Three more hours and two panic attacks later, the Speedy Beaver finally comes to a stop. I stand up immediately, grabbing my things and tripping over Waddles as the livestock sleeps on the floor, rushing my way to the front of the vehicle and out the doors. I greedily take a deep breath of fresh air.

"Whoa! Wait up, Mace!" I hear Dipper call me from behind. Turning around, I see said boy tumble out the doors with his luggage toppling on top of his small frame. I cover my lips as I giggle and Mabel steps over him, Waddles following suit, but not having the decency to not step on the poor boy. "Oof..." he groans, accepting defeat on the cement.

"Come on, Dipper! Get up!" Mabel kicks at his side.

"Mabel, chill!" I command through laughs. She stops and allows Dipper to get up, which he does with a groan. "Ahhh." I take another deep breath of the crisp, California air. "I haven't been to California in a while," I exclaim.

"Well it's only been three months, silly." A new voice startles me, causing me to whip around and search for whoever spoke. The twins catch a glimpse of my face and burst into a fit of giggles, clutching their stomachs and everything. Farther down the sidewalk are two adults walking our way, waving.

'I am so confused...'

"Ow!" I recoil when an elbow comes out of nowhere, jabbing me sharply in the side. I look at Dipper with a 'What?!' look on my face, silently asking what I'm missing here.

"Those are our parents, Mace!" he whisper-shouts. 

"Oh...OH!" I start to get really nervous, fidgeting my hands around as I don't know what to do in this situation. "What do I do? What do I do?" I ask in a panic, "I don't know them! I-I-I-" Mabel snaps me out of my funk, as she grabs me by the shoulders and shakes me vigorously.

I awkwardly smile as Dipper grabs my hand and waves to the adults for me. "Mom, Dad!" Mabel cries, running up to them and hugging them joyfully. 

"Just be yourself," Dipper tells me.

"Be myself? Do they know me as myself? I mean, I don't know what happened before Gravity Falls, so what if they recall childhood memories?" My brother's eyes widen, probably not thinking of that.

"Uh, just leave it to me and Mabel, it'll be okay." I sigh and hum an 'Okay'.

"Dipper! Macie!" The mom kneels down with her arms open wide. 'Uhhhh...?'

Sensing my discomfort, Dipper coughs, "Mom, don't you think we're a little too old to run and jump into your arms?"

"Oh, you two, always so mature!" mom laughs and stands back up. "We can talk about your guys' summer over dinner tonight." 

"She's right, we made turkey." The man, whose shoulders Mabel is riding on, I assume is my father, starts to lead the way home. I lag around Dipper, not quite comfortable with these people, yet.

~~Time Skip brought to you by: Awkward encounters! They happen to you whether you like it or not!~~

After walking for a little while, we stop in front of a normal looking city home, surrounded by others that look similar. 'It seems like a nice, quaint neighborhood,' I think as I take a look around. "Alright, guys. Go up to your rooms, unpack your stuff, then get washed up and come down for dinner," our Dad tells us as Mom opens the door.

As I walk inside the house, Mabel and Dipper run ahead, the first thing I notice is the simple-ness. There's a stairway when you first walk in. 'I assumed it would be two-story from the very beginning of Gravity Falls that showed the twins in their home...' To the left of the stairs is the way to walk further into the building, a picture frame hangs on the wall there. 'From the show, too...'

"Macie." I turn around at the woman's voice. "Go unpack, quickly!" She smiles with her hands on her hips. I nod and run upstairs with my stuff. 

I bump into Mabel. "Sorry," I mumble.

"Macie, hurry up!" Mabel grabs my hand and drags me forward.

"W-wait! What's the bedroom situation, anyways?!" I cry, then get jostled when my sister stops so suddenly. 

Dipper, who looked smug as a bug, walks over with his arms crossed. "Well, while this house is a two-story, there's only three bedrooms. So it's you and Mabel in one, while I got the other." I throw my head back, ignoring the pop it made, and groan long and loud.

"I was hoping you guys shared a room," I admit with a shrug.

"What? Why?" Dipper gets taken aback. He looks ridiculous, it's hilarious!

"I dunno... I liked the thought of you two sharing a room because you're twins..." Rubbing the nape of my neck, I avoid contact. "Maybe I should cut back on the Gravity Falls fanfiction..." I chuckle nervously.

