Hello~ Here's the new chapter~
Fester Drummond: James and Jane are great cousins n.n They love spending time with Alex, Lily and Lizzie, and they will help a little girl to discover something. Thanks for reading!~
Spider-Pig 1986: Yep, they're onto Alex:s let's hope nothing bad happens. And yes, more nicknames!:D why did Alex chose those names, though?
Thanks for reading!~
Now, enjoy~
"Hurt"
That Saturday morning, Lizzie accompanied Lily and James for baking supplies.
"Well, no we have everything we need." James smiled brightly at Lizzie "Are you sure you don't want to help us bake the cake?"
"Pretty sure." The girl answered, returning her cousin's smile "I would make a mess and I'd rather spent the day in the forest anyway."
"Well, let's go home quickly then. " Lily said "Alex and Jane are waiting for you."
The three of them went to the Shack, were Alex and Jane already packed everything the needed to head out.
"There you are." Jane smiled to the girl "Ready to fight gnomes?"
"Sure" Lizzie smiled at her cousin.
"Then, let's go!" Alex headed to the door and opened it "Ladies first."
The three walked in the forest for a while. Alex and Jane were chatting happily, after all, in Lizzie's knowledge, they were best friends.
Lizzie tried to ignore the bad feeling she had in her chest after that thought.
Suddenly, a sound behind her made her tur around.
"Guys…" Alex and Jane turned at her.
"Is something wrong, Lizzie?" Jane asked, eyeing suspiciously her surroundings.
"I thought I heard something…"
Suddenly, a bunch of ropes caught Lizzie's body, making her fall.
"Sherlock!" Alex attempted to go for her, when a bunch of gnomes attacked him "What the-?"
"Ugh, you idiots again!" Jane hit some of them. "Leave my little cousin alone!"
Alex freed himself of the gnomes and began to help his sister. "Move, you stupid creatures!" Alex was outraged "No one messes with my sisters!"
Alex untied his sister, but then, a group of gnomes began to go after them.
"Run, Lizzie!" Alex and Jane put themselves in front of the girl "We'll take care of these jerks!"
Lizzie did what her brother said to her and ran. Of course the gnomes would try to capture her! She was smaller than other people because of her age and they were looking for a queen!
"Ugh, sometimes I think I hate the forest." Lizzie thought, before realizing that no one was following her anymore.
The girl sighed before starting to walk and trying to recognize her surroundings.
"I don't think I have been in this part of the forest before." She mumbled to herself "Where am I?"
The girl kept walking for a few minutes, hoping her cousin and Alex were okay.
"They were just attacked by gnomes, I'm sure they will be fine." She said, reassuring herself "Although dad will not be very happy when he finds out about that little incident."
The girl stopped when she saw something in the middle of her way.
"A statue?" What-?" she then gasped, recognizing the appearance of the giant rock.
A statue of Bill Cipher was standing in front of her, his arm was extended and there were a few birds surrounding the rock along with some bushes. In front of the statue, there was a sign that read "Don't touch!"
"Odd" the girl thought "Why can't I touch his hand?" she wondered, but decided to not find out.
"I better go home" she thought before smiling "I bet Alex will want to know about this!"
The girl then realized that she was still lost.
"Well, this is bad."
"I can't believe you." Dipper was scolding his son "You just needed to make sure she was okay and you lost her?"
"Hey, I already told you, the gnomes attacked us!" Alex was looking at the floor, ashamed of himself "We went looking for her but couldn't find her, so we decided to go back and tell you."
"Good thing Mabel also is helping us to look, otherwise this would take forever." Dipper mumbled, reaching for his walkie talkie in his pocket. "Did you find her?"
"Not yet" Mabel sighed "Don't worry broseph, we'll find her."
Dipper sighed and got quiet for a while, when suddenly, he saw a familiar figure a few meters fom him.
"Lizzie!" the man and his son ran towards the girl, who turned around when someone named her.
