Chapter 21: Songie Apocalypse

(Emily's P.O.V)

"Well, well, well! You really surprised me Emerald! That was a bold move, kudos to you! Really!"

"You'd think an all knowing demon would know when to...TAKE A FREAKING HINT!" I exclaimed in frustration.

"Hey, I'm giving you a complement." Bill said wrapping an arm around my shoulder, which I flinched at and pushed it away.

"You defeated the robot, saved Pinetree and Shooting Star, and not to mention you healed yourself. Wanna let your old friend Bill into the loop?" He asked, twirling his cane around.

"Okay 1, you're not my friend..."

"Ouch! That's hurtful! And after all we've been through." Bill fake pouted and I rolled my eyes.

"And 2, my life, my business. I didn't summon you, I didn't ask for you, and I never wanted to get headaches nearly every time I'm talking to Nate!" I shouted, pointing an accusing finger at the dream demon.

"Like I said before, he'll just leave you eventually. Trust me, when he realizes what he's up against he'll run for the hills!" Bill laughed, turning away.

"Really? I don't think a floating nacho is gonna scare Nate off." I said smugly and I saw Bill flinch and he whipped back around.

"Hey!" He exclaimed and I laughed.

"You heard me! And just so you know, I do like Nate! Maybe I think we can be even more than friends! So it doesn't matter what you say or do! Love always wins in the end! It did for Disney Princesses, it will for me!" I declared. Wow, that felt really cliché, but quite frankly I don't care at the moment.

"Disney? What's Disney?" Bill asked. He actually sounded confused!

"Huh, guess you're not that all knowing after all. Well, I'm gonna jump off a cliff to wake up now so...never bother me again. Emily Jewel is out, peace!" I gave a peace sign and jumped off a cliff before Bill said another thing and woke up. I sat up and took in a breath.

"Ah, well the theme song should have happen by now, so time to go to work." I smiled and noticed my necklace was glowing.

"Huh...what? I didn't even have a headache...odd." I mumbled.

"EMILY WAKE UP! WE GOT TOURIST COMING SOON!" Stan called up.

"Coming!" I called back and leapt off my mattress. Today was a The first day of Season 2!

"Welcome, to the grand re-opening of the Mystery Shack!" Stan announced and the people cheered.

"We're here to celebrate the defeat of that skunk Li'l Gideon!" Stan then pulled out a Gideon doll.

"Boo!" People cried in annoyance.

"Please, please...boo harder!" Stan urged.

"BOO!" They cried harder and Stan glossed the doll to me and I stuffed it in a trash can.

"But I didn't catch that porkchop all alone. These three scamps deserve some of the glory." Stan said, pulling the twins and I into a hug while he playfully rubbed Dipper's hat. Mabel then elbowed him.

"Okay, okay. Most of the glory." Stan admitted.

"Smile for the camera!" Toby said.

"Your camera's a cinder block, Toby." Stan deadpanned.

"I just wanna be a part of things..." Toby sighed sadly.

"Smile for a real camera." Shandra said, coming over with a fancy video camera.

"Everybody say 'Something stupid'!" Mabel said.

"Something stupid!" We cried and Stan did jazz hands, Dipper 'choked' himself, Mabel poked her cheeks, and I gave the twins bunny ears.

"And don't forget to come to the after-party tonight at eight." Stan added, holding up one of the party posters.

"We're doing a karaoke bonanza, people!" Mabel cried and grabbed a karaoke machine.

"Light! Music! Enchantment!" Mabel then blew confetti out of her hand. "And an amazing karaoke performance by our family band, Love Patrol Alpha!" Mabel exclaimed, showing a drawing of her fantasy band.

"I don't know about that." Dipper said.

"I would never agree to that ever." Stan added.

"Do I have permission to film that?" I asked.

"Too late! I wrote your names on the list! It's happening! And yes you can Emily." Mabel giggled. Wendy then burst through the door and blowed an air horn.

"Buy a ticket, people! You know you don't have anything going on in your lives! I'm talking to you, Pizza Guy! Don't lame out on me!" Wendy exclaimed and everyone followed her outside.

"The town loves us, we finally got that Gideon smell out of the carpet. Everything is finally going my way." Stan sighed happily.

