Norman led the way, followed by Jeremy. Dipper was walking along the right of Norman as he held onto the folder that verified information on Jeremy's uncle, Wiley Falls. Mabel was walking along Norman's left.
Norman finally stopped. It seemed like it took them at least 20 to 30 minutes to get to the edge of Gravity Falls. Just before passing the city limit sign on the south side of the city, a small house on a hill welcomes travelers coming along the leaf covered country road.
"That's the house?" asked Norman.
"Yeah, sure is," said Jeremy. Since Dipper and Mabel couldn't see or hear Jeremy, Norman announced out loud that they arrived to the home of Wiley Falls.
"We're here guys, Jeremy said so," said Norman.
"Good, let's see if we can get to the bottom of this," said Dipper.
The kids walked up the hill and along the driveway. The home looked brand new and parked outside of the garage was a pick-up truck. They walked up to the front porch and stopped at the door. Dipper reached for the doorbell and everyone waited.
As they waited, Dipper looked in the folder again, hoping to see something new in the documents. As he looked, he noticed the section for race, marked with a B.
"Norman, could you ask Jeremy what his race is!?" asked Dipper, almost ashamed of even bothering to ask.
"Why!? What does it matter!?" asked Norman. He was merely curious as to where Dipper was going with this.
"Race doesn't matter, Dipper!" said Mabel.
"Look, Jeremy's vital information verified that he's black…is there any possibility that maybe the bullying was also a…" Dipper was interrupted as the door opened immediately.
It was a black gentlemen who opened the door. He almost looked like a different version of Grunkle Stan, from the glasses to the hat.
"What do you kids needs!?" asked the man.
"Uh…excuse us sir, but, are you former councilmen Wiley Falls?" asked Mabel with a smile.
"Who wants to know!?" said the man. "Why!?"
"Oh, good, so you are. I know this is going to sound kind of weird, and we don't mean to disturb you, but we wanted to talk to you about a kid we sort of met named…Jeremy Falls!" said Dipper.
"My nephew, Jeremy Falls, is dead because you people killed him! Now, get off my property before I call the police!" said Wiley as he slammed the door.
"I think you got your answer, Dipper," said Norman, almost shocked.
"I wish I was wrong this time," said Dipper as he tilted his head slightly downward, rubbing his shoulder in a way of disgrace.
"He was affected a lot. He never used to be that way," said Jeremy. "He taught me so much, he was like another Dad to me."
Mabel turned her head toward the street and then to Dipper. She then looked to Norman and finally spoke.
"Maybe we should just leave well enough alone. It's sad, but, he must feel horrible about it all," said Mabel.
Dipper frowned. He clutched his fist and responded after a few seconds.
"No…" said Dipper as he walked back to the door and started knocking on the glass, just hard enough to make a commotion.
"Mr. Falls, we got information on Jeremy and we want to help you. We're not the kind of people you THINK we are!" yelled Dipper.
Wiley opened the door immediately and was about to yell at Dipper.
"We know it hurts, but, please, just give us a chance to talk to you. We won't be long, and, if you're not satisfied with what we say to you, then we will leave, we promise!" yelled Dipper.
Wiley's face went from anger to a look of concern and curiosity. He opened the door wider and started to stare at Dipper, just barely squinting his eyes.
"You're Pines' boy are you," asked Wiley, almost grinning.
"Well, sort of, Stanley Pines is my uncle, we call him Grunkle Stan, of the "Mystery Shack," my name is Dipper Pines," said Dipper with a grin on his face. He removed his hat off his head as an attempt to show respect to the old man.
"I'm his sister, Mabel, and this is Norman Babcock, a guest at the Mystery Shack and friend," said Mabel.
"But the Mystery Shack isn't a hotel or inn!" said Wiley Falls.
"I know, I've been saying that the whole time," said Dipper.
"Tell you what, kids, come in, but no funny business," said Wiley Falls.
"Oh Dipper is good about that. He's not very funny," said Mabel.
Dipper simply rolled his eyes and allowed Mabel to walk in first. He walked in and was followed by Norman.
