Alright people, here it is, time for another chapter; part 1.

Yup, I decided to split certain chapter because I "accidentally" wrote it too long. Anyway, In Time is in progress and new chapter will be published this week. So, stay patience fellow readers.

Let's get going with the story!

How did I get here? Wendy's mind began to process the environment around her. She was in the forest, the same forest where she met Dipper years ago. She looked around and saw the same creek. Wendy began to walk towards it and slowly a figure emerged across the creek.

"Dipper?" Wendy called out. She wanted to get across but something held her back. She couldn't move. Dipper just smiled and walked across the creek. To her surprise, Wendy's legs began moving too towards him. Finally, both of them met at the middle of the creek. Wendy's eyes began to tear up as he saw Dipper's calm face.

"Dipper, what happened to Mabel?" Wendy began to ask.

"She took too much in her heart and she couldn't handle it. Wendy, remember your promise to me?" Dipper put his palm on Wendy's temple.

"Ye-yes, but… I can't do this without you Dipper." Wendy burst into tears. "She's so different, I can't…"

"Yes you can, she's still Mabel, and you need to get to know here once again. She's just hiding who she is. Deep down in her heart, she's still Mabel that we all loved and cared." Dipper commented.

Wendy just stared at Dipper's eyes. Why did he look so calm and so sure about all of this? Wendy began to say something but Dipper cut her off.

"Wendy, I'll be always watching all of you, especially Mabel. I can't do anything because I didn't exist anymore. I'm counting on you."

Dipper then took a step back and slowly faded out from Wendy's sight. Wendy called out to him and wanted to hug him, but she couldn't move.

"Dipper, wait!"

Wendy opened her eyes. She bolted upright from her bed. She was panting and her eyes were filled with tears. She looked around and noticed that she was in her bedroom. She looked at the clock. It was 7 in the morning. Her shift started on 10, but she decided to go to the Shack to check out on Mabel and as well as taking breakfast there. She jumped off her bed, went to the bathroom to take a shower and get ready for the day. She put on the red flannel shirt, brown lumberjack hat, a jean and a boot.

As she drove her truck to the Shack, she thought of what Dipper had said in her dream. He wanted her to get to know her, in a way. But what can she do? Mabel seemed didn't want to talk to anyone. She's being defensive and passive. This bugged Wendy's mind. Soon, she realized she had reached the Shack. Entering the Shack through the gifts shop, she realized that she was really early. So, she made herself to the kitchen. She made a beeline through the living room when Stan bumped into her.

"Wendy you're…." Stan checked at his gold watch on his left wrist. "...early." Stan brows raised. "Okay, what are you doing here so early? I'm still not giving you a raise for coming this early." Stan questioned.

Wendy chuckled. "I'm just here early to check on Mabel. Is she up yet?"

Stan frowned when he heard that. "She don't wanna be disturbed." Stan stared at the stairs leading to the attic. "Listen, how about we go to the kitchen and get something to eat? Then you'll try bringing up some pancakes I've made." Stan invited her to take some breakfast. Wendy just followed him from behind entering the kitchen.

Stan began to make some pancakes while Wendy made some coffee. Both of them sat at the kitchen table to enjoy the breakfast. Stancakes wasn't the best pancakes Wendy ever eaten, but it's still good.

"Hey, uuhh. I need to talk to you about something." Stan put his fork down and shifted his seat a little bit.

"What is it about?" wendy slowly chewed her pancakes while looking at Stan.

"I need you to stay here for a while. And I mean live here, with us, with Mabel."

Wendy dropped her fork onto the plate and gazed at Stan. He tried to process what Stan had just said.

"Look, last night, during dinner, I went to her room to ask her to come down eat something. But she's just, kept to herself and didn't even budged from her bed. I… I don't know what else to do." Stan told Wendy about what happened last night. "And I thought that maybe you, since you're like their big sister since their first summer, I thought she could listen to you, or… make her come out from that shell she's in right now." Stan said while sighing.

Big sister since… their… first summer. Wendy eyes welled with tears when she heard that. True that she was protective over the twins whenever they ventured into the forest, but she never thought about her being sort of a big sister for them. Did Mabel always thought about me like that?

Wendy wiped her eyes. "Stan, yes, I'll do it. Do you have any extra room?"

