A/N: Hey everyone! This is Allenfairytail here bringing you guys a Gravity Falls story. Now since this is my first time writing a Gravity Falls Fanfic, please go a bit easy on me. Now, everyone in the Main Cast such as Wendy, Soos Stan will appear and of course Dipper and Mabel will appear in every chapter possible. This story will contain no Pinecest at all, but romance will appear on occasions in certain parts of the story. What would the parings be? You have to wait and find out!
Disclaimer: I do not own Gravity Falls in anyway. Just the plot and the OC's.
Summary: Dipper and Mabel have found many mysteries around Gravity Falls, but they stumbled upon the biggest mystery yet, one that could put the entire town in danger.
The Zodiacs
A Gravity Falls Story
By Allenfairytail
Season 1: Water War
Episode 1: A New Neighbor
Gravity Falls, Oregon, a small town where the strange and the supernatural occur, but even its residents don't take notice of the unusual activities occurring from time to time. All except for a selective few. But little do they realize that they'll encounter another secret within this sleepy town, one that nobody, not even themselves, could possibly have ever imagined.
On a cheerful July morning, where the sun rose and shined brightly on Gravity Falls, The Mystery Shack was opened for business and just like any other day, it was filled with many ignorant tourists, all thanks to a master con-artist.
"Welcome to the Mystery Shack!" Stan Pines greeted his customers. Using his expertise he had acquired from many years of conning experience to attract more unsuspecting customers and milked them off of their hard-earned money. While he was busy attracting customers, a small bubbly girl in a tacky pink sweater was playing with her favorite pet pig outside of the shack, nibbling on it's ear; she was none other than Mabel Pines and with her was Waddles.
"Mabel, there you are!" Dipper, Mabel's younger twin brother, ran towards his older twin sister, who smiled brightly upon seeing him.
"Hey bro bro!" Mabel greeted her brother with such enthusiasm that it would brighten any room. "What's the word, Dipper?"
"Mabel, you'll never guess what I found: I discovered a bridge deep within the forest. I have a hunch crossing that bridge we could discovered one of Gravity Falls' secrets!" Dipper excitedly replied, his eyes filled with much determination.
"Sweet! Another day of adventure in good old Gravity Falls!" Mabel joyfully shouted, not even questioning what gave Dipper his hunch.
Just then, Wendy opened the door with a smile on her face, holding a cupcake in her hand.
"Hey Wendy!" Mabel greeted her friend, before catching a glance of her half eaten cupcake and gasping as if someone just got shot. "Where did you get that?!" she demanded, wanting one herself.
"Hey Mabel," Wendy greeted back, before Stan butted into their conversation.
"Wendy! You're late! I didn't pay for someone to be late to work! What gives?!" Wendy ignored Stan, too busy talking to Mabel.
"I got this cupcake for free from a nearby bakery that they just opened," she explained, taking another bite of her muffin, her taste buds consumed by the near overwhelmed sweet flavor. "This cupcake is probably the best one I've ever had!" Mabel's eye beamed with hunger, wanting to try one for herself.
"I need to get one! Dipper, let's go!" Dipper, however, groaned with dismay by his sister's quick decision.
"Mabel, what about helping me uncovering another of Gravity Falls' secrets?"
"Oh come on Dipper, it wouldn't hurt to get a free cupcake," Wendy insisted. In the end, Dipper relented, giving into his twin sister's demand.
"...Fine. We can go to the bakery first," Mabel squealed and hugged her brother.
"To the bakery!" Mabel ran out The Mystery Shack so fast, she nearly shoved the door off it's hinges, dragging Dipper with her, while Wendy and Waddles followed the twins, causing Stan to ran out the shack as well, yelling them at the distance.
"Hey! What about The Mystery Shack?!" he raised his fist up in the air and shook it with all of his might, until sighing in defeat and retreated into his business.
"So Wendy, where is the bakery?" asked Mabel as calmly as she physically could, as she, Dipper and Waddles followed Wendy to the newly opened bakery. Mabel became frantic with each second from Wendy's description of the delicious cupcake, causing her mind and stomach demand one.
