It's been a while, huh? Back with more Gravity Falls! Hopefully you guys enjoy! And remember, November is NaNoWriMo! That means that every year, you can expect a lot of chapters this month as I go for 50k words! Maybe some of you will join in, who knows?
Things are starting to get interesting now! We've got Gideon in the mix, and now we're ramping up to even more!
Gompers bleated on the roof of the shack. Mabel, Dipper and Wendy were all inside. Mabel was spinning on a globe while Dipper and Wendy read, Dipper the Journal and Wendy a magazine. "Mabel, do you believe in ghosts?" Asked Dipper.
"I believe you're a big dork!" Laughed Mabel. Dipper stopped the globe and Mabel fell off of it. Stan entered the room from the front door.
"Soos! Wendy!" Soos stood up straight near the vending machine and ran up.
"What's up Mr. Pines?" He asked.
"I'm heading out. You two are going to wash the bathrooms, right?"
"Yes sir!" Said Soos.
"Absolutely not!" Saluted Wendy.
"Haha!" Said Stan. "You stay out of trouble!" He exited and walked off creepily. Wendy walked back into the main part of the shack.
"Hey guys, what's this? A secret ladder to the roof?" She pulled back a curtain to reveal the mentioned ladder.
"Uh, I don't think Mr. Pines would like that." Said Soos. Wendy held out her hand.
"Uh?"
"Uh." Replied Soos.
"Uh."
"Uh."
"You're freaking me out dude!"
"Can we actually go up there?" Asked Dipper.
"Sure we can!" Said Wendy, already halfway up. "Roof time! Roof time!" Dipper and Mabel began climbing.
"Roof Time! Roof time!" They chanted with Wendy. Soos ran to the door and looked up, worried. Outside, Wendy opened the hatch and climbed onto the roof. Dipper and Mabel followed her s she climbed over the tallest part of the shack.
"All right, check it out!" Said Wendy. She gestured to her little hangout. Dipper smiled widely.
"Whoa! Cool!" There was a cooler, an umbrella and a chair on the small section of the roof. The three walked down. "Did you put all this stuff up here?"
"I may or may not sneak up here during work all the time, every day." She grabbed a small pinecone from a bucket and chucked it, hitting a target on the Totem Pole. "Yes!" Dipper and Mabel grabbed pinecones and began throwing them as well. They didn't get close. Cassie walked up.
"Room for one more?" She asked. Dipper fumbled a shot and hit a nearby car, setting off the alarm. He drew a quick breath.
"Jackpot!" Said Wendy. "High five!" She held up her hand and Dipper stared at her. "Don't leave me hanging!" Dipper slapped her hand with his, completing the high five. Wendy looked down, hearing a car. "Oh hey! It's my friends!" A van pulled up and a hand came out.
"Wendy!" Called someone. Wendy looked at the others.
"Uh, you guys aren't going to tell Stan about this, are you?" Dipper motioned zipping his mouth closed and throwing away the key, and Wendy did the same. "Latter dork!" She swung on a nearby pine tree and slid to the next. She dropped off, landed and ran into the van. She closed the door and it pulled away.
"Let's get out of here!" Dipper, Mabel and Cassie watched it go.
"Later Wendy!" Called Dipper. He laughed nervously. "Good times."
"Uh oh." Said Mabel. Dipper looked at her.
"What?"
"Somebody's in love!" Said Mabel. She poked his cheek.
"Yeah, right!" Dodged Dipper. "I just think Wendy's cool, okay? It's not like I lay awake at night thinking about her!"
"Wanna bet?" Asked Cassie. She grabbed a pinecone and took aim. "Bakugan, Brawl!" She called. She threw the pinecone is the same way she would throw Janthide, and struck the target dead center.
"Yeah, I'll take you on that bet!" Said Dipper. He laid in bed later that night when everybody else was asleep, awake and thinking about Wendy. "Oh."
Strange things taking place
Nowhere to hide, nowhere is safe.
Weirdness is in every case.
But our smarts combined
will solve every puzzle faced.
That is a guarantee!
