WARPED
Chapter 6
Lucy couldn't believe the day she was having. First Bill Cipher himself appeared at school and announced that he's looking for her, and now the main cast of Gravity Falls was standing right in front of her in Hazelle's living room. She seemed to be the only one out of her three friends that was able to keep her head in this situation. Between Hazelle fainting, Jocelyn losing her cool, and the floating potato chip, Lucy failed to see how this day could get any weirder.
Lucy could never tell her friends this, but she wasn't as into Gravity Falls as Jocelyn and Hazelle were. While Hazelle and Jocelyn loved the show to a level of obsession, Lucy only saw the Gravity Falls as a cute cartoon with quirky characters. It was a show for kids. This was probably the reason she didn't lose her head. But now, with the characters standing right in front of her, Lucy wasn't quite sure what to do.
"Should I click it?" asked Mabel, inching her hand towards the mouse.
"NO!" shouted Lucy, Jocelyn, Hazelle, and Dipper in unison.
"I really don't think that's a good idea," Lucy added. "We have no idea what could happen, and it could trigger something dangerous."
"Speaking of dangerous," Stan interjected. "Is your TV supposed to be doing that?"
"What?" asked Hazelle, snapping her head around.
"It's definitely not supposed to do that," said Dipper. Sure enough, the TV screen, which hadn't been turned on, had somehow become engulfed in swirling static.
"Do you have that Xfanity or whatever too?" Stan went on, scratching his chin. "Because, if that's the problem, your parents sure are idiots for getting it. It's messin' up your TV! And when I say 'your' TV, I totally mean the TV that I was gonna swipe when you weren't looking."
"That's really weird," muttered Jocelyn, reaching for the remote. "Why isn't this working?!"
Just then, a sound came through the speakers that made everyone freeze in terror: Bill's laughter.
"Oh my God," breathed Lucy. She was stricken with terror. She couldn't move, she couldn't think.
"HE'S ATTACKING MY HOUSE!" shouted Hazelle, her eyes wild with fear.
"We gotta get out of here!" yelled Dipper.
"Where's Waddles?!" Mabel shrieked, scrambling for her pig.
"Lucy, what should we do?!" wailed Jocelyn.
But Lucy didn't know what to do. She couldn't think. What was wrong with her? She was the one to keep her head in dangerous situations!
Bill's laughter was growing louder; his glowing yellow form had almost solidified on the screen.
"I knew I'd find you all here! Music note, Caduceus, Pen, Question Mark, Shooting Star, and Pine Tree!" Bill chirped. His eye swiveled to rest on Stan. "And you."
"Time to go!" Jocelyn grabbed Lucy and Hazelle by the arms and dragged them across the room to the computer. "Come on!" She swiftly clicked the shifting, winking blob still on the screen.
There was a bright, blinding flash of light.
Then nothing at all.