After the crazy summer in gravity falls you could say the twins were more open to possibilities dipper even took to writing his own set of journals, going off the information he already had from his great uncle Stanford's but with more wide spread research finding more and more creatures and even...spells which to his surprise were at his hand... that was the day he found out he and Mabel could use magic.

Finally after everything that happened recently, today was a sleep in day.
from another hoard of gnomes deciding Mabel was a perfect bride to a wild hippogriff landing in their yard he finally had a break which was rare considering every other time he tried there was always some kind of interruptio- ...what was that noise? "diiiiiiiiippppPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRR" oh come ooooonnn as he sat up Mabel burst into their room jumping on his bed shouting nonsense "Mabes! slow down and stop yelling! ...now what is it?" she couldn't resist jumping to make up for the no yelling "okay, okay you will never believe what just happened Dippin sauce!" "an owl AN OWL flew up to me and landed on my shoulder dropping a letter into my hand and look!" his eyes focussed on the item she shoved in his face seeing two names on the envelope dipper and Mabel pines "it... it's for us...what is it?" "I DON'T KNOW BUT AN OWL GAVE IT TO ME SO IT MUST BE AWESOME" so she settled down ripping open the letter so they could read the contents both quieting down as they read it. "it's...a school invitation ...for witches and wizards" came in unison as they gawked at it.

They took the letter to their parents who after reading gave each other a look like they expected this... which is when they got the talk...not the sex talk, the wizard talk. Apparently the pines family have always been involved in the weird and unexplained, however the actual magic had skipped a few generations finally leaving Mabel and dipper as the only magicals in the family other than grunkle Stan who never went to a wizarding school because Stanford wasn't a wizard, he didn't want to split the team... to bad it seemed to not matter in the end as they broke apart anyway but it was already to late and besides they had made up and Stan thought he did a pretty good job with his magic skills having the 8ball staff as a wand...no wonder he was so protective of it... but anyway the owl was sent back with a message of their own about acquiring the necessities for the schools curriculum which brings us to now.

They were walking through a crowded street with ranging creatures and people, goblins, gnomes, witches, wizards, all while being led by a giant man to gringotts bank where their families savings have been held for four generations which meant they were practically as rich as the great known harry potter, who they only knew because the man... Haggrid they think it was, as he rambled on about how this brought back memories of leading him through this very street to prepare him for school and how proud he was. The next stop was to retrieve a wand each dippers was a fairy wing and demiguise hair core with beech wood knowledge seeker and hard to use for the close minded while Mabel got a unicorn hair with rosewood which she started hugging once she heard the word unicorn causing it to glow along with her. next was to pick an animal Mabel had already requested to just have Waddles which after some back and forth banter the school finally agreed but dipper still needed to choose and so brought them to a pet store where dipper was being hissed at by cats and the likes until he found a great horned owl and with that plus books they were set to go gathering their belongings and saying their good byes they left for the train station to search for...9 3/4...what?

"okay seriously we have been looking FOREVER where is it" they were on their 3rd loop of the station looking for the right platform when suddenly Waddles got off his leash and ran directly towards a wall Mabel was worriedly running after him when suddenly he passed through the wall giving each other a look before looking back to the wall dipper saw a sign just above it "9 3/4 guess this is it" they took a deep breath before one at a time taking a run at the wall thankfully passing through as well, they were awestruck as they saw hundreds of students boarding and being hugged good bye in front of a giant steam train until Mabel remembered Waddles and began her search only to hear a familiar voice "Waddles?! is that you? what are you doing here!" Mabel ran forward seeing their friend Pacifica before shouting and hugging her "Mabel?! dipper! you guys are wizards too?" they were all happy to see each other after the incident at the northwest manner they had become very close friends and now they can continue that they finally boarded the train together chatting randomly finding out the northwest was snobby for more than one reason being pureblood and rich meant they thought everyone was below them except Pacifica she was determined to break the family habit they continued finding out her wand was hippogriff hair with walnut and that she had a yellow cat sporting a bowtie... memories flashed in dippers mind but he wrote it off as coincidence hearing that the cat was a family pet and had been her mothers companion as well when they were interrupted by a very unwanted guest "well, well, well, if it isn't my favourite munchkin and YOU dipper~" Gideon freaking gleeful of course they couldn't be rid of at least one problem "oooh come on why do you get to be here as well!" dipper the ever frustrated bonked his head on the window before glaring and Gideon "well you see as it turns out that amulet was just a conductor for me it woke my powers and now I can actually use my magic to it's full extent! so be ready for trouble pines!" he stormed off before quickly stepping back in to blow a kiss at Mabel "except for you sweetums" "EWW NO NO NO" she fake gagged as if choking on the thought

