Mabifica Oneshots!

Chapter 1

Moonlight Stroll

Two sets of footsteps crunched along the leaf strewn path that wound its way between the trees of the forest which surrounded Gravity Falls, one brisk and confident and the other with a stumbling hesitant gait. Two flashlight beams pierced the dark night air, one held steady along the path and the other sweeping in wide somewhat shaky arcs around the trees casting weird shadows in the bushes that danced and flickered oddly. Two voices were raised in conversation that cut through the utter stillness of the forest night, seeming as loud as gunshots - one bright and cheerful and the other petulant but with a note of unaccustomed worry running through it.

"I still don't see why you needed me to walk you home - you've lived in this town your entire life." Mabel said teasingly.

"No. I've lived in a nice mansion on the good side of town all my life - not around this weird, creepy forest that your crazy uncle lives in. I wouldn't even need to be walking anywhere if my parents hadn't had some stupid fundraiser to go to tonight that they hadn't told me about and taken the limo with them." Pacifica griped, her wife blue eyes darting along the edges of the trail trying to spot any hint of movement there.

"Is the great Pacifica Northwest admitting that she needs help with finding her way back through the big scary trees?" Mabel asked with a wide grin.

"Dream on- you're just here in case I need something to distract the wolves," Pacifica shot back, the unfamiliar darkness of the forest making her edgy and harsh.

"Don't worry, I've been out here with my brother plenty of times before and I haven't seen a single wolf yet," Mabel reassured her with a friendly pat on the shoulder. "I was almost eaten by a dinosaur once though," she added almost as an afterthought.

"A dinosaur?" Pacifica scoffed.

"After almost being killed by little golf-ball people you're going to tell me that a dinosaur is really that unbelievable?" Mabel asked.

"I should have just asked if I could have borrowed your weird manservant to walk me home, he probably wouldn't have talk as much." Pacifica said, ignoring the truth of Mabel's statement.

"Clearly you don't know Soos too well," Mabel replied dryly.

"Thanks for coming along with me though," Pacifica said, her tone casual but with a hint of friendliness underneath.

"It's no big deal - I wouldn't have actually let you walk all alone through this freaky place even if you wanted to. Actually, scratch the 'no big deal' part- I'll have to bust out my extra special markers when I write in my diary tonight since I got my first ever 'Thanks' from you." Mabel said with a grin.

"I didn't even know it was possible for you to be this sarcastic," Pacifica said sounding grudgingly impressed.

"Really? I didn't even know that you knew the word 'thanks' till today." Mabel teased.

"Of course I knew the word thanks!" Pacifica snipped back.

"Oh yeah. I'm sure you did - just like you were an expert at the 'shaw-ring'," Mabel said with a giggle, her flashlight beam briefly leaving the trail as she finger quoted the last word.

"Oh bite me you fluffy little princess," Pacifica growled, her burst of anger at Mabel temporarily helping her to forget her fear of the claustrophobic crush of trees choking the dirt trail around her.

"Hah! I knew that you were starting to warm up to me - even your insults aren't as mean anymore!" Mabel laughed.

Pacifica felt her cheeks flush slightly, but thankfully it was too dark for Mabel to have noticed. It was true that she hadn't felt like being particularly mean to Mabel lately, though even those times when she had been condescending Mabel had taken it all with the same infuriating mix of obliviousness and optimism that Pacifica found so... interesting. Ever since their weird ill-fated contest at the mini golf course they'd been running into one another around town more often and exchanging friendly words instead of insults, and that had lead up to today where Pacifica had decided to finally accept Mabel's constant offers to hang out - mostly out of boredom. Despite all of her expectations to the contrary, the day hadn't turned out to be a complete disaster, and she'd actually find herself really enjoying Mabel's company.