Somewhere in Piedmont, a disturbance has been felt…
"Mabel?" Dipper asked his sister.
"What's up broseph?" Mabel replied.
"Have you ever had this feeling we are missing something? Llike we' are supposed to be somewhere else?" Dipper inquired.
"Eh, It's probably fatigue, nothing to worry about" Mabel shrugged off.
Dipper made a meaningful expression, similar to Ford when he contemplates, before deciding to ignore it and enjoy Christmas with Wendy and Mabel.
Back to Gravity Falls…
The peaceful snowy night has been disturbed by the screams of a maladjusted pack…
"AAAAAAAAAAAAH!" The door quickly gets shut down in front of the entity as Thompson hastily locks the door and with others starts bringing whatever is big enough to block the door.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!?" Robbie asked in fear.
"NO TIME TO EXPLAIN!" Gideon said as he and others helped out to shut the door.
"Hello? You know It's rude to shut the door in front of a guest right? Not that it helps your case anyway…" The being uttered in his European accent.
"Oh sure, of course Satan would come to visit Gravity Falls because why not?" Tambry said in a sarcastic but slightly trembling tone, while moving a lamp.
"It ain't Satan and Thompson, stop prostrating yourself!" Gideon shouted.
"I repent everything, lord almighty!" Thompson keeps babbling in a foetus position.
"A little too late for that, but don't let that stop you!" the entity told with a dark sense of humour.
"Is every window locked??" Gideon asked.
"I checked dude, all locked" Lee vocalised from the other side of the house.
"Same here!" Nate sounded.
"Wait what about the window in the-'' Robbie couldn't finish as when he opened the bathroom to lock the small window in It, he met the horned creature who somehow managed to pass from it, despite its size.
"Oi, didn't your parents taught you to knock first?" The creature spoke in fake irritation.
Robbie yepped and as quick as he could shut the door, "I'll take that as a no" the being assumed.
"It's here!" Everyone jumped and moved the furniture which blocked the door to block the bathroom, while Robbie glared at Gideon.
"Oh, I may have forgotten to lock the window, '' Gideon muttered sheepishly.
Except they weren't fast enough to have the door to the bathroom blocked with Nate and Lee keep trying to block the opening door by using their bodies.
"Need Help here!" Nate spoke to others.
"Oh screw this! I'm out!" as Robbie starts running for the door.
But before he runs bravely, the door of the bathroom is cracked by one of the being's surprisingly strong arms.
"Heeere's Krampy!" The monster said with a devious expression behind the cracks which prompted the gang to scream and run to the door.
"Woman first!" Tambry pushed others to reach faster to the door than the others.
The misfits closed the door and ran with their horse power to the wilderness.
"YOU CAN RUN, BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE!" the monster gives a voice in a cackling laughter.
Few minutes later…
"shaking breathI think we lost It." Nate stated to the short of breath group.
"Okay, now we're safe, let's collect ourselves and-" before Lee could complete It, Robbie interrupted with "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT??" in exclamation.
"THAT…breathing sound.. was…coughKrampus…" Gideon wasn't exactly a fan of racing 'oh moly, I think I lost 5 pounds just from sprinting.'
A few hours ago…
Lil Giddy was walking and singing music without noticing the glowing eyes in the bush "Take me hooome, country rooooad-"
Suddenly from the bush, Krampus showed up; "SURPRISE!" .
"AAAAAAAH!"continues chihuahua screaming
Current time…
"That's It?" Tambry asked.
"What? You thought It would be some big reveal like Krampus ending up being my lost sibling?" Gideon snarked.
"Why did you even walk in the woods in the first place?" Lee questioned.
"What's this? An interrogation? Come on, you think little me would want to summon a stinky hairy abomination from whatever side?"
"YES" everyone said collectively which made Gideon's expression sour, well what do you know? Turns out gaining the trust of people again after allying yourself with Lovecraft's version of antichrist and throwing a psychotic tantrum for a girl saying no is harder than anticipated.
After a moment of suspicious silence, Gideon finally admitted to his dark secret "All right, fine! I was skating but got sloppy and slided into the woods. Are y'all happy now!?" Gideon admitted to everyone in defeat, while throwing his hands up as the suspicion glares stopped.
"Well that's just great! Now Christmas's boogeyman is following us!" Robbie whined.
"WAIT! Dr.Funtime knows about this stuff, We should call him!" Lee stated his hypothesis.
"Already tried, No cellphone" Tambry showed her phone to make her point, "either it's due to the place and weather or that hairy abomination has antenna powers."
"What about Corduroy's Cabin? It's the nearest settlement." Nate shared his idea.
"NO WAY! Last time I was near Manly Dan I got a black eye and I really doubt his boys are fond of-" Robbie got caught off guard from a scent. He sniffed until he met with Thompson who looked away in shame. It doesn't take a genius what all this means as everyone including Robbie's face changed in disgust.
"EW! SERIOUSLY!?" Robbie vocalised in revulsion.
"I drank too much milk, okay?" Thompson admitted in an embarrassed tone.
"Well, at least he didn't decide to bail on us like my sorry excuse of a boyfriend!" Tambry retorted venomously while glaring, condemning her boyfriend.
"I wasn't running!" Robbie quickly objected, "I was…trying to find help!"
"Dude, not cool." Lee commented.
"Not cool at all." Nate followed.
"Even I'm honest enough to admit that I was panicking." Gideon said in a nostalgic tone.
"Oh Shut up! You humanoid chihuahua!" Robbie remarked.
"Sometimes, I wonder why I even dated you in the first place!" Tambry said in an angry tone.
"Oh there is no pleasing you!" Robbie snarked.
What followed was angry banterings and accusations between miscreants comparable to middle aged men in one club, guess friendship doesn't always triumph.
"ENOUGH!" Gideon cut the group before going asap stupid and brought an end to this atrocity of friendship values.
"In case you have forgotten, there is a horned devil chasing us to kill us, kidnap us, eat us or… whatever he wants to do to us! Nothing is going to be accomplished by being at each other's throat like dogs and cats over a can of food!" Gideon silenced them, the youngest of the clubhadto be the only adult in this group 'Shucks, I'm sounding like Dipper! Oh well, I supposed I have to learn from the best to be worthy of loving'he talked to himself internally.'
"Little dude is right, better stand together," Lee commented.
"Besides, we better not bring attention to ourselves, ESPECIALLY in this woods" Nate supported Lee's reasoning.
"Worse than being chased by a psychopath like some cliche horror movie with us being served for a gorefeast?" Robbie said sarcastically, but the universe decided to make him eat his words as the trees in front of them got moved violently by a giant reptile.
ROAAAAAAAAAAAAR!
The monstrosity that appeared is a bipedal reptile with a bit of fur, black colours with some white spots, sharp claws and teeths and a horn-like appendage on his head. The predator came to hunt the noisy animals for dinner, whereas his prey is currently petrified in shock and terror.
"I really REALLY hate this town!" Robbie declared in a tone mixed of terror, shock and a bit of ire.
ROAAAAAAAAAAAR!
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
ROAAAAAAAAAR!
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Everyone screamed, with a girly scream from one of the boys, and a suspicious chihuahua scream, as everyone ran like they never ran from the following dinosaur. Unfortunately they forgot the number 1 rule of survival from every horror movie,Neversplit the group.
Note:Guess which cryptid I just brought on the table? until the next chapter.
For the record, there will be days and maybe even weeks between chapter updates so don't expect another chapter this soon.