"Hey, Grunkle Stan. Now that we have a moment. I've been meaning to ask you for my journal back." Dipper said.

"Wha? Journal?" Stan then 'searched himself' and finally pulled the Journal out from under the counter. "Oh! You mean this old thing! It was so boring I couldn't even finish it." Stan laughed, handing it to Dipper.

"Wait, you're just gonna give it to me? Just like that?" Dipper asked, confused.

"What else do you want? A kiss on the cheek?" Stan asked jokingly. Dipper then ticked the Journal in his vest and grabbed Mabel's and my hand.

"I...I gotta go!" Dipper said and dragged Mabel and I to the attic.

Once we were in the attic Dipper locked the door, turned Mabel's stuffed animals away and pulled down the screen of the window. He then turned on his electric lamp.

"Mabel, Emily. we've gotta talk. Almost losing my journal made me realize that I'm halfway through the summer, and still no closer to figuring out the big mysteries of Gravity Falls. Gideon almost destroyed the town to get his hands on this journal. But why?" Dipper asked while starting to pace around the room.

"Who wrote it? Where are all the other journals? What was Bill talking about when he said 'everything was going to change'? Why is he so interested in Emily? There's something HUGE going on right under our noses. And it's time we stop goofing around and get to the bottom of it." Dipper declared.

"Bro, you looked at that thing like, a bazillion times. There's nothing left to discover! Half the pages are blank, remember?" Mabel said.

"That's is until Dipper got a hold of it." I added.

"I just feel like I'm one puzzle piece away from figuring out everything." Dipper said as he flipped through the pages. "Oh, Emily. Did Bill happen to visit you in your dreams last night?" Dipper asked.

"Yeah, why?" I asked and Dipper took out a pen.

"Did he say anything that jumped out at you? Anything at all?" Dipper asked. I thought for a moment.

"Not really. Just the same as he usually does." I shrugged.

"Hmm...we gotta figure out what he wants from you, that way we can make sure he doesn't get it." Dipper said thoughtfully.

"Don't worry guys! Lord Mystery Ham is on the case!" Mabel exclaimed, holding up Waddles in a detective's hat. "I play by me own rules! Wot? Wot?" She said in a British accent.

"I don't know why I tell you things...do you hear that?" Dipper asked as we heard a rumbling noise.

"Oh no!" I gasped and looked out the window before running downstairs.

"Stan, Stan! Coupon! Coupon! COUPON!" I exclaimed, rushing down the stairs, the twins following me.

"Oh, is that the code word we use when we see a government vehicle?" Soos asked.

"Wait what? Government vehicle?" Stan asked.

"Yes! They just pulled up!" I exclaimed and he ran to the intercom.

"The Mystery Shack is now closed, everybody out! I will not hesitate to use the hose on the elderly!" Stan exclaimed and everyone filed out of the Shack.

"Grunkle Stan, what's happening?" Mabel asked worriedly.

"Yeah, you never shut down the gift shop." Dipper added. Stan said nothing and just paced nervously. The door bell rang followed by a few knocks. Stan answered it.

"Welcome to the Mystery Shack, gentlemen! What can I get you? Key chains? Snow globes? These rare photos of American presidents?" Stan asked pulling out a five dollar bill form his sleeve nervously. Powers and Trigger then showed their I.D.'s to Stan.

"My name is Agent Powers and this is Agent Trigger, we're here to investigate reports of mysterious activity in this town." Powers explained.

"Activity." Trigger echoed and I rolled my eyes.

"Mysterious activity? In the Mystery Shack? You gotta be joking!" Stan said.

"I assure you I'm not. I was born with a rare disorder that made me physically incapable of experiencing humor." Powers explained.

"News flash, I don't care." I mumbled as Stan laughed awkwardly.

"I don't understand that sound you're making with your mouth. Now if you'll excuse us we are conducting an investigation." Powers said, pushing Stan aside, entering the Shack.

"Investigation." Trigger repeated, poking Stan.

"HEY! You can't just barge in here without a warrant!" I exclaimed, but Powers just brushed me aside.

"None of this is your concern young lady." He said simply and I clenched my fists as Dipper ran in front of them.

