I see a lot of people liked the prologue! Thanks for the reviews! This chapter, like the last one, is going to only be 1,000 to 2,000 words. The chapters will start getting longer though around chapter 3 or 4. Now for the reviews.
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"Then they found a digpher, it's like a gopher but a lot more dangerous, that was digging down to the Earth's core! Mabel, the Earth's core! Can you believe that?! So Grunkle Stan went up and-"
"Dipper," Mabel groaned placing a pillow over her ears, "can you please stop talking nerd and go to sleep?"
Night had fallen upon Gravity Falls and the Pines twins had finally gotten into bed. It had been a long day of stiff bus seats and lots of hugging. The twins couldn't complain about the last part though. It was great to see everyone again and they spent a good four hours explaining what has been happening in their lives.
Dipper and Mabel had nothing new to report. Besides school and Mabel's failed love attempts, everything was the same for both of them.
Wendy had just finished college with a bachelor's degree so she was happy to finally be done with school.
There was exciting news for Soos. He recently proposed to Melody and they were now engaged. They all gave their congratulations and Soos couldn't keep the blush from forming on his face.
The two people who probably had the most news though were Stanford and Stanley. They had spent the past nine months in a jungle in South America. They had been hunting down the paranormal and now Dipper couldn't stop talking about it, which was starting to annoy Mabel.
"Come on Mabel, how can you not be interested?!"
"It's not that it's not interesting Dipper. I'm just tired and I want to sleep. You should be going to sleep too!"
Dipper gave a small chuckle. "Okay, I'll stop talking now." He let out a yawn. "It looks like I'm a bit tired also." He slipped off his vest and placed his hat down on the nightstand. He fell onto the bed and immediately closed his eyes. "Night Mabel."
"Night Dip."
There was no reply. Mabel removed the pillow from her ears and placed it under her head. She looked up at the ceiling and smiled. "I'm back Gravity Falls," Mabel whispered, "I'm back." Then she closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
Mabel's eyes flew open.
She frantically looked around. Something was wrong with her dream. Usually her dreams were full of bright colors and rainbows. Everything around her was black, white, or grey. The colors looked familiar but she couldn't remember where she had last seen them. Another thing was that it felt too real. It felt like she was actually there, not like it usually felt for her in a dream.
A gust of wind blew by and she shivered. That was also something new. She rubbed her arms to try to regain some warmth.
Okay, Mabel thought, no need to panic, this is just a dream. I can just pinch myself and I'll wake up. She took her left thumb and forefinger and gave her right arm a pinch. Nothing happened. She frowned and tried again, pinching a little harder. Again, nothing happened. She tried one more time, so hard that she let out a small squeal. Still nothing.
Mabel swallowed the lump in her throat. "O-okay," she began stuttering out loud, "there-there is no need t-to panic."
Her whole body froze when she saw something fly by her, causing her tangled brown hair to fly wildly behind her. She turned around and saw what looked like a big, wispy, black blob a couple feet away from her.
Maybe it's nice Mabel thought hesitantly.
Then the strangest thing happened. The blob began to spin and spin until it took on an almost human like form. It's whole entire body was still black and wispy and that included the hair flowing down it's back, but where the eyes should have been, there were purple holes which seemed to go on forever. The shadow seemed to smile, it's mouth also being the same color purple as its eyes. Then it flew over to a nearby tree and began to engulf it.
Mabel watched in horror. When the shadow spun back to its "human" form, the tree that it engulfed was gone, vaporized out of existence. Mabel's gaze went back to the shadow. It still had that creepy smile on its face. Then it spoke.
"Not so nice am I now Ms. Pines."
Mabel let out a terrified scream and ran. The shadow gave a laugh and flew after her.
Mabel covered her face as she ran through the woods, trying to keep the branches from hitting her. She couldn't protect the lower part of her body however so her purple nightgown was ripping and she was getting scratches all over. She knew that she had to find a way out of this place if she wanted a chance to survive. As if the woods could read her thoughts, Mabel looked up and saw what looked like the exit.
