Chapter 1: Prolog
It was a normal day in the city of Gravity Falls, Oregon. Well, as normal as it gets there. The Pines Twins, Mabel and Dipper, are doing what they have been doing all summer: running away from a paranormal monster. They just wanted to search for the monster that was supposed to live in the local lake, when the monster suddenly jumped out of the water.
Just some days ago their Great Uncle Ford came back from being stuck in another Dimension. His Twin brother, Stanley, accidently pushed him in thirty years ago and tried to get him back ever since.
"Dipper! Its getting closer!" Mabel yelled. Behind them was the weird creature, and appearently a rare one too. It was in none of the three Journals. The monster looked like a human with a fish-like head. His hide had a purple color with black chitin at the arms, chest, grotch and legs. Sometimes, it spit up some kind of acid in the direction of the twins. Thankfully both were agile enough to get out of the way. It rumbles sometimes sounded like its saying something. Since it emerged, the sky was constantly getting darker, and lighting began to struck down. After they ran around some stones, the kids found themselves stuck at a cliff.
There was no way out. The Monster came closer, and the pines already made their last wishes, when a bolt of lighting struck them. Everything suddenly went white, and then black.
When they finally woke up again, they found themselves in a completely different place. Instead of the woods and the summer heat both were surrounded by a snowy, rather cold forest.
"Where are we?" asked Dipper, rubbing his forehead, which still hurt.
"Canada?" Mabel answered jokingly.
They looked around and saw a street behind some trees. And a primitive one at that. Before they could go there however, horses emerged from the woods. They quickly surrounded the kids, swords and bows aimed at them. The riders looked like andient creek or roman warriors. One of them, in a very ornamented armor, began to speak.
"Stop there, Daedra! In the name of the Empire!" To afraid to speak, both followed the orders.
One warrior jumped from his horse and tied both up.
"What are you doing? Let us go you Jerks!" Mabel request was answered by a hit with an shield, knocking her unconscius.
"Mabel!" Dipper yelled only to meet the same fate.
After opening his eyes again, he realised that he sat on the back of a carriage next to Mabel, both still tied up. However, they where not alone. With them were three other people. One looked like a viking, one like he lived on the street for a long time, and the last one had his mouth covered by some kind of fabric. His body was covered by a blue uniform, similiar to the viking. Dipper woke Mabel up by poking her with his elbow. She was just as surprised, and scared, as he was.
One of the People, the one that looked like a viking, began to speak. "Hey you! You are finally awake; you were trying to cross the border, right? Walked into that imperial ambush same as us, and that thief over there." He nodded to the red haired guy.
"Damn you Stormcloaks. Skyrim was fine until you came along." Both twins looked at each other confused. Who were these stormcloaks? And what is Skyrim? "Empire was nice and lazy! If they hadn't been looking for you I'd have stolen that horse and been halfway to Hammerfell."
The twins began to unterstand at least a bit of the information. Appearantly this empire was some kind of government, and this was a prisoner transport! But what did this mean? Are they criminals now? What will happen to them? And what is Hammerfell?
The Thief looked at them. "You two there. You and me should'nt be here. It's these Stormcloaks that the Empire wants. Hell, you two aren't even adults."
The viking answered him. "We are all brothers and sisters in binds now. Tell me kids, what are your names?"
"M-Mabel Pines. And this is my twin brother, Dipper Pines."Mabel answered in a shivering voice.
"Dipper? Mabel? Those names are unconventional. Im Ralof from R-"
The driver of the carriage cut him off. "Shut up back there!"
The Thief nodded at the guy whith the binding before his mouth. "What's wrong with him, huh?"
"Watch your Tongue! You're speaking to Jarl Ulfric Stormcloak, the true highking." Ralof, now pretty angry, replied.
And with that, Mabel and Dipper were lost completely. Highkings? Jarls? No Technology? Have they accidently travelled back in time?
"Ulfric? The Jarl of Windhelm? You're the leader of the Rebellion… if they captured you, oh gods… where are they taking us?" At this point, although the whole situation got a bit clearer, the eyes of the twins widened. It seemed like those Stormcloaks are a rebellion against the empire. But if this is their leader, they are in serious trouble. What are they doing with such a guy in this land?
"I don't know where we are going, but Sovngarde awaits" Ralof explained to the Thief and the twins.
"Sorry, but what is this Sovngarde?" Dipper asked, confused and worried at the same time.
"You really aren't from here, are you? Sovngarde is the place where the bravest of Norths go when they die." And now, both feared for their lives. When this Sovngarde awaits, are they going to be killed?
"No, this can't be happening. This isn't happening!"
"Dipper! I dont wanna die!"Mabel screamed with tears in her eyes.
"Me neither. There must be a way out of this." Dipper tried to comfort his sister and looked out of the carriage.
"You think?"
"Yeah. When they see that we are twelve years old, they will probably let us go."
