chairs stacked in the far corner of the room and one table. Other than that, everything is bare. Even the chalk board and windows are perfectly clean, like this room was just made. I guess it sorta was, considering how the top floors were the rooms that needed to be built lastly for the construction of this school. At least I'd think.

Maybe they are peaceful? I take another step just to attract her attention to me, in which my gaze is met with hazel eyes.

"…Hi" she speaks.

"Hi…" I respond.

There was a long moment of silence between us, neither of us having the slightest spite of thought to continue the new found conversation. I didn't exactly want thus to end so awkwardly and on a low note, so I made the "first move". "What are you doing here…exactly?" I stutter. It wasn't much to say, but why not a good way of introducing myself by acting like a paranoid little shit? Haha, funny joke.

She replies with "Oh...I normally come here every morning and the majority of nights." I think of what to reply with, saying "So you've been going to this school in the past, I assume?"

"Yep, I've been here before. This is my final year, but I skipped the other 3 years because I'm advanced, so 12th grade to be exact. I expect you to be a newbie, judging by how you're just wondering around here, right?"

"Y-yeah…"

Advanced student? Maybe this is a person similar to me. "Well, back to your first question. I just stay up here, gazing out the window, thinking and procrastinating about my future. Not to sound deep and edgy or anything, but in simple wording, I come up here to relax"

There is another moment of silence until the girl speaks again.

"I found out about this place last summer during last year's summer during the final plans of construction for this school. So I just decided to come here when wanting to think….and already by what I've said, I'd imagine that you can conclude that I'm independent, since I deal with things on my own" she claims. "Yeah, very….yes" I stutter out. This person has a really open mind. "Anyways, I'll be here for a while...well, until class starts"

"O-okay" I end the conversation, and walk out of the room. At least it wasn't another case of some creature disguised as a human, or by what I can tell, I believe it isn't. As I am heading towards the turning corner, I hear something move out of the previous room and I see the girl again. "Also, my name is Iris!" she shouts out, with her backpack back on over her shoulder and she starts walking down the other set of stairs, opposite of my stairs, to her class.

"Oh…OH! My name is Dipper, and nice to meet you!" I yell back and right after the bell rings. That conversation WAS short but, hey, don't expect a speech given to a stranger. I snap out of thought and I remember that the bells had just rung.

It's time for class, Mason.

I quickly start running to my class. How long was I even talking to this person? It seemed like such a short moment, and not in the time span of 15 minutes. I stop thinking about that thought and focus on getting to class on time.


(during a class period)

I'm currently sitting in my biology class, jotting down notes from a very slow paced lesson. I've already noted to myself about bio-molecules and that this place is slow and would probably me the most boredom. Ugh, if only I could get out of here! But I really don't want to hurt my track record for skipping class before it even starts or literally just bailing during a lesson. That's just rude, isn't it? Yet, I wouldn't be surprised if some kids have ditched class despite how "rude" it is.

Judging by how much this teacher notices from the class, I'm sure he wouldn't even notice me leaving, and to prove so, right now, one student is eating paper, for everyone to see. Yeah, that's how bad. For most of the time, this teacher has their back turned so, maybe I could bail? No! Dipper, don't do those things! This is also one of the teachers who randomly pops out questions to see if someone is paying attention! It wouldn't be so bad to leave, though, right?

I'm sure Mabel would skip a boring ass class? No, Dipper quit thinking about it! Ugh, why am I so attracted ti mischief now!?

I mentally say screw it and I stand up from my desk and start walking towards the door, as literally every student isn't even noticing, and probably because I sit near the back and everyone is messing around, minding their own business.

As I walk towards the exit, I hear Mr. Widdom, the teacher, speak, but not turning his back. "Anyone care to explain what that noise is?" he says and everyone shuts up. Now I'm just standing right next to the exit in a stance of opening the door. WELL SHIT.

I quickly sprint out of the room and no one notices me. Oh, and thank goodness they haven't implanted cameras in every god damn corner of the halls yet! I don't need to be known as the kid who tries to escape biology, then again, this class is death defying. I stop running and I take a minute to rest. You could of just casually walked out, Dip-shit. Ugh! I know! I know! I mentally curse to myself. I mentally slap myself to get out of insulting myself. I start travelling again, walking through the halls. What place could I possibly just, you know, simply relax at?

