Blubs and Durland were quietly watching a soap opera inside the police station, a bucket of popcorn and box of tissues between them.
"Jonathan, there's something I have to tell you."
"What is it, my love?"
"I...I've met someone else!"
"What?! Who?!"
"Eric!"
"My brother?!"
Both cops gasp at the revelation before the show goes to a commercial.
"I did not see that coming!" exclaimed Durland.
"I had my suspsicions when she kept looking at Eric, even when Jonathan had his arms around her." said Blubs.
"HEY! HOW LONG ARE WE GONNA HAVE TO BE IN HERE?!"
Both officers frowned before they stood up and walked towards the jail cells, one of which was being occupied by the Kanker Sisters.
"I told you before that you're not leaving until the show's over!" Blubs stated.
"That was three different shows ago!" Marie snapped.
"I never said which show." Blubs said with a chuckle.
"This is bullshit! Let us out of here!" Lee yelled.
"No. You're in there because of your crimes in Gravity Falls." Durland said with a frown.
"HOW IS ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS A CRIME?!" May yelled.
"Bothering us with anything while we're trying to have a snack break is a crime! At least in my book, anyway." Blubs answered. That got the three women to start making a racket and hurl insults at the two policemen.
"Blubs, what do we do? If they keep this up, we won't hear the TV." Durland whined.
"You have more to worry about than missing your show!"
"Huh?" both cops say before turning around to see Cutebiker standing behind them, his arms crossed and a scowl on his face.
"Mayor Cutebiker? What are you doing here?" Blubs asked.
"I'm here because I heard that you arrested those three women." Cutebiker explained.
"Just doing our job, Mayor Cutebiker." Durland said with a smile.
"Your job is to keep the peace and arrest criminals. That doesn't mean you get to arrest someone just because they're disturbing your peace!" Cutebiker snapped. "And before you deny anything, I overheard your little conversation a moment ago. Locking people up because they interrupt your snack break? What were you thinking?!"
"Uhh...ehehe...maybe we went a little too far?" Blubs said with a sheepish smile.
"So...maybe we should...release the prisoners?" Durland asked.
"Immediately!" Cutebiker snapped, making the two jump before Blubs took his keys out, nearly dropping them in the process, before quickly unlocking the cell door.
"Finally!" Lee said as she and her sisters walked out. "Thanks for that, pal."
"No worries. Your friends are outside. I'll join you ladies in a moment." Cutebiker said in a friendly tone. He watched them leave before turning back to Blubs and Durland. "Now you two listen well. I am a patient man and I know that you two have kept the peace in Gravity Falls for quite some time. That's why I'm giving you this one warning. If I hear about you two doing something petty like this again, you'll wish you had taken early retirement. Am I understood?"
"Yes Mayor!" the officers quickly said.
"Good." Cutebiker said, his usual cheerful demeanor returning. "Well, I'm off. Have a nice day!" he said with a wave before walking outside and approaching Gaz, Haiku, Wednesday, Parker, Tambry and the Kanker Sisters. "Are you three okay?" Cutebiker asked the Kankers.
"We're fine. Just angry at those two boneheads." Lee answered.
"I apologize for their actions. They're not bad cops. Just a little lazy and, in Sheriff Blubs's case, a little on the cranky side." the mayor explained.
"At least they gave them one phone call. Otherwise, we'd never have known you three were in jail." Parker said.
"Yeah. Thanks again for getting us out." Marie said with a smile towards Tyler.
"Not a problem. Name's Tyler Cutebiker, Mayor of Gravity Falls. And this young lady is my secretary, Tambry." Tyler introduced.
"Hey." was all Tambry said as she messed with her phone. "It's an hour before the meeting, by the way."
"We know. Will you two be there?" Gaz asked Tambry and Cutebiker.
"I am. I suggested it." Tambry stated.
"I have a few more papers to deal with, plus getting in contact with those about the land you wish to purchase. I'll just meet all your friends after the will reading tomorrow." Cutebiker answered.
"Okay. We'll give you a lift back, then go gather the rest of our friends." Gaz said before they all hopped back into Tal.
"I am never gonna not be surprised by this thing." Tambry said as she and Cutebiker looked around inside Tal.
"Ahem!" Tal coughed.
"Sorry." Tambry apologized.
"Technology sure has taken off over the years." Cutebiker said as Tal made him a chair to sit in, a small glass appearing before a dispenser shot water into the glass. "Thank you." he said before drinking some. "Now, just to clarify, there's 18 of you altogether?"
"That's correct." Gaz answered. "Though we plan to have more soon."
"More?" Tambry asked. "What for?"
