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The Pines family has a history of being skilled businessmen, scientists and archaeologists but has also been victims of rumors connecting them to forms of witchcraft, slavery all kinds that include Humans, Faunus and Mobians, prostitution and drug dealers. The Pines family had their share of enemies and yet they have also attracted powerful clients, including Dexter Senior of DexLabs and even headmaster Phil Ken Sebben of GrimmFall for unknown reasons.
Though not proven the Pines family is suspected of harboring many secrets and collecting possible artifacts going back thousands of years.
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"So does your family have any secrets? It doesn't have to be anything bad. Everyone's got secrets. I probably have some but you'd have to ask the guys who built me." TOM said, closing the file. "So ever wonder what roles your family could have played in history? You know all of your relatives? Chances are that you got a lot more than you know and you might be surprised to know who you might be related to. So don't be afraid to pull out the old family album and tree and see what you might find."
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The Summerween Trickster lunged at Scotty Blake who raised his claymore and slashed at the Trickster when it got close enough. The Trickster spun to the side and leapt out, launching a spinning kick at Scotty's head. Scotty however raised one hand and blocked the kick, grabbing the Trickster by the leg and slammed it into the ground. He then picked it up by the leg again and slammed it back down onto the ground.
The Trickster let out no screams of pain as the Scotsman repeatedly slammed it into the ground. Instead it seemingly burst into pieces, leaving its jacket and mask behind. Scotty watched as the candy scattered across the ground and reformed itself, becoming a massive spider like creature with a face composed of two mints for eyes, two rolls of a candy similar to Smarty's for eyebrows, a long piece of Licorice for a mouth, and candy corn for teeth.
"Eh, you look like something a cow spit out." Scotty remarked.
The Trickster growled and leapt at the Scotsman, releasing streams of black licorice to grab him. Scotty swung his sword, cutting through the licorice easily. The licorice fell to the ground and dissolved into black smoke.
Much like Grimm would do when they were slain.
"Dark Substance…" Scotty narrowed his eyes at the Trickster. "So you got mixed up in some of that Grimm stuff."
He knew that stuff better than almost anyone.
The Trickster growled and created four candy cane swords for his four hands to hold. He spun his new weapons in his hands, giving them the appearance of buzz saws as he slowly approached the Scotsman, ready to slice him apart despite the comical looking weapons. Scotty raised his claymore and looked for an opening in the Trickster's opening attack. He thrust his claymore and the weapon collided with all four candy cane swords just as the Trickster had prepared to attack causing sparks to fly from the impact.
The Trickster stepped back and slashed with two swords at Scotty who blocked and swung with both hands. The Trickster spun and blocked with all four candy cane swords before slashing at the Scotsman who defended himself. Both opponents slashed and clashed with their blades, sending sparks flying across the park until finally one delivered a blow.
"AH!" The Scotsman yelled as he cut through a hand, causing it and the sword it was carrying to fall to the ground.
Scotty then lashed out with his mechanical leg, firing a shell of red Dust that hit the hand and exploded, burning it to ashes. The Trickster growled and launched a series of furious attacks on the Scotsman in the wake of his first victory. However Scotty remained composed and continued to defend until finally he attacked again and cut another hand off. The Trickster growled as he stabbed at Scotty with his remaining swords but the Scotsman easily blocked.
"It's over." Scotty declared, the Celtic markings of his sword starting to glow.
An aura surrounded his body as he pressed forward and his sword cut through the remaining candy cane swords with the Trickster being next as it screamed, feeling the sword as it cut through its body. The sword's power burned through the Dark Substance inside its body.
Scotty stepped back, sheathing his sword and watching as the Trickster's body evaporated. "Big Baby, getting all cranky over a little candy."
He looked over his shoulder, staring down the road in the direction the Trickster had been staring it.
"Elementals." Scotty whispered. "Things are going to get a little crazy."
He had been around long enough to know about the Elementals and the roles they had secretly played in shaping history. A creature of living candy could only mean that one of them, the Candy Elemental was nearby and had something to do with whatever reason that freak was lurking around here. Elemental issues were usually the biggest problems next to Grimm almost anywhere.