They turned their attention back at the Stormcloak, who was speaking to the thief.
"Hey? What village are you from, horse-thief?"
"Why do you care?"
"A Nord's last thoughts should be of home."
"Rorikstead. I'm from Rorikstead"
"And you, children?"
"Piedmont, California." both answered instantly.
"Hm. Never heard of it. Must be far away."
"If only you knew." Dipper answered. He figured that they probably aren't on Earth anymore. Everything points to it: they dont know of California; nothing of stormcloaks, imperials or Skyrim was ever mentioned in any history book. But where they simply on another planet? Or in another dimension?
An Imperial at the gate to a city welcomed the carriage. "General Tullius Sir! The headsmen is waiting!"
"Good, lets get this over with" the General, appearently named Tullius, answered coldly. The gate opened to a city that looked like it belonged in a fantasy movie. Medieval houses where standing everywhere, surrounded by a stone wall. The wall had various defense towers built in.
The Horsethief began to pray to some kind of gods none of the twins ever heard of. "Shor, Mara, Dibella, Kynareth, Akatosh! Divines, please help me!"
While they were driving through the town, the inhabitants just stared at them. Some in anger, some sadly. Ralof looked over to the General. "Look at him! General Tullius, the Military. And it looks like the Thalmor are with him, damn elves."
"Elves?!" Mabel asked, gaining some strange looks from the Thalmor. "Dipper! Maybe this hot elf from your dumb mathgame is with them. He could get us out of this."
"Dont get your hopes up, Mabel. He was summoned by the dice afterall."Saddened, Mabel sat down again.
"Where was I? I bet they had something to do with this." Ralof looks at the Houses around them. "Helgen… I used to be sweet on a girl from here. I wonder if Velod is still making that mead with juniper berries mixed in… funny, when i was a boy imperial walls and towers used to make me feel so safe."
A child that was standing on a little balcony points at the waggon. "Who are they Daddy? Where are they going?" "
You need to get inside little cub."
"Why? I want to watch the soldiers."
"Inside the House, now!"
The childwent into the house.
"Yes papa."
Suddenly, the driver yelled and the horse stopped. A female captain walked over to the cart. "Get those prisoner out of the cart!"
The horse thief looked around worried. "Why are we stopping?"
"Why do you think? End of the line. Let's go, we shouldn't keep the gods waiting for us."
Mabel and Dipper stood up unwillingly and got out of the cart.
"No! Wait! We're not rebels!" The Thief yelled.
"Face your death with some respect, thief!" Ralof mocked the red-haired thief.
"You've got to tell them that we are not with you! This is a mistake!"
"Yeah, he's right!" Mabel added.
The female captain, who obviously did not care, answered him. "Step towards the block when we call your name, one at a time!" "
The empire loves their damned lists."
The guy who welcomed them at the gate looked down at a list. "Ulfric Stormcloak, Jarl of Windhelm."
The captured Jarl moved to the block, where a man, dressed completely in black, was waiting with a giant axe.
"It has been an honor, Jarl Ulfric" Ralof muttered.
"Ralof of Riverwood." Ralof moved towards the block too.
"Lokir of Rorikstead."
The Thief moved a step forward. "No! I'm not a rebel! You can't do this!" That said, he tried to flee and ran along the street. "
Halt!" the female captain shouted.
"You're not going to kill me!"
"Archers!" The Archers, seemingly elven, took aim and shot. Mabel and Dipper looked away as the Arrows impaled Lokir in the back, killing him. His body fell to the ground with a bump. The Captain turned back towards the prisoners. "Anyone else feel like running?" Mabel and Dipper shookd their heads, hoping it had the same meaning in this world.
"Wait you there." He pointed at the twins. "Step forward." Both stepped a foot forward, hopping they would not kill them too. "Who are you?"
"We? We are Mabel and Dipper Pines from Gravity Falls, Oregon."
"Never heard of it." He looked at the Captain. "Why are they here? They are not on the list, and they are children."
"We saw them just pop up in the forest around Riften. We think they are Daedra, which would explain their name and attire. And the smell of the boy."
The Soldier sighed. "Im sorry. Follow the captain."
"What? No! Please don't! We are humans!" Both began to cry, as a soldier grabbed them and pushed them to the block.
Tullius walked over to the block and looked at Ulfric. "Ulfric Stormcloak. Some here in Helgen call you a hero, but a hero doesn't use a power like the voice to murder his king and ursurp the throne." Mouths wide open the twins looked at the Jarl. They could not believe someone could do such a thing. However, they were about to be executed, so the empire was probably not that much better. Maybe even worse. Ulfric simply growled in response, probably because they covered his mouth. "You started this war, plunged Skyrim into chaos. And now the Empire is going to put you down and restore the peace."
In the distant, a deep roar sounded across the mountains. The more friendly soldier looked towards the mountains. "What was that?"
