A/N: All right! Double dose of celebration! First off 40,000 hits! Whoo! Then 300 reviews! WHOO HOO! My fourth story to hit that many (after The Biju Biju Fruit, Ponies One Half and Bleached Marimo) Congrats to erica phoenix 16 (once again ,not how it's spell but the only way I can write it out) Enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 50: Northwest Manor Mystery
It was a Dark and Stormy Night…
No really it was…
Anyways at the Northwest Mansion, the servants got ready for a party.
"Preston, I must say, this guest list for this year's party has so much diversity." Said Priscilla.
"Yes, a nice mix of millionaires and billionaires." Said Preston.
Preston swatted a servant.
"Place the oyster fork at an angle. What are we animals?" asked Preston.
"Now where the Devil is…" said Priscilla, however before she could finish her sentence she as her daughter, "Pacifica."
Pacifica curtsied and walked up to her mother.
However Pricilla was angry.
"Pacifica! The theme is Sea Foam Green, not Lake Foam Green, go change." Said Priscilla.
"But, I kind of like it." Said Pacifica.
"Mind your mother Pacifica." Said Preston.
"But…" said Pacifica.
He rang a bell and Pacifica immediately shut up.
"Yes, father." She said.
That was when everything began to shake, and suddenly the plates and utensils began to float around.
"Oh no… it's happening." Said Preston.
More things began to fly.
"You are my possession!" yelled Preston, "Obey me!"
However it didn't do much and more things flew at him.
He and his family ducked under the table.
"This is terrible, the party is in just 24 hours." Said Pricilla.
"But we can't call that infernal Guild!" yelled Preston, "They refuse to take any jobs I hire them for."
"I told you stiffing Erza on those bills would come back." Sighed Pricilla.
"There must be someone else to deal with the nonsense." Said Preston.
That was when the latest edition of the Gosper landed in front of him, showing a story about Dipper fighting off a giant vampire bat while Durland and Blubs cried in the background.
"I think I might know just the person." Said Preston.
The next day, Dipper at in front of the TV.
"I'm going out." Said Erza dressed in a nice dress, "Try not to get into too much trouble tonight."
She saw he was watching a 48 marathon of the show Ghost Harassers on "The Used to be about History Channel"
"Remember to use the bathroom…" said Erza.
"I'm not moving to sun down." Said Dipper.
"Aren't there commercials?" asked Erza.
"Don't want to get up." Admitted Dipper.
Erza sighed and left.
Once she was gone this happened.
"We interrupt this program to bring you breaking news." Came the announce with Toby's voice.
"Aw, what?" asked Dipper.
"It's starting!" said Mabel joining Dipper in the chair.
"Turn it up!" said Candy.
"Make room for Grenda!" yelled Grenda quite literally crashing in (and break a lamp).
Both Marvelous and Carla also entered the room, less enthused than the other girls.
"Wait… weren't you watching a cable channel?" asked Carla.
"I was." Said Dipper.
"I wonder how much it set him back." Said Carla.
It showed Toby on TV.
"Well tonight's the night! But I've been out here for day!" said Toby showing he was quite filthy, "The Northwest family's annual high society shindig ball soiree is here. Even though common folk aren't let in, it doesn't stop us from camping out for a peek at the fanciness."
Mabel, Grenda and Candy all "Ooohed" at it.
"Okay can someone explain why people care about this?" asked Dipper.
"That's a very good question." Said Carla.
"It's pretty much the best part of all time." Said Grenda, "Rich Food, Richer boys."
"They say each gift bag has a life quail in it!" said Mabel.
The TV now showed footage of Pacifica.
"Give me your life Pacifica." Said Candy.
"Guys in case you've forgotten. Pacifica is the worst." Said Dipper.
Someone knocked on the door and Dipper decided to answer it.
"And that's not just jealously talking." Said Dipper, "I'd say it to her face."
He opened the door and it was Pacifica in disguise.
"I need your help." Said Pacifica.
"You're the worst." Said Dipper and slammed the door in her face.
The girls gasped while Carla gave a little clap.
"See." Said Dipper.
Pacifica knocked on the door again and Dipper sighed and opened it once again.
"Look you think it's easy for me to come here? I don't want to be seen in this hovel. But there's something Northwest Manor." Said Pacifica, "If you don't help me the party could be ruined. We would hire the guild but they won't take my dad's requests."
"Well that because he stiffed the bill whenever mom did a job for him." said Dipper, "And why should I even trust you to do the same. All you've done is try to humiliate me and Mabel."
"Name your price and I'll give you any and pay you in advance." Said Pacifica.
"Hi Pacifica! Excuse us!" said Mabel.
She dragged Dipper back inside.
"Dipper don't you see what this means." Said Mabel, "If you help Pacifica, you could get us into the great party in the world."
"What? Mabel, this is Pacifica we're talking about." Said Dipper.
"But it's Candy and Grenda's dream." Said Mabel.
