Lost princess

The castle

Okay so after I nearly got killed by Gideon, I decided to clear my head a little by going in the woods, I was just walking randomly until I came across the x I marked last time I was through that path, I remembered what had happened when I went where my dream wanted and I was very curious as to what was behind those trees, so I walked to the clearing and went in the direction I had went in my dream only that instead of seeing something stone like that was lit I came across something rocky and when I passed the tree line I couldn't believe my eyes, it was a castle! And it wasn't in that bad of a shape just some parts missing and some holes, like the columns had lost their Angels "wait, how do I know they had Angels?" I muttered to myself and felt that strange sense of deja vu I had felt before, I searched for the entrance and found it was still open, thanks to some holes in the walls it wasn't so dark, I walked towards a staircase and carefully went up the steps turning to the right and passed some rooms, I entered one of those rooms and saw that it was a huge bedroom and still had some stuff in it, there were shelves filled with old dusted dolls "must have been a girls room, and judging by the clothing she's Victorian" I mumbled examining one who was tossed on the bed and was very pretty,

then I noticed that there was a desk, I went up to it and found old drawings, even though they were ages old I could still see what they were, creatures of the forest and the paranormal ones at that "however lived here must have known about this" I noticed that they also had some barely readable information, but only what they mainly do, then something on the bed caught my eye, it was under the pillow "a book?" I said pulling it from under the bed, I blew on it to make most of the dust come off making me sneeze "good thing no ones around to hear that" I said starting to examine the book, it looked like a diary, it was blue with silver edges and a silver pine tree in the middle "wait?" I took out the journal and held them together, they looked almost the same! Except for the colors and the fact that the journal had a number three and the diary didn't, I noticed that it was getting late so I stuffed the diary in my vest along with the journal and I grabbed a doll that was on the bed also stuffing it in my vest "wait but I don't need this" I said putting the doll back on the bed, but for some reason I felt bad leaving her there so I put her back in my vest, besides maybe that way Mabel will stop bothering me about being girly, I'm girly when I want to.
/time skip/
The next morning I dedicated it to cleaning the doll and diary while thinking of my dreams, unlike last time instead of showing me the same thing or something different it didn't show me anything at all
/dream/
I was floating in black, but I could still stand "hello? Is anyone there?" I said but no response, after a while of walking I heard something "read" said a voice that sounded like mine but with echo and it came from everywhere "what?" "Read the diary" "why? What's in it?" "The truth"
/end dream/
I had already finished cleaning the diary though I haven't read it so far, right now I'm cleaning the doll being extremely careful not to damage her, her clothes were easy though since there was only dust on the little dress, the face is not only dust but dirt and mud, how she got it on her I'll never know "and finished" I said putting the rag aside and looking at how she ended up "hm you're really pretty, wish I were as pretty as you" I said to her and it was true, the doll had small pink lips, long wavy brown hair, rosy cheeks, small nose and small green eyes with long eyelashes "*sigh* Mabel is also way prettier than me, she tries to cover it up though saying that she would give anything to have my curves and hair but that's the only nice thing she's said about me, she teases me about everything else, about how much I act like a guy, how I never wear heels or a lot of make up, how paranoid I am, how much I love to read and explore, everything" I don't know why I was telling everything to a doll, I just felt like I could and she would listen and keep my secrets forever "I'm glad I have you Diana" I said "wait Diana? Hm I like it" I said smiling at the doll "dipper! I'm back!" I heard Mabel yell "oh no I have to hide you" I said to the doll shoving her behind my pillow quickly opening the journal quickly "hey sis what have you been up to!" Said Mabel jumping on my bed "nothing much exploring, reading" "ugh dipper you're such a nerd! When are you going to start acting like a normal girl and go to malls, date, watch movies, wear makeup and wear heels or dresses" "hey I do wear dresses" "sometimes! Dipper you gotta start acting like a normal person" and there it is, that word, oh how much I hate that word every time Mabel used it it makes me feel like a freak, and outcast which I already am, nobody ever wants to be around me, that is until I came to gravity falls where everyone is weird and they don't make fun of me for anything, I actually made friends here "Mabel I already have friends and I don't need to act like everybody else" "dipper you're missing the point, if you don't act like everyone else, you'll never get a date because boys don't like weird, hey what's that?" Mabel said all of a sudden changing subject and she reached for my pillow 'oh no' "*dramatic gasp* oh how ugly!" "Mabel give her back!" I said trying to reach for the doll "she's yours?!" She asked disbelieving, which quite honestly offended me "yes, now give her back before you ruin her!" "But why is she in such an old dress she needs to be bedazzled and also needs a change of clothes!" "Mabel don't she's not that kind of doll she's more fragile if you do that she'll brake!" But she ignored me as usual but I wasn't about to let her change Diana "Mabel please I like how she looks like" "dipper dipper dipper I'm the doll expert here not you" "but she's mine, shouldn't I get a say in how she looks like" "nope" she said running to her side of the room for her stuff "Mabel" "and maybe she could use a hair trim" said Mabel which made me panic so I ran towards her "Mabel please I really like how she is" "and you'll like her even better once I'm done with her!" She said trying to get the dress to come off by pulling "Mabel it doesn't come off like that stop!" "Dipper you're worrying too much I know what I'm doing and she's going to look just mabeltastic" "that's it! I don't want her to look like that she's mine not yours so deal with it!" I yell and snatch her out of Mabel's hands checking to see if she did anything to her and fixing her dress, relieved that nothing was broken or torn "*sigh* thank goodness" I look to Mabel seeing her look like she's about to cry "what?" I asked confused "what?! What do you mean what?!" "Yeesh Mabel calm down, you can't be this mad just because I didn't let you brake her" "I was going to make her look pretty!" "She's already pretty" "*sigh* this is exactly what I'm talking about dipper you can't actually think that just a plain dress she'll look pretty" "a-actually yeah I " "wrong, you have to put glitter and accessories and modern clothing and sweaters also you have to braid her hair and put all sorts of colorful bands in it" "you see Mabel that's the problem I have different tastes and Diana isn't that type of doll, she's made of porcelain, she's made to collect not play with" "and yet another think you did wrong you named her Diana? That's such a boring name" "well I like it" "but I don't so change it to hm oh dutches fabulous" "I'm not going to change her name because you don't like it, anyway I'm going out" I said grabbing the diary "see ya later" I said taking Diana with me m, after all I wasn't about to leave her with Mabel after that.
I walked straight towards the castle and I was still surprised that the trees were tall enough to hide it, I went straight towards the room where I found the diary and Diana but on my way there I noticed a staircase I hadn't noticed before that went down, curious I went down to spiral down to a double door which was open thankfully and came across what looked like a ball room but it felt weird as if I've seen it before in a dream, setting my hat, doll and diary on a table I looked around some more and I could almost remember being here before

