Dipper's POV

After Mabel left, Grunkle Stan had me help him restock the Mystery Shack. It took a while, and Mabel had gotten back before we were even half way done.

I had finally gotten done with helping Grunkle Stan when I heard the doorbell. "Oh! He's here!" Mabel said excitedly.

"Who?" I asked. Mabel didn't answer, as she already had started towards the door.

She then exclaimed "Meet my new boyfriend, Norman!"Hello, I am Norman" I said"Hello" while Stan said "Hows it hangin'? "Are you ok? You look pale and what is that on your face?" I asked. "Its jam" was his reply.

As Norman weirdly walked away with Mabel, I felt like something was off about Norman. I went upstairs to think about it.

After thinking about it for a while, I still hadn't found an idea. I was looking through a book of Weird Humanoids and other Weird Stuff when Soos came into the room and asked "What are you doing, dood?"

Trying to figure out what Norman is." I replied. Soos then said "I'm always noticing weird things in this town, but one this is important: you have to have evidence, or people will think your a major league cuckoo clock" "As always Soos, you are right. But what is he?"

"I don't know dood, but go take a break for a little bit. It might help you get some ideas. Go watch a movie or something. I think Nearly Almost Dead But Not Quite! is on" Soos said.

And then, it clicked. "ZOMBIE!" I yell loudly. I now have an idea on what he is, now I just need proof.

On their second date, I followed them around, recording the entire thing. After their date was done, I analyzed the video, but couldn't find anything wrong with Norman.

Still, I confronted Mabel about Norman, telling her that he was a Zombie. She then proceed to kick me out of the room.

While Mabel was on her date, I was looking through the tapes again, after a little bit, said "Maybe Norman is just a normal guy." I look at the tape and see Norman's hand fall off, and then put it back on. I say"Wait?! What?I then rewatch the tape, just to make sure that I saw correctly.

I immediately ran outside to run after Mabel. I was given a bat and a shovel by Soos and Wendy gave me the keys to the Mystery Kart.

As I drive through the woods, I hear Mabel scream. "Don't worry Mabel I'll save you from the zombie." I yell.

I get there and to my surprise, she is being tied up by Gnomes, "Help! Norman turned about to be a bunch a gnomes!"

Mabel said. I cut Mabel out with the shovel, and batted a few aside with the shovel. We got to the Mystery Kart and floored it. I thought we were safe, but then this giant gnome that was made of other gnomes started chasing us.

We had gnomes flung at the kart, but we knocked them off, though I lost my hat in the process. We got back to the Shack, and the thing was still chasing us.

Mabel looked at me and whispered "I got an idea, but you have to trust me on this." I looked at her and nodded. Mabel then proceed to call the head gnome down (who's name is Jeff) and accepted his ring.

She then proceed to trick the gnome into the leafblower, and shoot at the giant gnome, which caused all the gnomes to retreat. "I'll get you back for this!" he said as he was shot away.

As they were retreating, I took a picture with a disposable camera that I had in my bag.

"Why did you take a picture Dipper?" Mabel asked. I replied "I want to draw the Gnomes and make a page or something about them, listing what we know about them and their weaknesses. So, if we run into them again, we'll be prepared."

Your just paranoid bro-bro." As we walked in, Stan said that he overstocked so we could both take something. I took a blue Pine Tree hat to replace my brown star hat, while Mabel took a Grappling Hook (why was there one in the Mystery Shack?)

Upstairs in our bedroom, Mabel was playing around with her grappling hook on her bed while I was writing down about the gnomes, and drew a picture of one on the page.

A little bit later, Mabel had already fallen asleep but I was finishing the writing part of the page. My last thought before falling asleep was "Maybe this summer won't be as boring as I thought.

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