OH MY GOD finals are the best whoo! Studying till three am gives me the jitters. Anyway, I kind of want to take the story a certain way, a little more light hearted, but first…drama….dun dun dun. I decided after writing half the chapter I wanted to try out third person, so bear with me. Anyway I would really appreciate a review because reading those are my favorite part about writing.

Chapter 10: And the Heroes were reformed

Third person:

Mabel awoke to find Dipper getting dressed and multiple sets of clothes on the floor. They looked hastily tossed around as if Dipper was going to be late. Looking at the clock she realized that Dipper had a long time till Wendy and his date, as per the sun was just rising and he planned on taking her out later in the evening. To which Dipper never revealed what the date was.

"What are you doing Bro bro?" Mabel questioned wearily, still gathering her thoughts from her deep sleep

Dipper answered without turning to face her, instead continuing to compare shirts in the mirror, "I'm deciding what to wear on my date; what does it look like?" He shot back

"Yeah but that isn't for hours? Where are you even taking her to do that makes you go so late." Mabel prodded whilst she let waddles out of the room

"Well I thought it would be cool to take her out and watch the stars and not do some normal type of date." Dipper answered very proud of himself

Mabel stood at the door processing the new information with a confused look and her mouth hanging slightly open, but Dipper didn't seem to notice it in the least. "Do you see what is wrong here?!" Mabel yelled in excitement

Dipper looked away from the mirror and stared at the excited sister with wide eyes like he had offended her ancestors.

"Wha-what, is it a bad idea, I thought it would be nice!" He yelled back now in a panic and pulling out what looked like one of his over complicated lists

"THAT'S WHATS WRONG!" Mabel screamed only adding to Dippers anxiety, "It IS a good idea, this date is like the best idea that anyone has ever had ever. Bro that is like the most romantically perfect date ever! Ahhahahaa."

Mabel continued to have a fit of giggles and Dipper slowed his heart rate. The panic Mabel could bring never ceased to astound him. While still calming his heart rate from his recent anxiety attack Dipper looked at his list with step by step instructions for the date. Remembering his last list incident with Wendy he quickly tossed it aside.

Coming down from her fit of giggles she wiped a tear from her eye before she spoke, "Well we need to get you and Wendy some food for all the work you are going to be doing." Mabel said with a wink and a nudge on Dippers shoulder

"Mabel, that doesn't even make any sense." Dipper said back

"It will when you are older, don't you worry." Mabel said prancing down the stairs

"We are literally the same age." Dipper shouted to the empty hall way, getting no response

Sighing the detective went down to meet Mabel by the car. When he got out there Mable was lying across the top of it talking to Stan.

Dipper hadn't spoken that much to Stan after he had seen what was behind the vending machine. He didn't know what to say to Stan. Everything always felt super tense, like Stan knew that Dipper had seen something.

A figure walked up from the road, as she came closer it was clear who she was. Mackenzie had worked almost a week at the shack and became part of the staff, but something about her threw Mabel off, but no one else seemed to notice it.

Mackenzie waved to Dipper and Stan, who replied with a wave and a smile and a grunt and a scowl. She seemed to specifically skip over Mabel. As she walked inside the three began to converse.

"And where are you two knuckle heads going?" Stan said

"We are just going to go get real food for Wendy and Dippers date night." Mabel answered grinning widely

"Ah, Dipper, you finally did it, you got the girl." The old man said grinning and rubbing his chin

"It's not that big of a deal, it's just a date. " Dipper said trying to play the situation off coolly.

"But it's with the girl of your dreeeammsss." Mabel said cocking her head sideways and holding her hands together.

"Can we please just go to town?" Dipper asked Mabel annoyed

"Not a chance, you still have work, remember?" Stan said intruding on the fun

As if she had heard everything being said Mackenzie popped her head out the door and said, "Don't worry Stan, I will cover their shifts."

Turning to meet the unexpected voice Stan said, "Uh, are you sure, you have been covering a lot of shifts and I am not paying you over time if that's what you are looking for."

Instead of arguing with Stan the small girl did a sarcastic salute and whipped back inside.

"I don't care if she is covering your shift I want you…here." Stan said watching Dippers car peel off toward town.

Stan had turned to look at Mackenzie and the little devils pulled a fast one. "They grow up so fast." Stan said proud

The car was full of music as Mabel changed the station constantly and danced in her seat to whatever came on the radio. Dipper focused on the road for a while, but was eventually driven to sing Baba with Mabel. After the song ended they both laughed of the fact they listened to bad pop songs and were not afraid of it. These were the times that they both missed. After their laughter subsided Mabel got a worried look and spoke up to Dipper. She seemed like she didn't want to have the conversation.

"Dipper, Wendy told me not to ask, but what happened to you when you went all mean face mc-snobby?"

Dipper didn't really know how to answer that, how could he. Dipper had hurt people and enjoyed it; he locked an innocent creature away for the rest of its life and nearly separated all bonds to his family. The shame spread across Dipper and he lowered his head slightly. Mabel did not miss this and took this opportunity to help him along.