"Wait! Wait, did you guys say you're investigating the mysteries of this town?" He asked hopefully.

"That information is classified, but yes." Powers said knelling down.

"And yet, you tell a twelve year old." I grumbled, crossing my arms in frustration.

"Look. Between you and me I believe there is an conspiracy of paranormal origin all connected to this town. We're just one small lead away from blowing the lid of this entire mystery." Powers explained.

"Are you kidding me? I'm investigating the exact same thing! I found this journal in the woods which has almost all the answers. If we work together, we could crack the case!" Dipper exclaimed excitedly. Powers then glanced at Trigger before handing Dipper a card.

"If you have evidence of these claim, we should talk." He said simply. Dipper took the card happily.

"We could talk right now! Please please. C-Come in! I have so much to show you!" Dipper cried and Stan then intervened.

"Hehe, I'm sorry agents. The kid has an overactive imagination. And like, a sweating problem." Stan explained.

"Haha, zing!" Mabel laughed, nudging me.

"Paranormal town stuff is just part of gift shop lore. Sells more tickets you know?" Stan them snapped his fingers, cueing Soos.

"Popodopopo! Swag!" Soos sang as he stuck bumper stickers that read 'What is the Mystery Shack?' and gave them headbands with funny looking antennae on them. I laughed and snapped a quick picture.

"We have other spots to investigate. We'll be on our way." Powers deadpanned and began to walk out of the Shack. Triggers then grabbed several bobble heads.

"I'm confiscating this for evidence." Trigger said and followed Powers.

"Smart move." Powers said and they left.

"Wait! No, wait! We got so much to talk about!" Dipper cried after them and Stan stopped him.

"Hold it kiddo. Trust me, the last thing you want around during a party, is cops." Stan said, as he closed the vending machine and took the card from Dipper, who gasped.

"I'm confiscating that card. Now how's about you being a normal kid. Flirt with a girl, or steal a pie off a window sill." Stan said as he put the card in a box with a whole bunch of junk.

"But Grunkle Stan! You don't understand!" Dipper protested.

"And don't go talking to those agents." Stan added, and disappeared with the box.

"Ugh! That could've been my big break!" Dipper groaned in frustration. I rolled my eyes.

"Dipper, grown ups like that are way to serious, they won't believe anything in that Journal if you just show it to them." I said and Dipper huffed as Mabel took the Journal from him.

"Bro, maybe Grunkle Stan and Emily are right. We're throwing a party tonight! Can't you go one night without searching for aliens or raising the dead or whatever?" Mabel asked jokingly.

"I'm not gonna raise the dead. I just need a chance to show those agents my book!" Dipper insisted.

"Cough, you're jinxing it, cough!" I muttered, putting my hand over my mouth.

"Trust me Dipper, the only book you'll need tonight is right here: Boop!" Mabel beamed as she held up the Karaoke Songs book. She handed it to Dipper who just stared at it blankly.

"I say kara–, you say –oke! Kara-" Mabel raised up her arms.

"-oke!" I exclaimed, cause why the heck not?

"Kara-"

"-oke!"

"Kara-"

"-oke!"

"We could do this all day." Mabel smirked.

"Up top girl." I said simply and we high-fived. Dipper just walked out of the room.

That night we were all setting up for the party and I was wearing my party outfit from Double Dipper (see chapter 7;). Guests soon started pulling up and I greeted them with a happy smile.

"Hey everyone, welcome to the party, see Stan at the ticket booth and have a great time. And don't be shy to try out the karaoke machine!" I waved to everyone and soon saw Thompson, Tambry, Nate and Lee walk up.

"There's the life of the party!" I exclaimed pointing finger-guns at them and Nate waved cheerfully.

"Aw, I thought this was gonna be a rave." Thompson sighed.

"Thompson, take off your shirt and make it a rave!" Nate dared and I held in a laugh.

"I'll do anything for your approval!" Thompson declared as he took his shirt off. Tambry then took a picture with her phone.

"Aw, come on." Thompson whined.

"I promise I won't send it to anyone." Tambry said, right before pressing 'SEND ALL'. I felt my phone vibrate and decided to ignore it for now.

