Journal 3

Disclaimer: I do not own Gravity Falls, that belongs to Alex Hirsch and Disney. If I owned Gravity Falls Bill would have more episodes.

A/N This is my first fanfiction, so keep an open mind

word~3's point of view

Chapter 1 Tourist Trapped

It's Dark…Quiet…is that an animal (?) sound, oh well, same old, same old.

This has been my…existence for the last…I don't know how many years; sort of hard to tell how much time has passed in a cramped, underground cubby that my creator, my Father, placed me in without 'seeing' the light of day.

Oh, listen to me ramble I should introduce myself, I am 3 and believe it or not, but I'm a book, a journal to be precise. But I'm not just any journal, (yes, yes I'm a sentient book I know that but other than that) I hold clues and secrets of a small town called Gravity Falls, Oregon that is "just west of weird" that is overflowing with the supernatural and mystery's galore.

…At least I should, I am however unfinished with half of my pages plank with my more…"recent" information hidden from even myself. Oh well, nothing I can do about it seeing as I'm trapped here in this cubby with nothing else to do but 'listen' to the wildlife and the more…special beings that prance around above ground. Speaking of which, those little men, gnomes, have been passing by frequently lately, chattering about a new queen they will soon marry *coughkidnapcough*, those nasty little men and that poor girl.

Still they are better than that…thing Bill Cipher that had been around my area for the pass however many years I've been here. He is the reason I'm trapped here and he scares me, he's dangerous, I CAN'T TRUST HIM, even that creepy rattling thing is better than him! Sorry, got carried away, oh well; it doesn't matter since I'll nev-

BANG!

-Wha-?

Bang! Bang!

What the…is someone…out there?

Vsssssh…

Light…glorious light, the sky, fresh air and a…goat? Meh, I'll take what I can get, but finally, I'm free. But who freed me?

"What the-?"

'Looking' up Journal 3 saw that a boy, probably 12 years old with brown hair and hazel eyes wearing a green army hat with an olive star in the middle was peering down at it with a bewildered expression. As the 2 centipedes crawled away, he carefully picked up the dusty book and blew off the dust and spider webs that had gathered over the years to reveal a golden embossed six-fingered hand with a 3 inside of it. Setting it down he opened the book for the first time in years to see what was written in its yellowed pages.

Who is he 3 wondered as the boy flipped through it, he's kind of young, almost no one goes into my neck of the forest these days, but why is he here? "It's hard to believe it's been 6 years since I've began studying the strange and wondrous secrets of Gravity Falls, Oregon." The boy read to himself and started to flip through the pages to show things like eyes, bats, gnomes and other stuff 3 couldn't describe. What's his name 3 wondered furiously, it wanted to know the boy's name so badly; who knew how good it felt to be read after all those years underground.

"Unfortunately, my suspicions have been confirmed, I'm being watched." The boy started reading more frantically, yes, that does sound like my Father. "I must hide this book before HE finds it. Remember: in Gravity Falls there is no one you can trust." His eyes lingered on the last thing the author wrote, TRUST NO ONE. That phase would've sent a shiver down 3's spine if it could move; that's right Father's first rule when he was writing me, everyone is out to get you and you can only trust yourself to a certain extent. But I can trust this boy hopefully; he did find me after all, if only I had a name!

He closed the book and whispered "No one you can trust."

"HELLO!"

3 could've jumped out of its binding in fear, but the boy did it a favor by tossed it a little when a high pitched girl voice shrieked right next to them. #$%^$&$*! 3 turned its awareness to a girl who looked a lot like the boy as she scrambled over a dead stump to greet the boy. She was strange, 3 thought, with her long brown hair, a purple skirt with a pink sweater with a shooting star on it. She created a vivid contrast to the boys orange shirt with blue vest and grey shorts. Who the hell is she; if I was alive I would've lost a year off my lifespan with her scream!?

