A/N: Hello everyone, I am back with chapter nineteen of this story. Here, we skip forward and tragedy strikes. This chapter includes character death.
Disclaimer: I don't own Gravity Falls
It was a beautiful Spring morning in Piedmont, California. High school seniors Dipper and Mabel Pines came down to eat breakfast. Their dad was out of town on another business trip so it was just their mom.
"So, are you kids ready to go off to college?" asked Mrs. Pines.
"Geez mom, you sound like you're ready to push out the door." chuckled Dipper.
"She's probably going to turn out rooms into a sauna." joked Mabel.
"Actually a workout room." replied Mrs. Pines smirking.
The three laughed.
"But seriously, we're leaving our rooms as is." answered Mrs. Pines.
"Yeah!" declared Mabel.
"That'll be good for Waddles." noted Dipper.
"Sill Dipper, he's coming with me." replied Mabel.
"I doubt college dorms will let a pig in." mused Mrs. Pines.
"I'll live off campus." shrugged Mabel.
"Any schools you interested in?" asked Mrs. Pines.
"I'm going to Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts!" declared Mabel.
"Nice. One of the Seven Sisters." replied Dipper.
"What about you Mason?" asked Mrs. Pines.
"I'm sure I can find a school in Massachusetts." answered Dipper.
"You got a letter from Stanford in the mail." noted Mrs. Pines surprised.
Mabel froze in place.
"That's fine." said Dipper.
"Stanford is a good school Mason." replied Mrs. Pines.
"It's okay." shrugged Dipper.
Mrs. Pines got up and walked to the kitchen.
"That's okay, but you were accepted." revealed Mrs. Pines.
Mrs. Pines left with an awkward silence.
"Mabel..." began Dipper.
Mabel silently got up.
"Mabel." said Dipper .
Mabel began to leave, but Dipper grabbed her wrist.
"Talk to me." said Dipper.
Mabel turned around to face her brother.
"Why the hell did you tell me you applied to Stanford?!" asked Mabel hurt.
"It's my business." answered Dipper.
"You knew I was going to Mount Holyoke." muttered Mabel.
"You still can." noted Dipper.
"But, you won't be there." noted Mabel hurt.
Dipper let out a sigh.
"I get it, last time we got separated was Weirdmaggeddon." said Dipper.
Mabel tensed up.
"I won't abandon you." noted Dipper.
"You were so gung-ho about being Ford's assistance." replied Mabel.
"Like mom and dad would have allowed that." chuckled Dipper.
Mabel chuckled a bit.
"And there was Mableland." said Dipper.
Mabel tensed up again.
"I didn't and you abandoned Mableland." continued Dipper.
"There are schools in Massachusetts." mused Mabel.
"UMass Amherst and Amherst College." said Dipper.
Mabel began shaking.
"Dipper, why can't you go there?" asked Mabel.
Dipper found himself unable to answer. The twins went to school and the day passed by normally. However, the conversation that morning hung like a black cloud. Finally, school let out and the twins were thrilled to head back home. Mabel tossed her backpack aside as soon as she came in.
"Waddles! I'm home!" called Mabel.
Mabel raced up the stairs.
"Don't trip on the stairs again!" called Dipper.
Mrs. Pines emerged.
"How was school?" asked Mrs. Pines.
"Fine." answered Dipper nonchalant.
"So...have you thought of Stanford?" asked Mrs. Pines.
Dipper froze.
"Not really." asked Dipper flatly.
"I'm so happy that you and your sister are close..." began Mrs. Pines confused.
Dipper laughed for moment.
"Oh yeah, you have no idea." thought Dipper.
"But, you aren't attached at the hip." noted Mrs. Pines.
"It's hard." replied Dipper.
Suddenly, Mabel returned to the top of the stairs.
"Have you seen Waddles?" asked Mabel worried.
"I saw him this morning." answered Mrs. Pines.
"Yeah, I haven't seen him since we got home." added Dipper.
"I can't find him." said Mabel worried.
"We'll help you." said Mrs. Pines.
"Yeah, the three of us will find him quickly." added Dipper.
"Let's go!" cried Mabel.
Mabel raced off.
"Mason, we can talk later." said Mrs. Pines.
"Sure mom." replied Dipper.
The three split up and began looking for Waddles. Mabel looked on the second floor, Mrs. Pines looked on the first floor, and Dipper looked in the basement. Despite facing Weirdmaggeddon, the basement still creeped Dipper out. Mabel raced downstairs after her search was fruitless.
