Alright, credit where credit is dew time. I got this idea from BrightnessWings19, and by 'got this idea' I mean I read her chapter list and saw 'Mabel VS Feminintiy' and thought 'What A Clever Idea'. I got an idea from the Name of a Chapter and asked her if I was aloud to use it, yup, I'm that paranoid of being labeled a plagiarist. Either way she said yes because she's Awesome!
So if you like the Gravity Rises AU (which you must if you've gotten this far in my story) you should go check out her version of the story on Wattpad. It's like ridiculously good.
Inside the Gravity Falls Dinner Dipper Mabel and Stan eating their food, or at least trying to while Stan told jokes. "So I Says To The Guy, 'I'll Take Ten Of Them'!" He said getting both of the twins to laugh.
Dipper looked up and smiled. "Wow, what an incredibility funny end to a funny story. It would make absolutely no if you just heard that one line."
"I love long story jokes. There's so much build up." Mabel said.
Stan looked at them and smiled. "Frankly I prefer meta jokes, but long story jokes are pretty good too." He said.
Mabel smiled at him then looked around. "You guys think we should go back to the museum soon?" She asked.
"Nah, I doubt old Fordsy needs us right now. The store has been slow ever since that singer women came to town."
"Singer Women?" Mabel asked quietly.
"Angelica!" A man yells from another both, this caused Mabel to jump. She had somewhat expected an answer, but not from a stranger, and not so loud.
"Who's Angelica?" Dipper asked.
"The Greatest Singer." Said one man.
"An Inspiration To Society." Said another.
"She's beautiful." Said one more.
Stan leaned back and rubbed his chair and rubbed his chin. "Hmm, really? I might have to go see this, Inspiration to society." He said with a slight grin.
Mabel looked down and rubbed her arm before feeling Dipper nudge her. "We can't take Mabel though, she'd be jealous." He said with a grin.
Mabel pushed him lightly with a slight smirk. "Oh shut up, I would not."
Dipper grinned and poked at her. "Oh yeah you totally would, Your Always jealous about how other people look. You just never say it."
Mabel was quiet for a second, she hadn't expected him to say that, but a moment later she rolled her eye and sat back. "Oh shut up." She said somewhat having force a smile. She knew he didn't mean it as an insult, all the more reason not to let him see that it hurt her alittle.
The waitress walked up to the table. "Here's your bill sir have a good day." She said walking away.
Stan looked at the bill and rubbed the back of his head. "Ohh, maybe I shouldn't of ordered the triple bacon omelet with fifteen slices of bacon." Stan looked at it for a second before taking out a piece of paper and writing something on it and getting up. "Come on kids, Quickly Now." He said as they walked out.
The waitress walked back over to their table and picked up the paper. 'I.O.U'. She looked out the window and glared.
"Was that legal?" Dipper asked as they walked to the car.
"Define legal." Stan responded.
Mabel walked with them, being fairly quiet before seeing a flier adverting that Angelica was in town, apparently there was a small show starting soon. "Hey uhh, you two can go back to the Museum. I think I'm going to go see this show." She said picking up the flier.
Dipper looked back at her. "Alone? You sure you don't want me to come?" He asked, they generally didn't do stuff alone.
Mabel looked up gave a faint smile. "Dip do you really think your gonna have any fun seeing some singer lady?" She asked.
"Valid point." Dipper said opening the car door and jumping inside. "See you back at the museum Sis." He said waving at her.
"Have fun kido, don't take too long." Stan said before starting up the car.
Mabel smiled waved as they drove away before looking back down at the flier and walking down the sidewalk. '...I shouldn't be doing this, I Shouldn't be doing this. This is stupid, I Should Not be doing this.' She battered herself, but she couldn't talk herself out of it.
A piano started up, playing a soft intro before a gentle voice cut in. "Tale as old as time, true as It Can Be..." Mabel walked into a small dark room, there was tables all though out the room with most of them filled, all men. Mabel carefully walked around the room and tried to keep her gave down, she felt a knot in her stomach, maybe she should of let Dipper come. He would of made her feel alittle more calm and- Mabel stopped and looked up at the stage. There lit by dim lights was a young women sitting on a stool up on stage, she was tall and wore a tight red dress and had long black hair. "Just a little change change, Small to say the least. Both a little scared, Neither one prepared. Beauty and the Beast."
