Tales Of The Flame & The Ax: A Shooting Star Falls Story
Part Fifteen: A Once In A Thousand Year Flood
An overwhelming sense of dread came over thirteen year old Pacifica Pines, who had to explain to her father how she had found a spellbook in the woods and begun to practice some of the spells held within. Now somewhat versed in the paranormal history of the small Pacific Northwest town, she wondered what his reaction would be to the news. Her parents had fought an interdimensional dream demon that was hell-bent on taking over the universe, so she figured that it wouldn't be met with all that much enthusiasm. Mabel made her way downstairs, while Pacifica decided to freshen up a bit before having a tough conversation with her father. She walked into the bathroom and turned on the faucet; a cascade of chilly water spilling from it. Placing her petite hands into the frigid water, she scooped up a bit of it and splashed her face with it. While the change in her appearance had been jarring in and of itself, the dream she had before waking up was even more so. Shaken by it, she had lied to her own twin sister about it to save face. Instead of a dreamy teen boy, she had visions of a woman who told her to continue with her training. The woman, who sported dark black hair with white highlights, told her that others wouldn't get it; that they would feel threatened by her newly learned skills. The woman, who wore a tattered, bloody and dingy lace wedding dress, spoke with a tranquility that Pacifica hadn't heard before. She told the teenage girl that fate had led her to the jewel encrusted tome and that it had been waiting a long time for her. Pacifica asked the woman who she was; unsure if she should trust the spirit who had infiltrated her mind. "All in due time, my dear. For now, just call me a friend…" she replied before the dream ended.
Pacifica descended the stairs and saw her father and sister chowing down on a feast of scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage and burnt toast. "We need to talk…" Dipper said as he placed his fork down and looked across the hand-crafted wooden table. "Yeah… I-I did say that I'd explain it all, didn't I?" Pacifica agreed. "So… H-How did this happen?" the thirty-three year old father of two inquired. Having been possessed by a dream demon, he worried that his daughter had met the same fate. Dipper wasn't even entirely sure that it really was Pacifica sitting across from him. His twin sister Mabel had later told him that his eyes gave away the fact that he wasn't in control of his mortal vessel; their appearance a bright yellow with oblong pupils. Seeing that Pacifica's pupil had changed color as well, he worried that the thirteen year old was merely a puppet for some sort of specter. "It's actually kind of a funny thing when you really think about it… One of those things where it's 'Like father, like daughter' situations…" the teen girl said with a nervous chuckle before continuing her explanation. "When I ran away on Thanksgiving night… I-I found a cave to spend the night in" she reminded both her father and her sister. "Yeah… That was pretty amazing. What does this have to do with how you look though?" Dipper asked. "I decided to explore the cave and make sure it wasn't anyone else's home… That's where I found a book… A spellbook…" she informed her father. "A SPELLBOOK?! IN A CAVE?! Did you ever think that maybe it was in there for a reason?!" the usually calm man exclaimed. "YEAH! FOR ME TO FIND!" Pacifica shot back. "The last time a member of this family found a strange book in the woods the world almost ended…" Dipper pointed out. Mabel continued to eat her meal while watching the exchange between her sister and father. "Dad… It's not like that at all! I-I'm not even going to try any of the spells that could lead to that… Just little ones that could be useful if things ever did get bad…" the sapphire and hazel eyed girl replied. "Y-You don't know what you're messing with! For all we know, the second you opened that book it could have caused a breach between dimensions or something… I-It happened before! What's to say it wouldn't happen again?!" Dipper said in a frazzled tone as he clutched his head; his hands grasping at his thick chestnut hair.