"DREAM!" the two of them said while doing the SpongeBob Imagination pose.
Dipper sighed.
"Fine, I'll bust your ghost." Said dipper, "But in exchange, I'll need five invitations for the party."
"Fine… you're lucky I'm desperate." Muttered Pacifica handing him the invitation.
The girls (including Marvelous while she wasn't looking forward to it as the other girls) cheered.
"Grenda! Get the glue gun! I'm making dresses!" cheered Mabel.
That was when Carla froze as she began to get a vision.
"What's wrong with your cat?" asked Pacifica.
"Another vision." Sighed Carla.
"Was it clear this time?" asked Marvelous.
"A bit… but something's going to happen to the party." Said Carla.
"What is she talking about?" asked Pacifica.
"Carla can see into the future." Said Dipper.
"But I have very little control over it." Said Carla.
"So your psychic?" asked Pacifica, "And I can't believe I just said that to a cat."
"You can take back your invitation." Said Carla, "I think I'm going to help Dipper."
"All right." Said Marvelous.
"Fine with me." Said Pacifica, especially since it would save her a conversation explaining why she invited a cat.
And so after Mabel made their dresses, they were taken to the Northwest Manor.
"Welcome to Northwest Manor dorks, try not to touch anything." Said Pacifica.
They all marveled at the party being set up.
And of course Mabel didn't listen to Pacifica and touched everything!
"Everything's so fancy! Fancy floors." Said touch them, she gasped, "Fancy man!"
She rubbed the butler's face.
"Very good miss." Said the butler.
"The rumors were true." Said Candy holding one of the gift bags and a live quail popped out along with some little baby quails.
The girls began to chaise the quail.
Preston gave a dirty look at the four.
"Ah, isn't it the man of the hour." Said Preston, "Hopefully he can help with the situation before our gusts arrive."
"I'll do my best." Said Dipper.
"Splendid, Pacifica take him to the problem room." Said Preston.
He then whispered to Pacifica.
"What's with the cat?" he asked.
"I can hear you." Said Carla.
"I thought that was just a rumor…" mumbled Preston, "Also he's not going to wear that?"
He pointed to Dipper in his usual outfit.
"I'm on it." Said Pacifica.
She took Dipper to a room where can change into a tuxedo and groaned.
"It's like this collar is trying to choke me." He muttered, "Who are you trying to impress with this?"
"Everyone." Said Pacifica tying his bow tie, "You wouldn't understand. High standard are what make the Northwest Family great."
"Didn't your answer lie about founding the town?" asked Carla looking at a set of paintings portraying her ancestors.
One showing a man giving everyone food, one showing a man making a deal with some Native Americans and a another of a man standing a cliff.
"Seriously?" asked Pacifica.
"Stole the words right out of my mouth." Laughed Dipper.
Pacifica just sighed.
Meanwhile with the girls, Grenda found the guest list, which was a fancy book.
"Wow look at this hottie." Said Grenda pointing to a certain boy who was Rich (seriously his profile eventually degraded to the word "rich" over and over again).
"Marius von Fundshauser! He's a baron from Austria." Said Candy.
"Forget the quail. I'm putting him in my gift basket." Said Mabel.
"Hold up ladies, I think he's way out of out league." Said Grenda.
"Grenda is right. He's a white whale, hunting him will destroy us." Said Candy.
"Also he lives in another country." Pointed out Marvelous.
"We would still be able to call and Video Chat." Pointed out Mabel.
"Oh right…" said Marvelous blushing.
"There are tons of cute boys coming. Let's swear a sisters truce and not go after Marius." Said Mabel and saying the name Marius is a snobby voice.
The three girls put their hands together and all laugh nervously.
Marvelous sighed. She knew she had to keep the peace.
Especially since Carla wasn't there.
Meanwhile Pacifica showed Dipper and Carla a with many stuffed animal heads and a pool table.
"This is the main room where it's been happening." Said Pacifica.
"This does look like a room that would be haunted." Said Dipper, "Lucky for you, I happen to be the Guild's ghost expert."
"Really?" asked Pacifica surprised.
"It's true." Said Carla.
"See ghosts fall on a category 10 scale." Said Dipper showing her the journal, "Floating plate sound like a category 1."
"I don't think that's the case." Sighed Carla.
"Come on Carla, it will be fine." Said Dipper holding up a bottle of anointed water, "All I have to do is sprinkle some anointed water and he'll be out of your probably fake blonde hair."
"What was that about my hair?" asked Pacifica.
That was one of his gear started reacting.
"Shh… I'm picking something up." Said Dipper.
He managed to move it around the room, he looked up at a painting of a lumberjack over the mantle, that was when the device went dead.
He began to hit it and it reactivated. He looked up again and the lumberjack in the painting was gone.
"Uh, Carla… Pacifica." Said Dipper.
That was when both Carla and Pacifica screamed because blood started dripping down from somewhere.
