Chapter 1
Summer of Weird Beginings
4 years later...
Right about now the scene coming into view shows a sign saying "Welcome To Gravity Falls."
Ah, summer vacation the time of year when school is out and you get to have a little fun for a few months taking it easy. Not for everyone though.
All of the sudden three screams were heard as a golf cart comes crashing through the sign falling down the cliff nose first down a few feet landing on a dirt road. The golf cart swayed left and right with the three occupants screaming before it drove down another ledge.
As for the three occupants on the cart one of them was a short girl most around the age of twelve. She had round blushing cheeks, long brown hair that reached to her hips and silver colored braces, who turned her body around to face the direction of the trees.
" It's getting closer! " she said in fear.
" Drive faster! " the second occupant said. This person was a twelve year old boy who resembled much like the girl. Only difference was his hair was shorter and more messier with bags under his eyes. His clothing consisted that of navy hooded vest, a redish orange colored T-shirt, gray shorts, white socks and black sneakers.
" Not helping! " an older Adam replied. During the last four years growing up in Gravity falls he had grown surprisingly taller. He kept his blonde hair looking the same as always with the same beanie that was given to him by Stan. His clothes now consisted that of a jade T-shirt underneath an open button white shirt, blue jeans and brown boots.
Pretty soon a large shadow of the presumed creature chasing them loomed over the cart snarling away. It's two massive hands reached out towards the vehicle but failed at it's task cause Adam slammed his foot on the peddle making the creature miss it's mark as the cart drove over a random pile of rocks like a ramp making the cart spin in the air for a moment before it landed back on the dirt road.
Adam still had a determined look on his face as he continued driving while the boy looked back while the girl sitting next to him had her mouth covered looking like she was gonna puke.
" Uh oh " the boy said eyes widening in fear and soon a large shadow hovered over them witch was revealed to be a massive tree flying over the cart.
" Look out! " the girl pointed forward as the tree landed in front of the road taking Adam by surprise but gained an intense glare and making the two kids scream in terror as the cart going closer to an imminent crash.
But everything pauses just like when you press pause on a tv.
Okay, to far ahead. This is supposed to be mainly about me right? So I'm sure of you are wondering how come I'm driving the golf cart from the Mystery Shack, fleeing for my life along with these two kids with me right? Well luckily there's a decent explanation for that.
But first we need to rewind this story back a bit more to the beginning.
A few days earlier.
First things first, I've now lived in Gravity Falls for well over four years now. I got older of course and with the help of Soos I was able to do self homeschooling. Not easy at all, it is incredibly hard but managed to get it done in my spare time. With my job at the Mystery Shack and homeschooling myself its not easy.
Over the years I got to know Stanford Pines dubbed as Mr Mystery. At a lot of time's he's both cheap, rude and really loves money. However through work I learned that he wasn't that half bad. At times he did act weird but I was fine with it.
As of lately Summer Vacation was coming up meaning the summer tourists would come, that also meant more work for me. Not to mention Stan's great nephew and niece were coming over for the whole summer since there parents figured they could use some fresh air. Not only would they living at the Mystery Shack they'd also be working to.
The scene now changes showing Adam whistling away while he swept the floors with a broom.
" Adam! Get over here! " Stan called out making the teen stop what he was doing and immediately darted to where the voice came from.
" You called me sir? " Adam asked and then noticed two kids one male and one female that looked alike.
" Yeah, Adam my great nephew and Niece, Dipper and Mabel Pines " the old man said gesturing to the two kids sounding not very stocked.
The one called Mabel was defiantly a ray of sunshine from her looks alone. She adorned a short sleeved pink shirt underneath a vivid purple reddish sweater with a shooting star falling to the left with a rainbow colored tail. She also wore a head band matching in color with her sweater, a loose purple pencil skirt, and black slipper shoes with white socks.
The boy called Dipper seemed to be the total opposite of his twin sister. who wore a greenish brown ball cap.
" Alright Adam, show them to their rooms " Stan said giving out an order while snapping his fingers.
" Yes sir " the blonde saluted watching him leave and greeted them. " Hi, how's it hanging? I'm Adam. "
" Nice to meet'cha " Mabel greeted putting up a high five that Adam accepted.
" Well, I'll show your rooms, follow me " the blonde instructed leading them up to the stairs and soon into an attic with two beds near a window with a hammock in the corner only a few feet from the door.
" Well make yourselves at home and as you can see I live here to. "
" Huh...a lot cleaner then expected " Dipper noted as he began to check out the area with Mabel darting towards the bed.
" Well you can thank me for that, " Adam chimed in moving some of his stuff to his side of the room while Mabel was also getting settled hanging up some posters from her side of the room.
" This attic is amazing... " the girl marveled looking to the other people in the room. " Check out all my splinters! " the 12 year old said raising her hands to show that they were literally full of multiple sized splinters.
" Eh. Don't sweat it, I got twenty when I first settled in here " Adam said shaking his head in both amusement and disbelief and brought out a pair of tweezers from his left pocket and began to pull each one out carefully.
Dipper was walking backwards, checking out the ceiling towards his bed and then heard a goat making him turn around to see the animal. " And there's a goat on my bed " he commented getting Adams attention after he heard a baa to see that there was indeed a goat standing on his bed.
" Oh, that's Gompers, he lives around the Mystery Shack " the blonde quickly explained as he finished taking the splinters out of Mabel's hands. " Even to this day, I have no idea how he gets in. Shoo! Shoo! " Adam said trying to make the goat get off of the bed but no dice.
" Hey friend " Mabel greeted walking towards it before the goat leaned forward and began to chew on the right sleeve of her sweater. " Oh! Yes you can keep chewing on my sweater " Mabel said before laughing not minding at all what the goat was doing taking Adam by surprise.
My first meeting and impression of the twins seemed to start off really good. In a short few days I learned more about them, like how Mabel tends to look at the brighter side of everything. At least that's how Dipper says it.
The scene now changes to the outside with Mabel laying down like a log with Adam playing around it seemed.
" Ready set go! " Adam announced.
" Yay! Grass! " she cheered as they began to roll down the side of a hill passing by Dipper who was sitting against a tree. He was currently trying to do something a with a book and held a pen in his mouth but was ticked off cause a woodpecker kept pecking on his hat slowly starting to get irritated.