Stan cracked a smile hearing Wendy's agreement. "No, I don't have extra room. You don't mind sleeping with Mabel right?"

"I don't know about that. She seems… she seems like she don't want me to talk to her. But I'll try." Wendy rubbed her neck and nervously said.

"Alright! Then it's a deal. You'll get back home to take some of your belongings and come back here as soon as you can!" Stan stood up and picked up his plate and empty cup.

"But, what about work?" Wendy asked.

"Nah, I'm not in the mood for any tours today. Besides, you're moving in, for a while."

Wendy slammed his fists on the table. "Okay, who are you and what have you done with Stan?" Both of them laughed. "Alright, I'm going to take the breakfast for Mabel, then I'll go home to pick up my things."

Wendy took some of the pancakes and a glass of orange juice and proceed to take it upstairs for Mabel. She hoped that Mabel would eat it, even if just a little bite. She knocked on the door before entering.

"Mabel? It's me, Wendy. I brought some breakfast."

No answer.

Wendy sighed. "Alright, either you like it or not, I'm coming in."

She pushed the door with her side body. She saw that Mabel was sitting on the floor, flipping through her Summer Scrapbook. Oh no… Wendy began to worry.

"Mabel? Here, I brought something to eat. It's Stancakes with orange juice." Wendy began to put the plate and the glass on the floor beside Mabel and sat down with her. Wendy stared at Mabel. She looked… totally different. From her clothing to her hairstyle. She wore a dark blue hoodie, a jean and a washed out sneakers. Her hair wasn't like before, she pulled a ponytail and she seemed to cut it off a little bit. She also noticed a blue washed out cap with a pine tree logo on it hung on the corner of the bed.

"Mabel, you got to eat something. Stan told me you didn't eat anything since last night." Wendy pleaded.

"Why would you care?" Mabel asked while flipping through the scrapbook, not looking at her.

"Because I'm your friend." Wendy reply with a smile.

Mabel's eyes lifted to her just a bit, then went back to look at the scrapbook.

Wendy began to groan. "Look dude, I'm not leaving this room until you eat something."

Mabel glared at Wendy. She looked like she was irritated by her. She began to slam her scrapbook, slide it below the bed and stood up. She went to the door to go out but suddenly Wendy blocked her from getting out.

"Not until you eat those." Wendy pointed at the plate and the glass still on the floor. Mabel breathe an annoying sigh. She turned around and picked the plate and the glass from the floor and proceeded to sit at the table near Dipper's bed. She began eating the pancakes and drinking the orange juice. Wendy was surprised how fast she was eating, she was truly hungry but didn't want to admit it.

"You're really hungry aren't you?" Wendy snickered. She went on to sit on Dipper's bed. It was… comfy and she felt a sudden presence, some sort of calm and serene feeling coming out from the bed. It was Dipper's.

"Don't sit on that bed." Mabel glared at Wendy. She was startled by her voice, it was filled with anger.

Wendy sighed. "Mabel, if you got something to say to me, just spill it out. I'm here for you."

"No, I got nothing to say." She stood up, snatched the cap on the bed and went out from the room. Wendy began to chase her downstairs. "Mabel wait!" She ignored Wendy and continued to storm out from the Shack. Wendy ran out to her, but tripped a little bit on the porch. She got up and managed to grip her wrist.

"Listen here Mabel. I'm not letting you go anywhere without my watch. You practically worried me and Stan already, so let's not make anyone else worry about you shall we?" Wendy said with a stern voice.

Mabel began to pull her hand away from Wendy's grip, but Wendy held it tighter. "Let me go! You're hurting me!" Mabel cried out. Wendy realized that her grip began to get tighter and immediately released her hand.

Mabel glared at Wendy. "Stay away from me." Mabel began to walk through the dirt road leading to the town. But, Wendy still didn't give up. She turned around and went to her truck. She drove it until she met again with Mabel who was walking down the dirt path. She slow her truck and strolled beside her.

She opened the window and poked out her head a little bit to talk to Mabel. "Hey, I'm sorry about just now. Listen, I'll give you a lift to wherever you wanna go." Mabel still ignoring her.

