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"Ah, summer break." Shmipper and Smabble are running around and laughing beside him. Others sit at a picnic table. "So you want cheese on that, hon?" Hank asked. "Sure, Hank." She replied. "A time for leisure, recreation, and taking 'er easy. Unless you're me." (Y/n), Mabel and and Dipper Pines crash through the "Welcome to Gravity Falls" sign with the Mystery Cart, screaming. They are being chased by an unknown monster, which is knocking down trees. (Y/n) looks back. "It's getting closer!" She shouted. The monster tries to catch the cart but just falls short. The cart flies off a rock and lands roughly. "My name is Dipper. The girl about to puke is my triplet sister Mabel, and the other girl that looks scared out of her mind is my other triplet sister, (Y/n). You may be wondering what we're doing in a golf cart, fleeing from a creature of unimaginable horror." The monster throws a tree in their path. "Look out!" Mabel shouted. "Rest assured, there's a perfectly logical explanation. Let's rewind."
Flashback
"It all began when our parents decided we could use some fresh air." Their parents take their stuff away, give them bags and put some sunscreen on their noses. "They shipped us up north to a sleepy town called Gravity Falls, Oregon, to stay at our great-uncle's place in the woods." (Y/n) and Mabel are in the attic hanging up posters. "This attic is amazing. Check out all my splinters!" Mabel holds up her hands, which have gigantic splinters sticking out of them. (Y/n) cringes. Dipper backs up into his bed, which Gompers is on. "And there's a goat on my bed." He said. "Hey, friend." Mabel holds out her arm, and Gompers chews on her sleeve. "Oh! Yes, you can keep chewing on my sweater." (Y/n) giggles. "My sister Mabel tends to look on the bright side of things." Mabel is rolling down a hill of grass. "Yay! Grass!" A woodpecker pecks on Dipper's hat. "But I was having a hard time getting used to our new surroundings. And I think (Y/n) was too a little." Stan jumps out at him wearing a mask. "Boo!" "Ah!" Dipper falls over. Stan takes his mask off. "Ahahahaha! Hahaha!" "And then there was our Great Uncle Stan." Stan slaps his knee. "That guy." Stan coughs several times and hits his chest. "It was worth it." "Our uncle had transformed his house into a tourist trap he called "The Mystery Shack." The real mystery was why anyone came." The Jackalope's antler breaks off. "Ladies and gentlemen, behold! The Sascrotch!" Stan said. Tourists start speaking excitedly, and snap pictures. Later Dipper is sweeping the wooden floor with a broom. Mabel and (Y/n) are ooking at stuff. "And guess who had to work there." Dipper sighs. "Cool...." (Y/n) reaches for large eyeball. Stan slaps her hand with his 8-ball cane. "No touching the merchandise!" He scolded. Soos is driving the Mystery Cart to the Mystery Shack. "It looked like it was gonna be the same, boring routine all summer. Until one fateful day..." Mabel is peeking through Stan-bobbleheads. "He's looking at it! He's looking at it!" Mabel said. A boy was looking at Mabel's note. "Uh... Do you like me? Yes? Definitely? Absolutely!!!" (Y/n) slightly face palms. "Oh, Mabel..." she said. "I rigged it!" Mabel said. Dipper was spraying a jar with water and wiping it. "Mabel, I know you're going through your whole "Boy Crazy" phase, but I think you're kind of overdoing it with the "crazy" part." Dipper said. "He may have a point, Mabel." (Y/n) said. "What?" She sticks her tongue out. "Come on, guys! This is our first summer away from home! It's my big chance to have an epic summer romance!" Mabel shouted. "Yeah, but do you need to flirt with every guy you meet?" (Y/n) asked.
Flashbacks
Mabel is with a boy near a greeting cards display. "My name is Mabel, but you can call me "The girl of your dreams." I'M JOKING!" She shoves him into the display. "Ha ha ha ha ha."
A boy is holding a turtle on a bench. Mabel jumps up behind him. "Oh my god, you like turtles? I like turtles too! What is happening here?"
"Come one, come all, to the Mattress Prince's kingdom of savings!" The Mattress King announced. Mabel was behind a set of colorful balloons; pops out head and whispers:) "Take me with you." "Ah!" He cowers away from Mabel and drops the scepter.
