Author's Note: I know I updated pretty quick but here's the next chapter! Btw I don't Gravity Falls.
It was late at night, and the moon was on full rise as it's gentle moonlight basked over the whole Gravity Falls Oregon. The night seemed mostly peaceful...at least for most people in town. But it was different for a sleeping Dipper as he fidgeted and squirmed in his bed. Sweat soaked onto his shirt and covered his forehead as his hair was now beginning to stick onto his forehead.
Dipper was currently standing outside the mystery shack, with most of it missing! It looked like the shack was crumbling down slowly as it seemed way dimmer and gray than usual. The sky held a blood red tone as the sky was littered with clouds. It looked like it was trying to rain but for now it was just cloudy.
Suddenly the Boy heard someone shout the name "Dipper!" From across the way. He looked to see Mabel and Stanley waving to him to come over.
"Oh hey guys! I'm so-" Dipper cheerfully began but stopped as he got closer to them to see they all looked...off. He began to walk closer to them and ask concerned "Are you guys ok? You seem different?" The boy asked as he was right up to them now.
Stanley and Mabel just gave a menacing laugh, It didn't sound normal for them. Dipper now began to back up and run but was caught by the shoulders! He looked to see who his captor was and his face paled. It was the author. But he didn't look normal either. He couldn't see past his glasses at all..
"Hehehe...you honestly think I should listen to YOU?" Ford said demonically while the sky began to spark lightning and leave powerful cracking thunder.
"You are only a puppet. You were a puppet to Bill, A Puppet to my journals, and a puppet to Mabel, You're useless on your own!"
Dipper began to get choked up as he tried crying but nothing was coming out..He strained and tried but not a single tear dripped. A demon Mabel noticed and laughed "AW! He's crying! What a baby! The puppet's crying!" And all together they all went into a terrible symphony of laughter. Furthermore the sky began to rain blood in huge portions now. It flooded quickly under the boy and brought him under. The blood covered him completely as he now was drowning it, trying his hardest to kick out but slowly sank deeper letting the liquid flood his lungs. It was rushing in his ears and all left a painful feeling. But soon..it all went numb and everything went dark..
"AAAHHH!" The boy screamed as he held his chest. He was hyperventilating and trying his hardest to catch a breath but it wasn't coming! He couldn't breath! His throat felt super dry as he cried loudly now while trying to take in deep breath's.
Mabel was the first to wake up and look to see a panicking Dipper across from her. "O-Oh my gosh Dipper are you ok!?" She basically cried running over to him and bringing him into a gentle hug.
"M-mabel..please don't.." was all the boy could croak out between sobs as he continued to panic.
Mabel's expression turned into one of deep worry. She never really saw Dipper like this..she never saw Dipper have a panic attack, and it was terrifying for her.
"G-Grunkle Stan!" She yelled to the top of her lungs. Mabel needed adult help for this, she had no idea what to do or how to help with Dipper so she did the only thing she knew to do. Mabel kept him wrapped in her arms rocking back and forth.
Stanley burst into the attic with full panic. He never heard Mabel scream his name like that, EVER.
He stood in the room with a baseball bat in one hand and brass knuckles in the other. "What!? What happened Mabel?! Did some monster come in and hurt you guys?!" He asked as he got in a defensive stance.
"No Grunkle Stan! Dipper just woke up screaming and crying..he muttered something about not being able to breath." Mabel answered worriedly as she rubbed his back. "He probably had a bad nightmare kid. I'll take care of it. Just get back to bed." Stanley ordered, picking up Dipper and leaving the room.
Stanley now placed the panicked and sweaty kid in the kitchen. He went in the fridge pulling out a bottle of water for the boy to drink. When having to deal with the lifestyle Stanley had, He picked up real quick on how to calm his own panic attacks and how to deal with that in general.
"Here kid." He said as he handed Dipper the bottled water.
Dipper swiped the bottle and began to guzzle down on it hungrily. Taking large gulps in barely leaving a drop left inside.
While one side of Stanley wanted to tell the 12 year old to ease up on the bottle, His logical and Empathetic side overcame as he realized that Dipper naturally would be in fact very thirsty in the midst of having a panic attack.
As Dipper drunk the last bit of water inside, Stanley asked with deep concern "Hey kid, why did you wake up and go into a panic attack?"
Dipper could barely say a word to describe why he went into the panic attack before breaking down in the kitchen again and lowering his head to cry again.
Stanley stumbled back a bit in surprise. Dipper usually wasn't like this. Dipper usually could take Mabel AND His jabs at him and still be his weird self but now..it was like he's fragile. And that's not how he last remember Dipper.
He had the feeling something terrible happened. He's not sure EXACTLY what it was but something happened..
"Look kid you don't have to talk to me about this now. You can tell me when you're ready." Stanley stated.
Dipper gave a sad little nod, He still showed a large amount of distress in his face.
Stanley decided exactly what the child needed. He grabbed his small hand and brought him into the living room. "You need to take your mind off of whatever troubling you and get caught up in ducktective with me." Stanley soothed as he sat in the chair with the boy sitting on the arm rest.
Dipper suddenly hit a self realization. The whole time during the bill facade, he didn't even have a chance to focus on his favorite show because he was working with ford! And as time went on it did seem like Ford needed Dipper for a lot more things, and came up with a lot more creative excuses for him to meet up with him. But he shook that off his mind for a minute as he sat back and began to watch the cartoon. Stanley was first to doze off while Dipper a few hours later rested his head on Stanley's shoulder blade falling asleep finally. And luckily he held no nightmares this time.
Author's Note: Expect more Ford And Dipper Interaction sometime in the next chapter :0 (By the way Bill is NOT in this story. He may cameo but he isn't a part really..like a character.)