Fan Fiction Chapter#1
My name is Andrew, but you can call me Andy .I am the son of the richest man in all of North America.A life of delight, happiness and joy, to never be said no, to have all the things you want delivered to you at a moment's notice. Never have I had to do anything, for I had an army of butlers to do it for me. School life was not for me, because I was homeschooled by the best ever since I was I am 13 and I think I've had enough. Summer is coming and for the first time I think I am going to break free from this meaningless routine. We live somewhere in eastern Florida, so I had to go as far as I could from them ,using just my allowance of 1000$ I could reach anywhere in the world, if it weren't for TSA, but still I could make it across the border...if it weren't for our newly adopted custom policy. Therefore my plan is limited to go only to the furthest point of the USA. Somewhere in Oregon or Washington then. It's only the 15th of June and summer break starts on the 17th of June .In these 2 days I managed to sneak in and put everything I needed for the trip in a small backpack. Sneak is a very big overestimation, becasue my parents rarely come home, and the army of butlers doesn't really ask many questions. It's just the fact that they are coming for a paycheck. I revised the plans over and over again, and when the day has come, of course, I left.
By the time my train reached Kansas I have already received a dozen phone calls on my expensive phone, that all the people were staring at. It's not that surprising then that the second I reached Utah I got a message telling me that if I had to run away, they would understand, but I could read between the lines. They sent a lot of people looking for me, so I had to just get off the train before the end of the rail. I reached a small forest stop in Oregon ,and then, with no questions asked I just jumped off the train and there I was...lost in 13000 acres of woods. Luckily enough ,after about 5 hours spent wandering around a seemingly endless forest I ended up near a small town named Gravity Falls, which I am not proud to say I have never heard of.
It's a pretty little town come to think of it. I didn't have any courage to just walk in anywhere because I was literally stared at on the street for no reason whatsoever. Eventually, outside the town I found a small place called the 'Mystery Shack'. This was one of the most strange looking buildings I've ever seen. I was literally just standing in awe admiring it, until my trance was broken by a grumpy old man, dressed up like some kind of Turkish salesman:
-Kid, you either enter, or scram, 'cause I got a business to run. Damn kids.
-OK then, I said quickly following him in to find one of the strangest things ever.
This building was a living hoax. Filled with rubbish to just attract absent-minded people and trick them into buying, well nothing really. Anyway I approached the 'cashier' a 13 year old just like me, who said in one of the most annoyed and bored tones ever:
-Welcome to the Mystery Shack...where your mind...
-You can cut the act, I said with a friendly smile.
-Thank goodness, so who are you and what do you want?
-Name's Andrew ,but you can call me Andy for short .One syllable names always stick I am looking for a place to stay, you know of any?
-Not as far as I've explored the city, I've been in here for less than a week.
An awkward pause followed up in which none of us did anything but just stared at each other embarrassed .He just took a small breath as if he was trying to say something ,but then stopped.
-I didn't catch your name, I said again.
-My name is Dipper, Dipper Pines.
-Dipper? Isn't that like a nickname or something?
-It's as real as it gets.
-Hmmm...Then let me tell you what this seems to me. It's either your parents hate you, or you have some sort of birth mark related to a Dipper.
-That's some elusive deduction, Sherlock, but I think it ends here.
-Not really. I am going to take a wild guess and say you have a constelation, either the small or big Dipper as a birth mark.
-Ok...That's weird, but go on, he said with a small glint of admiration in his eyes. How about a deal, he then said with a little smile. If you can guess where this birth mark is…actually not guess but deduce, i'mma talk to Grunkle Stan so he can let you stay here.
-Gr...Grunkle? What's that?
-Well that's him, that old man who is constantly switching the position of his eyepatch.
-Aaah. Ok, deal, I said shaking his hand.