Mabel couldn't help but smile. And all too familiar song from one of her favorite movies. And Angelica really was an amazing singer, this actually calmed her down alittle as she went to sit down at on of the few empty chairs and folded her hands. She tried not to look around.
"Ever just the same, Ever a surprise. Ever as before Ever just as sure As the sun will rise." Angelica looked up and scanned the room, glancing at Mabel. Mabel shrank back alittle and Angelica looked away. "Tale as old as time, Tune as old as Song. Bittersweet and strange, Finding you can change Learning you were wrong. Certain as the sun, Rising in the east. Tale as old as time Song as old as rhyme Beauty and the Beast." She stood up as the song came to a close. "Tale as old as time. Song as old as rhyme, Beauty and the Beast." The lights came back on as she looked up and smiled. Everyone else stood up and clapped and cheered, Mabel stayed down but clapped and gave a faint smile.
Angelica smiled and stepped forward on the stage. "Thank you all for coming I hope you enjoyed the show. I hope to see you next time." She said before walking off the stage. People started leaving and Mabel got up from her seat and rubbed her arm, the knot was in her stomach again.
She walked down a short hallway and kept her gaze down slightly. 'Just go and talk to her, it's fine, calm down-'
"Can I help you?" Mabel jumped back and looked up, her heart was pounding. It was Angelica, she look down at Mabel with an unreadable expression.
Mabel felt herself shaking alittle and there was a lump in her throat. "Uhh Hi, umm..." Mabel rubbed head and looked away. 'Calm down. Take a deep breath and start by introducing yourself.' A piece of advice Dipper has given her several times. Mabel look down and took a deep breath before looking back at her. "Umm, my name is Mabel. I... I really liked your show." She said speaking up alittle.
Angelica gave a faint smile. "Thank you, I appreciate that." She looked around the room for a second before looking back at Mabel. Do you want to ask me something?" She asked.
Mabel looked down and rubbed her arm. She did want to ask something, but she didn't know how to ask it. Well no, she knew How to ask it, it was as simple as 'can you give me a makeover?'. Six words, it shouldn't be that hard but that gut twisting nervousness makes it almost impossible to say. "Um, yeah so..."
"Hmm, nervous and shy." Angelica folded her arms but still smiled. "I've seen your type before. Come on, follow me." She said before walking down the hall.
Mabel blinked a few times before hesitantly stepping forward. "Wait but you don't even know what-"
"You were going to ask Try to ask me if I'd give you a makeover but you were too nervous to know how to say it." She said swiftly.
Mabel stopped for a second, somewhat dumbfounded. "How did you know?"
Angelica glanced back at her and smiled. "Like I said, I've seen your type before." She said softly before walking up to a door and opening it. "Now please come inside my deer."
Mabel smiled faintly and did so. "Thank you Angelica." She said quietly.
Angelica laughed and closed the door behind her. "Please, call me Angie."
Dipper was cleaning some of the shelves as Waddles pushed around a sponge with his front hooves. Waddles looked up at him and gave a snort. "Good pig." Dipper said as he patted his head. The store was pretty much empty except for Deputy Blubs who was talking to Stan.
"What Do You Mean I'm Not Aloud To Do That?" He asked.
"I'm sorry Stanley but your not aloud to pay a bill with an I.O.U." Blubs started. "Now look, I don't wanna take you to jail. So for the sake of both of us just pay the tab and we'll forget about this."
Stan grumbled and took out wallet. "Yeah yeah whatever here ya go." He said handing Blubs the money.
Blubs counted the money before looking back at Stan and holding his hand again. Stan grumbled and gave him the rest of the money getting Blubs to smile. "There we go, have a good day Stan." He said before walking towards the door and past Mabel. "Hey kid- Oh, you try'en a new look?" He asked. Mabel was wearing a purple shirt with little pink hearts all around it, black pants with small gem like beads along the sides of it and her hair was slightly curled.
Mabel gave a small smile and nodded. "Yeah..." She said quietly.
"Huh, you look good kid. I gotta get to the car, if I keep Durland waiting any longer he'll go insane. See ya around!" He said heading to the car.
"Bye." Mabel said as she walked inside.