Though there only been a very few times an Elemental had appeared in Scotland Clan Blake knew all about the Elementals and if one or more was in GrimmFall attracting the wrong kind of attention things would be getting ugly very soon.
"Better be keeping an eye around here." Scotty sheathed his sword.
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*RING-RING-RING*
'This is Lana Kane, leave a message.'
"Figures." A girl sighed, hanging up her cell phone. "I don't know why I bother."
The girl in question had light brown skin and short purple hair with a pink highlight in front of her left ear. She wore a purple and white shirt with a purple skirt, light purple leggings, and decorated black boots, along with two black earrings. She also carried around a black flip cell phone that often took up most of her time.
"I guess it's just me and Nyx again this birthday." The girl put her phone away.
It's not like she should be surprised.
While she remembered having a somewhat childhood her mother has not been present for all the birthdays and special events in her and her little sister's lives. The times that she had been present could only be counted with fingers on one hand. Her mother had been out, working some Dust company or something like that since they were both little. Their father on the other hand had died, killed by a Grimm shortly after Nyx was born.
"Guess I'm ordering pizza again for the two of us." The girl put her phone away, stepping away from the wall she had been leaning against and walked into the pizza restaurant.
"Tambry!" The man at the counter called out with a smile. "Well, what brings you here?"
"I need a pizza for tonight. A large one with pepperoni, green peppers and bacon." The girl named Tambry answered, placing a few dollar bills on the counter.
"Tonight huh?" The man raised an eyebrow. "Sure. I'll have one ready for you at five."
"Thanks." Tambry Kane said with a small smile.
Now she just needs to pop over to the general store and see if there were any good movies to rent for the night.
"Sister of the Year award goes to me." Tambry muttered.
Maybe she should invite Wendy and those Pine kids over. At least then Nyx would have kids her own age to play with.
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"So this is it." Dexter said as he stepped out of the limo with his grandfather in front of the Northwest Mansion at Gravity Falls.
"Yes." Dexter Senior nodded. "Welcome to Gravity Falls."
And they were not the only ones to arrive.
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Jack Spicer stepped out of his own limo, spotting Dexter and his grandfather as they made their way to the door where the Northwest butler was waiting. "Dexter O'Reily from DexLabs. This should be interesting."
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"I read all of the science articles from DexLabs." Hoagie whispered in excitement as he and his brother walked to the front doors.
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"I remember them all from my dreams." Double D whispered, maintaining a strict silence around his parents.
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The butler opened the doors and beckoned them to follow as they entered the mansion. They all silently followed him into a large dining room where Preston Northwest greeted them.
"Welcome, honored guests." Preston said grandly with his most charming smile. "I am honored you all accepted my invitation to come here."
"Preston Northwest." Dexter Senior remarked as he sat down. "I must admit I was surprised to receive an invitation from you."
"And I am surprised you came as well, Mr. O'Reily." Preston said, sitting down at the chair at the end of the table. "Still I believe this is a wonderful opportunity for us. Gravity Falls has been a little…Off the map in recent years."
"Well I know Mr. Fulbright asked me to come here to take part in a special project taking place here." Betty Gilligan spoke up.
"Yes. A special project I have been working for several years, to make Gravity Falls more open to the world. Of course it's better that I explain something about our fair town." Preston replied. "To begin with you will see that this town has no Hunters in its borders. The only people who even are trained to fend off anything that might come our way are a local police force with a handful of officers. The reason is why that is the entire area surrounding this city is completely clear of Grimm. For reasons we do not know they do not come here and completely avoid this town, making it one of the safest places on Earth."
"The Grimm avoid this place?" Jack Spicer could not help but ask.
Preston nodded. "Yes. This entire area is completely void of Grimm. A few decades ago a friend of ours made an impressive scientific discovery that might explain why the Grimm do not come here and so I have sent invitations to many families out there with resources or gifted people willing to help explore the mysteries of this land."
"What kind of discovery did this friend of your makes?" Dexter Senior asked.