"It's by the town library," Wendy replied, just as she finished up her cupcake.
"Are the cupcakes even worth it?" Dipper questioned her, causing a huge smile creeped up her face.
"Oh man, that is an understatement. It's a must have!" she replied, cleansing both her hands; the taste of the cupcake she had made her want to get another one.
"Right," Dipper paused as he raised his eyebrow, before looking at his sister.
"Must… find… bakery..." Mabel mumbled, desperately searching for the sweets shop.
Dipper only respond by rolling his eyes, as they continued to walk. Just then, though, Waddles raise his head and began sniffing and fidgeting, pulling Mabel out of her sugar coated hug.
"What is it, Waddles?" Mabel asked, worried something might be wrong.
Before she knew it, Waddles sprinted off without warning. Mabel, Wendy and Dipper quickly followed his trail, but it didn't took long for them to hear a voice of a young child around the corner.
"H-hey! Get away from those boxes! Shoo!"
"Waddles! I'm coming!" Mabel shouted, sprinting towards the direction where the voice is coming from.
"Hey! I'm warning you! Stop it! Shoo! Shoo!"
"Whoa, what is Waddles doing to this poor kid?" Dipper couldn't help but asked, as he heard the voice getting louder.
"Oh no…No!" A loud "THUD!" was heard by the twins and Wendy, followed by a loud squeal from Waddles, causing Mabel to panic.
"WADDLES!" Mabel frantically shouted, running towards where Waddles' squeals were coming from. But upon her arrival, Mabel saw Waddles peacefully eating away what appears to be donuts, each decorated with many toppings; some familiar to her, while a few others were totally new to her. Waddles walked towards Mabel upon seeing her, with cream and toppings all over his mouth.
"There are you, Waddles!" Mabel shouted, giving her pet pig one mighty hug. This quick reunion was short live, though, as she heard a grumpy voice.
"Are you serious?! Great! Just great!" The young boy yelled in frustration, before turning to Waddles and then Mabel, allowing the optimistic girl to see the young child that was scowling over the loss of the donuts; he appeared to be almost her age, had medium shoulder length light aquamarine hair that was long enough for most people to identify his gender, light pale skin, sea green eyes and is very short, almost around Mabel's level in terms of height. He also possessed what seemed like an oceanic scent, as if he came from an island or a city near the sea.
Upon scanning the young boy from head to toe, she instantly fell in love with him and let out a large fan girl squeal, shocking her would-be future boyfriend.
"Uhh…please tell me that is this your pig so i can criticized you," he awkwardly said.
Mabel, however, completely ignored him and begin to introduce herself.
"Hi I'm Mabel! I'm 12 twelve years old and I own a pig! Wanna get married?"
The young boy looked at Mabel with a mixture of dumbstruck, irritation and annoyance, before speaking up, ready to addressed his feelings and frustration out on the bubbly young girl.
"One, Hi Mabel, since that is your name. Two, I didn't ask for your age. Three, I see that this is your pig and four, no I don't want to get married, especially from the likes of you and on a side note, aren't you a bit too young to ask someone's hand in marriage?"
"Oh nonsense! You're never too young or old for love!" Mabel replied cheerfully, her eyes glittered with affection. The young boy only rolled his eyes in response.
"Ugh! Whatever! Your pig ate all these boxes of donuts and pastries!"
"Oh come on, no need to get upset over spilled milk," Mabel attempted to calm her newly acclaimed crush as best she could. "You can get some from the newly bakery that just opened up around here I heard from my friend Wendy. " This earned her a slight chuckle from her crush, before he proceeded to speak.
"That's funny, because I happen to work there, you air headed buffoon!" The young boy face palmed at Mabel's ignorance, causing her to gasp in shock.
"You know where the donut place is? Sweet! Come on! Please show us!"
"Mabel!" The two kids turned around and saw Dipper and Wendy running towards them. They stopped and took a breather or two, before they looked and saw Mabel with a bright smile on her face.
