So hey, I'm here. I finally updated. It's NOT a long chapter because I've been super busy (details at the bottom) but I hope you enjoy it all the same. I love all the comments I got so special thanks to CrystalFreeze, SorairoFalls and the two Guests for commenting.

DISCLAIMER - I don't own Gravity Falls. Alex Hirsch does.

Mabel groaned as she slowly came to. She squinted in the early morning light that broke through her curtains and frowned. When did she go to bed last night? She certainly didn't remember saying goodbye to the guests. In facet, the last thing she did remember was a flash of ... brown ... eyes.

She sat up suddenly, her head spinning wildly as she realised what must have happened.

Dipper.

She didn't know how and she didn't know why, but somehow, Dipper had broken through her spell. Which should be impossible. She rose and hurriedly dressed. She must speak to Great Uncle Stanford.

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Stanford had come to a similar realisation. He was just leaving his bedroom (where he suspected he was placed under Dipper's orders) when Mabel rushed into him.

"Mabel?" she bowed her head.

"I'm sorry Great Uncle Stanford. I should not have run. However, I have an issue I must speak of with you though."

"And I with you niece. Come," he said placing a hand on her back and guiding her down the corridor. "let us speak in my study. No one will hear us there."

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After a good half hour, Mabel and Stanford came up and dismissed several theories for what had happened the night before. Stanford sat at his desk looking through books full of complicated calculations while Mabel paced the room and spouted off any ideas that came to her.

"Do you think it was his natural magic? It's rare enough for humans to have it so we don't actually know what he's capable of. Maybe it grew stronger as he grew older and finally the seal couldn't contain it anymore.

Stanford frowned and dismissed it. " research was full proof. His magic could not break through the control of his amulet or yours. Your amulet is there to give you the ability to wield magic and so you can control Dipper. Dipper's amulet is there to limit his magic and to make him do what we want."

"I know Great Uncle Stanford. The amulets also changed the colour of our eyes to blue so if his eyes are brown, then something must have gone wrong."

Stanford sent her a glare as if to say 'Obviously you stupid child.' and carried on flicking through notes.

Mabel stopped pacing and sat down heavily on the leather couch in the corner. She leaned back and stretched her legs out as she flopped ungracefully. She sighed before her eyes widened in realisation and she sat forwards suddenly.

"What about distance?" She asked. Stanford turned to her.

"What?"

"Yeah," she said "distance. Would the distance between Dipper and I weaken the connection?"

He frowned. "I don't think so Mabel it doesn't make much sense." he tried but Mabel was on a roll.

"Think about it Great Uncle Stanford! After we got the amulets so we could control Dipper, his magic and later his fortune, we were never apart. And if we were, it was only for a short length of time. Dipper spent hours away from me last night while he watched Pacifica and me using so much magic as well as that must have weakened the amulet enough for his to break through!" she was breathless at the end but her eyes were sparkling.

"But couldn't you argue that it was just because you used too much magic?" she shook her head gleefully.

"No Great Uncle Stanford. You've seen me in training. I've used the same amount, if not more magic than that before and Dipper was still firmly in our control."

Stanford stood and strode to one of his bookcases. He scanned it until finding the book he was after and pulling it out. He flicked through until he found the right page.

"You could be right Mabel. But we'll have to run some tests."

"Tests? What kind of tests?"

"We'll have him spend some time with others in Gravity Falls. See how he reacts, if his personality changes back to how it was," she looked at him fearfully.

"And if it does?"

He grinned at her. A dark grin, one promising pain.

"Then we'll just have to make sure he never leaves our sides again."

They grinned sadistically.

Unknown to the two scheming Pines', a little blue Dream Demon was floating by the door Stanford had forgotten to shut properly listening in in horror.

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Gideon Gleeful and Pacifica Northwest were covering a shift for Robbie in the gift shop of the Mystery Shack. Pacifica, who had jumped at the chance to do something for Robbie, lay across the counter playing with her hair. Gideon swept the floor of the empty gift shop, occaisionally sending a glare at Pacifica for dragging him into this.

"Hey Gid?"

"Yeah?"

"Can we talk about last night?"

Gideon stopped sweeping and instead leaned against the broom as he faced Pacifica.

"Sure. What do you want to know?"

She sat up and spun 90 degrees so her legs were dangling off the counter. "What happened with Mabel?"

He shrugged. "All I did was disagree with her views on the townsfolk. It annoyed her a bit but she continued to say horrible things about them anyway. When she started insulting you I finally lost you."

Pacifica sighed "Oh Gid..."

