Gravity Falls REBORN

Spell Broken

My morning starts with an over eager, and over excited sister jumping up and down on my bed. "Come on Dipper, wake up, wake up!" I groan as said sister practically strangles me to death while shaking me by the neck.

"Mabel please!" I draw out my pleas.

"Oh good! You're finally awake! Today's the day, Dippn' Dots! We fix the Love God's spell!" she cries out, hands on her hips and looking all heroic, like she wasn't the one who made this mess in the first place.

"I know," I cough violently, my throat feeling all scratchy, "now please get- get off!" I shove her legs and she falls with a thud onto the floor.   

"Oof! Hey!" she pouts when regaining her composure. Then Mabel giggles and skips out of the room. I hear her footsteps until they grow softer and fade over time. Cautiously, I get up and glance around the room, seeing that nothing has really changed besides Mabel's nightgown on the ground. 'Macie might still be in bed...'

So I ascend the ladder to peer over the bars, only to be jump-scared by a certain someone. "BOO."

"GAH!" I fall backwards, thankfully landing on my bed with the velocity of my recoil.

"Hahahahaha!" My eyes squint open to blearily see Macie laughing and pointing her finger at me, all the while Chat jumps down and starts rubbing my right cheek. "Oh man you should have seen your face!"

"Whyyyy?" I whine, rubbing the back of my head for any trauma.

"What, you think I was sleeping last night? I was reading fan-fiction under my covers." She giggles, holding up her phone for example.

"I see, well I just wanted to know if you were home or not... I was really worried about you when you didn't come back home the rest of the day." I frown and fix my cap.

"Aw, why you gotta be sappy?" she pouts then laughs, "Look, I was just clearing my head and thinking, no big deal, I was out by a stream a little ways into the trees."

"Well, I still think what you did was uncool and uncalled for! You should let us help you sometimes..." I scold while pointing a finger at her smirking face. Then she frowns.

"Aw come on, stop being so dramatic- here! I'll tell you a story...er maybe not a story but a little fact. I have a hat just like yours back home... Well I mean, I guess I had a hat like yours."

"Stop speaking in past-tense. We still don't know your situation, so you still might be able to go back." I smile sadly, hoping that would cheer her up a bit. "Wait, you have a pine tree cap like mine?" I decide to change topic, seeing her smile would brighten anyone's day in an instance.

"Yeah!" I have a small heart attack at her sudden jump as Macie leans over her bars for a moment, smiling brightly. "I got one from my cousin and it's probably one of my favorite things I've ever gotten. I wore it almost everyday and I had TONS of buttons on it. The mesh part in the back," I take off my hat and look to the part she's trying to show me, "that part is so filled with pins that there is no more room!" I smile as she looks super happy and proud of what she's explaining.

"That's awesome, Mace, I wish I could see it!" 

"I know right? I had it on my trip to Washington, but I don't know why I don't have it anymore..."

"Sorry, I don't know what to say..." I say quietly after a minute or two of awkward silence.

"Nah, don't worry about it." Macie waves me off, putting on another smile, however, with this one, I cannot tell if it's genuine or not. "So, when I went off into the woods, I noticed this mark on my wrist?" Her voice goes higher at the end, making it sound like a question.