Summary: The crew try to capture the elusive Gobblewonker on camera
Steven woke up fairly late. The previous week had been pretty exhausting, just nonstop work. Who knew stocking shelves and talking to people took so much out of you? He went to bed immediately the night before and fell into a deep, dreamless sleep. By the time he woke up the next day the twins and Stan had already left for whatever they had planned that day. He walked into the kitchen and was fixing himself a bowl of cereal when Soos walked in.
"Hey dude, I was headed to the lake to go boating. I just had to stop by and pick up my tool kit I accidentally left here. Wanna come? I think the twins and Stan went to the lake to go fishing as well," he offered.
Steven smiled at him. He hadn't gone boating in a long time, so it sounded fun. Just relaxing in a boat and driving it around may seem boring, but it's actually quite fun.
"You know what, Soos? I think I'm gonna take you up on that offer, let me just eat breakfast and I'll meet you outside."
Steven quickly finished his cereal and headed outside. He offered to drive them to the lake, and soon enough they were on their way.
When they got there, Steven noticed a commotion at the docks.
"Hey Soos, I'll meet you at the docks," Steven said, already starting to walk over.
"No problem dude."
As Steven got closer, he saw a short, long bearded man frantically trying to get people's attention.
"I seen it! I seen it again!" The man smacked a sandwich out of someone's hands, "The Gravity Falls gobblewonker! Come quick, before it scramdoodles away!"
Steven spotted the twins as the man started to do a jig.
"Aw. He's doing a happy jig," he heard Mabel say.
The man stopped, "No! It's a jig of grave danger!"
Just then, a man came out of the fishing shop.
"Hey, Hey!" He grabbed a spray bottle and starts spraying the old man with water, "Now, what did I tell you about scaring my customers? This is your last warning, Dad."
'Dad?' Steven thought. The whole situation just got a lot sadder.
"But I got proof this time, by gummity!" The old man scampered over to the end of the dock.
"Behold!" The old man pointed at a small, broken fishing boat, "It's the gobbledywonker what done did it! It had a long neck like a gee-raffe, and wrinkly skin like.." he pointed at Stan, who Steven just noticed was also there, "like this gentleman right here!"
"Huh?" Stan said.
The man continues, "It chopped my boat up to smitheroons! It shim-shammed over to Scuttlebutt Island! You gotta believe me!"
He grabbed at his son's arm, hoping he would listen to him.
"Attention, all units," Sheriff Blubs said, "we got ourselves a crazy old man."
Everyone pointed at the old man and started laughing. Steven frowned, this man obviously had seen something, and everyone was laughing in his face! How rude. Although, he was glad to see Stan and the twins not laughing.
"Aw, donkey spittle! Banjo polish…" the old man said as he walked off the dock in defeat.
Steven walked over to the man who sat sadly on a log away from the docks. He sat down next to him and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"That wasn't very nice of them to laugh. I believe you."
The man's face lit up, happy to see at least one person not think he was crazy. Steven, in fact, really did believe him. After what had already happened this summer, it wasn't impossible that there really was some Loch Ness type monster living in the lake.
"Thank you, that's very kind of you to say," The old man said, patting Steven's hand on his shoulder, "Name's Fiddleford McGucket, But most just call me Old Man McGucket."
Steven smiled at him, "Nice to meet you, Fiddleford. I'm Steven Universe."
"Oh! The Pink Diamond feller!" Fiddleford said.
Steven stood up quickly, "How do you know about that?!"
"Well, ya' see," he reached into his pocket and pulled out a gem communicator, "I found this a couple-a years back, and one day, I was just playin' banjo in my tent when it turned on! And I saw yer' face! And you said somefinn' about you not being the new Pink Diamond,' whatever that means."
"Okay, cool. Coolcoolcoolcool. Okay, Fiddleford?"
"Yeah?"
"I need you not to tell anyone, got it?"
"Darn tootin' good buddy!" Fiddleford stood up and did a little jig before running off
Steven saw Soos pull up to the docks and start talking to the twins about something.
