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Dipper's POV:

I raised my head out of the journal which I had been studying tediously for about an hour, looking for something, anything to do out here while Mabel was out with Grenda and Candy. I decided that I would investigate a stream in the northern parts of the woods called the The River of Fluvius Cantatis. According to the journalthe river supposedly has the power to cast a spell to anyone who touches its water.

Flicking my eyes between the journal page on Fluvius Cantatis and a map of the forest that Mabel and I had been working on. While I walked, the sound of flowing water continually got slowly louder and louder. I slowed my pace when I caught a glimpse something glistening in my peripheral vision. The stream.

I walked towards the edge of the stream to get a closer look at the water

I wonder how the spell works, is it something in the sand? Or something to do with those giant boulders the stream seems to be fed from?

I leaned in closer to examine the river bed, a small fish jumped out of the water a few feet in front of me.

The sudden disturbance of the water and quiet startled me and caused my leg to slide out from under me.

This time a much louder splash could be heard as my head lunged into the water.

I quickly surfaced and moved away from the shore-line as fast as I could, desperately hoping that I somehow was able to dodge the spell, even though I knew that I had touched the water, meaning that I was affected by the stream's spell.

My head suddenly felt fuzzy, and I couldn't concentrate on anything.

I heard a thud as my world went sideways, and then faded away.