PS; Still complicating on retconning Chapter 1 but I'll leave it to you folks and your compliments or criticism. I myself is feeling complicated about it, feeling torn.

No earthquakes so far as I'm making this chapter. Thank God for that.

Took me a while because life and me being lazy with the re-checking, reworking and revising some elements etc I'm proud to present you all Chapter 2 of The Next Generation.

And without further due, Enjoy!

UPDATE (Added on 6-17-19): Took down the A/N chapter.

Chapter 2: Family Bonding

Amelia sat on a chair within the Mystery Shack's living room. In front of her is a TV and a bowl of salted vanilla ice cream on her lap. The TV on the meanwhile began to play a commercial concerning about a megalodon and a crazed old man talking to a female news reporter in the nearby lake.

'You gotta believe me! Saw it, I saw it with my own eyes! It's real, it's huge and it's scaaary and it ate everything!'

The news reporter in the TV gave him a ludicrous look. 'And what would you call it?' She then placed the mic closer to the old man's mouth.

' It's an Oregon bull megalodon!'

Amelia raised an eyebrow. "Huh? Bull megalodon?" Amelia then took a spoon of ice cream in her mouth as she is trying to comprehend that the crazy old man is saying.

She continued to listen on as the old man began talking about how it ate everything non-organic material under the lake and him seeing it through his own home-made submarine or seeing it surface on his rowboat.

A bull megalodon? Sure thing that a pair of clones of her father in her age has been discovered but what about something coming about a bull megalodon? In Amelia's mind normally it's something that doesn't make sense in the slightest but seeing clones of her father courtesy of some sort of a printer may had risen that possibility of seeing the thing a little more realistic.

The rambling of the old man and exchanges of words with the reporter went on a few minutes until Melody went inside the room with a vacuum cleaner with intention of cleaning up the floor.

Amelia in response had lifted her feet off a bit to make room for the vacuum cleaner in the instinct of Melody cleaning the floor but Melody had caught her off. "No need Amelia, just bringing this on the other side."

"Oh, okay." Amelia chuckled before looking at Melody with curiosity. "Say Aunt Melody, have you heard of a bull megalodon?"

The question made Melody puzzled as she raised an eyebrow. "Hmm? Bull megalodon?"

Amelia hummed and nodded. "Some old man on TV said that he saw something like it on the Lake Gravity Falls."

Melody looked at the TV where the old man is still with his rambling. "Well I have not but I won't be surprised if that's the case, you know Gravity Falls and all with all of its weirdness."

Amelia felt a sense of exploration in her again. Like days before with the clones of her father in his younger self, now a new kind of critter to explore but also felt a sense of dread in her. While the exact nature of a 'bull-megalodon' is unknown to Amelia it'll most likely have some attitude of a shark or perhaps even worse.

But still discovery right? Maybe a few precautionary methods would be use to exploring the thing.

But then as is if there is even one. No doubt by the rules of Amelia's logic there won't be anything dedicated of an organization or a part of Gravity Falls having tour guides of some sort to a critter of its existence not even confirmed at all.

Feeling internally defeated at the possibility of not seeing it safely Amelia leaned back to the chair and took a spoon of her ice cream. As Amelia savored in the salted vanilla flavor of the treat Melody had made her way to the other room.

She continued to watch the old man's rambling on TV for a few more seconds before Amanda came through the room using the same doorway Melody used earlier with a burrito in hand. "Whatcha watchin?"

Amelia then turned to her sister. "Oh. Just some of your average news with regards to the town's lake as a report. Some old man says he saw an 'Oregon bull megalodon.'"

Amanda then raised her right eyebrow as she bit her burrito and came closer to Amelia. "Oregon bull megalodon?"

"Huh-huh."

"Well a bull megalodon… ain't such a thing don't even exist?"

"Well the megalodon species are extinct. Not sure if even a 'bull' megalodon exists in the charts."

Silence then fell on the room the twins are in, both in mind thinking of whenever such a thing possibly even exist. Even with the context of two clones of their in his younger years father in consideration such a thing just doesn't make sense.

The silence was then broken a few seconds later when someone sneaked on them moments later.

"Look who's here!"

Amelia and Amanda turned around to see a brown haired woman who wore silver pants, brown bootheels and a blue strapless sweater.

The twins gasped silently before putting their respective on the table beside her before running to the woman who was now kneeling with her arms stretched. "Aunt Mabel!"

After a few seconds of running into Mabel they hugged and Mabel began to playfully both of the twins' forehead while chuckling. "So my favorite nieces are here huh!"

The twins in returned laughed. This was a warming greeting Mabel gave and the twins' response.

While Mabel was in her late 30s she was still playful- well to the kids and her nieces with the same effect of kindness as that of her 12 year old self. She wasn't getting tired of that bubbling personality if she had to display it even several times.

Amelia and Amanda laughed in content as Mabel noticed the hat Amelia is wearing. Immediately Mabel formed a smirk. "So you wore the same hat as your father wore when we were here, eh?"

"Yup!"

"She's a daddy's girl, Aunt Mabel."

"Seems like it. Heard of it all Amanda; top in classes, ambidextrous and with a passion for all things too nerdy for the average people." Mabel then laughed after finishing, "You're daddy's girl all right, even mirroring him in the nerd department."

"I'm ambidextrous too auntie Mabel!" Amanda responded which Mabel simply chucked and smiled in return.

