Hey guys, Kit here. It has been a while, so for that I am sorry. Recently, I have really gotten into Gravity Falls, and I am really excited, as well as sad, about the season finale in 2016. So in preparation for that, I have written this.

This is set in an alternative universe, where Ford doesn't age while he is in the portal. The story starts off right where "Not What He Seems" ends. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Gravity Falls, that belongs to Alex Hirsch. I only own the plot and the original character. The cover art was drawn by my little sister.

Dipper stood next to Soos, gaping at the wreckage of the portal in front of him. Stan was staring into the face of a brown haired man who appeared to be in his early-thirties. The man was wearing all black, the scarf that he had recently removed from his face flapped behind him, as if blown by some unseen wind.

"You..you look the same!" Stan blurted out, breaking the silence in the underground cavern. "Like you haven't aged since that day thirty years ago." The other man laughed, sounding forced.

"Thats what happens when you mess with inter-dimensional time travel Stanley." At this, Mabel spoke up,

"You're name is Stanley? Grunkle Stan, you said your name was Stanford!" The mysterious man, the author of the journals, looked angry.

"You used my name?! What else of mine did you take?"

"Just the shack Ford! I needed a place to stay while I tried to fix the portal!" He stared at the younger man, Ford, in front of him. Ford sighed,

"You shouldn't have even re-opened the portal!" Ford opened the journal, Journal One, that he had picked up when he first arrived. Pulling out a feather ended pen, he started writing something down in the margin of one of the pages. "Do you know what would have happened if the portal had fallen into the wrong hands? If Bi-" It was at this point he noticed Dipper, Mabel and Soos. Mabel decided to speak up again at this point.

"He's your bother? Grunkle Stan, why didn't you tell us that you have a twin?" Stan looked at Mabel before focusing his attention back on Ford.

"What were you going to say Ford?" Ford looked shocked that Stan was ignoring the girl.

"That doesn't matter Stanley! Who are these kids?" Stan sighed,

"This is Mabel," he said, putting a hand on her shoulder, "And that is Dipper." He pointed at Dipper. "They're Shermy's grandkids." Ford nodded slowly, turning back to to the now destroyed portal.

"Nice to meet you." He mumbled, looking around at the rubble. A moment later he turned back around, seeming to be in a better mood. "My name is Stanford Pines."

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Mabel sat at the kitchen table, eating a bowl of cheerios. Dipper came into the room a couple minutes later, yawning.

"Morning Mabel. I had the craziest dream last night." Mabel laughed,

"Wow bro, me too! Grunkle Stan had some sort of crazy twin brother!" Dipper turned around from where he was looking for milk in the refrigerator,

"What? But, that...thats not possible." Mabel laughed, eating another spoonful of cereal.

"I know?! Like Grunkle Stan wouldn't have told us if he had a twin brother."

"No, Mabel, thats not what I meant." He took a seat at the table across from her, "I mean that I had the same dream!" The twins locked eyes,

"Does that mean what I think it means?" Mabel asked. Stan walked into the room, scratching at his back. Dipper and Mabel stared at him,

"What?" he asked, going to over where Dipper had left the fridge open. "Did you kids need something?"

"Grunkle Stan?" Mabel asked,"Did you happen to have a dream about your crazy twin coming out of a portal from another dimension?" Stan turned around,

"What are you kids talking about? Dream?" He knelt down in front of Mabel. "You know that wasn't a dream, right sweetie?" Mabel looked betrayed,

"You mean you really do have a twin that you never told us about?"Stan sighed, standing back up and taking a seat at the table next to Dipper.

"Listen kids." He sighed, "Do you remember how I told you to trust me yesterday?" The twins looked at each other, before turning back to him and nodding. "Well, I'm going to need you to do that for a little bit longer. Okay?' He looked down at the table in front of him, "Then, I promise that I will tell you everything."

"Okay Grunkle Stan," Mabel said after a moment, "as long as you actually will tell us everything this time." Stan nodded, putting both hands on the table in front of him so that the kids could see that he wasn't crossing his hands behind his back ,

"I promise." Dipper didn't look 100% convinced, but he nodded anyway.

