A new day in Gravity Falls, Dipper and Mabel are taking breakfast in a happy morning.
- "Are you ready for the ultimate challenge?" -Mabel said while holding a honey syrup vase.
- "I'm always ready!" -Dipper said with another syrup vase in his hand.
- "Then you know what this means." -
- "SYRUP RACE" -Both of them said and opened their honey syrup vases, over their mouths.
- "Go! Go! Sir Syrup!" -Mabel cheered her vase.
- "Go Mountie man!" -Dipper did the same.
- "Go! Go! Almost! Almost!" -Mabel patted her vase's bottom and the syrup fell on her tongue. - "Yes! Cough, cough, cough. I won!" -She said with a raspy voice and almost choking.
Dipper saw her cheating, but he rolled his eyes and let it go. He took a magazine and started to read it.
- "Ho ho! No way! Hey Mabel, check this out" -Dipper showed her the magazine.
- "Human size Hamster ball. Huh! I'm human size!" -
- "No, no, Mabel, this." -Dipper showed her the next page.
- "We see weirder stuff than that every day. You didn't get photos from those gnomes, didn't you?"-
- "No! Just memories. And this beard hair." -Mabel showed him her "souvenir".
- "Why did you save that?" -He asked her disgusted and she just shrugged it off.
- "Ah! Good morning knuckle heads! You two know what day it is." -Stan greeted them getting into the kitchen.
- "Ahm… Happy anniversary." -Dipper guessed.
- "Mazeltov." -Mabel said joyfully and Stan slapped Dipper's neck with his newspaper.
- "It's family fun day genius. We don't go to work to have one of those… you know…bonding type deals." -Stan explained while taking a milk carton from the fridge and check if it's still good by smelling it.
- "Gruncle Stan. Is this going to be anything like our last family bonding day?" -Dipper asked a little worried, remembering that last "bonding day" with the kids making fake money bills.
- "You call that Ben Franklin? It looks like a woman." -Stan scolded Dipper. Then a police siren and lights appeared. - "Uh Oh!" -
Mabel shivered - "Uuhhh! The county jail was so cold." -
- "All right! Maybe I haven't been the best summer caretaker. But I swear today we're going to have some real family fun. Now who wants to put on some blindfolds and get into my car!" -Stan said cheerfully.
- "YAY!" -Both kids cheered too.
- "Wait. What?" - Dipper asked.
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Pacifica was on her limousine along with her parents, they were going to the Gravity Falls lake, she was really excited about it, she seemed like a five years old girl looking at the road and bouncing on her seat. Her parents were looking at her with warm smiles on their faces.
- "Are you excited about this sweetheart?" -Her mom asked her.
- "Yes! I'm really excited! It's the first time we go out together since…" -Then she frowned. - "You know… Ahm…" -She looked at her dad pouting a little.
Preston got the hint. - "Hey! It's ok honey!" -he rubbed her cheek. - "I'm still sad and I really miss her. She was my mom for god's sake! But I have to move on, and I'll do it, step by step, obviously, but eventually, the pain will fade away. Besides, she'd get really angry at me if I stay at home whining for her when I still have a beautiful family to take care of." -He kissed both his wife and daughter on their cheeks, making them giggle. - "And I still have you Pacifica, you remind me a lot of her." -he told her smiling.
- "Me?" -She asked him.
- "Yes! You look a lot like her when she was young. I can show you some photos of her if you want to. Where do you think you got your blond hair and blue eyes darling?" -he asked her and she took some if her hair in her hands. - "You inherited them from her! You are like a mirror image of her." -He said proudly.
Pacifica felt really good and proud of herself, she sniffed and looked at the road again. She was very happy at that moment.
- "By the way Pacifica. That's a cute little purse you have." -Her mom pointed at the little purple purse Pacifica had on her hip. - "Where did you get it?" -
- "Uhm…" -Pacifica took the purse in her hands. - "I got it in a small store in town the other day, it's not from a great brand, but I found it really cute and couldn't resist it. It was just $5. °°." -
- "That's interesting honey, what do you put in there? I think it's cute too, but I find it really small." -Her mom asked again.
- "Oh! Just my cell phone, and some make up for when I need it. It's very practical." -Pacifica shook the purse in front of her mom.
- "Uhm… ok then." -Priscila let it go.
They arrived at the lake. - "Wow! I didn't expect so many people here." -Preston said after getting out of the limousine.
- "It's family fun day Preston. A lot of families decided to come here today." Priscila told him and he nodded.
- "Yeah! You're right. Well, it seems like since Ladybug and the Black Cat returned, Gravity Falls is getting it's confidence back." -He said smiling.
And he was right. Since Ladybug and the Black Cat came back, the town's mood has improved a lot. The town's people were happier, they spent more time on the streets, even at night.
