DISCLAIMER: I don't own Gravity Falls.

Chapter 1: Resdiscovery

As I write this diary, I am on my way to a mysterious town I never heard of or knew much, but is talked about a lot and admired by my family, especially my parents: Gravity Falls.

We're sent there by my parents for a time of fresh air and recreation. A break from school and to bond with Mom and Dad's friends and my cousins in the Gleeful family.

I never knew much about it besides that's where Mom and Dad met one another. Their first interaction isn't exactly smooth to say the least as they told me.

But things got better for them. One night my mom, Pacifica Northwest came to my father's , Dipper Pines' residence in the town to help her family get rid of a ghost causing trouble in her childhood home. My father simply took this opportunity to benefit my aunt Mabel and her friends. However, that night also showed to Dad that there is something much more to Mom than being a stuck-up girl.

This lead to a pivotal moment for both of my parents: Dad encouraged Mom to be more of herself and become a much more better person. Unfortunately my Northwest grandparents disowned Mom. That led her running to the Mystery Shack, where my father's family took her in after that summer back in 2012 before living with my father and aunt at Piedmont six years later in 2018 for better opportunities.

Mom living in the Mystery Shack and eventually in Piedmont with my family members revealed more and more of her pure self. No snobby or stuck-up childhood version of Mom, just a normal kid like me today.

Like me and my sister Amanda.

I have also heard of what Mom experienced with her parents.

Beatings, being locked up in her room, all kinds of abuse. There was one so horrible that I never knew could be done to a human being.

The bell. It was basically used to bring her into submission, like a servant or an animal. She was being treated and raised practically like a dog. It was to be a "perfect" Northwest or else. I'm thankful I and my sister were raised normally without any unnecessary posing or public status imposed to us. Dad after all knew better and Mom does not want us to be like that or treat us like that. I would recall the moments Mom gets all anxious about herself. Dad, Aunt Mabel, my grandparents in my father's side would reassure her she'd do good to us.

It was a horrible experience. I would never survive under such treatment. I'd turn tails and run away I if I were in her place. I'm not certain whenever I should be thankful Mom got disowned but I think I'm thankful that she'd turn tails and run to the Pines where with all of the people she treated badly in the past, it's still the Pines that's willing to take her in without making her feel guilty so much and give her something that all of the money in the Northwest family could not buy or give.

Love, attention and support.

I don't mind Mom going with another person, whenever she would find I'm sure she'll pick wisely but I'm thankful she paired up with a Pines. The Pines were a nice and supportive family that I'm honored to be a part of. Grandpa Charlie and Grandma Abigail were good people and I didn't waste any chances where I can greet them.

This 2038 they're still doing just fine. Hope they live with us in Gravity Falls eventually.

Mom's life changed for the better and like in the movies and books I've watched and read, she realized that he is the ideal guy she wanted in her life. Someone normal, cute ,smart, caring and that makes her happy.

Dad returned the affection around the same year when Mom moved with him, where they lasted six years up to their marriage in 2024 and eventually gave birth to me and my sister in 2026.

Our first twelve years in this planet is spent on Piedmont but we're moving up to Gravity Falls itself by the end of the summer where we're building our own home with the money used by my dad's company with a help from Great-Grunkles' Stan and Ford's adventures (whom passed away in 2030 and 2032 respectively and their house preserved) and of course a little boost from my mom's work. Took three years (stated to be planned in 2033 and being built in 2035) to build our home but whatever it is I'm certain it will be a good one for us to live in. Dad had a lot of connections around the world thanks to his and Great-Grunkle Stanford's inventions and discoveries- one of them capable of curing cancer.

We were sent ahead of time in the final months of construction as Mom and Dad had other things to wrap up before they join us soon on Gravity Falls- and pheraps Grandma Abigail and Grandpa as well.

Now it's me and my sister in the Mystery Shack for the summer, where a lot of stories are surrounding the shack, the shack where Dad and Aunt Mabel stayed in their various summers, where Mom ran into after being disowned, wondering to ourselves whenever we will live through the rumored adventures my great-grunkles, parents, their friends and aunt went together.

I believe in them, Amanda's a bit more skeptical on it.

Whatever it is it will be great. I believe in Dad and whatever is out there, I'm excited to see and hear how they interacted with my family and whenever they had anything positive to say. I'm thrilled for a summer me and my sister won't forget.

Seeing too our cousins Aaron and Natalia Gleeful is something we look forward too. They live in Gravity Falls with us eventually joining them.

This is also the town where our parents and my cousins' parents meet and my ever so evolving curiosity just grew ten-folds to see this town and feel what it's like for myself and my sister.

And maybe feel what was it like to be in a town away from urban areas and what it's like to be in this town.

This is the story of the Next Generation.

Excerpt of Amelia Pines' diary, June 8, 2038

Amongst one of the highways leading to the relatively unknown town of Gravity Falls, a bus made its way onto the town.

Amelia Pines looked outside the window of her bus seat, thinking about what awaits her in the town of Gravity Falls, where apparently her parents met for the first time. Outside of the bus are pine trees that seem to be reaching out for miles despite the bus moving at a moderate speed.

'Off to where Mom and Dad met almost 26 years ago. I wonder if the vibe on that town will be the same as those past 26 years.'

Truth be told, she was excited about it. With all the stories of what was rumored to be in Gravity Falls she has hoped to get a glimpse of what her past incarnations had interacted before.

"Hey Amelia, do you really believe what Mom and Dad are telling to us about Gravity Falls?" a voice promptly called from her left.

Amelia turned to her left to see her twin sister, Amanda calling up to her. Amanda wore a violet dress, red jacket, uggs and black leggings. She had fair skin and blonde hair. Amelia on the other hand wore a blue-green summer jacket, the zipper unzipped and a pink shirt inside, gray pants with a white shade, light blue shoes and a blue and white pine tree hat. She also had fair skin but brown hair.

They had some physical traits similar to their parents, Dipper and Pacifica Pines. Amelia for example, even wore the same hat her father wore while Dipper was in his first summer at the unknown town, relatively speaking. Amelia too had a hair that looked like her mother's, only in brown hair.

"Yes I do Amanda." Amelia answered to her twin. "I believe what Dad and Mom are saying."

