Opening File: Candied Island
Considered a myth from ancient times even before the rise of the Grimm Candied Island is said to be home of a race of beings created by a powerful entity that wanted to spread its ideals of innocence and purity to help protect the world from the spread of the Grimm. The race first began with a single Queen, imbued with the power of wisdom to guide her newly created people. However the Grimm were too great in numbers and strength and thus the Queen ordered her people to remain on the island where they were created. For thousands of years they have remained isolated from the rest of the world, considered a myth by the world their existence is known only to a select few.
Closing File
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"You know what is very interesting about seeing what you might be in other universes? Hero, villain, soldier, warrior, politician, or even being an older or younger brother and sister? You could be an only child in one universe and have an entire house of annoying siblings. It's only a small bit of what else could be different in an alternate universe and timeline." TOM said wisely. "So, ever wished for a little sister or brother? Maybe you got your wish and never knew it."
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The Sea of Teeth is a large green ocean that appears to be in a constant state of darkness as numerous storm clouds are always hovering over it. It is infested with numerous sea monsters of all kinds, ranging from sea serpents, Grimm to even the mythical Kraken. The sea monsters seen in the Sea of Teeth are all of incredible size and strength. It is said that as the Grimm spread they infested locations where the waters were dangerous and actually bred with the underwater sea creatures, leading the waters to become extremely dangerous.
It is also where great legends and myths are born such as the Edge of the World. The only place capable of supporting any form of life was a single city cut off from the rest of civilization.
Stormalong Harbor was the only port city located near the Sea of Teeth. For this reason, only the toughest sailors and adventurers dare to tread its waters. It was broken down into two main sections, Upper Stormalong and Lower Stormalong.
Upper Stormalong was home to the wealthiest citizens, and had vegetation-growing land attached to it. Lower Stormalong consisted of docks, shops, and the poor. It was run by the Dock Hag, an elderly woman in charge of enforcing law in Stormalong Harbor. One side of Lower Stormalong is considered "The Bad Part of Town".
The Sewers of Stormalong are intricate and far reaching, despite the fact that the harbor appears to be completely lifted above sea level. In the depths of this port city was a barrel shaped bar known as the Candy Barrel.
It was here a man was cleaning a mug of its contents and was closing up when he heard the door open. "We're closed now. Come back tomorrow."
"Not planning to make an exception, Larry?" The voice of a young girl asked.
The man looked over and watched as a young woman entered the tavern, sitting at the counter across from him. "Bonnibel. I didn't expect you to come here of all places."
The woman was pink all over with long pink hair tied in a ponytail, her skin having a lighter shade of pink, and she wore a purple cardigan with three pink buttons, magenta socks and bottoms and dark purple shoes.
"I needed to speak with you." The woman said neutrally. "I heard that you had found the Candy Element."
"And if I did?" The man named Larry said. "You should know that if I did I would have reported to Her Highness."
"I am well aware of that, Larry. But I want to know what the Queen ordered you to do." Bonnibel replied. "Have you been ordered to bring the Candy Element back to Candied Island? And if so why haven't you yet?"
"If I have been ordered I wouldn't speak it out loud and you know it, Bonnie. Any orders I receive from Her Highness will remain between Her Highness and me." Larry retorted.
"And it is in the interest of my people to know why you haven't brought the Candy Element back." Bonnie said accusingly.
"I do not answer to you, Bonnibel so I suggest you watch your tone with me. You may serve as one of the nobles in the royal court but Her Highness's word is law and she would not tolerate someone of her court sneaking behind her back." Larry said, glaring at Bonnie. "And speaking to me here in Stormalong is a good way to tip off the enemy."
"Which enemy? The Grimm, Saytra or perhaps a Human nation? Or even him?" Bonnie retorted, smirking slightly at Larry's eye twitching. "There are so many potential enemies I might actually lose track. I heard the Saytra had discovered the Candy Element but fortunately its current host escaped. That should have been enough to convince the Queen that the Candy Element should have been brought to Candied Island for protection but instead she does nothing but rely on a Human and his resources."
"And since you already know that Her Highness ordered the current Candy Element to be placed under observation I can only assume you have yet to voice your concerns to her since she decided that the plans you had for bringing the Candy Element to Candied Island were not necessary." Larry said, smirking slightly now at the slightly surprised look on Bonnie's face. "Not what you expected huh? No need to be so discrete around me, Bonnie. I am well aware of the state of policy back at Candied Island. Your brother is very popular with the people while you sit in your lab, the victim of rumors that you lobotomize and experiment on your political rivals."
"You are an awfully well knowing for a human who is not part of our people." Bonnie admitted grudgingly. "But even if you do you are still an outsider. I serve faithfully in the Queen's court and everything I do is for the protection of my people."
"Let me guess, you already hired someone to track down the Candy Element." Larry said knowingly, ignoring the condescension in Bonnie's voice.
