The Remnants of Time (Original Version)

Return to Gravity Falls

Athena took one look at the screen, and completely forgot about what she had been saying to her brother.

The entire screen was filled with names in a list that seemed to go on infinitely. There were short names and long names, but they all had one thing in common.

They all ended with the name 'Northwest.'

"Whoa, that's a lot of relatives we've never met" Athena said, looking at all the people woven into the tree. "But which one is our dad?"

"You really think I know?" said Aris, as he scrolled down through the list of names. "Let's see...Nicholas Northwest, Noah Northwest, Nathaniel Northwest, Nathaniel Northwest, Nathaniel Northwest, Nathaniel Northwest..."

Athena frowned.

"For Heaven's sake, are you going to name all the Nathaniel Northwests in the country?"

Aris raised an eyebrow at her questioningly.

"Of all the British movies you could have chosen to reference, you picked Pride and Prejudice?"

"Well not all good movies are packed with mindless action and pointless plots."

He rolled his eyes and continued his search, reading the names aloud.

"Nelson Northwest, Nigel Northwest, Norton Northwest...who names their kid 'Southeast Northwest'?"

Athena sighed in annoyance, and her head dropped into her hand.

"This is not getting anywhere" she said. "Look up the most recent ones."

Aris typed a few commands into the computer, and suddenly the entire list of names disappeared, and there was a single name left on the screen.

"Pacifica Elise Northwest."

He clicked on her name, and pulled up all the information onto the screen.

"The last known Northwest descendant. Age: thirty seven. Location: Gravity Falls, Oregon."

Athena's eyes widened.

"The town Uncle Dipper moved away from after he took us in" she said. "That can't be a coincidence."

"Guess I know where we're going tonight" said Aris, as he rolled up his sleeve and started to type in 'Gravity Falls' into his teleporter watch.

"Wait!" said Athena. "Do you really expect Pacifica Northwest to just let us into her home? What are you gonna say, 'Hi, we're possibly long lost relatives of yours, and we were hoping that you would tell us who our dad is'?"

Aris gasped.

"I'm insulted that you think so little of me!" he said. He pulled out a heat ray and held it up in the air.

"I was planning on ransacking her house and holding her at gunpoint to make her talk."

Athena sighed, and grabbed the device out of his hand.

"If we're going to do this, we're going to do it in a way that won't end with us getting thrown into a jail cell."

Aris crossed his arms over his chest.

"I suppose you have a plan, Sherlock?"

"Yes, I actually do" said Athena with a serious tone. "Now if we're leaving tonight, we have to cover up our absence."

She walked over to her bed, pulled up the covers, and shoved a few pillow down a short line before pulling the covers back over them.

Aris was giving her a questioning look.