Before, people didn't even dare to stay outside after twilight, even the toughest men hurried to get home early. If, for some reason, someone couldn't leave job before nightfall, most places were equipped with cots and blankets, even some food and they could stay safe indoors. People used to disappear without a trace, a few of them were lucky and appeared a few days later, but no matter what the police, doctors, or relatives tried, they just couldn't remember anything about what happened to them, others weren't that lucky, and their bodies were found after a few weeks, but at least their families had something to bury. The most unfortunate, were never seen again.
But with Ladybug and The Black Cat around, people were sure that, whatever that lurks in the dark, chasing for a victim, will think twice before trying anything, and that gives them hope, and a reason to smile.
Stan filled the gifts shop with a lot of Ladybug and Black Cat merchandise, like dolls, T-shirts, hats, masks, cat ears, jingle bells, yo-yos, everything that had their faces or was related to them. And his business, like most business in town, improved a lot since then.
Pacifica practically jumped off the car and started to walk and look around. Seeing so many people was very exciting.
- "What are you doing Pacifica?" -Tikki asked her rubbing her head. She was hiding in Pacifica's purse.
- "I'm so sorry Tikki. I didn't mean to. But I had to do something. My mom is very nosy, she's capable to take the purse and see what I have in here." -Pacifica explained her.
- "Ok, I get it. But did you have to shake the purse that hard?" -Tikki was still rubbing her head.
- "I'm really sorry Tikki. I didn't measure my strength. Please, forgive me." -Pacifica apologized again.
- "Ok, ok, it's fine." -Tikki said and looked around. - "Wow! This place is wonderful! And there's a lot of kids about your age Pacifica! Maybe you'll make a few friends here." -
After they met, Pacifica told Tikki about her life so far, and the kwami felt bad for her and assured her that from now on, her life will change.
- "Thank you Tikki, I really hope so." -Pacifica was looking around. Then she spotted someone she recognized easily. "It's that brunette girl from the other day." She thought happily. The girl was with an old man that was carrying some fishing rods and another guy about her age. - "Wait! What? He looks a lot like her! Are they… twins?!" -Pacifica wondered while she approached them smiling.
- "Pacifica! Where are you going?" -Her dad yelled at her and she turned around. Her dad seemed angry. - "What did I tell you about getting away?" -he asked her seriously.
- "I… I'm… I'm sorry dad. I just…" -Pacifica was scared.
- "Sigh… Listen Pacifica. This town isn't as safe as it seems. I'd go crazy if something bad happens to you. Do you understand?" -He said caressing her cheek.
- "Yes dad. I'm sorry." -Pacifica apologized.
- "Ok, but I can't take any risk. From now on, you'll have your personal bodyguard." -
- "W… What?! Why?! I… I don't want a bodyguard dad!" -Pacifica protested.
- "I'm sorry Pacifica, but it's for your own good. JACK! Come here please." -Preston called a red-haired man as big as a tree and as strong as a gorilla, in fact he could pass as a gorilla if it wasn't for his clothes. - "Pacifica, this is Jack. From now on, he will be your bodyguard, he will be watching you every time you're outside the house, even if your mother and I are with you. Is that clear?" -
- "But dad, there's no need for that, with Ladybug and the Black Cat here…" -Preston interrupted her.
- "Ladybug and the Black Cat protect the whole town and all the people here. And I'm very grateful for that, but I can't trust them my most precious treasure." -He said in a gentle but firm tone, caressing her cheek. - "What if they're busy fighting a monster in the woods, and another monster comes after you in the mansion? They won't be capable to protect you." -
- "I… don't think monsters could attack me at the same time they attack Ladybug." -She said confidently.
- "Why? How can you be so sure?" -He asked her seriously.
- "Ahm… Eh… I… It's a… a hunch?" -She said with a dumb smile on her face and her dad sighed.
- "I can't trust in a hunch Pacifica. I'm sorry but Jack will be watching you as long as you're outside, and that's final young lady." -Preston finished and Pacifica pouted. - "Hey, don't be sad Pacifica, I'm really sorry for this, he will protect you from any monster, but he won't get in the way of you making friends, I swear." -
Pacifica looked at him smiling. - "Re… Really dad?" -
- "Yes, of course my dear." -He assured her smiling. - "So, go ahead, go and befriend those twins over there, they seem nice." -He pointed at the couple of twins of Pacifica's age.
- "Thank you, daddy!"-Pacifica kissed him on the cheek and went to those kids.
- "Watch her closely, and keep an eye on the people she's around too, especially the old man, there's something in him that I don't like." -He ordered to Jack and the guy just nodded and grunted. - "But DO NOT… I repeat, DO NOT get in the way of her making friends, did you get it? God knows how much she needs friends from her age." -He said and the guy just grunted and nodded again, walking behind her.