"Bro, you can tell me anything, we are the mystery twins!" Mabel yelled standing up in her seat and being yanked back down by her seat belt.

"I know Mabel; it's just that I am still sorting through some stuff." Dipper said pleading with Mabel

"Dipper come one we can work this out together." She said with her eyes growing wide

"Mabel I really can't talk about it, maybe some other time." Dipper said slightly annoyed

"Diiiiippppeeerrrrr… just tell me, we have always worked together, like when we were solving the case of the 13th and a half president." She moaned.

Dippers eyes narrowed and his grip on the wheel tightened, "Mabel this is very different, please just give me some time." Dipper pleaded

"No I tell you everything, can you please just tell me what happened to make you disappear for a couple of days." She egged on

"Mabel leave it be for now." Dipper said straining to be happy at Mabel

"No I'm going to help you." She said regaining her happiness

"Mabel I think I need some time to think and…" Dipper said cut off

"First we get you cleaned up for your date, then we get you out of the grumpy grumps, finally we solve all the mysteries and EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE GOOD FOREVER!" Mabel screamed

Swerving the car to the side of the and halting from going forty miles an hour made Mabel's head whiplash back onto the seat. Mabel had a look of confusion to her brother's actions, but Dipper soon cleared them up.

"MABEL! FOR ONCE I NEED TO FIGURE THIS OUT ON MY OWN, PLEASE LET ME DO THIS!" Dipper yelled into Mabel's face.

Her eyes first widened then began to water as her bottom lip began to quiver. Mabel did not want to cry, but Dipper had never exploded at her like that. Dippers demeanor immediately changed to a softer tone and he began to comfort Mabel on the side of the highway.

"Mabel, I am so sorry, I just lost my temper. I am going through a lot of stuff and you just caught the blunt end of it." He said in a low tone

Mabel's water works subsided to sniffles and the occasional tear, "Dipper, *sniffle* I am just trying to help, I-*sniffle*-I promise." She pleaded

"Mabel all I need your help with is cheering up, just keep being you and I will be fine. Can you do that for me?" Dipper assured

"Yea… I guess." Mabel said unassured.

Not wanting to drag this car ride longer than it had to be, Dipper started the car and they began to drive down the highway and very soon came up on some hitch hikers. During the time Mabel and Dipper talked the clouds above turned to rain, and lots of it. The down pour would have drenched any one down to their skin, but these people looked to be wearing light hoodies so they must be freezing. Mabel gave Dipper a look that reminded him of the look she gave him when they first met waddles. Sighing Dipper new Mabel wanted to pick these people up, and sensing her brothers defeat Mabel's smile beamed. So Dipper decided, against his better judgment, to pull over to pick the people up, he couldn't leave them in the rain.

As the car came to a halt a few yards behind them, Dipper and Mabel both stepped out of the car keeping the doors.

"HEY! Do you want a ride; it's pretty cold out there." Mabel yelled out

The smaller one of the two looked at the larger one and cocked its head as if to ask permission. The larger one glanced toward the car and nodded. They began to jog toward the car, they had light gray hoodies that covered their faces and both of them had no real defining features with the lack of a face. Once they arrived at the car the pair began saying thank you over and over again; to which Dipper and Mabel brushed off.

The smaller one had a duffel bag to her side and Dipper politely asked, "Hey do you need to throw that in the trunk?"

To his surprise the voice that responded was feminine in nature, very dainty and high pitched.

"Yeah, if it's not any trouble I guess." The girl said rubbing her shoulder.

As they went to the back Dipper tried to put the duffel bag in the back for her, but she quickly whipped away as soon as he touched it. She tensed up for a second, but Dipper gave a reassuring smile. She followed through and placed the duffle bag in the trunk. After everyone was settled in the car, Dipper turned around to great the two new people in the back seat.

"Hi I'm Dipper and this is Mabel." He said not wanting to give too much information.

Taking off both of their hoodies it was revealed that the larger one was a guy with stubble along his chin. His jaw was so defined it almost seemed chiseled, and his smile was very trust worthy. From what Dipper saw in the rain he stood at least half a head taller than Mabel. Mabel seemed to swoon at this blue eyed man, whereas Dippers attention was pulled toward the smaller girl. She was about the same height as Dipper and head ginger hair. Not like Wendy's red hair, more of a lighter version, but still clearly red headed. Her face was soft and radiant, almost like she was glowing. Her eyes were a very odd amber tint that blended well with her skin and even though said skin was radiant, her face was covered with freckles. Both of them seemed to perfect, like they were made not born.

"Hi I'm Quinn, sorry to trouble you, we just kind of got stuck out in this rain storm." The man said with a smile

"Oh it's no problem at all; I would have stopped for you even if it wasn't…" Mabel gawked getting cutoff by Dipper

"And that's enough out of Mabel, what about you, what is your name?" Dipper asked the girl

"I'm Kayle; it's very nice to meet you." She said trying to be stern.

