A/N: My first fanfic! The first chapter is REALLY REALLY boring. Really. It gets less sad (Probably). Also, sorry for any grammar mistakes, it will get better. Sometime.
Introducing the one and only Avery Ashford, a shy and conflicted young teen that always seemed to be putting a barrier between him and the world. For years he had drifted through life with too much time on his hands. Sadly, he seems to be finally running out of it. Enter Gravity Falls, the place he has been sent to spend whatever time he has left.
Whenever he walked into the room, you would know, for the air would grow still and the noise would die down. It's not as if he was popular or well-liked, in fact he was anything but. Nor was it that he had a powerful personality, for in general he was quite quiet and could be easily spooked. The reason that Avery Ashford could silence a room without trying was his disease. Although it had nothing to do with him, it also had everything to do with him.
In reality he was just a quiet, reserved soul with above average intelligence and a slightly negative look on life. Although, in his mind it was not negative but instead logical. He dislikes being treated with too much kindness for he feels as if he should be able to pull his own weight. Avery is not athletic because of his disease. He also sometimes excuses his quietness for being too worried about an episode. Despite his strongest and truest desires, the disease always loomed over him, making all of his decisions and keeping him quiet.
They called it "Acute Severe Asthma" and he called it "Impending Death", for he could see it in their eyes when they looked at him. A look of sadness, no, pity. Avery had survived much longer than he should have, and everyone felt as if he could drop dead on the spot. That wasn't very realistic, but it was still well-known that his end was coming soon. The worst part was that somehow everyone knew his fate and treated him like a bomb about to go off.
Well, that and the fact that the city he had previously lived in was the cause of his disease. Pollution had been bad for years, but when he was born it was at an all-time low. Sometimes the sky was black with smog and smoke on bad days, and there was always a rancid smell lurking around every corner. After years of telling themselves that Avery's disease will just blow over, his parents finally realized that maybe some action should be taken. Sadly, they were too late and any chance of recovering had drifted past his reach.
Seeing that he had little time left, Avery's parents decided to send him to the quiet country town known as Gravity Falls, Oregon so he may live out the rest of his days without the constant pollution of the city. Not one to state his opinion, he kept quiet and followed along with the switch in scenery.
Packing didn't take very long, for all he brought was clothes, books, and a small sealed letter from his parents labeled "For When You Are Ready to Come Back". He didn't bother to think about it for now. His parents did most of the work for him, for they felt honestly horrible for ignoring him. During the whole time, Avery either looked out the window at the sky silently or simply slept.
His mother and father's kindness was the only kindness he would accept without doing something in return, for even though it was against his morals he somehow felt that he deserved it. It wasn't like they had abused him or anything, in fact they were quite loving, but still they seemed to brush off his sickness like it was nothing. Would he miss them? He wasn't sure, but there was little that he was sure of at this point.
Still, he said his goodbyes and set off into the countryside. Little did he know that as soon as he stepped onto that train he became entangled in a plot larger than himself, no, larger than the entire town of Gravity Falls.