Unlike the days where it would just start up straight up casual, this time their was a ton of construction going on. In a matter of speaking, a fair was being built around the surrounding area of the Mystery Shack. Skyla was making sure everything was in order while occasionally helping out with the rides, Andrew was helping out Soos build up the rides, and Stan was showing his nieces and grandson around the fair.
"There she is kids!" Stan said, "The cheapest fair that fair money could rent!"
"I don't think anyone could tell the difference." Gary said left impressed by this despite the fact that it's a cheap fair.
"Where is Dipper anyway?" Mira asked.
They soon heard screaming in the distance, which came ever so closer. They all jumped when a broken tramcar had landed on the ground with a slam.
"Oh my gosh, are you okay!?" Gary asked.
"... I think the sky tram is broken." Dipper groaned, "Also… I think most of my bones are broken."
Stan laughed, "This guy. Alright, I got a job for you kids." As Mira helped a traumatized Dipper out of the ruined tramcar, Stan handed them flyers that had said A+. "I printed up a bunch of safety inspection tickets. Go slap one on anything that looks like a lawsuit."
They all eyed the flyers suspiciously. "Grunkle Stan is this even legal?" Mabel asked.
"Hey, when they're no cops around, anything is legal!" Stan said. He soon turned his attention to Andrew and Soos, "Hey you two! How's that dunk tank coming along?"
"Almost ready to go Mr. Pines." Soos replied after turning off a blowtorch.
"Stan, you sure you want the handle like that?" Andrew asked, "No one is going to be able to dunk you in the tank."
"That's the whole point dum-dum." Stan said. He checked on the target by hitting it; the seat in the tank had barely moved. "Ha! Would you look at that!" Stan said left impressed, "You've got it rigged from here all the way to Timbuktu! There's nothing on Earth that could knock me down!"
"Yeah." Soos said, "Except for some futuristic laser."
This left both Andrew and Stan dumbfounded at this. "Wow, you need a break from sci-fi films."
Soon enough, Stan's daughter Skyla approached the small group. "Hey dad, have you seen the red screwdriver?"
"No, why do you ask?" Stan asked.
"I need it to fix one of the carts in the love tunnel, but I can't find it anywhere." She replied, "Are you sure you didn't see it?"
"Again no. You sure it's not in the toolbox?"
"If it was there in the first place than I wouldn't be here asking where it was."
Andrew said to his mom, "If you need to fix a cart, I could just use one of the spare screwdrivers we have."
"Good idea, be a sweetie and get it for me, alright?" Skyla said; Andrew went to do just that. "Still, I can't take my mind off of that darn screwdriver though. I could've sworn I saw it earlier."
"Dude, maybe some magical or paranormal thing took it." Soos said earning a dumbfounded look from Stan and his daughter, "Hey, you never know these things."
"Oi, you spend way too much time with those kids." Stan said, before turning to Skyla, "I'm sure that red screwdriver will turn up. Now go finish up those rides, this place goes live tomorrow you know." Skyla walked away and waved her hand, "I'm already on it." She walked in the direction of one of the rides.
Unbeknownst to all of them, a person wearing a grey jumpsuit and having a pair of goggles over his eyes was seen hiding behind a row of portable toilets. He turned on a com that was located on his watch; he was talking to someone on the other end of the line.
"The mission is proceeding as planned." He said, "Over."
He took out a red screwdriver to fix something up on his watch. It turned out his suit had some kind of camouflage. Without being noticed by anyone, he walked away while sticking to the shadows.
-The Next Day-
The fair was looking lively as ever; the triplets were honestly surprised that so many people came to the Mystery Fair. "It's 12 o'clock! The dunking tank is now open!" Skyla said over the megaphone, "Step right up and take a shot! That's right, I'm talking to you, you, and yes even you cut-offs! Come take your best shot!"
Everyone gathered around the dunk tank. They each got a baseball and threw it at the target, but no matter how many times they threw, the seat just didn't move. Stan laughed, "Come back anytime!" He continued to laugh. Dipper was currently hanging out with Wendy; they were both eating corndogs in the shape of a question mark.
"How do they get them in this shape? It's so unnatural." Dipper said taking a bite from the corndog.
