Opening File: Gravity Falls, Oregon
The future site of the valley of Gravity Falls was originally inhabited by Dinosaurs, over 65,000,000 years BCE. Uniquely, the prehistoric beasts of the area did not perish from the impact of the meteor that the Grimm would be born from, as purported by the common theory; conversely, many became buried alive in tree sap, frozen within the bowels of the Earth and remaining there for eons. According to tree ring interruptions and radiation tests, the entire valley of Gravity Falls was formed by an alien spaceship crash-landing into Earth around 35 million years later. Whether the craft caused the town's strange properties or the place's strange properties attracted the craft is still unknown, however numerous anomalies such as electrical interference and sick livestock are linked to the ship's existence beneath the town.
The first human inhabitants of the valley were Gravity Falls' native population, who mysteriously evacuated around AD 1000 after a shaman named Modoc learned of a prophecy that foretold the end of the world. The valley was deemed "cursed land" by the natives despite the safety it offered from the Grimm, who left behind troves of pottery, blankets, and art in local caves, relics that would one day be hoarded by the Northwest family.
The town of Gravity Falls was officially founded in 1842 by the deposed 8½th president of the United States of America, Sir Lord Quentin Trembley III, Esq., who discovered the valley after falling off a cliff due to riding his horse backwards. Though it was originally only a small settlement, Trembley acted as its first mayor, instituting a variety of legislature that reflected his insanity. The town flourished in the late 1840s from the Gold Rush, which was followed by a lesser-known "Flannel Rush", however both were at an end a year later, as miners were scared away by sightings of dinosaurs in the Gravity Falls mines.
Gravity Falls saw a population boom in the early 1860s as American pioneers traveled the Oregon Trail, many of whom ended up settling in the town after discovering that the entire area was nearly completely void of Grimm. Though the Grimm have always established territories near human settlements and avoided conflict with animals in the wild they seemingly avoided Gravity Falls almost all the time. It became something of a wonder and soon many people would come to Gravity Falls, seeking refuge from the Grimm. Among those who chose Gravity Falls as their home were settlers Grady and Fertilia Mecc, who are credited with the invention of the "High Five" and holding a record number of 42 offspring.
In 1883, following the disappearance of Trembley, who sought immortality by preserving his body in peanut brittle and stashed himself in an underground cave beneath the Gravity Falls Cemetery, the U.S. government immediately enacted the Northwest Cover-up, in which Trembley's existence was erased from history and his identity as town founder and mayor was replaced by local nobody turned celebrity, Nathaniel Northwest. Having come into power as mayor and attained an illustrious wealth, Northwest enlisted the help of the town's lumberjacks in building his elaborate mansion in exchange for a lavish festival open to all of the townsfolk, a promise he quickly reneged following the manor's completion. 1883 was later marked by numerous disasters and catastrophes, including the Great Flood, which took the lives of many lumberjacks formerly involved in the construction of Northwest Manor, and the Great Train Crash, in which a passing conductor grew distracted by a "flash of light" and inadvertently sent his train off a cliff.
In 1920, the "Maple Syrup Prohibition" led to secret pancake speakeasies.
In 1937, a plane crashed into the mountains and a woman escaped into the forest. The words "Amelia was here" are carved into the mountainside.
Close File
Xxx
"You know there's always been the question of which side is better: good or evil? And in many stories good has always triumphed over evil. But in many stories and even in real life evil has found a way to come back and sometimes even scores a few victories. But that doesn't mean good can't rise again and strike back." TOM said as he closed the file. "And of course the battle between good and evil is a never-ending conflict that goes on forever, no matter what form it takes. So when you good outside and feel the need to some good, no matter how big or small, you're pretty much the hero of your own story."
Xxx
(30 Years Ago)
(Recording 1)
"My name is Fiddleford Hadron McGucket, and I wish to unsee what I have seen. For the past year, I have been working as an assistant for a visiting researcher. He has been cataloging his findings about Gravity Falls in a series of journals. I helped him build a machine which he believed had the potential to benefit all mankind, but something went wrong.
I decided to quit the project. But I lie awake at night, haunted by the thoughts of what I've done. I believe I have invented a machine that can permanently erase these memories from my mind." He held up the memory erasing ray. "Test subject One: Fiddleford." He pulled the trigger.
(Recording 2)
"It worked! I can't recall a thing."
(Recoding 3)
"I call it the Society of the Blind Eye. We will help those who want to forget by erasing their bad memories!"
(Recording 4)
"Today, I came across a colony of little men, very disturbing. I would like to forget seeing this."
