AN: Right so this is my first Gravity falls story, this one is an alternate universe where Dipper accepted Bills offer and gave Bill a body for Mabel's and his friends safety. This story is around Mabel's daughters, though the original characters will be included in later chapters. anyway enjoy. I don't own anything in gravity falls.
Chapter one- A strange encounter.
Hazel sighed from her place against the wall. Her sister was at a friends house for the weekend, and her dad had demanded that she be social and make friends. One of her classmates had thrown a party and, because said classmate's mother was friends with her dad, she had been forcefully invited. She knew the real reason her dad wanted her to leave the house. It was the same reason her mother had left him, he wanted to get high. It's not like she minded, hell if he just sat in his room and smoked, she wouldn't even notice, but he didn't think that way.
So here she was, at a party that reeked of alcohol, weed, and sweaty teens. A party where the music was too loud and the lyrics obnoxious. She grumbled something under her breath and pushed off of the wall, having had just about enough of the noise for a life time.
She pushed past the gyrating bodies, and did her best to avoid getting alcohol dumped on her. She pulled her hood over her head and ducked out of the door. She sighed and began walking down the road, her ears ringing in the sudden silence. She hunched in on herself, walking along the damp pavement, it had apparently rained while the party was going on it had just been too loud for her to notice.
She walked along the dark road and listened to the sound of the ocean in the distance. She wasn't worried about walking around town, in the dark, alone. That was one of the great things about living in a quiet beach side city. Everyone knew everyone, and there was never any danger. Well not really, the town didn't even really have a prison, just a small building with two or three cells.
Hazel sighed and breathed in the humid air of the city, it was mid summer and the city was still as boring as ever. Where normal cities had a huge boom of business, their quiet Ocean Crest seemed to loose business during the summer. Hazel didn't really mind, she liked things quiet, it was simple, she liked simple.
Her feet seemed to carry her of their own accord, the sound lapping water growing, if that wasn't any indication of the ocean, the sudden sand underfoot would have been a dead giveaway. She smirked and walked the drying sand towards the blue-grey expanse ahead of her.
She came to a stop at the edge of the water, pulling her headphones from her pocket to blast music in her ears. She liked her own music, but the newer generation of music did not agree with her, hell she hardly listened to anything after 2003. Her dad had said it was because she was an old soul, whatever that meant.
She glanced down when her phone rang displaying Amber's name. She smiled and answered after pulling the headphones from their jack and quickly tucking them into her hoodie pocket.
"Hey girl." She said a smile clear in her voice.
"Hey hey." Amber's chipper voice answered, "So Northwest's was really boring, she kept droning on about her grandfather and such. I almost fell asleep listening to her, how do the others put up with her?" She asked exasperated, a laugh slipped form Hazels lips and she shook her head.
"You tell me, you are the social butterfly, how do you deal with boring people?" Hazel asked sarcastically, a grin spreading her face when she heard her sister laugh.
"You don't, you just tolerate them until your lovely twin sister gives you a reason to bail." She teased, Hazel chirped out a laugh and gave a dramatic sigh.
"Woe be unto those without a twin sister then huh?" She teased leaning heavily on one foot. "So what, pray tell, is this reason to bail?" She asked not remembering sending Amber a text for anything.
"Dad called, wanted me to get you from the party, said it was getting late and we have Gymnastics tomorrow." Hazel gave a heavy sigh, having forgotten about their classes, and nodded.
"Well he should have thought of that before forcing me to go to some dumb party." She grumbled and looked up at the moon that had just started to show through the clouds. "Alright, I am down near Stacy's dine and surf." She said unconsciously grimacing at the gimmick, it was such a bad idea to eat then go surfing right after, but she made good money and had a lot of business, so Hazel couldn't say anything.
"Alright I will be down in a few, don't swim away in the mean time." Amber joked before bidding her goodbye and hanging up. Hazel smiled and shook her head, tucking her phone away and watching the waves.
"Family, huh?" A voice said from behind her, making her jump a foot in the air. She hadn't seen anyone when she had turned to look at Stacy's, so she really wasn't expecting anyone. Thoughts of manners returned to her after the shock, and she turned to face the stranger-who was a little too close for comfort.
"Uhm, y-yeah." She stuttered out. "My sister." Se supplied, taking a step back, choosing the cool water and sabotage of her shoes, over the proximity of this man. Now that she had taken a step back from him, she could get a slightly better look. He was tall, taller than her at least, he had dark brown hair that had been combed back to sit neatly on his head, she could see hints of golden streaks when he moved so the moonlight could glint off of his hair. An almost malicious grin had formed his angular face, if it weren't for the obvious age, she would have considered him to have a baby face, but the set of his jaw deterred that idea. The most dominant trait to Hazel were his honey colored eyes. She could have sworn they shined yellow in the moonlight, but she blamed that on the odd angle that she had to look at him from. He wore what looked like a tailored suit, the bow-tie sitting against his neck almost perfectly, his dress shoes looked odd in the sand.
