Dipper Pines yawned and stretched, reaching towards the place where the '3' journal rested. His hand was met by air, and he started freaking out. Then, the memory hit him. Of how Stan had taken his journal.
Dipper sighed, thinking of the crazy day. Happy, because Gideon had been locked up. Sad that Stan had taken his journal. A mixture of the two lay in his memory.
Dipper slowly swung himself out of his bed, pulled on his cap, and went on down to the dining room. Mabel was already there, and had made him his favorite cereal. He gave her a nod of thanks, and sat down to eat. Stan pulled in soon behind Dipper.
"What's up kiddos? What, no breakfast for me!? Kids these days, not respecting their grunkles..." Stan grumbled, and began making his breakfast.
"Hey Grunkle Stan, when can I have my journal back?" Dipper asked Stan, hoping to get his journal back.
"Listen kiddo, you'll get your journal back when I'm done with it. It's givin' me some great ideas for more attractions! I'll be making those suckers pay even more!" Stan exclaimed.
"Just remember," Dipper said "it's my journal. If I ask for it back you have to give it back to me."
"Ha! I'm gonna have to write that one down! I'm your superior. I'll give it back when I'm done with it, you hear!" Stan said and yelled in response.
"Come on Dip, I've got something to show you." Mabel said, jumping out of her seat and running to their attic bedroom.
"Wait, I've gotta finish my breakfast!" Dipper yelled.
"Then hurry up!" Mabel yelled back, her voice hard to hear now.
Dipper sighed, and began to finish up his breakfast. When he was done, he put his dishes in the sink, and walked off to go find Mabel.
As Dipper walked in to the attic bedroom, Mabel fell onto her bed, already talking.
"What took you so long Dipper?! Gosh, you're a slow eater. Anyways, here's what I was wanting to show you!" Mabel said quickly.
As Dipper tried to add a word in edge-wise, Mabel pulled out a journal a bit like the journal he had before Stan took it. It's covers were pieces of cardboard, spray-painted red. On thinner cardboard Mabel had cut out a six-fingered hand and eight edgings for the book. She had spray-painted the hand and edgings gold, and glued the edgings to the four corners of each cover, and the hand in the center of the front cover. On the hand she had written a '4' in black Sharpie.
"Ta da! No need to thank me... Yes there is!" Mabel said as she held out the journal for Dipper.
Dipper slowly walked over to Mabel, taking the journal in a sense of awe. "When did you have time to make this? And why?" Dipper asked.
"Well duh Dipwad, I saw you moping about, and thought that you might like to make your own journal where you can keep track of all the crazy things we find. You can choose what's in it, not the author of the other three. Now then, I believe a thanks is in order." Mabel told Dipper
Dipper smiled at Mabel. "Thanks Mabel. You're the best sister I could ask for." Dipper said, and hugged Mabel, awkward family reunion style.
"Don't mention it." Mabel said, hugging back. "Now shall we go fill it up with all of our adventures or what?"
"I think it's mandatory that we do that, Mabel. Well, let's get started! Just let me find a pen or a pencil..." Dipper said.
"No need! I made a built in pen in the spine. The pen is erasable too, just in case of mess-ups. Just push the little eye in the spine, and it pops out!" Mabel said.
Dipper pushed the eye in, and a red pen with gold rings around it popped out of the center of the spine. "Jeez Mabel, you really thought of everything, didn't you?"
"I try my best." Mabel said with a shrug. "Now let's get writing!"
The Pines siblings spent the next few hours writing down various information from all of their adventures, such as the gnomes, the summerween trickster, and the Dusk2Dawn store. Dipper also wrote down some of the oddities that people had heard myths or seen, like the hide-behind and Stan's tattoo. When they had finished, it was almost lunch, so they decided to go on down and cook up some hotdogs. When they had finished cooking them, they began to talk about other things that they could do now that they had their own journal that they could write in as they ate.
"We should go exploring!" Mabel exclaimed excitedly. "I can dig out my grappling hook, and we can go find some things that the other writer didn't write down in that book!"
"Sure. Maybe we'll even find some things that will lead us to the author of the books, or even more secrets here in Gravity Falls!" Dipper responded.
"Yeah! Let's hurry up, and then start exploring! Woohoo!" Mabel almost screamed.
"Quiet down in their kiddos! Yesh, let your grunkle watch TV in peace." Stan yelled from the living room.
"Sorry." Mabel whispered back.
"What? Speak up Mabel!" Stan yelled.
"I said sorry!" Mabel yelled back.
"Alright! Yesh, kids these days..." Grumbled Grunkle Stan.
The kids snickered, and began to finish up their meal in peace.
Author's Note: Hello! This is my first fanfiction, so constructive criticism would be appreciated. Also, if you have any ideas of plotlines to go off of, please tell me them. Thanks, Wvni.