Chapter 18: Jurassic Pork

(Emily's P.O.V)

Sleep...sleep...no Bill...sleep...sleep...Georgia...sleep...sleep...birch trees...sleep...sleep...A-X-O-L...

*CRASH!*

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" I screamed and bolted awake, though instead of my usually neat treehouse, I saw the roof was broken and several blanks of wood was scattered every where. It's like something tore my whole roof off.

"Wait a second..." I mumbled and heard a giant screech from a great distance away and sighed.

"Cue theme song." I muttered and a piece of wood hit me in the head.

"Ow! Come on!"

I trudged into the Shack and groaned to myself. The sun wasn't even up yet, and I had my home broken into by a dinosaur that should be dead. Wonderful. Hope you all know that this is sarcasm in my voice. Or thoughts...whatever, I'm sleepy!

"I can't go back to sleep...I need food." I grumbled and opened the fridge and saw some Mabel juice, not that desperate, and some fruit. I took an apple and closed the fridge and bit into it. Sitting at the kitchen table.

Once the sun came up I heard footsteps upstairs and the twins were soon in the kitchen, both surprised to see me.

"Whoa, hey Emily...uh what are you doing here so early? And holding an apple core..." Dipper asked curiously and I sighed.

"Something had a fight with the roof of my treehouse and my treehouse lost..." I grumbled.

"Uh...what?" Mabel asked and Dipper seemed to be in deep thought.

"Actually this isn't the first time something like this happened." Dipper said and ran into the other room and came back with a newspaper.

"There's been several reports of giant stuff going missing. Even sheep being snagged from the fields. I guess Emily's tree house was the next target." Dipper mused.

"Huh, well that earned you some scrambled eggs." I said and tossed the apple core in the trash can and walked to the fridge.

"Wait, if your treehouse is damaged, then where are you gonna sleep?" Mabel asked.

"I've worked at this place with Soos for several months. I can handle a broken roof. Don't worry about me." I said and ruffled Mabel's hair as I got to making scrambled eggs.

Later I was gathering some wood and nails for my treehouses repair. I just need a ladder, unfortunately I didn't know where it was. I know Stan bought one after he got over his fear of heights but I didn't know where he put it. I sighed and lugged the tool box and planks of wood to the living room where Mabel was working on a sweater for Waddles.

"Mabel, do you know where the ladder is?" I asked.

"I think it's where the wax figures used to be." Mabel said and a commercial kicked in.

"Hey you!"

"Me?" Mabel asked, turning to the t.v.

"Sick of constantly dropping your baby?" There was now a man holding a baby under his arm while trying to eat pizza.

"Yes!" He nodded as another man came on screen.

"Hi, I'm Bobby Renzobbi! And what you need is the Huggy Wuvvy Tummy Bundle!" Bobby said, all too cheerfully.

"I can hold ten babies at once!" The man exclaimed, holding ten babies in the Bundle. To be honest that looks uncomfortable.

"I know what you're thinking: Does it work for pigs? Ah ha ha, yeah it does work for pigs, stupid! Feel your pig's heartbeat next to yours! IT WORKS FOR PIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGS!" Bobby exclaimed as a giant pig nose came into the screen and oinked.

"I dunno if it's sad or cool that the bundle is the most useful thing of seen on Gravity Falls Television." I deadpanned as Mabel gasped happily and turned to her grunkle.

"Grunkle Stan! I'm off to get a Huggy Wuvvy Tummy Bundle!" Mabel exclaimed.

"Yeesh. Isn't knitting matching sweaters for that pig enough?" He asked in disgust.

"Nope." Mabel said simply and picked up her pet. "Anyway, I need you to look after this little gentleman while I'm gone." She said and Waddles at a fit that flew over him.

"Not now, kid, I got some tourists coming through. Can't Emily watch him?" He asked.

"Sorry Stan, I gotta fix my roof and I wouldn't want Waddles to get hit in the head by a nail or hammer." I explained.

"Grunkle Stan, I know you're not crazy about Waddles." Mabel said as she came up to him.

"He's a fat, naked, jerk." Stan glared.