(Recording 5)
"I have been betrayed! The Society of the Blind Eye was meant to help people live better in Gravity Falls but my position was usurped and my memory erasing machine has been stolen!" He shouted at the camera just before he was grabbed from behind.
"Time for your brain to be sponged clean."
"NO! You can't do this! You can't side with him! Don't you know what will happen if you let him-"
There was a flash of light that silenced him.
(Recoding 6)
He was now in a junkyard, wild-eyed and giggling manically. "Yroo Xrksvi! Girzmtov!"
The recording ended and the man watching it chuckled. "Poor McGucket. You should have known better than to play with fire."
He stepped out onto the balcony of his mansion, overlooking the town below. Such small people, going about their puny lives believing they were safe just because this town could not be touched by the Grimm while the ones in control look down on them from above and in the shadows. If only they knew of the secrets in this town. If not for the fact they were all weak and mindless he probably would have gone as far as to pity them.
He was Preston Northwest, descendant of Nathanial Northwest who supposedly founded Gravity Falls.
Following Quentin Trembley's impeachment as President and disappearance from Gravity Falls, the government deemed local nobody Nathaniel Northwest as town founder and therefore instating him as the new mayor, a man who believed himself to be a powerful wizard and thus able to eat an entire oak tree. The Northwest Cover-up garnered him an illustrious wealth, prompting him to convince the townspeople made of Humans and Faunus to aid in the building of the Northwest Manor. Though many lives were lost during its construction, Nathaniel promised that the lavish parties hosted within the mansion would be welcome for all, but he quickly broke this promise following the manor's completion. Enraged with his deceit, a lumberjack swore vengeance on the Northwest family, vowing to return from the grave 150 years later to murder their descendants, should they fail to allow the commoners entry to their parties.
Though considered impossible that someone could come back from the dead nothing was considered impossible in Gravity Falls.
Despite his newly-acquired wealth, Nathaniel remained mentally unstable, eventually dying due to choking on oak bark in an attempt to prove himself a wizard. It was noted that all who knew him did not like him, and that he would not be missed. His legacy lived on through his successors, and the people of Gravity Falls memorialized him as the hero who erected their town. In the years following, relatives and descendants of the Northwest family committed numerous misdeeds and crimes under the protection of their wealth and reputation, including betraying Native and Faunus tribes, embezzling from the town, and slaughtering dozens of animals. However the Northwest family's dealings went far deeper than that, dealing with the darker secrets of Gravity Falls.
"Good news, Pressy."
The voice behind him made him turn around and see the pair of yellow slit eyes staring at him. "My lord."
"Yeah, yeah, all hail the great and powerful me. Skip the pleasantries because I got news. I got a little help for good ol' Stan Pines on his little portal machine." The voice snickered. "A couple of geniuses that could get it up and running in no time."
"Excellent. When will they be here?" Preston asked.
"That's the dilemma. They don't all have instant access to a plane or limo to get them here ASAP. So if they're going to be here, that's where you come in. And by you I mean your know how on rich people and love of throwing rich parties and rubbing it in the commoner's face." The shadowed speaker brought out a note. "Here are the names I want brought here."
"Of course, my lord. I understand and I know exactly the occasion for such a party." Preston said, bowing to the shadowed speaker.
"Good." The eyes showed absolute glee. "Call the boys, Pressy because it's going to be a party to remember."
"As you wish, Lord Cipher." Preston bowed again.
The slit eyes blinked and then morphed into normal dark blue human eyes and the voice changed to that of a young girl. "My father says he will soon be free."
Preston nodded. "Yes. He will soon be free."
Out of the shadows stepped a young girl with long blonde hair with bell-shaped bangs and wore a purple jacket with a short lavender dress, along with a periwinkle belt and black leggings with cream colored boots. She also wore heavy purple eyeshadow and lavender hoop earrings. And on her forehead was the red drawing of a triangle with limbs, a hat, and a single eye.
"Good. I can't wait to finally meet him for real."
Soon their lord and master would emerge into this world and nothing would ever be the same.
Xxx
Dreaming…
He sees so much more when he's dreaming rather than sitting out his junkyard in the real world. He draws, he builds, and later when he's awake he has the innate desire to build what he imagines.
In addition to the extreme amount of guilt he feels.
He doesn't remember because his mind has been broken for nearly thirty years but he feels like he has committed some horrible act and feels that he must atone.
That is why he does what he does.
If only he could remember.
