Hey guys, here's another chapter written by me! Thank you to a user named 'Guest' for suggesting what type of worlds I should do next (including this chapter) and with a little bit of twist, I wrote it. So here goes, hope you guys enjoyed. (Had a lot of fun writing this)
Disclaimer: I do not own Gravity Falls but I do own the plot and the OCs.
Chapter 11: Something About That Boy
Meanwhile, back with the group…
"Ouch, talk about a hard landing…" Wendy groaned as she softly rubbed her back.
"You can say that again…" Soos agreed while lightly patting his head.
"Is everybody okay?" Mabel asked.
"I think all of us are fine." Dipper replied.
"But where are we?"
"Hang on, let me see what I can find." Dipper said as he opened his backpack and shuffles through his things. Until he finally found the maps of the dimensions and put it where his friends could clearly see.
"Hm…. What's this? No, wait, that can't be right." Dipper mumbled to himself. It took a brief moment to realize that there's no map that he read that describe the dimension that they are currently in.
"Oh no, did I left it somewhere else?" He continued to mumble to himself.
"Dipper, hold on. As far as I could remember, Ford only gave us five maps." Mabel exclaimed.
"Yeah…. And?"
"So, it means that Ford only gave us maps that are relevant to the quest and you didn't lose any." Wendy continued.
"So… It means we're stranded here?" Dipper asked in an underwhelming tone.
"Yeah… No, well, not really. I mean we could still check this place out for a few minutes." Wendy claimed in hopes to explore their new surroundings.
"Um… I don't wanna be the wet blanket… But, the world could be frozen in a matter of… days." Dipper said while slowly putting both of his hands in his pockets.
"Oh c'mon, dude. I'm with Wendy on this one. Just a little bit of a walk and we'd be outta here before you can even say guacamole." Soos said.
"Please, Dipper… Pretty please with loads of sprinkles on top?!" Mabel exclaimed.
Dipper let out a sigh of defeat. "Fine…. But only for a short while." He stated while smiling softly.
The group began their adventure to 'chill' and loosen the stress that their hurried quest has given to them. They all agreed to take a short walk into this new realm, explore and have a little bit of fun instead of rushing through things. Instead of feeling relaxed and wrapped in wonders this new dimension holds, the group felt terrified. The night sky dimly lit the horizon with only a few stars illuminating it. Not to mention, they're surrounded by a mysterious fog that appeared out of nowhere.
The damp and muddy ground were covered with footprints with each step they took, because of this; their shoes were dipped in much more dirt than it used too. Strangely, from the looks of it, the muddy ground felt way too damp. Even the scent of Earth could be smelled like it just recently rained. But that's odd, an 'Earth' smell from another dimension? Maybe, it's all in their head.
And then, they heard a sound.
"Argh! What was that?!" Soos asked, in panicked. The chubby handyman couldn't help himself from screaming due to the spooky environment.
"Sorry, that was me!" Mabel apologized. "I accidentally stepped on a twig but I didn't think that it was going to make so much noise." She continued while revealing a small twig beneath her feet.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"Well, I think it's better if we'll be on our way." Wendy chuckled. The redhead brushed her fingers through her hair.
Just when the group was about to leave, they heard a sound of laughter not so far from them. The tone of such laughter sounds like whomever or whatever it is was mocking them, playfully.
"You're not from here, are you?" The voice asked.
The group turned around to see the direction of where the question was coming from. It was coming from a tree. To be more specific; a silhouette of a boy was sitting at one of the branches of the tree. The tree was unbelievably tall; much taller than the trees compared to Earth. Dark green leaves beautifully bloomed out of the tip of the branches, creating a unique pattern. Since the group was still far way in distance, they had a hard time trying to figure out who or what the silhouette actually is.
"No, we're n-not." Mabel replied. "Who are you?"
"Oh, how rude of me… Where are my manners?" The boy chuckled mischievously. "I'm Owen."
That boy vaguely looks like a fourteen-year-old, more or less. His soft, baby-like, pale skin looks like it 'glows' soothingly under the moonlight, hair darker than the darkest of nights, neatly combed back, dressed in a simple black T-shirt, he approached the group in a polite manner. As he smiled, his teeth shone distinctively like a toothpaste commercial on TV, revealing one his fang.
"Awwww, he's so cute! Look at his cute smile!" Mabel delightfully squealed.
"Mabel… Shhh… We don't know who or what he is." Dipper responded.
"Oh, please. I mean no harm." The boy claimed. "Aren't you guys tired of jumpin' in fear all the time? So, why don't you follow me and have some tea?"
"Ooh, tea sounds awesome right now." Soos replied.