"But you do care about me. Promise me you won't let him outside." Mabel pleaded, tilting her head and smiling.

"Fine, yeah yeah, I promise." Stan gave in.

"Thanks Grunkle Stan!" Mabel then ran out of the house.

"Well good luck, I'm out." I said and walked out, leaving Stan with Waddles and grabbing the ladder from the creepy room. Once I got to the door Soos and Dipper ran in excitedly.

"We did it! It tripped the wire! Somewhere in one of these cameras is a photo of that creature! I'll go develop the film." Dipper said, holding up the cameras.

"I'll go make us victory nachos. Dipper and Soos for life!" Soos cried and the two fist pumped and Dipper ran upstairs.

"Well you guys had an eventful morning." I commented.

"Ah yeah dude, we're gonna solve this thing!" Soos exclaimed and ran into the kitchen, then came back and opened the door for me.

"Here you go dude." Soos said and I smiled thankfully.

"Thanks Soos, hope you guys figure out what's been terrorizing the town!" I called back as I walked to my treehouse and got to work.

A while later I was putting the last piece of wood in place. I was really tried and wiped my forehead. It was exhausting, and a little boring. Just nailing pieces of wood together with safety goggles on. At least I had a roof over my head again.

"Alright, just one more nail..." I was about to hammer it down when a loud screech was heard once again and something flew over me and I ducked down. Once I was sure it was gone I looked up and took off my googles.

"Uh oh..." I muttered and slid down the ladder and ran towards the Shack. I saw Soos, Dipper and Stan outside of it, staring upwards.

"Dude, did you see that? That thing was a dinosaur, bro!" Soos exclaimed.

"Wait, what? That was a dinosaur? That thing tore up my treehouse and scared the heck out of me just now!" I cried.

"How is it possible that a dinosaur survived 65 million years?" Dipper asked.

"Magic, time travel, I didn't know!" I blurted out, running my hands through my hair.

"Did you see it, Mr. Pines?... Mr. Pines?" Soos asked, seeing that our boss was frozen in fear.

"It- it took him." Stan said, still in shock.

"Took what?" Dipper asked.

"The pig! It took Waddles!" Stan exclaimed.

"It did what now?" I 'asked in confusion'.

"What did you say about Waddles?" Mabel asked, riding up on her bike. We all turned to her having worried looks on our faces.

"Oh. Woah. Awkward silence...BWAAAAH!" Mabel laughed and I looked at the others.

"Someone say something." I whispered, thought it went ignored.

"What's going on? Why are you standing around are awkwardly?... And where's Waddles?" Mabel asked looking around for her pig.

"Um...uh...The good news is, you're gettin' a puppy!" Stan smiled as he 'hid' the stake behind his back. I face-palmed, mainly to keep myself from laughing.

"What happened?" Mabel asked, now worried.

"Well, see, uh, when the uh..." Stan stuttered.

"Your pig got eaten by a pterodactyl, bro!" Soos said casually, pointing up.

"Soos!" I yelled angrily.

"What!? Waddles? Waddles! Oh no, how did this happen?" Mabel exclaimed and started breathing heavily.

"Whoa, Mabel, calm down. Waddles wasn't eaten, but yes, there is a pterodactyl involved...somehow." I said, bending down and placing my hands on her shoulders. She the calmed down and turned to her Grunkle.

"Grunkle Stan, you didn't put him outside?" She asked.

"What? No! I didn't put him anywhere! I'm not acting suspicious! YOU'RE acting suspicious. What's a pig?!" Stan rambled as he was backed into the totem pole.

"Then...what happened?" Dipper asked.

"Uh, look, it went down like this, see? So there I was, in the living room tenderly nursing him on only the richest of creams. When all of a sudden 'BAM' that crazy Dino burst right through the front door, and took Waddles right out of my arm! So I said, 'No dice, Cowboy!' And I started punching him right in the face! But he played dirty poked me right in the eyes and I fell off as he flew off. That really happened. Why? Why couldn't you have taken me!?" Stan cried and started 'balling' into his hands as he finished his tall tale.

