Hi everyone! Thought I was dead right? Well, nope still alive. Unfortunately, I'm sick right now. I know that I should have updated a long time ago. I just became incredibly busy with school and my medical classes that I found no time to write. Actually I'm only posting this chapter because I found it in one of my files unfinished. It took me some time, but I did it. Finished it even when I was sick and tired. However, I don't know when I'll update again, but I hope to do so very soon (preferably in two weeks just as long as I'm not busy with summer school). Well, hope everyone enjoys this chapter even though I did a lot of jumping around. Oh and please send me any ideas you have for future chapters. Writer's block sometimes blocks my train of thought hehe! ^.^

Oh yes before I forget, please leave any questions you have for our favorite twins who will appear as special guests for the answering of reviews in an upcoming chapter. It will involve Mabel and Dipper discussing spoilers and ideas for future chapters just as long as you ask for the right thing (courtesy of the author of course hohoho).


~The Time Traveler's Pig~

Mabel stared down at the fluffy swirly treat in her hands. She had wanted to eat it, but soon learned minutes later that her stomach was in protest at that idea. It was sad since she had been the one who spent some of her allowance on the sweet treats for her and Dipper. Frowning, Mabel slightly turned her head at Dipper to see him eating his cotton candy enjoying the sweet taste the vendor lady had promised it would give. She was beginning to wonder if she should just give her cotton candy to Dipper.

"Hey Mabes *munch* don't you think it's great *munch* that Soos brought us here?" Dipper asked in between bites of his sugary treat.

Mabel shrugged her shoulders looking

back at the scene in front of them. It was cold and snowing lightly and yet the street in front of them was filled with bright vibrant decorations in favor of the holiday season. That day earlier, Soos had asked if Mabel and Dipper had wanted to go into town for the yearly winter festival. Mabel was hesitant about going, but agreed. To be honest, she was curious. Back home, there was never winter festivals or crystal white snow or even the bitter cold. It was almost always warm and sunny. That was why she had decided to go with Soos to the festival. She had wanted to see how people in Gravity Falls celebrated winter in an environment that had the holiday spirit.

"Anyway, guess what I heard. Robbie is going to play a gig tonight with his group. Wanna go visit him?"

"W-wait... What?..I..." Mabel stuttered as her face turned bright red. Dipper had done it again. Her crush on Robbie was what he always seemed to bring back to many of their conversations. And this time, he asked if she wanted to see Robbie at his gig. She had never once saw or heard Robbie actually play on his guitar so that thought made Mabel smile despite that fact that inside, she was shaking in nervousness. She didn't even realize that Dipper was speaking until she felt a gentle nudge on her right shoulder.

"I'll take that as a yes," Dipper said happily doing his best to hide his amusement at Mabel's reaction to his question. "well there's no time like tomorrow." He jumped off the bench they were sitting on and turned towards her. "Let's go now!"

"B-but right now? W-what if he's too busy to see us?"

Dipper chuckled. "Nah, I spoke to him the other day. He said we can see him whenever we want to."

Mabel shyly smiled and got off the bench. Happy that Mabel was agreeing to go, Dipper turned and began to walk towards the location Robbie wanted them to meet at with Mabel too far behind. As they walked, Mabel made sure to throw her uneaten cotton candy away and study everyone that was at the festival. She instantly recognized some the faces that she had began to memorize. There was Lazy Susan, the owner of a popular diner in the small town, Toby Determine, the president or editor of the Gravity Falls newspaper, and so much more. Sometimes she wondered how she could memorize some of the faces she had only just seen once.

"Over here Mabes!"

Mabel looked up and turned to see Dipper pointing at a small building that had a small green wreath on the door decorated by small silver musical notes. On the top of the building was a large electronic board glowing in red and green displaying important dates and titles. It didn't take a genius to know that the building in front of them was the town's theater.

Dipper opened the door to the theater and entered it. Before doing the same thing, Mabel stopped herself taking a few deep breaths. After sure she was relaxed and calm, she patted her cheeks and looked up at the door in front of in determination. She was definitely not mess up in front of Robbie today. This was her chance to get him to see her feelings. Smiling at that thought, Mabel entered the building closing the door behind her.

Inside the building was a large room with many doors and a space for employers to take tickets. Mabel slowly absorbed all the details until she set her eyes on a door that was slightly jarred opened. She took a steps forward and peeked at the door seeing Dipper talking to Robbie and a few other guys she did not recognize. She had hoped that it would be just Robbie in there. But of course, she should have realized that there would be more than one person in Robbie's band.

"Mabel, come in already!"