Just as then Amelia bought up a question a few seconds later. "What brings you here auntie Mabel?"

Mabel took it as a form of passive-aggression but decided to go with it as a joke by raising an eyebrow as part of it with a slightly disappointed face. "Why? Can't I see my favorite nieces in the world?"

Amelia raised her hands in defense, not wanting to offend her. "No-no! Just wondering aunt Mabel."

Mabel laughed lightly which caused an eyebrow raised in both twins. "Just messing with you there Amelia. Anyways as for why am I here besides seeing you two? We plan on taking you two on the nearby lake with your cousins!"

The twins gasped. "Really?!"

"Of course!"

Happiness filled the twins at the report of this activity because of the thought that they'll be bonding with other family members. Although not 100% directly related, Mabel after all was a Pines like their father was. Mabel's outgoing nature also helped and she was also the closest they got to a mother other than Melody till Pacifica comes a few months later.

They weren't having any second-thoughts.

"What are we gonna be doing there aunt Mabel?"

Mabel shaked her hands dramatically in an attempt to woo them in further. "Fishing!"

The twins although had not been thought to fish, both are always wanting to feel the experience again after having fished with their parents a few times in Piedmont.

"I always wanted to fish!"

"So where are uncle Gideon and Aaron and Natalia?" asked Amanda as she had a focus on questions than the event at hand for the moment.

"They're in the gift shop."

The trio arrived in the gift shop where three people stood. One was a tall adult in his late 30s who wore a teal suit with a white polo inside and a black tie with white hair that resembled that of an old person with gray shoes. With him are two children, male and female with the male looking older. The former had black pants, he wore a blue jacket and black shoes with darkened white hair. The girl on the other hand had similar hair and she wore a gray jacket with a black skirt. She had white socks and black shoes for footwear.

Amelia and Amanda immediately rushed to the group with arms stretched. "Uncle Gideon!"

"Well there's my giddly nieces, how are you eh?" Gideon stretched his arms to the Pines twins as the kids with him watched the scene a few meters from his back.

"We're fine, uncle Gideon." Amelia answered before noticing those standing on Gideon's back.

Without any second thought she parted from Gideon's hug and started to run towards the two with Amanda. "Natalia, Aaron!"

"Natalia, Aaron!"

The Gideon kids laughed with Natalia smiling. "Glad you could make it!" Amelia then hugged her with Natalia doing the same thing. Aaron on the other hand was also hugging Amanda before the twins swapped places.

"How's the trip, cousin?"

"It was good."

Aaron on the other hand began to notice Amanda's rather luxurious approach. "I know you're rich and all Amanda, but what's with a set of clothes like that?"

Amanda answered with genuinely and enthusiasm Pacifica had thought her. "Oh it's that it's just comfortable and fits me well.

Amelia however took it as an opportunity to get back at Amanda for earlier. "Mommy's girl."

Amanda decided to hit back with a smirk. "Says the daddy's girl."

Mabel continued to watch the twins throw their own comebacks at one another. Flashbacks then returned to her about how she and Dipper would have similar interactions, her little about her own interaction with Pacifica, how Pacifica treated and downed her so often even with Mabel being nice at first with the treatment of sass and downing extending to practically not a Northwest. Then the information from Dipper came that Pacifica is not what she seems to be.

Too much truth hidden behind the mask and then Pacifica and Dipper developing a relationship that somehow lasted into a marriage and the birth of her nieces, Mabel had her reasons to smile at the scene. The twins were risen right, Dipper and Pacifica despite a few fights mostly had a stable relationship.

Gideon looked at Mabel. "So I guess your in-law truly kept her word."

"Well she had to. Like you."

"So, how long have you been here again in Gravity Falls?"

"About a couple of days ago."

"Discovered anything out of touch?"

"Discovered my father's youthful clones in the forest."

Mabel then raised an eyebrow from the front seat of the car. "Your father's youthful clones?"

Amelia then spoke through with a muffled voice, having to eat her brownie. "Yup!"

The family car, which is a respectable four door sedan made its way through a road on the way to the lake. Gideon drove with Mabel in the front seat and the four kids in the back.

Reactions of Amelia and Amanda are not short of hype, a sense of exploration again has come into the twins but the thought of discovering things out of place are out of their minds.

Amelia on the other hand called to her aunt. "Auntie Mabel."

Mabel heard her niece calling for her name. "Yes?

"Have you saw an Oregon bull megalodon?"

Again, Mabel raised an eyebrow from her seat. "Oregon bull megalodon?"

Amelia hummed with Mabel taking it as a 'yes'

"Where did you hear such a thing?"

"From TV."

Mabel then decided to take a rational response, well a rational response for such a town. After all lots of weird things happen around in Gravity Falls and Amelia is smart and so does her own sister but Mabel felt the need to also teach or remind Amelia something.

"Well Amelia I never saw such things here on Gravity Falls. Instead of what he saw on the lake though is a mechanical contraption shaped like the Loch Ness Monster ran by someone named Old Man McGucket."

"Old Man McGucket?"

"Yeah, Old Man McGucket. He actually used to work with your Great-Grunkle Ford for a project before in the early 80s or 90s."

"What kind of project?"

"Oh some nerdy thing you can know when you ask your father about it in the following months."

Amelia chuckled and took it as an answer. Whatever nerdy thing it is she is interested to know, another thing she took out of it is a mystery for her to solve later. She had always loved a challenge.

