Art Class

SUMMARY: Mabel and Pacifica are in art class and have no idea what to do for their assignment. The two girls learn what is the most important to them in their lives.

MAIN CHARACTERS: Mabel Pines and Pacifica Northwest

Mabel Pines sat at her table with her main best friends: Pacifica, Grenda, and Candy.

In front of them on their table were large pieces of paper, a set of drawing pencils, acrylic paints, brushes, erasers, and special outlining pens. The assignment was to draw something that represented an extremely important part of them, a physical representation so to speak.

Their teacher stood by her desk, her thick, red-framed glasses lopsided on her face, her mustard yellow blouse bunched up at random part, and her dark green skirt looked like it was bunched up in the back as if she had gotten it tangled in her underwear after using the restroom.

Grenda and Candy were already drawing something on their papers, both chatting away while Mabel and Pacifica sat there with blank expressions on their faces. Pacifica tapped her pencil onto the wooden table top, it making a high, clicking-like sound. The blonde's face was contorted with annoyance and confusion.

"Art is supposed to be fun…" Mabel complains, resting her head the table, her brown hair fanning out under her chin. "Why do teachers have to make it stupid?"

Pacifica shrugs. "I have no clue, Mabel," she admits, her still hitting the pencil on the table. "For once I'm really disappointed that Ford isn't teaching one of our classes."

Mabel nods in agreement. Ford was already a homeroom teacher, the science teacher for all the grades in the school, and he tutored the kids before and after school if they needed it. Although Ford was talented enough as an artist, and probably knows a lot about it, he simply didn't have time in his schedule to also teach an art class.

"What to draw… what to draw…" Mabel mumbles her small chant like a mantra. She had considered drawing her shooting star symbol, but she thought that was too obvious. Mabel had also thought about drawing Bill Cipher's wheel, the updated version that Ford had drawn when Dipper was resisting Bill, but thought that would be too traumatizing for certain people. She sighs loudly, her looking at the clock as their class period was slowly ticking away.

Pacifica looks over to Grenda's and Candy's drawings. Both were drawing something from Weirdmageddon when they had been traveling on the road with their families. It seemed so innocent compared to what Pacifica had been through. She throws her pencil on the table and crosses her arms in a huff, clearly annoyed. "I got nothing." Pacifica practically growls.

"Neither do I…" Mabel pouts. "This is so stupid."

"Agreed."

The two girls sat there, pondering on what they should draw. Their teacher, Miss Hastings, comes over and to check on the progress of her students. She frowns when she sees Mabel and Pacifica's blanks papers.

"Ladies, you have limited time you know…" Miss Hastings chastised. "You need to get a move on."

"Can I draw a caticature?" Mabel begs. "That's literally all I got going for me!"

Miss Hastings gives a startled look. "Um… I don't know what that is… so no." she honestly says. She then looks at both the girls and adjusts her glasses. "I know you two were part of… that terrible time period… I'm sure you can draw something from that."

Yeah, like my brother going crazy because he became a demon's puppet to save his family. Or how he got his memory wiped to kill the damn demon. Mabel thought bitterly to herself.

Pacifica then glances at Mabel, still unsure what to do.

"You two can combine your art if you want…" Miss Hastings offers. "Draw something together." She then walks away to check on the other students' progress.

The two girls sighed in unison. They both started tapping their pencils, keeping time with the clicking of the clock. After a few minutes of doing that they both sighed once again. Mabel then started absently doodling on her paper, it taking the shape of a house, and soon she added more detail. Pacifica looks over and sees that Mabel was drawing the Mystery Shack.

"The Mystery Shack?" the blonde questions. Mabel looks down and blinks a few times. She didn't realize she was drawing it. The Shack was something important in her life… but what could it represent.

A new start…

That was it! All Mabel had to do was not think too hard and she was able to draw something that represented her. The Shack was where a whole new life began with her brother and her great uncles. Inside the Shack was where they bonded to be a family, where they all helped each other when they needed it. The Shack represented her new beginning…

"Just don't think about it, Paz!" Mabel tells her blonde friend. "Just relax and it will come to you!" she continued drawing her picture of the Mystery Shack, adding her favorite detail on how the letter "s" had fallen and made it look like the "Mystery Hack", which was ironically hilarious in its own right.

Pacifica raises a perfect brow, unsure how she could just not think about it. She sits there for a moment before she started absently started drawing large pine trees in a forest. Her drawings looked more professional, most likely from being privately tutored during her early life in Northwest Manor. As the details of the trees came to place, it made her wonder why pine trees.

The blonde rolls her eyes, thinking that it was way too obvious. The Pines family. Both Dipper and Mabel had been part of her becoming a better person, even their uncles treated her like a member of the family, making her feel that she was actually part of one. With a glance at Mabel's drawing she puts hers next the brunette's.

"Pretty fitting…" Pacifica comments. "The Shack surrounded by pine trees…"

Mabel's chocolate brown eyes lit up. "Oh, Pazie, you do care about us!" Mabel shrieks with happiness and gives the blonde a hug, squeezing the oxygen out of her.

The two then began outlining their main drawings with the different thickness of pens, using the smallest for the tightest of details. With only fifteen minutes left in the class period they began to color with the paints, bringing their art to life.

"Wow! You guys are amazing!" Grenda bellows next to Mabel. "It looks so real, I can just jump right in!"

Candy pipes up, her adjusting her glasses, her voice thick with her Korean accent, "Yes, those pine trees are very pretty… and the Shack looks so homey!"

Just as the bell rings to end the class period, both Pacifica and Mabel had finished their combined art. The Mystery Shack and a pine tree forest. Both girls had paint on their arms and faces, Pacifica having blotches of green paint standing out in her blonde hair.

Miss Hastings came to see their art, her giving a smile. "This looks very lovely girls… I can see why they are important to you," she lightly says. Her hazel eyes glittered with a certain happiness. "This can definetly go into the art show as a combine piece."

Both the girls smiled and give each other a high five, their hands making a clap.

And sure enough, in the weeks to follow their art was hanging in the main auditorium for the art show, the credit going to both Mabel Pines and Pacifica Northwest.

A/N: Hello everyone! Sorry if this was a little short! Writers block... but hopefully the next one will be longer!

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