Family

Chapter 150 Pacifica's Decision

By: Major144

Disclaimer: I do not own anything, expect the OCs. This is just a story for fun.

(Author's Note: Just letting you know that I'll be gone for a few days. The next chapter will contain plenty of action and drama. Hope you enjoy the chapter.)

In the virtual world, Pacifica had returned to her home at Northwest Mansion to change clothes and think about her encounter with the Pine twins and their new friend. Pacifica's father had scolded her about letting, herself get hit with bird poop, saying it was foolish to let the pet of a Common Folk do that to her. The blond girl had gone to her room and gritted her teeth in frustration as she changed into a new jacket. Preston had been hard on his daughter lately, since the party incident a few months back. Pacifica's parents were going to throw a huge extravagant party, but a ghost from the Northwest's past planned to ruin it. The ghost was a lumberjack named Archibald Corduroy and he had built the Northwest Mansion along with several other lumberjacks over a hundred years ago. Pacifica's ancestor had promised Archibald and the Lumberjacks that they could attend a party that would celebrate the grand opening of the Mansion, along with the rest of the town folk. However when the Mansion was finished Pacifica's ancestor refused to let the lumberjacks and tow folks enter the Mansion and attend the party. Archibald Corduroy then died in a mudslide caused by the construction and with his final words, he cursed the Mansion and the Northwest family for their deeds. If the Northwest family continued to throw parties in the Mansion and they refused to let the town folk in, the spirit of Archibald Corduroy would return in a hundred and fifty years seeking vengeance.

Over a hundred years later Preston and his wife decided to throw a party at the Mansion and not invite the towns folk. This awoke the spirit of Archibald Corduroy, who started causing trouble. Not wanting to look weak or cancel the party, Preston instructed his daughter to get Dipper to help deal with the problem, since he had a knack for dealing with the supernatural. Pacifica had gone to the Mystery Shack and had returned to the Mansion with Dipper, Mabel and their friends Candy and Grenda. Dipper was given a tux for the party and he and Pacifica went to deal with the ghost, they eventually encountered it and after a chase and a struggle they imprisoned it in a silver mirror. Pacific was impressed by Dipper's skills and thanked him for what he did for her and her family and she even hugged Dipper. Dipper then went off to exorcise, but later returned to angrily confront the Northwest family. The ghost had explained why it was haunting the Mansion in the first place saying that the Northwest family knew about the curse for over a hundred years and that they could have easily have broken the curse a long time ago, but instead of doing that they ignored the problem, until it rose up and then they called Dipper in to handle it. Preston simply told Dipper that, he refused to have his high society guest mingle with common folk. Dipper glared at the family and stormed off. Pacifica had tried to explain the situation to Dipper, but her father had silenced her with a glare and rang a little bell he used to control and discipline his daughter.

The party then began, but the ghost reappeared and began to turn people into tree like version of themselves. Pacifica hid in a room that was filled with paintings of all her ancestors misdeeds and just sat on the floor and leaned against a wall. Dipper then came into the room with a panicked look on, his face and told Pacifica he needed her help. Pacifica simply told Dipper, he was right about her and her family being rotten. Dipper then told Pacifica he was sorry for what, he said and that just because she was a Northwest, she didn't have to be like her parents or her ancestors, she had the chance to be a better person. The two then rushed back to confront the ghost, who had turned all the party guest into trees and declared that the only way to turn them back was to open the Mansion's front gates and let the town folk in. Dipper and Pacifica ran towards the gate's lever, but Dipper got turned into a tree by the ghost. Pacifica reached the lever and was going to pull it, when her father popped out of a panic room hidden in the floor with his wife and one of the servants, telling Pacifica not to open the gates, because the Mansion was a mess and it would ruin the Northwest's public image and name. Pacifica looked at all the people, who had been turned into trees and her eyes fell on the tree that was Dipper. All the party guest we're doomed to a horrible fate, but Preston didn't care about them at all. The young Northwest looked at her father and saw what a shallow man, he was and for the first time ever, Pacifica disobeyed her father and pulled the lever letting the town folk in. The people returned to normal and the ghost was impressed by what Pacifica had done. The ghost passed on to the afterlife and the town folk came in to join the party. Dipper came up to Pacifica and thanked her for doing the right thing. The two of them then joined the party and ruined one of the fancy rugs with some muddy shoes.

Pacifica had enjoyed that party. She had a bit of respect for Dipper now and she actually liked the boy. The moment Pacifica had disobeyed her father and pull the lever had filled her with joy and a great sense of freedom. It had been the first time Pacifica had done the right thing for other people and hadn't asked for anything in return. It had been a good feeling, but then her father became very strict and became emotionally abusive. Preston had given several lectures on proper behavior towards the common folk and how they should be treated, a lecture on proper expensive clothing, and a harsh lesson on why the Northwest family name and reputation mattered above everything else. Back before the events of the party Pacifica would have enjoyed the lessons and agreed with everything, her father said, but now she began to question the lessons and wondered if a name and reputation were truly what was important and should be held above the lives of others. If Pacifica hadn't disobeyed her parents several people would be dead. Pacifica knew she did the right thing and she realized she was gaining a conscience. Her father had told her that having a conscience made you weak and poor. A conscience weighed you down and kept you from truly going anywhere, only those who ignored their conscience were destined to go to the top and stay. Pacifica no longer believed that.

As time went by Pacifica tried to change into a better person and be nicer to the towns folk, but her father found out and greatly disapproved of his daughter's attempt to change. Preston told his daughter, if she continued to disobey him he was either going to ship her off to a reform school called St. Helga's Reform School for Wayward Girls, to be reeducated or simply consider disowning her. Pacifica promised her father that she would behave and started to go back to her old ways, but she just felt empty, trapped, and abused. She was able to put on a face and act for the town folk and her parents, but she hated it. Pacifica just wasn't the same anymore. The girl stood up and walked to her window to look outside. The view showed the forest and the town and off in the distance, Pacifica could see some black fumes floating into the sky from, her father's mudflap factory. The Northwest family was like a mudflap. The family coated itself in thick layers of finery, glamor, and sophistication, but when you cleared that all away you would see nothing, but a family with hearts as black as a mudflap. Pacifica didn't want to be that, she wanted to be different from her parents.

Pacifica went over to her closet and opened it. Inside the closet there was a small box with a card on it. It was a homemade thank you card from Mabel, thanking Pacifica for letting her, Dipper, Candy, and Grenda attend the party. Pacifica opened the box and saw a light yellow sweater with a brown llama stitched onto the front. The young Northwest picked up the sweater and put it on. The sweater was actually comfy and Pacifica felt good wearing it. The sweater had been made by Mabel and it was a really nice gift from her. Pacifica walked up to her mirror and looked at herself.

"Alright Pacifica, it's time to stop fearing your father and being disowned. Your going to find the Pines and explain everything to them, apologize to them, apologize to that girl with the bird you made fun of, thank Mabel for the sweater and card, and...tell Dipper...that you like him. This is your moment to be different from your parents. You can do this!" Said Pacifica as she looked at her reflection with determination.

Pacifica headed out of the room, got a servant to take her into town, and began searching for the Pine twins. Little did Pacifica or anyone else know that things were about to get crazy in Gravity Falls and everything was fixing to be turned upside down.

To be continued.