Important A/N at the end, so please consider reading it :)

Lol, extra long chapter! Sorry I took so long DX... ANYWAY, this chapter is based on the popular horror game. Layers of Fear.

Note's left by H.N are an Easter Egg requested by my friend!

"Come on, Macie! It's almost Halloween! Our favorite holiday!" Mabel whines, not letting go of the ankle she's currently gripping. Since my sister is unfathomably strong, I can't move and sigh.

"Yeah, maybe you and Dipper's favorite, but not mine! I can't do freaky stuff... Come to think of it..." I start trailing off, remembering, "I went into a haunted house and one thing made me jump and I had to squeeze my eyes shut and grip onto my aunt the entire time. That thing cost a lot of money to go in, too!"

"But Macieeeee!" I groan and shake my head, massaging the bridge of my nose.

"Erm... Girls?" A brown head full of hair pokes his head in, confusion etched in every possible location.

Mabel's whining abruptly stops as we both stare at our brother. "Dipppppperrrrrr!" She releases my ankle and clutches onto Dipper's. "Tell Macie she has to go with us!!!"

"What? Where?" he asks, now looking even more confused than before.

'Wait, I'm free.' I realize and take a seat on my bed, flattening out the wrinkles that are visible.

"The haunted house! Did you forget!?" Eyes watering, Dipper avoids contact with our over dramatic sister.

"Er...n-no? Of course I didn't?" I face palm at his unbelievingness. 'That a word? It is now.' I smirk to myself smugly.

"You did! I can't believe you did!" 'Whoa!' Mabel halfheartedly punches his chest and runs out, but turns back before descending the stairs. "Fine! I don't need you two to go to the haunted house with me! I'll find someone else!"

Then she was gone.

"You think she's serious?" I ask. Dipper sighs, shrugs and then sits next to me.

"Honestly? Probably. I totally forgot about the whole thing because I was working on some of my advanced school work so I can finally beat Alex!" I grin as he makes a fist and waves it in the air.

"Oh yeah... when am I going to meet this Alex person?"

"Never. Ugh. So annoying..." His moans make me laugh as he shuffles out of the room.

"He can't be that bad!" I yell after him but get no response.

~~Time Skip brought to you by: Leviathans; Worse than Demons...I think?~~

"Mabel come on... I'm sorry I forgot okay?" From my spot on the couch, I can hear Dipper fail at his lame apology to Mabel in the kitchen.

"She still ignoring you?" I stifle a snort as my brother walks into the room, slumping.

I only get a glare in response, which makes me release my laughter at his despair. Then again, I probably deserved the slap that came next. "Jerk..." the boy mumbles. Again, I giggle, but then seeing his face, I sober and sit up.

"Come on, Dip, she can't be mad for long!" 'Right?!'

"Macie, you saw how long she moped on that totem pole when she lost Waddles!" he outbursts, his arms out and everything.

"Oh yeah..." My finger rests on my chin as I ponder, "that's a good point..." 

"So what do I do!?" I don't get to answer the awkward teen as the other teen steps in, generating us to not make a sound and just watch her make her way up the stairs, skipping a few along the way.

"That was freakish..." I finally speak up when the sound to our bedroom door shuts. "Mabel? Not talking?" I dramatically shiver.

Huffing, Dipper rolls his eyes, "Whatever, we gotta go to that haunted house with her."

"What?" My body aches when I stand up so suddenly and ferociously. "Dude, I don't wanna go to that... isn't there- isn't there something or somewhere else we can go and do? Like a party- err..."

"Dude, calm down. It's just a haunted house, it ain't gonna kill ya."

"It will if I get a heart attack!" I retort.

"You're not gonna get a heart attack..."

"How would you know?"

"Maci-," he sighs, "look, how long has it been since you've been to one?" When I don't answer, he continues, "Exactly, so... this'll be your first time with us! Everything will be okay and it'll be worth it to see the smile on Mabel's face."

"Alright..." I give in reluctantly. "But I'm out if I feel sick!"

"Deal." We join hands in a mock deal sealing.

~~Time Skip brought to you by: The Haunted House at Disney Land! When you get stalled in the cars, the stupid voice over guy keeps blabbing about the 'Doom Buggies' lol~~

'When is this thing, again?' I pace around my room with mixed emotions, trying to wrack my brain for the answer of when this stupid event is taking place.

Mabel almost exploded from joy when we told her we'd go. What she didn't bother mentioning was what got me angry. Upset? I don't really know how I feel anymore.

"You invited who!?"

"Just a boy from school! It's no big deal, Dipper! I thought you and Macie were gonna be totally MIA!"

'Ugh. Their arguing is starting to give me a headache...'

"Would you two just shut up already!?" I shout at the wall, not worrying if my message got through or not.

It quiets down for a moment and I give a sigh of relief. Then the voices come back. 'Arg!' I cover my ears and angrily flop onto my bed, reaching down and pulling my phone out to search up this place we'll be going to.

Levels of Dread

Trembling for terror? Feeling up for fear?

