Gravity Falls:

Turn of the Century

Chapter 2:

Turn of the Party

Tom: I'd say it's time for more of this story. We ready Sara?

Sara: The transmission is a bit fuzzy.

R2-D2 hears this and goes to the terminal. Using the computer interface and adjusted the signal.

XJ-9: We almost got it. Just a little more.

Sara: The transmission is clear. Alright Tom! We're ready.

Tom: I love this job. (Hits the touchscreen buttons.)

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The morning sun began to rise over both California and Oregon. The Pines twins got on another bus once they were near the line between the states. They managed to stay in the hotel until the next morning. Yet, once again, they were asleep, With Mabel's head on her brothers arm. Waddles laid on his back; on Mabel's lap. Dipper rested as well, not feeling all that tired. His eyes were closed, but something jolted in his mind.

He squinted his eyes open and pulled a letter out of his pocket. Looking at it, this was the same letter that Wendy gave them. He smiled seeing all the signatures. One in particular stood out the most to him. It was Pacifica's signature. The way she spelled her name was with a heart for the eye dot. He continued to smile until sleep caught up with him. He put the letter away and closed his eyes; not used to being up in very few hours.

Back in Gravity Falls, Oregon, everyone was beginning to get up. Lazy Susan began to get things ready in the diner. Soos was preparing the shack for when more tourists would arrive, allowing Melody to get extra rest. Secretly opening a drawer, he picked up a small box. Opening it, he smiled lovingly at the ring inside.

He put it back and continued his work, but took a glimpse at Melody as she slept. "Soon! It will be time to ask her." He said to himself. That's when he remembered. "The attic." He told himself. He went up there and began to prepare the beds for when the twins arrived.

When the sun was more up, more people in Gravity Falls were walking about. Wendy was up walking to Pacifica's house. She was up early since she and Pacifica had some plans. They were getting a few welcome back gifts for the twins.

Pacifica managed to get out quietly as she closed the door to her enlarged house. Looking to see Wendy she ran up to her. "I'm ready when you are." She told Wendy.

"Then let's get moving." Wendy replied. Pacifica put on Dipper's hat and Wendy laughed a bit. "Definitely the right person for that." She commented. Pacifica smiled as they walked to the store.

As they walked, the same convict from the last night was running around; in the woods. He was still in a rush to get out of there, but he patted his waist. "Darn it! Where'd it go. I know I had it on. Must've dropped it when I arrived or some time ago." He said to himself. He continued to look around.

The two time cops were still looking as well. Having stayed in the town through the night. "The past-cakes were good." One of them commented.

"Finding that convict will be better." The other one replied.

"Why call him a convict? Why not fugitive?" The first one asked.

"Because he is." The second one replied. They continued to look in Gravity Falls. "We will find him soon." He added.

"Let's hope so before Time Baby gets cranky." The first one responded.

The twins were now awake and looked at the scenery. Seeing a lot of the trees and the scenery. They even spotted the corn-field-maze of where their Grunkle Stan was getting even with them. They had a small laugh, knowing they were back.

"I must say. This place does feel more like home than where we are." Dipper said.

"Agreed on that, Dipping-sauce." Mabel replied.

"I think what we should do in the future, is move here to Gravity Falls. I know it'll be much better for us." Dipper said to her.

"You know it. Plus find someone to be with as we move here." Mabel stated. After she did, she looked to Dipper.

He had a soft smile on his face as he stared out the window of the bus. "Someone to be with. I think I know just the person." He tried to say to himself.

Mabel gained a big grin. "I think I know what person you're talking about." She commented. He looked to her as if asking 'who'. "Since you're probably over Wendy still. I'm guessing..." She got close to his ear. "Pacifica." She whispered.

He blushed immensely and tried to hide it. "N – n – no...I uh..." He tried to hide it, but Mabel knew better.

"Bro, bro. I know you LIKE her. Just admit it." She told him as she smiled.

"I do like her. Only as a friend." He replied to her as he didn't want her to know. "She's a very great, gifted, lovel...I mean..." He was cut off.

"You about said lovely. I know you like her, Dipper." Mabel told him.

"I do not. Sides, she could still be a rich kid. Who is also trying to fight her parents." He remarked.

"Umm...don't you remember? She had to move out of that mansion. I doubt she's still that rich. 'Sides, when we get back. I know there's a lot to do, ha ha." She said out of laughter.