She's defiantly the more playful one out of the duo, basically one anothers Yin & Yang. As for Dipper himself, he seemed to be ...well...a bit more of a "indoor person", the type that tends to read books and doesn't really socialize with other people.
" BOO! " a man yells out wearing a green monster mask scaring Dipper taking him by surprise making him fall over. The man then took off the mask revealing to be Stan with his eight ball cane who got a good laugh out of it slapping his right knee and began to cough.
" It was worth it.." the old man said in between coughs patting his chest.
The scene changes to show wearing an eyepatch for some reason over the right lenses of his glasses, leading a group of tourists through an exhibit that had a bunch of wacky statues and poorly made sculptors with a few of them made by Adam himself. Speaking of which the teen was making sure that the exhibits were still intact.
I don't know how the story goes, to honest. Only that people were always curious about Stan's home and turned into a tourist trap called the Mystery Shack. Even with me working here I never found out why he did it, heck. Not even Soos knew the awnser to that.
Dipper also said the biggest mystery was why anyone even came. Quite frankly even I don't know why, people can just be really dumb at times.
All of the sudden one of the antlers of a Jackalope fell off but he casually caught it with ease and applied some super glue on the bottom, jabbing it back into the head with the crowd not paying any attention.
" Ladies and gentlemen! Behold! The Sascrotch! " Stan said excitedly motioning them all to a sasquatch statue wearing underwear. The tourists then began to get all excited, clapping and taking a few photo's making Adam roll his eyes heading towards the gift shop finding Dipper sweeping the floors while Mabel was looking at a large fake eyeball.
My main role in the Mystery Shack involved making some of the attractions like that cheap bigfoot statue, all I did was just put underwear on it. And as you can clearly see these two are now working here as well.
" Ooh! " she reached out to touch the eyeball only to get slapped by Stan's 8 ball cane.
" No touching the merchandise! " the older man said before Adam reached out and touched it giving Mabel a good laugh while the teen casually walked off whistling away with the "I didn't do anything face" while ignoring Stan's glare.
Yeah it pretty much seemed like it was gonna be another normal summer doing work. However, one day...that all changed.
It has now been at least a few days ever since both Dipper and Mabel settled into the Mystery Shack. Adam of course showed them the ropes of what needed to be done and gave them a tour of the place. It might not seem like an ideal way to spend the summer, but it to me at least it beats not doing nothing.
Adam had now just finished rearranging the merchandise on the shelf's and once he was done the teen paused noticing Mabel watching something in between some Stan-babble heads.
" Mabel? What are you-? "
" Shhhh! " the twelve year old silenced him putting a finger from her left hand onto his lips silencing him, not looking away. " He's looking at it! He's looking at it! " she whispered to him.
Curious to know what Mabel was so excited about he looked in the direction and saw a boy near the same age as her looking at a unfolded note. " Uh...do you like me? " he read outloud. " Yes? Definitely? Absolutely? " This highly confused the boy who then began looking around looking very nervous.
" I rigged it " she said to herself.
" Okay, Mabel, your really starting to creep me out now " the blonde commented.
" Mabel. " Dipper spoke up making his female twin turn around to see him cleaning a jar full of fake eyeballs with a spray bottle. " I know your going through your whole "boy crazy" phase, but I think your over doing it with the "crazy" part. "
" What? " she exclaimed blowing a raspberry and walked up to her brother. " Come on, Dipper! This is our first summer away from home! It's my big chance to have a big summer romance! "
" Yeah, but do you have to flirt with every guy you meet? " Dipper asked.
Flash backs begin.
It shows Mabel standing next to a post card rack.
" My name is Mabel, but you can me the "girl of your dreams" " She said before winking her eyes acting pretty before " I'M JOKKING! " she pushed the boy into the postcard rack and laughed.
Next it shows a random guy sitting on a bench with a turtle on his lap minding his own business before Mabel came up from behind. " Oh my gosh you like turtles? I like turtles to! What's happening here? " Mabel asked circling her hands in motion.
And then it shows some weird guy dressed up like a prince inside a mattress store.
" Come one! Come all! To the Mattress Prince's Kingdom of savings! " the guy said trying to sound like someone from a medieval times. Then all of the sudden Mabel pops her head out from a set of colored balloons.
" Take me with you... " she whispered slowly scaring the crap out of the guy.
Flash backs end
" Dipper has a fair point.. " Adam chimed in. " Besides, your only 12, you ought to worry about that kinda later on. When your older. "
" Mock all you want brother and friend. " Mabel said with a smile waving a finger. " But I got a good feeling about this summer. I wouldn't be surprised if the man of my dreams walked through that door right now " she jabbed her thumb in the direction of the museum.
As she said that it wasn't what Mabel had in mind, it was just Stan walking through the entrance carrying a few arrow signs and a soda. He burped, but it got stuck in his throat instead. " Oh! " he quickly clenched his stomach with his free hand. " Oh, not good. Ow. "
" Wa waa waaah " Adam mimicked a trumpet smiling in satisfaction looking at Dipper.
" Aww why! " Mabel asked making Adam and her twin brother laugh at her misfortune.
" Alright, alright, look alive, people " Stan spoke up getting the twins attention with the teen. " I need someone to hammer up these signs in the spooky part of the forest. "
" Not it! " Mabel quickly said putting her hand up.
" Not it! " Dipper raised his hand next.
" Not it! " Adam raised his hand as well.
" Uh, also not it " Soos spoke up while fixing a shelf raising his hand.
" Nobody asked you Soos! " Stan said plainly.
" I know, and I'm comfortable with that " he replied and bit into a chocolate bar.
Ah, there's my buddy Soos. Ever since we met on first day on the job, we've been like to peas in a pot. Sure he's weird at times, but he's actually a real friendly guy. Once you got to know him.
" Wendy! I need you to put up this sign! " Stan called out a skinny girl who was about the same age and near the same height as Adam with a fair complexion that had a few freckles. Her hair was red, really long, just reaching down her hips underneath a tan and dark brown lumber jack hat. She also wore an emerald green plaid/flannel shirt with a white tank top underneath with s pair of blue jeans topped off with muddy boots on the bottom.
" I would, " she replied sitting from her spot near the cash register " but I, ugh, can't, ugh, reach it, ugh " she said pretending to reach not even bothering to get up.
This slacker right here is Wendy. She's been working at the Mystery Shack for at least nearly two years now. Not the hardest worker for sure, but whom I to judge? Nobody her ain't perfect. I even interviewed her, we talked a lot and quickly became friends. Not to mention she's actually kind of...c...you know what just forget about it.
