DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN GRAVITY FALLS

A/N: This story and Gorgon idea was inspired by Araitsume, who is also responsible for my TV Trope page. Thank you. Also I'm still looking for more ideas or suggestions.


After purchasing the copies of Dipper's old book from Stan Pines, Amelia spent the next couple of days locked in her room scanning them into her computer. Organizing them using her own preferred method and adding things in that her mother and Dipper have told her. She then downloaded the data into her N-pad, a Northwest brand prototype tablet which unlike the mass produced version was designed to last with a scratch resistant covering, impact shock-absorbers, and waterproof protection. The ones sold on the market were deliberately designed to breakdown rather quickly so that consumers would be force to keep buying upgrades for them. Once it was done downloading, she did quick trial run so that she could easily she could access any files on any monster with in a matter of seconds. You can't afford to be slow when dealing with real monsters after all.

While she was doing all this, Tyrone was pretty much stuck with delivering food to her room and answering her calls. Their parents, while concerned, didn't really seem to be doing anything to discourage her and instead tried to get Tyrone to be a better butler and bodyguard with rigorous cleaning and martial arts training. During times when he have a moment, he would look through the copies himself. As he read how terrifying some of these monsters are, he began to question everyone's sanity, since they seem to enjoy the fact that monsters are real. "Finished!" Amelia announced disconnecting her N-pad from her computer.

"Congratulations," Tyrone said with his usual sarcastic tone.

"Mock me all you want, but this is the beginning of something grand." Amelia said holding up the N-pad proudly as if it was something sacred. "Now let's see, what shall we go looking for first? Mermaids? Gnomes? Rainacorns?" Amelia scrolled through her pad.

"Why not vampires?" Tyrone suggested. "Aren't you girls into that sort of thing?"

Amelia as about to retort how she's not like other girls when she came upon this interesting side note connected to the vampire files. "You know what, that's a good idea." Amelia said after reading the file. "Let's go vampire hunting!" Causing Tyrone to mentally kick himself in the butt.


Amelia told her mother that she and Tyrone were heading out to a party and won't be coming home for a few hours. Pacifica seemingly accepted their fib and instructed her daughter to call if they are going to be late. After leaving the house, the two journeyed through the woods passing the mountains with a sign that said 'Pain Hole' next to a small hole. While Tyrone had no idea where Amelia was taking him, he couldn't help but feel something familiar about the path they were taking. "It should be somewhere around here," he heard Amelia mumbling checking her N-pad.

"What should be here?" Tyrone asked.

"The Stone Garden," Amelia said.

"Stone Garden?" asked with a puzzled look.

"You know that one where the cockatrice turns animals and people into statues," Amelia showing Tyrone the file.

"So you want us to find a lizard/chicken thing that could turn us into over sized paperweights at a glance. WHY?" Tyrone questioning her sanity and not for the first time he may add. "I thought we were looking for vampires!"

"We are sort of," Amelia shrugged, only to see the confused expression on his face. "You have no idea do you? Don't you ever pay attention to any of your dad's stories." Amelia sighed with disappointment.

"Well of sort of...no, not really." Tyrone admitted.

"When our parents were just kids, they got lost in the woods where they encountered vampires, cockatrice, and a mad scientist. In fact it was on that very journey that they first fell in love with each other. Isn't that romantic." Amelia swooned as if reading one of her novels.

"It would be romantic if they had a happily ever after ending, but we already know that's never going to happen." Tyrone snipped. If there's one thing Tyrone can't stand, is being reminded that his dad and his crush used to be in a relationship, and worst, possibly still in love with each other.

"You never know," Amelia said playfully. Just then they heard some rustling in bushes. They both cautiously approached the bushes when a tiny rabbit jumped out, startling both of them. "Phew, that was close," Amelia joked.

"Can we go home now," Tyrone whined.

"Not until we find a cockatrice," Amelia stamped.

"Oh and you think that some crazy creature that my dad probably most likely made up is just going to appear just like that!" Tyrone slamming his hand on a nearby tree in frustration. While he didn't hit the tree all that hard, it did shake a little causing a small creature with the head of chicken and the body of lizard to land right on top his head. "AAAAHHHHH! GET IT OFF ME!" Tyrone screamed, causing the cockatrice to scream as well. Shocked and terrified the cockatrice began shooting beams from its eyes turning trees, bushes, and a few animals, into stone. Luckily the cockatrice was still on Tyrone's head so he was safe from the eye blasts, Amelia however was forced to dodged the beams eventually hiding behind some stone bushes. Before long, both Tyrone and the cockatrice started to calm down a bit.

"Are you done yet?" Amelia asked stepping out of her hiding place. The cockatrice was about to panic again when Amelia offered it a granola bar. "I know you like bread, but trust me, this is a lot better." The cockatrice studied the granola bar curiously before pecking at it. "There you see it's good," Amelia smiled. The cockatrice seemed to squawk in agreement.

"There you found your freaky bird/lizard thing. Can we go home now?" Tyrone pleaded. After witnessing that this thing can really turn people into stone, he knew that this is one place he didn't want to be. The cockatrice seemingly taking offense to being called a bird/lizard started hissing at Tyrone, but then stopped and started staring at him almost with strange recognition. "What's up with him?" Tyrone wondered.