Dipper only rolled his eyes and looked out the window as the trees and buildings passed by. As they did, everyone was preparing for the movie and party. The party was first, since the movie was going to be played later on that evening. Soos looked at the movies he had chosen. One was a monster vs monster. The other was a horror film. He put them both in the same place where he knew they'd be safe.

Pacifica and Wendy were gathering a few things for the welcome back party/movie night combo. They were even looking for presents for them. Wendy decided to get Mabel a brand new set of paints and brushes. She got Dipper a brand new Siblings Brother novel. Pacifica decided to get Mabel a new sowing kit. She was still looking around for something for Dipper. Looking about, she saw something he'd really like.

Wendy looked and saw what she had chosen for Dippers gift "Now that's a gift he'll love." She commented.

"I definitely know that." Pacifica replied.

Not too long after, everyone was at the Mystery Shack, getting things ready. As they were, a car came driving up. No one knew who it was as they saw it, yet it looked very familiar. From the look of it. It looked like Stanley's car. That's when this threw them for a loop. It was the Stan twins. Everyone was very surprised to see this. The car pulled up and parked at a certain spot. As the drivers door opened, Stan came out first.

When he did, he was surprised to see all the decorations, thinking it might be for them. That's when Soos came out and saw Mr. Pines, completely surprised to see him. "Hey everyone! Wh - what's with all the decorations? We wanted to surprise you all." Stanley told them.

"Mr. Pine's!" Soos exclaimed out of excitement. That's when the second door opened and Ford came out.

"I must agree. I'm surprised as well." Stanford stated.

"We weren't expecting you guys." Susan told them.

"Then what's with all of this?" Stan asked.

"You won't believe this." Soos replied and told them everything.

Both of them were very much shocked to hear that Dipper and Mabel were returning. This was something that caught them off-guard. "I - I - I don't believe it. The twins are coming back..." Stanford nervously replied.

"Neither of us were expecting this. We got to get them something as well." Stanley continued as he began to think.

"Why not the both of you." Soos stated. They looked to him as he smiled at them. "It's perfect. The two of you as their welcome back gifts." He informed them.

"Not only that, but we also have more of a reason to celebrate." Mayor Tyler commented.

"Hey, look what the weirdness dragged in." A voice said in a happy tone.

The brothers looked to see Wendy and Pacifica, standing there, holding shopping bags. "My goodness! Wendy and Pacifica. Nice to see you both again." Ford remarked, seeing them.

"Only Wendy for me. I still don't like Pacifica." Stan remarked.

"Why's that?" Ford asked.

"She's a..." "Before you finish that. Yes, I'm a Northwest. But, I'm different from my parents." Pacifica informed him. "It's great to see the both of you." She added.

"Great to see you too." Ford replied. Stan's eyes looked looked in another direction as he crossed his arms. "Come on now, Stan. Isn't it great to see them." Ford requested as he smiled, reassuringly.

"Only Wendy for me." He replied.

"Trust me on this one, Mr. Pines." Wendy helped. "Pacifica has changed a great amount. She even got gifts for Mabel and Dipper as well." Wendy added.

Pacifica put down her bags and pulled out the gifts. He was pleased to see what she got them. "Fine! She's a good kid, but I'm still watching her." He stated as he walked off.

"I thought he warmed up to me after the twin's birthday party." She said in hope.

"I guess from what your family has done. It'll be hard for him to get over all of this." Ford informed them. They nodded in agreement and got back to work on the party.

After a couple of hours, Soos and Melody were at the bus stop, awaiting for their arrival. They knew it wouldn't be too much longer, as they saw the bus come in. As it stopped in front of them the door opened. Dipper and Mabel ran off, Waddles in tow. They instantly hugged them, having missed them greatly. They returned the hugs.

"It's great to see the both of you again." Melody told them.

"A year is too long for the both of you to have been gone." Soos said, jokingly.

"It's great to be back here. We've missed everyone." Dipper replied.

Waddles nuzzled between them and Melody picked him up. "We've missed you as well." She told him. Waddles licked her face and she laughed as did they all.

"We got everything ready for your stay." Soos told them as Melody put Waddles down.

"Great to hear. Hopefully we'll go around to see everyone soon." Dipper stated.

"You soon will, ha ha ha." Melody said with a laugh.

They all walked back to the Mystery Shack and went in, not knowing about the party. They went up to the attic and set up their stuff. Mabel put up a poster of Sev'ral Timez. Not only them, but some of her other favorite stuff. Dipper put up the stuff that inspired him. Not long after the two went down stairs and didn't see Soos or Melody.

