The Ruins

INTRODUCTION

Mabel's POV

I grabbed my backpack, rushing over to Dipper's bedroom, "Mom, I'm ready!" "Alright Mabel." I threw Dipper off his bed and you heard a loud bang when he fell, "Dang it Mabel..." "We're going up to Gravity Falls today!" This was our 3rd year already, visiting right after our 15th birthday. I slid down the stairs and ran out the door, "Dad!!" Dipper crawled out, and I grabbed his wrist to hurry him up. We flew into the bus and I pushed him onto a seat, "Yay!!" I screamed. Dipper curled up into a ball and fell asleep. I leaned on his shoulder and fell asleep too.

> 2 hours later <

I woke up, looking outside the window. It was raining and it was dark. I looked at my phone and asked Siri, "Where are we?" "YOU ARE IN NEW MEXICO." I threw the phone onto the floor, "WHAT?!" I jumped off of the seat and went to the bus driver, "Aren't we going to Gravity Falls, Oregon?" I heard a deep snicker, "No child. You're going to New York, New York." I shot back, "No...we were planned to go to Gravity Falls." the bus driver grabbed my wrist and shot me to the floor, "Listen kid, you're going to New York. I can't handle you kids." I removed his hat, "Grunkle Stan?!" he stopped the bus at a gas station and looked at me, tears in eyes, "Mabel, I couldn't watch you anymore because of my wife." I looked at him, "Your wife?" he brought me close, "I met her right after you guys left last year. Her name is Delina." I bit my lip, "But Grunkle Stan, you love us, don't you?" "Yes...I do...but she hates children. A child came to the Mystery Shack for a tour and she beat him in the attic. He's hanging somewhere, and I don't want you kids getting hurt." "Grunkle Stan, we can fight her. You act like we're poor little kids. Stan, we're 15. Dipper has some muscles and I'm all elbows and grisle." he hugged me, "Look Mabel...I..." I held his hand, "C'mon Grunkle Stan. Please." he turned the bus, "Alright."

I jumped for joy and gave him a big smile. I went to the back of the bus and lied down, watching the rain.

Dipper's POV

> 3 hours later <

I went to the back of the bus to see if Mabel was there. She lay asleep, snoring. I kissed her forehead and looked outside and saw the beautiful view of the sun slowly rising. I grabbed Mabel and held her in my arms. She dug her face in my cheek and she fell asleep. It was still raining. "Got my heart right here, got my scars right here." I looked at my iPhone, "Awh yeah, Wicked Games by the Weeknd!" The trees of Gravity Falls fell down to where it looked like deep darkess. I did a whimper and the bus stopped. "Kid, you okay?" said a raspy voice. "Y-y-yeah. I'm fine." I leaned against the window. I blinked and I saw a lady with high heels and a short dress in the front of the Mystery Shack. Wendy was with her dad (she's 18.) and Mr. Courdroy was hanging out with his two sons. His youngest son died from a horrible accident in the Shack, but nobody knows how. "Oh Stan!" cried the blonde and gray haired woman. She smothered his lips with her lips and we just winced. "Dipper!" Wendy cried. She hugged me and kissed my cheek. I blushed, "Oh, um...hey Wendy."

Mabel's POV

"Candy! Grenda!" I cried, walking around their street. I saw Grenda, skinnier than ever and curled hair, "Grenda! It's me, Mabel!" she looked at me. Her eyelashes were longer than E.T's fingers. Her lips were hot pink and she had blue eye shadow, "Uh...who are you?" she said in a high pitched voice. "What...? You don't remember me...? I'm Mabel Pines...your bestfr-" I saw Pacifica step in front, "Excuse me, but that's not your bestfriend. Grenda Jones is my bestfriend." I felt my heart break into pieces and tears swell up in my eyes, "No...no..Grenda...no...what happened...?" Candy was laying on the floor, glasses broken, eye swollen, and bloody lip. I picked her up, "Candy, what happened?" "They hurt me, Mabel. Hurt me!" I grabbed her hand and brought her down to the Mystery Shack, in the attic.

"Mabel, please. You can't go back downstairs. Delina is down there. She's going to murder you, just like she did to the young Courdroy boy last year." My eyes widened. I put Candy down on my bed and opened the curtain from where we hid when we had to be alone. The little Courdroy boy lay there, dead. I tried really hard to scream, and when a tiny shriek escaped my mouth, darkness flew over me and I felt pain.

"Well, you must be Mabel." said a faint but scratchy woman voice, "Mom?" my eyes opened, "Nope, it's Delina." her eyes were bloodshot. She grabbed the knife and twisted her head to the side, "Well Mabel....have you ever thought what's in your throat?" I used all my strength to get out of her grip, "No. I learned that in 8th grade, you idiotic woman." She twisted the knife in her hand, "Well now you get to see it in real life." I slipped away from her grip and flipped off the chair, "I don't think so." I kicked her down, "Look lady, I-" Dipper grabbed me from my waist and brought me out of the room, "That lady is crazy!"

"Mabel look...." "What Dipper? WHAT?!"

"I..."