"He's looking at it! He's looking at it!" Dipper heard his sister squeal. He rolled his eyes. He read the note from over the boy's shoulder as he continued spraying a jar on the shelf.
Do you like me?
Yes
Definitely
Absolutely
"I rigged it!" Mabel told him.
"Mabel, I know you're going through your whole 'Boy Crazy' phase, but I kind of think you're overdoing it with the crazy part. Plus, he looks like he's 16 or something." She blew a raspberry.
"What? Come on, Dipper! This is our first summer away from home! It's my big chance to have an epic summer romance!" Dipper decided not to point out the fact that they're twelve.
"Yeah, but do you have to flirt with every guy you meet?" He remembered the time with the guy at the cards display, the one with the turtle, and the worst one, the one with the mattress guy.
"Mock all you want brother, but I got a good feeling about this summer. I wouldn't be surprised if the man of my dreams walked through that door right now!" Stan walked through the door and burped, but it didn't come up all the way.
"Oh! Oh, not good. Ow."
"WHY?" Mabel screamed. Dipper laughed. They both heard someone clear their throat behind them.
"Um..hi. Were you the ones who wrote this?" Dipper recognized him as the boy Mabel gave the note to.
"Nope. All her. Nothing to do with me" Dipper said and pointed to Mabel. The boy looked really confused.
"Um...you do know I'm 15 right" Mabel made a psh noise.
"Age is just a number! Anyways, what is your name, handsome new friend? I'm Mabel, and this is Dipper!" The boy looked seriously confused. Dipper didn't blame him. Mabel could be overwhelming at first.
"Um….Danny? Are you guys twins or something?" Dipper didn't reply, knowing what was coming.
"YES!" Mabel screamed and hugged him. "We're the closest twins anyone has ever met! Everyone tells us that!" Before Danny could say anything else, they heard Stan say start talking.
"All right, all right, people. I need someone to go hammer up these signs in the spooky part of the forest" Dipper was quick to try and get out of the task.
"Not it!" He screamed. Mabel did the same.
"Uh, also not it." The Mystery Shack handyman, Soos, said. Dipper liked him.
"Nobody asked you, Soos"
"I know, and I'm comfortable with that." Then he started eating a candy bar that came from nowhere. Dipper wondered if he was the only one questioning that.
"Wendy, I need you to put up this sign!" The redhead sitting on a chair behind the counter who Dipper assumed was Wendy replied.
"I would, but I, ugh, can't, reach it, uhh" Stan sighed and looked back to Dipper and Mabel.
"I'd fire you all if I could. All right, let's make it...eenie, meenie, miney…." Stan pointed to Dipper. Uh oh. "You." Dipper groaned.
"Aw, what? Grunkle Stan, whenever I'm in those woods, I feel like I'm being watched." Stan groaned and mumbled something.
"I'm telling you, something is going on in this town! Just today, my mosquito bites spelled out beware" He pulled out his arm and showed it to everyone.
"That says bewarb." Dipper looked down, embarrassed. He was sure they said beware earlier. "Look, kid, The whole monsters in the forest thing is just local legend drummed up by guys like to to send merch to guys like that" Stan pointed to a sweaty, overweight man who was giggling at a Stan bobblehead. " So quit being so paranoid! But if it will really make you feel better, take him with you" he pointed to Danny who looked very shocked.
"But, um, I don't work here?" Stan just stared at him.
"Just do it." Stan said. Danny shrugged and gave an okay. Dipper was not thrilled to go into a creepy forest with some stranger he just met. Danny could be a serial killed for all he knows! In fact when he thought about it, he did look pretty shady. Does he look like he has any weapons? Dipper looked at him. No, nothing obvious. That didn't mean he didn't have anything hidden. Maybe he should bring a weapon-
"HELLO?" Suddenly Danny was up in his face. He screamed and jumped back. Danny chuckled and made a "calm down" motion.
"Woah. Lost in thought?" Dipper nodded, not really trusting him.
