It had been 2 days now. Steven got up with a start feeling hot and sweaty as his eyes shot around the room, he noticed that he was pink, he had another nightmare. He breathed in and out counting to ten in his head. The glow faded as he got ready for the day.
The past few days had felt slow. It didn't bother him though. After he got ready he checked the time seeing that it was 30 minutes before everyone needs to get ready. Steven walked downstairs quietly, he grabbed some pancakes knowing the twins should be down in around 10 minutes.
Steven cooked 6 pancakes and put a little bit of powdered sugar on them and syrup. He microwaved some popcorn and sprinkled them all around along with putting on some whipped cream.
Right as Steven was gonna put on the strawberry Dipper and Mabel walked into the kitchen.
Steven turned around holding the plate with the monstrosity of a breakfast he made for them and shrugged.
"I made breakfast!"
"Uh Steven, Isn't that a bit... Much?" Dipper said, trying not to be rude.
"Come on Dipper," Mabel remarked, "Steven Made us an amazing breakfast, you at least gotta try it!"
"Ok fine, Dipper sighed, I'm going to the bathroom first", as Dipper walked away.
Steven Put down their breakfast and grabbed a strawberry from the fridge and dropped it on top.
"There", Steven Smiled," it's done!
"Wow Steven", Mabel exclaimed," it looks amazing!"
Mabel grabbed a fork and took a bite as her eyes turned into stars from just how good it tasted.
"Steven, how did you make this? It tastes amazing!' Mabel nearly yelled.
"Well", Steven started," first off I call it "Together Breakfast" and I've made it quite a lot of times to eat it with the rest of my family"!
Dipper walked back in holding the newspaper from the front porch.
He yawned as Mabel jumped him," Dipper! You Have to try this!"
"Ok ok, geeze" Dipper sighed," next time don't shake me like that.
They were nearly done eating while Dipper was reading the paper.
"No way, '' Dipper said Cheerfully," Check this out!"
Steven and Mabel Looked over at the paper.
"Whoa, Mabel exclaimed," a human-sized hamster ball! I'm Human sized!"
"No, no, Mabel," Dipper continued, "look at this!"
"We see weirder stuff than this every day!" Dipper gestured to a photo of a monster."We didn't get any photos of those gnomes, did we?"
"Nope", Mabel said," Just memories. And this beard hair."
"Why did you save that?" Dipper moved away from the hair.
Mabel shrugged, taking another bite.
as Steven chuckled a little," you two are crazy."
"Good morning, knuckleheads," as Stan walked in, "you two know what day it is?"
Steven picked up the plates and rinsed them off.
"Um… Happy anniversary?" Dipper said in an unsure tone.
"MAZEL TOV!" Mabel yelled.
"Nope, Stan whacked Dipper's hat with a newspaper," it's family fun day genius!
We're cutting off work and having one of those ya know, bonding-type deals".
"Is it going to be anything like last time?" Dipper questioned.
Mabel shuttered," the county jail was so cold"
"It's not gonna be anything like last time", Stan retorted.
"Well, you two have fun!" Steven told Dipper and Mabel, giving them a hug.
"Ok, then Mabel sighed unhappily, wanting Steven to come along.
Stan thought to himself for a sec and thought," Hey kid, you can come along too."
"Really!?" Mabel popped up excitedly.
"Yea," Stan continued," since he lives here he's part of the family so…"
"Yay!" Mabel cut him off, jumping up and down.
She ran over to Steven practically begging him to come.
"Ok, ok," Steven gestured with his hands for her to calm down." I'll come"
"Sweet," Dipper said, getting up and stretching.
"Now who wants to put on these blindfolds and get into my car?" Stan remarked
"Yay!" the three all said.
"Wait what?" Dipper suddenly realized.
The 4 were all riding in the car when it suddenly jumped.
Dipper shuddered," blindfolds never lead to anything good."
"This I weird," Mabel remarked "it feels like all my other senses are heightened"
Mabel moved her hands around touching Steven right on his gem that was under his shirt. Steven started to sweat until Mabel took her hands off.
The car bumped up and down as the three in the back seat flung into the air. Steven felt the collision with the roof hearing the scraping sounds from it hitting his horns.
"Hey Grunkle Stan," Dipper paused," are you wearing a blindfold?"