-Well let's see. You wouldn't have proposed this wager if the birth mark was somewhere, ehm, private, therefore it must be somewhere but not concealed by anything. Since it's summer ,you can't have it on your legs or arms for obvious reasons, but not on your chest or back either because there are pools,so wearing a bathing suit defeats the purpose. I conclude that it must be on your face. And the only concealed place on your face is your forehead, hidden by the hair and the cap also.
His jaw dropped.
-Well reasoning got you far enough I see .Come, let's speak to Stan.
He lead me to a door, behind which was actually a house. I just realized that this man has basically transformed his house into a tourist attraction. Neat. Here the old man was standing in his granny shorts and a tank top along with his FEZ and just watching TV drinking root beer.
-Hey, grunkle Stan.
-Yeah, he said absently ,being caught in the television
-Can Andy stay with us, for the summer?
-Yeah, yeah, sure.
-That was easy, I said.
-Great. Now let me give you a tour.
He lead me to the kitchen, a pretty basic one, but not undesirable. The living room, the room Stan was in, was pretty nice, very decorated, then we went upstairs.
-Here is my bedroom ,he said.
-Well before we enter...I find it very cool that you accepted me so fast, after just 5 minutes we spoke.
-What can I say, I appreciate intelligence. Anyway, here is my bed. I saw a strange diary-like book on the nightstand.
-What's this?
-That is something you will find out more about soon, he said with a smirk. In the meantime my eyes rolled over to the opposite side of the room, mainly the one that looked very...girly. It was a bed with pink sheets, and posters of kittens and boy bands were covering the entire wall on that side, let alone the hair products and marbles all over.
-And here sleeps...
-Mabel, my twin sister.
-You've got a twin sister? Nice...And where is she?
-Spending her afternoon with her friends.
Then he showed me the room where I was going to sleep. It was amazing. A big bed ,a nice carpet on the floor, a thousand light sources, a dream room.
-Now that I've showed you were you'll sleep it's time to tell you something pretty serious. Let's go for a ride with the cart.
We went in the garage and took the cart. He has apparently established a route in order to showcase every aspect of the small town I was going to spend my summer in. By the end of this tour that I didn't look for exactly(I just wanted to be surprised),I've got the most mind-blowing talk of my life.
-Andy?
-Yeah, what?
-You know about my diary, you saw on my nightstand?
-Sure, you said you'll tell me about it. He looked visibly worried and scared.
-You know what you saw in the movies, the superheros, the vampires, werewolves and other supernatural things. You know all the artifacts, curses ,magic beings and all that rigamarole?
-Yeah...I said with slight disdain.
-It's all true in this town. This diary, he said pulling it out of his inside vest pocket, contains all those incidents that an unknown person has written. And I am decided to explore every page of it until the summer ends.
-I have no idea why you are telling me this, probably you figured out I wouldn't dart out of the Shack as soon as I heard the words 'supernatural' and 'real' in the same sentence.
-Oook...I felt as if I missed something in his tone and voice. We stood awkwardly for the n-th time today, then I realized
-So...we said this at the same time
-Do you want me to help you out, maybe do this together, or something?
-Sure thing, his eyes lit up as if he heard me blessing him.
-Ummm, reality check incoming, shouldn't we head back, and maybe you should BRAKE!
We near missed a small kid playing with his ball in the middle of the street as if we were in the 20s…
-Maybe I should drive, don't you think?
-Sure thing, I am pretty shook after a recent incident...
-You'll tell me about it on the way back to the shack. I made a rhyme as well.
Dipper started telling me about how they had to fight a whole army of gnomes in order to rescue his sister from becoming their queen. She apparently fell for the fact that her „boyfriend" was actually 5 gnomes and they would force her to partake in a forced wedding. After all of this she broke free but then the gnomes formed some sort of mega gnome that they defeated with a leaf blower. Who would've thought it? After that he proceeded to complain about his sister coming here and just hitting on all the boys with cheesy strategies in order to just get her one summer crush going on. He concluded by telling me a bit of backstory about him.
-You know I told you so many things about me but you didn't tell me anything about you.