"But Dipper, they're so…" Wendy said, before holding the corn dog question mark up to the sign, "Delicious?"
They both laughed at this until Wendy accidentally spilled some mustard on her shirt.
"Aw boo!" Wendy said, "I'll be right back."
Wendy went to go and take care of the stain on the shirt. "I'll be right here!" He said, before whispering, "I love you!" It wasn't long before Dipper was approached by his sister Mabel and his cousin Gary; she was holding a stick of cotton candy, while Gary was eating a caramel apple.
"Hey Dipper!" Gary said, "Look at you, talking to Wendy, and getting all mushy!"
"Oh come on, it's not a big deal." Dipper said.
"Yeah it is!" Mabel said to her brother, taking a bite from her cotton candy.
Dipper smiled and couldn't help but jump excitedly, "Okay you're right, it is a big deal! Isn't this amazing you guys? I just dove in! I just said, "Hey, you wanna hang out at the fair?" and she replied to me, "Yeah I guess so!" Mabel, all of your advice paid off!"
"When are you going to learn? That I'm always right about everything!" Mabel said with a smile. Gary laughed a little, "Well, it's about time you agreed on something!" Though he had sniffed the air and found something peculiar.
"Is it just me, or does anyone else smell a gallon of body spray?" Gary said.
The three of them turned and saw that it was Robbie; he appeared to be looking for someone. He walked up to them. "Hey, any of you dorks see Wendy?"
He took a piece of the cotton candy from Mabel's cotton candy stick. "Hey!" She said.
"What's the big idea?" Gary said to Robbie with a glare.
Robbie said, ignoring Gary's question, "Yeah, I got some new super tight jeans. Thought she might wanna check it out."
Dipper said to Robbie, "Yeah, I actually saw her in the Bottomless Pit, you should probably go jump in it." Robbie glared at Dipper, "Maybe I will." He walked away from them, not before he bumped Dipper. "Man, what a jerk." Gary said.
"Yeah, but he's a jerk with tight pants." Dipper said to them, "I've gotta keep him away from Wendy."
"Don't worry, we'll be here to help you out!" Gary said.
"Yeah!" Mabel said, "We'll be here every step of the-OH MY GOSH A PIG!" Mabel was pointing towards a poster that had said win a pig; She quickly ran through the crowd, making her way to where the signs had pointed.
"Well, so much for that." Gary said.
-At that Moment-
Mira was walking through the fairgrounds looking at all of the things that were at the Mystery Fair today. All kinds of things and all sorts of prizes were their at the small but surprisingly fun fair. One of them including a little adoption where many people, mostly the tourists were picking out rabbits. She saw how the rabbits were happily running around the pen and she couldn't help but melt at the sight of them.
One little rabbit in particular ran up to her; the little rabbit was small but had a single floppy ear; the little one was brown and had white spots. It stood up on it's hind legs getting Mira's attention.
"Aww, you're so cute." Mira said, petting the little rabbit's ear.
She saw how others would pick out the other rabbits, not the one that had the floppy ear.
"I guess no one would wanna pick you." Mira said to the little rabbit, "Trust me, I know what it feels like to be like an outcast. Don't worry little guy, I'm sure someone will adopt you. Just hang in there."
Mira was suddenly jumped from behind; courtesy of her sister Mabel.
"MIRA YOU'VE GOTTA COME AND SEE THIS!" Mabel said. Before Mira could protest, she dragged Mira by the arm. It wasn't long before she realized that they were at a pig pen.
A man named Sprott had said, "If'n you can guess the critters weight, than you can take the critter home!" Mira managed to catch her breath and saw pigs in a pen. Though she wasn't the biggest fan of pigs, she couldn't help but find them adorable.
"Look at all of them!" Mabel said, "Aren't they adorable?"
Mira nodded in agreement, "Yeah, they are pretty cute."
They eyed one pig in particular; it was small big, smaller than other pigs. It had a spot over it's eye which was a darker pink color. It also had a darker pink spot on it's back.
"Hey Mabel." Mira said, getting her sister's attention, "Don't look now, but I think that little pig is looking at you."