"I wonder where they are." Dipper wondered, curiously.

"Probably in the other room of the Mystery Shack. They did say there was something to take care of." Mabel replied.

Going into the other room, they turned on the light. "SURPRISE! WELCOME BACK!" Everyone shouted.

This caught them off guard. Mabel squealed and went to hug Candy. "It's great to see you all." She commented. Then she drew back from Candy. "But where's Grenda?" She asked.

"I'm sorry, Mabel. But Marius invited her to come and stay with him for a while. She left a week ago." Candy sadly informed. Mabel was a bit sad that Grenda went to Austria. "At least I'm still here. We can still have a lot of fun." Candy commented.

That is one thing she knew. She and Candy could have a lot of fun. Dipper was looking at everyone in the Mystery Shack. Knowing that everyone wasn't in there. "It's great to see you all, yet, I doubt this is everyone." He said to them.

"You're right about that. That why there's a section outside." Mr. Gleeful told him and opened the door. They saw the others in the yard of the Mystery Shack.

"Since we wanted to make a welcome back party. A good majority of everyone is here." Mayor Tyler told him.

"Not to mention. We have made a movie night for everyone in Gravity Falls. Hearing that you two were coming. We postponed it to today." Soos told them.

"THEN LET'S PARTY!" Mabel shouted. They began to party, with guests talking, music playing and everyone having fun.

Soos made a motion in a part of the shack and two figures came up. "Hey Dipper! Mabel!" He exclaimed. The two looked at him as did the guests. "Look who's also here. As part of your welcome back present..." He stepped aside and revealed Stan and Ford.

"GRUNKLE STAN! GRUNKLE FORD!" The both of them exclaimed in excitement. They ran to them and gave them a big hug.

Both of the Grunkles laughed as they returned them. "It's great to see you both again." Ford told them.

"I'm so glad we made it back just in time." He told them.

One of the guests looked around nervously and sneaked off to another part of the Mystery Shack. He looked outside and saw no one else there, after hearing someone say "time." I gotta find that time device and get out of here." He told himself. "I wonder where Blendin Blenjamine Blandin vanished off to." He wondered.

At the party, the twins took a step back from their Grunkles. "We've missed you both so much. How was everything on your trip?" Dipper asked.

"We did a lot of work. Found many things that Ford noted down. I got to beat up some beasts with him." Stan mentioned.

"We'll discuss that at another time. You both have guests to see." Ford told them. They nodded and went off.

"Away for almost a year, and yet..." Stan stated.

"I know, I know. It's great for everyone to get back together and mingle. Especially since we're back." Ford finished.

"Since we're back. I'm going to help Soos with operating the shack." Stan told him.

"That's a great idea. Especially since Soos sees you as a father figure to him." Ford reminded Stan.

Stan only rolled his eyes and went to some of the guests. Mabel, Candy and Manly Dan's two youngest sons talked. While the oldest son mingled with a girl. Manly Dan kept an eye on him, making sure he behaved. Dipper was chatting with Wendy and they had a laugh.

That was when he noticed something. "Also, I was wondering. Where's my old hat?" He asked.

"I gave it to someone who needed it more." She told him before drinking some punch.

"Can I ask who?" Dipper wondered out of curiosity. That's when he felt a tap on his shoulder. He looked and blushed immensely.

"Hey dork! Did you miss me?" She asked sarcastically. Dipper saw what she was wearing. It was a hot pink shirt with a white skirt that went down to her knees and some black and white shoes. She saw he was now wearing a red plaid jacket, the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, with a dark blue under-shirt, a pair of gray pants. Blue shoes with white socks to finish off his look.

He was stammering his words a bit. Especially of how beautiful Pacifica looked. "Pacifica...I...uh...you...uh..." He tried to speak until Wendy pushed him closer.

He looked to her and she gave him her usual cool smile. "Go on man." She encouraged him as she raised her punch as a cheer.

He looked back to Pacifica who was smiling at him and he took in deep breathes. "Uh, hey there Pacifica. Umm..." He scratched the back of his head.

She turned her smile soft and caressed his cheek. He looked to her and smiled back from seeing her smile. "Just relax, Dip." She reassured him.

He calmed down a good bit and looked her in the eyes. "H - how have you been?" He asked.

"I've been really great. Even though my parents want to be high class still." She told him with a giggle. He gave off a small laugh. "Yet, I've missed you and your sister." She told him in a sincere way and lovingly.

