Thank you, Dragon Ryd3r for requesting the twins learn about Undertale!

So apparently schools in Piedmont, California started on August 22nd....I'm just gonna have the school start in my story on the 22nd of September. (Thank you Bedrock Armor for the info~)

September 4th 2012

I start my morning with a bang. No, not the good kind, and yes, seriously, I did. It was horrible...at first. And now I'm stuck outdoors with two unprepared siblings and absolutely no electronics.

~~1 hour earlier~~

"GET UP!!!!" I shoot up in my bed with a scream as Waddles goes flying off my chest, landing on the floor and then getting up like nothing happened. Our room was finished about a day ago, but our parents said to keep our posters off the wall for another few days. The lilac walls shimmer in the morning sunlight that creeps through a single window in my shared bedroom.

"Why are you yelling?!" I yell right back to my sister, who is currently running around the room like a madman.

"Dipper and I have big plans! BIG PLANS!" She repeats, then emphasizes 'big plans' like someone on a TV show I liked watching...

"What kind of plans?" Rubbing my eyes, I throw my legs over the side of my bed and stand up.

"It's a surpriiiise!" Mabel sing-songs, running out into the hall. Her head quickly pokes back in as soon as I thought I was safe, so I flinch since her smile is way too wide for my liking. "Oh, get dressed and come downstairs! Waddles, you too!"

"Oink!" the pig squeaks and follows his owner.

'Okaaaaay...I don't have time for this... I'm a grown woman and have better things to do...' I laugh to myself, 'What am I thinking? Of course I have nothing better to do...wait...'

Self pity aside, I get dressed in a simple outfit consisting of my normal camo leggings, but instead of my blue and grey shirt, I throw on a plain black tee with a fat, grey cat on the front, eating burgers and fries.

Descending downstairs, I run into Mom. "Morning, sweetie, did Mabel wake you?" I nod silently. "Well, she's waiting for you out back with Dipper," she tells me and then heads upstairs to, I assume, her room.

I pass the living room, the kitchen, and even the spare bathroom, before I reach the back door. Nothing seems out of the ordinary, that is, until I turned around. There, on the side of our house is a large image projected by a projector further in the yard, although it's hidden behind a bush or two for some reason.

"Whaaaat is going on?" I ask, completely and utterly confused by this randomness.

Mabel comes from behind the bush and, hilariously tripping over his shoes, Dipper comes out, too. He looks pretty proud of himself after falling on his face, but who am I to judge?

"This...my dear sister, is a screen projected onto the house wall!" Dipper announces, gesturing his arms to the building.

"Uh," I roll my eyes, "yeah, I can see that. I'm asking why?"

"So we can play a game on your laptop!" Dipper quickly goes into panic mode as I start to frown in, not confusion, but anger.

"Mabel! I told you not to tell her!" He tries covering her mouth but recoils when she licks him.

"But- you were gonna anyways!" she retorts.

"Tell me what?! Dipper, you went through my laptop?!" They both stop at my accurate accusation. Mabel elbows him as he tugs at his shirt collar, his whole body stiff and sweaty.

"Heh...maybe- BUT!" he quickly splutters, taking a step back and throwing his arms out in defense as I take a menacing step closer. "I-I-I just wanted to surprise you with a special day so that we can hang out with one of your world's video games!"

"But you didn't have to go into my laptop, you should have asked!" Mabel giggles at my fury, again, elbowing Dipper.

"Told ya so, Dip'." I gesture to Mabel that she's right, he should of.

"It was a surprise! I couldn't tell you!" I sigh. 'Dipper's not going to lose this arguement if he doesn't want to...'

"Fine! What did you do?" The boy smiles at my question.

"Well," he looks to be in a storytelling stance. 'What the actual-'  "First I was looking to see where that Five Night's at Freddy's game was, but couldn't find it on the desktop. There were only a few things like some saved images- don't worry! I didn't go into them!"

"You better not have..." I say coolly, but inside I'm panicking, 'WHAT IF HE DID? OH MY GOSH HOW DO I EXPLAIN MY PICTURES?!'

(My anime obsession photos! Wait, what kind of pictures did you think I was talking about?!)

"There was this web browser I've never heard of, so I assumed it was from your place." I nod as Mabel seems to be pondering about...something and I don't wanna know what. "Then I saw a program called Steam and, obviously, I had to check it out! Opening it, thank goodness it was already signed in." I groan at my stupidity for keeping my stuff logged in.

"Then...?" I squeeze my eyes closed, anxiety building up at what he will say next.

"I found this game called Undertale and it looks like an RPG so I thought it'd be super fun to try!"

"Oh... That's it? Why..." I put my head down, hand on my forehead and sigh deeply, "Know what? I don't care, let's just play..."

"Yes!!" Mabel jumps in the air while Dipper practically shivers in excitement. Grabbing a seat they set up, Mabel throws a blanket over her kicking legs. 

"So, who's playing?" I ask, taking the middle seat. 

