A/N: Please PM me if you've have ideas for alternate dimensions! I'd love to hear your ideas! Disclaimer: I don't own Gravity Falls.
Stanford blinked in the bright sun as he stood on the deck of the Stan O' War. Below he could hear Stanley banging around.
Five years since his science project broke down for some reason. Maybe a student jostled it or a teacher bumped it. West Coast Tech hadn't cared either way. Well, Ford had finished school and gone with his brother to treasure hunt.
Three years since they'd began to traverse the world. They'd had hardly any success, he remembered a particularly bad time when Stanley had contemplated going into the sales business.
He'd quickly persuaded Stanley not too. He'd have made a horrible salesman. Stanford sighed and shook his head.
A few months ago they'd finally had their big break. Some gold had shown its precious yellow glint and they'd made their way into the papers.
Stanford grinned as he remembered Stanley's boasting.
"Ha! It wasn't all me you know, I did kill the crocodiles," (it was an alligator but nobody really seemed to care) "But my brother, Stanford here, figured out the puzzles. If he hadn't been there, I'd be dead right now. I really owe him- don't I, Poindexter?"
He shook his head, Stanley always reveled in attention, but it was strange to see him fork it over to him with a guilty look on his face.
Stanford glanced up as Stanley emerged onto deck. "Hey, Sixer, breakfast's ready."
"Breakfast?"
"Yeah. So?"
Stanford laughed and descend under the deck, "Since when did you make breakfast? If I didn't know any better, I'd think you were feeling guilty!"
Stanford didn't see the pained look on his brothers face as left his presence.
Meanwhile, Stanford of the present dimension took his goggles off with a conflicted look on his face. For some reason, it bothered him how ignorant he seemed to be... He'd have never expected Stanley to do something like that if he hadn't had the proof.
Could it have been an accident?
...
No...
It couldn't have been.