I'd like to thank you to everyone who reviewed for chapters one & two. I'm really glad this story is doing well so far. As I said at the beginning of chapter one, I'm really excited about this story. As I promised, I would add another chapter after getting five reviews. Remember: I'll upload more chapters faster if you review. After I get five more, I'll upload Chapter Four. Anyway, here we go!:
Three
Dipper ran over to Mabel, Candy, and Grenda. "Are you all okay?" he asked.
The three girls nodded wearily.
"Were you really gonna let that girl hurt Candy?" asked Mabel.
"What? No!" said Dipper. "I didn't actually think that she was gonna do it!"
Mabel accepted that. "What do we do now?" she asked.
Dipper began to pace. "I don't know," he replied. "Those kids are gonna be back in twenty three hours, but my answer still won't change. He might have the Kids of Eternity storm Gravity Falls!"
"Why don't we try to fight back?" suggested Grenda.
"I don't know," said Dipper. "They have powers and we don't."
"But all of the kids in Gravity Falls out number Ronald and his five followers," provided Wendy.
"But who knows how many he'll bring," said Dipper.
"But, it's worth a shot," Candy said.
Dipper stopped pacing. "You know what, I guess you're right. Try to recruit as many people you can for our army. The six of us will have a progress meeting tomorrow at 11:00 A.M.
Later that day after Candy, Grenda, Wendy and Robbie left, Dipper and Mabel tried to go out to recruit people, but Grunkle Stan wanted them to work the evening shift. So they were only able to ask the kids who entered the Mystery Shack.
The next morning at 11:03, Dipper, Mabel, Candy, Grenda, Wendy and Robbie sat at the dining table to start the progress meeting.
Dipper decided to take charge. "I hope you all got a good amount of kids for our army yesterday," he said.
Based on the others' reactions, some got a good amount, others did not.
"How many did you and Mabel get?" asked Robbie.
"Well, we got ten people to support our cause," replied Dipper. "We would have gotten more, but our great uncle wanted us to stay at the Mystery Shack."
He pulled a sheet of paper out of his pocket. "On this paper is the numbers the kids me and Mabel recruited," he told them. "We would have put them in our phone, but the batteries were dead. But they should be done charging by now. Anyway, I'm assuming that you all got the numbers of the kids you recruited, right?"
The others nodded.
"Excellent," said Dipper. Now Grenda, we'll start with you."
The muscularly built girl sat up in her chair. "Well, I was able to get the girls' wrestling team at Northwest Middle School."
"Okay," said Dipper. "How many people is that?"
"Fourteen people, not including me," replied Grenda.
"Haven't the girls' wrestling team at NWMS lost like fifty straight games over the past two years?" asked Robbie.
"We'll win!" said Grenda. "Eventually."
"Not promising," said Dipper. "Well, Candy, how about you?"
"Well, the biology and medicine club at Northwest is on our side," Candy said.
"Cool!" said Mabel. "How many people are in that club?"
"Nine people," said Candy. "Including me."
Robbie smirked. "That's pathetic," he said. Wendy elbowed him in the side as Dipper snapped up.
"Well, how many did you get?" he asked.
Robbie thought for a second. "Well, my band," he began. "The guys who were with us at the store that one day, and the boys' basketball team at Gravity Falls High School."
Dipper gave Robbie a confused look. "You're on the boys' basketball team?" he asked.
Robbie shook his head. "Nooo. Me and Wendy are really good friends with the team captain."
"I heard that last year the boys' basketball team there won only six out of thirty six games," she said. "A record of 6-30. That's pathetic!"
"Oh yeah," Robbie retaliated. "Well, this year our starting point guard is an All Amer—"
"Enough!" interrupted Dipper. "How many people is that?"
"Thirty six," supplied Wendy. "Robbie and I worked together."
"Wonderful," muttered Dipper. He sat down and pulled out a calculator and began to add. "The number of kids we have in our army to fight against Ronald is seventy two."
"What?" exclaimed Mabel. "That's it? We need more people. Ronald could bring a whole legion of kids! And all we have is seventy two! Candy, do you know how many people go to Northwest Middle and Gravity Falls High?"
"Yes," Candy replied. "The student population at NWHS is 1,346 and at GFHS, it is 1,417 students."
"That's like, twenty eight hundred kids!" said Mabel. "And out of those we have seventy two? We have to increase our numbers."
"Well, how about we go around town and town and ask every kid we see to join us," suggested Dipper. "We still have time."
Candy and Grenda exchanged looks.
"We tried that last night," said Candy. "No one would join us because most of the kids and teens in this town are loyal to Pacifica, who doesn't like us."
"Ugh! I can't stand that girl!" said Mabel.
"Well, if we're gonna win this fight with Ronald, we need strength in numbers," Dipper said. "And the only way we're gonna do that is to convince Pacifica to join us."
Dipper thinks that once Pacifica is on board, they can win the fight against Ronald. But knowing her, it may not be easy, since Pacifica doesn't like them. Will Dipper be able to convince Pacifica before Ronald returns, or will she make problems for Dipper? Find out in Chapter Four, which I'll upload after getting another Five Reviews!
~Jameer14