Can't wait to wield that Key

"Oh, that one looks like a butt….and that one looks like a wood axe," Wendy pointed to the various clouds, her mind letting them take on very specific shapes, "And that one looks like Robbie's small…."

Dipper was in awe, not of the roof nor the view he always had that. But Wendy, sure despite the age gap and the fact she already said no, he couldn't help but still admire the fact just how special a person she was. Her determination, her fire, the fact that even when the Heartless came and sent them off to Traverse Town, she didn't break, she didn't waver, she showed strength and determination. Oh. how much he loved her still.

Wendy though had made her feelings clear during one of their adventures that theirs would always be a platonic relationship. Of course, Dipper would respect her decision no matter what, for their friendship mattered more than if they were romantically involved. Still, it was hard at times to still not possess some sort of feelings with them when they were together.

"Hey, dude? Dude? your spacing out again, contacting the mother ship?" Wendy said, snapping his fingers in front of her. "Earth to Dipper? Come in, Dipper. Houston we've lost contact with Dork Space One, I repeat we've lost contact with Dork Space One, over."

Dipper shook his head, "Oh sorry, just uh…. Thinking?"

"More thinking," Wendy snickered, "When you are ever not thinking dude. Seriously you think more than all those boring philosophers they make us read about in school".

"Hey!"

Wendy chuckled.

Wasn't the first time he had done this, nor will it be the last. All the time he would think about the people he loved and how in some way he may have failed them by not being able to protect his world by being destroyed from the Heartless. Perhaps there was something he could have done, or maybe he could have been better when he was in Traverse Town. Instead, for the most part he stood on the sidelines and let Sora do the work.

"Guess that's why it tends to go off the rails a lot."

"Oh, nice use of puns! I like it, I like it." Wendy smirked

"Yeah, but you know...Just thinking ...Grunkle Ford's still not back, all the stuff we did back in Traverse Town and Hollow Bastion"

Wendy nodded, "Yeah, that was one wild ride"

Dipper chuckled as he blushed. His mind was thinking about several things at once. Wendy, Riku, Mabel the fact Sora might have won. Life had definitely been interesting for him, and after the Heartless came, his mind exploded now knowing about the knowledge of the other worlds, darkness, and of course the all powerful weapon...The Keyblade.

Every time he thought about that weapon he felt a small tingle encompass him. Such a powerful weapon, considered by one of the most powerful beings in the entire universe. The only problem one there was one, and it was in the hands of a fourteen year old. Dipper had high thoughts of Sora for sure, he seemed to prove his mettle against Maleficent, even Riku, still he could see the flaws. He was cocky, naive, and definitely someone who flew by the seat of his pants. In a lot of ways, he reminded him of Mabel and with a powerful weapon, that was a scary combination.

A weapon like that should be with someone smart and wise, like him, or his great uncle Ford. He wondered how much his great uncle knew about the Keyblade before he vanished. He wished he was here right now. So many questions left unanswered. He wanted to know, he needed to know.

"Dipper, spacing out again." Wendy said waving her hand in front of his face to get his attention again

"Oops, sorry Wendy," He blushed hard now, feeling his insides churn

Wendy stood up looking at Dipper concerned, "Alright kid, what's wrong, come on, you can tell me, I know you told me a little, but what's really got your mind all kerbobbled.".

"Well, uh…." Dipper started blushing from embarrassment, "It's embarrassing. You don't wanna hear about it"

"Oh man, now you gotta tell me!" Wendy said getting on her knees looking excited, "Is it a deep dark secret, do you finally have another crush...It's another crush isn't it

"No...No…." Dipper laughed nervously "Well, I was just thinking ...What would it be like to wield one of those Keyblade's for myself?"

"Huh, really? Thinking about all that Keyblade stuff again. Guess I shouldn't be surprised, I mean after everything that happened " Wendy looked at Dipper with a smirk, ruffling his hair a bit, "I guess I can see it, i mean it might be heavy for you. But hey, if that Sora kid could do it with little to experience I don't see why you can't"

"Really?" Dipper looked excited now, "Think so"

Wendy nodded her head, "Yeah, why not, beside you seem like you'd study and train and get better at it. We've been through a lot of weird stuff that i'm sure having one of those key things would be a perfect fit".