"I did." Bonnie admitted again. "They had a lead I gave them following your trail but before they could follow up the Queen stepped in, forcing me to call off the search. She warned me if I stepped out of line again I'd be imprisoned."
"And since Her Highness already passed you over for succession in favor of your brother you thought bringing the Candy Element would give you the popularity to sway the Queen's opinion." Larry said, now frowning.
"I was doing what was needed to be done. You know what the Candy Element means to my people. Its protection was my priority." Bonnie stated, now glaring at Larry. "Because of the Grimm and your kind my people have been trapped like rats in a cage, forced to survive on an island surrounded by monsters. It is only through my inventions that we have survived."
"Evidently Her Highness thinks otherwise." Larry said dryly. "And you wouldn't be here trying to get information out of me."
"I want to know what methods you are using to protect the Candy Element. If the current host is in danger then we should extract them and bring them to Candied Island immediately. If you really care for the Queen you will tell me." Bonnie stated.
"And then what? You keep the Candy Element locked in your lab and try to duplicate the power or even try to find a way transfer its power to you?" Larry was now glaring. "Risking the host's life while you are at it?"
"I would never partake in an experiment that would endanger someone's life." Bonnie protested, offending by the accusation.
"Knowingly at least. Don't try to lie to me, Bonnibel. I know how you work and so does Her Highness. So take my advice and leave the Candy Element alone." Larry stood up. "Focus on your inventions and leave the tough decisions to Her Highness. Now unless you plan to buy a soda please leave."
Bonnie glared at Larry before standing up to leave. "You may have the Queen's protection, Larry but you are still not one of us."
"Keep saying that to make you feel better, Bonnie." Larry said, watching as Bonnie left. "Your arrogance will be your own undoing."
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Hoagie Gilligan Junior had been through a lot since his father's death.
Since that day Hoagie had read through the stories his father had told him when he was younger. Stories of heroes that had inspired him as a child and he vowed he would one day find who killed his father. He had been reading up Aura integrated mechanics, weapon designing and detective work while keeping it all secret from his mother. He was not a fighter but that was fine since his most dangerous weapon was his mind.
And through school he started off as a hall monitor as a way to start his way into law enforcement but he made a few friends along the way.
There was Francine 'Fanny' Fulbright who was the daughter of his dad's boss and head off the Fulbright Corporation who he had met in kindergarten. She used to laugh at his jokes but eventually according to her they became old and cheesy which he disagreed with.
He was so funny he even started making cards.
Then there was Kuki Sanban who he met when the Gilligans took a trip to Japan when his dad's boss and her family became partners in building the Carrier. He hadn't seen or heard from her since his family left Japan but he considered trying to contact her. She was about the only friend he had made during his time in Japan.
And then there were the three friends he was hanging out with right now.
Nigel Uno who moved to America with his family when Nigel was about four and was training to be a Huntsman. Nigel was a nice guy and he seemed to be as smart as Hoagie given the time they partnered for a science project in class. Nigel also had this strange confidence around him that made his friends look up to him, becoming inspired by whatever encouragement he offered. He was always happy to hang out his friends and loved having fun with them.
And with him was Abigail Lincoln, a Faunus girl that been with Nigel's family since she was a little girl. She was a guarded person who didn't like talking about her past and was only at ease around her friends, presenting herself as a calm and easy-going girl. Nigel never pressed her about her family and always changed the subject the few times she was asked. She was also very protective of Nigel since he had been her best friend since they were little and was never afraid to fight.
And then there was his newest friend, Wallabee 'Wally' Beatles. He had a short temper that went off especially when someone commented on his height and loved to fight. In the short time Hoagie had known him Wally had been detention at least twice a week after sending some idiot or bully to the infirmary.
Wally was a fighter and he loved every bit of it.
Just as much as he loved playing videogames with his friends.
"So you're going to this place to take part in some big nerdy project?" Wally asked, shooting several 'bad guys' at once.
"Yeah, it's big." Hoagie nodded, pressing the 'fire' button rapidly. "And if it works it could change everything."
"Like what?" Nigel asked, using the third controller.
"Can't tell you, top secret." Hoagie answered.
"Come on, Hoags! Give us a hint!" Wally complained.
"Well, I can tell you I might be working with someone from DexLabs." Hoagie said honestly.
"DexLabs?" Nigel asked curiously.
"What's that?" Wally asked.
"One of the top research and development corporations on the planet. Their work has included city defense networks against the Grimm and the creation of new energy resources." Nigel explained.
"I know. It's pretty neat." Hoagie nodded in agreement.
Behind them Abby sat on the couch, reading a book and was listening to the conversation. "How'd you guys meet?"
"Through an online blog where people exchange ideas on new inventions." Hoagie answered, not wanting to talk about Bill.
He wasn't sure they'd believe him.
"So where is this place you're going?" Abby asked.
"A small town called Gravity Falls."
Nigel's eyes flashed blue as soon as he heard name of the place Hoagie was going to and in image appeared in his mind.
A glowing triangle with a single eye flashes in his mind, staring and laughing. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Nigel gasped as he fell over, losing consciousness.