"Helping Zim with some future projects." Gaz answered. "Games and others such stuff."
"Sounds like fun. Think he'd let us test them out?" Cutebiker asked.
"Maybe. More feedback will help." said Gaz before looking up. "Unfortunately, he's a little too busy to talk to anyone at the moment."
Lisa let out a hiss as Zim dabbed some ointment on a few small scratches on her back. The two had been going at it until Zim started to notice her body bleeding here and there.
"Sorry." Zim apologized as he gently applied bandages.
"It's not your fault. I was too caught up in my europhia to notice my wounds had gotten this bad." Lisa answered before throwing a sly smile over her shoulder at him. "Besides, I had a lot of fun."
"That's makes two of us." Zim chuckled before they shared a small kiss.
"I seem to recall hearing something about a little party happening soon. Is that true, or was I so lost in our sexual intercourse that I imagined it?" Lisa asked as Zim continued to apply more ointment and bandages.
"It's true. Parker told Gaz that one of the locals wants to have a meet and greet at 7 tonight. That's in less than an hour." Tal informed them.
"If I wasn't bleeding, I'd ask if we could go for another roUND!" Lisa started to say before Zim dabbed some more ointment on her.
"Another day. For now, you rest and recover." Zim ordered as he lightly pinched her abused ass, making her shudder in pain and pleasure.
"Very well." she said before turning towards him, showing her exposed, and slightly bleeding, front. "Now...the front, please?"
"With pleasure." Zim said with a grin.
After dropping off Mayor Cutebiker, the group then left to find the rest of their friends. First stop, Lucy.
Tal, who had cloaked and was flying, was now parked in front what looked like some old ruins in the woods. A moment later, a ramp descended to allow Gaz and Haiku to walk out.
"So this is the gate to the Enchanted Forest, home of the Unicorns?" Haiku asked.
"That's what Mabel told me." Gaz answered as they approached the gate.
"Why didn't Mabel come again?" Haiku asked.
"She said that she wanted to be alone to come to terms with what we asked of her." said Gaz.
"Fair enough." Haiku said with a shrug before they stopped just outside of a ring of rocks in the ground, a pair of black shoes and striped socks at their feet. "These are definitely Lucy's" Haiku said before turning to Gaz. "So we just play the recording Mabel sent you and the entrance will appear?"
"Those were Mabel's instructions." Gaz said as she pulled up the file on her phone. She set it to speaker, hit play, and held the phone before her. The sound of a deep voice grunting some weird chant was heard before the area began to shake, followed by the rocks lifting up a forming a ringed area, a door on the side the two women were on. "Huh. It worked."
"Who was making that noise?" Haiku asked.
"Mabel said it was a recording her friend named Grenda left for her in case she wasn't here to sing it herself." Gaz answered as the two opened the doors. They walked in a few steps before stopping, their eyes widening at the sight of what practically every little girl sees in either their dreams, coloring books and cheesy fantasy novels.
"Whoa...too much color at once." Haiku said after the initial shock wore off.
"Huh. Guess all that fanart about a unicorn's home was spot on." Gaz hummed.
"Stop!"
Both women froze up at the sudden command as three unicorns approached, making the two stare in shock and awe.
"Don't take another step!" ordered the unicorn with a feminine voice. "At least not until you take off your shoes!"
"Again with the shoes, C-Beth?" the dark pink unicorn asked with a huff. "What's the deal with you and shoes?"
"Yeah. What are you afraid of? That they'll track dirt in here? Hello! There's dirt everywhere!" the dark blue unicorn reminded her.
"Well excuse me!" C-Beth said before turning away in a huff. The other two ignored her before turning back to Gaz and Haiku.
"Sorry about C-Beth. She's got this thing with shoes." said the dark pink unicorn. "Anyway, who are you and what are you doing here? Come to see a real unicorn? Fulfill a childhood wish?"
"Not exactly, but now I am very curious." Haiku answered.
"Sorry, Haiku. The party's soon." Gaz told Haiku before she began fiddling with her phone. "Actually, we're looking for a friend of ours." she said before showing them a picture of Lucy on her phone. "You seen this woman?"
"Oh yeah. She's here." answered the dark blue unicorn. "Came a few hours ago looking to find us."
"I actually felt a tad concerned when she fell to her knees and silently starting cry." the dark pink unicorn said.
"Crying?" Haiku asked.
"She said that she was unimaginably happy as she composed herself before she tried asking us questions." Cellestabellebethable answered before giving her a bored look. "I told her that if she wanted to truly learn about us, she had to be pure of heart."
"Which is when we stepped in and stopped her before her stupid prank got out of hand again." the dark blue unicorn cut in.