" I'd fire you all if I could " Stan stated and then looked at the pine twins. " Alright, let's make it... " he then put to point fingers together. " Eenie, meenie, miney...You " he pointed to Dipper.
" Aw what? " the surprised kid exclaimed. " Grunkle Stan, whenever I'm in those woods I feel like I'm being watched ".
" Ugh, this again? " Stan asked pinching the brink of nose in annoyance meaning this wasn't the first time this happened.
" I'm telling you, something weird is going on in this town, " Dipper said pointing to the old man. " Just today, my mosquito spelled out "BEWARE". " Dipper rolled up his right sleeve showing Stan his bites who leaned in for a closer look. He squinted his eyes but instead raised an eyebrow.
" That says "BEWARB'." The old man told boy. Dipper reexamined the bites on his arm and they did indeed spell BEWARB and itched his arm a little.
" That says BEWARB " Stan read confusing Dipper making him look at it closely and it did in fact spell bewarb.
" I'd like to comment that misquotes knowing how to spell is really scary " Adam commented.
" Look kid, the whole "monsters in the forest" thing is just local legend, drummed up by guys like to me to sell merch to guys like that. " Stan gestured to an overweight tourist who was sweating like crazy like the Stan-bobblehead in his hand was like the holy grail. " So quit being so paranoid! " The old man said before dropping the signs into Dipper's arms making him sigh and head out with Stan doing the same.
" I better go with him... " Adam said to himself and stopped what he was doing and began to catch up. " Hold on Dipper I'll go with ya. "
The scene now changes to the forest area that began to fill up with dark clouds as for the boys progress they were almost done.
Adam comes into view holding a wooden sign by the string reading BEHOLD and holding the hammer with his mouth. " Nail " Adam said extending his hand and got what he asked for took the tool out of his jaw and began hammering it in.
Once that was done they moved onto the tree putting the next sign reading AMAZING.
Dipper hands Adam a nail. " Ugh, Grunkle Stan. Nobody ever believes me. "
" Well if it helps, I believe you " Adam said grabbing a nail and began to hammer it in the sign taking the boy by surprise.
" Really? Gee thanks, but you saying that so I feel better? "
" No I'm serious Dipper " Adam replied in tone showing he was telling the truth. " I get the same feeling all the time when I'm out in the woods. I've heard a lot of stories from the folks in town, talking about creepy things, that aren't so normal. "
" Like what? " Dipper asked as they moved onto the next tree keeping the conversation going as Adam hangs up a sign reading TO THE MYSTERY SHACK.
" Lot's of things actually. But I never figured a kid your age being interested in the Paranormal. "
" Yeah, but I like the mysteries, mostly. " Dipper said handing the blonde teen another nail. " So...you really believe in the paranormal? "
" Yes I do. " Adam replied as he began to hammer the nail into the tree. " There's always something out there that can't be explained. That's the beauty of it. " the blonde said as they moved onto the next tree. " Nail please " Adam said getting one from the kid and put it in position. " You never what can happen " the blonde said and then nailed in the hammer only to hear a loud metallic noise making the two jolt in shock.
" Huh? " Adam was confused looking at the hammer and exchanged a look with Dipper, placing his ear against the tree and tapped it a few more times with the hammer making even more metal noises.
" This tree is made out of metal? " the teen asked himself as Dipper walked up to his right. Adam then placed his hand on the trunk, moving it across wiping away some dust. His fingers felt a brim, persuading him to open it with both of his hands. Much to their surprise it opened up revealing a secret hatch and inside some sort of small mechanical device with two switches. Dipper moved infront of Adam and tried one of the switch's but nothing happened.
" Try the other one " the blonde suggested to the boy who tested out the last switch. Once it happened a metallic sound was heard scaring Gompers away getting their attention and turned around to see a new hole in the ground. Using caution the two slowly walked over to the hole and looked down inside of it.
" What the? " Dipper said as they saw some kind of book covered in dust and spider webs. He then reached in and pulled it out.
" That things been in there a for a while " Adam noted as Dipper blew on it, clearing the dust off and revealing the cover to be burgundy color. It was littered with various rips and tears showing it's age. It had two gold lines on it's spine and all of it's corners were gold as well. The one thing Adam found most interesting about it was the cover had a six fingered handprint on it with the number 3 in the middle.
" Number 3? " It immediately perked up his interest as Dipper placed the book on the ground. As he was examining it Adam looked around the area. If there was a number 3 on it, then there had to be 1 & 2 and possibly even more. " Where are the others? "
" Adam, look at this " Dipper said motioning him to come down onto one knee next to him. The boy had already opened it and showed who the book belonged to with a eyeglass in it however the name of the owner was to faded. He flipped the page showing the date June 18 only it didn't have a year on it. Dipper then began to read it out loud. "'It's hard to believe it's been six years since I began studying the strange and wondrous secrets of Gravity Falls Oregeon. "
Dipper then flipped the pages showing a few drawings with a few pictures in it showing Floating Eyeballs, Giant Vampire bats, a page about Gnomes and something about a cursed door.
" What is all this? " Dipper asked continuing to flip through the pages while Adam kept watching and quickly grabbed his hand. " Why'd you stop me? "
" Look here " the blonde teen said pointing to a page that had three bold words TRUST NO ONE and Dipper continued to read it out loud.
"'Unfortunately, my suspicions have been confirmed. I'm being watched. I must hide this book, before he finds it. Remember in Gravity Falls, there is no one you can trust.'"
" No one you can trust... " Dipper repeated to himself as he closed the journal.
" What could this all mean? " Adam pondered.
" HALLO! "
" Ahh! " the two screamed in surprise with Dipper hiding the book. As for what said that it was only Mabel who jumped out from behind a log.
" Mabel you scared the shit out of us! "
" Hey! " Mabel pointed towards Adam. " Language! " the girl said in a scolding manner and returned to her usually happy self. " What'cha readin? Some nerd thing? "
" Uh, uh, it's nothing! " Dipper stuttered showing that he was clearly lying.
" Uh, uh, it's nothing! " Mabel imitated him waving her hands. " What? Are you actually not gonna show me? "
" Uuhhhh... " Dipper glanced behind him to see Gompers nibbling on the edge of the book but was smacked away by Adam. " Let's go somewhere private. "
The living room of the Mystery Shack comes into view with Mabel sitting on the arm of Stan's chair while Adam was checking out the contents of the journal.
