First off happy Easter. I was disappointed that nobody reviewed the last chapter. If you read it, please review it. Thank you and I hope you enjoy the chapter.


Mabel's POV (June 19th)

We had gotten most of the wax cleaned up. Soos had come over, so that made it go faster. Right now, Grunkle Stan was giving a tour and Dipper, Willow, Soos and I were watching a show called Tiger Fist. A tiger had lost a leg in an explosion, but surgeons repaired him with a fist. The show went to commercial, a bunch of doves coming from the bottom of the screen.

"Hey, it's that commercial I was telling you dudes about," Soos said. I started paying more attention.

"Are you completely miserable? If so, then you need to meet… Gideon," the voice over said.

"Gideon?" Dipper said.

"Who the hell is Gideon?" Willow asked.

"What makes him so special?" I added. As if the voice over knew what we said, he responded.

"He's a psychic. So don't waste your time with other, 'Men of Mystery,'" A picture of Grunkle Stan with the word FRAUD stamped on it showed up. "Learn about tomorrow tonight at Gideon's Tent of Telepathy," the voice over said, then speeding through the subtext.

"I'm getting all curiousy inside!" I said, looking at Dipper and Willow.

"Don't get too curiousy," Grunkle Stan said, walking into the room. "Ever since that monster Gideon rolled into town, I've had nothing but trouble."

"Is he really psychic?" Willow asked.

"I think we should go find out," Dipper added, excitedly.

"Never!" Grunkle Stan yelled. "You're forbidden from patronizing the competition. No one that lives under my roof is allowed under that Gideon's roof!"

"Do tents have roofs?" Dipper asked, looking at Willow.

"I don't think so," she said. She was better at all that legal stuff than either of us.

"I think we found our loophole," I said, standing up. I jumped a little bit when the voice over came back on.

"So come on down soon folks. Gideon is expecting you."

GFF

We went to the Tent of Telepathy that night. It was a pretty cool place, especially considering you really can't put that much stuff in a tent. The lights started flashing, then focused on the center of the stage. Everyone got really quiet. "Let's see what this monster looks like," Dipper said as a shadow came up behind the curtain.

The curtain opened and we saw Gideon. Not at all what I expected him to look like. He was probably ten or eleven, and really short. But his hair, which was a blinding white, was the same height as his head, so counting that, the two of us probably would have been pretty close. "Hello Gravity Falls! My name is Li'l Gideon!" He said, clapping and making doves come out of his hair.

"That's Stan's mortal enemy?" Dipper said, failing to keep the laughter out of his voice.

"He's so wittle!" I said.

"His hair hurts my eyes," Willow said, covering them with her hand. I couldn't blame her. The spotlights made his hair even brighter than it would normally be.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it's such a gift to have you here tonight! I have a vision. I predict you will all soon say, 'aww.'" Gideon said, turning around and facing the curtain. He faced the crowd again with a goofy grin and big puppy-dog eyes on his face. Naturally, everyone in the audience went "Aww!"

"It came true," I said, shocked.

"That's not psychic!" "I'm not impressed!" Dipper and Willow said at the same time. Gideon gave a signal to someone and a piano started playing, Gideon singing and dancing with the music.

"Oh, I can see what others can't see

It ain't some sideshow trick, it's innate ability

Where others are blind, I am futurely inclined

And you too could see, if you was widdle ol' me!

Come on everybody rise up! I want y'all to keep it going!"

Everyone in the crowd, including us, stood up, most of them clapping along with the beat. The weird part was we didn't stand up willingly. It wasn't like a struggle or anything. It was more like we were programmed to stand up right then. "What the-?" "How did he-?" Dipper and Willow asked, looking confused. They couldn't get answers because Gideon was singing again.

"You wish your son would call you more.

I sense that you've been here before.

I'll read your mind if I'm able,

Something tells me your named Mabel!"

He had come over to us during the last two lines and was now running back onto the stage.

"So welcome all ye… to the Tent of Telepathy!

And thanks for visiting… WIDDLE OL' ME!"