"Oh, Grunkle Stan, you tried to save him!" She said and have him a big hug.

"Uh, yeah! I'm a great man, alright." Stan said and patted her back.

"You punched the pterodactyl in the face? I thought you didn't even believe in the supernatural." Dipper asked.

"Dinosaurs aren't magic, they're just big lizards! Get off my back." Stan spat.

"Yeah, so are dragons. Dinosaurs are prehistoric and are more related to birds." I said and everyone stared at me, before going back to the task at hand.

"Oh, Waddles." Mabel sighed and took out a picture of her and Waddles.

"That's it. No pterodactyl is gonna messes with my sister. We're gonna go out there, catch him, and save your pig! For Mabel, guys!" Dipper declared.

"For Mabel!" Soos and I cheered.

"But how do we even find the little guy?" Stan asked and Mabel looked around before gasping.

"We follow that!" Mabel pointed the the yarn trail that was from Waddles' sweater.

"Yes! Yeah! That's genius!" Dipper and Soos beamed.

"Guess it's a good thing you didn't finish the sweater." I added.

"Or, you know, we could just call it a day, maybe hit the pool haul, or..." Stan stopped when he saw we were all staring at him and I raised my eyebrow.

"Yeah! Let's go... save Woggles!" Stan cheered with fake enthusiasm.

"Waddles." Mabel corrected.

"Him too."

Not long after that Soos was spray painting the words 'Pterodactyl Mobile' on the side of a pickup truck I packed a satchel with rope, a flashlight, phone, some beef jerky (don't judge me I have it as a snack sometimes and I don't eat pig meat for a reason!) and a first aid kit. Hopefully it would be helpful. I'm really glad Wendy gave me this.

"All right! That p-terodactyl won't know what hit him!" Soos said, pronouncing the 'p'.

"Ha! It's pterodactyl." Dipper corrected.

"Actually, no one knows how to pronounce it because nobody was alive back in dinosaur days, so uh..." Soos then strapped the cage to the truck but the engine started and Soos managed to life his head out of the way.

"Whoa! Almost ran over my own head there! Haha...wow..." Soos said, realization hitting him hard. Dipper then pulled me over to Mabel.

"Mabel, Emily, we've got to talk. This is a really high-stakes mission and I'm a little worried about Soos coming along on this one. I love the guy, but sometimes he messes stuff up." Dipper explained.

"What? Since when?" Mabel asked.

"He was sweeping and knocked over a crystal ball, put up a window that fell down and broke, and used a fly swatted to kill a fairy, and that's just in the last week." Dipper explained.

"Yeah, I hate to admit it, but Dipper has a point just a bit ago he almost ran over his own head." I sighed. Believe me, I loved Soos, but I didn't want him hurt. Though I knew he would save us in the end.

"Let him down easy." Mabel said and Dipper walked over to Soos as I started back with Mabel.

"You ready for this? We're about to face a dinosaur like in those 3...or 5 movies I don't know I lost count..." I joked.

"Anything for Waddles, he'd do the same for me!" Mabel declared. I smiled and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"We'll get him back, promise." I said.

A little of a drive later, after being squished in the back seat, we pulled up to where the yarn trail entered the old abandoned church. We all got out of the car and walked inside.

"Okay, the red yarn leads to..." Mabel was then cut off by an all familiar singing voice.

"Doodly doo do doo do!" He sang from the rocking chair as he played his banjo.

"Old Man McGucket!?" Dipper asked and the man turned around.

"Howdy, friends!" He waved happily.

"What are you doing out here?" Dipper asked curiously.

"You'll never believe me! Now I was doin' my hourly hootnanny- Deedly doo ding dang!" McGucket then began to dance in the middle of his story.

"Ugh, this guy." Stan groaned and I elbowed him in the stomach.

"Be nice, he's been through a lot." I whispered through my teeth as Stan rubbed where I hit him.

"When this enormous wing-ly critter stole my musical spoons and flew lickety-split into the abandoned mines down yonder!" McGucket finished and we looked down through the hold when the mines where.

"Looks kinda hairy down there." Stan commented.

