SAME AS IT NEVER WAS
CHAPTER 2: A NEW WORLD
My eyes slowly opened from a deep sleep.
What the..? I thought to myself. I finally was able to push open my eyelids with a last desperate struggle, and what I saw was shocking. I thought Weirdmageddon was the worst thing I had ever seen, but whatever.. this.. is, it made those 6 days of horror look like a walk in the park with the care bears.
I was in Gravity Falls, that was for sure, as evident by the odd cliffs, but the landscape itself reflected death and years of hateful neglect. Most of the grass was gone and replaced by patches of dry dirt, and whatever grass was around, it was all droopy and felt like a flamethrower had went over it.
The town was eerily desolate, if you could even call it a town. The houses were utterly demolished, like someone had went in and put a hammer through every wall they could find. The houses were carelessly toppled over, with drywall spilling out of the sides and broken furniture laying on their sides in the middle of the cracked roads.
Most of the trees had their leaves burnt off, and the huge bubble around Gravity Falls had a crudely made hole gaping in the side with several cracks sprawling around the edges. The Fearamid still floated near the floating cliffs, but the entire structure was on an angle with several small areas that were open, exposing the inside. The lights were off, leading me to believe it had been abandoned by Bill.
He had probably escaped through the hole in the bubble. I thought. Although, on top of it all, I didn't know why. We had defeated Bill prior to this, so either he was revived or something, or I've been cast into an alternate dimension where Bill won. It did look like Weirdmageddon had been going on for months, maybe years here. I needed to find answers.
The Mystery Shack looked intact, for the most park. There were several boarded up holes and the ''MYSTERY SHACK'' sign had been torn off. I got up and began to walk over. It was roughly half a kilometer away from me, as I stood near the edge of the town. It took a long time, considering my slow moving and the heat that was draining my body of water. I stumbled towards the decrepit building and pushed open the door slowly.
The gift shop was destroyed, and the lightbulbs were dim and flickered drastically.
''Stan! Mabel! Soos! Wendy!'' I called out, ''Hello? Is anyone in here?'' I stepped around cautiously, avoiding any broken glass and suspicious looking things on the floor.
I heard a machine whirr to life behind me.
''Guys..?'' I whispered. I whipped around on my heels to see a large floating droid, similar to the one I had encountered in the UFO with Great Uncle Ford. I had a yellow triangle embedded in the top, which glowed with energy.
It slowly floated towards me. Alright, I thought, I just don't have to feel any fear. Luckily, after surviving the apocalypse, I was prepped for this kind of thing. I felt perfectly safe -
Until it pulled out its four turrets.
THREAT DETECTED. SCANNING. . .
Its eye flashed and code and data began streaming down.
DIPPER PINES - ''PINE TREE'' - BORN AUGUST 1999 - SIBLINGS: MABEL PINES - ''SHOOTING STAR'' - BORN AUGUST 1999
PLAYING BILL'S SPECIAL NOTICE: KILL THAT KID AS SOON AS YOU SEE HIM, YOU USELESS PILE OF SCRAPS.
KILL ON SIGHT
ENGAGE FIRE
Bullets blasted out of the droid, narrowly missing me. I jumped up and ran around the corner, breathing heavily. I patted my pockets down, praying to have a weapon of some sort.
Nothing.
The droid slowly turned to round the corner. I got ready to run.
''Alright, Dipper.'' I whispered to myself, ''Go in 3.. 2..''
A shadowy figure jumped out from a under a rug. I saw a flash of brown hair as the mysterious assailant flipped over the droid and popped a panel of the top, using a knife of some sorts to cut out wires left and right.
The droid flashed and beeped and shot at the person, he ducked and rolled under a chair, pulling out some kind of weapon. A metal object shot out of a gun shaped object and wrapped around the droid on a cord. They pulled the droid close, pulled out a gun and pulled the trigger on it, covering the hunk of metal with a blue glow. It flashed and crashed to the ground, smoke pouring out.
''Grappling hook.'' The figure whispered. He stood up and pulled of his hood revealing long flowing brown hair.
''Wait..'' I choked, ''Mabel?''
Her frown lifted the slightest bit. ''That's me, Pine Tree.''
Hi everyone! Here's a new chapter. Sorry, it's pretty short. I tend to have a hard time writing the first few thousand words, as you need to set up the whole story. I have a really bad reputation when it comes to finishing fics, but this one I WILL finish, because I've gotten a lot of support, and I won't let you down! The next part will be out in February sometime.
Remember, everybody -
A SHOOTING STAR MAY FALL.
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