"Do we have to go outside today it's like 1,000 degrees," groaned Pacifica as she was walking down the stairs to breakfast. Once she was in the kitchen she saw her cousin and his dad sitting at the table already digging into their pancakes.

"Hey! Save some for me!"

"I would if you got up faster Paz," Gideon said as we scarfed down the pancakes.

"What are you talking about? It's only," Pacifica looked and pointed at the clock in the kitchen, "noon thirty."

"Paz, that's not even a real-time!"

"Whatever," she said as she pulled out her chair to take a seat, "what's the plan for today Cuz?"

"Um the museum downtown just opened," Gideon said while scrunching his face trying to think of something, "or maybe we can see if the library got any new books?"

"BORING," Pacifica yelled, "I came here to have fun! It's our first summer as adults! We need something good, something new and interesting like…" she picked up the newspaper on the table and turned it so Gideon and Bud could see the back page, "a visit to the Mystery Tent!" Bud spit out his coffee and Gideon almost choked on his pancake when she said that.

"That's what you want to do?" Gideon asked after catching his breath, "I would hardly call that 'fun'."

"I agree with Gideon," Bud said wiping his chin from the spilled coffee, "now you can have plenty of fun at the library and there is no way you need to see some conniving, no good, lying 'Mystery Family'."

"Why does it sound like you don't like them?" Pacifica asked.

"Let's just say that Stan Pines is not someone to mess around with."

"And neither is his great niece and nephew," Gideon added.

Pacifica sighed and flipped through the paper a little more until her eyes fell onto something.

"Well I guess we'll miss the reveal of their new attraction," she said.

Gideon and Bud looked up at her intrigued,

"What do you mean?"

"It says right here "The Mystery Twins shall reveal a new attraction," she said and pointed the article.

"No matter what they are selling, you're still not gonna pay full price to see some no good, rotten…"

"Look there are coupons!"

"Get in the car!"

The Gleefuls pulled up to a blue tent with a yellow triangle on the top. Every single seat was almost full. There was a bunch of people from town, people that Bud talked to and that Gideon said hi to. It seems like everyone knew each other.

"Gideon is everyone from town here?" Pacifica asked as they sat down in their seat.

"I guess so. It wouldn't be a Pines show unless everyone from town came to show their love," he said while crossing his arms in annoyance. Pacifica was about to ask why he was so quick to dismiss them when the lights start to dim and music begins to play. Smoke began to flow throughout the tent and with a flash of lights, two bodies appear on stage. When the smoke cleared, on stage was two 20 something twins in matching blue outfits and capes.

"Welcome to the Mystery Tent!" yelled the girl as she threw her hands up for dramatic effect.

"My sister and I are all glad you could make it," said the boy. The minute he spoke Pacifica felt something. His voice was deep and, dare she say it, hot. His eyes, brown and cold, were scanning all over the crowd until they landed on her. He gave a small smile,

"Let's start the show!" They said together.

The show was amazing! It was insane the stuff they did. They guessed names and made one another float off the ground! The new attraction was creating animals. All of it was wonderful, out of this air but of course, Pacifica had to keep that to herself.

"Can you believe that bogus!" Gideon said as they got up from their seats.

"Are you kidding me," Pacifica said, "they levitated each other! I mean how can you explain that?"

"I'll tell you," Gideon said as he pulled out the journal from his coat pocket and flipped through the pages trying to find an answer. Unbeknownst to him, there were two people also curious about those pages.

"Do you see that Dipper?" Mabel asked as she pointed over to the Gleefuls. Dipper turned around and followed Mabel's hand. His eyes fell upon Gideon and he was about to turn away when he caught sight of the blonde girl next to him. She was dressed in some bright sweater with squiggles all over it. She was looking intently at the book then broke out into a giggle at a certain page.

"What am I looking at?" Dipper asked unamused.

"The book! They have the first book," Mabel said, "we have to go get out hands on it." Mable grabbed Dippers hand and dragged them over to the two cousins. As soon as Gideon heard the click of Mabel's heels he snapped the book closed and put it back in his jacket. Pacifica looked up to see what had startled her cousin and meet the brown eyes of the boy on stage. It was like everything melted away and it was just the two of them, alone in the world. She didn't even register that the girl was talking to both of them until she pulled her brother in closer to her and broke their eye contact.

"It's so good to see you again Gideon," Mabel said with love stuck cheer, "when was the last time I saw you? School?"

"I don't know Mabel maybe the police station when they arrested you for sleeping in the tree outside my window?" Gideon said with a straight face.

"What?" Pacifica said horrified.

