Previously on Gravity Falls: The Zodiacs:

Miranda couldn't believe her luck, as she found herself unloading baking supplies, baking the pastries and handing out them on her own. It doesn't help that it was opening day, forcing her to pick up the pace than she normally would; she didn't even have a chance to take a break. Thankfully, though, her decision of baking early in the morning before opening hours and planning ahead of time did help her to some degree, giving Miranda some room to breath and a long needed break, as she stepped outside in the back for some rest.

'Where the heck is Sebastian?' she thought to herself. 'When he gets back, I'm going to get some answer right out of him.'

As she continued to wonder what became of her brother, she failed to notice two small figures hiding behind the dumpster, eyeing on the bakery shop with serious intent, waiting for the moment to strike. Unfortunately for Miranda and the rest of the bakery, that time was now.


The Zodiacs

A Gravity Falls Story

By Allenfairytail

Season 1: Water War

Episode 3: Tomb Raiders

The gang took a moment to relax following their ordeal, while Dipper flipped through the pages on his journal, looking for more information on what was on this side of the bridge; just seconds ago, he and his friends had to overcome a riddle challenge from an Oni that had somehow made his way to Gravity Falls. But the riddles he offered, however, turned out to be quite ridiculous and didn't make any sense at all; adding insults to injury, they recently discovered that the water was quite shallow and that they could have crossed over at any time. As much as he wanted to dwell in the past, it was not the time for such thoughts, as Dipper focused on the current task to discover the newest mystery of Gravity Falls.

"So, what has our glorious leader found so far?" Sebastian asked with a hint of sarcasm in his voice.

"Maybe if you could be quiet for a moment, I could tell you what I'm looking for," an irritated Dipper replied.

"Don't be such a downer, Dipper. He just asked, that's all," Mabel insisted, oblivious that her crush was being sarcastic.

"Say, what exactly are we looking for?" Wendy suddenly interjected, changing the subject on the spot.

"It's here somewhere on this journal," Dipper answered, still flipping through the number of pages for it.

"What makes you so sure it's in there?" Emily asked curiously.

"Whenever I need to find something important, I checked the journal to find out more," after what felt like a long time, Dipper seemed to found what he was looking for. "Aha! There it is: according to this journal, there is apparently a tomb somewhere around here and it contains a secret within it."

"What kind of secrets?" Mabel asked with intrigue, getting too close to her brother's personal space. "Is it a body of an alien? buried treasures? A lost film reel? Or how about-"

"Mabel, I need my personal space," Dipper demanded, cutting off Mabel, before she backed off a little, as he regained his composure. "And that's all what the journal said."

"I don't know about you, but I should get going," Sebastian suddenly spoke, as he started to make his way to the bridge. "I've been staying out here far too long, so the last thing I wanted to do is-AAH!"

Without warning, Sebastian had stepped into a hole that previously wasn't there before, falling down to who knows how deep it was. Shocked by this, Dipper, Mabel, Waddles, Wendy and Emily quickly came to the hole, peeking inside to see what became of him.

"Sebastian, are you alright down there?!" Dipper shouted down through the hole as loud as he could.

"Gee, what do you think?!" Sebastian retorted back. His answer was enough for Dipper and his friends to sigh with relief, thankful that their friend was alright. "I think I saw something down there."

"What is it?" Emily curiously asked her friend.

Sebastian didn't answered right away and inspected his surroundings much closer, trying to figure out where he is; from what he could tell, it looked like a cavern of some sorts, with rows of stalagmites and stalactites covering the area, barely allowing any lights at all. But when he turned to the other side, however, he saw something that left him speechless: in front of him was what looked like an ancient building of sorts that somehow transplanted itself from ancient Rome, even having the same characteristics from head to toe, from the pillars supporting the entrance to the marble design. Sebastian wanted to believe it was a figment of his imagination, but there was no doubt what he was staring at.

"What's with the silent treatment?" Mabel asked from above, worried of his sudden silence.

"...I think I might have found that tomb you guys were looking for," Sebastian finally replied.


"Come back here this instant!" a furious Miranda demanded, trying her best to catch up to two thieves as best as she could, despite their speed.

Just moments ago, Miranda had dropped her guard down, trying to catch a breather after she had to double her workload in order to make up for Sebastian's absence, when out of nowhere, she heard some commotions in the bakery shop, prompting her to get a glimpse of the hoodlums...as well as a few dozen pastries missing in the counter.

