A/N: Sorry meant to put this up last night, but I was internet problems. Anyways it's a wham chapter... so enjoy!
Chapter 39: The Great Mabel Juice Adventure
It was a very rainy day. Dipper and Mabel were in front of the request board looking for a job both of them could do. Erza approached them.
"Are you sure we should still take jobs?" asked Dipper.
"Both of you have proven yourself." Said Erza.
"It's just that that last one we went on." Said Dipper.
"Relax, the mayor says his eyebrows will grow back and we still got paid so that's considered a win." Said Mabel.
"You got that right." Said Lucy, "I don't know how many times I went on botched job and didn't get paid."
"The Guild has low standards over what's considered a win…" sighed Dipper.
"Oooh look at this job." Said Mabel, "Wanted for elaborate prank: 10 feather dusters, three pounds of butter, a taxidermy porcupine, a stuffed monkey, 8 liters of pit cola and any kind of magic you can use, don't worry I'm flexible."
"We're not doing that job." Said Dipper.
"We just got an incoming." Said Mirajane with a request flier, "It's another haunted house from the realtor Erza always uses."
"How many haunted houses does she deal with?" asked Dipper.
"Too many." Answered Erza.
"I think we can take it." Said Dipper, "I mean I've learned a lot to defeat ghosts."
"That's great." Said Mirajane, "I'll tell her you're taking the job already."
"All right! Let's bust that ghost." Said Mabel.
Mabel ran towards the door.
"Remember… stall today…" Erza whispered to Dipper.
Dipper nodded.
"Come on Dipper." Said Mabel who requiped into a rain poncho.
Dipper grabbed an umbrella and the entire guild nodded as they left.
Makarov went to the Guild's Phone.
At the mystery Shack, the four of them did whatever since there were no tourists to deal with.
That was when the phone rang.
"Hello?" asked Stan.
"Dipper and Mabel just left…" said Makarov.
"All right." Said Stan.
He hung up and looked at the other three.
"It's time." Said Stan.
"Wait you mean…" said Soos.
"Yes…" said Stan, "It's time for Jellal's intervention."
Back at the guildhall many of them were clearing out the tables to set things up.
"Where's Natsu?" asked Makarov.
"He's been down…" said Happy.
"Why?" asked Gray.
"It's almost the seventh…" said Happy.
They all looked at a nearby calendar.
"That's so stupid…" muttered Gajeel, "It's not even the real date when it happened."
"It's not supposed to happen for another 30 years or so…" said Mirajane.
"Yeah, but he's still down." Said Happy.
"I'll go look for him." Said Lisanna.
She grabbed an umbrella and went outside.
"Should we change the date if Natsu's down?" asked Lucy, "He's one of the corner stones of the intervention."
"It's too late for that…" said Makarov, "We've already planned too much…"
"Plus you know how hard it is a close the Mystery Shack." Pointed out Bickslow.
"He has a point…" said Freed.
Somewhere on a cliff Natsu looked out.
"Is it true you were raised by a dragon?" asked a voice.
Natsu looked up and saw Lisanna.
"Oh hey Lisanna." Said Natsu trying to smile.
"You're soaking wet." Said Lisanna.
Natsu sighed.
"I know you miss him…" said Lisanna.
"I won't be able to find him though." said Natsu.
Lisanna sighed.
"I mean what if I just give up too." Said Natsu.
"Natsu… giving up trying to find a way home isn't an easy choice." Said Lisanna.
Natsu flinched having forgotten well.
"Sorry…" said Natsu.
"It's okay." Said Lisanna, "But remember Erza gave up because she got pregnant, I gave up because I didn't have the heart to tell the Edolas version of Mira and Elfman that I wasn't really their sister. We have plenty of time to get home."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah…" said Natsu.
Natsu sighed.
"You know I feel like I forgotten something about today." Said Natsu.
"Today is Jellal's intervention." Said Lisanna.
Natsu' eyes widened.
"Oh man! I completely forgot!" yelled Natsu.
"It's okay." Said Lisanna, "Let's go back to the Guild Hall."
"Yeah." Said Natsu.
Meanwhile at the Guild Hall they were still setting up for the Intervention.
That was when the mystery shack crew arrived.
"Still not here yet?" asked Stan.