We all walked to the main part of the party and once they stopped by the ticket booth we all began dancing. It was so much fun! I can't remember the last time I felt this relaxed since Dreamscapers, which to be fair wasn't that long ago. I laughed as Nate and Lee attempted to do a disco chicken dance and noticed Mabel addressing the police officers. Well, everything seems to be going in order. I sighed happily as I kept dancing and Nate danced over to me.

"Enjoying yourself?" He asked and I laughed.

"Yeah, this is really nice...uh...ah!" I felt a pang in my head and stopped dancing, instantly gripping my head and Nate placed a hand on my shoulder.

"Whoa, you okay?" He asked in a concerned tone.

"Ah, just a headache, probably from all the noise." I said, hoping he would by it.

"Hang on, I'll get some punch." He offered and went to the table and came back with two cups of punch and handed me one.

"Thanks." I said and took a sip, then noticed my necklace was glowing. I quickly covered it with my cup, but I noticed Nate giving my a weird look.

"Uh, what was...?"

"Look police are rapping!" I quickly exclaimed and pointed to the stage where Blubs and Durland were singing.

"What up, fools. It's Blubs and Durls." Blubs sang.

"Making all that money and gettin' them girls!" Durland continued. Okay, I'm not the only one who sees the irony there right? Mabel then ran on stage with a microphone in her hand.

"What do you say guys is this party legendary? When I say 'Mabel' you say 'Pines'!" Mabel exclaimed and the ground started to shake. Oh crap...

"Mabel!"

A women screamed.

"Mabel!"

"WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!"

"Why isn't it working?" Mabel asked thoughtfully, seemingly obvious to the chaos.

"Whoa, WHOA! I think it's an earthquake!" Wendy exclaimed and blew an air horn to get the crowds attention. "Hey, everybody, we got to get out of here!" She cried and everyone started to run away. I watched then felt a tug on my arm.

"Emily we gotta go!" Nate cried urgently, I shook my head.

"I can't leave without the twins or Stan! You go!" I said and Nate shook his head and stayed where he was.

"Not a chance."

"Wait, no! Don't leave! We haven't even done our family karaoke song yet!" Mabel cried out sadly. I ran over with Nate and Soos.

"Okay, so there was an earthquake, where's Dipper?" I asked as the male twin ran over to us, zombies following him.

"Dipper, what's the one thing I asked you not to do tonight?" Mabel asked.

"Raise the dead."

"And what did you do?"

"Raise the dead."

"Aren't you the one who stopped me from laying down in a murder scene because you knew the store was haunted?" Nate asked. Dipper grinned sheepishly, and shrugged as the zombies started getting closer to us. Soos then stepped in front of us.

"Stay back dudes, this is about to get intense." He said as a zombie knocked over a table and surrounded us as we got into a corner.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" We screamed.

"Sorry, one second." Soos then took his phone out and took a picture. "You got to admit this is pretty cool." He laughed. I facepalmed.

"No, this is...NO COOL!" I shouted.

"ZOMBIES!" Dipper exclaimed.

"Don't panic. Maybe they're just a really ugly flash mob?!" Mabel suggested.

"I have millions of doubts about that!" Nate exclaimed.

"Look out!" I cried as a zombie swung its hand at us and we ducked our heads and ran behind Soos, while screaming on the top of our lungs.

"Dudes, stay calm. I've been training for this moment my whole life. With all the horror movies I've seen, I literally know all there is to know about to avoid zombies." Soos said just before a zombie bit him and he started to become zombified. He then turned to us.

"Second thought, gonna flip the script. Can I, eat your brains? Yea or Nay? Seeing some Yea faces over here." Soos asked.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" We screamed once more and ran around to the other side of the house. Dipper quickly slicked through a zombie with a shovel. I grabbed the leaf blower and powered it up, but it had minimal effects on the mindless beings. I groaned and just threw it at them as we ran.

"Quick! The golf cart!" Dipper cried, only to have the cart destroyed by zombies. "Aw, come on!" He whined.

"Why is everybody jinxing everything!?" I exclaimed in frustration.

"Hoo, that's a bummer. Good news for me though, ha ha." Soos laughed.

"Soos!" Dipper cried.

"Sorry, dude, I just really want those brains!" Soos said.