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Pacifica reached them and she heard them discussing something about fishing, then the old man gave them some fishing hats.
- "It's gonna be just you, me and those goofy hats on a boat for ten hours." -Stan said happily.
- "Ten hours?" -Dipper asked disgusted.
- "I brought the jokes book." -Stan said smiling again.
- "No! NO!" -Dipper was scared.
- "There has to be a way out of this." -Mabel begged him.
- "Uh h… hi." – A blond girl about their age greeted them. A very intimidating man was behind her.
- "Oh! Hello girl. I'm Mabel Pines, nice to meet you." – Mabel introduced herself immediately.
- "Hi Mabel, I'm Pacifica Northwest." -The girls shook hands. - "Ahm… are you the girl that was rescued by Ladybug and the Black Cat a few days ago?" -
- "Yes! They are so cool! Don't you agree?" -Mabel said enthusiastically and Pacifica blushed a little. Dipper blushed too but they didn't notice it.
- "Yes, they are great." -She turned to the boy. - "Hi. I'm Pacifica." -
- "Hi. I'm Dipper. Nice to meet you Pacifica." -Dipper greeted her nicely. - "Are you here with your parents?" -
- "Uhm… yeah, my parents are over there… Looking at us… in a weird way." -Pacifica signaled her parents and they were looking at them, a very attentive stare with weird smiles on their lips.
- "Mmm… Yes, it's weird, but they're just watching you. That's all." -Mabel said in a friendly way.
- "Yeah, you're right. So, Dipper huh? That's a strange name…" -Pacifica said without thinking and then looked at him and he seemed upset and she gulped. - "Ahm… I… I mean… It… It's not a common name… Ahm…" -She didn't know what to say, but then, Dipper and Mabel started to laugh. - "Wh… What's so funny?" -She asked dumbfounded.
- "Haha! Don't worry about it." -Dipper said. - "We were just messing with you." -He explained.
- "So, you were making fun of me?!" -Now Pacifica seemed angry.
- "Well… kind of." -Mabel said, but she could see that this girl was upset. - "But don't take it in the wrong way, messing with each other is something that friends do often." -
- "W… What?! Friends?" -Pacifica asked her surprised.
- "Yeah! We're friends now, aren't we?" -Mabel said without losing her enthusiasm.
- "Y… Yeah! We… We're friends." -Pacifica said with a wide smile and sparkling eyes. - "So, what's your name?" -She asked Dipper.
- "Well, my real name is…" -
- "I'VE SEEN IT! I'VE SEEN IT AGAIN!" -They heard a man screaming and turned to see a long bearded old man running like crazy, causing a mess around. He stopped in front of a man. - "THE GRAVITY FALLS GOBBLEWONKER! COME QUICK BEFORE IT SCRAPS YOUR LITTLE SWAY!" -
- "Aww! Don't you a happy cheek!" -Mabel said and the old man grabbed her by the shoulders.
- "NO! IT'S A GIGAGREAT DANGER!" -The old man was crazily scared.
- "Hey! HEY!" -The bait store owner came and started to spray cold water to the old man. - "Now what did I tell you about scaring my costumers. This is your last warning dad!" -
- "I have proof this time." -The old man said and took them with him. - "BEHOLD!" -he showed them a destroyed boat. He tried to explain himself and signaled at a little island in the middle of the lake, but people didn't believe him and started to make fun of him. The old man just left, along with the people.
- "Well that happened. Now let's untie this boat and get out on the lake." Stan got in an old boat that was in a really bad shape.
- "Mabel. Did you hear what that old dude said." -Dipper asked her enthusiastically and Mabel did a bad impression of the old man. - "The other thing, about the monster. If we can snag a photo of it we can split the prize 50/50." -Dipper took that magazine again.
- "That's two fifties." -
- "Imagine what you can do with $500°°." – And Mabel imagined herself in that human size hamster ball, and she liked that idea. - "Mabel, Mabel." -Dipper snapped her out of her thoughts.
- "Dipper I am 1,000,000% on board with this." -
- "Gruncle Stan, change of plans, we're taking that boat to scuttlebutt island and we are going to find that gobblewonker." -
Then, both Dipper and Mabel started to cheer together. "Monster hunt! Monster hunt! Monster hunt!" -
- "Uhm… What about me?" -Pacifica asked them and they turned to her.
- "I… I'm really sorry Pacifica. I thought you went back to your parents." -Dipper told her rubbing his neck. - "Do… Do you want to come with us?" -
Pacifica looked at Stan's little boat and gulped. - "On that? Don't mean to be rude guys, but that boat doesn't seem to be safe. Isn't there another boat available?" -She asked and right on that moment, a better and bigger boat got to them.