"C'mon, Grunkle Stan, you can handle it! You punched a pterodactyl in the face, remember?" Mabel pointed out.

"Oh yeah! Heh heh, I did do that, didn't I. Heh... heh heh heh..." Stan laughed.

"My, what suspicious laughter!" McGucket commented and I giggled.

"The adrenaline probably gave him a confidence boast, also it was the spur of the moment." I shrugged.

"Guys, we're going in." Mabel declared.

"Need someone to tag along and tell weird personal stories?" MuGucket asked.

"No thanks." Stan deadpanned. I smirked, knowing that wouldn't stop MuGucket.

Not two minutes later we are climbing down the rope into the mine. MuGucket included.

"So there I am, fighting a raccoon for the same piece of meat, when our mouths get close and we kiss accidentally!" McGucket explained and I couldn't help but wonder how long ago that was.

"You can't take a hint, can you?" Stan sighed.

"Nope!" McGucket said simply then I noticed that the rope was breaking and I sighed.

"Here we go." I deadpanned and the rope snapped and we all fell to the ground.

"Ow..." We all chorused and I felt something on my back and saw a white beard in front of me.

"McGucket, you're on my back." I deadpanned and he laughed as he jumped off of me.

"Whoa." Dipper gasped in awe, we all soon followed suit as we looked at our new surroundings. So many different kinds of plants around us. It looked really pretty.

"These plants look all Jurrasic-y." Dipper observed.

"Huh! This little fella smells like battery acid!" Soos said, pointing to a certain leant which suddenly sprayed him with some sort of gas.

"Aaaugh! Looks like I lost my sense of smell, ha ha!" Soos laughed.

"I'm sure that'll wear off." I assured him.

"Oh, Waddles. We're gonna find you." Mabel said, looking at the picture of her and Waddles. We went further into the tunnel and I turned on my flashlight, just as Dipper's lantern cats a light on a T-Rex.

"AHHHHHHH!" We all screamed and cowered together.

"Wait, it's okay! It's not moving." I said, catching my breath. We the noticed al, the dinosaurs around us.

"They're trapped inside the tree sap! That's how they survived for 65 million years!" Dipper said in realization.

"First peanut brittle, now tree sap. Wonder if being frozen in a iceberg will keep you alive for hundreds of years?" I joked and Dipper noticed a hole in some sap shaped like the pterodactyl.

"Whoa. The summer heat must be melting them loose!" Dipper cried.

"It was one of the hottest days of the summer not to long ago, guess that did the trick." I added.

"Holy moley! Forget the cornicorn, this is the attraction of a lifetime! I could bring people down here and turn this into some sort of theme park! Jurassic...Sap Hole!" Stan exclaimed happily.

"Uh, dudes..." We all turned to where Soos was pointing. It was a single claw of a velociraptor that was moving.

"That's the kind of dinosaur you don't want to have chasing you. Especially if it hadn't eaten in millions of years." I commented.

"Maybe... we should keep moving." Dipper suggested.

"This could be a gold mine! Velvety-rope type deal there, ticket booth here, ha! I should have put that pig outside ages ago!" Stan exclaimed happily, not knowing where Mabel was.

"Wait- what did you just say?" Mabel asked.

"Hm? What's that?" Stan asked back, trying to cover himself up.

"You said the dinosaur flew INTO the house." Mabel said and gasped before frowning.

"No! Wait, uh, if you think about it..."

"You put Waddles outside then you lied to me about it! And now thanks to you my pig could be dead! WADDLES COULD BE DEAD!" Mabel exclaimed and tears started forming in her eyes.

"Look, he's an animal. He belongs outside!" Stan huffed back.

"Stan...not helping!" I spat, gritting my teeth.

"No, that's it. Grunkle Stan, I am never ever speaking to you again!" Mabel crewed and turned away.

"Look, you can't be serious." Stan pleaded.

"Oh, is someone talking right now? Because I can't hear them!" Mabel said, ignoring Stan.

"Kid!" Stan cried.

"LA LA LA LA LA! I can't hear anyone! No one's talking to me!" Mabel shouted and covered her ears.

