A/N Well here's chapter 3, this took longer than I expected to write.
A/N Disney owns Gravity Falls!
Journal Entry 28 Book 2
My part of my group's research mission to Gravity Falls has been delayed for the day. A few days ago, my teammate's sister got caught up in an early-evening storm, while my teammate and her were exploring the forest.
As his friend, I went with him to search the forest for his missing sister, and I came across a startling discovery. It was a pedestal, with an odd object on top. It was brown, and was shaped like a lantern with the glass bulb removed. After I touched the object, I had a vision that I still cannot comprehend the meaning of. After the vision was completed, I woke up with the object in my hands.
Written on the object was a phase of unknown origin. After consulting the Gravity Falls Library, I found that the phrase was written in an ancient language, used by the Gravitus people, the original inhabitants of Gravity Falls. It has been assumed that the race died out centuries ago, when the first settlers colonized the land.
However, most of their writing still exists, with plenty of sources for translation. The phrase translated said, "This is the key. The key that had allowed the brightest of lights to free itself, from the darkest of nights."
Further research will be needed before I can conclude this object's use in my investigations.
Hello my friends, I have returned to continue this story. It seems that storytelling is the best way to release the guilt of causing this mess in the first place.
As your narrator, I see it as necessary for you to know some of the background information behind the Gravitus people.
The Gravitus were a warrior civilization. The people were divided between the Constellus and Malefitus. The Constellus were renowned for their skills in combat, and their just ways of dealing with outsiders. However, the Malefitus were thieves, and shadow fighters; they were renowned for their abilities to hide, hunt and raid.
Before I came to be, these two tribes were at war with each other, but I shall deliberate on that later. For now, we must be getting back to the story.
And for your benefit, I shall remind you of what has happened up to this point.
At the Northwest Manor, Soos and Wendy have begun to infiltrate the mansion to rescue Stan. While Dipper, Pacifica, and my brother Alpha have journeyed into the Gravity Falls Forest to retrieve the artifacts.
And I shall begin this story with the story of Dipper, Pacifica, and Alpha.
Gravity Falls is a beautiful place to be, when you're not running for your life. In the morning, the sun lines up with the horizon in such a way, that you feel rejuvenated and amazed when you watch it. I should know, it is what has kept me sane all these years.
Yet, the sun isn't the only beautiful thing about the Gravity Falls Forest. In the wintertime, the random storms make sure that there is always a layer of freshly fallen snow in the morning.
And now, it is freshly fallen snow that lies between our three characters, and the first Artifact.
Dipper, Pacifica and Alpha trudged through the snow. The storm had ended just before the three of them entered the forest.
"Dipper, how much farther?" Pacifica was trudging through the snow behind Dipper. "Soon Pacifica, we're getting close. I can feel it."
Alpha was ahead of the two of them, scouting the area to make sure it was safe for the kids.
Alpha climbed to the top of the hill ahead of the two, overlooking the resting place of the first artifact.
"Omega, can you hear me?" Alpha used the part of his body he had left with me, to speak.
"Yes Alpha, I can hear you." I replied. Alpha then said, " Then you can see what I'm seeing, right?"
I used my power, and the orb of power he had left with me, to find the three of them, and see what he was talking about.
There was a small camp of Northwest Guard soldiers, just ahead of where Dipper and Pacifica were. "Well Omega, the Artifact is in there, and we can't use the other nine without it. What should we do?"
I thought for a second before moving my line of vision to above the camp.
Slightly rugged forest ground, and trees surrounded the camp. The trees seemed to obscure the area around the camp. I thought to myself, "Hopefully they can get around the camp without being spotted."
Then I said to Alpha, "Alpha, lead the kids around the camp, and run as fast as you can if you are spotted. The Artifact's sanctuary is right behind it"
Alpha replied, "Ok Omega, I'll lead em. Wish us luck."
Alpha ran back to the children, making sure not to be spotted.
With a tone of fear in his oinks, Alpha said to Dipper and Pacifica, "Guys, look a-head, we have com-pan-y!"
Dipper asked Alpha, "Who is it?"
And Alpha responded, "I think it is the Nor-th west guar-d"
Pacifica stopped moving, before grabbing Dipper and saying, "They're after me. Don't let them find me Dipper. I don't want to go back home!"
Dipper could feel Pacifica's fear through her actions and through the fear in her voice.
And Dipper replied, "It'll be ok Pacifica, I'll protect you. Waddles, do you think we can get around them?" Alpha nodded, and Dipper replied, "Then lead the way." And Alpha walked on the path that would lead them around the camp.
Pacifica held on to Dipper tightly along the way.
"Dipper, are you sure that Waddles knows where he's going?" Pacifica couldn't believe that they were following a pig.
"He was with the guardian for two days, I think the guardian told him where the each artifact was, so we wouldn't need to rely solely on journal number 2." Dipper held onto Pacifica, and hoped that what he was saying was true.
Of course, they still don't know that Alpha is in control of Waddles at the moment, but do not fret, they will know soon enough.
The three moved as quietly as they could, so they would not be spotted, and they eventually reached the artifact sanctuary on the other side.
