Chapter 3: Mabel

The next day, Mabel got up very early to make breakfast for the family. She went down to the kitchen, made eggs with glitter, toast with stickers and a jug of Mabel juice. While she was cooking, she thought about Ernest and all the things she was going to do with him. 'So first I'm going to chat about all the things I like and that I'm sure he'll like too, then we'll walk around hand in hand, then we'll talk more about our favourite thing Ohhhhh! I can't wait!' She thought as she made her concoctions. It brought a smile to her face. And just then, Stan walked in to the kitchen.

"Morning Mabel."

"Good morning Stan, I made breakfast. do you want some Mabel jucie?" Asked Mabel as she eagerly held up a jug of pink liquid.

"No." Said Stan in disgust as he puts on a cup of coffee, he then grabbed his newspaper and sat down to read.

"Well then, more for me." She replied while pouring herself a glass.

"Hey Mabel, where's Dipper?" Asked Stan.

"Still sleeping." She said as she chugged a glass of Mabel juice.

"I guess that makes sense, he is a growing teen."

"That's why I made breakfast, cause he needs to grow a little more. To grow big and strong, you need a proper breakfast." Mabel proclaimed.

"Ah Mabel, I think if anyone eats or drinks whatever you make will stop them from growing and besides, Dipper's already very tall, if he grows anymore, he'll be taller than me, and I don't want that." Stan said as he sipped his coffee.

"Can you both be quiet, I can hear you from the attic." Said Dipper while walking into the kitchen, rubbing his eyes.

"Morning Dipper, want some Mabel juice?" Asked Mabel.

"No thanks, I'll just settle for toast. Normal toast, please don't put stickers on mine." Replied Dipper.

"Fine fine, but you're missing out on my cooking specialities." She said as she put two slices of bread in the toaster.

"Hey Stan." Said Dipper. Stan turned and looked at him. "I can't believe i'm going to ask this, but can you make more Creatures for the Mystery Shack tour?"

"I can, but I want to know why. Is it maybe because the exhibits aren't realistic enough for you?" Replied Stan with his nose in his newspaper.

"I got a friend coming to the Mystery Shack and i want to show her around." Said Dipper. Stan put his paper down and looked at Dipper from across the breakfast table.

"Oh a her? So you want more exhibits all for a girl." He said with a grin.

"So can you help?" Asked Dipper.

"Just tell me her name and promise that you will do whatever I say for all of today, then I'll go make more exhibits, I have been needing to change things up a bit, make various new attractions before the idiots catch on to my scams." Stan said with a bigger grin.

"I promise." Said Dipper, then before Dipper could say the name, Mabel shot up and yelled:

"It's Victoria, isn't it!? Oh my god I knew it! Dipper I'm so happy for you!"

"Mabel! I was going to tel him a fake name!" Shouted Dipper.

"Oh Victoria is it? Wow, such a fancy name. Anyway that's not important, the important thing is today's going to be so much fun. Kids, do what you want, I'll be in my exhibit making room." Said Stan laughing as he walked away.

Later that day, Dipper was getting dressed up for Victoria, up in his room, when suddenly, Mabel came in.

"So how are you going to do this?" Asked Mabel.

"Just talking, no plan, just go for it. I learned that from Tyrone. And you should dress up, I want Victoria to have a good impression of me." Replied Dipper.

"Fine, i'll go change. But you owe me." Said Mabel. Once Dipper was done, he want down stairs to see how Stan was going. He went up to the room where Stan makes his exhibits, he walked up to the door and knocked.

"Stan, it's Dipper. Can i come in?" He asked. Stan replied with a laugh.

"Don't come in, I want it to be a surprise." Just then, Soos walked out of the room holding a photo of Dipper, a hammer, some DVDs and a power cable. Dipper and Soos looked at each other in the eyes, then Dipper asked Soos:

"Can you tell me what you and Stan are working on?"

"Sorry Dude, I promised Stan that i wouldn't tell you. And I will not let Mr. Pines down." Replied Soos.

"Can you at least tell me something about it?" Asked Dipper. Soos looked around to make sure no one was listening, he then leaned in and whispered:

"I can tell you this. Whatever you do dude, don't go to the attic in between 3 and 4pm."

"Why not?" He asked.

"Dude, just don't, trust me." Replied Soos.

"Okay, I trust you." Said Dipper.

"Good, and dude. Are there any burrito bites left?" The handyman asked happily.

"Ah, i don't think so. Mabel properly had them all." Replied Dipper. Soos pulled his hand down in disappointment to hide his face

"Then it's a sad day for the handy man." He said as he walked away sadly. Dipper watched him walk away, he then began to think to himself. 'I wonder what's going to happen at 3pm in the attic. But I really should make sure everything goes good, so if Soos says to not go up there, then I won't.' He looked around briefly, then went back upstairs.