- "You dudes said something about a monster hunt?" -Soos said from the boat.
- "Soos!" -Mabel greeted him.
- "Whas'up Mabel?" -Soos greeted her back and they made the explosion greet. - "You dudes can totally use my boat for you hunt. It's got a steering wheel, chairs, normal boat stuff." -
- "All right, all right, let's get this through. You kids could go waste your time on some epic monster finding adventure, OR, you could spend the day learning how to tie knots and skewer worms with your great uncle Stan." -The three kids looked between Soos dancing like a robot, Stan in his little boat, and the island in the middle of the lake. - "So, what do you say?" -He asked them, but they already got into Soos boat and were going to the island. Pacifica's bodyguard got into the boa too. "We made the right choice." He heard Mabel's voice going away. - "INGRATES! Ah! Who needs them? I have a whole box full of creepy fishing lures to keep me company." -
Dipper was at the edge of the boat. - "Hoist the anchor!" -He ordered and Soos obeyed the order. - "Raise the flag." -He ordered again and Mabel obeyed.
- "We are going to find that gobblewonker" -Pacifica said.
- "We are going to win that photo contest!" -Dipper followed her.
- "Do any of you dudes have sunscreen?" -Soos asked them.
- "We're gonna… go get sunscreen!" -Dipper said and all of them agreed with him.
Something was lurking under the water.
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A few minutes later, Dipper was commanding while the others were lined up in front of him.
- "All right, if we want to win this contest, we've got to do it right. Think! What's the number one problem with most monster hunts?" -He asked them.
- "Your side character will die in the first five minutes of the movie." -Soos said and then he freaked out. - "Dude! Am I a side character? Do you ever think stuff like that?!" -
- No, no, no! Camera trouble, say Big Foot shows up. Soos, be Big Foot." -Soos imitated the iconic Big Foot photo pose. - "There he is, Big Foot! Uh oh, no camera. Oh wait! Here's one. Ah! No film! You see, you see what I'm doing here." -Dipper explained and all of them nodded.
- "Dude's got a point" -Soos agreed with him.
. "That's why I bought 25 disposable cameras. Two on my ankle three in my jacket, four free for you…" -Mabel, Soos, Pacifica and Jack had four cameras each one. - "three extras in this bag, and one, under my hat. There's no way we're gonna miss this. Okay, everybody, let's taste our cameras out" -Dipper said and everyone started to try out the cameras, Soos took a picture too close to his face and the flash made him throw the camera to the water. - "See, this is exactly why you need back up still have 24." -A seagull scared both Pacifica and Mabel and they threw it the first thing they had at hand, which happened to be their cameras. - "22, ok guys I repeat, don't lose your cameras." -
- "wait, lose the cameras?" -Soos asked.
- "Don't" -
- "Dude we just threw four away." -Soos pointed at the cameras on the water that he and Jack threw away.
- "18! All right, we still have 18 cam… 17" -Dipper accidentally smashed another camera. - "We have 17 cameras." -
- "So, what's the plan?! Throw more cameras overboard or what?" -Mabel asked him with another camera in her hands. Pacifica imitated her actions and was smiling.
- "No! no. ok. You two will look out, Soos can work the steering wheel, Jack will watch over Pacifica, and I'll be captain." -
- "What?!" -Both Pacifica and Mabel asked him. - "Why do you get to be captain? What about Mabel huh? Mabel! Mabel! Mabel! Mabel!" -
- "I'm not sure that's a good idea." -
- "or me! Pacifica! Pacifica! Pacifica!" -
- "What about co-captain?" -Mabel said and Pacifica nodded agreeing with her.
- "There's no such a thing as co-captain." -
- "Oh! Ups!" -Both girls said while throwing away another two cameras to the lake.
- "Ok! Fine. You two can be co-captain!" -
- "Can we be associate co-captains?" -Soos asked them and Jack nodded grunting.
- "As co-captain we outright that request." -Pacifica said smiling and Mabel nodded.
- "Well, as first co-captain, our number one order for business is to lure the monster out with this." -Dipper showed them a barrel with fish bait.
- "Permission to taste some." -Soos asked them.
- "Granted." -Dipper said.
- "Permission co-granted." -Mabel followed.
- "Permission co-granted twice." -Pacifica agreed.
- "Permission associate co-granted." -Soos took a piece of bait and licked it. The taste was so awful that he spat and tried to clean his tongue. The three kids laughed at him. - "Dude, I don't know what I expected to taste like." -
After that, they went to the Scuttlebutt island spraying the bait on the water. Pacifica and Mabel were chatting and making jokes, they were bonding really well.
- "Aren't you two supposed to doing lookout?" -Dipper asked them angrily and Mabel threw him a volleyball.