"Yeah…" His mind wandered back to Grunkle Stan.
"Ugh, Grunkle Stan. Nobody believes anything I say." Danny looked at him sympathetically.
"Yeah. I know how that feels" He put the sign down from the tree. Danny looked like he was lost in memory, then cringed and looked down. "Where I come from, no one ever believed anything I said about weird stuff" Dipper's suspicion level immediately went up. He assumed Danny lived here all his life. Apparently he didn't, and he came from another town with weird things there.
"Where did you live?" Danny froze, like he gave away too much information. "Not important."
'Why did you move here?"
"Um….I...left because…..my parents...they um…..died." Dipper cringed. He felt horrible. Of course he didn't want to talk about his past!
"Oh wow, I'm really sorry dude" Danny rubbed his arm.
"It's okay. I moved so I could get away from all that. If you could not tell anyone about this, it would be really appreciated." Dipper nodded frantically.
"Of course. Your secret is safe with me. So, where are you living then?"
"Um...you see….I don't really have anywhere to live?" Dipper eyes widened. He couldn't believe it! His parents just died and now he didn't have anywhere to live?
"No! Okay nope. Not anymore. You're living at the Mystery Shack now."
"What? Do you think your Grunkle? Is that what you call him?" Dipper nodded. "Grunkle will let me stay there?" Dipper sighed.
"Look, he may seem really mean, but he actually does care. He wouldn't let an innocent kid stay on the street" Danny looked hesitant, but eventually nodded.
"Okay, I guess…." Dipper picked the sign back up and tried to hammer it in, only to hear a banging noise that sounded like metal.
'Huh?" Dipper looked at Danny, and he shrugged. He tapped the tree with the hammer again, and it made the same sound again. He wiped away some dust and opened the door to see some switches.
"Woah, what is this?" Danny asked. He tested one of the switches, but nothing happened. He tried the other, and they both jump as a hatch opens behind them.
"What the?" He asked.
"No idea, man" They both look inside. Dipper picked the book up and blew dust off it. He flips a page and looks at the eyeglass.
"Really? An eye glass? How cliche can you be?" Danny asked. Dipper rolled his eyes. He flips to a random page and starts reading out loud.
"It's hard to believe it's been been six years since I began studying the strange and wondrous secrets of Gravity Falls, Oregon" He continued flipping through pages.
"What is this?"
"Dude, if I knew, I would have already answered the first three times you asked"
"Rhetorical question" Dipper mumbled. He stopped on a page that had TRUST NO ONE in bold letters. He glanced at Danny, but he didn't notice. Danny started reading.
"Unfortunately, my suspicions have been confirmed. I'm being watched. I must hide this book before he finds it." he heard Danny shudder. "Remember: in Gravity Falls there is no one you can trust." He noticed Danny look at him. Dipper closed the book. Suddenly Mabel jumped up from behind a log.
"HALLO!" Both Dipper and Danny screamed that time.
'How did you get here?" Danny asked.
"It's Mabel. Don't ask."
"What'cha readin', some nerd thing. Oh my gosh, Danny! Are you a nerd like my brother?" Dipper took the time to hide the book behind his back.
Trust no one….
He heard the words ring in his ears.
"Uh, uh, it's nothing!".
"Uh, uh, it's nothing!" Mabel mocked. Then her expression changed to hurt and confused. She laughed nervously.
"What? Are you actually not gonna show me?" Danny just looked on, observing.
"Okay, okay, you see it's-" Danny cut Dipper off.
"Uh, guys. We might want to go somewhere more private.
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"It's amazing! Grunkle Stan said I was just being paranoid, but according to this book, Gravity Falls has a secret dark side." He showed Mabel a page.
"Wait, who says it's a dark side? Yeah there's some bad stuff in that book, but some of it is really cool!"
"Woah! Shut up!" Mabel said and pushed Dipper.
"And get this! After a certain point, the pages stop, like the guy who was writing it….mysteriously disappeared!"
