Chapter Notes

Disclaimers: I do not own Gravity Falls

Author's Note's:

Me: OMG THIS CHAPTER HAS SUCH A TWIST!

Bill: Yeah it's pretty twisty if I do say so myself

Random Fan: So were back with Dipper right?

Me& Bill: NOPE!

Random Fan: (to me) You monster!

Me: You know you love me!

Random Fan: How could you!

Bill: Just read you baby

Random Fan: FINE! (Starts reading) Back with Mabel…

(Back with Mabel…)

Sumter South Carolina…

If Mabel had to describe the place in one word that word would be beautiful! Sure it wasn't LA or California, no it was something better; a small town full of people who obviously loved their family and friends.

"This place is hug how will we ever find them?" Pacifica asked.

"Let's just be grateful the orb didn't say New York or Chicago." Gideon said.

"Or something as equally challenging." Wendy agreed.

Mabel sighed. She and the other members of the Zodiac along with Ivan had been on the road for several hours. They were all hungry cranky and bored!

"Guys we don't have much time." Wendy continued. "I say we split up we'll cover more ground that way."

"I agree!" Ivan stated. "Well split up in groups of two and look for the Pine Tree."

"Okay Soos and I will go down together!" Wendy announced as she looked at a map of the Sumter area for guidance. "Mabel you and Pacifica check the south neighborhood. Gideon you and Robby will check the north. Ollie you and your brother check the east. Finally McGucket and Ivan will the west. Any questions?"

"Yes Say we find him or her?" Ivan said. "Where will we meet?"

"Game Stop!" Robbie exclaimed.

Ivan stopped in front of the Game Stop video game store.

"Seriously Robbie it's the end of the world and your thinking about video games?" Wendy snapped.

"Now Wendy, Robbie maybe on to something." Ivan said. "This video game store is small and easy to find each other in. plus it's right in the center of town."

"You know your right." Wendy admitted. "I would have never thought of that, nice work Robbie."

"Yeah well I do have my moments." Robbie smiled.

"Alright team we have our assignments now let's go!" Mabel proclaimed as she took one of the maps from the stack.

The team agreed and everyone went their separate ways. "You boys be safe now." Ivan told his grandsons.

"We will Grandfather Ivan." Ollie and Ben said together.

Ivan watched them go hoping they'd be safe in his absence.

(Following Mabel and Pacifica…)

They had been exploring the south neighborhood for no more than 15 minutes before Pacifica started complaining.

"This is hopeless well never find them at this rate!" Pacifica whined. "Why can't the orb just show us who it is?"

"Ivan says that it might have something to do with Bill being out of the rift." Mabel explained. "Imagine if he got a hold of the orb and it showed him exactly who the symbols of the Zodiac were and where to find them. We'd have no hope! It's protecting the Pine Tree because it can sense Bill's power."

"I guess that makes sense." Pacifica admitted. "But it does make this harder."

Mabel nodded her agreement, it was silly to think that this would be a slam dunk; but with so little time on their hands no one would say they blame her.

A few more minutes of silence went by… It didn't last long!

"This is crazy!" Pacifica screamed. "Look at them!" she gestured to all the families and people around them. "Anyone of them could be "THE ONE!"

"Well Ollie and Ben kind of resemble Gruncle Stan and Ford." Mabel reasoned. "So maybe this Pine Tree will resemble Dipper."

"Okay so what we start talking to people." Pacifica asked.

"Well since a new Dipper is twelve it's safe to say the next Pine Tree in line is younger since one is born every generation." Mabel explained.

"Okay so I guess that helps, I mean after all if we tried to explain this to an adult he'd probably think it was a game." Pacifica pointed out.

"Or that we're crazy." Mabel agreed.

"Yeah…"

The two girls looked around.

"Okay so let's talk to some kids." Mabel said.

"But what's our story?" Pacifica asked. "We're not from here, it's a small town; they'll notice."

"We just moved here." Mabel said. "We're sisters, and we're trying to get to know the other kids in our neighborhood."

Pacifica nodded. "Then let's start!"

Mabel nodded nervously as they approached a group of kids. "Hi I'm Mabel and this is my sister Pacifica." She told them.