The song ended and everyone started clapping. Gideon wiped his face with a towel then took a water bottle from his jacket and drank half of it at once. "Thank you everyone! Y'all are the real miracles!" He said, walking backstage. The crowd started standing up and leaving, talking about the show. We stood up and walked to the exit. Dipper, always the disbeliever, had to ruin it.

"That kid's an even bigger fraud than Stan! No wonder our uncle's jealous!" He said, walking backward.

"Come on Dip. His dance moves were adorable! And did you see his hair? It was AMAZING!" I said excitedly.

"I couldn't even look at him because of his hair. I missed half the show!" Willow complained. Then her face cleared. "Although his song was pretty cool. For being the youngest 'psychic' in history, he can sing pretty good. And you have to give him credit for the fact that he didn't know who was going to show up today. But you're right Dipper. That kid is definitely trouble."

"Still, Mabel is too easily impressed. At least you look at everything." Dipper said. We started walking back home, messing with each other the whole time. This was the first 'normal' thing we had done since finding the journal. It was good to have one night that didn't have any supernatural craziness to deal with.

GFF (June 20th)

"Check it out guys! I successfully bedazzled my face!" I said, showing Dipper and Mabel the sequins on my face. I blinked, which hurt A LOT, and a few sequins came off.

"Are those permanent?" Dipper asked, brushing the sequins off the table. Willow, of course, had to be creepy.

"Maybe the sequins will slowly eat away at your face and make you look ugly and nasty. Then no boy will ever want to go out with you again because you look so ugly. You'll die sad and alone living by yourself in the forest. You'll die by a bear seeing you and thinking you were already dead because of your face and eat you. And your husband wouldn't be around to save you because you won't have a husband. That would really suck, wouldn't it Mabel?"

Before I could respond the doorbell rang. "Somebody answer the door!" Grunkle Stan yelled from upstairs.

"I'll get it," I said, wiping the sequins off my face. I opened the door and looked outside. At first I didn't see anyone, but then I looked down and noticed Gideon.

"Howdy," he said, giving me a half bow. When he stood up straight, I noticed that I was right in saying we were close in height, counting his hair. Without it, he would have been at my chin.

"It's 'wittle old' you!" I said, excitedly. Then I added, "Nice show last night."

"Yeah, my song's quite catchy," he said, kind of nervously. "I know we haven't formally met, but after last night's performance I just couldn't get your laugh out of my head."

"You mean this one?" I said, laughing kind of over the top. Gideon didn't seem to care.

"What a delight! When I saw you in the audience, I said to myself, 'Now there's a kindred spirit. Someone who appreciates the sparkly things in life.'"

"That's totally me!" I said, laughing for real this time. I started coughing and a few sequins landed on Gideon's jacket.

"Who's at the door?" Grunkle Stan yelled from inside.

"No one Grunkle Stan!" I yelled back.

"I appreciate your digression. Stan's no fan of mine," Gideon said, relived. "I don't know how a lemon so sour could be related to a peach so sweet!"

"GIDEON!" I said, pushing him a bit.

"Why don't we step away from here and chat a bit more? Perhaps in my dressin' room?"

"Oh, makeovers!"

GFF

His dressing room was AMAZING! There was so much stuff, and I was really pleased with what Gideon had come up with for me. I walked into the shack and wiggled my fingers over Dipper and Willow's head. "Hey guys. What's going oooon?"

"Where have you been? And what's up with your fingernails? You look like Wolverine!" Dipper said, pushing my hands away and sitting up.

"That's because she is Wolverine! He's not really played by Hugh Jackman. He's really played by Mabel and the editors use technology to make her look different. So Mabel, when's the next movie, and can we get a discount?" Willow asked. I just ignored her and answered Dipper's questions.

"I was hanging out with my new pal Gideon. He is one dapper little man."

"I don't trust anyone who's hair is bigger than his head." He replied.

"Leave him alone. You and Willow never want to do girly stuff with me. You two do guys stuff with Soos all the time."

"Name one-" Willow started to say, but Soos ran in.

"Hey dudes! You guys ready to blow up these hot dogs in the microwave one by one?"