A glowing triangle with a single eye flashes in his mind, staring and laughing. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
His eyes flash open and he sits up on his makeshift bed, panting slightly before laughing slightly. "Always the same dang old dream. Must be something in my cracked noggin trying to tell me something."
If only he could remember.
"Welp, no point in sitting around. Got some early morning crazy hunting! HAHAH!" The old man stood up and danced through the junkyard he lived in.
He jogged through the woods, looking for anything that might catch his eye.
"Help! Help!"
The sound of someone screaming and a hint of movement caught his attention and he saw an Ursa Grimm, all by itself, creeping towards two terrified girls.
"Well I'll be dipped in honey and given a golden dress! It's a Grrriiiimmmm-morning!" The man laughed, catching the Ursa's attention.
The Grimm moved to strike but the man laughed and spun to the side, dodging the claws aimed to tear him apart.
"Missed me, missed me! Now you gotta…What's the rest of that?" The man said, stopping in mid-sentence.
The Ursa growled and lunged again at the old man but this time his eyes flashed and the Grimm was suddenly trapped in a glowing bubble.
"Bye-bye!" The old man waved and the Grimm was launched out of the forest like a rocket. "Look at him go!"
"Old man McGucket?" He turned around and saw both girls he had saved staring at him in awe.
One was a light-skinned, large girl with auburn colored hair and a ponytail. She wore a pink shirt that read 'COOL,' purple shorts, white socks and pink and purple sneakers. She also had a red mark on the right side of her cheek and a yellow barrette on the hair on the right side of her head. Despite his mental status the old man knew her name was Grenda Grendinator.
The other girl had straight, black waist-length hair that stuck up in some places and wore round glasses with black rims, and had most often been seen wearing a striped jade shirt, a dark skirt, white socks, black shoes, and a pink backpack. Along with this, she also had light pink blush spots on her cheeks like Mabel and wore black stud earrings. This girl's name was Candy Chiu.
Old Man McGucket was about to say something but he suddenly knelt over, feeling his joints aching. "Oh, my back!"
This was a drawback for being the secret protector of Gravity Falls these days.
"Oh dear!" Candy ran up and knelt down next to McGucket. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine." McGucket laughed through the pain. "Just not as spry as I used to be when I was young and crazy."
"That was so cool. Are you a Hunstman?" Grenda asked.
"You saw me kick Grimm butt right? Well, I guess I hunt something." The old man laughed as he stood up. "Well, better get back to my junkie-home. Got a lot of…something to do."
"We can help you get home." Candy offered, grabbing the man's arm to support him.
"Yeah!" Grenda agreed, taking McGucket's other arm and helping him back to his junkyard.
McGucket smiled at the two girls. "Thanks you two. No one pays attention to little old me anymore."
"How long have you been doing this?" Candy asked.
"A long time…A very long time now."
Xxx
"Hey Wendy!" A annoying and familiar voice barked.
At the counter inside the Mystery Shack a girl reading a weapons magazine rolled her eyes at the sound of her boss's voice. She was very tall and skinny, green eyes, a fair complexion and some freckles. She had long red hair just past her hips and wore a tan and dark brown lumberjack hat, most likely her father, is a lumberjack in addition to being a Hunter. She wore an emerald green plaid shirt with a white tank top underneath, green stub earrings, blue jeans, and muddy rain boots, with yellow and orange socks underneath. She also wore blue earrings and wears a name tag at work.
Her name was Wendy Corduroy and she was the single daughter of Manly Dan, a resident Huntsman who had taken up the job of lumberjacking in order to stay home and raise Wendy and her three younger brothers. Now Wendy loved her family however living with them stresses her out many times. However her father has taught her many things, including how to be strong little Huntress in training just in case Wendy ever had the crazy idea of leaving Gravity Falls which was one of the safest places on the planet from the Grimm.
Too bad it had its own brand of crazy that kept tourists from coming.
Wendy had collected all the latest weapon magazines, looking them over for what might best suit her but so far nothing. Her boss was nice enough to set up a little weapon shop down in the basement for her to construct her own weapon when she found what she liked.
"What?" Wendy drawled as Stan Pines walked in.
Stan has brown eyes with cataracts, gray eyebrows, and gray hair, that was almost always covered by Stan's trademark maroon fez, which bore a yellow crescent shape with a dot next to it. He bore a somewhat large, droopy, pear-shaped, reddish-pinkish nose, large ears, and fair skin. As a result of his age, Stan had wrinkly skin, a hearing aid, dentures and a slouched posture. He had a faded burn mark of the symbol on the side of Ford's desk on his back.