-True enough...sorrow was obvious in my voice .I am the son of the richest man in NA.I had a life full of restrictions and I couldn't live at all, which just pissed me off more and more until I broke this summer. I decided to runaway using my allowance which is immense. I just ran all the way from FL just to see how life really is...
-That is so saaaaaaad, a girly voice had rang in my ears.
I didn't have enough time to comprehend where the voice came from, until I felt a very tight hug that almost left me breathless.
-Mabel, Mabel, cut it out he is not breathing...
-I am fine, I am fine, thank goodness I got swimming classes...
-Hey ,I am Mabel ,but you can call me...
-Didn't you use that pick-up line already...
-Shush, she said with a giggle.
-I think I am going to let you to twinzies alone and I am going to crash after a very tiring day...
-Oki doki, have a good night…she said feeling a bit down, but cheerful nonetheless.
-Good night, Andy!
I left and climbed into my room, I just got changed into my pyjamas when I heard an uneasy knock in the door. It was Dipper, breathless.
-I, huff, forgot to, huff, tell you, huff, don't rub your ,huff, socks on the ,huff, carpet!
-Breathe ,breathe. Why?
-Long story short its polarity can cause more than just agitating molecules. It made me change bodies for a day with Mabel alongside a few other switcheroos.
-Ok...Thanks ,but next time, wait until the morning and don't run the marathon just for a friendly warning, I answered as he was about to leave.
I looked at my watch. It was only half past ten, yet I somehow felt drained of all my energy. Guess that going all the way from Florida to Oregon is a pretty big life sapper. I was now just wondering what my summer would be like in this somewhat mysterious town. I started day-dreaming(yes, day-dreaming at night), about what Dipper said. About all those wonders, about all those dangers, about all those marvels. I couldn't wait to face some of them, as if my body was just craving the adrenaline...And with all these thoughts in my mind, I slowly drifted to a well-deserved sleep.
There was something I had no idea of, however...Somebody knew I was here...
-He finally arrived to face his destiny. It was about time, after almost 10 years he has been allegedly taken away.
-Doesn't he need some preparation, anything.. at all?
-He will be ready for what is coming after this summer. Let him have his fun... for now.
-We'll be waiting.
Two days later...
The morning sun woke me up by shining his rays through my ceiling window. I don't know how was this possible, because geography. I didn't think of anything but to go to the bathroom to freshen up. It's a good thing I've got my own bathroom, because my morning routine takes a bit too much to complete itself. While in the middle of brushing my teeth I hear a knock on the door.
-Who is it?
-Who could it be?
If I were to be fair I couldn't have guessed just by the knocks on the door, but that girly voice just confirmed that it was none other than Mabel.
-What's up Mabel?
-I thought I would bring you fresh towels as a good maidsy that I amsy
-Offf silly you. I'll open right away.
I reach for the door knob and after I open my door, I see Mabel just sitting there in awe her eyes widening, and her mouth drooling.
-Is there any problem?
-No, just here is your towel, then she makes a slight girly squeal. And then prances away. That was weird. Anyway I get dressed then I head down to the kitchen to have breakfast with my newfound friends. The second I entered my nostrils were filled with my favorite breakfast treat: pancakes. Even though I was used to eating a lot of fancy rich people food, I would pick every single time when my chef prepared what I wanted to order pancakes. They were delightful in their simplest form. Which is why I thoroughly enjoyed this breakfast. The old man suddenly walks in the room:
-Morning kid, kid, kid...Woah, woah, woah. He stumbled awkwardly then when he got up: Weren't you two last time I counted?
-I asked you yesterday if you would let Andy stay with us for the summer and you said yes.
-I was in TV mode, damn kids. You scram, now!
-Holo, holo hold up!
It was Mabel who cried her lungs out suddenly, and turned into the most sassy girl I've seen.
-How about he works for you like we do for the summer in exchange for your means of accomodation? Fair trade?
Dipper was looking as if he just got brain punched, that's the look he had while his sister just spoke words that were out of her vocabulary.