Mabel and Wendy stood in the front room of the store. "Random Dance Party for no Reason!" Yelled Mabel. She turned on the music and both of them began to dance. Dipper just stood nearby, awkwardly scribbling on a piece of paper. He looked down at the paper, which read 'I am pretending to write something down'. He nodded at his disguise.
"Dipper!" Said Wendy. Dipper flipped his clipboard.
"Huh? Yes? Yeah?"
"Aren't you gonna get in on this?"
"I, uh, don't really dance." Said Dipper, walking towards Wendy. Cassie walked in.
"How many times are you going to give me 5 bucks because of bad bets?" She asked. Dipper looked at her.
"Who asked you?!"
"I agree with her!" Said Mabel. "You do!" She leaned in to Wendy. "Mom used to dress him up in a lamb costume and make him do" she took a dramatic pause, "the Lamby Dance!"
"Now is not the time to talk about the Lamby Dance." Muttered Dipper.
"Lamb Costume?" Asked Wendy. "Whoa, is there, like, little ears and a tail or?" She looked at Dipper.
"Well, uh" Dipper scratched the back of his head nervously, "uh."
"Dipper would prance around and sing a song about grazing." Said Mabel, holding an image of Dipper in a Lamb costume. Dipper motioned zipping his mouth to her as she laughed. The Cukoo clock went off, and all four looked at it.
"Hey! Look at that!" Said Wendy. "Quittin time!" She took off her name badge and pocketed it, then walked to the door. "The gang's waiting for me!"
Dipper walked forward. "Hey! Wait! Uh, maybe I could, gah, we could come with you!"
"Oh, I dunno." Said Wendy, turning to him. "My friends are pretty intense." She looked at Cassie. "I have no question about her being okay, but I'm not sure about you two." She thought for a moment. "How old did you guys say you are?" Dipper froze for a moment.
"We're thirteen!" He said. "So, technically a teen!"
"Alright! I like your moxie, kid!" Said Wendy. "Lemme get my stuff." She walked out the door.
"Since when are we thirteen?" Asked Mabel. "Is this a leap year?"
"It's not leap year." Said Cassie. She looked at Dipper. "I have no question about the lie you just told."
"Come on guys! This is our chance to hang out with, you know, the cool kids!"
"Learned my lesson back home." Interrupted Cassie. "Cool kids are not usually good friends. Not until they have an enlightenment about themselves, that is."
"And Wendy, and whatever." Finished Dipper.
"I knew it!" Said Mabel. She jumped over the desk. "You love her! Love love lovelovelove!" She danced around Dipper.
"Oh hey! What's that?" Mabel turned to where Dipper pointed.
"Huh?" Dipper flipped Mabel's hair, covering her face. She spat some out of her mouth.
"Hurry up!" A larger guy was being held up by his ankles by two of his friends while candy was thrown at him.
"In the belly!" Chanted the other two. Another piece of candy hit him and he groaned. "In the belly!" Another guy threw another piece of candy, landing it in the first guy's belly button. "Oh!" The two laughed, then stopped seeing someone. The other guy turned, along with a girl to see Wendy, Dipper, Mabel and Cassie.
"Wendy!" Said all four who were standing, the first guy dropped.
"Wendy! Wendy!"
"Hey guys!" Said Wendy, her small group walking up. "These are my pals from work. Mabel, Dipper and Cassie."
"I chewed my gum so it looks like a brain!" Said Mabel. She stuck her tongue out, revealing her chewed gum.
"She's not much for first impressions," started Dipper, "unlike this guy!" He pointed at himself, but got no reactions. "This guy." He said, much quieter. Cassie sighed.
"You messed up." She said.
"So, are you like babysitting or" started the guy who was throwing the candy. He strummed his guitar.
"Phff!" Said Wendy. "Come on, Robbie!" She looked at Dipper, Mabel and Cassie. "Guys, this is Lee and Nate." Nate punched Lee in the gut, and he laughed. "Tambry." She raised her hand and returned to her phone. "Thompson, who once ate a run over waffle for 50 cents."
"Don't tell them that." Said Thompson.
"And Robbie. You can probably figure him out."
