Mystery Universe

First Day

A week had passed since Steven started working at the Mystery Shack, and things had been relatively calm. He had talked to some really cool people, tourists that were passing through. That was probably his favorite part of the job, talking to all the different people that came through the Mystery Shack, and hearing their stories. He listened to the tale of a man that had climbed Mt. Everest, talked with a bunch of people who were CONVINCED that the moon was made of cheese, and laughed with a girl who had a wicked sense of humor. The summer had started off very well, and overall, Steven loved working at the Mystery Shack. Sure, Mr. Pines can be a jerk sometimes, but there were moments that Steven caught that showed he genuinely cared about the workers of the Shack.

Steven was sitting at the breakfast table when Dipper walked into the kitchen, joining him. He sat down at the table and sighed, looking at a video recorder.

"Hey Dipper, are you okay?" Steven asked.

Dipper sighed again, looking up from the video recorder, "No, have you noticed anything weird about Mabel's new boyfriend?"

Steven took a second to think about it, "Kinda? He seems strange, and I don't hang out with teenagers often enough to know if he's strange for a teenager. Why, what's up?"

Dipper looked back down at his video recorder and started playing back footage.

"I don't know, but there is something definitely off about him. I just don't have any proof- WAIT, WHAT?" Dipper stood up abruptly.

"What is it?" Steven asked, getting out of his chair to look at the screen of the video recorder. He watched Dipper playback a video, where Norman's hand falls off.

"That can't be good," Steven says.

"I was right!" Dipper quickly turns off the recorder, putting down on the table, "I knew he was a zombie!"

Steven looked at him confused, "Zombie?"

"Yeah, but not time to explain," Dipper ran out of the room, "I HAVE TO SAVE MABEL!"

Steven ran after him, not wanting to leave him alone in rescuing Mabel, in case it was a real threat. He and Dipper ran outside, looking for Mr. Pines. They found him leading a tour group, and showing off the rock that looks like a face.

"Grunkle Stan!" Dipper shouted, trying to get his attention.

As Dipper shouted, Steven noticed Wendy pulling up in the golf cart behind him.

"Dipper!" He said, pointing at the golf cart.

Dipper nodded his head and ran over to Wendy.

"Wendy! Wendy!" He shouted, "I need to borrow the golf cart so I can save my sister from a zombie!"

Wendy just smiled before handing him the keys, "Try not to hit any pedestrians!"

Dipper and Steven jumped into the golf cart and started to speed off when they were stopped by Soos.

"Dude, it's me, Soos. This is for the zombies," he said, handing Steven a shovel.

"Thanks," Steven said.

Soos then handed Steven a baseball bat, "And this is in case you see a piñata."

"Uh, thanks?" Steven said, more quizzically this time.

"Better safe than sorry!" Soos yelled as they sped off.

They had been frantically driving around the forest when they heard a cry for help.

"That was Mabel!" Dipper yelled, taking a hard left towards the direction of the scream.

They drove down a path that dipped under some tree roots, and had it not been for the current situation, this would be pretty cool. Dipper started to slow down as they came to a clearing, and saw Mabel standing in the middle of it, surrounded by... gnomes?