All three sat at the table in silence as they tried to reel in their emotions. Dipper realized that while he was upset with his daughter, he probably shouldn't be shouting at her. Pacifica, meanwhile, thought about the fact that she had rarely raised her voice to her father before and began to feel bad about it. Mabel was upset by the argument and tried her best to keep their anger from being directed at her by remaining silent during the exchange. "I-I'm sorry if I got a little angry there… B-But you haven't been through what I have. I will fight until my last breath to keep that from ever happening again. I want you to grow up to be happy and healthy… Not carrying around these invisible battle scars that pretty much everyone in this town over age twenty does each and every day" he explained to the brunette and silver haired girl. "Maybe Great Grunkle Ford can take a look at the book and see if it poses any danger?" Mabel suggested. "Yeah!" Pacifica quickly agreed. "That's not the worst idea I've ever heard of" Dipper said before picking up his fork and scooping some eggs with it. Taking a bite, he grimaced a bit. "Ugh! They're cold… I'm gonna reheat them" he commented with disappointment. Getting up from the table, he took the bowl of scrambled eggs and placed them back into the skillet he had cooked them in. He tried to relight the gas stove, but it wouldn't ignite. Pacifica's face lit up as she realized that this could be the opportunity to prove that her newly learned skills could be helpful. "Stand back Dad, I've got this…" she said in a confident tone as she walked over to the faulty kitchen appliance. Cracking her knuckles, she thought of the incantation and soon her fists began to glow a fiery red. Pointing her index finger at the burner, a small burst of flame shot towards the stove and soon it lit. Mabel and Dipper looked on in stunned silence as the thirteen year old girl's hands changed back to their normal hue. "Told ya… I've totally got this…" she said in a smug tone of voice before sitting back down at the table. "THAT WAS AMAZING!" Mabel shouted as she bounced up and down in her seat with excitement. While she had borne witness to other spells, this was the first time she had seen the pyrokinesis in action. "Okay… I have to admit, that was pretty neat…" Dipper finally replied.
After reheating the eggs, Dipper sat back down at the table and the trio continued their meal. "Hey Paz… Pass the OJ…" Mabel asked her sister, knowing what was coming next. A moment later, the glass pitcher of orange juice lifted off the table and floated over to the auburn haired teenager. "What the?" Dipper asked in shock as wondered if what he had just witnessed was indeed real. "Oh yeah… I can do that too!" Pacifica cheerily replied before tilting the container and pouring the orange liquid into her sister's glass. "Anything else that I should know about?" her father asked. She did want to tell him about the dream she had, but thought better of it. She figured that he had learned enough about her new skills for the day and that communicating with a dead bride would be a bit much. "Nah… Just those two spells…" she replied before taking a bite of bacon. "I'll call Ford and see if he can come over later to have a look at that book… In the meantime, mind if I examine it?" the chestnut haired man asked. "Sure… Mabel and I were gonna go play laser tag with the girls in a little bit…" Pacifica replied. "What do you think they're gonna say about your new look?" Mabel asked with a bit of concern in her voice. "I don't know…" she answered in an unsure tone. While she was certain that her friends would be supportive, the change wasn't a subtle one and was sure to garner more attention than she would have liked. "I guess that if they can deal with one of my hands being fake, then this will be nothing…" she nonchalantly finished her thought. "That's the spirit sis-sis!" the always upbeat Mabel replied as she began to think of what outfit to wear to the outing.
