Chapter 2: Legend of the Gobblewonker
It had been a few days since the Gnome Incident. Serena had a date with Darien and with more to come.
She looked out the window think about the day before and her talk with Hotaru.
(Flashback)
"So what I am supposed to do exactly?" asked Serena.
"You're supposed to fight an evil." Said Hotaru.
"Which is?" asked Serena.
"I have no idea… but I know it's going to appear in town soon." Said Hotaru.
"I see." Said Serena, "You mentioned something about other Guardians."
"They should be in town, but I don't know who they are. They should be around your age." Said Hotaru.
"I see…" said Serena, "So how am I supposed to find them."
"When they're in danger their powers will awaken and they're be able to transform." Said Hotaru, "Just like what happened to you."
"I see…" said Serena.
"Don't worry, I know you'll be able to find them." Said Hotaru, "You'll be drawn together. You all have a bond that transcends time and lives."
"I guess…" said Serena.
"Hotaru! The feds discovered some things!" yelled Stan.
Hotaru sighed.
(End of Flashback)
Serena looked at Dipper and Mabel having a syrup race with Mabel winning.
"Hey Mabel! Serena! Check this out!" said Dipper.
Serena noticed a monster photo contest.
"Human sized Hamster ball? I'm human sized!" said Mabel.
"No a monster photo contest! Did you guys get any pictures of the gnomes?" asked Dipper.
"I was more concerned about the super powers and costume I suddenly gained." Said Serena.
"Nope… just beard hair and memory." Said Mabel.
She showed of the beard hair.
"Ew…" said Serena.
"Why did you keep it?" asked Dipper.
Stan walked into the room.
"Hey! Guess what today is!" said Stan.
The three looked at each other.
"My birthday's not for another couple weeks." Said Serena.
"Happy anniversary?" asked Dipper.
"Mazel Tov!" said Mabel.
"No it's family fun day!" said Stan, "We're going to cut out of work and do some bonding."
"Again." Said Serena.
"Remember what happened on the last family bonding day." Said dipper.
They ended up counterfeiting 100 dollar bills and they ended up getting arrested.
Thankfully Hotaru bailed them out.
"Jail was so cold." said Mabel with a shudder.
"By the way have you even thanked Hotaru for bailing us out yet?" asked Serena.
"Nit yet… not until I find out where she got that money." Said Stan.
The three exchanged looks.
"All right I haven't been the best summer care taker." Said Stan, "But I'm going to promise you some real family fun! So who wants to put on some blindfolds and get into my car?"
They all cheered then Dipper realized what he just said.
"Wait… what?" asked Dipper.
And so Stan drove them to the fun day.
It was a very dangerous ride thanks to Stan's cataracts.
"Serena… I'm scared…" said Mabel.
"Don't worry… I'm scared too." Sid Serena.
Thankfully they got to the location without getting hurt.
"All right! You can take off your blindfolds." Said Stan.
They did so and found themselves at a lake.
"It's first day of fishing." Said Stan, "The whole town is here."
They noticed at the indeed that practically whole town showed up to fish.
Serena waved at Darien who was going to fishing with his dad.
"You have other times to canoodle with your boyfriend." Said Stan, "Today is for family!"
"Don't put it that way." Said Serena blushing.
"What you playing at old man?" asked Mabel.
"Look the guys at the lodge don't like me or trust me…" said Stan, "I just figured it would be a good thing to try out with you."
"I think he honestly wants to fish." Whispered Dipper.
"I made you guys some hats!" said Stan.
He gave them all hats, that had their names on them, though Dipper's was called "Dippy", Serena and Mabel's were falling off in places.
"Just me, you and goofy hats for 10 hours." Said Stan.
"10 hours?" asked Dipper.
"I even brought a joke book." Said Stan holding up a book that was clearly a bad joke book.
The twins cringed, Serena could tell her uncle really did want to bond with them.
"If only something will happen." Said Dipper .
That was when an old man showed up screaming.
"I seen it! The Gobblewonker!" yelled the old man.
He began to do a jig.
"Ah… he's doing a happy jig." Said Mabel.
"It's a jig of doom!" yelled the old man.
