Chapter 11: Little Dipper, Tall Emily
(Emily's P.O.V)
Well, I have to say, I'm still slightly shaken that Stan entrusted me with a gun. Though I haven't said anything to him. Or anyone for that matter. He was right, Soos would freak out if he was handed a gun, and Wendy's brothers were too reckless. So there was me...I sighed and continued watching Duck-tective.
"You've gone too far this time, Duck-tective!" The constable cried.
"Quack quack, quack quack quack quack." Ducktective replies. The doorbell then rang and Stan got up and went to the door.
"Welcome to a world of mystery!" Stan said.
"Stan Pines?" A man in a suit asked in a serious tone.
"The tax collector! You found me!" Stan threw down a smoke bomb and ran inside and ripped off a sailboat painting, took out a large bag of money, and felt the tiles of the wall.
"Aah... uh... which one of these is the trap door?" He asked desperately. The lawyer then came in.
"Mister Pines. I'm from the Winninghouse Coupon Savers contest, and YOU ARE OUR BIIIIIIG WINNER!" He announced and music started playing as two women came in holding a check and a cameraman followed.
"Heh? My one and only dream, which was to possess money, has come true!" Stan said excitedly.
"We're rich! I'm gonna get a butler!" Dipper exclaimed.
"I'm gonna buy a talking horse!" Mabel said.
"Just sign here for the money." The man said.
"Read the fine print!" I reminded him.
"You bet!" Stan said happily and 'sighed' the contract. Gideon then ripped through the check.
"Ha! Stanford, you fool! You just signed over the Mystery Shack to lil' ol' me!" Gideon said happily and started to do a ridiculous dance in front of us. Dipper and Mabel gasped but I winked at them.
"Wait for it." I whispered.
"Uh, might wanna take another look there!" Stan said smugly.
"The shack is hereby signed over to... SUCK A LEMON LITTLE MAN!?" Gideon's eyes widened when he saw that his plan failed.
"Ahahaha!" Stan laughed and Gideon ripped up the paper.
"How dare you!" He cried.
"You can't con a con." I shrugged as Mabel and Dipper laughed.
"I am not a threat to be taken lightly!" Gideon cried and reached his arms up. "Come here hon', I need your arms." The man then picked him up.
"I'll get you, Stanford Pines! I'LL GET YOU ALL!" Gideon warned as he was being taken out.
"Wanna see what else is on TV?" Stan asked.
"Yeah, okay." Dipper said.
"Yeah alright." Mabel agreed.
"Yeah." Stan said.
"My favorite part's the theme song." Mabel added. I laughed.
"Then cue theme song!" I said and we all sat down.
Later, after we had enough T.V., I was sweeping in the Shack as the twins were playing chess.
"Little guy to black space nine!" Mabel said cheerfully as she moved her piece.
"It's a pawn, that's not your color, and stop stealing the tiny horses!" Dipper said in annoyance. I turned and saw that Mabel had all the knights in her sweater pockets.
"They like it better in here. Don't you babies?" Mabel said and started to make horse noises.
"Shouldn't you be calling them Knights Dipper?" I asked.
"Uh..." Dipper then quickly knocked over Mabel's king. "And...checkmate!" He cheered.
"What? Boo!" Mabel groaned.
"O-oh! Dipper wins again!" Dipper said proudly and out another tally mark on his side of the notebook.
"Yo, Emily? Can you pass me that brain in the jar? The lady one?" Soos asked me. Uh oh...big change in the episode.
"Uh sure. Hang on a sec." I said and picked up the jar with the brain.
"Psst, I could have gotten that." Dipper bragged.
"Uh sorry dude, but you're the shortest one here." Soos said.
"What? Mabel and I are the same height. We've always been.
"Better check again, dude." Soos said and the twins stood back to back. Soos got out a tape measure and checked their height.
"Yep, she's got exactly one millimeter on you." Soos reported.
"What?!" Dipper asked.
"Woah, don't you see what's happening, Dipper? This millimeter is just the beginning. I'm evolving into the superior sibling! Bigger! Stronger!" Mabel cried.
"Like some kinda alpha-twin!" Soos said.
"Alpha-twin! Alpha-twin!" Mabel chanted.
"C'mon, guys, nobody even uses millimeters. It only makes you taller than me in Canada." Dipper claimed.
