Chapter 31: Resolutions

'Have you ever wanted to change something, but didn't know when to start? Is New Years the best time to begin? If so, what would your resolution be? To eat healthier? Give more? Or even make a personal change? Everyone has a resolution to declare and from the following characters, they will share their resolutions as well as reveal a few secrets!'

Starting in the year 2014, my new year's resolution(s) will be…..

~(Pacifica's P.O.V.)~

While I never have given thought to a new year's solution before, I guess it's never too late to come up with something, especially after the events of last year and all that I suffered through. First, I'm going to make sure I get a bigger allowance. Two hundred and fifty thousand sounds about right. After everything my mother put me through, including forcing me to date that psycho Johnathon Larson, that will more than make up for it! If only she would have listened to me and know what Johnathon really did to me, she would forever regret ignoring me when I finally told her what really happened at that honors event. Seeing her in the condition she's in and how helpless she has become doesn't make me happy in the least, even after all of the abuse she put me through. My friends keep saying to me I should be, but for some reason I'm not and that's what's confusing me the most. However, since everything went down and returning home, my dad is making sure Johnathon never comes near me again and that's all I could ever ask for. He's finally giving me the attention I always wanted, but most of all craved. That must be his resolution.

The second thing on my list is to spend more time with Dipper Pines. He is my biggest hero and went through great lengths to save me from my abductor, Ryan Banes. While I still don't approve of his sister or uncle, it is worth trying to get along with them so Dipper and I can be happy. I'm due to see him today and tonight, I'm going to take him for a nice romantic dinner on my family's yacht, just the two of us, on the lake, all night. I'm even going to silence his phone so incase he gets a call, he won't hear it! I guess that wraps up my list of resolutions. I better get ready to see my Dipper Pines!

~(Dipper's P.O.V.)~

If it weren't for Mabel pestering me into doing this, I wouldn't even be doing this right now, but making a list of future prospects has always been a fan-favorite of mine so I guess I can give this a shot. The first item on my list of resolutions would be to continue to pursue Wendy to see if we are a match. While I've done this in the past and failed, I want this year to be different with new plans and new approaches! Sure she's three years older than I am, but what is age anyway? A number, a worthless number! But then there's Robbie. Ugh! That name can't stop mass producing the most annoying being on the planet! Sure she's not dating him anymore, but he just doesn't seem to go away! He's like a virus with no cure!

In all honesty, I have given thought to everything concerning Wendy and it seems the more I try, the more I'm turning up with zero results. Maybe I should try dating someone my own age, which leads me to Pacifica.

We have been spending a lot of time together lately after having Ryan taken down for kidnapping her. Whenever I'm around her, I feel really nice. The same way I feel around Wendy, but more, so much more. I won't deny that I like Pacifica because I do, but whenever I'm around her, I feel my checks flush, my heart race, and even the need to keep staring at her. I like the way the sun shines off her pretty blonde hair and the way her blue eyes shine in the moonlight. So while I'm chasing one girl, maybe who I'm to be with is right in front of me. Hmmm, it's something worth thinking on. So I guess my only resolution this year would be to consider the pros and cons of both women and see who I fit well with. I just can't stop thinking about Pacifica though…

~(Mabel's P.O.V.)~

I don't know why Dipper didn't do this sooner because it's a lot of fun! I had to practically pester him to make his new year's resolutions and from what I can see, he's really into it lol! I already know what my resolutions are! One, to have an epic summer romance with my boyfriend Eric. While last year our summer romance went all cray-cray because of Gideon wanting me to uncover my transformation as Mabellita, this year, nothing is going to stand in my and Eric's way of having a great summer romance! He's a great guy. However, I can't get out of my mind what Mabellita warned me about after defeating Narsus this time. Something about a rising darkness. I'm not sure, but I'll keep an eye out. Two, make more sweaters! I haven't quite decided on the design or the colors, but I know I'm going to make more! Three, try to accept that Dipper is dating Pacifica. While she has hated me for whatever reason she won't say, I can see that he really likes her and that she makes him happy. I just have to accept it and it's better than seeing him strike out with Wendy constantly. It gets more and more hurtful to see him hurt after so many let downs. After all, it's better that he dates someone who will like him back. Do I have any more resolutions? Nah, just those so far. I can hear Dipper's phone ringing in his vest pocket and no doubt it's Pacifica calling him. He looks to be into making his list so I'm just going to be a great sister and answer his phone for him. Hehehe.