"Sounds like you two are close?" He questioned in a rough yet smooth voice. Hazel idly imagined that was what silk sliding over glass would sound like. She blinked again and gave a nervous laugh.
"Yeah, we are practically best friends." She said trying to figure out if she had seen him before, she doubted that she would forget his face, but it could happen. He looked so familiar, she just couldn't place where she had seen him. His grin widened and he took another step towards her, to which she backed up. Her foot slid on some seaweed and she started to topple backwards, his hand slid to the small off her back with ease, he caught one of her flailing hand and held her in there in a mock tango pose, even after she had gained her balance. He grinned and stared down at her, a predatory look to his eyes.
"Well you better be careful not to loose her. Family is a fickle thing after all, you never know when an offer could be too good to pass up, or when an unexpected disaster could occur." He said getting closer to Hazel by now she could smell his cologne now. He smelled like fresh earth and pomegranate, she could also smell a metallic smell, though she couldn't place it. Her breath froze in her throat, fear stilling her every motion everything about this man set her on edge. She focused back on his voice when he chuckled, holding her eyes with his. "Keep that in mind dear, family is a very fragile bond. My names Bipper Cypher by the way." He said and leaned up to kiss her forehead A shiver ran up her spine at the contact. He just chuckled and set her right as headlights illuminated the beach. He gave a small wave and turned to leave, Hazel stood watching him leave for a few moments before she released a shaky breath that she was well aware that she had been holding, and walked to Amber's car.
"You okay?" Amber asked when Hazel opened the car door. "You look like you just watched the Kracken just climb out of the ocean and steal your puppy." She added as Hazel sat in the passenger seat. "And who was that guy? Was he harassing you or something? Where you two dancing?!" She added in shock, Hazel sighed and ran a hand through her dirty blonde hair.
"I'm fine, no mythical creature climbed from the sea and took a puppy I don't have, and I have no idea Who he was. He just came up and started talking to me, then I slipped and he caught me. Then you showed up." Hazel explained giving the run down of things, masking how grateful she was for her twins arrival.
"Okay." Amber said choosing not to ask any more questions on the topic. "Wanna go to the Book store?" Amber added trying to get the pale look off of her sisters face, it seemed to work Hazels face brightened with a smile and she nodded.
"I need some new material to read anyway." She said and glanced at her phone, several texts from her dad, that she somehow managed to miss. Amber smiled and drove down the road to turn into the small parking lot. Hazel smiled at the familiar sign that was missing two letters. The Cozy Corner, her favorite used book store.
It stayed open all hours of the night and day, she was almost positive that she had never seen the lights off, or the old cashier go home. She didn't mind though, more availability to buy books. She and Amber stepped out of the car and walked for the glass doors.
"Imma go look at the new releases, you scope out horror fantasy." Amber instructed, Hazel nodded and split off from her sister to look through the old books, it wasn't long however until her sister called her over though.
"Look at these." Amber said running her hand over the faded red covers of the books she had found, her fingers lingering over the golden hands, each holding a number, counting up to three. Hazel opened the cover of the first one and flipped through the pages, smiling at the illustrations.
"These will do." Hazel said with a grin and picked up all three. "Good find sis" She added giving her a fist bump with her free hand. They approached the counter and smiled at the old woman who looked like she was half awake.
"Hey Ede." Hazel said and put the books down, the woman smiled and lifted one of the books with a shaky hand, she looked over the cover a confused look on her face.
"This old bat must be forgetting things, I don't remember putting these ones out, or even getting them in to stock." She said in slight confusion, then shrugged, she searched the book for a bar code to scan and sighed finding none. "Tell ya what dears, since you two come in so much, have them, free of charge." She offered, Hazel smiled and politely thanked her.
"We will see you in a week tops." Hazel assured grin on her face Ede nodded and waved the two girls out bidding them a safe night.
Hazel and Amber climbed into the car to head home. Hazel holding the bag containing their treasures. When Amber pulled into their driveway it was half past one in the morning. Both girls wanted sleep knowing that tomorrow would be exhausting.
"That's new." Hazel said tiredly nodding at the moving van parked at the house about a block away, the houses along the beach were expensive, so the neighboring house had remained empty for quite some time, Hazel and Amber had never really seen it filled.
"Huh, so it is." Amber said. "Who do you think is moving in?" Se asked sparking up the old game that they both always played.
"Hmmm I bet they are explorers that are looking for some sea witch that is only native to our waters. Before we know it they will have rented a boat, but to be safe they will sit just at the edge of the shore with binoculars to see if they can spot it at four a.m." Hazel teased walking into the house.
"No I bet they are ghost hunters and they think they are moving into a haunted house, and soon we will see them walking around with little voice recorders to try and catch a ghostly voice." Amber teased, following her sister into the house. A small pig came running up to them excitedly to greet them.
