A/N: Hello, hello dear readers! I know it's been a while, but here I am again with the continuation of Under Gravity!

A couple things I feel I should let you all know before we get into this, however. First of all, I can't promise frequent updates-I'm juggling this story with two original stories (though I feel like I'm almost done with one), plus I actually finally found work! Well, volunteer work-I've started volunteering at a Bird Rescue place, and I'm hoping if I put in enough work, the lady will be willing to take me on for another month or two, so I can, at the very least, get more experience.

Secondly, I decided not to go through with the Five Nights at Freddy's fan fiction after all-all it was going to be was a bunch of prequel oneshots to Poor Little Souls featuring minor characters. Plus, I'm actually planning on officially leaving the FNAF fandom for good before long anyway, so it seems like a moot point at this venture. But good news for anyone who was looking forward to the comic version of PLS-it's FINALLY gotten started; though not by the person I was expecting. One of my Tumblr followers, miraculouslykawaii, opted to translate the story to comic form on her blog with my permission, and she actually started on it last week. It's just ONE page right now, and only one picture, but all the same, I'm still excited to see my story in comic form! You can probably find it on her blog under 'pictures'-hopefully she should be doing the second page later this week.

Well, I believe that's all for now-let's get back to the adventures of the former skeletwins and the rest of the Under Gravity characters, shall we? I hope you guys like it!

Prologue

"Dipper! Dipper!" Eight-year-old Mabel Pines ran over to her brother, pulling his book down. "It's Mr. Cheepers!"

"Huh?" The brunette looked at her. "What about Mr. Chee…?"

"Come on!" Mabel took his wrist and ran over to the window. A sparrow was sitting on the open windowsill. looking at the twins. It turned its head to the side and cheeped.

"Mabel, I thought you said you let him go!" Dipper said.

"I did!" Mabel insisted. "I took him outside and everything-but he just flew back!"

"Well, this is an interesting conundrum." The twins turned around to see their father standing behind them.

"Dad!" Mabel gasped in surprise.

"Seems Mr. Cheepers has gotten attached to this old place." Mr. Pines said, stepping forward to look out the window. "Or maybe just you." He looked down at Mabel, and she smiled a little.

"Aww! But wait-won't he miss flying? If he stays here he can't fly south for the winter, or pick up worms out of the ground, or…"

"It's just something that happens sometimes." Mr. Pines informed his daughter as he observed the bird with a knowing look. "Mabel, remember how much you fretted over Mr. Cheepers when you brought him in? You came running into the living room, panting heavily about how you'd seen a bird outside on the sidewalk, and how it was hurt. And after we brought Mr. Cheepers in you bandaged his wing, fed him-you even read him bedtime stories every night."

Mabel blushed fiercely.

"Well…what's wrong with that?" She asked.

"He's gotten too attached to you." Mr. Pines answered his daughter. "Maybe Mr. Cheepers would be better back in the wild, but he's having trouble letting go of the place-and the people, he's become familiar with."

Mabel's memory of Mr. Cheepers was one of the fondest she'd had of her old human life. While the bird eventually did leave on his own, she'd been so flattered that he wanted to stay with her. Maybe she could have a new pet! When he flew away, she was a bit disappointed, but a part of her knew it wasn't going to last. He was a bird, after all-he could fly away anywhere. But more than that…he just didn't belong.

In a way, Mabel thought, it was the same way with her and Dipper, after they ended up in the Underground as skeletons. They weren't human anymore-but they weren't really monsters either. They still had human souls.

And, even though she'd never told Grunkle Stan, or even Dipper, she'd still had nightmares sometimes about the scientists finding her and Dipper and taking them back to the labs. Experimenting on her again, hurting her and making her cry and scream as they tried to rip her soul from her very bones. Those were NOT fun memories.

But after she and Dipper had gotten away, and found a home and a family in Stan, Mabel actually slowly grew to like living in the Underground. The nice monsters were pretty cool, she made some good friends, and even being a skeleton wasn't that bad. At the very least, she had really cool powers. Dipper was the more insistent about finding a way to get their humanity back and get back to their old home-it was why he wanted to join the Royal Guard, after all.

But what if they never got to be human again? Even if they got through the barrier, they couldn't just go back home. Their parents would freak if they saw them. Truthfully, that was probably the main reason Mabel didn't give a lot of thought to getting through the Barrier before-she couldn't bear the idea of her own parents being afraid of her. That was another recurring nightmare she had-her and Dipper showing up at their old doorstep, and being greeted with screams of horror instead of open arms. Mr. and Mrs. Pines slamming the door on their children, yelling at them to leave, seeing them as, well…monsters.

Not like she'd have to worry about that now, the clothes she was wearing were all she had left of her time as a skeleton.

"Mabel? You coming?" Dipper's voice called.

"Yeah!" Mabel plastered a big, happy smile on her face as she followed her brother to...where? Her parents? Home?

We're coming, Mom and Dad. She thought. We're finally coming home.

A/N: Yeah, kinda short and lame. Sorry about that, guys. I'll try and do better for the other chapters-I don't want this to turn out like my OTHER sequel for a video game fanfic...*Cringes* But yeah, like I said, I won't be able to work on this story ALL the time. Though if I'm not a strict work schedule, that could give me a chance to think and plan more, instead of just rushing through this story with half-baked ideas? Shout-out to xxPay4XtraShippingsxx for the AMAZING cover image you made for me, you are the best, mate!

Well, I'll see you guys when I see you. There's more on the way, but for now leave me some reviews?