"Yeah, I'm the guy who spray painted the water tower." Boasted Robbie.
"Oh!" Said Dipper. "You mean the big muffin!"
"Um, it's a giant explosion!" Robbie looked at the water tower, as did everybody else.
"You might need to work on your art." Said Cassie. Lee laughed.
"It kinda does look like a muffin." Both he and Nate laughed, and Robbie glared at Dipper, who smiled back nervously.
"Let's hurry it up guys!" Said Wendy. "I got big plans for tonight!" She clapped, and everybody filed in. Dipper tried to open the passenger door, but Robbie closed it on him.
"Sorry kid, I ride shotgun, alright?" Dipper went into the backseat and Lee closed the door. Thompson started the car, then looked back at everyone.
"Okay, just, before we go, my mom said you guys aren't allowed to punch the roof anymore, so" the four he was talking to began punching the roof, chanting his name. He began driving. Dipper was chewing on a marker as Mabel looked around. She grabbed his marker, crossed out a message that was written, and wrote 'you look nice today!' She looked back at Dipper and giggled a little.
"This is going to blow someone's mind!" Dipper elbowed her.
"Mabel, please!"
"What? Am I embarrassing you in front of your new girlfrien" Dipper slapped his hand over her mouth. Mabel tried to say something, and Dipper pulled it back.
"Ew! Did you just lick my hand?"
"Both of you need to cool it." Warned Cassie. "Look, I get it, first time being with this kind of group. Let me tell you, if you mess up, it's not something that'll be offered again."
Stan was sitting on his chair, watching TV, and didn't like what was on. He looked for the remote. "Kids! I can't find the remote and I refuse to stand up!" The TV blared the next movie that was on. "Kids!" The movie started. "No! NO!"
The group stood outside of a fence, looking in at a closed Dusk 2 Dawn. "There it is, fellas." Said Wendy. "The condemned Dusk 2 Dawn." Most of the group woahed in response.
"Neato!" Said Mabel.
"W-why did they shut it down?" Asked Dipper. "Was it a health code violation or"
"Try murder!" Said Nate.
"Some folks died it there, it's been haunted ever since!" Added Lee.
"This town has such a colorful history!" Said Mabel.
"Wha?" Asked Dipper. "Ar-are you guys serious?"
"Yeah! We're all gonna die!" Joked Wendy. She tapped Dipper's arm. "Chill out man. It's not as bad as it looks." Dipper looked at a sign above him. It was a no trespassing sign, but prosecuted was written over with dead.
"No time like the present!" Said Cassie. She began climbing the fence, and everybody else followed. "Might as well get it over with." She added to herself. Dipper began climbing last, and as everybody else jumped down he just got to the top.
"Come on Dipper!" Called Wendy. He laughed nervously.
"Okay, okay, jus-just gotta get a foothold."
"Dude!" Said Robbie. "Your sister did it!" He gestured at Mabel, who was running sideways on the ground, going in a circle, babbling. Lee climbed up.
"Hey, you know what? Just." He grabbed Dipper, then dropped him. "There you go." His hat came off as he landed. "Sorry dude!" Lee jumped back down.
"Good job throwing the kid off the fence, genius!" Said Nate. Dipper stood up, then grabbed his hat.
"My mom's a genius." The group walked up to the store, and Robbie tried to open the door. Wendy looked in and laughed.
"This place is amazing!"
"I think it's stuck." Said Robbie.
"Let me take a crack at it!" Said Dipper, walking up.
"Oh sure, I can't get in, but I'm sure junior here is going to break it down like Hercules."
"Come on, leave him alone." Said Wendy. "He's just a little kid." Dipper frowned at hearing that, then lowered his hat in determination. He walked around the store and climbed onto the dumpster, then jumped onto the roof. The group gasped in surprise as he continued to climb. Dipper got on top of the roof and opened the grate covering.
"Go Dipper!" Called Mabel. "Punch that metal thing!" Dipper climbed in.
"Hey Dipper!" Called Wendy. "Take it easy!" Robbie turned to her.
"Who wants to bet he doesn't make it?" Dipper opened the door, and Robbie turned to him. Dipper gestured inside and the group filed in, except Robbie.