'I can't believe I allowed this to happen!' she cursed herself. 'When I catch up to them, they'll wish they never robbed the bakery, especially on opening day!'

Miranda continued to try and catch up to them, but the muscles in her legs were starting to feel numb, forcing her to stop in her tracks to catch her breath, all the while looking for the thieves themselves, having made a quick getaway in the process.

"Where did they go now?" she asked herself, looking in all directions for the thieves. She had to find them and give them a lesson they'll never forget.

Just then, she heard what sounded like a can clattering in a nearby alley and looked at the direction towards it. She was now certain that the thieves went into that direction; at least now she can catch up with them and punish them on the spot.

"You're not getting away that easily!" Miranda then took off, heading to the alleyway, becoming much determined than she ever was.

But as she entered into her destination, unbeknownst to Miranda, however, her would-be thieves popped up from a dumpster on the other side of the alleyway, observing their pursuer disappearing from the corner; they were a pair of twins, but one was a girl and the other was a boy. The former had long, platinum hair, with two strands of hair sticking out on each side, emerald green eyes and a dress that looked like it came from the Victorian-era; the latter had long, blonde hair worn over his left shoulder with a crimson ribbon, scarlet eyes and wore a bright orange shirt, khaki shorts and red sneakers.

"I can't believe it, Edgar…" the girl squealed with astonishment. "She actually fell for it."

"I can't believe we stole some pastries from the bakery, Alice," Edgar lamented, as he pulled out a backpack containing half of their stolen goods.

"You worried too much," Alice dismissed him. "Besides, we need to eat sooner or later. Otherwise, we'll be starving all night. Is that what you want?"

"No, but-" was all Edgar got out of his mouth, before his sister cut him off.

"Good. As long as you're following me, you'll do exactly as I say."

"Like the time when we took shelter underneath a bridge, only for us to be chased off by the police a few seconds later?" Edgar sarcastically asked.

"...Just shut up and help me find somewhere to stay so that we can eat tonight's meals," Alice simply replied, leading Edgar to another part of Gravity Falls.


Fortunately for Dipper, Wendy brought a rope with her in case of an emergency, securing it tightly around a nearby tree stump. Once she made sure it was good and tight, she lead her friends down into the deep cavern, eventually meeting up with Sebastian, who waited patiently for them to show up.

"Are you sure this rope is going to hold up?" Emily asked with concern.

"Don't worry, it's brand new," Wendy assured her. "Besides, there's no one else around here but us, so it'll still be here."

Emily simply sighed with relief, just happy to hear some good news for the day.

"So Dipper, anything you know about this tomb?" asked Sebastian.

"I'm going to check the journal to find out," Dipper simply replied, as he opened up his journal and began flipping through one page after another, before finding the answer in the next page. "The Underground Temple; there has been little information regarding this place. Judging from its appearance, it seemed to be of Greek origin, yet there were no evidence of Greeks ever setting foot in Gravity Falls. It was as if the temple had somehow transported from its original location through unknown means."

"Who or what would even transport a temple in Gravity Falls, let alone place it underground?" Sebastian was having a hard time believing such a claim.

"Ooh! Ooh! I think I know!" Mabel suddenly spoke up, waving her hand up in the air.

"What is it?" Sebastian asked.

Mabel opened her mouth, but couldn't find the answer to his question. She thought long and hard trying to find it, but let out a sigh and forced to admit her mistake.

"I forgot," she sheepishly answered, prompting Sebastian to face palmed in annoyance.

"That was a waste of time."

"We're going to waste more if we stand here doing nothing," Dipper spoke up. "Now come on guys, we need to go into the temple and see if we can uncover its mystery."

Everyone nodded their heads, agreeing with Dipper's plan, as they headed directly to the main entrance. Waddles also tried to follow them, before stopping in his tracks when Mabel appeared right in front of him.

"Sorry Waddles, but you have to stay and be on guard duty until we get back."

As if he had understood her commands, Waddles squealed in response and turned back to the entrance and "guarding" it, just as Mabel had wanted him to do, before she turned around to catch up with the gang.