It was 2pm and Victoria's tour bus just arrived at the shack. Dipper went to the bathroom and checked his hair, then went to the door, ready to answer. Mabel came walking down the stairs and saw Dipper standing at the door like a dog waiting for his master.

"Dipper, why are you standing at the door?" Asked Mabel.

"I want to be the one to answer the door when Victoria arrives." Replied Dipper.

"Why can't i answer the door, do you think in going to embarrass you?" She asked.

"No i don't think you're going to embarrass me, i know you're going to embarrass me." Said Dipper.

"Why don't you trust me Dipper?" Said Mabel. He didn't reply and stayed at the door.

"Fine then, stay there. Cause that's the wrong door anyway." Said Mabel while running to the tourist side of the house. Dipper realized that Mabel was right, so he started running to the tourist side of the house so that he could be the first to greet Victoria. But he was too late, Mabel got there in a heart beat and was already talking to Victoria.

"Hey Victoria." Said Dipper while walking over to her.

"Ah hey Dipper, how are you?" Asked Victoria.

"Good and you?"

"I'm great."

"So you want to start the private tour?" Asked Dipper.

"Not yet, I'm waiting on a friend." She replied. A few seconds later, a boy walked into the Mystery shack.

"Mais te voilà, t'as ton temps." Said Victoria. (There you are, you took your time.)

"Désolé, j'étais distrait par le chèvre." Replied the boy. (Sorry, I was distracted by the goat.) He looked over at Dipper and called out his name.

"Hey Dipper, I didn't know you were here." Dipper looked at the boy and realized it was Ernest.

"Ernest! Hey! Yeah, this is my Grunkle's place. How are you?" Said Dipper. Mabel looked at Ernest, smiled and said:

"Hi, I'm Mabel, the cutest girl in Gravity Falls." Ernest looked at Mabel with a surprised look on his face.

"Ah, that's nice." He said hesitantly trying not to hurt her feelings. Mabel was about to say something when she was cut off by Victoria.

"Ok, now we can start the tour."

"Yep, now let's go." Said Dipper. As they started walking to the tour zone, Stan was dealing with some customers, watched them walk away. 'This is going to be fun!' He thought. So the twins showed Victoria and Ernest around. They saw the two headed wolf chicken, the photo of a horse riding another horse, rock that looks like a face rock, the six pack o'lope, and of course the sascrotch. And every time that they saw a creature, Ernest would make a remark about it saying:

"How the hell is that possible!?" or "That's impossible!" Dipper never replied to him, but on the other hand, Mabel answer him straight away saying:

"But it's amazing!" or "Nature is weird." At one point, Stan started putting up a sign saying: "New Attraction at the Mystery shack. Open from 3pm till 4pm." it led to the attic. Stan saw the kids and said.

"Hey kids, you should go check out the new attraction upstairs, I'm sure that you all will like it."

"We will, but not now." Replied Ernest.

"Suit yourself." Said Stan. After looking at everything in the shack, they made their way to the main exit. They were all going to say goodbye till Mabel had an idea.

"You both still haven't seen every thing in the Mystery shack, come to Dipper's and my room. And there's the new attraction upstairs."

"That's a great idea." Said Victoria.

"Sure, why not. I don't want to leave yet." Ernest said. Dipper was shocked that Mabel's suggested to go to their room. Dipper was about to say sometime, but he remembered something that Soos said earlier that day. 'What ever you do, don't go up to the attic between 3pm and 4pm.' Dipper looked at the clock and saw it was 3:15pm. He tried not to panic and came up with solution.

"Why don't we go to the roof, there's no one there."

"Not a bad idea, so first the roof and then the attic." Said Mabel.

"Cool." Victoria replied.

"How far up is it?" Asked Ernest in fear.

"Oh yeah, I forgot to say that he has vertigo." Said Victoria who was caressing him

"Don't worry Ernest, it's not too far up. If you want, you can hold on to me." Replied Mabel with a smile. As Ernest and Victoria climbed the ladder, Dipper said to Mabel.

"Mabel, i know you like Ernest but try not to freak him out. He's very timid."

"Don't worry bro, i got this." Replied Mabel while climbing the ladder. So they went up onto the roof, Dipper asked everyone if they wanted a pitt cola.

"I do." Said Mabel waving her hand in the air.

"What is pitt cola?" Asked Ernest.

"I would like one." Said Victoria. So Dipper grabbed some pitt cola for everyone while Mabel explained what pitt cola was.

"One for Victoria." Dipper said handing a can to Victoria.

"Thank you." She replied

"One for Mabel." Dipper passing a can to her.

"Thanks." Mabel replied

"And one for Ernest." Dipper said and gave him the can.

"Thanks." He said with no emotion. Dipper opened his can of pitt cola, took a sip and asked Victoria and Ernest:

"So where are you guys from?"

"Paris." Replied Ernest while taking a sip. 'Well I guess that makes sense, back when I first meet Victoria, someone was calling out to her in French.' Dipper thought.

"Really!?" Asked Mabel.

