Chapter 1: Bad News
Yello' everyone! KittyCat151 here. And yes, this is my very first GF fanfiction! Yippee! So anyway, for your information, there'll be another fictional town that I created in this story, so be aware of that. I just want to add new places so the Pines twins
can explore new things and areas. Okay then on to the story!
Disclaimer: I don't own Gravity Falls. Alex Hirsch does. I wish I could own it.
"Scaredy-cat! Scaredy-cat!"
The taunting voices rang in Mabel Pines's ears as she pedaled furiously down the alley that divided the new housing development from the old town. Her cheeks burning, she sped along between the high wooden fences until she reached the big open mound of grass known locally as the 'Old Town'.
Mabel shouted defiantly back to Heather Hanson and the rest of the gang. "I'm not scared! I just don't want to do it!"
"Mabel's a big coward!" Heather shouted in unison, followed what Brianna said.
"Shut up!" Mabel shouted. "Just shut up!"
Chloe and Britney shouted the same. Now the whole gang was yelling at her. "Cowardy girl! Cowardy, cowardy girl!"
Mabel gave a heave on the handlebars, lifting herself of the saddle to boost the bike up over the curb and on the grass. She pressed down hard on the pedals, struggling to keep up speed on the uphill. At the crest of the round grassy hill, she brought her bike to a stop and turned in the saddle. She was twelve years old, cute and cheerful with long brown hair and her cheeks were flaming red and her brown eyes stung in the chill wind.
It had all started when Heather had dared Mabel to throw pebbles at Lazy Susan's windows and then run off. She had refused. Then Brianna had called her a scaredy-cat and she had ridden away, humiliated and angry.
Mabel watched as Heather and the gang rode their bikes to the end of the road. Brianna said something to the others and they all started to laugh. Mabel's cheeks burned with embarrassment, she knew they were laughing at her and she hated it.
As she stared down at the jeering gang, she was devastated. She thought this people would be friendly and nice but it's not as much as she's expecting. Just because they're cool kids, they had to treat the other kids like garbage. That situation reminded Mabel about Pacifica. But Mabel thought that she and Pacifica are friends now, back at the events in the Golf War. Things seemed to be pretty fine when Grunkle Stan suddenly assign her and Dipper in the Gravity Falls local school after finding out that their parents were traveling to Paris because of their business at the end of the summer. Things turned pretty rough and Mabel and Dipper were having difficulties making friends in school. Mabel felt depressed as her heart break into pieces. She stared back down the way she had come. The new housing estate stretched out, all neat, clean and orderly in a big crescent to the left side of the Old Town. An alleyway was the dividing line between the old and the new. It was paved and had fencing along both sides. To the left, smart wooden doors led into the gardens of the new estate, and to the right were an older, battered row of fences which were rotten and entwined with vines and long, spooky-looking weeds. I need to go home now. I wonder how Dipper was doing. She thought as she turned and cycled towards the town of Gravity Falls, leaving the Old town.
Her twin brother was also invited on an outing with a group of cool guys and she wondered how he was doing with them. She hoped he was doing well and not ended up like her who are forced to throw pebbles at someone's windows. Mabel knew that she won't do anything like that. She hoped everything turned out fine for Dipper.
Mabel finally arrived to the Mystery Shack and she used her right foot to stop the bicycle. Subsequently she saw a figure sitting on the porch of the Mystery Shack. Mabel narrowed her gaze and her eyes widened when she saw Dipper sitting there. She felt worried. She took off her helmet, placing it on the handlebars before she ran towards her twin brother.
Dipper didn't seem quite happy and Mabel knew something was wrong. She bit her lip. "Hey, Dip. You're okay?" She asked apprehensively. Dipper glanced up as he saw his sister standing in front of him. "Oh, Mabel. You're back," He said tensely. He stood up. "So how's the for-girls outing?" He queried, remembering Mabel told him that is only for girls. Mabel sighed deeply. "It's... pretty bad. I really don't like it very much anyway. How's yours?"
"Awful," Dipper replied depressingly. "Jake forced me to take the police officer's gun and shoot the police station's windows. I refused to do it because for me, it was kinda illegal. Then, they started calling me names and stuff and they hit me on the shoulder hard." He told her as he began rubbing his left shoulder. Mabel stared at the shoes and heaved a sigh. "We're in the same boat then." She looked up at her twin brother's glum face before she brightened up with a big smile. "But it doesn't matter anyway. Those kids are jerks. Just because they're cool, they think they could do anything. Let's just play normal mini golf like what normal kids do." She decided. Dipper smiled. "Yeah. I like that."
Mabel grinned. "C'mon, bro-bro. Let's go to the Mystery Shack."
The twins ran inside the shack with happy smiles and laughs when they spotted their great uncle, which they shorten it to 'Grunkle', standing despondently behind the counter. He sighed deeply and his face was solemn. Mabel frowned confusedly. "Hey Stan, what the hey-hey is wrong?"
Stan looked at the twins and didn't say a word. Mabel tried to cheer the old man up. "Come on, Grunkle Stan. Where's that smile?" She said with a grinning face. Still, Stan didn't even gave a single reply. Mabel felt bored. "Okay, I'm tired."