"Nope still beat Jellal here." Said Gildarts.
"Good…" said Stan.
"Why are we holding this intervention again?" asked Soos.
"Jellal's over working himself to avoid Erza because of his dark and trouble past." Said Wendy.
Everyone looked at Wendy.
"Hey it's easy to notice." Pointed out Wendy.
"It's a bit more complicated." Said Gray.
"Oh yeah, wasn't he brainwashed during that time." Said Wendy.
"Yeah…" said Gray.
That was when Natsu and Lisanna came into the room.
"You need a towel?" asked Happy.
"No I'm good." Said Natsu using his fire to dry himself off.
"That's what you get for moping in the rain." Said Gray.
"What was that?" asked Natsu.
The two began to glare at each other.
"Now's not the day to be fighting." Said Erza.
Both of them went into panic mode.
"We're not fighting!" said Gray.
"Aye!" said Natsu.
Meanwhile Dipper and Mabel arrived at the house.
"Oh you must be Erza's kids." Said the relator, "Dipper and Mabel, right?"
"That's right!" said Mabel.
"So tell me about the ghost." Said Dipper.
"Well whenever I try to set up for the open house all of the plates and other things start moving." Said the relator, "I really hate houses like this."
"Sounds pretty simple." said Dipper.
He took out his reading glasses and levitated the journal.
"Sounds like a category 1." Said Dipper.
"You seem to know a lot…" said the relator somehow what suspiciously.
"What?" asked Dipper.
"You know it doesn't matter, you are Erza's son…" said the realtor.
"What?" asked Dipper again.
"But you want to know something, when I heard Erza had kids I was expecting… something else.." said the relator.
"What do you mean?" asked Mabel who was just looking around the room.
"I don't know… just more tough and bad… butt…" said the realtor not wanting to swear in front of them, "I mean looking at Dipper I can't even tell your Erza's kid."
Dipper froze when she said that.
"I saw Mabel use Requip involving her rain poncho… and I can see a little of your mom while looking at her…" said the realtor, "I just can't even see anything of her in you."
"That's rude..." said Mabel.
"Oh sorry… I recently had uh… some treatment done to me... and I think I might have gotten certain social graces…" said the realtor.
"What?" asked Mabel.
"Nothing…" said the relator.
That was when the various items began to shake.
Dipper took out a bottle of anointed water.
He put the water all over the room.
"No!" yelled a voice.
A cutesy ghost appeared before vanishing.
They all blinked.
"That was oddly easy." Said the realtor.
"It was just a category 1." Said Dipper, "Very easy to get rid of…"
"I guess I should pay you." Said Realtor.
"Yep!" said Mabel.
Mabel went to get paid while Dipper just sighed about what just happened.
Meanwhile Jellal entered, he stopped when he saw all of the tables were gone, instead everyone was sitting in a circle.
"What's going on?" asked Jellal.
"Jellal, we're having an intervention." Said Makarov, "You've been over working yourself."
He turned around decided to leave. However he hit an invisible wall.
Turns out Freed had already ensured he couldn't leave.
"Jellal… just listen what we have to say." Muttered Makarov.
Jellal sighed and took a seat.
"You're taking too many jobs." Said Marvelous, "I'm getting worried you might get sick soon…"
"I consider myself a workaholic but even I don't work as much as you do." Pointed out Gildarts.
Jellal didn't say anything.
"We all know you're trying to avoid Erza." Said Natsu.
"And to a lesser extent Mabel." Said Mirajane.
Jellal still didn't respond.
"Look Jellal you can't keep beating yourself about your crimes. I've known Erza for 15 years. And when she moved to California she could have totally cut me off. But she didn't, we talked to each other over the phone at least once a month, we sent cards and letters. She doesn't care about my long string of crimes, because that's how much she cares about me…" said Stan.
Erza smiled at Stan.
"Now I haven't committed murder or treason like you did, but what I lack in quality of the crime I make up for in quantity. I've committed small crimes such as petty theft or tax fraud to more interesting crimes such as Pug Trafficking or impersonating a dentist. In fact I even invented my own crime burglebezzlement... it's where you…" said Stan.
However Makarov interrupted him.
"I think that's enoguh Stan…" said Makarov, "You made your point…"
Everyone stared at Stan in shock.