"I have to go," Steven looked back at Fiddleford, "Remember, don't tell anyone."
Steven ran over to Soos and the twins.
"What's up guys?" He asked.
"Oh, dude, me and the twins are gonna go on an epic monster hunt. Wanna come?" Soos said.
Steven thought about it for a moment. Another adventure couldn't hurt, right? Besides, if things get hairy, it would be better if Steven was there to help them.
"Okay! I'm ready," Steven said, climbing aboard Soos's boat, which was called the S. S. Cool Dude.
As they got closer to the island, Dipper gathered everyone on the deck.
"Alright, If you want to win this contest, we got to do it right. Think, what's the number one problem with most monster hunts?" Dipper asked.
"You're a side character and you die in the first five minutes of the movie. Dude, am I a side character? Do you ever think about stuff like that?" Soos said, looking a little freaked out.
Steven gave him a comforting pat on the back, "I don't think you're a side character."
"No, no, no. Camera trouble. Say Bigfoot shows up. Soos, be Bigfoot." Dipper pointed at Soos, who immediately struck the classic Bigfoot pose, "There he is! Bigfoot!" Dipper patted his life vest, "Uh-oh! No camera!" He pulled a camera out of his vest, "Oh, wait! Here's one! Ah, no film! You see, you see what I'm doing here?"
Steven nodded while the others murmured in understanding.
Dipper pulled out a bag, "That's why I bought twenty-one disposable cameras. Two on my ankle, three in my jacket, four for each of you," Dipper passed out three bags to Mabel, Steven, and Soos, "three extras in this bag, and one," he lifts up his hat, "under my hat. There's no way we're gonna miss this. Okay, everybody, let's test our cameras."
Steven took a few pictures on a seagull that stood perched on the bow on the ship. It looked at him lazily, barely acknowledging him. From behind him, he heard a yell and saw Soos throwing a camera over his head.
"You see? This is exactly why you need back up cameras. We still have twenty." Dipper said.
The seagull that stood on the bow of the ship suddenly took flight and swooped down at Mabel.
"Ah! Bird!" She shouted before throwing a camera at it.
Dipper looked at Mabel, "Nineteen. Okay, guys, I repeat, don't lose your cameras."
"Wait, lose the cameras?" Soos asked
"Don't!" Dipper yelled
"Dude, I just threw two away," Soos pointed over his shoulder at two cameras floating in the lake.
"Hey," Steven said, "That's littering."
"Seventeen! Alright we still have seventeen camera-" Dipper slammed his fist on a cooler and smashed the camera Steven had taken pictures of the seagull with, "Sixteen. We have sixteen cameras."
Mabel held a camera over the side of the boat, "So what's the plan? Throw more cameras overboard, or what?"
"No!" Dipper shouted, trying to grab the cameras from Mabel.
She put the camera she was about to throw overboard back into her bag, "Don't worry, I was just messing with you bro."
Dipper sighed, "Okay then. Mabel, you'll be look out on the bow of the boat, and Steven will be look out on the back of the boat. You guys won't miss anything that way. Soos can work the steering wheel, and I'll be captain." Dipper pointed at himself.
"What?!" Mabel dropped her cameras, "Why do you get to be captain? Can't I be co-captain?" She asked.
"There's no such thing and co-captain," Dipper said.
"Actually-" Steven started, but stopped as Mabel threw another camera overboard.
"Uh, whoops."
"Okay fine! You can be co-captain!" Dipper said.
"Can I be associate co-captain?" Soos asked.
Mabel smiled, "As co-captain, I authorize your request."
"Hey, let me get in on this action," Steven said, walking over to the group, "Is there room for another associate co-captain?"
Mabel nodded, "I also authorize your request."
Dipper butted back into the conversation, getting them back on track, "Well as first, co-captain, out #1 order of business is to lure the monster out with this," He gestured towards a barrel labeled 'fish food.'
"Permission to taste some?" Soos asked.
"Granted."
"Permission co-granted."
"Permission associate co-granted."
