Disclaimer: I don't own Gravity Falls
Author's Note: So here's the sequel to "Get Two Stans Get Two More" where we see what could've been so here's my AU version of Tourist Trapped. If you want to hear the first day just go to the other story.
Enjoy Fellow Gravity Fallers!
Ah summer break. A time for leisure, recreation, and taking 'er easy. Unless you're apart of this family.
Through the woods a golf cart crashes through a "Gravity Falls" sign with Dipper and Mabel Pines in the seats. While driving a giant creature began to follow them.
"It's getting closer!" screamed Mabel as she looked back.
"I knew you should've listened to Grunkle Ford!" yelled Dipper as he made a sharp turn.
You probably know these two. His name is Dipper Pines and girl about to puke is his twin sister Mabel. You may be wondering what they're doing in a golf cart, fleeing from a creature of unimaginable horror and you heard all this before but this is different.
"Look out!" warned Mabel as a tree was thrown in front of them.
Rest assured there is a perfectly logical explanation.
It all happened in 1960 something when a younger Stanford and Stanley Pines find a tape measure and are sent to 2013 where they meet their future selves and these two. After finding out what is going to happen they go back and live out their lives undoing a certain event. The accident of the Science Fair. Thus, causing a whole new chain events of to happy to happen. This is a what if of that fateful summer that changed these twins' lives.
On a warm summer day in the Mystery Shack Mabel peeped out of some Mr Mystery bobble-heads. She smiled wide as she whispered, "He's looking at it. He's looking at it!"
A boy around her age had a paper in his hand as he read aloud, "Do you like me? Yes. Definitely. Absolutely?"
He looked around confusedly as Mabel whispered, "I rigged it."
"Mabel, I know you're going through whole "Boy Crazy" phase, but I think you're overdoing it with the "crazy" part," commented Dipper as he cleaned a jar of eyeballs.
"What?" replied Mabel with a blow of a raspberry. "Come on Dipper, I bet Gravity Falls is a place where you meet your Soulmate! This is my chance to get an epic summer romance!"
"Yeah, but do you need to flirt with every guy you meet?" asked Dipper as he flashbacked to three incidents. One where she pushed the guy into a display of postcards. Another time with a guy with turtles. Then another time with the "Mattress King" where she scared the wits out of him.
"Mock all you want brother but I have two happily married couples to prove my point," countered Mabel as she pointed to the cash register.
"Stanley! Did you restock the snowglobes?!" shouted a woman in a black jacket over a white top, black pencil skirt, knee high socks, and brown stilettos. She had greying brown hair with a flower clip in her hair.
"I thought you were going to Carla!" yelled back Stan from the backroom.
"Oh so I'm supposed to do everything huh Mr Mystery!" yelled back Carla as the customer she was helping slowly backed away.
"Not everything, sweetie! Look I'll restock it later!" yelled back Stan.
"Do it now, honey!" yelled Carla as she turned back to customer. "Wait! My husband will get it don't worry."
"Fine! Love you!" yelled Stan as the twins heard a slight crash.
"Love you too!" yelled Carla as she looked back at the customer with a smile.
Mabel turned to Dipper who seem to have a smug smile. "I said two! Wait till Grunkle Ford and Grauntie Addi start up."
Suddenly an explosion was heard from one of the bathrooms. "Ah! Addi, I think used too much fire this time!"
A woman with greying blonde hair in a bun sighed, "I told you Ford. Stop shaving with fire."
"It's faster, sweetie," argued Ford from the bathroom.
Mabel turned to Dipper said, "They're still happy. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if the man of my dreams walked through that door right now."
With that being said Stan came out with signs under his arms and a box in his hands. Though his suit, hat, and hair were messy as they were covered in dirt and dust. "I got the snowglobes Carla. Burp, Ugh ah not good."
"Aww. Why?!" cried out Mabel as Dipper laughed at the irony.
"Alright look alive people. I need someone to hammer these signs in the spooky part of the forest," said Stan as he placed the snowglobes down.
"Not it!" yelled the twins in unison.
"Also not it!" added Soos as he stopped drilling for a moment.
"Nobody asked you Soos," said Stan.
"I know and I'm comfortable with that," added Soos as he bit into some chocolate.
"Wendy! I need you to put up this sign!" ordered Stan to Wendy who "worked" the second cash register as she read a newspaper.
"I would, but I, ugh, can't, ugh, reach it, ugh…," said Wendy sarcastically as she pretended to reach out for it.