"Nigel?!" The three kids were quickly over him, seeing him lying down on the floor.
Abby knelt down and shook Nigel. "Nigel, are you okay? Nigel! Nigel!"
His body had suddenly turned cold and the floor underneath him was slowly turning to ice.
"What's happening?!" Wallabee shouted.
"His Semblance…" Abby said, recognizing the signs of Nigel's Semblance. "He can turn things to ice around him."
But what was happening?
The one time this happened before was years ago when Nigel was first learning how to use his Semblance and he met that woman in his dreams named Elsa. Abby had listened to Nigel talk about her, saying she was some sort of elemental queen whose power came from someone else who passed it onto her and then onto him. It was crazy but Abby simply smiled and listened, teasing Nigel a bit about him crushing on Elsa that he denied even though he was blushing badly when she teased him. However Nigel had gained a greater understanding of his Semblance since then and it had never acted like this before.
"Nigel, what's wrong?" Abby whispered.
She didn't know what was going on but she felt something was horribly wrong.
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Ah, summer break.
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Hank Pines was grilling burgers while Dipper and Mabel are running around beside him. The others sat at a picnic table.
"So you want cheese on that, hon?" Hank asked.
"Sure, Hank." Hank's wife accepted.
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A time for leisure, recreation, and taking 'er easy. Unless you're me.
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A boy and girl crashed through the 'Welcome to Gravity Falls" sign with the Mystery Cart, screaming. They were being chased by an unknown monster, which is knocking down trees. The boy wore a blue and white hat with a blue brim and a blue pine tree on the front. He had somewhat messy brown hair and relatively pale skin, and his nose is a bit darker than the rest of his face.
His eyes were brown with noticeable bags underneath. He wore a navy blue hooded vest, which had inner pockets on both sides, a reddish-orange t-shirt, gray shorts, white socks with a red stripe, black sneakers, and a sometimes visible gray digital wristwatch. This was Dipper Pines and right now he was in the middle of trying to help his sister, Mabel Pines escape from a monster. Mabel had round blushing cheeks, long brown hair that reaches her hips; her eyes are the same brown as Dipper's and she had silver-colored braces.
She wore a short-sleeved pink undershirt underneath a red sweater with a rainbow shooting star falling toward the left, a matching red headband, purple skirt, and black slipper shoes with white socks.
Mable looked back. "It's getting closer!"
The monster tried to catch the cart, but just fell short as the cart flew off a rock and landed roughly.
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My name is Dipper. The girl about to puke is my sister Mabel. You may be wondering what we're doing in a golf cart, fleeing from a creature of unimaginable horror.
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The monster threw a tree in their path.
"Look out!" Mabel shouted.
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Rest assured, there's a perfectly logical explanation. Let's rewind. It all began when our parents decided we could use some fresh air. They shipped us up north to a sleepy town called Gravity Falls, Oregon, to stay at our great-uncle's place in the woods.
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Mabel was in the attic of her great uncle's place hanging up posters. "This attic is amazing. Check out all my splinters!"
She held up hands, which had gigantic splinters sticking out of them.
Dipper backed up into his bed, which Gompers was on. "And there's a goat on my bed."
"Hey, friend." Mable held out her arm, and Gompers chewed on her sleeve. "Oh! Yes, you can keep chewing on my sweater."
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My sister tended to look on the bright side of things.
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Mabel was then outside rolling down a hill of grass. "Yay! Grass!"
As this happened a woodpecker pecked on Dipper's hat.
But I was having a hard time getting used to our new surroundings.
That was when their great uncle Stan Pines jumped out at him wearing a Grimm mask. "Boo!"
"Ah!" Dipper fell over.
Stan took off his mask and laughed. "Ahahahaha! Hahaha!"
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And then there was our Great Uncle Stan.
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Stan slapped his knee as he kept on laughing.
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That guy.
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Stan coughed several times and hit his chest. "It was worth it."
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Stan was later leading tourists through the Mystery Shack.
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Our uncle had transformed his house into a tourist trap he called "The Mystery Shack." The real mystery was why anyone came.
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The Jackalope's antler broke off.
"Ladies and gentlemen, behold! The Sascrotch!" Stan announced, revealing a Sasquatch wearing underwear.
Tourists started speaking excitedly, and snap pictures while Dipper was sweeping the wooden floor with a broom and Mabel was looking at stuff.
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And guess who had to work there.
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"Ooh!" Mabel reached for a large eyeball.
Stan stopped her by slapping her hand with his 8-ball cane. "No touching the merchandise!"
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It looked like it was gonna be the same, boring routine all summer. Until one fateful day...
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Mabel was peeking through Stan-bobbleheads. "He's looking at it! He's looking at it!"
Nearby was a boy looking at Mabel's note.
"Uh…" The boy read the note. "Do you like me? Yes? Definitely? Absolutely!"
"I rigged it!" Mabel said.
