Greetings from SeekerMeeker.

I write this, because of recent events that have troubled me. After so much news, I have had enough: the world needs just a story of something optimistic and hopeful for once.

Please, this is also my way of encouraging everyone out there.

Good luck, and may God bless in these dark times.

Groom Falls:

Legends of a New Summer

By SeekerMeeker

In honor of Alex Hirsch and his allies, who made one of the best shows in Disney history

I wish and pray for many blessings in your futures ahead. Good luck out there!

Table of Contents

Introduction Arc

Chapter 1: A Boring Start

Chapter 2: Trap Twist

Chapter 3: Revelation

Meeting Arc

Chapter 4: Double Discovery

Chapter 5: Nail Bite

Chapter 6: Enter the City

First Contact Arc

Chapter 7: A Skele-TON of Work

Chapter 8: New Faces

Chapter 9: Lake and the Edge

Chapter 10: Let Us Introduce You!

Chapter 11 and beyond: Table of Contents starts at chapter 10.

Chapter 1: A Boring Start

"Ah, summer break. A time to relax, to have fun, and to enjoy life..."

"...unless you're us. Mabel and I have to work as...census takers."

"It has been two years since Gravity Falls. So many things have happened, from growth to groans. My sister and I are now teens, and are enjoying our own mayhem. You know, typical teen stuff...maybe? Yes, we are not in Gravity Falls anymore...sigh. I miss our old lives, and our old friends. Soos, Uncle Stan, Uncle Ford, Wendy..."

"...even her, Pacifica..."

"Ahem! Back to my point, we cannot go back to Gravity Falls. Dad and mom found out that Uncle Stan is out on an adventure, so he's technically not home. Despite our pleas, they had us sent to another town, named Groom Falls, because they want us to be with a friend they trust. Sigh, we have friends there in Gravity Falls!"

"Plus, there is another reason why dad and mom sent us there. Dad got a huge promotion, and he and mom want us to live at a better town. For some reason, they found out that Gravity Falls...was not the best of towns. Let's just say that they are smarter than I realized, and want us to live in a 'better town' or something. Plus, they want us to 'grow up' and have a job over the summer. Yeah, talk about trying to give us a better life..."

"You doing your monologue?"

Dipper sighed, as Mabel read his thoughts like a psychic. They were at their own desktops, clean in their own ways. Although they had their own separate rooms, in reality the doors were right next to each other. Hence, they kept them open, so that they were able to talk to each other freely. Only a single, wooden wall separated the two, and even that did not prevent the two from making long conversations. Plus, they were the only people in that whole floor. There was a vacant room in front of their rooms.

Dipper and Mabel changed, and not really changed, since their times in Gravity Falls, at least it seemed. Despite their teenage years, they still retained much of their old selves, but better. Dipper had grown to look more handsome, although he was dismayed at the relative lack of muscles in his arms.

"I am just a taller version of my old self," Dipper groaned.

"You're not," his twin sister replied with a sly grin, as she scrolled through her laptop. "Hehe, I am surprised that we got this job. Right, Waddles?"

Her pet pig oinked, rubbing his nose against her left leg.

"Hehe," she giggled.

Mabel also had not changed much either. However, she was now way taller for her age, and was actually of the same height as Dipper! She caught the attention of quite a number of boys, but she turned them down in order to help Dipper adjust to his relative lack of friends during their years. Plus, some bullies tried to mess with Dipper about his slimness, forcing Mabel to step in. Fortunately, the school authorities learned about them, and Mabel got away with just a warning.

"And you don't have to step in there all the time," Dipper said. "I don't want you to get in trouble anyway."

"Hey," Mabel replied with a smirk. "We're family, remember? Even after all these years, we are still much ourselves. I guess Piedmont is not really a place to grow up, you know?"

Both sighed.

She was right. Piedmont, California was technically an average American town. Average food, average sights, and average everything. So, in a way, being sent to Groom Falls was better than staying in Piedmont, although it was also...average.

"And we are here in this new town," Mabel said, as she scrolled through her laptop. "Trying to do something 'productive,' as mom and dad want us to."

"With a boring job as a census taker," Dipper groaned. "On our first week here, nothing almost nothing, and are you looking through our profiles again? You've done that one too many times."

"It sure is interesting," Mabel spoke. "How much we have changed, and how much we have stayed the same."