~(Catherine's P.O.V.)~

New Year and new chances for mischief, but the question is, just what will my new plans be for the new year? Copy my traitor of a sister? Nah, already did that. Try to wipe out the Pines family? No, I did that too and failed thanks to that sister of mine! However, I am for certain that what I have in mind to rise to power won't fail me this time as I've already laid out my ultimate plan down to the very last detail! But before I can employ that, there is a little something I want to test first, something in the form of an angry black haired teenager. I notice that he and Dipper seem to have some sort of rivalry and with it, a history. The red haired teen girl, the rivalry and history stems around her and if I can somehow manipulate that, that will further help what I have planned for the entire town. United they stand, divided they fall, and fall they will, especially after I plant the seed needed to get things in motion. This is going to be one great year for Catherine Pines!

~(Gideon's P.O.V.)~

Great! Just great! The New Year has started and I don't have my book! If I have one resolution it would be to find my journal! I had a nightmare that Catherine had it, but I refuse to believe that that demon has my book! If I find out she has it, I'm going to send her back to the rock she crawled out from! I'm going to find my journal if it's the last thing I do! I just hope Cashmere is awake right now because she's going to help me find it!

~(Cashmere Gleeful's P.O.V.)~

With Gideon's book missing, we can't unlock the power of the journals! It's impossible without '2'! If I find out those pines tricked him out of his book, I'm going to bury them! Gideon deserves to be treated better than how he is being treated now! Those disgusting pines will learn who is in charge and who isn't, especially in this town! Gideon and I run this town and have been long before those two showed up! My resolution would be to help my cousin as much as possible so he can get back in power and I'm going to make sure that he chooses a worthy woman to be his queen, not that Mabel! Maybe I can be-I mean pick someone who would fit that role.

Why is my phone ringing this late at night?

~(Queen Mabellita's P.O.V.)~

To have another baby! That's the first thing I want this year, another baby. Not that I don't enjoy my first heir to the throne Mabel. I love her, but I feel the kingdom and the future would benefit from two heirs not just one. After all, Mabel is going to need someone to protect her. I feel that the battle is far from over, especially after the fall of Narsus the second time. Something darker, more sinister is on the horizon and it's scaring me. But I have to be strong for my family and for my kingdom. After all, I am the queen, therefore, I must stand strong to protect what I worked so hard to build. I refuse to let my home be destroyed and corrupted once more by the forces of darkness, but whatever darkness is on the rise, I'm going to make sure I'm ready for it!

I wonder what Mordecai wants for this New Year. Hopefully, another baby like me!

~(King Mordecai's P.O.V.)~

I love Mabellita and will do anything for her, but I refuse to have another baby, at least right now. I know the future of the kingdom will benefit from two heirs and I know Mabel gets lonely without a brother or sister, but no new baby this year, no way! Something more sinister is on the horizon of the dimension and to bring a new baby into this world at this time would be a bad idea, especially if this force I'm sensing is for more dangerous than Narsus and Cyrus combined. I noticed what this rising presence is doing to Mabellita. She wakes up at night in a cold sweat, gripping onto my hands, look of terror in her eyes. It scares me to see her in that position, especially when neither of us knows what this rising darkness is. The idea of a new baby just isn't a good idea right now until we can be sure we can handle this new threat, but more so, be able to neutralize it before it gets out of hand. I know this is what Mabellita wants, but I'm going to have to go against her on this one. Hopefully she won't be too mad about it. So my resolution would be to better protect my family and try saying no more to my wife. Again, I love her and will do anything for her, but I'm against the one thing she wants this year.

But these are my resolutions for the New Year, one that hopefully won't have me sleeping in the study, again.

For the year 2014, these are my resolutions and I plan to see them through!

I know, I know, not the best chapter, but I promise the next one will be way better than this as I always deliver my best! This is New Years after all so I wanted to do a New Years special with everyone declaring what they will do this year lol!

I also included a few spoilers for current fics of mine so to let everyone know what is next in my stories, despite them still being in progress. :) Just thought I'd do that for all of you since you have been so supportive of me and my writing for so long. :) Hope you enjoyed that little tid bit from me! :)

Happy New Years everyone and please review!