Wendy and Tambry ended up ordering a stack of pancakes to share and had just finished devouring them when the auburn haired woman's phone began to ring. "Huh… That's odd…" the ginger woman commented as she picked it up off the linoleum table. "What's that?" Tambry asked. "Dip never calls me while I'm at work… Unless it's something serious…" she commented before answering the call. "Hey honey… I-Is everything alright?" Wendy asked with a bit of concern in her voice. "Yeah… I-I mean, mostly" he stuttered into the phone as he tried to think of how best to explain what he had just witnessed in their kitchen. "Mason Alexander Pines… What's going on? A-Are the girls okay?" she asked in a bit more frantic tone. "Yeah! They actually just left to go meet up with their friends for some laser tag…" he informed his wife. "Okay… So then why are you calling me?" she inquired. "Well, it's about Pacifica" he said before once again pausing to think of what to say. "What about her?" the mother of two asked. "Well… S-She found this old book in the woods when she ran away last fall..." he began before once again collecting his thoughts. "Oh… This has to be about the magic I caught her doing…" she thought to herself. While she wanted to tell her husband what she had stumbled upon while leaving for work earlier in the morning, she knew it would upset him if he found out that she hadn't told him about it the minute she discovered it for herself. Instead, she feigned ignorance as best she could. "What is it with Pines kids finding old books in the woods?" she replied. "Yeah… tell me about it…" he agreed. "That's not the half of it though… Apparently she's been practicing some of the spells! S-She can create fire with her mind! A-And levitate things too!" he informed her with a somewhat excited tone. "Huh… I-I don't know if it's the safest thing to be doing… Remember that eighties movie about the little girl who could start fires with her mind… W-What if that happens to her?! What if the government comes after her? I-I know that Ford and Stan worked really hard to remove any trace of that, but if something new pops up, who knows if they still could?" Wendy asked with a concerned voice.
Dipper thought about how to tell his wife that the magic had affected the physical appearance of the young woman. That the brunette with hazel eyes she had given birth to now sported half a head of silver hair and an ice blue eye. "I-I know… That's why Ford is coming over later. He's gonna take a look at this book and see if it poses a threat. If it does, we'll get rid of it the same way we did with the journals…" he reassured his wife; recalling how the night before the twins left Gravity Falls for the first time they had given the tomes a Viking funeral of sorts. "Okay. That's sounds like a good plan. Anything else I should know about?" she inquired; knowing that her husband wasn't always the most forthcoming with information. "So… You know that little streak that Pacifica got during the trip?" he asked his lover. "Yeah? What about it?" she replied. "Well… We found out where it came from… Turns out that the magic is changing her a bit…" Dipper said as he once again paused to gather his thoughts. "Changing her how?! I-Is she alright?!" the redhead exclaimed as Tambry looked on with great interest. She had a vague idea of what the two were talking about, but wasn't exactly sure. "Her hair is now half silver… It's actually not a bad look for her. Oh, and one of her eyes turned blue…" he answered; hoping that she had missed the part about their daughter's eye changing colors overnight. "BLUE?! C-Can she still see?!" the thirty-six year old shouted into the phone; a few customers turning around at the outburst. "Y-yeah… She's fine. Like I said, she and Mabel went to go play laser tag. She's perfectly fine… Just a different look, but the same old Pacifica we know and love…" Dipper reassured her.
"Okay… I-I'm not gonna be alright until I see for myself that's she fine though…" she told her husband. "I could see why… Anyway, I'll let you get back to work… I'm sure you have a lot to do out ther-" he began before being cut off. "Dip… I'm not at work. I-I'm actually at Greasy's with Tambry" she informed Dipper. "What are you doing there? Everything alright?" he asked with great concern. "I kinda stumbled across a probable murder scene, so yes and no…" she said in a crestfallen voice. "A murder scene?!" he asked with disbelief. Surely he had either heard her wrong or it was a bad joke that had fallen flat. "Yeah… It looks like someone rammed a car off the Hirsch Gorge Bridge…" she explained. "Wow. Th-That's nuts… So I take it that the GFPD is investigating it now?" he commented. "Yup… Chief Purcell and Gravity Falls' finest are trying to figure out what happened" she replied with a bit of a sarcastic tone. "I met up with Tambry because she knows the victim…" Wendy continued. "The victim was a friend of hers?" Dipper asked with curiosity. For the most part, they shared the same circle of friends, so he wondered who it could have been. "More like a contact for stories… She's still a little shook by it though" she clarified. "Well, tell her I'm sorry for her loss…" Dipper told his wife. "I will. We're just wrapping up here and then I'll be on my way…" she informed him. "Alright… I'll see you soon then. Love you!" he said as the phone call wrapped up. "Love you too!" the ginger woman replied as she ended the call.