"So cool!" Mabel squealed.
"How is that good?" Danny asked, confused. Before they could answer, the doorbell rang.
"Well, time to spill the beans." Then she knocked over a empty can of beans that seem to have come from nowhere. Dipper wondered if magically appearing objects is in the journal. He'd have to check later. He had other things to worry about. "Boop. Beans. This girl's got a date! Woot Woot!" Then she fell backwards into her chair, giggling like a maniac.
"Okay. Let me get this straight. In the half hour I was gone, you already got a boyfriend?" Dipper was already suspicious.
"What can I say? I guess I'm just IRRESISTIBLE" Then she pulled her arms inside her sweater and made her sleeves flop around. Danny chuckled.
"See! No one can resist my greatness!" Dipper rolled his eyes and sat down on the couch next to Danny. The doorbell rang again. "Oh. Coming!" Dipper really hoped that Mabel's new "boyfriend" wasn't some creep over something. He turned his attention to the journal. Danny had flipped to the page with a Leprecorn on it. It looked really strange. Grunkle Stan walked in.
"Oh. What're you two reading? Actually, who are you?" Danny quickly shoved the journal under the couch and grabbed the nearest magazine.
"We were just catching up on...uh….Gold Chains for Old Men Magazine?" Danny looked at Dipper and he gagged.
"That's a good issue. Okay so who are you?"
"Danny. I'm Dipper and Mabel's new friend." Dipper remembered something.
"Oh yeah Grunkle Stan I've been meaning to ask you-" He was cut off by Mabel standing by the door frame.
"Hey family and friend! Say hello to my new boyfriend!" Dipper's suspicion level went up immediately.
"Sup"
"Hey…"
"How's it hanging?"
"Hi?"
"We met at the cemetery. He's really deep." She felt his arm. "Oh. Little muscle there. That's….what a surprise.." She said, not really seeming focused to Dipper. He already didn't like this guy.
"So, what's your name?"
"Uh...Normal….MAN" Okay, if Dipper's suspicions weren't high before, they were now. Danny looked like he was thinking the same thing.
'Um..Norman...are you bleeding?" Danny asked. Dipper then noticed the red liquid dripping down his face.
'It's jam," Norman said quickly. Mabel gasped dramatically.
'I LOVE jam! Look at this!" she gestured between them. Dipper internally facepalmed and waited for Norman to talk.
"So, you wanna go hold hands or whatever?" Norman asked. Dipper decided to save the eyeroll for when this whole encounter is over. Mabel giggled and jumped up and down.
"Oh, oh, my goodness." She giggled once again. "Don't wait up!" Then she ran out of the room. Norman pointed at the three of them and tried to follow her, but hit the doorframe multiple times before leaving. That's it. Norman was was too suspicious to be left alone. It's time to consult the journal. But first…
"Hey, Grunkle Stan?" Dipper asked, trying to look innocent and sweet.
'What do you want, kid, I got a tour to run" he replied. Well, here goes nothing. Dipper really hoped his reading of Stan was right. I mean, who would leave a kid out on the streets?
"So you know Danny here? Yeah well-" He was interrupted for the- what the third? Fourth?- time today by Grunkle Stan.
"Cut to the chase kid. I don't have all day" Dipper took a deep breath.
'Okay well Danny kind of doesn't have a home so we were hoping he could stay here?" Dipper said quickly.
"Why doesn't he have a home?" Stan asked. Dipper looked at Danny, but before he could say anything, Danny did.
"My parents died. I wanted to move to get away from all of that, but I didn't really think it through, so I ended up here, homeless." Danny said and Stan's eyes immediately softened.
"Okay, kid. You can stay here. I'm gonna put you to work though!" Danny looked ecstatic.
"Will you be paying him, Grunkle Stan?" Dipper asked and gave him a stern look.
"Fine, fine. It's a dollar an hour" Dipper sighed. He guessed that was all he was going to get out of Stan.
