Pacifica laid on Mabel's bed and absently flipped through her scrapbook. Her friend had run to town to get more supplies for their scrap book project and left her to her own devices. She tried to insist on going but Mabel pointed out that if she did, the wealthy girl ends up paying for it, and she was not going to have that.

Why did they insist on using what little money they had on things when she could take care of them all without a second thought?

Pacifica sighed, unable to really understand her friends mentality. Dipper tried to explain it once, that there's a sense of satisfaction for working to achieve something. She knew all about achievement but after every first place trophy she ever won she always felt hollow.

She was bored and closed the book. Looking out the door she saw a brief streak of yellow pass Mabel's doorway.

Dipper's creepy cousin.

"No… I won't do it." She said to herself.

A few minutes of boredom got the better of her and she trudged up the stairs to the attic where Billeah kept her room. She knocked softly and opened the door a crack.

"Heya...' She whispered.

Billeah's back was to her as she typed on her laptop. Looking around the bedroom she saw row after row of cubby holes each one held a porcelain doll that was part of her collection.

"Come in." She said without looking behind her.

"Mabel's gone and… well, I'm bored." Pacifica admitted.

"So… in your boredom, you come to see me?" Billeah asked. Pacifica felt really bad with the slighted comment. "You've been avoiding me all week."

"I...' Pacifica thought of a million excuses to say to her, but decided to be honest about this. "You really spooked me with that last story. I've been having nightmares and flinching when Dipper is nearby."

"It's just a story." Billeah said.

"I know… I know." Pacifica said.

"I thought you were my friend." Billeah said in her usual even tone. Pacifica always had a hard time catching the inflections when she spoke, another part of her that really creeped her out.

"I am!" Pacifica protested. She moved from the door to the bed that was next to her desk and sat down. "Look… I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings. I know how much you put into these and I really appreciate that you shared it with me… but you have to admit, you picked that one to scare me!"

Pacifica was at a loss for words, there was a sly grin on Billeah's face as her fingers stopped typing.

"I guess I was bad, too." She said softly.

"Friends?" Pacifica asked. Billeah nodded.

"So… how about I read another story? Something not so scary?"

Billeah closed her eyes and took a breath, then stood and offered the seat to Pacifica. She'd have to ask Dipper about this, it seems like a huge deal to Billeah and she wanted to make sure she wasn't offending her.

"Okay… so now what?" Pacifica asked.

"That folder… has all my worlds." Billeah said.

Pacifica opened it up and saw hundreds of folders each one labeled with a different title. Gravity Falls, Depravity Falls, Monster Falls, ect

"Wow… where do you come up with all of these?" Pacifica asked in astonishment.

"I'm really an omnipresent creature trapped in a human body who has watched humanity grow from its fledgling state. Your kind fascinates me. Time itself is not a river, but a frothing bubbling sea of possibilities. I tap into these and watch the events play out… Human imagination is very rudimentary with parallel observations, but it's the closest I can come to my omniscience." Billeah said, matter of factly.

Pacifica gave her a blank stare, trying to understand just what she was saying. Was she glowing for a minute?

"I make it up." Billeah said flatly.

"Oh… okay"

"What's this one here?" Pacifica asked. She highlighted a folder that said Reverse Falls.

"That one…" Billeah said, looking uncomfortable. "Everyone switches places. Dipper and Mabel work at the Tent of Telepathy. You and Gideon are cousins and live here with Gideon's dad…"

"That… sound odd." She said. "I remember Gideon from around town… isn't he in prison for that giant robot thing?"

"Yea.. something like that." Billeah said. "So, you are… like Mabel… but… more." She said softly.

"Hrm… well, nothing ventured." She said and opened the folder. She saw the first file labeled New Girl in Town

OoOoO

Pacifica stared out of the greyhound bus as it pulled into Gravity Falls. She was looking forward to spending the summer with her cousin. She never got to see him often and really enjoyed hanging out with him.

Pacifica grabbed her bags, hefted them out of the bus and let out a squeal as she slammed into Gideon, her chubby faced cousin.

"Heya, Paz." he said as she squeezed the air out of him. "Good to … see you."

Buddy Gleeful gave her a welcoming hug and loaded her bags in the trunk of his car. They drove through town, and Pacifica stared wide eyed at the quaint town and it's inhabitants.

As they drove past a bookstore something… or someone... caught her eye.

A brown haired boy in a turquoise suit and cape was flipping through a book. A girl who was the spitting image of him leaned back against the brick wall, looking bored as could be. As Buddy drove by the two of them, the boy looked up from his book and locked eyes with her. She felt frozen in time as she stared at his glowing green eyes. They looked like the eyes of a predator who had seen its next meal.

She quickly hid under the seat and covered her head.