That was when a man showed up and began to spray the old man.
"Dad! You're scaring away the customers." Said the man.
"But I seen it." Said the old man, "I have proof this time!"
The old man began to describe the monster he saw.
"IT chawed up my boat to smitheroons and it shimshamed to Scuttlebutt Island!" said the old man.
The town began to laugh at him.
"I think he's telling the truth." Piped up a voice.
They turned to see a girl around Serena's hair with black hair that seemed to have a blue tint to it.
"He's really serous this time." Said the girl.
"Amelia it's just one of stunts." Said the old man's son.
The girl named Amelia sighed.
"Attention all units we have a crazy old man." Said the sheriff of Gravity Falls.
The town laughed expect for the Pines and the old man's family.
"Aw Donkey Spittle. Aw Banjo Polish!" said the old man who left.
"Did you hear what he said?" asked Dipper.
"Aw Donkey Spittle?" asked Mabel.
"No I meant about the monster." Said Dipper.
"I'm unsure if it's a good idea." Said Serena.
"Oh come it's 1,000 dollars." Said Dipper.
"But Grunkle Stan wants to actually spend time with us." Said Serena, "We shouldn't make him do this."
"Wait does that mean you don't' want the money?" asked Dipper.
"Not really…" said Serena.
"Then that means 500 dollars." Said Dipper.
"500 dollars?" asked Mabel, "Then I can buy that hamster."
Serena sighed.
She knew she was outvoted.
The twins started to try to convince Stan into taking them to catch the monster.
They started to chant monster hunt.
Stan who looked at Serena who shrugged.
They were joined by the old man who decided to leave.
"Did some say something about a monster hunt?" asked a voice.
It was Soos with his own boat.
"Soos!" said Mabel happily.
"What up Hambone!" said Soos.
The two fist bumped.
"Dude you could totally use my boats, it has a steering wheel chairs… normal boat stuff." Said Soos.
Stan began to shift a little.
"All right kids think this through, do you want to do a monster hunt with Soos or learn how to skewer worms and tired hooks with your great uncle Stan?" asked Stan.
The twins compared the two. And decided Soos.
Serena sighed knowing she would have to tag along.
"I'm sorry Grunkle Stan…" said Serena, "I have to make sure nothing bad happens."
Stan sighed, "At least you're being honest."
"Come on Serena!" called out Mabel.
"Okay!" said Serena.
They all got on the bat, which headed to the island.
"All right! Let's find that Gobblewonker!" said Mabel.
"And maybe it won't regenerate if I have to fight it…" said Serena.
"What?" asked Soos.
"Nothing…" said Serena.
"All right do you kids have sunscreen?" asked Soos.
"Let's go get that Sunscreen!" said Dipper.
Mabel and Soos cheered.
And so they headed back to shore when they went to go the sunscreen Serena noticed Amelia reading by the lake and decided to do something.
"I want to go check on something." Said Serena.
"Okay!" said Mable as the other three headed into the shop.
She approached the girl.
"Hi!" said Serena.
"Oh hello there." Said Amelia.
"So that old man is your grandfather?" asked Serena.
"Are you going to make fun of him?" asked Amelia.
"Not at all, I believe his story. Me and my brother and sister are going to find them monster and take pictures of it. I was hoping you could help us since you know the lake." Said Serena.
The girl's face softened.
"Really?" she asked.
"Really!" said Serena.
"I'll help." Said Amelia, "I'm Amelia."
"Serena. " said Serena.
The two shook hands.
"Why does it feel like I know her somewhere." Thought Amelia.
"She seems familiar." Thought Serena.
"Hey Serena! We're ready!" called out Dipper.
They approached the boat.
"Hey aren't you the old guy's granddaughter?" asked Soos.
"I am." She said blushing a little.
"I thought she could help us." Said Serena.
"I just want to show that Grandfather isn't making it up." Said Amelia, "Or causing one of his stunts again."
"You mean like lying to the whole town?" asked Mabel.
"No… something else." Said America, "Don't ask… it's weird."
"All right! She can help! Let's set sail!" yelled Mabel.
