Previously...
The triplets all gasped, excitedly. They had gotten the message. It wasn't hard to figure it out. Besides, the letters usually had secret messages inside of them. It was interesting, but they loved it. It just added to the mystery that was their parents.
"Lunar Eclipse!"
"Cosmo Galaxy!"
"River Tides!"
The lockets opened, one by one.
Luna's had a piece of a picture inside of a teen and a kid.
Cosmo's had a piece of a picture inside of two kids.
River's had a piece of a picture inside of two older men.
They all gasped at it, putting the pictures together. Seing them fit, they squealed in delight, before taping the back together, so that the picture was whole. Now to figure out who the people in the picture were. They already had a hint.
The people from Luna's picture both held a baby, and the boy kid from Cosmo's was also holding a baby. They realized what that meant.
Time to interrogate their adoptive parents.
"Mom, we have a question," River spoke up.
Christy looked at the triplets in curiosity, wondering what they wanted, "What is it?"
"... Did you... ever know our parents?" Luna asked, biting her lip, causing it to bleed.
Cosmo smiled, "Like, were you friends or something?"
"No, we never did know them. Not to our knowledge. It could've been anyone. However, I'll say that your hair colors and eye color are a good enough start for you, if you want to start investigating," Christy smiled.
River nodded, pulling Cosmo along, "Alright, let's go see if we can find our parents!"
"Yay!" Luna shouted, grabbing a clipboard, a few pieces of paper and a pencil, adding names to their list. She also grabbed all of their backpacks with their stuff, and put the book and picture in River's, before handing the backpacks to them.
Cosmo smiled, "Couldn't we also go in the next town over?"
"Gravity Falls? I don't think Mom and Dad would like that..." River mumbled.
Luna nodded in agreement, "Yeah, Cosmo. I don't think they'd like it either."
The triplets had decided against going into Gravity Falls, as they began walking around the town. They looked for people with either blonde or brown hair, and blue eyes.
A tall man with white hair and blue eyes walked over to them, smiling, "Hey, I'm Gideon. Gideon Gleeful. Who are you three?" 'I really hope it's them. If it is, then... Well, there will be fun.'
"I'm River! This is Cosmo and Luna!" River exclaimed, happy that she was meeting THE Gideon Gleeful.
Gideon smiled. 'So the rumors WERE true. Perfect. It'll be fun to have my revenge.' "Well kiddos, I was wondering if you wanted to see what my trailer is like. I can tell that you, River, know who I am."
"Gideon... you're from around here, right?" Luna asked in curiosity.
He nodded, "Of course I am! Why are you asking?"
"Well... Mr. Gleeful, we are looking for our parents, and... we have this picture of what we know of is probably our family... Do you... recognize any of them?" River asked, pulling the taped together picture out from her dark blue backpack, giving it to him.
He scowled, looking at the smiling blonde, the nervous light blue haired boy, the boy with the pine tree on his hat, the girl with a shooting star on her sweater, and the two older men, where the only way you could tell them apart was that one of them had six fingers on both hands. He recognized all of them. He wanted to crunch the picture up, but he knew that the kids might not like him if he did. So... he did the next best thing. He took a deep breath in, before giving the picture back, "I might have seen them before. However, that was in Gravity Falls, and... I'm really liked over there. I'm assuming you wouldn't mind staying with me while we look for your parents, right?"
"Of course we wouldn't mind!" River smiled.
Gideon smiled, "Excellent!" 'All I have to do now, is get those journals, find a way to take my revenge using these kids, and rule the town with Mabel.'
Gideon led the kids to his trailer, not knowing at the man who was watching them.
The black haired, and blue eyed man scowled, "You're not getting your revenge on my brother, Gideon. I am."