GF Fanfic - Return to the Roots

Tangled Roots (36,063 words) by darkspine10

Chapters: 7/7

Fandom: Gravity Falls

Rating: Mature

Preston Northwest had just sat down in his kitchen to enjoy his french toast and omelette when the doorbell rang and interrupted his tranquillity. He considered ignoring it until the bell rang a second time, and then incessantly. Sighing, he abandoned his breakfast and morning newspaper. The local Gossiper had never been an outstanding example of journalism, but he was still mildly offended that his daily ritual had been interrupted.

He sometimes wondered why he stayed in this town after all the humiliations he’d endured. It was his ancestral seat, yes, but no-one would blame him for getting away from all the reminders of the ways his pride had been dented. The locals were ignorant, the rustic, rural air didn’t agree with him, and the less said about ‘the mystical side’ of the valley the better.

Preston unlocked the door, ready to give a thrashing to whatever two-bit salesperson, teenager with a petition for him to sign, or lost tourist happened to present themselves. What he was not expecting was a figure out of an abattoir.

GF Fanfic - The Deepest Roots

Tangled Roots (33,970 words) by darkspine10

Chapters: 6/7

Fandom: Gravity Falls

Rating: Mature

The sensation of real pain felt almost flat and dull. Yet when Pacifica jolted awake her sore muscles complained and resisted her stretches. The dry earth beneath her was rough against the skin, but that told her that the dirt was tangible. She ran her hands down her body, finding it intact. Her mind less so, but it would have to do for now.

Sitting upright, she could make out the curved walls of a tunnel, roughly hewn through the ground in an oval shape. Placing a palm on the surface she found bare soil. This was a natural cave. She had no idea where she was, nor any recollection of how she’d got here.

The last solid memory she had was of sitting cross-legged in Mabel’s occult annex, before it all became a blur of negative associations and uncomfortably vivid apparitions. Surely she should be sprawled out on Mabel’s floor, spaced out of her mind.

GF Fanfic - Ego-Death

Tangled Roots (27,062 words) by darkspine10

Chapters: 5/7

Fandom: Gravity Falls

Rating: Mature

Note: The music which inspired this chapter was a sitar piece composed by Jim Sullivan for the Space 1999 episode, The Troubled Spirit (aired 1976). I found it quite memorable, and recommend checking it out to add to the mood.

“And through here… tada!”

Pacifica entered into a cramped room with octagonal wood-panelled walls. “Oh wow. A tiny cupboard.” It was cramped enough with the two of them, let alone if Zera had been present. She had bowed out for the night, probably impatient for Pacifica to leave so she and her wife could get back to their private evening.

After drying off from her second soak of the evening Pacifica had re-dressed, making sure that the old fur hat hadn’t suffered any permanent water damage. She continued to clutch Wendy’s hat in one hand, strangely unwilling to leave it lying around to get lost in Mabel’s home. Her jacket was still soaked through, despite its promised waterproof material. In any case the right sleeve was little more than ragged shreds. She’d been very grateful to get out of the bikini top, and since she didn’t care about appearances around Mabel, hadn’t bothered to put her bra back on.

The t-shirt above was now pleasantly dry. It was white with green around the neck and sleeves. Several varieties of trees were illustrated on the front, with their scientific nomenclature listed out beside them. It was the only good purchase from the souvenir shop of a tourist trap she’d visited with Mason as part of a circuit around all of the local attractions of Oregon beyond the Falls. The trip had been described by Mason semi-seriously as ‘checking out the competition’. He’d bought the shirt for her as a gift. ‘So he’d always be close to her heart’, he’d added with a wink. Amidst the old growth redwoods, oaks, and maples on the shirt was, obviously, Pinus Ponderosa.

GF Fanfic - Finding Roots

Tangled Roots (21,306 words) by darkspine10

Chapters: 4/7

Fandom: Gravity Falls

Rating: Mature

Leaving her clothes drying next to a radiator, Pacifica tried and failed to walk outside and face Mabel and Zera for the sixth time in a row. It was taking her an age to step outside, self-conscious of them seeing her bare skin. She mainly put it down to her being uncomfortable in the borrowed swimsuit. Mabel’s taste in pink was a bit more vibrant than her own, to put it lightly, but the colour wasn’t the problem.