Blubs got inside the car and closed to go. "You ready to head out to the lake Sherif?" He asked.
"Yup." Durland said as he started up the car. "Maybe you won't wind up passed out in your basement for once." He said backing up the car.
Blubs groaned and rubbed his head. "That's the plan." Officer Blubs had gone out to the lake multiple times. And every time he would wake up in his basement with no memory of the night before. Hopefully this would be different.
Ford heard Mabel walk inside and looked up. "Hello Mabel, how was- whoa." He was abit taken aback by Mabel's appearance.
Mabel rubbed her arm and looked up at him. "Hey Grunkle Ford." She said with a faint smile.
Ford smiled. "Well, you look very nice Mabel."
Dipper over heard them talking and put his cleaning stuff down but stopped and looked a crosses the room.
"Wow dude, you look amazing. Did you go to some beauty salon place?" Soos asked.
Mabel smiled faintly and rubbed her arm. "Sort of, I actually talked Angelica and... she did this." She said quietly.
"Well that kind of her." Ford said with a smile.
"Yeah no kidding." Robbie started before looking at Mabel. "You look great Mabel."
Mabel looked down to hide her blushing. "Thanks Robbie." She said smiling.
Dipper was still standing a crosses the room, not moving for a second before smiling as he walked up to his sister with Waddles trotting next to him. "Hey Sis... Uhh, Wow." He said with a chuckle. "You look... different."
Mabel looked down and smiled faintly. "I decided to try something new." Waddles walked up to Mabel and looked up at her, giving a small oink. Mabel smiled and patted his head.
"Well you look nice." He said with a grin. But something in the back of his mind was bothering him. He wasn't lying, so it wasn't anything like that. What was it then? It didn't take him long to figure it out. It was a question; Why was she doing this all of a sudden?
"Dipper?" Mabel's voice pulled Dipper out of his thoughts.
Dipper blinked and grinned. "Oh, sorry Mabes. I spaced out for a second didn't I?" He laughed.
"Yeah just for a second." Mabel said with a faint smile.
Dipper chuckled and rubbed his head. "Whoops, well hey..." Dipper started as he walked over to look over for something. "You wanna go look at that old shack we found in the forest?" He asked. They had found a small red building out in the forest not too long ago. It was bigger than a shed but much smaller than a house. They would of looked though it before but it was getting dark. So they agreed to come back another day.
Mabel's face lit up. "Yeah! Come on lets go!" She said rushing over to the door.
Dipper laughed an ran after her. "Hey Wait Up!" Dipper was excited, and internally sighed with relief, though he wasn't quiet sure why.
The shack was run down, Very run down. It was obvious the door had been tightly locked at on point. But when the door is two steps from falling right off the hinges, all the locks in the world are not going to help. So the twins didn't have much trouble getting inside. Dipper shinned the flashlight around the room and watched tinny creatures and animals scramble a crossed the room. But he would often catch himself looking back at Mabel. She was rummaging though a small wooden desk, meticulously looking though every little drawer and everything inside of them. Dipper smiled alittle, feeling that same relief as earlier.
"Hey Dipper Come Here! I Think I Found Something. It's a bunch of weird notes about moon phases." He heard Mabel call out. Dipper chuckled and started to walk over to her. Yup, still acting like herself. But even in that moment that question was still there in the back of his mind. Why was she doing this all of a sudden..?
The two were back in there room. "I still don't get what all those notes were about." Mabel said sitting on her bed. She had recognized the moon phases along with with some articles talking about the gravitational pull of the moon. But that was about all Mable understood from it.
Dipper glanced at her from his side of the room and stretched his arms. "Well maybe we should take Grunkle Ford next time. He'll probably know more about it that us."
Mabel was quiet for a second before smiling. "Good idea Dip. I'm sure he'd be happy to come out with us."
Dipper smiled and sat down on his bed. "Yeah, probably. We'll talk about it more tomorrow. I'm getting tired."
Mabel smiled and turned off her light. "Alright, good night Bro."
"G'night Sis." He said turning out his light.
...All was quiet. Mabel fell asleep quickly, but Dipper was having trouble. Not because he was hyper or hyped up on sugar. It was because he couldn't stop thinking about that question. Then late at night, something clicked, the last time he saw her that day was at the Dinner. And then he remembered the joke he had made. THAT, was why she was doing this all the sudden. He had hurt her feelings. Dipper felt his stomach twist into a knot, he felt awful, but at the very least.