"What was that?" She harshly whispered.

"What was what?"

"Those two kids… around our age in the turquoise?" She explained, sitting back up.

"Oh...the Pines Twins… They're local celebrities and the direct competitors to my Dad's Mystery Shack. They do a show three times a week for tourists and do mind games and such. They're complete crazy psychos." Gideon explained.

"Oh." she said.

"Don't get any weird ideas. I know how much you like making friends, but they're the worst kind to make. Stay away from them."

"Okay." She said and left it at that.

OoOoO

"So… Mabel and Dipper are… crazy?" Pacifica asked.

"Yes… no… they have issues and experienced a different set of life events. This is how they turn out." Billeah explained.

"Oh." Pacifica said. She continued to read.

OoOoO

Pacifica wore the oversized neon llama shirt that fell over her shoulder and had a neon pink scrunchie in her hair. She walked up and down the craft store aisle, her flip flops echoing in her ear as her Babba tape played Disco Girl.

She danced to the music, and dodged people as she threw glitter, glue sticks and packs of paper into her basket. During a very impressive maneuver she was sliding backwards shaking her booty when it slammed into something. Her basket and half the shelf next to her came crashing down around her. In her efforts to dodge/catch everything, her flipflop folded on itself and she tumbled onto the object that interrupted her booty shake.

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry!" She cried out as she opened her eyes a pair of blue eyes glowered at her. She noticed the pair of eyes had a Big Dipper birthmark above them, and a scowling face below them.

"Are you finished?" said the boy under her.

"HA!" cackled someone above her. "Look at that brother, and you deny girls ever fall for you."

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry!" Pacifica stammered and rolled herself off the boy. To her horror his turquoise suit was now covered in pale pink glitter. She helped him up and tried to brush off as much as she could, but only managed to spread the offending sparkles over more of his outfit.

"We have… a show in fifteen minutes," the boy growled. "How am I supposed to get this fairy vomit off me?"

"Oh you know we'll manage, dear brother." she said. She grabbed Pacifica by the chin and turned her head to face the taller brown haired girl. "I think I may have found a new playmate…. what's your name, dear?"

Pacifica tried to give her the biggest smile she could, but her fingers were like iron, and inhibited the cute brace filled smile she worked on in the mirror.

"I"m Pacifica Northwest, I'm visiting for the summer. Gideon's my cousin!" She said through squished cheeks and extended her hand. They may be odd, but it's always polite to offer a hand in friendship.

"I think she's trying to establish contact with you, dear sister. You know what they say, if you feed them, they never go away." The boy said as he gathered his few items from the floor.

"Well, we can't be rude to a new member of our community," she cooed. A flyer appeared from a puff of smoke in her hand. She shoved it down Pacifica's shirt while still holding her chin "I'm Mabel… and the stick in the mud is my brother Dipper. Come by and see our show. I'm sure you'll find it… revealing"

Pacifica gave a tiny nod and tried to pull out of Mabel's grip. She leaned close to her face and stared her in the eyes. With her free hand, she plucked a strand of hair from her head and let her go.

"For all the trouble you caused…" she explained. Her brother rolled his eyes and looked like he wanted to be anywhere but here.

"Okay, I'll stop by and bring my cousin! I'm sure he'd love to come! He's really into the weird stuff like monsters and stuff. He couldn't shut up about this book he found all night and I was like I need to sleep, you can talk about fire flowers later!" Pacifica rambled on.

The twins glanced at each other, they seemed to speak volumes between the two. Pacifica felt a cold chill running up her spine.

"Yes… bring Gideon." Dipper said. He walked forward with swagger and touched Pacifica's cheek. her heart almost skipped a beat at his touch. he leant down and stared into her soul. "I look forward to seeing you again… Pacifica"

With that, the twins took their leave. Pacifica's heart felt like it was going to beat out of her ribcage. She slid to the ground and sat in the middle of the chaos she wrought trying to figure out what just happened.

"Pacifica!" Gideon shouted from down the aisle. "Oh my god, are you okay?"

"Umm… yeah… I tripped." She said. She clutched the flyer to her chest, her heart beating like a rabbit. "We're not doing anything tomorrow are we?

OoOoO

"I have so many questions…" Pacifica said. Billeah shook her head no and closed the lid.

"I'll let you read the next one later." She said. "Dipper and Mabel are home."

"Okay… you going to come down?" She asked. Billeah shook her head no and sat back down in front of her laptop. The young girl's fingers danced across the keyboard and Pacifica took that as a sign to leave.

She shuddered at the thought of wearing a scrunchie in her hair and wearing 80's style neon clothes. Pushing the horrible images out of her head, she ran downstairs to meet up with Dipper and Mabel.