"Permission also associate co-granted," Soos said before shoving his hand into the barrel and grabbing a piece of fish food. He licked the piece in his hand before coughing and rubbing at his tongue. The twins and Steven laughed.
"Dude, I don't know what I expected that to taste like," Soos said.
"Okay, let's get back on track," Dipper said, wiping the tears of his eyes.
"Off to Scuttlebutt island!" Mabel yelled.
Soos stepped into the wheelhouse and steered the boat towards the island.
"Human sized hamster ball, here I come," Steven heard Mabel whisper.
"What?"
"Oh!" Dipper pulled out a magazine and showed Steven one of the pages, "If we submit a photo of a real monster, we can win $1000 dollars!"
"And I'm gonna buy a human-sized hamster ball!" Mabel yelled, jumping up and down.
"I'm not sure what I'm gonna do with my cut of the money, but it's gonna be epic," Soos said from the wheelhouse.
"What about you, Steven?" Mabel asked.
"Well…" What could Steven get? There wasn't much he could say he wanted. His dad was practically a millionaire, so he never had to worry about money nowadays. Maybe he could use it to go out and do something? Maybe take Connie out on a lavish date? That's something boyfriends do, right? But he knew that it didn't matter what he did for the date, Connie would always just enjoy being with him.
"It's fine, I don't need a share. My dad's kinda a millionaire," Steven said a little sheepishly. He felt like he was bragging, but he genuinely didn't really need the money.
"Are you sure?" Dipper asked.
Steven nodded.
They felt the boat shudder as it met the shore of the island.
"We're here!" Soos shouted.
They all disembarked the S.S.Cool Dude. Dipper grabbed a lamp and they all started to follow the main road on the island, walking into the mist that seem to surround them
They passed a sign that said 'beware,' and another that said 'Scuttlebutt Island.'
"Dude check it out," Soos covered the part of the second sign that said 'Scuttle,' "Butt Island."
Steven gave a small laugh.
"Soos you rapscallion," Mabel said.
She looked over at Dipper, who was just looking around them on high alert.
"Hey, why aren't you laughing?" She asked, "Are you scared?"
"Yeah, right, I'm not-" Dipper was cut off by Mabel poking his nose and blowing a raspberry.
"Yeah, you are!"
"Hey quit it-" Dipper was cut off again as Mabel poked him again and again while blowing raspberries.
"Stop, Mabel!"
They were interrupted by a loud growl.
Steven felt the hair on the back of his neck stand up. He moved protectively towards the twins, looking all around for the source of the noise.
"Dude, did you guys hear that?" Soos asked.
"What was that? Was it your stomach?" Mabel asked.
"Nah, my stomach normally sounds like whale noises," Soos said, patting his belly
Mabel put her head against it, listening, before saying, "Wow, so majestic."
Suddenly an opossum came out of nowhere and stole Dipper's lantern, which had fallen onto the ground.
"Hey!" Dipper yelled, but it was too late. The little creature scrambled off into the underbrush and disappeared with their only light source.
"This is no good, I can't see anything," Steven said.
"Dude, I don't know man," Soos glanced around them anxiously, "maybe this, uh, maybe this isn't worth it."
Dipper looked at Soos in disbelief, "Not worth it? Guys imagine what would happen if we got that picture!"
Steven stepped forward, "I'm with Soos on this. I don't know how I would explain to your Grunkle if you two got hurt."
Dipper shook his head, "I'm not leaving this island until I have a picture of that gobblewonker," he looked towards Mabel, "Are you in?"
"I'm in!" She yelled.
The two of them ran further down the road, leaving Steven alone with Soos.
"We should follow them," Steven said.
Soos nodded, still glancing around anxiously.
They managed to catch up to the twins, who had slowed down to a walking pace.
They had been walking around for about five minutes when Soos started randomly beat-boxing, presumably to calm his nerves. Mabel joined in, raping rhymes to the beat. She made several rhymes with her name before Dipper interrupted.
"Guys, do you hear something?"