Dipper explained his plan on getting a photo pointing out that the biggest problem with monster hunts was not having a camera, thankfully he managed to get 27 disposable cameras.
"All right! So I got two on my ankle! Three in my vest! Four on each of you, five in my bag and one under my hat." Said Dipper.
"Wow, you put a lot of through into it." Said Amelia.
"Yeah, I figured when Serena was going to check something out she was going to invite someone so I planned ahead accordingly." Said Dipper, "All right everyone test out your cameras…"
They began to test them out.
Soos ended up taking a picture of his face and sent it overboard.
"See this is why I got back ups!" said Dipper, "We still have 26!"
"Ah bird!" yelled Mabel.
She threw a camera at it of course breaking it.
"25,.. okay guys don't lose the cameras." Said Dipper .
"Lose the cameras?" asked Soos.
"No! Don't lose the cameras!" said Dipper.
"Because I just threw out two more." Said Soos.
Dipper sighed.
That was when Serena suddenly slipped on a wet patch. She took the cameras and two of them were destined.
"Sorry." Said Serena.
"It's okay… we still have 21." Said Dipper.
"So what's the plan? Throw more cameras off?" asked Mabel.
"No!" said Dipper, "All right! So I'm captain, Amelia since you know the lake you're the navigator, Soos is steering wheel and both Serena and Mabel are look outs."
"What about Mabel as captain?" asked Mabel she began to chant her own name.
"I'm not sure if that's a good idea." Said Dipper.
"What about Co-captain?" asked Mabel.
"Mabel, please don't toss any more cameras if you don't get to be co-captain." Sighed Usagi.
"How did you know?" asked Mabel.
"And besides there isn't a thing called CO-captain." Said Dipper, "And besides if there was I'd choose Serena for certain reasons…"
Mabel pouted and tossed the camera any ways.
"Hey!" yelled Dipper.
"It's because of the whole Sailor thing." Whispered Serena making sure her sister didn't' do it again.
"OH! I just through it because you were older." Said Mabel.
"Anyways as captain our number 1 order of business is to lure it out using this fish food." Said Dipper.
"Permission to eat it?" asked Soos.
"Permission granted." Said Dipper .
Soos tried it out and began to cough.
"I didn't know what I was expecting it to taste like!" said Soos.
Of course everyone started laughing.
And so they began to lure out the monster while Amelia and Serena made sure the boat was fine approaching the island.
"You might want to slow down we're near the island." Said Serena.
They did slow down and they arrived on the island. Due to heavy fog they took a lantern so they could see.
"So Amelia." Said Serena, "What kind of hobbies do you do?"
"Well I play chess. "said Amelia, "And I like to read."
"Oh that's cool!" said Serena.
"What about you?" asked Amelia.
"Well I like playing video games and sleeping and eating and hanging out with friends." Said Serena.
"Oh…" said Amelia.
"What's wrong?" asked Serena.
"I don't have very many friends." Said Amelia.
"Oh sorry… I didn't know…" said Serena.
"It's all right." Said Amelia.
"Hey! I hate to ruin this little friendship moment, but check this out!" said Soos.
They noticed a sign for Scuttlebutt Island and Soos covered the "Scuttle" leaving it at "Butt Island."
Mable laughed, "Oh Soos you rapscallion!" said Mabel.
"We really should focus on finding the monster." Said Amelia.
"She's right." Said Dipper.
That was when there was a horrible growling sound.
"Did you hear something?" asked Dipper.
"What was that?" asked Serena.
"Is that your stomach Soos?" asked Mabel.
"No my stomach sounds like whales." Said Soos.
Both Serena and Mabel put their ears to his stomach and heard the whale songs.
"Oh wow…" said Serena.
"So majestic!" said Mabel.
That was when an opossum stole the lantern they were using due to the fog.
"Oh man! Now we can't see anything!" said Dipper.
"Dude maybe it's not worth it." Said Soos.
"It is worth it." Said Amelia, "Dad hasn't been paying attention to grandpa. And I really need to know if the monster is real or one of his elaborate students."
"Wait did you just elaborate?" asked Dipper.
Amelia blushed when he said that.