"Wow…" said Bickslow.
"See that's why we brought in Stan…" said Laxus who quick to recover (he had seen many things).
Jellal's eye was twitching.
"Look we've all got problems. I have a crappy job and live on a couch." Said Laxus, "But unlike you! I don't have anyone to blame but myself! I was in control when I order Evergreen to take the contestants of Miss Fairy Tail Hostage. I was in control when I told Freed to pit all of the Guild Members against each other. And I was in control when I set those Lacrima to blow up the town. Everything is on me…"
Jellal didn't respond.
"Jellal, I know what it's like as well." Said Juvia, "Remember I was one of the members of Phantom Lord who kidnapped Lucy… After all that I did she forgave me… and much like Laxus I was in control… granted it was a job…"
Jellal looked towards Gajeel. Almost expecting him to say something.
"Seriously you expect me to say something?" asked Gajeel, "I'm just here because they made me."
"Gajeel…" sighed Levy face palming.
"I have something to say… I don't think it's just about his guilt about his crimes." Said Gray.
They all looked at Gray.
"For years he spent thinking it Zeref controlling him." Said Gray, "Then he found he found out it wasn't. It was a member of Grimoire Heart."
Everyone else nodded, remeberign the story.
"And it's not just you…" said Gray, "Everything that happened during the S-Class Trial and afterward was a lot to take in. Everything involving Grimoire Heart, getting attacked by a dragon, getting stranded in a another world, Erza being alive, even Cana being Gildarts' daughter…"
No said anything after this.
"Look everything happened so fast that none of us have been able to cope with any of this." Said Gray, "And it's not just you…"
A silence fell on the guildhall as they all contenplated what he said.
The was when the Guild Hall Doors opened and Dipper and Mabel came in.
Dipper began to sweat.
He was feeling down after all the relator said to him that he forgot his real job…
Keep Mabel from the intervention.
"What's going on?" asked Mabel.
Dipper stood behind Mabel slightly he took out a light pen and began to write "I'm sorry! I forgot!"
"I think he inherited some of Natsu's clumsiness along with the name." Lisanna whispered to Lucy who giggled.
"Well it's a party…" said Makarov.
"Because it's raining today and nothing's going on!" said Stan helping out his friend.
"Where's the drinks and other fun things?" asked Mabel.
And so it turned into a party... with everyone drinking an having fun.
Makarov lamented this to Stan.
"You want to know something… this is the fifth intervention I've been to that's turned into a party." Said Makarov, "Third involving the guild."
"Yeesh." Said Stan.
Nearby Dipper was drinking some juice when Levy approached him.
"I screwed up." Said Dipper.
"It's fine…" said Levy, "So what happened?"
"What?" asked Dipper.
"Something happened during the job." Said Levy, "That's the only reason why you would come back."
"The person kept bringing up[ that I wasn't anything like mom."
Levy winced.
"I'm nothing like mom…" said Dipper.
"But that doesn't you're still you." Said Levy, "You've come a long way since I've first started teaching you…"
"I know…" sighed Dipper.
At the bar, Erza, Lucy and Mirajane were having a talk.
Erza just stared at her drink.
"You know… sometimes I think… there's other reasons why Jellal's avoiding me…" said Erza.
"Don't say that." Said Lucy.
"It's true…" said Erza, "Sometimes I feel it's because of my age…"
"Oh don't worry… age has nothing to do with it." Said Mirajane, "Although if you think about it, you are probably closer to Gildarts' age than you are to his."
Lucy and Erza stared at Mirajane.
"Really not helping…" said Lucy.
They all turned to a table that was cheering, turns out there was an arm wrestling thing going on. Natsu just beat Soos.
"Okay! I have an idea!" yelled Happy, "Dipper against Wendy!"
"What?" asked Dipper.
"No way! I beat my brothers all the time." Said Wendy.
"Not you Wendy! Wendy Marvell." Said Happy.
"What?" asked Marvelous.
"Hey you two might be evenly matched…" said Happy, "What with Dipper's Noodle arms."
"Hey!" yelled Dipper.
"Come on do it!" cheered Mabel.
Both of them sighed.
"Fine…" said Dipper.
"Okay…" sighed Marvelous.
Sometime later…
"Sorry… I didn't mean to beat you…" said Marvelous rather sheepishly as Dipper rubbed his arm.