The artifact sanctuary is simple, yet beautiful. Four trees, arranged in a square, make up the base. The space inside their borders is made of one solid block of granite. At the center of these sanctuaries, lies an artifact, waiting to be claimed by someone worthy of it.
And this was what Dipper, Pacifica, and Alpha encountered at the first artifact sanctuary, for the most part.
Time gnawed at each of the sanctuaries, spoiling their beauty. And curious humans didn't help the situation or the condition of the sanctuaries.
So Dipper, Pacifica, and Alpha found the sanctuary in ruins. The sword was still buried in its pedestal, a dead tree stump.
"Is that the artifact Waddles?" Dipper asked Alpha, and Alpha responded by oinking, "Yes Dipp-er, try to pull the ar-ti-fac-t sw-ord from the stu-mp."
Dipper and Pacifica both walked over to the sword, and they both grabbed the sword.
Immediately, the sword started to glow a bright red and blue that engulfed Dipper and Pacifica.
"Omega, is that supposed to happen?" Alpha spoke to me, and I replied, "Yes Alpha, they are learning of the artifact's history. Wait for them to complete it, and the artifact will be theirs."
Yet, knowing Alpha, he couldn't wait. So I watched him enter the minds of the two kids, and join in seeing the sword's vision.
To tell the truth, I couldn't resist the urge either. So I patched in to the vision, through Alpha's connection.
We saw a woman holding her child. It seemed sickly, and pale. Something a warrior society wouldn't ever accept.
Then we saw, what I assumed to be, the sickly child grown into a frail adolescent. He seemed to be shunned by the entire village.
Next, a meteor fell from the sky outside the village. I recognized it as the meteor I was born from, and that the Artifacts were forged from.
We were shown a property of the ten Artifacts. Each one would resonate with the person it had decided fit to wield them. And this fragile and sickly child was one of those chosen. He was to wield the Artifact Sword.
He took the sword, and trained with it. Using it as his weapon, he became one of the best swordsmen in his village. The once frail and weak child, was now fit and strong. He was now capable of fighting for himself and the village.
The last part of the vision showed him, holding the Artifact Sword, preparing to fight another warrior, who wielded a scythe.
And with that, Dipper and Pacifica woke up in each other's arms, with the sword on the ground in front of them.
They stared into each other's eyes, before realizing their awkward position.
"Ahh!" Both of the kids screamed as they rushed to get out of each other's arms.
The two took a moment to compose themselves, before Dipper picked the sword off of the ground and held it, and said, "We have it, the first artifact!"
Pacifica cheered and said, "Yeah, one down, nine to go!"
Even Alpha cheered at their success. Yet, it was to be short lived.
"Halt! Who are you?!" A voice cried out from behind them
The two kids turned to find several armed Northwest guards ready to shoot them. "Hello Pacifica, we have orders from your father to bring you home." The one in front was doing all of the talking.
"Will you come quietly, or will we have to use force?" The man threatened. And for the first time, Dipper didn't know what to do.
I'll leave Dipper, Pacifica, and Alpha's story there. We have yet to speak of Soos and Wendy's story.
Last time we saw them; they were gearing up to enter the Northwest Manor, with Soos wearing a "Creeper" costume.
So let us begin with that.
12 Hours Earlier
Dressed as a creeper, Soos waddled over to the guard box at the front gate.
"That's a nice guard post you have there, it would be a shame if something were to happen to it." Soos whispered to the guard at the post.
The guard slowly turned his head to face the creeper.
"Sssss." Soos said in the most threating way he could. All the guard could do was yell, "Creeper! Before running off hoping to get out of the blast radius. Then, Soos opened the gates.
"Wow Soos, I didn't expect that to work so well. Now let's go!" Wendy ran inside the opened gates, and into the outer courtyard.
"We have to get inside Soos, do you think we can fool all of the guards with that creeper disguise?" Wendy asked Soos, and he replied, "Probably."
Wendy thought to herself, "If he fails, we'll get captured, and probably thrown in prison with Stan, if he succeeds, we might be able to escape with Stan."
So she said to Soos, "Ok Soos, try to scare them off." And so Soos Waddled into the center of the courtyard, near the fountain. And right in front of the guard patrols, he yelled, "Sssssss"
The guard patrols stopped, and went quiet.
Then, suddenly, every guard pointed their rifle at the creeper-suited man.
"Don't make us shoot you!" One of the guards yelled.
Immediately Soos threw up his arms in surrender, "Ok! I surrender! Just don't shoot!"
The guards didn't lower their rifles; instead they fired tranquilizer rounds at the man, knocking him out cold.
"No! Soos!" Wendy screamed, blowing her cover. A single tranquilizer dart hit her in the back.
"Targets apprehended, bringing them in now." And with that, the guards brought the two of them inside.
"We've got two intruders ma'am, what would you like us to do with em'?" the guard who brought the two teens inside, walked over to Pacifica's step mother.
She looked at the two unconscious people the guards brought in, and said, "They were probably here to find Stanford. Throw them in the same cell as him."
The guards complied and threw Wendy and Soos in the same holding cell as Stan.
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A/N So tell me what you guys think of this chapter! Also check out the one-shot I posted on Wednesday, "The Amulets of Gravity Falls."