"Uh, Mabel? Care to tell me what's going on?" Dipper asked.
"Oh! I happened to bump into this handsome b-" Mabel, however, was rudely interrupted by the young boy and from what Wendy and Dipper could tell, was far from being happy.
"Allow me to explain: her pig here tackled me and ate all of my donuts and pastries that I was carrying after my efforts of keeping them away from this gluttonous machine here!"
"Hey! Waddles is not a machine!" Mabel defended her lovable pet pig. Insulting Waddles seemed to be the only way to take Mabel's love goggles off.
"Oh? Tell me then, what else would eat three boxes of donuts and pastries?" The young boy challenged her.
"ME!" Mabel proudly replied, causing the sea green eyed boy to laugh.
"You? Eat three boxes of donuts and pastries? You're either fearless or foolishly reckless!" This left Mabel a bit dumbfounded and upset of being laughed at. After a moment of laughing, the boy stopped and looked at the mess Waddles had made, before sighing.
"Ugh! I'm so in the deep fryer now," Dipper walked toward the young boy with an annoyed look on his face.
"Hey, did you just laughed at my sister?!"
"Dipper, calm down," Wendy quickly intervene, making sure a fight didn't break out. The young boy remained unflappable of the tension; If anything, Dipper's determination to protect Mabel amused him a bit.
"As a matter of fact, I did," The young boy then smirked at Dipper before frowning. "But I apologize if I hurt you both. I'm just stressed now that I have to explain this mess to Miranda."
Dipper's anger slowly subsided, before turning to Mabel and Waddles.
"Mabel, do you seriously have to bring Waddles everywhere we go?!"
"Yes I do Dipper! Waddles is not some pet. He's part of the family!" Mabel replied firmly. "Ain't that right, sweetee?" Mabel said affectionately as she rubbed Waddles' tummie, earning a delighted squeal from the pig. "He is a big dunderhead, isn't he?"
It didn't took long for the twins to get into an heated argument, with Wendy just shook her head while the young boy simply stared at the twins, completely dumbfounded.
"I'm so sorry you had to see this," he apologized to Wendy, letting out another sigh.
"It's cool," She then begin to make small talk between her and the young boy. "So, I haven't seen you around these parts here. I'm guessing your new to Gravity Falls, huh?"
"Yes I am. My family moved here last weekend after buying that empty building across the library and opened a family business," The young boy replied.
"Wait, that bakery I went there earlier…your family owns it?!" Wendy's eyes widened by the young boy's claim, who promptly nodded his head in response.
"Yep. Since it's the grand opening today, I had to work transferring all the donuts and other sweets back and forth from my house to the bakery. These boxes, as you can see here next to my feet, were the last batch of donuts and pastries to cover the whole day. But thanks to your friend's pig here, we won't be able to have enough to provide certain kinds of donuts and pastries to cover the whole day. My parents are going to kill me."
"I feel your pain," Wendy said, scratching her head awkwardly. Stan wasn't the most pleasant to work with if his shipments didn't come in. Come to think of it, He wasn't the most pleasant to work with period the more she thought about it. "I'm very sorry about what happened. Really, I am."
"Thanks. I just hope they can take the news well," The young boy sighed.
"I'm Wendy, by the way," she introduced herself. "What's your name?"
"It's Sebastian. Nice to meet you, Wendy." The young boy introduced himself, before turning his attention towards the twins. "I already met your friend Mabel and her pig Waddles, but who's that with them?"
"That's Dipper. Mabel's twin brother."
"Wait? Are you serious?! His name is Dipper?!" Sebastian tried his best not to laugh.
"It's not his real name of course. It's his nickname but he won't tell anyone about it," Wendy replied, as she let out a laugh. "Anyway, You should come to the Mystery shack sometimes and hang out with us."
"The Mystery Shack?"
"Yeah, it's where I work most of the time and Mabel and Dipper are staying. But beware of Stan; he's very bad news." Wendy cautiously explained. "Especially since I basically just skipped work entirely today."