Dipper sprayed a jar with water and wiped it. "Mabel, I know you're going through your whole 'Boy Crazy' phase, but I think you're kind of overdoing it with the 'crazy' part."
"What?" Mabel blew a raspberry. "Come on, Dipper! This is our first summer away from home! It's my big chance to have an epic summer romance!"
"Yeah, but do you need to flirt with every guy you meet?"
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Flashback
Mabel was with a boy near a greeting cards display. "My name is Mabel, but you can call me 'The girl of your dreams.' I'M JOKING!" Mabel shoved him into the display. "Ha ha ha ha ha!"
Next was a boy holding a turtle on a bench.
Mabel jumped up behind him. "Oh my gosh, you like turtles? I like turtles too! What is happening here?"
Next was a mattress store.
"Come one, come all, to the Mattress Prince's kingdom of savings!"
Mabel was hiding behind a set of colorful balloons; pops out head and whispers. "Take me with you..."
"Ah!" He cowered away from Mabel and drops scepter.
End Flashback
"Mock all you want, brother, but I got a good feeling about this summer. I wouldn't be surprised if the man of my dreams walked through that door right now." Mabel said.
Stan stalked through the door and burped, but it got caught in his throat. "Oh! Oh, not good. Ow."
Mabel groaned. "Aww! Why!"
Dipper could not help but laugh. "Ha ha ha!"
"All right, all right, look alive, people. I need someone to go hammer up these signs in the spooky part of the forest." Stan said, holding up some signs.
"Not it!"
"Not it!"
Soos was a second too slow. "Uh, also not it."
"Nobody asked you, Soos." Stan said.
"I know, and I'm comfortable with that." Soos then ate chocolate bar.
"Wendy, I need you to put up this sign!"
Wendy Corduroy pretended to reach for signs. "I would, but I, ugh, can't, ugh, reach it, ugh..."
"I'd fire all of you if I could. All right, let's make it... eenie, meenie, miney..." He pointed at Dipper. "You."
"Aw, what? Grunkle Stan, whenever I'm in those woods, I feel like I'm being watched."
"Ugh, this again."
"I'm telling you, something weird is going on in this town. Just today, my mosquito bites spelled out 'BEWARE.'" Dipper said.
Stan looked at Dipper's arm. "That says 'BEWARB.'"
Dipper scratched his arm.
"Look, kid. The whole 'monsters in the forest' thing is just local legend, drummed up by guys like me to sell merch to guys like that." Stan pointed at afat, sweaty man laughed while looking at a Stan-bobblehead's head bobble.
"So quit being so paranoid!" Stan gave Dipper the signs and Dipper sighed.
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Dipper was now out in a foggy forest with trees getting blown by the wind. "Ugh, Grunkle Stan. Nobody ever believes anything I say."
He put one sign up on a tree that said 'To The Mystery Shack.' He started to hammer a nail on another tree trunk, but it makes a metallic sound. He tapped the tree with the hammer, which made more metallic sounds. He wiped away some dust and opens a secret window revealing a mechanical box with two control switches on top.
He tested one control but nothing happens. Then he tried the other. Behind him, a hole opens up in the ground. Gompers bleated and ran away.
"What the?"
He looked inside the hole, and there is a book. He picked the book up and placed it on the ground and checks for people watching. He flipped one page and an eye-glass is in it. He looked at the eye-glass and puts it down.
He flipped another page, and began reading aloud. "It's hard to believe it's been six years since I began studying the strange and wondrous secrets of Gravity Falls, Oregon." Dipper flipped through pages. "What is all this?" He stopped at a page that said 'TRUST NO ONE' and started reading. "Unfortunately, my suspicions have been confirmed. I'm being watched. I must hide this book before he finds it. Remember: in Gravity Falls there is no one you can trust." Dipper closed the journal. "No one you can trust..."
Suddenly Mabel jumped up behind a log. "HALLO!"
"AH!"
"What'cha readin', some nerd thing?"
Dipper hid the journal behind his back. "Uh, uh, it's nothing!"
"Uh, uh, it's nothing!" Mabel laughed while imitating her brother. "What? Are you actually not gonna show me?"
Gompers nibbled the edge of the journal.
"Uhhh..." Dipper glanced at Gompers. "Let's go somewhere private."
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Dipper and Mabel were now in the living room of the Mystery Shack.
"It's amazing! Grunkle Stan said I was being paranoid, but according to this book, Gravity Falls has this secret dark side." Dipper showed Mabel a page.
"Whoa! Shut. Up!" Mabel pushed Dipper.
"And get this! After a certain point, the pages just… stop, like the guy who was writing it... mysteriously disappeared." The doorbell rang. "Who's that?"
"Well, time to spill the beans." Mabel knocked over a can of beans on the table." Boop. Beans. This girl's got a date! Woot woot!" Mabel fell backwards into the chair, giggling.
"Let me get this straight: in the half hour I was gone, you already found a boyfriend?" Dipper asked/
"What can I say? I guess I'm just IRRESISTIBLLLLE!"