"Mabel, nows not the time." I groaned.

"Guys, guys, don't fight! Why can't you be more like me and Dipper! Look, everything's gonna be cool. All we gotta do to find the pig is follow this here yarn! Just keep following and following, until we reach the end! Oh- uh oh." Soos stopped when he realized that he wrapped the yarn to the end already.

"Which...which cave was it again?" Soos asked, looking at the different networks of the tunnels.

"Arghhh! Soos, you lost the trail!" Dipper cried angrily.

"Hey, come on. We'll find our way, trust me!" Soos the whacked Dipper in the back, causing him to drop the lantern and it broke.

"...sorry dude." Soos apologized.

"Ugh! That is it! See, this is why I didn't want to bring you along!" Dipper yelled.

"Look! -What -what do you mean?" Soos asked.

"I mean, this is really important to Mabel, and you keep screwing everything up! You ruined our photograph, and now you got us hopelessly lost!" Dipper explained. I watched this argument sadly then noticed McGucket had adjusted my flashlight so it was shining on the broken lantern.

"But we're the p-terodactyl bros! I made the t-shirts!" Soos said, holding up one of the said t-shirts.

"It's pronounced pterodactyl! And these shirts are useless, they're gigantic!" Dipper exclaimed.

"I have a different body type, dude!" Soos shot back.

"Oh, so it's my fault?" Dipper asked angrily.

The group then got into a hide argument and I couldn't keep track of who was saying what. I turned to McGucket who was working on the lantern under my flashlight and I couldn't help but smile at that. It surprised me at first when he fixed it for them, but I guess it was just a part of his genius still inside him. I bent down and handed him a screw which we took and placed it in the lantern. Finally he finished and addressed the group.

"Hey! Cheer up, fellers! We fixed your lantern!" He said holding it up and I then realized that the pterodactyl was right behind us.

"AAAAAAAAUGH!" We all screamed.

"AAAAAAAAUGH! Heh heh. What-what're we doing?" McGucket asked. I just stared at the prehistoric creature above me. I then realized how huge she was.

"Oh. Nobody make any sudden movements or loud noises." McGucket whispered, and 3...2...1...now.

"YEEEEEEHAW! We found a pterodactyl!" He suddenly cried as if he forgot what he just said. The pterodactyl screeched and we ran for our lives, when we went through a tunnel that was pretty narrow and gave us a few moments to get ahead of it heifer we hid behind some rocks in the opening where the nest was.

"Guys, we need a plan to get out of here." Dipper said urgently.

"Okay, okay. How's about Mabel gets Soos a pig costume..." Stan started.

"I like it!" Soos said.

"...and we use Soos as a human sacrifice!" Stan explained.

"I like it!" Soos repeated.

"No, no one is sacrificing anyone." I said sternly.

"What do you say, Mabel?" Stan asked his niece while ignoring me.

"Hmph." Mabel huffed, turning away.

"Ah, come on, you can't stop talking to me forever." Stan said.

"Yeah, Mabel, we have to work together here." Dipper added.

"Oh, what, you want to work with Mabel but not your buddy, Soos?" Soos asked in annoyance. He, Dipper and Stan then began arguing as I let pout an annoyed sigh.

"WHONK! WHONK!"

"Wait, did you hear that?" Mabel asked and she turned to the nest and saw a familiar pink figure peeking out.

"Waddles!" Mabel cried and ran to the nest and I ran after her, followed by everyone else.

"Oh, wait kid!" Soos cried.

"Mabel!" Dipper and I yelled.

Are you nuts?" Stan called after her.

"Oh, is someone speaking? Because I can't hear anything!" Mabel exclaimed sarcastically.

"Oh no! She's gone deaf with fear!" McGucket cried.

"Not sure that's possible." I commented.

"Mabel, come back here!" Dipper cried and we ran onto the mining cart track to catch up with her.

"Waddles!" Mabel cried and her pig grunted happily in response.

"Oh, my Waddles! I'll never lose you again!" She promised, rubbing her face against him. Not noticing the several amount of human bones around her.