"Are we!" They said, running away.

"You just proved my point!" I called after them.

GFF

"The view from your family's factory is nuts!" I said to Gideon. We had gotten onto the roof of a warehouse and we could see the whole town.

"Mabel, when I'm up here lookin' down on all those little ol' people, I feel like I'm king of all survey!" He said, kind of evilly. "I guess that makes you my queen!"

"What? You are being so nice to me! Quit it!" I said, backslapping him gently.

"I can't quit it. I'm speakin' from the heart."

"From the where-now?"

"Mabel, I've never felt this close to anyone," He said, rubbing my hair. I grabbed his hand and pushed it back, realizing where this was going.

"Look Gideon, I like you a lot, but let's just be friends. The last time… let's just say the guy wasn't who I thought he was."

"At least give me a chance. Mabel, will you do me the honor of goin' on a date with me?"

"A play date?"

"Mmnn."

"A shopping date?"

"No. It'll just be one li'l ol' date. I swear on my luck bolo tie."

"Um, okay… I guess…" I said. One date to make the kid happy, why not? Making the kid happy worked overtime. He threw his arms around me faster than I could blink.

"Mabel Pines, you have made me the happiest boy in the world!"

"Are you sniffing my hair?"

GFF

"It's not a DATE." I said. After I had gotten home, Willow, Dipper and I were playing video games until Gideon came.

"Be careful. He will definitely ask you out again." Willow said, blasting three guys in a row.

"No he won't. Anyway, I only said yes because I didn't want to hurt his feelings. Throw him a bone, you know?"

"Willow's right. You never should have said yes. Guys don't work that way. He's gonna fall in love with you." Dipper said, moving his avatar around a corner.

"Please, I'm not that lovable." I said, annihilating his character in three blasts.

"Okay, we agree on something." He said, throwing down his controller. Then the doorbell rang.

"Coming!" I yelled, standing up. I opened the door and screamed when a horse put its head through. "What the horse?!"

"A night of enchantment awaits, m'lady!" Gideon said, holding his hand down to me from on the horse's back.

"Oh, boy…"

GFF

"…So I said, 'Autograph your own head shot lady!'" Gideon said, laughing. I just laughed nervously, poking the lobster on my plate. He pinched the fork, and I sank down lower in the booth.

"Mabel, this dinner date was a complete success. And our next date promises to top this one in every way!"

"Wait, next date? You just said one, and this was it." I said, sitting up. Gideon looked behind him, then faced me again, his arm out.

"What a surprise! A red crested South American rainbow macaw!" He said, a giant bird flying over and landing on his arm. I screamed and grabbed the lobster, moving so only my head was above the table. The macaw started… talking? Tweeting? I don't know.

"MABEL! WILL YOU ACCOMPANY GIDEON TO THE BALLROOM DANCE TONIGHT AT GRAPE?" Gideon shook the macaw, causing it to say "EIGHT!" and cough up a letter, then fly away. Some of the other's in the restaurant came over saying how adorable we were together.

"Mabel, they're expectin' us. Please say you'll go." Gideon said, showing me the invitation.

"Gideon, I'm sorry, but I have to say-"

GFF

"Hey, how'd it go?" Dipper asked me as I walked past. After dinner, I had put my lobster in a to-go bag and brought him home. Dipper and Willow were sitting at the table, looking at the journal again. I walked over to the axolotl tank and opened the lid.

"I don't know… I have a lobster now." I said, putting him in the tank with the axolotl.

"Do you have a name for him yet?" Willow asked. I shook my head, and after a few seconds, her face lit up. "I know! Let's call him Death Claws!" I just watched the lob- watched Death Claws move around.

"Yeah, okay Death Claws. You have fun with that." Dipper said, looking at Willow like she was crazy (which she is). "Mabel, at least it's over and you don't have to go out with him again. It's over, right?" he asked when I didn't respond.

"BLAARRGG!" I said, waving my arms and turning around. "He asked me to a dance tonight and I didn't know how to say no!"

"Like this: no."

"It's not that easy Dipper!"