Mabel jumped back to her surroundings out of her thoughts to see Dipper waving at her obviously telling her to come in. Sighing in defeat, Mabel opened the door and walked in, but slowly. She was grateful that none of the other guys in the room looked at her to acknowledge her presence and instead were focused on tuning their instruments. But all the same, it was nerve wrecking for Mabel and the nervousness increased by each step she took. And it only worsened when she looked up at Robbie's face. By the time Mabel had stopped in front of Robbie, she found that she could not contain her nervousness. Instead, all she could do was shakily waved her hand at him. It was standing in front of Robbie that made her limbs feel like goo.

"H-hi R-Robbie..." Mabel shakily stuttered glancing down at his feet blushing. She noticed that staring at Robbie's feet instead of his face made her heart rate lessened a little.

"Hey Mabel-kid! Heard from Dipkid here that you two want to hang out with me today. How about we go out and play those carnival games?"

"C-Carnival G-games?" Mabel asked only slightly looking up at Robbie.

"Yeah Mabes! Didn't you see them?! They were everywhere!" Dipper exclaimed waving his hands in emphasis. Mabel chose to ignore him though and continued looking at Robbie asking one question to herself. Did Dipper perhaps set her up?

"Are you sure Robbie? You know we don't have that much time till the gig starts" One of the teens asked looking up from his blue guitar. Mabel shyly glanced at him. He obviously was the same age as Robbie. Was he a classmate of his?

"Yeah, T. I'll be back before 8. Just continue getting ready until I get back." Robbie replied looking back at the guy whose name was T. T only nodded and looked back at his guitar and continued the process of tuning it.

Smiling, Robbie turned back at Mabel and Robbie. "So are you two ready?"

Dipper nodding chuckling. "Of course G!"

Mabel only shrugged her shoulders. "Y-yes?"

It was definitely going to be a long day for her.

Despite everything, Mabel realized that she was starting to have fun with Robbie and Dipper. At first, she was a nervous train wreck trying her best to stay cool and collected with Robbie at her side. But throughout the games they had played throughout the hours, Mabel had started to come out of her shell. She had actually burst out laughing when Dipper had won a game blindfolded which she was sure she wouldn't have done with Robbie nearby. But she did. Somehow she did and that had made her smile brightly afterwords.

"How about we play that game?"

Mabel glanced away from a round kid she had been watching attempting to win the ring toss game to no success to Dipper who had asked the question. He was referring to a game that was not too away from them. It was a game that Mabel caught herself recognizing. It was a game where the person had to knock down three glass bottles with just one ball. It was fairly simple and yet many people still could not win it. It was game that required precision and patience. Two qualities she knew she had.

"Sure why not? What do you think Mabel-kid?"

Mabel blushed slightly and nodded. "Y-yeah lets play it."

Robbie smiled and began to head for the booth with the twins not too far behind. As Robbie payed for one round for the three to play, Dipper found his eyes staring elsewhere at a small tent not too far away. In front of it stood a round bulgy man wearing a styled Christmas hat waving his large candy cane around.

At the top of his lungs, he shouted, "Come one, come all to my pig tent! If you're lucky enough to guess their weight, you'll get to keep one of them!"

Dipper's eyes widened and turned back at Mabel gripping her arm in excitement with his hands. "Oh my gosh! Mabes! Did you hear that! He's giving away pigs!"

Mabel turned back at Dipper shaking her head. Out of all the things he usually found interesting, this definitely had to be the weirdest. Still, she had to make him understand that they couldn't have a pig if he won one. So she began to tell him that he shouldn't go.

"Dipper, I don't think-" but before she could even finish, Dipper was already heading towards the red tent. Mabel sighed in defeat. She had no idea how she was going to explain this to Ford later on.


"Excuse me sir!? Can I have a pig?!"

The bulgy man who had seconds earlier was calling out towards people to come get his pigs was met with a small boy wearing a stripped t-shirt. He was bouncy on his legs with his feet still touching the ground excitedly giving the man a look that he knew all too look. It was the look of a winner.

"Well, of course! You came to the right place after all. Follow me young lad!"

The man entered the tent and Dipper followed. What he saw immediately after entering the tent made Dipper shake in even more excitement. Standing in front of was a small pen filled with hay and pigs of different sizes and colors. Dipper stared at the pigs in awe and happiness observing each pig's unique personality which includes the way they walked or snorted. He continued observing the pigs until his eyes settled on a small pig in the corner of the pen looking up him. It was then did Dipper knew that this was his pig. While some of the other pigs did partially take notice of his appearance, the one staring at him never took its eyes off of him. And soon, Dipper noticed he couldn't do the same.

"I want that pig sir!" Dipper exclaimed pointing at the pig who was staring at him.