"Yeahhhh, please do," Dipper says, giving me a weird look. Mabel, who's been standing there silently watching our exchange, claps her hands, loudly, causing me to recoil. I didn't get to move back much, though, as this girl's grip on my wrist is tight as heck.

"Welp, enough of...whatever this is! Let's go unpack, Mace!" 

"Gah!" I get tugged by the alpha...triplet and practically get thrown into my new room. 'Well, new to me...'

"Here it is!" I look up, taking in the bright pink, and I mean bright, room. "Whaddy'a think? A while back, we got to do some competitions to see who got to choose the wall color. I won, of course!" Mabel explains, puffing her chest out with a giggle.

"Did you have to choose such a bright pink?" I ask, over-dramatically shielding my eyes.

"Yep!" She smiles brightly, but, and this might just be me, it looks very strained.

"Whatever, at least we got a bigger room than Dipper, right?" 

"Yea, we did, haha." 'Oh thank goodness!' I sigh in relief.

Now, I take the time to look around my room, gasping when I see stuff I had in my world. "Oh my gosh! My Funko Pops!" In the corner lies my computer with the corner desk it sits on. "My desktop! Wait..." I frown, moving some Pops around. "Where's my Gravity Falls ones?"

"Huh? You have Gravity Falls Funko what's its?" Mabel comes up behind me.

"Funko Pops, Mabel. And yes, I do...er, did? I dunno, everything else is here." I point to my collection for emphasis.

"Wait! Am I a Funko Pop?!" Mabel shrieks, jumping up and down.

"Quiet down!" I hush her. Looking under 'What I assume is mine' my bed, I continue speaking, "Yeah, I do- or I mean I did...wait, what's this?" I shimmy back out from under, holding a box. I place it on my legs, after sitting on my bed, and open it. "Yes!" My Gravity Falls collectibles are all in there!

"Whoa!" Mabel 'aws'. "Wait, I'm gonna go get Dipper!" she tells me and runs out the room. I start to go through my stuff, picking them up one by one.

"Dipper Pines...Mabel Pines...Mabelcorn Mabel...Ghost Dipper...Grunkle Stan...Bill and chase edition Bill! Good, they're all here!"

"And then, she started freaking about those weird Pop things she likes to collect..." Mabel comes in with our brother. "Look!" She points to my box and Dipper peers in. "Apparently we were made into some, too!"

"Whoa..." Dipper breathes, taking the one modeled after him and gaping at it. 

"And here, look!" I hand Dipper the other version of him and Mabel both of hers. "There's a limited edition of you and Dipper. Mabelcorn Mable and Ghost Dipper."

"Ugh, whoever made this...did they really have to make the special version of me the time I messed up badly?" I laugh at his dismay.

"I like mine! I'm holding unicorn hair and there's rainbow blood on me! My sweater's even ripped where I ripped it out!" Mabel points out excitedly.

Laughing, I hide the Bills momentarily. "And I got Grunkle Stan...he doesn't stand up properly..." I pout, thinking about how annoying standing him up is. "And don't hate me for this...but I also got Bill Cipher ones..." Both of my siblings freeze. Then their heads slowly move up to face mine and all I see are horrified looks etched onto theirs.

"No way." I don't say anything. "Of course you do..." Dipper sighs. I take both boxes out from behind my back and show them to the two.

"Ahhh! Evil!" Mabel, when I hand her a Bill, immediately lobs it across the room, hitting the wall with a bang.

With a look of horror, I scold the girl, "Mabel! Don't just throw it!" She pouts and goes over to pick it up.

"Macie...why?" Dipper finally speaks.

"Why? Because Bill is one of my favorite characters from the show," I admit which he looks at me with confusion and terror. "Oh don't give me that look...I wanted all of them to complete the series, too! You can't blame me for loving the show and the villain."

"I guess you're right..." A small smile grows on Dipper as Mabel comes back, mumbling an apology and handing me my valuable.

"Thanks," I tell her, then turn back to the brunette male, "and I also think I know why these were under the bed...I assume...?"

"Huh? Oh, yeah yeah, I totally get why the universe put them under there," the boy agrees, nodding his head with his finger on his chin.

"I get it, too! And, I wanna be a part of this conversation!" Mabel pouts with a whine.

"Okay, okay, Mabel," I laugh and stand up. "Now let's finish unpacking. Dipper, did you finish?"

"Huh? Oh, yeah...I didn't bring much so..."