"She's right. That feeling you get when someone doesn't like you, everyone gets it. And it's hard knowing that if you say no, the person will get that feeling. You don't want it just like you don't want to cause it. But Mabel, seriously. This has got to stop before it goes to far." Willow said, defending me and telling me to knock it off at the same time.

"I know, and anyway I do like Gideon. Only as a friend/little sister and I don't want to hurt his feelings! I just need to get things back to where they used to be. You know, friends. How hard can it be?"

GFF

Very hard. After dancing Gideon had dragged me to the lake. We were on a rowboat, Old Man McGucket rowing, in the middle of the lake. "I thought dancing was going to be the end of the evening." I said, facing Gideon. Despite everything, the view was amazing. We didn't get a lot of starry nights back home so stargazing had become one of my favorite things about living in the middle of nowhere, and the reflection in the water made it extra special. Gideon seemed to sense how excited I was.

"Don't you want this evenin' to last, my sweet?" He asked, leaning forward.

"NO!" I yelled, leaning back. "I mean, yes. I mean… I'm always happy to hang out with a friend, buddy, pal, chum, other word for friend…"

"Pal?" McGucket offered.

"I already said pal. Umm… mate?"

"How about soul mate?" Gideon said, taking my hands. For some reason fireworks went off. I looked up and saw them explode in my name with a heart around it. Great, now how am I gonna say no?

GFF

"… I mean, he's so nice… but I can't keep doing this. But I can't break his heart. I HAVE NO WAY OUT!" I yelled. After the lake, he had taken me home. Right now I was pacing in the living room, talking to myself.

"What the hell happened on that date?" Willow asked, coming in with Dipper following her.

"I don't know! I was in the friend zone, and before I knew what was happening, he pulled me into the romance zone! It was like quicksand! Chubby quicksand!"

"Come on, Mabel. I think you're over exaggerating. It's not like you're going to have to marry Gideon." Dipper said.

"Great news Mabel! You have to marry Gideon!" Grunkle Stan said, walking in.

"WHAT?!"

"It's all part of my long term deal with Buddy Gleeful. There's a lot of cash tied up in this. Plus, I got this shirt. I am fat." He said, pointing to his 'Team Gideon' shirt. I screamed and ran upstairs to the attic. I sat on the floor and pulled my knees and head into my shirt. I heard the door open, but didn't move.

"Mabel…" Willow asked.

"Mabel's not here. She's in sweater town." I said, rocking back and forth.

"Are you going to come out of sweater town?" Dipper asked, putting his hand on my shoulder. I just whined, which was apparently his last straw. "Alright. If you can't break up with Gideon, I'll do it for you."

"You will?" I asked, pulling my head out. He nodded, and I threw my arms around him. "Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

"Okay, alright. When's your next date?" He said, pushing me back.

"Tomorrow. We're going to eat brunch at The Club around nine."

"In that case, consider it over."

"I'll come to. It might be easier if he hears it from a girl." Willow added.

"I owe you both so much! I love you guys."

Gideon's POV (June 21st)

"Ah hem," I heard. I was sittin' in The Club waitin' for my Mabel. I looked up and saw her brother Dipper and sister Willow. Mabel was nowhere in sight.

"Well, Dipper and Willow Pines. You both look good." I said.

"Thanks, you… Look Gideon. We've got to talk. Mabel isn't going to join you today. She doesn't want to see you anymore. She's kind of weirded out by you, no offense." Dipper said, kind of nervously. I felt my eye twitch.

"So what you're sayin' is… you've… come between us." I said, my eye twitchin' again.

"It's not like that, kid. It just, you came on a little strong and it freaked her out. You're not gonna freak out, are you?" Willow said, holdin' her hands up. I was about to freak, but then I realized that now was not the time. I had to play it cool, for now.

"Of course not. These things happen. Bygones, you know?" I said, makin' sure my eye didn't twitch again. They seemed to believe it.

"Okay, cool. So, again, sorry man, but thumbs up, okay?" Dipper said, he and Willow walkin' away. Willow turned around just before she left and mouthed I'm sorry towards me. Its okay I mouthed back.

