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(Anybody else get that reference? No? Just me? O-okay, just read the chapter.)
The screen door to my house bangs closed. Now that I'm back in my normal form, there's nothing keeping me from telling my parents about my strange secret.
Both of them are sitting at the kitchen table; my mom with her hands folded, and my dad wearing a flannel shirt and jeans; way different than the way he dressed before this move.
"Hi." I smile awkwardly and sit down. "I have something to tell you."
"We have news, too," My dad says. "My job is going to start requiring me to work different hours."
"So…you're not going to be here at different times?"
"I'll be leaving around six, which is when I usually get home." He explains. "And I won't be home until about nine o'clock in the morning."
"I'll be gone, too." Mom adds sadly. "It's safer to be in a cabin near him while he's working."
"Both of you are going to be gone at night?" I ask.
They nod.
Or telling my strange and amazing secret could wait.
It's cold, it's dark, and I'm alone. What else is new?
Then again, being in the forest at night looking for a very specific tree isn't exactly weird for me, is it?
There it is, I think, shivering slightly because of the stupid ancient Greek clothes.
I can't remember past that- I woke up and started walking to the Mystery Shack.
"Hey, guys." I walk in on Mabel and Dipper watching a rerun of Ducktective.
"Hey." Both pairs of eyes are fixated on the screen. The room is almost silent.
"This isn't going to affect anything, is it?" I ask. "You know, the whole…new thing?"
"Of course not."
They weren't lying. The rest of the day went exactly the same as any other.
"Random dance party for no reason!" Mabel yelled. She jumped on the bed and did some sort of combination between Gangnam Style and the Macarena.
I rock back on my heels. "I don't really dance."
"Neither do I." Dipper agrees.
"Yeah you-"
"Not this again!" He groans.
"-do!" Mabel, for some reason, started making sheep noises.
"You guys are so weird." I laugh.
"Says the tree." Dipper points out.
"Touché." I check the clock. "It's almost sundown. I should get going."
"Bye!" Mabel keeps dancing.
"See ya." I turn to her twin. "…Sheep boy?"
"I don't wanna talk about it." He says quickly.
"Okay." I walk out of the shack, almost stopped by Stan trying to sell me something.
The sun sets over the tops of the pine trees. I feel myself changing to full form and sigh.
"Why, hello!" A voice calls out of nowhere. I jump, and then relax when I see who it is.
"What do you want, Gideon?" I ask with an eye roll.
"I saw you all alone and decided to accompany you." He answers. "It's not very safe for a young girl to be in the forest at night."
"I'm older than you!" I storm off, not even knowing if that is true.
"Wait!" Gideon runs towards me. His hair bobbles when he runs. "I was just wonderin' 'bout what you were wearing." He tilts his head. "I believe Summerween has already passed?"
"Summerween? What? Just leave me alone, Gideon!"
"For now, Autumn. But I'll be back." He backs away into a shadow (where did a shadow come from in the middle of a clearing?). "This isn't the last you'll see of little ol' me."
Okay, sorry for the long break, guys. I've been writing other stories and non-fanfiction stuff, and then I went to Hawaii. But I got back, and I'm going to be updating regularly every Tuesday, despite the fact that the top says Wednesday, because that's just Jenna Marbles.