"I'll...keep that in mind," Sebastian eventually agreed.
After their brief fiasco, Wendy and Dipper followed Sebastian back to the bakery, but not before he apologized to them for his behavior earlier. Much to his surprisement, though, both Mabel and Dipper easily forgave him, understanding his actions and the predicament he was in. It was rather strange for them to help him out, despite being strangers, but for the moment, decided to drop the issue for now.
"I'm so sorry about Waddles ate all your baked goods," Dipper apologized
"It's fine Dipper. Pigs will be pigs, I guess," Sebastian said with a sigh.
"Wait...how did you know my name?" he wearily asked.
"Wendy told me your name while you and Mabel were arguing with each other," Sebastian honestly replied, with Wendy herself nodding her to confirm his answer, causing Dipper's facial expression to softened.
"Oh...okay," Dipper scratched his head awkwardly.
"Finally, we're here!" Sebastian shouted, both emotionally and physically exhausted.
Dipper, Mabel and Wendy arrived at the block where the library was located, before noticing a building across the street, where dozens of people were waiting in line. It was at least medium sized, painted in baby blue and navy blue and decorated with many ocean themes such as waves, seagulls and a few boat shores. The building even had its own parking lot and two drive thrus. Needless to say, the trio were astonished at the mere sight of it.
"Whoa! That's a donut shop?!" Mabel gasped. "How did we miss this being built?!"
"We didn't build it from scratch. There used to be another store here and we just took it, remodeled it, and opened it as a bakery," Sebastian replied. "Come on, I'll show you what inside looks like."
Sebastian lead the trio inside the donut shop through the back, avoiding the long lines that were blocking the main entrance. As soon as they stepped inside, they were completely awestruck; the inside was hugely decorated with the same ocean theme just like its outside decor, with paintings of an ocean on the left side, a painting of a sunset in the middle and on the right side were paintings of the stars and moon, reminiscing the beautiful night sky over a white, sandy beach. Rows of tables, chairs and chaises were layered out and a few plasma TVs were hanging on each corner of the shop, allowing customer or employee to watch. All and all, it was a donut shop that gave its customers a sense of comfort and relaxation.
Wendy, Dipper and Mabel scrolled around, while Sebastian himself headed towards the back of the donut shop, where a young teen was loading a variety of donuts.
"Miranda, I'm back!" Sebastian shouted.
Miranda turned around and saw Sebastian from behind. She was a young girl that was around Wendy's age, with long, thick black liquorice hair, teal green eyes, pale skin and rather tall, nearly rivaling Wendy's level in terms of height. She wore a sailor fuku blue skirt, light blue t-shirt, white shoes and white socks, as well as two golden earrings.
"Hey Sebastian!" Miranda greeted with a warm smile. "Do you have the donuts?"
"Yeah… about that..." Sebastian spoke nervously. "A pig attacked me and ate all three boxes of donuts."
"Uh…a pig?" Miranda wasn't so sure whether she should be amused or be upset. Sebastian could only sigh, before he turn to the door and shouted at the top of his lung.
"Mabel! Come here!"
"Coming my love!" Mabel shouted back, feeling lovey dovey, much to Sebastian's dismay. Mabel came to the back of the donut shop, with Waddles following her. Upon seeing the bubbly optimistic girl, Miranda gushed in her cuteness.
"OMG! Who's this girl? She's so cute!"
"I'm Mabel!" Mabel introduced herself.
"Hi Mabel! I'm Miranda and it's so nice to meet you!" Miranda then turn her attention to Sebastian. "Sebastian, you made a new friend! I'm so happy for you!"
Sebastian only rolled his eyes. "Miranda, this is the girl who owned this gluttonous machine of a pig that ate all the donuts I had!"
"Sebastian, don't be rude!" she scolded him.
"Ugh!" Sebastian threw his arms up in frustration and stormed off to a nearby table, with Wendy and Dipper following him, leaving Mabel, Waddles and Miranda alone in the back, the former sheepishly scratching her head.