"Ditto Kayle! Where are you guys going and why were you out in the rain, are you hobos or traveling sales people, or GYPSY'S? I always wanted to meet a gypsy, but I always thought they would be less attractive." Mabel said winking at Quinn

In all the years since we were last in gravity falls, Mabel has yet to become un-boy crazy or more subtle for that fact. The look of confusion on the two peoples face only confirmed Dippers thoughts on how they probably thought the twins were insane.

"What my sister is trying to say is that we would like to know a little about you." Dipper said trying to mediate

Giggling slightly Quinn said, "Well sorry Mabel, but we are not gypsies. We are just on our way back to town and locked ourselves out of our car, so we were going to go get the spare keys we left in the house and take a bus ride back in the morning. Afraid we are not all that interesting of a story."

"Are you joking that is so cool that you live in gravity falls, please excuse the lameness of my brother and his car, and tell me all about you." Mabel said scrambling into the back seat.

Kayle looked stricken with surprise so Dipper offered the front seat. To which she took with no complaints. Once everyone was buckled up Dipper began to drive toward town and while the back seat was full of laughter and giggles the front was painfully quiet.

Finally Kayle broke the front seat silence and said, "You know your sister is wrong right?"

Dipper cocked his head sideways and said, "About?"

"Your car, I think it is really cool, it has a very classic feel to it. I like it, I am into classy things." She said gazing upon the worn leather of the seats and the dusty dash.

"Thanks; I had to work a really long time on it, busing tables, selling things door to door, and even mowing lawns." Dipper said patting the dash.

"That's a lot of work for one car, why didn't you buy a cheaper one?" Kayle questioned

"Well there was this one time where we went to a car museum and I saw this awesome car that looked like this one and I was determined to get something as cool as it." Dipper said smiling as he remembered

"I have never owned a car, neither has Quinn, we kind just walk or fly where ever we go." Kayle said not breaking her gaze away from Dipper

"So you are pretty used to airports then? I hate them so much that Mabel and I drove up here instead of flying." Dipper said

"Yeah I guess you could say that." Kayle said awkwardly

"So Kayle how old are you if you don't mind me asking?" Dipper probed

"I am fifteen and a half; afraid I'm a bit on the young side." She said shyly

"Ah that's fine, I'm only sixteen, so we are basically the same age." Dipper assured

From the back Mabel's voice exploded, "I love Pony Express; it is my favorite movie of all time!" She said jabbing Quinn in the arm

"Yeah Kayle and I love to watch it! We have seen it like 800 times, Right Kayle?" He asked her for back-up

"I only watch because you like it so much jeez." She said with her face reddening

Dipper interjected in hopes to help her out, "Mabel made me watch a minimum over 1000 times and each time I'm still disappointed with how bad it is."

"Oh you just a sceptic." He teased

At this moment they rolled into town near the motel, "Were actually staying in the motel across from the bowling alley.' Quinn said

Pulling up in front of the Motel Dipper parked the car, and turned to face the three, "Well it was nice to meet both of you, you guys are really cool." Dipper said trying to be kind

"Thank you again for your kindness, we would have hated to walk back in all this rain." Quinn responded

"Yeah thank you, Dipper can I get my bag out of the back?" Kayle asked shortly

"Yeah no problem, let me help you, the latch is kind of weird.' Dipper said opening his door.

As Kayle and Dipper walked towards the back, Mabel and Quinn said their goodbyes. At the back Dipper fiddled with the handle and opened the trunk grabbing the duffel bag. As soon as Dipper touched it his hand flared blue and pain spread throughout his body originating from his arm. As he pulled back Kayle quickly grabbed the duffle bag and looked around panicked. Dipper looked at his hand then at the bag and finally to Kayle.

"Kayle, wha-what was tha-mphf" Dipper began before he was silenced by Kayle's mouth.

As she pulled away she thanked Dipper once more before the pair walked toward the motel. If her intention was to throw Dipper off what had just happened, she was successful. Mabel didn't see the kiss and not wanting to stir up any drama Dipper decided to tell no one. He just simply left it at that, he almost forgot about his hand flaring blue, almost.

Mabel had yelled to the pair to come visit the mystery shack sometime if they wanted to say hi and they promised they would.

As the twins got into the car and began to drive away Dipper again and again went over what happened but couldn't make any sense of it, maybe Bill still had some residual presence over this dimension or maybe Dipper had kept some of the dream demons energy. Whatever the case, he had a date in a couple hours.

Later:

Once Mabel and Dipper got back from the store with the ingredients they began to cook. Mabel made some Pasta and macaroni and cheese while Dipper packed some soda and hot chocolate. The storm had mostly cleared up and the stars we out, it seemed like the perfect night to go star gazing.

"Alright the food is all sealed so it should stay warmed and the drinks are all packed in the car." Mabel said as if she was reporting in.

In all his intelligence Dipper decided to just wear his normal clothes with some nicer black jeans, as per he had told Wendy to dress casual. He was standing by the car and waiting till five to go pick Wendy up, it was about four fifty-five. Mabel was rubbing his shoulders like a boxing coach.

