AN: Hey guys. Recently, I got pretty darn obsessed with Gravity Falls. I mean, I've liked it a lot ever since it came out, but now with all these Season Two episodes, I've started reaching dangerously high fangirl levels. And guess what comes after dangerously high fangirl levels. That's right, fanfictions! This plot isn't so original, I know, but hey, you can at least give it a shot, right? Shoutout to my friend ShadowGirl0101, who was my test audience and worked with me to come up with the main plot and ideas for this story. Couldn't have done it without you! Anyway, I hope you enjoy the first chapter, because I'm warning you, this fic won't update very often.

And always remember, kids: reality is an illusion, the universe is a hologram, buy gold, BYE!

Penny giggled with barely-contained excitement. Today was the day! The unbearable hiatus was over! Other shows had hiatuses so long that it just seemed like a faraway dream *cough* Sherlock *cough*, but her favorite cartoon, Gravity Falls, didn't have any episodes at all in December. Well, the episode was finally here, and Penelope was jumping with joy. She might've been in college, but that doesn't make her too old for a fantastic show like this! She even invited some of her friends over to watch, even though they don't really like those "stupid little kid cartoons" as they so eloquently put it. She called one of them again to make sure.

Bring bring. Bring bring.

"Uh, hello?"

"Hi friend! Are you coming to watch Gravity Falls with me? I'm done studying for tonight and I just know you got my invitation!"

"Gravity what-now? Who is this? Hello?"

"Clara, it's me, Penny!"

"Penny? I don't know anyone named Penny."

Penny laughed a bit nervously.

"Oh stop joking around Clara! We've known each other since the fourth grade. I know you don't love Gravity Falls as much as I do but it would mean the world to me if you-"

"How do you know my name? Where'd you even get this number?!"

"Haha, I get the joke. But seriously are you coming over or what?"

Click.

"Hmph, Clara's always joking around! I wonder how much time I have left until the episode."

Penny checked the slightly tilted clock that she never bothered to straighten and saw that it was going to air in five minutes. 'I wonder why they decided to air at midnight, Disney shows don't usually air at midnight,' Penny thought to herself, 'But maybe this is a special episode!' She quickly ran to the small, dusty TV in her tiny dorm room, avoiding obstacles such as random piles of clothing and scattered pieces of paper, and switched it to Disney XD.

"Coming up next: Gravity FaVHH BRX VRRQ LQ JUDYLWB IDOOV!" The cheerful announcer said.

"Hey, that last part sounded a little weird..." Penny thought out loud. An image flashed on the screen, and then went black. She waited for a few minutes, but nothing showed up. "Stupid outdated TV, always breaking." She sighed frustratedly, and then decided it was time to go to sleep. After all, she did have classes tomorrow! She brushed her teeth, put on her fuzzy winter pajamas, and took a book off the shelf. "A little late-night reading never hurt anyone." She got onto the torn-up couch, laid down and started to read one of her favorite books of all time, Alice in Wonderland. For some strange reason, she couldn't really focus on the words. They seemed to be distorting themselves in strange ways, getting a bit blurry and shifting around. She shrugged it off as tiredness and put the book down, but decided that staying on that couch in front of the TV was the best course of action. She really didn't want to get up and move to her rickety bed. It was so cozy here, and she was quite upset at not getting to see tonight's episode.

"Aw man, I really wish I could live in Gravity Falls instead of this boring old dump."

The dim lights in the room flicked on and off for a little bit.

"Did I pay the electricity bill?" she wondered. Suddenly, the TV turned on by itself. Penny bolted up into a sitting position and turned to the TV. Good news: It seemed to be playing the new Gravity Falls episode! Bad news: it was stuck on one frame of the show, the one at the end of the opening theme. The wheel of symbols looked different, though. Almost like it had one more symbol that she didn't remember. She squinted her eyes, and leaned towards it, trying to get a better look at this, when suddenly the center of the TV glowed. Her eyes widened, and she scrambled away from it. Everything around her turned grey and colorless, except for her and the TV. She whipped her head around to check the clock on the wall, just to see it slowing down to a stop. Her heart was racing and she struggled to have a coherent thought between all her thoughts of panic.

'It'sjustadreamit'sjustadreamit'sjustadream' She tried to calm herself down, but failed to do so, as the triangle from the TV turned yellow and floated right out.

"Hi, Copper Coin!"

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