"Prank?" Haiku asked while C-Beth grunted in annoyance.
"So that whole thing that Mabel told us about what your horns can do is true?" Gaz asked.
"That's right. Mabel and her friends needed some of our hair to build a-" the dark pink unicorn began before his friend quickly nudged.
"Ix-nay about ill-Bay." they whispered.
"Uh...for something dumb." the dark pink unicorn continued. "However, we're not exactly that fond of humans and don't like to share anything. Especially our hair."
"So C-Beth here made up that lie to get them to go away, but they kept coming back. This and that happened, blah blah blah. Bottom line. The humans learned the truth and weren't happy at all."
"None of it would've happened if you two hadn't of spilt the beans!" Cellestabellebethable snapped before sighing and turning to Gaz and Haiku. "After that, I confessed and we got into a fight. It was only by luck that they managed to get some of my hair before running away."
All of them stopped as a chuckle was heard. They all turned towards a shadier part of the forest to see a figure walking towards them. They stepped into the light a moment later, revealing themselves to be another unicorn.
A very non-bright unicorn.
Their body and horn was black, but their mane, hooves and tail was a white-ish silver. Upon their rump was a picture of a bleeding heart, a skull and a little bat. Only their eyes were the same as the other unicorns.
"Whoa. Didn't see that coming." said Haiku as the unicorn approached them.
"What? Never seen a gothic unicorn before?" she asked, earning head shakes from the humans.
"What are you doing here? You don't usually leave the shadows." said C-Beth.
"I needed to stretch my legs and was nearby when I heard you talking. I just had to come over when I heard that load of horse apples about those humans running away." she answered before looking at Gaz and Haiku. "Don't let C-Beth fool you. She and her friends here did fight those humans years ago, but they caved when that Mabel human threatened to, and I quote, 'rip their horns off and ram them where the rainbows don't shine.'"
"S-Shut up!" C-Beth snapped as she and her friends glared at the new unicorn before they all trotted away, leaving Gaz and Haiku with the new unicorn.
"Hehe. Sore losers." the unicorn said. "Anywho, you said you're looking for Lucy?"
"Yeah. You know where she is?" Haiku asked.
"This way." the unicorn said before she started walking, with Haiku and Gaz following behind him.
"It's probably a dumb question, but has Lucy been bombarding you with constant questions?" Haiku asked.
"A little at the beginning." the unicorn answered. "She asked all kinds of questions. 'Where'd we come from? Why do we avoid humans? How magical are we?' Those kinds of questions."
"I'm sorry if she's bothering you." said Haiku.
"She's not really being a bother. At least she doesn't ask those dumb questions some of the local humans asked us." she said, her voice sounding irritated.
"What humans and what questions?" Gaz asked.
"Some friends of a girl named Wendy. They didn't ask me since I don't hang with the others, but I overheard them." she said before she started to talk in a deeper voice and sound dumb. "'Hey, can you unicorns, like, fart rainbows and such?'" she asked before turning back to Gaz and Haiku. "Who came up with that? We don't fart rainbows!" she snapped in her normal voice before turning away.
"I'm sorry to hear that." said Gaz.
"Thanks. Besides, we cry, bleed and piss rainbows already. No need for it to come out of our asses." they continued. Haiku stopped walking while Gaz had to fight not to burst into laughter.
"Sorry! Sorry! Just...caught off guard." Gaz wheezed through her chuckles.
"Shh." the unicorn suddenly shushed before gesturing towards some bushes. The two humans came over and peeked through to see Lucy sleeping on the grass, a brush and comic book next to her. "She fell asleep a while ago." she said as they slowly approached Lucy. "She looked so peaceful that I didn't have it in me to wake her up."
"She looks so...happy." Haiku commented as she looked at Lucy's smile before she knelt down and gently nudged Lucy. "Lucy. Lucy, wake up."
"Mmmhuh?" Lucy grunted before yawning and looking up. "Haiku? Gaz?" she muttered before she saw the unicorn. "Gasp!" she gasped before she bolted upright. "Guys! A unicorn! They're real!" she said, excitement in her usual monotone voice.
"We can see that." Haiku said with a small smile as she eyed the unicorn before turning back to Lucy. "Hate to pull you away when you're having fun, but we came to pick you up."
"Why?" Lucy asked, her smile dropping.
"Long and short is that we're going to a party to meet some locals. We're gathering everyone on our side to attend." Gaz answered.
"Is it mandatory?" Lucy asked.
"Even if it's not, you may not want to stick around for much longer." the unicorn answered. "The others might start implying that you're overstaying your welcome and will try to get you to leave."
