It was a normal day—well as normal as it could get for Gravity Falls. It seemed perfect, it was sunny and breezy, so a mixture of hot and cold. However all was not well with everyone in this seemingly perfect scene. A pair of twins stumbled around the town with their heads down. Why, you may ask? Because today was there last day to be here. These kids are named Dipper & Mabel, and they were staying at Gravity Falls for the summer, and their parents were coming to pick them up today! It's not only that they didn't want to leave this adventurous town, but also their parents weren't exactly…5 star parents. Well I should say parent, as they had no mom. And their dad was…cruel.

They were incredibly nervous, hoping their dad wouldn't be drunk nor wouldn't be abusive to them in front of their friends and family at Gravity Falls, that would worry them. They'd be fine…probably. But, they could never be sure. They probably would survive at home. Probably. Hopefully. The twins sighed. They only hoped their father wouldn't hurt anyone. Mabel, a girl with pale skin and beautiful long brown hair, picked at her cover-up makeup. Both siblings had to wear cover-up makeup to hide scars & bruises.

They hated showing their weakness.

Their thoughts were interrupted by a crazy red van swerving and side lining the road. Obviously a drunk driver. The twins dad. The twins dove and hid behind a house. They prayed he wasn't crazy right now. But, they're hopes faltered as he stepped out of the car. He had messy brown hair, dark brown eyes, a threatening looking face, and a huge waistline. And he was holding a beer bottle, a gun holstered to his belt.

"WHERE ARE YOU IDIOTS." He yelled, Mabel shivered at the sound of his voice. It was icy cold and ruthless. She knew Gravity Falls must be scared to death. "MABEL, DIPPER. GET HERE RIGHT NOW. OR THIS TOWN WILL GO TO RUBLE."

Dipper had to admit, he knew how to play the unfair game of life. "STOP!" he yelled, he and Mabel jumped up quickly, Mabel shook furiously. Dipper silently prayed for him not to hurt them. Their father squinted and grunted. "Darnit. I thought you were dead." Dipper looked straight at him, trying not to be scared, that would be weakness. Mabel looked around at the shocked faces. They had no idea who this guy was or why he was sad the twins weren't dead. "C'mon you gits, time to go home."

The twins looked at eachother, a silent agreement passing through them. "Yes, Sir." They mumbled.

Their father smiled, his chubby face just loved being called sir. He didn't deserve the title. The twins faltered as they went to their fathers car. They were both thinking similar things: Getting in here would be a death wish.

"WHY ARE YOU FOLLOWING HIM?" yelled someone.

"Because, he's our father." Mabel yelled, and she and Dipper got into the car.

Shouts of disbelief rang through the town. And one familiar cry. "STAY!" had yelled Soos. But the twins couldn't stay. Then their father would hurt people.

They sat on the floor as their father didn't believe they were worthy of seats or seatbelts. The twins wiped off their cover-up makeup and looked at their scars and bruises in the window facing away from Gravity Falls.

They slowly drived away, but unbeknownst by them Gravity Falls had had a strange visit after they left. Something allowing them to see what the twins were doing.

(A/N: italics is what the twins are doing, non-italics is how the citizens of Gravity Falls reacted)

The screen showed: Dipper and Mabel sitting on a car floor, bruises and scars covered their face. "We got a whole summer without having to hide scars." Mabel said roughly. Dipper smiled a bittersweet smile. "At least he didn't hurt the citizens of Gravity Falls, it was just easier to go with him. No telling what he'd do." Dipper said.

The citizens' jaws dropped. They were going with an abusive father and they were worried about what he would do to t-them?

"Yeah." Mabel said sadly. She hugged her knees and frowned. "Do you think Mom will ever come back?" she asked sadly. "She could save us."

Some particular citizens ( *coughs* Soos and Wendy *coughs*) sniffled.

"Maybe." Dipper said reassuringly, but his face said that he too had thought about it. And he knew it would never happen. Mabel smiled sadly, then pulled up her sweater sleeve and ran her fingers over her scars.

It was pure silence in Gravity Falls. Some were shaking, and pale. They had no idea…

Dipper took off his hat and looked at it, he smiled sadly at it. He looked up out the window, he couldn't see Gravity Falls anymore. "What if we never go back?" Mabel choked out. Anyone could tell she was holding back tears. Too anyone it may seem like never going back to a place, but she and Dipper knew that they just might die at their fathers. They'd almost died so many times already. "We will someday." Dipper said, though he was unsecure about that answer. "He's…he's not that mean." He uttered, but he knew if given any reason he would kill the twins. Mabel rubbed her black eye and tried to fall asleep against a wall, cuddled up in her legs.

Dipper started talking to himself. "He's not that mean right. He wouldn't—he would though. He almost has before. But, I mean…" he broke off.

Grunkle Stan sat in horror.

As did many others.

Suddenly the van stopped, they were home. "Mabel" dipper awoke his sister, who yawned but sat up immediantly. They got out and went inside. "Home sweet home" Mabel mused, her brother gave a bitter sweet smile and they went to their room. It had bars over the windows and thin beds and blankets. Not much.

"I wonder when meal day is…" Dipper trailed off. Mabel shrugged, she wasn't very hungry. "I snuck in some things." "But if he—" "It'll be fine Mabel" Said girl looked down sadly.

"DIPPER, MABEL GET THE FUCK IN HERE."

Some people were horrified by the use of such language to a child. Some were wondering about Meal day, what?

They rushed downstairs. Their father coughed. "Meal day is Thursday from now on, understand? No sneaking food, or else." The twins nodded obediently. "Now, I'm having Gabe (A/N: random Percy Jackson refrence woot) over, and I think you know what to do." The twins nodded and looked absolutely disgusted. "NOW, go to your rooms." He hit Mabel in the back of the head as they left, she simply rubbed her head for a moment before following her brother.

Suprisingly—Gideon growled.

"I hate Gabe." Dipper moaned banging his head against the drawer. "He's worse than our dad."

Mabel nodded grimly. "He was the one that almost broke my neck that one time" she rubbed her neck.

Horrified looks crowded the room.

Dipper nodded. "yeah…" he knew he'd had bad times to—but Mabel had almost died.

"I wish we could run away, but these stupid bars…" Mabel gestured to the bars over the window.

"Yeah…if only…we could get to the downstairs window—but he's always there. It'd be a death wish." Dipper groaned.

"Living here is already a death wish." Mabel said simply. She remembered all the times she and her brother had almost died. She shuddered.

Stan looked livid. Wendy looked kinda murderous. Soos was just bawling his eyes out.

There was a bang at the door and the twins gasped. "Gabe…" muttered Mabel.

Then the screen flickered away.

"WE HAVE TO SAVE THEM" more than one person shouted.

"How?" asked a random citizen.

"I have no idea." Wendy said.

"They'll die if we don't do something!" Gideon said.

"Why do you care?" Grunkle Stan asked.

"No one deserves to be treated like that, not even enemies." Gideon said.