"Welcome to the one, the only, Gravity Falls mystery fair." Stan exclaimed enthusiastically as he showed off the entire fair to the trio of kids next to him.
"Uhmm. Why are we having a fair? Shouldn't we be working on that thing?" Dipper questioned.
"Come on Dipper it will be fun. You can take a day off from whatever you're working on. And you owe me for letting him stay at the shack." Mabel said pointing to Gideon who was looking at the fair.
"Fine I'll do it. But nothing fun is going to happen." Just then he spotted Blendin in the distance. "Oops spoke too soon. See you guys later."
"Wait don't leave me with Gideon." Mabel shouted after him, but he was too far away already.
"So want to go in the tunnel of love?" Gideon said, empathizing love a little.
'This is going to be a long day' Mabel thought.
"Blendin Blandin, you are under arrest for violating time code 618B." Dipper said imitating a time officer.
"It wasn't me I swear. It was these two kids and their pig." Blendin screamed. "Wait a second. You're not a time officer. And how do you know my name. Wait it couldn't be."
"What can't it be?" Dipper questioned, intrigued.
"We have reports of a major time jump to this exact time period. And everyone knows those are only sanctioned by Time Baby himself." Blendin explained. "And since you know my name, and no time travels except mine were sanctioned to this time period. That means you're the time jumper. You are under arrest." He then pulls out something that looks like a communicator. "This is Blendin Blandin, I have found the illegal time traveler and am ready for transport directly to time baby."
"Roger that Blandin. Transport in five time seconds." An unidentifiable voice says.
"Wait! I was sent here by time baby." Dipper said defending himself.
"Tell that to time baby kid." Blendin said. And with that they teleported away.
"Dipper Pines, you stand accused of illegal time travel in the 7th degree. What do you have to say about this." Time Baby's voice boomed.
"Oh great Time Baby, I was sent on my mission through time by your future self. If you just look into the future you will see." Dipper said defending himself.
"I have checked all possible time lines and the event you speak of never happens. This is the one and only time we ever meet. However if you were sent back in time by my future self then that could change everything so that event doesn't happen. Explain to me your mission." Time Baby demands. "And you get me a bottle. This is getting interesting."
"Your future self was destroyed by Bill Cipher in an event called Weirdmageddon. I was sent back in time to stop that from happening. I think I was able to stop it, so my mission was a success and now all I have to do is wait until summer is over." Dipper explains.
"That would explain it. Cipher has always been a pain in my baby cheeks. Did you know he's the multiverse's largest smuggler of time punch. If you say he destroyed my alternate self in this future event, then there is no reason not to believe you." Time Baby decides.
"Wait really. It's that simple?" Dipper says slightly confused at this outcome.
"Yes. If there is any possibility that Bill does something it is immediately put on high alert. Sadly though this event, Weirdmageddon was it, can not be avoided. It will happen one way or another. But if you say I was killed, then I am now barring all time jumps to the summer of 2012. Except one. There will come a time when you have to make a choice between two people you love very much. This will help you when that time comes." A time officer then comes out and hands Dipper a device.
"What is this?" Dipper asks.
"That is a device that will allow one free time jump 1 hour into the past. And only you will remember what happened." Time Baby explained. "Use it wisely Dipper Pines. And remember protect those around you. And a-"
But before Time Baby was finished Dipper was forcibly removed from the time stream.
"AH AH AH. WE WOULDN'T WANT HIM SPOILING MY PLANS WOULD WE NOW PINE TREE." Bill said.
"Bill!" Dipper screamed.
"GEEZ DON'T OVERUSE IT KID."
"What do you want." Dipper demanded.
"OH DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME. I'M JUST SCOUTING YOUR TEAM OUT. THEY ALL ARE PRETTY VULNERABLE RIGHT NOW DON'T YOU THINK. WHICH ONE SHOULD I MANIPULATE NEXT. LLAMA, GLASSES, HOW ABOUT BROKEN HEART." Bill said testing Dipper.
"You leave them all alone Bill, even Robbie." Dipper said.
"OH DON'T WORRY PINE TREE, I'LL GET AROUND TO ALL OF THEM. REMEMBER MY TURN IS NEXT AND I THINK I'M GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF FUN WITH THIS ONE. REMEMBER REALITY IS AN ILLUSION THE UNIVERSE IS A HOLOGRAM BUY GOLD BYEEEE!" And with that Bill disappeared.
Dipper was then launched back into the time stream which lead him straight back to his timeline. He appeared right in the port-a-potty.
'Ugh not this again.' Dipper thought as he exited the port-a-potty.
"There you are Dipper. I haven't seen you all day." Mabel said as she ran up to Dipper. " look what I won." She said holding up a pig. " his name is waddles, it's because he waddles."
"Uh sorry Mabel, I was busy with a mystery." It wasn't a total lie. He had just time traveled and had another talk with the multiverse's most dangerous demon.
"What you went on another one without me. I thought we were the mystery twins pin- Dipper." Mabel said.
"Wait what were you just about to say Mabel. It almost sounded like Pine Tree. But there's only one per-" and that's when he noticed it. Mabel's eyes weren't there normal brown, they were Bill's yellow cat eyes.
"What's wrong Pine Tree. Don't you like what I've done with this miserable planet. And to think you caused this all." Bill said using Mabel's voice.
"No this isn't real. This has to be another nightmare caused by you. Yeah that's it this is all fake and I'll wake up any second." Dipper said still surprised by Bill.
"DIPPER WAKE UP." Dipper heard Mabel calling him from what seemed like far away.
"Have fun in the real world kid. Hope you like what I did with the place. I would have done more but apparently some spell is blocking your friends. But don't worry I'll get soon enough. Hahahahaha." Bill said as the world before him faded to black.
And then Dipper woke up.
I know I'm so mean with these cliffhangers. Ok so change of plans, Ford's return may be sooner than planned. I honestly just changed the whole storyline right at the end of this chapter. I was going to have a chapter for each cipher wheel member being manipulated by Bill and then saved by Dipper. But hey, things change especially at one in the morning when I'm writing this. So until next week BYEEEEEE!
