Chapter 2! JJJ. I hope you enjoyed chapter 1, I wrote that chapter with writer's block so it wasn't as good as I hoped. Thanks to those who reviewed my story. I really hope you enjoy chapter 2.
Danny
I got lucky yesterday. I looked all around this small town but couldn't find a single hotel. Somehow I ended up at the Mystery Shack. It seemed really old, the S has fallen and now sits on the roof. The place looks like it could fall apart at any given moment. There's even a goat outside and a pig inside named Waddles. Yet they offer shelter at the same price of a five – star hotel, and I got a major discount (60% to 80% to be accurate, I love math, this is the author talking by the way).
Dipper seems cool though, his twin sister I don't really know yet. He seems pretty mature for his age too. His sister, the exact opposite. Sometimes I wonder how they are related, then I remember they look exactly like each other.
"What kind of stuff do you do in Gravity Falls anyway" I asked Dipper who was eating pancakes with his sister.
"Umm…" Dipper said. He seemed to be looking for an answer for an extremely complicated question, which this was not.
"The usual stuff, walk around town and hang out at the diner. Defiantly not fighting monsters and discovering the secrets of this town" Mabel answered for Dipper. She was looking at me with a lovesick expression on her face. Dipper just rolled his eyes and smiled. "Hey! You should come with Dipper and me to the diner, you can meet my friends Candy and Grenda."
"Ok, I don't have to work today." I responded. I actually did have to work today, but I'd rather be with Dipper and Mabel than working in this hobble.
"We should go now! Come on Dipper." Mabel shouted. She grabbed Dipper's vest and pulled him from his pancakes and pushed him out the door. I followed them to this golf cart decorated with red and yellow streamer like ribbons (what exactly are they?), and a large question mark on the front.
"You guys have a golf cart?" I inquired.
"It's the mystery cart, Stan uses it for tours." Dipper explained. "But we often use it to get around the town."
"Cool." A golf cart always sounded useful, but I wouldn't need it in Amity Park, I could just fly. Although, here I might need to only go ghost when it's really necessary. We got in the cart Mabel begged Dipper if she could drive so she drove us there. Mabel wasn't that good of a driver, we almost crashed into a tree at least ten times.
The diner was in the same condition as the Mystery Shack. We sat in a booth and waited for the arrival of Mabel's friends. A lady with one eye closed and blue – gray hair came up to us and asked if we wanted food. Since we just ate the answer is no.
Two minutes later, a petite asian girl with long black hair and a large girl with short brown hair come rushing in. The asian girl was running into furniture as if she were blind.
"Mabel, are you here! I can't see!" the asian girl said.
"Candy, where are your glasses?" Mabel inquired.
"They were stolen."
"What? How could they have been stolen, you always wear them." Mabel asked.
"I don't know. I was with Grenda on our way here. Then this strong gust of wind came out of nowhere. It took my glasses." Candy said. Maybe that had to do with Dan and the mysterious helper. I don't know what else could have done this. But why would they need a little girl's glasses?
"It even took those magazines I wanted to show you to!" the larger girl said. Her voice was surprisingly low, like a professional wrestler.
"What!" Mabel exclaimed. "But you said they were filled with cute boys Grenda. I can't live without cute magazine boys!"
"There has to be an explanation for this, I know there is." Dipper claimed. "We just have to find out what it is." He reached under his vest to pull something out but stopped. His eyes darted towards me, then to Candy and Grenda. "Mabel can I talk to you for a second." Dipper pulled Mabel into another booth leaving me with Candy and Grenda.
"Hi I'm Grenda, who are you?" Grenda inquired. She had the same lovesick eyes and tone Mabel had when she first saw me.
"I'm Danny. I'm… uh… Visiting Gravity Falls for a while."
"Hi Danny, even though I can't see you, I bet your really cute!" Candy shouted from across to Diner. I blushed a bit, even though a large number of girls like the ghost half of me, like Paulina. Grenda got up and guided her back to our booth.
I heard Mabel chuckle a little bit from her booth, I wonder what kind of thing they have to discuss privately, especially after looking at me like that. He must know something. I'd better be careful around him, he is a pretty bright kid. If I go ghost too many times he's bound to find out my secret
Dipper and Mabel return, Dipper looks frustrated and Mabel looks as if she's about to burst out laughing.
"Candy, Grenda let's talk about this back at the Mystery Shack." Mabel said regaining her control on laughter. "Dipper says he has something to show you guys."
We headed back to the cart. That's when I realized that I really should be looking for Dan and his helper.
"Hey Dipper, I'm going to… walk around the town. You can go back without me."
"Ok. Don't get lost." Dipper yelled. He started to pullout of the parking space and drive back to the Mystery Shack. Once they were gone I ran into the thick forest and transformed into the Ghost half of me. I'd be able to cover more ground and defend against any attacks this way. I began to search the forest.
