AN: Before we get started here, I just want say a quick word about the setting of this fic; It takes place sometime after the events of the show. Since as of right now, the show doesn't have an ending, this story functions off of a very generalized idea of one, where Bill is defeated, and sealed in his realm, and no one that is going to be brought up died. So, uh, yeah, hope you enjoy :)

He panted, his eyes darting side to side, his hands outstretched in front of him, the strange hunk of metal aimed ahead.
"Where is she?!" He shouted, his face contorted in anger. All that returned to him was laughter.

"Dippeeer," The bright faced girl whined, as she shook her twin bother. "Come on wake up."
"Mabel..." He rolled over, brushing her hand off of him, "let me sleep..."
"But today is the most awesomest day!" She cried, shaking him more. He let out a groan. She was almost twenty two years old, but she certainly didn't act it. "Fine, Mabel..." He rolled over again, "just give me a couple of minutes, okay?"
"Uh-huh," she nodded, unknown to him, and bounced off to her next destination. He brought a hand up to his head, and rubbed his temples. He sighed. He had to get up, he didn't really have much choice. She'd be back to make sure that he did. Slowly, he sat up, the blankets sliding down his body, the cold immediately hitting his shirtless upper body. "Ughh..." He shivered, and quickly stood up, searching for a shirt. Finally he found one, and slipped it on.

"Mabel!" Dipper called, glancing around the lobby of the hotel where they were staying.
"Dipper!" She called back, and ran over to him, throwing her arms around him. "Yes... Hey... We just er saw each–"
"Isn't this so exciting, Dipper? Going back to Gravity Falls?"
"Yeah, yeah." He nearly shrugged.
"Oh, come on sleepy head, aren't you excited?"
"Y-yeah, Mabel... Just tired, you know?" He rubbed his temple. She pouted, and grabbed her brother's hand, and gave it a slight pull, "let's get moving, Dipper."
"W-we don't need to rush Mabel, we have–" It didn't matter what he said, she had already pulled him out of the lobby and onto the sidewalk. "This is going to be amazing!" Mabel proclaimed, her arms spread wide, "I can't wait to see everyone again... You know what we should do?" She looked at him, her eyes wide. "What, Mabel?" He sighed. "We should go and have pancakes someplace out like when we were younger," she said, as she started to pull him in the direction of a small diner.

"Ahh-mmn" Mabel grinned as she swallowed, and shoveled more pancakes into her mouth. Meanwhile, Dipper twirled his fork atop his pancakes, as he had been doing since he got them. "You going to eat that?" Mabel asked, her mouth full, and eyes bright. "Uh... no... You can have it..." He and pushed his plate toward her. She quickly slid the pancakes off of it, and onto her own plate. "So what's the matter, Dip?" She asked, her mouth temporary empty. "Nothing, it's just... I don't know, it feels weird being back here... And I can't help but feel like something's a bit... Off. "
"Pssh" Mabel waved at him jokingly, "you're so paranoid, silly." Her joking wave turned into a playful punch. He smiled at her, "yeah, its just... I don't know." He shrugged. "You're soo weird..." She giggled, and then resumed eating her pancakes. Dipper sighed, leaned back in his seat, and looked up at the ceiling. After a long silence, Mabel finally spoke up, "Dipper, we should probably go and check out of the hotel, and get on our way. If we get going now, we can make it to Gravity Falls in time to go and have lunch at Greasy's."
"Yeah, that'd be nice," he leaned forward, and smiled at her. "I wonder who we'll see, like, who will even recognize us," Mabel pondered. "Yeah... It really has been awhile... You ready?" He asked. She responded with a nod.

"Hey, what's going on over there?" Mabel asked as they walked back to the hotel. She pointed to a couple of people, all dressed rather plainly, standing on the sidewalk, a stopped car pulled up next to them. "I don't know..." Dipper shrugged. As they got closer, the people turned to look at the twins. "Dipper..." Mabel pulled on his shirt sleeve, "I think they're–" She was cut short as one of the people began to speak.
"Dipper and Mabel Pines."
"Uhh... Yes, who are–" they didn't let him finish his question. One shoved him away, off of the sidewalk and onto the grass. He could only look on as another grabbed Mabel, and practically threw her into the now open rear seat of the car, and got in. He heard her scream for him, but by the time he was standing again, the car was gone, leaving just one of the people behind. Dipper charged him, but was quickly thrown to the ground again. "Listen, kid, nothing personal, oh wait. It's all personal." He smiled, and delivered a swift kick to Dipper's head, knocking him out.

"Ugh..." His ears were ringing, and when he tried to open his eyes, he was blinded. He quickly closed his eyes, and began to sit up. He was in a bed, he knew that. After a few moments, he began to open his eyes again. Slowly, light filled his vision. He looked around. He was back in his hotel room. He was about to dismiss the day as an awful nightmare when he saw a message scrawled on the wall in red. Hey hey kiddo looks like you won't be having as good time now that you're going to be looking for your sister. I'll give you a hint though, don't change your travel plans

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AN: hey there, thanks for reading, and, I hope you enjoyed this first chapter. I know it's not much right now, but it's only the prologue. If you enjoyed it, please follow, fav, or leave a review. If you have any suggestions for me, please leave a review telling me them, even if it's only to correct my grammar. Thanks again.