WARPED

Chapter 7

Hazelle blinked into the bright sunlight, momentarily blinded. She wasn't quite sure what had happened or where they were. All she could process was the light blinding her vision, and the all-too-familiar screaming that was to her left.

It took Hazelle a second to realize that it was Jocelyn screaming her lungs out.

"WHERE THE HELL ARE WE?!"

Hazelle tried to sit up, but jerked when she felt the edge of something and the open air touch her hip. Realizing she was about to fall, Hazelle yelped and scrambled backwards, bumping into an unresponsive Lucy. Her eyes travelled upward and then widened into saucers.

The sign they were lying in front of bore large letters that spelled out MYSTERY HACK. Attached to the sign was a rickety old building. One that was very familiar…

"Hey dudes!" came Soos's shout from below. "We're back in Gravity Falls!"

"THERE IS NO FREAKING WAY THIS IS POSSIBLE," Jocelyn shouted from Hazelle's right. She was standing up on the roof of the Mystery Shack and peering out at the view of Gravity Falls. "HOW IN THE NAME OF JESUS ARE WE GOING TO GET DOWN?"

"First off, is there any possible way to make her stop screaming?" Grunkle Stan cried up to them, blocking the sun with his hand. "Because the cops are gonna hear, and I really don't need that on my back right now."

"There's a ledge you can hop down from to your right," Dipper called up. "Just wait in the shop and we'll come get you!"

"And don't touch any of my stuff!" added Grunkle Stan.

"Okay," Hazelle replied weakly. "But what about Lucy? She's not awake yet and she's too heavy for us to move!"

"JUST DUMP SOME WATER ON HER!" suggested Mabel. "SHE'LL BE FINE!"

"That could work—" Jocelyn began.

"No that's a horrible idea!" interjected Hazelle.

"IF WE HAD ANY WATER!" Jocelyn yelled.

"JOCELYN!" came a shout from behind Hazelle and Jocelyn. "WHY ARE YOU SCREAMING."

"Oh, good, you're awake," voiced Hazelle. "This whole thing's a moot point. Let's go."

"Wait, where even are we?" Lucy demanded, groggy. "And why does my head hurt?"

"Well, I can answer one of those questions," Jocelyn said, "but let's move first." She then turned and shouted over the edge, "WE'RE COMING DOWN!"

"Terrific," Grunkle Stan replied sarcastically.

"Again with the yelling!" exclaimed Lucy.

"Sorreh," replied Jocelyn, with a grin. It was obvious she was not sorry at all.

Despite their precarious situation, Hazelle had to laugh. Leave it to Jocelyn to be her overly saucy self, even when they had apparently switched dimensions.

"Well, water we waiting for?" Hazelle said with a sly smile. Jocelyn and Lucy groaned. "Let's get going!"

Jocelyn bounded ahead and hopped off the roof, not seeming to care that she could have broken her legs. She popped her head up from below the roof. "Hey guys! The ledge is right here! Let's go slowpokes!"

Lucy was still feeling woozy from her fainting spell (were all three of them going to faint today?), so Hazelle had to help her get down. After climbing down onto the ledge, there was a short climb down a ladder. Hazelle and Lucy then found themselves in the gift shop of the Mystery Shack. Jocelyn was chatting amiably with Dipper and Mabel, and Stan was eyeing her suspiciously from across the room.

Hazelle made her way across the room towards Stan. "You know she's not gonna steal anything, right?"

"What?" asked Stan, startled by the question. "I have no idea what you're talking about! I wasn't staring suspiciously at your friend… suspiciously…"

"Riiight…" Lucy, who was still leaning on Hazelle for support, rolled her eyes.

"Soo… can we talk about this?" asked Lucy, who was still obviously confused.

"What's there to talk about?" called Jocelyn, tearing herself away from her conversation with the twins.

"Well, for starters, just to clarify, are we in the Gravity Falls? Like, as in, Gravity Falls, Oregon?"

"I didn't know there was more than one!" chirped Mabel, as Dipper slapped a palm to his face.

"Well, yes, it seems that way," answered Hazelle.

"Okay, great. Next question," continued Lucy. "Jocelyn. Why did you click the rip in the space-time continuum?"

Jocelyn shrugged. "I thought it would help!"
"Third question. How did that help us."

"It got us away from Bill!"

"AND NOW WE'RE TRAPPED IN GRAVITY FALLS!"

"You say that like it's a bad thing."

"IT IS A BAD THING!" Lucy exploded.

"Well, I don't know, it's kind of cool," Hazelle admitted.

"UGGGHHH!" Lucy crossed her arms and stomped across the room, where she planted herself in a chair with her back to everyone, angrily crossing her legs.

"Soooooo…." Hazelle said, trying to ease the situation. "What now?"

Mabel piped up, her tone completely serious. "I know exactly what to do."

Stan raised an eyebrow. "And what's that?"

"SLEEEEEEEEPOVERRRRRRR!" she erupted, throwing her hands in the air.

Dipper groaned.