Dipper woke up and found Mabel already gone. He rubbed his face and sat up. Sitting on the desk was a small folded up pink piece of paper with a heart design along the edge. He opened it.

Dipper,

I'm going to meet up with Candy and Grenda for breakfast. I'll meet up with you later.

Have a good day

Mabel

Dipper rolled his eyes but pulled his normal days clothes on. He wore a simple grey t shirt with a navy blue vest over it, jeans and then to top it off he wore a blue and white hat with a pine tree on it. Pulling on his shoes he grabbed his backpack and headed out. Today was the first day of classes and Dipper wanted a good start. Of course that meant getting so food. Luckily the campus had a cafeteria where you could buy breakfast, lunch and dinner. Since his great uncle was a staff member Dipper got all his meals at half price.

The cafeteria was packed with people already. So it took Dipper a few minutes to actual get his pancakes.

"Hey Dipper."

The sudden voice almost made Dipper drop his plate. "W-Wendy?" He turned to see the woman he used to have a big crush on. He had met her his first summer in Gravity Falls when she worked at the Mystery Shack. He had spent that whole summer with a giant crush and truthfully even the next summer, but after seeing her date other guys he had finally gotten over her. But she was still one of his best friends. In fact the two of them had a tradition to exchange hats during summer. She would have his hat during the school year and he would have hers. And during the summer they would trade back. This was the first year they hadn't done that, since he hadn't moved back to California at the end of this summer.

Wendy hadn't really grown much over the past five years. She maybe had gained a couple inches but for the most part she was the same height she had been when they first met. Unlike Dipper. He had grown to the point that he was now taller than her, by a few inches at least. Wendy herself wore a red t-shirt with a band logo Dipper didn't recognize and jeans. Over that she had a checkered green button up light jacket. Her hair had recently been cut short to where it almost brushed her shoulders.

Wendy laughed. "Did I scare you? Didn't think I was Bill did you?" She smirked.

"Only if you had called me Pine tree." Dipper smiled. "I just wasn't expecting to see you here. Don't you still live with your family? I thought that is why you choose to go to Gravity Falls Universtiy?"

Wendy shrugged. "Yeah, but we were out of breakfast foods so instead of waiting for my dad to get back from the store I decided to come here. Plus I was hoping to run into you."

Dipper smiled. "I'm glad to see you too. What class do you have first today?"

"Business 305." Wendy said as they walked towards a table together. "Nothing special. What about you?"

"Ford's class." Dipper smiled.

"Oh that's right you wanted to get a paranormal studies degree right?"

"Yeah." Dipper smiled. "Which means most of my classes are going to be with Ford."

"Do you have any classes with Gilroy?" Wendy asked as she ate. "Or Johnson?"

Dipper pulled out his schedule. "Oh yeah. I've got History of the Paranormal with Johnson and Demon Mythology with Gilroy."

"I hope you're not just taking your major's classes." Wendy smiled. "Trust me it's not fun."

Dipper smiled. "Don't worry, I'm only taking three classes for my major this semester. I'm also taking calculus and English."

"Oh! Who do you have for english?" Wendy looked over at the paper in front of Dipper. "Nice, McCully is great. I took that class from him and it was an easy A. Not that you probably have to worry about any of your classes." Wendy laughed. "Are you and Mabel taking any classes together?"

"Just english." Dipper smiled. "We aren't exactly in the same major."

"Really?" Wendy frowned. "But the two of you make a good team."

Dipper shrugged. "Mabel has her own plans."

"I guess that shouldn't surprise me." Wendy looked at his paper. "Hey it looks like we both have lunch at about the same time on Tuesdays, we should meet up for lunch sometime."

"Sounds good." Dipper smiled.

After they finished their breakfast Dipper said goodbye and headed towards Ford's classroom. He was the first one there, well besides Ford.

Ford was setting out some of his spoils from different travels, including a cyclops skull. Ford wore his normal long brown jacket over a green sweater vest. Actually Dipper recognized the sweater. Mabel had sent it to him for Christmas. "Hey Grunkle Ford."