"You weren't even trying to win?" asked Dipper.
"Not the right thing to say." Said Carla.
That was when nearby Erza was pulled into the arm wrestling thing now against Gajeel.
The two were evenly matched.
However it took a while, but Erza won through in the end.
"Seriously!" yelled Gajeel, "Rematch!"
"Fine…" said Erza.
Dipper sighed.
"Hey! I know the thing that will turn that frown upside down!" yelled Mabel.
She unveiled something, it was a blender full of Mabel Juice, some kind of red liquid with toy dinosaurs in it.
"No way! I'm not going to drink that!" said Dipper.
"Oh come on!" said Mabel, "You've been down all day! It might make you happy again!"
"Wait that's Mabel Juice?" asked Natsu as other embers of the guild looked to see it.
"Oh yeah!" said Mabel, "It's a special blend of everything that keeps me energized."
"It's like coffee and nightmares had a baby." Said Stan nearby, "Had it once…. Never again…"
"Have you ever had it?" asked Lucy.
"Never!" said Dipper, "And I plan to keep it that way."
"Oh come on!" said Natsu, "I'm going to try it."
"Do you need the energy?" asked Happy.
"Hey!" said Natsu.
"You don't need it." Said Gray.
"Come on…" said Natsu.
The two glared at each other.
"Dipper will only rink if Gray does!" Natsu suddenly declared.
"What…" said both of them.
"Are you two scared?" asked Natsu.
Both of their eye ticked.
"Jellal." Said Makarov, "You're joining in to."
"What?" asked Jellal.
"No way…" said Mabel, "I'm not sharing it with him."
"Please he's so much of a depressed stick in the mud, he might improve…" said Stan.
"Do it…" said Makarov firmly.
Jellal sighed realizing that he had no choice in the matter, after all he only avoided the rest of the intervention by a stroke of luck…
"Pour four glasses." Said Natsu.
"Fine…" said Mabel.
She four all four glasses of Mabel juice.
All of them looked at the concoction.
"Is that glitter?" asked Jellal.
"Yes…" answered Mabel rather grumpily.
All of them stared at the juice.
"Drink it already" yelled Gajeel.
"Fine…" muttered Gray.
All four them drank it. All four their pupils dilated.
"Are you okay?" asked Lucy.
However none of them answered as the next thing the four of them knew they weren't in the guildhall anymore.
"Okay! What just happened!" yelled Gray.
"I have no idea…" said Dip[per.
They all looked around, the area looked like it was drawn with dark colored crayons and paper cut outs.
"What is this place?" asked Natsu.
"I have a bad feeling about this…" said Dipper.
That was when there was a bright flash of light. And suddenly Bill appeared.
"Well, well, well… you look like your could use some help." Said Bill.
"Bill!" yelled Dipper.
"That's Bill?" asked Natsu.
"What? Expecting someone taller?" asked Bill.
"No, just someone less stupid looking." said Natsu.
Dipper face palmed.
But Bill seemed to take it in stride and laughed it off.
"Boy, Flame." Said Bill, "It's been a long time since someone talked back to me. You deserve a prize, however about the tears of a thousand orphans."
"What?" asked Natsu.
That was when suddenly it stared to rain on him.
"What are we doing here!" yelled Dipper.
"Yeesh kid, relax, you four should be the one questions why you're here." Said Bill.
The four of them glared at Bill.
"Oh come on, can't trust me?" asked Bill.
"Why should we after you invaded my uncle's mind?" asked Dipper.
"That was just a job." Said Bill.
"Also remember I defeated you last time." Said Dipper.
"Yeah, you defeated me." Said Bill, "Besides we're not even in the mind this time so you can think of anything… take your best shot…"
"Ice Make Cannon!" called out Gray making cannon.
"Solid Script Thunder!" called out Dipper.
"Fire Dragon Roar!" called out Natsu as he breathed fire.
"Grand Chariot!" said Jellal using the big dipper shaped spell.
Bill managed to doge.
"Okay, bad idea to taunt the wizards." Said Bill, he float over to Dipper and knocked off his hat, "by the way, irony that the kid with the big dipper on his head doesn't know the big dipper spell."
They all gritted their teeth.