" It's amazing! " Dipper said all excited. " Grunkle Stan said I was being paranoid. But according to that book, Gravity Falls has this secret dark side. "
" Whoa! Shut. Up! " Mabel said pushing Adam but it didn't bother him.
" And get this! " Dipper continued. " After a certain point, the pages just... stop, like the guy who wrote it mysteriously vanished. "
" That very well could have could've happened. " Adam spoke up joining in on the topic. " Dipper, this is cool and all, but don't this seem very fishy to you at all? The author hid this journal and the other two. The big question is why? If this is so important, then maybe we shouldn't have found it. "
" What? But Adam, think of all the things we can find " Dipper said as Adam closed it and handed it back to him. " I'm right about this place, and I now have the proof to show Gunkle Stan I was right. "
" Dipper, your not listening to me... " Adam argued. " If the creatures from this book are out there, then it's freakin to dangerous. You could get yourself hurt, we could hurt, or worse. I just think that it ain't such a good idea. "
" But Adam, it's summer vacation! " Dipper pointed out. " Were supposed to be having fun, and were not. "
Adam paused for a second. " You got a point right there. Look, all I'm saying is that even before considering what you got planned, can you at least put a little thought into putting it back if need be? "
Dipper hummed for a moment. " Alright, alright. Fine, I'll try to reconsider putting it back " the boy said before all of the sudden the doorbell rang. " Whose that? " Dipper asked.
" It can't be tourists, were closed for the day. " Adam spoke up
" Well, time to spill the beans " Mabel said and knocked over a can of beans on the T Rex skull " Boop. Beans. This girls got a date " she said pointed her thumbs at herself. " Woot! Woot! " she said before falling backwards into the chair giggling away.
The blonde teen gave her a deadpan expression. " Come again? "
" Let me get this straight " Dipper began after pinching the brink of his nose, before pointing at her. " In the half hour we were gone, you already found a boyfriend? "
" What can I say? " Mabel said getting herself back up. " I guess I'm just, IRRESISTIBLLLE! " the girl said playfully tucking her arms into her sleeves waving her arms like an octopus as the doorbell rings twice snapping her out of it. " Oh, coming! " she then runs out of the room.
The two boys looked at one another, not really sure what to do but only shrug their shoulders prompting Dipper to sit on the recliner while Adam headed into the kitchen to grab himself a soda. At the same time Stan came in through the same doorway as Mabel ran out of drinking a soda of his own and noticed Dipper in his seat. " What'cha reading there slick? "
" Oh! " Dipper quickly threw the book underneath seat's cushion and grabbed a random book off of the T Rex skull. " I was catching up on, uh... " he looked at the magazine really confused. " Gold chain's for old men magazine? "
" That's a good issue " Stan commented as Adam came in opening up a orange crush soda.
" Hey family! " Mabel called out getting everyone's attention to see Mabel in the doorway standing next to a black hooded figure. " Say hello to my new boyfriend! "
When she gestured her arms the new "boyfriend" turned around giving them a good look of his appearance. The figure's dark hoodie he was wearing was ripped in multiple places, with a few random small branches sticking out of it. He looked really pale and had dark brown hair covering his left eye. " Sup? " He asked in deep raspy voice raising his hand greeting them.
" Hey... " Dipper greeted but not in a nice way.
" How's it hanging? " Stan greeted but more laid back.
" Uh, Hi... " Adam greeted taking a sip out of his drink a little weirded out by his appearance.
" We met at the cemetery. He's really deep " Mabel said and then lightly squeezed his arm. " Oh. Little muscle there. That's... what a surprise..."
" So, what's your name? " Dipper asked.
" Uh, " the boyfriend grew nervous and looked to the right thinking up of an answer. " Normal...MAN! "
" He means Norman " Mabel corrected him not suspicious of the way how he said it all.
" Are you bleeding 'Norman'? " Dipper asked pointing to a red liquid.
" It's jam " he quickly replied.
Mabel gasped and pushed him in the chest. " I love jam! " She exclaimed and gestured between the two of them. " Look. At. This! "
" So, you wanna go hold hands or...whatever? " Norman asked.
" Oh, oh, my goodness. " Mabel giggled before turning to the others. " Don't wait up! " She ran out of the room excitedly. Norman then pointed at Adam, Dipper and Stan before hitting his head in the door frame for some odd reason and left the scene with sounds meaning stuff was being broken.
Adam looked down to his left and saw Dipper standing right next to him while Stan was reading the magazine from earlier. Dipper then passed the journal to the blonde who instantly got the message and nodded his head.
Dipper knew something was off about Norman and I did to. He acted to weird especially when we asked him a few questions like what his name was. So me and Dipper decided to consult the journal for some clues.
The Attic now comes into view with Dipper examining the journal while Adam was looking through the window.
" Did you find anything yet? " Adam asked.
" Not yet. How's it looking outside? "
" Nothing really, just that Norman guy acting really strange. "
" Ah! I think I found something! " Dipper said and began to read from the book. " Known for their pale and bad attitudes these creatures are often mistaken for...Teenagers! "
" What'd I do? " Adam asked looking at him and looked on the page he was on reading undead on the top. " Beware the Gravity Falls nefarious... " Dipper gasped in terror while Adams eyes widened when he just noticed that there was a drawing a zombie that looked exactly like Mabel's boy friend Norman.
" ZOMBIE! " both screamed in horror.
At the bathroom Stan was fixing his tie and then paused hearing there screams. " Somebody say 'Crombie'? " he asked himself. " What is that? Crombie? That's not even a word. Your losing you're mind. "
Then a grunting noise was heard coming from outside making the two look through the window. Outside Norman was walking towards Mabel in a zombie like manner with his arms reaching towards his prey.
" I like you " Mabel said happily oblivious to the danger she was in.
" Oh no! Mabel! " Dipper gasped.
" Get out there! " Adam cried out knocking on the glass trying to get her attention but she didn't head.
" No! No! No! Mabel watch out! " Dipper yelled out as he watched Norman reach out for his twin sister.
" No! " Adam cried out running towards the stairs.
Dipper screamed cause the zombie had it's hand on her and then stopped. " Adam hold on! " the 12 year old said making the teen stop and run back to the window.
