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(Mabel)

Summer vacation, a time of relaxation, rest, and a break from the academic prison known as school. One Mabel Pines was one of many individuals that lived in the United States that eagerly anticipated this time of year. She was sitting on the bus, inaccurately dubbed the 'Speedy Beaver', with an abnormally large bag full of clothes, art supplies, knitting tools, and her vast collection of hand made sweaters. She was bouncing in her seat, awaiting the call for Gravity Falls, Oregon; her new home for the next three months.

Her father wanted her to get some fresh air, and decided that his uncle Stan's home in a town that was in the middle of scenic nowhere was the best place to do it. In less than a week she was fully packed, and on her way to the small Oregon town. He didn't really know his uncle Stan all that well, only briefly meeting him when Mabel was born, and it took him twelve years to remember that Stan had offered to look after her should the need arise. Well, what better reason to have him do so than 'fresh air'?

The bus came to a stop, and the driver made the call she had eagerly awaited for.

"Gravity Falls, Oregon!"

In a blue of pink she grabbed her bag, and exited the bus; nearly giving the driver a heart attack in the process. Not wanting to potentially die by the girl's hand, the driver quickly shut the door, made a U-Turn, and drove back the way he came. Mabel would've been dismayed, had she not seen her summer home right after she got off the bus. What she was seeing was a house with a big sign that read 'Mystery Shack', and had two entrances. She looked at it in awe, as she went through the entrance closest to her.

The doorway lead her to a gift shop of sorts, which lead to a museum of sorts, and into the line of sight of a wrinkly old man in a tuxedo who had an 8-Ball Cane in his hand.

"Welcome to a world of mystery," he reached behind her ear and pulled out a penny, before placing it into a machine. Said machine spat out a card that fluttered into the air, and into her hands; on it was 'Mabel Pines'.

"Name's Stanford Pines," he introduced himself, tossing his cane up into the air," Or Mr. Mystery, but you can call me Grunkle Stan; as it's faster to say, and saves time, cause time is money."

Mabel laughed, he was giving her so much ham, so much that she could make 100 ham sandwiches and still have plenty left over; figuratively of course. He gave her a tour of the place, introduced her to Wendy and Soos, and gave her a job to start doing tomorrow. Father dearest did say that he had to give him $20 in exchange for taking her in. By the time night rolled around, she was in bed, rearranging it to her needs and preferences, and was asleep by the time the moon was at it's peak.

(Dipper)

Moving to Gravity Falls, Oregon definitely had it's perks. From the fact that he and his mother didn't need to hide, due to the law enforcement being completely useless. To the magical elements of the town making them feel at home. They could have as many sparring sessions as they wanted, due to their home being at the edge of the creepy section of the woods, and no one even wanting to go into the creepy section of it. They couldn't feel signaled out due to everyone being strange in their own way; not even the Northwest could drag them down. And lastly, they had complete freedom to practice and hone their magic. It was especially needed, now more than ever, because of one simple fact.

He was going to be turning thirteen by the end of the summer, thirteen years old, the age ones magic was due to unleash it's uncontrollable power, and settle. Nowadays new magic users had sigils tattooed onto them that bottled it in. They lasted until long after the time passed, and when they were removed the magic would've settled by then; although it took ten years to do so. In his case though, since he was in a place where magic was practically drowning the area, any destruction that might be caused would be severely limited. To say he was excited was the understatement of the year. His mother had the family ring, and that filtered the magic to safely let it out unnoticeably. Sure he had the ring too, but even it could only limit the magic to a small area/patch of land; that area/patch being a seven foot radius.

That meant that his magic was so powerful, that even something the witches of the past made couldn't truly contain it. Oh boy, he was getting light headed, again. Before he could clear his head, he was flipped onto his back and greeted with the sight of his mother's rear end, which was covered by black cotton shorts, and seated on the lower portion of his face, barely blocking his nose. He would've gotten up, had his mother not laid down on his body, and held his legs down; he could move his arms, but he wasn't strong enough to lift her without a strength enhancing spell. Alas, this was a sparring match where no magic was allowed, and he was facing the tail end of defeat; both figuratively and literally.

He tapped out, shouting for his mom to get off him, and get her butt out of his face. She quickly obliged, and gave him a smug look, before heading over to a large rock that had a notepad on it. She picked it up, and added a tally mark.

"That makes 73 for me, and 71 for you, better catch up Dip-Dop," she said this in a tone that said 'Na na na na na', "but first, you have to honor the agreement."

She lifted her bare left foot, which was noticeably wet from the amount of sweat accumulating from their sparring session. She went over to a tree that had a short shadow casting from it, which left her feet open to the sun. Groaning Dipper went over to his mom, and began massaging her feet, gagging from the smell. This wasn't the first time he had to do this, and if the summer heat had anything to say about it, it wouldn't be the last.

Despite the smell, and his mother getting a good laugh from his torture; he smiled, because if he won, mother would remember the smell of a sweaty armpit. Moving to Gravity Falls, Oregon certainly had it's perks; both normal, and magical.

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The third chapter is now up, and again how did nobody think of a crossover between these two before I did?