"Come on Amelia, it's probably adults just telling fantasy stories or lost legends to immerse us about the town."

"I don't know about you, but I believe in it. Maybe you'll see it yourself one day."

Amanda looked up for a bit before turning again on her sister. "Maybe? But we'll see to it when we arrive in the Mystery Shack.

Amelia hummed in agreement.

Both girls then went off to their own business. Amelia continued to look outside the window while Amanda chatted with her father from her phone.

Amanda: Hey Dad, when will you follow us there on Gravity Falls with Mom?

It only took a few seconds later before Dipper replied.

Dad: Around August 18-31.

A slight frown formed in the blonde's face as she typed onto her phone.

Amanda: Why August? That's so looooong!

Dad: Sorry sweetie. Mom and I still had several things to fix over here. Don't you worry, time will fly fast and we'll be there. Have fun pumpkin! I love you.

A little smile formed in her face. Now at least there is something for her to look after in the following months.

Amanda: Can do Dad. I love you too.

She then put her phone in her jacket before drifting off to sleep, waiting for the time that the bus stops at the Mystery Shack. Amelia too would fall to sleep soon after.

Little did they know what awaits them is a summer that will remembered for years to come.

Amelia woke up to see the bus has stopped. In front of her window is a view of their destination.

The Mystery Shack.

Where they will be spending the summer at and where it all started.

A smile crept on Amelia's face. "Well, here we go."

The girl stood up from her seat but first she did a quick double check on whenever her phone, earphones and trash were to be anywhere near in her seat.

After a quick check, including picking up some trash and putting it in her pocket for disposal later Amelia went down the bus to see Amanda wave on two adults walking up to them who just came out of the Shack.

"Hi uncle Soos and aunt Melody!"

Soos, who is now wearing Stan's suit and fez and Melody wearing a shirt similar to Soos' work shirt and beige pants paired with sneakers.

"Hi there Amelia and Amanda!" Soos called with cheer in his voice. "Glad you could made it!"

Soos and Amanda shared a high-five while Ameila greeted them kindly by waving her hand, greeting them with the same response as Amanda.

"All right, let's get all of your stuff in the Shack." Soos said before grabbing the their bags from the bus with Melody.

When Soos and Melody had grabbed their bags and cases, the four walked together to the Shack.

While walking on the way to the Mystery Shack, Amelia looked at Amanda. "Are you ready for an awesome summer?"

"Yeah!"

When the four arrived in their room and the adults had settled their bags and cases on the floor, Soos told the Pines twins its history and purpose to the twins.

The bedroom in particular still had the same layout overall. Two beds, one table in the middle and with lamps and closets. Unused machines however were out and the room is clean with no pieces of anything stray lying around.

"Well, this is the room you two are going to be using. You know, your father and aunt slept here when they first came to Gravity Falls. I haven't changed much of it, but of course I kept it cleaned and replaced some furniture and sheets. It still has that Mystery Shack charm I've preserved for years." Soos made an emphasis on the last sentence with pride.

A pride where he had preserved the Shack's legacy and iconic touch as if it were a museum and part of the Seven Wonders.

Amanda narrowed down her vision to the middle in between the beds. "So, what side did Dad and Aunt Mabel use?"

"Your father took the one on the left, your aunt's on the right."

Amelia and Amanda began to call dibs on who's bed they're going to use.

"I call dibs on Dad's side."

"Mine's on Aunt Mabel!"

Soos laughed. "Well, suit yourselves. If you need anything, just call me or Melody downstairs."

However, an important detail was missing for both of them.

They haven't seen their kids and when they went in to the Shack, they were not around to be seen.

Amelia, driven by curiosity took the lead to ask. "So.. where are your kids?"

Melody was the one to respond this time. "They're out with their friends, but they should be coming back later this afternoon."

"Ok." Amelia said.

"All right, I'll leave you two to rest for the day. If you need anything just holla at me or Melody downstairs."

"Got it!" Both twins responded.

Soos laughed. "All right. You two make yourselves at home." He and Melody left and closed the door behind them. Before both could leave the twins however, Amelia called their attention.

"Wait!"

Soos looked at Amelia. "What is it Amelia?"

"Any idea where Aunt Mabel and our cousins could be?"

Soos laughed. "They're outside of town for the day but they'll be back in a couple of days."

"Ok."

"Need anything else?

"That's all of it for today Soos. Thank you."

Soos promptly closed the door and left the twins in their room for the summer.

The same room their father and aunt used in the summer of 2012 and the subsequent summers in Gravity Falls. And now they inherit it.

A generation after another.

Amelia and Amanda walked up to their respective beds and sat on it with Amelia looking up to the ceiling after sitting onto it, looking at the ceiling like an aimless bird.

'I wonder what happened here 26 years ago?'

A couple of finger snapping has cut Amelia from her trance. "Amelia, you okay?"

The girl looked down to see her sister slightly concerned. "Yeah, just thinking about the history of this place."

"Yeah?"

"Think about it; this is where Dad and Aunt Mabel stayed in their one of their summers here, this is where they stayed, this is the town that he met Mom and the building Mom stayed with before moving with Dad. The town had a lot of history with it from our families alone. And there's also with our cousins Natalia and Aaron."

Amelia's deep thoughts had hit her twin sister. "Darn it Sis, you got me curious now!"

A smirk formed on Amelia's face.

'I may be a bit of an introvert but if it means discovering things, I'm all in it for the experience and knowledge.'

Soos was fixing the Shack's cash register when Amelia has called for his name.

"Uncle Soos, why is there a statue of Great-Grunkle Stan in here?"

He looked up from the register to find the twins looking at the statue with curiosity. The statue itself was placed just a few feet from the left of the cash register. The statue had Stan in his arms spread around, his ball cane in his right hand and of course his smile.

A smile formed in Soos' face. Stan was that someone he truly considered a father and explaining his history is something considered a great honor for him. It was the equivalent of being a magna cum laude or receiving the Trident after completing SEAL training.

The same feeling that made Soos name his son after him. It was another honor for him and both him and his son were proud in carrying the legacy.

But something was strange; surely her father would have known Stan and told stories about him, right? Or maybe Amelia forgot? Either way, he answered.

"Well, it's to keep my honor of him. Mr. Pines is admired here by everyone here and this statue is to honor his legacy. I even named my younger son after him."