Getting into the entrance was surprisingly easy, as all it tooked was a simple push to open up the doors, allowing them to enter the ancient temple without any problems. As expected, the inside of the temple was quite old and ancient, decorated in the standard Greek styles; aside from being covered in dust and cobwebs, the interior were left untouched; everything was frozen in time.

"Wow!" Dipper exclaimed, his voice echoing throughout the temple, speechless that he, his sister and his friends were going to enter a part of ancient history.

"That's an understatement right there," Sebastian remarked.

"It doesn't look as dangerous as the journal makes it out to be," Mabel commented, before shrugging. "Oh well, I guess you can't judge a book by its cover."

Without a care in the world, Mabel walked towards the hallway, skipping a few tiles in her joy, when…

"Mabel, STOP!" Dipper frantically shouted.

Fortunately for him, Mabel did just that, stopping just a few inches from the hallway, before she turned around and faced her brother.

"What's the big deal, Dipper? I'm just skipping on a few tiles, that's all."

"Where in an ancient temple, Mabel. One of those tiles could set off a trap," determined to prove his point, he turned to his friends with a serious look. "Does anyone here have a marble or something round?"

Wendy, Sebastian and Emily searched in their pockets, hoping to find what Dipper needed. Eventually, though, Emily was the first to talk, pulling out a small, round ball out of her jeans.

"Will this do?" she asked, showing the ball to Dipper.

"Close enough," he replied, as Emily gave him the small ball, before he threw it down the hallway, causing it to bounce on the floor, until it landed on a conspicuous shape; the moment it touched it, however, a series of darts flew out of nowhere, hitting only the pillars that were standing in its way.

"There, you see, Mabel?" asked Dipper, hoping she understood his point.

"That...was...cool!" she happily answered.

"That's it? You're not freaking out or anything?" Sebastian was astonished that Mabel would react in such a manner.

"Are you kidding? I enjoy avoiding death traps!" Mabel explained. "Now come on, let's see who can make it to the other side alive!"

"I don't think that's a good-" Dipper was unable to finish his sentence, as he saw Mabel hopping on one tile after another in the hallway, risking her own life in the process.

"Smooth move, Dipper," Sebastian mockingly spoke.

"Not a good time for that," Dipper retorted. "Let's just make sure that Mabel doesn't get herself hurt."

With that, he, Sebastian, Wendy and Emily head to the hallway, trying to catch up with Mabel, all the while avoiding one rows of darts after another.


One by one, the group barely managed to avoid getting stung by the darts, some out of sheer luck, as the continued to make it out of the hallway alive; after what seemed like forever, they finally made it into the next room, with almost everyone worn and tired out from avoiding death, though Mabel seemingly remained energetic from the ordeal.

"That was fun, wasn't it everyone?" she asked her friends, prompting an annoyed Sebastian to glare at her.

"Fun?! We almost got hit by poisonous darts and you're saying it was fun?!"

"Sebastian, that's enough. What matters is that we got here safe and sound," Emily interjected, hoping to prevent an argument from stirring up.

"She's right," Dipper agreed. "However, we should be careful what to do in the next room. Let's not touch anything that could trigger another trap."

"Where are we anyway?" Wendy asked, examining the room she and her friends are now in.

"I don't know, but I should check the journal out just in case," Dipper replied, as he pulled out it out, hoping to find some sort of clue regarding the Underground Temple.

But while everyone were being careful on what to do, Mabel noticed what looked like a lavish banquet table, with what looked like dozens of foods and drinks, taking every inch of the table. But what was even more strange were that compared to the room they were in, the foods and drinks looked fresh right of the oven.

'Now who would leave them freshly cooked, only to leave them around like that?' Mabel thought, before her stomach growled. 'Oh well, all this thinking is making me hungry.'

While Mabel made her towards the table, Dipper, meanwhile, began to read an excerpt about the Underground Tomb, mainly about the traps that he and his friends would have to face.

"There are at least three hidden traps within the Underground Temple. Out of all them, however, is one trap designed to tempt those makes it to the banquet hall. Be warned, as a single touch from the banquet table will cause the floor to collapse, taking those unfortunate enough with them."

Once he finished reading the excerpt, he, as well as Wendy, Emily and Sebastian, looked once more and sure enough, they were indeed in a banquet hall, just like the journal had mentioned. But it was then that a thought occurred to him.

'If we're here, then that means...oh no.'