Mabel looked over at the pigs direction; It had let out a couple of oinks. She couldn't help but gasp, "He said Mabel!"
"Maybe…" Mira said, "But than again, he could've said doorbell.
"Did you say Mabel, or doorbell?" Mabel asked the little pig.
The pig oinked again, and Mabel's eyes grew big and sparkled. "I think we got our answer." Mira said.
Just than Pacifica had walked by; she noticed Mabel and Mira looking at the small pig. "Oh would you look at this?" Pacifica said mockingly, "Mabel found her real twin." She and her two friends laughed as they walked away.
Mabel glared in her direction, "Pacifica! Who does she think she is!?"
Mira looked to Pacifica than to her sister, who was still glaring at Pacifica. She than turned to the man named Sprott, "Sir, I'd like to have that pig!" Mabel turned to her sister with a bit of confusion; wondering exactly what she was doing.
Sprott looked to the small pig, "Ah, old 15-Poundy? So little lady, how much you guessing he weighs?"
Mira's jaw dropped slightly, she shrugged as she said, "I'm gonna say… 15 pounds?"
Sprott's eyes widened, "Are you some kind of witch?" He picked up the little pig, apparently named 15-Poundy, "Well here you are." He said.
Mira took the little pig from him; she than turned to her sister. "Here you go Mabel."
"Really? He's for me?" Mabel said excitedly.
Mira nodded, "You always begged mom and dad to get you a pig anyway. I thought I'd make that dream come true."
With that, Mabel happily took the pig from her sister's arms, as the whole crowd clapped and cheered for her and Mira. Mabel couldn't help but jump up and down; the pig seemed happy to be with Mabel too. "And you'll be needing this." Sprott said.
Mabel and Mira turned and saw he was holding a fork and a knife; they both glared at Sprott.
"No?" He said before shrugging, "Suit yourself."
Mabel turned her attention back to 15-Poundy, and she hugged him tightly.
"So I take it that you like him?" Mira asked her sister.
She had gotten her answer when Mabel whispered, "Everything's different now."
-Meanwhile-
Dipper was now alone with Wendy, after Gary made sure that Robbie was out of the way. They both walked through the fairgrounds, until they came across the classic game; the Ball Toss Game.
"Wow, cool!" She said, seeing a duck-bear doll of some kind in the shade of purple, "I don't know if it's a duck or panda, but I want one."
Both Dipper and Wendy went up to the ball stand.
"My uncle taught me the trick to winning these games." Dipper said to Wendy, "You aim for the carnie's head and take the prize when he's unconscious."
Wendy laughed at this, "Nice!" She said with her thumb up.
Dipper went through his pocket and pulled out a five dollar bill; he handed it to the ball carny. "One ball please." He said.
"You only get one shot." The Ball Carnie said, handing him one baseball.
Dipper looked to Wendy, and she gave him a thumbs up basically wishing him good luck. "And a one and a two and a three!" Dipper said before throwing the ball. However instead of hitting the bottles, it ended up bouncing off of the rim of the table the bottles stood on, and flew straight to Wendy; it had hit her right in the eye.
"AH!" Wendy screamed holding her left eye, "MY EYE!"
Dipper started to panic, "Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Are you okay!?"
Wendy groaned, before removing her hand from face, revealing her now black eye, "Does it look swollen?" She asked Dipper.
"Everything's gonna be fine!" Dipper said, trying his best to stay calm, "I'll-I'll-I'll go grab some ice!"
With a quick pace, Dipper ran to do just that, grab some ice. He had managed to grab a whole bag and he quickly ran back to the stands where Wendy was. He was pushing his way through the crowd until he accidentally bumped into a man wearing a gray jumpsuit; the bag of ice fell to the floor, scattering most of the ice.
"Hey man, watch where you're going." Dipper said, gathering the ice in the ice bag.
The man appeared to be nervous; he quickly grabbed what appeared to be a tape measure and quickly ran off. Dipper resumed running again; he saw Wendy in the crowd, though he soon stopped in his tracks when he saw her with Robbie. He had his snow cone pressed against Wendy's left eye.
"Just ease your eyeball into that freezy cone." Robbie said to Wendy gently.