They walked into the living room and sat down on the couch that was adjacent to a huge window in the living room.
"OK, boy, what is it that you want to say! And mind you, I don't have a whole lot of time," said Wiley.
"Yes sir. You see…well…tell 'em Norman!" said Dipper.
"Basically, we met a ghost today, or rather I did. I met a kid and his name is Jeremy Falls. He said he was bullied. We did a lot of research. We found out that he died young, not far from our own ages," said Norman.
Wiley sat there, listening and eyeballing Norman.
"Seriously!?" said Wiley in his stern voice.
"Ye..yes..yes sir," said Norman.
"You see, he told us about you so we researched and found that he accidentally caused the death of the boys who bullied him. His parents resigned and we read about it all," said Dipper.
"So, what's the point!" said Wiley. "Why bring up such terrible memories."
"Well, we want to let you know that Jeremy is with us. He wanted us to tell you some things and we want to make it right," said Norman.
"You kids…want to make something that happened a long time ago right!?" said Wiley.
"Yes, if we can, we really do, we genuinely care," said Mabel.
"I don't want to over step my bounds here, but….was….it…." Dipper nearly finished his sentence as Wiley gave an almost dark stare towards Dipper.
"Was it…um…racially motivated, you think!?" asked Dipper.
"I know it was," said Wiley. "You kids have a minute,"
Dipper, Norman and Mabel stared at each other and then back at Wiley. They nodded in unison in a quick and subtle way.
"Gravity Falls has a very colorful history, and I mean that in every sense of the word, boy! Me and my family came to Gravity Falls when I took a job in politics here. I marched with Dr. King, I served under JFK and later I decided to get into local politics. I couldn't be a city councilmen right off the bat because I hadn't lived in Gravity Falls for long enough, but a man named Stanford Pines pulled strings. Let's just say we have power like that," said Wiley as he pointed at the fez he was wearing, the very same type of fez with the same logo labeled on it.
"But some people disliked it. Rich, snarky, racist folk! My nephew, Jeremy Falls, was having trouble at home. He kept saying that HE could see things. They chose to send him to stay with me. Later his parents moved here too and got the same treatment I got. That got folks even madder. The kids heard about it and didn't have a problem with it, thought it was cool they had a classmate whose uncle was sort of a secret agent or whatever. Then, the bullying began. You know the rest of the story," said Wiley. His face lit by the little bit of sunlight coming into the house. He had a tear roll down his eyes.
"I'm so sorry to hear about that," said Dipper.
"But why do you kids even care," asked Wiley.
"Because, like we said, we've been talking to Jeremy all day long," said Norman. "And he has a few things to share."
"Norman, tell him that I love him and that I don't want him to be angry and upset anymore. I'm going to be okay," said Jeremy.
"He says he loves you, and he doesn't want you to be angry and upset anymore," said Norman.
"Also, tell him, I don't want him to feel bitter towards others and please forgive," said Jeremy.
"He also doesn't want you to be bitter towards others and to please forgive," said Norman.
Wiley Falls sat there and listened.
He nodded and blinked his eyes lightly, tears streaming down.
"You know, this is around the time of the year that it happened," said Wiley.
"Mr. Falls, sir, we would love for you to come by to the shack sometime and maybe have dinner with us. I'm sure Grunkle Stan would love to see you again," said Mabel.
Wiley began to grin a little. "I would like that,"
After the few hours of talking, Dipper, Norman and Mabel walked out of the house. They learned more about the history of "Gravity Falls" than any of the last mysteries they've been on thus far. And Jeremy finally was able to say what needed to be said. Not long after, he dissipated and was officially gone. He made peace.
"We did a really good thing today, awesome not giving up Dipper," said Mabel.
"Thanks…but, did you notice something about Wiley," asked Dipper.
"What? Not the hat, we know they both are in the same club or whatever," said Mabel.
"No…not that," said Dipper. "Something, well, pretty major."
"Like what!" asked Norman.
"On his book shelf, he has the 4th book."