Dipper sat on the bus, reading local lore of Bright Falls on his tablet. "Native Americans held sacrifice people on the island in the center of Cauldron Lake to appease thee lake spirits within. This practice was stopped however, when the Bright Falls mine was set up. Ever since then, strange occurrences have existed throughout the town's existence. Hmmmm. List of occurrences: Mutilated bodies, disappearances, strange animal sightings, the Scratching Hag, shadow people, poisoning of the water supply, people going insane... hoo boy. This town is crazy. Pacifica, what's up with this town at this time of year?" he asked. the blonde stiffened. she still had puffy eyes from the time at the bus stop, and she was hesitant to answer.

"Deerfest. A giant parade to celebrate spring." she said. the tremble in her voice would be pitiable, but he was still fuming on the inside from how she had treated Mabel. Her voice strengthened when she spoke again. "Its usually a bit crazy with the Anderson brothers and the visitors from out of town. My aunt Sarah doesn't really like it. Says it bring back bad memories." As if on cue, the bus lights went out, engine stalled, and people started coming out of the forest. They were carrying axes and sickles.

Dipper saw what was happening first. "Come on. We need to get out." Grabbing Pacifica by the wrist, he pried the back door open and pulled his scythe out of his back pocket. Instantly, the; people started charging the bus, swinging wildly. "MODERN CAMPING EQUIPTMENT IS LIGHTWEIGHT!" shouted one of them, swinging his axe at Dipper. He blocked it, following this by slashing the man's throat. The being just got back up, unharmed. Pacifica yanked a flashlight out of her bag and shined it into the man's eyes. Immediately shadows started pealing away from the man's flesh, and they saw the dead pale skin underneath. As the shadows disappeared completely, Dipper slammed the blunt end of his weapon into the attacker's face.

"What is going on?" asked pacifica, her confidence completely gone. She was just another teen in a horror show, knowing nothing of how to fight back. Stumbled on a rock, scraping her knee on a nearby tree root as she fell. "Is it like the zombies last year?"

"I don't know. We have to get out of here. these things don't like light. If we keep that flashlight charged, we can use it to hold them back." said Dipper. He straightened his cap and pulled out his book, flipping through the pages. "Let's see here, shades, no, the Stolen, no, Ah, here it is! The Taken. The shadow servants of Cauldron Lake's dark spirit, the Taken have an aura of darkness that protects them from harm. However, if a light is shined upon them, the aura can be removed and they can be harmed like normal humans. Dump the rest of your stuff, Pacifica. It'll just weigh us down." she held on protectively to her backpack, as if it was all that mattered. Dipper, irritated as much as possible, grabbed the bag and tore it from her hands. "Say that you were attacked by a bear, say that some crazy person stole it, say whatever you want about where it went, but we can't afford to keep it." Grabbing her hand, he pulled her up to her feet. "We need to keep moving." She hesitated, then nodded. They ran into the forest, away from the bus, where people were screaming for help. Dipper tried not to think about what was happening back there. He sighed with relief as they got to a cave with a high shelf at the back. Opening the book to where the spell incantations were, he muttered a spell of levitation and put Pacifica up there, then climbed the ledge himself instead of using one for himself. It took less energy than the spell. As he got to the top, Pacifica helped pull him up. Dipper said, "I'll keep the first watch." She agreed and curled up to keep herself warm.

"Dipper?"

"What?" he asked, a little exasperated.

"Thanks for not leaving me there." What she said stunned him for a moment. After a while he moved to face her to answer her, but she was sound asleep. He sighed and looked out the mouth of the cave, waiting for the Taken to find them. Nothing happened until his watch alarm went off. Hitting the snooze button, he nudged Pacifica awake. Though she tried to grumble, he refused to let her sleep. He needed it more than her, and he was their only source of protection from their hunters. 'she still hasn't changed.' though Dipper as he drifted into a uncomfortable sleep.

In his dream, he saw Wendy being pulled underneath a dark lake, with tentacles of darkness reaching up to grab her. Mabel was being held up by a scarred man wearing a red and green sweater. A tall man with pale skin and no face wearing a suit had Pacifica by the throat, and a clone that somehow survived was holding a trident to his throat, his scythe was feet away, but he couldn't get to it. A ghostly Stan was throwing his cap and fez at Soos, and the man that took Wendy was firing a flare gun into the lake. Strangest of all, Gideon was holding the body of someone, crying, but the images kept changing from Mabel to Pacifica to Dipper. A pair of old men, one with a microphone, one with a guitar, sang and strummed the guitar, holding of a darkness from the lake while Dipper battled the clone of him.

Lastly, a large glowing eye was above him, and the words "You are a Seer" were repeated to him. He wasn't alone. Mabel was by his side, a glowing hand above her. A girl with blue hair had a button over her head, whilst the boy beside her had a ghost sheet above him. On his other side, a boy with strange hair had a symbol of a UFO above him. A girl was next to him wearing grey vest and black skirt had a symbol he didn't recognize above her and opposite of him a boy with two scimitars had nine rings, each within the lasts one above him. They were arrayed around a table with the symbol on Stan's old fez stamped into it. Behind each of them a group of people stood behind them, a group who had a similar symbol above their heads. Stan was behind him, the symbol of the eye above him.

Dipper woke up with a gasp. The last part had to be something involving his powers. Mabel's had come into existence much earlier than his, but this may be his power. He looked around the cave and saw that dawn had already come. He knew the basic direction that Bright Falls. He looked at Pacifica, who had stayed awake, and got her up. "Time to leave."

"Where are we going"

"To Bright Falls." To where the answers were