She looked through a single page, which had two profiles. The upper one had a blue border, while the lower one had a pink one:

DIPPER PINES

Full name: Mason Pines

Nickname: Dipper

Height: 172 cm

Sex: Male

Age: 15

Likes: Solving mysteries; some pop and rock bands

Hates: Being underestimated; being called adorable

Hopes: To graduate from high school with a high GPA, get accepted into a good college, and start my own ghost hunting show

MABEL PINES

Full Name: Same!

Nickname: Maple; Maggie; Mabelton; Lady M etc.

Height: 172 cm

Sex: Female

Age: GLORIOUS FIFTEEN!

Likes: Sweaters; anything cute or loving or BOTH!

Hates: Seeing my family in danger; losing my cuteness

Hopes: To become the President of the United States of AMERICAAAAAAA!

"Hehe!" she giggled, as she minimized the page, before perusing her work files. "Mazel tov."

"Piedmont was so normal," Dipper said, rolling his eyes. "Maybe that's why we have not changed much, even through our teen years."

He was right. After arriving back in their hometown, the twins did not stand out much. Dipper still did not have many friends, but was content with Mabel being there for him. Instead, he had to deal with a growing number of girls, who were secretly into him, and he was aware of that.

"The only thing that changed in Piedmont," Dipper groaned. "Was more and more girls getting into me. That happened once back in Gravity Falls, but I did not expect it to rise up to a new level."

"Isn't that a good thing?" Mabel asked. "That means that you're getting more popular!"

"But they just want me for my body!" Dipper groaned. "They keep telling me to come to their houses in secret and so and so...it all sounds too suspicious for me."

"Is it because you only let-"

Dipper hiccuped, and made a noise that Mabel understood well.

"Don't say it so soon!" he replied with a cough. "We're not really dating, me and...her."

He could feel Mabel smile, and he was right. He gulped.

"Maybe you need to take the first step," Mabel advised. "Go and tell her, even start-"

"No-no!" Dipper replied, trying to get back into his work. "Let's focus on our job. Anyway, she's too far away to date and-and-ahem! She needs to adjust to her new life and such-such..."

He tried to say more, but couldn't say more. Instead, he sweated.

"Love is in the air~" Mabel teased him.

"Oh come on!" Dipper groaned. "Let's change the topic! OK, so it looks like we have finished all of our training...all by ourselves."

"Yup!" Mabel said with a stretch. "That means that we're done for the day!"

"Not so fast," Dipper replied, causing her to pout. "We need to tell that rabbi friend of our parents...and the problem is where he is."

"Didn't he even give us his phone number?" Mabel asked.

"Nope," he replied.

"Absentminded teacher of the law?" Mabel groaned. "Yikes, and he's one of our parents' friends..."

She was right. The friend who invited them was a rabbi, which they both were surprised at. He even looked like a typical Orthodox rabbi, from his clothing to even his face. This rabbi, however, was a weird one; he forgot to go to the right bus stop, forcing the twins to wait for three long hours before he realized that he was at the wrong stop. Then, he kept wandering around the boring town, more focused on looking at his pocket notebook, rather than even looking at where he was going. Finally, after six hours of walking around, the rabbi took them to their current location.

"And this is both our home," said Dipper. "And our workplace. But why the census taker? I thought that it was a job that occurred only once every decade?"

"Dunno," replied Mabel. "All I know is big money and big fun! And he said that this is not even our real workplace! We'll move to a real one!"

"Mabel," Dipper groaned. "You're not helping."

"You know," Mabel spoke again, this time sounding very different from her usual self. "I can't believe that two freaky years passed, and they were all once one boring summer."

The two sighed together again.

"Spot on," Dipper admitted. "I guess a weird rabbi is better than a boring summer. But I am still wondering; I thought our parents are nonreligious? How did they know a highly religious rabbi? And why here, of all the places?"

"Dipper," Mabel said with a smirk. "You over-thinker. Come on, let's enjoy our teen years! Just don't worry about it."

"Maybe it's due to our adventures," Dipper said, leaning on his seat. "Back in Gravity Falls, we've experienced so much. From joining Wendy's teen friends on their antics, to discovering Uncle Ford, we've seen enough already."

"Don't forget," Mabel said, with a more serious tone. "From that ugh boy of Gideon, to the Weirdmageddon that I accidentally caused, you and I have gone through plenty enough."

The two then laughed nervously.

"Speaking of which," Dipper said. "Remember how we got the 'Best Role Model' awards in high school? None of us, not even our parents, expected that!"