For Mabel however she didn't dare go too far into it. With that lies a secret that should only be revealed if it's absolutely necessary to or under extreme circumstances. So far things had been calm and the need to tell Amelia and the twins (and as well her own children) about it are non-existent.

Amanda on the other hand was talking to her cousin. "So, what was life like here for you Aaron?"

"Pretty normal for the most part. I had a few rundowns with the weird part of this town."

"Weird parts?"

"I saw a werewolf once posing as a mailman outside our house. Pretty certain I'm not hallucinating either on that day."

Amanda simply sat back and let the information sink in onto her, trying to comprehend whatever weird things that seem taboo around the town. From the legends of her parents, a one-time experience with clones of her father and of course the stories with Soos and Melody.

Deciding to get more information, she had recalled on what Amelia asked of Mabel. "Amelia."

Amelia who was looking at the pine trees outside of the car responded without looking back at her sister. "Yes."

"What do you mean by an Oregon bull megalodon?"

"It's just what a crazy old man said on TV."

"You believe in him?"

"Not exactly Sis."

The car then arrived on the parking lot of the Lake Gravity Falls. Around them were cars parked at various places, people going between the cars and the lake.

Everyone is the car dismounted as Gideon took a deep breath and then welcoming the twins. "Girls, welcome to Lake Gravity Falls!"

The twins took a moment to admire the lake and the fresh air associated with it. Like nature there were no smoke or other things, just natural air and people being around.

"All right." Mabel spoke as the kids around her assembled. "We'll be getting on a boat and gonna fish and have a picnic later." In the back of the car meanwhile Gideon retrieved the basket to be used for the picnic.

Being the curious one, Amelia raised her hand and it earned Mabel's attention. "So where will we be having a picnic?"

Mabel merely motioned her hand. "On an island not far from here."

"All righty then! We getting a boat?"

"Yup!"

The kids looked at each other with a smile, knowing that they'll be having one fun day with family members.

Only thing missing are the parents but Amelia and Amanda knew with confidence they can repeat this experience with them again when they will settle here for good.

"Well, boat's this way. Follow me!"

Mabel and Gideon took the lead with the kids in tow.

As the kids made their way to the boat, Natalia spoke. "So, you and your parents went anywhere around America or the world?"

"Yeah we had our trips. If you're talking about states we went to New York, Wyoming, Alaska and Washington. Abroad wise we went to France, the UK, Germany and as well China and South Korea in a matter of 6 years."

Natalia chuckled at the response. It wasn't surprising considering the wealth surrounding the Pines family and the probable high amount of sponsors Dipper and Pacifica had from either beauty companies or those of military defense or civilian tech companies.

"We had our own moments too. Australia, Japan and South Korea with our US State destinations as Nevada and Wyoming. Guess we're just as not glamorous as you Pines."

Amanda took it as a response to convince her cousins. "Says the one with a mom that co-owns a clothing company with my mom."

Aaron then came in on the conversation. "Well we have the money but probably not enough for to spend lots daily. " He chuckled after.

"Of course but a little family help does not hurt, right? Besides you too had your own share in Mom's company."

"Provided the debt is paid?"

"I'd imagine Mom and Dad will be patient to aunt Mabel."

Aaron chuckled. "Of course. You guys are rich and all and my mom's actually still very close with uncle Dipper too."

The Pines-Gleeful family then arrived to what seems to be a port where a boat lies waiting for them.

"Hey there Mabel, Gideon and dudes. Ready for the trip?"

"You bet we are Soos."

Amelia and Amanda looked up at the boat to see nobody other than Soos behind the boat's wheel named SS Cool Dude III. For this occasion he had donned his signature outfit that he wore 12 years ago (Well the same design but not the same clothes) and a safety vest.

The twins were surprised and Amelia took point to express her view. "Soos! You never told us you had a boat."

Soos merely scratched his head in response and chuckled. "Yeah, well I had this a second job when the Mystery Shack's closed."

Amanda then took a look of curiosity at the boat and Soos. "Where did you get the boat?"

Soos smirked at the Amanda. "Oh this; built it myself with the help of Stan."

The Pines twins' response was that of a shocked one while their cousins simply remained silent for the reason they had known of his before.

"What?!"

Soos continued to smirk. "Uh-huh. Built it with my son."

"H-how?"

"How long did it take you to finish it?"

"Around half a year." Soos paused before continuing with additional information to give. "She's been around since the early 2030s. Served me nicely."

Taken back by the fact Soos had a boat, the questioning continued from the twins. "Where do you keep this?"

"In a boat house."

"If this is the SS Cool Dude III, where is the II?"

Even if the question was rather silly in nature and that boats can last longer if maintained right, Soos nonetheless entertained Amanda's question. "Some guy bought it for 30000$ but no biggie. The cash was worth it and I can use the money to buy the parts and build another boat by myself."

The twins looked at one another as Mabel clapped her hands to get the attention of everyone. "All right, all right everybody on board! We got a family bonding to do!

With that the family prepared to board the ship and embark to fish and take a picnic later.

The Pines-Gleeful family, now in the boat with life vests on watched the lake as the SS Cool Dude III made its way to an island.

"So, where island are we gonna have our picnic aunt Mabel?"

"Scuttlebutt Island. But first, we fish in the middle of the lake. " Mabel responded.

Amelia then went back to her sister who is looking at the water as the boat moved.

