"Dipper? Come out come out wherever you are!" 8 year old Sarah Pines calls out.
"You gotta find him, Flare." Mabel Pines says, using Sarah's nickname.
"I hate that nickname, Mabes!" Sarah angrily says.
"Wait, is that a pine tree hat I see?" Sarah says. She grabs the hat and the owner, 14 year old Dipper Pines come up with it.
"Haha, you found me!" He says, playfully hitting her on the shoulder.
"Can we go on a monster hunt?" Sarah asks hopefully.
"Not today kid, I've got summer homewo-" he starts until Mabel interrupts him.
"More like you've got to study the journal even more! You never take Sarah on monster hunts, yet you let me come! Why is that, dippingsause?"
"Um... because... umm... okay I got nothin. One hunt kid, that's it. Deal?" Dipper says to the nearly-bursting 8 year old.
"Deal! Yay I get to go on a monster hunt! Monster hunt! Monster hunt!" Sarah says, jumping up and down.
"Monster hunt! Monster hunt!" Mabel joins in.
"Okay, calm down kid. You're normally like me! What's up with the Mabel-like personality change?" Dipper inquires.
"You've known me for 8 years, Dip! It's my usual personality! Kinda like a mixture of both your personalities!" Sarah says, running up to the attic. "Now come on! Let me get my outdoor clothes on and then we can go!"
~15 minutes later~
Sarah comes back down the stairs wearing something like dipper would wear, except for the flip-flops that adorned her feet, as well as the fedora with a wheel on it on her head.
"I'm ready!" Sarah eagerly says.
"How do you get ready that quick, Sarah?" Mabel asks. "It takes Dipper at least half an hour to get dressed!" She laughingly teases.
"It does not!" Dipper defends.
"Come on, grab the journal and let's go!" Sarah says, running out the door.
"How does she do that without getting tired?" Dipper wonders aloud.
"Oh come on, Dip. Don't wanna keep the ticking time bomb waiting, do we?" Mabel says teasingly.
"True. Just let me grab the jour-" Dipper says as he turns to where he left it to discover that it wasn't there. "She already grabbed it didn't she?" He asks Mabel.
"Yep!" She confirms, walking outside.
"Dipper you coming?!" Sarah yells into the shack.
"Yah yah yah, I'm right here!" Dipper says, walking out and noticing the journal in Sarah's hands. "Give me that!" He says.
"No way! I wanna look through it to find the monster we should hunt!" She says, opening the journal. "Oooooooo gnomes?" She says, finding the gnomes page.
"No way!" Both Mabel and Dipper say at the same time.
"Why not?" Sarah asks.
"Well, when dipper found the journal, we discovered my first boyfriend here in gravity falls turned out to be a bunch of gnomes, and they're total jerk!" Mabel says.
"Ooo, what about the hide behind?"
"Tried finding it, can't find it." Dipper says.
"Hmmm... what about a gremloblin?"
"No way! NO. WAY. Too dangerous! I don't want Grunkle stan to kill me for getting you hurt!" Dipper says.
"Ok... hmmm.. what about this thing? It's a fairy!" Sarah mentions.
"Ehh, not that dangerous, so sure!" Dipper says.
"Come on, let's go find a fairy!" Sarah and Mabel shout, running off.
"Ugh... girls..." Dipper says as he follow them into the forest.
~time skip!~
"Nothing! We've looked everywhere!" Sarah says in disappointment.
"Woah, is that a tiny hat?" Sarah says as she grabs it, revealing...
"JEFF?!" Both Mabel and Dipper shout.
"Hey hey hey! Get this kid off of me!" Jeff says. "Oh look... it's Mabel and her stupid brother! And some kind of, like, younger version of both of them combined... huh." He notices.
"NO WAY! A GNOME! AWESOMEEE!" Sarah shouts.
"What, you never seen a gnome before?" Jeff asks.
"Nope!" Sarah says, picking him up by the leg.
"Ow ow owww!" Jeff grumbles.
"Woah there kid!" Dipper says, taking Jeff from the 8 year old's grasp.
"Thanks Dipper, but who is that kid?" Jeff asks.
"Our younger sister! Jeff, meet Sarah Pines!" Dipper says to the surprised gnome.
"Well!" Jeff says, holding a small hand out towards the excited young girl. "I'm Jeff! One of many gnomes in the forest!"
"Pleased to meet you Jeff!" Sarah says, shaking his hand.
"So, what are you kids up to at this time of day?" Jeff casually asks.
