Chapter 2

Dipper sat in the woods reading through the journal he had found with vigor. Suddenly silver purple filled his vision and he looked up to see Cipher hanging upside down from a tree branch. "Whatcha reading? Some old journal?" she looked at him her eyes curious and dancing with life.

"Uh…" he put the book behind his back. "Nothing. Just some dusty old thing." Cipher reached for it but he slid backwards more.

"Aw come on. I like older novels. And mystery. But I pin that on the Falls." Dipper made a nervous sound and Cipher gave him a look. "Come on Dipstick. Let me see."

"Why?"

"Because I'm curious." Cipher answered reaching for it once again. Dipper kept it out of her reach and suddenly in a flurry of color, Cipher was on the ground, sitting up rubbing her mess of hair. "Ouch."

"Are you okay?"

"I think so." She shook her head before looking at Dipper. "I'm going to see that book you have." She reached for it falling over as Dipper stood. "Dipper it's a book, you're a dude, I'm a female. Let me see it."

"How does that even make sense?" he asked.

"I don't know! Words just come out this thing!" she insisted with a smiling frown (however you explain that face) on her face. Dipper chuckled a little before Cipher reached for the book again, her fingers wrapping around the spine. Her other hand tickled his side and he fell down in a fit of laughs.

"Hey!" he called through the laughs as Cipher climbed the tree, the journal under her arm. "Cipher! Get back here."

Mabel appeared from behind a tree. "Hey broseph, it's time for Stan-cakes." Mabel said cheerfully, her braces glittering in the light.

"Give me a minute." Dipper muttered before Cipher's head popped down and waved cheerily at Mabel, her hair a wild curtain gravity tugging at it.

"Hey Cipher!" Mabel said. "What are you doing?"

"Hanging out with Dipstick." Cipher answered.

"Cipher," Dipper said a bit exasperated. "Can I have my book back?" She fixed him with a look. "Please?" Cipher smiled at him before swinging back up into the tree.

"What book?" Mabel asked looking up into the tree. Cipher flipped down landing nimbly.

"This old journal one." Cipher answered flipping through the pages. "Really interesting. Where did you get it?" Dipper flushed a little taking the book back from Cipher who passed it over without a fight.

"I found it." He said with a small nervous smile. Cipher gave him a weird look with emotions he couldn't place. Nevertheless, it vanished with her next sentence.

"You should let me read it. Looks neat. Either way, enjoy your Stan-cakes. Also, Mabel, his name is Edward." Mabel gave a little squeal before Cipher's phone went off. "Like clockwork." She said before waving to the twins and running off.

Dipper blinked before following Mabel through the woods. "Seriously, what are you reading?" Mabel asked trying to look at the book as he stowed it in his vest.

"Just a book. Look…I'll tell you later. I'm hungry." Mabel sighed but let it go whenever she saw a shimmering red bird flying above them and decided to see if it would go to the Mystery Shack. Dipper cast another look back to where Cipher had vanished wondering vaguely where she was off to.