The doorbell rang twice.
"Oh. Coming!" Mabel ran out.
Dipper sat down in chair and begins to read the Journal as Stan walked in and saw Dipper. "What'cha reading there, slick?"
"Oh!" Dipper threw the book under the seat cushion and grabs a magazine. "I was just catching up on, uh..." Dipper the cover of the magazine. "Gold Chains For Old Men Magazine?"
"That's a good issue."
Mabel came back in standing next to her new boyfriend who wore a cloak covering him from head to toe. "Hey, family! Say hello to my new boyfriend!"
"'Sup?" The boyfriend simply said.
"Hey..." Dipper said hesitantly.
"How's it hanging?" Stan asked casually.
"We met at the cemetery. He's really deep." Mabel felt his arm. "Oh. Little muscle there. That's...what a surprise..."
"So, what's your name?" Dipper asked.
"Uh. Normal... MAN!" The man said.
"He means Norman." Mabel said.
Dipper noticed something on the man's hidden face. "Are you bleeding, Norman?"
"It's jam."
Mabel gasped. "I love jam! Look. At. This!"
"So, you wanna go hold hands or... whatever?" Normal asked.
"Oh, oh, my goodness." Mabel giggled. "Don't wait up!" She then ran out.
Norman pointed at Stan and Dipper and ran into the wall several times on his way out.
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There was something about Norman that wasn't right. I decided to consult the journal.
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Dipper was then back in the attic.
"Known for their pale skin and bad attitudes these creatures are often mistaken for... teenagers?! Beware Gravity Falls's nefarious..." Dipper gasped when he saw the journal page on The Undead.
The picture of the zombie became Norman.
'Sup.'
"ZOMBIE!"
Down below Stan was in the bathroom when Dipper shouted.
"Somebody say "crombie"? What is that, crombie? That's not even a word. You're losing your mind."
Dipper looked out the window to see Norman walking towards Mabel with outstretched arms while moaning.
"I like you."
"Oh, no! Mabel! No, no, Mabel, watch out!"
"Huh, huh!" Norman puts his hands around Mabel's neck.
"AHHHHH!" Dipper screamed, thinking Norman was about to kill Mabel.
Norman suddenly removed his arms, revealing a flower necklace. "Huhhh!"
Mabel gasped. "Daisies? You scallywag..."
"Is my sister really dating a zombie, or am I just going nuts?" Dipper asked outloud.
Soos was nearby screwing in a lightbulb. "It's a dilemma, to be sure." Dipper gasps in surprise as he quickly noticed Soos. "I couldn't help but overhear you talkin' aloud to yourself in this empty room."
"Soos, you've seen Mabel's boyfriend. He's gotta be a zombie, right?" Dipper asked anxiously.
"Hmm. How many brains didja see the guy eat?"
Dipper looked down. "Zero."
"Look, dude, I believe you. I'm always noticing weird stuff in this town. Like the mailman? Pretty sure that dude's a werewolf. But ya gotta have evidence. Otherwise, people are gonna think you're a major league cuckoo clock."
"As always, Soos, you're right." Dipper said.
"My wisdom is both a blessing and a curse."
"Soos! The portable toilets are clogged again!" Stan shouted from downstairs.
"I am needed elsewhere." Soos backed out.
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My sister could be in trouble. It was time to get some evidence.
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Later Dipper was filming Mabel and Norman in the park. Mabel as threw a Frisbee at Norman, who failed to catch it and fell over. Dipper stopped looking through camera and frowned at Norman. Later Norman breaking through a door window to open it from the inside and letting Mabel inside the diner.
Norman stumbled around and crashed, trying to follow Mabel. Dipper looked out from behind his menu. Mabel and Norman were then frolicking in a field. Norman fell into an open grave, then crawled out, hand first, screaming. Mabel and Norman both paused, and then laughed.
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I'd seen enough.
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Back in Mabel and Dipper's room Mabel was brushing her hair as Dipper entered. "Mabel. We've gotta talk about Norman."
"Isn't he the best? Check out this giant smooch mark he gave me!" Mabel showed her cheek, which had a red spot on it.
"Ah!" Dipper recoiled in disgust.
Mabel laughed. "Ha, ha! Gullible. It was just an accident with the leaf blower! That was fun."
"No, Mabel, listen! I'm trying to tell you that Norman is not what he seems!" Dipper showed her the Journal.
Mabel gasped. "You think he might be a vampire? That would be so awesome!"
"Guess again, sister. SHA-BAM!" He held the book open to the Gnomes page.
"Agh!"
"Oh, wait. I'm-I'm sorry..." He flipped to Undead page. "Sha-bam!"
"A zombie? That is not funny, Dipper."
"I'm not joking! It all adds up: the bleeding, the limp. He never blinks! Have you noticed that?" Dipper said, trying to make Mabel see reason.
"Maybe he's blinking when you're blinking."
"Mabel, remember what the book said about Gravity Falls? Trust no one!"