Maybe that room Iris was in? No, good shot though. Those doors get closed during schools hours as I saw when running to first period. Maybe I can just hang out in the hallway near my biology class so I can quickly grab my stuff and book it when the bell rings, not looking suspicious. I sit up against the wall, under a window. Due to the angle of the window, sunlight goes right over my head, so I won't be burned alive. I don't wear my hat anymore so it WOULD be easier to get fried.

As I'm thinking, I suddenly hear a familiar voice. "What are you doing here?"

I get startled at the voice, to look at my left and I see Iris. "Oh, h-hey Iris" I stutter out, trying not to sound awkward and startled from before. "I-I just decided to..um"

"Skip class?"

"YEE" I blurt out and immediately slap my hand over my lips, with my expression turning into fear of how I've just met my ticket to getting in trouble. "Eh, don't worry about it Dipper" she says.

"EEH?" I reply with, still a little scared and panicked. "Why do you think that I'm out here? I'm skipping class too" she says. 'Wait, but don't you have advanced classes? You'd definitely need to be there!" I persuade. By what I can tell, advanced classes are more strict and shove the fact of 'Doing your work' down your throat a lot more than average classes would.

"I already know what they are talking about. They're just recapping what we learned last year"

"Oh…well, then I guess you have a reason. Heheh" I laugh out, trying to lighten the mood

"And I guess you do too?" Iris leans against the wall, looking down at me. "Yeah, my biology class is utterly boring. I can't even stand it!" I over exaggerate. "Hey, it's find to cop-out of things that cause you stress. Just be sneaky about it" she finalizes and decides to relax as well, as I can tell she is thinking now.

I'm actually glad that I've met Iris. And maybe I can introduce Mabel to her, but hopefully Mabel doesn't act too weird around her.


(Mabel's POV)

I am currently walking with my two best friends, Candy and Grenda, through the crowded hallways to the lunchroom. So far, this day has been AMAZING! I've met so many people that are just like me who love giving dating advice, glitter, GRAPPLING HOOKS, and last but not least, shipping. I guess you could say that I've gained 15+ friend groups and 45+ friends today! I mainly found them in my drama class.

As I'm walking through the doorway into the GIANT, and I mean GIANT lunchroom behind Candy and Grenda, I hear someone call my name. "OH, DIPPER!" I yell back, seeing him running towards us. More specifically, to me, slowing down the closer he gets.

"H-hey Mabel…ha..." he seems to be breathing heavily, as he stops running and puts his palms on his knees, holding himself up from dying of exhaustion. "Hey Bro-Bro, take your time to speak. Don't rush yourself, okay? Did you sprint here or something?" I rationally ask him. He nods his head in response anyways. Dipper must be in a big hurry. Maybe he saw something? OH! What if he MET someone! MAYBE PACIFICA ASKED HIM OUT, ERMAGAHD, IS THS SOME SORT OF MYSTERY LIKE QFENUCGIMSHEXHIE-

"Mabel?" I snap out of my pink and sparkly day dreaming to listen to him. "Oh…um, yeah Dip-Dip? Why were you in such a rush?" His breathing slows down and finally says "I-I'll tell you the entire story once we're in the cafeteria, okay?"

He seems a lot more calmed down. At least it isn't anything like a monster or Bill for that matter. If so, he would of definitely told me right away, and not wait until we're in the lunchroom with MANY people, where anyone can butt in on the conversation. Then again, I haven't encountered any stereotypes yet that would perform such an action, to be a douche or to just be looking for info to claim as their own.

I'm sure I'll meet some soon. Some like past-Pacifica, snooty, stuck-up, and self-absorbed, and weirdos like past-Dipper, who are quiet, never talk, and are usually harassed but the "upper-class". Before I know it, Dipper is talking to someone else. A brunette girl wearing a yellow sweater and yellow stockings with black outlines.

"Dipper, who's this?~" I ask, teasing him, getting my shipper persona on. "Just someone I met upstairs. Mabel, meet Iris. Iris, meet Mabel" Dipper proudly states. This Iris girl slightly waves at me. "Hi." "HI!" I respond doing the exact opposite, erratically waving, happily smiling, and she kept a straight face in response..

"So, is she gonna sit with us?"

"She didn't ask. She COULD have a friend group waiting for her. Right, Iris?"

"I do have ONE friend who would expect me to go and find her but I'm sure she'll find me on her own. And on the topic of a friend group, I'm a generally introverted person who prefers small groups. But hey, nothing wrong with having two people join a group of two or three" she finalizes.