"By the way Grunkle Stan," Dipper asked, "Where is your brother now?" Stan looked out the door, then shrugged,

"I dunno. Last I saw, he was in that room that you kids found. Probably still there." Mabel jumped up excitedly,

"Come on bro! Lets go find Great Uncle Stanford!" With that, she grabbed Dipper's arm and ran out of the room.

"Be careful kids," Stan yelled out of the room after them. "Ford wouldn't hurt his own family," he muttered to himself. He froze, then jumped up, "What am I saying! Of course he would." He ran out of the kitchen after them, "Kids! Wait for me!" Stan caught up to them on the landing outside of the hidden room. The door was open and the twins stood in the doorway, frozen, as if they couldn't believe what they were seeing. Stan peered into the room, and froze as well.

Stanford, his older brother, was sitting on the couch in the room, and he was … crying? As surprising as this was, the most surprising thing was the person sitting next to him.

"Grunkle Stan?" Mabel whispered, "Who is that?" Stan shook his head,

"I don't know sweetie." Mabel took a step forward, the board under her foot creaking as she did so. Ford didn't move, his head still buried in his hands and shoulders shaking as he sobbed. The person sitting next to him, however, glanced up at the sudden noise. This allowed the trio of Pines to get a better look at her. Only one of her eyes was visible, with her brown streaked blond hair covering the other. Her visible dark green eye was wide, with tear tracks running down her cheek. She swiped a hand across her face, before standing up.

"Umm...Hi?" Mabel said, looking confused at the new girl in front of her. The younger girl looked down at the ground, mumbling something under her breath. Mabel leaned in closer, "What was that?" Stan stepped forward to stand next to Mabel. The girl turned around, tapping Ford on the knee. He glanced up, his eyes red and puffy. She whispered something in his ear, and he rubbed the tear lines off his face as he picked his glasses up off of the couch beside him. Putting them on, he stood up and took a deep breath before facing his family. The little girl had taken refugee behind his leg, with only her dark green eye peeking out.

"Stanley?" Ford asked, his voice sounding rough. "What are you doing here?" Stan still looked shocked that they had found Ford crying, but he shook it off, taking another step towards his twin brother.

"Stanford, are you okay?" Stan asked, ignoring the question that Ford had asked him. Ford looked shocked for a moment, before his face went blank. A moment later he shook his head,

"Yes of course. I'm fine." He looked down at the little girl hiding his leg. "What are you doing back there?" The girl muttered something that only Ford could hear, and he sighed. He dropped down to his knees, pulling her into a hug. She wrapped her small arms around him as she began to cry. He stood up, keeping his arms around her.

"Grunkle Ford?" Dipper asked, coming to stand directly next to him. Ford looked down at him, tightening his arms ever so slightly on the little girl in his arms.

"Yes Dipper?" He asked.

"Who is that?"Ford looked at him, before sighing.

"I hoped that I wouldn't have to tell you all this so soon. I hoped that I would be able to keep you safe from the truth for a while longer." He sat back down on the couch, moving the girl to be sitting on his lap and patted the cushions on either side of him. Dipper sat down on his right and Mabel flopped down on the left. The little girl buried her head deeper into Ford's shoulder and he took the butterfly headband off, sticking it in his pocket, and began to stroke her hair in a calming manner. He opened his mouth, about to begin his tale, when there was suddenly a loud crash on the first floor of the Shack. They all jumped up from the couch, running out of the room, following Stan. Stan burst into the living room, freezing as he saw the figure seated in the arm chair in front of the television. The window behind the chair was broken, obviously the way the figure had broken into the house. The rest of the Pines came into the room after him.

"Bill?!" Ford asked, shocked. The figure in the armchair looked up, grinning.

"Hiya Sixer!"

Well, I hope you liked the first chapter of this story. If it hadn't been for my little sister bugging me several times a day, this would not be out before the new year. More information will be given about the little girl in the next chapter, but if you want a picture, message me and I can send you a link. Hopefully I will update this story more frequently than any of my others. Let me know what you think is going to happen in the Gravity Falls finale! Ciao for now!