hey guys! So this is a little fanfic that I've been hoping to write after I started writing some little drabbles but it's basically a canon gravity falls crossed over with the reverse pines AU. It also is as if Not What He Seems didn't happen.
I'll make the chapters as long as I can and update as often as possible but keep in mind I have to write on my notes section of my iPhone so this isn't any easy task.
Please review though, I would love to know what you think!
Disclaimer: I do not own gravity falls or the reverse AU. This only my take on it. Writing belongs to me.
Dipper sighed.
"Mabel, this happens all the time..."
"I really thought he was the one this time... That we could be together the whole entire summer..." Mabel sniffed and wiped tears from her cheeks.
Mabel's boyfriend, Valentino, had just broken up with her. They had been together an entire week-a new record for Mabel.
"But won't you just meet someone else?"
"Yeah and then I'll probably lose them too..." Mabel picked at her food.
Dipper didn't know what to say- even though this was less optimistic than he was used to seeing his twin-it wasn't like she didn't have a point. Mabel tended to fall in love with boys quickly and lose them just as fast. Usually she also got over it in a heartbeat too though, she would be over this in the morning.
Until then, the best he could do was try to distract her a bit.
"Wanna go play battleship after dinner?" Dipper asked.
"Yeah, sure thing, bro-bro," she said with a smile that was half enthusiastic and half distracted.
They finished eating and headed upstairs to play.
Dipper got the game out as Mabel looked at her summer romance page in her scrapbook.
"Okay, that's enough of that," Dipper took the scrapbook away.
They played a long game (after all, Mabel didn't know the rules and was more interested in making pretty patterns with her pins than learning how to play) but Mabel was in much better spirits by the time the game ended.
Summerween candy wrappers were spread across the attic room's floor, they had eaten a lot of it during the game and there wasn't much left at this point. Dipper glanced into his bag and saw that he had only a handful left.
Dipper had planned to start reading a new book he had picked up at the library earlier but his twin came first.
"Uh... wanna make cake with... Um...glitter or something?" He offered.
"Nah, that's not a bedtime thing, that's an AFTERNOON thing," she stated.
"Anything else you wanna do?"
"Sleep I guess," she sat on her bed and Dipper sighed.
"C'mon Mabel, you never turn down fun!"
"I'm tired," she said, "I'm not in the mood..."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah."
"Alright... Well...Good night, Mabel!"
"G'night, Dipper..."
Dipper decided to start reading his book, though he found it difficult to concentrate as Mabel whimpered and rolled in her sleep.
"Mabel?"
No response.
He crawled out of bed, "Mabel?"
Nothing.
He shook her, "Mabel?"
She flailed her arms at him, still asleep.
He shook a little harder but to no avail... Finally, he had to reluctantly give up and go to bed.
Mabel's dreams started out full of love, fun, and happiness but slowly they began to darken and become empty and lonely. She found herself walking through an empty darkness by herself, unable to tell if she was going anywhere at all.
"Shooting star! Over here!" a familiar, echoey voice called out.
Mabel whirled around, "Bill!"
The yellow triangle floated in front of her casually.
"What are you doing here?" She demanded.
"The dreamscape is my territory," he reminded her.
"This is... A dream?"
He rolled his eye, "sometimes I forget... You're the slow one."
"I'm not slow."
"Only in comparison," he twirled his cane. She was sure he would be grinning if he had a mouth to do so.
"Is there any reason you're talking to me or do you just enjoy hassling people?"
"Both actually!" He said brightly. "I noticed you're having a little... Boy trouble."
Mabel frowned.
"What if I told you I could fix it?"
"Why should I trust you?
"I could show you the way to a boy who would love you as much as you love them...forever... You could be together the entire summer and maybe even longer!"
"That... That doesn't give me a reason to trust you!"
Bill's yellow color was replaced by images of Mabel looking happy and in love, hand intwined with another. She was laughing and smiling and practically glowing. The color returned to Bill.
"That is the future should you choose to accept my offer."
Mabel hesitated, "you don't give away things for free... What are you asking me for?"
"We can talk about that some other time," he said casually. "I'm not interested in a favor from you now, shooting star, but in the future be prepared to just do a little something in return!"
"That doesn't sound like a safe deal."
His body changed to images of every breakup she'd had this summer, every boy she had liked who left her, "Shooting star, you could end this" he practically sang his words as he put his hand out for her. "Don't you want to be in love with someone who actually loves you too?" The images began to surround her, becoming more and more life like.
Mabel became panicked and claustrophobic, surrounded by the heartbreak of the images. Then she saw Valentino... Tears filled her eyes.
"You could end this right now, never have to be let down by a boy again."
Mabel, overwhelmed and unable to take it anymore, grabbed his hand and shook it.
Bill laughed, "wakey-wakey, time to wake up, shooting star..."
Mabel felt herself growing tired-a sign that she was waking up in the real world?- and collapsed.
Dipper woke up the next morning to find that Mabel was already up and out of bed. He sighed with relief, he had almost expected her to stay miserable and not want to wake up.
He got dressed, stashed the journal in his vest, and grabbed his favorite hat, sticking it on his head and making sure it was straight, before running downstairs where Grunkle Stan was making breakfast.
"Hey, do you know where Mabel went?" Dipper asked.
"She's not still asleep?"
"No, she was already out when I woke up."
"Beats me, I don't pay attention to where you kids go."
Dipper shrugged and sat down as Stan put eggs on his plate.
Mabel didn't show up for breakfast but she could have eaten before she went... Well wherever she was. But she didn't show up for lunch either... Or for dinner.
"Grunkle Stan, I'm worried about Mabel..."
Stan was watching his favorite show 'Baby Fights', "kid, I'm sure she's fine."
"But she hasn't been home all day!"
"She's probably with some boy, sheesh kid, you worry too much!"
He returned his full attention to the tv and Dipper sighed.
What should I do? He wondered. Oh! I'll call Candy and Grenda!
Both girls swore they hadn't seen Mabel. She still hadn't shown up by the time he was fighting sleep and had to go to bed.
Something was seriously wrong
Mabel woke up with the sun shining brightly in her face, flickering as the trees swayed in the breeze.
"Huh?" Mabel sat up, she was in the woods. Had she sleep walked?
She stood up, surprisingly shakily and looked around. She wished Dipper was here, he knew the woods super well and would know exactly how to get home.
She wandered for what felt like hours until she saw the Mystery Shack. She laughed with relief as she ran inside, "Grunkle Stan! Dipper!"
The old man stared at her with confusion for a moment before changing his demeanor."Welcome to the Mystery Shack!" He said in the enthusiastic way he did when he wanted customers to spend a lot of money... So basically any time a customer came through the door.
Huh?" Mabel gave him a funny look.
"Mr. Stanford?" A shy voice called through a doorway, coming in.
Mabel gaped in horror.
Standing in her brother's clothes and hat with her brother's messy hair style was Gideon.