Both twins raised an eyebrow with Amanda taking the lead to ask. "Honor Great-Grunkle Stan?"

"Yup!"

Just as then after before either twins could ask further, the door leading to the Mystery Shack opened up a pair of people in their young adult years.

"Oh!" One of them, a male who looked much like Soos but with a slight blonde color on his hair said. He wore a neon green shirt and beige pants and sneakers.

"So you two must be the two girls coming here for the summer?"

"Yup!" Amanda answered and approached the young adult and shook his hand. "I'm Amanda and that's my twin sister, Amelia."

"Nice to meet you Amelia. I'm Stanley but just call me Stan, and this over here." Stan gestured to a woman that looked just like Melody but with darker hair. She wore a light blue shirt and grey pants and a pair of flip-lops. "Is my sister Samantha."

Amanda shook her hand followed, While Amelia stayed back and waved her hand.

"Nice to meet you two!" said Samantha. "For twins you two look quite apart."

"We may but we're pretty much the same in blood; we're Pines!" responded Amelia.

Waiting for the day I get a glimpse of this place's mysteries. Maybe not today, but tomorrow. So far, I think the people I'm with are cool people. Maybe I'll see more to them in the following days.

"Oh wait! I almost forgot." Soos pulled out a book from the shelf. And stretched out the book to Amelia. "Your father wanted you two to have this."

Amelia took the book from Soos and looked at its cover. The cover was that of a golden six-fingered hand with a number 3 in it. "What is it?"

"Take a look." Soos responded before biting a piece of his sandwich that was placed on top of the table.

Amelia scrolled through the book's contents with Amanda looking at it as well and what they passed through were various creatures. From gnomes, a figure of what supposed to be the undead and eyeballs with wings.

"Wow!" Amelia exclaimed while Amanda shrugged her arms.

"Come on Sis. That's probably just some fantasy book."

Soos chimed in. "Oh no. It's totally real dudes. I have seen a lot of those in my life living here in Gravity Falls."

Amelia looked at Soos with hints of eagerness into it. "Really? How was your encounters with them?"

"Most of the part friendly but some are not. Although even with those whom are not friendly i still get out just fine hehe."

Amelia and Amanda then continued to look down at the book and its contents, both feeling curious but with different beliefs. One is a believer while the other is a skeptic but nevertheless looked into it for the purpose of suppressing curiosity.

After two days of settling Amelia and Amanda stood in the gift shop observing at things displayed when suddenly another person came through the door.

"Hey Stan and Sam'. I'm here for my shift today." The person said. Said person is a male who wore mud boots, an untucked red flannel with a red shirt inside, jeans and black beanie with red hair. He had a couple of freckles around his face but not too much to make a big deal out of it.

Stan looked at the guy and waved his hand. "Oh, hey Mitchell!" Stan called up to the two girls who were already looking at him. "Amelia, Amanda, this is Mitchell Corduroy. He works as a cashier for the Mystery Shack. A cool dude, admired and trusted by lots of people."

Mitchell waved his hand to the to the two girls with a smile. "Hi there Amelia and Amanda. I'm Mitchell but feel free to call me Mitch for simplicity's sake."

"Hi!" Both twins waved back.

Mitchell approached the girls. "So you two the Pines girls i've heard coming from Piedmont to Gravity Falls?"

"Yup!" Both girls chriped.

The Corduroy chuckled. "Well if i were you i'd prepare myself. This town has a lot of weird things around, surely your parents told you about it right?"

Amelia responded with another 'Yup' while Amanda crossed her arms. "Soos gave us a book detailing all about it. Would you like to see it?"

Mitchell chuckled lightly. "I'd love to but i'm kinda busy for the day. Maybe in my free time."

Amanda, ever as skeptical as ever voiced out her opposing view.

"Come on, Mitchell. Do you believe in that too?"

Mitchell knew where the blonde was coming from. To be perfectly honest, Gravity Falls is that unknown/mysterious town that isn't known and when stories about it were to be spread it's most likely going to be dismissed as fantasy or someone being crazy.

However, he knew better. And so that he decided to explain what he believes to the skeptical blonde as he didn't want someone to be harmed.

"Well, you may not see it around here but it's true. Here in Gravity Falls, the forests in particular i've seen gnomes, these beings called Manotaurs. I think i also saw a pair of clones resembling your father when we was your age."

"Really?!"

"A pair of clones resembling Dad in his young age?"

Mitchell merely chuckled. "Yup. A pair of them camping just in the forests near the Shack. If you want you two can go there but i'm on my shift, so i can't come and i think you two need some guidance about going in the forest."

Samantha approached the three, appearing in between of the twins and towering over them. "I'll handle the girls." Samantha looked down to the Pines twins. "Do you want to see those clones? I'll help you with finding them."

The twins responded with 'Yes", but of course with the varying tones.

"All right." Samantha chuckled, now seeing that she can form a bond with these girls that she finds interesting and cool to be with. She them screamed to the storage room. "Dad! I'm taking Amelia and Amanda to the forest but we'll be back quickly!"

Soos responded immidiately. "Ok! Just be back quick!"

Samantha then faced her brother. "You want to come Stan?"

"I can't." Stan raised a screwdriver in his hands. "Duty first."

The older Ramirez girl chuckled. "Of course. Workaholic Stan's in duty."

"All right." Samantha then placed her hands on the twins' shoulders. "Let's go on a visit."

Amelia was filling with excitement while Amanda was preparing for the possibility of it being the truth but kept on her believes that it may still be nothing more than lost legends.

But before they left Amelia first went back to grab the book (Journal) from their room before heading out to the forests.

Amelia came back to the group a couple of moments later. "Sorry. Decided to check the room for a moment before going out."

Samantha laughed. "No problem. Let's go."

Before leaving off however Samantha asked Mitchell for some directions. "Where did you think you last saw them?"

"Around a couple of meters south of the Shack."

"All right."

And thus off they went to the forests of Gravity Falls to discover anything out of place within the world or the United States at least.

Or Oregon or just the town.

Samantha and the Pines twins walked through the forest, a couple meters away from the Shack.

"So..." Amelia began to break the silence that was around them for a while. "Do you know these clones?"