Dipper takes the one on my right, after hooking up my laptop to the projector. "Oh, definitely me. Mabel and I already agreed and then next game we do she'll play."

"Sounds like you guys already have everything planned without even asking me first..." I grumble.

"Yep!" both say at the exact same time, successfully spooking me. 'Though I don't know why I'm not used to it by now...'

"Kay, then play, start it up," I urge the frantic but excited boy, to which he runs the game and picks up the remote he hooked up to my computer. "How did you hook that up...never mind, I don't wanna know..." 'I need to stop questioning this universe...'

The theme song for Undertale plays as the sepia screen tells the story between human and monsters. Dipper reads the intro out loud as I browse my phone for a second, already seeing the game multiple times and playing it for myself.

"Name the fallen human... What should I name myself, guys?" The pubescent voice of my brother jerks me back into reality as I look up.

"Mabel! Wait wait no, Waddles! Wait wait no..." Mabel starts spewing random names.

"If you want to do the game the real way, I'd suggest using the name 'Chara'... I lean back into my chair.

"Kay." Dipper's tongue sticks out as he puts in the characters. 'Hah!

"Aww," Mable mumbles, "I wanted you to be named something cuter..." We ignore her outrageous name rant.

After naming the player, Frisk (The actual name of the character in game) is shown on the ground of a cave, light shining above and golden flowers that broke their fall brushing against their ankles.

"Aw- YES!" I startle at Dipper's outburst, glaring at him in question. "Sorry...I just really love RPGs!"

Rolling my eyes, I yawn, wishing I hadn't read as much fan fiction as I did last night if I knew this was going to be my morning.

"Howdy! I'm Flowey, Flowey the flower!"

"Cuuuuuteee!" Mabel gushes at the soulless flower.

"I dunno, should I trust him, Macie?" Dipper asks warrily.

"Dude, I ain't telling you anything. You're playing this blind," I tell him sassily, earning a tongue in my direction.

"Fine, fine..." He progresses the dialogue.

"Hmmmm...You're new to the Underground, aren'tcha? Golly, you must be so confused!"

"Who says golly?" Mabel whispers beside me, making me snort and then blush because I snorted.

"Someone ought to teach you how things work around here! Guess little ol' me will have to do!"

"Nooooo!" Mabel suddenly wails. Dipper and I sit up quickly and ask her what's wrong in a panic. "The flower was so cute but now he just sounds like Gide-ee-on!" she slurs his name in disgust. I roll my eyes and slap the girl jokingly, causing her to sit back down and giggle.

"Ready? Here we go!"

The battle initiates and Dipper's red soul flies out, getting in the box and ready for battle. "Whoa!" I smile at my brother's enthusiasm.

"See that heart? That is your SOUL, the very culmination of your being!"

The SOUL moves around as Dipper tests out the controls with his remote.

"Your SOUL starts off weak, but can grow strong if you gain a lot of LV."  I roll my eyes at Flowey.'I can't even tell you how many times I have either played this game or seen a play-through.

"LV? That means level, right? Yes! I love leveling up!" 'Oh stupid...stupid naive Dipper...' I shake my head in mock disappointment but can't help as my mouth twitches upwards.

"What does LV stand for? Why, LOVE of course!"

"Wait, what? Aw man is this some kind of romance RPG?" I shush the boy and his complaints.

"You want some LOVE, don't you?"

"I do, I do!" Mabel raises her hand like she's trying to get a teacher's attention.

"Don't worry! I'll share some with you!" Flowey winks, a pixelated star appears after and then quickly dissipates into the background. "Down here, LOVE is spread through...little white...'Friendliness Pellets'."

"Uh, this seems kinda sketchy..." Dipper observes, smartly, I might add, since to the left of me Mabel is gushing about how cute AND nice the flower is being.

Flowley's pellets appear near him as he sends them down to the player's SOUL.

"Are you ready? Move around! Get as many as you can!"

First, Dipper goes and dodges them all, making me smile proudly. 'My dude knows what's up!'

"Hey, buddy, you missed them. Let's try this again."

"Dipper! Touch the friendliness thingys!" Mabel pouts, pointing at the bullets on the side of our mother flipping house. 'Yeah, did you forget we're playing Undertale on the side of a building? Me too...'

"Mabel, I don't think it's a good idea- I mean, look!" The brunette gestures to the game, "I dodged them all and he looks super mad. Wouldn't someone who's giving you LOVE be patient and nice?"

"Ugh, Dip' you don't get games, do you? Oh well, I'll help!" Shooting Star steps out of her seat and literally climbs over my lap to sit in Dipper's, taking his remote as he and I try to comprehend what the heck just happened.

By this time, Flowey already sent another round of pellets, so Mabel goes and runs into them, of course. "No, Mabel!!!" Dipper cries, shoving her off of him. She lands on the lawn with a thud and gets up briskly, dusting herself and goes to berate Dipper.

"You idiot..." The twin's stop their quarrel as the text box shakes. "In this world, it's kill or BE killed! Why would ANYONE waste an opportunity like this?!"