"Good call inviting this little maniac." Said Lee.
"Your new name is Dr. Funtimes!" Added Nate. Dipper high fived Mabel as she walked past. Wendy tapped him on the arm as she walked past.
"Nice work." Dipper smiled, then went inside as well.
"Do you really think it's haunted?" Asked Thompson.
"Psh! Nah! Thompson, are you kidding me?" Nobody noticed the open sign flip around to closed. Everybody looked around and scattered. Wendy, Dipper and Robbie went together.
"Oh man!" Said Wendy. "It's even creepier than I imagined." They continued walking. Mabel wiped some dust off a small container with a few pennies inside, and looked at her finger. She licked it.
"Yep! It's dust!" Dipper grabbed a newspaper, wiped some dust off and looked at the date.
"Crazy how long ago this place closed down, huh?" Asked Cassie. Dipper looked at her. Lee and Nate went off together.
"Hey dude, where do you think they keep the dead bodies?" Asked Lee.
"Haha! Shut up man!" Said Nate.
Wendy found a light switch. "Hey guys! Check it out! You think they still work?" She flipped up all three, and the store came to life. Everybody said words of excitement, except Cassie.
"Here we go." She thought.
"Jackpot!" Said Mabel. Dipper looked at Wendy.
"So, what're we going to do now?"
"Anything we want." Replied Wendy. Dipper and Mabel smiled at each other, then everything broke loose. The group began grabbing lots of wrapped foods, and began throwing them at each other. Lines were drawn, and Dipper poked his head over a shelf with Lee's help only to be struck. Cassie sat in the middle of the store, just ignoring the food fight. Soon, the supplied ran out and the teams scattered. Lee grabbed a bag of cat litter and whacked Nate with it, only for Nate to strike him back with another bag. Robbie grabbed a large bottle of Pitt Cola, and Nate dropped several mints into it. It exploded up, drenching everybody. Mabel opened her mouth to catch some, then ran around the store. She came across a display stand if Smile Dip.
"Oh my gosh! Smile Dip!" She grabbed a pouch. "I thought this stuff was banned in America!" She lowered the pack to see Dipper.
"Maybe they had a good reason." He was struck with a water balloon filled with mustard, and ran off. Mabel opened the pack, stuck the stick in, looked at what she got out, then dumped the rest into her mouth.
"Hey! Come here man! We got it ready!" Thompson ran over to Nate, passing Dipper and Wendy, who were eating popsicles while sitting on one of the shelves.
"Whatever it is, I'll do it!" Wendy laughed.
"Thompson!" She looked at Dipper. "Dipper, this night is, like, legendary."
"Really?" Asked Dipper.
"Just look around. The guys are bonding." Nate pulled back Thompson's pants and Robbie dumped an entire bag of ice into them. "I've never even seen Tambry look up from her phone this long!" Tambry looked up for a second before going back to her phone. "And your sister seems to be going nuts for that Smile Dip."
"Ugh. Maybe I've had too much." Said Mabel. She looked to her right. "What do you think?" Mabel wasn't looking at real life, seeing an imaginary world with a large dog looking at her. Another came over.
"Would you like to eat my candy paws?"
"Of course you little angel!" Mabel began chewing air.
"And then there Cassie." Said Wendy. She looked at Cassie to see she wasn't doing much. "I'm surprised she hasn't done much. She seemed the most excited for this." Wendy shook her head. "You know Dipper, I wasn't sure if you could hang with our crew at first, but you're surprisingly mature for your age."
"Yes." Said Dipper. "Yes I am." He attempted to lick some more of his popsicle from the side, but hit his temple instead, then missed two more times.
"Hey guys! We need more ice!" Said Nate. Lee had dumped the last pack into Thompson's pants.
"I'm on it!" Said Dipper, jumping down. He ran to the freezer and grabbed another bag. He looked up to see a floating brain look at him. Its eyes reached out to him and he jumped back. He slammed the freezer, and took deep breaths. He slowly reached out to the freezer handle, and opened it quickly. He saw nothing but ice. The group came up.