"That sounded pretty intense… What's up?" Tambry asked her best friend. "Remember how I told you about Pacifica's magic?" she inquired. "Yeah…" the violet haired reporter replied. "Well… Apparently it's changed her looks a bit…" Wendy said with a bit of a sad tone. "Did she grow a horn or something? A monster arm?" she guessed. "Nope… Her hair kinda is half silver now and one of her eyes turned blue…" the freckled woman said as she took one final sip from her coffee mug. "Huh… That's kinda different. If she keeps it up, she's gonna end up looking like her namesake…" Tambry pointed out. "That would just be weird…" Wendy commented. The two paid for their meal and headed for the door. Outside, the storm continued to rage; the rain coming down in sheets as an angry sky rumbled. "Call me when you get home!" Wendy told her friend. "I will! Be safe!" Tambry replied as she sprinted to her car while holding her hand above her head in a futile effort to stay dry. Wendy chuckled at the sight as she donned her brimmed hat again and walked out into the deluge. Thoroughly drenched, Ranger Wendy Pines slouched down into her seat and took a deep sigh. Thinking back to the first summer she had met the Pines twins, she wondered if history was about to repeat itself nearly two decades later.
Mabel and Pacifica had met up at Grendy's house, where Candy and Grenda would drive them to the indoor laser tag center. Knocking on the door, they were met by their friend's parents. "Oh! Hey Mabel! Hey Pacifica!" Grenda greeted them in her trademark deep tone of voice. Hey Ms. Grenderson!" Mabel cheerily replied as she folded up her umbrella. Looking down at the twin sisters, Grenda took notice of Pacifica's new look. "Digging the new hair Paz!" she replied while shooting the thirteen year old a thumbs up. "Thanks Ms. G!" the young woman said. "Mabel! Pacifica! Welcome!" Candy shouted from the basement, where she was working on her latest project. Having graduated from a technical college, Candy followed her passion of trying to improve upon the human body and had turned her attention to helping those who had various disabilities. At the time, she had been a little upset that Wendy and Dipper hadn't consulted her when Pacifica had her accident, but she had quickly gotten over it. Her latest exploit was to try and perfect a lightweight exoskeleton that would allow quadriplegics to once again use their arms and legs. Taking a break from the project, she ascended the stairs to greet the teen girls in person. Lifting up her welding goggles, she was taken aback by the drastic change in Pacifica's appearance. "Wow! You look so different!" the raven haired woman remarked with her distinctive Korean accent. Pacifica looked down at the floor and became self-conscious of her looks once again. Grenda, who knew the feeling all too well, elbowed her wife in the ribs and grunted as she tried to subtly point out that Candy should clarify her statement. "It looks really good on you!" she added; the silver and brown haired girl's spirits picking up with the comment.
"Mabes! Paz! Ready to blast some laser ass?!" Grendy exclaimed as she came downstairs. Much like her step-mother, the lanky teen girl's initial reaction to the change in her friend's appearance wasn't the most graceful. "What the heck happened to you?!" Grendy asked in shock as she took in the new look of the thirteen year old. "It's a long story…" Pacifica mumbled as they headed towards the door. "She's kinda sensitive about her looks…" Mabel carefully whispered to the taller girl. A feeling of shame came over Grendy as she realized how bad she must have made her good friend feel. "I like it! I-It's just a little different than I'm used to…" she said to the teen girl with the dueling hair colors. "T-Thanks…" Pacifica replied. Soon, they were in the car and on their way to the laser tag center near downtown. After saying goodbye, the trio of teen girls walked thorugh the front door, where an annoyed Courtney Corduroy awaited them. "Finally! Do you have any idea how long I was waiting for you guys?" the ginger girl asked her friends. "Sorry… We got a bit of a late start…"Mabel apologized to the slightly agitated fourteen year old. Pacifica took note of Pacifica's new look, but didn't want to make a comment on it as it could be perceived picking on her. While she had changed as a person over the past year, the redhead still was in the process of proving it.