I scoff, 'Not really...'.

Levels of Dread is California's 1# full contact haunted attraction!

'It's not even a house- it's an entire attraction!? Wait... FULL CONTACT!?'

Come on down to the one and only location to have the night of your life! 

Events \ Things to know \ Location and times \ Contact Info \ Gallery \ Attractions \ Buy tickets \

I click on things to know and don't like what I read. "Aw man..." I mumble to myself, wondering how to get myself out of this one.

"No! I'm going with him and that's it! I'm glad you two are joining, but I'm not just gonna tell Logan that I'm dissing him! We'll all go together!" Mabel barges into the room. Huffing after slamming the door, some sweat rolling down her forehead. I watch her rip that colorful, iconic, pink headband and lob it across the room.

"Whoa..." I breathe, surprised by my sister's sudden anger.

"That- urg- why- he's- UGH!" Mabel's incoherent ramblings also catch me off guard. I raise a questioning eyebrow when she finally looks my way.

"Uh, Mabel?" She doesn't stop pacing and mumbling to herself. Huffing, annoyed at the attitude she's radiating, I grab her by the shoulders and make her eyes meet mine. "Mabel! Calm down! Tell me what the heck is going on!"

"Ugh! It's just that- Dipper's mad at me for inviting someone else to come with me because I thought you two weren't going and especially him because he forgot in the first place! But I don't blame you since you didn't know."

"Who'd you invite?"

"Logan."

"Never heard of him..." 'Have I?'

"Well he's a grade above us and I met him during lunch when I dropped my milk. He's super sweet and said he'd love to go to the haunted house with me! I just don't get why Dipper is having such a big cow over it!"

"Ehhh, I don't know this guy, either, Mabes. Shouldn't your twins meet the guy first?"

"What? No way! I don't need you two's permission to go with this guy! He's cool!"

"I'm not saying he's not," I sigh exasperatedly, "I just don't know the guy and- okay, look, we'll all four go together, yeah?"

"Really? You won't be like Dipper?!"

"Nah. I'll judge silently." I laugh. She giggles as well, going over to grab some stuff for the event. "Welp, now I gotta get ready, I'll be right back." I wave, leaving our shared room.

"Really?!"

"GAH!" I jump and spazz out in the air. "What the freak? Were you eavesdropping?!" My brother doesn't seem fazed about being caught.

"Really, Macie? You're letting Logan come?! I thought you'd convince her to just let it be us three."

"Yeah? Well, what's your problem with Mabel inviting a boy to go? You forgot about the whole thing! I'd be upset, too!"

"Ugh!" Dipper waves his hands down, scoffing, "Whatever..."

~~Time Skip brought to you by: Fighting. Weak to Flying, Fairy, Psychic!~~

"Macie, are your siblings okay?" I sit in the family car, waiting for said siblings to come out with Mom in the driver's seat.

"I think? Dipper's mad because Mabel invited some guy from school."

I watch as the woman's head nod and her lips form an 'O' in understanding. "Oh right. I heard Logan was a sweet boy."

The car door to my left was suddenly flown open. A grumbling boy with a lumberjack hat makes his way in. Then, the left car door opens with a clearly distressed female avoiding eye contact with the male. "Macie, could I please sit on the end this time?" she asks quietly.

I look between the twins, then to our mom and then back to my female counterpart. I sigh. "Yeah alright..." Pulling my phone out, I just got a brilliant idea. I go into my music playlist and search for a specific song. "Here, Mom."  I hand her my phone and she plugs it into the aux. 

Music starts playing, gaining the twins' attention.

~Hey Brother~

Hey, brother, there's an endless road to re-discover.
Hey, sister, know the water's sweet but blood is thicker.
Oh, if the sky comes falling down for you,
There's nothing in this world I wouldn't do.

Hey, brother, do you still believe in one another?
Hey, sister, do you still believe in love, I wonder?
Oh, if the sky comes falling down for you,
There's nothing in this world I wouldn't do.

What if I'm far from home?
Oh, brother, I will hear you call.
What if I lose it all?
Oh, sister, I will help you out!
Oh, if the sky comes falling down for you,
There's nothing in this world I wouldn't do.

Hey, brother, there's an endless road to re-discover.
Hey, sister, do you still believe in love, I wonder?
Oh, if the sky comes falling down for you,
There's nothing in this world I wouldn't do.

What if I'm far from home?
Oh, brother, I will hear you call.
What if I lose it all?
Oh, sister, I will help you out!
Oh, if the sky comes falling down for you,
There's nothing in this world I wouldn't do.  

It took a lot of self restraint to not sing along, but I fared well enough. Using this song was my plan whenever the twins got into a big fight, so I think now was appropriate.

"That song was amazing, Mace." Mom smiles in the rear view mirror. "What about you two?" She purses her lips, eyeing Dipper and Mabel. When they don't answer, I sigh.

