Dipper's Guide to the Unexplained: the Hide Behind

It was 7:30 am and we were already walking in direction of the Mystery Shack to meet the twins. Clara had woken me up telling me, more like shouting at me, that Dipper had called to inform us that Mabel and him were gonna go look for some creature at the woods. She made me get up quickly and run outside of our bungalow, without letting me stop to have breakfast. That morning I was in a pretty good mood, Bill hadn't bothered me at all and I had slept very well.

When we arrived to the shack, Clara knocked softly on the door and after a few seconds, Mabel opened it and greeted us whispering.

"Hey! Grunkle Stan is still asleep, so don't make a lot of noise." We walked to the kitchen, where Dipper was waiting for us while having breakfast. "Do you want to eat something?" Clara and I both nodded and Mabel went off to fetch something for us. "A glass of Mabel Juice for you and a mug of coffee for you." She gave our drinks to Clara and me respectively and Dipper gave us some toasts and butter.

"So..." I started after I sipped on my coffee "What are we gonna do?"

"Well... We're recording some videos called 'Dipper's Guide to the Unexplained' and I want to go and look for one of the creatures of these woods, the Hide Behind." Dipper explained to us while taking his dishes to the sink.

"Cool..." Clara muttered in awe "So... We can be in your video, right?"

"Sure! The more people, the better!"

We finished our breakfast and went to the attic, where Dipper explained us what he had planned; to go out and ask people about the Hide Behind. He handed Mabel and camera and asked her to start recording. She turned the camera on and whispered to Dipper, while he finished writing on a cardboard sign:

"We're on!"

"Oh." He cleared his throat and started talking "Hello. And welcome back to Dipper's Guide to the Unexplained." Clara held up a UFO keychain from behind the camera and made it buzz "Thank you. Today we investigate Gravity Falls anomaly #132: The Hide Behind." Dipper held the title card up as he smiled. Mabel stopped recording and Dipper opened the Journal, showing the page where the creature was shown to the camera, and hestarted recording this time. "Local lumberjacks tell of a mysterious creature, always just out of sight." He pulled a picture of its footprints out, showing it too "But these photos suggest it might actually be real! Either way, I intend to find out!"

"YAAAH! HIDE BEHIND!" Mabel shouted after jumping out at Dipper, making him scream and drop the camera as we laughed.

After we stopped laughing we picked everything we needed and went to the house of Soos. We had the intention of interviewing the people of Gravity Falls and we needed his help with the microphones and all that stuff.
"Hey, dudes!" He greeted us when he opened the door as he high-fived each one of us. "Let's do this!"

The first place we went to was the sawmill of Manly Dan a.k.a Wendy's dad. We walked to him, as we had heard he had had an encounter with the Hide Behind.

"Hello, Mr. Corduroy. Can we ask you a couple of questions about the Hide Behind?" I started talking when he stopped cutting wood with his axe "We're doing a documentary and..."

"Of course!" He exclaimed with his deep voice and he gestured us to get away from the zone where his sons (even thought one of them was a little kid) were cutting trees down. We started preparing everything, before we nodded at him, and we turned the camera on. He started talking as I held up a cardboard that had written 'Manly Dan. Lumberjack / Punching enthusiast' on it "Hide Behind? Oh, he's real alright. REAL AS MY BEARD! He was behind me once; made this sound: tchktchktchktchktchktchk." He said wiggling his fingers, making me look at him in confusion "Mighty spooky."

A loud creak and we all turned our heads at the sound, all of us but Manly Dan, who was occupied looking of in the distance. The tree that Dan's sons were cutting down started to fall.

"DAD!" his oldest son shouted as the three of them started running away from it.

"It's comin' down!" his middle son exclaimed, but they were ignored.

"DADDY'S DOIN' A MOVIE! He's doin' a movie now." He shouted back, not even bothering to turn around. The tree fell on a shack, where I suppose they had their tools and material needed for their work.

"Well... I think we've got everything we need..." Clara said nervously while starting to pack our things "We... We've got to go." She turned around and we all started running away from him, afraid that he might be angry with us because of what had happened to his shack.

When we reached the parking lot in front of Lazy Susan's we stopped running to catch our breath, before entering to interview Lazy Susan herself. We positioned ourselves and started recording, repeating what we had done with Manly Dan. Clara hit the recording button of the camera and Mabel held the cardboard with Lazy Susan's information 'Lazy Susan. Waitress / Smells like onions'.

Gray mustache man Can I get a refill ma'am? Refill?" A man with a gray moustache said to her, but she ignored him and continued pouring an overflowing a cup of coffee.

"Oh, the Hide Behind is definitely real. He might even be behind me right now! Let me see..." She started turning around and around while making some kid of siren sound saying 'Whoa'. This continued for two minutes and the man of the moustache looked at the camera while raising his hands. We bid her goodbye, but she continued turning around and spilling coffee as she did so.

"Okay... That was weird." I laughed as we made our way back to the shack to interview Stan, who we supposed had to be awake by now. Clara started imitating Lazy Susan while Mabel imitated the moustache man, making us all laugh.

