One of the most unexpected of past things can appear in something or someone that you would least suspect. If you yourself were that one to hold this big secret, how would you handle to express it if someone found out somehow?
Things were going to get that way at the Mystery Shack.
Soos was just getting done showing Dipper and Mabel one of his hidden snack stashes hidden within one of the Mystery Shack's closets.
"This is how I protect the lunch I bring from home to eat here when break time comes," said Soos, opening the closet door wide enough for Dipper and Mabel to see bags of snacks tucked in both corners of the closet room, "And let me tell you, dudes, it's one of the most successful things I have ever done!"
"Seriously?" asked Dipper, "Stan doesn't come across these whenever?"
"Nope, he's too busy looking at bills all the time," chuckled Soos.
"Soos, you, my friend, are amazing!" said Mabel with glee in her eyes, "I've always done the same thing: try to stash things like this from Dipper for ages."
"You have?" questioned Dipper, "What are you stashing from me?"
"N-nothing important," replied Mabel, thinking about the times she had hidden both snacks and some of Dipper's personal love letters to different girls he used to have crushes on away from him just for mischief.
"Speaking of which," said Soos, noticing his stomach growling, "Let's eat now, it's already lunchtime, dudes!"
He reached into the closet and pulled out a few bags of pretzels and crackers for himself and the Pines twins.
Just as the three began to head for the door to eat outside, they noticed Wendy sitting at the register and looking a little blue. Being her friends, Soos, Dipper and Mabel wanted to do something for her.
"Hey, Wendy, want to come out and have lunch with us?" asked Mabel politely.
"Yeah, I've got snacks galore, right here!," said Soos.
"And maybe you can talk about what's bugging you?" added Dipper, wanting to know about the feelings of the girl he had his biggest crush on.
"Well...okay," muttered Wendy, attempting to feel happy, "I guess I could use a break outside."
Outside on the porch, the four ate their snacks with pleasure. Yet, Wendy ate slower than the others, still feeling a bit blue.
"Guys?" asked Wendy, finally after a bit of silence, "can you keep a secret?"
"Sure!" said Mabel, "Does it involve new cute boys?"
"Or a lost family members?" suggested Soos.
"None of those things," said Wendy, "I-it's that...well...uh...sometimes I feel as though I should live out in the wilds."
"Huh?" exclaimed the twins and Soos.
"Yeah, I know it sounds weird," continued Wendy, "but have you guys ever felt like living outdoors too?"
Soos, Mabel and Dipper actually had wondered that before and talked with Wendy about what they felt sometimes in their personal lives. It seemed as though, however, Wendy was hiding something else, something even greater. As if she had lived out in the forest before.
All of a sudden, out of the bushes popped out a strange-looking, light amber-eyed creature. It had a hairy body with Primate-like hands. It was about the height of almost 2 feet. Its most striking feature was its Bat-like features on its head, including a large, fleshy nose (giving it an acute sense of smell) and a pair of ears (giving it incredible hearing) adapted for listening to high frequencies. It even had a very tiny, secondary pair of eyes used for heat and motion detection. The sight of this thing was, of course, startling and amazing to the group. Wendy, however, had a facial expression that implied that she recognized this being.
"Hey! Wendy! Old pal!" greeted the Bat-like thing in its somewhat nasally-sounding voice with a slight New Yorker's accent (apparently being male), bounding over to the porch and shaking Wendy's hand, "Long time no see!" He then turned his gaze over to the twins and Soos. "Whoa, more young Humans?" The creature crept over to Dipper, Mabel and Soos and sniffed them each. "So, are you Wendy's friends, or what?"
"Uhhh...Wendy?" stuttered Soos in worry.
"Um...hi," said Mabel, curiosity once again coming into play.
"Say...Wendy," asked Dipper feeling unsure about this Bat-like being, "Who and what is this?"
"Dipper, Mabel, Soos," said Wendy, "this is Twigsnatcher, the Hobgoblin."
"On chante," greeted Twigsnatcher, "Yeah, orange-haired gal and I are old pals. Want to know how we met? It's an interesting story, you see-"
"It's not important!" interrupted Wendy, feeling as though as secret was almost about to be revealed.
"Whatever you say, Wen," said Twigsnatcher, climbing up one of the porch's column for a different angle to look at the four Humans. "Now if you recall, you have a...how should I put it...an important matter to attend to sometime in your later life. And that time has come now."
"S-so it has," said Wendy, looking suddenly surprised at what the Hobgoblin was hinting at.
"What's all this about?" Dipper asked her.
"Hold on now," immediately spoke Twigsnatcher, jumping down from the wooden column and looking straight at Wendy with a smirk on his face, "that would be giving away a very age-old secret. And we certainly don't want to...endanger you-know-who."
"No," muttered Wendy, looking a bit worried now, "We wouldn't."
And with that Wendy got up out of her seat and began to follow the Hobgoblin as he led her into the forest. "I'll be back soon, guys!" she called over to Dipper, Soos and Mabel.
After a long pause, Soos finally spoke. "Dudes, it looks we've got another mystery on our hands."
"That's what I was going to say," said Mabel playfully to Soos.
"And it involves Wendy again," said Dipper. He then lowered the tone of his voice so only he could hear himself. "Wendy just more and more interesting, and with that my love for her."