Hello~ I came up with this idea and I decided to write it n.n I hope you enjoy this. Leave a comment if you like it:)

Now, let's begin.

Warning: There is little violence in this one shot. There is nothing too graphic or too bad, but I still think it is a good idea to point this out.

I do not own Gravity Falls or any of its characters.

"Safe"

Dipper and Mabel were happily returning to their beloved Shack. It was almost sunset and both of them had just bought lots of ice cream and chips so they could spend their night watching horror movies.

"This is going to be fun!" exclaimed the girl, she was wearing a pink sweater with a little ghost in the center "It's been a while since we had a movie night".

"I know" Dipper smiled at his sister "I just hope that Grunkle Ford is okay with all the stuff we bought, he wants us to eat more healthy and all".

"Nah, he will accept it" the girl gave the sweetest look at her brother "I just have to be really charming and he won't get angry."

"You know, as long as you don't use that tactic in the future, I'm okay with that" Dipper saw how his sister was having problems with carrying the bag with the ice cream "You need help with that?"

"No, I'm fine" the girl said, unconvincingly.

"Come on Mabel, have the bag with the chips, it's lighter." The boy said.

"Never! I refuse to believe that you are stronger than me- Woah!" the girl almost tripped over when she was balancing the bag in her arms. "Fine" she sighed.

Dipper laughed while Mabel just placed the bag in the floor and reached for the bag in Dipper's hands.

"Mabel, I'm a boy, I will be physically stronger than you sooner or later." Dipper grabbed the bag that was now in the floor.

"Not if I go to the gym and lift weights." The girl pointed out.

"Yeah… I think we are still too young to do that kind of exercise" Dipper continued walking with his sister "Maybe in the future, though."

In that moment, two men got in their way.

"Well, what do we have here?" the men had a cap that covered their entire face, with the exception of their eyes. "One little boy and a pretty girl."

Mabel and Dipper began walking backwards, their faces in full horror. However, they hit someone with their backs

"They are cute, aren't they?" A voice behind them said.

"Maybe their pockets have cute and useful stuff too."

Dipper quickly grabbed Mabel by her arm and tried to get away, but it was too late.

Two men grabbed Dipper by his hair while the other two grabbed Mabel by her hair, causing them to scream.

"Kids, you are already a little far from the town, no one will hear you."

Dipper was trying to think of a plan to get away from that situation, but his mind was also terrified and confused.

"This town is supposed to be safe, this never happened before, what do I do, what do I do?"

One man took Dipper's vest and checked the teen's pocket.

"Great, this kid has money, a phone…" a man had a smile on his eyes. "Good thing we ran into them."

"This girl have something in her sweater." One man was trying to take out her sweater while the other one carry her. "Stop resisting!" the man yelled before pulling her by the hair.

"Mabel! Leave her alone!"

"Shut up!" the man who was holding Dipper slapped him, making him and Mabel scream.

One of the men successfully removed the girl's sweater and saw it's pockets.

"Money, a cell phone… a grappling hook?" the man smiled mischievously "Girl, why didn't you use this against us, huh? What, you don't dislike us then?"

The man's tone was enough to make Dipper shiver in disgust.

"Huh, interesting." The man who held Mabel and the man who took out Dipper's vest went closer smiled.

Dipper didn't liked that smile at all.

"I'd rather have some fun with this guy." The man who held Dipper said, making the boy gulp in fear, but in that moment, Dipper noticed how his legs were conveniently hanging in front of the man's low area.

Dipper kicked the man with full force and was quickly left on the floor while the man groaned in pain.

"What the… OW!"

Mabel had bitten the guy's hand and he had released her, she then was lucky enough to be able to ran past the men, who were slightly shocked by the situation.

Both siblings held hands and ran, knowing that the men were running behind them.

"Come back!"

"You are gonna regret this!"

The men continued yelling curses behind them, but they ignored them, Dipper and Mabel just kept running to the shack when Dipper saw a good hiding spot behind a tree.

Both siblings waited till hearing the men looking for them. After a few minutes, the men gave up and the twins sighed with relief.

And it wasn't till that moment, that they realized their awful desire to cry.

Mabel let her tears roll down her cheeks before hiding her face in her knees. She was trembling and Dipper, who was crying too, held her close to him.

They didn't know how long they stayed there, crying their eyes out, but when Dipper noticed that there were some stars visible in the orange sky, he knew it was time to get home.

"Let's go, Mabel." He took his sister's hands. "We need to go."

Mabel only nodded.

They walk in silence, however, even the slightest sound of the forest in that moment made them jump.

They hated that.

Soon, the Shack came into view, and they ran at it. In that moment, the Shack meant safeness, protection, comfort.

Dipper opened the door and the twins entered, they noticed Stan in the small couch, watching TV. The man, when he heard the door open, quickly looked at the pair.

"Hey, where have you been? I thought you wanted…"

Stan froze, he noticed the state of the kids. Mabel didn't have her sweater and her hair was a mess. Dipper didn't have his vest, nor his cap and his cheek was red.

"What…?"

Stan couldn't finish his question because the twins quickly launched themselves at the man and began to cry.

The man didn't know what to do, but he hold them close to him while whispering words of comfort to the pair.

"It's okay, it's okay, I got you now." The man began to stroke the kids' back "It's okay to cry, don't be afraid, I'm here."

"Stanley" Ford's voice was a little far from them "We ran out of coffee." The man was now at the room's entrance, not noticing the scene in front of him "I'll go to the town..."