"Hey Waddles." Hazel said bending down to scratch the pig behind his ear. "Wheres dad? He asleep or does he have the late night munchies?" She asked, a pan banging in the kitchen answering her question. Hazel smiled and walked into the kitchen to see her dad. He wasn't wearing a shirt and his blue pajamas sat on his hips loosely.
In his youth he had been a chubby kid with big hair, but he had lost a lot of weight. After he had cut his blonde hair, he had gotten in shape, something about trying to impress their mom or something.
Now he was a buff forty something with silver hair that had some blonde left in it. Their parents had divorced shortly after she and her sister had been born, and ever since they had shared custody of them. Their mother got them in the summer and holidays, and their dad had them during the school year. It worked.
"Hey dad." Hazel said and sat down, Amber plopping down beside her.
"Hey you two, you have fun today? "He asked turning to look at them, his pupils slightly larger than normal, but he otherwise looked clear headed.
"Yeah." They both lied in unison, he nodded and turned back to cooking.
"I'm making fried chicken if you two want any." He offered, Hazel shrugged denying any, but Amber accepted the offer.
"Oh daddy, look at the books we got." She said pulling out their free treasure. He turned to look and dropped the spatula he was holding, a look of horror crossing his features.
"Where did you get those?!" He shouted causing both girls to jump. He had a feral look of fear in his eyes. Hazel retracted the book and stared at him in shock. "Answer me." He ordered, quieter this time but no less demanding.
"The Cozy Corner." Hazel answered concerned, Something on her face must of made him back down because he gave a sigh and backed away from them.
"I'm sorry, I just- never-mind." He said and turned back to the stove. "Just don't let your mother see those." He ordered quietly, they were set to go see her soon for the summer. Hazel blinked questioningly and shook her head, not understanding the suddenly stern tone of voice.
"Dad I think I'm going to go to bed." She said and stood to leave, Amber following quietly behind her. "I need to feed Odin anyway." She added referring to her cat. He didn't say anything, just let them leave. His shoulders seeming to hunch in on himself as he remembered all the strife those books had caused.
Hazel looked to Amber as she sat on her bed, her cat affectionately rubbing against her ankles. Odin's loud purrs being the only noise to break the silence. Amber finally spoke as she poured food for the fat cat.
"I haven't seen him freak out like that since we found his stash by accident." Amber whispered before moving to sit on her own bed.
"What the hell has gotten into him?" Hazel supplied with a growl, looking at the bag of books beside her. She shook her head and reached for one before standing and walking over to her sisters bed. Amber scooted over and lay on her stomach, Hazel joining her and opening the book so they both could read it.
"I don't understand what has him bothered about these books, I mean how bad can Gnomes named shmebulock, be?" She asked assuming that her dad had thought the books were too adult for them or something. Amber laughed as she ran her fingers over the illustration.
"Be careful he ls a foot and a half tall." She teased and began reading the description of him. "Oh oh he is a dangerous one, only says Shmebulock, but be mindful gnomes travel in packs." Amber laughed then leaned her head on her sisters shoulder. Hazel rested her head on her sisters and hummed a quiet laugh.
"The set up is amazing though. I mean whoever wrote these took great care to make these and include a lot of detail." Hazel said flipping through the pages. "They also had a lot of imagination." She added pausing on some of the creatures. Amber nodded and pointed out a eyeball with wings.
"Eyebats?" She laughed and shook her head. Hazel smiled then remembered what that man had said, his words jumping from the back of her mind and taking place at the front as a nagging thought.
"Amber." She said after a beat of silence, amber 'hummed' in acknowledgement still looking at the book. "Promise that we will always be here for each other." She pleaded her eyes watering. "Promise that if anything ever happens that we wont abandon each other?" She asked her voice breaking. Amber pulled back when she heard Hazels voice break. She took her sisters hand, turning to face her sister fully now she frowned and nodded.
"You and I are twins, we will never be alone, no matter what." She said assuring Hazel, who took that as truth, nodded and hugged Amber.
"We need to get to bed, Babush wont be happy if we are dead on our feet tomorrow." Amber said trying to change the subject and lighten the mood. Hazel nodded and stood off f the bed. Both got dressed for bed in silence and fell asleep without a word, both lost to their own thoughts.
Outside Bipper stood watched the lights to the house shut off from the porch of his newly bought house. A malicious grin spread his lips while he watched the otherwise silent house.
"Sleep tight girls." He whispered, ignoring Dippers screams of rage from the back of his mind. The deal had been to protect his sister and friends, Dipper hadn't said anything about any other members of his family. Bill was about to have some much needed fun.
AN: Wow that is a lot of words. Anyway feel free to tell me what you think or if you have any suggestions. Stay safe, stay awesome.
~Fangy