"What Sebastian said about Waddles...is true. My pig did ate all the donuts he was carrying. I'm so sorry!" Mabel pleaded, looking very ashamed. "I didn't know this would happen."
Miranda then glanced at Waddles, who was rubbing his head against her to comfort Mabel, still teary eyed at this point. She then noticed a few crumbles of donut toppings surrounding his face. That and the smell alone confirmed both Sebastian's and Mabel's story; now realizing this, Miranda got down on her knees and gently patted Mabel's head.
"Don't cry Mabel. It's okay," Miranda comforted Mabel. "Listen, let's not worry about the eaten donuts."
"But what about the other customers?" Mabel pointed out.
"I've got that covered Mabel," Miranda assured her with a wink, before she got up on her feet, grabbed a huge pink box off a nearby shelf and handed it to Mabel.
"What's this?"
"Open it, Mabel."
Mabel opened the box and saw a variety of donuts, cupcakes and pastries, all of the looks so irresistible and smell out of this world.
"Wow! Thank you! Thank you!" Mabel exclaimed, completely grateful to Miranda's generosity. But then she remembered what Sebastian said, "Don't you need these donuts? I thought you were running low."
"We were for a little bit, but another shipment came in while Sebastian was gone. Lucky us, huh? And you're quite welcome, Mabel!" Miranda smiled. "Think of it as a little thank you for being honest and being Sebastian's friend and all, despite having to put up with his anger issues. You need to have the patience of a saint to put up with him sometimes," Miranda smirked as she gave Sebastian a sideways glance.
"Don't worry, Miranda, I'll make sure Sebastian will get the welcome treatment here in Gravity Falls!" Mabel vowed.
"Good! I'll be counting on ya!" Miranda replied.
Back at the donut shop, Dipper, Wendy and Sebastian were talking amongst themselves, mainly for the latter to calm himself down after Miranda embarrassed him. He was actually feeling better, especially after what Wendy told him.
"Seriously?! You used to dress up as a lamb for Halloween?!" Sebastian burst out laughing, as he felt tears of joy coming out of his eyes.
"Yeah! I should ask Mabel to show you a picture of him sometime," Wendy replied, trying to contain her own laughter.
"Please do! I need to see it for myself," Sebastian insisted.
"No you don't!" Dipper exclaimed in anger and embarrassment, "You can live just fine never seeing that picture!"
Just then, Dipper, Wendy and Sebastian saw Mabel and Waddles running towards them.
"Hey Mabel, you're looking happier than usual… which is quite the feat in it of itself," said Wendy before she caught a glimpse of the pink box. "What's that?"
"Miranda gave us donuts, cupcakes and pastries for free!" Mabel replied as she opened the box.
"Woo! YES!" Wendy cheered as she grabbed a vanilla sugar bake munch topping cupcake and took a huge bite.
"Is that Sugar Bake Munch cereal toppings?!" Dipper asked, clearly in shock.
"Yes it is Dipper," Wendy answered, before taking another bite of her cupcake. "Delicious."
"Try one Dipper!" Mabel ordered as she took a bite on a chocolate donut with Choco Pops cereal toppings.
With a sigh, Dipper reluctantly grabbed a Cookies and Cream cupcake with Marvey's candy bar bits toppings on whipped cream. Dipper took a bite out of it and in one instance…
"WOW! This is the best thing I have ever tasted!"
"I know, right?!"
While the trio continued to munch on their meals, Sebastian, for his part, was amazed that Miranda would allow Mabel to have a batch of baked goods just like that. Whatever happened between them, Mabel certainly made a good impression on her and for once, he didn't felt like objecting to it.
"That was fun, wasn't it, Dipper?" asked Wendy.
"Yeah, it was," Dipper replied, relaxing a bit.
"See Dipper…" Mabel began, still carrying the box of pastry goods. "You need to loosen up every now and then instead of solving Gravity Falls' mysteries one too many times." the moment she brought this up, Dipper's eyes widen in shock. He almost forgot about his latest discovery.