Oh, perfect for Dip-Dot. I think.

"Great! I'd love to get to know you better!" I blurt out in happiness but obvious mischievousness. "Yeah, same here" Dipper says alongside my rather expressive statement.

"Heh, thanks you too. You certainly aren't like the others." Iris sneers, as she looks out upon everyone in the cafeteria through the mostly glass doors, in which she scoffs in disgust. "Others?" I ask myself, even though Iris heard me and I obviously wanted her to explain. Maybe Iris is talking about stereotypes here? Well didn't I predict that? This IS a high school after all, filled with angsty acne kids and girls who have painted their face. I never really understood why people just NEED to be accepted by everyone. I mean, not everyone is going to like you.

I don't know, I guess I'm just thinking in retrospect of my past experiences. Everyone has their people, and it seems like I may have found another "peoples" to be my people.

Jeez, too many peoples. I like it! P expresses many fun words, like pink and pony and poppin' and-

I snap back to reality to see Iris explaining these "other" people.

"They're the common high school stereo types. Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who can point out their toxic attitudes and how they are acting so cliché. I think I'm an average girl but…with you two around, I feel like I actually have friends who are the same, which makes us our own genre…and you two know what's right and wrong"

"Aw! Thank you!" I reply, lightening the mood. "Then again," she speaks. "Three people won't be enough to stop every person who acts so…egotistical and to encourage those who are shy to stand up to said egotistical people…"

Iris sighs and walks into the cafeteria with me and my twin trailing behind her.

"I'm sure you two have encountered those types of people, right?" Iris asked, as she sat down at a side table, where a few backpacks were already set down, showing that perhaps this is her friend group. I had to think about that for a minute. Pacifica WAS a snooty brat, and Candy and Grenda were the alone misfits but not anymore, so, in the context of knowing those stereotypes in present day, then no. And I state exactly that.

"In the example of now, as of present-day, no, but in the past, yeah. And the same goes for Dippin-Dot"

"Well, at least I know you have experience with those toxic people"

Just as I'm ready to change the subject into something light-hearted, Iris turns her head to look at another girl. A short girl wearing a turquoise vest and short bobbed hair, along with purple glasses. Now that I think about it, Iris and that newly seen girl were the two girls that Dipper and I saw back on the bus.

That bus only takes students to school that live near the Shack. Maybe Iris and her friend live nearby?

"Oh, hey Erin" Iris says, as this said "Erin" walks to the table and sits down next to Iris, still on her phone, playing a game. "Hey, Iris" she happily replies. Iris looks back at me and Dipper and suddenly realizes what she should do. "Oh, um, Dipper, Mabel, this is Erin Turquoise. My best friend since Kindergarten"

"Nice to meet you!" I quickly exclaim. Goodness, I've certainly met a lot of new people today, and a lot more than I expected from a town I've been in for over the span of 3 to 5 months 3 times. I'd imagine that I would have met everyone. Perhaps this school was made to have new kids who moved to Gravity Falls to have some place to continue their school lives.

That WOULD make sense.

"Anyways, if you two have any place you want to sit and have lunch together, you can go and do what you want now" Iris states, as she goes back to talking to her friend Erin. Something about Gravity Falls RedBox and renting a movie to watch tonight.

Hmm….rent a movie.

"Hey!" I say, slamming both the palms of my hands and my silver lunch tray on a table, startling Dipper and Erin. "Did I hear rent a movie?" I ask, intentionally showing curiosity, as I AM interested. This could be the perfect way to know both Erin and Iris better. "Yeah, tonight we were going to rent either "Heathers", an adult themed movie, or the live action "Beauty and The Beast". As already said, we're still deciding between the two" Erin speaks with her soft and shy voice, as she doodles little unicorns on her maroon colored notebook.

I slam my hands on the table again, startling only Dipper this time, to show enthusiasm. "EVERYONE has seen 'Beauty and The Beast;! Let's watch that adult movie! OH! And you can come over to our home to watch it with us!"

"R-really?" Erin asks, shyly but clearly excited about me putting up the offer. "Whoa, h-hold up, Mabel" I hear Dipper object. "I'm not sure if Stan and Ford will let us watch adult movies like that. I mean, unless there are just a FEW adult jokes"

"There are a lot of sexual jokes, such as pulling on dicks and being mentally insane" Iris blatantly chirps out.