" What happened?! " the teen asked frantically worried but then grew confused at what he was seeing cause now Mabel was wearing a necklace made out of flowers.
" Daisy's? You scallywags " the girl said making Adam raise an eyebrow.
" He gave her flowers? "
" Is my sister really dating a zombie? Or are we going nuts? " Dipper pondered on the thought.
" It's a dilemma to be sure " a voice said scaring Dipper but it was just Soos on a step stool screwing in a light bulb.
" How long where you there dude? "
" Not long " Soos replied to Adam. " I couldn't help but over you talking to yourself aloud in this empty room. "
" Soos, you've seen Mabel's boyfriend. He's got to be a zombie, right? " Dipper asked making the man think as he continued working on the lightbulb and looked down to Dipper.
" Hmm, how many brains did you see the guy eat? "
" Zero " Dipper admitted darting his eyes down.
" Look dudes, I believe you. I'm always seeing weird stuff. Like the mailman? Pretty~ sure that dude's a werewolf. "
Flashback
The scene now shows a really hairy mailman walking by Soos who was eating a sandwich on a bench. He then cautiously scooted away from him and grabbed a little brown paper bag.
Flashback end
" But you got to have evidence, " he told them. " Otherwise people would think your a major league cuckoo clock. "
Adam spoke up. " That's right. We don't have proof. Hell, he could be just acting like a zombie and looking like one. "
" You dude's can't rule that out yet, until your sure he isn't. " Soos pointed out.
" As usual, Soos, you right " Dipper sighed in defeat.
" My wisdom is both a blessing and a curse. "
" What? " Adam was really confused on what he was talking about but Stan called.
" Adam! The portable toilets are clogged again! " Stan voice echoed.
" Soos? Can you please do me this favor? Mabel's life could be on the line " Adam pleaded with his best friend gaining a serious expression and readjusted his hat.
" You can count on me, dude " he answered before backing up into a dark hallway.
As crazy as it did sound, I actually decided to help Dipper find out if he was a zombie or not. Plus, I've actually come to enjoy the twins company a lot so of course I'd consider them my friends. And just like Soos said, we need evidence to support our theory, and so we got to work.
The park now comes into view with Mabel in the park playing Frisbee with Norman. She tossed it to the guy but he didn't catch it, instead it hit his head and he tumbled face first into the ground. Nearby Dipper was recording it all on video camera while Adam was taking some notes.
Then it shows Norman breaking the glass of a door grabbing the nob and opening it motioning Mabel in like a gentlemen and followed her inside and crashed into things. They were unaware of the two teens who were hiding their faces behind menu's while Adam continued to add more notes.
Lastly it shows the couple running through the cemetery before Norman landed in a hole full of dirt striking his arm up into the air and crawled out like a zombie would and laughed away. Again they were unaware of the two spying on them.
We had all of the evidence we needed.
The Mystery Shack comes into view.
" Okay, Dipper...let's take this nice and slow " the blonde said with the boy nodding as they entered the room to find Mabel brushing her hair.
" Mabel! We got to talk about Norman! " Dipper said making the older teen face palm himself in the face.
' Oh my god...'
" Isn't he the best? " Mabel asked. " Check out this giant smooch mark he gave me " Mabel said showing a side one of her cheeks that had a big red mark.
" Aah! " both the teen and kid recoiled in terror and shock.
She then laughed. " Gullible. It was just an accident with the leaf blower."
Flashback
For some odd reason it now shows Mabel outside of the Mystery Shack with a leafblower that was on trashcan. She also had a picture of Normans face. She started it up and let the it suck in the picture.
" Kissing practice! " the girl said before leaning forward, only for the leaf blower to suck in the picture and her lips causing her to panic knocking down the trash can. " Turn it off! Turn it off! " she cried out for help and began to bang it on the ground
Flashback End
" That was fun " Mabel said with a smile.
' Note to self, hide the leaf blower from Mabel ' Adam said to himself.
" No, Mabel, listen. Were trying to tell you that Norman is not what he seems " Dipper said brining out the journal from his vest making her gasp.
" You think he could be a vampire? " She asked in a whisper and then grew excited. " That would be so awesome! "
" What is it with people who like Twilight? Those movies are cliché. " Adam chimmed in.
" Guess again sister. SHA-BAM! " Dipper showed her a page he opened to but it instead showed the gnomes making her scream.
" Ugh...Dipper. Wrong page " Adam clarified.
" Oh... " he flipped trough the pages correcting his mistake. " I'm-I'm sorry... " he then showed her the zombie page. " SHA-BAM! "
" A zombie? That is not funny Dipper " Mabel said putting her hands on her hips.
" I'm not joking! " Dipper defended as he paced while listing the notes Adam wrote down. " The bleeding, the limping... "
" Taking a hit in the head " Adam added.
" Yeah that, and he never blinks! Have you noticed that? "
" Maybe he's blinking when your blinking " Mabel suggested.
" Mabel since when do people blink at the exact same time? " Adam asked before they all blinked. " And, I stand corrected. "
" Mabel, do you remember what the book said about Gravity Falls? " Dipper asked looking backwards and back at her. " Trust no one! " He hissed.
" Well, what about me? Huh? " She asked with a smile. " You trust Adam. Why can't you trust me? Beep Boop! " Mabel puts on two star shaped ear rings.
" Mabel, he's gonna eat your brain! " Dipper said while shaking her but she pushed him away and putted on a scowl hearing enough bad talk about her boyfriend.
" Dipper, Adam, listen to me. Norman and I are gonna go on a date at five o'clock " this made their eyes widen. " And I'm gonna be ADORABLE, " she then jabbed Dipper in the stomach and tried to jab Adam in the chest but he slapped it away.
" Don't do that again, " the blonde said and walked out already knowing what was gonna happen.
" And he's gonna be DREAMY. AND I'm not gonna let you ruin it with one of your crazy CONSPIRACIES! " She slammed the door in Dipper face ignoring his stuttering.
Dipper then sighed turning around and sat in front of the door. " What are we gonna do? "
" There ain't much we can do, " Adam spoke up. " Dipper, we did what we could. "
" But Norman is- "
Adam cut him off. " Dipper, I get it, your just trying to be a good brother, looking out for your sister... " He then paused. " Look, I'm not judging you for believing everything that the journal say's I'm saying, that you ought to trust Mabel. That's all you can do. "
" Your right. " Dipper said and looked at the journal. " But, I still wanna believe that there's something here in Gravity Falls. I wanna find out for myself, so I know I'm not being paranoid. "
" And that's good... " Adam said offering him a hand up. " Plus, if Norman did turn out to be a zombie, I'd kill him in a heartbeat " the blonde said smiling to the kid patting him on the back as they headed down stairs.