"I would fire all of you if I could," said Stan with a straight.
"No you wouldn't," commented Carla as she raised an eyebrow.
"Sigh, let's see... eenie, meenie, miney...you!" said Stan as he pointed to Dipper.
"Aw what?! Grunkle Stan, I'm getting a weird feeling from this town plus you know Grunkle Ford doesn't like us going into the woods," argued Dipper.
"Not this again," mumbled Stan as he pinched his nose waiting for his brother to come down.
"Wait! What about the woods?!" Right on queue.
"Nothin' Poindexter. I just needed some help to put up these signs," said Stan as Ford looked at him with an annoyed look.
"Stanley, I thought we discussed no going outside without parental vision. You don't know what maybe out there," argued Ford.
"Oh let him go Ford, if I remember correctly from the stories you and Stan used to do a bunch of stuff at their age," added in Carla.
"Well, I don't know," said Ford as he thought back to the Dipper he knew. He was fine with some adventure at thirteen what's a year difference going to change. "Sigh, fine but be back here before it gets dark. Okay, Dipper."
"Yeah quit being so paranoid!" said Stan as he tossed the signs to Dipper who just sighed at the task.
As Dipper walked into the woods as he mumbled, "Ugh, Grunkle Stan. Nobody except Grunkle Ford and Grauntie Addi seems to believe into anything I say."
He continued to hit nails until he hit something harder than wood. He felt the tree and didn't feel any door. He looked up to see what seem to be a rusty branch? He narrowed his eyes as he began to throw rocks at it til he heard a click. Suddenly the tree began to sink as steps began to form downwards.
"What the-?" questioned Dipper as he followed the steps down till he saw a lab. He looked around til he saw a dusty leather book. He raised an eyebrow till he blew the dust off showing a journal with a six fingered gold hand with the number 3 on it.
He was about to open the book til he heard a noise come from the room. He quickly ran up the stairs pushing the lever back up. He sighed with relief as he successfully ran from whatever was down there. When he arrived at fallen tree spot he opened the book to see the words "The Property of" as the rest was torn off or came off with old age. He picked up the monocle with curious eyes before turning the pages as he read aloud, "It's hard to believe it's been six years since I began studying the strange and wondrous secrets of Gravity Falls, Oregon."
As he began to flip through the pages seeing pictures of Floating Eyeballs, Gnomes, and more as he whispered in awe, "What is all this?"
"Unfortunately, my suspicions have been confirmed. I'm being watched. I must hide this book before he finds it. Remember: in Gravity Falls there is no one you can trust," read aloud Dipper as he saw what appeared to be the last page before closing the Journal. "No one you can trust…"
"HELLO!" screamed Mabel behind him causing Dipper to scream and fumble with the Journal. "What'cha readin', some nerd thing?"
"Uh, uh, it's nothing," lied Dipper poorly as he looked around him nervously.
"'Uh, uh it's nothing'" mocked Mabel before letting out a small laugh. "What? Are you actually not going to show me?"
Gompers then began to nibble on the Journal as Dipper said, "Let's go somewhere private."
Back at the Mystery Shack as Dipper said excitedly, "I don't believe it! Grunkle Stan said I was being paranoid, but according to this book, Gravity Falls has this secret dark side. Ha! I knew Grunkle Ford and Grauntie Addi knew more."
"Whoa! Shut. Up!" replied Mabel as she pushed the Journal slightly.
"And get this! After a certain point, the pages just.. stop, like the guy who was writing it... mysteriously disappeared," said Dipper with a gleam in his eyes. Suddenly the doorbell rang interrupting his thought process. "Who's that?"
"Well guess it's time to spill the beans. Boop. Beans.," said Mabel with a slight blush as she spilled an empty can of beans. "This girl's got a date! Woot woot!"
"Wait, let me get this straight: in the half hour I was gone, you already found a boyfriend?" questioned Dipper.
"What can I say? I guess I'm just IRRESISTIBLLLLE!" replied Mabel as she waved her arms in her sweater silly. The doorbell then rang twice. "Oh! Coming!"
Dipper then sat on the couch before Stan came in with Carla asking, "What'cha readin there Slick?"
"Oh! I was just catching up on some "Quantum Physics 101"?" lied Dipper as he hid the Journal and looked at the random textbook he grabbed.
"Oh that's good edition. You got there," said Ford who popped in with Addi.
"Hey family!" greeted Mabel as they all turned to see Mabel and a black hooded boy. "Say hello to my new boyfriend."