"How does she look?" Mabel shouted

"Pretty."

"What are her JOKES?"

"FUNNY"

"WHO IS GOING TO GET THE GIRL?"

"I AM!"

With that Dipper jumped into the car and gave a thumb up to Mabel, who returned the gesture. The car peeled off toward Wendy's house.

The car ride was quiet and Dipper had butterflies in his stomach. Four years had led up to this moment and a lot was riding on how well this date went. Lost in his thoughts Dipper didn't even realize that he was already in front of her house, Dipper was not excited to talk to Manly Dan. He grabbed a small bundle of flowers out of the back and held the behind him as he rang the doorbell. He cringed slightly as Manly Dan opened up the door, revealing a smaller than Dipper remembered bearded man. The grey in his beard was more prominent than Dipper recalled and he just seemed smaller, but he was still massive. Before I word could be said Wendy rushed past him and up to Dipper filling the lack of words.

"Hey Dipper, sorry I was upstairs, Dad you remember Dipper from a couple summers back, sweet guy. Oh are those for me," Wendy said gesturing toward the flowers now hanging at Dippers side, "Thank you Dipper, you're so classy."

Dipper gave the flowers to Wendy not really breaking eye contact with Dan.

"Here let me just go throw these in a vase, I'll be right back." She said running back inside

The silence that followed was deafening, all that was left was a stare down between the two that Dipper really didn't want to be a part of. Dan's eye twitched slightly, but that didn't faze Dipper. Both knew that they were treading on ice here. If Dipper said the wrong thing then his life would be over as he knew it, but if Dan so much as touched Dipper, he would face Wendy's wrath. The stalemate was going to break any minute, so Dipper said the only thing he thought a father would want to hear from a teenage boy taking his only daughter on a date.

"I'll have her home before mid-night sir" he said with a surprisingly strong voice.

Dan eyes narrowed and Dipper feared for his life, did he say the wrong thing, should he have said nine or eight, oh no. But Dippers fears were laid to rest as Dan nodded slightly and walked back inside without a word. Wendy came outside looking confused at her dad.

"He has never let a guy of that easy, ever, what did you say?" Wendy questioned

"Oh I just always know what to say." Dipper said proudly

They got into the car and began to drive, as they spoke it was clear that Wendy had something to say, but would come out and say. Not wanting to ruin his good mood Dipper let it be. Over all the car ride up was fun, the songs on the radio were perfect and they both sang to them, it felt very natural.

"And the Nate turns to Lee and goes, 'Who are you, Thompson?'" Wendy said nearly choking on her laughter which Dipper joined in with.

"Ahh man, you missed a lot in the four years you were gone." She sighed

"Yea, but you'll be able to catch me up I'm sure." Dipper said confidently

"Huh, yea…anyway you have been driving me out into the woods for like a half an hour, are you going to kill me and bury me in the woods?" Wendy joked

"No you'll see when we get there, it will be super cool." Dipper said blushing

"If you murder me, your ass is haunted." Wendy promised

"Just my ass?" Dipper teased

"Oh shut it dork." Wendy retorted

Finally they arrived at lookout point, which was a common make-out point for most teenagers, but that wasn't the reason Dipper brought her up here. The stars would look amazing from up here. Wendy glanced worriedly at Dipper as per she didn't think Dipper was shallow enough to bring her up here to make out on their first date. Her thoughts where laid to rest when Dipper stepped out of the car and got a blanket out of the trunk and laid it on the hood of the car and proceeded to get the food as well. Wendy smiled; she hadn't been on an honest to god date in a really long time. The air had a very fresh scent from the recent rain and the stars shone brightly against the black sky. Wind was almost non-existent and it was relatively warm, perfect for a night out.

Once Dipper climbed on to the hood he patted the other side and offered it to Wendy. Wendy took the offer and sat beside him looking at the stars, eating, and talking to Dipper.

"Okay smart guy, which one is that." Wendy said pointing at a line of stars

"That would be O'Brian's belt." Dipper answered

"Not bad, that is the third one in a row." Wendy said nodding

"Top of my class." Dipper said with his chest puffed out

Wendy wrung her hands together tightly and shy asked, putting a strand of hair behind her ear, "Hey Dipper?"

"Yea." The boy answered

"This is hands down the best date I have ever been on, and I just wanted to say thank you. And that is saying something because I have been on quite a few dates" Wendy said smiling almost painfully

"Well I had four years to think about it so I hope it would be at least decent." Dipper laughed

Wendy internally wished he hadn't said that, she didn't want to disappoint someone after waiting four years.

"So have you thought about college at all Dipper?" Wendy asked

"Um not really, I mean I got time and stuff." He brushed off the awkward question

"Yeah that's what I thought and now I'm still working the same dead end job I was when I was sixteen." She said with some amount of pain

Even though Dipper wanted to steer the conversation in another direction it was clear she needed to say something and it wasn't coming out.