"Y'know Dipper, I've always wanted a little brother. Who knew I already had one? Ha ha ha ha ha! Yeah!" Mabel laughed.
"Okay, Mabel it's good that you're happy, but this is ridiculous." I said and Stan walked in.
"I was awoken by the sound of mockery. Where is it? Show me the object of ridicule!" He asked.
"By ONE millimeter." Dipper said defensively.
"Hey, hey, don't get...short with your sister." Stan laughed, I face-palmed.
"Now Grunkle Stan, I hope you don't think...little of him." Mabel joked. Face-palm number two.
"Ha ha! Ya! And, and uh... he's short!" Stan added. Okay, how is my face not red yet?
"Ha ha ha ha ha!" Stan and Mabel laughed.
"Dude, maybe you should lay off a tiny bit." Soos said.
"Yeah this is worse than the diner." I huffed.
"Ha! Tiny! Soos is in on it now!" Stan laughed. Mabel joined in and Dipper walked out.
"N-no, I didn't mean that..." Soos insisted.
"Dipper will forget. He's got a 3... 2... 1..."
"SHORT-TERM MEMORY! Ha ha ha!" Mabel and Stan said in unison.
"POW! We are on FIRE!" Mabel cried and she gave Stan a high five.
"Ow, ooh, that's, aah." Stan winced.
"I high-five hard." Mabel said simply.
"Soos how'd you even know Dipper was shorter?" I asked.
"Dunno, guess I just notice a few things." He shrugged and I sighed.
"Okay...Okay...I'm gonna get something to eat." I said and backed up out of the room. Later I was drinking some Pitt Cola when I found myself thinking about Georgia again. I got lost in thought as I fiddled with my necklace.
I know it's been a while since she passed away, but I still miss her so much. It was thanks to her I got into Gravity Falls. I wouldn't take those moments back for anything. Now I'm living the actual show without her...I realized that I wanted to make some changes. Something that she would want, but I had to wait awhile for most of them...
"I have a lot to think about." I sighed and finished my drink and heard a crashing sound.
"Huh, guess Dipper found the crystals." I said and walked over to the gift shop.
"I've been buying big clothes; I'll grow into them." Mabel said to Soos. Dipper then walked in proudly.
"Hey guys, notice anything different about me?" Dipper asked. Soos looked at him for a moment and his eyes widened.
"Holy hotsauce! You've grown an extra millimeter!" The handyman cried.
"Wh-wh-what?" Mabel cried and went over to her brother to compare their heights.
"What can I say, sis? Growth spurt." Dipper shrugged.
"Yeah, mine happened first. I'm gonna be taller in the end. It's science, Dipper." Mabel insisted.
"What? But we're the same height now." Dipper said
"I'm not sure that's even close to a scientific hypothesis." I commented.
"Alpha-twin! Alpha-twin!" Mabel chanted.
"Oh yeah? Something tells me I've got another growth spurt comin' on right now." Dipper said and walked out of the Gift Shop. Mabel soon ran after him and I sighed.
"Well this day can't get any weirder." I said. Then there was a doorbell sound and I walked over to the door.
"I got it!" I called and opened the door to find the wolf in sheeps clothing himself.
"Oh pardon me, but can I speak to your boss?" He asked 'sweetly', holding a jar and a bat.
"Lemme guess, 1000 cursed Egyptian super termites?" I asked eyeing the jar.
"I-...how-how'd you...?"
"STAN ITS FOR YOU!" I called before Gideon had time to process what happened. Stan then came up beside me.
"Oy, you." He groaned, rolling his eyes.
"Oh, howdy Stanford! Listen closely. Inside this jar I have 1000 cursed Egyptian super termites, which your employee somehow managed to figure out. Hand over the deed to your property or I'll smash this jar with a bat, and they'll devour this shack with you inside!" Gideon threatened. Stan was not amused.
"Hey, what's that?" Stan asked and pointed to nothing.
"I have no idea." I added in fake shock.
"Huh?" Gideon asked and turned around. Stan then smashed the jar down and the termites didn't hesitate to attack Gideon.
"Oh, no! Aaaah! Get it off! Awww!" He cried and ran around like he was on fire, which was probably as bad as this.
"Ha, ha, ha! Hey, Soos, get in here! I wanna take pictures of this!" Stan laughed.
"I second that!" I added.
"Y'all may have won this battle, but mark my words, Stanford! Your family has a weak spot, and I'm gonna find it! Ah! My hair!" Gideon ran away after his stupid threat and I rolled my eyes.