She gave a smile of relief and sprinted the last couple of yards. However, right at the exit, Mabel's foot got caught on a root, she tripped, and then tumbled down a hill that was located right outside the woods. She kept rolling and rolling. Dirt came out of the ground and got stuck on her nightgown and in her hair, probably due to all the sweat.
When she finally came to a stop, she shakily got up and shook her head to get rid of the dizziness. She looked at her surroundings, hoping to find a place to hide. Her heart froze. She was surrounded by at least three dozen of the strange shadow creatures all in their "human" forms. The only difference was that some of them had long hair while others hair was short. Mabel deduced that the ones with short hair were boys and the ones with long hair were girls.
The one that was chasing her (at least, she guessed it was) stepped forward.
"Well Mable Pines," it sneered, "looks like this is the end of the line for you."
Mabel fell back to the ground in fear, getting even more dirt on her nightgown. "What- w-what are you going to- g-going to do to m-me?"
The shadow gave a sickly sweet smile. "It's quite simple Mabel Pines. We are going to kill you." It pointed a wispy finger in her direction and shouted to its fellow shadows.
"Kill her!"
They all sped forward. Mabel cried out and began to crawl backwards. The shadows were going to be on her in seconds in she knew it. She had to get out of here, yet she knew it would be impossible.
I have to get out of here, she thought in a panic. I have to get out of here, I have to get out of here, I have to get out of here!
Her hand moved backwards and all it met was air. She looked back and saw that she was on the edge of a cliff that wasn't there before. Her breathing hitched and she was about to crawl away from the edge when the ground around her began crack and crumble. She looked down in shock and back up at the shadows approaching.
Right when they were about to pounce on her, the ground from underneath her disappeared and she fell. She was engulfed by the fog below and all the shadows could hear was her scream.
"No," the leader, the one chasing Mabel, screamed, "No! No! No! NO!" She, the leader being a girl, grabbed the shadow nearest to her in a choke hold. "Next time, you don't hesitate! The second you see her, you kill her!" She dropped the shadow and turned to the rest of them. "Is that clear?!"
The shadows surrounding her nodded. She took a deep breath in then growled. "Good. Now, let's plan our next attack for tomorrow shall we?" She went to an open area in front of her and whipped her hand down. A purple and black rip appeared in the area she slashed and all the shadows flew into it. When they were gone, the rip closed.
A shape came floating out from the woods that Mabel had first appeared it. He had seen the whole scene go down and heard what the shadows were doing next.
"Well, well, well. It seems like Shooting Star could use some help." If he had mouth, he would be smiling. "Looks like its time her and I finally made a deal."
Mabel screamed and looked down below her. Her hair was flying everywhere and her nightgown was twisted every which way. At least the dirt was flying off her though. Once the fog had engulfed her, everything turned black. However, she could still see the outline of ground which also meant impending doom for Mabel.
She shut her eyes and stiffened her body for the impact that was coming.
Mabel woke up.
She sat up in the blink of an eye and began to take deep breaths. Her hair was a mess and the covers were tangled up around her. Mabel could also feel sweat running down her face. She continued breathing until she calmed down. She rubbed her eyes until the sleepiness was gone.
She sighed in relief. She wasn't in some crazy black and white world. She was in the Mystery Shack in Gravity Falls, Roadkill County, Oregon. She was in the attic, in her own bed. She was home, nowhere else.
Mabel looked out the window. It was a little after dawn, maybe around seven. She swallowed the lump in her throat. "Okay Mabel, relax. It was just a dream, it was just a dream, it was just a dream…" She trailed off though because the truth was, she wasn't sure it was a dream after all.
She was being hunted.
Something wanted her dead.
And they weren't going to stop until she was.
Dun, dun, DUN! Sorry, I felt the need to do that. I had nothing to do today so I was able to finish this chapter quicker than I thought. That also means that I can upload faster! Everyone wins! I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and please remember to R&R, follow, and favorite. If you have any criticism or things you think I could improve on, don't be afraid to say it. I want you guys to enjoy reading my stories! Also, in a couple of chapters I am going to start asking for some suggestions. I will get more into that later but if you have any ideas, feel free to tell me when the time comes.
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