"Whatcha reading? Some weird nerd thing?" How rude. The boy stuttered and hid 3 behind his back and said "Ah, ah it's nothing." "Ah, ah it's nothing" She playfully mocked back waving her arms. She laughed and giggled "What, are you actually not going to show me." He's entitled to his secrets little girl 3 groused, why if I had a body I'd- AH! BAD GOAT BAD GOAT! I'M NOT FOR EATING! EAT THE GIRL'S SWEATER NOT ME! "Ah let's go somewhere private" the boy said waving the evil, evil goat away.

The kids went into a rundown shack said Mystery Shack that was bigger on the inside then the out and when into the den. "It's amazing, Grunkle Stan said that I was being paranoid, but according to this book, Gravity Falls has a secret dark side."

"Whoa, shut up!" the girl 3 now knew as Mabel pushed the boy known as Dipper away playfully. "And get this, at a certain point the pages just stop. Like the guy who was writing it mysteriously disappeared." 3 'nodded' sadly, its father placed it in the cubby when things started to get dangerous.

3 was enjoying being on the outside with the boy, Dipper. He was a little jumpy, but was a good kid with a good head on his shoulders, and no, I'm not just saying that because he complimented me 3 thought. DING-DONG "What's/who that?" Both 3 and Dipper asked turning to Mabel.

"Well, time to spill the beans. Boop," she tipped over a convenient can next to her. "He he, beans. This girl's got a date." She whooped loudly and flipped over. Dipper facepalmed and asked "Let me get this straight, in the half hour I was gone you already found a boyfriend?"

"What can I say; I guess I'm just irresistible."

She then ran for the door to her new boyfriend. Dipper shrugged and sat down to read when an old man in a tux, glasses, an unnecessary eye patch and a fez came into the room. Is this Grunkle Stan? "Whatcha got there, slick?" Stan asked Dipper jumped and hid 3 behind the couch and grabbed closest magazine next to him. I'm flying, ow, I landed. "Oh, I was just catching up on Gold Chains for Old Men?"

"That's a good issue." Mabel called out "Heey family! Say hello to my new boyfriend!" 3 stretched it's 'awareness' around the den and 'saw' a hooded teen covered in dirt and twigs. "Sup" he grunted. The 2 males in the room said hello staring at the teen. "We met at the cemetery, he's really deeeeep. Oh, a little muscle there, that's, what a surprise." Creepy, 3 thought, what was she doing in a cemetery a half hour ago and what was HE doing in a cemetery. "So what's your name?" Dipper asked.

"Ah Normal-MAN!" he shouted nervously. "He means Norman" Mabel said dreamily, both 3 and Dipper looked suspiciously at him. "Are you bleeding Norman?" "It's jam." Mabel grinned and said "Jam? I love jam; look at this!"

3 was 'stared' at Norman, he sounded familiar it knew his voice but where? It hit 3, wait, that's Jeff the gnome! Oh no, Mabel will be the gnome queen, I have to warn Dipper! "So you wanna hold hands or whatever?" "Oh my goodness," Mabel blushed, "Don't wait up." She ran off and, to 3's satisfaction, Norman or Jeff banged his head on the doorway and further crashed into stuff. Ha take that nasty gnome.

Dipper looked suspicious and went up to the room with a strangely shaped window that looked familiar to 3, he flipped through 3's pages; 3 tried to show him the gnome page but he flipped to the zombie page and read. "Known for their pale skin and bad attitudes; these creatures are often mistaken for TEENAGERS! Beware Gravity Fall's nefarious-!" He gasped and yelled "ZOMBIE!" and the word echoed across the house. Dipper rushed to the window and nearly had a breakdown as he watched Jeff lurch to his sister, but thankfully he just gave her a flower necklace. "Is my sister really dating a zombie?" No, Dipper she's dating gnomes, there's a difference.

"It's a dilemma to be sure." A voice said out of nowhere. What's with people coming out of nowhere!? "I couldn't help but over hear you talking out loud to yourself in this empty room." Really!? How could we not see you!? "Soos, you've seen Mabel's boyfriend, he's got to be a zombie right?" Soos looked at him and asked "How many brains did you see the guy eat?" "Zero…" "Look dude, I believe you, I'm always seeing weird stuff around town; like the mailman, I'm pretty sure that dude's a werewolf. But you got to have evidence, or otherwise everyone will think you're a major cuckoo clock."