"What was that? I thought I heard some lady screaming back here." Said Lee.
"You freaking out kid?" Asked Nate.
"Uh, no, no, I'm cool, everything's cool." Said Dipper.
"Then what's all this about?" Asked Robbie, pointing at the dropped bag of ice.
"Oh, that's uh, uh" Dipper saw something. "Oh look! Dancy Pants Revolution! The game that tricks people into exercising!" The group ran off. "Yeah! Let's all go play that!" Dipper looked back at the freezer, then followed. Cassie walked up to him.
"Get ready. Things are going to get weird now." Dipper looked at her confused, then saw Thompson playing the game. He continued trying to dance while Nate and Lee chanted him on.
"Wow!" Said Wendy, elbowing Dipper. "He's really terrible at this!" Dipper laughed.
"Yeah, yeah, that's great." He looked in the glass door to see him, Wendy, Robbie and Tambry as skeletons. In the window, Thompson was a skeleton as well. Dipper rubbed his eyes, and the reflections changed back to normal. "I'll be right back." He dashed off and put some change into the pay phone. "Come on Grunkle Stan, pick up! Ugh! What is he doing?"
The phone rang at the Mystery Shack, but Stan was too enamored with the show to move. He reached for his ice cream as he watched. The show hit a major event and Stan got excited. "Yes! Yes! In your face Elizabeth! It's just like my life!" He began crying a bit. "In a way."
The phone was swinging, abandoned as Dipper walked over to Mabel. "Mabel, I need your advice. We're hanging out in a haunted convenience store, I can't get ahold of Grunkle Stan and if I say anything to any of these guys, they'll think I'm just a scared little kid or something!"
"Blaaaaaaa." Droned Mabel.
"Mabel?" In her mind, she was riding a dolphin with arms.
"Future is in the past!" She said. "Onward Dayoshama!" The dolphin's head spun in place, creating another face that both spewed out hands, then the hands grew dolphin faces and spewed two rainbow lasers each. Dipper began shaking her.
"Mabel! How many of these did you eat?!"
"Eleventeen." Mumbled Mabel.
"Oh man. Ohmanohmanohmna!" Said Dipper. Robbie was at the counter, rubbing a coin over a scratch off ticket. As he finished, he dropped the coin and it rolled to some chalk. He bent down to pick it up, but stood up straight when he realized what he had found.
"Whoa. Guys, you might want to see this." The group came over and saw the two silhouettes, except for Thompson, Cassie and Mabel.
"Whoa!" Said Lee. "Then the rumors are true." Dipper gulped.
"Dude, dare you to lie down in it." Said Robbie.
"Good idea." Said Lee. He elbowed Nate. "Go lie down in it."
"I'm a dead body, look!" Said Nate. He was about to step into the outlines when dipper spoke up.
"Wait!" He said. Everybody looked at him. "Maybe let's no do that."
"This guy's scared." Said Lee.
"All I'm saying is, why tempt the fates?" Asked Dipper. "I mean, what if this place really is haunted?" The group booed at him.
"Just take it down a notch, Captain Buzzkill." Said Robbie.
"I thought I was Dr. Funtimes."
"Well, you're acting like Captain Buzzkill. Right?" Everybody except Mabel nodded.
"Yeah, little bit." Said Wendy. Dipper frowned again.
"You guys want my opinion?" Asked Cassie. Everybody looked at her, and Robbie jumped back because she was standing right next to him.
"What the? How did you get there?"
"Is that important?" Asked Cassie. "Maybe you need to focus on your surroundings more."
"Oh!" Yelled Nate and Lee.
"Oh yeah? Well, who cares?" Asked Robbie. "He's still Captain Buzzkill."
"Status update." Said Tambry. "Trapped in store with an insane nine year old."
"I'm not a nine year old!" Said Dipper. He flopped back. "I'm thirteen! Technically a teen!" A sparking noise went around him, and the chalk began glowing. The entire outline glowed and the lights began flickering. Tambry glowed, then seemed to evaporate. Her phone dropped and Dipper picked it up. Robbie walked over. "Status update. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" The security TV blared some static, and the group looked at it to see Tambry, trapped inside. The group screamed, except Cassie.