"Dad!" the girl smiled brightly at him and hugged him when the man arrived to her side.
"Oh my God, you don't know how worried I was." He said while hugging her "Don't ever scare me like that again."
"Sorry dad" the girl broke the hug and smiled at her father "I promise this won't happen again."
"Lizzie" Alex rubbed the back of his neck, nervously "I'm sorry, I should have watched you better…"
The girl interrupted her brother with a hug "Don't worry, Alex, I'm fine."
Alex ruffled the girl's hair playfully, making her giggle "Well, Sherlock, let's go home."
The three family members went to the shack after Dipper told Mabel that Lizzie was no longer missing. At home, Pacifica received her girl with open arms.
"Oh my God, I was so worried!" the blond woman hug the girl with full force "Promise me you will be more careful from now on."
"I promise, mom" Lizzie smiled at her mother before going to the attic.
"Are Mabel and Jane here?" Dipper asked to his wife.
"They're on their way. Thank God you found her soon, If you have made me wait five more minutes, I would have called the cops."
Dipper chuckled at his wife "The forest is not really dangerous in the day, we didn't have to worry that much."
"Still…" the woman sighed "I was so worried…"'
Alex went to the attic, trying to ignore his mother's sad face that appeared in his mind.
The boy entered the attic to find his sister reading the pages she had found.
"Alex, you won't believe what I found in the forest! You see-"
"Yeah, Sherlock, about that…" Alex sighed "I don't think we should go explore the forest for a while."
The girl frowned at her brother "What?" her chest was hurting again "Why?"
"Sherlock, you got lost, what if you get hurt next time we go?"
"I'll be fine!" she exclaimed "I'll just be more careful!"
"Being careful sometimes is not enough" Alex put a hand on the girl's right shoulder "I don't want you to get hurt."
Tears began to form in the girl's eyes "Well, I'm hurt right now." The girl pushed Alex and tried to exit the room, but her brother stopped her.
"Wait! Sherlock, let's… let's talk about this."
"Don't call me that! I don't have anything to talk with you!" tears began to roll down the girl's cheek "You were so excited to explore the forest with Jane, but now because of a little accident you won't spend time with me! What, am I really so boring?" the girl began to shake "Lily have James, you have Jane, who do I have?"
"Lizzie…"Alex was speechless, did his sister seriously think that he loved his cousin more than her? "That's not it…"
The girl left the room, ignoring how a shocked Jane was standing in the attic's door.
"What happened?" she asked with her face full of concern.
Alex just stayed silent while hiding his face on his hands.
"Stupid Alex" the girl mumbled, "I hate him."
"That's not true."
Lizzie turned her head to see her cousin James standing in the Shack's door. The girl was currently sitting in the porch's couch, she wanted to be alone.
"I don't want to talk right now, James." She mumbled.
"Well, you can eat some cookies" he said, showing a plate full of chocolate cookies "Lily and I made them for you. She is baking an apple pie, your favorite."
Lizzie raised an eyebrow "I thought you were going to bake a cake for Alex."
"Well, we did that while you were outside, we just need to decorate it now." James told her, sitting at her side "We bought a lot of stuff, and after your fight with Alex, well…"
"Oh my God" the girl looked at him with horror "You heard that?"
"Lizzie, everyone heard it." Lizzie groaned at this "But hey, it's not a big deal, you two can't be angry forever. Now… I might not be good at giving advice." The boy scratch his head "But I'm good at cooking for my family."
The girl took a cookie and ate it. She smiled at James "They're delicious."
The boy smiled at his little cousin before looking at the bright sky "It's almost sunset."
"Yeah." The girl said "You know, maybe Alex was right at calling you "Sunshine."" The boy raised an eyebrow at this "I mean, I was so sad and angry a few minutes ago… but you had the power to warm my heart." The girl smiled at her cousin. "Thanks."
James chuckled at Lizzie's words. "No problem, Lizzie, no problem."