"Uh...Mabel?" Dipper stuttered.

"Shh. You're safe now." Mabel whispered soothingly to Waddles.

"This explains why the pterodactyl was collecting all this stuff. She's gonna be a mother." I said staring at the bones. I then noticed parts of my treehouse on it.

"Mabel, quick! We gotta- now we gotta get out of here!" Dipper urged as Mabel put on the bundle she got for him. The pterodactyl then flew over us, scaring Waddles.

"WHOOONNNKK!" Waddles ran out of Mabel's grasp.

"Waddles, Wait!" Mabel cried desperately.

"WHOONK! WHOONK!" Waddles screeched.

"Huh?" Stan was the cut off by Waddles tackling him down.

"Ah! Get off me, you dumb pig!" Stan cried.

"WHOONK! WHOONK!" Was Waddles' only response. The pterodactyl then swooped down towards Stan and Waddles.

"Look out!" Dipper cried. We all screamed in horror as the pterodactyl caused Stan and Waddles to fall of the track and into the prehistoric plants far below us.

"Oh no!"

"Stan!"

"Mr. Pines!"

"Holy crap!"

We watched helplessly as Stan and Waddles disappeared from our line of sighed and we all were freaking out. Cause not only were two of our friends far down below us, but we were still in a nest of a dinosaur. Great...

"Guys! We gotta save them!" Mabel cried, holding Stan's hat.

"McGucket, do you have an invention that can distract the pterodactyl?" Dipper asked hopefully.

"Do I!?" McGucket then rummaged through his hat for a moment. "Nope." He said defeatedly.

"Well any other ideas?" I asked. Before anyone responded the egg in the nest began to crack and fell on its side. A few more cracks later the baby itself popped out and let out an adorable squeak.

"Awww." Mabel gushed.

"Well, welcome to the world, little feller..." Something in me reacted, and before the baby could snap at McGucket I scooped him up and out of the way of the pterodactyl's jaws.

"Aaaaaaaaugh!" McGucket screamed, terrified that he was almost eaten. The baby kept snapping his jaws at me so I placed McGucket behind me and rummaged through my bag.

"Eat this!" I cried and threw my beef jerky at it and the baby munched on it happily.

"That won't be enough to feed him." I said.

"Whoa, that was p-terodactyl nearly ate you guys. That's messed up!" Soos gasped.

"What do we do, what do we do!?" Dipper panicked. McGucket then choose this moment to climb on top of me and start shaking in fear.

"We have to get in a straight line." Soos declared.

"What?" Dipper asked in confusion.

"The pterodactyl's eyes are so far apart, that if you stand right in front of it, it can't see you!" Soos explained.

"Soos, you've been wrong about stuff all day. How can we..." Dipper was then cut off by Soos.

"Dude, look. I-I know I've messed up a lot. I could be sort of clumsy and.. It's not always as loveable as I think. But please, as my friend, just trust me on this one!" Soos said and Dipper looked at the baby pterodactyl, who was almost done the beef jerky, and looked at Soos. He gave the handyman a smile and a nod.

"Get behind me, dudes!" Soos cried and we all got behind him, McGucket still on my back and moved quietly around the baby. Finally we were on the track and the pterodactyl looked up at us, but made no reaction to our presence.

"It's working!" Mabel smiled happily. We made our way in the track, jumping on another track when the pterodactyl turned its head, and made it to the other side. The baby turned back to eating something and we relaxed behind the rocks. Sighing heavily in relief.

"Soos, you did it!" Dipper cried. A cry of a pterodactyl was the heard and we all turned.

"Huh?" We then saw the adult pterodactyl flying around and seemed to have something, or someone, on her back.

"Was that?"

"Stan?"

"It is! Stan's okay!" I cheered.

"Yeehaw! They didn't die after all!" McGucket yipped happily. Stan was punching the pterodactyl in the face, with Waddles strapped on him with the bundle.

"Waddles!" Mabel gasped, a gleam in her eyes.

"He's punching him in the face!" Dipper cried in amazement.

