Hey guys! So here's the next chapter! The two groups are probably not going to meet for next few chapters, and I'm ironing out the details now, so hopefully it'll good! I'm glad you're enjoying the fic so far, so I'll try to keep up the pace! If you guys have any questions you'd like me to address about this fic, you can ask in the reviews. So, enjoy the chapter!

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If you had told Robbie that he would be helping his mortal enemy through a potential mental breakdown, he would have called you just as insane as the story the boy told. But he could tell Dipper wasn't lying, with the way Tambry was attempting to console him as he cried. After Dipper told him that no one had remembered Mabel, the boy had began hyperventilating and crying, which had ultimately forced Tambry to step in to try and calm him.

Robbie had never been good with kids, let alone crying ones that used to (and probably still does) have a crush on his ex-girlfriend. Not to mention, he was still sore towards Dipper for facilitating the breakup with Wendy but... he looked at Tambry and couldn't argue with the results. With a heavy sigh, Robbie asked. "Dude slow down... what do you mean no one remembers Mabel?"

Taking a breath to compose himself, Dipper spoke. "I started on Monday when I saw that Mabel hadn't fed Waddles... I was worried cause she would never do that normally. That was when I realized that Mabel wasn't anywhere, and that to everyone else- she never existed. My mom actually accused me of wasting her time with a joke and then told me to invite my 'friend' Mabel for dinner some time."

"Dude... that's rough." Tambry replied.

"...What about your old uncles? Wendy? That Soos guy?" Robbie attempted.

"They didn't know what I was talking about, and when I insisted on looking for the journals they-" Dipper couldn't finish.

"What about your sister's friends?" Tambry asked, remembering Wendy talking about them once.

"They don't remember either." Dipper shook his head.

"But dude! Your sister has that symbol, like us right?" Robbie pointed out.

"She does, but we never got the chance to find out what those symbols mean. And that can't be it, cause you two are the only ones who remember Mabel. And that's another thing, I have no idea why we're the only ones who do!" Dipper answered.

"Have you asked everyone in the town yet?" Tambry asked.

Dipper's eyes widened at the question, realizing something he may have missed. "No. I haven't... guys, is everyone from the town still living here... you know after Bill..."

"As far as I know." Tambry opened up her phone and scanned through her social media. "Nope, everyone's here."

"Good." Dipper nodded. "I know I'm asking a lot of you guys, but please... help me find out what's going on?! I don't have anyone else, so-"

"Chill with the begging dude, I'm in." Tambry raised her hand and looked at her boyfriend. "What about you Robbie?"

Looking at his former rival, Robbie could only sigh. "Fine... I've got nothing better to do anyway. So where do we go from here?"

Dipper took a deep breath and uttered words he never thought would be in the same sentence. "We have to go see Gideon. If he's forgotten Mabel, then we have to go straight to the journals. But since he was obsessed with Mabel and knows about the weird happenings in Gravity Falls, then he'll probably knows what's going on."

Robbie and Tambry looked at each other before responding. "You sure that's a good idea? I means this guy was totaling creeping on your sister, and he brought Weirdmaggeden." Tambry brought up Gideon's profile and tried to look through the secret pics he took of Mabel, only to find them gone. "Okay that's weird. All of his social media posts about Mabel are gone: pics, comments, everything. Dude... even your sister's social media is gone."

Dipper quickly got out his phone, and looked through his contacts and nearly cried with relief. There was Mabel's picture and number in his phone, with the same phone number he remembered. He stared down at it, and then pressed the call button. Holding the phone up to his ear, Dipper wasn't sure what he was expecting at this point but he couldn't help buy hope as the phone kept ringing...

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The Crystal Gems weren't exactly sure what their next move was, but Peridot had suggested that the gems review records of the war and visit all of Rose Quartz bases to see if anything would be of help. At first Pearl had been adamantly against showing Peridot and Lapis these locations, the severity of the situation dictated any personal sentiments she had.

In addition, the subject of Lion was prevalent to each of them as well. Since Lion was definitely connected to Rose Quartz somehow, the cat's absence was just as troubling as Steven's disappearance. After checking through most of the locations they had explored with Steven, with Lapis scaling as much of the underwater base as possible, they found no trace of Steven.