~Back to the present~
"Mock all you want, you two, but I got a good feeling about this summer. I wouldn't be surprised if the man of my dreams walked through that door right now." Mabel said. Stan walks through the door and burps, but it gets caught in his throat. "Oh! Oh, not good. Ow." Stan said. (Y/n) and Dipper laugh. "All right, all right, look alive, people. I need someone to go hammer up these signs in the spooky part of the forest." Stan said. "Not it!" (Y/n) shouted quickly. "Not it!" Dipper and Mabel also said. "Uh, also not it." Soos said. "Nobody asked you, Soos." Stan said. "I know, and I'm comfortable with that." Soos eats a chocolate bar. "Wendy, I need you to put up this sign!" Stan said. Wendy pretends to reach for signs. "I would, but I, ugh, can't, ugh, reach it, Ugh." She said. "I'd fire all of you if I could. All right, let's make it... eenie, meenie, miney..." he points at (Y/n). "You." "What? Grunkle Stan, whenever I'm in those woods, I feel like I'm being watched." She argued. "Ugh, this again." Stan said. "I'm serious! Something weird is going on in this town. Just today, Dipper's mosquito bites spelled out "BEWARE." She said. "She's right." Dipper said, showing it. Stan looks at Dipper's arm. "That says "BEWARB." Dipper scratches his arm. "Look, kids. The whole "monsters in the forest" thing is just local legend, drummed up by guys like me to sell merch to guys like that." Stan said. A fat, sweaty man laughs while looking at a Stan-bobblehead's head bobble. "So quit being so paranoid!" Stan gives her the sign and she sighs. "Ugh, Grunkle Stan." (Y/n) puts one sign up on a tree that says "To The Mystery Shack." She starts to hammer a nail on another tree trunk, but it makes a metallic sound. She taps the tree with the hammer, which makes more metallic sounds. She wipes away some dust and opens a secret window revealing a mechanical box with two control switches on top. She tests one control but nothing happens. Then she tries the other. Behind her, a hole opens up in the ground. Gompers bleats and runs away. "What the?" She looks inside the hole, and there is a book. She picks the book up and places it on the ground, and checks for people watching. She flips one page and an eye-glass is in it. She looks at the eye-glass and puts it down. She flips another page, and begins reading aloud. "It's hard to believe it's been six years since I began studying the strange and wondrous secrets of Gravity Falls, Oregon." She flips through pages. "What is all this?" She stops at a page that says "TRUST NO ONE" and starts reading. "Unfortunately, my suspicions have been confirmed. I'm being watched. I must hide this book before he finds it. Remember: in Gravity Falls there is no one you can trust." "Hi (Y/n)." The girl screamed and quickly dropped the book, only to see Dipper. He then took notice of the book. "What's that?" He asked curiously. "Oh, it's just some silly book I found..." she said. "Can I see it?" Dipper asked. "Sure, okay..." (Y/n) gave Dipper the book and he looked through some pages like she did. "HALLO!" Mabel shouted. The two screamed. "What'cha readin', some nerd thing?" She asked. (Y/n) hides the journal behind her back. "Uh, uh, it's nothing!" She said quickly. Mabel imitated her. "Uh, uh, it's nothing!" She laughs. "What? Are you actually not gonna show me?" She asked. Gompers nibbles the edge of the journal. "Uhhh...." Dipper glances at Gompers. "Let's go somewhere private." He said.