"Nothing I can confirm aside from a strange energy reading that repels Grimm. So if this can be replicated think of many lives can be saved. And the answer lies beneath the home of my friend who sadly passed away long ago. Fortunately his brother took over and has been keeping the place in perfect condition." Preston answered. "Now, I will not force anyone to stay and thus if you wish to leave you are free to leave at any time you wish but if you wish to stay I offer the full comfort of my hospitality and this entire town. You are not the only ones I have invited and thus expect many more to arrive, especially for the Northwest Fest that is coming up in a week. Dukes, Duchesses and many more will be attending and if you chose to stay you will be allowed to attend as well which will serve good food and a chance to meet many potential new friends. Now then, if you are willing to stay my maids will show you all to the rooms that have been prepared for you and thank you all for hearing me out."
He watched as his guests were led out to their rooms, relaxing in his chair when they were all gone. "This was easier than I thought."
"It was." Preston barely turned around as his daughter stepped out of the shadows. "They look…Interesting."
"Anyone of those kids catch your eye?" Preston asked with a chuckle.
"Nah. Old Man O'Reilly's grandchild doesn't look interesting; the other two are either scrawny or fat." Pacifica shook her head. "But speaking of interesting boys…"
There was still that Pines kid in the Mystery Shack.
She had known what she had been meant ever since before she was born, when she met her 'true' father in her dreams while she was still in her mother's womb. Bill Cipher appeared as her very first thought, giving her knowledge and teaching her what she was meant to be.
A Daughter of Bill Cipher.
While Bill couldn't give her any of his powers he was able to infuse her with enough of his will that she had the intellect and the ritual that was used to make her into what she was left her with a powerful gift that was be used against any enemies that Cipher knew would try and stop the prophecy from coming true. Pacifica had used this to bless almost all of Bill's followers and increased their already considerable power.
But now Pacifica had an interest of her own.
"Interested in that Pines boy, huh?" Preston asked, raising an eyebrow.
Personally he didn't understand but to each their own he guessed.
"The rest of the kids around my age are so boring or ugly. I'm more interested in the new kids." Pacifica smirked.
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Mason 'Dipper' Pines could honestly say his stay at his great uncle's mystery shop for the summer was more exciting than he thought. His parents lived Piedmont California and that had been well protected by military soldiers and defense systems in addition to the Hunters that lived there so Dipper and his sister had not even seen a glimpse of a Grimm while growing up but he had read about them, the history of the Hunters and many other myths. He was an adventurer at heart and was always on the lookout for something exciting and his stay in Gravity Falls had been like a dream come true for him.
And right now he was reading something in the journal he had found on the weirdness of Gravity Falls.
The Two Faced Worm
A two-headed, worm-like monster that dwells by the seashore this worm is capable of speech and sentience, acting as a magical creature that can grant any wish. The worm will ask which one of the two heads really had the magic powers. If guessed right, the victim would be eaten and taken to a "magical place" where all his or her desires would come true; if guessed wrong, they would be eaten and digested for '500 years'. However I quickly discovered that both heads were both liars and there was no so-called magic.
It is amazing how such a creature could be born outside of Gravity Falls and I have considered it is possibly a mutant Mobian of some kind.
Do not approach the seashore near Gravity Falls unless you are armed and if you see this worm, slay it.
"Wow so they are actually creatures like the ones I've seen here in other places of the world." Dipper whispered as he closed the book.
And one day he hoped to see all of them.
"Dipper!" Mabel shouted as she climbed up into their room. "Dipper, guess what?"
"What Mabel?" Dipper said, getting off the bed.
"Wendy's inviting us to a party for Tambry's little sister. She's around our age." Mabel said with an excited look on her face.
"Tambry? She has a little sister?" Dipper asked, having only seen Tambry a few times and knew she was a friend of Wendy.
Mostly because besides things about the paranormal he liked topics about his main crush Wendy.
"Yeah!" Mable nodded. "And Tambry wants us to come so her sister has people her own age to hang out with! We will watch movies, have pizza and have so much fun!"
"Well…" Dipper considered his options.
Truth be told he wasn't a party kind of person but on the other hand Wendy was going so maybe he could handle it.
"Come on, Dipper!" Mabel urged him, pulling him down the stairs by the arm. "Let's go have some fun!"
"Okay, okay!" Dipper said, feeling like Mabel was about to tear his arm out of his socket as they reached the door.
It was a little annoying when Mabel got like this because she never took no for an answer.
Still if Wendy was going to be there maybe just this once he wouldn't complain. As they turned a corner Mabel bumped into someone, knocking both them and herself down.