The scene now changes to show Adam playing on his Nintendo 3ds sitting near the recliner while Dipper was sitting on the chair itself. In only a few second the clock owl began to hoot with the doorbell ringing.
" Coming! " Mabel said slipping on a purple sweater and opened the doorbell to reveal Norman. " Hey Norman. How do I look? " she asked showing off her purple sweater covered in glitter and a cat face right in between two words, MEOW WOW!
" Shiny " the presumed zombie replied with his usual voice.
" You always know what to say! " Mabel said smiling away grabbing his hand and walked off into the woods while Dipper watched them leave with a sad expression.
" Hey... " Adam spoke up. " Remember, you were just looking after you're sister. Ain't nothing wrong with that. " the teen said trying to cheer him up.
" Thanks Adam. But you and Soos were right... " the boy said brining out the video camera watching a recording of Mabel playing hopscotch with Norman who fell on the ground. " We don't have any real evidence. "
Adam narrowed his eyes watching the video and then gasped. " Dipper! Rewind it! " the teen said showing Norman with his arm around Mabel's shoulder. " Look there! " the teen said and much to Dipper's shock to see one of his hands fall off and put it back on.
" Wait, what?! " Dipper exclaimed in shock as Adam helped him up.
" Dipper! Were right! Oh my god! Oh my god! " both of them ran out of the house not bothering to close the door.
" Grunkle Stan! Grunkle Stan! " Dipper called him out and dashed over to Stan who was showing some tourists a rock with a face carved into it.
" And here we have Rock that looks like a face: the rock that looks like a face " Stan presented.
" Does it look like a rock? " a hillbilly asked raising a hand.
" No, it looks like a face " Stan corrected.
" Is it a face? " another tourist asked.
" It's a rock that looks like a face! " Stan was now starting to get annoyed.
" Over here! Grunkle Stan! " Dipper called out trying to get his attention through the crowd but was having no luck at all.
" For the fifth time! It's not an actual face! " Stan said making Dipper growl in frustration.
Back in the Mystery Shack Adam got behind the cash register of the gift shop and pulled out a nightstick that's used in case someone tried to rob the place.
The teen smirked knowing now he had a weapon, and headed out to catch up to Dipper.
The scene now changes to show Mabel in the forest with Norman. " Finally, were alone " Mabel said with a smile.
" Yes. Alone " Norman said standing behind her.
" Stan! Stan! " Dipper continued to call him out but he couldn't hear him. At the same time, Adam caught up.
" We don't have time for this! " the teen said and then spotted Wendy pulling up with the cart parking in the front of the Mystery Shack.
" Perfect. Wendy! " Adam called out getting the brunette's attention as they ran towards her. " I know this sounds crazy, but Mabel's boyfriend turned is a zombie! We really need to use the cart to save her. "
She looked at him for a moment before smiling. " Sure man, no problem. " Wendy said and gave him the keys " Try not to hit any pedestrians! " She said walking away winking at the teen and shooting him a friendly finger making Adam smile for a moment.
Then without hesitation the two got in the golf cart.
" Alright, Buckle, up Dipper. " Adam said making the two of them put on their seat belts. He then started the ignition, putting it in reverse, backed it up and made a sharp turn making it face the forest. After putting it in drive they were off.
Cut's back into the woods.
Norman turns around looking away from the girl. " Uh, Mabel, now that we got to know each other, there's... " he exhales slowly. " There's something I need to tell you.
" Oh Norman, you can tell me anything " Mabel said reassuringly. ' Please, be a vampire! Please be a vampire! ' She said through her mind.
" Alright, just... " he turns around to face her waving his hands. "...Don't, freak out, okay? " Norman asked and reached for his zipper of his hoodie and opened up it up grabbing both openings. Mabel then looked with eyes widen in anticipation.
However when Normans hoodie dropped Mabel was instead shocked. Because she wasn't looking at a vampire, or a zombie. Instead it turned out to be five gnomes stacked on top of one another. They all had beards and, two of them were holding fake arms while the one top standing on both of their heads. " Is this weird? " the top gnome asked obviously being the leader. " Is this to weird? Do you need to sit down? "
The only response he got was Mabel's jaw hanging down with eyes widened as they could be.
" R-r-right, I'll explain " the leader said. " So, were gnomes! First off, get that one out of the way. "
" Uh... " Mabel raised an eyebrow not being able to have any words come out how she was feeling.
" I'm Jeff, " the leader said revealing his name and introduced the other gnomes he was with. " And here we have, Carson, Steve, Jason and... " He paused at the gnome making up the left foot who's eyes were crossed. " I'm sorry, I always forget your name. "
" Schembulock " the gnome replied making Jeff snap his fingers and smiled pointing at him.
" Schembulock! Yes! " Jeff said while Mabel was trying absorb what was happening, sat on a rock and slapped her forehead. " Anyways, long story short, us gnomes have been looking for a new queen. Right guys? "
" Queen! Queen! Queen! " the other gnomes chanted eagerly.
Jeff chuckled nervously. " So what do you say? " he asked before tapping on Steve's head making them all work as one body kneeling down with Carson making the fake arm extend out holding a box containing a diamond ring. " Will you join us in holy matrignomey? Matri...matri-mon-ny! Blah! Can't talk today! "
Mabel winced trying to be careful by her words of choice. " Look, I'm sorry guys. You're really sweet but, I'm a girl, and you're gnomes, and it's like, what?! Yikes... " She said hoping they would get the idea making them glance at one another and made sad faces.
" We understand... " Jeff replied with closed eyes, clearly sad to hear her reply. " We'll never forget you Mabel. " She smiled glad they could understand. " Because were gonna kidnap you. " This took Mabel by surprise and then Jeff lunged towards the girl with the other gnomes following suit causing her to scream.
It now cuts to show cart speeding through the forest. " Were never gonna find Mabel like this! " Adam cried out as he made a few sharp turns before they heard her scream. " That works to. Mabel were coming! "
" Help! " Mabel's voice echoed.