"Well, what about me, huh? Why can't you trust me?" Mabel put on star earrings. "Beep bop!"
"Mabel." Dipper grabbed his sister, shaking her. "He's gonna eat your brain!"
Mabel pushed him away. "Dipper, listen to me. Norman and I are going on a date at five o'clock, and I'm gonna be ADORABLE, and he's gonna be DREAMY." She continued pushing Dipper out of the room.
"Bu-bu-but-"
"And I am not gonna let you ruin it with one of your crazy CONSPIRACIES!" She then slammed the door.
Dipper sighed and sat down. "What am I gonna do?"
The doorbell then rang as Mabel as she pulled on her sweater and she raced downstairs. "Coming!" She opened the door seeing Norman. "Hey, Norman. How do I look?"
"Shiny..."
"You always know what to say!" She walked off with him.
Dipper was watching the video he collected. "Soos was right. I don't have any real evidence."
The video showed Mabel teaching Norman hopscotch, but he only fell over; Dipper fast forwarded to Mabel and Norman with Norman's arm around Mabel. "I guess I can be kind of paranoid sometimes and-" He stopped when he saw Norman's hand fall off; he glanced around, and then reattached it. "Wait, WHAT?!" He rewound the tape and watched it again; he screams and tips the chair backwards. "I was right! Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!"
He raced outside. "Grunkle Stan! Grunkle Stan! Grunkle Stan!"
Stan was on a stage in front of a bunch of tourists; to the crowd. " And here we have Rock that looks like a face rock: the rock that looks like a face."
"Does it look like a rock?"
"No, it looks like a face." Stan answered.
"Is it a face?"
"It's a rock that looks like a face!"
"Over here! Grunkle Stan!" Dipper called out.
"For the fifth time! It's-it's not an actual face!"
"Errrgh!"
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Mabel and Norman were alone in the woods.
"Finally, we're alone." Mabel said happily.
"Yes. Alone..." Norman said.
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"Stan! Stan! " Stan stopped when he saw Wendy drive up in a golf cart and ran over. "Wendy! Wendy! Wendy! I need to borrow the golf cart so I can save my sister from a zombie!"
Wendy gave Dipper the key and walked off. "Try not to hit any pedestrians".
Dipper got in and starts to drive, but Soos stopped him. "Dude, it's me: Soos. This is for the zombies."
He gave Dipper a shovel.
"Thanks."
Soos held up a baseball bat. "And this is in case you see a piñata."
Dipper took the bat. "Uh... Thanks?"
He then drove off.
"Better safe than sorry!" Soos called after Dipper.
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"Uh, Mabel, now that we've gotten to know each other, there's..." Norman exhaled. "...there's something I should tell you."
"Oh, Norman, you can tell me anything!" Mable said while thinking. 'Please be a vampire, please be a vampire!'
"All right, just... just don't freak out, okay? Just... just keep an open mind, be cool!" He unziped his coat and threw it off; underneath were five gnomes standing on top of each other.
"Is this weird? Is this too weird? Do you need to sit down?" The top gnome asked.
Mabel stared at the gnomes in total shock.
"R-r-right, I'll explain. So! We're gnomes. First off. Get that one outta the way."
"Uh..."
"I'm Jeff, and here we have Carson, Steve, Jason and... I'm sorry, I always forget your name." The top gnome stopped at the bottom one.
"Schmebulock."
Jeff snapped his fingers." Schmebulock! Yes! Anyways, long story short, us gnomes have been lookin' for a new queen! Right, guys?"
"Queen! Queen! Queen!" The Gnomes chanted.
"Heh. So what do you say?" Jeff tapped Steve with his foot, and the gnomes worked together to make 'Norman' kneel in a proposing fashion. "Will you join us in holy matrignomey? Matri...matri-mo-ny! Blah! Can't talk today!"
"Look... I'm sorry, guys. You're really sweet, but, I'm a girl, and you're gnomes, and it's like, "what"? Yikes..." Mabel stepped.
"We understand. We'll never forget you, Mabel." The gnomes looked sad and Mabel smiled. "Because we're gonna kidnap you."
"Huh?"
Jeff yelled and jumped at her, causing Mabel to scream.
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Dipper was driving through the woods. "Don't worry, Mabel! I'll save you from that zombie!"
"Help!"
"Hold on!" Dipper shouted.
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"The more you struggle, the more awkward this is gonna be for everybody! Just, ha ha, okay. Get her arm there, Steve!" Jeff said as the gnomes tried to pin Mabel.
"Let go of me!" Mabel punched Steve off.
Steve bounced around, then stood upright and puked a rainbow.
"What the heck is going on here?!" A voice shouted as Dipper drove in on the gold cart.
The gnomes hissed at him as Mabel shouted. "Dipper! Norman turned out to be a bunch of gnomes! And they're total jerks!" Mabel gritted her teeth as a gnome pulled her hair. "Hair! Hair! Hair!"