"What you're so elegantly trying to say is that they'll force Lucy out one way or another if she doesn't leave on her own. Right?" said Haiku.
"Got it in one." the unicorn nodded.
"Sigh. Very well." Lucy said in a sad voice.
"Buck up. I didn't say you couldn't come back. You just can't stay for too long at a time." the unicorn said while gently nudging her back.
"Really?" Lucy asked.
"Yeah." the unicorn answered before leaning close and whispering in her ear. "But when you do, bring the next issue." she said before gesturing to the discarded comic on the ground. "I wanna know what happens next."
"Got it." Lucy said with a nod as she took the comic and hid it under her clothes. "Tomorrow good for you, Shadow?"
"Sure." the unicorn, Shadow, answered.
"Why not come along too? I'm sure the others would flip if they saw a real unicorn." Haiku suggested.
"Pass." Shadow flatly refused. "Two or three humans at once is my limit. A party full of them? No thank you."
"Oh well. Just thought I'd ask." Haiku said with a shrug before they all turned and left, but not before Lucy gave Shadow a small hug.
"Bye." she whispered before she separated and joined her friends, leaving Shadow alone.
"Heh. Never thought I'd actually enjoy being around humans." she said before picking up her hairbrush with her teeth and walking deeper into the darkness of the forest.
Next stop: the mountains to retrieve Mandy and Mindy.
Tal settled nearby a large hole in the mountain before Gaz descended the steps and walked up to the hole.
"Mandy! Mindy! You two in here?!" Gaz called into the hole.
"Here I am." Mindy said as she leaned into view before walking out. "So, there's a party soon?"
"Yeah. Some of the locals want to meet us, so we're gathering everyone." Gaz answered. "Where's Mandy?"
"Back there." Mindy said while throwing her thumb over her shoulder. "Had a little tiff with the Manotaurs, but everything's been settled."
"The what now?" Gaz asked. Mindy merely smiled as she took Gaz's hand and lead her inside. "Where are we go...whoa." Gaz said before seeing the Manotaurs.
Each of them were bruised, beaten and wearing maid outfits. Half of them were using fans while the other half were serving food and drink. Leaderaur, the strongest of them all, was on his hands and knees, his face the worst of them all with how swollen it was.
And sitting atop his head on a bone throne and being pampered by them all was none other than Mandy.
"Hello Gaz. Nice of you to stop by." Mandy said as she looked down at Gaz.
"What in the-...What happened here?!" Gaz demanded. "I told you not to cause a ruckus!"
"I hadn't planned on it. I simply wanted to spar, but these brainless piles of hamburger meat needed to be taught a lesson." Mandy answered. Gaz released an explosive sigh while rubbing her eyes before looking back up at Mandy.
"What lesson involved beating all these...Manotaurs senseless?" Gaz asked.
"Leaderaur. Kindly repeat what you said to me earlier." Mandy ordered. When all he did was grunt, she stomped one of her feet on his head. "Say it!"
"Ergh...You are not worthy of fighting Manotaurs." he said through his swollen lips.
"Keep going." Mandy ordered with a bored look.
"...Manotaurs are stronger, faster and simply better than females in everything." he recited. Gaz blinked a few times before humming and crossing her arms.
"I'm shocked." Gaz said.
"That they'd think that way about women?" Mindy asked.
"No. I'm shocked that you left these guys alive." Gaz said to Mandy.
"Don't give her any ideas!" Pituitaur quietly begged before he and the others all flinched when Mandy stood from her throne.
"Well, I've had enough of torturing these muscleheads for now." she said before jumping to the ground. "Let's get ready for the party."
"Right." Gaz said before looking at the Manotaurs. "Where did they all get the maid outfits?"
"Her." the Manotaurs all said while pointing at Mindy.
"You?" Gaz asked while looking at the redhead.
"Me." Mindy nodded before she snapped her fingers, making the maid outfits change into the Manotaurs usual garb. "I'll explain later."
"One more thing." Mandy suddenly said as she stopped in the hole she made earlier. She looked over her shoulder at the Manotaurs, who winced at her glare. "Next time I come back and you guys go down that easily again, I'll grind you all into burger meat and grill your asses." she warned before the three women left.
"Manotaurs." Leaderaur said after a moment of silence. All of them looked at his steely gaze before it softened, his bottom lip quivering. "This never leaves the Man Cave!" he ordered before he lead them all in sobbing like little babies.
Next stop: Tak, Mimi, Tenn and Lum.
"So Luan and Maggie are picking up Susie, Tambry's friends will arrive later, Wendy will be bring herself and Tambry, Lynn, Shannon and Fink said they'd head for the Mystery Shack after looking around a bit more, Lily said she'd arrive at the Mystery Shack before the party, and everyone else besides Lum, Tenn, Tak and her SIR unit, Mimi, are here. Is that right?" Zim asked.