"Yes sir! It'll be like I'm not even here!" Danny said. Okay, now that that was taken care of, it's time to investigate.
"Danny, meet me upstairs in the attic in twenty seconds" Danny nodded and they both rushed up the stairs.
"Known for their pale skin and bad attitudes, these creatures are often mistakes for….TEENAGERS? Beware Gravity Falls' nefarious" he gasped. "ZOMBIE!" he screamed. Danny covered his ears.
"Do you have to be so loud? I'm right here you know!" Why would Danny's ears hurt from that? Dipper wasn't yelling that loud, or in his ear. He decided to look into it later.
"Sorry" They both looked out the window to see Norman groaning with his arms stretched out, walking towards Mable.
"I like you"
"Oh no! Mabel! No, no, Mabel, watch out!" Danny breathed in sharply. Norman grunted again and put his hands around Mabel's neck.
"AHHHHHHHHHH" Dipper screamed and Danny covered his ears again.
"We JUST had this conversation!" Danny whisper screamed. Dipper ignored him, instead watching Norman and Mabel. Surprisingly, Norman removed his arms and put a flower necklace on Mabel's head.
"Daisies? You scallywag….."
"Is your sister really a zombie, or are we both being really paranoid?" Danny said. Dipper looked back at the page.
"It's a dilemma, to be sure" I couldn't help but hear you two talk to each other in this empty room" Suddenly, Soos appeared.(AN: A wild Soos appeared!) How do these things keep happening? He should make a list of all the times this happens.
"How did we miss you?" Danny asked and Soos shrugged.
"Soos, you've seen Mabel's boyfriend. He's gotta be a zombie, right?" Dipper asked.
"Hmm. How many brains didja see the guy eat?" Soos asked.
"Maybe he's just really bad at his job" Danny piped in.
"Look dudes, I believe you. I'm always noticing weird stuff in this town. Like the mailman? Pretty sure that dude's a werewolf." Soos looked like he was having a flashback. When he came back, he continued talking. "But you gotta have evidence. Otherwise, people are just going to think you're a major league cuckoo clock." Dipper sghed.
"As always, Soos, you're right"
"My wisdom is a blessing and a curse" Soos said and made a dramatic pose.
"Soos! The portable toilets are clogged again!"
"I am needed elsewhere" Then he walked backwards out of the room.
"He is really weird" Danny said.
"Agreed"
"Okay Danny. My sister could be in trouble. It's time to get some evidence."
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Mabel and Norman were playing frisbee in the part. Mabel threw the frisbee at Norman, who fell over. Dipper frowned at Norman.
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Mabel and Norman were going to a diner. Norman broke the door window and opened it to let Mabel inside. Norman stumbled around, trying to follow Mabel. Dipper and Danny looked out from their menus.
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Mabel and Norman were playing in a field. Norman fell into an open grave, then crawled out, hand first, screaming. Mabel paused, then laughed.
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"I've seen enough, Danny. We're going to see Mabel"
"Um, do I have to come? I don't really know your sister." Danny asked.
"I guess not, but at least wait outside the door" Danny rolled his eyes.
"Okay, fine."
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"Mabel, we've gotta talk about Norman" Dipper had his mental finger crossed.
'Isn't he the best? Check out this giant smooch mark he gave me!" Dipper screamed. He was praying to whatever God is out there that that is not a zombie mark.
"Ha ha! Gullible. It was just an accident with the leaf blower!" Dipper decided he didn't even want to know.
"That was fun" Dipper shook his head.
"No, Mabel, listen! I'm trying to tell you that Norman in not what he seems!" He showed her the journal. Mabel gasped excitedly.
"You think he might be a vampire? That would be so awesome!" She squealed.
"Guess again sister. SHABAM!" He flipped to the gnome page. Mabel made a disgusted noise.
"Oh wait, sorry," he flipped to the right page. "Shabam"
"A zombie? That's not funny, Dipper."