Dipper felt someone shaking his shoulder lightly, he groaned and turned away. "...Dip..." Mabel's voice, but he was to tired to to respond with little more than a groan. "Diipper..." Still no response.
Until Dipper felt something jolt him awake. "Bhaahaha! Mabel Cut it Out!" He said in a fit of laughter.
"Are you awake yet?" Mabel asked with a slight smirk as she tickled his sides.
Dipper laughed and pushed her. "Yes I'm Awhahake Hehehaha!" He giggled.
Mabel smiled and stopped. "Good, that's the first time I've had to do that in awhile. Did you have trouble getting to sleep?" She asked.
Dipper rubbed his eyes and smiled groggily. "Yeah alittle, just... to much sugar before bed." He lied as the Real reason came to his mind.
Mabel smiled and rolled her eyes. "You know your not suppose to do that. Now come on, time to get up."
"Alright, be down in a minute." Dipper said as Mabel headed downstairs. Dipper sat on his bed and looked down for a second before getting up and getting dresses. He wasn't quite sure what to do about this, or if he even Should do anything about it. But nothing would be accomplished but sitting up in his room. Dipper headed downstairs and sat at the table. "Morning Grunkle Ford."
Ford looked over at him, he was almost done cooking breakfast. "Good morning Dipper. How did you sleep?" He asked.
Mabel smirked at Dipper slightly. "I slept Fine." He said giving Mabel a light push.
Ford walked over to them and gave each a plate of scrambled eggs and bacon. "Good, today is probably going to another slow day. So you kids can do whatever you want today."
"What about me?" Stan asked.
"As long as you don't get nearly arrested again." Ford said.
"Awesome! Wait a minute..." Stan said pondering what Ford had just said. "Hey!" He yelled.
Mabel looked up and rubbed her arm. "Well, I might go to see Angelica again later." She said quietly.
Ford gave a nod. "Alright then."
Dipper glanced at his sister before looking back down at his food. He wanted to say something but wasn't sure what.
After the twins finished eating there breakfast Mabel got up and grabbed her coat. "Okay I think I'm going to get going." She said walking towards the door.
Dipper glanced at her before going to sit down on the arm chair. "...Alright, have fun with your your little beauty trip." He said with a faint grin.
Mabel smiled and rolled her eyes. "I'll be back later. See you later Dip."
"See ya Mabes..." He said as Mabel left. Dipper pick up the remote and turned on the TV. But he was barely paying attention to the show.
Stan looked over at him and quirked and eyebrow. "Hmm..." Stan walked over to him. "Something bother'en ya kid? You seem kinda quiet." Stan asked looking down at him.
Dipper rubbed his arm and nodded. "Yeah, kind of. It's Mabel... this isn't like her." He said quietly.
Stan nodded slightly. "Well you've known her alot longer than I have so I'll take your word for it. So what do You think is going on with her?" He asked sitting down next to him.
Dipper looked down. "I think that stupid joke I made yesterday upset her alittle." He grumbled, feeling frustrated with himself. Dipper was usually able to get away with making jokes that would bother Mabel if they came from Anyone else. Calling her things like 'geek' or 'nerd' was practically a term of endearment when it came from Dipper. This ironically enough though causes him to forget that there are some jokes even He shouldn't make. Particularly jokes about her appearance. She's always been somewhat insecure about how she looks, and the fact that Dipper knows about that just made him feel worse about telling the joke.
Stan had run through what Dipper had said yesterday for a second before figuring out what he was talking about. "Oh, right. So you think that the reason she's going to see that Angelica person."
Dipper nodded again. "Yeah, and knowing Mabel, there's no way she's actually going to Say I upset her." He mumbled.
Stan went quiet for a second before smiling faintly. "Well you seem to know her very well. So how do You think you should fix this?" He asked.
Dipper rubbed his head. "I guess I should just ...apologize."He said flatly.
"Well..?" Stan started, quirking an eyebrow.
Dipper chuckled alittle and got up. "Alright alright, I get it." He said as he pulled on his shoes. "I'll be back soon."
