Author's note: Well here it is, my first fanfiction. Didn't think I would ever write one but I want to make one because fanfiction can lead to many possibilities to where you can make the characters go, to help with my writing skills and to just have fun with it. That and I want to make a tribute to "The Last of Us" my favorite game ever, along with my favorite cartoon show right now "Gravity Falls". Reviews both positive and negative are welcome to help me become a better writer to help with my storytelling skills for my future plan to become an animator and storyteller. I Hope you enjoy my story.
Chapter 1: Just a Strangely Peaceful Day
It was a typical morning in the not so typical town of Gravity Falls. The sunrise rises above the sky to signal the beginning of another day in the peculiar town. The gleaming, yellow light of the sun shines through the window of the Mystery Shack's attic where two children lie in their beds still asleep despite the fact that its morning. The first child to wake up from their slumber is Mabel Pines. Opening her eyes with a grin on her face, she leapt from her bed and walked to the other side of the attic to the bed across her and began playfully poking Dipper Pines, her 12 year old twin brother, to wake up.
"Boop!" Said Mabel as she poked her brother hoping to wake him up.
"Mabel five more minutes." Murmured Dipper.
"Boop, Beep, Bop!" Said Mabel again as she continued poking Dipper.
"Alright alright I'm getting up." Said Dipper while getting up.
"Come on sleepyhead, it's a beautiful morning today!" Exclaimed Mabel.
Dipper looked at Mabel with an annoyed expression on his face but changed into a smile and chuckled when Mabel poked Dipper on the belly. The twins then changed to their normal attire for the day. Dipper had his t-shirt, shorts and socks already on from bed and just got on his blue vest, shoes and signature pine tree hat while Mabel changed from her night gown into a white shirt, pink skirt with a matching pink headband, socks and shoes and toping it off with her pink sweater with a shooting star on it.
"Race you the bathroom!" Mabel shouted as she started to bolt downstairs.
"Hey no head starts!" Replied Dipper as he too began running downstairs.
The twins finished their race with a tie and decided to share the bathroom with each other and brushed their teeth. After that, the twins went downstairs to the living room to see their Grunkle Stan asleep on the couch with his shirt, boxers and fez with an empty diet pitt cola in his right hand and remote on his left. Dipper and Mabel went up to their snoring Grunkle to wake him up.
"Grunkle Stan?" Said Dipper.
Stan immediately shot up from his chair wide awake, startling the twins from their Grunkle's actions.
"No! Not the register!" Shouted Stan as he looked around the Mystery Shack for any intruders. When he realized only his niece and nephew were the only ones around, he breathed a sigh of relief and returned to his normal grumpy self.
"Oh it's only you two, thank goodness. I thought it was an angry mob demanding a refund." Said Stan.
"Come on you little munchkins, I'll make some breakfast" Said Stan as he got up and walked to the kitchen with the twins in tow.
"Is it pancakes? Please tell me you're making Pancakes? Pleeease?!" Exclaimed Mabel happily.
"I'm not making pancakes. Besides, pancakes are too expensive." Said Stan
"Awwww." Mabel Said disappointingly
"We're not having more of your mystery breakfast again are we? When you made it yesterday it moved from my plate under the fridge." Said Dipper with concern in his voice.
"My breakfast jumped on the ceiling when I poked it with a fork. I call him Bob." Said Mabel.
"Don't worry kids I'm just making you two some omelette instead. Its' easier anyways." Said Stan.
"Phew." Said Dipper relieved.
The twins sat down it the kitchen table and Stan handed them their omelettes. They looked burnt like charcoal but it was at least edible unlike most of Stan's homemade meals. After breakfast, the twins put their plates in the sink and went to the living room to watch some T.V. before Stan opens the Shack for more unsuspecting tourists to scam for their cash.
"Our main story today involves a 300% increase in patient admittance in hospitals due to…"
"Click!" Said Mabel as she switched the news channel to another rerun of "Duck-tective".
Dipper would have told Mabel to switch back to the news but he wasn't in the mood to watch it today. After "Duck-tective", the twins turned off the T.V. as Stan came into the living room with his suit on with his eye patch and 8-ball cane in hand.
"Come on kids time is money." Said Stan as he directed the twins to the lobby. The lobby is filled to the brim with all kinds of overpriced souvenirs for sale. Whether its t-shirts, snow globes, bobble heads and all other sorts of kinck-knacks, the Shack has it all. Just then, the front door opened and Soos, the handyman of the Mystery Shack, came in and greeted the twins.
"Sup dudes." Said Soos
"Morning Soos." Said the twins greeting him.
"Perfect timing Soos, I need you to go find some more exhibits for our suck- I mean customers." Said Stan.
"Sure thing Mr. Pines" Said Soos "Sorry dudes, I'll talk to you to later." Said Soos facing the twins.
"It's fine Soos, we'll see you later." Said Dipper.
Soos then left the Shack and a few moments later Wendy walked in.
"See you soon Soos." Wendy said to Soos as he left for his quest for Stan. "Hey dorks, what's up?" Said Wendy to the twins.
"Hi Wendy." Said Mabel to Wendy.
"Wendy? W-what are doing here so early?" stuttered Dipper from the sight of his crush arriving early to work.
"Stan said I have to work overtime today because he found out about me slacking off at work." Said Wendy.
"That's right. Just because I'm old doesn't mean I'm dumb. Now go to the register and watch out for angry mobs." Demanded Stan as she just shrugged and went to her usual post at the cash register.
"Dipper, Mabel, clean the place up. The Shack has to look good for our unsuspecting customer's wallets." Said Stan
"You mean the customers. Not the wallets." Said Dipper.