"It is nothing. Carry on." The female Captain nodded and turned to the priest that was standing next to them."Give them their last rights."
"As we commend your souls to Aetherius, blessings of the Eight Divines upon you."
"Thanks" The Captain replied. "Mabel Pines, step forward to the block."
"What? No! I don't want to! This is a mistake!"
"Please, take me and let her go!" Dipper cried out. The crying of both was to no avail however, as a soldier simply grabbed Mabel and took her to the block, putting a food on her back. Tears where running down the faces of both twins. Another roar was heard in the distance, but it seemed nearer then the last one.
Mabel thought that was it. She had so much planned. And now she was going to be beheaded by a weird empire in an unknown world. What should her Grunkle say to their parents? Would he even find out what happened? She closed her eyes, hoping it was over fast, as the earth suddenly shook. She looked up and saw a giant, pitch-black lizard sitting on the tower.
"What in Oblivion is that?"
"Sentries? What do you see?"
"It's in the town!"
"Dragon!"
The Dragon roared, which sounded like he was talking, and a storm appeared above him. Meteors were falling down around them. Someone helped her up. Dipper smiled at her, happy that they did not get executed.
"Guards! Get the townfolk to safety!" The more friendly soldier yelled.
They looked at the Dragon, and could have sworn to have seen a strange flame in his eyes. Ralof grabbed the twins and dragged them to a tower.
"Come on! The guards wont give us another chance! This way!" They ran as fast as they could towards the tower and headed in. Inside stood Ulfric Stormcloak, who removed the peace of fabric that was wrapped around his mouth. "Jarl Ulfric, what is this thing? Could the legends be true?"
"Legends don't burn down villages." Another roar was heard. "We need to move, now!"
Ralof looked at the kids. They were starring angrily at him. "What? Now you want to help us? Back there you would have them execute us."
"Listen, trust me. Just get up there." Since they had no other option, both ran up the stairs with him. Suddenly, the giant head of the Dragon broke through the wall. He shouted something that sounded like Yol and a burst of flames spilled into the room. He retreaded and left a giant hole in the wall. Ralof stepped on the edge and looked down. "See the Inn there? Jump through the Roof and keep going. We will follow if we can."
Dipper thought it was a crazy idea, but Mabel already jumped and landed on the upper floor of the building. Dipper sighed and followed. The Inn was completely in shambles. They ran down the stairs, and Mabel picked up a broken, empty bottle."What do you want with that?" Dipper asked his sister.
"Self defense. If the Dragon comes to close i can smack him in the Nose."
"Mabel. This is a giant, flying, firebreathing lizard. I dont think a bit of glass will help you with that." Mabel wanted to say something, but the floor above them began to catch fire. Both ran out of the building in panic and found the soldier standing next to a man and the child from earlier.
"Haming, you need to get over here now! Thataboy. You're doing great! Torolf!" The Dragon flew over them, preparing his fire breath.
"Gods… everyone, get back!"
"Toor Shul" The fire missed and the monster flew towards the townwall. The Soldier looks at the Pines.
"Still alive, prisoners? Keep close to me if you want to stay that way. Gunnar, take care of the boy. I have to find General Tullius and join the defense." The Man looked at the Soldier and nodded. "Gods guard you, Hadvar."
Hadvar looked back to Dipper and Mabel. "Stay close to the wall." They snuck between a wall and a house, as the Dragon landed on the wall.
"Yol Toor Shul!" He shouted, summoning his fire once again. It took off again, flying towards a group of guards.
"Quickly, follow me!" After some feet, they reached the carnage that was going down at the main gate. They saw Tullius, who turned to Hadvar, either not noticing the twins or not caring. "Hadvar! Into the keep, soldier, we're leaving!" Hadvar turned back towards Dipper and Mabel.
"Its you two and me, prisoners. Stay close." They followed him to the keep, which had two entrances. One was free, the other one however was guarded by Ralof. "Ralof! You damned traitor! Out of my way!"
"We're escaping, Hadvar! You are not stopping us this time!"
"Fine. I hope the Dragon takes you all to Sovngarde."
Ralof turned his attention to the Mystery Twins. "You two, come on! Into the keep!"
Hadvar ran a bit towards the free entrance and turned around. "With me, prisoners! Let's go! Come on! We need to get inside!" It was obvious that they had to choose one side. Either the Stormcloak, who did not care for them, or the imperial who tried to save them from execution, even if he was on the side that tried to do it in the first place. Ralof however saved them from the Dragon. The choice was clean however as the Monster attempted to land above Ralof. They ran as fast as they could to Hadvar, who opened the door and closed it behind them. Inside, they could hear the shout from the Dragon.
Well, here goes the first chapter of my first fanfiction.
Basically I just had the idea to write this after playing the new special edition. My plan is to release new chapters friday.
As this is my first fanfiction, critisicm would be very helpful.
Elder Scrolls is owned by Bethesda; Gravity Falls is owned by Disney.