"She does have a point… you two might be in for money, but she's trying to prove something." Said Serena.
"Why did you come again?" asked Dipper.
"To make sure you guys don't get hurt." Said Serena.
"All right! Let's do this for glory and to prove that he's not that crazy!" yelled Dipper.
They all went to find the source of the noise. As they did Mabel made up a rap about thing stat rimed with her name.
They heard the noise.
"All right let's go get it." Said Dipper.
They ran towards where the noise and saw a solute that looked like a monster.
They all ducked behind a log.
"All right! Everyone get their cameras ready!" said Dipper.
All five of them did.
"And now!" yelled Soos.
Soos ran over and started taking pictures, the others followed him but soon discovered the monster was just a wrecked boat with beavers on it.
"Wait what about the noise?" asked Dipper.
They heard the noise again.
And turned to see it was a beaver holding a chainsaw.
Soos and Serena began to take pictures.
Why?
"The Internet is going opt love this!" said Serena.
"I know right! Beaver with a chain saw." Said Soos.
Dipper sighed and was ready to throw in the towel.
"We can't give up yet." Said Amelia.
"Oh what do you know…" said Dip[per.
"My grandpa was the one who told the story." Said Amelia, "And I know he wouldn't make up something like that."
"Are you sure?" asked Dipper.
"His stunts are bit more complained." Said Amelia.
"You're going to have to explain the whole stunt thing later." Said Dipper.
"I know…" said Amelia blushing a little.
"Should go search for it." Said Dipper.
"Maybe you should let him get that out his system." Sid Amelia.
She pointed to Soos taking many pictures of the beavers.
"Yeah…" said Dipper.
They waited until Soos was all "beavered" out (and that sounded a lot less dirty in my head).
As they waited talked.
"So wait your uncle is the owner of the mystery shack?" asked Amelia.
"Yeah." Said Dipper.
"But it's not that bad." Said Serena.
That was everything began to shake.
The rock that Dipper was sitting fell into the lake and he managed to get out.
"I'm okay!" said Dipper.
They noticed the solute of the monster swimming.
"It's the monster! Everyone! Cameras ready!" said Dipper.
Everyone looked at the monster that was swimming back to the shore and came out of the water and got closer to the island.
"What's wrong? I mean it's easy." Sid Dipper.
HE turned around saw how close it was. It was right in front of him… he was so shocked he dropped his camera.
"Run!" shouted Soos.
They all began to run away from the monster, which climbed onto dry land.
It threw a tree at them. But thankfully they all dodged.
As they ran away.
"This is bad… this is really bad." Thought Amelia, "If only I could do something…"
That was when a blue mark appeared on her forehead, it was the mark of Mercury. Expect instead of a cycle it was a heart.
A blue and gold wand appeared in front of her. She instinctively grabbed it.
"Mercury Power! Make-Up!"
There was a bright blue light. And Amelia was surrounded by water.
They all stopped.
"Whoa dude!" said Soos.
"No way!" said Dipper.
"Oh wow!" said Mabel.
"She's one of them." Said Serena happily.
When the light and water cleared Amelia stood in the Sailor Guardian uniform. Her main color blue, though a lighter shade than Sailor Moon's. Her ribbons were sky blue, her brooch was a simple cruel and her earrings were simple studs. Her boots also matched Sailor Moon.
"What just happened?" asked Amelia.
The monster roared.
"Keep running!" yelled Serena, "I'll explain later!"
They kept running. As they did Amelia suddenly got an idea. She stopped for a second and called out "Sabao Spray!"
Many bubbles filled the area and the fog got thicker.
"That helped!" said Dipper sarcastically.
"This way!" said Amelia.
They followed her, somehow they were able to see her through the fog and they found the boat.
"Okay… is everyone on?" asked Soos.
All of them nodded.
Soos sped away, and they all breathed a sigh of relief.
"You said "Mercury Power" when you transformed right." Said Serena.
"I did…" said Amelia.
"That must mean you're Sailor Mercury!" said Mabel.
"What?" asked Amelia, well Sailor Mercury.
"Uh… guys…" said Dipper.