"Are you sure we should interview Stan?" Dipper asked me after we stopped laughing.

"Of course! I think he's one of the most sensible people in this town. You know... Most of them are a bit..." I put my finger on my temple and whistled as I moved it.

"Hey, that's not true!" Mabel exclaimed looking at me and putting her hands on her hips "For example, Grenda and Candy are perfectly fine!"

"Just what I meant." I looked at Dipper while gesturing at his sister.

After that we continued walking until we reached the shack, where we found Stan sitting in a sofa, while drinking a can of Pitt.

"Hey! Back so soon?" He asked us when we got near him.

"Actually no. Grunkle Stan, can we ask you what you know about the Hide Behind?!" Mabel asked him excitedly and Stan shrugged, saying that he didn't know a thing.

We positioned ourselves for the third time and Dipper showed the cardboard ('Grunkle Stan. Great uncle / Mediocre boss') and I held the camera.

"Don't believe every legend you hear, kid. The people in this town are literally the dumbest people in the world. Literally." Stan started talking with a tired voice "The Hide Behind's just a rumor. You want a mystery? How about the mystery of why— "Something dark run behind Stan and into some bushes. Making us gasp in surprise.

"That's it!" Dipper exclaimed snatching the camera from my hands and running after it.

"Hey, we're doin' an interview here! Kid!" Stan shouted at him as Mabel called his name.

After half an hour he came back to the shack running and made us follow him to where he was sure the Hide Behind was. But it wasn't there, so we had to continue walking and following the sounds it was making. We reached a tiny tree in the middle of a clearing, if the thing was behind the tree it was impossible for it to escape.

"Alright. After hours of searching, I've narrowed it down to this tree." Dipper said to the camera and turned it around, making it face him "I know what you're wondering. How do you catch a creature who's always right behind you? How about..." He gave the camera to Clara and walked away, showing the suit he had made in... Five minutes? At the shack and he had been running with it on "A mirror suit! Nothing's going to sneak up on old Dipper— AAH!" He started boasting but his sister threw herself at him from a branch, knocking him over and making him scream in fear.

"BLIND SPOT!"

"AAH! Oof! I'm down! Dipper down!" He shouted waggling his arms around and trying to get up.

Clara stopped recording and helped Dipper up as I was busy laughing my ass off. I wiped away my tears as Dipper huffed, taking the suit off and putting it carefully on the floor. He grabbed the camera and turned it on.

"This is it. Get ready to finally be seen, Hide Behind! In 3... 2... 1..." He talked as he walked to the tree, only to find an owl with a maraca in its mouth. "A-ha! What?!"

"What the Hell?" I asked in confusion, looking at the bird.

"Wow! Cool! Maraca owl!" Mabel exclaimed looking at it in awe.

Dipper turned the camera off but placed it in a tripod and turned it on again as he groaned.

"Well, based on lack of evidence, I have to conclude, anomaly number 132, the Hide Behind, just a legend. Let's go guys..." He sighed and started to walk away, leaving the camera behind.

"Err... Dipper? The came..." I started to say to him. He was leaving the camera behind!

"Just continue walking. It's part of my plan." He then turned around, after a creak was heard "What was that? Meh, nothing." We kept on walking until we got back to the Mystery Shack.

"Seriously Dipper, why is the camera in the woods?" I asked him once we got inside of the shack and he grinned excitedly before answering me.

"The Hide Behind probably followed us when we were leaving the woods, so..."

"The camera must've recorded everything!" I exclaimed in realization "You are a genius Dipper! We've got to go back to get it!" I hugged him and grabbed his hand pulling from him in direction of the forest.

This had been the first time I had made that I hugged him since the 'Bipper incident'. He had made it pretty clear that it was uncomfortable for him after what Bill had told him, which still remained a mystery to me, as I didn't want to make Dipper talk about it. But at the same time I wanted, was I a bad person for wanting that? I knew that Bill was a huge pervert, so I could only imagine what he had told Dipper.

"Oh my God! Sorry!" I exclaimed releasing his hand when I realized this "I didn't mean to..."

"Hey Alice, it's ok. I know you've been avoiding any physical contact with me, but seriously, I'm fine." He said to me smiling "I must confess that it's been difficult to me, every time you touched me I remembered Bill and... What... He said. But, now I'm more worried about you. You've got to be careful." He said in a serious tone and I nodded.

We got back to where we had left the camera and took it back to the shack. We all sat in the living room and connected the camera to the TV. We watched everything and when the moment we were all waiting for came there was silence.

The image showed us a dark tall and skinny creature with glowing yellow eyes as its only facial features. It was following Dipper and me while hiding every time we turned around. It was extremely flexible; it could bend and crouch to hide behind everything.

"Yes! We did it!" Dipper cheered and quickly opened the journal to add the new discovery. "But there's still something that we don't know. Why does it hide? The journal doesn't mention anything. The author didn't even question it, but there's even a poem!"