"From heck's heart I stabeth thee!" Stan yelled, hitting the pterodactyl, causing her to fall and hit the cliff as Stan jumped off her. We all cheered and ran up to them. Mabel then looked up at her Grunkle, while wearing his hat.

"Here's your pig, kido." Stan said, making Waddles wave his hoof to Mabel.

"Waddles!" Mabel was handed her pig and she gave him a big hug. "You saved him for me!" She said thankfully.

"Yeah well, sometimes you just gotta...LOOK OUT!" Stan cried, noticing the pterodactyl was climbing up. We all ran the heck out of there, thankfully McGucket wasn't that heavy. I noticed the pterodactyl ripped Dipper's vest, but pained no mind to it as we made it to the entrance and looked at what remained of our rope from up above.

"We're trapped!" Stan cried. I geyser then went off, shooting a rock up.

"Quick! The geyser could shoot us back up!" Dipper cried and we all ran into the geyser and saw the pterodactyl was getting closer.

"C'mon...Go, go!" Dipper said urgently.

"Anytime now!" I cried as the pterodactyl roared and we all screamed. McGucket clutched me tighter

"Bros before dinos!" Soos exclaimed and smashed both of his fists on the geyser, causing it to explode us back into the church, which was now in shambles. We all sighed, soaking wet, but alive.

"Okay, all in favor of never doing that again say 'I'." I muttered.

"I!" Everyone choirs and we exited the church.

"Sorry you didn't get your spoons back McGucket." I said and the crazy man jumped off of me and I stretched out my arms.

"Some day huh..." I was cut off by McGucket wrapping his arms around me, it took me a second to realize he was hugging me. That wasn't what I was expecting, not knowing what else to do I hugged him back and we released the hug.

"Thank you, roommate." He said, and scampered back into the woods. My eyes started to water a bit.

He was remembering Ford.

Later I was in the back seat with Mabel, Stan and Waddles, who were all sleeping, and I stared out the window.

"Check it out! That thing destroyed my vest!" Dipper said, holding up his vest and then felt around before seeing that there was tooth in it.

"Soos, Emily, look!" Dipper gasped and showed us his treasure.

"A real dinosaur tooth? That's awesome!" Soos exclaimed.

"Yeah, I'll bet the author never got a hand on that." I added.

"Well it's not as awesome as Soos saving us back there. Pterodactyl bros?" Dipper offered.

"Pterodactyl bros." Soos said as the two fist bumped. "Whoosh! Hey! I pronounced it right that time!" Soos beamed. I laughed.

"You sure did!" I said.

"Think we need to worry about the rest of those dinosaurs?" Dipper asked, nervously.

"I doubt it." Soos shrugged.

"Yeah, same here." I added.

Later, back at the Shack Dipper, Soos, and I were watching t.v as Stan, Mabel, and Waddles were playing cards.

"Hey, I'm Bobby Renzobbi. Are your arms jealous of your legs? Then you need 'Arm Pants!' The pants that you wear on your arms!" Bobby announced.

"Yeesh. Who actually buys these informercial stuff?" Dipper asked.

"People who have enough money to spend on useless objects I deadpanned.

"I know right?" Soos laughed awkwardly. Then turned to the phone. "Cancel the order, cancel the order!" He whispered urgently. I then heard Waddles oink from the table.

"Snorting! That's his tell! I fold." Stan cried.

"Tough luck, sucker! Waddles was bluffing." Mabel stood up proudly.

"What? I had 4 aces! That pig is a wizard!" Stan gasped. Waddles then started eating his cards.

"Look at him. He's taunting me!" Stan glared.

"I've been cheating the last 8 turns." Mabel admitted.

"Ha ha, that's my girl!" Stan laughed proudly. I smiled to myself. Then frowned again.

We all know what's coming next.

Author's Note:

Happy New Year! Can't wait for what 2019 brings us! It's gonna be awesome.

Also I want some reviews! They mean a lot to me! I wanna know what you guys think so far! Side note, does anyone know what movie Emily references in the last chapter and this chapter? Someone will get a shout out if they guess one!

Next chapter is THE CHAPTER! Hope to have it out soon!