The bulgy man glanced down at the pig Dipper was pointing at and chuckled. "Old 15-poundy? Are you sure young lad? He's quite small to really have a feast."

"A feast?" Dipper questioned dreading the answer he knew the man was going to give him.

"Why of course. These pigs are here to give away for Christmas feasts! They're the perfect present for family and friends. Haha! I recommend you take that one in the corner over there. Now she's a beauty that one. Of course it will cost you the correct guess of its weight you know."

The man said as he pointed at another pig that was larger and darker than the pig that Dipper wanted.

"I'm sorry sir, but I still want that one." Dipper said looking back at his pig. "If I guess it's weight correctly, can I keep it?"

"Of course young lad, but I must insist-"

"Hmm..." Dipper started to say ignoring the man looking back at his pig observing how big it was. The bulgy man was right. Compared to the order pigs, the one he wanted was small. But that probably made it easier to guess its weight. Closing his eyes, Dipper started to think back to anything the man told him earlier about his pig. It was then did he remember what he called his pig.

15-poundy...

"He's 15 pounds right?!" Dipper exclaimed hoping that he was right. To his astonishment, the bulgy man's face turned into shock at Dipper's guess.

"W-why yes... That's right..." The man chuckled and took off his festive hat rubbing his faded white hair. "Well, my boy, it looks like you have yourself a pig."

The man placed his back back on and went inside the pen. He picked up the smallest pig and walked back to Dipper handling it to him. "Congratulations lad!"

Dipper nodded with a huge smile and hugged the pig in his hands. As he hugged him, Dipper quietly whisper a few words to his new friend.

"I'm going to call you Waddle. Nice to meet you friend."

And to his surprise, Waddles snorted happily in response.


"So Dipkid went?"

Mabel perked her head up at Robbie who was now standing next to her holding three round blue baseball balls. She only nodded answering quietly. She did not even notice when Robbie had finished paying and came by her side. Then again, she knew she should have just payed more attention to her surroundings.

"Well, I'm sure Dipkid will be fine. Anyway, you ready Mabel-kid?"

Mabel answered a yes back with a warm slight smile. Seeing this, Robbie winked back and handed her two of the balls. He gripped the third one in his hand and began to bounce it in his hand eyeing the targets, three glass bottles. He gave a confident smile and threw the ball at the glass bottles. The ball met their targets shattering the bottles into large shards. Smiling, Robbie took another ball from Mabel. Again, he was able to get the ball to meet the targets. It was becoming apparent to Mabel that Robbie was very good at throwing baseballs.

"Okay, it's all up to you Mabel-kid."

"H-huh?" Mabel stuttered in shock. She looked at Robbie with a nervous face. "B-but... What if I mess up?"

Robbie chuckled. "I'm sure you won't. Trust me." He said with a wink.

Mabel slowly nodded rubbing the blue ball that was in her hands with her fingers now noticing how slippery it felt in her hands. She was afraid. She didn't want to mess up in front of Robbie. But he believed in her. And because of that, she knew she had to try her best.

So taking a deep breath, Mabel lifted her right hand while gripping the blue ball tightly in her hand. Using all her strength, she threw the ball at the three glass bottles stacked on top of each other. To her astonishment, the ball made contact with them and shattered them to pieces. What she did not expect though was for the ball to make contact with the wall of the booth and come back straight at them. Mabel barely had any time to get out of the way. When she did, she heard a cry of pain behind her. She looked back from the icy ground to see Wendy kneeling on the ground holding her eye cussing in pain while glaring at her. It was at that point did Mabel understand that Wendy probably hated her more then ever now. Then again, she probably did the very first time the two met.

"Wendy! Are you okay?!" Robbie said running towards Wendy carefully helping her off the snow taking a look at her injured eye. After seeing how dark and swollen the skin around it was compared to her other eye, Robbie looked back at Mabel with a worried expression. "I'll be right back Mabel-kid! I'm going to take Wendy to see the doctor here!"

Not even allowing Mabel a chance to reply, Robbie took Wendy's hand into his and led her towards the direction of the nearby clinic while allowing her to lean her onto his shoulder for support. As Mabel watched them go, her face slowly changed from a face of happiness of not letting Robbie down to a face of hurt and sadness. How could she not see it? Robbie cared more about Wendy than her.

"Hey Mabes! Guess what! I won my pet pig! His name is Waddles!"

Mabel looked up at Dipper to see him holding a small pig snorting happily in his arms. She however said nothing and looked away. Of course Dipper got his pet pig.

"Hey Mabel, what's wrong? Are you okay? Where's G?"