" That way! " Dipper pointed to a the left making Adam turn the cart in that direction going down a steep hill and now entering a cave full of mushrooms and moss and slowly drove into a clearing to see Mabel fighting off a group of gnomes.
" Really? Gnomes? Geez I did not see this one coming " Adam commented in disbelief and surprise as he parked the cart letting the two get off.
" The more you struggle, the more awkward this is gonna be for everybody! " Jeff said standing on a rock watching his kind gang up on the poor girl. " Just, okay, ha, ha. Get her arm there, Steve! " He order making the gnome bite on one of the sleeves of her sweater prompting her to wiggle him off.
" Let got of me! " Mabel said punching the gnome away and kicked a different gnome that bounced off a wall and onto the ground before he puked out a rainbow.
" What is going on here?! " Dipper asked out loud, as a gnome came running across them and gave a hiss making Dipper recoil while Adam bashed it away with the nightstick.
" Dipper! Adam! " Mabel called out to them. " Norman turned out to be a bunch of gnomes! And there total jerks! " She said while punching one of them away only for one of them to grab her hair.
" Huh, the moment when you showed her that gnome page, this happens? Talk about a coincidence " Adam said looking to Dipper.
" Yeah, we were waaay off on this on this one " the boy replied and quickly opening the journal to the page itself. "Gnomes, little men of the Gravity Falls forest. Weaknesses unknown. "
" Bad moment right now... " Adam spoke up making him put the book away to see that the gnomes had Mabel nailed into the ground like Guliver's travels.
" Oh come on! " she said complained as Adam stomped over to Jeff.
" Okay, that's enough! " he spoke up taking Jeff by surprise and turned around to face him. " Let her go! "
" Oh! Ha, ha. Hey, there! Um, you know, this is really all just a big misunderstanding. You, see, she's not in danger. She's just marrying all one thousand of us and becoming our gnome queen for all eternity. Isn't that right honey? " He asked smiling towards Mabel.
" You guys are butfaces! " she said with one of the gnomes covering her mouth.
" Were not playing around, give her back. And that's not a request " Adam said threateningly.
" You think you can stop us, human? " Jeff replied all seriously.
" Yep " Adam casually replied and wacked him on the head with his nightstick smacked the other gnomes away from Mabel and used the handle of the weapon to weaken the ropes letting Mabel back up.
" He's getting away with our queen! " Jeff pointed to the teen and kids running back to the cart. " No! No! " He tried to pursue them.
" Buckle up Mabel " Adam said backing up , turned around and speed up the hill while the gnomes were outraged with Jeff getting on the rock once again.
" You've messed with the wrong creatures humans. Gnomes of the forest...ASSEMBLE! " As he yelled that out dozens of other gnomes crawl out of there holes and gathered around Jeff, they began to stack onto one another, joining hands and locking arms and grew larger each second with Jeff on the top.
Out side of the cave they just drove out.
" Hurry before they come after us " Mabel said making Adam laugh.
" Nah, I think were good. Besides, did you see the size of their legs? " the blonde commented but suddenly felt the ground shake making them screech to a halt and looked behind them to see that the gnomes had came together forming into a massive monster.
" Dang... " Mabel said.
" Oh come on! Seriously?! " Adam complained.
" Alright, team work guys! Like we practiced! " Jeff said making the gnome monster raise its arms into the air roaring away.
" Move! Move! " Mabel cried out with blonde slamming his foot on the gear making the wheels scrap the ground avoiding a hit from the monster causing the gnomes to disassemble and quickly reformed beginning it's persuit of the trio.
" Come back with our Queen! "
" It's getting closer! " Mabel looked back.
" Drive faster! " Dipper said.
" Not helping! " Adam retorted and focused his eyes on the road.
Jeff leaned the left hat-lever forward, making the monster fire off several gnomes. A few bounced off the cart while some landed like begun chewing on the roof while another hung on the edge from Mabel's side that laughed only to elbowed in the face.
Then Schmebulock got behind Adam who grabbed the gnome and slammed it repeatedly into the wheel making it honk. " Schmebulock " the gnome said it's name and was thrown off. All of the sudden a gnome came from the front jumping forward like a cat screeching away, landing on Dipper's face and began to claw him.
" I'll save you Dipper! " Mabel said punching the gnome and unintentionally punched her twin as well before let go taking his hat with it.
" Thanks Mabel... " the boy said all dazed from the punches leaving two black eyes and bruises.
" Don't mention it " she replied when a loud ripping sound was heard. A shadow hovered over the cart making the three look up to see a massive tree sailing through the air.
" Look out! " Mabel pointed forward as the tree landed.
" Hang onto something! " Adam said making a sharp right through the forest going around the tree and back onto the road. He then lost control of the vehicle making it balance on it's left wheels, overturning to the side and landed right infront of the Mystery Shack.
The three of them groaned in pain as they unbuckled getting out of the cart. " That's gonna leave a mark. You two alright? " But he didn't get answer cause the gnome monster was standing right in front of them.
" Get behind me! " Adam said stepping infront of the twins and slowly backed up.
" Were the hell is Stan?! " the blonde asked outloud.
While this was happening Stan was showing off somekind of spinning wheel with a black spiral to some tourists.
" Behold! The worlds most distracting object! " he said pulling the string making it spin.
" Ooh! " they said watching the spiral.
" Try to look away from it! You can't! " Stan said as it backfired cause they all couldn't look away from it. " Ah, I can't even remember what I was talking about. "
Back outside the gnome monster had the trio cornered.
" It's the end of the line! " Jeff said. " Mabel! Marry us before we do something crazy! "
" There's got, to be a way out of this... " Dipper said and brought out the journal.
' Please don't make me have to use it... ' Adam narrowed his eyes before Mabel stepped forward.
" I got to do it " she said shocking the two.
" What!? Mabel, don't do this are you crazy?! " Dipper asked.
" Trust me "
" What? "
" Dipper, " she leaned in and whispered. " Just this once, trust me. "
" But... " Dipper was about to protest only for Adam to put a hand on his shoulder.
" Let's just see what she has in mind...remember, trust your sister " Adam whispered as the two backed up and Mabel approached the monster.
" Alright Jeff, I'll marry you. "
" Hot dog! " the gnome cheered and made his way down walked towards the girl and brought out the ring. " Eh? Eh? " He gestured to the jewel making her close her eyes and let Jeff slip it on.
