Archives Falls

EE: Part One

Pacifica Pines didn't usually worry this much.

Usually, she rationalize things and hid her fears. But ever since her and Wendy arrived at the Gravity Falls bus station, not only did the awkward silence of no one being there, except the voice of the person broadcasting the news of Gravity Falls, and the fact that it had been almost an hour and her Great Uncle Fiddleford had not arrived to pick her and her sister, Wendy up yet, was really starting to worry her.

Pacifica glanced over at Wendy, who was swinging her legs up and down and looking at the floor. She wasn't sure what her sister was looking at, besides the dirt on the floor, possibly.

She looked back over at the window, gazing out of it at multitudes of trees. The small, slow town seemed to be surrounded by an army of them, all circling the town. Pacifica liked all of them, giving it a different feel from the small town of Piedmont where she hailed from.

"Hey Paz?" Wendy asked. Pacifica glanced over at her.

"Yes?" Pacifica replied.

"You don't think Great Uncle Fiddleford forgot about us, did you?" Wendy said.

Pacifica paused a minute before answering. "I don't think he forgot. I think your family members coming to stay with you for summer is a hard thing to forget. I, I just think he's just a little busy."

"What do you think he's like?" Wendy asked. "Mom and Dad talked about him a bit but I never caught what they were saying."

"Wendy, I've never seen him before, not even in a picture, not even close to at least greeting him, I have no idea what he would be like. When he comes to pick us up, I'll tell you then what I think."

"Do you think he'll like me?" Wendy asked.

It was an easy question. Most people liked Wendy a lot, Pacifica included. Her loud, comedic personality made her very likeable. Fiddleford would've had to been an old grump not to have liked Wendy, as those were the people who usually didn't.

"I'm sure he will," Pacifica replied, before looking back towards the window.

She adjusted her headband, nervous. How much longer was the wait going to be until their great uncle arrived? Pacifica wasn't sure how much longer she could sit and wait for him to come. What made it even scarier was they couldn't even contact their parents telling them. The thought made her stomach clench.

"Want to go see if we can find something cool?" Wendy asked. "Maybe we can find a whole wad of money or something!"

Pacifica sighed. "Not right now, Wendy. I'm tired. It's better to stay here anyways, in case Great Uncle Fiddleford does get here, we're in one spot so he can find us easily."

"You're getting nervous, aren't you?" Wendy said.

Pacifica wanted to say yes and tell her about why she was so nervous, but she decided against it, not wanting to get into another long spool about her feelings, so she decided to just shrug slightly.

"Hey, it might help now that there's a car pulling up, and since no one else is here it has to be Great Uncle Fiddleford!"

Pacifica quickly turned her head towards the doors at the mention of someone possibly being a Fiddleford. She looked to see a rusty old car pulling up, but instead of seeing an older man pop out, there was the frame of a young woman. She looked to have dark hair as glasses framed her face. She walked up to the twins, a smile on her face.

"Excuse me, are you two girls the Pines twins?" She asked, her voice quiet.

Wendy immediately got up. "Yup! That's us! I'm Wendy, and this is my sister Pacifica."