"Mabel?" Dipper asked, leaning over his sister. "You okay?"
"Yeah." Mabel sat up. "Guess I got too excited. Are you okay?"
The person in question was a girl around their age with tanned skin, light purple hair and dark purple eyes. She wore black combat boots, black and purple stockings, a black double layered skirt, a simple black T-shirt and a half-length jacket with white fur lining on the edges and cuffs. Perched on her shoulder was a parrot with powder gray, with a tinge of smokey purple, but it appeared dark grey in dim light. It had a small, floppy white plumage on its head and tufts of white fur-like feathers a bit above the level of his eyes, which gave it the appearance of a balding elderly man with a stringy toupee, and it wears a purple scarf.
The girl got up and brushed her jacket. "Yeah, I'm good."
"Sorry about that. My sister got excited for this party one of our friends is throwing." Dipper said, hoping to defuse any bad tension.
"Really huh?" The girl asked with a light smirk. "I think I know what party you are talking about and it just so happens I'm on my way there as well."
"You friends with the birthday girl?" Mabel asked excitedly.
"In a manner of speaking." The girl shrugged. "My name is Nyx."
"I'm Mabel and this is my brother Dipper." Mabel introduced herself and her brother.
Nyx raised an eyebrow. "Dipper?"
"It's Mason actually but Dipper is what everyone has been calling me since I was five." Dipper explained, having long since got used to his nickname.
"I think it suits you." Nyx said, smiling a bit.
"So who's your friend?" Mabel asked, gesturing to the parrot sitting on Nyx's shoulder who was just staring at the two kids.
"This is Pericles." Nyx said, patting the parrot on the back. "Don't worry. He's friendly. Just don't ask to pet him."
"Does he bite?" Dipper asked, a little wary of the parrot for some reason.
"Nah. He just doesn't like anyone but me." Nyx said with a reassuring smile. "He had a bad run in with some Grimm when he was little."
"Wow. That's so sad." Mabel said empathetically.
"Yeah. I found him and nursed him back to health." Nyx petted Pericles on the back some more. "He sticks with me and doesn't like anyone else. Now about this party, it's being run by Tambry right?"
"Yeah. You know her?" Dipper asked.
"Sure do. Come on. We don't want to be late." Nyx gestured for them to follow. "I know a short cut."
"Cool!" Mabel smiled happily as she followed after Nyx.
Dipper followed behind; still unnerved a bit by Nyx's parrot and the way it looked at him. His time in Gravity Falls may have made him slightly paranoid but he did have good reason for it. So when he thought there was something off with the bird he didn't dismiss it. Still he could keep an eye on it at the birthday party while seeing Wendy at the same time.
Not everything weird had to lead to some sort of weird disaster.
Right?
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"So this Bill Cipher burned down his entire dimension?"
Jasmine Lee, former Te Xuan Ze nodded as she shared tea with her granddaughter while her grandsons watched the TV in the room they were renting for the night, planning to continue their journey to Gravity Falls in the morning. "He was born in a second dimension that he burned down and took up refuge in the Nightmare Realm, an unstable realm that's decaying due to its instability. Bill hates law and order and when he took refuge there he ran it to the ground and he'll do the same to this dimension if he gets here."
"So this guy hates rules?" June took a sip of her coffee.
"More than that." Jasmine shook her head. "The elders tried to banish him back to his own dimension but unlike us three dimensional one life span people Bill is a multi-life spanning dream demon that has been making deals with people in our world throughout history to create a portal to connect our plane of existence with the Nightmare Realm. In the dream realm he has complete omnipotence and not even the elders are a match for something like that."
"So how we do stop him?" June asked.
"We have to stop the cult from bringing him here. If any luck he'll be trapped in his own decaying dimension until the very end." Jasmine answered. "This is big, June. Bill Cipher is greater than any threat you've deal with before."
"And I thought we had enough trouble outside of Orchid Bay with just the Grimm." June sighed.
"It'll be worse than that, June. I've been speaking with the elders about this for a long time because even though I never encountered him I knew enough about Bill to know the kind of threat he could one day become." Jasmine continued. "Bill has found a way to implant pieces of his own consciousness into anyone chosen by him, allowing him to enhance the power of any Semblances of any warriors who gains a piece of him."