Stan chuckled. "Alright have fun kid."
Dipper walked outside, trudging through the snow. He still felt kind of guilty for what he said and upsetting Mabel. But feeling bad about it wasn't going to help anything, he had to fix this.
Angelica was back in her room when she head a faint knock on the door, she answered it and looked down to see Mabel who smiled back at her. "Hi Angie, I hope I'm not-" Before Mabel could even finish Angelica had already grabbed her hand and led her inside.
"Oh don't worry about my dear. Please come in." She said walking over to the the chair. "James come here please. Here Mabel let me take your coat." She said.
Mabel smiled and nodded as she pushed off her yellow coat before handing it to Angelica. "Sure, I had to bring it. It's the only coat I have and it's pretty cold outside." She said sitting down in the chair as a man walked in the room, he seemed rather quiet.
Angie looked at her and smiled. "Yes and of course we would never sacrifice practicality for fashion, but I think we might be able to find a nicer coat than this don't you think?" She asked getting a nod from Mabel. "That's the spirit." She said hanging Mabel's coat on a hook, but in doing so the journal fell to the ground. "Oh dear, what's this?" She asked picking it up.
Mabel looked over and jumped alittle. "Grunkle Ford's Journal!" She blurted out before covering her mouth. "Sorry..." She said quietly.
Angie laughed. "It's fine Mabel." She said looking though the book. "So, 'Grunkle' Ford researches stuff about monsters?" She asked.
"Yeah, well... him And me. Is that okay?" The moment Mabel asked that something clicked. Why was she asking that? She loved it, so why did Angelica's opinion matter?
"Oh yes it fine but... do you go outside to do this stuff?" She asked with a strange tone to her voice.
Mabel was confused by that statement. "Well yeah, there is no other way to do it." 'Plus going outside is part of the fun.' She thought to herself.
"But it takes So much time to get yourself to look just right. All that hard work and effort Wasted the moment you go outside! There's so many filth bugs and Mud and Weather!" Angelica said harshly while gritting her teeth, dropping the journal to the ground. "It's just so much easier to just stay inside?" She said, her voice growing soft again.
Mabel went quiet, to some extent she agreed with Angelica. It Did take a lot of time to look like this. To do all that just to spend the whole day outside made it seem... pointless. But Mabel was coming to Much different conclusion than Angie was. Mabel got up from the chair and carefully walked up up to her, grabbing the journal. "Maybe I should go." She said quietly.
Angelica's hand slammed on the desk next to her, her nails seemed oddly sharp. "Are you sure you want to do that?" She said in a low voice.
Mabel stepped back, feeling nervous. "Umm... yes." She said quietly, but then she noticed that there was something along her arm. Were those... feathers?
Angelica looked over her shoulder. "I think that would be a mistake, my deer." There was something strange about her eyes. They were not human.
Suddenly Mabel thought of something and opened up the journal, flipping through the pages before finding what she was looking for. 'Sirens were dangerous yet beautiful bird like creatures who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island. How one winded up in Gravity Falls I'll never know. I discovered that these creatures are able to alter their form, to the point where they almost looked entirely human.' The illustration below showed what I can only describe as a human bird hybrid. Mabel looked up from the journal, Angelica was looking right at her.
Angelica was somewhere between her human form and her 'bird' form. "So this, 'Grunkle' of yours knows a lot about the paranormal, does he?" She asked walking towards Mabel. But then suddenly the door swung open getting both Mabel and Angelica's attention.
It was Dipper. "Hey I Know Your Busy But I Really Need To-" Dipper stopped and looked around the room. "Uhh, I'm I interrupting something?" He asked alittle more quietly.
Mabel's eyes darted from Angelica to Dipper a few times. 'Dipper your timing could Not be worse.' She thought to herself.
Angelica looked at Dipper for a second before before grinning and walking towards him. "Your Dipper right?" Mabel had mentioned him the other day. She glanced at Mabel with a faint smirk.
Mabel stiffened. "Angelica..." 'Don't, you, dare...' She thought to herself.
Dipper shrank back alittle. "Uh yeah... I am. But what are you-" Dipper's thoughts were immediate cut off by Angelica's humming. And then he couldn't think for himself at all, except for the thought of 'What beautiful music'.
