AN: Finals are so annoying. I'm proud to announce that I have survived the hardships of school yet again, and can't wait to continue! Without further adieu, I present you the first official chapter on this fanfic, (the other previous ones being prologues). Enjoy and review!
I do NOT own any part of either the GRAVITY FALLS and PLANTS VS. ZOMBIES, whether it be characters, ideas, defenses, etc. Gravity Falls belongs to DISNEY and ALEX HIRSCH, while Plants vs Zombies was originally developed by POPCAP (I believe they sold the right away to another company. If one of you could tell me, that would be great). The AN is done now.
"Hey Mabel. I know that we've some crazy things over our summer break, like the "lochness monster", a creature made of Halloween candy, and whatnot, but does it seem odd that a grown man is wearing a frying pan on his head like it's the apocalypse or something?" Inquired a preteen boy to his twin sister, Mabel.
"I don't know, broseph." responded Mabel. "This is a party, after all. Some people have different ideas of how to celebrate the fall of Gideon. Besides, I've worn far crazier outfits in the past. Oh! That reminds me! I need to think of our next Halloween costume! How about we dress up as Hansel and Gretel, or Wendy and Soos, or...".
The preteen boy, nicknamed Dipper, loses focus on his sister, and instead looks at the newcomer. Dipper, currently, and throughout the summer, has set his attire to a classical black vest, an orange shirt, tan shorts, socks, black sneakers, and most recently a white/blue baseball cap with a blue pine tree in the front center.
His sister, in contrast to her brother, often switches up her outfits everyday. Despite the summer season, she most often crafts and wears her own sweaters, some which scientifically impossible to be created in the first place. For example, due to the night of the party being a special occasion, she managed to stitch a working boombox into her latest sweater (made of fabric). Like her sweaters, Mabel also wears a variety of skirts and socks. The only part of her outfit that stays the same is her black sneakers. Both her and her brother are twelve years old, soon to be thirteen at the end of their summer break.
"Or how about…" Mabel continues to ramble on, only to pause after hearing the Mystery Shack front door open swiftly, and for the twin's great-uncle ("or as they like to say it, "Grunkle") Stanford Pines to start dashing towards the siblings.
"Do you two know if that man paid for a ticket or not?" pants Stan, as he tries to catch his breath. Although he is middle-aged, Stan does a lot of running during his lifetime, mostly from the police. Proudly dubbing the "Mystery Shack," a shack in the woods that functions as a tourist trap thanks to its not so "mystery" possessions and as a wallet leech, Stan makes a living off of being a con-artist. He sports on his body a business suit, brown sneakers glasses, and mostly notably a fez with a pac-man like symbol on the front center of it. He also carries a cane with an 8-ball attached to the end of it. "I need to make as much dough as possible, and everyone needs to buy overpriced tickets to help make my dreams of fortune become my reality!"
"I don't believe so…" Dipper started before his was interrupted by Stan.
"Then we need to make sure he pays extra for trying to avoid my art of scamming! If we surround him, my plan will 99% work!" The twins reluctantly agree. Afterall, Stan was their caretaker over the summer, and disobeying him might lead a good-old-fashioned noogying. They soon trap the man with the frying pan hat, with Stan being the first to speak. "All right, you old coot! You have to pay up for a party ticket if you want to stay here for the night!"
As the old man turned towards Grunkle Stan to pay for his ticket (with diamond-like gems, to Stan's surprise), Dipper happened to notice that the stranger was also carrying a backpack. Although the backpack was bulky, Dipper happened to notice that the backpack was opened up partly. In the attempts to help the stranger by zipping the backpack up, Dipper happened to take a peak at what the contents were in the bag. Weirdly, the figure had a strange variety of objects in the backpack, such as flower pots, plant seeds, spare change, and most of all, a giant sunflower in the center. With a face. Assuming that the face was fake, Dipper continued zipping the backpack up. Seconds later, something caused the boy to scream, and frantically flee into the Mystery Shack.
The remaining trio had different reactions to the sudden outburst. Mabel ran inside the Mystery Shack to comfort her brother. Stan didn't care, for he was memorized by the gems. The stranger acted in a casual fashion. Afterall, he was pretty sure everyone had seen blinking, sentient sunflowers in the past, right?
AN: The first chapter is done for now (unless I feel like revisions are necessary in the future). I hope you all have enjoyed it. You should expect faster updates on this fanfic in the future, since I basically have summer break now. Thanks for reading!