Truthfully when I began writing this story, I hadn't planned on making Mabel the bad guy. Just goes to show the consequences of wiping out an entire species.
Fallen Pine Trees
Chapter 11: A Break from the Fighting (Mabel) Part 1
If you asked Mabel what she was feeling right now, the answer would simply be misery. It's what she'd been feeling ever since her brother, her twin, her best friend, had completely turned against her the other night.
Sure she'd messed up his summer goal, but she didn't mean to ruin it. All the twelve-year-old girl had wanted was to have a magical adventure with her twin. One that would involve the two of them working together to solve a mystery, (just like how people did it on TV), followed by victory ice cream afterwards.
Instead, however, Dipper decided to bring his horrible girlfriend, aka her arch enemy, aka Pacifica Northwest, along. It was terrible, the young couple kept ignoring her ideas without so much as giving them a second of consideration, thinking they were silly ideas that wouldn't work. Then after she'd messed up the quest with her grappling hook, Dipper, (even when he saw how it had been an accident), completely turned against her. He refused to accept her apologies, (his own sister). And Pacifica just gave the cold shoulder, treating her like she was the worst person in the world. When Mabel and Dipper got back to the shack, Dipper began saying horrible things to her such as how he would never trust her again; calling her a delusional, crazy, cursed slut. And on top of all that, now they were kicking each other out of their lives. Dipper even went so far as to move out their shared bedroom in the attic.
All of this left Mabel with an empty heart. It felt as if half her soul had been ripped right out of her, (painfully). She couldn't even tell if the twin bond between them was still alive, though after that fight all Mabel could feel was utter misery so it could be assumed that the bond was dead.
Because of this, Mabel locked herself in her room. Refusing to do anything accept morn over the loss of her brother. Ignoring the comforting attempts from her uncle, and friends to make her feel better. So far no one was able to get her to come out, or at the very least, unlock the door. Yet there was one idea that hadn't been attempted.
Later the next day following "THE FIGHT" Mabel was just standing in her room with her head leaning against the wall, "resembling when she fell into depression after losing Waddles in Time Traveler's Pig". When out of the blue, the attic door smashed open, (into a bunch of pieces), with Grenda marching in.
"IT'S GRENDA TIME!"
Without turning her head, Mabel greeted her friend in a depressed sounding voice, "Hey Grenda. What are you doing here?"
"WHAT AM I DOING HERE?! Soos called to tell me that one of my best friends is completely depressed about how she and her brother have turned against each other. Obviously, I'm not gonna stand around and let my BF suffer. It's GRENDA TIME!"
"Yeah, you already said that. Where's Candy by the way."
"Humf, her mom's forcing her to work on some application to some private called Golden Egg Academy, or something. Honestly, I don't know why her mother makes her do it. She knows her daughter hates uniforms, eagles freak her out, and she thinks half the male teachers at her current school are hotter than those 'fancy professors'." Grenda explained while crossing her arms in frustration. "But that doesn't matter right now. What matters is that you're in misery, and it's my job as your friend to fix it, even if I have to break stuff to do so."
Picking Mabel up, Grenda continued talking, "Now c'mon let's go have some fun."
"Augh. Listen, Grenda, I appreciate your attempt. The thing is that I'm not in the mood for fun. Plus I don't think I deserve to enjoy myself. I mean I don't know if you know this but I ruined Dipper's quest yesterday. And this was a really important one."
"Yeah, Soos told me all about it. Though in my opinion, I say it was an accident. One that Dipper had coming after all the times he acted like a total jerk in front of us. Like when he tried to ditch us during Summerween, even though we worked so hard to help him out. Or how about his secret relationship with that Northwest Bitch whose done nothing but be mean to us."
"Well…I guess you're right." Mabel agreed. "But what about the love potion thing."
"All you tried to do was bring happiness to people. Something Dipper was totally against. Remember how you told me that he was seriously against helping fix Robbie's heart. Even though, (last time I checked), he was the cause of that guy's heartbreak."
"Yeah," Mabel said in agreement once again. This time her voice sounding less depressed, slowly turning towards anger.
"To be honest he's always had a bit of jerk side to him, (and not in an attractive way). Sure he's done some good things, but the more time I spend with him, the more I see how he's becoming a selfish jerk who only cares about becoming famous. That's probably why Pacifica's so into him, they're both horrible people, (though most people don't notice this). And the reason why they don't want to be associated with people like you, me, or Candy is that because deep down they're jealous of how you're a nicer person than either of them will ever be. Honestly, I think you're better off without him."
Now the anger within Mabel had fully resurfaced and ready to burst out. "YOU'RE RIGHT GRENDA! DIPPER IS A JERK! AND I DON'T NEED HIM! NOW LET'S GO HAVE SOME FUN!"
Grenda smiled as she knew that her BF was ready for some good old fashion fun. She then let Mabel go and pulled some small pieces of paper out of her pocket. "That's the spirit. Now c'mon. I have coupons for free ice cream at Beaver's Ice Cream."
F.Y.I. Beaver's Ice Cream is a parody of Cows Ice Cream, found in Canada.
A massive smile formed on Mabel's face when Grenda said this, (Beaver's Ice Cream is the best ice cream in the entire state). Completely forgetting about her brother/former best friend, Mabel, (along with Grenda), ran out of the Mystery Shack, towards Beaver's Ice Cream.
To be continued…
Once again this had originally been planned as a single chapter, but like usual, I have more planned for this that I don't want to fit onto a single chapter because it would take too long. So stay tuned for part 2, coming soon, (but not to theatres).