"Fine…" said Jellal taking the diplomatic route, "Where are we?"
"Thought you would never ask. We are in what's often referred to as the lesson realm." Said Bill, "All four you had a bad reaction to the Mabel Juice and with some stuff on your mind you were sent here. Although one of you might be a drag-along."
"How do we get out here." Said Dipper putting his hat back on.
"You each must learn a lesson, once all four of you learn your lessons. Then you'll be sent back. If not you're stuck here for the rest of your lives…" said Bill," Which basically translates to when your body dies…"
"That doesn't explain why you're here." Said Dipper.
"It's quite simple…" said bill, "I was bored so I decided to be your guide…"
"Seriously…" said Gray.
"That's right Snow Flake, I decided it would be best after what happened between us last time I should really get on your good side." Said Bill with a shrug.
Dipper felt like Bill was hiding something.
"All right! So all we have to do is beat up these lessons and we'll be free to go!" said Natsu.
"Okay I have no idea how you got that out of that." Said Gray, "But most of it isn't close to what he said…"
"Actually the lessons do take the form of challenges that you have to figure out." Said Bill, "Possibly beating them is part of it."
"Seriously?" asked Dipper.
"I'm serious Pine Tree." Said Bill.
"All right! Let's go." Said Natsu.
"This is going to be a pain…" said Gray.
"I know… but maybe we can end this quickly." Sighed Dipper.
However Gray looked at Jellal.
"I don't think it will be easy." Said Gray.
Dipper sighed and knew what he meant.
"You probably have a point." Said Dipper.
The four of them followed Dipper.
As they walked… Gray did started taking off his clothes.
"Seriously Snow Flake. You have a problem." Said bill.
"Oh come on!" yelled Gray.
Bill snapped his finger and Gray was dressed again.
"Thanks…" said Gray.
"Your welcome Snow Flake." Said Bill.
"Do you have nicknames for everyone?" asked Natsu.
"Not really, only for you Flame… And Face Tattoo and Snow Flake and of course Pine Tree…" said Bill.
"Can you please stop calling us that?" asked Gray
"Fine… I have some nicknames that call for the situation. "said Bill, he pointed to Dipper, "Dorothy."
He pointed to Natsu, "Scarecrow."
He pointed to Gray, "Tin Man."
And finally to he pointed to Jellal, "And Cowardly Lion."
All of them stared at Bill.
"Just go back to Pine Tree." Said Dipper.
"What don't like it?" asked Bill.
"Why would I be Dorothy?" asked Dipper.
"Because you're a kid who wants to get home and way over his head." Said Bill, "Tin Man's cold to the woman who loved him and Cowardly Lion too scared about certain things..."
"Hey! Why am I the Scarecrow?" asked Natsu.
None of them answered.
"We all know the reason why…" said Gray.
"What was that!" yelled Natsu.
Dipper and Jellal sighed.
"Come on we can't be fighting right now." Said Dipper .
"He's right…" said Jellal walking towards them.
That was when the ground started to sink under Jellal's feet.
"What?" he said.
The ground under Gray and Natsu began to sink as well.
"What's going on?" asked Dipper.
"Looks like we stumbled on your lesson Dorothy." Said Bill.
"What?" asked Dipper.
That was when a strange shadow grabbed Dipper and flung him away.
Dipper managed to recovered. However the large shadow ran towards him, creating swords.
Dipper looked around and realized he wasn't wearing his sword when he drank the juice.
He tired to create one sign his mind.
"This isn't someone's mind, remember!" he heard Bill call out.
Dipper gritted his teeth.
Then he remembered something.
Maybe there was a way.
"Solid Script! Sword!" he called out.
With that he created a sword that was made of the word sword.
"Man this thing is really off balance." He said waving it around.
However the shadow showed up and started attacking him with it's sword.
He blocked the attacks.
As he did he tried to rack his brain.
"I'm supposed to learning a lesson here!" thought Dipper, "What am I supposed to learn form fighting this shadow?"
Those which were trapped in the ground, looked at the shadow that Dipper was fighting.
"Wait... that looks like…" said Natsu.
However suddenly he was pulled further into the ground.
"No cheating…" said Bill who was laying on a beach chair drinking something, "Why else do you think you were pulled into the ground."
"We can't help him in any way…" sighed Jellal.