~~Time Skip brought to you by: My temp editor for this chapter! Thanks LumpyApple :3~~

We finally arrived to the place. The twins are still avoiding eye contact and I'm stuck in the middle of all the awkwardness and tension. "Oh! Oh!" I jump at Mabel's sudden excitement since she hasn't spoke the entire ride. She leans up in her seat as far as her seat belt will allow her and repeatedly taps her finger on the window. "There's Logan! Let us off over there, Mom!"

Silently, Mom drives to the boy and what appears to be this kid's father and parks. Mabel gets out first, practically throwing the door open. She unclicked her seat belt so fast, it thwacked me across the elbow. 'Owwww!' I clench my teeth, trying to calm my stinging and burning funny bone.

To my right, I hear my brother get out his side and when he does, he sighs and shoves his hands into his shorts' pockets.

'Guess it's my turn to get out...' Huffing, I get out Mabel's side and close the door behind me. Mom gives me a sympathetic smile and waves. I wave back and she drives off.

In the distance, Mabel is talking to a boy taller than all three of us. "Macie!" she calls me over, "This is Logan, Logan this is my sister Macie!"

"Hi," I greet the boy.

"What's up?" he nicely replies, holding a hand out. I take it and we share a shake.

I don't say anything back, not really sure what to even speak of! So, as I tilt on the heels of my feet, thank Thor Mabel decided to cut in, purposely or not it was still amazing. "Well what are we waiting for!? Let's go get our scare on!" she cries as Dipper shuffles up to us. Grinning, my sister grabs me and Logan's wrists, and, from reflex, I grab Dipper's too as Mabel inadvertently makes a train of dragging children.

"How many? And which attraction?" A teen, probably late teens, stands at an old-timey looking ticket booth with a bored look on his face. 

"Four and Levels of Dread!" I sigh, already deflated by the brunette's enthusiasm.

This kid has about the total opposite amount of Mabel's enthusiasm as he, with one hand propping his head up by his cheek, does a few things and four tickets spit out of the corner. He hands them to us, giving Dipper a weird look before putting on a fake cheery smile and telling us to enjoy and not die.

'Creepy dude... Why did he give Dipper such a look?'

I just can't wrap my head around anything anymore. 'Gosh, I wish Bill was here. At least he'd have some comedic relief!'

By the time my brain stops thinking of absurd scenarios, our little group reaches the entrance to Levels of Dread.

Tickets received by the worker outside our doom, we enter and immediately, I get spooky vibes. 'Which, I guess, isn't surprising since we're in a HAUNTED HOUSE!'

"What's not surprising?" I quietly whisper to myself and almost snort at my inside joke. 'Maybe if I keep making these jokes I'll keep my sanity in check long enough to just blow all this over with...'

"AH!"

Flipping out, I instantly cower into myself as Mabel's scream echos in the room. "Mabel! Nothing happened!" Dipper scolds with a scowl.

"It's okay, Mabel, I'm here if you get scared." I think Dipper gagged at the same I did by his body movement as Logan goes to put an arm around my sis.

"Heeeey!" I sneak in and quote on quote 'interrupt' Logan's attempt at flirting as I put an arm around Mabel's shoulder instead. "How's about we go upstairs?"

"Okay!" I hear Dipper's snickers behind me as the other male's growls can be barely heard as well. "Hey! Piano!" Mabel starts smashing the white keys of the piano, making absurd noise.

"Really?" I deadpan, the notes not making me feel better about this place. "Wait what's this?"  I go to inspect a note I just found on the top of the piano.

"Gah!" Mabel, once again, freaks out, but this time, I was witnessing it with her. The lid to the piano slammed down and, by the look on her face, Mabel just missed having her fingers shmushed.

"You okay?" She shakes her head, keeping her hand close. "Kay, I'mma read this note now." I clear my throat dramatically, " 'I knew someone would notice this immediately. The name doesn't matter, all you have to know is that I'm gonna tell you something through these notes. I hope you're alone, because after this, you don't want anyone else to get involved'."

"Huh." Dipper takes the note out of my hand and flips it over, inspecting it thoroughly and seemingly reading it again like he doesn't think I can read or something. "Guess some kid went through this and left some notes. We should find the others! It's like a mystery!"

I snort and see Mabel roll her eyes, putting her hands on her hips. "Course you'd turn it into a mystery hunt," she lightly sneers, earning a hard glare from our brother.

"Well- uh, let's get going?" Logan awkwardly tries to move this along and for that, I'm grateful.

'This is gonna be a long night...'

Splitting this into 2 parts because of how long it's been since I've uploaded. I'm sorry for that, by the way. No motivation and depression doesn't mix well at all.

Don't worry, I'm okay! Just switched medicine and it's taking effect on my mental state. And I have no idea when the next part to this will come out.

BUT! I can't stress this enough, and I just want to make sure each and every one of you get it.

I WILL NOT ABANDON THIS STORY.

THIS STORY WILL NEVER NOT GET UPDATED.

Updates are random and might be a month, or a few days in between.

Thank you everyone who reads this and I hope you all have an amazing day!