Rising From Gravity [Discontinued]

Chapter 004: Family Fishing Fever

"Are you ready for the ultimate challenge?"

The morning sun could be seen peeking above the icy mountains that bordered the town, the weak strokes of sunlight hitting the wooden shack and reflecting through the kitchen window, another early winter day beginning.

It was exactly a week since the Gnome incident, and Mabel, Wally, and Dipper were pretty much settled in at the old shack they'd be staying in for the next few years. Even if their living conditions, nor science-crazy caretaker, were exactly five-star, they could both easily agree that they were enjoying their time in the sleepy town.

"I'm always ready!" Mabel responded, as she held out a brand-name syrup bottle. She lightly rocked the bottle in her hand, as she faced her brother, smiling.

"Then you know what this means!" Dipper exclaimed, as he raised up his own bottle of syrup and tilted it high over his mouth, signaling Mabel and Wally to do the same.

"Syrup race!" The three exclaimed, sticking their tongues out as far as they could. The three triplets cheered on as the drops of syrup came closer down, Dipper's slightly more the Mabel's and Wally's more than his siblings. This advantage didn't go unnoticed by Dipper, however.

"Almost...almost..." Wally exclaimed, using his free hand to tap the bottom of the bottle, forcefully spilling the syrup out and onto his tongue. "Yes!" He exclaimed, coughing shortly after, "I won!"

Mabel playfully rolled her eyes at her brother, placing the bottle down as she picked up the dusty newspaper. After reading for a few minutes, Mabel's expression immediately brightened up, her eyes fixed on one page.

"Ho ho, no way!" She exclaimed, facing her brother, whom had finally stopped coughing. "Hey guys, check this out."

Dipper and Wally leaned in as his sister tilted the newspaper their way. He narrowed his eyes, smiling, as he read one of the ad's.

"Human-sized hamster balls?" Wally asked, then proceeding to gasp as his face lit up. "I'm human-sized!"

His sister shook her head in response, smiling. "No, no, Wally. This." She pointed to the ad on the page next to it, which was about an Monster Photo Contest. The ad showed a picture of the previous month's winner, with a rather phony-looking photo of a creature. According to the paper, the grand prize was $1,500.

"We see weirder stuff than that every day!" Mabel exclaimed, as she turned the paper back to her, "we didn't get any photos of those gnomes, did we?"

"Nope, just memories." Dipper responded, as he pulled out a small thread of white hair from his pocket, "and this gnome hair!"

Mabel faced her brother, with a mix of confusion and disgust on her face. "Why did you save that?" She asked, raising her eyebrow.

Dipper shrugged in response, making a small "I dunno" there was a loud noise, just as their Great Uncle Ford walked into the room.

"Good morning, kids." He greeted them, opening the window as he let a bunch of pixies out of a jar.

All three triplets exchanged the same confused look.

"Uh...do you two know what day it is?" Judging by his tone, the triplets could tell he was forcefully trying to be enthusiastic.

"Um...Happy anniversary?" Wally asked, raising his eyebrow.

"Mazel tov!" Dipper exclaimed, bouncing up from his chair, as their Great Uncle walked over and smacked Wally's head with the newspaper.

"It's Family Fun Day, kid." He snidely answered, as Wally rubbed his head in annoyance. Ford rolled his eyes as he walked towards the fridge, opening it up as he picked up a carton of Orange Juice.