Yeah yeah I know, it's not a Gravity Rises picture and this isn't 'Episode 02'. But it's the only picture with the Gobblewonker I could actually get to open here. Not to mention it's alittle scarier than most of the pictures from the show, so that's a plus.

The Museum was a buzz with customers today. Robbie was working the cash register while reading a magazine as usually, Mabel was cleaning the and Dipper was looking at the fish in the tank with Waddles who occasionally gave a snort. After awhile Ford came back though the door with Soos. "Don't worry mister Pines. I'm sure we'll find it next time." Soos said looking at him.

Ford sighed and put a few things down. "I'm alright Soos, it's not the first time I've had this much trouble finding something out there." He said rubbing his head.

"Still couldn't find the big fish aye boss?" Robbie asked still reading his magazine.

"One, no but I got close. Two, it's not a fish. It's actually more of a Sauropsida. Perhaps a Plesiosaurs. " Ford said rubbing his chin.

"A WhachAMa-WhoASaur?" Dipper asked.

"Think Loch Ness Monster Dip." Mabel said walking up to him.

"OooHhhh." Dipper said in realization.

Ford looked at Mabel and nodded. "Very good Mabel." He said smiling.

"We call it the Gobblewonker here, it lives in the lake. It's part of a great legend that's been told of years." Soos said.

"WOW! How many years has the legend been told?" Dipper asked.

"About five." Soos answered.

Dipper looked up at him before looking back down. "Oh, I guess that's still a long time."

"Wait, they started talking about a giant lake monster only five years ago?" Mabel asked.

"Indeed, out of nowhere multiple reports about a strange animal at the lake started coming in. And claims of it barring resemblance to a typical lake monster started not long after. I have no clue how it could have just showed up." He said looking outside.

"Maybe someone had it for a pet when it was little but then let it go when it got too big. That's a thing people do with alligators or something right?" Dipper said trying to think of a reason.

"An interesting idea Dipper but I have my doughts." 'I've definitely heard of stranger things in this town though.' Ford thought to himself.

"So are you going back out tomorrow boss?" Robbie asked looking up.

"Probably, as long as Soos is able to go." He said looking back at Soos.

Soos smiled and gave a thumbs up. "No problem mister Pines."

Ford sighed and smiled. "Thank you Soos. It'd be hard for me to work that old boat by myself."

"I'm happy to help but..." He started looking back at the twins then Ford. "Do we have to go alone again?"

Ford looked at him for a second blankly. "Do you want to bring someone?" He asked. But before Soos could answer Ford noticed the twins grinning. He rubbed his head and chuckled. 'Oh boy.'

"Them." Soos said grinning nervously.

'I bet they planned this.' Ford thought to himself. "What about the shop? Are we just going to leave Robbie by himself?"

"Are you kidding?" Robbie started looking up at them. "You seem to forget that I've run this shop by myself plenty of times. Go take the kids out, you need some family bounding time. I'll be fine." He said picking his magazine back up.

Ford sighed and gave a faint smiles. 'Ahh why not, whats the worst that could happen? Even if I do find the thing these two have proven they can handle themselves.' He though to himself. "Alright fine, we'll leave tomorrow morning then."

"Yes!" Both the twins said high-fiveing each other.

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The next morning Mabel was woken up by some rustling around in the room. She sat up and rubbed her eyes to see Dipper looking around in some fishing gear and Waddles sitting in the middles of the room with a Captain's hat that nearly covered his eyes. Mabel stretched her arms and got up. "Hey Dip." She said still somewhat asleep.

Dipper turned to her grinning. "Hey Mabel, sorry, did I wake you up?" He asked.

Mabel rubbed her eye but smiled. "Yeah, it's fine though." She said getting her cloths out. "Geez Dip, you seem more excited about this than I am." She said grabbing her coat.

Dipper smiled and put a fishing hat on. "I'm excited cause I love fishing."

Mabel just chuckled and shook her head. She could understand how some people liked fishing, but not her hyper active, ADD brother. Sitting still for hours on a boat being quiet just didn't seem like something he would be able to do for more than five minutes before going insane. But she supposed Dipper really could find fun in anything. "This is alittle more than just a fishing trip Dipper, we're looking for a Giant lake monster. But I'm sure Grunkle Ford will-"

"That's what I'm planning on catching today Sis. I have a supper special bait that I'm gonna use." Dipper said smiling.

"What, are you going to tie Waddles to a rope and throw him over the boat?" She asked getting a surprised stare from Dipper and and oink from Waddles who had since leaned to respond to his name. Mabel face palmed herself and groaned. "Sorry, bad joke." She said thankful Waddles can't fully understand English.