"Come on Gid that was like 4 years ago I've changed," Mabel said, "so who's your friend?" You could feel the mood change immediately as her eyes landed on the blonde.

"None of your…" Gideon started to say until his cousin caught him off.

"Hi I'm Pacifica Northwest, Gideon's cousin," she said as she held out her hand to be shaken but Mabel dismissed it. Pacifica started to reel her hand back in until someone reached out and grabbed it. She looked up in shock to see the boy hand took her hand and kissed it like a knight would a princess.

"Nice to meet you," the boy said as he let go of her hand, "my names Dipper." Pacifica took her hand and held it to her heart to try and calm it. Calm down Pacifica your acting like a teenager in love! He was just being nice! She told herself, but her body defined her as she felt her face going hot and her knees going weak. Get it together! Mabel looked at her like she just grew a second head before turning back to Gideon.

"So I couldn't help but notice that you were reading a very interesting book and I would like to see it," she said while reaching for Gideon's coat. Pacifica, after shaking out of her trance, immediately stepped into protective mode, just like when she and Gideon were kids and moved in front of him.

"I don't think that's going to happen," Pacifica said as she crossed her arms, "it's a family thing." Mabel blinked her eyes trying to adjust to the fact that someone stood in the way of something she wanted.

"Excuse me?" Mabel said confused, "just what on Earth do you think you're doing?"

"Stopping you from stealing."

"I wasn't…"

"You reached out your hand to take something that wasn't yours. So in the eyes of the law that's is stealing."

"Well, everything is legal when the cops aren't around you blonde bimbo."

"What kind of logic is that?

"I wouldn't expect someone like you to understand. Anyone who chooses to dress like that must need some help in their life."

"Mabel that's enough," Dipper said.

"Paz, I think we should go," Gideon said while grabbing Pacifica's shoulder and steering her towards the exit.

"Mabel is an old lady name by the way!" Pacifica shouted on the way out.

"Paz!"

"What? I like having the last word," she said as she climbed into the car.

CRASH

"Dammit!" Mabel yelled after the sound of a floating vase hitting the wall. "I want that book!"

"Throwing a tantrum is not going to help," Dipper sighed as he laid on his bed.

"Oh shut up it's not like you're doing anything that's going to help either."

"There's nothing we can do right now just let it go and move on."

"No way not when I know exactly where this book is." Mabel began pacing the floor mumbling to herself coming up with 20 plans and trying to narrow it down. As she was pacing things around the room began to glow and levitate one by one until almost everything in the room was floating. Finally, she stopped and gravity took over again until all was back on the ground.

"I got it! She want's family I'll give her family."

"You're going to marry the Gideon?"

"No, you idiot. Obviously, I can't get too close to him not until this whole tree thing passes, but there is someone you can get close to." Dipper cracked an eye open and raised an eyebrow at his sister's statement.

"Take Atlantica on a date," Mabel said as she walked in front of Dipper's bed.

"It's Pacifica and no."

"Dipper, please! All you have to do is go on one date with her. Butter her up and then ask to see the book! It's obvious she likes you."

"Yeah no," Dipper said closing his eyes again.

"Dipper this isn't an argument," Mabel said, "take her out, win her over, get the book." Dipper turned over in his bed to annoy his sister even more.

"Dipper does it or I am telling Gruncle Stan that you chopped off wax figure Stan head and melted it in the oven."

"It was by accident that thing was starting to creep me out!" Dipper yelled in defense.

"Tomorrow night," was all Mabel said in return as she left the room and headed downstairs. Dipper signed once more and followed after her to make his way down to dinner.

After pulling into the Gleeful house and settling into the living room the cousins decide to watch TV and relax until Bud finished dinner. While the TV was playing some weird old TV show Pacifica let her mind wander to Dipper. He seemed really cold when she was standing near him, figurative and literally speaking. The only time he really showed any emotion was on stage, but she knew that it was all an act, something that he put up with during the day. Other than that Dipper was a wall, just standing behind his sister and stepping in only to calm her down. She looked over to see Gideon flipping through the pages of that book again still trying to find something that would explain what those twins did.

"Find anything?" Pacifica asked.

"Not yet," he said in defeat, "but I did find other magical items that could be used."

"Like what?"

"Like truth teeth, glowing eyes, and magical crystals, but none of it explains what they do. Maybe it's in the other book."

"The other book? Oh, right we have book 3."

"I think there is a map in the back of the book," Gideon said as he flipped to the last page, "here it is. Looks like it's somewhere in the woods were the first book was found. We can go look tomorrow." Gideon got up from his spot and went to put the book in his backpack. After all that happened today he was ready to sleep forever.