"That's right." Gaz said answered as Tal drove through Gravity Falls. "They said that they'd be waiting for us outside a little diner called Greasy's."
"Sounds...greasy." Zim said after thinking for a moment, earning a light shove and chuckle from Gaz.
"Think we can grab some food while we're there? I'm a little hungry." said Mindy.
"You do know that I can prepare food here, right?" Tal asked.
"True, but we shouldn't rely on you for everything. If we did, we'd slowly become incapable of helping ourselves." said Wednesday.
"Unless you plan to have us live inside you forever." Parker added.
"Eh, fair point." Tal conceded as they drove up to Greasy's, where Tak, Tenn and Lum were waiting and eating chili fries.
"Those any good?" Marie asked as the three entered Tal, with Mimi zooming in before the door shut.
"Considering the fact that we had two helpings a few hours ago, then ordered these when we came back? Yes. Yes they are." Tenn answered.
"This is gonna go straight to my hips, yet I don't care." Lum commented.
"Must be good then." May said as she reached for some, only to pull it back when Tak smacked it with her claws.
"Get your own!" she snapped before eating some herself.
"Fine." Lee huffed before turning towards Zim. "Can we get some food?"
"Alright." Zim sighed as he gave Gaz his card. "Don't bankrupt me."
"No promises." Gaz joked as all but Zim, Tak, Tenn, Lum and Mimi left Tal.
"Enjoy your time with Lisa?" Tenn asked with a smirk.
"Indeed I did." Zim nodded before he sat down. "Everything from the waist down hurt so much."
"Do they now?" Tenn asked before walking over and sat on his lap. "Do they hurt too much to have a round with me before the party?" she asked as she pressed her breasts against his face.
"Wish I did. Sadly, I wasn't kidding about the pain." Zim groaned. "In fact, please get off. It hurts having you on me."
"Oh, very well." Tenn said in a mock pout as she got off him. Zim sighed in relief before feeling Tenn give a quick kiss to his cheek. "But the moment you're alright, you're mine." she said before walking off.
"I am both aroused and terrified." Zim said as he stared at Tenn.
"Frankly, I'm disgusted." Tak huffed as she and Lum sat down on some seats Tal formed for them, with Mimi hopping onto her lap.
"Then let's talk about something else. Like, what have you four been doing?" Zim asked.
"Walking, talking, eating and, in Tak's case, searching for a place to call her own." Lum answered. "Oh, and Tak made a new friend." Lum added.
"Huh?" Zim balked before looking at Tak. "You? Made a friend?"
"I wouldn't say we're friends. She's just someone I met that I can relate to." Tak answered.
"How?" Zim asked.
"Because she and I have faced a similar situation." she said before glaring at Zim. "We've both had our lives wrecked by an idiot!"
"Oh...I see." was all Zim said while Tak took a deep breath to calm down before turning towards Mimi.
"Mimi, report. What have you found about that mysterious signal?" Tak ordered.
"What signal?" Zim asked.
"If you must know, Mimi picked up a strange signal while scouting the area for me to set up my own base." Tak answered before standing up and taking Mimi away. "I'll tell you all about it later. AND YOU DON'T TELL THEM ANYTHING!" she suddenly yelled to Tal.
"Fine." Tal answered.
"What's with her? She seems angrier than usual." Zim commented.
"Tenn and I may have kept teasing her about her making a friend." Lum said with a giggle. "It was too fun to stop."
"Well leave her be. I have the feeling that she'll just take her anger all out on me, despite it not being my fault." Zim said with a groan before looking at Lum's outfit. "You look good in casual."
"Thank you, though I still prefer my usual clothing." Lum answered. "Speaking of clothing, what should we wear during this little party?"
"Casual sounds fine. It's not a fancy party at some VIP club or something, just a get together between all of us and some of the locals." Zim answered. "At least that's what I've been told."
"Think anyone would mind if I wear my usual?" Lum asked.
"I don't know. If you do and they start complaining, it's not my fault." Zim answered before he stretched in his seat. "Tal, can I get a massage? My everything still hurts."
"Two please." Lum spoke up.
"Alright. One couple's massage, coming right up." she said as the area shifted, with Zim and Lum soon naked and on massage tables. "I've isolated this part from the rest of me, so no one can enter unannounced. Well, aside from Gaz since she does own me." Tal explained as a thin layer of metal completely covered them from the neck down.
"Hey, what kind of massage is-" Lum began to protest before her and Zim's bodies began to vibrate.