They heard the loud growl again, except this time, it sounded closer.
"This is it!" Dipper whispered.
Mabel giggled before continuing walking with Dipper. Soos grabbed a sharp stick off the ground and Steven bubbled his hand, making sure to keep it behind his back. If something happened, it was up to him to save the twins. They walked into a thicker patch of mist, emerging to see the other side of the lake, and seeing a Loch Ness monster shape in the water. The four of them dove behind a log and peaked over it at the shape.
Dipper pulled out his camera, "Everyone… Get your cameras ready."
They all pulled out their cameras and turned them on.
"Ready? Go!" Dipper shouted.
The four of them ran forward, with Soos in the lead. As they got closer, the shape of the creature became more defined until they could see it clearly.
The four of them stopped.
"It's a boat…" Steven said.
The shape they had seen was a shipwreck of an upside down boat, with some wood pointed up to look like a head. As they stared, beavers started to emerge and scamper around the ship.
"But… but what was that noise, then?" Dipper asked, "I heard a monster noise."
They heard the growl again, and they looked to the left to see a beaver playing with a rusty chainsaw, which would randomly turn on.
"Sweet! Beaver with a chainsaw," Soos lifted his camera and started taking pictures of the beavers.
Dipper sighed, "Maybe that old guy was crazy after all."
"He did use the word scrapdoodle," Mabel said, also starring at the beaver in defeat.
Dipper sat on a rock on the edge of the lake, "What are we going to tell Grunkle Stan? We ditched him over nothing."
He sighed, skipping a rock across the edge of the lake.
"Sometime, you just have own on up to your mistakes, and apologize. Sometimes that's all you need to do, to apologize," Steven said, patting Dipper on the back.
He sighed, "That's probably best. We should head back."
As Dipper stood up, they all heard a loud booming sound.
"Did you guys feel that?" Dipper asked
They heard the boom again, and Dipper fell into the water. Steven reached out to help pull him out of the lake. Just as he got him out of the water, a shape seemed to swim close to where he just was. They saw a tail flip out of the water as the thing swam a distance away before coming back towards them.
"This is it!" Dipper held up his camera and took a picture of the shape in the water.
He looked back at the group, "Come on, this is our chance!"
The thing got closer and closer to the shore, and Mabel and Soos started to step backwards.
"Dipper-" Steven started, but got cut off by Dipper.
"What's wrong with you guys?"
The monster rose up out of the water behind Dipper's back.
"It's not that hard, alright? All you gotta do is point and shoot. Like this," Dipper turned around to see the Gobblewonker towering over him. It roared at him as Soos and Mabel ran away. Steven grabbed Dipper by the back collar of his life vest and pulled him out of the way as the monster climbed onto the island. Dipper dropped his camera in the process. Steven threw him forward, so he was running with Mabel and Soos.
"Get back to the boat!" Steven yelled.
He stayed in the back, and dodged a tree the Gobblewonker knocked over. It felled another tree, and Steven saw it was going to land on the twins. He jumped and kicked it out of the way. The tree went flying to the left of the group. Another tree came flying at them, but Soos and the twins managed to dodge it. The Gobblewonker leaned down and tried to snap at the group, but Steven punched it in the jaw, his bubbled fist connecting with a loud 'clang.'
'Clang?' He thought. But he didn't have much more time to think about it. He looked forward and saw Dipper with a camera out. Had he seen his bubbled hand? Dipper took a photo before tripping over a branch, the camera flying from his hand.
"The picture!" He yelled, watching the camera get crushed by the monster's huge body.
Steven grabbed Dipper, and carried him under his arm.
"Dude, if it makes you feel any better, I got tons of pictures of those beavers, dude!" Soos yelled back at them.
"Why would they make me feel better?!" Dipper yelled back.
They all arrived at the boat and Steven threw Dipper in before picking up Soos and Mabel and throwing them in as well. Steven pushed the boat off of the shore before jumping in himself.
"You weren't kidding about that super strength," Mabel said, standing up as Soos ran into the wheelhouse.
