This is a "Three Years Later" story, with characters based of BetterWithButter's interpretation of the Mystery Twins when they grow up. His Deviantart profile is plainwhitepaper. Now, what you need to know in order to understand the story: Freddy Krueger is a nightmare-ruling being who kills you in your dreams as well as in real life. He has a burned face, wears a broad-brimmed hat and a oven glove with blades at the end. Slenderman is a monster known to stalk people in the woods. He is tall, white, like a sheet of paper white, wears a business suit, and of course, slender. he has super long fingers. The Dark Presence is a love-craftian horror that takes over the bodies of people to do its bidding. It uses whatever person will affect its enemy the most as its "face." It can take over objects, when unleashed in its true form is a tornado, and is hurt by light. it resides in a lake in Bright Falls. The Taken are its soldiers of evil. They still contain part of their minds, but not enough to reason with them. Alan Wake is the one who beat back the Darkness most recently. Mr. Scratch is his evil doppelganger. If you haven't seen Gravity Falls, you won't be able to understand it. However, this occurs three years after the events of the T.V. show. Mabel has psychic powers and Dipper is a master of magical objects and wears a green jacket instead of his vest. They live in Gravity Falls. Nothing else has changed. Ok, sorry, that's a long note, but I had to fit everything in.

Chapter 1: Spark

Wendy tried to not cry. It was hard, but she managed to hold it in. A week after Stan's death, Gideon was already trying to steal the Mystery Shack. Her grief, coupled with his pestering, drover her over the edge. "Stop it!" she shouted at him. "Can't you go bother someone else? He just DIED, but you still have the nerve to attack us?!"

Her outburst surprised everyone. Robbie, her closest friend outside the Shack, wasn't there to help her, but was staying away from her. Only Mabel, Soos, and Dipper felt any pain at his passing. Sure, he irritated her at times, but it was only at the Shack that she felt at home. With him gone, the feeling was gone. it was like losing your grandpa that you have been living with for years. She hated it.

Floating a few feet off the ground, Mabel entered. "It's time to open up shop," she said. As her powers ran on good emotions, and seeing as her great uncle had just passed, she must have been trying hard to put on a good face. Going down the ladder from the roof, Wendy wondered, How am I going to live like this?

An hour after opening, a man in a fleece jacket walked in. She recognized him. he was Alan Wake, a famous author. She didn't care. She just kept reading her magazine. He went over to Soos and asked, "Do you know where I could find Mabel Pines? She won a trip to Bright Falls and I'm here to pick her up."

"She's over there, dude," He pointed towards the living room. Of all of them, Soos seemed the most depressed. The only thing keeping him from just giving up on life was his determination to keep the Mystery Shack up and running.

Entering the living room, Alan found Mabel lounging on the sofa, as if in a daze. Alan cleared his throat and spoke. "I'm here to take you, Mabel Pines, on a trip to Bright Falls." He sounded like a salesman trying to sell something, but nobody noticed.

"Give it to Wendy. She needs it more," she said, waving him away from her. With a shrug and a sheepish smile, he left Mabel alone. When Wendy looked up, he was giving her a big smile. He said to her "Do you want to go on a trip to Bright Falls? Mabel gave her trip to you."

Oh, what the heck? I'll go. Its not like I'm needed here. Besides, I need to get away from this town before my head explodes. She thought. "What do I need to grab?" she asked, getting up from her seat.

"Nothing but some clothes. We'll be giving you food and transportation as well as shelter. You don't have to worry about a thing." he promised her. As they were leaving the store, Dipper came from out of the woods. As Alan and Wendy left the Shack and drove off in his yellow hummer, Wake got a crazy gleam in his eyes. Before Dipper could stop them, Alan drove off into the distance. Wendy saw his look of worry and fear, but cast it out of her mind. After all, its just a short trip to another town.