So that whole Journal thing happened. That was fun.
I got my own copy. I now know Dipper's real name.
Soon… Very soon.
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Well that was weird. Sorry I wrote that really late at night. Guess I'll just leave that in.
Yea. Journal happened. I read it, its great, it is now canon and therefore exists in my story. It disappeared somewhere in some park in Oregon and won't affect the plot in any way other than ideas.
Right into reviews we shall go then!
Gamelover41592: good work on this chapter I look forward to seeing Pacifica time traveling among the other things
Thank you!
CiaoFromItaly: But canonly Pacifica had been to the Mystery Shack before. At least three times. Once in Double Dipper, once in Northwest Mansion Noir, and once in Wierdmageddon Part 3.
Other than canon issues, this was a pretty good chapter. I want to hear more about what happened with Pacifica's family. But they should still have a considerable amount of money seeing as they "only have one pony now." (Pacifica's Mom). That meant that they still were higher class citizens, just not as high as ther were.
Sorry for that bit of speculation there.
Ok, ciao.
CiaoFromItaly
I don't think I said that Pacifica had never been to the shack. In fact, I think I said the exact opposite.
"Many times she had come to this old building throughout the short time she had known the twins. At first she regretted even coming near the place. Wanting nothing to do with what she considered a peasant's house. A place below her stature. However, when her parents fought, before her mother left Pacifica and her father for themselves, she was seldom to find another place to take refuge when the fights reached a level too large for her young mind to manage."
I did however forget about Double Dipper till now, however that wasn't a problem anyways.
And as for Pacificas loss of wealth income, it has been a year and Preston has not been able to find a job. They have been running out of savings and because of that, no pony.
I don't mind a good bit of speculation though! Thanks for the review!
Fereality: Well I still prefer the SS Wendip, but I've warmed up to the SS Dipcifica.
Only criticism is to possibly label the flashbash sequence with more than the previous paragraph's segway. I almost lost track of the time shift.
I like the ldea of using Melody as a big sister/surrogate mother for Pacifica. She could easily ground some of Pacifica's more materialistic and snarky personality traits. And are those the Relativity Falls Stans? Or did they find the fountain of youth while they traveled.
Keep up the good work and have fun writing.
Join the dark side! Come over to the S.S. Dipifica! It's practically canon now with the journal release! I promise! (Alex give me a definitive answer!)
I find it hard to judge how easy it is for someone to get lost in my own stories. It is just something I have to work on. It also doesn't help that I don't have a proof reader and instead rely on my own proofreading to get the job done.
That reminds me I need to get a beta reader.
ANNOUNCEMENT: CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN HOW TO DO THE BETA READING THING? AND IF YOU DO THAT, CAN YOU BE MY BETA READER?!
Thx
Yes, that is Relativity Falls since you asked. Might as well label it here. You will basically confirm it later in the chapter anyways.
I, also, love the idea of Melody being a surrogate mother to Pacifica. I really wish we had more of Melody in the series. I really liked her down to earth level headed character that helped to play a straight ma- woman to Soos. Their relationship is very sweet in general and so is her character.
I guess that is why she is in the fic to begin with.
Zexo87: Okay... Count me thoroughly confused. Did Pacifica somehow cross into another dimension? I'm glad she now has Melody to go to for confidence (at least a version of her anyway).
Yes she crossed over into another dimension. It's a bit of a 'in medias res' kinda thing going on. And that version of Melody was in a flashback.
TheReturnToTheFalls: I loved the ending. Honestly I was expecting something with reverse falls (not a huge fan of that) but this was way better! Keep up the good work! I can't wait to read more!
I, personally, love Reverse Falls. In fact, if I am to be honest with you, that is what I was originally going to have this story revolve around. But then I came up with the twins idea and the Relativity Falls idea popped into my mind and the rest is history.
Smiles1998: Alternate timelines? YAY! I love how you showed the Northwest family problems. It was great and really in depth. Great job!
Thank you! I'm glad it was compelling.
MaBilluv: I love your story, though I found out there were two other stories of the same title actually. Anyway, this chapter was cool, falling from a portal, finding that your (boy)friend's uncles are fighting a tree man, yep cool.
Lol, This story got me hooked like other stories i'm currently reading. Awesome
Yea… I kinda found out about that recently as well. Oh well. Can't change the title now. And I certainly can't think of a better one. Glad you are enjoying so far!
And that's all the reviews. Its been awhile hasn't it. Sorry about that. At some point i'll set up a schedule.