As Dipper fought against the strange shadow he realized something.
The shadow's shape… it was the same shape as his mother's.
Dipper's eyes widened.
He was fighting his mother's shadow.
His eyes widened even further.
He realized it.
"I'm not afraid of you." Said Dipper.
With that the shadow disappeared and the three were spat out of the ground.
"Congrats that was an easy one." Said Bill.
"You were afraid of standing in your mothers shadow weren't you?" asked Jellal.
"Yeah…" said Dipper, "The job I had today… and the relator…. I guess it just brought some feelings I've been having…"
"That and loosing to Arm Wrestling to Wendy probably didn't help. "said Natsu.
"Thanks for reminding them of that…" said Dipper.
"Your own person Dipper, and if everything I heard is true, you're going to be a powerful wizard in your own right." Said Jellal.
"Thanks…" said Dipper.
"Besides you have nothing worry about Dorothy, but in a few years I'm sure that's something Shooting Star will have to worry about… "said bill.
"Why are you even hear again?" asked Dipper, "You barely did anything."
"I led you to the right location." Said Bill, "Or do you want to be trapped here forever?"
Dipper scowled.
"Looks like we still have to deal with him…" said Natsu.
"Yeah…" said Dipper.
"This way…" said Bill.
They had no choice but to follow the triangle demon.
As they followed him this conversation came up.
"So I guess our bodies are probably comatose right now, right?" asked Natsu.
"Sure let's go with that…" said Bill.
They all stared Bill.
"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Gray.
However that was when suddenly chains grabbed Gray and pulled him away to a nearby wall.
Suddenly the same chains grabbed Dipper and Jellal as well.
Two clock towers suddenly emerged from the ground.
The clock started glowing and suddenly a dragon emerged from the glow.
"All right! So it's my turn!" said Natsu with a grin.
The three that were chained up winced.
"He's going to forget the point, isn't he?" asked Dipper.
"Oh yeah…" said Gray.
"Probably…" sighed Jellal.
"All right fire dragon roar!" yelled Natsu breathing fire at the dragon.
The dragon just sent a stream of energy back at him sending Natsu flying but he recovered.
"Guess this is going to be harder to beat." Said Natsu.
Those chained to the walls watched this.
"Remember you can't tell him anything…" said Bill filing his fingers as if had nails, "So it's pointless for you to realize the lesson."
"No it's pretty obvious what the lesson it. "said Dipper.
"So you noticed it too." Said Jellal.
"Yeah." Said Dipper.
"Fire Dragon Wing Attack!" called out Natsu creating wings made out of fire.
But it didn't work on the dragon.
"Looks like I have to do the big guns." Said Natsu.
He got into position.
"With a flame on my right hand, and a flame on my left hand…" said Natsu setting both of his hands on fire, "When you combine the flames together…"
He did so creating a giant fire ball.
"Fire Dragon Brilliant Flame!"
He sent the large fire ball at the dragon.
Natsu shook.
"Does this have to do with Acnologia? Something about how I couldn't defeat him" thought Natsu, "No… that's not it…"
That was when he saw the clocks. He noticed the second hand on of them was ticking, but the other one wasn't.
Then it did.
"Wait…" though Natsu.
He paid attention to the clocks. He waited until the other clock ticked again.
"Okay I think I get it now…" said Natsu, "I shouldn't be hung up trying a way home so quickly…"
With that the clocks disappeared as did the dragon.
The chains holding the three to the walls disappeared.
"Seriously! You had to have pounded in your head!" yelled Gray.
"You want to say that again?" asked Natsu.
"Yep… it all had to do with you wanting to get home and found your daddy Scarecrow…" said Bill.
"Want to say that again?" asked Natsu.
"No.. besides I know for a fact you're going to feel very silly when you do finally find him… very, very silly." Said Bill.
"Do you know where he is?" asked Natsu.
"I could tell you…" said Bill lighting his hand on fire, "But you have to do something for me in return."
"No thanks…" said Natsu.
"Eh… it's probably for the better I don't make a deal with you… Demon Lord Dragneel…" said Bill.
When Bill said that it gave Natsu chills for some reason.
"What does that mean?" asked Natsu.
"Oh what, I can't tease your little nickname form Edolas?" asked Bill.
