Dipper & Wendy vs The Future
Part Fourteen
'October 23, 2019: Dipper and I visited the Mystery Shack so he could show me his inspiration for our royal Halloween costumes. Of course we had to go and uncover another mystery by reading a book! We tried to get ahold of Ford via HAM radio, but couldn't keep a steady connection. He did tell us that they were going to reach mainland Japan later in the week and would be able to videoconference then. I guess we'll just have to let sleeping dogs lie for now. Soos did bring up an interesting point at dinner though. He pondered if it were a self-fulfilling prophecy, where by trying to stop the Magic Killers in the first place; we may very well end up being the cause of their summoning. Deep stuff. Other than that, Dip and I are getting even more hyped for the whole becoming a parent thing. Soos and Melody said they'd lend us Mateo every once and a while to get used to having a little one around the house. Speaking of which… Dipper mentioned that we should look at getting a proper house instead of continuing to rent the apartment. I think he's right. It's not the safest place for a newborn, let alone two of them. He has saved the money he came into wisely and I think we might be able to build one on the cheap if my family helps out. I even learned that my dad helped build the Mystery Shack for Ford back in the day. Who knew? What other secrets you got there pops? Speaking of the old man, he and Claire are getting pretty serious. I think he's waiting until the twins are born to pop the question. I don't know how to feel. Like, on one hand I'm so happy for him. He's been on his own for far too long and deserves to be happy. On the other hand, nobody could ever replace my mom. I don't think Claire is trying to do that, but at the same time… She will be my new mom technically. I don't fucking know. But what's new there. Well, my hand's cramping up, so I'm gonna end this… Until next time – Gwendolyn Blerble Pines' the redhead wrote in her blue journal before closing it and placing it on a bookshelf above her desk.
Dipper walked into the bedroom to find his wife putting away the gift that his late twin sister Mabel had given to her over two years ago. "I didn't interrupt anything, did I?" the brown haired man inquired. He wanted to respect the young woman's privacy and knew that she enjoyed placing a nightly entry into the tome. "Nah… Just wrapping up…" the redhead said as she got up from the chair and walked over to her husband. Two became one as they embraced one another and pecked each other's lips. "Well… I'm gonna turn in… Work comes early…" the ginger woman mused as she pulled away from her lover, who now walked with the assistance of a cane. "Well, I'll be up for a little while longer if you need me" the brown haired man replied as he left the room. The redhead shed her attire of blue jeans and a red long sleeved t-shirt before climbing into the comfortable queen sized bed. Setting her alarm and plugging in her phone to charge it, the young woman soon fell fast asleep. Meanwhile, in the living room, Dipper fired up his XStationU and opened up the WebFilm app. Though he sought sleep, ever since the injury it had eluded him. He had become a bit of an insomniac and only slept for about four hours a night. While it gave him plenty of time to do the things he wanted to, he was always on the edge of exhaustion. Selecting a documentary on the haunted history of Ireland, he settled in for yet another restless night.
Much to his surprise, the brown haired man began to feel a wave of tiredness come over him. After suffering through many weeks of insomnia, he thought that he may finally get a good night's rest. Dipper didn't fight the urge to fall asleep as his eyelids grew ever heavier. For a moment, the injured father-to-be thought he had achieved his goal, only to have his eyes open wide yet again. "Shit!" he cursed to himself; only to find his surrounding much different from the comfort of his couch. The twenty year old man stood in a clearing in the forest. This spot was instantaneously familiar to him as he looked on in confusion. Before him stood the twelve year old versions of both he and his sister, along with fifteen year old Wendy, Soos, Stan, and Ford. In the short preteens hand was a familiar red book. "We can't keep this up for much longer!" shouted Stan as he wielded a shotgun at some flying monsters. "Guys! I think we might have found something that could work!" the excited boy yelled as Wendy turned her head to face him. "Hurry up and read it before we all die out here!" the redhead shouted in a frantic tone of voice. Twenty year old Dipper didn't recognize this scene at all from Weirdmageddon; it seemed to be slightly different in a few other ways as well that he couldn't quite put his fingers on. "I'll close the portal; you guys get out of here! It's too dangerous!" Ford exclaimed in his trademark booming voice above the whirling of the gateway to another dimension. Young Dipper grabbed his sister's hand and the duo sprinted away from the scene. A mere moment later, a red and black beam of light shot out of the void and struck both Dipper and Mabel Pines. An explosion of blood erupted from the midsections of the two youngsters as they stumbled and fell to the ground; clutching each other's hands as they drew their final breaths in the mortal realm. Ford flipped through the book and found a different spell; rushing to cast it while it still may have an effect on the fallen twins.