"I've..I mean we've missed you as well." He replied. She blushed at him, her face turning away, being a bit shy. That's when he noticed his hat. "So Wendy gave you my hat." He commented.

She took it off and began to hand it to him. He took her arm and put the hat back on her head. "It suits you." He furthered as he smiled. Mabel saw the bond that was going on and wanted to help apply it. Wendy saw the two love-birds and noticed Mabel coming over.

She went up to them. "Can you believe it!" She applied as she motioned Dipper and Pacifica having a moment. "Seems like they're really hitting it off." Wendy told them.

"Even I can tell that." Ford commented as he come over.

Stan also came over, completely shocked. "Those two?" He questioned.

"I do believe so. Seems like they're hitting it off well." Wendy commented. Mabel got out her phone and was about to take a picture, the flash on. Wendy stopped her. "I don't think that's a good idea." She told her.

"I think it's best if we let them be alone." Ford stated as he helped Wendy.

"But - but...I want to see this." Mabel pleaded.

"Come on." Wendy said with a laugh.

"This is too good to pass up." Stand replied.

"Come on, Stanley." Ford told his brother.

They all walked away as the two talked. " So it suits me?" She asked.

"It definitely does." Dipper commented.

"As does Wendy's old lumberjack hat." Pacifica pointed out. Dipper had forgotten that he had that on. "Wendy told me about that hat. Said she gave it to you to remember her by." Pacifica remarked. "Yet, I don't think..." Before she could finish.

"I always remembered you. I could never forget you." Dipper replied, knowing where she was going.

She smiled and blushed more immensely. That's when Mayor Tyler tapped on a glass, getting everyone's attention. Dipper and Pacifica turned, seeing him up on stage.

"Now, we all know that we want to get to tonight's movie and dance. But before we do that, we would like to present the Pines twins with some presents from the town!" He spoke. He gestured to Mabel, since she was closer, first. He then gestured to Dipper, whom walked up to the stage with his sister. "Who would like to give these two their presents?" He asked the crowd.

"Guess I will, since we've been guarding them for awhile." Soos offered. He walked over to some wrapped gifts, grabbing them up, and then returning to the stage. He placed the presents in front of the twins, Mabel's eyes going wide with awe. All of hers, or most of hers, had a lot of glitter on them. Dipper's were marked with a blue marker, which was his favorite color. "Go nuts dudes!" Soos added.

"Don't mind if I do!" Mabel gushed, starting to unwrap her presents.

"Wait for me, Mabel." Dipper stated, with a smile and a chuckle.

After unwrapping the gifts, they saw Pacifica's and Wendy's gifts. A small karaoke machine from Pacifica, as well as the sowing kit. She smiled at the gifts as Pacifica came up onto the stage. "Not only those, but this..." Pacifica told her as she brought out the crown she won the previous year.

"The crown from last year!" She exclaimed as she took it.

"You deserve it more than me. You're the better singer." She told Mabel. Mabel gave her a hug and Pacifica return it. Dipper smiled at their friendship. They also saw a stuffed panda toy for Mabel from Kevin. As well as a glittery picture from Gus. Both of Wendy's younger brothers. Mabel tried her hardest not to blush, but this is something she'd never expect. Wendy's gift though, was what made Mabel smile wide. A painting set. Wendy raised her punch to that.

Dipper opened the first one from Pacifica as it was a journal; that looked similar to his Grunkle Ford's Journal. Yet, it was also very similar to the one Mabel gave him. "I know how you like journals Especially the one that your Grunkle gave you." She told him. He hugged her and she returned it. He also opened the one from Wendy and it was a Siblings brother book. He laughed, since he knew why. Wendy joined him in that. After they were done opening their presents, the heard music begin to play.

Both Dipper and Pacifica looked to the dance floor. Dipper was a bit nervous, but drew up the courage. He offered his hand. "Want to dance?" He asked, fighting off his nervousness.

Pacifica smiled at that and took his hand. They both went onto the dance floor after putting the hats on a table. He put his hands on her waist and she put hers on his shoulders. They both danced as they smiled at each other. Soos and Melody danced as well, someone taking over the music stand for a bit.

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Tom: This went for a long part. Had to divide this into two chapters.

Sara: We'll be bringing you more of this along with more stories. We hope to get it all done soon.

Tom: Also, get ready for a game review soon. Primarily the original Spyro games.

Sara: In the mean time, we'll be working on more updates. Hoping to get everything straightened out.

Tom: Just remember to sit back and relax. As I push the button. Always remember, to stay gold. Only Toonami.

Me: Til next time.

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