Two hours on a plane with some stupid little kid kicking my seat. I swear I could have murdered someone! Then a forty five minute car drive with an overly chatty cab driver and even though he was creepy I couldn't help but vent to him. I was looking out the window when a water tower came into view. As the cab got closer I could make out 'Gravity Falls' on it also . . . a giant muffin? As I stared at it in confusion, the cab driver broke my train of thought.
"Hey kid! Here's your stop. Still don't understand why you're moving to this dump, People only move out of here." He said. Which was one more thing he said that I had no interest in. "that will be fifty Dollars" he says putting his hand out.
"My purse is in the trunk." I say getting out of cab. The smell of pine trees was so refreshing. I opened the trunk and put my backpack on my back. I didn't pack much, just essentials. The man rolled down his window.
"You gonna pay me or not, kid?" He asked impatiently. My parents didn't give me much money because my uncle would be taking care of food and all that stuff but I did bring a good bit of counterfeit cash. The money I did have, real or not, I was not going to waste it on some annoying cab driver that needed to learn to shut his mouth. Looking around I thought about my odds. He was old. Probably wouldn't try to run after me.
"Not." I say and make a run for it.
"You rotten kid!" he yelled and like I estimated he didn't bother chasing after me. I heard the wheels screech as he drove away in frustration.
I started to walk in towards the town centre, not that it really had one. I just realised I had no idea where my 'lovely' uncle lived. I took my phone out. What do ya know! No service. I decided to wander around, hoping to find a payphone. This town was so quite. Nothing like New York, I bet nothing exciting ever goes on here. After a fue minutes of wandering, thinking about how much I would miss New York, I snapped out of it.
"Okay. No service and no payphones." I said to myself. Then I saw it. "The Mystery . . .Hack?" I tilted my head in confusion. Then I saw the 'S' on the ground. "Well this looks interesting? Bet they have a phone though!" I said to myself and walked towards the wooden building. The wood creaked as walked onto the porch. I knocked on the door.
"hmm . . . I wonder what kind of place this -"
"Welcome to The Mystery Shack!" an old man wearing an eye patch said in an enthusiastic voice as the door swung open. "My name is Stan, you can call me Mr. Mystery. For only twenty bucks you can come see the amazing secrets of Gravity Fal-"
"look old dude, can I use your phone? I asked, completely unimpressed by his introduction.
"Sure" he says. I try to walk past him but he does not move from the doorway.
"um excuse me?" I say confused. He puts out his hand.
"How much?" I ask.
"For only twenty bucks you can use my phone!" He says in the same enthusiastic voice.
"That's a bit steep, don't ya think? How about ten?"
"Fifteen."
"Ten."
"Alright, kid." Stan says. Once again, he puts his hand out. I take a counterfit from my bag and hand it to him. He faces it towards the light.
"Go ahead." He says, moving from the doorway.
I walked in. wow this place looked pretty cool. Clearly fake and probably brought in a lot of cash. I was jealous. This man was smart! Anyway I snapped out of my amazement and realised I had forgotten to ask where was the phone. I turned around to ask 'Mr. Mystery' but he was no longer in the room. I looked around abit. My eyes stopped on the cash register. Behind it was a read head, reading a magazine. I walked towards her.
"Hi I'm-"
"Welcome to The Mystery Shack, how may I help you?" She said in a sarcastic voice, not looking up from the magazine. I was getting annoyed by all the interuptions.
"Look, just tell me where the phone is." I say, annoyed. This must have caught her attention. She looked up at me. Then she smiled.
"It's just through-"
"Mabel! Give it back!" I turned to where the noise was coming from. A girl and boy came running through the door.
"Dipper! Mabel! We have a customer!" The read head tried to scream over there banter. They immediately stopped there yelling. The boy looked at me.
"Hi I'm Dipper. Welcome to The Mystery Shack. Blah blah blah, now Mabel give me back my hat!" he yelled, jumping towards the girl.
"No." The read head stepped out from behind the register. "I want you to show . . ."
"Sarah."
"Right Sarah where the phone is. Sorry about this, there always messing about. There twins though, so there pretty cool. I'm Wendy by the way." She points to her name tag. "I haven't seen you around before." Wendy says.
"Ya I'm new in town." I say watching the twins run around after each other. The boy named Dipper got his hat back. They both came and stud in front of us.
"I'm Mabel, You're pretty." She said in an enthusiastic voice. "Come on, we'll show you where the phone is." Mabel says indicating to Dipper. I followed them through to the next room.
"Here it is. . ." Dipper says, eying me up and down.
"Thanks." I say, taking it from his hand.
"You remind me of someone!" Mabel says, breaking that awkward feeling.
"Maybe you guys know my uncle. I'm staying for the summer at his place." I say typing in my uncles number.
"What's his name?" Dipper asks.
"Oh it's- Hello? . . Oh Hey! . . Ya sorry, Forgot to get the address off my folks. . . Okay, see you then. Bye." I handed the phone to Mabel.
"So thanks guys." I say walking back through to the store part.
"Wanna watch 'Duck tective'?" I hear Dipper say to Mable just as I got through the door.
"Sarah." Wendy calls. I walk over to her.
"Ya?" I ask.
"You seem cool. Come hang with me and my friends at the arcade later, we'll give you a tour of the town."
"Sounds Good" I say.
"Did someone say arcade!" Mable comes running through, Dipper followed.
"Can we come?" she asks.
"Ya, I guess so." Wendy says.
"See you then." I say walking towards the door. I bump into Stan in the doorway. "What? An exiting fee to?" I ask. Wendy, Dipper and Mable were still stand there, listening. He moves from the doorway.
"Free of charge." He says. "By the way kid, you didn't fool me with that counterfit. I only took it because everyone in this town are chumps." Stan says.
"Guess not everyone." I said.
"You're a smart kid. What's your name? he asks me.
"Sarah, Sarah Gleeful."