"I thought you wouldn't want me to have one because of all the bad stuff it caused? I mean Grunkle Ford but that stuff in the Journal when he came back for a reason right? He must have discovered it on his adventure, he must be worried about it.

Wendy shrugged, "I mean sure I'd be worried, but I'm always worried, so might as well enjoy it."

"Ha, you have a Keyblade Master Dipper," Zazu flew up towards them now, the long hornbill landing on top of Dipper's cap, "Come now Master Dipper, why on earth would you want one of those infernal things anyway?"

"Oh yeah?" Dipper smirked arms folded confident, "You don't think I can do it?"

Zazu replied, "If from what I heard about them, we are lucky Sora was able to wield one."

"Not the way I see it."

Mabel popped her head out the window looking up at the roof, "Oh, I sense an obligatory song!"

Dipper

I'm gonna wield a mighty key.

So enemies beware

Zazu

Well I've never seen a key's wielder

With such messy hair.

"Well, there was Sora," Wendy pointed out.

"True."

Dipper

I'm gonna be the main event

Like no wielder was before.

I'm brushing up I'm looking down.

Working on my battle roar!

Zazu

Thus far a rather uninspiring thing.

Dipper

Oh I just can't wait to wield that Key.

Wendy chuckled, "Oh man, you wielding a Keyblade? That's something I gotta see."

"Can you imagine it, though?!" Dipper exclaimed.

Dipper

No one saying do this.

Wendy

No one saying be there.

Dipper

No one saying stop that.

Dipper/Wendy

No one saying see here.

Zazu

Now see here.

Dipper

Free to run around all day

Free to do it my way.

Zazu

I think it's time

That you and I

Arrange a heart to heart.

Dipper

Wielders don't need advice

From little horn fields for a start

Zazu

If this is where the keyblade is headed

Then ser cut me out.

Out of service

Out of Africa

I wouldn't hang about.

This child is getting wildly out of wing.

Dipper

Oh I just can't wait to wield that Key

Dipper

Everyone look left.

Everyone looks right.

Everywhere you look I'm

Standing spotlight!

Zazu

Not yet

Chorus

Let every creature go for broke and sing
Let's hear it in the herd and on the wing
It's gonna be young's finest fling

Dipper

Oh, I just can't wait to wield that key

Oh, I just can't wait to wield that key

Oh, I just can't wait to wield that key

Zazu sighed, "Oh, I hope there aren't any other young pre-teens out there with the insanity that you posses, master Dipper. I really, really, hope so."

"There you are!" Stan came out pointing to the two of them, "Stop singing songs about dreams and the future and get to work!"

Dipper sighed, "Yes, Grunkle Stan."

"Hey Dipper," Wendy said, stopping him mid way,

"I think you'd make an awesome Keyblade Master...but uh you know, don't let it go to your head okay dude."

"Yeah….heh heh….right"

Dipper smiled, his cheeks turning a tad red, before running off.

-000-

"Ungard, touche" Dipper said looking at himself in a mirror in the bathroom.

Dipper grabbed a broom, pretending it was a Keyblade and began to fight it. Thinking about wielding one was an empowering feeling, the idea of Wendy supporting him in this dream just made his heart sore to great heights. He imagined himself as a great Keyblade Warrior, proud, tall and strong, perhaps with some facial hair. The thought of traveling the worlds, as he beat the forces of darkness continued to swirl through his mind. The adventures he has, the people he'd seen, the knowledge he gained. It was all very enticing if only it was true.

"Take that Heartless…" Dipper snickered turning around, "Fear the wrath of Keyblade Master Dip-Ah"

Dipper jumped, heart skipping a deep, as he saw Riku leaning by the bathroom wall with a mischievous smirk on his face. He could already feel his cheeks turning red as he began to calm down. Taking a deep breath to steady his rattling nerves.