-Hmmmm, kiddo, you know how a cash register works?
-No...
-You know how to mop the floor?
-Yes, I said knowing full well I can't
-Good enough for me. You can stay, and your shift starts after breakfast. Cheers!
The old man just put his pancakes into his mouth, all at once then left us wondering.
-Wow, thanks Mabel.
-Yeah quick thinking!
-Thank you, she said blushing.
-Do I really have to work, because it seems as if nobody here doesn't anything, I asked suspiciously.
The twins just looked at each other and started laughing hard. I laughed alongside them.
-Nah, you mustn't move a bone, if you just help Stan do some chores or something he'll let you stay.
-Nice.
The rest of the breakfast sounded as if we were all just munching on lard, or as if we were the main characters of the pig sty show. It was funny how after we all finished we were just staring at each other,without knowing what to do anymore.
-Hey, Mabel started, today wasn't the day we went to the pool.
-Oh yeaaaaah, I've got a summer job there.
-Good for you. Let me go get my swimsuit, and I'll meet you at the cart.
It wasn't long before I realized I didn't bring one, but I wasn't going to give up.I managed to grab a pair of impermeable flower-patterned shorts. Perfect to go for a small tan. I put them on along with my T-shirt and a small cap. When I climbed in the cart, I noticed that Stan was also going to come here.
-Stan you're coming with us?
-Grunkle Stan for you ,and yes. I gotta get my perfect spot over at the pool. It's perfect! Equal distance from the bathroom and the bar, the perfect balance between shade and sun.
-Seems like you thought a lot about it.
-Sure thing, hurry up kids we'll take the car.
-Uh oh, the twins sighed.
I didn't think someone can drive like that. I was used to my limo drivers nonetheless, but I didn't think that I can bruise myself on a soft chair. Nor did I think that I can travel 5 miles in less than 2 minutes. But nonetheless here we are at the pool. I go to remove my shirt in a changing room, only to find out that I was the only boy in the whole pool, alongside a latino kid with an inflatable matress. I just went to a small sunbed, put on my sunglasses and just chilled. I could hear Dipper talking to some girl , laughing hard. When I looked it seemed he was just hitting on a 16 year old. Good for him ,love is blind anyway, can't escape it and can't stop it. Also in the corner of my eye a small pale white kid with luxurious white hair too, just stole Stan's most desired spot.
I was bored and my skin was very hot so I thought of going to take a swim. The second I got on the border of the pool, I could feel so many pairs of eyes just turning to me, but I didn't care. I just dived in but something stroke me as odd. I could see most people had two feet but one guy, the latino kid with the mattress had only one long blue thing...I went to the surface only to go and question him:
-Heeey.
-Hola.(Shut up it's not racist/xenophobic)
-Umm can you do me an odd favor and… climb on the matrtess?
-No, I cannot,my…ummm legs are broken.
-Why?
I know my conversation skills are pretty stale, but I know how to be incisive sometimes.
-Ok let's cut to the chase. You're some sort of mermaid of something?
His face switched from panic, to fear then to sad realization...
-No…he said defensively and looking away
-Really…That mattress allows you to not be spotted from above, from below you are as easy to spot as a polar bear in pitch black darkness.(For the record, I know physics)
-Heeeeeeey, boys what are you doing?
It was Mabel. I didn't see girls only in movies and on the far end of the alley whenever they passed in front of my enormous mansion .Therefore I was the one standing in awe when I looked at her and behind her to see all those beautiful ladies just smiling as if there is no tomorrow . For the first time I felt something unknown to me, which I will show you the epilogue of soon enough.
-I was just hanging out with this marvelous young boy. You should talk, make friends, you know? Fulfill your summer goal.
She blushed but this time it was out of embarrassment.
-I see...I am going to have to talk to Dipper, but that can wait. Whatcha'doing?
