The Mystery Continues: A Gravity Falls Fanfic

by

Imagigirl20

Well, I haven't really come up with anything else for this story, so I guess I'll just wing it. Hope you guys enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Gravity Falls.

"Stanley!" Ford called. "Get down here, now!" Grunkle Stan came down the stairs rubbing his eyes, mumbling something about Ford telling him what to do. "Alright, what's going-HUH?!" He saw the unconscious girl by the door and ran down the rest of the stairs. "Kids, what's going on? Who is that?" "She's your other niece, Grunkle Stan", said Mabel. "Our sister, Amanda-and she needs help." Grunkle Stan quickly rushed to her aid. "Start talking, kids", he said as he and Ford picked her up. "What happened?" Dipper took a deep breath and began to explain rapidly: "Great Uncle Ford and I were in the woods hunting for anomalies last night when we were chased by a Gremloblin and we found a crashed car in the town sign with no driver and we went to investigate with the police this morning because the driver was missing and the police couldn't do anything so Ford suggested we come back here so he could use his DNA scanner to figure out who the driver was and we discovered that Lil Gideon escaped from prison and he was at the scene of the crime with the driver and then just before the driver's identity was revealed Amanda showed up here and then Ford revealed that the DNA matched hers so she's the driver and she's hurt really really bad so help her!"

Dipper was panting, he was so out of breath, as Grunkle Stan and Ford laid Amanda out on the floor in the TV room. Ford began to examine the unconscious girl. "She has a slight concussion", he said, "and a deep gash on her forehead. She also appears to have a sprained rib, and she's lucky it's just that." "So, she'll be okay?" said Mabel. Ford nodded. "A few bandages, maybe some stitching for the gash on her head, and she'll be just fine", he said. "The physical exertion to get here must have caused her to pass out. She should come to any minute now." At that moment, Amanda stirred. "What did I tell you?" Amanda groaned. "What happened?" she said, disoriented. "Where am I?" "Amanda", said Dipper, "you're in the Mystery Shack with us, your family. How do you feel?" Amanda sat up slowly. "My head kind of hurts", she said, "but I'm okay" Suddenly, everything came back to her and she gasped. "You have to help me", she said, panicked. "I had to get away from that creepy little kid who escaped from prison." "Lil Gideon?" said Mabel. "Amanda, can you tell us exactly what happened yesterday?" said Dipper. "Sure", she said. "I was on my way to visit you two because I got Mabel's letter and I wanted to see for myself exactly what was going on. Just as I was about to get into town, it started raining. Then I saw this kid in the road, so I swerved out of the way and crashed into the sign. I got out of the car, and then I don't remember what happened after that. All I know is that when I woke up, that weird kid was staring down at me. He said something about me being the key to his revenge, so I tried to call for help, but-hey. That little twerp still has my cell phone! Why, I oughtta-" Dipper cleared his throat. "Oh, right. Anyway, I knew I couldn't stick around for that, so I escaped through the window this morning. I was lucky that I actually made it here, but I'm sure he's looking for me." "Do you remember anything else?" said Mabel. "Well, last night I thought I heard him say something about the journals being his." "What?" said Ford. "He's after my journals?" "Yeah, he thinks they hold the key to absolute power, or something", said Dipper. "He's partially right", said Ford. "My journals contain the blueprints to building the inter-dimensional portal." "Oh, man", said Dipper. "If Gideon gets those journals, there's no telling what he could with them!" "He must have wanted to use you as leverage", Grunkle Stan said to Amanda. "Well, he's not getting you without a fight! Don't worry, sweetie. Your old Grunkle Stan will protect you." "Actually", Amanda said, getting up, "that's the other reason I'm here. Dipper, Mabel, pack your bags: I'm taking you home."

Bill Cipher hovered in the air above Gideon. "So I'm assuming you've got a plan somewhere in that silver head of yours?" he said. "Of course I do, you silly demon!" said Gideon. "Somewhere beneath us, there is a creature that is crucial to my plan. I need you to retrieve it, and then find out where Amanda Pines is, and bring her to me." "Hey, if it means the destruction of the Pines family, I'd be more than happy to possess a human body again." He stuck out his hand, enveloped in blue flames, and Gideon shook. "Consider it done, kid", said Bill, and disappeared.

"Come on, Amanda, can't we talk about this?" said Grunkle Stan as Amanda came down the stairs with her twin siblings' suitcases. "There's nothing to talk about, Stan!" she said, setting them down by the door. "There's too much dangerous stuff going on in this town, and I don't want Dipper and Mabel around it. I mean, a creepy little weirdo bent on destroying this family? A secret brother that came out of an inter-dimensional portal? Gravity reversing itself? Do I really need to say more, because I know there is?" Stan sighed. "You're right", he said. "This town is dangerous, but these kids can handle it. I mean, if you knew how many times-" Dipper cleared his throat. "You're not helping our case, Grunkle Stan", he said. "Amanda, we know this town is dangerous. That's what makes it so interesting." "You find putting yourselves at risk interesting?!" said Amanda. "Dipper, have you lost your mind? I thought you were smarter than that." "Well, I completely agree with you", said Ford. "This town is too dangerous for these kids. But how do you expect to leave without a car?"

