A WORD FROM THE AUTHOR-

This is my first Fan-fic I've ever written so don't be too harsh if I mess something up. I don't know how often ill be writing and posting these chapters. But since my Summer break has officially begun ill be able to write more frequently. But without any further ado, Enjoy.

(BTW its a Gravity Falls Fan-Fic, MONSTER FALLS)

DIPPER'S POV:

Dipper looked out from his book and looked around him. Thick pine trees, a beautiful crystal clear river, and the setting sun. This place didn't seem harmful, like the journal had claimed. It had said this river, the fluvius cantatis, had a terrible curse on anyone who comes in contact with its waters. The author had never started his studies on the river because he did not want the burden of a curse. Yet Dipper was, of course, curious about it. He had come here at noon to see if it did anything out of the ordinary. So far, nothing's happened. Well, the river a strange current. One moment it could be really calm and the other it was a ferocious current, like right now. He sighed and stood up to leave, it was time for dinner anyways. Then, as he turned to leave, he heard something running towards him from the forest. Then he heard a familiar scream!

"Mabel!" He yelled.

Then he saw Mabel running to the right of him, with what looked like a coyote chasing her. What was she doing out here! He heard her yelling, "Dipper! Help me!"

Dipper set the journal on the ground and grabbed a few rocks off the ground and took a few steps back towards the river, "Mabel look out!"

Mabel turned and ran as fast as she could his direction and it left him with a clean shot of the canine. He threw the first rock, and missed. He threw the second rock and hit the coyote right in the face. It whined and growled, turned, and ran with its tail between its legs. Before Dipper could rejoice he saw Mabel running towards him with her head faced back towards the coyote, paying no attention that she was about to crash into him.

"Mabel! NO!"

He felt Mabel crash into him, sending him back, right into the freezing river.

MABEL'S POV:

Mable had no idea she was going to crash into Dipper, well until it happened. She saw Dipper plunge into the current. She was about to jump in after him when he heard him struggle to yell at her, "DON'T TOUCH THE WATER!"

She yelled back, "You're touching it though!"

But she knew better and grabbed a long stick and looked for Dipper. She saw him down the river a bit, holding onto a tree root that had grown into the river. She ran over and held the stick for him to hold onto, he grabbed it and she pulled him to the bank. Dipper coughed up water, and well, he had a terrified look on his face. Mabel reassured him, "You're fine bro bro. A little water won't hurt you."

Dipper look at Mabel, " Mabel... I didn't tell you this yet but... This river is cursed! It says so in the journal! Now because I fell into it, I'M CURSED!"

Mabel was confused, "So there was an evil, forbidden, cursed river inside of a mysterious journal and you went looking for it? Not the smartest thing you're ever done."

Dipper looked offended, "It's not like I was planning to go for a swim in it! You pushed me in! What were you doing here anyways!"

It was Mabel's turn to look offended, "Grunkle Stan told me to come look for you!"

That was true, it was getting late and Stan had asked her if she knew where he was. He had been talking about the river all the day before so she figured he was here, and ding ding, she was right. Would have come earlier but a coyote had started chasing her. Dipper sighed, "What am I going to do now."

Mabel asked, "So what exactly happens when you touch the water."

"You become cursed."

"Yea but, I mean nothing bad has happened yet. What does the journal say."

Dipper stands up and walks over to where he fell and Mabel followed.

DIPPER'S POV:

Dipper saw the journal right where he left it. He grabbed it and sat down. As he looked through the pages Mabel sat next to him. Gremoblins, no, gnomes, no, zombies, no, fluvius cantatis, there we go. He read the journal's entry on the river again. Same thing, Author never started his studies, you'll be cursed, bah bah bah. It didn't say exactly what the curse did. Mabel was reading over his shoulder,"Maybe there is no curse. The author might of just heard rumors of it. Maybe he was wrong."

Dipper sighed,"I sure hope so...But it also says he never finished his studies, he could have never learned what the curse was."

Mabel looked at the sky, "It's getting late, let's talk about this at the shack."

Dipper got up and so did Mabel. Then they headed back to the shack.

Stick around for Ch 2!