Amelia went beside her sister and the latter sighed audibly, earning her concern with Amelia putting a hand on Amanda's shoulder. "What's wrong, sis?"

"I just wish we had Mom and Dad right now. Maybe our Pines grandparents too."

Amelia couldn't help but take sympathy of Amanda. A part of Amelia herself had lamented the absence of their parents in this perfect opportunity but both knew they would be able to do this with the full family soon and have the family bonding they wanted.

All they had to is wait and hope their Northwest grandparents won't join.

"Don't worry Sis, it will be only temporary. Once Mom and Dad are done settling in whatever they had to finish they'll be with us for a very long time."

Amanda noticed her sister smiling in an attempt to reassure her, she took the bait and smiled back before watching the water again flow.

"Of course. I mean Mom and Dad didn't break any promises so far, right? They put us above their business and work."

Amelia nodded and hummed in agreement.

The former pulled out her phone and began recording the lake. "What you doing sis?"

"Just for memories." Amelia answered without looking at her sister.

From the perspective of the camera all seems normal. Calm water, the path of water being moved apart a bit by the boat and the cliffs and trees visible in the distance.

Suddenly, a figure vaguely made its way into view to Amelia's phone. The figure is that of a short something with fins stroking out in the back.

This didn't go unnoticed to the brunette who took a photo of it her phone in response by and increasing giving focus to the phone's camera. Just as then the same figure showed up not too far to the left where she initially picked it out. By instinct she took another picture of it.

Whatever the thing may be, it's worth talking about to theorize in the following night with her sister or the Ramirez family.

Deciding to double-check what she had took a picture, she went to the phone's pictures app and immediately went for the photo she had. Around it were pictures of her school and selfies with family and friends.

Amelia zoomed in the photo and tried to analyze it.

"What is this… some sort of large fish?"

Deciding to not keep it a secret she called for her sister who was still beside her but focused on daydreaming. Amelia snapped her fingers. "Amanda, Amanda."

Amanda broke out of her daydreaming and looked at Amelia who was motioning to get close to her. She responded by doing so.

Amelia then showed her the photo. "What can you make out of this?"

Amanda hummed and analyzed the figure which somehow Amelia took without any blurs. "Well what is it?"

"Trying to ask your opinion out of it."

The blonde took a second before responding. "Looks like… a shark?"

"Maybe? I don't think sharks don't have that many fins, let alone reside in lakes."

The conversation was cut short when Mabel made her announcement to the kids. "Kids, huddle up!"

Amelia decided to put her phone in her summer jacket's inside pocket. "Let's talk about this later."

The kids then regrouped to the SS Cool Dude II's where Gideon was holding four fishing rods in his hands. "All right kids, I know that things can be a little passive early but now we're gonna star it up!"

Amelia raised an eyebrow. "Star it up?"

"Oh just an idiom my mom uses to make it fun."

"Ohh…"

With that Mabel turned her back for a moment and opened a box laying around on the boat to retrieve something before turning her back to the twins with hats, one on each hand. "Amelia, Amanda I made these for you."

The twins took the moment to look at the hat. It's colored brown with their names properly stitched into it.

A happy Amanda voiced her thanks. "Thank you aunt Mabel!'

"Well, thank you auntie Mabel for the hat but I think I'll keep my hat."

Mabel merely waved her off. "Oh no problem. Don't wanna ruin Daddy's hat right?" She finished her question with a chuckle.

Amelia merely smirked. "Ok."

Mabel then continued. "All right, Uncle Gideon will now teach you two how to fish. Aaron and Natalia had already knew so if you forgot anything your uncle thought you, they can provide you some refreshers."

"Actually aunt Mabel, Dad kinda thought us about fishing back in California."

"Then maybe he can give you some memory refreshing in case you forget."

Not wanting to argue further, as a result of a teaching by their parents Amelia and Amanda simply nodded and allowed everything to go in as intentionally planned by Mabel.

With that Gideon made his way and thought the twins the basics of fishing. From bait and the motioning he also made a promise that he'd personally help them to fish to give them the experience.

Amelia who was now fishing at the left back of the boat looked at her back left to see Aaron who was examining a barrel on the boat, complete with his hand shaped like a check under his cheek. "What you looking at barrels for Aaron?"

Aaron simply waved a hand at Amelia. "Just looking at them, trying to mentally analyze what could be inside."

An interest took place in Amelia. "Oooh. A mind game of some sort huh?"

Aaron simply laughed. "Not exactly cousin." He turned around to face his cousin. "But you do have a point in the guess."

"All righty then."

The boat settled in the middle of the lake seconds later.

Amelia fisted her hands in preparation, making a sound before grabbing the fishing rod and throwing the rod outside.

She picked up the rod and just as about she was about to throw the hook onto the water, with bait on it Gideon called for her. "Hey Amelia, remember the basics?"

Amelia looked at Gideon and smiled. "Of course."

Gideon smirked. "All righty then. Carry on." With that Gideon left off to provide watch for the boat's occupants, leaving Amelia to her own thing with her sister by her right side. Both twins had chairs to use to give them support for the long moment of waiting that fishing usually demands.

It was a comfort not supported well if they were to use a smaller boat. While they can seat in smaller boats that's for sure, they can't lean back onto it and sleep if had to.

"So, sis. What can you make out of that figure you saw?"

"Well, I can only make it out to be a shark. It's the only logical explanation I have for the time."

