A/N: Hey, guys. Sorry about the short break. Most likely I will try to update every day except for Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and the occasional Sunday. That's pretty often for one of these, but this story is destined to be very, very long. I have a lot of the story already planned out, so keep an eye out for foreshadowing. There are plenty of secrets to be revealed. Okay, time for the part you've all been waiting for, the 3rd chapter of A World Away.
Chapter 3: A New Kind of Weirdness
-Rana POV-
I placed my hand on the doorknob to my new, and yet so old, bedroom for the summer. It used to be Ford's room, but he had resigned to the couch so that I could have a real place to sleep. I looked around the room, it was very plain, wooden walls, no furniture except a desk and a bed. I was going to have to do something about that.
I set up my bed and put up my purple curtains, then I went downstairs for dinner. It was going to be my first meal at the Mystery Shack! This was going to be exciting! But then I realized that it has been hinted at a million times or more that Stanley Pines can not cook. A few hours later, and I could very much confirm those hints to be extremely, painfully true.
After dinner, I went up to my room, so tired that I could fall asleep immediately! I was so ready for sleep, that I didn't even get ready for bed, I just lay down and closed my eyes.
But instead of falling asleep, I felt a sudden urge, almost a physical pull, to the forest of Gravity Falls. Without really thinking, I stood up, put on my favorite pair of boots, and walked towards the forest, almost like a zombie. I was barely even aware of the noises and movements surrounding me.
Even though I couldn't really process what was happening around me, I still heard a light thumping behind me the whole time I walked. When I finally got feeling and my senses back, I was standing in the middle of some kind of clearing in the middle of the woods.
I realized a few seconds later what had just happened. That definitely wasn't me walking towards the clearing. It must've been Bill! He wanted something with this clearing. I didn't know what, but it couldn't have been good.
Then, I saw what was in the middle of the clearing. The crystals, the ones that could control size, were sitting right there, and my hand was reaching out towards one! I quickly pulled my hand back. Bill had wanted me to touch it, so I knew that it was a very bad idea.
"Rana? What's going on?"
Oh no! It was Dipper. He had followed me! That was the thumping that I heard on my way to the clearing! I turned around.
"I was just, um, checking to see if these crystals still had their power!"
It would've been a good idea, if that was what I was actually doing, so I was just going to wing it, and claim that idea. Besides, it would be pretty interesting to find out if they really did have their power!
He still didn't look convinced, but he said nothing on the subject of what the truth might be. Instead, he walked up to the crystals, grabbed one, and held it in his hand. He turned it around a little, then he grabbed a flashlight, and pointed the light at the crystal. We both knew that the crystals needed to be reflecting light.
He put his hat in front of the crystal, and waited for it to shrink. Nothing happened! Gravity Falls really had lost its magic! The both of us looked down at the ground. This wasn't a fun discovery. After what seemed like hours, but was probably seconds, of silence, Dipper spoke.
"Wow. Gravity Falls really is just a normal old town, now."
I could see his expression grow from disappointed to depressed in a matter of seconds. I had to say something to cheer him up!
"Hey, Dipper, we still have the weirdest people on the planet! Don't forget that this place will always be different, even if the town itself isn't, anymore."
He smiled a little. It was barely visible, but it was there. I smiled a half-smile back at him. Then I took the crystal from him and turned it around in my hand, just like he had. I was preparing to analyze it a little more, but something very odd happened.
The crystal just melted into my hand! That should not have been possible! Well, I guess that means Gravity Falls is still really weird! Then, I felt something horrible. It was like a fire burning inside and out.
Suddenly, I realized that Dipper was staring at me in horror! He looked shorter than normal. No. He wasn't shorter, I was floating! I immediately noticed the blue fire that was surrounding me. It looked familiar. The fire was exactly the same as the stuff that erupted all over Bill's hand when he was about to make a deal!
I guessed Dipper had figured it out, too. Even though I couldn't really hear anything around me, I could see his lips form the word "Bill".
The pain of the fire had subsided, it felt calm, it felt good. It was less like being burnt, and more like sitting by a fire during the winter. No. I had to think of what could be causing this.
It was painfully obvious what it was. Due to the fact that I had Bill inside of me, all of the powers that Bill used to have, and all of the Gravity Falls weirdness, was being transferred to my control! I couldn't handle that kind of power! What if Bill took over and used it to start another Weirdmageddon? What if the power hurt one of the kids? Or innocent townsfolk? This was not a good thing. This couldn't be good.
Still, it felt amazing. NO! I looked over to Dipper, who looked absolutely horrified. I had to fight this. As I tried to either push the power away or take it all in, quickly as possible, the pain came again. I began to feel like I was being burnt again, standing in the middle of the hottest fire in the universe. Although, I guess I was.
Dipper started to come closer to me. Once he was right at the edge of the fire, he started to reach out his arm. What was he doing? He must've thought that I would just be able to put out the fire if he gave me some motivation! No! I couldn't!
He hesitated, seeing that I had started screaming. He looked at his arm, and a doubtful expression came across his face. Then, he looked back at me, more confident, and put his arm in the fire. I burst into tears. Then, the fire seemed to disappear around me, and I blacked out. The last thing I saw was Dipper running over to me, screaming out my name. I couldn't answer.
A/N: I hope you liked this chapter! It was definitely weird! This was going to be one chapter with the next one, but it got too long, so I'm looking forward to finishing up with the next chapter! It's going to be called Magic Inside.