"Whhhaaaaaaaoooooooyyyyyeeeeaaaahhhhh!" Zim moaned as he and Lum began to relax, a pleasant warmth surrounding them.
"I scanned your bodies and found all the spots that need the most pressure. The overall body massage and heat is just so I didn't leave anything out." Tal explained.
"Well it's working." Lum said as she felt more pressure being applied to her shoulder and lower back.
"Yeah. Right there at the base." Zim moaned in pleasure as a few tendrils massage the areas where his antennas were connected to his head. "This is amazing."
"And I'll wash these while you relax." Tal said as Zim and Lum's clothing were slipped out and taken elsewhere. "Also, Gaz and the others have returned with dinner."
"Let them in." Zim ordered. A moment later, a doorway appeared in the wall, allowing Gaz and Lucy to walk in, a take out container in their hands.
"Hey Zim. Hey Lum. What are you two doing?" Gaz asked while Lucy ate some of her food.
"It's a full body massage. It feels amazing." Zim answered.
"It's heaven in here." Lum added, her eyes looking a little glazed.
"You two want one?" Tal asked.
"Maybe later. I'm hungry." Gaz answered as she ate some of her chili fries. "You were right, Lum. These are good."
"You get me anything?" Zim asked.
"I got you some dinner." she answered before leaning down close to him. "And I got a special dessert for you later."
"Best tell Tenn then. She called dibs on Zim for later." Lum cut in.
"Is that so? Well, I'll just have a little chat with her." said Gaz.
"If this talking involves fists, prepare some first aid for later." Zim joked.
The Mystery Shack was quiet, save for Soos's footsteps as he ascended the stairs. He went towards the door to the Pines Twins old bedroom, now a guest room, before giving it a soft knock.
"Hey, dude. It's me, Soos." he said.
"Come in." came Mabel's voice. Soos opened the door to find Mabel on the bed, a far off look in her eyes.
"You okay, dude? It's almost 7 o'clock." he informed her.
"Yeah. Just...thinking of things." she answered.
"Must be some serious things. You've been here for over half an hour but haven't made a sound. We were starting to think you were dead." Soos said as he walked in and closed the door. "Is everything alright?"
"I'm alright. Just got a lot on my mind is all." she answered before she sat up. "My friend Gaz asked me if I wanted to help her and Zim on something."
"What is it?" Soos asked.
"Can't say. It's super secret." Mabel answered. "Like a 'burn your diary and have your brain put through a blender so they can't pick it out from that' kind of secret."
"Wow. That's some big secret." Soos said as he sat on the bed next to her. "Do you want to join them for this big secret?"
"Hmm. I don't know. If I do, it'd be a really huge step. There's tons of perks, but I'd have to give up something really deep and personal." Mabel answered.
"If it's making you uncomfortable, then say no. I mean, it's not mandatory, right?" Soos asked.
"No, it's not. It's just...I've never been asked what she asked me to do before." Mabel said before sighing and resting her chin on her knees.
"Well, you said that there are perks in whatever she's asking of you. Do the pros outweigh the cons?" Soos asked.
"Hmm. Maybe?" Mabel answered.
"Will you be alone, or will somebody else be helping with this secret?" Soos continued.
"From what she's told me, there's going to be tons of people. And only those that Gaz trusts and approves of are allowed to help." Mabel answered.
"Well that's two big pros right there." Soos said with a smile, making her look at him in confusion. "There's more than just you, so you won't be shouldering the whole burden of whatever it is you'd be doing. And if it's only for those Gaz approves, then that means she trusts you."
"Huh. Never thought of it that way." Mable said while she starting to think on it. "Maybe I'm just overthinking all the things that could go wrong."
"Yeah. Besides, what could be worse than what happened on your first Summer here in Gravity Falls?" Soos asked.
"Hehe. I don't think anything could top that." Mabel chuckled.
"There it is. There's the usual smile I see on your face." Soos said while pulling her into a side hug. The both laughed before Mabel give Soos a hug, which he happily returned.
"Thanks Soos. I needed that." she said as they separated.
"Anytime, dude. You and Dipper are practically family." he said before he stood up. "And speaking of family, I have to get back to Melody. We're going out tonight."
"Sure you two won't stay and meet everyone?" Mabel asked.
"It's tempting, but I promised Melody a night for just the two of us. And this time, Abuelita won't be coming. She's got bingo tonight." Soos answered before giving her the keys to the shack. "Have fun tonight. Don't burn the shack down." he said as he walked out the door.