He turned with a dead look in his eye as he greeted, "Sup."
"Hey."
"How's it hangin?"
"Nice to meet you."
"We met at the cemetery. He's really deep. Oh! A little muscle there, what a surprise," said Mabel before going more quiet.
"So what's your name?" asked Dipper with narrow eyes.
"Uh Normal...Man!" shouted the "teenager".
"He means Norman," corrected Mabel as she stared at him dreamily.
"Are you bleeding Norman?" asked Dipper at the hint of red on his cheek.
"It's..Jam," corrected Norman with nervous eyes.
Though Ford and Addi looked at each other as they glared at this new "boyfriend". Addi grumbled, "Not going to fool me twice Jeff."
Though Ford wasn't so discreet as he yelled, "Get out of my house!"
Everything turned in shock at the outburst. Mabel then replied flabbergasted, "What?! Grunkle Ford! Why!?"
"I don't trust him."
"What about you Grauntie Addi?" asked Mabel hoping her fellow woman would help her out.
"Um sorry sweetie but I have to agree with Ford," said Addi with guilt in her voice but the glare still there towards Norman.
"Grunkle Stan? Grauntie Carla?" asked Mabel hoping they would agree.
"Sorry, pumpkin gotta agree with Sixer here."
"Me too Mabel sweetheart. I just gotta agree with the family."
"Alright now that's settled! Get outta here!" yelled Ford as he grabbed a broom and chased him out. When he came back he saw Mabel glaring at him. "What?"
"Seriously Grunkle Ford? You're not even going to give him a chance," said Mabel with an annoyed voice.
"He's a troublemaker. I can tell," said Ford which was technically true.
"I can't believe you," half-yelled half-sobbed Mabel as she turned to the rest. "Any of you. He was my first boyfriend and you just judge him and turn him away. How could you?!"
She then ran up to her room as Dipper said, "Wow."
Ford sighed as he said with guilt, "Do you think I was too harsh, Dipper?"
"Uh maybe a little but I see where you're coming from. That guy….I don't think he was human. I mean the way he talked and walked," agreed Dipper as the whole family's eyes widen before covering it up some laughing.
"Hehe don't be silly Dipper. I'm sure what Ford means is Norman was the typical goth teen, definately not your sister's type," half-lied Addi as she thought he wasn't the right type but also the right species!
"Yeah, what Addi said so please drop the subject Dipper," said Ford as they all walked out of living room leaving Dipper as he narrowed his eyes suspiciously at the direction of Norman.
Dipper decided to leave Mabel alone in the room so read the Journal in the attic outside their room by the window sill. He then read an interesting entry aloud, "Known for their pale skin and bad attitudes these creatures are often mistaken for... teenagers?! Beware Gravity Falls' nefarious…"
He looked at the page with the title of 'Undead' and gasped as he swore the picture looked exactly like Norman and told him 'sup' as he screamed, "ZOMBIE!"
Meanwhile in the room Mabel peeked out the window seeing Norman by the forest edge waving to her. She smiled wide as she whispered, "Forbidden love."
She rushed out the room where Dipper bumped into her with a scared look in his eyes as he asked urgently, "Where are you going?"
"I'm meeting Norman," said Mabel as she tried to past him.
"WHAT!" yelled Dipper before Mabel covered his mouth before the rest heard him. "Nononono. What about what everyone said? They don't trust him."
"Come on. I bet they're going to like him after I get to know him," argued Mabel as she tried to past him again but to no avail.
"Mabel! They were right Norman is not what he seems!"
Mabel gasped as she asked, "D'you think he might be a vampire? That would be so awesome!"
"Guess again, sister. SHA-BAM!" yelled Dipper as he showed off a picture of a gnome. MAbel screamed but not out of fright. Dipper then saw his error turned to the page of the Undead. "Oh wait I'm sorry. Uh-uh Sha-Bam!"
"A zombie? That's not funny Dipper."
"I'm not joking! It all adds up! The bleeding, the limp,...he never blinked! Didn't you notice that?" asked Dipper frantic trying to prove his answer.
"Maybe he blinking when you blinking."
"Mabel, remember what the book said about Gravity Falls," said Dipper as he turned making sure no one was listening. "Trust No One."
"Well, what about me, huh? Why can't you trust me?" asked Mabel as she put on star earrings. "Beep-Bop."
"Mabel!" scolded Dipper as he grabbed her shoulders. "He's going to eat your brain!"