"AH! That's right! I gotta show you guys something!" Dipper immediately made his way to the main entrance.
"Wait for us, bro!" Mabel exclaimed and along with Wendy and Waddles, quickly followed Dipper outside.
But without warning, Mabel collided into something or rather someone, causing the former to accidentally open up the box, allowing a few pastries to fell on the latter. After regaining their composure, Mabel tried to give her unintended victim an apology.
"I'm so sorry about-" Mabel was cut off when she saw the now ruined pastries on the pavement. "NO! I didn't even tried them all yet!"
"Mabel, you can ask for another batch next time," Wendy tried to calm the overly distressed Mabel down, before turning to the stranger. "Sorry about that back there." She then extended her arm out and help the stranger up.
"It's alright. I wasn't looking where I was going," the stranger insisted, giving Mabel and Wendy a full glimpse of the individual.
The stranger was a teenage girl, but was taller than Wendy, with brunette hair tied into a ponytail, with a mermaid hairpin, scarlet eyes and light brown skin and wearing a bright red sweater, purple shorts, pink socks and white sneakers.
Wendy and Mabel continued to stare at the stranger, though they didn't notice Dipper making his way back, having realize that he left them behind in a hurry.
"Guys, I'm sorry about…" Dipper trailed when he noticed the stranger just a few inches away from his friend and sister. "Did I miss something?"
"Long story short, Mabel and I were coming after you when you left the donut shop in a hurry until we bumped into her."
"Like I said, it's alright," the stranger reminded the two. "By the way, my name's Emily."
"Hey Emily, the name's Wendy."
"I'm Dipper."
"And I'm Mabel and here is my…" Mabel turned around and noticed that Waddles is nowhere to be found. "Oh my gosh, where did he go now?!"
"Hey, I thought I made it clear that you can't eat those!" a familiar voice shouted from the background.
"Here we go again," Dipper mumbled, as he, Mabel, Wendy and Emily head to the back of the donut shop and just as he had suspected, Waddles was right next to Sebastian, desperately trying to nab another pastry.
"Would you knock it off? You got your fair share already!"
But Waddles remained determined, still trying to nab a loose pastry that was hanging out from the box. Sebastian's patience was decreasing by the second and he was starting to lose his cool with the stubborn pig.
"That does it! If you won't leave willingly, then I'll make you!"
Sebastian then dropped the boxes on the ground and much to the gang's surprise, a ball of ice the size of a softball formed in his hand, as he raised it right towards a now terrified Waddles, slowly backing away from the furious boy.
"DON'T!" Mabel called out.
But it was too late, as Sebastian shoot the ice at Waddles in a fit of rage; but then, something strange happened: Emily quickly rushed up towards the blast and in an instant, a shield made out of water formed on her arm, blocking the ice and deflecting it back at the stunned Sebastian, knocking him down to a nearby wall and leaving him in a daze. The unexpected occurrence left the trio dumbstruck by what they witnessed.
"...What just happened?" Wendy finally asked, as she and Dipper turned their attention to Emily, who seemed to realize what she had just did seconds ago.
"Umm...oops?" Mabel ran up to Waddles catering her beloved pet, not even caring about what Emily just did.
"Guys…" Dipper began. "I think we have stumbled ourselves into another mysteries of Gravity Falls."
"We may need water wings for this one…" Wendy spoke as everyone went silent, now wondering what to say next.
So Sorry for Chapter 1 to end on a sour cliffhanger. Trust me I know you guys feel, hell even I sometimes hate them as well. But I'll make sure cliffhangers don't appear as often as they come. On the side note looks like Dipper, Wendy, Mabel and Waddles stumbled upon something very interesting; 2 new residents that one wields hydrokinesis while the other wields cyrokinesis. What would awaits the gang? More supernatural beings? The gnomes again? The Multi-bear? Gideon even? In Gravity Falls anything is possible! Stay tuned for Chapter 2 to find out more!
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