He usually wore a pair of rectangular glasses with a black rim which later had its outline thinned. Stan also had a perpetual five o'clock shadow covering his lower face.
Stan's typical outfit was a black suit, with the jacket buttoned closed, a bow tie similar in color to his fez, and a white dress shirt. He also wore big, light brown shoes and the aforementioned fez and glasses. He frequently carried an eight ball cane with him that was possibly his weapon and often wore an unnecessary eye-patch over one of his eyes while working.
"My grandniece and grandnephew are going to be living here this summer since they cause a whole lot headaches for their parents so I need your help to kid-proof the shop. And I need you to help me know what little kids like so they like living here." Stan said.
"You actually got relatives?" Wendy asked in fake shock.
"Yeah and when I'm entertaining customers you're in charge of watching them. Shouldn't be too hard since you're already a big sister. Just think of them as non-red headed versions of your brothers and they are related to me." Stan shrugged.
Wendy shuddered. "Oh gee, thanks for the mental image."
"Your welcome. So help me set up a few beds in the attic while Soos watches the shop." Stan said, gesturing to Soos who saluted.
Soos wore a light brown cap, had light peach fair skin, and buck teeth, similar to those of a beaver. He was stocky and wore dark brown shoes, beige shorts and a jade green-ish gray shirt with a big dark green poorly painted question mark on the front and the word "Staff" on the back, which is from the Mystery Shack. Soos was perhaps the nicest guy in all of Gravity Falls, a heart so pure that he'd never say a mean word about anyone even if they insulted him. Wendy thought that he was a very nice guy, if a little weird, naïve, and plain confusing at times but he was still a good friend to have.
"You can count on me, Mr. Pines." Soos said.
"I know I can because I already Soos-proofed the entire shop." Stan nodded. "Now come on, Wendy. I need to know what a ten year old girl might like in her room. Well, ten-ish. I never bothered to ask how old they were."
"What a shock." Wendy sighed and simply followed Stan upstairs.
She hoped at the very least they wouldn't be too much like their granduncle.
Xxx
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN BILL CIPHER IS COMING?!" A voice screamed across the magical dimension.
The Grim Reaper had enough stress dealing with the Grimm committing enough killings that he couldn't get enough rest for a single hour.
But this latest news hit him like a bomb.
Bill Cipher was a whole new headache Grim was not prepared to deal with. That maniac had been around before Earth was even formed and he wasn't afraid to rub it in the face of any ascendant or celestial being.
Not to mention the fact he burned down his entire home dimension.
"How can dis be? I thought he was sealed off in da Nightmare Realm!" Grim exclaimed, looking at the statues of the Elders.
The eyes of the statues flashed.
"I don't believe dis! Dis is why you wanted me to make a deal with da Te Xuan Ze! It's because of Bill Cipher isn't it?!" Grim said rhetorically.
The eyes flashed again.
"What do you mean not just him?! What could be more threatening than Bill Cipher destroying the world?!" Grim was having a meltdown at this point.
And the Elders decided to calm him down by blasting him with lightning.
Grim coughed while his robe was now smoking. "Thanks…I needed that."
The eyes flashed twice.
"So Bill is on da move now. Unbelievable. Who's next? Dormammu, Diagon," Grim said miserable. "HIM? Kur? The Lich? Sa-"
The Elders cut him off with their eyes flashing red.
"Okay, I get da point!" Grim said, waring of the Elders being angry. "So what do we do?"
The eyes flashed calmly white now.
"But we can't be sure if da Te Xuan Ze alone can stop Cipher even if she was as skilled as Jasmine Lee. She might not even be a good fall back. You know how unpredictable mortals are." Grim pointed out. "Who would you call upon to stop Bill? Time Baby, who is afraid of Bill? Da Elementals, whom we don't even know who their current incarnations are which makes my job even harder in addition to those dang Grimm? Or dare I ask we place our faith in the so-called prophecy?"
The eye flashed their message.
"Come on! Give me a little more dan dat!" Grim exclaimed.
The eyes fired another blast of lightning, zapping Grim who fell over.
The Grim Reaper coughed. "Why do I bother?"
Xxx
"Just where did you get these ideas, Dex?" Old Man Dexter asked as he looked over the design schematics for what Dexter had been working on.
The Neurotomic Protocore.
An all powering energy source that can give near-infinite energy to any device.
When properly harnessed with good intentions and set to a positive energy emission, it can grant high-intelligence to the one who harnesses its power and the ability to teletronically materialize objects, and the energy waves it emits can enrich the environment and give others the same knowledge as the one who harnessed its power as well as allow others to teletronically manifest objects with the aid of special gear.