After several hours of searching, the Crystal Gems decided to take a break back at Beach City. To Peridot and Lapis' dismay, they had discovered that the residents of the city were drastically different than what they were just a week ago. As much as both hated to admit this- Steven was gone... and there were limited options at what they could do at this point.

It was quiet in the Crystal Gem base, with Ruby permanently taking up residence by Sapphire's side as the clairvoyant finally managed to rest. It wasn't like the gems needed to sleep, but sleeping was better than the pain she had previously been in. Meanwhile, Pearl and Amythest had almost gone completely silent with Pearl practically in hysterics. She had lost her beloved leader once and had vowed to watch over Rose's son, something she had most definitely failed.

Amethyst sighed and was the first to speak up after a long silence. "Hey Peridot..." The green gem looked up from her thinking position. "You said something about this happening before... what did you mean?"

Peridot looked her for a moment before sighing. "Yes... there have been instances in the past where Sapphires would suddenly..." the gem tried to choose her words carefully. "...Become confused..."

"She's not confused! She's in pain!" Ruby snapped.

"Yes... they would suddenly be in some form of discomfort..." Peridot nodded. "...They would be in that state perpetually, until the Diamonds would call the fleet back to Home World."

"Wait, you mean this hasn't happened on Home World before?" Lapis interrupted.

"No, not on Home World... but I have reviewed reports from passed invasions that had failed." Peridot answered. This caught the other Gems' attention, even Pearl was looking up from her moping. "My orders were to analyze these reports, and produce a list of possibilities as to why the failure occurred as to avoid in future endeavors. While there are a number of factors that could contribute to a Home World invasion, these reports indicated that there was one specific complication that forced the invasion to end before it even began."

"Wish we had that..." Amethyst replied.

"Er yes..." Peridot continued. "Anyways, these reports indicated that the Sapphire present in the fleet was suddenly overtaken with pain and discomfort. There were no enemy forces present at the time, nor were there any outside influences that would have been able to induce such damage. Similar to our Sapphire, the Sapphires in the reports had exhibited common indications of pain but had primarily complained of severe headache and blurred vision. These symptoms only subsided once the invading fleet had retreated far enough away from the foreign galaxy, after which the Sapphires reported seeing distorted visions of possibilities and that they had eventually dissolved into static."

"Wait... so the Sapphires returned to normal once they returned to Home World?" Amethyst clarified.

"Yes. The reports indicate that no residual side effects remained, but would return if the Sapphires were once again present in the unfamiliar galaxy. Interestingly, this would only occur in certain galaxies compared to the large entirety of existence." Peridot further explained.

"So in other worlds, Sapphires were only being affected in certain universes." Pearl concluded.

"Yes. My job was to help identify the primary cause that was distorting the Sapphires' vision, and to take measures not only to avoid it but to invent a countermeasure." Peridot explained. "I was able to extrapolate a fair amount of information based on information the Sapphires themselves, but could not identify the exact cause. I was however, able to suggest a beneficial preventative measure... this preemptive measure actually is what promoted me to the position where I could be assigned to earth."

"What was it that you identified?" Lapis asked.

Peridot hesitated before answering. "When I analyzed the galaxies the Sapphires had been in, I noticed something peculiar... each world, was about at the end of its lifespan. The planets were about to expire, and would not have been any use to Home World anyways." Seeing the others' worried faces, Peridot put her hands up. "Rest assured that I do not believe this is the case. If that had been, then Sapphire would have started feeling symptoms much earlier. Anyways, based on the fractured state of the universes... I hypothesized the Sapphires' vision was distorted due to the galaxies not having a future, but based on what our Sapphire is experiencing I may have been wrong."

"What do you think it is then, Peridot?" Amethyst asked.

"Unfortunately, I do not have a new hypothesis that could explain this situation. I'm recalling the incident reports from my mental catalog, and trying to identify any details I may have missed." Peridot rubbed her chin thoughtfully, and then grew a troubled look. "Now that I recall... there was something in the reports that I had dismissed at the time, but I do not know if it has any bearing to our situation."

"What is it?!" Pearl demanded.

"I'm not sure if this minor, and I mean MINOR detail is applicable to our predicament but... each of the Sapphires recalled the exact point their visions became distorted." Peridot admitted.