"So, what you two talking about?"

Both twins looked at the source of the other voice to see Mabel between them. They had not noticed her due to being focused in what's front of them.

Amanda gave her sister a look. "Tell her, Sis."

Before Amelia could answer, Mabel displayed concern to her niece. "What is it Amelia? Don't be shy. Your auntie Mabel is 100% understanding with all secrets you have."

She then felt a sense of motherly figure in the voice Mabel had displayed. A voice of understanding and trust even if the story about to be told was nothing more than a sort of made up fear or illusions. Her history with her father also reinforced the trust she can have in Mabel that ranged from whatever stories they were told about Gravity Falls to other affairs.

Deciding to tell Mabel about it Amelia pulled her phone out of her jacket, and opened it to the picture before displaying it to Mabel.

When Mabel had an eye of the picture almost immediately after opening it, Amelia began to explain it. "Well when I was picturing the lake i noticed something that's kinda out of place."

Mabel took serious analysis of the photo before asking a picture. "Well, what do you think this is?"

"I dunno, some shark or something maybe? I don't think ocean-going creatures would be in a lake, let alone found somewhere deep where there's no bodies of wide deep water like GF."

Mabel raised an eyebrow. "GF?"

"Shortened it for Gravity Falls."

Mabel ignored the acronym and addressed the concern. "Well anyways that figure can be just something as a result of something-something technical of your phone's camera. There's nothing out of world here in Lake Gravity Falls."

Mabel patted Amelia and returned her phone before she went off to mind her own children.

"Maybe aunt Mabel's right. Maybe it's a technical glitch or something."

Silence filled the boat. Everyone was up to their own business with regards to fishing, the Gleeful couple and their children were minding their own rods and Soos was kept alert in his place.

All Amelia could do was lean back to her chair, stretching her legs and allow her hat to shield her eyes to act as make-shift glasses. For all that she had thought about fishing there was one thing she hated about it: Waiting.

Still she had her hand on the rod. It wouldn't require standing up to feel the rod catching a fish.

While Amelia was leaning back, Amanda in turn had felt her rod pull. "I got something, I got something!"

Amelia immediately stood up to see Amanda using the rod's spinning reel. "Really?"

Not too soon after the questioning of her sister Amanda's fishing rod hook came near with a fish on the hook, wailing around. "Yup!"

"Not bad Sis!"

"Well thank you Amy."

The other Gleeful family members in turn also began to feel their rods catch a bait, and even Amelia's as well.

Wasting no time the brunette used the spinning wheel to eagerly see what she saw and seconds later she too had caught her own fish. "I got one too!"

"Got one!"

"Got one too!"

"I think we all got something!"

Intrigued by the fact Amelia caught one, she grinned and wasted no time putting another bait in the hook and throwing it to the lake to get another fish.

"So.. aunt Mabel. What are we planning to eat the fishes for?"

"Either we'll eat it on the island or use them for our own personal consumptions in our home." Mabel in turn threw her own hook to the lake.

And then as time went by more and more fishes are caught by the Pines-Gleeful family with Soos being only there to watch the lake around them and occasionally glancing at his friends and their children. If anything goes by Soos has been marked as an honorary uncle by both Gleeful and Pines kids.

"We cooking this outside?" asked a confused Amanda as she stood right near a pile of catched fish they had collected for the past hour or two. Several of the fishes on the other hand

"Yeah! With fire! Or we can take them home as stock."

"Wait.. we can take these home?"

Mabel laughed lightly before answering, leaving the twin with a confused impression at first. "Of course silly!"

Amanda then turned to her left where her sister is again had taken her phone out and pointing its camera to the horizon in front of them.

Suddenly she had an idea emerge and grinned. Immediately she went up to her sister slowly, with some tiptoeing for effect and raised her hands, widening them to easily get a grip of her sister.

Seeing her sister still unaware of her presence, Amanda pushed her hands for a bit before making the move.

Without warning Amanda gripped her twin on her shoulders. "Boo!"

Amelia yelped and felt her heart skipped as she turned around to see Amanda giggling. Luckily the brunette didn't dropped her phone into the water from her sister's antics.

Noticing that her sister was making fun of the situation, Amelia's expression went that to an annoyed one. "Really Amanda? That all you can do?"

"Well you were scared back there."

Amelia merely shrugged, that was a fact and with her sister laughing in the meanwhile. Especially that she could had dropped her phone into the ocean which was waterproof but she was in no mood to retrieve it from the lake.

Amelia then turned back to face the horizon, phone lowered first while addressing a laughing Amanda.

"I'll get back at you Sis."

She then raised the phone's camera again and the first thing she noticed in her phone's crystal clear camera is a large figure standing out in the distance.

The figure in turn looked like for Amelia's perspective is a large turtle of some sort with a long head and a tail.

In truth she didn't know what the thing really is but something about it makes Amelia think of a turtle, probably because of the body or something that resembled a shell. Scaringly it subsequently dived but fortunately Amelia was able to take two clear photos of it.

Amelia immediately tapped her phone to make two pictures and zoomed the camera first before tapped the photo in the bottom right of the phone's screen.

"Amanda, Amanda. You seeing what I'm seeing?"

"Yup." Amanda walked beside her. "Not sure on what it could be. Any idea?"

Without warning, Amelia called to her aunt. "Aunt Mabel, aunt Mabel!"