"Gnomes? Huh, I was way off." Dipper took the journal out of his vest and read the relevant page aloud. "Gnomes: little men of the Gravity Falls Forest. Weaknesses: unknown."
When Dipper lowered the book, he ssaw that the gnomes have managed to tie Mabel to the ground. "Aw, come on!"
Dipper walked up to Jeff. "Hey, HEY! Let go of my sister!"
"Oh! Ha ha, hey, there! Um, you know, this is all really just a big misunderstanding. You see, your sister's not in danger. She's just marrying all one thousand of us and becoming our gnome queen for all eternity! Isn't that right, honey?" Jeff said like nothing was wrong at all.
"You guys are butt-faces!" Mabel shouted before a gnome covered her mouth. "Mmmm-MMMMM!"
Dipper held up the shovel he brought, pointing it at Jeff. "Give her back right now, or else!"
"You think you can stop us, boy? You have no idea what we're capable of. The gnomes are a powerful race! Do not trifle with the-" Jeff was cut off as Dipper casually tossed him away with the shovel. "AH!"
Dipper cut Mabel free with the shovel.
"Yah!" She kicked the gnomes away and got into the cart with Dipper.
"He's getting away with our queen! No, no, no!" Jeff shouted.
"Seatbelt."
Mabel buckled as Dipper backed up and then he drove away.
"You've messed with the wrong creatures, boy! Gnomes of the forest: ASSEMBLE!" Various gnomes came out and stacked up.
"Hurry, before they come after us!" Mabel cried.
"I wouldn't worry about it. See their little legs? Those suckers are tiny!" Dipper stopped the cart as he heard a stomping sound just before a giant stacked gnome stopped at the cart.
"Dang." Mabel said simply.
Jeff was on the top, using gnomes' hats like levers. "All right, teamwork, guys. Like we practiced."
The gnomes growled.
"Move, MOVE!" Mabel shouted.
Dipper drove the cart away just as the gnomes smashed their arm down and it broke. The Gnomes ran frantically back into position and they chased the kids again)
"Come back with our queen!" Jeff shouted.
"It's getting closer!" Mabel said to Dipper.
The Gnome Giant threw several gnomes at the cart that started to chew the cart. Mabel elbow punched a gnome off. Shmebulock jumped up behind Dipper, who grabbed him and slammed him into the steering wheel out of annoyance.
"Schmebulock... "He fell out of the cart.
Another Gnome jumped onto the cart and clawed Dipper's face.
"I'll save you, Dipper!" Mabel repeatedly punched the gnome off of Dipper's face and the gnome fell off with Dipper's hat.
Dipper was dazed from the punches. "Thanks, Mabel..."
"Don't mention it."
The Gnome Giant picked up a tree and threw it.
"Look out!" Mabel shouted.
Both screamed as the cart overturned, landing next to the Mystery Shack. Dipper and Mabel crawled out of the cart as the Gnome Giant approached.
"Stay back, man!" Dipper threw the shovel at the Gnome Giant.
The Gnome Giant punched the shovel in mid-air.
Dipper and Mabel grabbed each other in fright. "Aaahhh!"
"Uh, where's Grunkle Stan?!" Dipper looked around frantically.
Stan was in the shack with some tourists holding up a swirly pattern on a stick. "Behold! The world's most distracting object."
"Oooh..."
"Just try to look away, you can't! I can't even remember what I was talking about." Stan said, staring into the swirling pattern.
"It's the end of the line, kids! Mabel, marry us before we do something crazy!" Jeff shouted.
"There's gotta be a way out of this!" Dipper said.
But Mabel had other ideas. "I gotta do it."
"What?! Mabel, don't do this! Are you crazy?"
"Trust me."
"What?"
"Dipper, just this once. Trust me!"
Dipper glanced at gnomes, then Mabel, and then backed away.
"All right, Jeff. I'll marry you."
"Hot dog! Help me down there, Jason!" Jeff climbed down to her. "Thanks, Andy! All right, left foot, there we go, watch those fingers, Mike." Jeff approached Mabel and held out a diamond ring. "Eh? Eh?"
Mabel held out her hand and Jeff put the ring on her hand. "Bada-bing, bada-bam! Now let's get you back into the forest, honey!"
"You may now kiss the bride!" Mabel announced.
"Well, don't mind if I do." Jeff leaned up to kiss Mabel.
Mabel leaned out to kiss Jeff, then took out a leaf blower.
"Ah! Hey, hey, wait a minute! Whoa, whoa! Wh-what's goin' on?!" Jeff was sucked half-way into leaf-blower.
"That's for lying to me!" Mabel increased the sucking power. "THAT'S for breaking my heart!"
Jeff was slowly getting sucked in further. "Ow! My face!"
"And THIS is for messing with my brother!" She aimed and look to Dipper. "Wanna do the honors?"
"On three!" Dipper said.
"One, two, three!" They blasted Jeff towards the Gnome Monster that exploded into separate gnomes with Jeff flying off into the distance.
"I'll get you back for this!..."