"How does that help us? Sapphire couldn't tell us if she wanted to." Amethyst looked to the dark blue gem, who still remained asleep.

"We will have to ask when she wakes up but... in each of the Sapphires' visions, they reported seeing some kind of organic life-form... described as taking minimal space but tall and wearing some kind of white garment... like white cape but with sleeves. There seemed to be some kind of gray spikes protruding out of the creature's head..." Peridot looked very troubled at this point. "This apparel... is very much like the human life form Connie's female parental figure. And now that I look at the report in my mind again... what the Sapphires were describing was a human."

"A human?!" Pearl exclaimed. "That's impossible. Even though they are delicate creatures that could not survive on another planet, Rose Quartz still loved the fact that humans could adapt to anywhere on THEIR planet. Humans existing in another galaxy doesn't make any sense!"

"Wait! Does this mean there's another Earth out there?" Amethyst asked, completely confused at this point. "Do you think Steven's there?"

"Of course there's not! Steven isn't there and we're wasting our time talking about this!" Pearl yelled.

"Hey! Listening to Peridot is as good as any lead at this point!" Amethyst yelled back. "And at least she's helping! All you've been doing is moping around!"

"Of course I'm grieving! I failed Rose once again and Steven's gone!" Pearl cried hysterically.

"We don't know where Steven is, but don't give up on him just cause it's easier to cry!" Amethyst yelled, but immediately took it back. She knew Pearl was hurting just as much as all of them. Pearl had turned her back to Amethyst, and allowed herself to sob. It was all too much, the town missing Steven and not knowing where he was, and Rose... was Rose out there somehow then? Had Steven converted into Rose and created this alternate reality? If so, where was she?

Breaking the silence, Lapis spoke up. "If this was a human, how would they have been able to mess with the Sapphire's vision?"

"At the time, I was not even aware of the existence of humans and the Diamond Matriarch was, and still is, considered unstoppable of course- so I did not consider the possibility that a single organic life-form would pose a threat. Perhaps, I should've given it more consideration due to the power I've witnessed. Now however, I cannot ignore the similarities between the traits humans on this planet share compared to the life-form reported in the visions." Peridot explained.

"...Did this human have a name?" Pearl asked quietly.

Peridot frowned, but answered. "No... they did not see him long enough to extrapolate... they reported him walking through the planet chosen for invasion, holding some kind of weapon... which made portals. Once this man would walk into the portal, the vision became distorted."

"Wait... like a portal gun?" Amethyst rose a brow. "Do those even exist?"

"You can see why I initially discounted this information." Peridot sighed. "I honestly did not know how to make sense of the data submitted, so I merely gave the easiest solution. The situation at hand... will require a more decisive action."

After a moment of silence, Pearl spoke up. "Okay... let's say there is this mysterious 'universe hopping human'. How does this help us? Did he take Steven?! If so, how did our world get like this?! How do we get him back?! Is he our enemy?! You must have something else from that report!"

"I am just as skeptical of this possibility as you are! But that is truly what I remember!" Peridot sighed. "The records of this specific report are on the Home World database, so this information is unfortunately unavailable to us. So the amount of leads we have is limited..."

Sighing, Amethyst spoke up. "If he came here... what would have wanted? We checked all of our outposts, and nothing was different. Even those Centipede gems that Steven tried to help are still all happy in their space ship!"

"The logical choices would be the Moon Base, or even... Pink Diamond's ship." Pearl answered hesitantly. "But we would have noticed some significant change from such interference!"

"Hello?! There is already significant change! No one remembers Steven!" Amethyst pointed out.

"So I guess it's decided... we're going to space." Lapis sighed. "When are we leaving?"

"As soon as Peridot and I prepare the ship!" Pearl exclaimed.

"Great! Anyone got any idea what we're looking for?" Amethyst pointed out.

"S-Steven...!" Sapphire's statement caught the other's attention. The blue clairvoyant was determined to get her message out before the pain overwhelmed her.

/

They say you'll do anything for our family, and at this current moment... Dipper couldn't help but agree with the statement. Here he was at Gideon's front door, about to ask his sister's stalker for help. While he was still bitter about Weirdmaggeden, Dipper needed to know if Gideon remembered Mabel or not. He felt slightly better with Robbie and Tambry behind him, but still wished he had his usual back-up.