Realizing the situation they were about to be thrust into, Dipper immediately head to the banquet table, quickly grabbing Mabel's arm, just as she was about to touch an apple from a fruit bowl.

"Mabel, wait!"

"I wasn't going to hog all of the foods. I was going to share them," a confused Mabel insisted, just as Wendy, Sebastian and Emily showed up.

"What Dipper meant to say is that the foods and drinks will trigger the trap. That's why he stopped you," Wendy explained.

"...Oh, that makes sense then," Mabel accepted, as Dipper let go of her arm.

"That was a close one," DIpper said with a smile, before he put his hand on the banquet table, apparently squashing something. Horrified, he looked down and saw that he had accidentally put his hand on a pie.

'Crud!' Dipper thought, right before the entire room started to shake, forcing the entire group to run for their lives.

"You just have to put your hand on the table, did you?!" Sebastian scolded Dipper.

"It was an accident, I swear!" Dipper defended himself.

"Now's not the time for arguing," Emily reminded her friends. "Right now, we need to get out of here and fast!"

Both Dipper and Sebastian nodded their heads, as they, Mabel, Wendy and Emily continued to ran to the next room, while the floor underneath them started to gave way, increasing in speed with each seconds. After what felt like a very long time, the five barely managed to get to the next room just in time, closing the door behind them, just as the last few tiles disappeared into the darkness.


"That...was a...close one," Dipper stated, still breathing heavily from his ordeal.

"No kidding...sherlock," Sebastian remarked, also breathing heavily as well. "You almost...got us...killed...back there."

"But we survived, didn't we?" Mabel pointed out.

"Mable's right," Emily agreed. "We made it this far, so the only thing that we can do now is just move forward, find what's in here and get out."

"That might be a bit complicated," Wendy noted, having learn from experience.

"Let's worried about that later," Dipper suggested. "There should be one more trap to pass through before we can get whatever the tomb is holding."

Wendy, Mabel, Sebastian and Emily agreed to this and continued to follow Dipper's lead; eventually, all five ended up in a strange room, with holes sticking out in the ceiling and a pillar with strange symbols on them, with each panel that can be turned around.

"Well, this a weird one," Emily commented, before turning to Dipper. "So does that journal of yours have an explanation for this one room?"

"I think so," Dipper replied, noticing another excerpt for the Underground Temple. "For those who actually made it to the final room, they must solve a simple but complicated puzzle: 'There lies two satellites that hovers above us, one that lies in between and eight that are all aligned."

"What kind of puzzle is that?" asked a confused Sebastian.

Before Dipper could answer his question, the door behind them was replaced by a rising steel gate, sealing the five into the room. To make matters worse, the holes up the ceiling started to pump out out what appeared to be green gas, slowly filling up the entire room.

"We need to solve this fast or we're goners," a shocked Wendy informed Dipper.

Dipper nodded his head, before he and his friends went to the pillar, examining the symbols on the pillar, all frantically trying to figure out their meanings. Time, however, wasn't on their side and the green gas was beginning to fill up much faster than they thought.

"What do these symbols mean?!" Mabel shouted, before letting out a few coughs.

"I don't know, but we need to find out what they are before it's too late!" a panicked Dipper shouted, while coughing at the same time.

Dipper and his friends continued to take turns, attempt to figure out the meanings of the symbols on the pillar, before it was Emily's turn to try her luck, carefully examining them and doing her best to remain as calm as she could in such a dire situation; she was particularly puzzled by the circles, some in numbers and some that are cut in half. Then, the word satellite came to her and something it bothered her a bit...wait a minute, that's it! She couldn't believe she didn't put them together so soon.

"I think I know the solution!" Emily shouted, allowing her friends to step aside, as she began to swap each row on the pillar into it's exact position; once she was finished, she looked at the position she put them in: the top row had two circles, the middle row had half a circle and the bottom row had two vertical rows of four circles.

"Emily, how did you-" was all Wendy got out, before one door managed to unseal itself.

"I'll explain everything later. Right now, let's get out of here," Emily simply said, before leading her friends to safety to the next room, with the door sealing up behind them.

"I thought for sure we were goners back there," said Sebastian, wiping off some sweats from his forehead.

"Thank goodness we have Emily to bail us out from that jam," Mabel happily commented.

"That reminds me…" Wendy began, before turning to Emily. "How did you manage to solve that puzzle?"