"Taking Wendy to see a doctor." Mabel answered bitterly. "We were playing the game and I threw the ball, but it ended up hitting Wendy though in the eye."

"Ouch." Dipper replied placing Waddles down. "Well will G come back?"

Mabel shrugged biting the inside of her cheek. "Maybe... Maybe not... He cares more about Wendy anyway..."

"But... You don't mean that. I mean G is taking the time to hang out with us instead of practicing with his friends..."

"Yeah... But- oof!" Before Mabel could finish what she wanted to say, she was pushed harshly towards the ground. She looked up to see a round bald man wearing a gray suit and gray googles apologizing quickly in a rushed tone. Instead of listening to the man's apology, her eyes were glued at the man's belt. Clipped to it was a small yellow device similar in design to a tape measure. On the middle of it was a symbol almost in the shape of the infinity sign. It was right then did Mabel knew that the man that was standing in front of her was not a resident of Gravity Falls.

"W-who are you?" She blurted out not even thinking. "Why are you wearing that weird outfit and what is that machine on your belt?"

Upon hearing Mabel's question, the man placed his hands on top of his head and began panicking. "Oh no! Oh no! My position has been compromised!" He looked around and after seeing no one was near them, he placed his hand on his watched and switched it. "Assuming stealth mode!" He said shakily.

Whatever the bald man was hoping the watch would do did not happened though. Seeing this, the man tried to switch the watch a few more times. After a few more attempts of playing with it though, the man sighed and gave up. He sat down on one of the barrels near them holding his head in defeat.

"Y-you got me..." The man said.

Mabel crossed her arms and took a step forward closer to the man. "Now who are you? What were you trying to get that watch to do?"

"Yeah! Are you like from the future or something?" Dipper added as well.

The man chuckled nervously. "Y-yes... I'm a time traveler. My name is Blendin Blandin, member of the Time Anomaly Removal Crew of the year 207̃012. My mission is to remove time anomalies."

"So if you're from the future, that must mean you have a time machine right?" Mabel asked now glancing down at the device hooked to his belt.

Seeing where Mabel's eyes were gazing at, Blendin immediately unhooked the device from his belt and tried the best he could to hide it behind his back. But it was no use, Mabel knew what what the device was. And she wanted it more than anything now. It was her chance. If she could go back to the past and make sure that the ball didn't hit Wendy, then Robbie wouldn't leave her. She could not let this chance go to waste.

"C-can I see your time machine?" Mabel asked in the most politest way she could make.

"'What?! No, out of the question!" Blendin said shocked holding out the time machine in front of the twins. "This is delicate equipment! I could get in trouble for allowing two kids to play with it!" He then placed the time machine back into his belt looking away as he sighed tiredly.

Seeing how exhausted Blendin looked, Mabel quickly formed a plan in her head. If she could just get Blendin to do something that would make be less wary of his surroundings, she could get the time machine without even him noticing. Smiling, Mabel looked back at Dipper. Somehow, he understood what she wanted to do.

"Hey Blendin, you look tired. How come?" Dipper said with an innocent smile

"I've been working nonstop to find a series of anomalies that are supposed to be in this time period. But, there's nothing here!"

"Well, I think you should take a break. There's a building not too far from here that is giving out nice steamy hot cocoas for free and a place to rest!" Dipper continued pointed to the right at the direction of the building he was referring to.

"Well... Maybe it wouldn't hurt to take a break... Yeah... That's what I'm going to do." Blendin began to say confidently with a smile. "Thanks you two." He turned and began to walk towards where Dipper had pointed, but stopped and looked back. "Ah but don't get act funny ideas. I'm watch you two." He turned and walked away leaving the twins behind.

"We're following him right sis?" Dipper asked picking up Waddles into her arms. "I mean I wouldn't mind to go back to the past and relive the moment I mean Waddles."

"Yeah, Dip if we can snatch his time machine without him noticing. Let's go."

Together, the twins followed Blendin to the building that was giving free cocoa. Once they got there, they immediately under the window outside of the building peeking through it. Through the window, they could see Blendin sitting down in a seat at a table placing marshmallows in a red cup with heat being emitted from the top of it. It was their chance.

"Dipper, we need to get that time machine," Mabel said turning away from the window back at Dipper.

Dipper nodded. "Way of ahead of you sis." He looked at Waddles with puppy eyes. "Waddles, I know we just met and all, but I need you to go on a big mission for me. We need that time machine that weird man has. Think you can do it?"

Waddles only stared at Dipper for a few seconds of nothing but silence before snorting in reply. Mabel mentally groaned. This was definitely not going to work. They were going to rely on a pig to secretly go in, steal a time machine, and make it back our without being noticed. They were doomed.