"The town is a couple of miles away. It would take you like, 30 minutes to get to there on foot. Come on man." Wendy once again pleaded to the girl she used to know to take her ride. Mabel suddenly stopped on her track and stared at Wendy. Wendy immediately braked her truck. Both of them stared at each other and finally, Mabel rolled her eyes and began to walk around the truck and entered the truck. Wendy felt relieve inside her that Mabel finally acknowledge her plead. She began to drive towards the town. She thought that she would pack her belongings from home after settling with whatever Mabel wanted to do.

"So, where do you wanna go?" Wendy started to ask.

"Convenience store." Mabel said with a flat tone.

"Okay, you're the boss." She turned her head a little bit to look at her. Mabel was hanging her head down and she was stroking her right arm like holding back an itchiness.

"You know, I missed your colorful sweaters. Why didn't you wear them anymore?"

"I didn't feel like wearing it anymore."

Wendy inspect her hoodie. She recognized that hoodie, it was the hoodie Dipper used to wear it during their third summer. It was Wendy who gave it to him as his birthday present before the summer ends. She frowned when she remembered that. She turned her eyes straight back to the road.

"So, can I ask you how you were before coming here?"

"I don't want to talk about it." Mabel shot up.

"Yes you do. And what's with that bruises and scars on your face?" Wendy commented back.

"It's nothing."

"Oh, it's nothing. I don't know about that because that kind of bruises and scars only happened if you're involved in a fight."

"Why are you being so nosy?" Mabel was annoyed by Wendy. She wished that she hasn't get in the truck with her in the first place.

"Why?" Wendy asked back. "You didn't call me, Stan or Soos for almost a year. And you didn't bother reply me or e-mailed me back even though I sent it." She was pretty frustrated and quite sad when Mabel did like that, but she can't blame her. She needed to know first what happened to Mabel.

Wendy say that Mabel was glaring her. "Mabel, I don't know what else to say but-"

"Then don't say it." Mabel voice cut her off. She then turned her head away to the window side. Wendy sighed. "Dipper, I can't do this…" Wendy murmured to herself.

The trip to town was then filled with silence. Neither Wendy nor Mabel talked to each other anymore.

"So what do you want?" Wendy asked while following Mabel in the convenience store. She wasn't so sure what she wanted as she looked at her searching for something.

"Nothing." Mabel told her.

"Then why do we even bother to come here?"

"I didn't asked you to come here." Mabel stare at Wendy. "Just, leave me be." She walked away from Wendy.

Wendy just stood there, looking at Mabel. She groaned and decided to wait for her at the cashier where one of her friend, Lee worked there.

"Wendyyyy! Good to see you man. What brings you here to my humble abode?" Lee asked.

"Hey Lee. Nah, just bringing Mabel here. She wanted to buy some stuff." Wendy leaned at the cashier table while took some of the snack bar and ate it.

Lee raised a brow. "Wait, did you said Mabel? As in Mabel Pines? The one that was involved in an accident and her brother died?" Wendy just nodded. "Just, don't mentioned that to her. She didn't want to hear that." Lee understood that and he continued to man up the register.

A few minutes later, Mabel came back with a few things. There were bandages, some ointment, and a band-aid. Wendy was curious of why she needed that when Stan had a lot of first-aid kit lying around in the Shack.

"What do you need that for?" Wendy curiously asked.

"Nothing important." Mabel answered her. She began to stack the things at the register and Lee began to scan the items one by one. Suddenly, Wendy heard a voice called out behind her. "Wendy!" She turned around and saw Robbie, her ex-boyfriend.

"What are you doing here?" he asked Wendy.

"What? I can't come to the store to buy some things?" Wendy shot back in an irritated tone. She hated him after she found out that Robbie has been bullying Dipper a few years back. That one time, Dipper came home with a bloodied face and bruises on his face. When Mabel, Stan and Wendy asked him what happened, he just told them that he dealt with Robbie and they have nothing to worry about. Wendy immediately rushed to Robbie's house and to demand some explanation.

"What the hell did you do to Dipper?" Wendy screamed at Robbie's face.

"The Dipshit? You know what I did? I beat the crap out of him." Robbie coldly said.

Wendy eyes widened. She slapped Robbie's face. Robbie was shocked from what she had done.