"Thumbs up indeed, my friends."

GFF

"Pines, you have no idea what you've done!" I yelled in my room. I grabbed the amulet around my neck and made the lightbulbs around my mirror explode. Then I made everythin' in my room levitate and crash on the ground. "You have just made the biggest mistake of your lives!"

"Gideon Charles Gleeful, clean up your room this instant!" Daddy said, opening the door.

"I CAN BUY AND SELL YOU OLD MAN!" I yelled, my hand still on the amulet.

"Fair enough," he said, closing'the door. I looked at a picture of my Mabel and her siblings, then incinerated Willow and Dipper. This is going to be fun I thought to myself.

Willow's POV

"Hit me dudes!" Soos said, stuffing a pillow under his shirt. Dipper, Mabel and I charged at him, falling on the ground laughing. "Feels good," he said, taking the pillow out.

"I need some water. I'll be back," I said, walking into the shack. Just before I went into the kitchen, the phone rang. "Hello?" I said, picking it up.

"Toby Determined, Gravity Falls Gossiper." The guy on the other side said.

"Oh, hey. Sorry for accusing you of murder the other day."

"Water under the bridge. I would like to interview you and your brother about something unusual."

"Umm, can you hold on for a minute?" I asked. When he said yes, I put the phone down and opened the door. "Dipper, come here!" I yelled, using my hand to tell him to come.

"What's up?" he said, walking onto the porch.

"Just come on," I said, walking into the house and putting the phone on speaker. "Hey, you're on speaker. Dipper's here. What do you need?"

"The Gossiper would like to interview you about whether you've seen anything unusual about this town since you've arrived." Toby said. Dipper practically started yelling.

"FINALLY! I thought no one would ever ask. We have notes and theories and a whole bunch of codes. Where do you want to have the interview?" he asked, grabbing a pen and notebook from his vest. That was something we had started doing recently. We never left the house without at least 3 pens and a pocket notebook. You never know when the smallest things will be important later on.

"The address is 412 Gopher Road. Can you meet there tonight around eight?"

"No problem. See you then. We can't wait," I said, hanging up the phone. "We going to bring the journal?"

"Definitely. We are going to need cold hard proof if the editors are going to believe us."

GFF

That night we went to the address. It was a warehouse on top of a cliff. I would have thought it would have been in town, but I wasn't that concerned. Dipper had the journal in his vest. I opened the door and we went inside.

"Hello?" I called looking around. The lights were out so I couldn't see much, just a bunch of boxes. "Toby?" Still no answer.

"Let's get out of here. This place gives me the creeps." Dipper said, walking towards the doorway. Before he could leave, the door slammed shut. Dipper started banging on the door, trying to open it. Then the lights came on and I saw a swivel chair in the middle of the floor.

"Hello friends," Gideon said, turning the chair around to face us.

"Gideon, what are you doing here?" I said, feeling my pulse start to get faster.

"Willow and Dipper Pines. How long you been livin' in this town? A week, two? You like it here? Enjoy the sights?" Gideon said, petting a Gideon doll like a movie villain petting a cat.

"What do you want from us man?" Dipper said, going into protective brother mode and stepping in front of me.

"Listen carefully boy. This town has secrets you couldn't begin to comprehend!"

"Is this about Mabel? We told you she's not into you like that!" I said, moving to stand next to Dipper.

"LIARS! You turned her against me! She was my peach dumplin'!" Gideon got out of his chair and started walking towards us, his hand on the amulet around his neck.

"You okay man?" Dipper said, stepping in front of me again. It didn't help much. Without warning we were surrounded by a greenish glow and floating off the ground. I looked at Gideon and saw the same glow coming from his hand. Then Dipper and I were flying backwards into one of the boxes. The box broke open, Gideon Dolls going everywhere. "Willow, you good?" Dipper asked, trying to get the dolls out of the way.

"Readin' minds ain't all I can do," Gideon said, standing in front of us.

"How the hell is this possible? You're a fake!" I yelled, standing up and getting into a fighting pose.