"I'm not joking! It all adds up! The bleeding, the limp. He never blinks! Have you noticed that?" Mabel blinked.
"Maybe he's blinking when you're blinking"
"Mabel, remember what the book said about Gravity Falls? TRUST NO ONE!" Dipper heard the volume of his voice rise.
"Well what about me? Why can't you trust me?" She put on star earrings. "Beep bop!" Dipper had to get this through to her! He grabbed her shoulders and started shaking her.
"Mabel he's gonna eat your brain!" Mabel pushed him away.
"Dipper. Listen to me. Norman and I are going on a date at five o'clock, and I'm gonna be ADORABLE, and he's going to be DREAMY" She started pushing Dipper out of the room. He started stuttering. "And I am not gonna let you ruin it with one of your crazy CONSPIRACIES! Danny? Ugh, he pulled you into this? Dipper! I can't do you two right now!" Then she slammed the door. Dipper sighed and sat down.
"What am I going to do?" he asked himself. Danny patted his back reassuringly.
"I'm sure it'll be fine. I've been in worse situations than this, and they worked out fine for me!"
"What could be worse than this?"
"You'd be surprised," Danny mumbled.
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He heard the clock chime five o'clock. He was sitting on a chair and Stan had already put Danny to work so he was alone. The doorbell rang. Mabel came running down.
"Coming! Hey Norman. How do I look?"
"Shiny…"
"You always know what to say!" Mabel said happily. Then they both walked off. Dipper sighed.
"Soos was right. I don't have any real evidence" He watched as Mabel and Norman were playing hopscotch. He fast forwarded to where Norman had his arm around Mabel. "I guess I can be kind of paranoid sometimes and-" he stopped as he saw Norman's hand fall off and then he went around and picked it back up. How did he miss that the first time? "Wait, WHAT?" He rewound the tape again and watched it again. He then screamed and the chair he was sitting on fell over. "I was right! Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Danny!" He raced through the gift shop. "Danny! Come on! No time to explain let's go!" Danny looked startled but followed him anyway. He raced out and saw Stan showing a "face rock" to the audience.
"Over here! Grunkle Stan!"
"Sir! Stan!" Danny said. Dipper made a frustrated noise.
"Stan! Stan!" He then noticed Wendy drive up in a golf cart. "Wendy! Wendy Wendy! I need to borrow the golf cart so I can save my sister from a zombie!"
"Wait, what?" Danny asked. "We were right?"
"Who's this?" Wendy asked.
"This is Danny! Wendy, Danny. Danny, Wendy. Now can I please have the golf cart keys?" Wendy smirked and gave him the keys.
"Try not to hit any pedestrians!" Then she walked off.
"She is not very responsible, is she?" Danny asked, watching her walk off.
"Nope! Okay, let's go!" They both hopped into the golf cart and Dipper started driving.
"Why is the twelve year old driving?" Danny asked.
"It's not like you have your license either. Okay, look at this!" He gave Danny the camera and showed him the video. He started to back up, but Soos stopped him.
"Dude, it's me, Soos. This is for the zombies" He gave Dipper a shovel. Dipper thanked him. "And this is incase you see a pinata" Soos handed him a bat.
"Uh….thanks?" he continued driving. He handed the bat to Danny.
"Wow, we actually got it right? That never happens!" Danny asked.
"What's that supposed to mean?" I ask.
'Nothing!" He replied quickly. He heard Mabel scream.
"Don't worry Mabel! We'll save you from that zombie!"
"Help!" he heard her scream. The pit in his stomach just doubled in size.
"Hold on!" He drove to the area to where Mabel was to see….gnomes? They were pinning her down, with one standing on a rock in front of them. The one on the rock started speaking.
"The more you struggle, the more awkward this is gonna be for everybody! Just, ha ha, okay. Get her arm there, Steve."
"Let go of me!" Mabel screamed and punched a gnome off. He bounced around, and then started puking a rainbow. He saw Danny gag.
"Uhhh…." Danny said. He had enough.