"I know, I know, but she'd been going on and on for an hour by this point. I know she usually insults you and I usually ignore it, but if our places were switched, wouldn't you do the same?"

"I suppose."

"See? Anyway, after that I tried to leave but she blocked me. When I kept trying to leave she cried about how I was leaving her just like everybody else. I told her that I didn't love her and that I never had. Apparently, this was the wrong thing to say as she screamed and her magic went wild. You and Dipper came in not long after." He stood properly and put his broom away in the corner.

"I swear Paz," he said turning to her "my heart just about stopped when she threw that blast of magic towards you. As much as I hate to admit it, I'm really thankful Dipper saved you."

Pacifica smiled sadly. "Yeah I was too. I was even sorrier after I insulted Mabel in front of him though."

Gideon frowned. "What? Why? Did he do something to you Paz? Are you alright?"

Pacifica laughed slightly "I'm fine Gid. He just got really upset that I degraded Mabel. He told me she was only trying to 'protect' him from me because he's the only family she has left."

Gideon mulled this over "That makes sense. After you both left, Mabel started crying - and I mean sobbing - while she floated. I asked her if she was OK and she started talking about how you were stealing her baby brother away from her and that it wasn't fair. That she had put so much work into making him 'perfect' and that you were ruining him."

"That's a bit odd." she said. Gideon smirked.

"I never said she made any sense."

Pacifica laughed.

"The Pines twins sure are close aren't they Paz?"

"Yeah. Though maybe a bit too close."

He sent her a confused look.

"What do you mean?"

"After we left you and Mabel and even before we arrived the first time, I tried to ask Dipper some questions about himself. Because I wanted to know why he acted the way he did in the woods."

Gideon nodded for her to go on.

"Well everytime I asked him something about himself it would always start with something like 'Mabel said' or 'Mabel thought' or 'Mabel wanted'. It sounds like Mabel is super controlling.

He frowned thoughtfully.

"Y'know Paz, that actually makes the 'perfect' comment make more sense. If he's being controlled and only just reached her expectations."

Pacifica gasped. "You're right!"

"And now that I think about it, what if Dipper is literally being controlled?"

"Gid?" he turned to her, eyes bright.

"Listen to me Paz! Remember how Stanford and Mabel acted when Dipper's eyes were brown? What if his eyes were supposed to be brown? The shade of blue those twins have for their eyes is unnatural anyway."

Pacifica frowned at this. Surely this was was nonsense. It was way too over the top. But... it did make sense. At least a little bit.

"But wouldn't that mean Mabel is being controlled too?"

Gideon slumped his shoulders.

"I hadn't though of that. Maybe she is being controlled. But that leaves the question of who would control Mabel and Dipper.?"

"I don't know."

"We'll need some evidence." he decided.

Pacifica warily eyed her friend. Really, she did love him but he could get very carried away very easily when it came to his 'investigations'. Like that time she caught him rooting through Bud's underwear drawer to prove he was a fraud. She shuddered at the memory. She would never unsee the horrors Gideon found in there.

"What kind of evidence Gid?"

"Video evidence would be the best. We can use my old video recorder and follow Dipper or Mabel around to see if their eyes turn brown. If they do, we can rewind the tape to see what or who caused it and try to cause it again. As far as we know Dipper is a much nicer person when he has brown eyes."

Pacifica still wasn't convinced. All she could remember was those mysterious stains on Bud's things.

"You sure that's all we'll do?"

"Yeah."

She relented.

"Alright Gid. We'll do that. But we should follow Dipper. He's the less likely of the two to kill us if he finds us."

Gideon grinned. "I was going to suggest that anyway. Anything that will keep me away from Mabel for as long as possible."

"Well let's get ready then Gid. We have a long day ahead of u-" Pacifica was cut off when a serious of loud, sharp knows came from the door to the gift shop.

The two preteens glanced at each other in confusion. This was the gift shop and the Mystery Shack wasn't shut. Tourists would come right in, so who was at the door and why would they knock?

Pacifica jumped down from where she was sitting and made her way to the door, Gideon following close behind her. She opened the door and gaped. Gideon peered around from where he was hiding behind her and did the same.

Pacifica spoke to the figure "Dipper? What are you doing here?"

Aww do you guys hate me? I bet you all hate me. I'm really sorry this is so short but I've been really busy this month. I've gotten a job, started some difficult work experience and I'm juggling my 5 Highers at school along with homework and home life. I only had a break to start writing this yesterday and I'm a REALLY slow typer so it took me a while.

Anyway, I hope you all liked it and I would love to know what you want to happen next. Please leave comments to tell me what you thought!

Blu xxx.