A lost legend (Gravity Falls x reader)

Chapter 38

Morning falls on Gravity Falls, yet one residence of the Mystery Shack does not wake up. Mabel had shrugged it off at first. Saying Y/N could've gone to Pacifica in a hurry again like last time and have forgotten her phone. 

"Sure- y-yeah- that might be it... Y/N will be back soon before I know it!"

"What's wrong Dipper?" I sigh as I look at my twin sister, rubbing my arm. 

"I'm not sure... I've just got this bad feeling. And with tonight's moon. I'm not sure what it is but I have this feeling that something's wrong." I look out the window with worry. Y/N's window is open, but Grunkle Stan had told us Y/N gets too hot in the evening and leaves open her window. But I can't help but feel like something is off. Her shoes are gone.

"Look Dipper, if she's not back by noon we'll go look for her OK?"

I nod, "Y-yeah that's- that seems like a smart thing to do." I really hope she's just out with Pacifica...

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Meanwhile, Y/N looks up at the light finally falling into the hole she fell down in. She scrambles onto her feet and reaches for warm light on a ledge. Finally able to look around she notices the only dirt around is the roof of the cave, as the rest of what she CAN see is rocks. 

I manage to get my footing correct as I start climbing the wall towards my flashlight. I manage to push myself up the last bit only to find whatever I'm holding onto is round and loose, causing me to lose my grip and fall down. "Ow!" That's going to add a few more bruises than I already have. I really hope someone will find me soon. A loud clatter is heard in front of me and I notice my flashlight! Finally! I tested it a few times, it's still in perfect condition other than a few minor cracks on the plastic. 

I opt to keep my flashlight off, it'll soon be noon and the sun should be at the highest position for the next 3 to 4 hours. Taking that to my advantage it'll spare the batteries of my flashlight for when I really need it. Carefully I place it into my bag and put my backpack back onto my back. I feel my bones chill and my stomach gets queasy as I look back up. The wall. The warm light. It's still there. I never got that high, I grabbed my flashlight and hold on causing me to fall. So, what's that light up there?

Hoping it's a path to civilization I slowly climb back up, this time managing to get up the ledge. Fear strikes me even harder as the moment I look up, I'm staring Bill Cipher in the face. In pure panic, I look around. No- nono nono! "This can't be happening-" In front of me is the giant carved Bill, surrounded by the zodiac signs on the wall. Candles on a pedestal burning, but not melting, unnaturally, but still real, staying still as if they're plastic. The pedestal being a very big and sturdy rock, has the symbols we found back then. 

I feel like I'm about to pass out as my breath gets sharper and shorter every time I breathe in. Turning around I see the stairs we had come down from, but back then we hadn't seen the stairs abruptly ending and falling into a big cave, with the only way out being if someone up from the hole where sunlight falls through, throws you down a rope and pulls you up. On the ground where she had fallen, a big circle with the zodiacs surrounding it. In the middle, a feather is carved into the stone. In the middle of that circle, where she evidently had fallen, a white feather with her blood on it, the blood had dripped onto the stone as well.

Collecting my thoughts I try to find something positive to hold onto. 

"Ok- so this is really bad... but my blood doesn't seem to have activated anything. And these candles have always been on... I just- have to wait for help to arrive. Y-yeah I'll be fine... I don't trust staying down in that circle though..." I climb down and up again once more to collect the feather, making sure nothing stays down in that creepy circle, not even a hair of mine.