- "Look out!" -She said.
- "Ha! Good one Mabel! But seriously we're on it. Aaahh!" -Pacifica said and right then they hit the islands shore. - "See! We're here! We're lookout geniuses!" -
- "Hamster ball, here we come!" -Mabel said while jumping out the boat.
The island was isolated and Pacifica got nervous, instinctively, she hung from Dipper's arm.
- "Hey! Are you scared?" -Mabel said mocking Pacifica.
- "Yeah! Right I'm not scared!" -Both Dipper and Pacifica answered at the same time.
- "Yeah! You are." -Mabel said while pocking their noses.
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They heard it and started to look around, Dipper started to touch and move that new ring he got a few days ago on his finger and Pacifica started to touch her earrings and patting her purse.
- "Dude! Did you guys hear that?" -Soos asked them.
- "What was that?" Was it your stomach?" -Mabel asked him back.
- "Nah! My stomach normally sounds like whale noises." -He said and Mabel rested her head on his stomach to confirm it.
- "Wow! So majestic!" -
They heard another roar and an opossum stole Dipper's lantern. - "Ah! I can't see anything." -
- "Dude I… I don't know man! Maybe this… this isn't worth it." -
- "Not worth it?! Guys, imagine what will happen if we got that picture." -Dipper imagined himself being interviewed and getting an award. Pacifica imagined herself being recognized and admired by all the people in town. Mabel just imagined herself again into the human size hamster ball… and getting into Dipper's interview.
- "I'm in!" -Dipper yelled.
- "Me too!" -Mabel said.
- "Me three!" -Pacifica said and the three of them ran away into the island.
- "All right dudes! We're coming!" -Soos said and he and Jack followed them.
Needless to say, they got lost, and the worst part was that, as they were focused on trying to find the gobblewonker, they got separated from each other.
- "Ahm… Dipper? Mabel? Jack? Are you around here?" -Pacifica asked to the air, but there was no response. - "This is bad, this is really, really bad." -Pacifica was afraid, she barely could see anything.
- "Don't worry Pacifica. I'm still here with you." -Tikki said gently, calming her.
- "Thank you Tikki." - They heard another roar, then the land rumbled, and then they heard a girl screaming. - "That sounds like Mabel." -
- "Well, it seems it's hero time." -Tikki encouraged her.
- "Yeah! You're right! TIKKI! SPOTS ON! YEAH!" -Pacifica transformed into Ladybug, the mask, the leotard, the yo-yo and the pig-tailed hairstyle appeared. - "I have to find them!" -She climbed a tree and saw some trees falling down at the distance. - "There!" -She used her yo-yo to swing on the trees and went there, dropping all the cameras she had left.
Dipper was looking around for the gobblewonker, he didn't notice that he was all alone until Plagg came out from below his jacket. - "Whoa! Finally! I needed fresh air!" -
- "Plagg! What are you doing?! Someone will see you!" -Dipper scolded him.
- "What are you talking about? No one's here." -Plagg pointed out and Dipper looked around to find that Plagg was right.
- "Damn!" -
- "Hey! It's ok, we're just all alone in an isolated island looking for a monster that doesn't exist, you ditched your uncle for nothing and now lost your sister and friends." -Plagg said mockingly and Dipper sighed and kicked a rock into the water, then, thanks to the light and water waves, Dipper spotted something in the water. - "Huh? What's that?" -He got closer to see the thing and tried to grab it, it was stuck, but after a few tries, he managed to pull it out. - "Wow! Plagg! look at this!" - He called his friend that was fooling around.
- "What is it?" -Plagg asked him and Dipper showed him the object, then Plagg gulped. It was another jewelry box, pretty similar to the one that contained the Black Cat ring. Dipper immediately tried to open it but it was sealed.
- "Damn! Why can't I open it Plagg?" -he asked him.
- "Sigh… Well, as you may guessed it by now, that's another miraculous box Dipper, and you can't open it because it doesn't belong to you." -
- "W… What's that supposed to mean? I found it!" -Dipper said upset.
- "Yeah! But its power DOES NOT belong to you. The seal will just open to the one worth its power. Like what happened with my own seal, no one could open it but you, remember?" -Plagg explained and Dipper nodded.
- "Well, even if I can't open it, we can't just leave it here. We might find its owner and have some help fighting all the supernatural stuff here." -Dipper said while putting the jewelry box safe and sound into his jacket pocket, along with the journal. Then they heard a roar and the land started to rumble, then they heard a girl screaming. "Oh no! Mabel!" -Dipper said worried. - "PLAGG! CLAWS ON!" -
- "Here we go again." -Plagg managed to say and Dipper transformed into the Black Cat, the clothes, the mask, the jingle bell, the cat ears and the steel rod appeared. He climbed a tree and saw trees falling down at the distance and went straight there, dropping all of his cameras on the way.