"Ha! No, but with these carracks, I might as well be '' he replied," what is that a woodpecker as the car ran into the woods.
"Tada!" Grunkel stan said, showing them the lake "we're going fishing!"
"Aw man", Mabel mumbled.
"Hey, it's not so bad", Steven whispered while picking her up.
"I also made pine family fishing hats!" Grunkle said putting the 2 on Dipper and Mabel and the last one on Steven.
The three took them off and looked at them. They were all spelled wrong. They all said dipqy m3bl and stve.
"Now that's hand stitching there."
The 3 walked over to the boat as Stan was starting to untie it.
"I'VE SEEN IT, I'VE SEEN IT AGAIN!" an old man yelled while running."THE GOBBLEDY WONKER, CHOMPED MY BOAT UP TO SMITHEROONS! THEN IT SHIMSHAMED ITS WAY OVER TO SCHUTTLEBUTT ISLAND!"
"Hey get! Get!" someone yelled, chasing the old man with a broom." Dad, what did I tell you about scaring away my customers!"
The crowd of people that had gathered around chuckled, "I've got proof! Old man McGucket said!"
The crowd followed them to the dock past the 4 as McGucket, showed them the boat.
Dipper, Mabel, and Steven all walked over to the smashed-up boat.
A boat pulled up as two people appeared, as one spoke into the radio, "Attention all units, we've got a crazy old man".
The crowd laughed as Mc. Gucket walked off" awol, donkey spittle" he spat.
"Guys!" Dipper remarked looking up at Mabel and Steven, "Did you hear what that old guy said?"
"Awol Donkey spittle," Mabel replied and Steven chuckled.
"No no," Dipper said, cutting her off," about the monster, if we catch a photo of it we can split the prize"!
"Fifty-fifty!" Mabel Exclaimed," that's like, two fifties!"
Yea, imagine what you could do with five hundred dollars!
Dipper, I'm totally on board with this!
"Grunkle Stan," Dipper started walking over," Change of plans, we're taking that boat and going over to scuttlebutt island and finding that monster!"
A boat pulled up next to the dock with soos on it," Did you dudes say something about a monster hunt?"
"Soos!" Mable hopped off of Steven's shoulders running over and giving him a hug.
"Sup hambone!"
"Hey Soos," Steven said.
Dipper walked over giving soos a high five.
"I heard about you wanting to go on a monster hunt", soos started I've got a big boat with a motor, steering wheel, you know normal boat stuff.
"This will be perfect for a monster hunt! Can we use it?" Dipper looked up at soos.
"Ok, ok," Stan started off," you three could go off on some epic monster hunting quest, or you could spend the day learning how to skewer worms with your great uncle Stan!"
Dipper and Mabel looked both ways weighing out their options, as they walked onto Soos's boat.
Steven sighed following the twins wondering if McGucket was right. Soos started up the engine as the twins yelled," We made the right choice"
"Do any of you dudes have sunscreen," Soos asked.
"We're… gonna go get sunscreen!" Dipper said.
The boat turned back around, heading to land.
Steven called back to Stan," Don't worry, I'll make sure nothing bad happens"!
"Trattors'', Stan mumbled," at least I got a box of creepy fishing lures to keep me company." Stan looked and shuddered and closed the box.
The boat was parked in the middle of the lake close to the island.
"Ok, ok, Dipper Started," what is the number one problem with monster hunting"?
"The side character dies in the first 5 minutes of the movie," Soos answered. "Wait, am I a side character? Do you ever think about stuff like that?"
"No, Camera trouble. Look. Ok, Soos be bigfoot."
Soos walked looming like Bigfoot.
"Oh look, '' Dipper said in a bleak but surprised voice," there he is, Bigfoot. Oh no cracked lens, see what I'm doing here?
Everyone nodded and agreed.
That's why I've got 19 disposable cameras. 4 in my pocket 2, in my shorts, 1 under my hat, and 4 for each of you."
Soos grabbed one out of the bag," ok testing," Soos looked at the camera activating it as it flashed in his eyes. He yelled, throwing it as it fell into the water.
"See, now that's why we have extras."
"A bird flew down near Mabel as she yelled, throwing one at it."
It was about to fall overboard as Steven caught it and it cracked in his hands.