They turned to see the monster was still chasing them.
"Serena do something!" cried Mabel.
"Soos can you keep a really big secret for me?" asked Serena.
"Of course!" said Soos.
"Moon Prism Power! Make-Up!" called out Serena.
An with that she transformed into Sailor Moon.
"So that's how you know…" said Sailor Mercury.
Sailor Moon grabbed her tiara.
"Moon Tiara Action!" called out Sailor Moon.
The tiara his the monster but bounced off.
The Tiara did returned to Sailor Moon however. She stared at her tiara.
"Does this thing ever work!" she cried out.
As they sped away they were very close to the beaver.
"This is bad!" said Sailor Mercury.
That was when she unconsciously pressed her earring and a visor appeared on her head.
"Wait… what…" said Sailor Mercury.
That was when she realized her visor was some sort of computer screen.
"Soos turn now!" said Sailor Mercury.
Soos did so and they avoided the beavers.
"Oh wow that was awesome!" said Soos.
As they sped along they saw more boats that were fishing.
"All right! Soos I need you to seer where I tell you." Said Sailor Mercury.
"Um…" said Dipper.
"We're not going to slow down so you can take a picture!" said Sailor Moon.
Dipper sighed when she said.
As thyme sped along the monster over turned boats. They sped by Darien's boat, which of course was over turned by the monster.
"Darien are you all right?" asked his father.
"I'm fine." Said Darien.
He looked back at the boat being chased by the monster.
"I hope you're all right Serena." He thought.
As they continued they had to dodged two people carrying a glass pane.
"I have to tell dad that people are doing that again." Mumbled Sailor Mercury.
She noticed the area where the water was.
"Soos! Head to the water fall! We have trap it there!" said Sailor Mercury.
They went under the water fall and indeed the was a cave, but Soos was having trouble slowing down and crashed.
They all landed.
"Is everyone okay?" asked Sailor Moon.
"We're fine." Said Dipper.
"Yeah." Said Soos.
That was when Sailor Moon hugged Sailor Mercury.
"That was amazing!" cheered Sailor Moon.
Sailor Mercury blushed when she did that.
"You really got the hang of it better than Serena has." Said Dipper.
"Yeah." Sighed Sailor Moon.
That was when Sailor Mercury sighed.
"Do you know how to change out it?" asked Sailor Mercury.
"Just focus." Said Sailor Moon.
Sailor Mercury tried it and she went back to being Amelia.
Sailor Moon followed suit just as the monster entered the waterfall. IT got stuck.
"All right!" cheered Dipper then realized something, "Camera! Where s a camera!"
Mabel lifted his hat.
"Oh… right." Sid Dipper.
He took many pictures.
"Any good ones?" asked Mabel.
"They're all good!" cheered Dipper.
As the monster struggled a rock came and hit in the head giving off a strange mechanical noise.
"What was that?" asked Dipper.
"IT was one of his stunts." Sighed Amelia.
She walked over to it and began to look around.
"Here it is." Said Amelia.
They all followed she said saw it and they watched her open a hatch showing her grandfather inside controlling it as if it was a machine.
He turned around and saw that people have found him.
"Grandpa…" sighed Amelia.
"Amelia? You were on that boat?" asked the old man.
Amelia nodded.
"Oh… I'm sorry… I didn't know!" said the old man realizing he almost hurt his granddaughter, or worse.
"Wait, wait, wait…" said Dipper.
"What's going on here?" asked Mabel.
"You know how my grandpa sometimes has stunts?" asked Amelia.
"Yes…" said Dipper.
"He sometimes builds robots to get attention… or revenge." Said Amelia.
"It's true." Said the old man.
They all stared at the old man.
"Wow… I didn't know Old Man McGucket could do that." Said Soos.
"It's true, for example when my wife left me…" said the old man best known at Old Man McGucket.
"Grandpa…" sighed Amelia.
"Oh right… you're here… I shouldn't embarrass you too much." He said and spat something into a bucket.
"Why did you do it?" asked Dipper.
"I just wanted attention… my son has been ignoring me lately and I'm much better at building giant robots than talking." Said Old Man McGucket, "I know it's a bit contrived, but you have to understand the length us old timers get to get attention."