"No promises!" she called back with a laugh before she walked out the door and downstairs herself. "Let's see if I got everything." she said as she read off a list. "Food and beverages?" she said before looking at a table of snacks and sodas. "Check. Music?" She looked at a nearby CD player, a small stack of CDs next to it. "Check. Friendly smile and appearance?" She walked into the bathroom and looked at herself. She was wearing a simple purple sweater, jeans and black shoes with her usual headband. She then give a friendly smiled before going back to the list. "Double check. Alright Mabel, you can do this. Just meet the guy, see what he's like, don't take him at face value and see if going with them would be worth it." she said to herself before perking up when she heard someone knocking on the door. "Alright! Time to cast your worries to the wind and have fun tonight!" she exclaimed before she ran towards the door. She stopped before opening it, calmed herself, then opened it to find Nate, Lee, and Thompson standing on the other side. "Hey guys. You here for the party?"
"Sure are. We also brought some guests." said Lee before moving aside to show Susie and Maggie.
"Hello." Susie said with a wave.
"Hi." Maggie said with a smile, her cheeks a little pink as she righted herself.
"Hi." Mabel waved back before leaning towards Nate. "Is she drunk?"
"We'll explain later. But there's one more person to introduce." Nate answered before turning to Thompson. "Drum roll, Thompson!" he yelled. Thompson then began to beat his stomach with his hands, making Mabel laugh.
"Presenting the one, the only...LUAN LOUD!" Lee announced before he and Lee moved aside, showing a smiling Luan standing behind them all.
"Whoa! The famous comedian?!" Mabel asked in shock.
"That's me!" Luan answered as she shook Mabel's hand, a joy buzzer giving Mabel a light zap.
"Ow! Hahaha!" Mabel laughed. "This is so cool! How'd you get her to come here?!"
"Before we answer, would you happen to have a place my friend Maggie could rest? She's had a bit of a day." Luan politely asked while gesturing towards Maggie.
"I see ducks...that light up the sky~" Maggie sang as she swayed on her feet.
"She saw Cerberus and started throwing back beers." Lee answered.
"She threw most of it up earlier, but she's still a little out of it." Nate added.
"Sure. There's a guest room upstairs that she can lie down on." Mabel offered.
"What?! No! I came to meet people!" Maggie protested.
"You can meet people when you've sobered up a little." Luan told her.
"Ugh, fine." Maggie said before she tugged at her shirt. "What's with the heat? This shirt's too hot." she whined.
"It's not that hot today-WHOA MOMMA!" Mabel suddenly yelped when Maggie lifted her own shirt over her head, letting everyone see her purple bra covered breasts.
"Whoa!" Lee said as the three men stared before Luan quickly pulled Maggie's shirt back down.
"Guest room! This way!" Mabel quickly said as she and Luan pushed a giggling Maggie inside and up the stairs.
"The bedroom? We getting to the fun part?" the men heard Maggie ask before a door slam was heard, followed by Mabel coming back down.
"Let's just forget that happened, okay?" Mabel asked with a big smile.
"That's gonna be a little difficult." Thompson said as another car parked near the Mystery Shack.
"Yo! Nate, Lee, Thompson!" Robbie called out as he walked towards the shack. "You guys made it!"
"Robbie? I thought Tambry was still angry with you." Lee said in surprise.
"She is, but she knew it wouldn't be fair to not invite me if she invited all of you." Robbie answered. "So, anyone else here besides-Susie?!" he suddenly yelped when he saw Susie.
"Oh no." Susie sighed before smiling. "Hello Robbie." she greeted. Robbie just stood there with his mouth open before shutting it and immediately tried to act suave.
"Hey there beautiful. Didn't know you were coming to this little party." he said. "How about you and me take in the Gravity Falls night life afterwards?"
"Hmm. We'll see." she said with a smile as they all walked into the Mystery Shack.
"Yes!" Robbie silently fist pumped, not seeing Susie shaking her head no.
"Is Wendy here?" Lee asked.
"Not yet." Mabel answered before she saw Wendy pull up, a texting Tambry in the passenger seat. "Now she is."
"Wendy! Tambry! Wendy! Tambry!" Nate, Lee and Thompson chanted.
"Hey guys." Wendy chuckled as she and Tambry walked towards the Shack. "Is everyone here?"
"Don't know. We don't know who's all invited. So far, it's the three of us, you two, Robbie, and these three other women we met." Nate answered.
"You guys got dates?" Tambry asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I wish. We just met them, but they said they knew about the party and came." Lee said before whispering to them. "One of them's Luan Loud!"
"The comedian?" Tambry asked. "The one that has a show in a few days?"
"You sure? Why would someone famous come to the Mystery Shack?" Wendy asked in a skeptical tone.
"It's true! She even told us some of her jokes!" Thompson spoke up.