Dipper however chuckled. "Haha, I'll take that as a yes Waddles." Dipper cautiously opened the door enough for Waddles to walk in and quietly closed it after he went though. Once Waddles was in, the twins went back to the window and watched him walk towards Blendin who was drunk on the hot cocoa (not literally of course). Waddles went up to behind Blendin slowly and propped itself on its hind legs. Using its mouth, it clamped onto the time machine that was hanging on the belt. Slowly, but surely, Waddles was beginning to loosen the time machine from the belt. That all changed though with Blendin shooting right up from his seat waving his cup in the air. Mabel could only assume he was asking for more cocoa. From the force of Blendin erupt movement, Waddles was sent backwards towards a table. Mabel immediately closed her eyes in effect. It was over. They couldn't rely on a pig to get a complex task done. Besides, the pig was too small. She doubt it could even remove the time machine from Blendin's belt. If only she could...

"Mabel, Waddles did it!"

Mabel shot open her eyes and turned towards Dipper who was opening the door allowing Waddles to walk out. Waddles trolled towards them with the time machine partly inside its mouth. As she watched the pig sit down in front of Dipper dropping the time machine at his feet, Mabel realize that she was in shock. Somehow, the pig... no Waddles had did the impossible. And because of that, she began to feel bad. She did have any confidence in Waddles from the very beginning.

As her head wrapped around this fact, she did not notice Dipper picking up the time machine and Waddles and turning back at her with a wide grin. "We have it sis, so um... what now?" He murmured turning the time machine around in his hand as if it was a new toy he had just found. Truth to be told, Mabel had no idea how to even use it. And she was pretty sure it was not a wise idea to go ask Blendin anyway.

Still, she couldn't mess up here. So slowly, Mabel took hold of the tape's metal strip and pulled it stretching it slowly. As she stretched the line of tape, she could make out dates with numbers and times on them. It took a few minutes, but eventually she found the date and time she wanted to go back to. After placing her finger down on the date and time, with determined eyes Mabel nodded back at Dipper who had placed Waddles back on the ground. He took ahold of Mabel's arm, and Mabel released her finger on the clip allowing the line of tap to snap back into the small device. As soon as the metal strip hit the device, a light exploded from it and everything Mabel could see was replaced by rays of light. Soon, the light disappeared and black was all what remained.


When the light returned, Mabel found that it was difficult for her eyes readjust to the light. It took at least a few straining minutes to do so. When she finally did however, her eyes were met with the sight of the cafe's window door and window standing behind them. She slowly turned towards Dipper in a daze now remembering how he was right next to her. Like her, she could that he was in a daze from the overwhelming explosion of colors that erupted from the time machine. But gradually, he began to overcome it and become more aware of his surroundings.

"Are we really back in the past?" Dipper asked taking his time to observe his surroundings as if he had never seen them before.

"I-I think so..." Mabel muttered half confidently. She felt like they were, but at the same time, it didn't feel like. Their surroundings still looked about the same before they traveled back in time.

"Anyway... Let's find Robbie." Mabel said putting the time time machine away in her pocket. "Judging by how much I sent us back, he should be around the ring toss booth waiting for us after we left to go to the bathroom."

Dipper nodded and together, the twins made their way to the ring toss booth. Indeed, they found Robbie waiting for them there. When he saw them making their way to him, Robbie smiled and waved at them. Mabel couldn't help, but blush. She was definitely going to set things right.

Like before they went back in time, the events played out accordingly. Mabel, Dipper, and Robbie played a few more games together before Dipper went out to get Waddles. And like before, Mabel and Robbie played the ball toss game with Robbie hitting the bottles perfectly. When it came to Mabel's turn, she made sure to look around to see if Wendy was nearby. When she was nowhere near, Mabel held her hand high with the ball in her grip and threw it watching as it hit the bottles. However, like before, the ball didn't stop and it hit the wall causing it to bounce back at them. Mabel made sure to dodge out of the way of the ball, but suddenly she realized that was a mistake. As soon as she dodged it, the ball hit a certain person she wished would disappear. Again, the ball hit Wendy right in the eye.

"Wendy!" Robbie yelled running to Wendy's side seeing that the ball had hit her. He carefully helped her up and looked at her eye where the ball had hit. After seeing the black and blue that had appeared, he looked back at Mabel and like before, told her he was going to take Wendy to see the doctor nearby.

And like before, Mabel felt the suffocating pain of being left behind.

When Dipper came back with Waddles, without even saying anything, she took his hand into his causing him to release Waddles on the ground. Using her other hand, Mabel took out the time machine in her pocket and took ahold of the tape stretching it out to the correct time and date. Without a word, she released it and was blinded by an explosion of rats of colors.


