I apologize for how late this chapter kind of is, but it was my birthday and I had to get ready for a trip I'm leaving on today so yeah... I was super busy. But oh well, I have this chapter done and ready to be read. I'll admit, I didn't quite enjoy it and ended up rewriting several scenes. I still am not quite satisfied with it, but I guess I'll just leave that up to you guys to decide.
supersexyghotmew95: Thanks a lot for your support!
Lisa: I try I guess. She's the one who should get all the credit though.
RockSunner: It does actually. But as the story progresses, you start to see how much he starts to place the twins safety as his top priority over the supernatural.
~The Search for the Gobblewonker~
"Mabel! Look! I made a smiley face on my pancake!"
Mabel groggily looked up from her plate of half-eaten pancakes at Dipper's own plate. Indeed on the stack of pancakes was a smiley face made from berries and syrup. Dipper always tried to make breakfast fun and creative. She sighed and turned back to her own plate of pancakes placing a spoonful of it inside her mouth. She was just so sore and tired from the incident with the Shadow Wraith. All night, she had nightmares involving either her or Dipper dying in a gruesome death. She had tried many things to sleep comfortably, but nothing she tried helped. Even the sleeping pills Stan had given her didn't help much with the nightmares.
"Sis, don't be such a sour pus. Look!" Dipper picked up a magazine from under the table and flipped through the wrinkled pages. After finding the page he was searching for, he gave the magazine to Mabel. "I found this on that dinosaur skull in the living room today. I thought it might cheer you up since you know after what happened."
Mabel took the magazine from Dipper and placed it on the table. She began to read the page he had flipped to.
"Monster Contest... $1000 prize for best photo of a monster." Mabel looked up at Dipper from the magazine now on to him. He never showed her these kind of things unless there was a good reason. "Okay Dipper, what are you on to?"
Dipper dramatically placed his hand on his chest as if he was just shot. "Aww sis, you wound me. I only want to be a good brother and cheer you up."
"And?" Questioned Mabel raising one of her eyebrows.
Dipper tapped his fingers innocently and looked down. "And maybe get a human-sized hamster ball with the prize money." He took the magazine from Mabel and flipped it to the next page where an advertisement for a human sized hamster ball was on displayed in bright colors. "I only want to use half of the prize money to get it. Oh please Mabel can we?!"
Mabel stared at the advertisement for a good few seconds before looking up at Dipper with a 'really' look. She sighed and looked away. Of all the things Dipper wanted, this was it? "Fine Dipper, we'll enter the contest. And if we do win, you can use half of the money for..." She looked back at the advertisement. "For that."
The Dipper smiled and leaped off his seat at Mabel enveloping her in a hug. "Oh thank you Mabster! Now let's go catch us a monster on camera!" Dipper stopped hugging Mabel and turned running out of the kitchen.
Mabel rolled her yes as she smiled and plopped another spoonful of pancakes into her mouth. As she was finishing eating her plate of pancakes, Ford walked into the room holding an odd large tooth. He placed it on the table as he took out a notepad and began taking notes. The most notable things about the tooth was the spots of red at the end of it and the large scratches covering it. It looked like it was forced out of whatever it belonged to.
"Great Uncle Ford..." Mabel said as she stared at the tooth mesmerized. "Where did you get this?"
Ford looked up from his notepad and sighed. "I found it by Lake Gravity Falls on the shores."
"What does it belong to?" Mabel asked.
Ford placed his hand on the tooth tracing the large scratches with his fingers. "Judging by it's size and appearance, I'll say it belongs to a Gobblewonker."
"A Gobblewonker?"
Ford nodded. "It's a creature that resides in Lake Gravity Falls. It is odd though that it's tooth was on the shore. The Gobblewonker normally doesn't try to make an appearance during the winter."
Mabel carefully thought over this when she realized something. "Wait, does that mean the Gobblewonker should be near the lake if it's tooth was on the shore?"
Ford nodded again as he went back to his notes. "Yes, it should be. But not for long. It can't survive too long out of the waters."
Mabel glanced down at the tooth as she innocently looked back up at Ford. "So if someone wanted to see this creature, could they?"