" Bada-bing, Bada-bam! " He did a short dance while she looked at the ring. " Now let's get you back into the forest, Honey! "
" You may now kiss the bride " Mabel said causing Jeff to pause. " Well...don't mind if I do! " he said before leaning in to kiss the girl returning the gesture.
Instead of a kiss he opened his eyes to see Mabel turning on the leaf blower in reverse. " Ah! Hey-hey wait a minute " he protested backing up and began feeling the suction from the leaf blower. This shocked Dipper and the other gnomes while Adam smirked.
" Right on Mabel " the teen muttered as he continued to watch as the gnome got sucked into the tube of leafblower.
" That's for lying to me! " She said to the gnome looking at her in fear and turned up the power. " That's for breaking my heart! " the girl said as the force increased sucking the gnome in further.
" Ow! My face! " the gnome said as Adam grabbed the leafblower and kneeled down aiming it at the monster.
" Time for some payback " the teen said with grin making the monster scared. " Would you two like to do the honors? " He asked with the two nodding. " On three! "
" 1...2...3! " the trio chanted as the twins pushed the lever forward firing Jeff right at the gnome monster going through it's chest and making them all fall apart.
" Haha! " Adam cheered double low fiving the twins as they watched Jeff fly off into the distance. " I'll get you back for thissssss! " he screamed landing deep into the forest.
The gnomes then began to panick. " Who's giving orders!? I need orders! " one gnome said.
" My arms are tired... " another spoke up and was blown away by the leafblower.
" Anyone else wanna piece of us?! " Adam asked as Mabel continued to blow them away causing the gnomes to run back into the forest on all fours. As this went on one of the gnomes got caught in a six pack holder. He struggled to get out, only to be picked up by gompers and ran off with him. The gnome screamed as the trio walked back to the house with tired smiles.
" Phew! " Adam wiped his brow and sat on the porch. " What. A. Day "
" Hey, guys? " Mabel spoke up getting their attention. " I, Um...I'm sorry for ignoring your advice... " she said feeling the guilt. " You both were really just looking out for me. "
" Oh don't be like that... " Dipper waved it off. " You saved our buts back there. "
" I guess I'm just sad that my first boyfriend turned out to be a bunch of gnomes " she said while taking a leaf out of her hair.
" Look on the bright side, maybe the next one will be a vampire " Dipper said trying to cheer her up only to get a flick from Adam at the back of the head.
" Dude, don't jinx it " the blonde glared at him.
" Hehe, sorry. But, seriously Adam thank you. You helped me out study a potential zombie and helped rescue my sister. We really owe you one " Dipper said with a smile.
Adam chuckled as he put the nightstick down. " Thank you. Now quick question? Can I join the club? "
" Really? You want in on this? " Dipper asked in a surprised tone.
" Heck yeah. Even though we nearly died, Mable could have possibly gotten kidnapped , It'd give me a something to do for the summer. To top it off, this the most fun I've ever had. Plus now I officially hate Gnomes. "
Mabel then spread out her arms. " Awkward family/friend hug? "
Adam was a bit taken back by the offer and thought for a moment and shrugged his shoulders. " What the hell. I'll take it " Adam then got on his knees and embraced the twins in a hug that they returned.
" Pat, pat " the twins said making Adam raise a eyebrow highly confused before they broke the hug with him grabbing the nightstick seeing how much it helped today, he'd probably would need it for the future mysteries to come.
The trio then entered the gift shop totally exhausted and spotted Stan by the cash register counting the money that was made. " Yeesh, you three look like you got hit by a bus " he said and slammed his hand on the table not noticing them walking away not paying attention. He looked at his money and waved to them. " Um, hey! "
They looked back to face him. " Um. W-wouldn't you know it it? " he asked rubbing the back of his head before he took the hand and tapped the money. " I accidentally overstocked some inventory. How's about you each take one item from the gift shop. On the house, y'know? "
" Really? " Mabel asked all excitedly while Dipper wasn't buying with his arms folded.
" What's the catch? " he asked.
" The catch is do it before I change my mind now take something " he replied gathering the last of the money while the trio explored what the gift shop had to offer.
Dipper grabbed one of the blue and white hands from the shelves and tried it on examining himself in the mirror. " Hmm. That ought to do it. "
Adam also found something a black headband with a white question mark on the front with the initials M & S on the back. He slipped it on fitting perfectly, checking his reflection and smiled. " Now this here, feels right. " the teen commented.
" One more thing, " Stan spoke up and laid out some money on the counter. " Here's your month's pay Adam. "
The teen went over and counted the money making sure Stan didn't cheat him. And indeed the two hundred dollars was all there.
" Thank you sir. " Adam nodded putting it in his wallet. " How bout you Mabel? "
" I will have... " she grabbed an item from a box and twirl around revealing a..." GRALPING HOOK! " The males all exchanged a look. " Yes! "
" Wouldn't she rather have, like a doll, or something? " Stan asked Dipper as they watched her aim it up the ceiling firing it, it caught on one of the rather pulling her up, knocking over a stack of boxes.
" GRAPPLING HOOK! " Mabel gave her his answer.
" Fair enough! "
The scene now changes to show the attic with Mabel jumping up and down on the bed, Dipper writing in the journal and Adam was laying in his hammock.
And now you all know how it began. The journal me and Dipper found said in Gravity Falls, you can't trust no one. However you'd change you're mind, after fighting off an army of gnomes, side by side, with a two kids you only met a few days ago. You'd probably realize that they aren't so bad and you'd all have each others back.
Adam looked over to see Mabel firing her grappling hook that brought her a stuffed animal looking over to Dipper. The blonde smiled already knowing that he made two new good friends.
" Mabel, hit the light, time to get some shut eye. " Adam called out.
" I'm on it " Mabel replied before firing it knocking the lantern out of the window. " It worked! " She said before the trio all laughed as Adam slipped his headband over his eyes.
Stan always told me that their was nothing weird about this town. But after what happened today, I'm pretty sure that there is. We won't know what kind of secret's will be revealed, somehow though, we'll unlock them. Also...maybe when the time is right, I can share...my secrets.
Unknown to everyone else Stan entered the Gift Shop of the Mystery holding a lantern. He headed towards a vending machine and pressed a few buttons making the machine open revealing a secret passage way. He entered inside and grabbed the machine slowly closing it, while looking side-to-side making sure anyone didn't see him and closed it.
The lights of the vendor go out.
To be continued
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