Angelica snickered and walked next to him. "Like I said before Mabel, I've seen your type before." She said as he placed a hand on Dipper's shoulder then starting to hum again.
Mabel kept a close eye on her and clenched her fist. "Angelica."
Angelica glanced at her and smirked. "And I know your type wouldn't want anything to happen to your brother." She said as she raised her hand to his throat. Her nail was more akin to a hawk talon, a very, very sharp talon.
Mabel flinched back and held up her hands. "WAIT! Don't Hurt Him!"
Angelica chuckled and looked at her. "Oh Mabel, if you just do as I say then no one will get hurt." She said before humming once more.
But it wasn't having the same effect on Dipper, he was more focused on something else. Mabel, was she... scared? That made Dipper snap out it and he quickly looked around, realizing the situation he was in before looking back at Mabel, fear obviously in his eyes.
Mabel gave him a look, trying to keep him calm before looking back at Angelica. "Okay, okay I'll listen." She said backing up alittle. "Just Please. Don't hurt him." Mabel's hand gripped around something, a perfume bottle. She looked back at Dipper and vaguely held up three fingers.
Dipper barely nodded and glanced up at Angelica. Angie laughed and looked at Mabel. "That's what I thought." One. "I knew you were smart Mabel." Two. "Now just put the book down and-" Three!
Mabel threw the perfume bottle against the wall enveloping the room in in a think fumy smoke. Angelica coughed and stumbled back rubbing her eye as Dipper pushed her hand away and rushed over to Mabel. "Come On Lets Get Out Of Here!" Mabel yelled running out of the room with him.
Angelica coughed more and finally cleared the smoke out of the room before looking around. They were gone.
Dipper and Mabel ran out of the building and didn't stop until they got out to the forest. They finally stopped to catch their breath. Dipper panted and looked behind them. "Do... do you think she followed us?" He asked.
Mabel took a few deep breaths and looked around. "No, I don't think so. Why did you come out there anyway Dipper?" She asked looking at him.
Dipper rubbed his head and looked down. "Well, I wanted to talk. I knew something was bother you."
"Was it really that obvious?" Mabel asked smiling sheepishly.
"To me it was." Dipper started with a faint grin. "I knew something was going on when you came back to the Museum dressed that way. So I tried to figure out what was bothering you. ...Then I remembered what I had said to you the last time I saw you before then." He sighed and rubbed his head. "Sorry about that Mabel, I shouldn't of said that." He said in an apologetic tone.
"It's fine." Mabel said rubbing her arm. "I shouldn't of taken it so personally, I was just being... my usual insecure self." She mumbled the last part.
Dipper looked down for a second before smiling back at her and putting an arm around her. "You know I don't care what you look like or how you dress right?" Mabel looked down and smiled shyly, giving alittle nod. "All I care about is that you still act like the same nerdy dorky sister that I've come to know and love." He said with a goofy grin.
Mabel looked up at him and smiled. "I know." She said quietly as she looked down and rubbed her arm. "But everyone else seemed to like how I look." She said quietly.
Dipper just chuckled and rolled his eyes. "Cause that's what family and friends Do Sis. They always complement you when you try some new look. Remember when Aunt Grace came to the family reunion in her..." Dipper started to snicker. "H- Hipy outfit." He said before bursting out laughing.
That got Mabel to finally laugh. "Yes, I do." She said with a smile.
Dipper grinned and rubbed her arm. "Everybody still complemented her and told her she looked great. It doesn't matter how you look to anyone... well anyone who actually matters anyway. Your perfect, just the way you are." He said nudging her side.
Mabel chuckled and pushed him. "Your so cheesy." He said with a smile.
Dipper just looked at her and smiled. "I know but... I Mean It."
Well that just might be the cheesiest thing I ever wrote. But people like cheese, so it's all good. Also I realize perfume bottles do not work in the same way as smoke grenades, but this is an AU of a cartoon which mean I'm aloud to use cartoon physics!
Also Greek Mythology For The Win! Originally I was going to use Medusa but when I got the idea to make her a traveling singer I was like 'Oh wait I can just use a Siren'. Oh and Disney, please don't sue me for using your most iconic song. I couldn't think of anything myself, so I just used my favorite Disney song. So what do you guys think?
Lllhp zxk yb abzbfsfkd.