"I see...Okay, well, get out!" I shove him out the door and slam it, smiling at Mabel's guffaws and Dipper's groans of pain. I brush my hands together. "Okay, back to unpacking- oh! Lemme turn on my computer, too. I wanna see if it has all the stuff from my world."

I turn around in my computer chair to speak to Mabel, but she seems to be off in her own little world, jumping on her mattress, causing it to squeak with each bounce. 'She doesn't look happy, though,'  I observe.

A knocking sound abrupts my thoughts as Dipper's head pokes in. "Dinner. Mom'll be mad if we're late." I get up and head downstairs, the twins following suit, and breathe in a delicious aroma that's wafting in the air. The kitchen, I notice, kinda looks like my old one. 

'Don't ask me to describe it, because I don't know how!'

I take a seat at the table when Mabel starts snickering, sitting in a chair of her own. "What?" I ask in a hushed voice.

"That's not your chair..." she tells me in between giggles.

"We have assigned chairs?" 'Seriously?!'

"Yeah, yours is right here," Dipper points to a chair next to him. So I move and take a seat there instead, brushing my hair out of my face.

"Here we go~" Mom sing-songs, placing a plate of turkey on the dinner table. Then she sits down next to me, while Dad places himself down next to Mabel. So if we're looking at us from afar, the seating arrangement, apparently, is Mom, me, Dipper, Mabel, Dad.

"Smells good, Mom!" Mabel bounces in her seat, fork in hand.

"So," Dad starts, taking a serving of meat. "What did you three think of your Grunkle Stan?"

"He's amazing!" Mabel answers first with excitement.

"Yeah, lemme tell you..." Dipper starts to get excited as well. 

I decide to just let them talk about summer as I zone out and pick at my food.

~~Time Skip brought to you by:  "There's a time and place for everything, and I believe it's called 'fanfiction'. -Joe Whedon~~

"Well it sounds like you three had a wonderful summer, I'm so glad!" Mom washes the dishes while Dad puts food away.

"Yup!" Mabel finished chewing her final bite.

"Well, it's late, you little rascals should head up to bed." Groaning, the twins get up at our Dad's command.

The male twin grabs my wrist and tugs me up out of my seat. "Okay, okay, I'm coming!" He doesn't stop despite my pleas.

"Night, Mom and Dad!" 'Haha, twins!' I think when they say their good nights at the same time.

"Come on, Mace, let's go!" Dipper passes me off to our sister, to which she skips to our room, me being dragged along.

"Kay..." I walk in and settle down on my comforter, getting in and getting comfy in the process with a sigh of bliss.

I fall asleep instantly, not noticing Mabel left the room with a pillow and blanket.

~~Time Jump~~

I wake up about an hour later, this...feeling nagging me in the back of my mind, so I get up and walk over to Mabel's bed. 'What?' She's not there.

Yawning, I exit the room and make my way to Dipper's. 'Crap, which one was his?' I can't decide between two doors. Testing my luck, I open the door closest to mine. It squeaks open and, as I open my eyes, I see Dipper sitting on his bed, rubbing Mabel's back with a frown on both faces.

"Whaaaat's goin' on in here?" I ask quietly.

Gasping, Mabel whirls around and wipes her eyes hastily.

"Nothin, Mabel was just...uneasy..." Dipper replies...with unease.

"Mabel," I walk over slowly, "wanna talk about it?" 

"Nuh-uh." She shakes her head into Dipper's chest.

He looks up with a frown, "I've been trying to get her to talk for a little while now..." My lips form an 'O' shape.

"Well... Why didn't you come and get me instead of walking all the way over here and getting Dipper?"

"I-I dunno...I just felt...it felt instinctual to get Dipper..." I try and think what she means by this.

'Instinctual... Might be something about their bond...'

"Well...Come on, Mabes, you can talk to me you know?" She sniffs again.

"Yeah...I know..." I sigh in relief.

"Good, now let's get back to bed, yeah?" I hold out my hand for her to take. She grabs hold so I take her back, but before I shut our brother's door, I mouth back to him...

'Goodnight.'

He smiles and mouths back the same thing

First chapter of my new series. Thank you everyone for reading and I do hope you enjoyed!

Suggestions! Gimme some for what you want to see Macie do or talk about!

Not everything is going to be chapter by chapter, some will be time skipped.

Special thanks to my friend PacificDraws for making the amazing fan-art I used for my cover!