"What was that for?" Robbie asked.

"You're an asshole you know that? You're just jealous because I spend more time wih him rather than you."

"Yeah, if you noticed that he's trying to steal you from me!"

"No goddamnit!" Wendy snapped. "We're done. It's over. I'm breaking up with you." She turned around and leave Robbie's house.

Wendy felt fury boiling inside of her remembering that, but she let it slide. She stared at Robbie, who was still with his emo style which she hated so much. Wendy then noticed Mabel started to leave the store and she went after her.

"Who's that? Your new boyfriend?" Robbie, please don't start it here. Wendy silently groaned.

"Aahhh. I see, you moved on. After that Dipshit died you seemed to-"

*SMACK*

A fist landed on Robbie's face, making him stumble onto the floor. Mabel picked him up and grab him by his hoodie.

"You don't talk shit about my brother, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?!" Mabel cried out at his face. Wendy noticed that Robbie's face became pale. He wasn't expecting the guy was to be Dipper's twin sister. She also noticed blood trickled from his nose. He immediately nodded and Mabel threw him back on the floor and exited the store. Wendy followed suit.

"Gee Mabel, I don't know you can land a punch like that." Wendy landed her hand on Mabel's shoulder. However, she brushed her hand away. "You know nothing." Mabel then proceed to enter her truck. Wendy frowned at her remarks. But she brushed it off. Mabel, don't do this to yourself.

Before returning to the Shack, Wendy told her that she needed to pack some things from her home. Mabel just shrugged. "Sure, whatever." The truck then stopped in front of Wendy's cabin.

"Hey, you wanna stay here or come inside with me?" Wendy asked. Mabel stared at her for a while and she shifted her seat and opened the door. She got out from the truck. Somehow, that made Wendy smiled. Maybe she began to loosen up a little bit. She went out, locked the truck and headed to the cabin's entrance. Mabel just followed her from behind.

There were no one in the cabin. Her dad and her three brothers all went to Portland where her cousin's logging camp was for a month. Wendy thought this was a perfect plan as she can stay at the Shack without her dad worrying about her. She turned around to see Mabel was leaning at the front door.

"Hey, make yourself at home." Wendy told Mabel. Mabel slowly nodded and went to the kitchen. Wendy proceed to her room and packed all the necessary things she needed to stay at the Shack. One large bagpacks later, she stepped outside her room and went to the kitchen to see what Mabel's up too. She was surprised to see two cup of tea was made for Mabel and her.

"Mabel, did you make this tea?" Wendy asked. Mabel just shrugged while sipping her cup. She then pushed the cup towards Wendy a little bit. Wendy then sat onto the chair and put the bapacks beside the kitchen table. She took a sip at the tea and it felt wonderful. Mabel hasn't lost her touch of magic yet. It wasn't Mabel Juice, but this tea will suffice. Mabel then noticed a large bagpacks beside her and asked.

"What's that for?"

Wendy shifted her eyes and looked at Mabel. She put down the cup.

"Stan asked me to move in with you guys for a while." Wendy nervously told her. She wasn't so sure how Mabel will take that.

Mabel stared back at her for a while and shrugged. "Just don't sleep on Dipper's bed." Wendy had thought she would say that. She needed to do something. She didn't want to offend Mabel anymore. She looked at the time. It was 9:30 a.m. Soos usually at the Shack at this time, and looks like I'm gonna ask for his break room.

After finishing the tea, Wendy went over to wash the cup and put it in the shelf. She made sure that all the door and the windows in the house were locked. Suddenly she remembered something. Wendy ran into her room and went for the drawer. She dug out something from the drawer and pulled it out. It was the diamonds Dipper gave it to her two years ago. It came in pairs. Wendy smiled and shoved it into her pocket jeans.

After all the doors and the windows were locked, Wendy exited the cabin and locked the front door. Mabel was waiting at the truck, leaning against the door. Wendy noticed that she was still stroking her right arm. What is wrong with her arm? She looked kinda nervous or something. Wendy again, was curious by her behavior. She then called out to Mabel to enter the truck and both of them were on their way back to the Shack.

End of part 1. Next we will see how Wendy get settled in at the Shack and we will explore more on Mabel's life before coming back to Gravity Falls after the incident.

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