"I'm not exactly sure what you mean; I thought you loved working at the mystery shack." Dipper said almost hurt

"I do, when you guys are up here, but when you leave it becomes stale again and I don't want to have wait another four years to see you guys, because let's face it Dip, you are going to leave at the end of the summer." Wendy said with her eyes getting glossy

"Wendy, if you have something to say, please say it, I promise I won't be mad." Dipper assured

"Dipper, I don't have the money to pay for college, but down in Reno I got offered an internship for photography. I kind of picked up the skill in the four years you guys were gone." Wendy said now straining to keep her voice from cracking

"Wendy that's amazing! I'm so happy for you, why is this bad news, this is a great opportunity, isn't it?" Dipper asked confused

His words seemed to pain Wendy more, "That's the thing Dipper, it's great, a once in a life time opportunity…but I would have to leave tomorrow. There is a chance that I won't get it and I'll be back in a week, but there is also a chance I won't be coming back to gravity falls." She said with silent streams coming down from her eyes, rolling down and off her chin.

The words seemed to crush Dipper, like having a stack of bricks on his chest. He had waited for so long to be with Wendy and now it was all going to leave. He wanted more than anything for her to turn it down and stay working at the shack. He could convince Stan to pay her better, or just give her his pay; anything to stop her from leaving. But Dipper checked himself, who was he to put her life on hold for romance, right? What was the old saying Dipper hated? 'If you love something, let it go.' Damn…he got pretty close though, that's a small victory.

"Wendy, I think you should go take the internship." Dipper said solemnly with small tears coming from his eyes.

"What?" Wendy questioned the level-headed boy

"It's a good opportunity for you to do something awesome, and besides, it's not like you can't visit with all the money you will be making." Dipper said looking at her with pain in his eyes, but forced happiness, the look that made her melt.

"Dipper, I meant what I said on the roof that day; I don't want to leave, but…" She tried to explain

Dipper cut her off kindly trying to stop her from saying three words, "I know you don't want to leave, but this is good for you. Stop worrying about other people for once and take care of yourself."

"Dipper it's not that simple, I want to stay here more than you know, I want to stay and go on adventures with Mabel and talk to Soos and chill on the roof with you, because…because...Dipper I…" Wendy said struggling to find the words

"No, Wendy please don't say it, I won't be able to let you go if you say what you were about to." Dipper said with full tears in his eyes

"But I want to tell you, you got to tell me last time you were here, and now it's my turn." Wendy protested

"I also had to wait four years for it to take effect, so it's only fair you have to wait too.' Dipper said trying to lighten the ruined date

Wendy smiled and lunged to hug Dipper, "Besides, I have to give you a reason to come back right?" Dipper added

Wendy looked up from her full-fledged crying to say, "When did you go from awkward twelve year old to smooth guy extraordinaire."

She gently lay to rest on Dippers chest and once he could hear sleeping and snoring slightly he began to cry. It was not his manliest moment, but he was about to lose the girl he loved, possibly forever. But what was he to do, he loved her more than he loved himself and there for put her needs ahead of his desires. After an half an hour of her snoozing, Dipper decided it was time to take her home. Once he got her nuzzled into the passenger seat of the car he began to drive to her house. The trees seemed duller now, the stars were less bright and the wildlife seemed dead. Everything just wasn't as good as it used to be, everything was different now. When he pulled up to her house it was about ten thirty, well within her curfew. Dipper had carried her in his two arms and she was nestled into his lower shoulder. Dan must have seen the look on Dippers face and realized he had gotten the bad news because all he said was a quiet, "Her room is the first on the left."

Dipper barely acknowledged and just walked up the stair into her room. The room he had been in many times this summer alone for movie night, another thing that would be leaving his life. As he set her down on the bed he brushed her hair back and tucked her in, giving her a gentle kiss on the lips and whispered, "I love you Wendy Corduroy". When he walked back out of the house his car was waiting for him, but he didn't really feel like driving, he just wanted to stay with Wendy. There was still hope she would return, but in all honesty, Dipper didn't know if he could take saying goodbye again. For now he drove toward the lake, he needed some time to think and he thought best at the Multi-Bears grave, it gave him…

Perspective.

Later:

Dipper sat by the lake talking to the headstone of the Multi-Bear while he skipped rocks along the water lazily. It was dark and the mist along the lake was offsetting and calming at the same time. Dipper didn't much fear whatever lurked around in the trees, at this point, getting mauled to death seemed like a pleasant dream.

"Multi-Bear, it's just that I'm always giving to others and for once I would like something in my life to work out. I have no friends in California and no real love interests. Wendy was my dream girl and I'm about to let her walk away to go do something she loves. That's the right thing to do, I'm sure of it…so why does it feel so wrong?" Dipper explained to the stone.

The echoing of his voice was painful to say the least. Dipper knew what he wanted to do and what he had to do and they were two very different ideas.

Sighing deeply Dipper thought of his adventures with Wendy and all the movies nights he had spent with her. He would always have those memories. And in a sense, she would always be with him, because she shaped him into the man he was and the man he was going to be. He should be thanking her presence, not mourning her absence.