"Man, why can't he play at the park like a normal kid?" I asked myself as I closed the doors.
"Hey Emily! Can you give me a hand?" Soos asked.
"Coming!" I went towards Soos's voice and saw that he was setting up several mirrors.
"Whoa...that's gonna be a lot of reflections..." I said and walked down the stairs.
"I know right!? This'll be the perfect attraction for the Mystery Shack and Mr. Pines!" Soos said happily and I helped him adjust a certain mirror.
"Oh, Emily, I've been meaning to ask. What's your favorite color?" Soos asked.
"Uh what? Why?" I asked. This certainly caught me off guard.
"Well we've know each other for a while and I don't know your favorite color. So what is it? Mine is Lasers, or liquid metal, or leopards, Aurora Borealis, camouflage..." Soos explained. I laughed, realizing that's what he said in a certain Gravity Falls Short.
"I'm not sure if any of those are colors, but I see high point. Well I like a lot of colors. Hmm...I guess it's between dark blue, green or yellow." I shrugged.
"Oh you mean what your wearing. That's funny dude." Soos said and I looked down at my clothes. Sure enough, blue jeans, yellow shirt and a green necklace.
"Huh, how about that." I said and looked at Soos. "Kinda funny when you think about it." I said and we laughed. Stan then walked in.
"Soos! This maze of mirrors is your best idea that I'm taken credit for yet. We're gonna make a fortune!" Stan said and took off his hat and looked at a mirror.
"Have my ears always been this big?" He asked himself and the phone the rang. "I'm comin'!" He called and walked off. Soos then took off his own hat and put on the fez. He looked proudly at the mirror.
"One day!" He said to himself.
"It does suit you." I said and his smile grew wider.
"You think so?"
"I know so."
Later we walked in the gift shop and Soos was looking around for something. I was about to get a snack from the vending machine when I heard the door being kicked open.
"The Shack is mine, Stanford Pines!" Gideon cried and I turned to see Soos getting shrunk and the fez falling over him.
"Nooooo!" Dipper and Mabel cried. It seemed that Gideon didn't notice me yet. He walked over to fez and lifted it up,
"Well, well, Stanford it appears I finally got the best of..." Gideon froze when he saw that it was Soos under the hat.
"Oh!" Soos gasped.
"What!?" Gideon cried.
"Alright, something's definitely different here..." Soos said and put his hat back in.
"Holy crap. Soos are you okay!?" I asked and Gideon noticed me.
"YOU!" He cried and pointed the flashlight at me.
"Emily run!" Dipper and Mabel cried. I quickly dodged a shot form the flash light and it reflected off the vending machine and hit a bobble head. I dashed off before Gideon could make another hit and went to the mirror maze room
"Stan! Stan! Gideon got in the Shack and has some crazy weapon!" I cried and ran over to him.
"Okay, Emily, this is Gideon. I'm sure we can handle whatever he throws at us." Stan insisted.
"Uh...okay...but he already got Soos and the twins..." I said and I heard Gideon come in the room.
"Stanford! Emily!" He cried. I then reloaded that there were multiple reflections of myself along with Stan.
"Oh hi, Gideon, I've been looking for someone to try out my new mirror maze, then again, you're an idiot. That's the end of the sentence." Stan said and pulled me out of the mirrors reflection.
"You two come back here!" Gideon cried.
"Try and find us, twerp! Ha, ha ha!" Stan laughed.
"Yeah, you didn't even get us before!" I added and we laughed. Gideon kept walking around and spotted of Stan's reflections.
"Ah!" He cried and shot a beam at the refection. It bounced of several mirrors before hitting a mouse head, shrinking it.
"Ha, ha, ha, ha!" Stan laughed.
"NO!" Gideon cried and threw the flashlight at the mirror, causing it to break.
"Hey! Watch the merchandise!" Stan spat and Gideon passed for a moment before starting to break even more mirrors.
"Uh oh, not good." I said as Gideon started to break more mirrors. Stan and I then walked into his line of view.
"You little troll! Those mirrors cost me ten, I mean twenty-five, five-hundred. Five-hundred dollars each, and you're paying for all of 'em!" Stan said in an angry tone.
"Oh contraire. It will be you who pays!" Gideon said menacingly.
