Chapter 1: The Stranger

DIPPER'S POV

It was just an ordinary day…well ordinary for Gravity Falls. I was standing in our room, trying to wake my sleepy twin sister, Mabel.

'Hopefully today won't go like yesterday,' I thought to myself as I shook my sister. Yesterday I had almost killed a multi-bear and told off Leaderaur. In retch respect, it probably was not the smartest move.

"I'm up! I'm UP!" Mabel's yell jarred me from my thoughts.

"Sorry, sorry," I muttered. I heard Stan yell: "Kids! Breakfast! Get down here before I put it in the shop and sell them as fossils."

'God, he must have made toast again,' I thought. Stan's breakfasts were so horrible, I still wonder why he hasn't died yet. I headed downstairs. 2 charcoal black pieces of bread sat on paper plates. I cringed. Eating this would be like cruel and/or unusual punishment.

"I'm not hungry," I told Gruncle Stan. He shrugged, and gave me a list of things that he needed done.

'Mop the floor,…...Dust the merchandise,…..Clean guest room? Why does he need that cleaned?" I wondered. Gruncle Stan wouldn't tell me if I asked, so I went to my chores.

MABEL'S POV

I was sweeping the porch. Like Dipper, I refused to eat the 'fossils'. I took to my chores with speed and optimism. I was humming a tune that had popped into my head . Then I noticed something strange. A large person and a young girl were standing in the woods right outside the mystery shack.

"Hey! Who are you?" I shouted. They disappeared into the forest. The tall one dropped a piece of paper. She picked it up. It said '2471B'.

'How odd. I'll go asked Dipper.' Then she bounced away, unaware 6 pairs of eyes were staring straight at her.

The mysterious man chuckled, and 4 raspy, growlish laughs joined in.

"Finally, I will see Stan again." The girl smiled. Their laughs echoed through the forest.

A/N: Chapter preview:

Soos and I had mopped the floor with teriyaki sauce…..

The number kept running through her head…

"You," Gruncle Stan whispered hoarsely…..

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