Behind Dipper, soft footsteps became louder and louder against the pebbles crunching until they sounded about the size of a bear. Dipper froze in fear, he had wished for death earlier, but had no real plans to meet with her any time soon. Dippers brain fired into survival mode and he began to analyze everything, it was sort of like his super power. He noticed that the footsteps were off beat, meaning the creature had uneven legs, which meant it might be slow. Either way he needed to get a good look at it.

Dipper whipped around to see something he wishes was a dream. The creature stood about three heads taller than Dipper and had a head that reminded Dipper of a plant, with a circular mouth with two sets of sharp teeth sticking out at protruding angles. One arm was much smaller than the other and both had pincers on the end. The body of this freak was pale and contrasting green slime dripped from its mouth.

The shape shifter had found Dipper, after all these years.

Dipper froze, not knowing where to run he simply fell back into the mud-pebble mixture. He crawled back slowly as the large beast stepped toward him; grinning the best it could with its deformed face. The green liquid seemed to drip faster and faster as the behemoth neared him.

"Dipper Pines, I told you that you were digging to deep and you last moments would be screaming." It said with venom it its voice

"I don't understand; how did you even get out of the bunker?!" Dipper said wide eyed and scrambling back

"Bill Cypher had a large role in that I'm afraid." It said raising it talon

"Of course Bill would do that, dammit." Dipper said to no one in particular

"But now is my time to stop you from uncovering more." The freak said confidently

Before the massive arm could collapse down on Dipper a high pitched scream came from the sky, stopping them both in their tracks. They both snapped their heads up looking for a source; the answer came in the form of a meteor heading right for them, it's very small to be making as much noise as it is, but whatever it was, it was engulfed in flames. The scream wasn't from something's vocal cord; it came from the rate of travel of the object. Before the object hit both Dipper and the shape shifter tried their best to leap away. But the impact through him a couple feet and made him feel like his insides were liquefying form the concussion. His heart bounced between his rib cage, his spine and stomach felt like a glass of Mabel juice had just shredded them. Dippers ears wouldn't stop popping and his vison seemed to want to go different directions. Dipper opened his eyes to find he was upside down against a rock. Flopping over he tried to right himself but his vision was still messy

It stood a minimum of twelve feet tall and had wings that were extremely large, dwarfing the already substantial body of the figure. The said wings were beautiful, like angles, feathery and white and it had gold armor that seemed to glow with a soft flame covering every inch except the wings. The helmet it wore reminded Dipper of a knights helmet with a "T" cut into the front and a large red feather coming off the top and laying on to the back of where the wings protruded. It had a massive blade that was easily the height off Dipper, but looked proportional to the warrior. The sword again looked like a knight's sword but instead had a diamond shape at the end and a red gem at where the hilt met the blade. Whatever this thing was, it only inspired fear.

The voice that emerged from this beast was that of a girl, in fact it was quite feminine, but still powerful enough to vibrate Dippers bones, "I am the Judicator, Judge of the Lord. Leave now or I shall pass judgment upon you," the figure brought its sword up to a striking position leaving one hand free and crouching slightly, "And punishment will be swift."

Holy shit, this is an angel, Dipper thought. Every book he had ever seen made angels out to be dainty figures with trumpets, but this made Dipper tremble, wait did this mean God was real? He wasn't one for religion, but an Angel stands before him none the less.

After a brief silence the shape shifter lunged at the angelic being, yelling in a fit of rage. His movement was swiftly dodged by the angelic being and her powerful wings she used to move. Her agility was surprising considering how large she was. The next movement came in the blink of an eye and Dipper believed he missed it but suddenly the angel was behind the shape shifter and his arm was cut off. The beast roared in pain and before the angel could finish him, the shape shifter changed into what seemed to be a snake, quickly slithering out of the way of her blade. Eventually the snake slinked away before she could end him.

Her wings rose ready to pursue but then she looked toward the sky and it seemed like she was talking to an unknown figure, holding that position for a minute then nodding and wrapping her wings around her. Then suddenly a flash of light, and she was gone. And all Dipper could do was stand there…had he just seen and angel.

"What the fuck." He muttered to himself

Later:

Dipper and Mabel sat in their room conversing, Mabel bounced from bed to bed making dust puff up with each bound. Dipper sat in the center of the floor cross-legged writing in the journal.

The Angel:

Size: Roughly the size of two humans, 12 ft. tall?

Behavior: Defensive, honorable fighting

Weapon: Large sword, must be at least six feet long

Appearance: Gold armor, a feather of the top helmet, wings of large size

Notes: Though initially defensive toward me, the one I encountered was at type of judge, I really don't know if I'm the defendant or the prosecutor. Without any distinct vision of what they are, I would say avoid at all costs, EXTREMLY DANGEROUS.

It wasn't his best journal entry, but he didn't know what else to put, he had only seen the angel for a short time and the fight didn't exactly drag on. Mabel looked over his shoulder to glance at the book and gasped slightly when she saw the entry. Dipper was more than ready to talk about anything that wasn't his date with Wendy; he had already danced around it, but Mabel seemed to ask about it every other hour.