"What?" Dipper asked.
"What?" Mabel responded.
They drove away from the island with the Gobblewonker in hot pursuit.
"Okay, this is it," Dipper pulled a camera from his life vest, "What?! Cracked lens?! Soos! Get a photo!"
Soos picked up Steven's bag of cameras, which had fallen, and started to throw them off the back of the boat.
"What are you doing!" Dipper yelled.
Steven picked a camera up that had fallen on the ground, "Don't worry! There's still one left!" He tossed it over to Dipper, but threw it too hard, smashing it against the wheelhouse.
"Sorry."
The Gobblewonker swam after them, rising out of the water next to their boat.
"Hold on!" Soos yelled, as he got back into the wheelhouse and started to maneuver away from it.
The Gobblewonker wonder chased them around the lake, until they were nearing Trembley Falls.
"There!" Dipper yelled, "There's a cave behind the falls!"
They all yelled as they passed through the falls, and were thrown from their boat as it hit the shore of the cove.
Steven groaned as he got up and saw Soos had a cut on his forehead. He quickly licked his hand and helped him up, hoping no one saw the cut sparkle then disappear.
"Did we lose it?" Dipper asked.
Just then, it burst through the falls. Soos and the twins huddled while yelling, but Steven faintly glowed pink as he stood his ground. This thing would have to go through him before he'd let it hurt the others. He saw the gobblewonker struggle to get into the cave, and he realized that it was stuck. His pink glow quickly faded and he realized they were safe...ish.
"Guys, look," he said, looking back. But Dipper already had his eyes open. Had he seen him glow? It didn't matter if he did, Mabel would tell him eventually. But he kinda hoped to keep it a little more secret from Dipper. He has seen how obsessive he can get over mystical things. He didn't want to be put under a microscope.
"It's stuck!" Dipper said.
He laughed as he ran around the side of the cave, to a small ledge that over looked the cove. His laughter was abruptly stopped as he reached into his life vest.
"Oh no!" He cried as he patted himself down, looking for a camera.
Mabel lifted his hat, exposing the camera underneath it, "Boop."
"Ah ha!" Dipper started taking loads of pictures of this thrashing beast.
"Did you get any good ones?" Steven asked.
Dipper snapped another shot before answering, "They're all good ones!"
The Gobblewonker shook the walls of the cove as it tried to break free, causing a stalactite to break from the ceiling and land on its head with a clang. Steven heard the unmistakable buzzing of electricity as the light faded from the Gobblewonker's eyes. Literally faded, like a light being turned off.
"What?" Dipper said.
He climbed down the ledge, followed by Steven.
"Careful," Steven said as Dipper jumped onto the flipper of the Gobblewonker, and climbed up its side.
Dipper knocked on the beast, and heard the hollow clunking sound of metal.
"What?"
He climbed further up the side to the top. Steven followed, wanting to make sure Dipper didn't fall.
"Hey Guys!" Dipper called to Mabel and Soos, "Come check this out!"
The other two started to climb down the ledge onto the monster as Steven reached the top, and saw what Dipper was looking at. It was a hatch, like you'd find on a submarine. Dipper waited until Soos and Mabel had joined them before opening it. A puff of steam blew out of the hatch as they heard a voice come from within.
"Work the bellows in the… huh? Aw, banjo polish."
Inside sat Fiddleford McGucket, who was now staring up at them.
"You? You made this? Why?" Dipper asked.
"Well, I… the man started, "I just wanted attention."
"I still don't understand…" Dipper said.
"Well, first I just hootenannied up a biomechanical brainwave generator, and then I learned how to operate a stick shift with my beard!" Fiddleford tapped his foot as his beard wrapped around a stick.
Steven felt betrayed. Not a lot, but kinda. He had trusted this man, and he had lied. Would he keep his promise to not tell people about the Pink Diamond thing? Steven began to worry.
"Okay, Yeah, but why did you do it?" Mabel asked.
