1Gargoyle

Falls

He kept repeating in his head, 'run; run and don't look back'. He couldn't stop; he had to keep going at least until he could find a good place to hide. His animal instincts were picking up a scent; humans. They were getting closer. The light of their torches was glowing brighter; he began to feel their heat literally on his tail. He couldn't resist the urge any longer; he looked back at the mob and noticed everyone he knew from Gravity Falls was there: Sheriff Bubbs, his deputy, Wendy and her friends, Soos, and Mabel, who was running behind the mob and shouting in attempt to protect him. His hearing focused in on her words:

"Stop, he's not a monster; leave him alone!" But the mob drew closer and closer still with Gideon leading. He soon noticed his pace was slowing. He was getting tired; exhausted actually.

"There he is; there's the monster!" Crap; they were catching up! His eyes refocused to what was ahead of him. A thought occurred to him; he had wings! He could fly! Then he remembered; 1. He didn't know how quite yet and 2. There were no strong wind currents to help. He then saw someone step out of the shadows. An old man with black square glasses and a fez cap. His arms and legs stopped moving, but his momentum caught up with him and he tripped. They drew closer; the mob behind him and Stan Pines in front. A member of the mob threw a torch to Stan and he caught in his hand. Suddenly, the mob began chanting:

"Kill it! Kill it!" Stan lifted the torch above his head. Just beginning to recover from the fall, Dipper looked up and mustered the last of his strength and shouted, "Gruncle Stan, no!"

The Week Before

It was another slow day at the Mystery Shack. Wendy was ringing up the last purchases when Mabel came bursting through the door.

"Wendy! Did you read the newspaper?" Wendy just rolled her eyes to the ceiling and spoke in a confident/ sarcastic tone.

"Mabel, no one reads the paper anymore except Stan."

"Well you have to read it, just this once ok." Mabel put on her best 'begging face'. "Please?"

"Oh all right; when you look at me like that I can't say no." Wendy lifted the paper and read the headline of the front page. She raised an eyebrow. "This has to be some sort of joke. It says that Gideon was released for good behavior."

"It's no joke. He said he would be back and now he is. Wendy what are we going to do?"

"Where's Dipper?" asked Wendy.

"He's out in the woods studying that journal of his. Why?"

"Go tell him about it. Maybe he can figure something out."

"You're right Wendy. I'll go tell him now. Bye." Wendy began reading her teen magazine.

"The things kids make up these days." she muttered to herself. She thought for a moment. "Geez I'm starting to sound like an old lady…meh." she shrugged and went back to reading her magazine.

Dipper was right where he said he would be. He was sitting on a tree stump, reading a passage in the journal marked 3 when Mabel came running up to him.

"Dipper, there's something I've got to tell you!" said Mabel. She was panting from running so fast for such a long distance.

"Not now Mabel, I'm reading up on gargoyles." He said. Then he made a shooing motion with his arm.

"But Dipper…" Dipper tried to ignore her. "Fine." said Mabel, out of frustration. She pretended to walk away and then quickly sneaked up behind him and took his cap.

"Hey give it back," he said, clearly annoyed.

"Now will you listen?" asked Mabel.

"Fine just give me my hat back."

"First I have to tell you…Gideon is out of juvie!"

"What! How?"

"He got out for good behavior."

"Huh, figures. Well let's go back to the Mystery Shack and form a plan. He'll probably want to take revenge out on Gruncle Stan again." Mabel gave Dipper back his hat. He picked up the journal, and they walked back to the Mystery Shack. Little did they know that they were being watched from behind a small bush.

"Dipper, you got it all wrong. I want revenge on you." said Gideon.