Sorry for the long wait between updates. I had school the whole last few months and couldn't get around to writing a chapter. It will probably be around the same idea next semester but I will try to get my shit together and update a little more frequently. Having to write the chapters beforehand is a little more difficult but I will somehow manage to balance three fics plus school work. I will figure it out guys! I swear! Thank you all for being so patient! I don't deserve such amazing readers! You're the best 3

Wirt frowned at him "A what?!"

"A Leprecorn. Part unicorn and part leprechaun. I've never seen one so why not make our first sighting with fellow paranormal teenagers."

Wirt stared at him in disbelief, not able to tell if Dipper was kidding or not. He looked completely serious but that could all be a show. The boy was enthusiastic and if he was honest, that kind of scared him. He wasn't used to those who wanted to be around him. Besides Greg and Sarah he mainly spent his time back home alone.

He didn't mind, he liked his alone time.

But, these twins were already making him rethink that logic. They were excited and so eager to get to know him and his brother. Not many people did that, even if they were the only kids their age around. People tended to avoid them, thinking they were too weird to actually be friends with. But with the Pines twins it felt different.

There wasn't an awkward silence between them, there wasn't a tension that made Wirt rethink everything. And now that the air between all of them was clear of secrets it was even easier to feel at ease around the two. He wasn't going to lie, it as a relief to know they weren't the only ones who'd had freaky supernatural experiences.

That it was normal and actually more common than Wirt could ever have imagined.

Greg was up front with Dipper, talking enthusiastically about the creature they were going off in search of. He'd accepted the creature's name with much more ease than Wirt. He was still struggling trying to picture what a Leprecorn would look like.

Would it be a small man with a horn protruding from their forehead? Would it be a horse with elven ears and a lust for gold? Would there be a horn in the middle of its head even if it were the latter? Cause without it, that would make it just a centaur right? If mythology could be taken seriously.

What were they in store for with this new adventure? Could Dipper really be trusted not to get them all killed? Not that a Leprecorn sounded like a particularly dangerous monster, but Wirt couldn't help but the harbour a small seed of worry.

He would probably be forever cautious about the supernatural and the unexplained. Unlike the Pines twins he hadn't exactly had the most welcome of experiences into this secret world.

"Do you have any idea where we might find this thing?" Wirt asked, speaking up and inadvertently interrupting his brother.

Dipper glanced back at him with that easy smile and said "Yeah, I have an idea. I don't if it's accurate. I guess we'll find out." His expression softened slightly as he said "Don't worry so much Wirt. This is Gravity Falls, nothing too horrible happens here. And besides, we already stopped any serious danger that might've threatened us."

"Yeah! We kicked its butt! No bad guys can take our town from us!" Mabel piped up, hitting her fist into her palm with a determined look in her eyes.

Wirt laughed softly and rubbed his arm "If you're sure…"

"We're sure." Mabel replied confidently "We know what we're doing. We've been doing this for three years now! We're experts on all the weird stuff that can happen here."

"I don't know if we're experts…" Dipper said hesitantly "I don't think we could ever know everything there is. After all, the journals and this town only scratch the surface of a deeper secret hidden from the view of all."

Mabel shot her brother a look and Dipper shut up immediately. "As I was saying," She continued "We know enough to keep you guys safe. You're better off with us than anyone else in town."

"That is encouraging…" Wirt admitted, offering them a careful smile.

"See? You know we're right!" Mabel grinned, skipping forward ahead of everyone. She looked both ways as they entered the forest and then turned left. Dipper didn't object and so Wirt assumed she also knew where they were going.

He supposed that made sense. The two probably had all their adventures together, they were practically inseparable! The stories they could tell… Maybe instead of going looking for a crazy creature he never thought possible, next time they could just hear about all the times they'd conquered the so called evil of Gravity Falls.

Those were the stories Wirt really wanted to hear. The ones they wouldn't ever get credit for outside of this small town. He wanted to know how bad the situation had gotten here. If maybe the world had been in danger, were the twins superheroes?

Greg would absolutely love it if they were. He would want to join forces with them and probably stay here to take part in all their fantastical adventures. Greg had a heart of gold, and he would want to be there to help those who needed it. The kid would probably grow up to be a doctor. Or some sort of caregiver.

To Wirt, that's what made the most sense. For himself… Well he still had a couple years to figure out just what the hell he wanted to do. Or, he knew what he wanted to do, but it just wasn't logical. It wasn't realistic. There was no way he could make a living with that kind of career.

No, he had to look into other options. Other paths of study that still interested him just as much. That was the only way he would make it in the real world. Without that reassuring cushion, the boy was sure he'd struggle for the rest of his life.

But not Greg, no not Greg at all. That kid was destined for greatness and he would reach it. Wirt had absolutely no doubt about any of that.

"When will we get there?" The younger boy asked, gazing up with Dipper with nothing short of admiration.

Dipper looked around, as if the identical trees could actually tell him where they were in the forest. "Hm, maybe ten more minutes. We're close now."

Greg grinned "Yes!" He looked back at his brother and motioned for him to hurry "Come on Wirt! We're close now!"

"I heard." Wirt reassured his brother "I'm right behind you guys."

Flashing at his brother a bright grin, the younger boy rushed ahead to walk with Mabel. He reached for her hand and pointed out any part of the forest that was new. From this distance Wirt couldn't hear what they were talking about, but a smile passed over his lips anyway. The fact that his brother had someone besides him to talk to now was all that mattered.

As they walked, Wirt silently noted Dipper dropping back to walk with him. He offered the boy a smile and said "I know you've only been here a day. And I know a lot has happened since then, but I hope you aren't too freaked out by all this."

Wirt forced out a laugh and shook his head "It's… It's weird. I didn't think what had happened in the Unknown would ever come to surface again. I guess deep down I'd been hoping I could leave it all behind me."

"Sorry…" Dipper replied with a smirk.

Wirth shrugged in response and stared at the ground beneath him. He wanted to say more, but his mind was full of questions. He didn't want to scare Dipper with his strange thoughts or the fact that he'd seen the Beast's shadow in his hotel room the night before…. Or that he'd seen him in his dreams. But at the same time, after all he'd already said, it felt like those were important factoids of information.

What if Dipper needed to know that the Beast hadn't really left? Or, at least it felt like he hadn't really left. Wirt wasn't sure what was happening, but from what he could tell ever since he'd entered Gravity Falls, his life had gotten a lot more complicated.

All he could hope for, was that Dipper would have answers for him. And that in those answers he would find an ease to the worry that always seeded in his stomach when he thought of what had happened to them during Halloween.

He wasn't at all excited for the coming year's Halloween. At least Sarah knew that and wasn't expecting anything from him. She was so understanding, so accepting. He couldn't ask for a better girl to be there by his side through this strange time.

"Greg no!" Came a shout from beside him.

Wirt jumped about a foot in the air, feeling his heart start to pound in his chest. He looked over at Dipper, but he was already gone. Up ahead Wirt could see him diving to grab Greg. Mabel was lying on the ground, holding her head as if in pain as Greg stood in front of a now glowing hole. His eyes were wide and entranced.

And through the hole Wirt could just see the shape of a triangle as Dipper began shouting several lines of jibberish.