"Hey it's better then catching him do the other stuff he does in the bathroom" Iago spoke ending the silence before flying off down the hall.

Dipper groaned

Riku for his part let out a soft chuckle, "Don't worry, not the first time I've watched mock fighting before, Sora used to do it all the time back home"

"Pretend fight in the bathroom".

"More than that" Riku said as he started washing his hand, "Sora would daydream, imagine, think of things beyond anything I could, always used to think he was some sort of hero. His mind could pretty much conjure up anything no matter how weird or bizarre it was"

Dipper chuckled, "Sounds like Mabel...She's a bit of a dreamer herself".

"Yeah, they probably got along back in Traverse Town"

"Yeah, they did, whatever little time they spent together"

Riku gave a faint frown, "Bet it was fun"

"Yeah, guess you missed out on some of that huh" Dipper said, realizing Riku grip the edge of the sink, realizing what he said, "Oh man, i'm sorry man, didn't mean to push those buttons"

"It's fine" Riku held up a hand, "Believe me, it's not your fault"

"Well...Okay then"

Dipper was about to respond before Riku spoke one more time.

"Oh Dipper" He said, his voice turning a bit stern, "Believe me, wanting a keyblade or even having one isn't all cracked up then you think it is/ You think it's interesting because of the power it can give you the freedom, but trust me, if one hasn't chose you then it does so for a reason",

Dipper sighed at this, "Did I do something wrong then? Am I not worthy or corrupt, well maybe corrupt since Mabel doesn't have one either...as far as I know at least"

"I don't know what goes into choosing a Keyblade to be honest" Riku replied leaning up against the sink, "All I know that for some reason Sora has one, I don't and he's the only person right now in the entire universe that does since all the other ones are apparently dead. Also I guess Keyblade don't apply to the nature of good and evil since Xehanort has one or had one".

"That's true" Dipper tapped his chin, "So I guess they are morally ambiguous weapons...Something you would know about wouldn't Mr...Do what ever takes, yeah...Oh yeah, I remember. I agree with it, but I remember you aid"

Riku sighed, "Yeah, I know I said it...but….ugh... look, in the end Sora did have the stronger heart, even though I took the Keyblade from him, he managed to take it right back. Proof that darkness isn't as great as it's cracked up to be. Not the weapon, it's how we use it that matters, and Sora used it correctly".

"Still I feel really uncomfortable just putting all our hopes onto him, I mean don't you, didn't you, I don't know what you really felt honestly" Dipper said, his voice sounding serious, "I don't hate your friend or anything Riku, but what if this happens again, we need to be ready for if that Xehanort guy came back, or something worse even. You have to agree with me right"

Dipper notice Riku body stiffening before replying, "I-I guess you are correct, and I don't disagree, I just ...I'm not the person you should ask for help for anything from okay"

"Right, sorry"

Dipper started to walk off seeing Riku look at himself in the mirror. He was hiding something though he didn't quite know what it was. Opening his room he found Mabel jumping on her bed with Waddles, the two of them looking to be playing some strange game of sorts.

"One, two, three, four, five, six…

"What are you doing?"

"Bouncing?"

"Why?"

"Because" Mabel said again causally.

Dipper sighed, "Don't hurt yourself okay"

"Fine!" Mabel sighed putting herself and Waddles down, "So what up bro-bro, finally going to have some bed-bed"

"Ha, ha, very funny Mabel"

Mabel frowned, "Seriously bro you need to learn to sleep better"

"I will, I will, it's just, do you think Riku is hiding something from us" Dipper asked.

Mabel looked confused, "What do you mean?"

"Nothing, it's just he always has that sullen look on his face, and he keeps to himself, and that's definitely not someone I one hundred percent trust"

"Maybe," Mabel tapped her chin in thought, "Or maybe he's just still very closed up, after going through everything. I mean come on, all the darkness and being around villains and evil people, that can't be good for anyone. Plus who knows what was going on in order for him to just turn like that, I mean Sora was his best friend forever, and just to turn, that means something deeper was probably going on".