"Hi!" the kids spoke in unison.

"We're new here." Pacifica said. "And we were hoping we'd make a few friends before school starts."

"You can play with us." One of the girls with red pigtails said. "We don't mind."

Mabel smiled. "Thanks."

They spent a good hour playing ball with the kids in the neighborhood park, but no one their reminded them of Dipper.

"So do all the neighborhood kids come here?" Mabel asked.

"Yep this is all of us." A boy named Bobby said.

Pacifica looked at her watch. "Oh no sis we promised our grandfather Ivan we'd met him at Game Stop before dark."

"Oh I guess we better get going then." Mabel agreed. "It was nice meeting you guys."

"Okay see you tomorrow." Bobby yelled.

The other kids agreed.

Mabel did her best to hold back tears as they began their journey back to Game Stop. Several days ago she had wished for time to stay still so she'd never have to grow up and leave Dipper. But now she wished for more than anything that she was at home with her parents and brother, ready to start the new school year. "I'm so stupid." She said.

"Mabel your not-" Pacifica began.

"No if I hadn't made that deal with Bill we'd never be in this mess." Mabel cried.

"Bill tricked you, and if you hadn't fell for it, he would have found another way." Pacifica reasoned. "It's not your fault, it's his; and he will pay for it!"

Mabel's stomach growled. "Man am I starving!" she admitted.

Pacifica smiled. "Here my mom gave me some money." She declared. Why don't we stop by the market place and get everyone an apple or something."

Mabel nodded looking to the Map. "The Market place is just up a head."

"Excellent!" Pacifica exclaimed. "See today is getting better already!"

Mabel smiled.

Several minutes later they were at the market place. "So red apples or sour green apples?" Pacifica asked.

Mabel looked around. "What? No sweet yellow apples?"

"I guess not." Pacifica said, looking disappointed. "Oh well baggers can't be choosers." She then turned to the shop owner. "Ten red apples please."

The shop owner smiled. "Of course."

Mabel watched him select ten ripe red apples from his cart. "That will be 5 dollars miss." The shop owner said.

Pacifica handed him a five and reached for the bag of apples, but before the shop owner could give it to her some kid in a baseball cap snatched it from his hands and raced off.

"Thief!" The shop owner declared.

"Hey that's ours!" Pacifica yelled chasing after the boy.

"Pacifica wait!" Mabel exclaimed chasing after her!

"Get back here you rat!" Pacifica cried. "You'll pay for making me run in these heels!"

"Pacifica please wait, there just apples; let him have them!" Mabel yelled.

"And let him get away with stealing from a Northwest? Never!" Pacifica exclaimed.

"We'll never catch him like this!" Mabel said tackling her.

Pacifica fell on her butt and looked around. "Great now we lost him! Way to go Mabel!"

"I don't think so." Mabel gestured to the alley behind them, there was a dark silhouette of some kid biting into what appeared to be an apple. Mabel gave Pacifica a nod.

Pacifica nodded back. "Let's get him!" she whispered.

The girls creeped up and tackled the figure.

"Hey this is my apple." A girl's voice screamed. "Get your own!"

"You're a girl?" Pacifica asked.

"Well of course I am!" the girl with dirty blood hair yelled.

"Wait where is your baseball cap?" Mabel asked.

"Baseball cap?" the girl asked. She gave them a weirds look and then started to laugh. "Oh I get it your looking for Timmy!" she said.

"Timmy?" the girls asked.

"Yeah he's some kid who steals food and passes it out to us homeless kids." The girl explained.

"Wait your homeless?" Pacifica asked.

"Is there a problem with that!" the girl snapped.

"No it's just." Pacifica held up her hands defensively. "If we had known we wouldn't have chased him, or tackled you."

"Yeah…" Mabel agreed.

"Oh well if you still want to find him he lives behind the red lobster restaurant, in the dumpster I think." The girl said.

"He lives in a dumpster?" Pacifica asked. "That is sooooo grossssssss!"

"I live in a cardboard box!" the girl snapped. "Some kids have all the luck!"

Mabel bit her lip. "I think we should go now." She stated, pulling Pacifica alone. "Sorry for bothering you; enjoy your apple."

