Into The Depths [BILLDIP]

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2 Year Ago

That was it.

After all, they had been through, their parents just sold them off.

You'd think that because they were family, maybe they'd actually love their children, but no, Dipper and Mabel's parents were just like everyone else in the world, greedy and eager to make money in any way, shape, or form.

The two twins, both 16, (obviously, because they are twins), were sold into slavery as soon as they came of working age.

The person who bought the two kids was a pirate by the name of Stanford. He had a ship and was looking for crew members. Dipper and Mabel's parents had decided, who better to get money off of helpless children than a pirate, so they discussed prices and before they knew it, the two twins were being pushed out of their house and taken to the docks with nothing more than a small bag of clothes each.

Dipper Pines, the smarter of the two, with short messy brown hair and hazel eyes, managed to sneak a couple of personal items from his house. Such as a pine tree shaped necklace Mabel had made him when they were little, his personal journal, and a unique-looking dagger he had found on the beach years ago.

Mabel Pines, the more creative and free-spirited of the two managed to salvage her shooting star necklace that Dipper had made her when they were little and a grappling hook, which she was strangely obsessed with.

So there they were, standing before the Mysteries Of The Depths, the ship they had been forced to go to.

Dipper glanced at Mabel, who was visibly nervous. He gave her a smile and squeezed her hand reassuringly.

"Hey, maybe it won't be so bad. Maybe they will be nice." Dipper said, hoping to calm Mabel's nerves, as well as his own.

"Y-Yeah, maybe." She said, with a little more confidence.

They waited on the dock, for the captain to show up and escort them on board.

Eventually, an older man stepped off the ship in his late fifties. He had graying hair and glasses, as well as a dark trench coat.

"You must be the Pines Twins." The man said.

The twins nodded.

"My name is Ford, and I am the captain of this here ship." The man, Ford, said.

"My-My name is Dipper...and this is my sister Mabel." Dipper managed to get out.

"Welcome aboard Dipper and Mabel," Ford said as they walked onto the main deck of the ship. There were a few people aboard the deck, loading supplies into the ship.

"Now, tell me, what stories have you heard about sea creatures?" Ford asked unexpectedly.

"What?" Dipper said confused.

"Mystical sea creatures, what do you know about them?" Ford repeated.

"Um...isn't this a pirate ship. Should we be stealing, and drinking, and singing awful shanties about stealing and drinking?" Mabel asked. Ford laughed.

"We may come off as pirates, but this ship is no pirate ship. This is an exploring ship. We seek out and study mythical creatures." Ford explained.

"But all those creatures don't exist," Dipper said. Ford smirked.

"They don't?" Ford asked, "I guess I will just have to convince you otherwise."

One of the other crew members, a tall girl who seemed to be in her late teens, with long red hair, walked up to Captain Ford.