"Dipper, listen to me," said Mabel with a serious tone in her voice. "I'm going on a date with Norman. And I'm going to be adorable. And he's going to be dreamy. And you better tell the others. And stop with your crazy CONSPIRACIES!"
Mabel then pushed him out of the way as she rushed out the door. Dipper sighed as he looked out the window.
"Maybe Mabel was right. I guess I can be a bit paranoid sometimes and WAIT WHAT!" yelled Dipper as he saw Norman's hand fall off when he was waiting for Mabel. "AHH! I was right! Oh my gosh! Grunkle Stan! Grunkle Ford!"
Dipper ran through the house til he saw Grunkle Stan giving a tour. He tried to get his attention but he then began to argue with the tourists. Dipper looked around to see Grunkle Ford but couldn't see him near. He made annoyed noise as he still tried.
However while with Mabel she finally found a clearing with Norman as she sighed, "Finally, we're alone."
"Yes. Alone," grunted Norman as he tried to reach for Mabel.
"Stan! Stan!" yelled Dipper as he waved his arms crazy to get his attention. Dipper then turned to see Wendy drive a golf cart. "Wendy!"
He then ran as he yelled her name before she turned as he shouted, "Wendy! I need to borrow the golf cart so I can save my sister from a zombie!"
Wendy then gave him the eyes before walking away with the advice to not hit pedestrians. Dipper then saw a shovel as he packed it and drove towards the forest.
While Dipper was driving like a madman Mabel was still alone with Norman. Norman then said, "Mabel, since we gotten to know each other. There's something I should tell you."
"Oh, Norman you can tell me anything," said Mabel aloud though in her head she prayed that he was a vampire.
"Alright, just don't freak out and keep an open mind," said Norman as he began to unzip his hoodie to reveal a…..bunch of gnomes. "Is this too weird? Do you need to sit down?"
Mabel stood there in shock as Jeff tried to explain what was going on and mentioned, "So basically we have chosen you to be our new queen. Haha find it funny how it always ends up being a Pines girl. Either way, what do you say?"
They then got down on one "knee" with a ring as he requested for holy matrimony. Mabel then apologized, "Look... I'm sorry, guys. You're really sweet, but, I'm a girl, and you're gnomes, and it's like, "what"? Yikes…"
"We understand Mabel, you're not the first in your family to reject us but you are certainly the nicest we met. We'll never forget you," said Jeff as Mabel smiled a bit. "Because this time we're going to kidnap you."
"Wha?"
Jeff then jumped her as Mabel screamed.
"Don't worry Mabel! I'll save you from that zombie!" yelled Dipper as he heard her scream as he drove through the forest following the screams. "Hold on!"
"Come on guys, we don't need another running away!" ordered Jeff before mumbling. "What is it with you Pines girls?"
"Let go of me!" yelled Mabel as she punched and kicked some gnomes away.
"What the heck is going on here?" asked Dipper confused beyond on what was happening here.
"Dipper! You guys were right! Norman turned out to be a bunch of gnomes! Who are total jerks!"
"Gnomes? Wow, I was off." Dipper then turned to the page as he read aloud, "Gnomes: little men of the Gravity Falls Forest. Weaknesses:, gasp, Mabel I know how to beat them!"
"A need a little help first!" yelled Mabel as they were tying her down.
"Hey! Gnome guy! Let go of my sister!" commanded Dipper to Jeff.
"Look, kid, your sister is in no danger whatsoever she's just becoming our Gnome Queen for all of eternity," explained Jeff, which did not help whatsoever.
"Give her back right now or else," threaten Dipper as he showed off the shovel.
"You think you can stop us, boy? You have no idea what we're capable of. The gnomes are a powerful race! Do not trifle with the - AH!" shouted Dipper as he casually threw Jeff with the shovel.
Dipper then cut the ropes as him and Mabel jumped in the golf cart.
As they drove the golf cart Mabel kept looking back as she asked, "What if they come after us?"
"I wouldn't worry about that. Apparently the Author says they have a bunch of weaknesses but the best one is back at the Shack so we got nothing to worry about if they do," replied Dipper confidently though paused when they felt shaking. They both turned to see a Giant Gnome made from the Gnomes.
"Drive!" yelled Mabel as Dipper put the golf cart at high speeds.
"They're getting closer!" yelled Mabel as the Gnomes flew threw the air landing on the golf cart trying to attack them soon a Gnome jumped on Dipper's face. "I'll save you Dipper!"