"Everyone stand still! Don't move a muscle…"

The twins in turn began to feel a bit of shiver in them. They don't know what the shadow could actually be but judging with Mabel's warning, it may not be good.

"Aunt Mabel, what is it?" Amelia asked with uncertainty.

Amanda however had her own question. "Could it be that Oregon bull megalodon you said the crazed old man was talking about earlier?"

"No. Megalodons don't have a turtle like shell or long heads."

Subsequently Mabel answered Amelia. "Looks like a Gobblewonker that me and your father attempted to hunt decades ago, but that was a robot controlled by McGucket. Dunno about this one, never saw such things until just right now." Mabel then looked at Soos. "Soos, get the boat ready to move."

Soos shifted his hat and began putting his hand on the wheel and the other one on a lever of a sort.

"Mom, you saw one of these before?" asked Natalia.

"Yup."

"Maybe it could be again another robot and when it eats us we'll be just in a metallic intenstine." Aaron followed.

"I don't want anyone to be stuck in a metallic intenstine." Gideon barked and went to the box to retrieve a spear. "Gobblewonker or not, nobody hurts my family and friends."

Mabel looked at Gideon with a smile while Amanda began to slowly panic, her legs vibrating a little. "Uh auntie Mabel, do you think it's a good time to move the boat?"

"Oh yeah right. It dived now right?"

"Yup!"

Mabel sighed and looked at Soos. "Soos, ready the boat."

Instead of a nod from Soos or the boat moving immediately, a pause again came to the passengers with the sound of what seems to be a whale or large mammal humming.

Mabel's eyes widened at the sound. "SOOS, GET US OUT OF HERE!"

Without any word the SS Cool Dude III banked left in speed and as it went straight its speed increased. Amelia subsequently concealed her phone in her summer jacket.

In turn however the shadow figure earlier re-emerged just about a few feet in the back of the boat. Everyone was shocked to see that the shadow in turn resembled something that was straight out of Scottish folklore.

Well, from what Amelia can make out of.

"Is that the Oregon bull megalodon the old man said on TV you head from Amelia?!" Amanda inquired as both the boat and the creature picked up speed.

"This is no Megalodon! It's something akin to a Loch Ness Monster!"

"What?!"

"Loch Ness Monster!"

Mabel however decided to chime in despite the situation. "People call it a Gobblewonker here!"

"It's a Loch Ness Monster to the outside world and Scottish folkfore!"

"Whatever it is it ain't a Oregon bull megalodon you said an old man muttered on TV!"

"Well that's Gravity Falls for you!" Gideon shouted before turning to Soos. "Soos, lose this thing!"

Again with no words Soos increased the boat's speed and banked right in an attempt to lose it or at least make it harder to catch up perfectly.

A distressed Aaron voice his input as he held on the boat for dear life. "Mom, is this the thing you told me and Natalia earlier?!"

"Yes! But I'm not so sure whenever this thing is controlled or not. All I know is that we need to stay away from it!"

"How can we even lose that thing?!" shouted Natalia.

Suddenly, something came in Mabel's mind. A result of having some brief mental flashback with similar events gave her an idea. "Soos, you remember that waterfall where we went through?"

"Yes!" Soos shouted without looking at Mabel.

"Then go there! We'll be pinning this thing!"

"But it'll trap us too!"

"We'll have to keep it away from everyone in the shore! Maybe it's just another robot too for all we know!"

Fortunately for Mabel no-one has heard her plan of trapping the boat with the kids with them too. She had a plan in mind to escape and after all, she was certain the children would be able to handle it.

The beast in turn decided to try to take a bite off the boat but subsequently missed, causing some waves and the boat to lift a little before returning on flat water. Some of the fish they collected in turn bounced off the boat.

A frustrated Gideon grunted and slammed his fist on a nearby barrel and shouted, "I will not allow my family to be eaten by some monster," before he went up to the back of the boat with the spear in his hand. "Take this you big slob creep!"

The spear however fell short on the water a few feet away from the monster and all Gideon could was grit his teeth and in turn looked at the amount of fish he collected.

"Maybe it wants some of the fish! We'll use it as bait!"

Being the other adult, Mabel decided to use her authority to try the theory. "Maybe you're right!" She then turned to the kids. "Kids, throw fish at it!"

"But Mom, what about our stocks?!"

"We can always fish for fish! Now we have to try and survive!"

With the situation in hand nobody was in the mood to argue so the kids began to go to their fish pile, which was all in a big net.

Aaron pulled out a Swiss Army knife from his pocket and began cutting the top of the net that closed it.

The kids could only make due with surviving. The chances of having a pic-nic is likely delayed with the stress they were enduring and the subsequent exhaustion they'll be feeling later.

Ignoring the smell of the fish and their clothes by the time the net was opened seconds later, each one grabbed two fishes and began tossing them to the creature who in turn simply ignored the bait and continued on its hunt for the boat.

Amelia grunted. "It does not want the fish!"

"Maybe it eats humans instead?!"

The boat again banked to another left where around a couple of fishing boats were in the way.

Without issues and a skill honed from driving a boat in normal and emergency situations, Soos steered the boat and cleanly avoided the fishing boats in their way. The following monster however wasn't so clean as it simply rammed through its way and caused the boats and its passengers into the water.

Not that the monster can be at fault, it was surfaced and didn't get a clear sight.

