Fallen Pine Trees
Chapter 12: A Break from the Fighting (Mabel) Part 2
Surprisingly, the day had turned out a lot better for Mabel than expected. Originally she'd planned to just mope over the previous day's events. However, Grenda wouldn't allow one of her BFs to suffer. So after a nice pep talk, Mabel was back to her fun loving self.
To makes things even better, Candy managed to get out of working on her Gold Eagle application when it turned out that the school wasn't accepting any more scholarships until next spring. So Candy was free to hang out with her friends.
The three BFFs spent a good chunk of the day eating ice cream at Beaver's, checking out boys at the mall, taking pictures of Grenda Jr dressed up, (and posting them online), buying teen romance novels, and other fun stuff.
Eventually, Grenda and Candy had to go home. Grenda's parents needed help finding the TV remote, while Candy's mom wanted her to get an early start on her spring application for Gold Eagle Academy. Leaving Mabel all by herself, which she was fine with thanks to all the cheering up provided by her friends. Besides, if she wanted to Mabel could just go back to the Mystery Shack and hang out with her Grunkle Stan, Waddles, or Soos, (Wendy had the day off and was probably hanging out with her friends). Though instead, Mabel decided that she just felt like walking around randomly by herself, thinking peaceful thoughts.
Her walk led towards Lake Gravity Falls, which brought back memories, (ones that made Mabel sad). These memories were of Mermando, Mabel's biggest crush, and the boy who she shared her first kiss with. After returning to his home in the Gulf of Mexico the young merman had sent Mabel many letters till he sent one that announced his engagement to the Queen of the Manatees. Though the message clearly showed that he was only doing this to prevent a war, Mabel was still utterly heartbroken.
Just wanted to point out something I just realized: in the show, Mabel hasn't made any attempts at finding summer love for herself ever since Mermando sent that final message. What do you think about that?
Despite her efforts, Mermando held a strong place in her heart. One that made the rest of it hurt whenever she was reminded of him. Like right now as she walked over and sat on the edge of the docks, (where she and Mermando shared their first kiss).
Looking down at the water Mabel suddenly spotted a silhouette of something she couldn't decipher in the water. The silhouette appeared to be growing bigger till it came splashing out of the water, revealing itself to be Mermando.
"Mabel. My Hermosa Mariposa," Mermando said in a calm voice as he stared at Mabel lovingly.
Mabel was in a state of absolute shock. So shocked/confused that it took her every bit of effort to say something.
"Ma…Ma…Mermando?!"
"Yes, my Hermosa Mariposa. It is I, Mermando, I've come back for you my love," Mermando said before grabbing Mabel and kissing her on the lips.
The kiss caused all of Mabel's questions to temporarily vanish while she melted into the kiss. Even going so far as to deepen the kiss by grabbing Mermando's back and pulling him closer, (even though they were already smushed together).
These questions came back, however, once Mabel and Mermando brock away to breathe.
"What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be back home getting married to your fiancé?"
Mermando was totally prepared for this, "I came back because I'm in love with you not the Queen, (and I couldn't marry someone I don't love). Fortunately, I was able to convince my cousin, Merteeno, to take my place, (he knew of my feelings for you and had no problem marrying the Queen). After the wedding, I came to live with my uncle Francisco. He lives in an underwater city not far from Gravity Falls."
"But what about your family back in the Gulf of Mexico?"
"I truly do love my family and I will miss them. But my hearts belong to you. I can't stand to not be with you." Holding Mabel's right hand, Mermando asked a very important question. "Mabel, will you please do the honours of being my Novia?"
Mermando's question caused tears of joy came out of Mabel's eyes. "Oh Mermando, I don't know what a Novia is, but I, of course, I will," Mabel responded as she pulled Mermando into a loving hug.
"Novia means girlfriend in Spanish." Mermando quickly explained as he hugged Mabel back.
"I'll take it."
The two spent the next few hours talking about what they'd each been doing since they'd last met. It turns out that Mermando had sent Mabel a message telling her to meet him at the docks that day, but Mabel hadn't been to the pool since Mermando's message about his engagement, (yet things worked out anyway). Mabel also told Mermando about all the fighting that had been going on between her and Dipper, including the Vampire Skulls, whom Mermando had heard about, (though he only knew of them back when they were the Black Nova). Turns out there was another side to the story.
"My people and the other members of the alliance thought that they'd been wiped out during the Nova War," Mermando explained. "They were an accursed race of vampires that are still spoken of with deep hatred."
"What war? I didn't pay attention much when Lothar, or whatever, was telling us his people. I only heard a few little bits here and there. I do remember him mentioning the Merpeople though."
"The Nova War was named after the Black Nova since their race responsible starting the conflict."
"So why did they start the war?"
"Well, technically the alliance started it. Though we had no choice. For years the Black Nova used their sorcerer powers to brainwash members of the six species, "the ones who formed the alliance who were mentioned in Chapter 8", to come to their territory without them having to risk their own skin. Those vial monsters would drain their captives of their blood, turning them into mindless slaves for all eternity.'
'Eventually, we had enough of it and took action. We united together, vowing to free ourselves and the rest of the world of those bloodthirsty monsters. Though it wasn't easy, countless lives were lost in the fight, while leaving scars that current generations, (such as myself), still carry."
Mabel couldn't believe this. The Vampire Skulls seemed so nice, and she'd felt incredibly guilty for wiping them out. But it turned out that they were horrible creatures that only desired to hurt others for their own selfish reasons.
"Those jerks! I can't believe I felt guilty for destroying the life globe thingy. For cheese sake, they're the reason, (or one of the reasons), why Dipper hates me. Augh! All because they were friends with that stupid, no good, author that Dipper's obsessed with."
"For what it's worth, I think that Dipper is a jerk who doesn't deserve to be a part of your life; brother, or otherwise. Plus didn't you say that Dipper had been treating you badly ever since he started dating this Pacifica girl."
"Yeah," Mabel said in realization. "He's lied to me, called me horrible names, rejected all my ideas, (he wouldn't even give them a chance). And that was before I ended the Vampire Skulls."
"Which I think was a heroic thing you did my Hermosa Mariposa," Mermando praised. "You have avenged all of those who suffered during the Nova War and their descendants."
Mermando's praise caused Mabel to blush, allowing her to forget about her brother and focus on her boyfriend. "Oh, Mermando."
The two spent another half hour acting all lovey-dovey before Mabel had to head back to the Mystery Shack. But before Mabel left, she and Mermando agreed to meet as often as possible; as well, Mabel promised to convince her parents and uncle to let her go to school in Gravity Falls so that they wouldn't have to be separated.
Walking Mabel couldn't help but feel so happy. She'd finally found, not just her summer love, but her true love. It just filled her with so much joy.
"Match made," she said to herself, "Match made."
Just so you all know, Hermosa and Mariposa are Spanish words that mean beautiful, and butterfly. I got the words from google translate.
F.Y.I. I've always been a big fan of MablexMermando.
Now I know I said previously that the next few chapters would be ones inspired by Mon-Ra's work, however, these chapters aren't the ones that I was referring to. I had to add in these chapters to show the twins after their big fight, but I hadn't planned on writing so many chapters revolving around this. Though just so you're aware, the ideas I've been planning for a while now, (the ones inspired by Mon-Ra), will begin in the next chapter, or after it, depending on how much I write for certain sections that lead up to it.
