Chapter 1

It was a normal summer day in the town of Gravity Falls, Oregon, and 12-year-old Dipper and Mabel Pines were helping their Great Uncle Stan, or as they called him, Grunkle Stan, with his tourist trap called "The Mystery Shack." Not many people came that lazy Sunday day, but today, a few newcomers did.

"Dipper!" Mabel called to her twin brother.

"What Mabel?" he answered.

"Where does this Stan bobble-head go?" she asked.

Dipper sighed in annoyance at his sister's forgetful nature. "Like I said five minutes ago, right there on that counter." he said, trying to keep his cool.

"Oh yeah!" Mabel exclaimed happily.

"Kids!" Grunkle Stan yelled and came into the gift shop. "I'm going to a meeting today on how to run a business. I don't know why I have to attend, but I just do. So, Soos is in charge." Stan explained, getting a "Whoo hoo!" from Soos, the Mystery Shack's handy man. With that, Grunkle Stan left the Mystery Shack and headed over to his meeting in a convertible.

"Wait," Dipper said. "When did Grunkle Stan get a... convertible?" he questioned. Mabel shrugged her shoulders and began bobbing the bobble-heads back and forth, her pupils following their every move.

"Haha!" she cried, intrigued by their movement. Then Dipper continued reading a book with no title, just a hand with six fingers and the number "3" on it.

The bell above the door jingled to announce the arrival of customers.

"Hello!" Soos said, welcoming them. One of the kids, a boy with shaggy blond hair, was busying himself with his sister, a little girl holding a teddy bear.

"You need to put that back!" he muttered, wrestling with something in the little girl's hand.

"Its Mr. Tedders'!" she cried. "He wants it!" The kids parents were completely oblivious to their children, and so were Dipper and Mabel. While all this was going on, Dipper was still engrossed in his book, and Mabel was still hypnotized by the bobble-heads.

"Beep boop!" she said, flicking the bobble-heads with her finger again, giggling. "They never know it's coming!" she laughed.

"Mabel, please be quiet. I'm trying to read about..." Dipper said, but then got cut off by realizing their were customers in the store.

"Trying to read about what?" asked the little girl.

"I... um..."

"Sorry about my sister." said a voice. "She's a bit nosy sometimes." A girl with bleach blond hair grabbed the little girl by the arm and pushed her gently away. "Sorry for the trouble," she said. "C'mon guys, let's go."

"Wait!" Dipper cried, noticing the girl a lot better now. She was actually really pretty. And really familiar... "You- you could stay!" he blurted.

"Well, okay." the girl said. "Hi, I'm... Elodie."

"I'm Dipper, and that's my sister, Mabel. Mabel, come here!" Dipper said.

Mabel looked up. "Hi!"

Elodie laughed. Her brother joined her and Elodie introduced him. "That's my brother, Ryan. He's twelve, and I'm thirteen. And that little girl over there is our sister, Piedmont. She has a pretty unusual name. A little like yourself." Elodie said, gesturing to Dipper. Dipper smiled. Elodie was really pretty.

"We're from Piedmont, California!" Mabel exclaimed.

"No way!" Elodie said. "Us too! Although, Mabel is a pretty common name. I once had a friend named Mabel back in California when I was eight, but that was before she turned on me." A funny look crossed her face, but then she laughed. "I can't help but notice you two look related!" she said.

"Yeah! We're twin buddies!" Mabel said, giving Dipper a noogie.

"Mabel- stop- stop it!" he yelped, trying to get out of her grasp. Finally, she let go.

"Well we'd better get going, right Ryan?" Elodie asked.

"Yeah," Ryan replied. "It was great meeting you."

"Bye guys!" Mabel said, waving. Elodie and Ryan soon left with their parents and Piedmont without purchasing anything.

A/N Sorry if it's a little boring! I promise you it'll improve. I just edited the chapter a little, and I know it still isn't very good. Don't forget to leave a review!