Natsu glared at the Triangle Demon.
"Come on we should go…" said Gray.
"You're right…" said Bill, "You should really get back your bodies, the sooner the better… especially what's going on with them."
"Okay seriously that's giving me a bad feeling…" said Gray.
As they continued on their way. Gray looked at the other three.
"Dipper's here because of living up to expectations involving Erza, Natsu's here because of him wanting to Igneel and there's so many reasons why Jellal should be here…" thought Gray.
"Is something wrong?" asked Dipper.
"No it's nothing…" said Gray.
That was when suddenly tree branches suddenly grabbed Natsu, Dipper and Jellal lifting them high into the air.
"Your turn Tin Man…" said Bill.
Gray turned into see a strange pink silhouette. The pink silhouette who summoned a bunch of cookies that rain down on him.
"What…" he said.
He grabbed the cookie and tossed them aside, he noticed it was strange how they sparkled.
"Oh man…" said Dipper as the three were trapped in a tree, "I think I know his lesson…"
"Good because I'm blanking on it." Said Natsu.
"I'm confused too." Admitted Jellal.
"That's because you didn't grow up learning it…" said Dipper.
Both of them looked at Dipper.
"It is a fun one, that's for sure." Said Bill.
Gray managed to get out of the cookie when suddenly a red tidal wave over took him.
He made his way to the surface.
However when he did he got a good a good look at the silhouette, he realized who it reminded him of, he looked at the red liquid and noticed certain things floating in it and quickly learned his lesson.
"You have got to be kidding me!" yelled Gray.
The red liquid disappeared as did the what cookies remained. The there were let out of the tree.
"So I see you learned the lesson." Said Bill
"What kind of lesson was that!" yelled Gray.
"Well remember what I said earlier about a drag along…" said Bill," You were the drag along!"
"So I'm still confused…" said Natsu, "What did he learn exactly,."
"If Mabel makes you something to eat or drink, it's probably not a good idea to eat it." Said Dipper.
"Is she that bad of a cook?" asked Natsu.
"No… but sometimes she uses glitter in cooking." Said Dipper who then shuddered.
Natsu didn't know how to react that.
"Then again it is a good lesson for you to know… other wise you wouldn't want a repeat of before." Taunted Bill.
"Just lead us to the next lesson." Muttered Gray.
"Fine, fine be that way Tin Man…" said Bill.
He led the way.
How the other three looked at Jellal.
"He's going to be the hardest one…" said Natsu.
"Yeah you're right…" said Gray.
"You know… mom hasn't told me the whole story…" said Dipper.
Both of them froze when he said that.
"What's wrong?" asked Dipper.
"You know he's the reason why your mom ended up ion the Earth in the first place…" said Gray.
"I know that part." Said Dipper, "But not everything… I always got the impression that she always hid something from me involving those stories."
Jellal froze when Dipper said that.
"Has Erza… has Erza ever told you about our history together in the Tower of Heaven?" asked Jellal.
"I know about that…" said Dipper, "She told me a lot… but I still felt like she left something out of it…"
Jellal sighed, he knew he would have to tell him.
"Dipper… it's because… it's because she's…" said Jellal.
That was when suddenly Dipper, Natsu and Gray were put into cages.
"Looks like your turn Cowardly Lion…" said Bill sitting on Dipper's cage.
That was when a monster appeared and behind that a red silhouette in a cage appeared behind it.
Jellal sighed.
"Meteor!" he called out.
However nothing happened.
And the monster attack him, punching him in the stomach.
What Jellal didn't notice was the silhouette reacted in a certain way.
"Interesting…" said Bill, "Looks like Cowardly Lion can't use his magic…"
"You're kidding." Said Natsu.
"Just as well…" Bill said with a shrug, "I guess it makes sense with him being the strongest of you three… how else would notice his lesson other wise."
"What?" asked Natsu.
Jellal mangled to get up, but the monster grabbed Jellal leg and tossed him into the ground.
Jell struggled to get up, but then the strange monster kicked him, hard.
Jellal managed to upon again, then he noticed the red silhouette, reacting, if it was in pain.
The monster ran towards Jellal and swiped at him.
As the attack hit he saw the silhouette screamed in pain.