Mabel was looking around the island, looking for the gobblewonker and her friends. She saw something at the distance floating on the water, it seemed like a monster. She tried to watch it closer when someone pulled her from her arm. - "What do you think you're doing?" -Soos said whispering, Jack was close behind him.
- "Trying to get a gobblewonker photo! What do you think I'm doing?" -
- "It's dangerous! Allow me." -He suddenly ran to the creature yelling and taking photos, Mabel and Jack close behind him, doing the same. When they reached the "monster" they realized it was just some boat debris which position seemed like some water monster. Some beavers were above the debris.
- "But… but what was that noise then? We heard a monster noise." -Mabel said disappointed. They heard the "monster noise" again, it was just a chainsaw, a beaver was toying with it.
- "Sweet! A beaver with a chainsaw!" -Soos said and he and Jack started to take photos of it.
- "Maybe that old guy was crazy after all. He did use the word scrap doddle." -Mabel was really disappointed. - "What are we gonna say to grunkle Stan? We ditched him over nothing" -She took a Pebble and threw it at the water. Then the land started to rumble. - "Hey! Guys did you feel that?" -Then she fell to the water. - "Hey! HEY! WOAH! WOAH!" -She swam to the shore, Soos and Jack helping her.
They looked at the water and something really big and strange was swimming around. - "This is it!" -Mabel said happily and started to take photos of the creature. - "Come on! This is our chance!" -She invited Soos and Jack to take photos too, but they were backing off, they seemed really scared. - "What's wrong with you guys?" -She asked them while something came off the water behind her. - "It's not that hard all right. All you got to do is point and shoot, like this, she turned around to take another photo and saw the giant monster right in front of her. The monster roared angrily, Soos and Jack started to run away, Mabel dropped her camera and ran away too, screaming loudly.
The gobblewonker pursued them tearing down the trees in its path, one of them was a bout to fall over Mabel, but someone pushed her and carried her away and kept running, Mabel opened her eyes to see her savior.
- "BLACK CAT!" -She yelled happily.
- "Hi again girl, what are you doing here?" -He asked her with a smile that showed his fangs.
- "Oh, you know, hunting a monster, helping my brother with his craziness, trying to get a contest prize so I can buy a human size hamster ball, the usual." -She said happily but didn't notice that the Black Cat cringed when she said "my brother with his craziness."
- "Yeah! The usual for you, that's for sure." -
- "By the way, did you see my brother around there? We got separated due to the fog, but he'd love to see that gobblewonker monster." -She said pointing at the monster chasing them, roaring and threatening their lives.
- "I doubt it!" -The Black Cat said while running. - "I didn't see your brother, but one thing's for sure." -
- "What?" -Mabel asked while the Black Cat was avoiding the trees that almost fell over them.
- "He's safer than us!" -He kept running and reached Soos and Jack.
- "GET BACK TO THE BOAT! HURRY!" -Soos said and took Mabel from the Black Cat and carried her. The monster tried to bit them but The Black Cat hit it with his steel rod on the head and stopped it.
Mabel tried to take another photo but dropped her camera.
- "Ah! The picture!" -She wined.
- "Don't worry about that picture! If you feel any better, I got a lot of pictures of those beavers dude!" -Soos tried to comfort her.
- "How's that going to make me feel better?" -
The Black Cat stopped and turned around to face the monster while the others ran away. The monster attacked him but it was stopped right before he 'd bit him.
- "Easy! Big boy!" -Someone said and the Black Cat saw Ladybug over the monster's head, her yo-yo string had its mouth tied.
- "Uff! That was close! Thanks for coming by, my lady." -The Black Cat greeted her.
- "My pleasure kitty! So, now what do we do with it?" -She asked jumping off the monster that was struggling to get its mouth free.
- "I don't know, too big to be tamed." -
- "Yeah, you're right about that."-
- "By the way, I found something that you might be interested on." -He said taking the jewelry box out, but the Gobblewonker freed itself from its ties and attacked them again. It was very angry. - "Run." -He said calmly.
- "Yep." -She said as calmly as him and the both of them started to run away like crazy. They reached Soos boat just in time, while he and Jack were pushing the boat again into the water and jumping into it.
- "Let's get outta here dudes!" -Soos said and started the boat, the gobblewonker still behind them. Jack seemed very stressed.
- "Hey, don't worry." Mabel said patting his back. - "If the gobblewonker is chasing us he can't hurt Pacifica." -She told him and he nodded at her grunting. - "Oh! All right! This is it!" -Mabel took another camera and tried to take a new picture. - "CRACKED LENS!" Soos, get a photo!" -She said, but Soos, instead of taking photos he was throwing the cameras at the gobblewonker, - "What are you doing?! -She asked him.