"NO"

Mabel's scream was enough to make Ford turn around and watch Dipper hugging Stan tightly. Mabel, however, was currently running to him and, before he could react, the girl launched herself to the man. Ford lost his equilibrium and hit the floor, but he caught her. Noticing the girl's sobs, he hugged her tightly.

"What happened?" he mumbled, looking at his brother, who was as confused and concerned as him.

The family stayed like that for a moment. Stan was comforting Dipper in the small couch while Ford comforted Mabel while sitting on the floor. Neither of the older siblings wanted to ask them what happened yet. The teens needed to calm down first.

"Here you go, drink it, it'll make you feel better."

The four Pines were now at the kitchen table. Stan placed in front of Dipper and Mabel two cups of hot chocolate.

They started to drink the chocolate, still trembling a little, but after a little while, they were calm and Stan finally asked what his brother and him wanted to know.

"What happened?"

Dipper closed his eyes at the horrible memory before answering in a small whisper. "We were mugged by four men."

Stan and Ford opened their eyes fully at the revelation. Ford took with his hands Dipper's and Mabel's hand.

"Are you hurt?" he asked, worried.

"Not really" Mabel answered this time "The men just took our money and phones… wait, Dipper…"

"One of the men slapped me." The boy said. "But I'm okay."

Stan clenched his fist at hearing this and it took Ford's full control not to do the same.

"We left our shopping bags in there. " Mabel told them, she began to tremble again "They took Dipper's vest and my sweater… and t-they almost…"

"They said they wanted to have fun with us." Dipper's eyes were filling with tears again. "We were able to escape before that, but…"

"We were so scared…"

Mabel began to sob again and used both of her hands to hide her face. Dipper hugged her, leaving a shocked Ford with his hands on the table.

Hands that really wanted to punch someone in that moment.

Stan was furious too. His hands trembled and he seriously was considering calling some old people he knew to do him a little favor by killing the horrible people that dared to harm his great niece and nephew.

Ford called the sheriffs, and they told him what he didn't want to hear.

"It seems like there had been some incidents like this in the town recently." He told his family.

Mabel sighed "I'm not going to the town ever again."

"You can't be here forever." Ford told her, putting a comforting hand on her shoulder. "However, it might be a good idea for you two to stay in the shack for a few days."

Both men put the young twins in bed, however, when they were about to leave, Dipper stopped them.

"Wait!" he exclaimed "Would you two… er…"

"Would you stay till we fall asleep?" Mabel asked for her brother.

Both men accepted. Ford sat at the side of Mabel's bed while Stan did the same with Dipper. They stroked their hair till the twins breath changed, indicating that they were asleep.

"I hate this."

Stan was now in the kitchen table with his brother. Both of them had frown on their faces.

"I do too." Ford sighed. "But there is nothing we can do…" he then, looked at his brother with determination in his eyes. "Without some weapons."

Stan smiled at his brother. "I'm listening."

Stanley and Stanford Pines were now where the twins said they were mugged. They didn't know if the four men that inflicted pain in their kids were going to be there, however…

"Man, that man was easy to get."

Four men were now walking down the lonely street, laughing at something.

"I know, but he only had a stupid cellphone." A blond man said. "We already have seven."

"We will sell them" a redhead spoke this time. "People always buy cheap phones.

"He is right." A guy with black hair agreed with the redhead. "But I want to do more next time"

"Yeah, I kind of miss the kids from yesterday." Another man said, his hair was blond too, but he was slightly taller than the other guy. "I mean, it was the first time we mug kids and, man, it was fun."

Ford and Stan gritted their teeth at this.

So it was them.

"I know right?" the Pines didn't like the redhead smile one bit. "I miss the little boy."

"I miss the girl." The man with black hair said. "I really wanted to spend the night with her and fu..."

That was it.

Ford and Stan ran towards the men and quickly cornered them.

"What the…?"

"What's your problem, old men?"

One guy attempted to walk closer to Ford, but then he froze when the twin took out two weird guns that look way more dangerous than a normal one.

"You are coming with us, now"

Ford and Stan returned that night to the Shack. They were tired, but had a big smile on their faces.

"Where were you?" Mabel's face was full of concern "Don't go to the town without telling us!"

"Are they back?" Dipper entered the small living room. "Where were you?"

"Calm down." Stan sat in the small couch and put Mabel on his lap. "We were taking care of some business."

"Business?" Dipper raised an eyebrow and looked at Ford for answers.

"Well, let's say that now it's safe to go to the town again." The man said, smiling to the boy.

"What?" Mabel blinked at this. "But those men…"

"Were captured." Stan finished for her. "Don't ask how."

Mabel didn't ask how, but she hugged Stan with her full force while Dipper did the same with Ford.

"You risked yourselves!" the girl exclaimed, concerned.

"Hey, we were in a boat last year fighting monsters, this was nothing." Stan said, returning the girl's hug.

"Besides, we didn't want you to feel unsafe in the town" For commented while stroking the boy's head. "You are now free to go there… but with protection."

"That means guns, and you'll have boxing lessons."

"Is it legal for us to carry guns?" Mabel asked, raising an eyebrow to Stan.

"Well…"

"You will not have guns." Ford rolled his eyes at his brother. "We'll discuss you protection later, but now…" Ford showed the twins a shopping bag full of chips and ice cream "Let's watch a movie."

The four Pines spent their night eating junk food and watching horror movies till the kids fall asleep. They were safe now.