"We're hunting for monsters to get this little one off my back about going on a monster hunt with us." Dipper says, pointing to the young girl who was staring at Jeff in fascination.
"Kinda creepy, ain't she?" Jeff mutters.
"I HEARD THAT!" Sarah screams, walking up to Jeff with fire in her eyes and a fist curled up.
"Wha - what did I just do?" Jeff screeches.
"You just activated Flare. She's a dangerous little kid, Jeff." Mabel says.
"Woah there, Sarah. Calm yourself!" Dipper says, putting a hand on her shoulder.
"Wa? Oh... sorry..." Sarah says, seeming to come out of a trance of some sort.
This kid might come in handy... Jeff thought to himself.
"So, you wanna see our cave?" Jeff asks Sarah.
"Woah there Jeff, she's under our care, and I'm gonna answer for her. No." Dipper says plainly.
"Awww come on, Dip!" Sarah says.
"Yeah, you'll be with her when she's there, kid!" Jeff says.
"Ok fine!" Dipper says, giving in to the younger girl's puppy dog eyes.
~time skip!~
"Here we are! The gnomes cave!" Jeff says, signaling to another gnome.
"I have to tell the gnomes to not attack, gimme a few." Jeff says, walking away with the other gnome.
"So, Jason Ritter, you see that younger girl over there?" Jeff says, motioning to the younger girl who was running around the cave.
"Yeah? So?" Jason Ritter says.
"She could be useful. But we can't get to her without her older siblings attacking us. So, here's the plan. You and a bunch of others will attack the twins, dragging them back to the shack, while we tie up the girl. She won't be much of a problem! If we tell her to stay quiet, I'll bet she'll listen." Jeff says, and Jason agrees to this. "Now, get a bunch of other gnomes and attack!"
Meanwhile, Dipper was barraged with a million questions from Sarah.
"Why haven't you told me about these guys before? Why aren't we studying them?" Sarah asks.
"Ok, rather not answer a million questions, Sarah." Dipper says. Jeff then comes back over.
"So, they won't attack, as long as you don't provoke us." Jeff says.
"Like we would provoke you on purpose!" Dipper says. Unknowingly, they were being watched by a group of gnomes.
"Hey! I've got a joke!" Sarah says.
"Oh no please don't Sarah..." Dipper mutters.
"What do you call a little man? A gnome!" Sarah says, ignoring Dipper.
"Annnnddd 3, 2, 1, provok-" Dipper says as he is hit on his head from behind, hearing Mabel hit as well. Just before he loses consciousness, he is aware of Sarah being tied up.
~time skip~
"Di- dipper? Wake up." A voice calls out to him. He wakes up to find the multi bear in front of him and his sister.
"Multi bear! Wait where's Sarah?!" Dipper says.
"I do not know, I found you here, along with your sister. I can't wake your sister though." He says.
"Yo mabel, wake up! The gnomes kidnapped Sarah!" Dipper says. Of course, that works, because in a split second Mabel is up and about to punch the multi bear before Dipper stops her.
"He's a friend, don't hurt him." Dipper says.
"Well what are we waiting for?! Let's go get Sarah back!" She says.
~Back at the gnome cave~
"Let me go, you jerks!" Sarah screams, but the gnomes just shush her.
"This is gonna be perfect! Time to start the marriage ceremony!" Jeff says, but is interrupted by a certain young girl breaking her bonds with hidden blades and coming towards Jeff with fire in her eyes and hidden blades up her sleeves.
"You... do not know... WHAT YOU'VE DONE! YOU HAVE UNLEASHED A FORCE MORE POWERFUL THAN YOUR PUNY GNOME BODIES!" Flare roars.
"O-oh dear... I may have forgotten to calculate the factor into the equation... hehehe..." Jeff says to the cowering gnomes.
"HOW COULD YOU FORGET SOMETHING THAT WILL HAUNT YOUR DREAMS FOR THE REST OF YOUR INSIGNIFICANT LIVES?!" Flare roars at Jeff. She then proceeds to throw Jeff against the wall with merely a hit.
"Woah! Oww... this kid's stronger than I thought!" He says to himself.
~In the middle of the forest~
Both Dipper and Mabel hear a yell that sounds exactly like Flare.
"Uh oh! Jeff's in trouble now!" Mabel says.
"We need to calm her down before she kills a gnome!" Dipper says, now running.
They arrive at the gnome cave to find Flare throwing Jeff against the wall.
"Sarah! Calm down!" Dipper says, rushing into the cave without a second thought. He puts a hand on her shoulder, but it does nothing.