- "I still got a photograph dude!" -he said throwing the last camera he had.
The Black Cat was trying to drive the boat while Ladybug was trying to find a way out of this. The gobblewonker got into the water and chased them.
- "GO! GO! GO! GO! GO!" -Ladybug ordered and the Black Cat sped up. The chase took them to where other people was fishing, including Stan, who was sad because of Dipper and Mabel's choice. The gobblewonker was causing a mess all over the lake, many boats were flipped and a lot of people ended up into the water, it managed to cause several damages to Soos' boat.
- "WHAT DO WE DO?!" -Mabel asked desperately.
- "LUCKY CHARM!" -Ladybug summoned her power, and caught the object in her hands. - "A CAMERA! WHAT THE HELL?! -She looked around and saw at the gobblewonker, the camera, the Black Cat, and a waterfall that was getting close as they were going to it at full speed "Get it". - "BLACK CAT! USE YOUR CATACLYSM AT THE ROCKS BEHIND THE WATERFALL! CREATE A CAVE!" -
- "As you wish, my lady. CATACLYSM!" -He summoned his power and ran at the boat's edge; Mabel took the steering wheel to keep the course straight. He jumped off a few seconds before the boat crashed against the rocks, destroying them all. While this happened, Ladybug took the camera and jumped as high as she could, so she was in front of the gobblewonker face.
- "Say cheese." -She said smiling at the monster and took a picture, the flash light was so intense that it blinded the gobblewonker.
The boat got through the cave and crashed at the shore, throwing everyone out of the boat, the gobblewonker got through the cave too, scaring everyone, they got into a group hug trying to protect themselves, but the gobblewonker was stuck in the cave's entrance.
- "It's stuck!" -Ladybug said happily.
- "HAHA! YEAH!" -The Black Cat cheered.
- "Wait! It's stuck!" -Mabel said happily and tried to find another camera but there weren't any more cameras, she was getting desperate.
- "Boop!" -Ladybug offered her, her own red with black spots camera, Mabel took it and started to take many pictures with it, jumping happily.
- "Dipper's gonna be so happy and proud of me hehe." -
- "Did you get a good one?" -Black Cat asked her.
- "They're all good ones!" -She answered him and the three kids hugged each other laughing. Then a massive rock fell, hitting the gobblewonker's head. The strange thing about that is that the hit made a metallic sound and the gobblewonker started to fall, making mechanical sounds and making sparks. When it finally stopped moving the eyes started to twinkle like failing lightbulbs.
- "What the…" -The Black Cat asked and got closer to the monster and started to touch to find out what was going on.
- "What's wrong?" -Mabel asked him.
- "Careful super-dude!" -Soos warned him.
- "I've got this! Hold on!" -The Black Cat climbed the creature and got to the other side. - "HEY GUYS! COME CHECK THIS OUT!" -He called for the others. When they joined him, they saw what seemed like a door on the gobblewonker's body. The Black Cat opened it and they found out the same old man that warned them about the gobblewonker trying to control the machine. He cursed when he saw that he was discovered.
- "YOU! You made this! W… why?!" -Ladybug asked him angrily.
- "Well… I… I… I just wanted attention." -The old man confesses.
- "I still don't understand" -Ladybug said.
The man started to explain himself, saying how he built the machine piece by piece.
- "Ok, yeah! But why did you do it?" -Black Cat said.
- "Well… when you get to be an old fella like me, nobody pays any attention to you anymore. My own son hasn't visited me in months. So, I figured that I'd catch his fancy with a fifty-ton aquatic robot. WUAHAHAHAHA!" -The old man explained himself. – "In retrospective it seems a bit contrived. You don't know the lengths as old-timers go through for a little quality time with our family." -He explained and Mabel and the Black Cat felt bad. Mabel took the fishing hat Stan made her and sighed.
- "Dude! I guess the real-life monster are you and Dipper Haha! Sorry it was like boom! It popped into my head there." -Soos said making them feel even worse.
- "So… did you ever talk to your son about how you felt?" -Mabel asked the old man.
- "No sir, I got to work straight on the robot. I made lots of robots in my day. Like when my wife left me and I created a homicidal pterodactyl drone! Or when my pal Ernie didn't come to my retirement party and I constructed a giant robot that exploded the entire downtown area! AHAHAHAHAHA! Well, time to get back to work on my death ray!" -He explained his reason and started to work again. - "Any of you there has a screwdriver?" -He asked them but they didn't do anything.
- "Well… so much for the photo contest." -Mabel said disappointed.
- "You still have one more film left." -Ladybug said in a sad tone.
- "What do you want to do with it?" -Black Cat asked Mabel.