Time Skip
(Y/n), Dipper and Mabel are in the living room. "It's amazing! Grunkle Stan said (Y/n) and I were being paranoid, but according to this book, Gravity Falls has this secret dark side." Dipper said. "Whoa! Shut. Up!" Mabel pushes Dipper. "And get this! After a certain point, the pages just.. stop, like the guy who was writing it... mysteriously disappeared." Dipper said. Suddenly the doorbell rings. "Who's that?" (Y/n) asked curiously. "Well, time to spill the beans." Mabel knocks over a can of beans on the table. "Boop. Beans. This girl's got a date! Woot woot!" Mabel said. "Let me get this straight: in the half hour we were gone, you already found a boyfriend?" (Y/n) asked. "What can I say? I guess I'm just IRRESISTIBLLLLE!" Mabel said. The door bell rings twice. "Oh. Coming!" Mabel runs out. (Y/n) follows Mabel as Dipper sits down in a chair and begins to read the Journal. Stan walks in and sees Dipper. "What'cha reading there, slick?" He asked. "Oh!" Dipper throws the book under the seat cushion and grabs a magazine. "I was just catching up on, uh... " he sees the cover of the magazine. "Gold Chains For Old Men Magazine." He lied. "That's a good issue." Stan said. "Hey, family! Say hello to my new boyfriend!" Mabel said. "Hi!" (Y/n) waved kindly. "Sup?" He asked, responding to (Y/n). "Hey..." Dipper said uneasily. "How's it hanging?" Stan asked. "We met at the cemetery. He's really deep." Mabel feels his arm. "Oh. Little muscle there. That's...what a surprise." She said. "So what's your name?" (Y/n) asked. "Uh. Normal... MAN!" Norman said. "He means Norman." Mabel corrected. "Are you bleeding, Norman?" Dipper asked suspiciously. "It's jam." Norman said as a red liquid drips down his face. "I love jam! Look. At. This!" Mabel said. "So, you wanna go hold hands or... whatever?" Norman asked. "Oh, oh, my goodness." Mabel giggles. "Don't wait up!" Mabel runs out. Norman points at Stan, (Y/n) and Dipper and runs into the wall several times on his way out. "There was something about Norman that wasn't right. I decided to consult the journal." Dipper is in the attic reading the journal. "Known for their pale skin and bad attitudes these creatures are often mistaken for... teenagers?! Beware Gravity Falls's nefarious..." the journal page on The Undead. The picture of the zombie becomes Norman. "ZOMBIE!" "Somebody say "crombie"? What is that, crombie? That's not even a word. You're losing your mind." Stan said from the bathroom. Dipper looks out the window to see Norman walking towards Mabel with outstretched arms while moaning. "I like you." Mabel said. "Oh, no! Mabel! No, no, Mabel, watch out!" Dipper shouted. "Huh, huh!" Norman puts his hands around Mabel's neck. "AHHHHH!" Dipper shouted. Norman removes his arms, revealing a flower necklace. "Huhhh!" Mabel gasps. "Daisies? You scallywag.." She said. "Is my sister really dating a zombie, or am I just going nuts?" Dipper asked. "It's a dilemma, to be sure." Soos said, making Dipper gasp. "I couldn't help but overhear you talkin' aloud to yourself in this empty room." He said.
"Soos, you've seen Mabel's boyfriend. He's gotta be a zombie, right?" Dipper asked. "Hmm. How many brains didja see the guy eat?" Soos asked. Dipper looks down. "Zero." "Look, dude, I believe you. I'm always noticing weird stuff in this town. Like the mailman? Pretty sure that dude's a werewolf." Soos said. "But ya gotta have evidence. Otherwise, people are gonna think you're a major league cuckoo clock." He said. "As always, Soos, you're right." Dipper said. "My wisdom is both a blessing and a curse." Soos said. "Soos! The portable toilets are clogged again!" Stan shouted. "I am needed elsewhere." Soos then backed out of the room. "My sister could be in trouble. It was time to get some evidence." Dipper films Mabel and Norman in the park. Mabel throws a Frisbee at Norman, who fails to catch it and falls over. Dipper stops looking through the camera and frowns at Norman. Norman breaks through a door window to open it from the inside and letting Mabel inside the diner. Norman stumbles around and crashes, trying to follow Mabel. Dipper looks out from behind the menu. Later Mabel and Norman are frolicking in a field. Norman falls into an open grave, then crawls out, hand first, screaming. Norman and Mabel soon laugh. "I'd seen enough." In the bedroom, Mabel and (Y/n) were brushing their hair as Dipper enters. "Mabel. We've gotta talk about Norman." Dipper said. "Isn't he the best? Check out this giant smooch mark he gave me!" She shows her cheek, which has a red spot on it. Dipper screams as (Y/n) cringes. "Gross!" "Ha, ha! Gullible. It was just an accident with the leaf blower!" Mabel said. "That was fun." "No, Mabel, listen! I'm trying to tell you that Norman is not what he seems!" Dipper shows her the Journal. (Y/n) gasps. "You think he might be a vampire? That would be so awesome!" She said. "Oh agree, girl!" Mabel said. "Guess again, sisters. SHA-BAM!" He holds book open to the Gnomes page. (Y/n) and Mabel both scream. "Oh, wait. I'm-I'm sorry... " he flips to the undead page. Sha-bam!" "A zombie?" (Y/n) asked. "That is not funny, Dipper." Mabel said. "I'm not joking! It all adds up: the bleeding, the limp. He never blinks! Have you noticed that?" He asked. "Maybe he's blinking when you're blinking." Mabel said. "Mabel, remember what the book said about Gravity Falls? Trust no one!" Dipper shouted. "Dipper, you're really just going to believe that random silly book I found outside the shack?" (Y/n) asked in disbelief. "It's not silly, (Y/n)!" Dipper snapped. "What about us, huh? Why can't you trust us?" Mabel puts on star earrings. "Beep bop!" She said. "Mabel, he's gonna eat your brain!" Dipper shouted, shaking her. Mabel pushes him away. "Dipper, listen to me. Norman and I are going on a date at five o'clock, and I'm gonna be ADORABLE, and he's gonna be DREAMY," she said, pushing him out. "Bu-bu-but-" Dipper protested. "And I am not gonna let you ruin it with one of your crazy CONSPIRACIES!" Mabel slams the door. Dipper sighs and sits down. "What am I gonna do?" Mabel pulls on her sweater as she races downstairs. "Coming!" She sees Norman. "Hey, Norman. How do I look?" She asked. "Shiny..." Norman said. "You always know what to say!" They walk off together.