"Oh dear... that's not good!" Mabel says, joining the fray.
"Sarah, you're gonna kill someone!" Dipper shouts, which brings Sarah back for about 5 seconds before going back to Flare mode.
"Hmmm... I wonder... " Dipper muses.
"Hey Mabel, are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Dipper asks Mabel.
"Let her come on our hunts from now on? Yep." Mabel says.
"Hey Sarah! You can come on our monster hunts from now on, just calm down!" Dipper shouts to her. That does the trick, bringing Sarah back in control of her actions. She faints from exhaustion, after which Dipper grabs her, hoists her over his shoulder, and motions to Mabel to leave.
~Back at the Shack~
"Grunkle stan! Sarah fainted!" Dipper calls into the TV room.
"What?!" Grunkle stan yells, coming into the hall to see Dipper carrying a passed out Sarah, with Mabel behind him. "Bring her in, and put her on the couch!" He commands, which Dipper does gladly. "Did she tire herself out, or?"
"She turned into Flare, for much longer than ever before. Made her pass out after we got her calmed down, so I carried her back here." Dipper explained.
They hear a tired voice call out for Dipper. "Well, at least she's awake!" Dipper says as he walks over to her. "Hey Sarah, how you feeling?" He asks the tired 8 year old.
"Tired... hurting... what happened?" Sarah asks.
"You turned into Flare for a much longer time than usual, which tired out your body. You passed out, so I carried you back." Dipper softly explains.
"Oh... sorry dip..." Sarah softly replies.
"Hey, don't worry about it... I'm just glad you're safe." He says quietly.
"I wanna go to bed..." Sarah says tiredly.
"Okie doke, come on sleepy head, let's get you up to the attic." Dipper says, gently picking her up and carrying her to her bed in the attc. "Here ya go, you can sleep until dinner, okay with you?" Dipper says.
"Yep.." She says softly, already falling asleep.
"Good night Sarah..." Dipper says, covering her with a blanket and giving her a stuffed animal to hug.
"Night dipper..." Sarah says as she falls asleep. Dipper goes downstairs to a worried Mabel.
"Is she okay?" She asks.
"Yep, just tired. I put her in bed and told her she could sleep til dinnertime. She's fast asl-" Dipper says as he's cut off by a scream.
"Sarah!" The twins screech. They run upstairs to find a very panicked Sarah, clutching her stuffed animal to her chest tightly.
"Are you okay?!" Dipper asks.
"Nightmare... triangle thing... told me to watch out... aughhh!" Sarah mumbles as she starts crying.
"Oh no... Mabel, meeting time!" He says, walking away from the panicked 8 year old to talk with Mabel.
"She saw bill! This isn't good..." Dipper says nervously.
"Wait what?! But how?" Mabel says.
"He is a DREAM demon, Mabel... he's gonna use her to get to us to make us make a deal we'll regret!" He says, before walking back over to Sarah. "Hey, I've got an idea! Why not hang a dreamcatcher over your bed?" Dipper says.
"Really?" Sarah asks.
"Yeah, to catch the bad dreams so only good ones are in your mind!" He says, pulling out a dreamcatcher. "There we go!" He says as he hangs it above Sarah's bed.
"Thanks Dipper." She says as she hugs him.
"You're welcome, Sarah. Now go back to sleep, we want you to be nice and energetic so you don't do what I did once and make a bad choice while sleep deprived." Dipper says, choosing his words carefully.
"Ok... night Dipper..." She says before falling asleep.
"Night Sarah..." He says, as he and Mabel walk downstairs.
"Ok, that should take care of that... but I'm kinda tired out too..." Mabel says.
"KIDS, DINNER TIME!" stan shouts.
"Better wake Sarah up." Mabel tells Dipper.
"I'm going, I'm going." He says, going to wake Sarah up.
~time skip~
"Alright kids, time to hit the hay, Sarah's all tired out." Stan says as he points at a sleeping Sarah next to Dipper.
"Yep, I agree." Dipper says with a yawn.
"Lets go. Dipper, grab Sarah." Mabel says.
"Okay." Dipper says as he grabs Sarah and follows Mabel up the stairs to the attic. "Night Sarah, night Dipper." Mabel says after they put Sarah in bed and get their pajamas on.
"Night Mabel, Night Sarah." Dipper says, getting into bed. It's been an exhausting day... for all of us... Dipper thinks to himself as he turns and looks at the wall. He then falls asleep after a lot of thinking about that day.