•Too Soon.•

•Its Not Your Fault•

A/N: Hope yall like this chapter!..
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What started out as a normal day at the Mystery Fair turned into a battle for time, Dipper and Mabel were divided on how to use their new-found power of time travel. Dipper had gotten his wish, but it cost Mabel her pig. The two had chased each other through multiple events in time, from the future to the past, to their first adventure in Gravity Falls to the reveal of Wax Stan. Suddenly the two had appeared in a new place, it looked like the woods of Gravity Falls, but there was snow on the ground. The two were so distracted with their chase, they don't notice the shack behind them. Dipper then notices Mabel throwing the tape between her hands. "This thing is getting hotter!!" Mable yelled.

"What did you do?!" Dipper replied.

"I don't know!" She said. The heat from the tape became too much for Mabel to bear. Before Dipper can stop her, she threw the tape into the snow.

"Why did you do that?!" Dipper said.

"It got too hot, what did you want me to do?!" Mable replied.

Dipper picked up the machine, smoke was coming out of it. Dipper pressed the button, yet nothing happens. "Great, the machine broke. There goes our way home," Dipper said.

"What do we do now Dipper?!.." Mable said, panicked. Dipper looks around, a snowstorm had begun.

"It looks like we might be in Gravity Falls from last winter... Maybe if we go into town we could find some tools to try and fix the machine?" Dipper said. Mable nodded as the two begin to head into town, not noticing that right behind them is the soon to be Mystery Shack.

The storm increased in intensity as Dipper and Mabel continued trekking through the woods. Everything looked so different to what they were used to.. combined with near white out conditions, They could barely see where they were going! To add insult to injury, the two of them were not even dressed for this kind of weather. Even Mabel's sweater was not made for cold weather! "How long have we been walking for?.." Mable asked

"I don't know an hour maybe; my watch isnt working anymore.." Dipper replied. He looked back at Mabel who was behind him. She was shivering, more then Dipper had ever seen her shiver. He spotted a nearby tree, "Let's take a break for a bit.." Dipper said. The two of them sit down next to the tree. Dipper saw Mabel was in a worse state then he was as he took off his vest and wrapped it around Mabel to keep her warm, he could bear the cold weather more then Mabel could.

"Di- Dipper what about you, you- you'll freeze!.." Mable said.

"Don't worry about me Mabel, you know I can handle the cold better then you," Dipper replied. The two of them huddled together to keep warm.

"Dipper, are- are we gonna mm- make it?.." Mable asked, Dipper looks at her quite shocked.

"Of course we will! Come on, we've dealt with worse right?" He replied. However deep down even Dipper knew that was an exaggerated answer, he knew that they were on the brink of hypothermia, and if they did not find shelter soon, they were goners.

"Dipper.." Mable whispered.

"Mabel don't speak, save your energy!.." Dipper replied.

"Dipper if this is then end, I just wanted to say, I'm sorry." Mable said

"What... what do you mean Mabel?" Dipper asked, a bit shocked.

"I'm sorry I got us into this. Its my fault the machine is broken, its my fault we are even in this mess at all! If I hadnt been so selfish and just let you be with Wendy, we wouldn't be here in the cold, possibly about to die!.." Mable said. Dipper looked at her, surprised. He could see Mabel trying to cry, but the cold weather was making it impossible. The storm had increased in its intensity and was covering them in snow. He looked down at Mabel, like he was about to cry as well.
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"Its not your fault Mabel." He said. "If anyone needs to apologize its me, i'm the one who messed with time in the first place! I'm the one who couldn't accept the outcome, and now thanks to that, I broke your heart, and put both of us here in this mess. And now there is no way out, I- I, I'm sorry Mabel.." Mabel looked up at her brother, he was on the brink of tears (In fact he soon began to cry.)

"Its ok Dipper, I guess were both at fault, I forgive you!.." Mable said. Dipper looked down at her and smiled a bit.

"Thanks Mabel, that means a lot, and I promise, if we get this machine to work again and make it back home, I won't get in your way and you can win Waddles, even if things don't work out with me and Wendy." Dipper replied.

Mabel laughed a bit, "Thanks Dipper." The two look around the forest, the storm was at its worst.
The snow had covered their tracks, and now was piling onto them.

"Maybe we should try to carry on Mabel, sooner or later we'll find someone who can help us," Dipper said. He tried to get up, so does Mabel, but the effects of hypothermia have begun to take their toll. Dipper tries standing but is not able to stay up, Mabel tries to as well but falls right back down into the snow.

"Dipper, I'm getting pretty tired now.." Mable said.
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"No Mabel you can't fall asleep, if you do...." but before Dipper can finish his sentence, he collapses, and starts to feel drowsy as well. "we- we can't fall asleep Mabel, or, or we, wont, make, it.." Dipper barely finishes his sentence before he falls unconscious like Mabel next to him has.

Just before he lost consciousness, he thought he could hear the sound of footsteps in the distance, but he barely had any energy left to call for help.
A tall man in a winter suit dragging a sled approached the tree where Dipper and Mabel laid. The hood over his head blocked his face. He saw the twins laying in the snow, he carefully picked them up and put them onto his sled, covering them up in some blankets he had which he was using to cover the firewood he was collecting. After making sure they were safe and well wrapped in the blankets, he started heading back in the direction he came from, the direction Dipper and Mabel came from as well.
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