"Well butter my rump, it's Dipper Pines!" Gideon's accent still hurt Dipper's brain, even after a whole summer of listening to it and having three month's break. Gideon shook Dipper's hand quickly, and looked around him, looking for a certain sweater-loving girl that stole his heart. Instead, he probably found bigger sour pusses than Stan Pines. "Oh hello... gothic teenagers..."

Robbie grunted, while Tambry gave simple. "Hey."

Looking back to the boy his age, Gideon smiled. "Well as much as I enjoy a surprise visit, got to say I was hoping for another pine tree! Speaking of which, where is that beautiful sister of yours?"

Upon hearing this, Dipper hugged the strange boy tightly and nearly cried in relief. "Gideon! Thank goodness your weird obsession with Mabel paid off! You remember her!"

Frowning, Gideon pulled Dipper off himself. "Well of course I remember her! She is my one and only! Why...I'd be insulted if you weren't my future brother-in-law!"

"Yeah, we'll address your creepiness later- for now we need your help!" Dipper exclaimed. "Something weird is spreading beyond Gravity Falls, and whatever it is- it's taken Mabel away!"

"...What?" Gideon's chipper attitude immediately dropped. "What do you mean taken away... where is she?!"

"We don't know! You, Robbie, and Tambry are the only ones besides me who remembers her! I don't know what's causing it, but I need your help to fix it!" Dipper explained.

Looking at the two teenagers, Gideon asked. "Is it true... nobody remembers that glorious angel?"

Showing in her phone, Tambry pointed out the social media pics from earlier. "We're serious dude... there are no creepy pics of her on any of your accounts..."

Taking out his own phone, Gideon immediately unlocked it and looked through his photo album- horror rising once he realized he couldn't find Mabel in any of the shots. There were no pictures of her period! Looking at Dipper, he exclaimed. "I don't know what's going on, Dipper Pines! But I, Gideon Gleeful, will stop at nothing till Mabel is rescued!"

"Uh... thanks Gideon." Dipper was relieved to have another ally. "Gideon... you've dealt with the supernatural elements of Gravity Falls for a lot longer than I have, what do you think is causing this?"

"Hmmm..." Rubbing his chin thoughtfully. "I honestly don't have the foggiest... Bill could easily do this, but he's not making a comeback and he couldn't leave this town. You and your pretty sister saw to that. I say we go to old man Tate McGucket... if magic can't explain it, then science can!"

"Dude... what about those journals you obsessed over?" Robbie pointed out.

"Oh we definitely need to retrieve the journals, but we'll just go by the Mystery Shack to pick 'em up." Gideon waved off the concern but then noticed Dipper's face. "Whatever is the matter, Dipper?"

"The journals... we threw them into the bottomless pit... I was going to ask for help later on this but... we'll have to retrieve them from there." Dipper said uneasily.

"Are you crazy?!" Gideon was outraged. "First you say you thew the journals away, and then you say we have to get them from the pit?!"

"I know! I know!" Dipper put his hands up in defense. "But like you said, we got figure this out to save Mabel and turn everything back to normal! Are you going to help or not?"

"Of course I am, Dipper Pines! It's for Mabel!" Gideon proclaimed. "Now let's get to the bottomless pit!"

"No!" Dipper shook his head. "If anyone's going to know how to retrieve the journals, it's going to be Old Man McGucket. He and Uncle Ford did the most research out of anyone in Gravity Falls, so he'd know where the journals would most likely end up."

"That's assuming he'll even see us." Robbie pointed out. "Ever since he bought the Northwest Manor, he hasn't come down to town much."

"Seriously? The money got to his head?" Dipper asked, not really believing it.

"Nah. He keeps getting lost in the manor and keeps having to tunnel his way out. It's too much of a hassle and he's an old man." Tambry explained while showing the others the old man's social media pics. Dipper would have laughed at the imagined dismay of the snobby Northwest family if the situation hadn't been so serious. "Besides... shouldn't we just ask your Uncle Ford?"

"No. Like I said... no one else but us remembers Mabel, so... Ford isn't going to suggest we go down the pit for someone he doesn't believe exists." It hurt Dipper to explain, and after a brief silence asked: "So what's faster- driving or following the underground tunnels to McGucket manor?"