Blendin Blandin is back in 2012? Is he still planning to make sure Dipper and Mabel's parents never meet? Or could he be on a more peaceful mission?

Chapter 10: Why Blendin Blandin Returned

"Dipper, you know this guy?" asked Grunkle Stan.

"Yes, I know him," Dipper replied. "His name is Blendin Blandin. He's a time-traveler from the year twenty-sñeventy-twelve. I met him when he came to our time on the day of the Mystery Fair. He was supposed to clean up some time anomalies, which Mabel and I caused, but Blendin got blamed for them and threatened to make sure my parents never met!"

"Dipper, please, you have to listen to me," Blendin begged. "I don't have much time. I'm not the Blendin Blandin from twenty-sñeventy-twelve. I'm from five years later, in twenty-sñeventy-seventeen. I've done my sentence and took punishment for your crimes, which by the way, I forgive you for. And now I need your help."

Dipper was shocked. This man had said he was going to make sure Dipper and Mabel were never born, had taken punishment for something the Mystery Twins did, and now he wanted Dipper's help? This time-traveler must be even crazier than he had originally thought.

"You do realize that Dipper just lost his sister to a power-crazy nine year old?" Wendy protested. "I don't think he's ready for whatever you want him to do."

"Just hear me out," Blendin insisted. He took out his time machine, which still looked like a tape-measurer, and began fiddling with it. "My time-line is being erased. I have learned that, in this new timeline, that the world will end in the year…"

"…3012?" Soos guessed. Everyone turned to gawk at him. "Dudes, why are you staring at me? Is there a mythical creature on my shoulder? Get it off, get it off!" Soos began swatting himself.

"Wait a minute!" Dipper cried. "Soos is right!"

"About the creature on my shoulder?" asked Soos.

Dipper sighed. "No, about the world ending in 3012," he explained. "We asked an all-knowing mailbox when the end of the world would happen, remember?"

"Oh, yeah," Soos reminisced. "That was a few questions before Mabel gave it her gummy-worms-into-the-nose video. Good thing I asked about my dream woman before that." Soos pulled out the picture given to him by the mailbox. "Wanna see?"

Grunkle Stan looked at the picture with a disgusted look on his face. "Are you sure that's a woman, Soos?" he asked skeptically.

"Anyway," Blendin interrupted. "I've been doing my research, and Dipper Pines is the key to saving the future."

"Why me?" Dipper asked.

Blendin sighed. "If I told you, you probably won't have the nerve to go into the future."

"Great," Dipper grumbled. "Now I'm terrified of the possibilities."

Blendin put his hand on Dipper's shoulder. Dipper noticed that Blendin's hand was looking a little paler than usual. "If it makes you feel better, you can bring one other person in this basement along with you," Blendin offered.

"I'll do it as soon as I get my body back," Grandpa Stanley offered.

"No!" Blendin yelped, surprising everyone. "Stanley Pines has to stay a soulless body for now. Otherwise, this will never work. That's why I yelled 'Stop' when I first got here."

"What will never work?" asked Dipper.

"I can't tell you, Dipper," Blendin admitted reluctantly. "But once you're in the future, the answers will be revealed."

"Then I'll go," Wendy offered. Dipper was shocked that she had offered. Then again, Wendy wasn't a part of many of the paranormal adventures that Dipper had since he had arrived in Gravity Falls. Maybe she just didn't know just how scary it could get.

Blendin nodded, as if satisfied with Wendy's decision. "Great. Now, I've set the coordinates into my time machine. Once you arrive, stay where you are. Watch and listen to the first people who walk in front of you. Don't worry; you'll be well hidden. Once they leave, it's up to you what to do next. You can stay in the future to find out how to save the world, or you can go back to your time. Dipper knows how to operate my time machine, but being that I know who you are, Dipper Pines, you will probably decide to stay longer."

Dipper thought about it. He knew that he wanted to go save Mabel from Gideon, but what was the point of saving his twin if the world would end?

Then again, once he was done in the future, Dipper could set the tape-measure time machine for the exact moment that he left his time. That way, he could do both.

And then there was the Wendy factor to think about. They'd be alone together in the future, without anyone from the Mystery Shack to interrupt the two of them. Maybe Wendy would even fall in love with Dipper.

"I'll do it," Dipper agreed. "But first, I just have one more question."

Blendin nodded. "Shoot, kid," he said.

"Why can't we just go back in time and fix whatever will end the world, instead of going into the future to see how the world will end?"

Blendin seemed shocked. "Are you crazy?" he cried. "Everyone knows you should go to the core of the time anomalies first in order to understand what you're going up against! And in this case, it's the future. Why do you think I went to see you and your twin on the day you started time traveling before I cleaned up the problems you caused?"

"Ok, ok, sheesh," Dipper said, holding his hands up. "When should we leave?" Just as the words left Dipper's mouth, Blendin Blandin's body began to fade, turning translucent.

"I'm fading out of existence," Blendin's voice echoed. "But my time machine won't fade. Take it, Stanley Pines jr. Take it and create a better future!"

"Wait!" Dipper cried out. "My real name is Stanley jr.?" But it was too late, for Blendin Blandin had vanished, leaving Dipper with more questions than ever.

There was a pause. Then…

"You'd better go," a voice broke through the silence. Dipper turned towards Grandpa Stanley. Dipper opened his mouth to protest.

"Go on, Dipper," Grandpa Stanley insisted. "I'll be fine in this portal a little while longer. Go!"

With tears in his eyes, Dipper grabbed Wendy with one hand, and picked up the time machine with the other, sending the two of them hurtling towards the future.