Twenty year old Dipper Pines wanted to intervene, but couldn't move an inch. It was the same sensation that Wendy had described in her nightmare about jumping off the water tower. "This doesn't make any fucking sense! We defeated Bill! None of this ever happened! What the fuck is going on here?!" the distraught man muttered to himself as he continued to look at the much younger lifeless bodies of both he and his sister. Suddenly, a bright yellow flash of light flew out of the closing portal and into the lifeless corpses of the 'Mystery Twins'. A moment later, the fallen duo began to stir and a look of relief came over the faces of their friends and family. Rising to their feet as if nothing had happened, Dipper was the first to speak. "What the?! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!" he exclaimed as he extended his arms in confusion. "THIS ISN'T HOW THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO GO! NOT ONE BIT!" Mabel shouted in an angered tone. "Mabel… Dipper… You dudes alri-" Soos asked as he approached the duo, only to be hit with a beam of blue light that shot out of Dipper's hand. "Soos!" Wendy exclaimed as she rushed over to the injured man. One by one, the risen Dipper and Mabel struck down those that cared most about them with the laser-like blasts. Mabel made quick work of dispatching Ford and Stan, while Dipper slowly walked over to a hysterical Wendy, who sat on the ground with her knees tucked up to her chest; face buried into her thighs as she tried to shut out the troubling scene. He extended his hand and lifted up the chin of the upset teenager; tears running down her freckled cheeks. "Shhh… There, there…" he said in a deeply unsettling tone. It was almost as if he were mocking the red haired fifteen year old. "P-Please! I-I know you're in there Dipper!" the young woman pleaded in a desperate voice as she saw the boys hand begin to glow blue. "Just do it already!" Mabel practically barked at her twin brother. "Dipper?" Wendy asked in a weak and frightened voice as she was hit with the intense blast of light. "WENDY! NOOOO!" the twenty year old man shouted as the younger form of his wife was mortally wounded by the blast.
Dipper suddenly awoke in a cold sweat as he practically leaped off the sofa and landed with a thud to the hardwood floor below. Meanwhile, Wendy had heard the commotion and while still half asleep grabbed a wooden baseball bat from under her side of the bed. "Dipper?" the redhead hesitantly asked as she exited the bedroom. Only hearing a faint groan, the young mother-to-be choked up on the bat and inched ever closer to the living room; prepared to hit an intruder's head like she were swinging for a homerun if the need arised. The television glowed with the images of a cemetery as an Irish accent narrated a tale; helping to illuminate the otherwise dark apartment. "Dipper?" she once again called out in a hushed tone. The sound of a man weeping was heard by the redhead and she dropped the bat. Walking around the back of the couch, she saw her husband on the floor; his head buried into a throw pillow as he continued to cry. "Honey! A-Are you okay?" she asked in a frightened tone as she kneeled next to her lover. "No… Not really…" the brown haired husband replied as he sniffled. "A-Are you hurt?" the auburn haired woman asked in a concerned tone of voice. "Nah… I-I just had a bad dream…" Dipper answered as he tried his best to catch his breath. Wendy helped her husband up to the sofa and sat beside him as she ran her fingers through his unruly chestnut mane; trying her best to settle the disturbed man. "I'm going to grab my book… I'll be right back…" the mother-to-be said as she got up from the couch and walked away for a moment. "Holy fuck…" Dipper whispered to himself as he felt his heartrate begin to slow. True to her word, Wendy returned with the blue journal.
After turning on a lamp on the side table, she asked her husband to explain exactly what he had dreamt. 'October 24, 2019: I was asleep in my bed when I heard a commotion in the apartment. I grabbed my baseball bat and checked the place out. Dipper was hysterical on the floor. It was another bad dream. In this one, he said that he was taken back to the end of the first summer that he and Mabel spent in Gravity Falls. They were trying to close the rift when a light came out and killed him and Mabel. Ford cast some sort of spell and a second light, this one yellow, came out of the rift. It brought them back to life, but they were different. Almost as if someone else was controlling them. They, and I can't believe I'm actually writing this, killed Soos, Ford and Stan with some sort of blue light they shot out of their hands. He said that I was the last one alive and that younger Dipper went over, but that he didn't kill me right away. Mabel told him to do it and I begged him not to, but younger Dipper killed me too! That's fucked up! Then he woke up. He's hysterical right now. I don't know why, but I think he might have seen something super important that might tell us about those Magic Killer dudes. Like, in the last nightmare that we both had, it seemed like we were looking into the future. Was he looking into the past? A different past? IDK? I'm gonna try and calm him down. Until next time and hopefully under better circumstances – Gwendolyn Blerble Pines' the entry read. She closed the blue book and placed it on the side table before turning off both the television and side table lamp. The redhead pulled a blanket off the back of the couch and covered both she and her husband in the warm wool. The light snores of her lover were a welcome sound as she too began to fall asleep once again on a late October morning in Gravity Falls, Oregon.
Author's note: These are the journal entries I was talking about in my notes a few chapters back. Anyone figure out who the Magic Killers might be yet? What of the nightmare that poor Dipper had? As always, I enjoy reading reviews on this and any of my other stories. Who knows, I might even reply to some of them? Until next time - iKLOT
My Soundtrack for this chapter:
Owl City – "Good Time"
Kesha – "Die Young"
Alan Walker – "Faded"
The Heirs – "Suburban Wonderland"
Florence And The Machine – "Ship To Wreck"
Linkin Park/ Kiiara – "Holding On"
MisterWives – "Machine"
Shooting Star Falls AU Reading Order:
Underage Discoveries On A Reckless Night: A Shooting Star Falls Prequel
A Shooting Star Falls
Echoes Of A Nearby Future: A Shooting Star Falls Story
Scarred Summer: A Shooting Star Falls Story
The Dark Days of Candy Chiu: A Shooting Star Falls Story
Forever Memories: A Shooting Star Falls Story
Stable Times Or A Wild Ride?: A Shooting Star Falls Story
Grenda's Confession: A Shooting Star Falls Story
Birthday Weirdness In The Rose City: A Shooting Star Falls Story
The Gift Of Forever: A Shooting Star Falls Story
Wendy & Dipper Vs The Future: A Shooting Star Falls Story