"Should've just let me say something." She said.
"Tambry!" Called Wendy. "Tambry!"
"Can you hear us?" Asked Dipper. Tambry kept trying to look outside the TV.
"What're we supposed to do?" Asked Nate.
"I dunno man! I dunno!" Yelled Lee.
"Let's just go already!" Said Robbie.
"Thompson!" Called Wendy.
"Wait! I've almost got the high score!" He was given the same treatment as Tambry, and the group yelled again. He reappeared inside the game. "Huh? What?" Arrows began raining down on him. "So many arrows!" The machine called him a dance machine. "No, you're an dance machine!" another arrow spiked him.
"Oh no!" Said Dipper.
"Thompson!" Said Wendy.
"I've got this!" Said Cassie. She jumped onto the machine and began hitting the arrows on the ground before the ones in the game could hit Thompson.
"Forget him!" Said Robbie. "Let's go!" The door closed, and Wendy tried to get it open.
"What the?" She turned to the group. "It's locked!"
"Out of my way!" Said Robbie. He grabbed the register and threw it at the door. It vaporized and a green glow emanated from the wall. It covered everybody.
"Everybody, wait!" Said Dipper. "Whatever's causing this has to have some kind of reason!" He grabbed his journal and began scanning through it. "Maybe is we can just figure out what it is, maybe they'll just let us out of here!"
"Uh, they'll let us out of here!" Mocked Robbie. "Yeah, that makes a whole lot of sense!"
"I dunno guys, maybe he's got a point!" Said Wendy.
"Yeah right!" Said Lee. "I'm sure the ghost just wants to talk about its feelings!" He glowed and was lifted up before evaporating. He reappeared on a box of cereal.
"I'm bonkers for eating you alive!" Said the bird on the box.
"No!" Yelled Lee. The group closed their eyes as he got scooped and yelled.
"Lee!" Yelled Nate. "Okay, I'm with you kid. 100%, man!" Mabel was lifted up, eyes completely white, glowing.
"Welcome!" She said, in a different voice.
"They got Mabel!" Yelled Dipper.
"Welcome to your graves, young trespassers." Mabel laughed.
"W-w-we're super sorry for hanging out in your store!" Said Wendy. Robbie and Dipper nodded in agreement.
"Yeah!" Said Dipper. "Can we just go now and leave forever?"
"Well, okay. You're free to go." The doors opened, and Mabel floated over them. "But before you leave, hot dogs are now half-off. I know it might be crazy, but you gotta try these dogs!" Robbie and Nate screamed at each other, then ran for the door. It closed on them, and they ran into it. "Just kidding about the hot dog sale!"
"Just let us out of here already!" Yelled Nate. Robbie held him back from rushing Mabel.
"I don't like your tone!" Mabel's eyes glowed and Nate began to float and glow.
"No, no no!" He evaporated and reappeared as a hot dog. "What? No! I'm a hot dog!"
"It begins." Said Mabel. The items strewn around the store began to float, along with the four still around. They all landed on the ceiling, as if gravity was inverted. Dipper dodged the Security TV as Wendy was hit on the head with a bag of chips. "Welcome to your home for all eternity!" Cassie looked at Mabel.
"And if I don't want to stay here?"
"Too bad!" Mabel's eyes glowed again, but Cassie didn't glow. "What?"
"What do we do?" Asked Wendy to Dipper.
"Duck!" He said. The slushie machine floated past them as they ducked.
"Quick! In there!" Said Wendy. The two ran over to the open cabinet and ducked inside. "What do they want from us?"
"Revenge, I guess?" Said Dipper.
"What did we do wrong?" Asked Wendy.
"Okay, let's try and figure out the pattern here." Said Dipper. "Why was each person taken?"
"You guys might want to hurry up!" Called Cassie. "I'm not affected my the ghost directly, but I can't avoid everything forever!" Something crashed.
"Tambry was texting, Thompson was playing a video game, Lee was being sarcastic, it doesn't make any sense!" Dipper put his face in his arms.