"Well not exactly. Just here to thought ya know go out with you girls and maybe bond. But with Mitchell's words he's right. Gravity Falls is a weird town but with preparation you can be okay about it. Your parents told you about this?"

Amanda butted in first before Amelia spoke. "They did but i don't believe it. My sister does tho."

"Soos even gave us the book detailing about the creatures but Amanda didn't believe about it. I do though." responded Amelia.

Samantha chuckled at both twins. "Well you'll see soon enough."

Just as then from the bushes nearby the twins heard voices. A familiar voice that is.

"How long has it been you think?"

"I dunno. Could be years from now. Classic Dipper's probably got Wendy at this point. Too bad that we got stuck here."

"Well it's a good thing we can manage even with the rains."

"Yeah. I wonder where Classic Dipper is right now. Any guess?"

"Could be in Piedmont or here. I'd go but people aren't exactly prepared to see clones of him in the same town, especially in the same area and i'm not in the mood to get lost further."

"Hehehe. You got that right 4."

Throughout the conversation between these unknown figures the three girls listened. They all blankly starred at the bush where they could pinpoint where it came from courtesy of Amelia. "I think it came over there."

All girls simply stood there unfazed. Samantha had an expression of a grin while both twins could only have expressions of confusion.

"Well i think we got what Mitchell was referring to through that bush." Samantha pointed out to a set of bushes a few meters in front of her.

Amelia had expressed content and anticipation while Amanda crossed her arms with a raised eyebrow. "Did i just hear Dad's voice or am i just hallucinating?"

The familiarity of the voice was no in part of Mabel sending them varying videos of Dipper in his younger years.

The voice was then stucked into the twins' mind as they watched all several videos of their father in their younger age in any event they're let down or needing of a laugh, finding something funny and cute in their father's previous years of actions and memories.

"I'm pretty certain we all heard that." Amelia intertwined her hands. By now she was certain the voice was that of her younger father. "I wanna see!"

Samantha however held a hand. "Well we can't just barge in there."

Amelia then raised her arms in assurance. "Not exactly bargin' big sis. Just a peek is all we want."

Or what Amelia precisely wanted.

Samantha smirked at Amelia. She had some personality she can see. "All right. But just a peek."

Amelia looked at Amanda who had a bit of surprise in her. She could sense that her twin's doubts were getting doused out. "Did the voice just said Dad's more known nickname?"

"Seems like Sis. Want to take a look who might had said that?"

Amanda shrugged her arms. "Well, sure."

The three girls pushed the bushes a bit on either left and right before finding the origin of the voices just after pushing them away.

And they had it instantly in front of their view just a couple of meters away. The discovery made their jaws drop, especially the Pines twins.

In plain view are two kids that resembled one another sitting near a campfire. The one on the left had a marshmallow on a stick on his right hand and he had the marshmallow near the fire. The one on the left had a number 3 on a hat that resembled like Amelia's while the one on the right in place had a number 4 on it. The one with the number four hat was simply sitting on the log that was around their makeshift camp, asking muttering to himself as he starred on the ground with his hands intertwined.

The kids looked almost like the other with only the difference in the hat numbers on it. Their attire consisted of sneakers paired with white socks, gray shorts, an orange shirt with a blue and white hat that resembled what Amelia wore without the pine tree onto it. Their looks were familiar with the Pines twins, especially the face. Only it differs without a taller body and a chin beard.

It's a version of their younger fathers and they were two of them.

A strike one for both twins. Amelia had excitement in her while Amanda and Samantha simply stood there in disbelief.

"Well what Dad meant by adventures doesn't translate into being cloned for me. Where did they come from?"

The three girls then decided that they should hide back in the bushes to avoid being spotted by the clones.

"I can't believe this!" Amelia squealed in silence. "A pair of Dad's clones! The legends are true!"

"Well by legends of Gravity Falls didn't exactly meant clones of your father in his younger age."

Amanda on the meanwhile stood there shocked. Not even a day has passed since she came here and her skeptics had taken a hit.

"Are those... really clones of Dad in his younger age?"

"Seems like it." Amelia answered. "I wonder what they do? Think that they also had the same personalities like Dad in his young age?"

Her twin sister merely shrugged her arms again. "I don't know. Maybe?"

Samantha however was cautious about it. The weirdness of Gravity Falls isn't exactly known to be open and friendly.

Not all of it though but it still doesn't hurt to be cautious.

"Maybe we shouldn't bother them. Who knows what their personalities are after living 26 years in this part of the forest."

Amanda decided to insert her opinion in. "That and the fact they probably didn't see people for those 26 years."

Amelia however had a different idea in mind. "Maybe they're still okay."

Amanda had looked at her with a ludicrous expression while Samantha was puzzled, trying to come up with what to say. "What do you mean?"

"I mean that they still seem to be normal. I can sense it."

"Amelia, don't let your curiosity get over you. We don't know much about their personalities after all those years. They could had deteriorated after all those years."

"Come on Sis. We're talking about Dad's clones! This is what discovery is all about! It's all about gaining knowledge of new things."

By then Samantha had come up with regards of handling this situation before the two twins could escalate to a potential fight. "Maybe your sister's right Amelia. I know that this is an amazing discovery but maybe today is not the right time. Maybe another time when you're a bit more prepared?"

Silence filled in around them while Amelia looked down at the ground, feeling mixed about it. Samantha had hit her with some sense. For her curiosity she had forgot how to be cautious or careful about it.

Amelia sighed. "I... i just wanted to know what they are like. Maybe i got my curiosity over me."

Her twin's facial expression turned from a sympathetic one. Truly she also herself wanted to know about these clones after discovering them but today was not the right time without prior information.

"It's okay Amelia. Maybe another time instead?" Amelia looked at her sister with a smile while her sister continued. "Maybe try taking a picture of them and ask Dad, Aunt Mabel or anyone about it? There we can have some information of what they at least were 26 years prior."

'I wanna know them too. Darn it! Only if we had prior information what they were right now. Maybe they can recreate what Dad was like when he was our age.'

Amelia took her phone out from her jacket and smiled. "You're right Sis."

By then Samantha had smiled as well. "Go get em' Amelia."

Amelia and the two other girls stood up with Amelia's phone's camera ready. Her phone being an Morofy Atlas model specifically made for her and her twin sister courtesy of her father's connections in other companies.