"Now that Wendy mentions it, what you did back there was amazing!" Dipper praised her, causing Emily to rub her head sheepishly.

"When you mentioned satellites, I look at the symbols long enough and realized that they were suppose to represent the planets and stars in some way; the two circles suppose to represent the sun and the moon, the half circle is meant to represent the sunset and the two rows of four circles are suppose to represent the eight planets of the solar system. Hope this explains everything."

"Wow, I wish I had manage to figure that one out," Dipper muttered under his breath, before shaking his head. "Anyway, looks like we made it to the final room."

"Considering that it's old, gloomy and dusty, I say that's a no-brainer," Sebastian remarked, looking around at the ancient tomb they found themselves in. Dipper, though, choose to ignore Sebastian's remark, as he and his friends made their way to the enclosed tomb.

"What do you think is in it?" Mabel asked, curious by whatever is inside the tomb.

"Only one way to find out," Dipper responded, prompting him, Mabel, Wendy, Sebastian and Emily to put their hands on the lid, shoving it as hard as they could, a task that was easier said than done, due to the lid's heavy weight. But after some effort, the five succeeded in removing the lid, only to be greeted by a blast of dust into their faces, forcing them to recoil back from the coffin.

"Is everyone alright?" he asked his friends.

"Besides our faces being covered in dust, we're good," Mabel replied.

After wiping off the dusts off their faces, the five got closer to inspect the content within the tomb, but when they get closer, what they found was…

"A piece of paper?" Wendy asked incredulously.

"Are you telling me that we risked our lives for a piece of paper?!" Sebastian was more than upset, he was fuming that they risked their lives for seemingly nothing.

"I don't get it," Dipper was mystified. "I was so sure it was something astounding. Who would even leave a piece of paper in a tomb to begin with?"

"Guys, I don't to state the obvious, but there's something on it," Mabel informed the group, prompting them to inspect the paper much closer, before Dipper took it and looked at it himself.

"What's on them?" asked Wendy.

"It looks like...zodiac symbols," Dipper responded. "They looked quite old, judging from the writing. I guess the mystery deepens even more after all."

"Not to burst your bubble or anything, but how are we going to get out?" Sebastian reminded his friends. "We can't go back to the way we came from."

"You worried too much, Sebastian. I'm sure the answer will come right at us," Mabel insisted, putting her hand on a nearby wall.

What happened next suddenly stunned her, as well as her friends; by chance, Mabel had pressed on a hidden button, causing one of the walls to open up, revealing a pathway back to the cavern, as they saw Waddles from a distance, squealing in delight to see the group.

"Does that answer your question?" Dipper asked Sebastian, who was speechless by this unexpected action.


After the group made it out of the cavern and back to town, the five bid each other a farewell, before they departed back home, more so for Sebastian He had been away from work all day, especially when the bakery had just opened. He knew that his sisters will chew him out when he gets back, but for now, he just wants to head to the bakery before it started to get dark in Gravity Falls.

'Alright Sebastian...' he thought to himself. 'I just need to come up with a good excuse for Miranda when I get back. If she asked, I'll just say-'

His thoughts were interrupted, however, when he bumped into what felt like two figures, forcing them down on the pavement. Sebastian managed to get himself up and regain his composure, before he got a glimpse of two people: both appeared to be twins and of the same age but of different gender, carrying what looked like bags on their back.

"Are you two alright down-" before Sebastian could finished his sentence, one of the twins did something unexpected: somehow, she managed to draw a nearby puddle towards her and proceeded to use it at Sebastian, lashing him in retaliation.

"Watch we're your going, dweeb!" she rebuffed, only to see the shock look on Sebastian's face. "Ah crud."

"Alice, we need to go, now," Edgar pleaded with his twin sister, enough to get her attention, as the two went to the opposite direction and into the alleyway, disappearing into the night.

Sebastian, though, continued to stare at the direction that the twins had disappeared into, still speechless by what he just witnessed.

'What was that just now? I thought only Emily and I could do something like that!'


Just as things are couldn't any weirder (or worse for that matter) Sebastian just bumped into two strangers it seemed one of them can wield hydrokinesis just like Sebastian can! What could this mean for the gang? Are these two teenagers somehow linked into all the mystery in Gravity Falls? Find out next time of Gravity Falls: The Zodiacs!

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