-I think I've had enough water for the day, I am going to go eat something, then I'll chill on the sunbed. See ya'
It was an outright lie. I wanted to see something from outside the water, namely if he really was unseen from above, which was confirmed instantly. I fell asleep on the sunbed and was only awaken by a very burnt dude screaming his lungs off:
-EVERYONE GET OUT OF THE POOL! NOW GO HOME!
He then started petting the rubber ducks and whisper to them that everything is going to be ok. Dipper apparently remained to guard the pool on night-time duty, however this works. Anyway, we've reached the shack in the same record time we arrived, impressive because we were at dusk. And scarier. Either way, I went to my room, when I spotted someone sneaking out towards the cart, then driving away in a rush.
-Hey Stan!
-Huh, huh, he snorted as if I woke him from his sleep.
-Nothing, just checking.
I checked that Mabel ran away. Now I just had to go for a nice walk of 5 miles. Through the woods. In a city that is full of magic and supernatural things. Yay! Anyway, I was going to get to the bottom of this. Little did I know that the forest was not haunted or anything it was just in my mind. After an hour of continuous walking, stargazing and thinking of absolutely everything i was wondering about ,I've reached the pool. Mabel was sitting in her swimming suit talking to her new boy friend whose name is Mermando. I stood there eavesdropping, until Mabel did something strangely and not very Mabel-y. She broke in the garage and took the pool cart, put Mermando in a small box full of water. Out of nowhere Dipper appeared and warned her not to go away because of Mr. Poolcheck. It was as if they had an all out card war with each playing progressively better cards. Mabel won however. Not because her Ace of Mermando needing to reunite with his family was better than Dipper's it's the only way to see Wendy...but because Mabel drove away with Mermando while Dipper was day-dreaming(at night). They started cart racing to the lake, but I couldn't keep up.I ran as fast as I could to the lake, only to find Mabel kissing Mermando while Dipper turned away.
-What happened Dipper? I said while I was closing the distance.
-You ran all the way from the shack to here?
-Long story...so what happened?
-Longer story, this, he said pointing to Mabel, is the end result. She finally made her dream come true.
-Yep,good for her .But now he will be gone forever...
-Ehh, she'll get over it eventually. Don't worry.
Mermando ran off while we were talking, and Mabel saw us talking.
-You just ran all the way from the Shack to here?
-Nevermind that, you ok?
-Yeah...crushes come and go. But hold on I gotta do something.
She ran off to the dock and stood in a victory pose over there while Mermando jumped for the last time over her as a dolphin.
-You done? Dipper said rolling his eyes.
-Yeah let's go home.
The next day Dipper got fired on the spot, and Soos freed the rubber ducks which led to Poolcheck just chasing him away. It turned out good for Dipper because Wendy got fired too, because she stole some supplies. Ok a lot of supplies. However Mabel was still there with her bare feet in the water,just looking sadly in the blue 5 feet(roughly 1.6 meters for you non-imperials out there) deep. I couldn't stand seeing her like that, so I went over.
-How are you holding up?
-Not fine...He was my first crush and even when it seemed that we were going to be together, he just left...
-Don't worry I am sure more will come...That line was going to change a lot...Only because I've seen it in movies.
-How can you be so sure? I fell right in this trap, as the screenplay would go along.
-Well, for starters.. you are cute, I said with a smile, you are the definition of adorkable and sparkliness. And you always emit a beam of joy wherever you go, which lights up the world. And lastly, who doesn't like a girl with a good fashion sense,Ii concluded pointing at her sweater.
-You think so?
-Yep, that's my first impression after such a small time.
-Awwwww, thanks, she said ,while she dug her head in my side while hugging me oh so hard.
-Oh ,lookie here, what do we have?
-It's a bottle...
-Actually it's a bottled message .And I think I know who it is from...
Mermando has written Mabel a farewell letter, in which he confessed his love for Mabel. He said that she will forever be in his hearts, because mermen have more than 1 heart,17 to be exact. That's creepy. And just a small Merman adventure was the tip of the iceberg that Dipper, Mabel...and me ,are going to explore in-depth. In a whole summer.