Hope you enjoy the chapter!
"Sta- Stanley Pines…"
"That's the name! Don't overuse it!"
Pacifica found herself shaking the hand of a man who was currently fighting off sea monsters in the Arctic Ocean. Halfway across the world with his brother who was also standing mere feet away from her.
Not to mention they looked like they were both her age.
'So it's a time traveling portal ey?' She thought to herself.
Taking a deep breath, she returned the handshake of her friends great uncle and let go. She looked back over to the boys.
The taller one, Stanely as she was able to now identify, looked to be about 4' 11" (About one and a half meters) tall. His hair was rough and unkept and strangely reminded her of Dippers haircut. His striped shirt was untucked and his sleeves were rolled up.
Behind him, his brother, who she believed she heard Dipper once refer to as "Great Uncle Ford," wore glasses that looked like they were on their last legs. The coat he wore seemed somewhat out of place in the warm weather conditions of the summer, however it seemed to be a trend in the Pines family to wear multiple articles of clothing when it is the hottest. Under his arm sat a journal. One she assumed was like Dipper's.
He also had six fingers. That was something of note that set him apart from his brother.
"Earth to Blond Chick… You there?"
"Stanley! Don't call her 'Blond Chick'!" The boy in the coat, who she still did not know the full name of came in her defense.
"What? It's not wrong!" He called back defensively.
"Well it certainly isn't very tactful. Why don't you ask her for a name?"
Stanley slid back to his brother with a knowing look in his eyes. "What's this? My little brother knows how to talk to girls now does he? Well why don't you go say hi?" And with that, Stanley shoved his brother forward to meet her.
Looking a bit awkward and anxious, the other Stan coughed a bit and muttered a "hi" at her.
She couldn't hold back a laugh. Neither could his brother.
"Its not funny!" He whined to them both. Neither of them could hear him over their wails.
Wiping a tear from her eye and showing a face of sympathy for the now moping boy that stood in front of her, she offered her hand for a handshake. "My names uh… My names Paz."
He held out his hand and shook it ghost-handedly. "My names Standford. Pleasure to meet you."
His brother appeared behind him and started to nudge him in the side. "Look at you being all formal." His grin had not left them the whole time.
They both began to silently bicker to each other. Pacifica stood there somewhat dumbstruck.
'My God.' She thought to herself. 'They are practically clones of those two'
Stanley was slyly making jokes at his brothers expense as they squared off in as great of a battle of wits as two twelve year olds could manage. They had begun to completely ignore her.
Pacifica, realizing that she needed to get the attention of them once more, waved a bit to the twins.
The twins, who had derived into a bit of shoulder punching match, stood at attention when they realized that Pacifica was motioning for them.
"Sorry Ms. Paz… We just got distracted…" Ford spit out. "How may we help you?"
Paz thought for a moment how she should direct this.
"I need your help."
"With what?" Stanley asked.
"With the paranorma-"
"Sure we'll help."
Pacifica had to do somewhat of a double take after Stanley interrupted her. There was not an ounce of hesitation from Stanley. As soon as she had asked for it, he was willing to help.
"Just like that? Not even going to listen to what I need help with?!"
"We deal with the paranormal all the time! That's why you came to us right?" Stanley's smile all of a sudden grew rather wide. "Or did you come specifically looking for my brother?"
Pacifica let out a nervous laugh. "Stanley!" Ford shouted at him. "Would you please stop trying to hook me up with every girl you meet?"
"You gotta get a girlfriend someday genius! I'm just being a good wingman and helping you out! It's not my fault you won't step even in the same room as one!"
"That's becaus-!" However Stanford stopped and nervously looked towards Pacifica, before then looking towards Stanley again. "We will talk about this later. Right now, lets see what she needs help with."
Pacifica found herself at an impasse. She needed their help, but she couldn't affect the world too much with her presence there. After all, she was dealing with time travel.
'If you changed anything in the past,' She recounted Dipper explaining the events of his own time traveling adventure 'it could drastically change something in the future.'
She needed a cover story. One that wouldn't alert them of her being from the future while allowing her to explain her needs to them.
She quickly searched her mind for anything that she could use. A story Dipper had recounted one day. A tale from her youth. Something! Then, looking to Ford, she remembered the perfect cover story...
"Interdimensional travel…"
Ford stroked his chin as the two twins sat on the opposite of Pacifica as the group sat in the kitchen table of the mystery shack. "Damn… That sounds like fun!"