"Dipper!" Ford smiled. "Glad to see you." He slapped Dipper on the back with a large six fingered slap. Dipper almost went stumbling forward. "Find a seat. Find a seat."

Dipper smiled and sat in the front row, pulling out his notebook. It didn't take long for more students to come walking in. Right as the bell rang Bree came walking in. Including Dipper and Bree there were twenty two students.

"Welcome!" Ford smiled and clapped his hands together. "To Paranormal Studies 101. My name is Standford Pines. You can call me Professor Ford or Professor Pines."

Dipper glanced around. Many of the students didn't look too excited, but Dipper's eyes were mostly drawn to Bree. She was sitting in the back row scribbling notes in a yellow notebook. Dipper wondered what she was already writing.

"I became interested in the paranormal when I was a kid." Ford continued his introduction while holding up his hand. "I was born with six fingers oddly but because of that I learned many of the secrets of this world." Ford held up a notebook. "As you saw on the course syllabus, at least if you really looked at it, I expect each of you to have a journal that you keep track of your findings. This will be your final at the end of class. You will be required to write in it during every class and if you see anything around this town you will want to write your notes in the journal as well.

Now this is for extra credit, but you can have a code in your book, also known as a cipher, that has your thoughts or notes. It should be a real cipher. An example of this is the Caesar cipher." He pulled up an image on the board. "Now then let's go over some of the assignments and what is expected of you in this class."

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Mabel Pines hugged her notebook as she left her first class for the day. She was excited for that class, Fashion Design 101 for Design Majors. She looked down at the notebook and paused. Tapped to the cover was a picture from a few years ago. Her and Waddles. Tears threatened to spill out. Waddles had died a few years ago. Unfortunately Pigs didn't live very long.

Mabel shook her head. Waddles wouldn't want her to cry for him. In fact she was currently wearing her waddles inspired shirt. Her teacher had even complimented Mabel when she realized Mabel had designed and made the shirt herself. Mabel hurried towards her next class. As she rounded a corner she froze. A man wearing a dark grey suit was walking towards her. He had short neatly trimmed brown hair and glasses. He gave her the chills. There was nothing that really stood out about him and he looked relatively normal, but something about him was off.

The man looked up and frowned. "What are you looking at?"

"Nothing." Mabel forced a smile and then hurried on towards her history class. She glanced over her shoulder as he kept walking. He seemed observed in the book he was reading. It looked old and beat up.

"Mabel!"

A voice jolted Mabel out of her thoughts. Standing down the hallway was a boy she had met during the summer. He had blond hair that he had died green and blue eyes. "Marcus!" Mabel smiled and hurried over to him. "Hey."

"You look a little shaken, are you okay?"

"I'm fine." Mabel grinned. I'm just pulling a Dipper and being paranoid. Mabel told herself. "Let's go to class."

"Sounds good." He laughed and the two of them walked into their classroom. Mabel sat in the front row and set out her notebooks and pens. She wasn't as excited for American History but she was excited to have a friend in the class.

"Mabel!" Another voice called out.

A boy with black hair spiked sat on her other side. "Gabe!" Mabel smiled. She had met him at the beginning of summer. "You're in this class too."

"Looks like it." He set out his notebook. "I'm looking forward to this class."

"Hi I'm Marcus." Marcus leaned forward across Mabel's desk. "You are?"

"Gabe." He smirked. "Nice to meet you. How long have you known Mabel?"

"A few days." Marcus didn't look very happy.

"I've known her since Summer." Marcus smiled.

Mabel looked between the two of them, confused at their darker tones of voices. "Um… Guys the teacher is coming in now." She said. Both sat back in their seats. Mabel just shrugged and got ready to learn.

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And here is chapter two. See if you can figure out the code. Starting from now on there will be a code as well as the key to figure out the code in each chapter. See if you can figure it out. The key to the code will be threaded in the text somewhere. This one is easier to find starting next chapter it won't be as easy.
Also the code will always be at the end. Enjoy. Also feel free to comment questions I will answer all questions (just maybe not in a way to spoil. Would love to hear your comments.
Also for help with the cipher feel free to look at the website- /

Also I drew Bree, here is a link- art/Bree-Ice-Colored-633021304