"Mabel, you're not going to believe this." Dipper said holding up the book

"Dude, you totally met an ANGEL! Was it cool; was it a girl or a boy? How big was it? Tell me everything was it handsome or pretty?" Mabel said bouncing up and down.

"I don't know it happened so fast, first I was at Multi-Bears grave, then the shape shifter showed up and was going to get me and then this meteor came from the sky and this angle, who was a girl but like a badass girl, was all like 'I am the Judge of the Lord!' and totally cut off the shape shifters arm and the shape shifter was all like 'AH NO MY ARM' and ran away like a little girl; Mabel it was so cool." Dipper explained

"Oh what! The Shape Shifter? How did he get out? Does he know where we live? Bro is he gonna come get us?" Mabel said worried

"Dude he got his arm cut off, I don't think he will bother us anytime soon!" Dipper yelled

"OH MY GAWD, this must have been the best night ever! You got to see two ANGELS and I bet you were macking on one of the angels?" Mabel said gesturing her with her eyebrows and nudging her arm

A ping of sadness washed over Dipper, his face becoming visibly worn for a few seconds before returning to its normal status.

"Yeah yeah, I'll tell you all about it later today Mabel, Wendy is swinging by, so you can talk to both of us." Dipper said faking happiness

"Ohhhhhhhh, I'm so excited, I want a photo, SCRAPBOOKERTUNITY!" Mabel yelled before bounding into her bed and tightly hugging Waddles

Dipper sighed and turned the lamp off and Mabel began to snore quietly as he lay in bed. He thought about Wendy leaving and what that would mean for him, either way, tomorrow was going to suck.

"Tomorrow is going to suck" Dipper whispered softly

The next day:

Dipper sat at the counter of the shop, waiting for Wendy to arrive, as he knew she would. Dipper assumed Stan knew, but was asked to keep it quiet as per when he walked in and saw Dippers face he gave him a comforting nod and smirk. Dipper put his head down on the desk pressing his nose against the wooden surface and kicking his feet softly against the wood. Before he could get comfortable Dipper heard the jingle of the door open. It couldn't be Wendy, it's still too early; it is probably some tourists.

"Hi and welcome to the mystery shack, where we put the away in go away." Dipper said sarcastically, he really didn't care who it was

"Well that's rude." Said the voice of a guy

Dippers head popped up to see two very familiar faces, Quinn and Kayle.

A smile set across Dippers face at the sight of the two, "Mabel, Quinn and Kayle are in here, they want to say hi." Dipper said smiling at them, but yelling toward the kitchen

In the other room there was a sudden drop of a plate and the pitter patter of Mabel's feet running into the main room. When she entered she practically tackled Quinn, who had to take a few steps back to accommodate for the new found weight. Laughing slightly Dipper came over to give Kayle a hug as well; it was a deep and meaningful hug. After the hugs were over the conversation began.

"So what brings you to the mystery shack? It can't be the attractions right?" Dipper asked already knowing the answer.

"Well I'm here for the attractions," Quinn said tilting his head slightly toward Mabel who was oblivious, "But I can't say the same for Kayle."

"Well then let me give you the Mabel Pines exclusive tour!" Mabel said holding out and arm gesturing to Quinn to take it as she was his escort

"Well don't mind if I do." Quinn said giggling

As they walked into the other room it seemed both Kayle and Dipper rolled their eyes and smirked at each other.

"Can you believe those two?" Dipper asked

"I know, like Jesus, get a room." Kayle said with a warm smile

"Well since you came to hang out, why don't we go to the roof hangout?" Dipper offered

"The roof hangout?" Kayle questioned

"Oh boy, you are going to love this." Dipper said grabbing her hand

Waking to his left for a ways Dipper revealed a curtain; pulling back said curtain to reveal a ladder; Dipper made a wide gesture with his hands and said "Tada" sarcastically.

As they climbed onto the side of the roof and over the top, they slid back down till they were on the small ledge overhanging the patio. There Dipper offered Kayle a soda, who accepted it with a thank you. Dipper then pulled up the bucket of pine cones and began to throw them, not quite reaching the totem pole with the bull's-eye on it.

"Can you really not hit it?" Kayle asked mocking Dippers lack of strength

"What, I run track in high school!" Dipper retorted

"Really?" Kayle fired back with a smirk, not believing his statement

"Okay you caught me; I'm really on the debate team." Dipper said with his face reddening

"That's way better than a jock." Kayle said

"Wait really? You don't think that is lame or anything?" Dipper asked in disbelief

"Its way better to have knowledge than brute force, knowledge is power dude. Knowledge is power." Kayle said taking a long drink of her soda

Dipper pondered her statement for moment; it was a surprisingly deep statement. Wanting to break the silence Kayle tossed a pine cone at the totem pole and hit her mark without as much as trying.

"Dude, nice shot, you are really strong." Dipper said impressed

"Yeah, I guess I'm pretty great." She said flexing her nonexistent muscles.