Dipper just shook it off and smiled. "Yeah it was, now come on we gotta get downstairs." He says pulling at her arm.

"Alright I'm coming." She said as Waddles walked with them.

Downstairs Ford and Soos were getting ready for the trip. Soos looked up and smiled. "Morning dudes."

"Hey kids, get ready. We're leaving soon." Ford said looking outside, there was a thick layer of snow on the ground but it shouldn't cold enough for the lake to be frozen over. He had to find this thing soon, it was going to get Much colder in the coming week. "Alright, if you kids could help Soos get the stuff in the car, that would be great. I need to get something from lab real quick." Ford said as he headed down to the basement.

"Yes sir mister Pines. Lets goes dudes!" Soos said heading outside to put the nets in the trunk. Dipper smiled and followed Soos out grabbing his tackle-box while Mabel did her best to grab some of the equipment and follow them.

Ford made his way down to the lab, he looked around and saw what he was looking for. An old gun, no it's more of a blaster. Something he made many, many years ago. Before all this started, before he ever thought he would have to use it. '...Just in case.' He though putting the blaster in his coat.

Back outside Soos had finished packing all the stuff and Ford came back out. "You ready mister Pines?"

"Yeah, lets go. Alright come on kids." He said starting up the car as Soos got into the passenger seat.

Dipper smiled and got in along with Waddles who jumped in and laying on the seat followed by Mabel. "So what are you planning to do?" She asked Ford as he pulled out of the drive way.

"Yeah, are you gonna catch it in a net or something and put it in a tank or something?" Dipper asked petting Waddles on the head.

Ford chuckled and focused on the road. "For starters I want to get Some kind of evidence to it's existence. I haven't seen head or tail of the thing since we started looking."

"It hasn't even eaten any of the food we set out." Soos said.

Mabel looked out the window. "Maybe it's not the right food, or maybe it's lives deeper lake."

Ford nodded. "All very valid points Mabel. I should experiment more with that. " He said pulling up to the lake. "Alright, here we are. Come on." He said getting out of the car. "Lets get the stuff on the boat Soos."

Soos smiled and opened up the trunk and got some of the boxes out. Dipper grabbed his tackle-box and got out and walked up to boat with Mabel. It was a medium sized boat, obviously not new but it looked well taken care of. Dipper smiled and ran up on the boat and looked over the deck. "Ahoy Land Lubers! Rise The Sails And Head Out For High Seas!" He yelled as Waddles looked around the boat.

Mabel walked to Dipper and looked out over the water before looking back at him. "Well we would Dip but one, the boat runs on an engine and two we're on a lake not 'High Seas'."

Dipper chuckled and rolled his eyes. "You know what I mean." He said looking down at the water.

Ford walked on the boat and laughed. "Well I'm glad your excited. Cause we're gonna be out here for awhile." He said putting down some of the boxes.

"Yeah, but don't worry dudes. I brought sandwiches!" Soos said holding up a cooler with versus foods and drinks. "Are we ready to set out mister Pines?" Soos asked getting behind the wheel of the ship.

Ford nodded and looked over the ship. "Yes, fire up the engine Soos and lets go."

Soos started up the boat and headed out to the middle of the lake. After they get pretty far Dipper got out a blue fishing rod and walked to the edge of the boat. Mabel watched him and smiled. "So Dip, what exactly is your special bate anyway?" She asked.

"I'm glad you asked." Dipper smiled and turned to her, swinging the rod around as well. On the hook of his fishing-rod way a bright multicolored worm covered in sugar.

Mabel looked at it for a second before looking back at her brother. "...A gummy worm?" She asked.

Dipper smiled and nodded. "No one can resist a gummy worm." He said turning back.

"Genius idea dude. Everyone loves gummy worm." Soos said from the wheel.

"I know right!" Dipper said throwing his line out.

Mabel chuckled. "Well best of luck to you Bro." She said walking to the front of the boat.

Ford glanced at her and smiled. "So whats your brother up to over there?" He asked looking over a map.

"Oh just Dipper being Dipper." She said sitting down and rubbing her arm. "Um, Grunkle Ford, can I ask you something?" She asked looking back up at him.

"Of course Mabel, what is it?" Ford asked looking at her.

Mabel hesitated but asked her question. "Does the name Crescent Eye mean anything to you?" She asked.

Ford was quiet for a second then sighed. "Why am I surprised you know about them?" He started. "They were here a long time before the town, the best way to describe them is a cult. As far as I know the Crescent Eye are the reason this place is so full of monsters."