- "Well, first we have to go back to the island and find Dipper and Pacifica." -Mabel said making both super heroes gulp. - "Then we have to go back to grunkle Stan and Pacifica's family." -She said going back to the boat.
After they convinced the old man to move away his robot, they all got into the boat, but Ladybug and the Black Cat apologized and left away through the forest. When they got back to the island, they saw how everything that was damaged fixed itself in a blink.
- "It seems Ladybug used her power to fix everything." -Mabel said.
They went in again, looking for the two missing kids, after a while of walking straight yelling their names, they found Dipper walking to them. - "Did you find the gobblewonker?" -He asked them as soon as he reached them.
- "You won't believe it when I tell you what happened." -Mabel said sadly.
- "W… why? What happened?" -He asked them.
- "SOMEBODY HELP ME!" -They heard Pacifica's voice and went to find her. When they got to her, they found her with a leg stuck below a fallen tree and her dress covered in mud. Jack lifted the tree almost effortlessly and Pacifica pulled her leg and rubbed it a little.
- "Does it hurt you?" -Dipper asked her helping her to get up.
- "Just a little bit. It was just a scratch. I was hiding from that monster and I tripped and got stuck. Did you take it a picture?" -She asked taking Dipper's hand.
- "Sigh… I'll explain you everything. But first we have to go back to the lake's shore. Come on guys." -Mabel said again with a sad tone and they went back to the boat.
By when they got back to the shore, Mabel had explained them everything to Dipper and Pacifica. They were very disappointed. - "Sigh… All that work for nothing." -Dipper said sadly, getting down from the boat.
- "I… wouldn't say that." -Pacifica said with a sheepish smile, getting down too, Dipper helped her.
- "What do you mean?" -Mabel asked her. She jumped off the boat.
- "I got two new friends today." -She said smiling at them.
- "Yeah! You're right about that." -Mabel smiled back.
- "PACIFICA!" -They heard a man's voice yelling her name and they turned around to see a couple running to them.
- "Well, those are my parents. See you around guys." -She said waving bye and walking to her parents. Jack very close to her. - "If you don't say anything about we getting separated, I won't say anything. Deal?" -She proposed to Jack, who just grunted and nodded at her. When her parents got to her, they picked her up like a little girl, hugged her and kissed her several times.
- "Oh my god Pacifica, we were so worried for you. Where were you?" -They asked her.
- "I went fishing with my new friends, the Pine twins." -She explained pointing at the twins that were talking with their gruncle Stan.
- "Oh! I see. That's… THAT'S GREAT! You made new friends Pacifica! I'm so happy for you." -Her mom said kissing her again.
- "Well, I've had enough excitement for a day, I want to go back home, what do you say?" -Preston asked them and both girls nodded at him. They went back to their limousine. Pacifica turned around to look at the twins again and saw them going back to the lake in their gruncle's boat and she smiled.
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After their fishing trip, the twins were back at their room. All that excitement and adventure left Mabel exhausted and she was sound asleep already. Dipper was looking at the new jewelry box in his hands, wondering which kind of miraculous was inside it, and more important, who's the one worth its power.
- "You know, staying awake wondering weird stuff won't help you to find out answers Dipper." -Plagg said while eating some cheese.
- "I know" -
- "Then why don't you go to sleep already?" -
- "How many?" -Dipper suddenly asked very seriously.
- "What?" -Plagg asked back.
- "How many of these are around there?" -Dipper asked him, still very serious.
- "I… I don't know." -Plagg answered, getting nervous.
- "DO NOT LIE TO ME PLAGG! HOW MANY MIRACULOUS ARE IN GRAVITY FALLS?!" -
- "I… I'm… I'm not sure Dipper." -
- "But there are others, right?" -
- "Sigh… yes, there has to be others around there Dipper, but I can't remember how many are. I'm sorry." -Plagg answered defeated.
- "We have to find them before someone else does. What if they use it to cause troubles?" -
- "What are you going to do?" -Plagg said while he finished eating his cheese.
- "I have to talk to Ladybug in person first. Then we will have to find the journal's author and find out what to do then." -Dipper was very serious. He was very worried about what could happen if a miraculous fell in the wrong hands while seeing his sister sleeping peacefully.
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A/N: Another fic with over a year without any update, sigh. I'm sorry guys. I know that Pacifica's family is way out of character from the original show, but it's just that the way they treat her is plainly awful and abusive, it really pisses me of. And I believe in family, there's no such a thing as a perfect family, I know, but… I guess I don't want to mistreat one the main characters in this fanfic, besides, it's my fanfic and I write whatever I find good enough on it. Deal with it mot$#% =&(rs XD.
Jokes apart, hope you enjoy it. Still working on the others fics and truth to my word, I'll do my best to upload something new at least once every month.