The next day, as the morning sun arose, Stan woke up from his deep sleep. He sat up, shortly arching his back and straightening it out again.
"Man, what sleep that was," the old man, said to himself.
He slowly got out of bed, went to the shower to bathe, got dressed and went downstairs for some breakfast. He then spotted something he had never seen before. Outside the windows of the gift shop, were the shapes of what appeared to be giant silk lines of web, something that a Spider would produce.
"Now what's going on here?" questioned Stan, looking through the window carefully, "Have fishermen lost there way and decided to leave their nets here?"
But upon observing more closely, he saw the silk was covering even the front porch of the Mystery Shack, as well as the nearby road.
"Grunkle Stan! Grunkle Stan!" shouted Mabel and Dipper as they both hurried down the stairs.
"Did you see wh-what's outside there now?" asked Dipper quickly, he was so shocked by the sight outside that as he spoke, his words tumbled over themselves.
"Yep," said Stan, "We've got a pest problem...and a new tourist attraction! People will come from all around to see oversized Arachnids!"
"Not this way," said Mabel, looking quite worried, "We just heard on the radio that giants Spider's are all over town, covering it in their webs!"
Just then, the door flung open. In came Wendy and Soos, breathing heavily as if they were out of breath from both running and from being terrified.
"We're...being...invaded," spoke Wendy, pausing between her words to catch her breath.
"We both...ran in terror...trying to escape...those big...and black...Spiders," added Soos, feeling the same amount of exhaustion as Wendy.
Just then a loud snort came from nowhere, startling everybody. "Is it the Spiders?" asked Mabel in fear.
"Hardly!" spoke a big and familiar voice to Mabel.
Soos and Wendy turned around, noticing that the voice was coming from behind them. There, standing right there out on the lawn, was Hylaeocervopus and two other Elkron, all looking very strict. Dipper and Mabel came over near Wendy and Soos to see them. The four were amazed by the sight of them. Stan however, was hiding behind the register, feeling a bit worried and paranoid about what beings those voices were coming from.
"Looks like those Deer-dudes we read about are here," said Soos, "But what do they want? Me as a sacrifice?"
"No," said one of the two new Elkron, who was an antlerless female, "The swarming horde of MagnaSpiders has returned and we need the help of the one called Mabel. She is a Human that Hylaeocervopus found more interesting than most other Humans."
"I'm Mabel," said Mabel, feeling a bit shy, "But why would you need my help? But I can't really do it without my friends and family."
The third Elkron, who was male, whispered something to Hylaeocervopus. The archer nodded in agreement and said, "Come then, young ones. You will be the only Humans to know about the secrets of the MagnaSpiders."
"Cool!" said Wendy with a smile, "We'll get to squish some big and bad crawlers?"
"Uuuhhh...yeah! Squish 'em!" added Dipper, trying to sound as courageous as Wendy was being, just to get her to notice him.
"WAIT!" shouted Stan, coming out of the Shack, "I'm the adult in charge here, as well as an elder of Mabel and Dipper's family, so I should know what you plan on telling them, Deer-heads."
"Very well," said Hylaeocervopus, "Follow us, Humans, and all will be revealed."
The three Elkron lead the five Humans down a specially hidden path with the forest. A few of the so-called MagnaSpiders raced down from the trees sometimes, trying to catch and ensnare Dipper, Mabel, Soos, Wendy and Stan. Luckily, Hylaeocervopus and his two comrades struck at the Spiders with their bow and arrows.
"This is getting creepy, but interesting," said Soos, not sure whether to feel intrigued or terrified by what was going on at the moment.
"So, Mabel," Stan asked his grandniece, "Do these nature-protectors really trust you?"
"Well, I guess I left an impression on Hylaeocervopus," guessed Mabel.
"I like these Elkron," said Wendy, remembering the MagnaSpiders that the Elkron had shot down with their arrows, "Their archery's awesome."
"You know, I know a thing or two about shooting arrows with a bow, as well," said Dipper, once again still trying to impress Wendy.
"Cool. You think you can show me how to do it sometime, Dip?" asked Wendy politely.
"Just me and her!" thought Dipper, loving the idea of spending a sort of quality time with the one he still cared for deeply. "Okay, sure, I'll show you sometime, Wendy."