Dipper found it odd how different of a person Kayle was when Quinn was not around, it was like she was supposed to act a certain way around him, it was offsetting to say the least. The pair's conversation was interrupted by a car pulling into the mystery shacks parking lot. Dipper sighed as Wendy stepped out of said car.

"Kayle you might want to chill here for minute, we got some stuff to deal with." Dipper said getting up to go meet with Wendy

"Um, okay, are you sure?" She asked worried

Dipper nodded and head down to the shop, moving slowly, trying to avoid what was to come. Mabel came into the room with Quinn finishing up her tour.

"And that was the amazing and mysterious Sascrotch!" Mabel yelled as Wendy walked in with a pained smile.

"Though I like the pun, I'm going to go with fake on that one as well." Quinn said eyeing Wendy

"Ah, you're no fun." Mabel retorted

Quinn picked up on Dippers discomfort when he spoke, "Hey Quinn, your sister is on the roof; could you join her for a bit?" Dipper asked softly

"Yeah sure, we will give you guys some time." Quinn said, trying to be nice even though he had no idea what was happening

The three stood awkwardly, Mabel not knowing why until Soos and Stan joined them. Then it seemed to get quieter.

"Guys…I'm…I'm leaving." Wendy said beginning to cry

Soos looked up and said, "Yeah dude I know…"

He gave her a long hug and began to tear up, "Be careful dude, it's dangerous out there."

Dipper didn't think Soos had known, but the handy man had never ceased to surprise him. Before she could respond he left the room, not wanting to cry in front of Wendy. Next Stan walked up to Wendy with a smile on his face.

"Well now I don't have to avoid paying you, so that's good." Stan joked

Wendy began to cry harder and hugged Stan in a sort of daughter-father way.

As he hugged her back he softly said, "I am so proud of you, you are going to do great things."

Stan looked at Dipper, whose eyes were glued to the floor and decided to follow Soos's lead; Stan left the three in the shop alone. Dippers knee's began to tremble and his body began to quake. Wendy went up to Mabel trying to control her tears and said, "Oh Mabel, I'm going to miss you so much; all your glitter and stickers, don't settle for any guy and keep being amazing."

"But Wendy, I don't want you to go." Mabel said between sobs

"I know you don't, but I got to do something with my life, Stan won't pay me forever, or at all really." Wendy said trying to be light hearted

"Please stay." She said weakly

"Hey, this isn't you, where is my fun Mabel?" Wendy questioned

"Right here." Mabel replied

"That's more like it, it's not like I can't come and visit, right?" Wendy asked

"Yeah…but you have to promise me you will write and visit when you get the chance!" Mabel said trying to return to being happy

"Okay I promise." Wendy said holding out her pinky finger that Mabel accepted

Mabel looked at Dipper and figured that she should give them some time alone and left the room to go up to Quinn and Kayle. There was a short silence before Wendy rushed into Dippers arms hugging him tightly. Dipper nestled his head into the crook of her neck crying. They both sat there soaking up each other's grief. Wendy pulled back and tried to get him to smile, but to no avail.

"Come on Dipper you shouldn't fall in love with a mess like me." She said crying and half-heartedly giggling.

The way she pulled back a piece of her hair after saying this only made Dipper think more of her.

"I don't understand." Dipper said quietly

"What?"

"If this is love, why does it hurt so much, how can it feel so good at times and destroy me now. I don't want it, take it away from me." Dipper said, a sobbing mess

"Well that means it was real, right?" Wendy said

"I don't want it to go away…" Dipper said contradicting himself.

"Dipper, my mom once told me something; did I ever tell you about my mom? She was a great lady; she told me that great love is a lot like a good memory, you can try and force it, but the harder you try to bring it closer, the more you will end up pushing it away. But if you wait and you stand still, maybe it will find its way back to you." Wendy said controlling her tear

"I'll wait for you then." Dipper said

"No, Dipper, you deserve some one better than me." Wendy said

"But I don't want someone better than you, I want you, and that's it, flaws and perfections." Dipper said not thinking much of the statement

This broke Wendy down, she crumbled, and any thoughts about leaving this town were destroyed. She wanted to stay and comfort this mess of a sixteen year old and tell him that it was going to be okay…but she had to go. She couldn't find the words or the right thing to say, she had words, but they seemed to get clogged in her throat. No words could describe what she felt…so with nothing to say she gave a nod to the young boy and left. Less than climatic, Dipper stood in the shop staring strait at the door she had walked out of…hoping she would walk back in. Seconds turned to minutes and minutes turned to hours until there was nothing in the shop but sadness. Dipper had heard Quinn and Kayle leave and Mabel walk upstairs. Dipper swore he heard Stan snoring and Soos's car starting up, but he didn't really care. After a long time of his head not moving, he turned it to the left gazing at all the trinkets and toys. The snow globes seemed dull and unattractive while the shirts seemed rotten and dusty. The shelves seemed to warp downward and everything is different now.

Everything was different now.

I am so sorry that I haven't been updating, I promise to try and update more. Did you like the new perspective or do you prefer 3rd person, please let me know.

~Michi