"Mabes, don't you think you're taking this too far? Maybe it was just set in stone?" Dipper pondered at loud as he sat on the bench watching Mabel pace back and forth in front of her.

"No, it just can't be. I can change this. I just... I just..." Mabel bitterly stopped pacing finding that she was now staring up at the puffy white clouds in the sky. She didn't want to admit it, but it was starting to become apparent that Dipper was probably right. They had gone back in time at least six times, and yet the same thing always happened. The ball would ultimately hit Wendy in the eye causing Robbie to take her to see a doctor and leave Mabel behind. It was a wonder how Mabel could still keep trying given how her heart felt like it could snap at any minute now after experiencing the same suffocating pain six times.

Deciding to stop thinking about the panic Mabel looked away from the sky back at Dipper who was giving her a worried look. Mabel knew that Dipper was right. But Mabel wasn't the type of person to give up. She knew she was missing something in the equation that could solve this whole mess. The question was what?

"Maybe it just fate that Wendy was suppose to be there sis..."

Mabel widened her eyes at the comment and quickly took the time machine out of her pocket gazing down at. She realized something at Dipper's comment. For some odd reason, Wendy was always there. But Mabel knew she couldn't be because she always made sure to check around before throwing the ball. If that was the case, they're had to be only one reason.

Wendy was spying on then.

Of course, Mabel didn't know why, but she knew that it had to be the case. Wendy had probably started spying on them since the very beginning after leaving the theater. And now that Mabel realized this truth, she needed to find a way to preoccupy Wendy enough for not to be in the way of the ball.

"Sis. Hey, sis! Are you in there?"

Mabel turned back at Dipper and smiled. She had just found the right person to do just that.


Mabel smiled happily to herself as she stared at the prize her and Robbie had just won. It was a large stuffed penguin as big as herself. It didn't matter how large the prize was though. What mattered was the fact that everything had all gone according to plan.

After telling Dipper about her plan to make sure Wendy wouldn't be there at the wrong time, they immediately put the plan into action. While her and Robbie would play the game, Dipper would find Wendy and strike a conversation with her or anything else as long as it preoccupied her for a good few minutes. Mabel knew it must have worked, because when she threw the ball during her turn, Wendy was not there to get hit by it. Best of all, Robbie didn't leave her. Everything went alright for Mabel in the end. Now here she was sitting on the bench with a large stuffed penguin sitting right next to waiting for Robbie to bring back cups of hot cocoa for her and Dipper.

"Mabel!"

Mabel looked up jumping away from her thoughts and turned towards the direction where the voice came from. To her shock, it was Dipper who looked devastated. He stopped in front of her breaking in fit of coughs. When he was finished, he started to speak, but Mabel found that it was hard to grasp on what he saying since he didn't stop to breath."

"Waddlesisgone!Someonetookhim!"

"Calm down Dipper." Mabel said jumping off the bench placing get hand on Dipper's shoulder. "I can't understand what you're saying. Breath and then say it slowly."

It took at least minute for Dipper to inhale and exhale slowly enough for him to calm down. When he was done, Dipper spoke again. "Someone took Waddles Mabes. I... I tried to get him, but it was too late when I got there."

"Can't you just get another pig Dip. I mean there should be a whole bunch there."

"No Mabes! I can't do that!" Dipper exclaimed with bitterness hinted at Mabel's comment. "There's only one Waddles for me and he's the one I want."

Mabel mentally groaned. "Dipper, you can't be-" But before she could finish, Dipper cut her off.

"Please sis, can we use the time machine? I need to go back in time."

"What?! No Dipper. I mean, I finally got Robbie to stay. I-I can't let this moment just be a thing in the past..."

Dipper frowns and turns beginning to walk away. Mabel closes her eyes in guilt and prepares to sit down again when she was pushed hard into the soft snow. She opened her eyes to see Dipper on top of her grabbing at her coat pocket taking the time machine our. Immediately, Mabel placing her hand on the other side of the time machine trying her best to take it away from Dipper. He couldn't have it.

"Give me the time machine Dipper!" Mabel yelled pulling the time machine towards her.

"No! I need it!" Dipper yelled pulling the time machine towards him. Soon, it became a game of tug of war. Mabel would pull and soon after, Dipper would pull. Soon, it became apparent that neither of them would win.

Seeing that he was beginning to lose his grip on the time machine, Dipper shifted his hands on the tape and pulled it stretching it. It took a few seconds for Mabel see what Dipper was doing amidst in all of the pulling. When she did, she immediately tried to stop Dipper, but it was too late. Before she could do anything, rays of light erupted from the time machine and together, the twins were sent back into the past.


