We crash landed on Scuttlebutt Island.

Mabel and Soos jolted forwards, but I, with my wise-futuristic-time-predicting-powers-of-magic, had held onto the railing, saving myself from a couple bruises and splinters.

I dismounted with the others and we began our hunt.

Wandering onto the island, we made our way through the forest.

Once we reached the "SCUTTLEBUTT ISLAND" sign, Soos walked up to it and covered the "SCUTTLE" with his arm.

"Hey dudes, check it out! Butt island!!" Soos and Mabel laughed hysterically.

I also forced a weak laugh to prevent Mabel from teasing me.

I knew that I had probably screwed up the time line pretty badly by now, hopefully without any large negative repercussions...

It WAS all pretty small stuff, but who knows...

Mabel walked over to me. "So, bro-bro o' mine, where are we going to find this lake monster?"

Yeah...so far there hadn't been any negative problems, just some neutral differences. Hopefully it'll stay like that.

But then again, all good things come to an end.

"Well...let's start heading back to the sandy area, because, you know, lake monsters... are probably in the lake.... and from there we can work our way around the island." I replied.

"Good thinking! SOOS!! WE'RE GONNA SEARCH THE BEACHY LAND AREA!!! COME ON!!!" She yelled excitedly.

"O-okay, dude!" He stuttered back.

I noticed him look around warily and shiver.

"C'mon Soos, it'll be oka-" I was cut off by a growling, except for this time, I didn't think it was a beaver with a chainsaw.

Unless I was mistaken, it sounded almost like...

"WAUGH!! HAIRY GOBLIN MAN!! AND I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT WEIRD REPORTER GUY AGAIN!!" Mabel screamed.

I looked to the side, then automatically snapped my gaze forwards and started running.

"SOOS, GO GO GO!!!" I yelled at him. Then, a thought occurred to me and I pulled out a camera.

He finally started running, and the Gremloblin (I hope I didn't misspell that, oof...) roared and took chase.

"Shitshitshitshitshitshitshiiitttt" I muttered to myself, almost able to feel the monster's breath on my neck. It stank. Profanity doesn't mAttEr in a life-or-insanity matter like this.

I blindly spammed the photo button while aiming the camera behind me.

We barely made it to the beach, and of course, the boat was...what, 10 yards away?

I cursed my noodle legs and resolved to at least try to...work out this summer...or something. Well, I'd need to prepare for the worst, which would be time repeating itself.... so...

Soos grabbed me and Mabel, making a mad dash for the S.S. COOL DUDE.

Narrowly dodging a swipe from the beast's claw, he launched us all onto the blessed boat and sped off.

I nervously watched the creature, begging it in my head to stay out of the water, and discretely tucked my camera away.

Luckily, it stayed on land, letting us escape. It lumbered away into the forest, content with it's newfound privacy.

"Whew... that was a close one!!" Mabel chuckled.

I smiled and let out a small laugh, but the feeling that I had lost control was becoming stronger, and I didn't like it.

I kept staring at the island until I briefly saw the top of a huge green head, dripping water and seaweed emerge from the depths of the lake. My adrenaline began pumping again, and I knew I had to go back before the day ended.

We chatted together and decided to go back to Grunkle Stan and explain our situation, then hope he was willing to spend the day with us.

Compared to the original day, this was very... anticlimactic.... I decided I had to get to the island as soon as possible, so decided to make up some random excuse and run off when everyone else was getting more bait.

"Hey, I'm starting to feel kinda....lake sick? So uh.... you guys keep fishing without me, I don't wanna ruin anyone's day..." I said, weakly coughing.

"Oh no!! Hey, I can come with you and help you with that, bro-bro." Mabel responded while winking.

"Uh.... okay?" I was confused about the wink.

"Yay!!" Mabel cheered.

"...." Okay, now I had to take her too...I can still work with this... "Why... are you so happy about this?" She really needed to improve her acting.

I mean, sure, I'm happy that she's coming, but I still needed to talk to McGucket privately...

Oh wait.... I still have a couple days before... was it Gideon? Wait, no, ugh... the wax museum...

Okay, so I had time, but still...i should use it wisely and be careful.

"Oh! Ahem. Oh noo, I'll come with you and make sure you feel better!!" Mabel put her terrible acting skills to use, and surprisingly enough, they seemed to work.

"Yada yada, okay, ya little twerps, Soos, are you gonna abandon me too?" Grunkle Stan sighed, surprisingly putting up little to no fight.

"Oh! No, I would never, Mr. Pines!!" Soos replied.

"Well... me and Mabel better go now..." I grabbed her arm and dashed off.

So, I know enough about time shit that I remember the butterfly effect or whatever, so all of this change would mess up the timeline for good, eventually, and I'll be going into it all blind.

Oh well, it can't really be helped. Me and Mabel ran around the lake until we got to an inconspicuous rock path to the island.

I began jumping across confidently with Mabel right behind me, until I heard a large splash and looked back to where she fell in the water.

"Aww, come on!" She groaned about her sweaters and drying and stuff.

Okay, sure, she was a total jerk to be in Mabel-land, and at multiple times during the summer, but 1) She's still my sister, 2) She hasn't done anything yet, and 3) Who knows? If I play this right, Mabel might not be a bi-I mean, a jerk all summer.

I jumped down after her and started to laugh, hoping she would join in. She smiled, then splashed me. I splashed her back, and we got into a mini war.

Eventually, we gave up and climbed up on the rocks, sometimes falling back in, sometimes jumping back in to briefly splash the other.

It took a LONG time, but we finally made it to the island, sopping wet and out of breath.

Mabel collapsed on the beach and I followed suit. Then, we heard a roar, but who knows, it could be a beaver with a chainsaw.

We stood up and made our way across the island to the noise.

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Okay. Well, the sorta hiatus helped nothing, other than procrastination, because I honestly didn't get nearly as much done as I would've wanted to. That thing is over. However, I'm still gonna take a long time to update, not nearly as long, hopefully, but still a long time because I want to start making longer chapters. Okay, I think that's all, other than me wanting to know... if there's anyone who DOESN'T want this to be a Billdip?

It doesn't really help to ask who wants it, because I'm thinking it's the majority, but I just wanna confirm it if I'm going to be doing any ships.

Also, my best fren suggested that I write some one shots to get the creative juices flowing, so I might do that inn another thingy, so if you'd wanna see that, give me some suggestions and I'll try.

Lastly, I just wanna mention how I know where I want this to go, I'm just having some trouble getting there. Okay, that's all,

Cya!