"Don't worry! Tomorrow morning I'll tell you why he hides." I said confidently to him and cut him off before he could question me "I've got my ways."

i went back with my sister back to our bungalow after saying goodbye to the Pines and Soos. When we arrived I called a pizzeria to get something for diner.

"Clara, what do you want in your pizza?" I asked her as I waited for them to pick up the phone.

"BACON AND CHEESE!" She loudly cheered from my bed, where she was lying reading a magazine Mabel had lent her.

When they picked up the phone I asked for two pizzas, one for Clara and one for me (mine was a Carbonara Pizza. Seriously, I want to marry that pizza).

"Ok… Could you tell me the address?" The girl at the phone asked me with a bored tone. After I told her where we were staying she sighed and talked again "We don´t deliver to bungalows."

"Oh… Then… Just leave it at the guard´s cabin, I´ll pick it there." She hummed in agreement and I sighed in relief "Ok, thanks." I hung up and climbed up to my bed to lay with Clara. She moved a bit to the side and I placed my face on my pillow as I groaned.

"What´s wrong?" Clara asked without taking her eyes off the article she was reading.

"I´ve got to go to the guard´s cabin and I don´t want to. That creep is probably going to be there."I groaned again, my words muffled by the pillow.

"Is he the only guard?" She asked and I shrugged, hoping that she had looked at me "Why don´t you go out with him? Maybe he´s a nice guy."

I lifted my head and looked at her in disbelief. She was so innocent, I thanked that she hadn´t seen nor heard him trying, keyword: trying, to make a move on me, or even get in my pants. I was pretty surprised that Bill didn´t know about this; or that he hadn´t mentioned it. Seeing as he was really possessive and considered me as his. The question was: did I want to be his?

Putting my thoughts aside I sat up and climbed down, preparing myself mentally to deal with Jerry. Thank God there was pizza involved in this, because if there wasn´t I wouldn´t even bother on going out.

"I´ll be right back. Wish me luck." I stepped outside of the bungalow and walked to the guard´s cabin, but decided to wait a bit far from it, so I wouldn´t have to deal with Mr. Creepyman in case he was there.
When I saw the delivery guy arriving with the pizzas I got up from the spot I was sitting and got to where he was. I smiled at him and paid him, he gave me my change and left. I looked into the cabin and to my surprise Jerry wasn´t there, instead of him there was an old man reading a book. When he caught me staring at me he waved and gave me a warm smile, which I returned, before walking back to the bungalow.

Clara and I ate all of our pizzas as we hadn´t had lunch because of our investigation. After taking a shower and getting ready for bed we did just that, sleep hitting us quickly.

"Hello, love!" Familiar arms encircled my waist before I was able to even open my eyes.

"Hi, Bill…" I groaned trying to get out of his hold, but only being able to turn around, leaving our faces real close. "P-Personal space!" I stammered as I pushed him away, making him chuckled and let me go.

"So… What do you want to ask me?" He asked me as he laid in the air with his arms behind his head.

"How did you…? Whatever." I looked for a place to sit down and he snapped his fingers and a bean bag appeared in the… Floor? Everything was grey, so I really couldn´t tell "Today I went with…"

"Pine Tree, Shooting Star, Question Mark and your sister to look for the Hide Behind. I know, I know." He said interrupting me as he waved his hand in a bored gesture. I huffed, he probably knew what I wanted to know.

"Well, what I want to know is; why does the Hide Behind hide?"

"That thing is fear in its pure essence. It´s actually a Boggart, but the people of that dear town of yours have called it that way." He started explaining as he moved behind me, to start playing with my hair.

"A Boggart? Like in Harry Potter?" I asked, surprise showing in my tone.

"Yes, just like in those books. With the difference that this one is real." He pinched my cheek teasingly "What you´ve seen in your video is its real form. When it isn´t seen, it can´t take the form of your biggest fear, and this Boggart is so weak that it can´t even transform. That´s why it hides." He finished and lifted me by my waist to place me on his lap. At this point I was used of him constantly making physical contact with me, so I didn´t blush. "Now that I´ve answered your question… Don´t you think I should get something in return? You see… I´ve just told you one of the secrets of Gravity Falls."

"Sure. What do you want?" I said, my words dripping in sarcasm as I crossed my arms and huffed.

"A kiss would be nice~" His words made me blush, and laugh nervously "I´m not even asking for it to be on the lips, so don´t you worry, sweetheart." I turned around and pecked him on the cheek, making him smirk. His lips met the skin of my neck giving it light kisses, trailing up to my ear, which by now was red because of how flustered I was "That´ll do~ Now… We must depart, my lady, you´re waking up…" He kissed my cheek and whispered again in my ear "How I wish we could stay together longer. I´ll miss you."

A/N:
Chapter 10 is done!
I got the Journal #3 as a birthday present and it had a bit more of information about the Hide Behind, but not a lot *sighs*.
Anyways! It´s great and I´m in love with it!
I wasn´t really sure about how this chapter would turn out, but I´m quite pleased with it.
Thanks to everyone that´s reviewed this story! It really makes my day! If you have any ideas just let me know, I´ll try to use them.
Thnks fr rdng!
~Alicia