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Ch.1: To the Carnival!

It was a slow day in Gravity Falls, especially at the Mystery Shack.

The usually packed tourist trap was completely empty. It hadn't seen a customer the entire day, causing the employee's to lay about, bored out of their minds.

Stan Pines, the owner of the Mystery Shack, adjusted his eye patch grumbling, "Where the heck is everybody? We haven't gotten a single customer all day!"

"Maybe they're getting lunch?" suggested Dipper, his nephew

"Maybe they've been abducted by aliens?" suggested Soos, one of Stan's employees.

Wendy, another of Stan's employees, looked up from the magazine she was reading and said "Or they probably figured out that this place is a dump"

"Don't be ridiculous" scoffed Stan.

The four of them were in the main shop, waiting for some customers to arrive.

Soos and Dipper were restocking some shelves, Stan was pacing around near the door and Wendy sat behind the counter reading a magazine.

Mabel, Stan's niece, was playing with Waddles, her pig in the corner of the shop.

The hot afternoon sun caused the temperature in the Mystery Shack to rise several degrees.

Sweat began to drip down Stan's face "Phew, is it getting hot in here?" said Stan.

Dipper fanned himself asking "Uncle Stan don't you have air conditioning?"

"No way" said Stan "air conditioning is expensive! I don't have that kinda dough"

Dipper noticed a wad of hundreds poking out of his great uncle's suit pocket. Stan noticed as well and he tucked the money back into his pocket, coughing.

Finally, after almost an hour of sitting in the intense heat, Stan just let out a scream of frustration "I can't take it anymore!" he ripped off his eye patch and threw it to the floor.

He threw open the front door saying "Come on kids, lets go into town and get some ice cream" "Yay!" cheered Mabel as she bolted out the door carrying Waddles.

Dipper, Wendy and Soos followed after her.

Stan placed the closed sign on the door and he locked it. After locking the door, he hopped into the car with his niece, nephew and employees and the car took off, heading into town.

The second they left, an expensive sports car pulled up to the Mystery Shack.

A young newlywed couple got out of the car and they approached the front door.

The wife noticed the closed sign and she growled at her husband "Told you we shouldn't have stopped at that diner!"

"But I was hungry!" whined the husband.

Stan parked the car in a spot that rested in the shade of the ice cream shop.

The five of them got out of the car and hurried into the small air-conditioned shop to escape the blistering heat.

Stan wiped the sweat off his brow and said as he soaked in the cold air "That feels good!"

Dipper, Mabel, Soos and Wendy mumbled in agreement.

Each of them got an ice cream cone that had three scoops of their favorite flavors.

As they ate their ice cream cones in silence, Dipper glanced around the shop and said aloud "Hey, where is everyone?" everyone glanced around the shop and noticed that it was empty except for them and the employees working the counter.

Stan scowled "You're right, this place is like a ghost town"

He looked to the blond teen who stood behind the counter "Hey kid, Where is everybody?"

the teen, named Nathan, shrugged "I don't know. I haven't seen anyone all afternoon" he reached into his pocket and he handed Stan a green flier "They're probably here".

Stan squinted at the flier than exclaimed, "Holy cow, I totally forgot that was today!"

"What was?" asked, Dipper and Mable in unison.

Stan handed Dipper the flier saying, "It's the Gravity Falls Summer Carnival!" on the flier it said in gold letters "The 80th annual Gravity Falls Summer Carnival. Fun, Food and Entertainment for all ages!" at the bottom of the flier were two dates, when it started and when it ended.

Dipper's eyebrows shot up "It's open in a few minutes!" "Lets go so we can beat the crowd!" said Mable.

With that, the five of them bolted out of the ice cream shop and returned to the car. The car peeled out of its parking space and raced out of town.

The car followed the road through the woods till it turned off onto a dirt road.

The car followed the dirt road till it came to a clearing where a series of tents, booths and rides were set up. Surrounding the attractions was a large, temporary iron fence with a pair of gates at the front by the ticket booth.

Stan parked the car at the edge of the clearing, where they got out and continued towards the carnival on foot.

As they approach the carnival, they saw that almost everyone from town was there.

The crowd was gathered in an orderly line front of ticket booth where people were receiving their tickets.

Dipper stared in awe at the size of the crowd "This is a lot of people"

"Well duh" said Soos "Every year, the carnival comes to town. Everybody comes to the carnival. They always have a wicked awesome show, delicious food and fun games"

"Yeah it's really awesome" said Wendy "My dad would bring me and my brothers here every summer. It stays open late and gives out incredible prizes to those who collect the most tickets"

"And its free" added Stan.

The five of them got into line and waited. The line moved quickly. Within a few minutes, they were at the front of the line.

Stan greeted the ticket taker "Five tickets" "Six" said Mable, holding up Waddles "Six it is than" said Stan.

Dipper saw that the ticket taker was a man with long grey hair, dark eyes and a hooked nose that looked almost like a beak. The man's skin was extremely pale that his skin looked like it was made of paper. Something about the man made Dipper's skin crawl.

The man gave Stan a crooked smile and handed him six tickets "Here you go, enjoy the festivities" said the ticket taker in a voice that sounded like sandpaper.

"Thanks" said Stan, taking the tickets from the pale man's claw like hands.

As they walked passed the ticket booth, Dipper could've sworn that the ticket taker was giggling.

The group passed through the front gates and entered the carnival.

All around them were all sorts of bright and colorful rides, tents and booths with people moving to and fro enjoying the attractions.

An assortment of sweet scents invaded Dipper's nostrils. He spied a booth that gave out all sorts of delicious foods.

Soos spotted the rollercoaster and he quickly took off running.

Stan eyed a few games and he turned to his niece and nephews "You kids enjoy yourselves, if you need me, I'll be over by the games"

"You're not going to cheat are you?" asked Dipper

Stan didn't answer because he was running towards the nearest booth at top speed.

Wendy spotted Robbie and she went over to hang out with him, leaving Dipper and Mable alone with Waddles.

Dipper sighed, "Well I guess it's just us Mable"

"Us and Waddles" corrected Mable.

Dipper nodded "Right. So, what should we do?" "Lets go on the Ferris wheel!" said Mable.

Dipper smiled "Ok" the two siblings took off running towards the Ferris wheel, hoping to get a good place in line.

As they approached the Ferris wheel, Dipper thought that for once it was going to be a normal day, completely free of something weird.

But he was wrong. In the heart of the crowded carnival, a figure with bright yellow eyes watched the Pine twins as they made their way to the Ferris wheel.

End of chapter.

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