Cherry and Atticus took the bus to a place they had never been to before, but heard it on various TV commercials. It was a place called Gravity Falls. While they were riding, the bus stopped to let other people on.

"This place has a huge tourist attraction..." Cherry noticed how there would be many people coming on the bus to visit this mysterious place.

There came young twins on the bus, a boy and a girl, despite being summer, the girl seemed to be wearing a knitted wool sweater.

"Hello." Atticus said to the twins.

All four of them heard barking from Atticus's bag.

"You brought Patch?" Cherry asked, despite pets not being allowed on the bus.

"Cool, a barking backpack, I should ask Mom and Dad to let me have one for when we go back to school shopping!" the girl twin beamed, she seemed to spit slightly due to her braces.

"S-Sorry about that..." the boy seemed nervous around his twin sister.

"It's okay, and yes, I did, I couldn't just leave him back at home, I would miss him too much." Atticus said.

"Wow, backpacks have feelings!" the girl twin sounded thrilled.

The boy blinked to her. "I'm sorry, could we sit here?" he asked Cherry and Atticus. "I-If that's okay..."

"Ah, go ahead." Cherry allowed them to.

The twins did, feeling more excited to go to Gravity Falls than anyone else.

"My name's Mabel!" the girl twin said with a smile.

"And I'm Dipper." the boy twin added.

"Pleased to meet you both, my name is Atticus and this is my friend, Cherry." Atticus said.

"Your name is Cherry?" Dipper asked.

"Your name is Dipper?" Cherry retorted.

Dipper blinked, then shrugged. "Touché..."

"So, why are you guys goin' to Gravity Falls?" Mabel asked as the bus was riding along now.

"Just to visit and see the sights," Cherry shrugged. "You guys?"

"Mom and Dad said we needed some fresh air, so we're gonna spend the summer with our Great-Uncle Stan..." Dipper explained, sounding a little miserable. "And I almost beat the next level to Sugar Rush Speedway..."

Mabel smirked to her brother.

"I just play it for the races!" Dipper insisted.

Mabel laughed, a lot of people they went to school with that, finding that as a sissy girly game.

"Well, I am hoping to get plenty of exercise while seeing the sights." Atticus said.

"You play Sugar Rush Speedway?" Cherry asked.

"Don't make fun of me!" Dipper covered his face.

"I won't, it's a great game," Cherry smiled. "I like Vanellope."

Dipper smiled sheepishly. "S-She's my favorite too..."

"She's a great racer." Atticus said.

"Do you have it with you?" Cherry asked.

"No, Mom and Dad took it from him before we came here, they went us to have fun and adventure this summer," Mabel answered for her brother with a thrilling smile. "I got my own plans too, having a summer boyfriend!"

"Cool." Atticus said.

This was going to be a long ride, so Cherry put on her music, tuning everything out.


"So, do you have family in Gravity Falls?" Dipper asked.

"Yeah, I have a cousin working at someplace called the Mystery Shack, her name is Wendy." Atticus said.

"Mystery Shack?" Mabel asked, she seemed to just wake up from a deep sleep. "That sounds awesome! Can we go? Can we go?"

"I dunno, Mabel..." Dipper shrugged. He then looked at the brochure their parents gave them before sending them off and saw that a man named Stan Pines owned the place, he noticed that their great-uncle was named Stan and that their last name was Pines. "You don't suppose we're related, do you?"

Mabel looked very thrilled. "This is gonna be the best summer ever!"

"I have the same feeling and yet, I also feel that this summer will have adventure." Atticus said.

"Oh, boy, I love adventure!" Mabel beamed.

Dipper looked hesitant about an adventure however and just wanted a normal summer vacation like the ones before.


About a couple of hours later due to many stops, they were finally in Gravity Falls. The kids all took a look, it seemed very odd so far, but they seemed willing to give it a try. They saw the Mystery Shack and saw an old man talking with a slightly younger overweight man about something when the bus came to a stop. Everyone got off the bus and went to go to their designated places.

An old man came to Cherry and Atticus first. "Dipper and Mabel?"

"No, that's them." Cherry gestured to the twins.

Dipper was slowly taking Mabel out as she looked like she was going to be throw up.

"Yeah, those two are Dipper and Mabel." Atticus said.

"Ah, there you are..." the old man grinned at the two of them. "I'm your Great-Uncle Stan."

"Hi, Great-Uncle Stan!" the twins greeted in unison.

"No, no, no," Stan shook his head. "You're not callin' me that... Call me 'Grunkle Stan'."

"Grunkle Stan?" Cherry looked at him.

"It makes me feel younger." Stan informed.

"That sounds reasonable, anyways, we're here to see the sights, but also to visit my cousin Wendy." Atticus said.

"Wendy?" Stan asked. "Wendy Corduroy?"

"You know her?" Cherry asked.

"Yeah, she works for me, high school freshman," Stan nodded. "Some worker... Unlike her father..." he then turned his head to the Mystery Shack. "WENDY! GET OUT HERE!"

"All right, all right..." a sullen teenage girl voice was heard as one came out with long scarlet hair, an Eskimo cap, a green plaid shirt, blue jeans and boots walked out with a box of magazines. "Don't chew my head off..."

Dipper looked to Wendy and gasped a little in delight.

"Hey, cous!" Atticus called.

"Oh, hey, I haven't seen you in ages." Wendy chuckled as she set the box down to see Atticus.

Stan looked annoyed at this little family reunion interruption, but he said nothing. Everyone noticed Atticus's bag moving and barking like a puppy.

"Barking Backpack?" Stan sounded surprised. "Where can I get one of those?"

"Yeah, I wanna see this for myself!" Mabel took the bag and opened it, despite protests and groaned. "Augh, false advertising! There's just a puppy in here!"

Patch's head popped out of the bag, panting with a smile.

"Well, hi there!" Mabel picked up the puppy, letting him lick her face and she laughed. "We have a cat at home, but she doesn't do this when we see her!"

"Makes sense, dogs are more social animals." Cherry shrugged.

"What's his name?" Mabel asked as she kept hugging Patch.

"His name is Patch, he's very playful and very adventurous." Atticus said.

"I like this dog, if he wasn't yours, I'd adopt him!" Mabel smiled, having a lot of fun with Patch.

"Hey, is this kid okay?" Wendy pointed to a love-struck Dipper.

Dipper blinked and shook his head. "Y-Yeah, I'm fine... S-Sorry..."

"You can play with me and Patch whenever you want." Atticus said to Mabel.

"Thanks, Atticus!" Mabel hugged him tightly.

"Welcome to the Mystery Shack!" Stan told the kids, as the S in Shack fell off the sign. "Dang, that sign's always breakin'!"

"I told you to call a professional..." Wendy mumbled.

"And I told you no sass, if I could, I'd fire ya!" Stan snapped at her.

Wendy rolled her eyes, not being afraid of his threats.

"Does he always make that threat?" Atticus asked his cousin.

"Yeah, but he'd never do it." Wendy assured him.

"Let's get ya settled, come in, guys." Stan told his young relatives, leading them into the shack.

There was slightly younger, overweight man, eating a chocolate bar. "Hey..." he greeted, seeming to be shy.

"Hey, you got anymore chocolate?" Cherry asked him.

The man held the chocolate close. "This one's mine!"

"Okay, okay, we won't take it." Atticus said.

"We still got a while before I go home, let's show you guys around too." Wendy said to Cherry and Atticus, going inside the shack with them.