"Oh yeah? Prove it." Wendy said with a smile, her arms crossed over her chest.
"Okay, my friend's asleep now. Hopefully she'll sleep off the alcohol." Luan said as she descended the stairs, making Tambry and Wendy stare in shock.
"Okay...I believe you." Wendy said while Tambry snapped a pic of Luan.
"This is gonna be the best party ever!" Mabel cheered before another familiar face parked nearby. "And it just got better! Hi Pacifica!"
"Hey Mabel." Pacifica greeted before Mabel outright glomped her in a hug. "Oof! Geez, someone's happy." Pacifica laughed as she hugged Mabel back.
"I'm so glad you came! We've got so many people coming!" Mabel exclaimed as she practically dragged Pacifica to the shack.
"I heard it was a Meet n' Greet, but who are we meeting...is that Luan Loud?" Pacifica asked after seeing Luan.
"Is that going to be everyone's reaction to seeing me?" Luan asked jokingly as Fink and Lynn came over on an orange motorcycle.
"Lynn-sanity's here to party!" Lynn announced as she and Fink got off the motorcycle, which shifted into Shannon.
"Dude! Isn't she that pro athlete, Lynn Loud?" Nate asked as Lynn ran up and hugged Luan.
"Think they're sisters?" Lee asked.
"How you been, Luan? Comedy tour been good?" Lynn asked.
"Yep. Been making people laugh everywhere I go. Getting back into sports soon?" Luan asked.
"The moment the season starts, sis!" Lynn answered with a grin.
"She said sis, so I guess they are sisters." Thompson stated before the wind suddenly picked up, then died down. "What was that?"
"What was what?" Lily asked from behind Thompson, making him, Nate and Lee all jump in fright.
"Lily! You made it!" Luan exclaimed as she and Lily hugged each other.
"You say that like I wasn't coming." Lily said with a laugh as they separated.
"Hey! You're that girl!" Wendy exclaimed while pointing at Lily.
"Yeah. I'm a girl." Lily answered with a smile.
"I mean you're that girl that jumped into the ground, then blew away as a bunch of leaves on the wind!" Wendy explained.
"She did what now?" Nate asked while the others looked at Lily.
"What's she talking about, Lily?" Luan asked.
"She's talking about this." Lily answered before doing a light hop onto the dirt before disappearing into the ground, making them all yelp.
"What happened?! She fall into a sinkhole?!" Lynn yelled in a panic as she frantically patted the ground.
"Honk honk!" Lily's voice giggled as a hand made of dirt reached up and gently squeezed Lynn's nose, making her gasp and back away while a dirt figure rose up from the ground. It shook itself off to show a grinning Lily, leaving everyone watching in stunned surprise.
"Did...Did she...Did she...?!" Nate got out through his incoherent babbling.
"Okay...now I believe you." Tambry said after turning towards Wendy.
"That...was...AWESOME!" Mabel cheered.
"Question!" Thompson yelled before raising his hand. "Can you do other things, and are you making the ground shake?!"
"Yes and what?" Lily answered before she and the others started to feel the area shake a little. Everyone, aside from Maggie, ran out of the Mystery Shack when the shaking intensified.
"What's going on?! An earthquake?"! Robbie asked.
"That, or the others are finally here." Lynn said before a massive honk sounded out. "It's the others in Tal!"
"Who's Tal?! What are you...talking...a...bout?!" Pacifica asked, her voice getting higher at the end as Tal drove close before slowing down and parking in front of the Mystery Shack. Those who hadn't seen it before felt their jaws drop at the sight of the massive limousine that was Tal.
"That's Tal." Susie answered as a window opened, allowing Gaz to stick her head out.
"Hey Mabel! We late for the party?" she asked.
"That depends. Is everyone else in there?" Mabel asked.
"Yeah." Gaz nodded.
"Then the party can finally begin! Get them out here!" Mabel yelled with a grin.
"Alright." Gaz said with a shrug before the window widened into a doorway, allowing Gaz and everyone else to walk out. By the time Tak, who was the last one to exit Tal, joined the others, the jaws of most of the Gravity Falls locals were scraping the ground.
"So...we are having a party now?" Wednesday asked in her usual monotone while Thompson fainted.
"PARTY!" Mabel cheered.
A/N: Next chapter, the party. Sadly, it won't be for a while. Next month, I am going to be working on my FNAF story. I might be able to work on another as well, but not one of the big ones. Can't work on two big ones at once or I'll get nowhere. Which one should I work on as well?
Also, did I miss anyone at the party? And finally, is Gravity Falls built atop that giant spaceship, or near it? I can't tell no matter how many times I look.
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