Dancing bears, painted wings thing I almost remember and a song someone sings once upon a December, someone holds me safe and warm, horses prints through a silver storm, figures dancing gracefully across my memory

I don't know why I decided to sing, I just had the urge to, then I could see people in formal wear come out nowhere like ghosts but I knew it was just me, they were dancing and two even bowed down to me which I returned

Someone holds me safe and warm, horses prints through a silver storm, figures dancing gracefully across my memory

I had a beautiful blue dress on and was now dancing with a man who came up to me

Far away long ago, glowing dim a cenember, things my heart used to know, things it yearns to remeber

A man with brown hair comes to me and dances a while with me

And a song someone sings, once upon a December

I sit on the ground as I finish singing, thinking of what I'm wearing and why this place felt so familiar when I decided I had been there too long, so I just got up back in normal clothes, grabbed the diary, Diana and my cap and went back to the room to tidy it up a bit since I still want to come here to read the diary, because for some reason I feel as though I need to keep this secret to myself.
/time skip/
When I finish this place looks as good as new, I opened the windows to let some fresh air in and look at how late it is 'I'll come read it tomorrow' I thought and left it here under the pillow and just grabbed Diana, since I felt really bad leaving her here, when I got home I ate dinner half listening to what Mabel was rambling on about and went straight for bed with Diana, which is really weird since I really never sleep with toys but she's an exception "goodnight Diana" I say to her and go to sleep having a dreamless sleep.