Not that it had any considerations other than getting its prey, convinced by the fact It didn't care for anything else other than catching its prey and avoiding or destroying obstacles.

Unknowingly one of the passengers that were flipped were Wendy, her husband and her family including Mitchell who was fishing with Wendy.

Mitchell resurfaced and breathed for air, relishing the air before making a remark. "What was that?!"

Suddenly however the fishes that they colletcted began raining on them.

"To the shore kids. Now!" Wendy announced as she and the Corduroys made their way to the shore with fishes raining above them.

Back with the boat, the creature resurfaced and decided to try a new tactic: Hitting it with its long head.

Almost as it surfaced it began slamming the boat on the right side with Soos taking a sight turn to the left that caused it to miss.

However the next attempt was successful, it tore apart the boat's roof that provided it cover. Luckily everyone had braced for impact and thanks to the straight and wide water, Soos could afford to drop for a second without fear of hitting something.

Subsequently everyone stood up again after the hit, the creature for some reason didn't seem to try and slam it again but no-one was questioning that.

When the family resurfaced, Aaron pointed his finger ahead of them. "Waterfall!"

It was this moment after a few seconds that the family noticed they were surrounded by cliffs in both sides, rocks in the sides as well and a waterfall in front of them.

"Waterfall?!" Natalia gasped.

"What?! Can't we just turn back and make a risky but surefire plan of being safe?!"

"Don't worry people, there's a cave hidden in that waterfall!" Mabel pouted to Amelia. "Amelia, look at it in the Journal!"

Amelia grabbed the Journal from her jacket and flipped the pages for a few seconds before finding her mark. "There's one! But I don't think this is the exact waterfall with the cave on it aunt Mabel!"

Still though everyone, including Gideon, Mabel and Soos themselves screamed and closed their eyes as the SS Cool Dude III went through the waterfall, dousing everyone in water and the screaming continued for a few days before the boat hits on what appears to be dirt or sand and throwing everyone forward into the ground.

Still conscious everyone stood up and dusted what is now to be sand as Mabel voiced out. "Is everyone okay?"

The responses came in mixes of "I'm fine" and "I'm good" and "I'm okay"

However behind them the creature continued to give chase and with the movement of the water splashing gave it away.

Everyone looked back to see the creature closing fast on them and they screamed before everyone closed it on each other for a group hug with their eyes eyes closed out of fear and a last sense of attachment like those in movies.

Suddenly all they heard was the creature wailing around and making the same sound as before, only loud and much more up close.

The Pines-Gleeful family members and Soos opened their eyes to reveal the creature didn't fit in the entrance with its body not being big enough for the opening and it struggling and wailing around, roaring around and directly at the group.

The group cheered and everyone hugged each other in relief, happy to be alive at the moment and not minding the fact they're stuck with no possible way out.

"It's stuck!" said Aaron.

Natalia in turn chuckled. "Yeah. The belly's too big."

Everyone simply grinned but Amanda took time to pout the same question she had.

Perhaps it would be a good time to drop it.

"Is this the Oregon bull megalodon you heard say on TV Amelia?"

The Gleeful cousins and Gideon looked at Amanda in unison. "Oregon bull megalodon?"

Amanda pointed to her sister who was focused at the creature. "Well she said she heard some old man on TV saying it." She then turned to Mabel. "How did you know of this aunt Mabel?'

"We had been this through before years ago with your father and Soos." Mabel replied with a smirk as Gideon walked up to her. "Never forgotten it."

"And that's why I love you." Gideon kissed Mabel on the cheek and causing everyone to aww.

"How come you knew the page on the waterfall?" A confused Natalia asked.

"I read it in the past few days. Didn't memorize all, just happened to remember the waterfall page. I'm surprised this hasn't been sealed for years for natural or whatever reason."

Realizing the need for proof, Amelia pulled her phone out of her jacket and the group ran to a nearby cliff to get several pictures of it. The beast tried to get a bite of Amelia but she backed down just in time to avoid it.

As Amelia, alongside Amanda and the Gleeful kids took photos of the creature Mabel had a different thing in mind. "For some reason I'm thinking this thing could be another robotic contraption."

"Could it be Mom?" asked an unattentive Aaron.

Suddenly the cave vibrated and several rocks collapsed, including one that dropped onto the creature's head with it followed another cry in pain before falling off the ground and the rock falling off the water.

With that sound however Mabel was still unconvinced until she noticed a wound topping over the Gobblewonker's forehead.

Upon closer examination seconds later Mabel concluded her opinion. "Yup. Definitely real."

Suddenly Amelia snapped back to reality, the reality of being trapped. "Ok great now that we can safely confirm this creature's not a robot or whatever, how can we get out?"

Mabel smirked in response. "Don't worry. I know who to call."

Outside of the cave lies several reporters doing reporting from boats with police and rescue teams surrounding the scene as well alongside heavy equipment supported by longer craft. The creature that was still strangely unconscious was surfaced for investigation with its fate left to authorities to decide.

Luckily so far the efforts to pull the creature blocking the entrance didn't wake up and it didn't so all the way until today. Everyone in the scene assumed that the creature was knocked out unconscious but for how long? The creature was not anything like it and any recovery attempts for research or whatever didn't make it worthy for the risk. Also again there was the chances of extinction and that the creature should be sent back to its habitat.

