One afternoon in Gravity Falls, Oregon at the Mystery Shack, Mabel Pines was happily humming to herself, playing with her adorable pet pig, Waddles, when she suddenly heard her Grunkle Stan's booming voice from downstairs.
"POINDEXTER! CAN YOU STOP DOING YOUR SCIENTIFIC WORK IN THE LIVING ROOM?! I'M TRYING TO WATCH T.V!"
"No I can't, Stanley, I have to get this experiment done!" Ford told him.
"WELL GET IT DONE LATER! DUCK-TECTIVE IS ON RIGHT NOW!" Stan shouted.
"YOU CAN WATCH THAT DUMB KIDS SHOW ANY DAY, STANLEY!" Ford growled at him. "IT'S NOT AS IMPORTANT AS ME FINDING OUT THE SECRETS BEHIND GRAVITY FALLS' WEIRDNESS!"
"OH REALLY? WELL GUESS WHAT?! I DON'T CARE!" Stan shot back.
Mabel could hear her two grunkles yelling and fighting at each other from upstairs, both of them yelling mean and rude and hurtful words towards each other. Ever since Ford came out of the portal, they have both instead of making up and forgiving each other for what they have done in the past, they have only been fighting, fighting and fighting.
Finally, Mabel snapped. She couldn't stand to hear people fighting, especially her two grunkles. She rushed downstairs, tears forming in her eyes. "STOP IT!" She shouted at both of them. "STOP IT! BOTH OF YOU!"
Stan and Ford both stopped shouting at each other upon hearing Mabel's voice and turned to look at their great niece. A hurtful look appeared on each of their faces when they saw that she had tears rolling down her cheeks.
"Sweetie, what's the matter?" Stan asked her softly.
"WHAT'S THE MATTER? WHAT'S THE MATTER?!" she glared at her grunkles, struggling to keep more tears from coming out. "YOU TWO! THAT'S WHAT'S THE MATTER! EVER SINCE GRUNKLE FORD CAME OUT OF THE PORTAL, YOU GUYS HAVE JUST BEEN FIGHTING AND ARGUING! WHY CAN'T YOU GUYS FORGET ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST AND GET ALONG AGAIN?!"
"Now sweetie, calm down," he gently rubbed her hair before he continued talking. "Listen, you know I wouldget along with Ford if he just thanks me for spending thirty years in the portal," he gave his brother a stern look.
"ME?! FORGIVE YOU?! NEVER!" Ford growled. "YOU MADE ME LOSE THIRTY YEARS OF MY LIFE ON THIS DIMENSION! AND LET'S NOT FORGET WHO COST ME MY DREAM SCHOOL!"
"OH! AGAIN WITH THE DREAM SCHOOL?!" Stan shouted angrily.
They both started fighting again, forgetting all about Mabel.
Fresh tears poured into Mabel's eyes as she ran upstairs to her room, locked herself in and collapsed on her bed. She soon started to sob.
Waddles, noticing how upset she was, climbed up with her on the bed and gave her a lick on the cheek in an attempt to cheer her up.
Mabel looked up at her pig and gave a sort of happy smile as she pulled him in for a hug.
"Oh, Waddles. What am I gonna do about Stan and Ford? They fight all the time! I wish they could just get along again like they used to as kids…"
The more the images of how her two grunkles were shouting rude things to each other, the more upset Mabel got. If only there was a way they could be nice to each other…
Suddenly, Mabel's eyes widened and a big and mischievous grin appeared on her face. She had the same look when she had gotten the idea to use truth-telling teeth to get Grunkle Stan to stop lying and to get Robbie and Tambry together. This meant that she had gotten another idea-an idea that was obviously to make Stan and Ford stop arguing and get along again.
"Waddles! I got it!" she exclaimed happily. "I think I know how to make Stan and Ford get along and be nice to each other!"
She ran to Dipper's drawer, opened it up and pulled out Ford's 3rd journal. "We can make them get along with this!" she proudly showed the journal to Waddles.
"Oink?" Waddles cocked his head to the side, confused.
"I know what you're thinking, Waddles. How the heck is a nerdy book gonna help Grunkle Stan and Grunkle Ford get along? Well…."
She flipped through the book and stopped at a certain page. On the page was a picture of sparkling cupcakes called "The Get-Along Cupcakes" with 2 full pages of notes about them.
"One time as I was flipping through the journal out of boredom, I noticed this page with cupcakes that are called The Get-Along Cupcakes! Maybe these cupcakes have the power to help people get along!"
She quickly skimmed through the journal and squealed. "Oh my gosh, they do! According to this journal, when two people consume a Get-Along cupcake, they'll immediately get along with the first person they lay eyes on! So that means if I let Stan and Ford each eat a cupcake together, they'll act nice to each other and won't fight anymore! It's perfect!"
She ran out of the room, ready to make the cupcakes, but not a second had passed when she came back into the room. "Wait. Where am I gonna find the ingredients and what do I even need to make them?" She skimmed through the Get-Along cupcakes page until she finally found its ingredients and where to find them.
"Oh, alright! Now I know what I need and where to find it!" she smiled after she read it. She quickly put the journal back in Dipper's drawer.
She then ran out the door in excitement and set off to find the ingredients she needed to make the Get-Along cupcakes so that her Grunkle Stan and Ford would get along again as they used to.