Dipper sighed and said, "As always Soos, you're right." "My wisdom is both a blessing and a curse." Suddenly Stan's voice rang out. "Soos, the portable toilets are clogged again." Is that your curse or your blessing Houdini? 3 groused, still annoyed by his appearing out of nowhere and a little freaked out as Soos started walking backwards away from them. "I am needed elsewhere" Dipper picked up 3 and started stalking Mabel and Jeff.

Watching the duo, 3 couldn't figure out why Jeff was acting like a zombie. Huh, I thought gnomes were known for their coordination. But that was proven wrong as Mabel hit him with a Frisbee, Jeff failing at opening the door, and walking into an open grave. Finally Mabel was going for a 'romantic walk' in the woods with Norman/Jeff" when Dipper confronted Mabel in their room.

"Mabel, we've got to talk about Norman." You're going to be kidnapped by little bearded men! 3 thought, trying to convey to Dipper to tell to his sister. "Isn't he amazing? Just checkout the giant smooch mark he gave me." She showed the shocked duo a gigantic hicky on her cheek. She laughed and reassured Dipper that she was joking. But why did she use a leaf blower!? Sigh. "That was fun." You have strange definitions of fun, girl.

"No Mabel, listen, I'm trying to tell you that Norman isn't what he seems." He showed her 3; Norman's real name is Jeff and is actually a bunch of gnomes. Mabel gasped and asked. "Do you think he might be a vampire? Cause that would be so awesome!" How would that be awesome, that would be worse! He flipped 3 open and 3 may have switch some pages around to show gnomes instead of undead, just to warn Dipper.

"Guess again sister, shabam! Oh sorry, wait a moment." He turned to undead and repeated himself. "A zombie? That's not funny Dipper." For once I agree with her. "I'm not joking, it all adds up, the bleeding, the limp, he never blinks, have you notice that!?" Actually he does blink, several times in fact. "Maybe you're blinking when he's blinking." "Mabel, remember what the book said about Gravity Falls, trust no one!" "What about me, huh, why can't you trust me?" "Mabel he's gonna eat your brain!" Dipper shouted shaking her.

Now Mabel was getting mad, "Dipper, listen to me, Norman and I are going on a date at 5 o'clock and I am going to be adorable" she started to push Dipper away to the door. He's just trying to protect you, you ungrateful little- "and he's going to be dreamy" she shoved him out and screamed "and I'm not going to let you ruin it with one of your crazy conspiracy series!" she slammed the door in Dipper's face. 3 on the other hand fumed in anger when it saw Dipper's hurt face, what a selfish little girl, go on that date and become the gnome queen for all I care.

Dipper just sighed as he heard Mabel greet her date from the den later on. "Soos is right I don't have any real evidence. Maybe she's right, I can be sort of paranoid" He looked at the recorder watching them play hopscotch then to Mabel and Jeff looking at something when his-hand-fell-off-and-he-put-it-back-on. How the hell did we miss that!? "Wait what!?" Dipper screamed and rewinds the video to see it again, he was so surprised he flipped over the chair and ran out screaming he was right and went to Stan who was with a bunch of tourists.

"And here we have the rock that looks like a face rock, the rock that looks like a face." "Does it look like a rock?" one tourist asked. "No it looks like a face." "Is it a face?" another asked. "It's a rock that looks like a face!" Dipper tried to get his attention but they continued to ask Stan questions so he was ignored.

Wait, so it's a rock that looks like a face?

Dipper ran to a tall teenaged girl with long red hair and a lumber jack hat. "Wendy, Wendy! I need to borrow the golf cart to save my sister from a zombie!" The girl, Wendy, smiled and gave Dipper the keys and said, "Try not to hit any pedestrian's." Why would there be pedestrian's in a forest? And how could he hit them? Dipper backed up to see Soos who appeared out of nowhere again, and gave him a shovel and a bat for a random piñata. Are there living piñata's in the forest?

