(AN: This story is told in Abby' POV)
Chapter One: The Mystery Shack
I kicked a small stone as I walked in the forest. I moved here about a week ago because my dad's company was shut down for no apparent reason. I stared at the ground with a frown. Since I didn't see where I was going, I ran into a tree.
"Ow! Stupid tree." I muttered as I stood back up. I looked at the sign with an arrow pointing somewhere.
"Mystery Shack? Seems like a hoax." I muttered as a car sped by.
"What the? Have I been beside a road this entire time?" I asked myself.
I sighed and looked at where the car was heading. I saw a small shack with the words, "Mystery Shack" on them. I noticed that the "S" from shack had fallen off.
"Mystery Hack. I got a bad feeling about this." I said but walked towards it. As I approached the old building, I tucked a piece of my scarlet red hair behind my ear. I saw a crowd of people and a man wearing a suit with an eye patch over his right eye. He had a weird cane with the 8 ball on the handle part.
"Welcome," he began. "To the Mystery Shack! I'm Mr. Mystery and I will be your guide on this tour through strange, unexplainable things." He said, letting everyone in. I scoffed at the name, Mr. Mystery and followed the crowd. We walked through the gift shop and led us to the museum. Everyone, except me, gasped at each sight. I rolled my eyes at each one.
"And here is the menacing, Pre-Teen Wolf Boy!" Mr. Mystery exclaimed, pulling a curtain aside to show a kid wearing a poor wolf costume. Mr. Mystery made a small signal and the boy sighed.
"Aroo." He said with no effort. The entire crowd gasped while I giggle.
"He is certainly menacing." Someone said.
"He looks like he'll kill us all." Another person added.
The crowd nodded before they moved on to another fake attraction.
I stayed behind and looked at the Pre-Teen Wolf Boy.
"Shouldn't you be going with them?" He asked. I approached the red rope thingy and shrugged.
"I dunno. All of this stuff is a piece of junk." I said, pointing to the Corn-A-Corn thing. He smiled and chuckled. "That's Stan for ya." He said. I cocked an eyebrow. "Stan? Is that his real name?" I asked. He nodded.
I stuck my hand out for him to shake. "Names Abigail Walker. You can call me Abby if you want to." I said. He shook my hand. "I'm Dipper Pines." He said.
"Do you think I could get a job here?" I asked. Dipper shrugged. "Maybe. He'll pretty much let anyone work here." He said. "Great." I said. I watched as the crowd of tourists walked out of the museum. "Finally." Dipper sighed. He ducked under a rope and smiled at me. "I'll be right back." He said before he left. "Hey there stranger talking to my twin brother." Someone said from behind me. I turned and saw a girl that looked like the girl version of Dipper.
She smiled and me. "I'm Mabel Pines. Nice to meet you." She said. "Abigail Walker. You can call me Abby." I said. Dipper came back and smiled.
"I guess you already met Mabel." He said. I nodded and looker at her sweater. "Is that?... Llama Hair?" I asked. She smiled. "Yup!" she said. "Is it real?" I asked. "Yup!" Yikes. I thought.
We walked out of the museum and into the gift shop where all of the tourists were. A redhead girl was at the cash register, and Stan was talking to a tourist. We approached him from behind.
"Grunkle Stan?" Stan turned around and saw us standing in front of him.
"What do you guys want? And who's the girl with the red hair?" He asked
"Grunkle Stan, meet Abby. Abby, meet Stan!" Mabel said.
"Why am I being introduced to her?" He asked.
"I want a job here." I said. He cocked an eyebrow. "You want to work here 'eh?" he said. I nodded.
"You're hired." He said before turning to the redhead.
"Wendy! Come meet your new co-worker!" he said. The redhead at the counter sighed and walked over to us.
"'Sup?" she said. "Names Wendy." She said. "Abby." I said.
"Now that you know who your new co-worker is, get back to work." He said. "Dipper, Mabel. Give Abby here a tour of the place." He added before walking away. Wendy smiled at us. "See you three later." She said before walking back to the register.
"Yeah! See you later. Hehe." Dipper said as his cheeks turned pink.
Mabel grinned at me. "How old are you?" She asked. "Twelve. I'm almost thirteen." I said, stuffing my hands into my pockets.
"How do you wear a sweater in summer?" I asked. She shrugged.
Dipper and Mabel showed me around and lead me to the employees only room.
"And this is where we hang out when we aren't working." Mabel said. I looked around and saw a pig in the corner.