A nervous laugh escaped Pacificas throat. 'Oh the irony' she thought to herself.
"Yea… I come from a different dimension. I need help getting back to it. Can you do it?"
Ford immediately started flipping through entries in the journal looking for anything on the subject. It was then Pacifica noticed something.
Something very important.
"Is… Is that a pine tree?" She gestured to the journal.
"Huh? Why yes it is. It's from a mysterious author who left it here before mysteriously disappearing one day." He continued to flip through it searching and searching. "For some reason he put a pine tree on it. Who knows…"
"Wait so that means…" She jolted up. "Who owns this Shack?!"
Both twins looked to her in surprise. They eyed each other for a moment, before Stanley responded.
"Um… Our great aun-?"
"Hey you two knuckleheads!" A grouchy feminine voice cut him off. The sound of wood creeking came from where she remembered the stairs would be. "I need help in the gift shop!"
Turning around Pacifica met the gaze of a tall, old woman in a pantsuit. On her head she wore a fez with a shooting star on it and had a 8-ball cane in her hand. She scratched her back before straightening her back.
"Oh my gosh did one of you get a girlfriend?!" She nearly shouted as she jolted towards the two. "Aww she's so pretty! Which one of you two knuckleheads had the guts?"
Ford groaned a bit and crossed his arms. "No Grauntie… Macie. She needed help with the paranormal. Would you please get out of her face."
The lady stepped back. A bit and held out her hand. "Hiya kid! Names Macie! M-A-C-I-E. Don't overuse it. Now how might me, the expert of the paranormal…" She paused for a moment before whispering to herself, "...for a small fee..." before shouting once more, "...help you out?"
Pacifica was beside herself. Before she could properly process this information, she softly smoke in a whisper as "Macie" stood right in front of her with her hand extended.
"Mabel…"
The twins didn't hear it, but Mabel's eyes shot up instantly, before grabbing the girl, making her stand up, and stood in the frame of the door to the kitchen with Pacifica at her side.
"Please excuse us boys. Me and princess here have to go have a girl talk."
Before Pacifica knew it, she was up the stairs in what she recognised as Mabel and Dippers room.
"Bro what just happened?"
"I have no idea Stanley. Girls are weird."
"I'm with ya on that one..."
Mabel stood staring daggers at Pacifica. Obviously sizing her up. The scowl on her face told her that she was not in a good mood.
"How do you know my real name kid?" She said beginning to cross her arms.
"Well… You see… I come from another dimension…"
"What do you know about other dimensions?" Mabel quickly changed her tune. Obviously reminded of brother(?)
"Well I was teleported to this dimension after falling into a portal in the forest in my dimension. It was DEFINITELY a different dimension. Things were… Very different."
"HOW SO?!" Mabel nearly screamed. At this point she had grabbed Pacifica's shoulders.
"It doesn't matter!" Pacifica screamed back. "Anyways. I need your help back. All of your help."
To her side, the door opened and two twins fell onto the floor. They had been leaning against the door listening in.
"What did you mean by your real name Grauntie?" Stanley asked as he pushed his brother off of him.
"Nothing kid. Now why were you listening in on our conversation?" Mabel was obviously annoyed.
"We wanted to know what was going on!" Stanley whined in a very childish tone.
"Well that is obvious. Now get out of here you two knuckleheads!" She pointed her cane at the two and they bolted away.
Raising her hand to her face, she covered it and spoke through her fingers. "Listen kid. I don't know how you being from another dimension gives you…" She paused for a moment while looking out the door to make sure the two Stans were nowhere to be found. "...That information… But I don't want those two knowing anything you might know about me. I need to keep it a secret. Just for one more day."
Pacifica nodded. She really didn't want to get kicked out of the house. The twins and Mabel were probably her best shot at getting back to her home.
"Now… Lets see. How are we going to get you back to your dimension." Mabel put her fingers to her chin pensively before snapping as if she had an idea. "I know! You can use the po-"
A ring at the doorbell shot off before she could finish the sentence. Although Pacifica already knew what she was going to say. Both of the girls peeking out the door frame of the twins bedroom, they looked downstairs to the front door. At the edge of entering the house stood a young boy dressed in a black hoodie and wearing shades. He looked around as if he was trying to appear nonchalant. He looked towards Ford, who was the first to answer the door, and spoke a single sentence.
"I need your help."
Ford shut the door on him.
Quick ending note, i'm changing the titles for this arc. I thought this one up and I like it better.