"Stay back!" Dipper warned as he hit a disco ball at the zombies. One swallowed it and it the light from it shone from inside its body. Nate and I pushed the twins behind us as the zombie's continued advancing towards us.

"Give it up, dudes! Your fighting only makes us look more rad!" Soos said.

"He's not kidding." I muttered.

"What do we do? Where's Grunkle Stan?" Mabel asked.

"How's he supposed to help? He doesn't even believe in the supernatural!" Dipper cried.

"How can he not believe? Is he blind or what!?" Nate exclaimed. I placed a hand on his chest.

"Not helping!" I yelled and we continued to run a zombie then popped up in front of us.

"Take that, sucka!" Mabel cried and hit the zombie with the karaoke machine, causing the zombie's head to fly off. "This thing's a surprisingly good weapon!" She commented.

"Fascinating, now move, move, move!" I urged and we rushed in the Shack.

"Quick! We need to board up all the windows!" Dipper exclaimed.

"No dip Sherlock!" I cried as Nate and I piled a bunch of things on the door.

"That's as much as we can do, I think." Nate sighed.

"Okay, maybe that'll hold 'em." Dipper said, backing up. Suddenly the window crashed open and Soos leaned in.

"Hey dudes! By the way, I taught the zombies how to get into the fuse box. Among these dudes I'm like a genius, haha!" Soos laughed.

"Oh come on!" Nate and I cried as zombies began climbing in as the Shack lights went out and an eerie red glow shone through the gift shop.

"Get those brains, dawg!" Soos cried and we ran to the other door but a zombie hand smashed through and we screamed before being backed up in a corner.

"Dipper, isn't there something in the journal about defeating zombies?!" Mabel asked hopefully. Dipper then began frantically flipping through the Journal.

"NO! THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE ABOUT WEAKNESSES!" Dipper exclaimed.

"Are you kidding me!? That thing has almost everything in there!" I cried, Nate then gripped my hand and I held it back.

"This can't be happening. I wanted answers so bad I put everyone in danger. Now we're toast, it's all my fault, and no one can save us!" Dipper sighed.

"Hey man, you didn't mean for this to happen." Nate offered, suddenly a zombie grabbed Dipper's arm and we all screamed.

"Hey pit him down you undead freak!" I exclaimed, trying to reach him, but too many zombies were in the way.

"Ah, NO! MABEL, I'M SORRY!" Dipper cried.

"DIPPER!" MABEL exclaimed.

Dipper screamed and 'SMASH' the zombie was hit with a hit by a bat and dropped Dipper, it's head has fallen off and a foot stopped on it. We all gasped as we saw Stan panting heavily with torn clothes and missing his hat.

"YOU FOUR! ATTIC! NOW!" Stan ordered.

"Grunkle... Grunkle Stan?!" Dipper gasped.

"Mr. Pines!?" Nate and I gasped.

"I said NOW!" Stan related and I grabbed Mabel while Dipper grabbed Nate and we fled to the attic with Waddles right behind us as I heard Stan yell.

"All right, you undead jerks, YOU READY TO DIE TWICE?!" I heard some fighting as we ran through the living room and into the twins room and I put Mabel down before slamming the door shut.

"No one make a sound." I whispered and something banged in the door and I gasped backing up, but staying in front of the twins and Waddles with Nate. Then Stan burst in clutching his side and coughing.

"Oh! Ow. Everything hurts." He groaned and closed the door, barricading it with a chair.

"Grunkle Stan, that was amazing! Are you alright?! Heh heh, well, at least you can't deny magic exists anymore, right?" Dipper asked awkwardly. Stan was silent for a moment.

"Kid, I've always known." Stan confessed.

"Wait, what are you talking about?" Dipper asked.

"You knew this whole time?" Nate asked, slightly bewildered.

"I'm not an idiot, Dipper! Of course this town is weird! And the one thing I know about that weirdness is that it's dangerous!" Stan was cut off by a zombie hand breaking through the door and we backed up to the center of the room.

"I've been lying about it to try to keep you away from it. To try to protect you from it!" Stan continued. A zombie then broke the window and Stan punched it to the ground and we all watched it fall and saw more zombies crawling from the outside.

"It looks like I didn't lie well enough." Stan sighed.