"I guess," Dipper said jumping on his bed, "Well night Mabel"

"Night bro-bro"

Dipper waited for her to go to sleep before he snuck out and headed to his one place of true solution. His Grunkle Ford's basement laboratory.

-000-

Grunkle Ford's basement lab

This had become Dipper sanctuary after they had come to Traverse Town. Here he could get away from the routines of his family and friends. A place where he can just enjoy the quiet and look over his Grunkle's journals and research, trying to find anything and everything he could about Gravity Falls, the weirdness around it, and eventually the Heartless.

Endless nights of reading, taking notes, spending it down here, letting his mind go deeper and deeper into the work Ford had started. The more nights he spent here the less sleep he got, and that was definitely something that was a strain on him but that wasn't going to stop him.

"You know you really should sleep Master Dipper!"

Dipper flinched to see Zazu flying next to him landing down a few feet away on the table.

"Oh, uh...Yeah, i guess" Dipper yawned, "Just a few more minutes, I've been thinking, that's all"

"When are you not thinking" The Hornbill muttered.

Dipper just rolled his eyes and got up and went over to a drawer in the lab. He looked around for a few moments and took a deep breath. His hands trembled as he opened up one of the cupboards and began pulling out a box. Taking out a key from his pocket he opened up the box lock and took out from inside, a small yet sleek looking black lamp.

"Who disturbs me!" Came a snake like voice from inside, "Do you know that you hold the lamp of the great Jafar! Once ruler of Agrabah! The most powerful sorcerer in THE WORLD!"

"Don't be so dramatic Jafar" Dipper muttered.

Jafar, Vizier of Agrabah, that's what little Dipper knew about him, apart from what Sora told him. Apparently he was one of Maleficent's goons. More like her second in command from what he heard. No one knew apart from Iago, Zazu and Mabel that he was here, and he had to keep him here. An evil Genie should not be let out for any reason. In fact he remembered Riku himself had this lamp was using it.

What if Dipper could use it?

It wasn't until after the battle of Hollow Bastion did Dipper find the lamp just lying around. So, in his wisdom he decided to sneak it into his vest hoping that no one would see it. Thankfully when he and his family found themselves going back to Gravity Falls, the lamp, along with Zazu and Iago for some unknown reason came along with them.

"So...My cruel captive gives me a voice to hear"

Dipper rolled her eyes, "You aren't...Okay you are kinda a captive, but we aren't cruel, I mean your a genie, so you don't really need to eat or anything right?"

"Phenomenal cosmic power...Itty bitty living space, as the old saying goes"

"Oh" Dippr frowned, shaking his head though, "Well whatever, look, um...I need um...Answers...To things"

"Then wish"

"No never! Ugh, this is a stupid idea….Maybe I should just ask Riku, maybe he knows stuff" Dipper muttered to himself, "Still? What if he says no, or starts suspecting something? Not that there isn't really anything to suspect and I'm rambling…"

"Riku?" Dipper covered his mouth as he realized what he did, "Maleficent favorite? He's here? Now that is a surprise, good to know what is going on the outside world for a change instead of being cooped up in the lamp!"

"Well uh…" Dipper sighed, "Okay yes Riku is here, okay...Happy!"

"Very"

"Okay, I told you something now you have to tell me, what do you know about the Keyblade!"

"The Keyblade" Jafar hissed, "I'm afraid I do not know much in the art of Keyblade Master"

Dipper scowled, wishing he wasn't even talking to this psycho Genie"Come on dude, you have to know something, didn't you work for Maleficent for long a time you have to know some things"

"Perhaps information on the Heartless then," Jafar said, even within the lamp his voice was oily, "Maybe if you wish…

"Never!" Dipper scowled

Jafar scowl could be heard from here, "Very well, one free piece, the Heartless you fought and the ones that's many worlds controlled were known as emblem Heartless. Not natural to the world, but manufactured by a machine in Hollow Bastion. We made millions of them, if not more over the years. They perhaps make a majority of the Heartless population now"

"And you can control them"

"Better then pureblood Heartless, while Maleficent and I did assert our authority over them, they always seemed more...resistance to our powers. Perhaps being part of the natural world made it that way"

"Heartless...part of the natural world"

Dipper leaned back in his chair, it was definitely an interesting bit of information. Two forms of Heartless, emblem and pureblood. One part of the natural world, the other part of science. It was interesting that Jafar always said natural world. He always assumed the Heartless were unnatural, not part of this world.