"Okay Gideon this is going to far." I tried to reason with him, but that never seems to work.
"Silence!" Gideon yelled and pointed the flashlight at us.
"Woah! What is that thing?!" Stan asked. Gideon then started to back us up against the wall.
"Finally after all these years, after every humiliation! Your business, your family, everything will finally be mine! You have no one to protect you now!" Gideon cried as Stan and I were backed up against the wall.
"Prepare for the wrath of Gideon Glee- Gideon glee- oh oh oh ah oh oh ah!" Gideon then started laughing uncontrollably and rolled on the ground.
"Eh. I don't even know how to respond to this." Stan deadpanned.
"Neither do I." I said, trying to hold in my own laughter. Cause this was my favorite part of the episode.
"Uh ey ey ey! No! No! stop it! Ha, ha, ha!" Gideon wheezed.
"Look um, kid. I think this rivalry thing is getting to you. Ha, I understand. I mean, I'm a formidable foe, what can I say." Stan said proudly.
"No!" Gideon cried and started to laugh so hard foam was coming out of his mouth.
"Hey now, come on, you'll get me one of these days. Maybe, you know, run your evil plan by some friends next time. Workshop it, but first get your issues in order there." Stan said and Gideon didn't even come close to stop laughing.
"Ha! ehh, Ha!" He sputtered out.
"Just roll him out of the Shack. Let his parents deal with him." I said simply. Stan the slowly started to kick Gideon across the floor.
"Up over the carpet, there we go, around the end table, and out the door." Stan said and kicked Gideon out the door. I noticed that tiny Dipper and Mabel jumped off of him. Gideon the patted himself, looking for the flashlight, only to realize it was gone.
"My light!" He cried out desperately.
"You're the light of my life too, pal." Stan huffed and slammed the door. "Whoa, freak show." Stan sighed and walked away.
"You have no idea." I commented and knelt down to fact the twins.
"So, enjoy tickling Gideon?" I asked casually.
"Eh, I rather not repeat...that." Mabel said and Dipper set up the flashlight.
"After you." He said.
"It's okay, you can go first if you want to. Woah!" Mable was then grown back to her normal height. She regrew Dipper and measured their heights.
"Hey, you let me keep my extra millimeter!" She said happily.
"You earned it." Dipper replied.
"Awww! Thanks! Little brothe...!"
"Stop it." Dipper cut her off.
"Well I guess we should destroy this thing. You know, so it doesn't fall into the wrong hands and junk." Mabel said.
"Seems like the smart thing to do." Dipper said.
"Wait guys! What about Soos?" I asked and pointed to ground.
"There you dudes are!" We looked down and saw a tiny Soos by several glass shards the read 'HELP SOOS'.
"I've been trying to get your attention." He said.
"Alright, here we go." Dipper said and regrew Soos.
"Ah, thanks dude. That was a lot of work getting all those shards in the right place." Soos said.
"Well, you did a pretty good job." I said and we all walked back to the gift shop.
"Oh Emily, o have something for you." Soos said and went behind the counter and handed me a small box.
"What is it with people and giving me boxes lately?" I asked aloud.
"Huh?" Soos asked.
"Uh never mind." I said quickly and opened the box. Inside was a green flip phone with a charger.
"Uh...what?" I asked and took it out.
"I figured you needed one. So I bought one for you. All of your friends contact information on their and it charges like supper fast dude." Soos explained. I stared at him in awe and felt grateful tears in my eyes.
"Awww...Soos...you didn't have to do this..." I said.
"Well I wanted to do something nice for you. You've helped us run the Shack really well and don't ask for much in return. So consider this a late birthday present." He said and I put the box down and hugged him.
"Thank you Soos. This is one of the greatest gifts I've ever gotten." I said and he returned the hug.
"You're welcome dude." Soos said, and I laughed.
This was a day well spent.
Author's Note:
I don't think I can express how much I love Soos. He's just so awesome! Heck, Emily sees him as an older brother. Can't wait to write m take on Soos and the real girl. One of my favorite episodes.
Anyway, hope you liked this chapter. Please leave a review and I'll see you all next chapter where Emily celebrates Summerween for the first time! Yay!
Hourglass Cipher: Bill won't always show up, he wasn't here either. Nothing to worry about...(yet)...
Lunar Moon Butterfly: Awwww, thanks. Also I can't tell you how many times I made a spelling mistake on a review, or almost made one.