once Gideon was gone they could settle back to a partial peace when a lady with a trolley of sweets rolled by "anything off the trolley?" Mabel was drooling while Pacifica ordered a few things dipper couldn't remember any of the odd names for before ordering a pack of Bertty Botts 'EVERY' flavor jelly beans Mabel finally snapped out of her stupor as she was handed the little box along with a chocolate frog same as dipper "woah thanks Pac! hey does it mean EVERY flavour?" Pacifica couldn't help but laugh telling Mabel to be careful what she may pick Mabel taking this as a challenge shoved three in her mouth at first thinking "woah I taste marshmallows AND strawberries" before finally giving out a hellish screech screaming "OH MY GOD CHILLI IT BURRRRNNNNNSS" dipper proceeded to set his aside for later picking up his chocolate frog instead as he opened the pack Pacifica startled "make sure you catch it!" just as she said this the chocolate frog jumped onto dippers face making him yelp. certainly not girlishly! causing both the girls to laugh continuing the train ride merrily.

when they arrived at the castle yes a castle AHHH! they were so going to get lost on purpose! they just had to explore the place later! but right now they were told to stay in a line so they could be sorted...whatever that means they recalled Haggrid saying something about houses but eh, Pacifica however looked determined so they figured it was important. They could hear a few yells from the hall up ahead as they neared the door hearing a song and finally names being called one after the other they only really paid attention to four names "Gideon gleeful" he strode past looking smug sitting down and having...a hat? lowered onto his head he jumped just slightly settling back before a yell came from the hat "SLYTHERIN!" and then cheering" a talking hat...and yet I can say I've seen weirder but still..."
"Pacifica northwest" she let out a breath before walking to the hat she shut her eyes as it was placed and it seemed to hum and huh for a while before finally yelling "GRIFFINDORE!" she smiled so it must have been good, then again as long as you're not set with Gideon anything is good...but he did hear of her dislike to slytherin because of her family ... "Dipper pines"
his breathing halted as he realized it was his turn so he walked over briskly nearly tripping before finally getting to the hat when a voice came into his head "ahh an intelligent one always seeking knowledge of the unknown loyal true but I think you are best for... "RAVENCLAW" the blue clad table started clapping and yelling so he walked over sitting with a friendly looking kid before he heard his sisters name get called she was smiling as the hat recited traits and where she'd be best suited before it yelled "HUFFLEPUFF" he was kind of sad to have to split but he knew it didn't matter much they were still mystery twins! and had nothing to worry about here since they're both far away from Gideon she sat next to a large girl and a small Asian instantly chatting away Dipper pleased finally looked to the others near him when he felt something...on his shoes he looked down to see something small tying his laces together "HEY WHAT THE!" he started flicking at it causing those around him to stare so he stopped it left anyway... when one spoke "it's okay not may people know about them they secretly tie or steal shoes all the time, my names Luke by the way you're dipper right? wanna be friends?" Dipper thought he might really like a friendship with this guy he seemed to be in the know of odds so they got into a conversation before food appeared in front of them making dipper instantly shut up he could hear Mabel squealing hehe "so food can just appear? from where? how?" he rambled questions causing the kid to laugh "you must be muggleborn there are house elves working in the kitchen they make the food and apparate it to the tables for us" he said smiling as the feast continued.

After the feast it was finally time to settle for most except for two curious twins who decided sleeping alone in a brand new environment was a no go and so plan sleepover at hufflepuff common room was a go...well after some exploring of course~ which now it had been about two hours of exploring when dipper realized he was lost and Mabel was no where to be seen. As he turned a corner he jumped when a flash of yellow rushed by so he followed it down a few corridors before meeting a dead end where..."hey, hey there little guy you're Pacifica's cat right? what did she say your name was?..." as he tried raking his mind for an answer an annoyingly familiar laugh reverberated off the hall "hahahaha! hey there pine tree!" he frantically began looking around for the source of the voice it was just him and...the cat it looked to him and suddenly an impossibly wide fanged smile adorned the cats face "I bet this is a surprise huh? but of course I couldn't just leave you on your own where would be the fun in that! so here i am pine tree~" "cipher!" just as he was about to think out a plan he heard Mabel's voice turning to face her "there you are dipdop! haha I think that's enough exploring for tonight I'm pooped so come on! PILLOW FORT COMMON ROOM HERE WE COME!" he looked back to find the cat...bill gone "dipper?...is everything okay?" ..."yeah Mabes I'm...I'm fine let's go"

to be continued~