Pellets surround the battle box and slowly close in. "AHHH! MABEL LOOK WHAT YOU DID! NOW I'M GOING TO DIE!"

"AHH I'M SORRY DIPPER!" The twins hold onto each other for dear life when the bullets close in. I sigh as they dramatically close their eyes for their inevitable doom.

*BANG*

I jump out of my seat, landing on the grass with my heart beating out of my chest. My nose crinkles, 'Is...is that smoke?!' I stand up in fear, trying to pinpoint where the smell is coming from.

"Macie!" Dipper cries, but it's from afar and not right next to me like he has been for the past ten minutes. I spot the boy coughing and waving his hand over the projector. It's emanating black smoke as sparks occasionally fly.

"What happened?!" I run over and fan the air alongside the male twin.

"I dunno! It must have shorted out or something...oh man, oh man!" Pine Tree flails his hands around anxiously.

"RUNN!" Mabel screams, running in the house, passing Dad, whose hands are crossed and he does not look happy. At all...

"Dipper, Macie, what is the meaning of this and why did Mabel run inside screaming her lungs out?" he asks in a stern voice.

"When doesn't Mabel run inside screaming her lungs out..." Dipper mumbles and avoids eye contact. While I would be laughing by now, I'm still maintaining eye contact with the large man in front of me. So instead of busting a gut, I slam my foot down onto my brother's. He recoils and cries out in pain, but stops soon after seeing our dad's face.

"Dipper? That was my vintage projector and now it's broken!" 

"I-I'm sorry! It wasn't Macie's fault, though, so don't punish her!" 'Aw, he's sticking up for me! Wait, I don't need sticking up for!'

"Too late, all of you were involved." Dad picks up his burnt machine and my laptop, also gathering up all the cords. "You three, outside, no more electronics at all today, got it? Macie, I need your phone, Dipper, your handheld and...I'll get Mabel in a minute...." the man declares. 'Scratch that! I need sticking up for! I need sticking up for!'

"What! N-no!" I clutch my phone to my chest. 'I don't like NOT having my phone on me! It gives me anxiety!'

"Macie." I don't want to know what happens if I don't do what the man I call Dad says, so I hand it over begrudgingly. Dipper sighs and goes in the house, coming back with his handheld and dragging Mabel by the collar, who is also holding her phone. 

They each place their device in Dad's hand. "Now what?" Dipper asks as our father returns inside.

I glare at the two. "You two...urg! Look what your surprise did! Oh my gosh..." My shoulders start shaking up and down. I can't help it, what just happened over the last hour is just too much.

"Ma-Mace? You okay? Don't cry, we'll get our stuff back tomorrow." Mabel worryingly holds a hand out. 

I throw my head back and laugh. I laugh so hard tears start flowing down my cheeks. The two look on with confused looks on their faces, and because of that, I laugh even harder.

"Macie?" I faintly hear Dipper's question through my loud laughter.

"I-I can't, this-this-this-this is too- hahahaha- much!" I wipe my eyes. "The way you two over-dramatically freaked out about dying by Flowey's pellets, to Mabel running away, screaming her lungs out! It's just too much!" I buckle over, gripping my ribs as they start to hurt.

"Oh thank goodness! I thought you were mad at me!" My brother wipes his sweaty forehead with a 'Phew!'.

"Mad? How could I be mad at you guys for making my day? Oh my gosh, I love you guys." They smile and give me a hug.

"Haha! We love you, too, Macie!" The female twin's grip tightens. 'Ack!'

"Even if you do have collectible figures of our sworn enemy," Dipper says blandly. I punch him in the shoulder and he jostles back with a chuckle.

"Alright, alright...now what do we do? We have to stay outside all day...at least until dinner...I hope," I gulp.

"Oh, right, you don't remember." I tilt my head, so Mabel continues, "Whenever we got in trouble and had our stuff taken away, we'd always have to play and do stuff outside until dinner, so don't worry."

Placing a hand on my chest, I breathe a sigh of relief, "Oh thank goodness!"

"So what do you guys wanna do?" Dipper shoves his hands in his pockets.

"Any local parks around this here neighborhood?" I ask.

With a smirk, the twins nod once at the same time. "Just follow us!"

~~Present time~~

As I sit on a swing at a nearby park, watching the twins go at it in a very serious game of tag, I think to myself about the day I had.

'Today started off with a bang, sure, and things went wrong, but overall, this has been an amazing day. I should get a diary and start writing down my thoughts at the end of every day...Good idea, Macie! Thanks, Macie! Yikes, I need to stop quoting Mabel!'

Yes, they ended up going to the actual park in Piedmont where a portion of the #CipherHunt2016 took place.

What do you guys think of the triplets going to the mall and Macie getting a diary to write in at the end of every chapter? Let me know what you want to see!

I write down every suggestion I get, so if I end up doing them, I will credit you and thank you!

Mabel chose light purple because that was the color Macie's ring glowed when she was REBORN~