"What's wrong, Grunkle Stan?" Dipper inquired, after Mabel's defeat of cheering the old man up. Stan placed a hand on his forehead, rubbing it before he took his attention to the twins. "Kids, I have some bad news." Mabel cut him off. "Grunkle Stan, I am done with bad news today!"
Dipper gave his sister a stern glance. "Mabel!" He rebuked. "This might be important."
Grunkle Stan started to speak before the twins had an argument. "Kids, just wanna tell you that..." He broke off, sounded like he didn't want those words be spoken but he decided to say it. "The Mystery Shack had to close down."
"WHAT?!" Dipper and Mabel gasped in unison. "Why?!" Dipper asked.
Stan sighed. "Look kids, there ain't many customers coming in the gift shop and we're losing money, fast. So the Mystery Shack had to close down because we're... bankrupt!" He exclaimed. Suddenly, Soos and Wendy appeared in the gift shop. "Woah, dudes. Where's the fire?" Soos joked. "Anyone get that joke?"
There was an awkward silence.
"Anyone? Ah, never mind."
Dipper felt frantic. "How can this happen?!"
Mabel scratched her hair deeply. "How is this possible?"
Wendy got confused seeing the twins began panicking. "Woah, dudes. What's going on?" Mabel gazed at the red-haired teen with gloomy eyes. "The Mystery Shack! It have to close down because we've been losing money fast and customers are not coming in the gift shop anymore!" She yelled desperately. Wendy's heart pounded. "What? Impossible! The Mystery Shack never loses its customers! I don't want to lose my job!"
"Dudes, I'm lost." Soos said.
Dipper gritted his teeth. "This can't be happening. This can't be happening!" Stan seemed extremely apologetic of what have just happened as he stared down at the ground before he left the gift shop and the twins, Wendy and Soos. "Sorry, kids." Was the only words that escaped his mouth. Mabel gripped her sweater. "Dang, this bad. Really bad. Just after the disaster with the cool kids, now this. It seemed like we're in some sort of bad luck." She muttered softly and sorrowfully. Wendy rubbed her left arm. "I'm going home now. See you dorks tomorrow." She walked towards the exit door and left the gift shop. Dipper slowly glanced at the window as he watched the sun slowly sets beneath the horizon, giving the sky a color of pink and clementine orange.
Night time is approaching.
Dipper nudged his twin sister on the elbow and told her that they had to go to sleep. Mabel nodded in response. The twins then went upstairs, leaving only Soos in the gift shop who was still standing in confusion. "I'm still lost." Soos said.
Night finally falls as it darkened all the town of Gravity Falls with stars shining in the night sky with it's sparkling white light. Dipper and Mabel were both sitting on their own beds in sadness as thoughts were swirling in their minds. Mabel shuffled her feet on the wooden floor, biting her lip. Dipper looked at the night sky through the window and watched as the stars began to twinkle and a shooting star swooshed across the beautiful night sky. It seemed peaceful for a very bad has no words to express how he felt at that moment. How can everything be so terrible and awful?
"How can this happens, Dip?" Mabel asked her twin brother solemnly. Dipper turned his head to have a look at his sister who was shuffling her feet on the floor hard. Dipper didn't know how to respond, he only responded by staring at the empty wooden floor. Mabel just huffed out a sigh before looking at the table clock that was standing on the bedside table. It showed 9pm. Dipper caught her gaze on the table clock and softly muttered, "Come on, Mabel. Let's go to bed. We've got school tomorrow." He told her. Mabel groaned. "Ugh! I don't wanna see Heather and her stupid friends! She will tease me about that thing with the pebbles and windows!"
Dipper gave his sister a smile. "Same goes to me. We're all in the same boat, Mabel. We're in this together. Whenever anyone stabbing your back, I'm with you." Mabel grinned. "And whenever anyone stabbing your back, I'm with you."
Mabel turned off the lights before she plonked herself on her comfy bed. She pulled the duvet up to her chest and glanced towards Dipper's bed. "Good night, Dipper."
"Goodnight, Mabel."
Mabel turned to the left side and placed her hand under the pillow. Today is a bad news day. How can the Mystery Shack lost all their customers and tourists? That never happened before, only if someone stole the deed like Gideon once done. She sighed heavily. Considering that tomorrow is a school day, she hoped that everything went well and fun. She hoped the cool kids' teasing weren't so bad at all.
But.. she wasn't sure how right she was.
A/N: Yup, that's chapter one! Sorry it's short and all. I will try my best in the next chapter! And sorry again, I might be busy after this. My family and I were busy finishing up the Christmas tree while singing, 'Jingle Bells'. Also, I have some friends' outings to go so I will not be updated this in awhile. It depends on my freetime. I hope you guys understand. If you do, you're BE-AWESOME! So Merry Christmas everybody and a Happy New Year!
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EDITED: Sorry, my fellow readers and viewers. There's a problem with the story publishing by the way before this editing. It's because of my stupid ol' laptop. Dang, I really need to buy a new one.