Hi guys! This is chapter 2 of Alternate Universe and I hope you all enjoy! Thanks for many positive reviews last time! I really appriciate it. Mabel will return in chapter 3! Keep those reviews coming! Enjoy
-Williebadger618
Chapter 2: Realization
Location: Gravity Falls
Dipper's POV:
White...All I saw was white light as it filled up the lab underneath the Mystery Shack. I thought that this was it...dying at age twelve just because my sister decided to trust this con-man instead of me; her own twin brother. I felt myself floating around the room, with a blast of cold air hitting my face. No gravity was in place to stop me from levitating like how Bill Cipher does. Eyes closed, not even daring to find out if I was alive, or I entered in the afterlife. It felt like I was floating for an eternity when finally, gravity came back into place. I crashed landed onto the earth; my face making contact with the dirt and graveled ground. I sat up and placed my hand on my now throbbing head, while looking at the now destroyed portal. I heard grunts come from Soos and my 'Grunkle' Stan, as they got familiar with the gravity once again. I kept my eyes on that portal, spinning calmly with the rainbow rim now gone. While staring endlessly, I saw something emerge from the opposite side. The figure was dressed in black clothing, along with googles, a protective hood, to cover his nose and mouth, and a rifle that was placed behind his back. I swear that he looked back at me, until he inched closer towards an object that was laying just a few feet away from me. The figure bent down, and placed his hand on top of the journal marked "1" and simply picked it up and placed it in his inside coat pocket. I saw six fingers on both sides of his hands, and I thought to myself: "I must be dreaming...is this who I think it is?"
"What...who is that?" I asked in disbelief, thinking that I was just in a dream, and I wasn't actually seeing what was right in front of me. If that was who I thought it was, I would have a million questions to ask him. Why did he write the journals? Who was after him? Why did he create that bunker in the woods? But the most important question I had was: why is he here? After a small silence, I got a reply from 'Grunkle' Stan, and it was the answer that I was least expecting...well the second half of he answer that is.
"The author of the journals..." He paused, as I looked at the man still in his protective gear. He raised up his hands and placed one on the goggles, and the other on his hood. In the blink of an eye, the author removed them both and he revealed himself to us, as I stared in complete silence, jaw dropped and almost hitting the ground. I became even more shocked when Stan finished his reply to me. "My brother."
Soos fainted due immortal shock, and I didn't bother to even help him up since I was still surprised myself. There were several things I wanted to do when I realized that Stan had a brother. One of them would definitely be screaming at him for not mentioning to me and my sister that he had a brother, and that he was the author. I also wanted to jump for joy because I finally found the author, and I could ask him all of the one billion questions I had all summer long. Not to mention the fact that I felt a bit of uncertainty with this man because for all I knew, the author could be the same as Stan. Liar, stealer, or even a master con-man like my 'Grunkle'. It looks like to me that they're twins, and they could share the similar interests. Or I could be totally off. Today's been a weird day for everyone.
"Oh boy! Gravity Falls, it is good to be home!" The author said while approaching his brother. I stepped back a little for two reasons; the first reason being I wanted to give the two of them some space, and secondly, I didn't know what the author would react if I just blurted out saying: "Oh my gosh! You're the author! You have no idea how many times I've been fantasizing about meeting you!" For all I knew, he could take his weapon and point it right at me and ask: "How do you know I'm the author?!" I didn't want to go down that road.
"Brother, do you know that you placed the universe in more danger? Because you let it reach down to zero, our universe is doomed!" The author stated immediately, while placing both of his hands on my 'Grunkle's' shoulders as he just shook his head and replied back that it didn't matter, and it was more important that he got him back after thirty years. I then saw something I never saw my 'Grunkle' do. Unexpectedly, he embraced his brother, and I saw...tears? Was Stan actually crying? His brother returned the embrace, and they remained in that stage for the longest five minutes of my life.
I didn't know that the author (or Stan's brother) was gone for thirty years. Not to even mention that I didn't know that the author was technically me and my sister's grandfather. I then began to think about the close to death incident; Mabel almost killed us all, but yet we're all still here and breathing. At least that's what I thought. I then realized that I haven't seen Mabel at all, ever since she floated away from the shut down switch and told Stan that she trusted him. Looking around the now destroyed lab, I saw no sign of my sister. I began to grow worried, trying to think of a scenario as to where she might be. And then it hit me; Mabel floated all the way to the opening of the portal, and everything turned white. However, before I was blinded by the light, I felt like I saw her get sucked in the machine. But that could only be the only other answer if she's not trapped underneath the rubble. I rushed over towards a big pile of rubble as I scrambled through, looking for any signs of a pink sweater with a key on it. Stan and his brother saw what I was doing, and questioned my actions. I must have looked through five piles of rubble until I turned back to both of them with tears daring to fall off of the bridges of my eyes.
"I think Mabel got sucked into the portal"
Thanks for reading chapter 2! I hope you all liked it! No mean comments please! R&R
-Williebadger618