Gravity Falls: The Kids Are Alright

Ran Not Away

At A Large Creek About Two Miles From The Mystery Shack

Gravity Falls, OR

Friday May 30th, 2031

Flashback Approximately An Hour And A Half Ago

Terrance 'Ran' Pines was vigorously going through the mental checklist he had made of all the pointers his mom had taught him on how to remain calm, cool, and collected in stressful situations. But really she never taught him how to do it in this type of situation.

"Are you sure you set your clothes down over here?" He called back over his shoulder as he looked through a bush for the missing items. He really didn't know how he got into this predicament, he had came into the woods trying to find a replacement butterfly for his sister, not to stumble across a girl who had been swimming in just her underwear and apparently lost her clothes.

"Yeah, right next to that rock there." A voice came from behind him as a slender arm pointed just to the left of where he was looking. "Thank you for letting me borrow your shirt."

He was glad he had worn on of his baggier Hawaiian shirts today. When she had told him what had happened he had graciously taken it of and left it by the creek bank as he turned and began looking for her clothes while she had put on his shirt.

"It's no problem. I'm sure we'll find your clothes soon." He said as he did his best to keep from staring at her. His parents raised him to be respectful so it was probably easier for him than most guys. "The names Ran by the way."

"I'm Meaghan," she said as she offered her hand.

"Alright Meaghan," Ran said as he shook her hand, "let's get back to looking. If we can't find them..."

"We have to find them. I can't go back to my family without them." she said as she crumbled to the ground.

"Oh, if we can't find them I'm sure they wouldn't mind you getting something from the Shack. And then we can call your parents." Ran said as he finally turned around. Seeing the state she was in he went over tried placing a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"No! No! No! That won't work." she started screaming before she broke down crying, "I need my clothes, I can't go back to my family without them."

Pulling her into a gentle hug "Ok, I'll keep looking. What color where they again?"

"Steel grey, like my hair." She replied as she pulled her braid around to the front and ran it through her fingers nervously.

Ran would have sworn her hair was black, but now that he was closer it seems to have been a combo of the wetness of her hair and the lighting that made it look that way. "And what about your shoes?"

"I, uhmm, didn't wear any." Meaghan said as she subconsciously pulled her feet up under her.

Realizing that he was possibly making her nervous by being so close he got up and started searching again, this time out past the bush and rock where she had said she had left her clothes. It was while he was doing this that it struck him, they were at least a couple miles from civilization and most of that was paths that would be harsh on bare feet.

Mystery Shack

Present Time

"Hey Debbie, where's your brother?" Dipper asked his daughter after he realized that though Antonio was here, he didn't see Ran anywhere.

"I'm not sure dad. We got into a fight earlier and he ran off." Debbie said in a muffled tona as she hugged her dad close and trying to hold back tears, "I thought he would be back by now. I'm scared dad."