"What the HECK is going on here?" he screamed. A gnome hissed at him.
"Dipper! Norman turned out to be a bunch of gnomes! And they're total jerks!" A gnome pulled her hair. "Hair, hair, hair!"
'What about the blood/jam stuff?" Danny asked.
"Oh, that actually was just jam. We love it," the gnome on the rock replied.
"Gnomes? Huh, I was way off" Dipper took the journal out of his vest. "Gnomes: little men of the Gravity Falls Forest. Weaknesses: unknown" He realizes that the gnomes have managed to tie Mabel to the ground.
"Aw, come on!" He walked up to the gnome on the rock.
"Hey, HEY! Let go of my sister!" The gnome on the rock laughed nervously.
"Oh! Ha, ha, hey, there! Um, you know, this is really just a big misunderstanding. You see, your sister's not in danger. She's just marrying all one thousand of us and becoming our gnome queen for all eternity! Isn't that right, honey?"
"You guys are buttfaces!" Mabel screamed and a gnome covered her mouth. He looked over to Danny, who looked conflicted. Mabel tried to scream, but it was muffled.
"Danny, if you could do something, it would be greatly appreciated!" Dipper yelled, hoping to push Danny's decision. The gnome on the rock started talking again.
"You think you can stop us, boy? You have no idea what we're capable of. The gnomes are a powerful race! Do not trifle with the-" he was cut off as Dipper tossed him with his shovel. The gnome screamed. He went over to Mabel and cut her free with his shovel. Danny looked relieved. Mabel screamed and kicked some gnomes away.
"He's getting away with our queen! No, no, no!" the gnome, who seemed to be the leader, yelled.
'Seatbelt" Dipper said, and Mabel and Danny buckled up.
"You've messed with the wrong creatures, boy! Gnomes of the forest, ASSEMBLE!" The leader gnome screamed.
"Hurry, before they come after us!" Mabel yelled.
"I wouldn't worry about it. See their little legs? Those suckers are tiny!" Dipper said.
"Looks can be deceiving! LOOK!" Danny yelled and pointed behind them. There was a huge creature made of gnomes following them.
"Dang," Mabel said quietly.
"Alright guys, teamwork, like we practiced," the leader gnome said. The gnome creature started moving.
"MOVE DIPPER! GO!" Danny screamed. He slammed down on the gas, but nothing happened.
"It's out of gas!" Dipper yelled. He was sure they were all going to die. He noticed Danny close his eyes and put his hand on the side of the golf cart. He swore the hand was glowing a faint green. Then, all of a sudden, the golf cart lurched forward. There must be some gas in it after all!
"Come back with our queen!" the leader gnome yelled.
"It's getting closer!" The gnome creature threw several gnomes at the golf cart. They start destroying the cart. Mabel elbows a gnome off the cart. Another gnome jumps from behind Dipper. He grabs the gnome and slams him into the steering wheel. All of the gnomes strangely avoid Danny. Another gnome jumps onto Dipper's face. Ow ow ow ow ow.
'I'll save you Dipper!" Mabel yells and started punching the gnome on Dipper's face. It flew off his face.
"Thanks...Mabel. Wait, my hat!" He looks behind him to see the gnome had taken his hat with him.
"Now's not the time Dipper!" Mabel yelled. The gnome creature picked up a tree and threw it at the cart. They all screamed except for Danny, who was sweating. He had opened his eyes now, and they were an electric green.
"EYES ON THE ROAD DIPPER!" Mabel screamed. They went under an area where the tree went up, but the cart turned over. Now that it wasn't moving, something was different about it. Danny was passed out at this point. Dipper dragged him out and laid him down next to the leaf blower. The strange thing is, he didn't look injured. Just really tired. Like he passed out from exhaustion. His attention went back to the gnome creature when it started moving towards them.
"Stay back man!" he yelled and threw his shovel at the creature. The creature punched the shovel into the ground. He looked around for the bat Danny had earlier, but it must have been lost somewhere. Dipper hugged Mabel and she hugged him back.
