Alrighty, everyone, this fic is thanks to Fanfic Tache's brilliant idea to throw him and me into a fic. The rest is mine, and the OCs belong to me (except Tyler, that's Fanfic Tache's.) I own nothing else!
Alex
"Come on, Alex! The show's about to start!" Tyler shouted.
"Coming!" I called, racing into his living room.
Tyler had already flopped onto the couch. He looked up at me. "Popcorn?"
I grinned, sitting next to him. "Sure."
Tyler and I had been best friends since we both got lost during a school field trip. Due to me being six months older than him, I was a grade ahead of him, but neither of us really cared.
We also lived across the street from each other, which is why I was staying at his house while my parents were spending a year overseas for work. His parents were out, so we had his house to ourselves.
"That's not true!" Tyler shouted. "There's no way Mabel doesn't have a pure heart!" School had just started, and, yeah, we were watching "The Last Mabelcorn."
I shrugged. "According to most mythologies, it's a virgin maiden." I paused. "That unicorn's voice is really getting on my nerves." I cringed.
The commercial break started a bit later. I stood. "I'm gonna get some soda. Want some?" He nodded.
I walked into the kitchen. Rummaging through the fridge, I froze as the entire world turned black and white. What on earth?
I heard Tyler shout. I ran into the living room to find the TV- and time in general- frozen, and Tyler looking at a floating light blue music note and forest green diamond. Both had one eye, and stick-figure-like arms and legs.
"What's going on?" I demanded.
"The Mindscape," Tyler said, more as a question than a statement.
"Yes," one of the figures said, sounding like a female. It was hard to tell which, since neither of them had mouths.
"That's impossible!" I shouted. "The Mindscape doesn't exist! It comes from Gravity Falls!"
"Which happens to be a part of another dimension," the other figure said. That one sounded male.
"So everything in the show is... real?" Tyler asked.
"Correct," they both said.
Okaaay. So that meant-
"Are you both dream demons?" I asked.
"That is one name for us," the music note said, pointing at herself. "I am Muse, and this is Lorcan."
Tyler
Gravity Falls was real. Dream demons were talking to us. This was so cool!
"Why are you here?" Alex said. She looked mad. I think she was in shock, which she dealt with by getting mad. At least she hadn't attacked anyone.
"We need to keep an eye on Bill Cipher," Muse said. "But we can't get into Gravity Falls. He's more powerful than both of us combined."
"And you think we can help?" I asked. Okay, that was a bit strange.
"Yes. If we could link souls with you two-" Lorcan started.
"You could enter Gravity Falls and we could join you," Muse finished.
"We get to go to Gravity Falls? That's awesome!"
Alex looked suspicious. "How do we know we can trust you? You might be trying to help Bill. This could be a trap."
"We're not going to force you," Lorcan said. "It's your choice."
"Come on," I said. "Let's do it! It'll be so cool!"
Alex sighed. "I guess we won't know unless we try. Fine, I'll do it."
"YES!" I cheered.
There was a flash of light, and a boy and girl were standing in front of us instead of shapes. The boy had long dark green hair and eyes, and the girl had long light blue hair and light blue eyes.
"Linking souls is easier like this," Muse said. She held out her hand, which had burst into blue flames. Lorcan did the same.
I took Lorcan's hand and Alex shook Muse's. I felt tingly for a bit, and closed my eyes.
"Uhh..." Alex sounded nervous. "What's going on?"
I opened my eyes. The world around us was going black. We were floating in darkness, still facing the demons. Alex grabbed my hand. For once she actually looked... scared.
Our bodies changed, going from 3-D to cartoonish. The demons returned to their shapes, merging and becoming symbols on our shirts. We started to fall.
