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Nowhere: Part 1

-Now

Dipper's eyes snapped open and he gagged.

He rolled over onto his belly and struggled to breath! Though as he gasped for breath, he kept heaving as if he were going to puke! He felt horrible, his entire body was in pain! His blood felt like it had shards of ice flowing through it! His bones felt as if they were being crushed by some unseen pressure!

Then they came. The images. The memories. It as all too much too fast, he couldn't comprehend any of it! He grabbed his head as he groaned in pain, it was too much! It felt as if his head were going to pop!

This time he did puke, but he was able to lean his head away from his body.

Dipper could feel his mind twisting and turning! Feel the layers pulling back and peeling forth. He mind felt as if it were being pushed to the back of his skull, trying to find some means of escape. Just as he felt himself drowning and falling away into the emptiness of insanity, he thinks of Mabel. He thinks of his twin sister out there waiting for him. Alone in the world. And then it ends.

The world spins back into focus and all the foulness dissipates.

He tried to stand only to stumble and fall over in pain. He looked at his left leg, it had a large purple bruise on the side. How had he not noticed!? Though nothing seemed broken, it was obvious he wouldn't be running on it anytime soon.

It felt like the world was spinning even as he sat there. He made a few more attempts before he was able to stand, if only wobbly. Dipper didn't dare take a step, in fear of falling over.

He could barely see! His vision was still too fuzzy from the whole ordeal, whatever it was. It made his vision blurry and a few spots flickered about. All he could make out of his surroundings was that he was outside and that it was dark. He was sure that it was dark and that he wasn't bling because he could make out was a figure before him. It was too blurry to tell who it was, but he knew someone was there.

"M-Mabel..." He chocked out. "Mabel...help!"

The figure just stayed there. It wasn't Mabel, he knew that much, she was never quiet. And she would never leave him while he was in such a state. He tried to take a step towards whoever it was, hoping they could be a little help. That was a bad move, as soon as he tried to do so, he fell over again.

What's wrong with me? He couldn't stand or focus. Okay...okay. He thought as he tried calming himself. I deal with strange stuff all the time, this is no big deal. He tried telling himself. Right?

He was badly hurt and in a strange area, even by his usual standards. He needed to focus, make a plan. But before he could do that, he needed to get somewhere safe and collect his thoughts.

Since he couldn't stand properly, much less walk, Dipper began a slow crawl.

His vision was blurry, but he could make out a small hole in the distance. Maybe a cave, or some type of hollow? He dragged himself over towards it. It was large enough for him to fit into, though he curled into himself. He then grabbed some brushes to cover himself and the entrance as best he could.

But was it enough?

I'm a injured kid, any predator would have smelt my blood and finished my by now. He reasoned, and hoped he was right.

He was safe, for the moment at least.

Now, he had to remember, he needed to find out how he got to...where ever here was!

-Hours Earlier.

Dipper and Mabel lied in their beds. While Mabel was fast asleep, Dipper just stared at the ceiling.

Dipper just couldn't lay there. He was too curious, that was one of his weaknesses. His desire to know and understand. And the Author was one he wanted both from.

Silently, he climbed out of bed. He had been fully dressed, never intending to sleep until he had his answers. Doing his best not to make much noise on the creaky boards as he left the room. Everyone should be asleep, him included, but he very much doubted it. Even then, he didn't want to risk waking anyone.

He made his way through the once secret passage towards the portal. It was now deactivated, thought it was as ominous as the first time the tween saw it.

There he saw the Author. The man just sat there, showing little to no emotion, as he stared at the broken machine.

Dipper finally noticed the gravity of the situation. He had nearly cost this man the chance to come home from...wherever he had been for thirty long years.

"Hello, Dipper was it?" The Author asked.

Dipper nearly jumped out of his skin when the man acknowledged him.

"Yes uh, Mr. Author!"

"I told you Ford will do." He spoke. "Come, sit.

Dipper did as he was told.

"Stanley tells me that you're quite the detective." The man complimented. "You probably get that from me."

"From you?"

"Well, more from our sister, I often filled her head with my ideas." He thought fondly. "Not surprising that they were passed down."

"Where have you been all this time?" Dipper finally asked.

The Author seemed to fall back into himself as the memories flooded him. Dipper saw a deep look flicker across his face.