"Really?" June was now surprised. "How can a dream demon do that?"
"A Semblance is created by the inner desires of a person's conscious, acting as the muscles of the mind that can become more powerful with the proper training. As a dream demon that can possess anyone or even interact with them on a dreamscape. Bill can enhance the Semblance of anyone he inhabits from the unconscious part of the mind the piece of him resides in." Jasmine explained.
"So we have to deal with a super powered cult in addition to an all-powerful demon that might show up?" June sighed. "Grim wasn't kidding when he said I'd have to deal with bigger threats outside of Orchid Bay."
"No he was not." Jasmine agreed. "As dangerous as he is Bill is just one threat, the tip of the iceberg compared to the many likely threats the Te Xuan Ze will encounter as we explore the world."
"Any you want to tell me about to give me a heads up?" June asked half-jokingly.
"Sorry, kid. It's a big list and too long to count." Jasmine answered, smirking slightly as June groaned and lied her face down on the table. "Don't worry, June. I can put in a call for help and see if there are any Hunters around to give us a hand."
June lifted her head up with a slightly pleased look on her face. "Well, at least I am getting help."
"So as long as we have good reason to call. Don't want the elders thinking we're calling in Hunters for every cat stuck up a tree." Jasmine chuckled which June quickly mirrored.
She was all too happy to about finally leaving Orchid Bay to feel down.
And she was still excited to see what things were like in other towns. She may have to deal with more dangerous threats but she wouldn't trade this chance to see more of the world for anything.
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"A tournament?" Nigel asked as Wally showed him and Abby a notice for a tournament. "You want to sign up for that?"
"I want us all to sign up for it." Wally said like it was simple. "Come on, what better way to show off our skills than in a tournament?"
"Seriously?" Abby sighed, rubbing her head.
"You want to get strong right? How can you know you are even getting strong if you don't have someone to fight?" Wally asked rhetorically.
What made Abby and Nigel so silent was that Wally actually had a good point that sounded very smart. While they had upped their training since that run in with Drago they had not actually done anything else than a few spars.
"When does it start?" Nigel finally asked.
"Saturday." Wally answered, pointing to the date on the sheet. "We don't need to pay at all. It's all for charity and to show local applicants for Nevernest Academy."
Abby took the sheet and looked it over. "The winners get a possible tuition to Nevernest if they impress the judges. We just have to show the skills in both combat and present real schematics for weapons we are making. You actually found this?"
"It's not that long a reach." Nigel pointed out. "I did read that lots of places do small tournaments for promising applicants into Huntsmen Academies. We do need to show we have at least done a year's worth of learning and training how to fight."
"Yeah. Not to mention all those times I had to run with heavy weights on." Wally agreed with an eager grin. "You guys were even training before I met you and you are tougher than anyone else I've beat down. My uncle even let you guys take the same kind of training as me and you've managed to last half as long which is impressive."
While it was technically true compared to Wally who had more experience in the endurance training his uncle had set up Nigel and Abby were both behind him in that department, not that they weren't completely behind because Wally's uncle admitted he was impressed by both of them. Before school ended for the summer the three of them went through Lou's training which was meant to last for ten hours. Wally was able to last for seven hours while Nigel and Abby only lasted for four hours but they were slowly building up.
Nigel looked at Abby. "Well, what do you think?"
Abby glanced between Nigel and Wally before smiling a bit. "Why not? Just don't complain to me when you both lose."
"You're on sister!" Wally barked but was grinning all the same.
"Let's just make a deal." Nigel remarked, causing both to look at him. "If one or two of us lose and one of us makes it to the finals we support whoever does."
"Good idea, mate." Wally nodded in agreement with Abby.
"And we do not hold back on each other if and when we fight each other." Nigel continued. "We want to be strong right?"
"You got it." Abby smiled and nodded.
Wally pumped a fist. "I ain't holding back nothing!"
"Then we're agreed." Nigel held out a hand.
Wally and Abby placed their hands on top of his, all three of them smiling.
"We go in as friends and we win or lose as friends." Nigel said as they broke apart.
The three of them stood together when the Lava Monster Drago tried to kill them and they planned to stick together no matter what.