"Well, looks like after all these years the Gobblewonker is real." An officer of the rescue team announced as he looked onto the Pines and Gleeful family, Soos included who are sitting in chairs as a boat they were on carried them away from the cave. "You know people been trying to prove that creature's existence for years. No-one has gotten any luck until you all somehow managed to not only lure it but trap it and give the public what they needed to see.

"Yup, I've heard of this story before." said an exhausted Amelia as she took a sip of hot water from a mug she was provided.

"Oh really?"

"Yup! Dad and Aunt Mabel told us this."

"And I was in there too." Soos butted.

The officer ignored their comments and continued on. "Anyways, we figure out that since the reward for proving its existence was still technically up; we figure that we provide the money to you all by splitting it."

"How come that thing stayed in the lake for years and not attack anyone in the lake?" Amelia asked.

"Well that's a mystery itself knowing this creature was just recently confirmed. But whatever it is we're thankful that it didn't and that everyone in the lake were safe."

"What will happen to it?"

"I don't know. Maybe we'll leave it there for it to regain consciousness or examine it for a little but it's not going anywhere. Too big to retrieve and there's no building here that can keep a thing like it."

Everyone stood there with mixed feelings. Some felt that the creature was a danger to the lake and should be transported somewhere else especially with its recent activity to the group, others felt the need to simply leave it there and let it mind its own business.

However the result the group was confident that the creature will not bother the group again or will not harm anyone regardless of decisions by the local government.

Aaron sighed in turn. "Too bad the fishes we caught were still in that boat. Least we still had the picnic basket."

"Which in turn the food we bought were either smelling and some of the bottles broken and glass all over the food." added Natalia.

"No worries. Actually we had planned to give it back to you, although we had taken the liberty of sending some back to the lake but just about enough for you all to have your own feast. Also as reward we had provided you with a fresh and new picnic foods for you all to enjoy."

Everyone was widened by this and then asked in unison. "Really?"

The officer nodded with a smile. "Yup."

The group widened their eyes and smiled at the revelation. The fact that they went through what seems to be something that would end them and surviving it, a family bonding event of calm and suppressing a rising hunger means a well-deserved reward for everybody.

Now they would be able to do what they came for in the first place.

Everyone in the group, including Melody, Samantha and Stan had joined in on the picnic. Earlier the two Ramirez kids had been tasked with bringing extra clothes over for the Pines and the Gleeful family members.

The adults (barring the Ramirez kids) took the opportunity to have a pinch of wine to drink with glasses provided to them while the kids were left with soda, juices or water.

Amelia in particular had bought a bottle of milk instead from the lake's nearby store.

Amelia bit a piece of cookie and subsequently drank her milk to wash off the chocolate and the crumples off.

"I'd like to think we deserve this break at least." Amelia then looked up to Samantha and Stanley who were talking with the Gleeful kids. "Thank you for bringing us extra clothes!"

Stan merely motioned his hand. "No problem Amelia. It's what friends are for."

Amelia smiled and then turned to her sister. "Guess we proved something that Dad, Soos and aunt Mabel couldn't."

There was a delay of response as Amanda was enjoying some pasta before she responded. "Well I think we were just lucky." Another pause came again and Amanda subsequently continued. "So, no Oregon bull megalodon?"

"Not that we know of. Maybe? But I'm holding my doubts for now." Amelia took another bite of her cookie and drank her milk.

Meanwhile to the Gleeful kids, Natalia looked to Soos. "Soos, we are sorry about your boat."

Soos however didn't went angry as Natalia feared. "Don't worry about it. It's not your fault that the boat wrecked."

"But, but we are the reason it's wrecked!"

"You people are more important than any boat. Besides it's not the first time this happened. Also i can just build one from scratch, least you got me a past time." Soos chuckled, leaving Natalia and Aaron as well unsure of what to feel guilty or not. The same feeling too applied to Amelia and Amanda.

"All right, all right!" Mabel called for the attention of everyone where she was seen with her phone on selfie stick and holding said stick. "Everyone huddle up!"

Without a word everyone grouped in together and then moments later Mabel could see that everyone was seen in the picture, including the Ramirez members.

"Everyone say Scuttlebutt!"

"Scuttlebutt!"

Mabel then took pictures that were of various results. Some were simple smiles, others were goofy and with other variations of expressions and content of the picture coming from other members of the group.

Meanwhile in the lake a large shark was swimming underneath, its existence unknown to everyone. Its appearance was that of almost of mythical in nature; unknown and unrecognized.

The Oregon Bull Megalodon is still alive and its identity still unknown to the outside world.

I'm still alive guys so don't worry. Just got life in the way with some writer's block in the way too.

I'll be periodical about updating though but I'll try my best to ensure all of the waiting is worth it.

I have to admit this one is a lot rushed but i'm all in to contribute something that a lot may like despite not living up to my own liking. I'll probably be rewriting this soon in the future if the situation persists it.

Anyways that's all and see you next time where the Pines Twins and the Gleefuls alongside the Mystery Shack's gang will go out on another day in Gravity Falls and meet some people they won't be really interested at but others they will be interested in.

And yeah to others this is my own version of Legend of the Gobblewonker. Decided that a lake would be a good pick to get the family together and to expose the REAL Gobblewonker.

Also in context of what happened to the Gobblewonker; a future chapter will reveal it.

That's it and see you all next time!

PS: Describing on what I had in mind is a montage is a tough one in some scenes (Like the fishing one). Not in the mood too to describe a quick montage and make more mess than I had to with this one.