When the girls however had stood up to take a picture of the clones they were nowhere to be seen.

"Hey where did they go?"

A voice to their right promptly called out. "Who are you three?"

The three recoiled a bit to their left followed by a scream to see the two Dipper clones looking at them, both clones puzzled and surprised by Amelia's hat.

"And is that.. classic Dipper's hat?" The one with the number 3 on his hat pointed to her own hat while the one with the number 4 noticed it and reacted in shock.

"That's Classic Dipper's hat! Where did you get it from?"

Samantha went up in front to shield the two Pines twins by instinct as silence fell on them again.

Seeing that Amelia was the one being asked she decided to answer to the two clones, a small sense of hype in her part no doubt. Amelia started by putting a hand in her chest. "I'm Amelia Pines." She then promptly gestured to Amanda. "The blonde girl is my twin sister Amanda and the one with me is a new friend of ours named Samantha Ramirez. Amanda and i are the daughters of Dipper and Pacifica Pines. As for where i got the hat, he gave it to me as a form of connection to the town."

"Also she's a daddy's girl." Amanda added in.

"Well to be fair you're inclined to Mom. Your clothing resembles that of hers when she first met Dad with only changes in color."

Amanda chuckled. "Point taken Sis."

Silence again fell onto the five for a couple of seconds before it was defused by the one with the number three hat who raised an eyebrow.

"Well... i guess it's our turn to introduce ourselves." The clone with the number 3 written on his hat spoke. "I'm Clone #3 but also known as Tracey. The one with the 4 is #4 but also known as Quattro. We're clones of Classic Dipper."

"So..." Quattro began as he looked at Tracey. "If they're Classic Dipper's daughters, what are they to us?"

Tracey shrugged his arms. "Dunno. Maybe they're our daughters as well? I mean we're sorta related to Classic Dipper."

"Speaking of which." Quattro spoke in curiosity, wondering about Amelia's hat all the while. "What happened to Classic Dipper?"

"And who's Pacifica?"

Both twins were a lost at this. Pacifica was a popular one in their hometown. How come they could had not known?

But then again they were living in a forest for 26 years. They may had forgotten or whatever circumstances otherwise. Nevertheless Amelia decided to answer while Amanda and Samantha stood silent.

Amelia first went up front a bit closer to the clones before answering them. After a few steps she answered.

"Dad is somewhere up in New York with Mom to settle in some business about inventions he made. He actually plans on moving here with us but he and Mom have some things to settle in before moving in here."

Amanda decided to chime in, explaining who Pacifica is on her behalf. "Pacifica is our mom. But more than that she was actually a daughter of the Northwest family here, the richest family in Gravity Falls at the time."

Both clones raised eyebrows and asked in a puzzled tone. "Northwest family?"

"It's the family that used to be the most wealthy and most powerful in the town until our Northwest grandparents got robbed with most of their money as Mom and Dad told us."

"Oh?"

"Yeah."

Tracey scratched his chin while Quattro was mentally recollecting what both twins said. Tracey too doing the same, only with scratching his chin and thinking of a question to ask about these two girls that they may or may not consider as daughters. Amelia however had beaten them to it. "So, how did Dad exactly clone you himself?"

"Oh!" Tracey answered. "It's because of that printer he discovered back in the Shack. He made it to impress Wendy through a series of steps he made on a paper."

"A series of papers?" Amelia and Amanda raised an eyebrow while Samantha simply watched and listened, preferring to stay silent while learning a bit about whatever the history is being presented.

"I'll get it! It's in our tent. I have a copy of the thing." Quattro ran to the tent for a couple of seconds before returning a couple of seconds later.

Quattro then presented the paper to the girls while he spoke of its history and purpose. "Well this paper is what Classic Dipper used to get Wendy Corduroy's attention for a dance."

The three girls looked at the paper list ludicrously. At the front page there were at least over 15 'steps' of achieving it.

"Dad... made this?"

"Yup."

They continued on to look at the paper while Samantha commented. "I can't believe your dad would make this just to get on a girl for a dance. And it's someone older than him as well."

Amelia was the first to comment about this. "This is one side of Dad i never knew."

"Yeah. Tell me about it. Think he went through this first before Mom opened up to her?"

Subsequently then Tracey was first to spoke up. "Any idea how he and Wendy went down?"

"I heard he got turned down by Wendy." Amanda answered.

"Oh?"

"Yeah. That's what he, Mom and Aunt Mabel said. Wendy herself also said this in a text."

Tracey and Quattro looked at each other for a second then Tracey decided to ask another question. "Where is Wendy right now?"

Amelia and Amanda knew of Wendy but not her whereabouts so Samantha gave the answer. "Oh she's up in Portland right now. She's returning in two days from now."

"Ok..."

Seconds of silence fell again on them for seconds before Quattro broke it with another question. To the girls so far the clones were hospitable and nice, not acting all strange despite being away from civilization for 26 years.

Samantha however was as ready if things go out of control, ready to shield her new friends from any threats.

"How long has it been?"

"Been what?" asked the three girls.

"Since we've been cloned and saw Classic Dipper. I figure that you girls knew since you have a calendar and a proper track of civilization and time. As a side note through; you two are beautiful ladies. To think Classic Dipper has daughters like that i'd protect them till my last breath."

Both twins giggled a little before Amelia gave an answer. "Aww thank you Number 4. Anyways my track is 26 years or close to 26 years depending on when exactly Dad cloned you but yeah."

"26?"

"Yeah."

One thing that hasn't been covered yet for both twins is how in God's green Earth they ended up here.

And thus Amelia was the one to ask. "How did you end up here?"

The clones both hummed for around six seconds with Tracey being the one to speak. "Well it started with us baiting Robbie away from Classic Dipper with his bicycle just so he can have Wendy all to himself. We paddled and paddled all the way until we stopped at a certain distance and stopped here. Since that we couldn't know where we are, we decided to just simply of camp out here. Didn't notice that it took us 26 years that we're here until you two noticed our camp."

As the pair of twins looked in again looked in shock and the clones were silent Samantha intervened. "It's been fun knowing you two but we gotta go. Can't have their guardians worry."

This statement had made both twins regain about Soos' and Melody's worry. They had been in the forest for a while and they don't want him to worry or make a bad impression to him.