"Tell me; is this fake?" He said, levitating all of the merchandise and throwing it at us. We ran back and forth. You wouldn't think it, but those talking dolls hurt A LOT when someone is using The Force to throw them at you.

"Willow, look out!" Dipper yelled, tackling me from behind. I was able to see a filing cabinet fly over my head before we crashed into the wall. I was okay, just a bit winded. Dipper had turned me around during the tackle, so he had hit the wall full force. He was still conscious, but definitely looked confused.

"Grunkle Stan was right; you are a monster!" I yelled, helping Dipper stand up. I looked to my right in one of the boxes and saw a few baseball bats. I grabbed two and handed one to Dipper. "Charge him on three. One… two… THREE!" I whisper-shouted. We ran at him, but I guess we made more noise than I thought because before we were even halfway we were levitating again, the bats no longer in our hands.

"She's never going to date you!" Dipper yelled, trying to break free. At least he seemed okay after his wall crash.

"That's a lie! And I'm going to make sure you never lie to me again." Gideon said, levitating a pair of lamb shears from one of the boxes.

"Gideon! We have to talk!" Mabel yelled from the doorway. Gideon dropped the shears, but Dipper and I were still floating.

"Mabel, my marshmalla. What are you doin' here?" Gideon said, turning around.

"I'm sorry Gideon, but I can't be your marshmalla. I needed to be honest and tell you that myself." She said, standing in front of him now.

"I don't understand," Gideon said, adding pressure to the amulet. It reminded me of the Darth Vader-Force-choke hold from the Star Wars movies.

"Mabel, not the best time to be honest with him!" I called, forcing the words out.

"We can still be makeover buddies right? Wouldn't you like that?" Mabel said, putting her hands on his arms.

"Really?" He said, doing the same thing with one hand. Mabel looked at us, then at the amulet, then at Gideon.

"Not really!" She said, grabbing the amulet and causing us to fall. "You were attacking my siblings! What the hell?!"

"Give me my tie back!" Gideon yelled, trying to grab it. Mabel threw it towards us and Dipper caught it, me grabbing one of the bats off the floor.

"Not so powerful now are you?" Dipper said, dangling the amulet from the string. Gideon screamed and ran at us, pushing us backwards. The next thing I knew, there was the sound of shattering glass falling on everything, followed by wind whipping everywhere.

I spun around and saw the ground coming up fast, then looked at Gideon and Dipper. They slapped each other a few times, then looked down and screamed. I saw the journal come out of Dipper's vest and aimed towards it. I grabbed it with one hand, then wrapped my body around it. I looked down again and screamed when I saw how close the ground was. Right before we hit, the greenish glow came back, all of us floating about three feet off the ground.

I looked up and saw Mabel with the amulet and the same glow coming down towards us. She stopped in front of Gideon. "Listen Gideon. It's over. I will never, ever, date you." She took her hand off and we all fell. She then threw the amulet on a stone, breaking it into a million pieces.

"MY POWERS! Oh, this ain't over. This ain't the last you'll see of wittle ol' me!" Gideon said, backing up into the forest.

GFF

"I coulda had it all," Stan said, hanging up a sad clown picture. Where he got that, I had no idea. He turned around and saw how beaten up we were. "What happened to you kids?"

"Gideon," we all said.

"Yeah, the little mutant 'swore vengeance' on the whole family. I guess he's gonna nibble my ankles or something."

"Yeah, how will he destroy us now? Try to guess what number we're thinking of?" Dipper said sarcastically.

"Negative eight! No one would guess a negative number!" Mabel said. I thought for a second, then added;

"He's probably planning on destruction right now!"

Gideon's POV

"'Gideon, I still love you! If not for my family…' 'Look at me, I'm creepy and scare kids…' 'What are you gonna do without your amulet?' You'll see, boy... you'll see…" I said, imitatin' the Pines. I closed the thing that had told me about the amulet; the thing that was going to help me get my revenge on the Pines family: a red book with a gold 6-fingered hand and a number 2.


Thanks for reading. Please review and I'll see you on the 9th.