"Well, I was speaking with a few friends I made on the network and they got me thinking of trying to create something like this. With this we could achieve universal peace." Dexter said eagerly.
Old Man Dexter was proud of Dexter's enthusiasm but he was still hesitant. Dexter's invention could be used for great good but on the other hand if used with evil intentions and set to a negative energy emission, it could grant the user near-infinite intellect while draining away the intelligence of all those who are hit by its energy waves and it also drains the life out of the environment.
Dexter could perhaps create something dangerous to the entire world.
"In fact those friends I mentioned wanted to invite me to a science project they are conducting this summer in a place called Gravity Falls." Dexter continued.
Old Man Dexter's eyes widened. "Did you say Gravity Falls?"
"Yes. Do you know it?" Dexter asked.
Old Man Dexter was silent for a moment. "I know of it."
"So, can I visit?" Dexter asked.
"I'll think about it, Dexter. I want to know about the friends you made." Old Man Dexter said with a smile before leaving his grandson's lab.
As soon as the doors closed the old man scowled and brought out a pad. "Computer?"
"Yes, Mr. O'Reilly?" An electronic female voice asked.
"Get me all available information on a man named Stan Pines." The old man said, walking down the hall. "Specifically Stanley Pines."
"Working…Stanley Pines is listed as deceased. His brother Stanford Pines is the owner of a shop named the Mystery Shop."
The old man scoffed. "Stanford Pines running a 'mystery shop'? As if. Stanley, what have you done now?"
He entered his personal room which had its own nice view of the city with a nice luxurious chair for him to sit in. "Computer, get me the number and address for this Mystery Shop. And bring all records on the Pines."
"Yes, Mr. O'Reilly."
If Stanley Pines was planning on pulling a con on his grandson he would have another thing coming.
"Mr. O'Reilly, in invitation has just been received, addressed to you, your grandson, and your granddaughter."
"Not now. I am not interested in some petty party." Old Man Dexter said sourly.
"It is addressed from the Northwest family."
Old Man Dexter narrowed his eyes. "First Stanley Pines and now the Northwests. Just what is happening?"
"Shall I delete the message?"
"No. I want to see it. I want to know why Gravity Falls is suddenly becoming the top subject of the day." Old Man Dexter answered.
Suddenly he was worried about the friends his grandson might be making. He looked at the message and saw the image of a triangle with an eye at the bottom.
'What is going on there?'
Xxx
(Dreamscape)
"Sorry grandpa, got to throw a monkey wrench into your plan." Bill Cipher laughed as he used the image of him on the messages sent to influence any naysayers into making the right decision. "Get ready for a full summer adventure in Gravity Falls!"
Xxx
Old Man Dexter's eyes flashed, turning yellow with red slits. "…Man this guy is old. I could predict the time and date of his death with just one hand."
Xxx
Hoagie Gilligan looked over the information on the people he had seen in his dream with Bill Cipher.
Jack Spicer, the son of a wealthy couple in Hong Kong but was for the most part a recluse.
Eddward 'Double D' Vincent, a kid living in Peach Creak Estates.
And Dexter, the grandson of Dexter O'Reilly of DexLabs, one of the largest companies in America, specializing in science and technology.
Hoagie had read up on many articles about DexLabs and was a big fan of their work. It would be great to actually meet Dexter himself and learn more about any secret inventions DexLabs is making.
But right now he had a little problem.
Bill mentioned they would all meet in Gravity Falls Oregon but Hoagie had no idea on how he could convince his mother to take him there.
"Hoagie!"
Hoagie came out of his room and saw his mother packing her things. "Mom?"
"Fancy a summer trip to Gravity Falls?"
Xxx
Eddward 'Double D' Vincent was a firm believer in science and reason.
He could accept the existence of the Grimm, the power of Aura and Semblances and even the existence of other life forms on other planets and even dimensions.
But the so-called alchemy that restored his hair and healed his scars…
It was so hard for him to believe he almost thought he was dreaming.
Just what did Bill Cipher do while he was in Eddward's mind?
And what else was he planning?
"Eddward!"
Double D perked up at the sound of his father's voice and rushed downstairs to see what he wanted. "Yes father?"
"We are taking a trip to Gravity Falls to answer a business offer with the Northwest family." Eddward's father said.
Double D stared in shock at his parents, suddenly wishing to go to Gravity Falls.
Wasn't that the town Bill mentioned?
Xxx
"Well, well, looks like everyone's going to be on a one way trip to destiny!" Bill Cipher said and laughed. "Peace out!"