It didn't take too long for Mabel's eyes to adjust to the light like it did before. But when she finally did, she harshly snatched the time machine out of Dipper's hand. They were now back in their normal timeline, but even then she was sure that they were in heaps of trouble.

They traveled back into at least several timelines. Some of them she recognize like the dinosaur age, pioneer age, and even the distant future (which she never wanted to remember again after seeing the huge flying baby). Then there were some timelines that happened at least several days ago like the Gobblewonker incident and the Shadow Wrath incident. Despite all the timelines they went to throughout all the fighting for the machine, there was at least one timeline Mabel did not recognize. She remembered that it was at the Mystery Museum and that it was obviously summertime at night, but the odd thing was that Museum itself did not look like it did today. Of course Mabel would have loved to explore that timeline, but like the other timelines, it disappeared in a matter of seconds during all the fighting.

Shaking her head, Mabel gave a death glare at Dipper. She needed to start focusing on the here and now instead of the past. Who knew what would happened now after going back to all those timelines. She at least needed to tell Dipper that there couldn't be anymore time jumping.

"Dipper, it's over." Mabel said as calmly as she could. "We can only keep this timeline. I'm sorry."

Dipper shook his head with hurt present in his now watery eyes. Without a word, he walked to the totem pole in the middle of the square and hit his head against it. A few seconds later, he his head against the pole again. Mabel watched as he continued to do so realizing that he wasn't stopping.

"Come on Dipper. You'll get over it. It's just a pig."

Mabel waited for a response, but all she got was silence except for the continuing rhythm of Dipper's head hitting the pole. Rolling her eyes, Mabel took out the time machine out of her pocket.

"Fine. I'll just prove it then."

Without another word, Mabel took ahold of the tape and stretched it to the date she wanted it. When she found it, she released the strip of tape and was instantly sent forward one day into the future. She had expected to see Dipper being cheerful and full of lighter, but what she saw instead was the same Dipper she left behind in the past. Biting the inside of her cheek, Mabel again sent herself into the future, but this time a week ahead. Again, all she saw standing before her was a sad, gloomy Dipper hitting the icy totem pole with his head.

"Okay, he seriously can't be like this when we get home right?" Mabel thought as she again sent herself into the future back at California. She was met with lust green and a bright blue sky. She recognized the place she was in as the park she and Dipper would always play ( or explore in her case) at. Mabel began to walk around the small park looking for Dipper. When she had finally found him, she had expected to see Dipper bright and cheerful again after a month of sulking. But instead, she saw him as worse as even repeatedly hitting his head against the bark of tree. Surrounding him were kids she recognized from school pointing at him and calling him names.

It was at that point did a part of Mabel's heart broke at the sight in front of her. Never once ever in her life did Mabel see Dipper brutally bullied like before her. Just seeing it made her want to throw up. Unlike her, who was bullied all the time, Dipper really was never bullied. He made friends more easily than her. Sure he was weird, but most kids her age called it cool. When it came to her though, well it was a different story.

It took at least another minute before Mabel had enough. It was painful for her watch their classmates call Dipper hurtful names because of his behavior. Trembling, she sent herself back into the past. Even though she didn't want to, she knew she needed to do the right thing.

When Mabel got back into what she supposed was the correct timeline, she walked to where Robbie was waiting for her at the ball toss booth. She watched him go two times with great results. It was almost unbearable to watch. When it was finally Mabel's turn, she threw the ball at the bottles watching as it hit them and the walk sending it back at them. Mabel ducked sighing waiting for the unavoidable pain that would come from Wendy from getting hit from the ball. When it did come, Mabel made sure to not pay close attention to her surroundings and instead at her thoughts. She barely recognized Robbie addressing her telling her he was going to take Wendy to see the doctor. She didn't care though. She had done the right thing.

It took at least a good few minutes before Mabel realizing that someone was calling her name. She looked up from her thoughts and the throbbing pain in her chest to see Dipper running at her with Waddles tucked in her eyes. Before she could even say anything, Dipper tackled her to the ground grasping her tightly in a hug saying thank you and thank you many times. Mabel felt herself smile at the hug and Dipper's gratitude. Yes, even though she didn't want to do it, it was ultimately the right thing to do.

After many minutes of being squeezed to death, Dipper finally released Mabel and helped her off the icy snow. With a bright smile, he picked up Waddles off the ground and looked back at Mabel.

"Thank you sis. Waddles says it too of course."