"I can't believe that brat stole our apples just to pass them out to someone else." Pacifica said.

"I think it's sweet." Mabel said. "I remember Dipper use to give all his Halloween candy to some kids who got theirs stolen from some jerks in our home town."

"He gave all his candy away?" Pacifica asked.

Mabel nodded.

"To the less fortunate?" Pacifica went on.

"Yep!" Mabel answered.

The two girls froze.

"Oh my god Mabel do you think…" Pacifica began.

"The next Pine Tree!" Mabel exclaimed. "We let him slip through our fingers!"

"Okay calm down now where did the girl say he lived?" Pacifica said looking at the map.

"In the dumpster behind Red Lobster." Mabel answered.

"Here it's this way!" Pacifica took the lead.

The two girls ran the whole way there, and opened up the empty and cracked dumpster. "He's not here!" Pacifica huffed.

"No but he's defiantly our guy look!" Mabel pointed to a pile of chewed up pens. And wadded up paper.

"Hey isn't that the Zodiac?" Pacifica pointed to a painting on the wall of the dumpster.

It was!

"Wait, how could he know that?" Mabel asked.

"Hey!"

The girls turned to see the boy from earlier.

"I have a tomato gun and I'm not afraid to use it!" the boy yelled, holding up his weapon, ready to fire.

"Wow a gun made to fire tomatoes" Mabel said in awe. "How creative."

"EWWWW" Pacifica hid behind Mabel defensively. "It'll ruin my brand new shirt!"

"Listen Timmy were not here to hurt you." Mabel said calmly.

"How do you know my name?" Timmy screamed. "Did they send you?"

"No some girl with really filthy blond hair told us." Mabel answered.

"Susie!" Timmy snapped. "I always knew you could never trust a blond!"

"Hey blond girl right here!" Pacifica snapped.

"Yours is too perfect to be real!" Timmy yelled.

"HOW DARE YOU!" Pacifica was ticked now, but Mabel was more worried about something Timmy had said.

"Timmy who are they?" Mabel asked.

"The ones in my dreams!" Timmy snapped. "They know my name and try to cut into me with their long claws and big yellow eyes."

"Yellow eyes like silted snake eyes?" Pacifica asked.

"How did you know?" Timmy asked.

"Okay don't freak out." Mabel said as she began to draw on the map. "Did they look like this?" she held up a picture of bill that she drew on the Map.

"That's one of them!" Timmy yelled. "But there's a whole army of them! And that one tortures this boy screaming about some equation or another."

"…" Mabel was speechless.

"How can he know that?" Pacifica asked.

"I…I" Mabel forced herself to get her bearings. "Maybe Dipper and Timmy are connected or something."

"But Ollie and Ben don't dream about Ford and Stan." Pacifica said.

"Maybe it's because their dead now." Mabel reasoned. "Or maybe before they did have dreams about them, but didn't realizes it."

"Or didn't want to share it." Pacifica said. "I mean what if they dreamed about how they died?"

Mabel bit her lip. "I hope not."

"What are you whispering about?" Timmy yelled.

"Listen Timmy we've traveled many miles for your help." Pacifica yelled.

Mabel nodded. "We know you must be feeling like the end of the world is wearing down on your shoulders, but that's because it is!"

"What?" Timmy asked.

"Your dreams are real!" Pacifica said. "And if you don't help us thousands will die."

"How do I know I can trust you?" Timmy asked.

"Because were one of them!" Mabel exclaimed. "The picture you drew we're the symbols on that picture!" she explained. "I'm the shooting star, and Pacifica here is the Llama, and the other members. The six fingered hand, the shrine hat, ice, question mark, the spectacles, the pentagram, the broken heart; we're all here Timmy!"

"But what about the Pine Tree?" Timmy asked. "Who is he?"

"The boy you dream about the triangle monster Bill he calms him Pine Tree." Mabel answered.

"How can you know that?" Timmy asked.

"Because he's my twin brother." Mabel answered.

"Timmy lowed his tomato gun in awe. "You mean your Mabel!"

"He knows your name!" Pacifica screamed. "Okay I'm defiantly freaked out now!"