"Yeah!" Mabel burst out, jumping in her seat. "We got that, and we are the youngest to get it!"

Both were right. Perhaps due to their experiences in Gravity Falls, the twins were a lot smarter and wiser than before, even in their years. The things that teens loved to get into, such as rebelling against their parents, did not seem so appealing anymore. Sure, they had their own issues, but they contacted their parents more than most teens of their age. Sure, they were rebellious, but were willing to negotiate a compromise. Sure, they were interested in teenage habits such as personal fashion and trying out questionable food, but even their own school authorities remarked on their "superb behavior."

"Everybody was surprised that a freshman duo got the awards," Dipper remarked. "And now...we're here."

Mabel deflated, while Dipper shrugged at his own response.

"Hey," Mabel chirped, smiling again. "At least that got us landed in a job that pays well. Plus, it is supposed to be endorsed by the US government, which means sweet perks."

"The government can give us whatever," Dipper said. "But we just want to live in peace. And I hope that they're not going to get us, like the FBI that almost took Uncle Stan away."

"Cheer up," Mabel said. "Let's just wait and see; hopefully, the future will be bright."

"Says the girl who was afraid of the future," Dipper teased her, and the two laughed.

"And so began another boring day at our office, although we enjoyed laughing together. Mabel and I technically finished everything, from reading boring papers about our job to talking online classes about census taking and all. In reality, the rabbi told us that everything that we're doing is required by the US government. Even he has enough sense to realize that all these tasks are both boring and annoying; however, he said that 'rules are rules.' This week is technically just getting rid of all that boring stuff; the real job, according to the rabbi, starts in two days. Speaking of which, this job says that it needs three people, not two. The rabbi does not count, since he already has a job. So, who's going to take the third..."

"Klein," said a teenage girl. "Thanks for the ride, and I mean it."

"My pleasure," a man with light skin and a large mustache spoke. "It has been an interesting journey, miss."

"Don't worry about it," she spoke, brushing away her blond hair. "Ever since we lost the manor, dad has been trying any way he can to get his money back. I have told him that Groom Falls has a new job, one that pays $40 an hour, plus US government benefits and everything good to reform our name. He was glad, although he was worried."

"And I am here to always be by the family's side," said Klein. "You know, I am surprised that I am still here even now. Miss, what are you going to do?"

"Our family name is broken," she replied, brushing her hair with a serious face. "And I'm gonna fix it!"

"You bet!" Klein replied with a grin. "And I wish you well. Much as they forbade me to tell you, there is a tracking device inside of your bag."

The girl groaned.

"They sure worry about me," she remarked. "Or they do not want me to become a 'rebellious teenage rich fanatic' kind of stuff."

"Yes," Klein replied, as he revved up the limousine. "And they still want you to make money. Money is their idol, these days."

"They are still their old selves," the girl replied. "And while I cannot change that, I can forge my own path."

"And may God bless your journey miss," Klein said. "And I mean it."

"What?" she asked with a blink.

"Gotta go!" Klein shouted, startling her.

The girl watched her butler drive away, stunned.

"Klein is an odd butler," she said to herself. "Although we had to lay off at least half of our butlers and maids, he was one of the few who willingly stayed with us, even with a reduced salary. He's a fun one, and a comfort to us."

She then turned around to look. Within a walking distance was a huge, recently painted sign, with giant blue letters against a white background:

WELCOME TO GROOM FALLS, ARIZONA

SISTER TOWN OF GRAVITY FALLS, OREGON

NORMAL IS THE NEW NORM

The girl rolled her eyes at the sign.

"What can happen here?" she said to herself, taking out her own resume. "Hmm, census taker, hmmph! What can happen next? First, we lose our current fortune, then we have to adjust to being 'lower rich,' and...Dipper and Mabel. I wonder where they are now, other than home?"

So, I have been stuck with that annoying thing called the "writer's block." I guess that it was time to breakout and shine!

Please review, fave, follow, and do whatever you can. I am one of the newest "big fans" of Gravity Falls, and I wish you all well!

Thank you, and stay strong!

FYI: I really appreciate a honest review of the chapters so far. I hope that I have grabbed you readers' attention well enough. Plus, the quality is worth the read for you all.

Yes, this will be a challenge for me, as I notice that the Gravity Falls fandom for FanFiction is quite alive and well!

So, I am ready to take on this brave new world!

And good luck out there. It's crazy out there in this year 2020.

REFERENCE

Gravity Falls-obvious, throughout the entire story

RWBY