The quartet of teenagers had an afternoon of fun at the laser tag center, where Mabel managed to squeak out a win against Courtney with her final shot. Pacifica, while coming in last, still enjoyed herself as well and for a while forgot about her new looks. Needing to use the restroom, she excused herself from the group. Inside, a gathering of older girls were touching up their makeup in the mirror. A petite blonde was the first to notice Pacifica's presence and approached her. "Can we help you?" the young woman asked in a valley girl-like accent. "J-Just gonna use the bathroom…" she meekly replied while trying to walk past the teen. "This is, like, our bathroom… So you can just beat it…" she shot back while a few of the other girls surrounded her. "Eww… Her hair is horrendous!" an second girl chimed in while clacking her gum. "Yeah! And what's up with that arm?!" yet another pointed out. Tears began to fill the eyes of the thirteen year old as the judgmental comments began to rain down from the pack of older girls. "Shut up!" she shouted while sniffling. "Or what?" one of them called out. Off in the distance stood a familiar yet shocking sight; the woman she had dreamed of the previous night. Wearing the same tattered wedding dress, Pacifica was able to notice just how pale her skin was in the light of day "Help!" Pacifica called out in desperation as one of the girls shoved her. The first girl closed the door to the bathroom and locked it. "I-I don't want any trouble… I-I'll go…" she pleaded with them. "Sorry freak, but that's not an option anymore…" the second girl said as she pushed her to the ground. "Use you power…" the placid voice of the woman said. "I-I don't want to hurt them…" she meekly replied; recalling how she had nearly snapped the neck of Courtney that day on the ballfield. That, however was without the powers she now possessed.
"Oh, look… Now the freak is even talking to herself…" a girl cackled as Pacifica was kicked in the ribs. Like a pack of lions taking down their prey, the older girls descended on her and began to rain down a flurry of kicks and punches. Her eyes filled with tears, she looked through a small break in the girls to see the wedding dress clad woman standing there with a saddened look on her face. "You know what needs to be done, young one…" she said her usual calm tone. A wave of immense rage came over Pacifica and she thought of the spell for levitation. A wave of immense pressure flung the assaulting girls in every direction as the thirteen year old picked herself up and looked at the carnage around her. The doors to the stalls were dented from the impact of a few of the older teens and two now lay atop the porcelain sinks; groaning in pain. The instigator limped to the door and unlocked it; the rest of the girls not far behind as they fled the scene. Walking over to a cracked mirror, Pacifica saw a bruise forming on the side of her face. Suddenly, she spied the mysterious woman standing behind her. "Oh! H-Hello… M-Miss… M-Miss… Uh…" she stuttered in fear. As the woman walked beside her, Pacifica felt the temperature drop. "I-I'm Pacifica…" she introduced herself. "H-Hello little Pine Tree. You have quite a knack for getting yourself into danger, don't you?" the pale woman said as she was now almost face to face with the clearly frightened teen. "M-M-Maybe a little bit…" Pacifica once again stuttered as she nodded in agreement with the woman. "Yes, terribly much so…" the lace dress clad woman replied. "M-Miss… W-W-Why did you help me?" Pacifica questioned in a trembling voice.
A large smile formed on the face of the otherworldly woman and she soon revealed just what her intentions were. "Silly little Pine Tree… We may not be of the flesh anymore, but we still serve the greater good… And it calls out to souls that are crying for help. And it tells us to go and protect them… You need protecting! Can't you feel the danger that surrounds you?!" the woman explained to the still trembling young lady. "Maybe a little bit…" Pacifica agreed. "You don't have to fear… We are fear. We are darkness. We are chaos and we will protect you" the wedding dress clad woman vowed as she placed her index finger on the nose of Pacifica before disappearing. "That was fucking weird… And why did she keep referring to herself as 'we'?" the dual hair colored girl remarked as she cleaned herself off and exited the bathroom. "There you are!" exclaimed Mabel as she spied her twin sister, who now sported a bruise on the side of her face. "What the heck happened to you?!" the redhead shouted as she took a closer look at her twin's swollen face. "I-I got into a bit of a scrap back there with a some older girls, but it's alright now. I kicked their asses and sent them crying for their mommies..." Pacifica said in a proud tone of voice. "You used one of your spells, didn't you?" Mabel shot back. "Maybe..." the bruised teen girl replied.