Dipper was watching the video he collected. "Soos was right. I don't have any real evidence." The video shows Mabel teaching Norman hopscotch, but he only falls over; Dipper fast forwards to Mabel and Norman with Norman's arm around Mabel. "I guess I can be kind of paranoid sometimes and-" on the tape, Norman's hand falls off; he glances around, then reattaches it. "Wait, WHAT?!" Dipper rewinds the tape and watches it again; he screams and tips the chair backwards. "I was right! Oh my god! Oh my god!" Dipper races outside. "Grunkle Stan! Grunkle Stan! Grunkle Stan!" Dipper shouted. Stan is on a stage in front of a bunch of tourists. "And here we have a rock that looks like a face rock: the rock that looks like a face." He announced. "Does it look like a rock?" Someone asked. "No, it looks like a face." He said. "Is it a face?" Another asked. "It's a rock that looks like a face!" Stan shouted. "Over here! Grunkle Stan!" Dipper shouted. "For the fifth time! It's-it's not an actual face!" Stan shouted. "Errrgh!" Dipper shouted. He then gasped and tried to find his other sister. "(Y/n)! (Y/n)!" He shouted, running around. She eventually heard him and ran over. "What?! What?!" She asked frantically. "Look! This is proof! Norman really is a zombie!" Dipper shouted, then showed her the same video and her eyes widened. "Oh my god! My sister is dating a zombie!" She panicked. "We have to warn her!" She shouted. Meanwhile Mabel and Norman were alone in the woods. "Finally, we're alone." Mabel said. "Yes. Alone..." Norman said. Meanwhile back at the shack (Y/n) tried to get Stan's attention. "Stan! Stan!" She shouted. "It's no use, (Y/n). He can't hear us." Dipper said. (Y/n) looks around frantically until she sees Wendy drive up in a golf cart and runs over with Dipper behind her. "Wendy! Wendy! Wendy! We need to borrow the golf cart so we can save our sister from a zombie!" She shouted. Wendy gives (Y/n) the key and walks off.
"Try not to hit any pedestrians." Wendy warned. Dipper and (Y/n) get in, with Dipper driving. Dipper starts to drive, but Soos stops him. "Guys, it's me: Soos. This is for the zombies." He gives Dipper a shovel. "Thanks." He said. Soos gives (Y/n) a baseball bat. "And this is in case you see a piñata." He said. "Uh... Thanks?" She asked. Dipper drives off. "Better safe than sorry!" Soos shouted. Meanwhile Norman was preparing to tell Mabel something. "Uh, Mabel, now that we've gotten to know each other, there's... " he exhales. "...there's something I should tell you." He said. "Oh, Norman, you can tell me anything!" Mabel said. "All right, just... just don't freak out, okay? Just... just keep an open mind, be cool!" He unzips his coat and throws it off; underneath are five gnomes standing on top of each other. The top gnome speaks. "Is this weird? Is this too weird? Do you need to sit down?" Jeff asked. Mabel stares at the gnomes in total shock. "R-r-right, I'll explain. So! We're gnomes. First off. Get that one outta the way." "Uh..." Mabel said. "I'm Jeff, and here we have Carson, Steve, Jason and... I'm sorry, I always forget your name." Jeff said. "Shmebulock." The last one said. Jeff snaps his fingers. "Shmebulock! Yes! Anyways, long story short, us gnomes have been lookin' for a new queen! Right, guys?" Jeff asked. "Queen! Queen! Queen!" They shouted. "Heh. So what do you say?" Jeff taps Steve with his foot, and the gnomes work together to make "Norman" kneel in a proposing fashion. "Will you join us in holy matrignomey? Matri...matri-mo-ny! Blah! Can't talk today!" Jeff said. "Look... I'm sorry, guys. You're really sweet, but, I'm a girl, and you're gnomes, and it's like, "what"? Yikes..." Mabel said. "We understand. We'll never forget you, Mabel." The gnomes look sad and Mabel smiles. "Because we're gonna kidnap you." Jeff said. "Huh?" She asked. They yell and jump at her and Mabel screams. "Don't worry, Mabel! We'll save you from that