Monster Hunts and Dates (Dipper Pines X Reader)

13-Outside The Portal

   Mabel's POV
I looked over at Dipper, seeing his eyes watery, and a girl around our age I've never met in either this dimension or the one I just got out of. "Mabel," Dipper repeated. He got to his feet and stepped closer to me, his arms extended. My fists clenched, going up in one swift movement, smashing into Dipper's jaw. "What- MABEL?! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!" Dipper shouted at me. "Ford didn't want Stan opening that portal, so why do you think I wanted you to?! You dragged someone else into this! I was this close, Dipper! THIS! CLOSE!" I shouted, pinching my fingers, but not exactly together. "You hadn't shut down the machine when Stan was saving Ford!" Dipper shot back.

"Um, hey?" the girl asked. "Sorry, y/n! Y/n, this is my twin, Mabel! Mabel, this is my friend y/n. She came to Gravity Falls to become a monster hunter," Dipper explained. "A monster hunter? From some girl wanting to be a monster hunter, you show her THIS?!" I hissed at Dipper. "Dipper, it's something more urgent!" y/n pressed, pointing at the corner of the room. "Y/n, go get a jar," Dipper ordered, looking at what looked to be a piece of space. Y/n left the basement and headed up to the shack. "YOU IDIOT!" I shouted, smacking Dipper, leaving his face red. He felt at his cheek, shutting his eyes tight. I caught sight of a familiar triangle with his wheel start glowing a bit. "No. What did you DO?!" I shouted. "We found out it only glows when he's close!" I exclaimed. The elevator dinged and I saw y/n's arm glowing as well. "We're talking about this in a minute. All three of us need to talk," I muttered. Y/n rushed in, jar in hand. She undid the lid, scooping up the growing rift. "Got it," she breathed.

"Now, we can go talk about what we need to solve," I said, leading the way out of the basement.

Y/n's POV
I didn't expect anything like that. I knew there had to be some issues between the two, but Dipper only told me about how sweet Mabel was. Then again, she's seventeen now. The elevator opened and I clutched the jar tighter. "I need to grab something," Dipper said, heading up to his room. Mabel and I went to the living room, sitting at the table in silence. Mabel kept staring at the door to the gift shop, like she was expecting something. "So," I started, breaking the silence. She snapped her head to face me, her eyes glaring at me, but easing up a little. "Yeah?" she asked. "I was just, ah... wondering," I stuttered. "Yeah?" she repeated. "What, ah, happened in that portal? If, you know, want to," I stuttered nervously. I didn't want to offend her of anything. "I'd rather not," Mabel answered, turning her attention back to the gift shop door.

Just then, Dipper walked in with what seemed to be a stronger containment unit with a black and yellow warning pattern as the base and a circular dome with connecting tombs. "Okay. I'm going to unscrew this piece of the tube and I need you to open the lid slightly to let the rift be sucked into this containment unit," Dipper explained. I nodded and unscrewed the lid the tiniest bit, letting the other tubes bring in the rift. "One less thing to worry about," Mabel sighed in relief. "Not exactly," I said shyly. "Dipper, what did you and y/n do?" Mabel asked, on her feet. "He threatened y/n's life! What else was I supposed to do?!" Dipper shot back.

I kept quiet, listening to the two bickering. "Why, Dipper! No matter what I was going through, I could have made it!" she shouted. "What did you go through?" Dipper asked, lowering his voice from the yelling. Mabel just looked back over to the Gift Shop. "I'd rather not say," she muttered. "Well, then you didn't like it there!" Dipper shouted again. Mabel whipped around to face us, her cloak flying behind her. "You're right. I didn't like it there. But the people I met needed help. They let me leave, but I didn't like leaving them behind." Dipper and I stayed quiet for a bit.

"I'll give Bill the rift then," Mabel muttered. "Can't we just-" Dipper started, but Mabel cut him off. "No! No, we can't! No matter how mad I am on you doing that deal and getting y/n involved, we still gotta keep her safe!" Mabel shouted, grabbing the rift. I rushed over to the two, taking the rift from Mabel's hands. "Would you two just stop fighting?! We all have Bill to worry about, so you two need to pull it together until we're out of this mess!" I shouted, holding the rift close to me. They froze, facing me. "Finally! Now, we KEEP the rift for now, until Bill realizes we have a rift. Dipper put up another force field to keep Bill out, so we have to keep the rift a secret. Meanwhile, Dipper and I will find a way to patch the rift. Dipper said he knows how to, so we'll patch the rift up," I explained. They nodded.

"Dipper, go pack a bag. We're heading out as soon as we're ready. Mabel, go ahead and change clothes if you want. Stay here to keep Bill from knowing. We'll take the rift so we can fix it sooner," I ordered. Dipper headed up to his room while Mabel headed to the attic. I ran down the hall, grabbing my bag. I swiftly slipped off my dirty clothes, pulling on a pair of jean shorts, f/c tee shirt, my favorite tennis shoes, and pulled my hair up in a ponytail. Grabbing my bag, I rushed to the gift shop, watching Dipper come out of the vending machine with the first journal and a bag. "Let's go. Rift's in my bag," he panted. We ran out the door and into the forest, Dipper flipping through the journal.

"Where to then?" I panted. "Just to those floating cliffs," Dipper answered. I nodded, picking up my speed and Dipper at my side. Soon enough, we made it to the cliffs, skidding to a stop. "Okay, the UFO entrance is right under that rock," he muttered, pushing aside the rock to reveal a metal hatch. "Wow," I breathed. "I grabbed the magnet guns, so we may be able to keep going quickly," Dipper planned, tossing me a magnet gun. I tossed it back and forth through my hands, getting a feel for it. "How long should this take?" I asked, Dipper opening part of the UFO with his magnet gun. "Hopefully, maybe a half hour or so," Dipper answered, climbing down the hatch. I followed close behind.