"Just get to work before I make you clean the outhouse. Again." Said Stan as he left the lobby to check on the exhibits.
Dipper shuttered at that horrific thought and began sweeping the floor. Mabel was dusting the counters with Waddles never too far behind getting pats on his head from her lovable owner. Wendy was just being her cool, laid back self while reading a magazine and Soos came back from his quest with moose antlers, glue and fake fur. Dipper shook his head at the sight thinking about what his Grunkle could possibly make out of the materials. Soos handed in the unusual materials to Stan as he used them to make another one of his "real life" creatures to show the tourists.
"Ha! Wait till they see this." said Stan admiring his creation. "Soos. You know where to put this thing." said Stan as he handed it to Soos.
"Of course mister Pines." Said Soos as he went to put the new exhibit with the others.
"Speaking of customers, there probably here by now." Said Stan as he went outside to greet the tourists outside. "Welcome to the Mystery Shack. Where all kinds of-"
Stan paused as he realized that there were no tourists in sight nor any vehicles besides his car and the golf cart parked outside. Stan searched the area outside for anyone in sight but to no avail. Bewildered, Stan went inside the Shack and closed the door while looking at his watch for the time. Dipper, Mabel, Soos and even Wendy were surprised at the lack of customers and exchanged looks at each other since today was supposed to be a busy day for them.
"Maybe the buses are delayed." Said Stan as he waited a couple more moments to regain his train of thought as everyone resumed working.
An hour later still no customers came. No tourists, no citizens of the town, no nothing. Dipper and Mabel already cleaned the Shack, Soos finished fixing anything else that was broken and Wendy finished labeling the price tags while Stan just wandered around the Shack looking for anything else that needs to be done around the Shack while thinking about where the customers are.
"I don't get it. It's been a whole hour since we opened and not a single person showed up." Said Stan
"Don't worry mister Pines. I'm sure they'll come soon. Like bears to honey or food to my stomach." Said Soos.
"Remind me to never ask you for advice again. Now go… somewhere." Said Stan as Soos saluted Stan and went off to talk with Mabel while Stan went upstairs to his room.
"Sup Hambone." Said Soos
"Hey Soos. Can I ask you a question?" Asked Mabel.
"Sure. What is it?" Asked Soos.
"Why did you come here in the morning? I thought you were in your room here?" Asked Mabel.
"My grandmother called me yesterday when I was working and said that she was really sick. I had to leave early so I could take her to the hospital. It's pretty serious dude." Said Soos as he frowned which Mabel feel guilty for asking the question.
"I'm sorry. I didn't know." Said Mabel sadly but then she quickly snapped back to her normal cheerful self with her radiant, brace filled smile. "She'll be fine Soos. Don't worry. How about we go play pinball?" Said Mabel
Soos smiled and high fived Mabel as she carried Waddles with her to the pinball machine with Soos in the Shack. Dipper saw them leave and took this as an opportunity to spend some quality time with the red head of his dreams. With butterflies in his stomach, he approached Wendy by the register to start a conversation with her.
"Okay Dipper. Just stay calm and talk to her. You got this." Said Dipper to himself walking towards her as she put away her magazine turning her head towards his direction.
"Hey Dipper. How you doing?" Said Wendy
"I'm Good Wendy. How about you?" Asked Dipper
"Same here. Boring day today huh? Makes me wish that there were people coming today." Said Wendy.
"Hehe, yeah it sure is boring here." Said Dipper while laughing nervously.
"Well, at least I'm here with you guys so it won't be too bad." Said Wendy.
"Yeah…" said Dipper. "You know Stan actually made something edible to eat this morning for me and Mabel?" Said Dipper which made Wendy chuckle in disbelief.
"Really? I thought he made you mystery breakfast again?" Said Wendy.
"Well believe it or not he can actually make something good to eat." Said Dipper.
"Wow, mind blown." Said Wendy as they both laughed while Wendy pulled up a stool next to her for Dipper to sit next to. Happily accepting the seat, Dipper felt his nervousness near Wendy go away when they were in a conversation. Meanwhile Mabel and Soos watch Dipper and Wendy converse which makes Mabel tear up.
"Love is so beautiful." Said Mabel as she wiped a tear from her eye while Waddles licks her hand to cheer Mabel up.
"Its' okay Waddles, I'm not sad." Said Mabel as she squeezed her pig's cheeks together. "You little piggy wiggy you." Said Mabel playfully.
"Come on Hambone, let's give them some privacy." Said Soos as Mabel grabbed Waddles to go to Grunckle Stan to see if she can cheer him up.
It's not much of a surprise that Mabel found Stan out of his suit and back to his boxers sitting on his chair watching T.V. Stan than turned to face Mabel, Soos and Waddles.
"Mabel Soos, pig." Said Stan to which Waddles replied with an oink. "What are you three doing here?" asked Stan
"Just here to get you out of the grumpy grumps." Replied Mabel.
"Go away." Said Stan
"Boop Beep" Said Mabel as she poked Stan in the face but only got an 'ow' out of him. Mabel then puckered her lips to make a frustrated face that made Stan laugh at her attempt to look mad.
"Ha ha ha ha. It's funny because you try too hard." Said Stan
Mabel then broke into a smile knowing that her silliness can cheer someone up and sat next to Stan with Waddles and Soos to watch whats on T.V. while Dipper and Wendy continued to speak with each other in the serenity of an actual peaceful day in the Mystery Shack.
"Nothing could possibly go wrong today" thought Mabel.
If they only knew that peace does not last forever.
Disclaimer: I don't own Gravity Falls or The Last of Us but if I did it would be friggin awesome.