"Where is Grunkle Stan?" he yelled.
"It's the end of the line kids! Mabel, marry us before we do something crazy!" the leader yelled.
"There's gotta be a way out of this!" Dipper yelled. They could run inside, wait no the creature would just destroy the shack. They could try to wake Danny up, but what could he do that they can't? (AN: Oh I don't know, just pretty much EVERYTHING)
"I gotta do it" he heard Mabel say. At first he thought he misheard Mabel, but he realized she was serious.
"What? Mabel. Don't do this? Are you crazy?" Dipper yelled.
"Trust me" was all she said.
"What?"
"Dipper, just this once. Trust me!" He looked at the gnomes,then at Mabel. Well, he hoped Mabel had a plan. He backs away.
"All right Jeff. I'll marry you" Jeff, so that was his name.
"Hot dog! Help me down, Jason" He started climbing down the pile of gnomes. "Thanks, Andy! All right, left foot, there we go, watch those fingers, Mike." Jeff approached Mabel and held out a diamond ring. Where did he get that from? "Eh, eh?" Mabel held out her hand. Dipper really wanted to look away, but he knew he shouldn't. Jeff put the ring on Mabel's finger.
'Bada bing, bada bam! Now, let's get you back to the forest, honey!" Jeff said.
"You may now kiss the bride!" Mabel said, still looking at the ring. Dipper scrunched up his face. What was Mabel thinking?
"Well, don't mind if I do," Jeff said and leaned in to kiss Mabel. She leaned in, only to grab the leaf blower that was near them.
"Ah! Hey, hey, wait a minute! Woah, woah, what's going on?" Jeff got sucked halfway into the leaf blower. Well, now Dipper knows what she was thinking.
"That's for lying to me!" She increased the sucking power. "That's for breaking my heart!"
"Ow, my face!" Jeff complained.
"And THIS is for messing with my brother. Wanna do the honors?" Dipper smirked and walked up next to her.
'On three!" Dipper said.
"One, two three!" They both yelled and blasted Jeff towards the gnome creature. The creature exploded into a lot of gnomes.
"I'll get you for this!" Jeff screamed while he was flying off back to the forest. Dipper felt pretty good about him and his sister right now. If they could battle a hundred gnomes, what couldn't they do together? All the gnomes started freaking out. Mabel moved the leaf blower back and forth, blowing all the gnomes away.
"Anyone else want some?" Dipper screamed. They all scattered. One got stuck in a six pack holder until Gompers picked him up and carried him away. Dipper kind of felt sorry for that one. Mabel turned to him.
"Hey Dipper? I, um...I'm sorry for ignoring your advice. You really were just looking out for me." She said and looked down. Dipper really didn't want his sister to start crying. He smiled.
"Oh, don't be like that. You saved our butts back there." he replied, trying to make her feel better.
"I guess I'm just sad that my first boyfriend turned out to be a bunch of gnomes." Mabel sighed.
"Look on the bright side. Maybe the next one will be a vampire!" He said cheerfully.
"Oh, you're just saying that!" Mabel said. Yes, yes he is definitely just saying that.
"Awkward sibling hug?" Dipper asked.
"Awkward sibling hug." Mabel replied and they hugged.
"Pat. Pat." they both said mechanically and patted each other on the back. They let go of each other.
"We should probably go wake Danny up." Mabel smirked at a very confused Dipper.
"Speaking of…..why were you staring at Danny for so long earlier? Is it….a crush maybe?" Mabel asked Dipper. He was shocked. Him liking Danny? He'd never heard anything so ridiculous!
"What? Of course not! I was just noticing some weird things about his face!" Mabel didn't buy it.
"Look bro-bro, if this is about him being a guy, I want you to know that I am fully supportive-" Dipper interrupted her.