"Splendid! Now, come, let's go!" The boy exclaimed.
The boy took the lead and walked first, unbeknownst to him, the group didn't even make the first step to follow him. Once he reached out of earshot, Dipper lightly punched Soos' shoulder, "Why would you wanna have a cup of tea with, I don't know, a monster?"
"Dipper, dude, chill, it's not like he's going to gouge our eyes out." Soos chuckled. "From the looks of it, he looks like a pretty nice kid. And let's admit it, he is kinda cute."
"Yeah, but don't you think it's a bit weird that- that creature or whatever he is, just comes to us and offer us tea?!" Dipper asked in disbelief. "Besides, don't you know that it's not okay to judge a book by its cover? Haven't you guys learned anything from horror movies?"
"But that's the point, Dipper. First, Owen is not a book." Mabel replied.
"Yeah, no kidding." Dipper replied under his breath.
"Second, he's just trying to be nice. Even if he is a monster, we have each other, all four of us, to help each other out." Mabel stated, reassuringly.
Dipper, once again, let out a sigh of defeat. "Fine."
After that brief debate they had, the group followed the boy's direction and hurriedly walks to catch up so they won't get left behind. Well, that is except for Dipper, the brunette reluctantly moves his legs forward due to the fact that he is still ticked off that the group wants to have a flippin' cup of tea with an unknown creature.
"Here, we are!" Owen exclaimed, energetically. "Welcome to Dusk Town! Where it's always night, no matter what time it is."
Owen showed them around the town. The people there are strangely pale. From the looks of it, the fellow people seem to absolutely adore the colour, black, since literally everybody wears black. But the fact that shocked them the most was that everyone in town looks like a fourteen-year-old. The group found this quite unsettling but since everyone looked at them with welcoming eyes and a genuine smile, they didn't really let it bother their already troubled minds.
"And here, you could see our adorable swans swimming in this lake!" Owen pointed to his right and showed them a bank of black-feathered swans swimming gracefully until one of them viciously gnaw on a fish that just happens to swim nearby.
"Nothing unusual there, folks." Owen said, completely undisturbed by the situation.
Owen continued to lead the group and gave them a quick tour of his untypical home world.
"Oooh, right there, folks. We're almost there!" Owen announced gleefully as he pointed to a house not too far from where they were walking. "Oh, of course, before we have tea, I wanna let you guys visit one of my favourite places ever! The Garden of Terror!"
"Yikes, this can't be good. I can already tell from the name." Dipper thought to himself.
Owen led them to a garden with beautifully-built gates guarding the main entrance. He chuckled gleefully and showed them lots of beautiful flowers that resembled closely to Earth's plants. The group admired their surroundings with amazement; they've never seen anything so beautiful. Well actually, they have, maybe even more beautiful but as of right now, this garden blew away their mind.
The garden was filled with a magical aura. It sounds weird but they could feel it soothingly runs through their veins. The group breathed in a relaxed gesture showing that they feel calm and safe.
"This place is no ordinary garden, is it?" Wendy asked.
Owen paused and grinned widely looking at them.
"I'm surprised you catch on so quickly." Owen stated. "But indeed, it's a wonderful garden! Even though, the name says otherwise."
"Hey, lemme show you guys something." He continued with a mischievous giggling. He led them to a bouquet of unique looking flowers not too far from where they were standing. Those flowers look surprisingly similar to a rose except its orange and oddly glowing.
"This here is a fire rose." He pointed to the flowers mentioned. "You could say that it's a very special flower. If you make solid contact with it, it would set itself on fire! Isn't that cool?" He said amusingly as he demonstrated it to the group. The group was bewildered with amazement as they watched what happened before them.
"What the? How?" Dipper asked in confusion.
Chuckling was his first respond.
"Ahahaha, you can't question miracles, boy. Oh, I almost forgot, I haven't even asked for your names." Owen remarked.
"Well, I'm Mabel." Mabel introduced herself, firstly. "This is my brother, Dipper, that cool girl is Wendy and that fun guy is Soos!"
"Ah, you guys have delightful names."
"Thanks, I got it for my birthday." Soos exclaimed with a slight giggle.
"Oooh, I wanna show you more. This is the drowsy dandelion; its spores could leave the victim fall in a deep sleep. Isn't that cool?" Owen exclaimed gleefully. "Lemme show you."
Coincidentally, a bird flew not too far away from their current position and Owen tested it out; he blew the dandelions towards the bird and some of the spores put the little critter to sleep. Once again, the group was delightfully shocked at this discovery.
"Oooh, don't worry. It doesn't do any actual harm towards that lil critter besides putting it to sleep." Owen carefully stated.