"Well, when you get to be an old fella like me, nobody pays any attention to you anymore. My own son hasn't visited me in months!" The man looked sadly at the four of them. "So I figured maybe I'd catch his fancy with a fifteen ton aquatic robot."
He laughed, but it faded into a sigh, "In retrospect, it seems a bit contrived. You just don't know the lengths us old-timers go through for a little quality time with our family."
All this family talk made Steven miss his. He hadn't talked to them in a few days, and hadn't even seen them for Christmas. He should call them when he gets back to the Shack.
"Dude, I guess the real lake monster is you too," Soos said, talking to the twins.
"Soos," Steven reprimanded.
"Sorry, it just, like, boom, just popped up into my head there," Soos apologized.
"So… did you ever talk to your son about how you felt?" Steven asked.
"No, sir, I got to work straight on the robot," Fiddleford pressed a button and a slideshow popped up, showing a diagram of the robot. "I made lots of robots in my day. Like when my wife left me and I made a homicidal pterodactyl-tron. Or when my pal Ernie didn't come to my retirement party I constructed an 80 ton shame-bot that exploded the entire downtown area."
Fiddleford started laughing like a madman, which weirded Steven out a bit.
"Welp, time to get back to work on my death ray!" And with that, Fiddleford ducked back into the mechanical beast.
Dipper sighed, "So much for the photo contest."
Steven patted him on the back, "You still have one roll of film left."
Dipper looked over at Mabel.
"What do you want to do with it?"
———
Soos managed to maneuver the S.S.Cool Dude out of the cove, and caught up with Stan, who was driving back to the docks.
"Hey! Over here!" Dipper called out, gaining Stan's attention.
Stan looked up just as Dipper snapped a picture of him, "what? Kids? I thought you two were off playin' spin the bottle with Soos."
Steven watched the twins apologize to Stan and ask if his boat had room for two more. Stan smiled and made a joke about threading a fish hook with his eyes closed. The twins laughed as they got into the Stan o' War. Steven smiled as he and Soos drove away, leaving The twins to spend some family time with Stan.
"Crazy day," Soos said.
"Yeah…" Steven looked back to see the three of them laughing and he was glad the twins started to realize the importance of family.
———
Steven sat at the dining table in the Shack and pulled out his phone. He had just finished eating a dinner he made for himself as he waited for the Pines family to return from the fishing trip. He thought about making dinner for them as well, but he figured that they'd like to make dinner out of the fish they caught today. He dialed Pearl's number and pressed video chat. It rang a few times before Pearl picked up.
"Steven!"
"Hi Pearl!"
"Yo, is that Steven?" He heard Amethyst say.
She popped into frame, "Yo, Ste-man, what's up?"
He saw Garnet walk past them before stopping and ducking into view.
"Hello Steven. How are you?"
"Hey guys! I've been having an awesome time in Gravity Falls!"
He went on to detail the events of the past few days and he noticed Pearl start to look a little worried.
"Just make sure not to overwhelm yourself, Steven," she advised.
"Don't worry Pearl, I'm fine, really. I'm actually doing pretty good. And I've been using my gem powers again! I've kinda been NEEDING to use them, but that's besides the point. It's been… nice, to not keep a part of me hidden," Steven said.
"What do you mean, NEEDING-?" Pearl started before being cut off by Garnet.
"Just don't push it too far, Steven."
Just then Steven heard the door to the Shack open and slam shut, signaling the return of the Pines family.
"Guys! There are some people I want you to meet. It's the people I've been living with!" He turned towards the door just in time to see Dipper and Mabel walk in.
"Hey, there's some people I want you to meet!"
"Omg who?" Mabel said excitedly.
Steven turned the phone to show the twins.
"Hello!" The gems said in unison.
Steven pointed at them on the screen, "This is Pearl, Amethyst, and Garnet."
"Hi!" Mabel said, waving frantically.
Garnet gave a little wave, "It's nice to meet you,"
Dipper just stood there, mouth agape. Mabel grabbed his arm and had him start waving too.
"Uh, hi," Dipper yanked his arm from Mabel's grip and gave them a little wave.