Mabel chuckled taking out the time machine out of her pocket. It was about time to return it to its rightful owner. However, before she could even talk about it to Dipper, it was snatched out of her hands. She looked up to see Blendin Blandin with a dark frown and bent eyebrows. Upon seeing this, Mabel took a step back. She didn't have to look at Blendin's covered eyes to know he was angry.

"Do you realize what you have just done?!" Blendin yelled angrily to the twins in front of him waving at the time machine at them. "I know you broke a lot of rules! Tell me, exactly how much did you break?!"

"Uh..." Mabel had began to say trying her best to think of a excuse. As she did, two bright lights suddenly appeared on both sides of Blendin revealing to be two large men wearing high tech gear and dark uniforms. Paying no attention to the twins, they grabbed the time machine out of Blendin's hand and took ahold of his arms.

"Blendin Blandin, you are under arrest for violation of the Time Traveler's Code of Conduct," one of the mean said in a gruff voice.

"We will be taking you back to decide your punishment." The other man said.

"W-wait! It wasn't me! It was those-" but before Blendin could even finish, the three time travelers disappeared in a bright light. Mabel watched as the light slowly disappeared leaving only behind a small could of smoke.

To her left, Mabel turned to her left to hear Dipper laughing with Waddles adding in with cheerful snorts. She smiled despite the fact that inside, she was hurt. And yet, she didn't care though. What mattered was Dipper's smile. She would possibly give up her whole world if it meant Dipper's happiness. Yes, if it meant to stop anything like what could have happened to Dipper in the future, then that was what she would do.


Eventually Mabel and Dipper made it back to the theater in time for the concert to start. Mabel barely paid attention to the concert though. All her eyes we're focused on was Robbie and his song. Despite the fact that it was a collaborative song written from everyone in the band, a dark part in Mabel's heart whispered to her that it was solely written for Wendy. It wasn't until the concert was over did Mabel began to believe it. After all, Robbie never came back to look for after taking Wendy to get her injury treated.

After the concert, Mabel decided to wait outside in the bitter cold for Dipper who had decided to go backstage to talk to his new friends. As she waited, she began to count the snowflakes that had began to fall. As she counted, she unconsciously reflected back on the day. Even though she though she could, she couldn't change certain events in her timeline. It was already set it in stone.

"There you are Mabel-kid."

Mabel jumped up in surprise and looked up at her right to see Robbie smiling at her. He walked up to Mabel and kneeled down to her with a sad look visible in his eyes.

"I want to apologize about today. I know I said I was going to hang out with you and Dipkid, but I didn't..." Robbie stopped and placed his right hand into his pocket. When he took his hand out, Mabel could make out something sparkling it in. What it was she did not know, but she could tell it was special. As she stared at it, Robbie continued speaking.

"Please forgive me Mabel-kid." Robbie said opening his hand out to Mabel revealing a small necklace on it with a locket in the shape of a pine tree attached to it. He softly smiled taking Mabel's hand and placing the small necklace in it. He closed it and stood up smiling. "I know that promises are important to keep. I hope you'll forgive me Mable-kid."

"I-I-I.." Mabel heard herself say stuttering feeling her face heat up knowing that her face was probably as red as a tomato. Realizing this, Mabel gritted her teeth and closed her eyes. As confident as she could, but in a shaky voice, Mabel thanked Robbie for the gift.

"T-thank y-you R-Robbie."

Robbie, however, took no notice to Mabel's behavior and instead placed his hand on Mabel's head patting it. Upon feeling his hand, Mabel opened her eyes and looked up at Robbie's eyes. They were soft and welcoming. Never once had his eyes made her feel ashamed of herself. No, they made her feel happy to be alive. And now that she was staring at them, they only made that feeling increase a lot more now. It was as if they knew how to get her out of the freezing cold darkness that surrounded her heart.

As Mabel stared at those same eyes in wonder and delight, Robbie's voice cut into her inner thoughts. She barely looked away from his eyes back at the ground in time to hear what he had said.

"Your welcome Mabel-kid."

Hearing this, Mabel could no longer hold back the blush she had been holding back. When Robbie had left, Mabel made sure to put the necklace he had given to her on. As she gazed at the pine tree locker in her hand, Mabel couldn't help but smile. Robbie's gift to her was one of the first gifts she had gotten from outside of the family. Because of that, Mabel knew nothing else could replace the treasure hanging below her neck now. After all, it was filled with Robbie's feelings towards her.

Chuckling softly at that thought, Mabel looked up to see Dipper running towards her with Waddles in his hands. Despite the fact that she lost the desired future she had wanted, she wouldn't have it any other way. Dipper was happy. Robbie was happy. And so was Waddles.

And for some reason she couldn't explain, Mabel was too.


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