"What..? How are they the reason?" Mabel asked.

Ford rubbed his arm and looked down at her. "All I know is they were trying to summon... something. I don't think they ever succeeded in summoning what they wanted, but they did fill Gravity Falls with all sorts of random monsters."

"That would explain why this town specifically has such a high spike in activity and sighting." Mabel said looking down.

Ford nodded. "Yes, that would be why."

As they are talking about this Waddles looked at them before walking around. He trotted over to the side of the boat and looked over the water. He noticed something far away on the other side of the lake. It was as thick as a log and stood several feet tall, it was perfectly still for a few moments before suddenly dipping beneath the water in a flash. Waddles stood there for a second before squealing and running to the front of the boat.

Ford jumped alittle and looks down at Waddles. "What's the pig freaking out about?" He asked.

"I don't know." Mabel said looking at him.

Dipper could hear what was going on from his side of the boat and got up. "Waddles?" He said putting his fishing-poll down and walking over to them. "What happened to Waddles?" He asked kneeling to try and calm the pig down.

"We don't know, he just came running up like this." Ford said looking at him.

"Maybe he's scared of water and he just realized how far out we are." Soos said stopping the boat to and walking up to them.

"He's never had trouble around water before though." Mabel said looking looking the the stressed pigs. But as they were talking about this a descent sized wave hit the boat despite the water being mostly calm today.

"Whoa!" Ford yelled grabbing onto the railing. "What was that?" He asked looking over the boat.

But just as he did that something pulled Dipper's fishing-poll into the water getting Dipper's attention. "Hey!" Dipper yelled running over to were his poll was. "What took my fishing-poll?" He asked.

"I guess your gummy worm worked alittle Too well Dip." Mabel said walking up to him.

Ford watched them for a second before getting a puzzled look on his face. "Uhh Soos..."

"On It Boss." He said rushing back to the wheel and starting up the boat again going faster than before. Just as he does this though a large creature a long neck and glowing eyes bursts out from the water with a roar.

Dipper's eyes widened. "Oh... I Think We Found The Gobblewonker Grunkle Ford!" He yelled .

Ford rummaged through one of the crates looking for something. "I Noticed Dipper!" He said pulling out a heavy weighted net and running to the back of boat as the Gobblewonker got closer. "Alright Beast! Eat This!" He yelled throwing the net at it in the head and neck which causes it to fall back in the water. "We need To get to land. Soos Pull Up To The Island Quick! That net won't hold him for long!" He yelled.

"Hold On Duds!" Soos yells as he makes a hard left to the island. As he does this the Gobblewonker finally untangles it's self from the net and swam after the boat.

Mabel looked down at the water and saw the dark outline of the Gobblewonker right behind the boat. "Uhh Soos, you might need turn soon."

"On It!" He said veering to the right as the sea beast rose up and rammed the side of the boat knocking it over slightly but very luckily not flipping it. Soos manages to pull them over to the island before the Gobblewonker could make another move.

Ford looked over the water and smiled sightly. "There's no way that big creature is getting close to the shore." He said.

"Take that Nessy!" Dipper yelled.

Mabel smiled but then quirked an eyebrow as she watched the creature from the boat. "Uhh guys, it's not slowing down." She said as the Gobblewonker sped towards the land.

"We should run now." Soos said.

"Yup, RUNNN!" Ford yelled running off the boat with the others. The monsters manages to make it's way on land and lets out a roar before looking around it's eyes locking onto it's fleeing targets. It's not as fast on land as it is on water, but that's not saying much. It knocks any trees down that may be in it's way with it's neck and heavy body determined to reach it's pray. In doing this several trees fall forward nearly falling the group. Mabel felt a shadow on her back and looked to see a tree falling in her and Dipper's direction. On instinct she grabbed Dipper pulled both her and him out of the way, this however knocked both of them down a steep snowy slope causing them to fall down a small pit. "Kids!" Ford yelled in fear. The Gobblewonker's head snapped up and looked at them before giving a low growl.

Dipper groaned and rubbed his head before looking up at Mabel. "You alright?" He asked reaching out his hand.

Mabel nodded and took his hand. "Yeah, and you?"

"I'm fine." He said helping her up, Waddles ran up to them and with a squeal, seeming very worried. Dipper smiled and petted his head. "We're alright buddy."

