Dipper Pines stared at the plate of half eaten pancakes, debating whether they were safe to eat. Five minutes later, Mabel came down wearing her usual oversized shooting star sweater.

"I think I'm gonna skip breakfast" Dipper threw the remains into the bin and walked into the living room, sitting down in the armchair and getting out his journal.

Mabel came running in after him, sitting down next to her twin since they were small enough to sit on the large chair together.

"Wanna go monster hunting?" Dipper asked, eyes glued to the book as usual.

Mabel frowned "I was gonna hang put with Candy and Grenda today. Since we don't have long left" she said slowly, watching Dipper carefully.

Dipper sighed and shut the book, stuffing it into his pocket "oh okay".

"You can come if you want bro-bro but-" mabel started but dipper smiled at her.

"Its fine, its fine! I'll hang out with Wendy and the gang" dipper slid off the armchair, waving Mabel off before walking into the gift shop.

"Hey Dipper" Wendy smiled warmly at him. "What's up?"

The redhead was sitting by the counter, her feet propped up, mud caked books staining the sides. She was reading a magazine, one that Dipper had never seen before. He recognised the band at the front though.

"Hey Wendy" dipper leant on the counter, trying not to be awkward. "Mabel's going to go see her weird friends soooo... Could I hang with you?" He could feel his cheeks warm up as he spoke, turning away before Wendy noticed.

He thought he was over Wendy, just a faze, but every time he talked to her, he felt weird.

"Oh sure dude" Wendy set the magazine down and checked the time on her phone "my shift doesn't end for a while" she frowned.

"I can help" dipper suggested, already walking towards the boxes of merchandise Stan kept in the corner of the gift shop.

"Thanks" Wendy looked up as a costumer walked in, putting on a fake smile and greeting them politely.

Dipper turned back and got to work, setting the bobble heads and snow globes onto the shelves.

Time sent by pretty quickly and soon enough, Wendy's phone beeped, signalling that her shift was over. Thompson's car was already outside waiting for her when the two stepped out of the shack.

"Hey guys" Wendy greeted "mind if Dipper tags along?"

Lee, and Nate nodded, grinning and high-fiving the twelve year old. Tambry nodded slightly, not looking up from her phone and Robbie scowled and rolled his eyes.

Dipper got into the back of the car.

"So where are we going?" He asked.

"We found this abandoned house in the middle of the woods and we thought it'd be cool if we checked it out" Wendy let out a little laugh "I'm glad you asked you to come, remember what happened last time at the haunted convenience store?"

"I brought the journal" dipper grinned, tapping his pocket "just in case".

Five minutes later, the car stopped and everyone got out. The house was very old, at least 100 years old and untouched. It was run down, the windows shattered and the outside covered in graffiti. The gang stepped in, splitting up to go into different rooms. Dipper stayed with Wendy as they walked into the kitchen. Wendy opened the fridge, frowning at its contents.

"Nothing in here but old mouldy food" she knelt down and squinted to get a better look "cheese, sandwiches, some sort of meat?"

Dipper walked over to her, observing the small red thing on a plate.

"Steak? Mince?" Dipper started naming every meat me knew but Wendy shook her head and went to inspect the cupboards.

Dipper stared at the fridge. Something small moved inside it. Dipper bit his tongue, not wanted to make a fool of himself in front of the teenagers. Again.

'Just a rat, just a rat.'

He shut the door and turned towards Wendy who was standing on her toes, looking into a small cupboard.

"Oh sweet, doritos" she pulled out the packet. Then frowned, her eyes growing wide "this looks new" she whispered "someone's here".

Dipper opened his mouth to talk but nothing came out. He was scared. Both of them ran around the house, hissing at the others to be quiet and get out.

They were upstairs when they heard the door creak open and heavy footsteps sounded. The door slammed shut and the footsteps quietened as the person, or what they thought was a person, went to the kitchen. A sharp, surprised yelp, made Dipper shiver as he realised Wendy had taken the doritos, hiding them under her hat.

"We need to get out of here" Robbie hissed, looking around for an escape.

The windows were no use, sharp glass surrounded them. Jumping out from the second floor is one thing but jumping out of a window covered in broken glass is another. Their only hope was if the person left.

Thompson whimpered and everyone turned to glare at him. He held up his hands in defence, sweat running down his forehead, blue eyes wide.

Dipper curled up, making himself as small as he could and got out the journal. He knew it couldn't help them but it calmed him. Maybe there was a zombies downstairs? The gnomes scavenging for food? A fairy? Bill?

Dipper was surprised the name even came into his head. It couldn't be Bill, he was a triangle, incapable of making footsteps as he floated and his voice had this echoey tone to it.

He could feel Wendy tense beside him and focused on the person downstairs. He heard more footsteps, this time, coming towards the stairwell. Dipper froze and turned to the others. They had the same look on their faces. Dipper paled as he heard them come up the stairs. There were only two options:

Run for it, maybe they could daze the person, maybe push them down the stairs and make a run for it before they get up.

Or jump through the broken window and risk getting sliced open. Maybe it wouldn't be too bad?

The footsteps stopped outside the door the teenagers, and Dipper were hiding in. There was a faint click of a gun being loaded. Dippers felt as if his heart was going to burst out of his chest as this door slowly opened.

I just wanted to leave this on a cliffhanger soooo HAPPY HALLOWEEN :D
I hope you guys had fun today and ate a ton of candy (and stayed safe)
I didn't really do anything myself, I stayed at home and watched a livestream. Someone was streaming a bunch of spooky cartoon episodes, it was pretty cool.
Also, this just hit 200 reads and 36 votes!!! Thanks :D

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