Knock Knock

"Who could that be at 10 in the morning?" Pacifica said as she looked up at the TV. She listed the knocking one more time before she realized that they were not going to leave her alone. She stood up and walked to the front door where she looked into the little peephole to see who was bothering her on a Saturday evening. When Pacifica peeked through, she was surprised to be meet with boy wonder himself, Dipper, dressed in all his blue and black get up. What on Earth is he doing here? She thought to herself as she took a step back and opened up the door.

"What are Earth are you doing here?" She said, repeating her question but this time out loud. Dipper signed nonchalant like it was obvious what he was doing here and handed her a single rose.

"Pacifica Elise Northwest will you-" Dipper off until she stopped him.

"How do you know my middle name?"

"Not important," Dipper said with a shake of his head, "Pacifica will you-"

"I think it's important considering we don't know each other."

"Look the internet okay. Now stop interrupting," Dipper said frustrated, "will you please-"

"Mm, that's a lie I don't put my middle name on any of my social media accounts. So try again."

"My god is this really important I am trying to ask you something."

"Answer the question Boy Wonder." Dipper huffed in anger at that nickname and shoved the rose into Pacifica's face.

"Mable did some research," he said as he ran his now empty hands through his hair, "now will you please go out on a date with me." Pacifica could only stare at him and blink as she tried to register what was happening.

"What? A date? With you?" Pacifica said surprised.

"Yes. Who else would it be," Dipper said crossing his arms in annoyance Pacifica stared at him, blinked twice and closed the door in his face. This must be a dream. She thought to herself. One crazy, messed up, weird as hell, dream. She looked at the rose in her hand and slowly brought her finger up to touch the torn on it. When she was meet with a small pain and the sight of crimson she realized that this was indeed reality. Immediately she swung the door back open and saw a very confused and angry Dipper still standing on her porch. "You have some nerve closing the door in my face Ms. Northwest," he started off, "do you know who you're talking to and why-"

"I'll go out with you," she said cutting him off. Dipper shut up immediately and gawked at her answer.

"You...you will?" He replied, shocked as ever. He thought he was going to have to blackmail her for an answer, to be honest.

"Yeah let's go downtown to the arcade at 6, maybe get something to eat Lazy Susan's dinner."

"Um… yeah sure," he said feeling his face grow a little hot, "I'll meet you there." Pacifica smiled at him and then closed the door once more in his face before melting down to the floor. OMG! I can't believe I did that! Did he actually blush a little or am I just going insane? Shit! I'm going on a date! I need an outfit! Pacifica got up from the floor and dashed up the stairs to her room. She saw Gideon lying on his bed with his headphones in and immediately froze at the doorway. Crap, I forgot Gideon was home. Hopefully, he won't question me trying on twenty different sweaters, boys are stupid like that. She walked to her side of the room and casually shifted through her closet, or at least that's what she thought she looked like.

"Hey, Paz are you okay?" Gideon asked her as she took out his headphones.

"Of course why would you ask that?" She replied.

"Well your face is read and you're hunched over your closet like it's buried treasure you're trying to hide." Pacifica sighed and turned to face Gideon so he could see the rose she had in her hand.

"Time to spill the beans," she said as she kicked a can of empty beans next to her foot, "I have a date tonight."

"Really?" Gideon asked sitting up straight in his bed, "with who?"

"...Dipper...Pines….Dipper Pines."

"I am sorry what? I must have blacked out a moment ago. Did you say you were going on a date with Dipper Pines?"

"Yes."

"The Dipper Pines from the show. My sworn enemy. The man you meet less than 24 hours ago."

"...yes?"

"Paz are you insane!" Gideon yelled as he jumped up from his sitting position, "why on Earth do you think this is a good idea! You don't know him like I do! That whole family is crazy!"

"Listen Gideon just hear me out," Pacifica pleaded.

"No way Paz there is nothing you can say that will make me be okay with this," Gideon finished as he started to walk towards the door.

"I'm doing this to find the other journals," Pacifica said causing him to stop dead in his tracks.

"What?"

"Look you said we only have Journal 3 right? Well, I started to think last night why Mabel was pushing so hard to see our journal and then it hit me."

"They must have a journal too."

"Exactly! It makes sense why she wanted it so bad in the first place. They clearly know about them."

"Okay so let's say they do have a journal," Gideon said, "how are you going on a date with Dipper Pines going to get it."

"...I don't know," Pacifica said defeated, "I honestly didn't think this would happen so soon."

"You know he's just doing this to get our journal right?"

"Duh! I may be blonde but I'm not an idiot."

"Just a blonde with no plan to take a book from a psychopath and his family."

"Look I go on the date, get to know him maybe when he's trying to get the book from me he slips up and reveals something."