"OKAY, that answers my concerns" Dipper says. "Mabel, I'm PRETTY sure they won't let us watch movies like that" he finishes his claim. "I'm sure Stan would let us. And judging by how this visit is all about maturity, I'm sure Grunkle Ford would let us watch it too" I persuade.

Dipper stutters for a second, raising his index finger as a gesture, right before weighing it back down, and being silenced."Now that you mention it, that's a very good reason" "What did I tell you, hmm?" I proudly state. God, I LOVE being right, and especially when it comes to "competition" with Dippin'-Dot.

"Sounds good, I guess we'll meet you at your house tonight?" Erin asks. "Yep!" I cheerfully reply.

Just as I tell Dipper that we can go now and find a table to leave Iris and Erin to talk, I see Iris nudge at Erin and she pushes up her glasses. "Oh, also! Your address?"

"There's no need for that. We live in the Mystery Shack" Dipper answers. "THE ONE AND ONLY" I pop into the conversation. "Good, that makes remembering much easier! Anyways, I guess we'll see you soon" Erin waves us off, still doodling little unicorns on her notebook perfectly without even looking. SUCH TALENT!

Today was certainly a good first day, if I do say so myself! Yet, I don't know if that's the same instance for Dip-Dip.


(Dipper's POV)

Later that afternoon, I'm walking through the ivory hallways, filled with both short and tall, male and female, blond and red-headed, all different people, speedwalking through the hall, wanting to get to their homes as fast as possible. Now that I think about it, I didn't see Wendy at all today, but I DID see the vast majority of Wendy's friends. Or at least the ones that I have met. Maybe I was just so distracted that I didn't keep in mind to look for her. Wendy's friends DID call for me first when seeing me through the halls when moving from period to period. I decide to take a minute waiting for the hallways to clear up so I can get to the bus that travels back to the Shack without getting lost in the waves of people that keep on crashing down.

I lean up against a wall, pulling out my phone to see if Mabel is wondering where I am. No messages. Good, I'm not late. Supposedly. I doubt Mabel would forget about my existence, despite how weird she can be. As I am leaning against the wall, I feel as if someone is staring at me. I think I've felt this exact aura before. I can truly feel someone nearby. Just watching.

But who? I blink once and look around. I still have that feeling. I blink again and see a shadow over me. The hallways are cleared and are very empty, so I can easily see it. I look at the rest of the shadow on the floor to see a triangle, with me in the middle. I blink multiple times and shake my head. It was gone. Returning to Gravity Falls must be getting to my head.

Just illusions.

Just hallucinations.

Nothing more.

I hear footsteps down hallway, to see Iris running down the hallway, trying to put up a pony-tail, but once she sees me, she stops running. "Oh, hey Dipper!" she says, as she completely stops.

'H-hey Iris. Are you late or something?" I ask. Wouldn't she take the bus home? I mean, I saw her and I think Mabel saw her too with Erin this morning while being transported. "No, I'm not. Thanks for asking though" she says, shoving her hands into her sweater pockets. At least I sort of know her schedule now. She continues with " I just walk home after school and I don't want to be late home. If you know what I mean. I kinda have a time limit until I get in trouble."

"Don't worry. I totally understand." I reciprocate. "Anyways, I really need to get to the bus now. I'm sure Mabel is waiting for me" I say, and just as I do, I get a text from Mabel saying "The bus is gonna leave in 3 minutes". "Oh! And in 3 minutes the bus is going to leave sooooooooooo…BYE!" I shout, as I start running down the hallway, knowing that I won't be late.

"We'll meet again." I hear her say.

"Don't know where.

Don't know when.

But I know we'll meet again, some sunny day"

I'm sure I'll be seeing her again and hopefully in more of a peaceful manner. Not thinking about that triangle.


Author's Notes:(WE WILL POST THE REUPLOAD OF CHAPTER 2 NEXT WEEK DUE TO KEEPING POPULARITY AND TIME TO WORK ON OTHER CHAPTERS) END OF CHAPTER 1. I will say this now, this didn't take much for me and my friend and we're planning to write longer chapters in the future. Hopefully you enjoyed this and if you have any suggestions or questions, please do comment them. We'll try and answer right away. ALSO, WE WILL TRY OUR BEST TO POST A CHAPTER EVERY WEEK, MAYBE EVEN EARLIER.

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