While Pacifica had been fighting off bullies in the bathroom, Grendy and Courtney had stepped away to have a moment alone. Ever since the lanky teen girl had spoken to her parents, Grendy had the feeling that she had to make a choice. While she harbored feelings for both her best friend Mateo and her former tormentor Courtney, there was one person she was falling for faster and faster by the moment. Taking a seat on a well-worn wooden bench, Grendy looked into the emerald green eyes of her girlfriend. "Courtney... These past few days of dating you have been nothing short of amazing. I've learned things about myself that I didn't even know were there. T-That kiss we shared on the trail was nothing short of magical and I'll remember it for the rest of my life. I-I guess what I'm trying to say is tha-" she said before being cut off by the ginger teen girl that held her hands. "I get it... And it's alright. I know that you've liked him for a long time and I always had a feeling that I was just sort of along for the ride until you figured it all out. I'm okay with that. I-I just wanted you to know that I will always have a place in my heart for yo-" Courtney interjected before being cut off herself. "No! Y-You've got it all wrong! I'm not dumping you! I-I was going to ask you if you wanted to be my girlfriend... My exclusive girlfriend..." Grendy clarified as she noted the large smile forming on the auburn haired fourteen year old's face. "YES! YES! O-Of course I'll be your girlfriend!" she cheerily proclaimed. The two shared a passionate kiss as time seemed to stand still. "What about Mateo though?" Courtney asked. "Well... I'm gonna let him down easy... He's still my best friend after all. I'd hate to lose what we have" the brown haired girl explained. A few moments later, they returned to where Mabel and Pacifica waited for them.
Wendy arrived home and hung her tan brimmed ranger hat on the coat rack by the door. "A little wet out there, huh?" Dipper asked as he took in the sight of his thoroughly drenched wife. "Ha Ha! We got ourselves a comedian here, don't we?" the auburn haired woman sarcastically replied while unbuttoning her work shirt. "So... You said you came across a murder scene? A-Are you alright?" Dipper asked as Wendy began to unfasten her belt. "Yeah... I'm okay. It was a pretty gnarly thing to see though..." she remarked as her olive green pants joined her shirt in a heap on the dark hardwood floor. "I couldn't even imagine..." the brown haired man remarked as he walked to the closet and retrieved a towel for his lover to dry off with. "I just hope they catch whoever did it..." Wendy remarked as she wiped her alabaster skin with the dry cloth. "It pretty messed up to run somebody off a bridge. You said that she was some sort of informant for Tambry? What line of work was she in?" Dipper asked as he scooped up the drenched uniform and carried it over to the laundry room; Wendy, who was now clad in just her tank top, panties and socks, following closely behind. "She was the Chief of Staff for Gideon..." the freckled woman explained as she wrapped her hair up in the towel. "Wow, that's a pretty important position to hold. I wonder if she made a bad deal with someone and this was their revenge?" the thirty-three year old man pondered aloud. "Could be... I dunno? Not my problem though..." Wendy said as she began to walk towards the stairs. After getting caught in the rain a few times and being soaked to the bone, all she wanted was a warm outfit consisting of a sweatpants and a hoodie while she sipped on a hot chocolate.