"Well." Amelia started. "It's been fun knowing you two and all. Hey, do you want to come with us to the Shack?"

Amanda went beside Amelia and hushed her. "Sis, are you sure that's a good idea?"

"Well a little re-exploration won't hurt isn't it? Also it's not like i'm inviting them to reside with us to the Shack. Just a little re-exploration for them."

Another look at one another was done to the clones before Tracey answered. "Well sure."

By then Amanda decided to ride along with Amelia's plan and relayed the proposal to Samantha who agreed with it as well through nodding. "Just a little re-exploration right? Shouldn't be too bad."

"But what about your camp?" asked Amanda.

"Don't worry about it. We can set one up if we need to."

Samantha laughed. "All right. You two follow us."

And thus they left the camp on their way to the Mystery Shack.

While the group was making their way back to the Shack Quattro spoke up again.

Years of isolation has made him curious about things like technology and people. How they had changed, who's who and what is Gravity Falls now compared to 2012. Peak of curiosity but then he had to worry about several things which he had yet to think of a plan for.

"So has the Shack been changed? You know with 26 years and all."

"Well the changes are the furniture and some of the wood in the structure but everything if you're referring to the 2012 design. It's still the same."

As the group walked through the forest Amanda asked a rather sensitive question. "How were you two in the forests these past 26 years?"

Amelia and Samantha looked down at Amanda with glares or a questionable expression for her asking such a punitive question to a pair of sentient beings, even if whatever their full status as humans can be properly verified. Before they could hush Amanda to apologize the clones answered.

Tracey took lead to answer. "Actually it was all fun. We fished, made friends with other creatures of the forests, bonded and cuddled with them and we did all sorts of challenges and games together by either with the creatures or ourselves. We didn't realize it was a span of 26 years that has passed since we did all of these things."

"And also." Quattro added in. "I'd like to share but we're not biologically human if you're not aware of that."

"But still you're sentient beings. You can think, you have feelings." said Amelia.

"We do and for what we feel with Classic Dipper we feel fine. At least we had bonded with nature!" responded Tracey.

"And also liquid of any kind is our weakness as well." followed Quattro

"By the way why do you two call my dad 'Classic' Dipper?" asked Amanda.

"Becuase he's the original one."

Meanwhile in the New York Season Hotel

Dipper Pines sipped through his wine as he looked outside the windows of his hotel, his wife Pacifica just besides him. Years of being together with a rough introduction but with a growing friendship eventually turned relationship made them content for each other. While they had their moments of arguments, they were still happily married together.

"Hey Dipper."

"Yeah?"

"Amelia and Amanda..."

Dipper sighed. "We been through this, don't worry about them. They don't know of Bill. I told Mabel and Soos to keep Bill and Wierdmageddon a secret from the girls."

Pacifica sighed as she tapped her foot. "It's just that i fear that they'll be in danger just like us or stumble upon things like what we did with Mabel those past summers."

"Don't worry. They got Soos, Melody, Mabel and Gideon to watch over them. And if they got in danger they'll be able to pull it off in safely. The girls had Pines genes."

Pacifica chuckled. "Let's see. We will be back there right?"

"Yup. And live there as well with the kids in silence."

Pacifica laughed. "I love you."

"I love you too sweetheart."

They kissed for a second then looked outside the window, thinking about their daughters and their past.

'I should remind Soos and Mabel about this. Just to be sure.'

Back at the Mystery Shack.

"Whoa... 26 years and nothing much has changed?" asked Tracey

"Seems like it. At least for the Mystery Shack. From pictures Dad and Mom provided us the Shack wasn't any different from before on the outside and it was kept cleaned and repaired as well of course." answered Amelia.

The group stood just outside the Shack while the clones were making notes about their distance. They had figured out in their walks that they were actually in a fair distance away from the Shack. Not much but still a noticeable one. Enough to notice the difference in terms of shape.

And it didn't change much. It might as well be the same for the perspective of the clones.

Quattro nervously tapped his right foot. "Maybe i shouldn't be asking this."

"Ask what?" Samantha asked.

"Is Wendy single?"

The three girls looked at Tracey with mixed expressions. "Still under that effect?"

"No. She's married."

"Anyways, Wendy is too old. Literally. She's like in her early 40s!"

The jaws of both clones dropped. "Early 40s?!"

"Married?!" both clones asked in surprise.

"Yup."

"To who?!" Quattro asked in a panicked tone.

Tracey looked at Quattro. "We've been gone for too far!"

"26 years?! I could had Wendy by then! Now she's in her early 40s!"

The two clones continued on their rant as the girls looked at them in concern. Amanda was first to comment about it.

"Uh-oh. Maybe we shouldn't had bought them here."

"Ya tell me." Samantha had chimed in.

The two clones continued on their tantrums until a red sedan made its way through the road half a minute after their tantrums. Their tantrums so far had been focused on how they could had Wendy early or wishing that they left their camp earlier but so far no agony has been pointed to Dipper.

The red sedan made its way in the parking lot of the Shack and parked just near the porch.

Its driver's door opened, revealing a red-haired woman who had blue green polo shirt, jeans and sneakers came out of the car. "Whoa.. are those clones of Dipper in the age i met him?"

The three girls waved their hands to the woman. "Hi Wendy!"

Wendy waved her hand. "Hi Amanda, Samantha and Amelia! Nice to see you all!"

Wendy waved her hand before looking at the two Dipper clones with an eyebrow as she closed her car and went up to the girls after. "Am i seeing two clones of your father in his younger age?"

Samantha answered for the twins. "Seems like it Wendy. Also you come home earlier?"

"Had to! The trip's cut due to a landslide."

Wendy narrowed down her look to the two Dipper clones. They had donned the same looks that gave Wendy a brief flashback of years past where she and Dipper first met.

In the meanwhile the two clones remained shocked and astonished by Wendy's look. For an adult the two still felt the hypnotize of being attracted to an adult.

The feeling never washed away.

"So... are you two really clones of Dipper or just another one of those weird natural occurrences that surrounds this town?"

Tracey chuckled. "Maybe one of those weird occurrences but we aren't natural, we're artificial. I'm Clone #3 also known as Tracey and here is Clone #4 also known as Quattro." At his introduction Quattro removed his hat and bowed down to Wendy like loyalty.