"Yeah, I mean, those are all just normal teenage things!" Said Wendy. Dipper looked up.
"Wendy, say that last part again."
"Normal teenage things?"
"Of course! Stay here until I get back!" Dipper exited the cabinet.
"Dude! What are you doing?!" He began crawling towards Mabel, and looked up in time to see Cassie get hit with the slushie machine. She rolled onto her feet, holding her side. The slushy machine hit her again, knocking her down.
"It is over." Said Mabel.
"Hey ghost!" Called Dipper. Mabel's head turned 180 degrees to face Dipper, then her body followed suit. Dipper glowed. "I've got something to tell you!" Dipper floated up. "I'm not a teenager!" Mabel's eyes stopped glowing, and everything dropped. Dipper looked up at where Mabel was floating and saw two ghosts appear.
"Oh, well why didn't you say so?" The guy ghost dropped Mabel into a pile of snacks and drinks. "How old did you say you were?"
"I'm," Dipper looked at Wendy, then back at the ghost, "I'm twelve, technically not a teen."
"When we were alive, teenagers were a scourge on our store." Said the girl ghost.
"Always sasafrassing our customers with their boomie boxes and disrespectful short pants. So we decided to up and ban them, but they retaliated with this newfangled rap music."
"The lyrics, they were so hateful! It was so shocking, we were both stricken down with double heart attacks. That's why we hate teenagers so much. Don't we honey?" The two rubbed their noses.
"But, they're my friends." Said Dipper. "Isn't there anything I can do to help them?"
"There is one thing." Said the guy ghost. "Do you know any funny little dances?"
"Uh, is there anything else I can do?" Asked Dipper.
"NO!" Yelled the guy ghost, flames springing up from him.
"Okay okay okay! Um, well, I do know, the Lamby Lamby Dance. Bu-but I can't really do it without a lamb costume!" The guy ghost snapped his fingers, and a lamb costume appeared on Dipper. "Oh, well, there it is." He took a deep breath. "Well, who wants a lamby lamby lamby?" He sang as he danced. "I do! I do! So go up and greet your mammy, mammy mammy! Hi there! Hi there! So march march march" the guy ghose began clapping.
"Yes! More! More!"
"Don't don't don't you forget about the baby!" Finished Dipper.
"That was some fine girly dancing, boy!" Said the guy ghost. "Your friends are free." The doors opened and the lamb costume vanished.
"Well, I don't think you have to worry about us coming back, so" the ghosts vanished and the store returned to normal, which included the gravity. Everything and everybody fell down, and began groaning. Cassie was holding her side tightly as she tried to stand up and leaned against a knocked over shelf. Mabel sat up as Dipper walked over.
"Ugh, I'm never going to eat or do anything ever again." Dipper picked up the last pack of Smile Dip.
"Hey, there's still some left." Mabel stood up and knocked the bag out of his hand.
"Evil!"
"What happened after everything went crazy?" Asked Lee.
"You are not going to believe it!" Said Wendy. "The ghosts appeared and Dipper had to" she gestured and looked at him, then thought about another way to tell them Dipper saved the day. "Uh, and um, Dipper just grabbed a bat and started beating ghosts down left and right, and then the ghosts got all scared and ran away, like a couple of little girls! It was insane!"
"No way!" Said Thompson. The others cheered for Dipper. Wendy looked at him, then zipped her mouth closed and threw away the key. Dipper did the same to her. The group left the store and went back to the van. Lee and Nate agreed to help Cassie to the van.
"Well, I'm probably scarred for life." Wendy said to Dipper.
"Yeah, that was pretty crazy."
"I'm going to go stare at a wall for a while and rethink everything. Hey, next time we hang out, let's stay at the Mystery Shack, okay?" Dipper laughed.
"Next time? Yeah! Yeah, l-let's hang out at the shack!" He backed away and got in the car. "Next time." He looked at the store and closed the door. He, Mabel and Cassie sat in the very back.
"Oh." Said Mabel. She looked at her own message. "What kind of sick joke is this?" They drove away as the lights flickered off.
"I probably should've warned you, huh?" Asked Cassie.
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