"In a place I never want to return to." He finally answered. "A place where my curiosity nearly caused my downfall, time and time again."

Dipper finally noticed that the Author was rubbing something in his lap. He caught a glimpse of the number four. Another Journal! This one wasn't a finely made, but it was just as aged as the others.

"I see that look in your eyes." The Author spoke. "Stan says it was the one I constantly had whenever I was curious. He was right, it is intense."

He handed the child the Journal, who took it with shaky hands. Dipper wanted to start reading it immediately, but he contained himself.

"Why are you just giving me this?" Dipper asked. "You don't know me well and your other Journals say Trust no one."

"Did you ever follow that?"

"...No." Dipper admitted. "I trusted Mabel with everything. I trusted some close friends, but Mabel above them all."

"And look how far you made it." The Author spoke as he held up Journal 3. "You've filled in information in one Summer after I still hadn't discovered after years of research. Had I not been so paranoid, I could have done so much more. Had help when I truly needed it." He gave a tired sigh. "Maybe I wouldn't have wasted thirty years fighting for my life."

Dipper placed the book into his vest, he'd get to it later. He saw the man tense and stand up, scanning the room.

"What?"

"Something's wrong!" The Author exclaimed.

"What?" Dipper asked, looking around.

"You!"

A familiar form made it's way from the shadows. Dipper knew who he was and knew it only meant trouble.

Gideon.

"What're you doing here?" Dipper demanded. "Shouldn't you still be in jail?"

"I was and would still be." He admitted. "Imagine my surprise when a car crashed into my cell from the sky. I know all about the gravitational anomalies and only one thing with that kind of power comes to mind." He turned to the machine.

"Get away from that!" The Author shouted.

Dipper didn't know what happened next, everything went black.

Once Dipper had awaken, with a painful headache, he saw that the former child physic was standing in front of the portal. To his shock, he wasn't alone. There was a large man with strange white eyes standing by the child. And then there was someone Dipper recognized. Pacifica Northwest.

To his horror, it was being activated. He tried to move, but he was bound in rope.

"Wha-"

"You don't know what you're doing!" Dipper heard the Author shout.

"Listen to him Gideon, it's not what-"

"Of course I do!" Gideon shouted. "I am obtaining the power you tried to keep from me!"

"Pacifica!" Dipper shouted. "You don't have to do this, I thought you changed!"

She didn't look at him or speak, but she did look at the floor in shame. What was going on?

Dipper saw that the machine was glowing as the portal activated.

"Stop, the calculations haven't been set!" The Author shouted. "None of the requirements have been filled. Even the smallest miscalculation could rip the planet in half!"

"Then I shall rule half a planet." Gideon stated.

For a second, everyone and everything began rising high into the air before crashing only to stop before hitting the ground. Then it repeated. The gravity in the entire room was fluctuating at a rapid rate. Dipper realized he could use this to his advantage.

He began kicking his legs in a half jumping-half swimming motion, making his way towards Gideon. The child was so focused on the machine that he never noticed Dipper. But his companion did.

"Hold it!" The man with strange eyes shouted.

He lunged at Dipper and nearly grabbed the child, only for the gravity to fluctuate again. They crashed into the ground, Dipper landing on the man's head, fully this time. Then they began sliding towards the portal. He saw that the woozy, ghost eyed man was dragged into the portal.

"Something's wrong." The Author muttered loud enough for all of them to hear.

The pull began increasing, Dipper grabbed the nearest thing he could reach with his arms bound behind. A wire. With such an awkward grip and the portal increasing in suction, he could barely hold on. Dipper saw that Pacifica and Gideon were holding on for dear life. Then the items they were holding gave away and they went screaming into the portal.

"Help me!" Dipper begged.

The Author didn't seem to hear or even notice him. His gaze was focused on the portal that was trying to draw them in.

"No no! I-" He turned and grabbed onto the nearest thing for dear life. "I can't go back! I won't go back there!"

That was the last thing Dipper saw before the item he was holding onto gave way. And he fell into the portal.

There, his mind had caught up on the situation, now what? He was still, if not more so now, lost. In a world that even the Author feared. His body was still beat up and he hadn't gotten over his headache.

He needed help.

"My my Pinetree." A familiar voice spoke. "What're you doing in my neck of the woods?"

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