"Ok. Anyways i'm Wendy but you probably know that, right?" Wendy raised an eyebrow.

The clones nodded at this gesture.

"So.. how did it happen if i may ask?"

Amelia then told Wendy of the entire story; from being cloned in that night all the way to the following years that happened including of what they felt to Dipper for making them do such a thing. So far Wendy was left speechless. Another fact that was just recently revealed to her in the small weird town of Gravity Falls. Her next summer adventures with Dipper and the rest didn't include a discovery of these pair of clones.

"Ok." Samantha clapped her hand. "I think we really need to go to the Shack itself."

Wendy laughed, wanting to rest right now. "I'm with you."

However as Wendy walked forward on his way to the Shack Tracey held her left hand. "Come with me my Queen and together, we shall rule the wilds!"

Quattro however had joined in, this time holding Wendy's right hand and leaving a puzzled Wendy. "No! She's my queen!"

"No mine!"

"Mine!"

The two clones let go of their respective hands and began to fight amongst one another as Wendy looked at the clones with a mixture of weirdness, shock and disbelief.

Just as then Amelia approached Wendy and promptly apologized. "I'm sorry Wendy. It was my idea of bringing them along."

Wendy kneeled down to Amelia who looked ashamed. "Well... i dunno what to say but i can tell that this wasn't your idea to cause this mess."

"But it was my idea to bring them!"

"But it's not your fault either this mess happened. You didn't know that they acted like this. Maybe next time you should had been more constraint."

Amelia nodded. "Ok."

By then the argument between clones had escalated and escalated until Wendy went up to halt it a couple of seconds later, not wanting any other of the Ramirez family members and others as well see this mess. "Okay okay. I know that you two still may be programmed into me or whatever but think of it: I'm 41 and you're 12."

The clones stopped fighting and Tracey had kneeled down. "Then we shall make you turn into our age with the age-altering well's dust or water far off deep into the forest. There we can be of the same age and we can be together!"

Quattro glared at Tracey. "Hey! That's my idea!"

Wendy had stepped her foot out of frustration from these clones. "I don't want to be turned into your age! I will remain as my current age as it is and either of you won't be using that potion to convert me into your age. Think of it you two, don't you two ever think that it's wrong to do such a thing?"

The two clones looked down in brief shame about it. It has gotten over their head or perhaps out of mindless gesture to even do such a thing.

Wendy sighed. She knew that she was right but a little reassurance for these little clones she felt were needed just so she can send off nicely. "Now i know that you may still had a thing about me but i'm 41. And turning me to 12 or 13 just doesn't feel right for both of us."

"We're sorry." Both clones said in unison.

Wendy however had a part of her mind that said she may or may not be de-aged by these clones. Whatever those de-aging thing one clone said remained a mystery to her.

"Well... i think we overstayed ourselves here. We're heading back to our camp." Quattro stated.

"Yeah i think we did. We should head back." added Tracey.

Wendy kept her suspicious look but instead of being expressed facially, she kept a mental note about it. No doubt these two will be coming down to 'de-age' her or whatever.

Noticing this Amanda poke Wendy to get her attention and promptly gestured her to knell before whispering something to Wendy after she kneeled. "They said that their weakness is water."

"Water?"

"Yeah. Probably because of what they're made of which is what too hard for me to understand."

"Ok." Wendy stood up and looked at the clones.

Just as then the clones were turning back to leave. Whatever reason is unknown but Amelia despite everything and what Wendy told her earlier called onto the clones.

"Now now, you're leaving so soon?"

"Well we had to."

"It's your first contact with other people in 26 years!" Amelia screamed. "Don't want to just stay with us even just for a second?"

Tracey laughed. "Sorry Amelia but we can't. We'll be of trouble here to all sides if we stayed. Plus i kinda got used to the forest."

"But don't worry we'll be in our camp if you need us... pumpkin."

Both twins were surprised by this. "Pumpkin?"

"Well.. you two are technically our daughters. Grunkle Stan called Mabel a pumpkin; we might as well use it on you two."

"Or relatives at least."

"Either way we shall make way. Thanks for the time girls. And Wendy,' Quattro bowed his head down with Tracey. "I'm sorry."

Wendy merely chuckled. Throughout the years she has retained her signature cool attitude. "Don't worry about it. You two sure of spending your time in the woods?"

"Yeah. It has reached to us to the point that we're men of wild. But we will reach out to the Shack shall we need any help."

The girls smiled as Amelia added in. "Mind if we take a couple of pictures together?"

"Provided that you keep em' secret."

"A Pines' promise!"

The twins then took pictures with the clones, both selfies and full picture. In the selfies Samantha and Wendy were joined in as well while the full body pictures were mainly of the twins and the clones.

Tracey and Quattro then moved away from the Shack after the pictures, looking at their newfound friends and waving at them. "Bye!"

"Bye Tracey and Quattro!"

They continued to wave to each other until the two were out of sight back into the forest.

Amelia sighed and looked at her sister with a grin. "You believe in the legends now Amanda?"

"Half of it. But not all of it. Hey Sis, i'm sorry for earlier."

Amelia raised an eyebrow. "For what?"

"For denying you of knowing about them earlier and being skeptical. I just us want to be safe."

The brunette merely smiled at her back. "It's my fault too anyways. I was blinded by curiosity and i even proposed of bringing them here and look where that got into. I'd admit it's more of my fault. I caused a situation for Wendy and it's now all awkward for her..."

Wendy added in. "Just be careful and think more next time Amelia, ok?"

Amanda hugged her sister. "Don't worry about Sis. It's totally not your fault. You were just trying to be helpful to them that's all."

Amelia chuckled as she hugged her twin back. "Yeah."

After that both twins simultaneously patted one another's back. "Pat-pat."

Samantha who was standing at the porch with Wendy clapped her hands. "We really need to go right now. Dad's probably freaked out that you are gone."

"Oh right. Of course."

The group entered the Shack's gift shop to find Melody cleaning some fake eyeballs, Stan fixing a loose lightbulb and Soos observing his son and Mitchell on the cash register but instead looking at a newspaper.

"Hey Mom!" Mitchell lowered his newspaper.

"Hey Mitch. How's work?"

"It's all fine."

The door opening caused the three's attention to the group.

