Disclaimer: I do not own Gravity Falls or Mystery Incorporated.


Chapter One: Leaving Gravity Falls

Mabel and Dipper were leaving Gravity Falls - possibly for good. The summer had ended, and their parents wanted them back home. So, with a final good bye to everyone at the Mystery Shack, the Pines twins got aboard The Greyhound bus and sat down for a good, long ride home. To Crystal Cove, California.

"Do you think mom and dad missed us?" Mabel asked her brother as their bus left the forests of Gravity Falls. "Do you think they thought about us a lot?"

"I don't know, Mabel," Dipper replied, pulling his hat down over his eyes. He wanted, more than anything, to forget that they were leaving. The Mystery Shack had become like his home away from home - He'd become close to Ford and Stan, to Wendy and Sues…

Mabel reached over and pulled his hat up and peered into his eyes. She stared into them, and gave him a goofy smile.

"Mabel…" Dipper whined, pushing her hand away and slumping against his seat. He didn't want to be here on the bus - he wanted to be in his room at the Mystery Shack, reading about the other creatures that lived in the forests.

"Come on, Dipper - lighten up!" Mabel chirped, wrapping her arms around him and giving him a hug. "It's not like we're leaving forever or anything!"

"I know." He replied, wriggling out of her hug. "But that doesn't mean I have to like it." Mabel refused to let up on her hug, and squeezed him harder. After what seemed like an eternity to Dipper, he finally relented and hugged her back. Pulling back from their embrace, they both looked out Mabel's window and back at the little town of Gravity Falls.

From this moment on, they would have to face the real world. No more fairy tale creatures, killer machines, or monsters. At least, not the mystical kind that could be found here. Back home in Crystal Cove, they would be facing their own kind of monsters: 9th grade bullies. Both Dipper and Mabel would be entering 9th grade (because they had skipped 1st grade and gone straight to 2nd).

Being two of the youngest freshmen wasn't going to be easy. With a sigh, Dipper turned back to face forward, pulling his hat back over his head and closing his eyes. If he tried to sleep now, maybe his trip would last longer.

Mabel, seeing that Dipper really just needed to be alone, decided that she would look out her window and make a list of all the animals she saw. That should take her mind of going back home, and keep her occupied on their way back home.


Dipper was running through the forest surrounding Gravity Falls. There was something chasing him, running after him. Maybe even hunting him.

Panting, Dipper tried to call for help, but nothing came out of his mouth. It was the stuff of nightmares, running from something and not being able to call for help.

But it got worse.

Wendy was standing ahead of him, with Mabel, and two others, a dog and short haired girl. They were calling out for someone, and they had flashlight shining around frantically.

"Dipper! Shaggy!" They called out, their flashlight missing Dipper over and over again. Pumping his legs faster, Dipper tried to get to them. But as he neared them, something tripped him, and he was sent sprawling onto the ground. His face hit the dirt, and he could taste the earthiness of the ground in his mouth.

Pushing himself up, he turned to see what had tripped him. Through the moving flashlight beams, he saw a large, humanoid wolf looming over him. Large fangs protruded from its mouth, and largely dilated black eyes stared down at him.

The wolf-thing growled, and put a paw on his mouth. Then it slowly started leaning down towards him, its jaws slowly starting to form words. He couldn't hear what it was saying at first, but as it came closer, he could hear it better.

"Beware the curse of the skinwalker," the wolf said, its eyes looking into Dipper's. Surprisingly, Dipper could see that the eyes were not the eyes of animal, but those of a human. His eyes widening, Dipper tried to ask the wolf what it meant, but the paw was still covering his mouth. Then, suddenly, someone grabbed his shoulders and dragged him away from the wolf, and screamed in his ear.

"Dipper!"


"Augh!" Dipper yelped, jumping as he came back to reality. Mabel's hands were firmly on his shoulders, and she was shaking him. Blinking, he turned to look at his sister, who was staring at him with large eyes.

"Dipper!" She said, pointing out her window. "We're almost home!"

"Really?" he asked, rubbing his eyes. Was that really just a dream? It had seemed so real. But, it had to be a dream, because he didn't know how he got into that forest. Besides, he was here with Mabel, so that meant it had to be a dream. Maybe it was a product of the confrontation with Bill.

"Yeah!" Mabel exclaimed, pointing out the window. "You can see the beach from here…" She trailed off, looking out the window. Stretching, Dipper glanced around the bus. There were a few other people here, but not many. Most of them were located in the back of the bus, staring at their phones or out the window.

"How close are we?" Dipper asked, turning to look out the window with Mabel. She glanced back at him and shrugged.

"I think we're almost there. I saw that little seafood place not too far back."

"That's on the other side of the bus, Mabel," Dipper said. She smiled at him.

"Who said I stayed one only one side?" With a groan, Dipper sat back in his seat.

"Ma-bel, you didn't." He pulled his hat down, wanting to become invisible now. Maybe that was why there were so few people on the bus, and most of them far back. They hadn't wanted to be near his psycho sister.

"Maybe I did," she said, looking back out the window. "And maybe I didn't. What difference does it make?"

"People could have been watching you."

"So?"

"So, if they were someone we knew, or the new school principal -"

"Ugh, you're always so negative!" She complained, looking over her shoulder at him. "Also - why do you care?"

"Because," Dipper responded, moving his hat up and glaring at her. "I care what people think about me."

"Like that's going to matter," She scoffed, looking back out the window. "Hey - I think I see Crystal Cove!"

"Let me know when the bus stops." Dipper replied, pulling his hat back down and wishing, not for the first time, that his sister could act normal. I mean, what harm was there in acting normal -

"Woah…Dipper, you have to look at this," Mabel said suddenly, grabbing his arm. He shrugged it off. "Dipper, come on. Look!"

"Are we at the bus station yet?"

"No." Mabel stated, looking back at him. "But you have to look at this. It's really, really weird."

"Weirder than Gravity Falls?" He asked, pushing up the brim of his hat with one finger. Mabel's hazel brown eyes stared at him. He could tell the moment their eyes met, that this was way weirder, or as weird, as what they'd experienced back in Oregon.

"Look." She pointed out the window. Sitting up, Dipper scooted over to look out the window with her. There, the arch that was over their home, it said "Crystal Cove: The Sunniest Place On Earth"

"What?" He said, looking back at Mabel. He couldn't believe this. This couldn't be happening.

The sign that stood over Crystal Cove had changed. It had, when they'd left, read: "Crystal Cove, The Most Hauntedest Place On Earth". But now, it read: "Crystal Cove, The Most Sunniest Place On Earth".


Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed this first chapter! I intend to update this story at least once every month or so. I may get a chapter updated sooner than that, or later. It really depends on how much time I have for writing. Till the next chapter!