A/N: Okay, I hope you guys are ready for the weirdness to get intense, and for the tears to be shed! Really fast, and I think you guys already know this, but I am going to tell you guys why this story is partly a romance. Dipper and Rana are going to fall in love. You probably already figured this out, already, though. Sorry if my last chapter was bad, I wrote it while I was super tired. Alright, sorry for the rant! Time for the chapter!

Chapter 4: Magic Inside

-Rana POV-

I blinked my eyes open, slowly. The first thing I saw was Dipper's face, and he was terrified. When he saw my eyes had opened, though, he let out a sigh of relief. We sat there, relieved smiles on our faces, in complete silence, for who knows how long. He was the one to break the silence.

"Thank goodness you're awake! For a minute there I thought you might be…"

He cut off. He was right to do so, too. Neither one of us wanted to think about what would have happened if I hadn't woken up. Both of us had different reasons, though. I just couldn't let either of them down! He apparently truly loved me. I guess I felt the same.

Still, it wasn't supposed to be legal to be with someone from another world, so there was no point. I needed to think about the important things. There were so many questions. Had I completely absorbed all of the power? Had it gone back to the town? Would it hurt anyone? How would I control it? What triggered the powers before they were controlled?

There were always triggers with these things. I had enough friends who had started out with powers that they couldn't control to get that. It was usually some kind of emotion, I knew that for certain. I had one friend that shrunk down every time that she felt sad! She was an interesting friend to have. Every time she wanted to talk to me about something bad that had happened, she would have to scream it, because she was about an inch tall!

I looked around me, taking in my surroundings for the first time since the fire had started. There was a lot more space in the clearing. Of course! The crystals were missing! They were just gone!

"Where did the crystals go?"

I asked the question, knowing the answer all too well. The crystals, along with all of the other weird things in Gravity Falls, were inside me. Well, not literally. The physical crystals were no longer needed. I had their powers. I had all of what made Gravity Falls so special inside of me.

"The crystals disappeared when you went up in flames!"

Dipper finally uttered the words I had been waiting for. I knew they were coming, but I still flinched at the thought of it. I had to figure all this out, but I needed help.

"So that means I must have their power!"

When I said those words, Dipper looked a little bit confused. He put this confusion into words only a few seconds later.

"What do you mean? Just their power, or…?"

He hadn't understood. I didn't want to keep talking about this, but I needed to help him understand the weight of this problem.

"No. I have just absorbed all of the weirdness of Gravity Falls, Dipper. And before you say how cool it is, you need to understand that it is not! I might not be able to control this! I might randomly wipe someone out of existence!"

I was hyperventilating by now. Dipper had a terrified, sad, concerned look on his face. He tried to comfort me a little bit.

"Rana, you'll be fine. You're not going to hurt anyone! I barely even know you, and yet I know for a fact that you would never do that! We'll figure this out, together. I won't even tell Mabel if you don't want me to, unless she somehow becomes involved."

I had calmed down a little bit at that point. Still, his words of comfort weren't helping much. I was able to keep calm, but I still knew that even with his help, this was beyond anyone's control. I said one last thing on the subject.

"Dipper, I could cause the second Weirdmageddon!"

He looked confident until I said that. Even then, he only seemed doubtful for a few seconds, and then found his confidence again.

"You won't."

He sounded so positive. He sounded like there was no force on earth that could defy that logic. He was either a seriously good actor, or he really believed in me! I chose to believe the latter, and I smiled at him.

"Okay, I give up. There's no convincing you, is there?"

He smiled right back at me.

"Nope, never in a million years could I ever be convinced that you would be able to hurt someone!"

I knew this would soon be proved wrong, but I was happy. I was excited! I might've even been in love! No. That was not possible. That was wrong, and I would never break that rule. I couldn't.

Then, I curled up in a ball, groaning. A new pain had come over me! It felt like there was a storm swirling inside of me. Lightning striking my heart and everything it could find. Soon, a blue lightning strike made me look up.

The trigger must have been happiness, or maybe love. This lightning was definitely from me. It shouldn't have been, but it was. Dipper looked up at the sky in terror.

"What's going on?'

He asked the question, obviously hoping for an answer that was simple, or at least safe. It was too bad I wasn't willing to lie again.

"My new powers are showing up! I don't know what this lightning will do if it strikes you, but it will most definitely not be a simple burn! Run for cover! I'll try to end it, but until then, make sure it doesn't strike you!"

By the end of that, I was yelling. If he was going to hear me, that was my only answer. The storm had gotten louder and louder, it was almost unbearable!

Dipper nodded and we both ran to opposite sides of the clearing. I found a rock to hide behind, and I sat against it and tried to calm down and end the storm. It took me what must have been at least two hours or so, before I heard a scream, and ran out to find out what had happened. The only person it could've been was Dipper, and I needed to make sure that he wasn't hurt too badly!

The second I reached the center of the clearing, the storm stopped. I searched the whole clearing for Dipper, but he was nowhere!

I fell to my knees, sobbing. I had killed him! I lost control and caused a storm and killed him!

It didn't matter that he was dead, I kept screaming his name anyways. After about ten minutes of screaming, my voice had worn out. I had been screaming all night, so it didn't take much. Once I stopped screaming I looked down at my knees, which were curled up just under my face, and uttered three words.

"I'm so sorry."

I sobbed into my knees for a few minutes after that, but soon I felt something crawling up my leg. I looked up, and waited for it to get up on my knee. I was planning to swat whatever bug that was off the second it came into sight, but when it did, I saw that it was no bug.

It was Dipper. I had shrunk him. He was one inch tall, and he was sitting on top of my knee. I sighed of relief. As I did so, Dipper nearly fell.

"Careful!"

I laughed. He was okay! I hadn't killed him, only shrunk him! The lightning had not done anything horrible. I could reverse this! It would take some work, but I could do it!

"Never scare me like that again! You should have told me you were here! You left me here for I don't even know how long, and I thought you had died! I want to slap you so hard right now, but it would probably kill you!"

I was yelling at him. He really did nothing wrong, but I needed someone to yell at, so I did. He even seemed to be okay with it!

"Rana, it was twenty minutes at most. It wasn't that long. Plus, it's basically payback! You did the same thing to me, earlier!"

We both started laughing. I needed to hear something funny. Both of us did. This night had gone from bad to worse, but we were able to just laugh at the moment. It was good to just joke around a little bit!

"Well, I was unconscious, stupid!"

We laughed even harder. Then, we had to figure the situation out. I spoke, with a serious note.

"Should we tell Mabel about this when we get back to the Shack?"

He started to look thoughtful. Then, he gave his answer.

"Yes, we need at least a little bit of help, and she'll understand the situation."

I nodded. Considering none of this was supposed to happen, I was just winging it. I put him on my shoulder and started walking back to the shack. We decided to chat a little bit on our way. Dipper started off with a question that I really didn't want to answer.

"So, Rana, what's your family like, back home?"

I sighed. This kid didn't have any idea how to have a conversation that didn't make me cry, did he?

A/N: Hope you liked this! Can't wait for the next chapter, The Unforgettable Past.