"I still don't think this is a good idea."

"Just trust me okay," Pacifica said shoving him out of the room, "what is the worst that could happen." She closed the door in Gideon's face before she had time to hear his answer.

6'oclock on the dot there was a young man dressed in blue and black outside a building with flashing lights and corny music. He tapped his foot impatiently folding his arms across his chest as he leaned against the building. 6:10 still no sign of his date. In about another ten minutes he is going to call it quits and just take the wrath of his twin sister when he hears the sound of shoes running towards him. He looks up and sees Pacifica running down the street wearing an 80's blue sweater and jeans with a backpack hanging from her shoulder. She stops in front of Dipper and puts her hands on her knees trying to catch her breath.

"Sorry...I'm….late….Gideon….wax figure….Larry King…." she said out of breath. Dipper just stared at her with a look of confusion on his face.

"Are you on drugs?" he finally asked after a moment of silence. Instead of a snappy response, as he was expecting, Pacifica let out a laugh that caught him off guard.

"No," she said after a minute of laughing, "but maybe if I was that would have all made sense." After she finally caught her breath she grabbed Dippers hand in hers and pushed open the door to the arcade, not even noticing the tiny blush that came about to his cheeks as they made their way in.

"How are you so good at this game?" Dipper asked as he watched her through ping-pong balls into a fishbowl over and over again. Pacifica just laughed and shrugged her shoulders as she made another bullseye.

"I have been throwing things since the day I was born," she said, "19 years of practice." Dipper watched the score rack up until it hit an all-time high. "New high score! Wow! Dipper did you see that!"

"Congrats miss," said the arcade employee as he walked over to the two, "a new high score means you get to choose a prize off the top shelf," Pacifica screamed with excitement then grabbed Dippers hand to drag him over to the prizes.

"Let's see…" she said pressing her face against the class, "I will choose the…pig!" Dipper jumped at the rise in volume and looked at where she was pointing. On the top shelf was a big stuffed pig the almost the same height as him, and he was at least 6 feet tall.

"You're almost 20 and you chose to get a stuffed pig?" he questioned.

"You are 20 and you chose to wear a cape on stage," she replied with a smirk.

"Hey chicks dig the cape," he said.

"Suuure they do," Pacifica replied reaching out to take the pig off the shelf, "so cute!" The duo decided it was time to leave after Pacifica claimed her prize. They headed out into the warm summer night air and walked over to Lazy Susan's dinner. Dipper was actually surprised at the amount of fun he was having with Pacifica, he even forgot all about the mission until he was walking Pacifica home and caught a glimpse of the book in her backpack. Shit! Dipper thought to himself how am I going to get the book out of her backpack without being noticed… I guess I could kiss her? Reach for it when she closes her eyes?

He totally forgot that Pacifica was talking until she snapped her fingers in front of his face. "Dipper you alright?" she questioned.

"Yeah um I was just thinking," he replied.

"Oh well, I was just saying that I could walk from here. That way you don't run into Gideon or Uncle Bud."

"Oh yeah that's for the best," Dipper said rubbing his hands behind his neck. Do it now idiot or miss your chance. "Pacifica…"

"Yeah?" Pacifica said as she looked up into Dippers eyes. It was like she was under a spell when she gazed into them. OMG is he going to do what I think he is going to do! She thought. OMG yes! I mean no, this can't happen now. However, her body betrayed her and she found herself slowly leaning into him and closing her eyes. Everything was perfect until Pacifica heard a car horn in the distance. Her eyes shot open and she threw the stuffed pig into Dipper causing him to catch it in the face and fall to the ground. He looked up and saw Pacifica has already run halfway down the street. Dipper sighed and picked up the forgotten pig off the ground. He couldn't help but laugh a bit about the whole situation that he had found himself in. He looked at the pig with its button eyes and sighed once more,

"Mabel is not going to happy that I failed," he said to the lifeless being. A thought popped into his head and he whispered something upon the stuffed animal. Dipper's eyes and the amulet became an electric blue color, the air around him began to stir until finally, everything stopped like a switch. In his hands was a big o fat pig that was squirming around,

"She will be happy that I brought you home," he said to the pig, "Mabel loves pigs believe or not and you make such a cute apology gift." Dipper pets the pig on its head and turned around to walk home.

"You failed," Mabel said sitting in her chair next to the fireplace.

"Sorry Mabel," was all Dipper could say, "but I got you an apology gift."

"Dipper nothing on Earth can make me forgive you're - OMG IS THAT A PIG!"

"Yup."

"All is forgiven we'll come up with a new plan! NOW GIVE ME THE PIG"