"Did you crush it with your hands? Dipper looked at Steven suspiciously.
Steven started to sweat profusely and his eyes averted from everyone else's.
"Anyway, don't lose the camera guys,'' Dipper looked at them. "That's, odd," Dipper thought to himself, "How did he crush the camera like that?"
"Wait lose the cameras?" Soos asked.
"DON'T", Dipper yelled.
"Dude I just threw two away, he gestured to two of them floating in the water.
Dipper put a hand on his face sighing. Steven walked over crouching down, "Hey it's ok, we still got 13."
"Ok," Dipper said looking down, " before we go, I'm captain, Mabel you look out, Steven you can be lookout too, and Soos you're our driver.
"Hey, why can't I be a captain or at least co-captain"?
"Because there's no such thing Mabel."
Whoops," Mabel said, throwing a camera overboard."
"Ok, ok you can be, co-captain!" Dipper exclaimed.
"Can I be associate co-captain?" Soos asked"
"As co-captain, I authorize that request" permission to taste that? Soos pointed to a bucket full of fish bait.
Granted, Dipper said.
Permission co-granted, Mabel said.
Permission associate co-granted, Soos moved his hand for the food taking a bite out of it, instantly regretting it. He started to wipe his tongue with his hands while everyone laughed.
The boat penetrated the barrier of the fog before being completely engulfed in it.
Mabel was talking about the most embarring thing Dipper did.
"Mabel, aren't you supposed to be on lookout? Also, stop talking about that!" Dipper looked at her profusely.
"I am," she protested, "see, Lookout!"
Mable threw a volleyball at Dipper and it hit his shoulder. Dipper rubbed it and winced.
"But seriously I'm on it"
The boat crashed into the isle getting jammed into the sand.
"See? I'm a lookout genius!"
The 4 climbed off the boat onto the sand, as they started the cautious walk on the island.
"Hey dudes look", Soos covered up part of the sign," look butt island."
"Soos, you scallywag!" Mabel giggled as she gestured to Steven to pick her up.
They walked further into the island hearing a loud growl coming from further in the isle.
"Guys, Dipper whispered," did you hear that?"
"Ok, get ready," Steven looked at them.
The 4 got their cameras out and ready as soon as they started charging constantly taking pictures while screaming. They ran after him. And stopped at the edge of the water.
"But what was that noise? I heard a monster noise!"
The nose happened again looking over at a beaver gnawing on a chainsaw as it kept turning on and off.
"Sweet, beaver with a chainsaw," Soos walked over to the edge near it and started snapping pictures of it.
Steven put down Mabel and gave her his camera, as he slowly went into the water, walking over to the beaver. he climbed onto the rock and picked the beaver up placing it into the water as it swam away. Steven carefully grabbed the chainsaw and tossed it onto land, breaking it.
Dipper was walking around looking into the water as he sat down at the edge," what are we going to Grunkle Stan after we ditched him for nothing."
Steven walked over sitting next to him," hey, it's fine you were just being curious and wanting to go on an adventure. He'll understand."
Dipper looked over at Steven's face as something caught his eye," wait, did you see that?"
They both got up as Dipper started snapping pictures. He looked back at Soos and Mabel," someone, it's not that hard, just point, and shoot!"
The 2 started to back up " uh Dipper!"
He turned around and looked up. Dipper dropped the camera and started to run. Steven picked up Mabel and started running, and Dipper scrambled to find another camera. He found one and dropped it, and started running back for it. Steven stopped and grabbed Dipper and continued running.
Dipper continued to look for another camera, finding one, then dropping it.
"No!" He yelled trying to wiggle out of Steven's arms, but Steven's grip only got tighter.
Soos caught up looking over at Dipper, "Dude I got tons of beaver pictures if that'll make you feel any better!"
"Why would that make me feel any better!?" Dipper yelled, upset.
Steven felt hot, nervous, and also scared. It had been a while since he went on an adventure like this.
Steven climbed onto the boat and helped Soos up and Soos turned the boat, driving it at full speed. The boat ran through the fog and across the lake at breathtaking speeds. The creature was catching up slowly but surely.
The boat crashed into the sunken ship with all of the beavers, as they all rained down making it even more chaotic than it already was. They all were covered in beavers with one clawing Soos's face, one chomping on Dipper's head, 2 on Mabel's arm, and 3 resting on Steven.