Dipper drove like a mad man to find that Jeff had removed his disguise. "The more you struggle the more awkward it'll be for everybody. Get her arm there Steve" Jeff was saying. Well, that's not creepy or perverted at all. Mabel was punching gnomes away and one was puking rainbows, weird; Dipper was slacked jawed. "What the heck is going on here?" "Dipper, Norman turned out to be a bunch of gnomes, and there total jerks. Ow, ow hair, hair" Dipper pulled out 3, "Gnomes wow I was way off." I tried to tell you that! "Gnomes: little men of the Gravity Falls forest, weaknesses unknown." "Aw, come one!" Both 3 and Mabel groaned as one.

"Hey, hey, what are you doing to my sister!?" Dipper yelled at Jeff, who chuckled and said. "This is really a big misunderstanding, you see your sister isn't in any danger; she's just going to marry all 1,000 of us and becoming are gnome queen for all eternity. Isn't that right, honey" How is that any better, you pervert!? Dipper and Mabel shared the same sentiments, "You guys are butt faces!" Mabel was then muffled. Dipper shoveled Jeff away and grabbed Mabel, and fled to the golf cart.

3 was worried, it was too easy. 3 remembered gnomes where dangerous when angered and they had no weaknesses. Suddenly the ground rippled and a giant made of gnomes came lumbering towards them. OH, CRAP! Faster Dipper, faster! He obliged and gunned it until they were set off course by a giant tree. Why are they trying to kill us don't they need Mabel alive!? They made it to the Mystery Shack and were trapped between a gnome and a wall.

Where is Stan when you need him; oh Father, why didn't you find their weakness? 3 thought miserably as Jeff demanded Mabel's hand, which Mabel surprisingly gave. What is she thinking? It later proved to be a fake out when she suddenly had the leaf blower in her hands and sucked Jeff up. Oh ho! Me likey! 3 cheered as Mabel walked forward menacingly "That's for lying to me, that's for breaking my heart, and this is for messing with my brother!" She and Dipper then shot Jeff into the gnome giant which caused them to split apart in a rain of gnomes. One was even carried away by the evil goat which 3 maliciously enjoyed.

"Hey, Dipper, I am-uh- sorry for ignoring your advice." Mabel apologized, "You were just looking out for me." Well, at least she can admit she was wrong. "Ah don't be like that; you saved are butts back there." Dipper reassured, "I guess I'm just sad that my first boyfriend turned out to be a bunch of gnomes." …Really? "Look on the bright side, maybe the next one will be a vampire." How is that a bright side? More like the dark side. "You're just saying that" Mabel smiled.

"Awkward sibling hug?"

"Awkward sibling hug. Pat. Pat." Daw, that's so sweet. They entered the shack and to the twins and 3's surprise; in a rare show of generosity, Stan let the twins take something from the shop for free. Guess he does have a heart somewhere.

Since Dipper lost his hat in the forest, Dipper got a hat with a vaguely familiar symbol on it that left 3 wondering where it was from. Mabel surprisingly got a…grappling hook? Okay, why was that doing there and why is Stan letting her keep it, oh well, guess I'll never understand humans. Later that night Dipper was writing in 3, much to 3's joy, updating the gnome page while Mabel was jumping on the bed. Isn't that danger- oh, right there 3 purred like a kitten being scratched behind the ears as Dipper wrote its pages. It didn't mind and now its pages is being filled which was intoxicating to the incomplete journal.

As Dipper and Mabel fell asleep to the now darkened room courtesy of Mabel's new grappling hook, 3 couldn't help but 'hear' a mechanical hum downstairs and wonder what is was. Oh well, nothing I can do about it, 3 thought basking in the moonlight and fresh air from the shattered window. It's not like Stan is hiding anything but illegal things for humans as 3 went to 'sleep' next to Dipper.

I'll help him solve Gravity Fall's mysteries, however I can.