Amanda let out an exasperated sigh. "I'll go call a tow truck", she said, heading upstairs. She turned back to look at her brother and sister. "Don't think this changes anything", she said to them. "As soon as my car is fixed, I'm getting you out of here." With that said, she went upstairs. Dipper sighed. "There has got to be a way to convince Amanda that we're more than capable of taking care of ourselves so we can stay in Gravity Falls." "Dipper...maybe we should go home", said Mabel. "Mabel, what are you saying?" said Dipper. "All summer long, we've had these amazing adventures and you want to just give it up?" "Of course, I don't!" said Mabel. "I've loved hanging out with you and Wendy and her friends and Soos and Candy and Grenda and-" "I get it", Dipper said, cutting her off. "But when Amanda passed out on the porch earlier today...I got scared. I don't want to see that happen again, especially not to anyone else I care about."

Dipper rested a hand on her shoulder. "I guess I didn't think of it that way", he said. "I don't want to see anyone else get hurt either, Mabel. But we have to stay. Gideon is up to something big, and if we don't stop him now while we're here, he'll just keep messing up our family's lives." Mabel sighed. "Okay", she said. "Let's go talk to Amanda." Upstairs, Amanda was on the phone with a tow truck company. "Yeah, it's the green car in the Gravity Falls sign", she was saying. She failed to notice a dark, triangular shadow on the wall behind her. "Yes, I need it ready as soon as possible." She suddenly froze. "I'm sorry, HOW MUCH?" She sighed, clearly annoyed. "Okay, fine, yeah, I'll pay it. Uh-huh. Alright, I'll pick it up tomorrow." She hung up and groaned. "Having car trouble, are you?" said the voice of Bill Cipher. Amanda whirled around. "Who said that?" she said, clutching the house phone and looking around. "Show yourself!" The dream demon suddenly appeared in front of her, and she dropped the phone. "Hey, you asked for it", said Bill. "How you doing', Amanda?" "How-how do you know my name?" Bill laughed. "I'm a dream demon", he said. "I see everything." Amanda gulped. "What do you want?" she said. "You stay away from my family, or I'll-" "Oh, relax, girlie", said Bill. "I'm not after your brother, sister or crazy uncle...I'm after YOU." Before Amanda could react, Bill touched her forehead and she fell to the floor. "Well, that was easy", said Bill. "Now to make the switch."

Dipper and Mabel knocked on the door to the break room. "Hey, Amanda?" Dipper called. "Can we talk to you for a minute?" Silence. Mabel shrugged and the twins opened the door. Amanda was standing by the window, apparently in a frozen state. "Uh, Amanda?" Dipper tapped her on the shoulder, and she jumped. "Dipper!" She breathed a sigh of relief. "Ugh, why did you scare me like that?" "Sorry, Amanda", said Dipper, "but we need to talk to you." "Yeah, sure, bro, what's up?" "Listen, Amanda: Mabel and I have been talking, and we want to stay in Gravity Falls until the summer is actually over, as planned." Amanda nodded. "You know, I'm glad you brought that up. Maybe the real reason I want to leave is because I just don't know what this town is all about." "Wait, are you saying that you want to give Gravity Falls a chance?" said Mabel. Amanda smiled and nodded. "A-ha!" said Dipper. "Yes! What made you change your mind?" "You really want to waste time asking pointless questions, or do you want to show me around?" "Okay!" said Dipper. "I'll go get my backpack!" "Yay!" Mabel yelled. "Nature hike!" Amanda watched her brother and sister go to their rooms, and smirked.

"You've done well, Bill", said Gideon. "Very well, indeed." He snickered at the real Amanda Pines, bound and gagged in the underground bunker. "MMF! MMF!" She struggled furiously as Gideon watched the shape-shifting creature through Bill's torso follow Dipper and Mabel down the stairs. "The journals will soon be mine." Bill closed the connection. "So when do we off the Pines family?" "Patience, demon!" Gideon snapped. "All in good time."

That is the end of Chapter 4, guys! Be sure to tell me what you think, make suggestions for the story (writer's block is like a disease), and stay tuned, faithful readers! I'm going to take a short break to do some brainstorming. Also, I was an extra in two films and they're both premiering this Thursday, so I'm kind of SUPER DUPER EXCITED about that. ;) But worry not! I will be back within the next two weeks. I hope you enjoy this new chapter or the story itself so far, and I'll see you soon, guys!