Dipper
Thank goodness Danny had to go. The last thing I want is for him to find out about the journals. I still have no idea what he is or why he's in Gravity Falls. If he finds out about the journals, then who knows what he might do. I have to make sure he never finds out about the journals.
I drove the cart back to the Mystery Shack, I don't think the cart can take a tree.
The tourists were already arriving at the Mystery Shack and were ready to spend all of their money on cheap stuff, ignorant people. I lead everyone to mine and Mabel's room where we discussed the mysterious disappearances of Candy and Grenda's stuff. I sat on my bed while everyone sat on Mabel's bed.
"Ok, I may have found what stole your stuff, but you have to promise that you won't tell anyone." I said
"I promise." Candy and Grenda said. Candy was looking off to the left of me, like she didn't know where I was. Wow, she really does need her glasses.
"It's something called an Allivion." I opened the journal page that displays a picture and description of the creature. It was a human like creature that kind of looked like a shadow. It had long hair that covered one of its eyes, the other was a bright red orb and it had giant black wings. "Its giant wings allow it to move at a speed that's superhuman. I've also seen it, at times become a flock of birds. Its weakness is electricity." I read while showing them the journal page.
"We have to go in the woods and find that thing!" Candy shouted.
"I was thinking the same thing. We leave this evening."
(Time warp!)
It was evening, Candy, Grenda, Mabel and I were preparing for our expedition into the woods. Mabel had her grappling hook, Candy had a leaf blower and Grenda assisted her since she couldn't see too well, I had an axe and a taser I found in Gruncle Stan's room. Everyone also carried a flashlight with them to see in the dark. I carried some of the weapons and the journal in my backpack. All we had to do was sneak past Gruncle Stan.
Everyone headed to the door as quietly as they could, and out of sight from anyone. There was no we could be caught.
"Where're you guys going" a voice said from behind us. We turned around, I was surprised to see Danny standing before us. I never heard him come back inside, or his footsteps. Also, how did he hear us sneaking out? We were too quiet for someone to hear us, so how did he hear us?
"We're … Uhhhh… Going… to find Candy's glasses. She tripped and lost her glasses." I said.
"Yeah. We're going to find my glasses." Candy confirmed.
"I thought you said something took them." Danny questioned.
"We did, but we discussed it and… Uhhh… turns out Candy just dropped them somewhere." I said.
"What about Grenda's magazines?"
"We'll find those too."
"You need weapons to look for lost item?" Danny asked pointing towards the weapons we carried.
"You never know what's out there." Mabel answered nervously.
"Hmmm." Danny wasn't believing it. "I'll come with you. An extra set of eyes would make this hunt easier." He Claimed.
"That's ok, we'll be fine." I said.
"No, I'm coming with you, besides I got nothing to do."
I looked at Mabel, she didn't want him to come. Probably so he won't get scared and run away. After all, he has the honor of being Mabel's crush of the week. But what can I do? This boy is stubborn, he's going to end up coming with us no matter what. "Ok, you can come." I said defeated. He just smiled and followed us outside.
Every so often I would look at him. He kept looking around us like he was searching for something. A normal teenager wouldn't want to come with us into the woods. This guy had a motive. It's probably related to the reason he's here. I'll have to save the investigation of him for later. Now, we have to find the Allivion.
I guess going late in the evening wasn't such a great idea. It was originally supposed to prevent anyone to come with us since it's late outside. Also, so nobody would see us in the woods. But we ended up with Danny coming with us and how are we supposed to see a shadowy creature at night. It'll just blend in with the darkness. The flashlights might make it easier, I don't know. I guess I didn't really think this through.
After about thirty minutes I was getting frustrated. I remember the journal saying that it was somewhere deep within the forest. If only there were a specific place where it might be.
We've been out here for almost an hour looking for this thing. I guess it really wants to be hidden away from people. Or maybe it's watching over us somewhere like how Bill does. I was starting to get tired. Danny noticed suggested we go back. He almost seemed scared, I wonder why.
"Dipper, I think we should just go back. "Mabel said agreeing with Danny.
"No, we need to find this thing and get back Candy and Grenda's stuff." I responded. I'm pretty sure Danny overheard us. He gave a bewildered look suddenly became panicked. He didn't say a word for a while.
"Danny, are you Ok?" I inquired.
"Yeah I'm fine." Danny responded with a shaky voice. He wasn't that good at lying.
"Dipper!" Mabel whisper shouted. "Look!" she pointed off into the distance where there was an open area surrounded with trees. In the center of that small area stood a shadowy figure with a glowing red eye starring straight at us.
This took me forever to write but I'm finally done. Cliffhangers, who else hates them? They're pretty much everywhere in Gravity Falls though, right? It's waiting for the next episode that's the worst, and it's always so long! Well I hope you enjoyed this chapter, chapter three coming soon. Bill's always watching.