"Robbie, thanks." Wendy said, "That's really sweet. The gesture and the flavored syrup."
"Yeah I just happened to be here at the right place at the right time." He said.
Dipper ended up dropping the bag of ice; this time he was too stunned to even move or speak.
He than heard Robbie say, "Y'know, I've been meaning to ask you… We've been spending a lot of time together and I was wondering if, maybe you would like to go out with me?"
Dipper's mouth opened even wider when he heard Wendy say, "Yeah I guess so."
"Sweet!" Robbie said.
This left Dipper once again horrified; he watched as Wendy and Robbie had gone into the love tunnel. Soon enough, Mabel and Mira approached their brother. "Dipper look what Mira won for me!" Mabel said showing him her new animal friend, "A pig! Isn't he adorable? I'm calling him Waddles!"
Mira noticed the look on her brothers face. "Dipper?" Mira asked, "What is it?"
"Everything is different now." Was all that Dipper replied.
-Later that Day-
"Uh… Are you gonna move?"
Dipper was laying down in the Sloppy Toss game; he couldn't help but groan in disappointment still thinking about his day with Wendy. The guy who was trying to play the Sloppy Toss game was the Pizza Guy; he sighed sadly and just walked away. Mabel, Mira and Gary sat beside Dipper; Mabel had dressed Waddles up as a doctor. "Paging Doctor Waddles." Mabel said, "We got a broken heart. Haha!"
She saw that her brother was still upset, "Come on these are jokes."
"Too soon Mabel." Mira said, "Too soon."
"Sorry I couldn't keep Robbie away." Gary said, "I got distracted."
Dipper sighed, "It's not your fault Gary, I don't blame you."
Mira asked with concern, "Are you sure your gonna be okay Dipper?"
Dipper asked them, "Do you guys ever wish you could just go back and undo just one mistake?"
"Sometimes." Mira said rubbing her elbow.
"Not very often." Gary replied.
"Nope!" Mabel said, "I do everything right! All the time everyday!" She moved around Waddles almost as if she was making him dance.
"Why are you asking?" Mira asked curiously.
Dipper had replied, "The only reason why I asked was because of what happened today. The only reason Wendy with Robbie was because she needed the ice, and I would've had the ice if it wasn't for the guy in the gray jumpsuit."
"Oh, you mean like that guy over there?" Gary asked pointing to a man that was wearing a grey jumpsuit.
"YOU!" Dipper exclaimed, "YOU THERE TOOLBELT! YOU RUINED MY LIFE!"
"Huh?" The man said before he realized he was approached by four small children.
"Don't huh me!" Dipper said, "I've seen you before! What's your deal and why are you following us!?"
"Yeah spill the beans man!" Gary said.
"And tell us why you're bald?!" Mabel said to the man.
"Is that really something that needs answering?" Mira asked with a raised eyebrow.
"AAAGGGHHH!" The man screamed, "MY POSITION HAS COMPROMISED! ASSUME STEALTH MODE!"
The man pressed a button on his watch; though instead of blending into the background, his suit switched to different colors, or even different locations. "Oh come on!" The man said, before pulling a red screwdriver and attempt to fix the watch. The four kids stood there with their jaws open.
"Okay, that's a new one." Gary said awkwardly.
"Why did your jumpsuit just change color?" Mira asked. The man before them started to get nervous; Mabel than asked, "Wait a minute, are you from the future or something?"
"Uh-N-No!" The man started to say stammering, "Who told you that!? MEMORY WIPE!"
The man threw a wipe and it ended up hitting Mabel's face. Gary removed the wipe from Mabel's face, "Dude, you threw a baby wipe." Gary said. The man sighed in defeat, and he sat down on a crate nearby seeing as how he had been found out. "All right, you've cornered me. I'm… A time traveler."
The four children couldn't help but gasp at this.
"You're a real time traveler?" Mira said.
"That is so cool!" Gary exclaimed with excitement.
"Wait a minute…" Dipper said, "If you're from the future… Than do you have like a time machine or something?"
"That's… Kind of how time travel works." The man replied.
Dipper looked over to Wendy and Robbie who were now currently on the ferris wheel.
"Can I borrow it?" Was all Dipper asked.