"Did you find him?" asked Mabel worried.
"No honey." answered Mrs. Pines.
"Ahh!" cried Mabel.
Mrs. Pines went to the basement door.
"Mason, did you find anything?!" asked Mrs. Pines.
"No..." began Dipper.
Dipper let out a cry.
"Are you okay?!" asked Mrs. Pines worried.
"I swallowed a spider's web!" answered Dipper.
Dipper hacked up the spider web.
"Where's Waddles?!" asked Mabel urgently.
"He's not here!" called Dipper.
Mabel let out a groan.
"We'll keep looking, he couldn't have gone far." said Mr. Pines consoling her daughter.
"What if he ran away?" asked Mabel distressed.
Dipper reached the top of the stairs.
"I doubt that with how much you love him." said Dipper.
"What if I did something to upset him?" asked Mabel worried.
"Honey, it'll be okay. Stay calm." whispered Mrs. Pines.
Mabel continued to panic.
"Mabel, take deep breaths." said Dipper.
Mabel took several deep breaths calming herself.
"Wow, that worked well." mused Mrs. Pines.
"Hey, we haven't checked outside." noted Dipper.
Mabel raced outside.
"Waddles! Waddles! Waddles!" cried Mabel frantically.
Mrs. Pines and Dipper came outside.
"Honey, it's okay." said Mrs. Pines.
Mabel opened the tool shed.
"Waddles!" cried Mabel.
Mabel looked around and Waddles wasn't there.
"Mabel..." began Dipper.
Mabel began looking through her mother's azalea bushes.
"Waddles!" cried Mabel.
"Mabel, I get you're upset. But, don't ruin my azaleas." said Mrs. Pines.
Mabel began digging in her and Dipper's hold sandbox.
"Waddles!" cried Mabel.
"He's not in there." noted Dipper.
Mabel frantically looked around.
"Mabel, we can make lost pet posters." said Dipper.
Mabel heard a faint groan.
"What was that?" asked Mabel.
"Huh?" asked Dipper.
Mabel ran to the crawl space near the back door.
"Waddles!" cried Mabel.
Mabel finally found her beloved pig lying weakly in the crawl space.
"Waddles is sick!" cried Mabel.
Dipper and Mrs. Pines poked their heads under and saw Waddles in horrible condition.
"We have to do something!" exclaimed Mabel tearfully.
"We'll take him to the vet." said Mrs. Pines.
The three managed to get Waddles out from under the crawl space. Mabel was the one who coaxed him out. They raced him to the Broadway Pet Hospital in Oakland. They went in and had to wait while a vet tended to Waddles. Mabel paced anxiously back and forth.
"Honey, you're going to put a path in the floor." said Mrs. Pines.
"I can't stop until Waddles is okay!" declared Mabel.
"I'm sure he'll be fine." said Dipper.
"I need to use the bathroom." noted Mrs. Pines.
Mrs. Pines headed to the bathroom.
"Mabel..." began Dipper.
Mabel continued pacing back and forth.
"Waddles." muttered Mabel concerned.
Dipper got up and stopped his sister.
"Look, I'm sure Waddles will be fine." said Dipper.
"And what if he isn't?!" asked Mabel distressed.
"Waddles is a tough pig." answered Dipper.
Mabel was still clearly distressed.
"Hey, Waddles survived our crazy summer together." noted Dipper.
Dipper leaned in.
"Remember, he survived a pterodactyl." added Dipper.
"Seeing Grunkle Stan punch a dinosaur was cool." admitted Mabel.
The twins noticed some odd looks, but Mabel's words were shrugged off.
"Hey kids, any news?" asked Mrs. Pines.
"No." answered Dipper.
A vet popped his head out.
"Pines!" called the vet.
"That's us!" cried Mabel.
The group followed the doctor and arrived at the door.
"See Mabel, Waddles is fine." said Dipper.
The doctor opened the door and Waddles hooked up to a bunch of machines looking worse than before.
"Oh." said Dipper.
"What's wrong?" asked Mabel hurting.
"I'm afraid Waddles is dying." answered the doctor.
Mabel felt her heart shatter.
"Multiple organ failure." added the doctor.
"How long does he have?" asked Mabel broken.
"A few hours." answered the doctor.
Mabel stayed with Waddles for the next few hours until he passed away.
A/N: That's where we'll end things for now. RIP to Waddles, but his death will serve a point. Next time, we catch up to where we began.