"Could it be that this is the same cockatrice that our parents found? And that he think that you are Dipper." Amelia hypothesized.

"Great, now even monsters compares me to dad." Tyrone sulked.

"This is great. Now that this cockatrice knows that we are friends, this will give us a great opportunity to study it." Amelia said excitedly.

"You want to spend more time with this petrifying terror?" Tyrone groaned. Surprisingly the cockatrice did not take offense and simply cuddled up to Tyrone, freaking the boy out even more.

"Aw, he likes you." Amelia teased.

"ANTHRACITE, WHERE ARE YOU?!" they heard a strange voice calling out. The cockatrice perked up and started crowing loudly. Pretty soon a strange and beautiful girl who looked about their age, maybe a year older, wearing a hooded cloak stepped out. "Who are you and what are you doing to my pet Anthracite!" the girl demanded pulling her hood back. Tyrone and Amelia gasped as they saw that she had snakes on her head!

"She's a Gorgon!" Amelia screamed with both a mixture of fear and excitement.

"What's a Gorgon?" Tyrone asked with a mixture of fear and dread.

"You know, like Medusa." Amelia tried to explain. "Seriously read a book."

"I know who Medusa is, thank you very much!" Tyrone retorted. Not wanting to admit that he only knows of her from movies.

"Don't ever say that name in my presence!" the Gorgon girl sneered, with her eyes glowing. "Because of her and her sisters, my tribe are now outcasts!"

"So you're not evil and not going to turn us into stone?" Amelia asked hopefully.

"No we are not evil," the girl insisted. "But I am going to turn you into stone. After all we can't have you telling anyone else about us." the girl's eyes were about to fire, when the cockatrice jumped out in front of Amelia and Tyrone with it's wings out in a defensive position. "Anthracite, what's wrong?" the Gorgon girl asked. "Are these two your friends?" The cockatrice now named Anthracite nodded. "Alright then I won't turn them into stone," the Gorgon girl conceded as her eyes stopped glowing.

"Uh, thank you for not turning us into stone," Amelia nervously said. "My name is Amelia by the way. Amelia Northwest, and this is my butler Tyrone Pines." she introduced.

"Butler in training," Tyrone corrected her. He didn't want to give anyone any false ideas that he's planning on staying her butler.

"Pines, where have I heard that name before," the Gorgon girl pondered before she noticed that they were waiting on her. , "Oh, nice to meet you, I am Princess Granita of the Gorgon tribe." Granita introduced herself.

"Tribe? As in more than one of you?" Amelia said excitedly.

"Yes, we are currently in hiding thanks to those no good sisters!" Granita hissed.

"You mean Medusa right?" Tyrone blurted out causing Granita's eyes to glow again.

"Idiot!" Amelia scolded putting her hand over his mouth. The last thing she wants to be turned into stone by accident, due to Tyrone's stupidity.

"No, no this is my fault." Granita regaining her composure. "I'm sure you heard how Medusa and her two sisters tried to take over the world right. Well after they were captured, the rest of the magical world started to shun us. Accusing us if we were part of their insane plan!"

"Guilty by association, I can relate." Tyrone said, thinking of all the times people kept comparing him to Dipper despite the fact that he doesn't want to have anything to do with his old man.

Granita smiled at his response taking some small comfort in it. "So now we live in seclusion. Though we hope that one day others will accept us again and we can rejoin the magical world." she said wistfully. "So what are you doing out here?" she asked the kids.

"Looking for a cockatrice to be honest." Amelia answered. "You see, his father Dipper Pines told us of how..."

"DIPPER PINES!" Granita interrupted, recognizing the name. "You mean the Dipper Pines, the human assistant to the Western American Dragon?"

Amelia brought out her N-pad and started searching for the dragon file. "Oh you mean Haley Long," Amelia read. "Yes, Dipper actually worked with her a few years ago."

"Can he still get in contact with the dragons? If the dragons starts backing us up again, we can finally wash our hands of Medusa's crimes." Granita said hopefully.

"Well I can ask him, but no promises." Amelia stressed. Truthfully she had no idea how to bring up the subject without revealing that she's secretly monster hunting to her parents. Well she is a smart girl, maybe she can find a way to contact this Haley Long herself; but even if she did, there's no guarantee that Haley would even listen to her. Still no one would fault her for not trying.

"You have my appreciation, if there's anything I can do?" Granita offered.

"Well, now that you mentioned it. I am trying to document the lifestyles of magical creatures, and was wondering if you can help out with that?" Amelia suggested.

"I don't know," Granita said hesitantly. The magical world already tries to keep itself a secret from the human world, and the Gorgons are already outcasts as it is. This might make them even more despises by the other magical creatures.

"You know a positive documentary could help your case with the dragons," Amelia winked.

"You're right, come I will show you to my village." Granita said leading the way.

"Have you no shame?" Tyrone said shaking his head, because he believes that Amelia has no intention of helping the Gorgons.