"It's really a shame that Mateo couldn't make it come with us..." Mabel remarked as the quartet of teen girls walked towards the exit. "Yeah... If there's one thing he really likes, it's laser-tag" Grendy remarked. She still wondered how she was going to end things with the portly teen boy. She knew that the feelings he had for her were long-held, so she felt like it would devastate him. Pacifica noticed the frown on the young woman's face and wondered what could be bringing the usually happy-go-lucky girl down. "Everything alright?" the slightly younger girl asked her friend. "No. Not really..." she replied in a sullen tone; her eyes looking down towards the well-worn purple carpet of the Fun Center. She was about to explain her feelings when she bumped into someone. "Could you watch where you're going?" a male voice replied. "S-Sorry..." Grendy apologized as she looked up to see the light blue suit clad boy. His hair was as white as an elderly person's and his short stubby nose reminded her of a pig. "You should be... I mea-" he began to berate her before Ariel showed up. "Sorry about that... My little brother here is a bit hot tempered..." the fourteen year old girl cheerily remarked. "It's fine... I'm Grendy" she introduced herself to the white haired girl. "I'm Mabel!" the ginger woman shouted as she stuck out her hand; Ariel shaking it with a bit of a confused look on her face. "Cute outfit! I'm Courtney..." the fourteen year old girl replied. "I'm Pacifica... Nice to meet you..." the silver and brown haired girl said as she nervously rubbed her arm. Out of the four girls that Ariel had just met, Pacifica was the one who intrigued her the most. She wondered about her hair, eye, prosthetic arm and fresh bruise on her face. "My name is Ariel and this is my brother Baron. We just moved here from Eagle Creek a few days ago" the peppy young woman informed them. "Welcome to Gravity Falls! It was nice to meet you!" Mabel replied as the quartet walked towards the exit, where Grendy's mothers were waiting for them. Ariel pulled out her cellphone and placed a call as the rain continued to fall in the small town of Gravity Falls, Oregon.
Author's Note:
This was another chapter where I had the whole thing written out, but it just didn't seem right. So, I rewrote it again. I didn't like that one either. Third time was the charm and I'm very happy with how it turned out. Thanks again for the awesome reviews and follows! The next chapter may take a bit as it's a busy month for me, but it will be worth it. Dipper responded pretty much how we all expected him to, but after calming down, he realized that it might not be as bad as he made it out to be. Who is the mysterious person that Pacifica is seeing? Why did she choose Pacifica to watch over? How will Mateo take Grendy breaking up with him? How will Wendy react to her daughter's drastic new appearance? Just who did Ariel place a call to? Answers to all those and more in the next installment of Tales Of The Flame & The Ax: A Shooting Star Falls Story. -iKLOT
My Playlist For This Chapter:
ODESZA / Naomi Wild – "High Ground"
AWOLNATION – "Handyman" (A song that reminds me of Dipper's role of trying to help Wendy through her struggles)
Welshly Arms – "Sanctuary" (A song that made me think of how the Pines find comfort in one another)
Bear Hands – "Back Seat Driver"
FIDLAR – "Alcohol"
Remember Sports – "Up From Below"
Motionless In White – "Voices"
Beck – "Dear Life"
Echosmith - "Cool Kids"
Brother Sundance - "Blind"
The Official Shooting Star Falls AU Reading Order:
P1). Underage Discoveries On A Reckless Night: A Shooting Star Falls Prequel
1). A Shooting Star Falls
2). Echoes Of A Nearby Future: A Shooting Star Falls Story
3). Scarred Summer: A Shooting Star Falls Story
4). The Dark Days Of Candy Chiu: A Shooting Star Falls Story
5). Forever Memories: A Shooting Star Falls Story
6). Stable Times Or A Wild Ride?: A Shooting Star Falls Story
7). Grenda's Confession: A Shooting Star Falls Story
8). Birthday Weirdness In The Rose City: A Shooting Star Falls Story
9). The Gift Of Forever: A Shooting Star Falls Story
10). Life In Transit: A Shooting Star Falls Story
11). The Moment: A Shooting Star Falls Story
12). Tales Of The Flame & The Ax: A Shooting Star Falls Story