"That's Waddles." Mabel said, picking up the fat pig. She nuzzled him and set him back down. I saw a book lying on the chair. "What's this?" I asked, walking over to it and picking it up. Dipper gasped.
"Gimme that book!" he said.
"Why? Does it have embarrassing secrets?" I asked with a sneer.
"No! It worse than that!" he said, holding out his hand.
I shut the book and looked at the cover. "Why does this thing have six fingers?" I asked, holding it up for them to see it. "And a Three in the middle?" I added. Dipper jumped towards me and pinned me to the ground.
"I told you to give it to me!"
"Why does it matter?"
"It's important!"
"Why is it important?"
"Because it is. Now give it to me!" He grabbed the book out of my hands and stood up.
"You could've asked nicely." I said, standing up and brushing off some dust.
He put the book in his vest and sighed.
"It's getting late, shouldn't you be going?" he asked.
"Sounds like somebody hates me. Besides, it's only 3 in the afternoon." I said.
As soon as I said that, someone burst into the room.
"What's going on? I heard yelling and stuff." He said.
"Soos, this is Abby. Abby, this is Soos." Mabel said.
"'Sup dawg?" he said. "Oh. Nothing." I said, shooting a death glare at Dipper.
"Dude, it looks like she wants to kill you." He said.
"No duh." He muttered. I sighed as my phone rang. It was my dad. "Give me a second." I said to the trio before I pulled out my phone and faced the other way. I awnsered it.
"Dad?"
"Where are you Abby?"
"I'm at a place called the Mystery Shack."
"If it doesn't have anything to do with jobs, then come home."
"I got a job here. Can't I stay?"
"You got a job there?"
"Yeah. Now can I please stay?" I asked
"Fine. Come home at five. We found a four star motel. I'll text you the address." He said before hanging up.
I put my phone away and faced them again. "Is the shop closed?" I asked. Soos nodded. "Great! Who wants to watch Duck- Tective?!" Mabel asked, sitting on the chair. I shrugged and sat on the floor beside her. Dipper took the armchair, and Soos sat next to Mabel.
Mabel turned on the T.V and instantly was sucked into it. So was Soos. I noticed that Dipper was writing in the book he took from me. I got a peek at what he was writing.
I don't think that I can trust Abby. She found this journal and wanted to read it. I don't know if she's somehow working for Bill or if someone else hired her. Maybe working at the Mystery Shack is a cover so she can steal the journal and find out all of the secrets of Gravity Falls. I have my eye on her.
I looked back at the screen and zoned out.
Bill? Who's Bill? What secrets does Gravity Falls have? It's a normal town with normal people… Scratch off normal people. Lazy Susan is pretty weird. What's wrong with her eye?
What's wrong with Gravity Falls? What secrets are there?
A haunting thought came to me.
What's Dipper hiding?
The show ended around 3:30 and I decided to ask about Lazy Susan and make my way towards the mysteries around here.
"What's with Lazy Susan's eye?" I asked.
"I don't know dude. She doesn't talk about it at all." Soos awnsered.
"Well… What other weird things are there in Gravity Falls?" I asked.
"I don't know but Dipper's journal does!" Mabel said, leaning forward and grabbing his journal.
"Give it back!" Dipper ecxclaimed.
"Hang on! I'm trying to awnser her question!" Mabel said, flipping through the book.
"There are gnomes, zombies, vampires and also some weird objects like the truth teeth, a magical amulet that looks like the one that Gideon had, and other things." She said
"Mabel!" Dipper exclaimed.
"Don't forget about Bill!" Soos added.
"Oh yeah! There was this one time where this creepy little kid named Gideon tried to figure out the code to Stan's safe where the deed was, but by using this book. He went into Stan's mind and we followed him and we saw all of his memories. We found the code but Bill took it and he started to give it to Gideon but we- HEY!" Mabel stopped at Dipper attacked her and grabbed the book. He silently flipped the pages and then showed it to her. She sighed sadly and looked at me.
"I- I guess no one wants me here so… I'll see you tomorrow." I said
I walked to the door and opened it up and shut it behind me. I walked out of the Shack and pulled out my phone. I read the address and began to walk to town. As I walked, the wind blew hard. I heard a whisper in the wind. I could barely make out the words. Then, a paper flew on my face. I pulled it off and looked at it, but I couldn't see it because of the wind. I heard the whisper more clearly now.
I am still here.
The wind died down and turned into a small breeze. I looked at the paper in my hand and folded it. I ran to the motel as fast as I could.
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Did you like it? This is my first Gravity Falls fanfic so please review!
Ninjarose, out.