"Yeah, I mean we did have to deal with the..." I covered Nate's mouth with my hand.

"Might not want to bring that night up right now." I whispered.

"What do we do, what do we do?" Mabel asked. Dipper began pacing across the room.

"Well, normally the journal would help us, but there's nothing in there about defeating zombies! It's hopeless!" Dipper exclaimed, not knowing that the Journal was glowing in the black light.

"Wait, wait, wait! The text! It's glowing in the black light!" Mabel exclaimed and pointed to the Journal.

"She's right! Look!" I said and walked over to Dipper with Nate.

"What?" Dipper then began flipping through the Journal with all of us watching, several of the pages contained secret messages that were never shown before.

"All this time I thought I knew all the journal's secrets, but they're written in some kind of invisible ink!" Dipper exclaimed.

"Invisible ink?" Stan questioned.

"That's pretty cool." Nate commented.

"This is it!" Dipper began reading from the Journal. "'Zombies have a weakness! Previously thought to be invincible, their skulls can be shattered by a perfect three part harmony.' Three part harmony, how can we create that? I have a naturally high-pitched scream...?" Dipper questioned.

"I can make noises with my body. Sometimes intentionally." Stan offered.

"Okay, TMI dude." I grimaced.

"Boys, boys. I think you're both missing the obvious solution." Mabel smirked.

"Wait, does it have to be exactly a three part harmony or can it be higher?" I asked.

"Um, I think it can be higher since anything greater than a three part harmony is stronger, why?" Dipper asked and I gave Mabel a wink.

"No reason."

Later we were all on the roof. Mabel set up the karaoke machine and turned the microphone on.

"Hello? Hello? Is this thing on?" Mabel asked. Several of the zombies walked from outside the Shack and stared up at us. I'm still surprised Mabel has two extra microphones for Nate and me, but here we were, ready to sing for our lives.

"Zombies and gentlemen! I'm Mabel, they're Dipper and Stan, and together we're Love Patrol Alpha!" Mabel exclaimed.

"I never agreed to that name." Dipper deadpanned.

"And special guests, Nate and Emily, together they are Namily!" Mabel exclaimed pointing to Nate and me.

"Uh...hi?" Nate offered as I tried not to laugh.

"Hit it!" Mabel cried and 'Taking Over Midnight' started playing from the karaoke machine and Stan looked at the lyrics.

"Uh, Mabel, our lives may not be worth this." Stan said. Dipper then began singing.

"Friday night, and we're gonna party 'til dawn. Don't worry, Daddy, I've got my favorite dress on?!" Dipper then turned to Mabel. "Mabel, this is stupid!" He glared. Mabel just kept singing.

"Roll in to the party, the boys are lookin' our way. We just keep dancing', we don't care what they say! And all the boys are gettin' up in my face–" Mabel was cut off by a zombie trying to grab us.

"Aah! Guys, we have to sing together or it won't work!" Mabel said.

"Boys are a bore, let's show 'em the door." Stan sang. Then we all started joining in.

"We're takin' over the dance floor! Oh-oh! Girls do what we like!" As we sang I noticed several zombie heads blew up.

"Oh-oh! We're taking over tonight! Oh-oh! Girls do what we like! Oh-oh! We're taking over tonight! We're queens of the disco! Oh-oh! Girls do what we like! Oh-oh! We're taking over tonight!" We all sang and I held Nate's hand as more zombie heads stared shattering.

"Takin' over tooniiiiight!" Dipper sang.

"Yeah! Sing it Dipper!" I cheered. A guitar riff started to play and a zombie appeared causing us to scream.

"DUCK!" Mabel cried and shot it with the confetti cannon, it's head landing in the punch bowl.

"HAHA! The zombie spiked the punch!" Nate joked and I burst out laughing.

"Thank you! We'll be here all night!" Mabel exclaimed as the sun started to rise.

"Deal with it, zombie idiots!" Stan laughed.

"PINES! PINES! PINES! PINES!" The three chanted.

"Give it up for Love Patrol Alpha everybody!" I cheered and Nate and I clapped for them.

Once we got back down, the Shack was a mess! Everything was either torn apart, flipped over or destroyed. I sighed as I kicked a piece of debris.

"I really hope none of the zombies made it to my treehouse." I said.