He wasn't surprised that they weren't attacking him, he always had some sort of connection with animals. He tossed them into the water going over to help the others.
"Steady, steady", one man said to the other, holding a large glass pane. The boat smashed through it, completely smashing it. "MY GLASS!"
Meanwhile, Stan was looking around, seeing 2 people on a boat. "ah, there's my new fishing buddies!" His boat drove over showing what looked like a couple. a man sighed looking down at the box with a ring in it.
"Samantha", the man started. "There's a burning question in my heart that I long to ask you."
"Oh Reginald", she sighed with sparkling eyes.
"Hey, can I tell you a joke?" Stan pulled up with his boat turning off the motor. "Ok, here it goes, my ex-wife still misses me, BUT HER AIM'S GETTIN BETTER… HER AIMS GETTING BETTER! You see it's funny because marriage is terrible."
The two turned and rowed the boat away.
Soos, Steven, Dipper, and Mabel came storming by with the boat, with the monster in hot pursuit. A giant title wave came crashing over Stan, completely drenching him.
Dipper opened the journal looking for anything that could help.
"Dipper what do we do", Mabel yelled looking back at him
He flipped through the book frantically looking for something. "Go towards the falls, I think there is a cave behind it!"
"Might be!? "Steven and Mabel both said, looking back at him.
Soos turned the boat towards the falls. The boat ran right through it and crashedinto the sand. They hopped off and ran on top of one of the rocks, just as the creature appeared through the water, inevitably getting stuck.
"Wait, it's stuck!" Dipper cheered.
He patted himself down looking for a camera, not finding one and panicking. Mabel lifted up his hat revealing the last camera. He started taking lots of pictures of it.
"Did you get a good one?" Mabel looked at him.
"They're all good ones!" He said looking back happily.
The monster roared, hitting the wall hard as a stalagmite fell hitting its head hard as it stopped moving seemingly breaking.
Sparks started shooting from it, as Dipper started climbing down the rocks, and climbing up the creature. He stomped on and heard the sound of loud metal.
"He saw a hatch and yelled, guys, come look at this!"
The three climbed down the slope, climbing up the creature as Dipper opened the hatch on top of it.
Inside was old man McGucket trying to fix it. "Oh scrap doodles."
Y-You? Dipper stammered, you did this, but how?
Well, first I whipped up a biomechanical brain generator, then learned how to operate a stick shift with my beard!
Yea, but why did you do it? Mabel looked at him.
It's because he paused, I just wanted attention, my son hasn't visited me in months so I thought a 50-ton aquatic robot would catch his fancy.
"Well," Steven started, "did you ever tell your son how you felt?
"No sir, I got straight to work on the robot."
"Plus I've made tons of robots on my day, like when my wife left me and I made a pterodactyl that scorched everything, or when my pal erny didn't come to my retirement party so I made a 150-ton SHAME BOT THAT EXPLODED THE ENTIRE DOWNTOWN AREA! "
"Well anyway, time to get back on my ray of doom."
"Any of you kids got a screwdriver?"
"Well, I guess that's that for the photo contest," Dipper looked down, about to chuck the camera into the water.
"We still have one more roll of film," Mabel looked at him sympathetically.
"What do you want to do with it?"
Back at the doc stan was sitting in the boat getting ready to leave when the 4 pulled up in the nearly sunken boat.
Stan looked over at them, seeing the boat," what happened to you two?"
"We spent the day looking for a mythical dinosaur,'' Dipper said. "But we realized the only dinosaur we should have been spending time with was you"
"Aw save your sympathy," Stan whacked his hand down in the air looking at them.
Dipper, Mabel, and Steven put on their fishing hats and smiled a little.
"You kids ever seen me thread a hook with my eyes closed?"
They climbed into the boat and Soos walked onto the dock getting ready to go," hey you get over here too, Soos."
"I bet you can't thread the hook with your eyes closed for five bucks!" Dipper looked at Stan tauntingly.
"Five more dollars says you can't do it with your eyes closed and me screaming at the top of my lungs!"
"Mabel, I like those odds!"
They spent the rest of the day fishing, getting in trouble, and having fun.
