Relativity Falls- Season Two

Not What She Seems

It was late at night in Gravity Falls. A blue light glowed from the Mystery Shack. It seemed to be coming from behind the vending machine in the gift shop. Mabel was in the hidden basement, working in the laboratory. She pulled a lever, and green liquid flowed into large glass tanks.

"Come on, come on," she mumbled, pouring a barrel of toxic waste onto the machine. "Should be just enough to finish the job." She removed her glove and fez, accidentally wiping toxic waste on her forehead. The substance fizzled and glowed green before disappearing. "Whew. Can't be too careful with this stuff."

Red lights began to flash as a buzzer went off. Mabel smiled and turned to look at a screen. The words 'EVENT INITIALIZED' flashed onto the screen before a countdown from 18 hours began. Mabel looked at the first journal.

"Warning, meow meow meow, Extreme usage could result in minor gravity anomalies," Mabel read aloud. She slammed the journal shut. "Quiet, DippingSauce! I've gotten this far. I ain't giving up now!" She pressed a button and the portal in the other room began to power up and spin. "Yes! This is it!"

Mabel's fez began to float off her head.

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Outside the shack, rocks floated off the ground, and so did a squealing Waddles.

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At the lake, a boat lifted up out of the water.

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In the junkyard, broken-down cars and junk floated off the ground. Inside Chiu's shack, a blue light was blinking, illuminating the sleeping and floating Chiu. On the laptop, the word 'ACTIVE' flashed on the screen under a picture of the portal.

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Back in the shack, Stan and Ford, asleep in their room, floated off their beds. Gompers floated with them, though he stayed asleep. A loud THUNK sounded as everything fell back into place.

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"It's gonna be a bumpy ride, but it'll all be worth it," Mabel said. She synchronized her wristwatch with the steadily ticking countdown. "Just 18 more hours. Finally, everything will change. Today."

A gust of wind slammed the journal shut, the blue pine tree on the cover shimmering in the light of the portal.

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The next morning, Stan was running down the hall. A tired Ford was walking after him.

"Come on, come on, Sixer!" Stan called. "Okay, so I was just opening random doors- because I'm a creep- when I found something amazing!"

"If it was worth waking up at seven am for, that will be amazing," Ford grouched, rubbing at his eyes under his glasses.

"Feast your nerdy eyes on this!" Stan exclaimed, opening the closet door to reveal a box of fireworks labeled 'DO NOT TOUCH!'

"Woah!" Ford gasped. Stan put a hand on his shoulder.

"Bro. Bro. We're both thinking it," he said.

"Crazy rooftop fireworks party!" The two twins shouted together. Mabel approached them wearing a bathrobe.