Soos was the first one to ask. "How was the walk in the forest? Find anything there?"

The girls looked at one another with Wendy whispering to both twins. "You can Soos and Melody about it. Don't worry."

The twins smiled before Amelia took point to answer. "We founded the clones of what Mitchell was referring to."

Mitchell focused his attention from his newspaper to the brown-haired girl. "You actually spotted the clones?"

"Yup. I even got it on my phone."

"Nice! Maybe you can show it to me later. But now i think you two should rest first up in your room."

"Just about to do that." Amelia then called to the attention of Soos and Melody. "Uncle Soos, Aunt Melody we'll just be in our rooms."

"All right." answered Soos. "Just remember that if you need anything just call us.

With that the two drifted off to their rooms while Soos and Wendy smiled.

"The Next Generation are they eh?"

"Yup. Maybe they'll discover the weirdness that even us didn't get to know about the town."

Wendy however was left wondering in her mind.

'I'm not totally trusting of them with that de-aging whatever. Not to say that they'll do it 100% but i'll keep an eye onto it.''

Wendy then sighed. 'Why are they still into this?'

Night time has fallen to the town after a series of recollection, wondering and stories being told to Soos, Stan and Melody.

Amelia had laid down in her bed, dressed in her pajamas. Her twin sister also wore them as well.

'And thus that begins my and my twin's first exposure. While there may be more that are more natural and our start with it not the best or the worst it could had potentially be, i believe we can still be through of it thick and thin with my friends and my sister.'

Amelia typed in her phone's diary app about the experience she had so far while Amanda asked her questions. "What a day eh Sis?"

"I know. And i still kinda fault myself for causing awkwardness to Wendy."

"Don't worry about it Sis. You'll be better next time and you didn't know about their condition."

Amelia smiled while thinking to herself about the experience of today and typing all of it in her diary.

'But then i wonder if there's more to this town than what Mom and Dad said there are. Or more to what they did. The clones were a thing that used to leave me puzzled after they said that they were actually okay living off the forests after 26 years and are printed by printer and not human in a sense? And with the book which was actually called a Journal by Soos, there's definitely more to discover about this town. That and with my sister who will definitely believe more about it soon.'

Just as Amelia was typing through her diary app filling in her conflicted opinion about the clones' situation with her father a message popped up from the top of her phone's screen.

Pacifica Pines: How are you there in Gravity Falls?

Amelia tapped the message and the phone bought her to an app where the texts go. She promptly typed a response and sent it.

Amelia Pines: It's okay so far. Soos, Melody and their kids are cool people. Mitchell and Wendy are cool as well.

It merely took around a second before Pacifica responded.

Pacifica Pines: Really?

Amelia Pines: Yup!

Pacifica Pines: Glad to her pumpkin. You should sleep now as well, it's late.

Amelia Pines: Hehe. All right Mom. Good night.

Pacifica Pines: I love you pumpkin.

Amelia Pines: I love you too Mom. Good night.

With that Amelia had put her phone in the table at the middle and looked at her sister. "Sis, should i close the light? I'm about to sleep."

"Well sure. I'm sleepy as well." Amanda too placed her phone on the table where the lamp is.

"Good night Amelia."

"Good night Amanda."

With that Amelia turned the lights off and both girls went to a deep sleep, readying themselves for another day in the not so normal town of Gravity Falls.

Meanwhile downstairs Soos who was watching TV received a call from his phone and promptly answered. "Hello."

"Soos, it's me Dipper."

"Oh hey Dipper! How's New York?"

"New York's fine. How are the girls?"

"Good. They've been feed and are asleep now."

"Okay." Dipper's voice through the phone turned serious in the while as he continued on. "Now you must not let them know about Weirdmageddon or Bill for that matter. Did you remove the page from the Journal with Bill's page onto it?"

"Yes. But i also had the page in another Journal copy should things so astray."

"All right. That's all for tonight Soos. Thanks for taking care of my pumpkins."

Soos chuckled. "No problem about it dude. Just a favor from one another."

"All right Soos. Good night."

"Night."

Soos then puts his phone back into the nearby table before continuing on to watch TV for the night.

Meanwhile in New York Dipper looked up to the moon with a smile.

They're Pines. They'll get through everything what Gravity Falls has to offer to them, either both and new. But then i worry about Bill slightly but with Soos not even knowing how to summon him all should be fine. Also with their newfound friends and Mabel, Wendy, Candy and Gideon they'll be okay."

"They'll be okay, they'll be okay." Dipper sighed to relief himself of any form of stress dreading around him with regards to what their daughters are doing.

Back in the clones' camp Tracey sat outside of the tent as Quattro slept inside the tent with Tracey rubbing his own hands, thinking of a plan as he looked at the right.

"Maybe one day i will. Maybe."

Well here it is, after teasing a separate prologue for this chapter and taking it down again to cram it with this proper episode and me actually getting my butt off and work on this chapter here's one with the "first episode" included.

Damn it, i feel like this chapter may not be the best introduction to my new series with the lack of that Gravity Falls spirit i'm supposed to honor in. Remember to leave criticisms if there are any you see from these chapters with regards to either dialogue, flow pacing or my handling of characters and this chapter itself. I may revise this version if i have to based on viewer perspective.

(Added after 22 hours of being posted) I'm a new writer so i'm gonna be bound on making some glaring mistakes in this story but i'm gonna aim on fixing chapters, dialogue and other stuff if i have to. I aim to make a quality story and i need you folks to point them out for me and give me suggestions on how to do so.

This is also a lighter take on the weirdness as i cannot do much about the clones and a 41 year old Wendy and i thought that having the twins exposed to their father's antics is a good start. More heavy Gravity Falls weirdness will come in future chapters.

This project will be around for four-six years (hiatus included). I will also take any suggestions if it fits the narrative, so if you 'em don't be afraid to spill 'em. My creativity has limits too. XD

In regards to criticism, make sure it's a constructive one. Otherwise i won't take it seriously. If you have any questions don't hesitate to drop a PM into me.

Oh and yeah each chapter will be a whole episode. So it'll be a while before each update but each one will be of high quality (Or what i planned it to be.)

Anyways enough of me making excuses and see you in the next episode where the twins will meet their Aunt Mabel and bond together with the Gleefuls for a day.

Thanks for reading and see you next time!