After a various of punches the Gnome, along with Dipper's hat, came off as Dipper thanked her through the pain. The Giant Gnome threw a tree as Mabel warned Dipper. He turned it swiftly as they drove all the way to the Mystery Shack.
When they got out of the cart Mabel asked, "What's the weakness?"
"Oh leaf blowers!" answered Dipper as they tried to search for it but it was too late the Giant Gnome came before them. They screamed as Dipper asked, "Where are the others?"
When he said this inside the Shack they were cleaning up shop when Addi asked, "Do you think Mabel will listen and not bother "Norman"?"
"Nope," answered Stan and Ford as they knew the Mabel they knew went to a boy crazy phase with that whole "failed summer romances" page.
Back outside as Jeff threaten them as Mabel saw something at the corner of her eye as she whispered, "I gotta do it."
"What?! Mabel, don't do this! Are you crazy?"
"Trust me."
"What?"
"Dipper, just this once. Trust me."
Dipper looked at the Giant backed away as Mabel said she'll marry him. Jeff cheered as he climbed down as he walked up to Mabel as showed off the ring and placed it on. "Hot dog, now let's go back to the forest, honey."
"You may now kiss the bride."
Jeff paused before he smiled as he replied, "Don't mind if I do."
He puckered up as Mabel flipped the leaf blower she saw on. "Oh no! Not again!"
"That's for lying to me!" Jeff got sucked in.
"That's for breaking my heart!" She pulled into reverse.
"And this is for messin' with my brother!" She aimed it at the Giant Gnome. "Want to do the honors?"
"On three! One! Two! Three!" With a shout they blew Jeff all the way back into a forest. They then continued to scare the gnomes with the leaf blower.
"Hey Dipper, I'm sorry I didn't listen to you or Grunkle Ford and Stan and Grauntie Addi and Carla," apologized Mabel.
"Oh don't worry about it. You saved us back there," said Dipper to cheer up his sister.
"I guess I'm just sad my first boyfriend turned out to be a bunch of gnomes," said Mabel as she took off some leaves out her hair sadly.
"Look on the bright side you got a great a family to help you get the right," said Dipper as they looked through the window.
"Thanks Dipper."
"Awkward Sibling Hug?" asked Dipper as he held out his arms.
Mabel smiled as she replied, "Awkward Sibling Hug."
They hugged and said in unison, "Pat. Pat."
When they entered the shop Addi and Carla gasped in concern as they rushed over. While Stan said, "What happened to you two?"
"Did someone attack kids?" asked Ford in concern thinking he was going to have a little "conversation" with the gnomes.
"No, we're good."
"Totally fine."
They then began to walk to kitchen before Stan shouted, "Hey! Would you look at that. I seem to have overstock on some things. So, how about you two take one item from here. On the house."
"Really?"
"What's the catch?"
"Nothin', just thought it might cheer you two up before dinner," said Stan as Carla gave him a kiss on the cheek for being so nice.
They looked around though Dipper saw some Pine Tree hats he took one and placed on his head as he asked, "How does this look?"
"Much better."
"Lookin' good there champ."
While he got his item Mabel shouted, "Can I have this?"
They all turned to see her show off a grappling hook. Stan and Carla looked at at Ford and Addi with a shocked look they shrugged embarrassedly before Stan asked, "Wouldn't you like a doll or something?"
She shot it up as she yelled, "GRAPPLING HOOK!"
Ford chuckled as he said, "Keep it Mabel. It suits you."
"Trust me sweetie tough women run in this family," said Carla as she high fived with Addi who smiled at the sight.
Later at night Dipper wrote in the Journal, "This journal told me there was no one in Gravity Falls I could trust. But when you battle a hundred gnomes side-by-side with someone, you realize that they've probably always got your back. Our family says not to worry too much on what happens in this town, but who knows what other secrets are waiting to be unlocked."
Dipper then called to Mabel, "Could you get the light?"
"I'm on it!" Soon enough the lantern was out the window. "It worked."
Though unbeknownst to Dipper and Mabel the rest of family went down behind the vending machine down to the basement whispering about how He could be watching.
A.N: Hope you guys like this first chapter of One Big Weird Happy Family my Happy Family AU if you will. Addi is now a main character and belongs to hntrgurl13, an amazing person who is letting me use her, also keep a lookout for my other stories. The Next Chapter: Meeting the Pines (Yes, it's my episode/chapter).