Covering Up The Inside [Updates Stalled]

Chapter 1

Dipper wore a hooded red flannel sweater. His brown hair and growing stubble were only visible from up close, unlike his reflective eyes that could be seen from miles away. He stood still on the road, ears folded down and eyes wide. He truly was a deer in headlights.

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A blue triangle shaped vortex revealed the cosmos. Dipper shivered and backed into the sleek, blinding white wall that stood behind him.

"Heya, Pine Tree!" Bill said, somersaulting from the portal and flicking his wrists so colorful, flashy fireworks sparkled around them. "Need help getting back to normal, I mean, it was a part of a deal. Deals are binding. To a demon."

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To this day, Dipper regrets not having kicked that demon's butt. Except he was in a situation a bit too irrelevant to think about that.

Fwoosh. And the car was taken away, drifting on a wave of lake water. His ears stayed down as he shook his head out of his daze, only to be greeted with Mabel, his mermaid sister. Riding her magic body of water. "Don't worry bro, I got yo back." She pounded above her heart twice.

He pounded back. "Grace from the forest, Mabes. Thank you." He bowed, his deer butt in the air with one foreleg straightened and the other bent in an upside down L. His head ducked down so his hair grazed the road.

"Okay, okay you damn hippie." She laughed as she started to drift her floating pond away. It sparkled in the moonlight and carried two equally sparkly fish. One pink, the other purple. "Don't have another one of your so called 'Accidents'."

Dipper shot up and stiffened, glaring at his sister. He stomped his forehooves aggressively and angry vines shot through the top of the car. "ONE TIME, MABEL! I WAS 13. WE JUST GOT OUR POWERS... and it was justified." He rubbed his arm, guilted as his eyes watered.

"You're still guilting about that, bro?" Mabel smirked and ran her hands down from the sides of her chest to her hip, playing with the excess skin where it connected. "Since I learned how siren-y my powers were I've come to realize something, bro." She stopped playing with her skin and put her hands on her hips. "Humans aren't worth the guilt."

She zoomed away. Dipper sighed, wincing at the blood that trickled and dripped from the car wreck. "... but we used to be human." He turned towards the town and glared at his hooves. "NOT THAT IT MATTERS!" He yelled, stomping and ruining the road, tearing it with vines and shrubs and trees. He made it seem like that's where the road ended. It was justified. They were in monster territory.

He sighed at the old, vined up 'Welcome To Gravity Falls' sign. So much has changed...

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"Too bad demon deals don't count on humans. Like. Me." Bill smirked. "What about your hypnotic 'spell?' You ask? I got my magic back, stupid. No effect. Nice try though." He took a few steps closer.

"You butt! Change us back!" Mabel yelled from the fish tank that was built in the wall.

Bill hummed thoughtfully. "Nah."

The demon smiled at the young cervitaur's trembling, fearful expression.

"I like you just the way you are."

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"Hey!" A voice called from the road he just cut off. Dipper stopped in his tracks and glared at the figure, past the brambles, that was running towards him. It looked like he had his family waiting in his car. He snuck out enough for the man to stop and notice something wrong. With a flick of his wrist, the car and family were lifted with thousands of flimsy vines.