"Guys, this is Dipper and Mabel. They are the niece and nephew of the man who owns this house.
"How delightful!" Pearl said, "What is a niece and nephew, again?"
Steven gave a little laugh. The gems still sometimes forget about labels for familial relations.
"C'mon, Pearl, a niece and nephew are the children of the parent's cousin!" Amethyst explained.
"Actually, the children of a parent's sibling." Steven explained.
"Ooooh, well, it's lovely to meet you two," Pearl said with a smile.
"We're also twins!" Mabel chimed it.
"Like Kiki and Jenny," Steven added.
Amethyst squinted at them, "But you two don't look alike."
"Twins don't have to look the same," Dipper said, still looking at the screen with a hint of disbelief.
It was just then Steven remembered that Dipper still doesn't know about the gem stuff, and that Amethyst is purple, the most noticeable thing that he could probably see on the small screen. Steven quickly turned the phone to face him again.
"Well, I have to get going. Goodnight you guys!"
"Gn dude."
"Goodnight."
"Goodnight, Steven!"
Steven ended the call and looked over back at the twins.
Mabel smiled, "They seem nice," she said.
"What was that?!" Dipper asked.
Steven smiled nervously, pretending not to know what Dipper was talking about, "What was what?"
Dipper stared at Steven, "Your friend is purple! How?!"
This was bound to happen, so Steven figured he would just get it over with.
"Well-"
He was cut off by Stan walking into the kitchen.
"Who wants trout for dinner?" He asked.
"I do!" Mabel said before running off to help Stan bring in all the fish.
Steven sighed.
"I'll tell you later, I'm pretty tired, I think I'm gonna go sleep for 13 hours," Steven got up and patted Dipper's head before retiring to his room.
——-
After a filling dinner, Dipper sat in his bed, writing in his journal. He had seen some weird things today, but probably the weirdest was Steven. He saw him jump twenty feet in the air and kick a tree! Not only that, he punched the fake Gobblewonker in the jaw, with something pink on his hand. Then there was that thing with Soos. He had blood on his face, but no visible cut. And Dipper was pretty sure he saw one, but not until after Steven had helped him up.
"Mabel, have you noticed anything weird about Steven?" Dipper asked.
"I've noticed plenty of weird things about Steven, which one are you talking about?" Mabel said.
"I saw him jump twenty feet in the air and kick a tree to stop it from falling on us," Dipper explained.
"Oh yeah, Steven has super powers," she replied nonchalantly.
"What!?"
"Yeah, he can run really fast, jump really high, fall really slow, summon a floating shield and he is super strong," Mabel flexed her arms, showing off nonexistent giant muscles.
"And why haven't you mentioned this before?!"
She frowned, "I tried! But you kept brushing me off. But isn't it cool! He's like some sort of superhero! Haha!"
She bounced on her bed before landing on her butt and laying down and pulling the covers over herself.
"He also has a pink gem thing on his belly, where his belly button should be. Oh my gosh!" She sat straight up, "he doesn't have a belly button! That's so weird. And cool!"
She laid back down again and saw Dipper writing frantically in his journal.
"And why was his friend purple?" He muttered to himself.
"Oh!" Mabel cut it, "She's probably a Gem. Steven told me about a type of people that lives in Beach city called Gems. And Steven is half Gem. Gems have a gemstone on their body, have magic powers, and are made of light!" She looked over at Dipper, "Isn't that cool?"
Dipper stared at her, mouth open wide.
"He told you all this?"
"Yeah, he kinda wanted to keep it a secret, but he's not the best at lying. He told me not to tell anyone but you, and I kinda forgot to tell you," she shrugged, "Whoops."
"Huh…" Dipper stared at the journal, not sure what else to write. He jotted down everything Mabel just said. He'd have to investigate Steven more. But now, sleep. They had had a long day.
"Okay, well, I'm going to sleep," Dipper closed the journal and placed it on the nightstand before turning off the light.
"Goodnight, Mabel."
"Goodnight, Dipper."