"Who's giving orders? I need orders!" A Gnome asked.
"My arms are tired."
Mabel moved the leaf blower back and forth, blowing gnomes away as Dipper addressed the Gnomes. "Anyone else want some?"
The Gnomes ran off on all fours; one getting caught in a six-pack holder. Gompers picked the six-pack holder up and ran off. "
"Hey, Dipper? I, um...I'm sorry for ignoring your advice. You really were just looking out for me." Mabel said.
"Oh, don't be like that. You saved our butts back there." Dipper replied.
"I guess I'm just sad that my first boyfriend turned out to be a bunch of gnomes." Mabel admitted.
"Look on the bright side. Maybe the next one will be a vampire!" Dipper pointed out optimistically.
"Oh, you're just saying that!"
"Awkward sibling hug?" Dipper offered.
"Awkward sibling hug."
Dipper and Mabel hugged and patted each other. "Pat, pat."
The two walked into the Mystery Shack and Stan noticed them. "Yeesh. You two get hit by a bus or something? Ahah!"
Dipper and Mabel simply began to walk away.
"Uh, hey! W-wouldn't you know it? Um, I accidentally overstocked some inventory, so, uh... how's about each of you take one item from the gift shop? On the house, y'know?" Stan offered.
"Really?" Mabel asked.
Dipper folded his arms. "What's the catch?"
"The catch is do it before I change my mind, now take something." Stan answered.
Dipper and Mabel looked around the items.
Dipper picked up a blue pine tree hat from one of the shelves and looks in a mirror. "Hmm. That oughta do the trick!"
"And I will have a..." Mabel grabbed an item from box, hid it, and twirled around. "GRAPPLING HOOK! Yes!"
"Wouldn't she rather have, like, a doll, or something?" Stan asked.
Mabel fired the grappling hook up at the ceiling; it caught and pulled her up. "GRAPPLING HOOK!"
"Fair enough!" Stan conceded.
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Mabel and Dipper were back in their bedroom, Dipper was writing while Mabel jumped on her bed, laughing.
Xxx
This journal told me there was no one in Gravity Falls I could trust.
Xxx
Dipper looked at Mabel.
Xxx
But when you battle a hundred gnomes side-by-side with someone, you realize that they've probably always got your back.
Xxx
Mabel shot the grappling hook, and then reeled it back with a stuffed animal attached.
"Hey, Mabel, could you get the light?" Dipper asked.
"I'm on it!" Mabel knocked light out the window with the grappling hook. "It works!"
They both laughed. "These grappling hooks..."
Our uncle told us there was nothing strange about this town. But who knows what other secrets are waiting to be unlocked.
Down below Stan walked in holding a lantern. He walked into the gift shop and put a code into the vending machine. The machine opened, and Stan walked inside, looking side-to-side before closing it behind him.
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"Not bad for a couple of brats."
He had been watching the two kids escape those gnomes and was impressed by how they took down the Gnome Giant.
"They're no Huntsmen but they have what I need." The person said, seeing the book in Dipper's hand. "Right under Stan Pines' nose and he doesn't even suspect it. I don't know whether to laugh or be terrified."
They were worth keeping an eye on for the moment.
But right now he had a job to do.
Xxx
Jack Spicer looked out the window of the private jet belonging to his parents, knowing it would take day or two to reach the airport closest to Gravity Falls.
"Well, it'll be nice to see what life's like over there." Jack mused.
Xxx
Edd sat in the back seat of his parent's van, waving good bye to his friends as the car drove out of Peach Creek. By his estimation it would be nearly a twenty four hour trip to Gravity Falls and fortunately Edd had plenty of books to keep him occupied.
Xxx
"So what's the name of this place you and Dexter are going to, Grandpa?" Dee-Dee asked, watching as her Old Dexter's robot servants packed any personal belongings of him and grandson onto the DexLabs jet.
"Gravity Falls, Dee-Dee. A simple business trip. You just continue your studies with Uncle O'Reilly and we'll be back." Old Man Dexter said, patting her granddaughter on the head.
Dee-Dee nodded happily. "Okay, Grandpa. Have fun!"
Xxx
Hoagie was in the car with his mother and brother, ready to see what things were like in Gravity Falls. Last he heard from his friends Nigel was still unconscious and Hoagie hoped he was okay. Hoagie decided to remember to pick a souvenir from Gravity Falls on the way back for Nigel when he woke up.
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"Your first mission is Gravity Falls. Locate the Mystery Shack and destroy the machine in the hidden basement."
The girl looked at the map of Gravity Falls. "My first mission."
"Bill Cipher represents an unacceptable threat to us. The machine that can bring him here must be destroyed before it is repaired and activated." The creature hiding in the dark woods stated. "You already have a partner."
"And he can handle anyone stupid enough to stop us." The girl said, turning around. "Tell him we will handle Cipher but hurry up on finding the Elementals."
"As you wish, Mistress."
"I'd prefer you call me…Mandy."
