A/N: Well, here's the next chapter. And you guys might have noticed-there was only one battle last chapter. Yeah-I didn't want to drag the story out by having Pacifica stop to battle some random monster or other every five minutes. Don't worry though, there will definitely be some fights in the future-including the one that's coming up...
Oh yeah, and also, I started updating Shadowfang14's Toy Story 2 again. Though I think I'm going to stick with updating it on the weekends, what with this story along with...other stuff. Anyway though, here's the next chapter. I hope you like it.
Disclaimer: I already have a ton of my own characters. I can't with a clear conscience say that I own anyone here.
"Mom, Dad!" Pacifica ran into the living room, looking at her parents.
"Pacifica!" Her mother looked at her. "What happened to you?! Where have you been?!"
"I fell into this weirdo underground world!" Pacifica told her. "There were monsters, and I had to fight and…!"
Ding-a-ling! Ding-a-ling!
"Enough of that now!" Preston said. "I don't want to hear any more of this nonsense!"
"But it's true! I…!"
Ding-a-ling! Ding-a-ling!
"I said that's ENOUGH, young lady!" Preston rang the bell again, its sound getting louder.
DING-A-LING! DING-A-LING!
"Stop!" Pacifica sank to her knees, clapping her hands over her ears. But Preston just kept ringing the bell until all other sound was blotted out, and the only thing in the world was the ringing of the bell.
DING-A-LING! DING-A-LING! DING-A-LING! DING-A-LING!
"Aaaah!" Pacifica bolted upright in her bed, her face wet with perspiration as she breathed heavily.
"You okay there, dood?" Pacifica turned around and screamed again as she saw a big white SOMETHING looking at her.
"AAAH!"
"Easy, easy, don't freak out!" The thing said. He didn't have any arms or legs, and seemed to just be floating above the ground near her. He had black eyes and a friendly smile, showing rodent-like teeth. And for some reason, he was wearing a white cap that seemed to be just as translucent as the rest of him, and had some slight facial hair. Pacifica realized that he was a ghost.
"Mr. Pines wanted me to check on you." The ghost said. "My name's Soos. I help Mr. Pines out sometimes with running his store and watching over the kids."
"'Kids'?" Pacifica blinked in confusion.
"Yeah-Mr. Pines' great-nephew and niece, Dipper and Mabel. Maybe you'll see them around later. They're about your age." Soos' smile grew a little wider. "They're good kids."
Pacifica had to lay back in bed. She suddenly remembered where she was-in a bizarro underground world with monsters, staying with a goat man. Who apparently had a ghost helper. And a great-niece and nephew. Before she allowed herself to imagine goat kids skipping around and baa-ing, Pacifica pulled herself out of bed.
"So…you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm just peachy!" Pacifica snapped at him. "I'm just millions of miles under my home, with freaky monsters showing up every time I turn around-why WOULDN'T I be okay?!" Soos frowned a little.
"You know, you don't have to fight, dood." Pacifica actually looked a little surprised as he said this.
"I wasn't…"
"Look, I know things can be tough, but sometimes it's better just to show mercy, y'know? Way better than getting into a fight you can't win."
Again with this 'mercy' thing. Just what was with these monsters? Pacifica was about to speak again, but Soos said
"Well, I should go now. I hope I can see you again." He smiled again before fading away.
"Weird." Pacifica said before turning around. She then saw a plate of food on the floor next to her. A peanut butter and jelly sandwich, an apple, and a glass of juice.
"Huh? Did…did he leave this for me?" The simple meal was a LOT less than what Pacifica usually got, but at that moment her stomach growled, and she realized just how hungry she was. She made quick work of her food, then stood up, brushing herself up.
"What's the rest of this place like?" Pacifica went outside to explore the house. She'd been so tired from everything when Stan took her home that she hadn't had a good look at the house. The little blonde took to walking the halls, eyes scanning the house. There were many strange things around-animals sloppily taxidermied together, various human objects that had fallen from the surface…and it suddenly dawned on Pacifica that the place, as well as being a house, was also a museum of sorts.
A museum dedicated to the mysteries of humans, and life on the surface world. It was like she'd entered a parallel universe. Pacifica came to a door, opening it just a crack and peeking inside. A bedroom with a king-sized bed and the faint stink of old person.
"This must be his room." Pacifica cringed, holding her nose as she closed the door. She walked to another room, opening the door. Another bedroom-this one having two small, child-sized beds. The right half of the room was covered in pink, girly posters and glitter. The left half of the room was barer, though there were some books lying near the bed. If Mabel had to guess, she'd say this was Dipper and Mabel's room. No sign of the twins, however, which she found a bit weird. Pacifica closed the door and walked down the hall, where she found Stan reading a newspaper.
The goat man had taken his purple and white suit off, stripped down to his boxers and undershirt.
"AH! MY EYES!" Pacifica screamed, covering her eyes. That was definitely more of the old goat than she needed to see…
"Oh hey, you're up!" Stan said, not seeming to notice her discomfort. "I take it you've met Soos?"
"Soo…oh yeah, the ghost."
"He's kinda weird, but he's a good man…child." Stan said. "And then there are the twins-Soos tell you about them? I think you'll all get along great. You're part of the family now, after all."
Finally, Pacifica couldn't take it anymore.
"I want to go home."
Stan's eyes widened a little in surprise.
"Sorry, I don't think I heard you right. Sounded like you said…"
"I want." Pacifica put her hands on her hips, glaring at him. "To go HOME!" Stan lowered his newspaper, looking at her.
"Kid…this IS your home now." Pacifica's mouth fell open in shock.
"You don't really expect me to stay in this weirdo place, do you?!" Pacifica demanded. "I'm a Northwest! I'm NOT living underground with monsters!"
"Trust me; it's for your own good." Stan said as he stood up. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have to, um…stock some shelves or something." He walked down the hall quickly. A bit TOO quickly. Pacifica narrowed her eyes and followed him down the stairs, into the basement.
"Hey! I'm not done yet!" Pacifica said angrily. "This is kidnapping, you know! My parents are richer than…" Stan sighed heavily, stopping in his tracks.
"You're just like all the rest." His tone was darker than before, and Pacifica was suddenly scared. "Every time a human ends up down here I try to be a nice guy. I try to keep them from leaving. But again and again, they leave…and then they die."
"Please…" Pacifica said, hating the whimper that went into her voice as she spoke. "I just want to be with my mom and dad…" Stan scoffed.
"Dumb kid. If you leave, they…Ford will kill you." Pacifica couldn't help but notice the emphasis he placed on the word 'Ford'.
"Ford?"
"Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go destroy the way out of the ruins." Stan started walking again, and Pacifica stood in place for a few moments. Suddenly, a thought came to her.
"Hey, hold on! Just what is it about me that you're all so scared of?! I'm a little girl! What do you think I'll do?!" Stan froze in his tracks again, and Pacifica immediately knew that she'd gone too far.
"You want to leave so badly? Fine." Stan turned to face the little girl, his face hard.
"Fight me."
A/N: Oh Pacifica, what have you gotten yourself into? Yeah-I decided to add in the nightmare sequence to make it a bit different from the original game, as well as give Pacifica some more depth. Also, I put Soos-as-Napstablook in here as Stan's assistant, like in GF. I thought it would be a funny idea to have Stan running a 'human' museum out of his house-something fitting with both original sources. Well, kinda. And yes, Dipper and Mabel are living with Stan here like in the show. Don't worry...you'll meet them soon enough.
Until then, review?