It was dark and my friends were to far gone, I had to keep running I know I left them but I had to keep going.
I was alone now at least I was, for all I know everyone I knew had turned, they were out to get me... but I can't let them catch me.
I slowed down and looked behind me, they were gone. I, Dipper Pines, won't let the apocalypse or more rather the undead take me!
I stood alone in the middle of the dark street of my home town in California, I knew exactly where I needed to go...
I raced down the street to the bus stop, the bus was there along with the driver. I stood in front of the bus door, "Hey, can I get the nearest ride to Gravity Falls?" I said to the half delusional driver...
"Uh... I'm sorry I can't, were are kinda down if ya haven't noticed!" The driver said.
I have lost my, parent's, my friends, I have no idea where my sister even is... and now I am losing my patients, "Look, please just let me ride, I have to get to Gravity Falls... there are people there who maybe my only family left!" I pushed my way trough and sat in the back and pulled Wendy's old lumberjack hat low, I began to feel the outside of it and began remembering when she gave it to me...
As the driver prepared to start the bus he looked back at me and stared, it must have been my clothes... I was wearing now very dirty blue jeans with two holes on each knee and they were coated in blood, I was wearing my orange shirt which was also covered in dirt and blood, some that belonged to me, some that belonged to others, I also was wearing my navy blue vest which was in the same shape as my other garments, and the only thing that was half clean was my hat, my shoes had the worst damage, and I smelled like rotten flesh.
The driver began to pull away, it was a bumpy ride, I tried to ignore that... I looked out the window at the landscape, it was dark, gloomy, and very foggy, my thoughts were interrupted by the driver, "So what ya got n' Gravity Falls that is so special?"
I looked up and I felt tears come to my face, "Good friends..." I answered.
"That's all kids like ya look for huh? Good friends?" He said as he turned of Lincoln Drive.
"No... My great uncles live there." I answered, I scuffed my feet on the dirty bus floor it was covered in stray pamphlets, papers, receipts, and other things.
He chuckled, "Ya think your geezer uncles are gonna save ya? There is no escape from the apocalypse." He said.
I looked down then pulled my backpack to my side and I pulled out a journal I had been keeping starting on the first day of the Zombie Apocalypse,
Tuesday, January 12, 2018, Day One of the Zombie Apocalypse~
It has happened a scientist in Nevada thought he was testing a lotion when it went terribly wrong, this lotion made him a corpse but not a normal one a undead one... I am afraid as to what will happen next, I hope no mater what happens I will be with, Mabel. I was at the library when it happened, I ran as fast as I could home but all I found was my parents who were not themselves, I was to late, they had turned.
I ran upstairs to me and Mabel's room only to find blood stains and some missing clothes... I think Mabel got out... I pray she did.
I shut the book and put it back in my backpack, I propped myself on the seat and closed my eyes.
I must have fallen asleep because when I awoke we were 15 miles away from Gravity Falls, Oregon. The driver tilted his head so he could see me in his rearview mirror, "Hey, sleeping beauty! Sleep well?" He laughed. I didn't even smile and just ignored the question, and sat back.
He sighed "Ah ha! Your the kind that's been hit hard by this here apocalypse! Who did those brainless bags o' sadness get, huh?" He said trying not to smile.
I just looked down and mumbled "My parents..." a tear came and I whisked it away quickly.
"Possibly my twin sister..."
"Eh..." I heard the driver say.
I looked out the window and saw another sign that said 'Gravity Falls 5 miles' I jumped in my seat as I saw a corpse come from the woods, it looked right at me... it appeared to once be a child, it knew I was in the bus, it smelled me, it saw me, it heard me breath. She, the corpse gave me shutters she began to walk to the moving bus.
I jumped, "Hey, uh can we go any faster?" I said impatiently.
"Goin' as fast as we can..." He said.
I sighed the zombie began running she wanted my blood, I knew she did.
I whimpered at the thought of that being Mabel, the little corps had the remains of what looked to be blond hair and a sky blue dress which as now stained brown and red, she also was holding a headless teddy bear, her skin was pale and a green-ish color and was cut it looked as if her skin was big rash, it looked dry and itchy, she looked to be about 6 or 7, but through all of it I could see her bright blue eyes which were the only thing left of here child like beauty.
I wondered where she was when she was attacked... I came to my senses and found she had stopped running now as she became smaller and smaller as we drive away, she looked sad, but her facial expression went from sad to a horrifying stare, her eyes pierced through me, and she mouthed the words,
'My mommy is gone, my teddy got killed... I will find you and kill you, I will have your head just as the bad people had my teddy's.'
I quickly turned around a broke a sweat, I burst into tears, but I tried not to make much noise, I felt my pupils shrink my mind left me, I felt lifeless, then it all hit me like a 509 mile per hour baseball to the head, my thoughts clouded with one word, one name... Mabel.
The bus driver broke my thoughts "We are here kid!"
I got up from the backseat and went the front, "Look, man. I only got 29ยข and some granola bars..." I said.
"No it's fine." He laughed and handed me a swiss army knife, I stood in awe, "Keep this, and good luck finding your uncle and your sister." I smiled and nodded as I exited the bus.
It drove away and I began to run, I thought I heard whispers so I ran faster, I ran all the way to the Mystery Shake, I ran inside without knocking and locked the door behind me, "Soos!? Grunckl Ford?! Stan!?" I ran up and down until I heard a noise...
"Dipper?..." That voice I knew, it was, Ford's I ran in his direction, finally I found him but not in the condition I hoped... he was ok but there was lots of blood.
"G-Great uncle Ford?" I said worn out and tired.
"Dipper! Dipper, this is not my blood..." Ford said as he looked down.
"I-I'm afraid to ask who it belongs to..." I said looking at him.
"It... it uh, belonged to..." He began to cry, "S-stanley..." He sniffed, "Oh Stanley..." He sobbed and put his hand on his forehead.
My heart beat 100 miles per hour, as I felt fear strike my eyes, "D-Did he turn?..." I asked afraid to hear the answer.
He wiped his tears and smiled, "No... thankfully. We were in an argument when it happened, the zombies came in the front door and one of them grabbed Stanley, I grabbed my gun and shot the zombie who had him but it had drawn... as you can see a lot of blood I was able to disinfect the... wounds. He is upstairs but he still angry with me... he barely let's me help him." He said.
Now that I knew they were ok l, I burst into tears and hugged him, I didn't know what else to do, I was so scared, "I-I... M-Mabel!" Was the only words I could say at the moment.
Ford broke my hug and grabbed my shoulders, "What happened?"