"How do you think I feel?" Timmy asked. "You know your brother's been saying you'll stop him." He said. "Will you?"

"We will but we need your help." Mabel told him.

"Why me?" Timmy asked.

"The triangle monster, Bill he turned Dipper into one of them he's no longer part of the circle. You're the new Pine Tree."

"I am?" Timmy asked.

Mabel nodded.

"And if you don't help us the world will end as we know it." Pacifica said.

"What can I do?" Timmy asked.

"Well for starters has Dipper given in yet?" Mabel asked.

"What?"

"Has he told Bill the equation?" Pacifica snapped.

"No I don't think so." Timmy answered. "But I'm not sure, I've stopped sleeping because I got tired of watching the torture."

Mabel did her best to hold back her tears. "It's okay, it means we still have time." "

What happens if Dipper gives him the equation?" Timmy asked.

"Then Bill gets out." Mabel answered.

"And what happens when he gets out?" Timmy dared to ask.

"Then no one will be safe." Pacifica told him.

"Then I'll help you!" Timmy answered.

"Great we're meeting the others at Game Stop." Mabel told him leading the way.

Timmy followed them quietly wondering what new journey lied ahead.

Mabel too was curious about this new chain of events, and wondered what Timmy's dreams meant for the safety of their world.

(Back at Game Stop with the rest of the Gang…)

"Where are they?" Wendy cried. "They were supposed to be here already."

"Maybe their lost!" Soos cried.

"Oh no my poor marshmallow lost in some foreign land!" Gideon cried.

"Now everyone calm down, I'm sure their fine." Ivan said. "Mabel seems like a very resourceful girl. And Pacifica looks like the kind of girl to punch first and ask questions later."

"Actually I sue first, mother says ladies don't resort in violence" Pacifica said as she and Mablealong with some kid walked up.

"Pacifica! Mabel" Everyone exclaimed. "Wait who's that?" Soos asked.

"Guys this is Timmy" Mabel said gesturing to the boy with dirty brown hair. "He's the Pine Tree."

"How do you know?" Wendy asked.

"That's actually something we wanted to talk to Ivan about." Mabel said.

Ivan looked confused.

"Timmy has been having dreams, about Dipper about what's really happening to him! He also had the zodiac drawn in his home!" Mabel explained.

Ivan looked at his grandsons, "Boys is there something you haven't told us?"

"Ok, ok" Ollie said. "So we may have had some nightmares about some triangle monster taking over some town." Ollie said. "But we saw it all in first person like we were living it ourselves."

"And then one day the dreams stopped." Ben chipped in. "When did they start?" Ivan asked.

"August 24th." Ollie answered.

"The day Bill took over?" Mabel was stunned.

"That's when my dreams started." Timmy said with awe.

"When did they stop?" Ivan asked.

"Some kid shot me." Ben said. "And I woke up thinking it was just some bad dream."

"The Triangle guy Bill, he picked me up and started squeezing me like a grape. I woke up gasping for air." Ollie answered.

"So you both woke up right before…" Mabel didn't finish.

"Right before what?" Ollie asked.

"Right before they died." Ivan answered. "All the generations from each symbol must have grown some kind of connection when Bill opened the rift. Maybe this was Time Baby's way of making sure the symbols would know their destiny if the time to use their power ever came."

"So Dipper is still alive?" Soos asked.

Everyone looked at Timmy…

"I stopped sleeping a few days ago." Timmy admitted. "But last I saw he was still alive, and fighting."

"Then we may still have time!" Ivan declared. "Hurry we must get back to the others as soon as possible!"

Everyone nodded and rushed to Ivan's Van where everyone plied in. Ivan then sped off down towards the interstate.

Mabel could only hope they'd all make it in time…

Chapter End Notes

Also I so have to share this with you guys MichiruCipher said something in the last chapter comments that totally made me wonder if she has super powers to read future chapters before there posted.

Her comment: "And so the Morning Star is truly born at the Darkest Hour, the Shooting Star shall weep after being filled with false Hope, and The All Seeing Eye will become blind to his own Demise."

Practically sums up the book!

Anyway Thanks for reading the next chapter will be up Friday.

Until then this is...

Emily signing off :)