Finally, the group arrived at a specially hidden sanctuary within the great forest. It was somewhat dark due to the tall trees blocking a bit of the sun's light, but it was mostly lit up by bioluminescent mushrooms, lichen and Insects, as well as bizarre, floating orbs of light that navigated with Dragonfly-like wings.
"This is the Sacred Sanctuary of Life's Essence," spoke Hylaeocervopus, "a magical and serene place for we, the Elkron, to come and meditate for peace and to seek answers."
"Uuhhh, Ms. Elkron, what are these large glowing things with wings?" Soos asked the female Elkron, admiring the floating, winged orbs of light.
"Those are Will-o'-the-Wisps, or just Wisps, for short" answered the female Elkron, "They often, at night, lead traveling Humans astray with their lights. Sadly though, they are not aware of the misery they end up causing for your kind. My name is Dryosaicha, by the way."
"Hhmm...no wonder I got lost at night sometimes," said Soos, remembering the times he was trying to head home after dark and ended up following the lights of Wisps for a short amount of time.
"Everything here is so happy and peaceful," said Mabel, her inner natural spirit feeling sheer bliss. "If only Candy and Grenda were here to see it."
"Wow...what am I feeling?" Stan asked himself, feeling as though his troubles and selfish desires were going away, "It's as if I haven't got a problem in the world...and money seems useless to me here."
"Clearly the inner beauty of this Sacred Sanctuary's getting into everyone," said Wendy, feeling peaceful as well, and a bit affectionate, "Dipper...come here, my good pal."
"Who? M-me?" said Dipper, surprised that Wendy was acting charming and comforting around him. He then found himself sitting on close by log, with Wendy's armed curled around him and Wendy herself acting almost sleepy-like as she cuddled him like a teddy bear or a newborn. "Who knew dreams could come true in places like this," the boy said in his thoughts.
"Now then," announced the second male Elkron, who was named Sylvouranis and was the brother of Dryosaicha, "You are all safe here in the sanctuary because due to its perfect tranquility, the evil MagnaSpiders do not go near it, they find it to peaceful and righteous. Right now, they are already attacking your town as we speak."
"Allow me to tell the tale," said Hylaeocervopus, settling down on a rock, "Centuries ago, the indigenous Human tribes of this land lived in perfect harmony with nature. That was until new Human arrived, coming in from the east, claiming to have heard tell of lands like this from ones called 'Meriwether Lewis' and 'William Clark'. The newcomers pushed away at the land, creating their own homes and thusly making less space for the original inhabitants, both the original Humans and the non-Humans, to live in. So one revered Human shaman contacted the great spirits of the land for guidance. He was granted a power that allowed him to create the MagnaSpiders as something to combat the invaders. However, while the natives wished to just drive the settlers away, the giant black Spiders ended up killing and eating the settlers. Chaos reigned until we Elkron were called upon to combat the huge Arachnids. With such combat skills as our archery, we successfully defeated the MagnaSpiders, imprisoning the remaining ones with a newly constructed underground prison chamber, sealed away with a stone seal and massive boulder. The title of watcher over the prison chamber was first passed down to one of my ancestral relatives and was carried on through the ages with each generation of my family bloodline. Now, I am the one in charge of watching them, and now the MagnaSpiders are loose, ready to reek havoc on the descendants of the settler Humans."
The 5 Humans were amazed by the story. "But how did they get out?" asked Mabel.
"A young Human, greedy for dominance blindly freed them in hopes of an army," replied Hylaeocervopus, "Gideon is his name and he is now tied up in MagnaSpider webbing."
"Lil' Gideon's the one behind this outbreak of rampaging super-sized Spiders?!" questioned Stan in shock, "Why the little-"
"There will be no sense in blaming others," said Sylvouranis, "We have tried seeking help from the other supernatural beings of the land, but to no avail. Even the Manotaurs would not participate, for they think showing mercy towards anyone is ignorant, when really THEY are being ignorant."
"Tell me about it," said Dipper, rolling his eyes in disgust about the Manotaurs doing something irresponsible again.
"This is why we will require help from you, the Humans who have seen most of the paranormal things of this region," said Dryosaicha, "Our Bird companions tell us about you."