But the happy moment was short lived as a loud growl got their attention. The Gobblewonker was making it's way down the steep slope, nearly falling it's self at the bottom. "Oh no." Mabel said stepping back with Dipper. There was no quick way out of this pit and no obstacles to block the creature's path now. The creature growled and raised it's head, opening it's mouth to revile a set of raiser sharp teeth.

They were cornered as the Gobblewonker closed in. "Uhh Mabel... What do we do?" Dipper asked his hands shaking slightly.

Mabel stepped back and put her arm in front of Dipper. She had no idea what they was going to do, but she couldn't just say that. Waddled grunted and stepped in front of them, letting out a loud squeal before lowering his head.

The Gobblewonker looked at him for a second then roared and charged forward before suddenly being suddenly being blasted in the side causing it to collapse to the ground. Ford slid down the slope and growled, glaring at the beast. "Stay Away From My Family!" He yelled. The Gobblewonker let out screech before trying to get up again, Ford aimed his blaster at it's head and fired finally silencing the beast. He took several deep breaths before rushing over to the twins. "Are you alright kids?" He asked with a note of concern in his voice.

The twins looked at each other before Dipper looked back at him and smiled. "Yeah, we're okay." He said grin.

"Hey, what is that Grunkle Ford?" Mabel asked gesturing to the blaster Ford was still holding.

Ford looked down at it before smiling back at the twins. "What, this old thing? It's just something I made down in the lab a few years back." He said rubbing his head.

"You Built that?!" Dipper asked excitedly.

Ford smiled and nodded. "Yup, I made it with Stan a few years back back."

"Hey Dudes! Come check this out!" Soos yelled looking at the collapsed creature.

"Don't get too close to that thing Soos. It might get back up." Ford said looking over at him.

"I don't think it will mister Pines. Also, I think it's a robot." He said looking back at them.

"Wait what?" Ford asked walking up to him with the twins following. He looked up at the Gobblewonker who shone to have metal plates under it's scaly skin and sparks flew from a glowing red eye where Ford had shot it. "I... I don't believe it." Ford said with a blank gaze. Waddles walked up to it and sniffed at it several times and snorted.

"Who would someone build something like that?" Soos asked.

Mabel looked up at it and rubbed her arm. "I think the better question would be Why would some one put that here of all places? And more importantly..."

"Why'd it attack Us?" Dipper finished for her. Ford narrowed his eyes and looked down. He had an idea who did it and why, as did the twins.

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"No!" Fiddleford yelled slamming his fist into the controls that he was using to control the robotic lake monster. "I could have had them." He grumbled as he heard someone walking up to his office.

"Oh don't tell me... Did you seriously break your little robotic monster? Great job Mcgucket. Now what's suppose to guard the entrance?"

Fiddleford rolled his eyes. "I'll fix it later Northwest. Now, what took you so long?"

"You seem to forget I live the furthest away from our little hide out. It takes time to walk all the way down here through the town without looking suspicious." Gideon said leaning against a wall. "So what do you want anyway old man?"

"The Pines kids, I want you to keep an eye on them. Get to know them. Try to be their friend or something." He said still looking at the mounter.

Gideon just stared at him. "...Your joking right? Not only do they kinda hate me, but I'm also not very good at making friends." He said.

Fiddleford grumbled and looked down. "Well then Get good at it Northwest. Buy them stuff, your pretty good at that. And one more thing." He started. "About the second journal..."

"Yes it's still safe at the mansion. And maybe you'd still have the third journal if you had just kept it with me instead of keeping it hidden outside where anyone could stumble a crossed it." He said sternly as he started to leave.

Fiddleford growled and narrowed his eyes. "At least my family didn't hide their time capsule in a pile of dirt underneath a tree." He grumbled.

"It's not my fault my ancestors were stupid. However it Is your fault for hiding the Journal in a stupid place. Cause you actually did that." Gideon said loudly as he walked down the hall.

Fiddleford groaned and shook his head. There were times he wanted to kill that boy. The only person who did not fear him, but unfortunately he needed Gideon to stay on their side. So he would have to put up with it till the time came.

Okay so here's the thing. I wasn't originally going to write a Gobblewonker chapter. Mainly because Eternalangel15 did one and I didn't know how I was going to make it different theirs. So somewhere along the way I'm like "Alright I need to give Ford more of a role other than 'meandering side charter who cares about the twins' before the finally. What do I have him do? ...Monster Hunting I guess but what monster should I use? Oh yeah the Gobblewonker. Dipper and Mabel can go with him and even Soos and I can have Ford shoot the thing or something." *walks to my computer and starts writing* Yeah that's totally how my train of thought works.

So what do you guys thing? Is it any good?

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