It felt as if ever since he had returned home he would spend restless nights just trying to figure out just what had happened to Gravity Falls and the other worlds. Not that it's wasn't completely out of his wheelhouse. Dipper had dealt with many bizarre things in the past, some grander and more terrifying than others. However this Heartless fiasco, the sheer scope and scale of it was something even he had never truly comprehended. What's worse, the fact that apparently when the answer did come to him, it came in the form of not a grand power of even a hero, but some kid who didn't even know what he was doing.

"You know, it's funny in a sense" Jafar chuckled, "You are far more the intellect and pupil of learning such things, and yet the Keyblade found it's hand in a child, who I'm sorry to say, has the intelligence of a brain dead Neanderthal"

Dipper grimmaced, "Sora wasn't….That dumb"

"From what I heard of Keyblade Wielders, he didn't fit the mold"

Sadly Jafar was right.

Throughout it all, Dipper never did fully trust Sora, nor did he now. The sheer thought of a child, with no experience, no skills, not even that much intelligence being everyone hope scared him. It was insane, no matter what Malle said to have faith he could never truly have faith in a kid who knew nothing.

Someone, someone much like him in that regards.

However, maybe that would be the difference between him and Sora, he wanted to understand, and he was going to understand.

"Now, since I have given you something, perhaps you can give me something" Jafar spoked ending Dipper deep though, one could hear the sinister tone in his voice.

Dipper smirked, "I don't think you have any lever on this one, you gave me a freebee"

"Such a cruel young master" Jafar taunted playfully, "Perhaps I'll be a little more tighter with my tongue next time"

Dipper sighed, "Okay, well I won't wish you free or anything I will tell you what I found out about Genie's"

"Yes...Yes"

"Simple," Dipper smirked again, "If I wished you free, you'd actually lose a bit of your power, apparently when away from the lamp the phenomenal cosmic stuff dies down...Big Time"

"WHAT"

"Yep, apparently that's part of the universal rules of magic, Genie gets freed and their powers gets a decline" Dipper said, "Not sure why Grunkle Ford didn't have info on Genie's sadly, believe me I've been looking...Can't really do much about magic unless you change the laws of magic, and you can't do that without knowing some sorta ancient spell that apparently located in your world, made a copy of the page and ...Why am I telling you this".

Jafar was just silent. Dipper probably wondered how much he was stewing in rage because of this piece of information.

"Fascinating" Jafar hissed, "You would search for a way to change the laws of magic, why"

Dipper frowned, "Not telling, plus I don't know. Sounds like something really dumb and dangerous to do. We have rules for a reason, otherwise the universe would be chaos"

Speaking of chaos. As he searched through his Uncle's journal he turned the page and stumbled upon a familiar sight. The warning of Bill Cipher, one of the greatest dangers he had ever faced. First in the mindscape in Grunkle Stan's own mind, then when he tried to possess his body. He was probably

the most dangerous thing he had ever encountered. He was ancient and knowledgeable.

Suddenly a thought occurred to him and went away as quickly.

"No!" Dipper slammed the book, "Never"

Never would he summon Bill to know about the Keyblade, he would do many things but Bill Cipher was not one of them. His Grunkle Ford had warned him about Bill, and ever since then he would never trust the demon.

Looking at one of the drawers he saw a snow globe with a swirling vortex in it. A rift, that if unleashed could spell disaster for everyone.

"Hmm," Dipper said looking at his picture, "I wonder what Bill is doing now, he hasn't tried anything...Maybe he realized to finally stay away ...Somehow I doubt it thought."

Taking out a piece of paper and pen he took a note down and put it near the box lamp, as it said three simple words.

"Wish, Bill, away ? Wouldn't that be something.\


Author Note: As always like, comment and hopefully enjoy.