This actually hit a bit hard to Mabel and Dipper.
They took out the hats that Stan made for them.
"Looks like the real lake monster was you two." Said Soos.
"Soos!" said Serena.
"Whoa sorry, but it just popped into my head." Said Soos.
"You know what you two have to do, right?" asked Serena.
You joined us." Said Mabel.
"I had to look out for you, imagine what could have happened if I didn't." said Serena.
Both of them didn't respond, after all if it wasn't for Serena they wouldn't have taken Amelia and if it wasn't for Amelia who knows what they would have crashed into.
Amelia looked at them and realized they were going through the same thing. But she realized she had to talk to get grandfather about something.
"Grandpa…" said Amelia, "I told you need to talk to dad…"
"I know, I know… but I've told you building robots just comes more naturally." Said Old Man McGucket.
"Is this a normal family conversation?" asked Serena as the other three stared at this.
"Pretty much." Said Amelia.
"Yeah…" admitted Old Man McGucket, "Now to work on my death ray."
"Grandpa!" sighed Amelia.
"Fine… I won't work on it." Said Old Man McGucket.
"Can you also do me a favor." Said Amelia.
"What?" asked Old Man McGucket.
"His boat was damaged during the chase." Said Amelia.
"Oh sorry about that! I guess I should." Said Old McGucket, "By the way Blondie…"
"Yes." Said Serena.
"You seem there close my little Amelia, you her friend?" asked Old Man McGucket.
"She is." Said Amelia.
"Hot dog! She has a friend her own age!" cheered Old Man McGucket.
Amelia blushed when he said that.
"In celebration I'll, have your boat the full treatment!" said Old Man McGucket.
"How about laser!" yelled Soos.
"Oh yeah! I can do that!" said Old Man McGucket.
The two began to walk about how to fix Soos' boat.
"Come to my house tomorrow and my mentor will explain the Sailor Guardian thing." Whispered Serena.
Amelia nodded.
After stopping their conversation before the plans of the boat got too insane. They took Soos' boat to find Stan.
He was sadly sitting in his boat.
"Grunkle Stan." Said Dipper.
"What do you want?" asked Stan, "Aren't you plying spin the bottle Soos?"
"We wanted to let you know that we spent all after a legendary Dinosaur." Said Dipper.
"When the real Dinosaur we should have spent out time with was you." Said Mabel.
"Oh now you want to spend time with me! I understand Serena ditching me since she was worried about you two, but I made lots of friends… talking to my own reflections… doing thing…" said Stan.
"What did you do?" asked Serena noticing an ankle tracker.
"It's best you don't know…" said Stan.
"So I guess there isn't room on your boats for four more." Said Dipper.
The twins put on their hats as did Serena.
Stan's face softened.
"You want to see me tie it with my eyes closed?" asked Stan.
"Five bucks says you can't." said Dipper.
"Give more bucks you can't do with me signing on the top of my lungs." Said Mabel.
"Deal." Said Stan.
"Oh wait!" said Amelia.
She handed Dipper back the cameras he gave her.
"I'm probably the only that didn't break any." Said Amelia.
"Thanks." Said Dipper.
"When you see this boat again it's going to the biggest best boat there ever was!" said Old Man McGucket.
"Oh yeah!" cheered Soos.
"Why does it feel like introducing those two was a really bad idea." Said Dipper.
"I don't know…" said Serena.
Amelia and Old Man McGucket headed towards the lodge s that the two could talk while the Pines and Soos spent the rest of the day fishing, making memories and taking pictures.
Compete unaware that underneath the waves there lurked a real lake monster, that thankfully kept to itself.
And so the first Sailor Guardian was found in Sailor Mercury, AKA Amelia McGucket.
And Soos found as well… Hopefully he'll be able to keep it a secret.
Next Time: Stan's main rival falls for Mabel. But Mabel only sees him as a friend and wants to break it off. Can the rival's older sister help Mabel in her goal or will something else happens? Find out next time!
A/N: I have yet to see a story where Soos and McGucket befriend each other build things together... I just realized that while writing this...