zombie!" (Y/n) shouted. "Help!" Mabel shouted. The gnomes are trying to pin down Mabel. "The more you struggle, the more awkward this is gonna be for everybody! Just, ha ha, okay. Get her arm there, Steve!" Jeff said. Steve begins biting her sweater arm. "Let go of me!" Mabel punches him off. Steve bounces around, then stand upright and pukes a rainbow. "What the heck is going on here?!" Dipper asked. "Dipper! (Y/n)! Norman turned out to be a bunch of gnomes! And they're total jerks!" A gnome pulls her hair. "Hair! Hair! Hair!" She shouted. "Gnomes? Huh, I was way off." Dipper said. Dipper takes the journal out of his vest and reads the page aloud. "Gnomes: little men of the Gravity Falls Forest. Weaknesses: unknown." When Dipper lowers the book, he sees that the gnomes have managed to tie Mabel to the ground. "Aw, come on!" She shouted. (Y/n) angrily walks over to Jeff. "Hey, HEY! Let go of our sister!" She shouted. "Oh! Ha ha, hey, there! Um, you know, this is all really just a big misunderstanding. You see, your sister's not in danger. She's just marrying all one thousand of us and becoming our gnome queen for all eternity! Isn't that right, honey?" Jeff asked. "You guys are butt-faces!" She shouted, and they covered her mouth. "Mmmm-MMMMM!" She shouted. (Y/n) holds up the shovel, pointing it at Jeff. "Give her back right now, or else!" She shouted. "You think you can stop us, girl? You have no idea what we're capable of. The gnomes are a powerful race! Do not trifle with the-" (Y/n) casually tosses him away with the shovel. "AH!" (Y/n) then cuts Mabel free with the shovel.
"Yah!" Mabel kicks gnomes away; (Y/n), Dipper and Mabel get in the cart. "They're getting away with our queen! No, no, no!" Jeff shouted. "Seatbelts." Dipper said. Mabel and (Y/n) buckle, he backs up and then he drives away. "You've messed with the wrong creatures, girl! Gnomes of the forest: ASSEMBLE!" Jeff shouted. Various gnomes come out and stack up. "Hurry, before they come after us!" (Y/n) shouted. "I wouldn't worry about it. See their little legs? Those suckers are tiny!" Dipper said. He stops the cart as he hears a stomping sound; a giant stacked gnome stops at the cart. "Dang." Mabel said. On the top, Jeff is using gnomes' hats like levers. "All right, teamwork, guys. Like we practiced." The Gnomes growl. "Move, MOVE!" Mabel shouted. Dipper drives the cart away just as the gnomes smash their arm down and it breaks. The Gnomes run frantically back into position and they chase the kids again. "Come back with our queen!" Jeff shouted. "It's getting closer!" (Y/n) shouted. Several gnomes are thrown at the cart, and begin to chew the cart and cause havoc, they then hang from the side of the cart. "Ha ha!" Mabel elbow punches a gnome off. Shmebulock jumps up behind Dipper, who grabs him and slams him into the steering wheel out of annoyance. (Y/n) whacks them off. One jumps onto the cart and claws (Y/n)'s face. "I'll save you, (Y/n)!" Mabel repeatedly punches the gnome off of (Y/n)'s face and the gnome falls off. "Thanks, Mabel." She said. "Don't mention it." Mabel said. The gnomes pick up a tree and throw it. "Look out!" (Y/n) shouted. "AAAAAAHHHHHH!" The three screamed. The cart overturns, landing next to the Mystery Shack. The gnomes approach. "Stay back!" (Y/n) throws the shovel at the gnome giant. They punch the shovel in mid-air. (Y/n), Dipper and Mabel scream and hug each other. "Uh, where's Grunkle Stan?!" (Y/n) asked. Stan is in the shack with some tourists, holding up a swirly pattern on a stick. "Behold! The world's most distracting object." He said. "Oooh..." they said. "Just try to look away, you can't! I can't even remember what I was talking about." Stan said. "It's the end of the line, kids! Mabel, marry us before we do something crazy!" Jeff shouted. "There's gotta be a way out of this!" Dipper panicked. "I gotta do it." Mabel said. "What?! Mabel, don't do this! Are you crazy?" Dipper asked. "Trust