He continued to show them many miracle plants that grew in their current dimension. Surprisingly, even fruits and berries have special qualities. For instance, he showed them a handful of blueberries that gives off a cloud of smoke if slammed brutally on the ground, bananas that if threw solidly on the ground would trap and pull in foes similar to the ways of a quicksand would and much more. About an hour have passed, Owen finished showing them all the wonders of the plant life that grew there, even taking some as a souvenir.
"Welp, I think that's all of it." Owen stated while scratching the back of his head. "I really hope you guys enjoyed the short tour that I gave. I mean there's not many places I could really show you."
"Oh, are you kidding? That was so fun! I never knew I could have so much fun messing around with gardens!" Mabel giggled.
"Really? Well, glad that you enjoyed. Now, let's head back and get you guys that nice cup of tea."
"This tea is the bomb!" Wendy complimented as she took another sip.
"Why, thank you! So tell me, what brings you guys into town? This town doesn't normally get visitors." Owen asked, curiously.
"We're actually travellers from another dimension." Soos said, bluntly.
"No way."
"Yes, way!"
"If you don't mind, will you please tell me more about it?"
"Well, we're actually on this epic quest to retrieve stones from another dimension to stop this evil demon that's gonna destroy E-" Soos was cut before he was able to finish his sentence.
"Soos!" Dipper nudged his elbow at him. "This is confidential matters." He continued in an annoyed tone.
"Wait, Dipper, are you saying that you don't trust me?" Owen asked.
"Don't take this the wrong way, Owen. It's just that we just met you and I don't think it's really, you know, appropriate to tell a random stranger about what we're going through." Dipper explained.
"But I'm not a bad guy." Owen spoke. "I showed y'all one of my favourite places ever to visit! And I even gave y'all those berries and whatnot as a souvenir."
"I'm not saying you're a bad guy." Dipper sighed.
"Maybe, I could help you." Owen insisted.
"Dipper…. Just tell him, it'll be okay." Mabel spoke softly as she puts her hand on his shoulder. "He sounds like a nice guy and he could be really helpful for this quest."
"Argh, fine." Dipper sighed in defeat. "We're on this quest to get gems from other dimensions in order to stop a demon named Chaos."
"Chaos…." Owen dropped his cup and tea spilled all over the floor.
"Wh-why? Do you know him?" Wendy asked.
"Who doesn't?" Owen stated, emptily. "He's a horrifying monster that ruled over worlds a long, long time ago. But I never thought that he'll come back, at least, not yet."
The group stared at Owen silently for quite a long time.
"I want in." Owen stated.
"Whoa, what?" Mabel asked.
"I wanna join you. I wanna help you guys defeat that monster."
"Oh my gosh! Guys, please say yes!" Mabel asked excitedly.
Wendy, Soos and Dipper looked at each other and then proceed to gaze upon Mabel. After a while, they agreed to let Owen joined the team as they figured that they're going to need a lot of allies to help 'em on this quest. Their answer left Mabel jumping in excitement.
"I won't let you down and I won't ever betray you! That's a vampire promise." Owen vowed, confidently.
"WAIT, WHAT?!" Mabel shrieked in a high pitched voice.
"Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that you're currently in a dimension inhabited by vampires. That's why it's always night time around here." Owen explained.
Hearing his answer, Mabel melted to the floor like an ice cream on the hottest day of summer. Her cheeks redder than ever due to her blushing in excitement like crazy, Owen found this funny and quite cute.
"Ah, please excuse my sister. She's a super fangirl when it's about vampires." Dipper spoke.
"That's okay. In fact, I find it quite charming." Owen giggled at the plain sight of Mabel. "Anyway, I'm sure I will provide a good service for you guys. I've been studying dimensions for about 200 years now and you could say that I'm pretty good at it."
"That sounds amazing! W-wait, did you just say 200 years?!" Dipper asked in disbelief.
"Well yeah. You heard that right." Owen laughed lightly. "We vampires stopped aging once we reached the age fourteen."
Dipper and Soos looked at each other in pure shock. "So, how old are you now?" Soos asked.
"1400 years old." Owen replied proudly.
A/N: Yes, I read all of the reviews that you guys have left in the review section. Any sorts of suggestion that could be put in this story are kept in mind. Thank you for the helpful suggestions and if anybody is thinking of suggesting more ideas, I prefer PMs since it's easier to exchange ideas. ((Feel free to leave a review!))
Oh and a slight summary for our new friend, Owen: He's a knowledgeable vampire that will play a vital role onwards. Throughout the story, Mabel and Owen will continuously flirt with one another, as the crush is mutual, in a playful way but nothing too explicit.