"By the looks of things they probably weren't leaving this area." Nate offered. I nodded in agreement and noticed Stan putting on his fez.

"I'm sorry about this, guys. I totally ruined everything." Dipper apologized.

"Dipper, are you kidding me? I got to sing karaoke with some of my favorite people in the world! No party could ever top that." Mabel said happily.

"Yeah, despite almost getting killed, I had fun to." I said.

"Me too." Nate said and held my hand. I smiled happily at him and then Stan got serious.

"Kids, listen. This town is crazy. So you need to be careful. I don't know what I'd do with myself if you got hurt on my watch. I'll let you hold on to that spooky journal, as long as you promise me you'll only use it for self-defense, and not go looking for trouble." Stan explained.

"Okay, as long as you promise me that you don't have any other bombshell secrets about this town." Dipper replied.

"Promise." Stan said, not knowing that I knew about the finger crossing.

"Promise." Dipper said, mirroring his uncle's actions.

"Should we..." Nate whispered and I shook my head.

"Not our place." I whispered back.

"Man, we have got a lot of zombie damage to clean up. Where's my handyman anyway?" Stan asked.

"Well...about that..." I said rubbing the back of my neck.

"Brains! Braaains!" Soos moaned as he limped in.

"Holy Moses!" Stan cried and grabbed a chair to defend himself but Dipper stopped him.

"Wait! There's a page in here about curing zombification. It's gonna take a lot of formaldehyde." Dipper explained.

"Ooh, and cinnamon!" Mabel beamed.

"Wonder how the author came across that." I wondered out loud.

"Come on Soos, let's fix you up." Dipper said as Mabel used the chair to push Soos towards the kitchen.

"Brains! Braaains!" Soos moaned.

"Soos cut it out!" Mabel scolded.

"Heheh, sorry dude!" Soos laughed as we walked out.

"I can't believe it! All this time the author's secrets were hiding in plain sight! A whole new chapter of mysteries to explore..." I heard Dipper say and as they dealt with Soos Nate and I walked outside.

"Well, that all happened." I laughed awkwardly.

"Yeah, do you...deal with stuff like this all the time?" Nate asked.

"You have no idea." I said. We were silent for a moment and stared at the mess.

"I'm sorry you had to go through all that. Though in all fairness I did tell you to run." I joked and we laughed at that.

"It's okay, something tells me, there's going to be facing a lot more crazy stuff." Nate said and I nodded.

"Yeah, we're living in Gravity Falls after all." I sighed and we stared at each other. I suddenly felt my head spike and groaned before clutching it.

"Whoa, you alright?" Nate asked and held out his arms and I nodded.

"Yeah, yeah, guess I'm just tired." I said and felt my necklace pulse softly. I covered it and looked back at Nate.

"So, can I walk you home?" I offered. He nodded and held out his hand.

"Well, usually I should be the one doing that, but eh, why not?" He joked and I took his hand and we walked to his house. No headaches bothered me as we walked.

Season 2 has now begun and I have to figure out how I can make changes or even if I should. Georgia wanted some changes and I know I could do it. But I'll have to be careful.

Cause who knows how much the series has changed already.

Author's Note:

Phew, I'm back! Sorry for a long wait, but a lot of stuff was going on and I FINALLY had some free time.

Fun fact, when I started righting this chapter I got the idea for Nate to stay and fight the zombies, originally he wasn't going to stay. So I hope you all liked that twist. Also, would you like him to join for the next adventure?

You know what I'm talking about...I would like to add him in, but if you prefer I don't that's fine too. Vote now! The deadline will be Friday so I can start writing.

Just leave a nice comment and vote YES or NO for if Nate should be a in the next chapter as part of the adventure. Now onto the reviews!

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guadadominguez4: YOU'RE WELCOME!

Lunar Moon Butterfly: Oooh, Not What He Seems is going to be good, and I'm so glad you liked the last chapter!

Moon ninja Luna: Aww, I'm so glad you liked Emily's story in the Bottomless Pit! Also I can't say too much about Sock Opera, just that I'm looking forward to it!

Pizza: Yay! You got Journal 3! I have it too! Also I'm excited or Soo's and the Real Girl too! I really like that episode!