"NO MABEL! It's not that! I actually don't like him! I just noticed how earlier his eyes seem to be green instead of blue! Or how when he passed out, he didn't have a scratch on him! He passed out from exhaustion! He's fifteen, we're twelve and we're fine! Does that not seem weird to you?" Mabel rolled her eyes.
"Come on Dipping Sauce, look at him! He's just a normal human. But fine, I'll let it drop for now. Don't think I'm not on to you though. Now let's go wake him up!"
"I"VE KNOWN HIM FOR A DAY!" Dipper screamed. Danny shot up without us having to do anything.
"Dipper! Third time today! What was so important that you had to scream it to the heavens?"
"Nothing!" Dipper did not need Danny knowing about his supposed "crush" on him.
"Okay? Let's just go back in. I'm exhausted" Danny said and they all trudged into the Shack. They were immediately greeted by Stan.
"Yeesh. You three get hit by a bus or something? Ahah!" The three of them just continued walking.
"Uh, hey! Wouldn't you know it? Um, I accidentally overstocked some inventory, so uh...how's about each of you take one item from the gift shop? On the house, y'know?" Stan said and they all looked up.
"Really?" Mabel asked.
"What's the catch?" Dipper asked and folded his arms.
"Am I included in this group?" Danny asked hopefully.
"The catch is do it before I change my mind, now take something. And yes kid, you are included" Stan replied and started messing with his money. Danny pumped his fist and went to go look around. Dipper saw a blue pine tree hat and decided that he needed a new hat to replace the old one. He put it on.
"Hmm. That oughta do the trick!" He saw Mabel pick up an item from a box and twirl around. Grunkle Stan is probably going to regret his decision in a few seconds.
'And I will have a…..GRAPPLING HOOK! Yes! "
"Wouldn't you rather have like, a doll or something?" Stan asked.
"GRAPPLING HOOK!" She screamed and grappled-is that a word?- to a beam on the ceiling.
"Fail enough! Now what do you want, kid that I can't remember the name of?"
"A wrench" Danny said simply.
"A wrench? You don't want something actually useful?" Stan asked. Dipper and Mabel were also confused.
"I like to build stuff, and I need a wrench to finish my tool kit" Danny said.
"...Okay then!"
SCENE TRANSFER
Dipper was writing in the journal:
This journal told me there was no one in Gravity Falls I would trust. He looked at Mabel, then at Danny laying on the floor, getting to know her. But when you battle a hundred gnomes with someone, you realize they've probably always got your back. And even though I don't exactly trust Danny yet, and he obviously doesn't trust me, I have a feeling he's not going to do anything bad. He looked up from the journal again.
"Hey Mabel, can you get the light?" he asked.
"I'm on it!" She shot the lamp with the grappling hook, which also went through the window.
"Grappling hook.." she said. They all laughed.
"Do you think your uncle will get mad at us for that?" Danny asked.
"We'll deal with it tomorrow" Dipper replied. He continued writing.
Our uncle told us there was nothing strange about this town. But who knows what other secrets are waiting to be unlocked.
END OF CHAPTER
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AN: Hey guys! So this is the first chapter of my crossover. FYI you probably won't get another chapter for a while. I want to write a few before I post more so I have so margin of error on my writing speed. I only posted this one because I want your guys' opinion on two things. You can put your answer in the comments.
Q.1- So Danny left Amity before Danielle and before he got his ice powers. Obviously I'm going to put the ice powers in there, but do you guys want Danielle?
Q.2- So at the end, Mabel thinks Dipper has a crush on Danny. This was originally meant to be a joke that never came up again, but if you guys want, I can basically make Danny into Wendy with the crush thing. Also, sorry if anyone seems OOC. This is my first Gravity Falls fic and I haven't written Danny in forever. If any of you were worried about how little interaction Danny and Mabel got, it's just because this episode is some centered around Dipper learning about the journal. Dipper and Mabel are separated during most of it, so I had to send him with one of them. And I wasn't going to send him with Mabel and Norman!
So, thank you all for reading, and I hope to see your comments soon!