"Yeah." Replied Victoria.

"But your english is perfect. Is it because schooling over there is a lot more intense?" Said Dipper.

"Yeah it is more difficult, but I have near perfect English because my mum is from England and she always speaks to me in English.." Victoria said.

"And how about you Ernest?" Asked Mabel. He answer with one word.

"School."

"But don't one of your parents speak english?" Asked Mabel Ernest didn't reply and looked at the ground with a sad expression on his face. A tear dropped from his face. Victoria went over to him, gave him a hug. Dipper was a bit jealous of him, but Dipper felt bad for Ernest cause he understood why he was crying straight away.

"C'est pas grave, si tu veux pas leurs dire, dit leurs pas." She said (translation: it's ok, if you don't want to tell them, then don't tell them.) Ernest hugged her and said.

"Je leurs dirais." (translation: I'll tell them.) Ernest whipped the tears off his face, turned to Mabel and said.

"I don't have parents, my mum died three days after my birth and my dad left me from the age of 2 month Mabel felt bad from him and asked.

"Then who have you been living with?"

"My Grandmother." He replied.

"Well I'm sorry that i brought up this subject." Said Mabel.

"It's ok. Don't worry about it." He replied with a smile.

"So Victoria, what about your family?" Dipper asked so they could change subject

"I live with my parents and my 13 brothers." She replied.

"13 brothers! Wow. So your the youngest in your family?" Said Dipper.

"No, I'm not the youngest. When my parents got married, they really wanted a girl, so they tried 12 times, but they any got boys. And on the 13th time, they got me and they named my Victoire, which is french for victory."

"So why do you say your name is Victoria?" Asked Mabel.

"Because the name Victoire doesn't exict in english, and the closest name to Victoire was Victoria."

"But you said you're the 13th child and you 13 brothers. how's that possible?" Asked Dipper.

"My parents tried a 14th time, but they got another boy. Anyway it think it's time to go to the attic, while the exhibit is still open." Said Victoria.

"Good idea." Said Ernest.

"Yeah, let's go!" Mabel exclaimed. Dipper didn't say a word, he was trying to figure what Grunkle Stan was planning. He followed the others down the ladder. They got to the stairs that led to the attic, They were about to go up but they were stopped by Soos.

"Don't go up there dudes!" Soos exclaimed.

"And who are you?" Asked Victoria.

"I'm Soos, the handy man. I'm also Dipper and Mabel's friend."

"Soos, this isn't the time. Why can't we go up to the attic?" Asked Mabel.

"Fine, but i wound you dudes." Soos said as they walked up the stairs.

"Maybe Soos is right, we shouldn't go up here." Said Dipper trying to convince them.

"Come on Dipper, we're just going to our room." Said Mabel. Dipper gave up, he knew that he couldn't stop them. So he had to face the music.

Once upstairs, they saw a big white screen, a projector and some old photos of Dipper. On the white screen it said: "Show will start in 2 minutes." Ernest and Victoria looked at the photos and laughed.

"You were so cute when you were younger." Said Victoria.

"I like this photo." Ernest said while laughing, it was a photo of baby Dipper running around nacked. The color on Dipper face turned into the darkest red that you've ever seen. He was so embarrassed. Just then, on the white screen it said:

"The show will begin in 10 seconds." They all raced to get a seat for the show, but Dipper was in no rush. They sat down just as the show started.

"I wonder what it going to be about." Said Victoria.

"Probably about Dipper when he was younger." Ernest said.

"If it is, I'm going to kill Stan." Said Dipper. Ernest and Victoria looked at Dipper in shock.

"Why would you kill your grand uncle?" Asked Ernest.

"It's just an expression, I'm not really going to kill him." Dipper said. The Show started:

"Hello there folks, I'm and welcome to the today only exhibit. Today, i'm going to show you sometime extraordinary. Have you every seen a lamb that can sing and dance."

"Oh no." Said Dipper in terrror.

"Well you're going to like this." And Just then, you could see Dipper in a lamb costume doing the lamby lamb dance. Through out the whole song, Victoria and Ernest were laughing. Dipper was red with embarrassment and hid his face in his t-shirt?

"This is my nightmare." He said. The song ended and the show continued for about 15 minutes:

"I hope you liked it, what am I talking about of course you liked it. And remember, tell your friends to come visit the Mystery Shack. And Dipper i hope you like the show."

"Thank goodness its over." Said Dipper in relief.

"I liked the show, my favorite part was went you tried to do a flip and you landed on your face." Said Victoria.

"I liked the one where Mabel smacked you in the face." Ernest said.

"Well, it's over now. At least the worst is behind us." Dipper said, but he was wrong. The horror had just began. In the souvenir shop, there were DVDs and had writing on them, they said: "The hole Dipper show on DVD, ready for you to take home."

"I'm so going to get one." Victoria said.

"Same." Said Ernest. They bought their souvenir, said their goodbyes and left.

End of Chatper 3: Mabel