Jellal realized who the silhouette was…
He remember Stan's speech to him earlier, about how Erza didn't care…
And he remember what Erza said about Manly Dan asking her out.
Jellal stood up.
"I get it…" said Jellal, "Punishing myself isn't just effecting me, but it's hurting Erza too isn't it?"
The monster disappeared as did the cages.
"Congratulations!" cheered Bill, "You all learned your lessons!"
"You barley did anything!" yelled Natsu, Gray and Dipper.
"Yeah… and…" said Bill, "Besides I think you should all be thankful. That little lesson got through to thick skull than what a ton of planning didn't do..."
Jellal looked at the three and smiled.
Everything started glowing.
"Well you're going back to real world… but remember Flame, Snow Flake, Face Tattoo and Pine Tree… I'm still watching you!" said Bill.
Everything turned white.
That was when Dipper opened his eyes.
He was tied up.
"What!" said Dipper," What's going on?"
He looked around the Guild Hall was wrecked, and everyone was barracked behind the bar.
Well almost everyone.
He turned to see Jellal was pinned to the wall with iron.
Then he noticed that Natsu was dangling by ropes and his cheeks were inflated.
"Oh good it looks they're no longer tripping…" said Stan.
"What happened" asked Dipper.
"You all started freaking out after drinking the Mabel juice." Said Wendy.
"Mabel's not allowed to make or bring it again." Said Mirajane.
Mabel stared at pouting.
"Where's Gray?" asked Dipper as Levy went over to untie him.
That was when Juvia removed Gray from her body. Turns out she put him in there to protect him.
"I used my body to hold him captive so he wouldn't get injured." Said Juvia.
"I don't want to know… do I?" asked Gray.
Everyone shook their heads.
"Mabel you have to help Natsu down." said Makarov.
"Okay." Said Mabel.
Gajeel got Jellal loose form the wall.
When he got free he looked at Erza.
"Erza… I want to talk to you… outside in private." He said.
"All right." Said Erza.
Both of them went out side, not only was it dark but the raincloud seemed to have passed by.
"So what did you want to talk about…" said Erza.
"I wanted to know… why did you divorce from your husband?" asked Jellal.
Erza sighed.
"If you wanted to know… I never loved him." said Erza, "We got married because of Dipper and Mabel… but after years of trying… we just had to part ways…"
"And you never found anyone…" said Jellal.
"Why are you asking me these things?" asked Erza turning away from him.
Jellal sighed. He looked at her and relied what he had to do.
"Erza… I… I was wondering…" said Jellal, "If you wanted… if you wanted to go out on a date…"
Erza looked towards him and smiled.
"What took you so long?" she asked
She walked over and the two kissed that was when they heard cheering, turns of course everyone was watching them.
"Finally!" cheered Mirajane.
"Way to go Jellal!" cheered Natsu who was free of the draining.
However there was one person not cheering.
Mabel…
She had the biggest frown imagined and seemed to turning red.
Everyone turned to Mabel.
"Oh yeah… the reason why Mabel didn't know about the Intervention." Said Stan.
"She still hates him…" said Gray.
"Oh yeah…" said Dipper.
And so Dipper learned that he shouldn't be worried about his mothers shadow, Natsu learned that he shouldn't worry about the time…
And Jellal… Jellal realized that avoiding Erza hurt her too…
However the reason why he avoided Mabel was a different reason… and wasn't going to be fixed with him learning a lesson…
Next Time: Mabel still disapproves of Erza and Jellal, however it's getting to be a problem. So Erza and Dipper make the two go on a job together. But what happens when the job goes wrong (of course)... will the two finally get along or not? Find out next time!
A/N: Okay so I should explain how I wrote Bill in this chapter, my theory of Bill was that he was chaotic neutral figure... I was dead wrong, but this chapter I wanted to make it seem that way... This chapter will effect the events of Sock Opera.
Also if anyone's going to complain about the age difference, it will be brought up by those who aren't associated with the guild so don't worry... Let's just say the phrase "Post-Divorce Boy-Toy" is going to mentioned occasionally...
Oh and one more thing... if you can do a half decent Grunkle Stan impression, I will love you forever if you film or yourself (or do a voice-over) of his intervention speech, I've been planning it for a long time, and I'm very proud of it as it goes from very sweet to just wrong as he's bringing up his list of crimes...