me." Mabel said. "What?" He asked. "Dipper, just this once. Trust me!" She said. Dipper glances at gnomes, then Mabel, then gently grabs (Y/n)'s arm and backs away. "All right, Jeff. I'll marry you." Mabel said. "Hot dog! Help me down there, Jason!" Jeff said. "Thanks, Andy! All right, left foot, there we go, watch those fingers, Mike." Jeff approaches Mabel and holds out a diamond ring. "Eh? Eh?" Mabel holds out her hand. Jeff puts the ring on her hand. "Bada-bing, bada-bam! Now let's get you back into the forest, honey!" He said. "You may now kiss the bride!" Mabel said. "Well, don't mind if I do." He leans up to kiss Mabel. Mabel leans out to kiss Jeff, then takes out a leaf blower. "Ah! Hey, hey, wait a minute! Whoa, whoa! Wh-what's goin' on?!" Jeff gets sucked half-way into leaf-blower. "That's for lying to me!" She increases the sucking power. "THAT'S for breaking my heart!" Mabel shouted. "Ow! My face!" He shouted. "And THIS is for messing with my siblings!" Mabel gave (Y/n) the leaf blower. "Wanna do the honors?" Mabel asked. "On three!" (Y/n) said. "One, two, three!" They blast Jeff towards the gnome monster. They explode into separate gnomes. "I'll get you back for this!' Jeff shouted. Mabel moves the leaf blower back and forth, blowing gnomes away. "Anyone else want some?" Dipper asked. They run off on all fours; one gets caught in a six-pack holder. They pick the six-pack holder up and runs off. "Blah-ah-ah." "Hey, Dipper? I, um...I'm sorry for ignoring your advice. You really were just looking out for me." Mabel said. "Oh, don't be like that. You saved our butts back there." Dipper said. "I'm sorry too, Dipper. I guess that book really isn't silly after all. You mind if I read some of it?" (Y/n) asked. "Of course not, we can read it together. And I forgive you too." Dipper said.
"And hey! Maybe the next one will be a vampire, Mabel!" (Y/n) said. "Oh, you're just saying that!" She said. "Awkward sibling hug?" Dipper offered. "Awkward sibling hug." (Y/n) and Mabel said. The three hug each other. "Pat, pat." The three walk into the Mystery Shack. "Yeesh. You three get hit by a bus or something? Ahah!" Stan said. They begin to walk away. "Uh, hey! W-wouldn't you know it? Um, I accidentally overstocked some inventory, so, uh... how's about each of you take one item from the gift shop? On the house, y'know?" Stan asked. "Really?" Mabel asked. (Y/n) folds her arms. "What's the catch?" She asked. "The catch is do it before I change my mind, now take something." Stan said. The three look around at items. Dipper picks up a blue pine tree hat from one of the shelves and looks in a mirror. "Hmm. That oughta do the trick!" He said. (Y/n) finds a pretty necklace and puts it on, smiling to herself. "And I will have a..." Mabel grabs an item from a box, hides it, and twirls around." GRAPPLING HOOK! Yes!" Mabel shouted. "Wouldn't she rather have, like, a doll, or something?" Stan asked. Mabel fires the grappling hook up at the ceiling; it catches and pulls her up. "GRAPPLING HOOK!" She shouted. "Fair enough!" Stan said. Dipper is writing while Mabel jumps on her bed, laughing, and (Y/n) is already asleep. "This journal told me there was no one in Gravity Falls I could trust." Dipper looks at Mabel, then (Y/n), "But when you battle a hundred gnomes side-by-side with someone, you realize that they've probably always got your back." Mabel shoots the grappling hook, then reels it back with a stuffed animal attached. "Hey, Mabel, could you get the light?" Dipper asked. "I'm on it!" Mabel knocks the light out the window with the grappling hook. "It works!" They both laugh. "Our uncle told us there was nothing strange about this town. But who knows what other secrets are waiting to be unlocked." Stan walks in holding a lantern. He goes into the gift shop and puts a code into the vending machine. The machine opens, and Stan walks inside, looking side-to-side before closing it behind him.