They looked up and the blood was coming from the stuffed heads mouths.
And they were chanting.
"Ancient Sins. Ancient Sins." Chanted the heads.
Books, furniture and the carious weapons that decorated the room flew around.
"Dipper what is this?" asked Pacifica.
The bottle shattered.
"It's a category 10." Said Dipper.
The head continued to chant.
"ANCIENT BLOOD AND BLACKENED SKIES. THE FOREST DARK SHALL ONCE MORE RISE." They chanted.
"What are we going to do !" yelled Pacifica shaking Dipper by the collar.
"Calm down, panicking won't help." Said Carla.
That was when the fire in the fireplace suddenly got bigger. They all hid under the pool and they watched a blackened selection emerged from the fire. Once it was out of the fire it grew skin and took the form of a lumberjack with a missing eye and an axe in his head, he grew a beard and hair made out of blue fire.
"I smell a NORTHWEST"! yelled the ghost.
He materialized an axe and began to drag it along the floor.
"Come out, come out wherever you are." He said.
"Read though your dumb book already." Said Pacifica.
"I'm looking! And it's not dumb!" said Dipper.
He took out the black light which read "Pray for Mercy."
"Aw… seriously?" asked Dipper.
That was when the pool table floating into the air.
"You shouldn't have come here!" yelled the ghost.
"This way!" called out Pacifica.
Meanwhile the guests arrived. Unaware that the ghost was around.
While the guests were welcomed Candy was stuck in a sweet savory loop.
That was when Marius was announced with the sun set in the background and the wind sweeping his hair.
"Gutten tag." He said to the girl.
"Gutten take me now!" said Mabel.
But Marvelous held her back.
"Mabel, we had a truce!" said Grenda.
"Yes, yes, a truce. Grenda can you get me some fancy napkins and I'm also kind of thirsty." Said Candy, "Can you get us some drinks Marvelous."
"Wow okay." Said Grenda.
"Sure…" said Marvelous.
They both went to get their things.
"Listen Mabel! I don't know if I can follow the truce he is too adorable." Said Candy.
"Me too Candy, but what can we do? He's too unobtainable." Said Mabel.
"What if flirt with him in a team. With out cuteness combined, one of might have a chance." Said Candy.
"It is the perfect plan, but what about Grenda?" asked Mabel.
"I love Grenda, Mabel. Bit these boys are fancy. Her aggressive flirting style might scare him away." Said Candy.
They noticed Grenda flirting with one of the boys, her style involved her doing the old "What's that on your shirt" trick, and calling them "Gullible" when they fell for it.
"On the bright side we don't have to worry about Marvelous." Said Mabel.
They both turned to see a guy flirting with Marvelous, who seemed to be blushing a little.
The two nodded at each other coming up with the plan.
Meanwhile Dipper and Pacifica flew and Carla flew beside them. Dipper put on his pair of wind reading glasses.
"Come on! Come on!" he said.
He ran through the courtyard.
"Watch out for peacocks." Said Pacifica .
Dipper did crash into one, which gave of a turkey gobble, giving the possibly that the "peacocks" were just painted turkeys.
Also the ran through mud.
"Found it!" said Dipper, "A haunted painting can only be trapped inside of silver mirror."
"There's a silver mirror right in there!" said Carla.
She pointed to a rather pristine room.
Carla flew ahead and Dipper followed however Pacifica stopped him.
"Don't go in there!" said Pacifica.
"What? What?" asked Dipper.
"This room has my parents favorite carpet pattern." Said Pacifica, "They're go nuts with track mud in there."
"Look we do have time for this!" said Dipper.
"Look the cat is already getting we don't have to follow her." Said Pacifica.
Dipper looked in and saw that due to the mirror's size, Cara was having trouble.
"We have to help her!" said Dipper.
"No! My parents will kill me"! yelled Pacifica.
"Why are you so afraid of your parents?" asked Dipper.
"Like you're one of to talk your mother is terrifying." Said Pacifica.
That was when Carla dragged the mirror.
"I got it!" said Carla who was still having trouble holding it due to its size.
"I'll take it." Said Dipper.
"Are you sure?" asked Carla.
"He's coming!" said Dipper, "I'll handle it."
Carla gave him the mirror.
Which once is big and heavy.
Dipper immediately fell and crashed into a nearby painting, and fell through the other side.
Carla and Pacifica followed Dipper, it turned out he fell into a cobweb filled storage room.
"Are you okay?" asked Carla.
"I'm fine." Said Dipper dust himself off, "Unfortunately the mirror isn't."
He pointed to the mirror which was broken.
"So where are we?" asked Carla.
"I don't know, I don't even where this room is." Said Pacifica.
"Hopefully the ghost doesn't know where it is either." Said Dipper.
"Yeah, maybe we're safe." Said Pacifica.
That was when a sheet behind Pacifica began to control into the shape of a face, indeed the ghost was behind her.
"Pacifica! Watch out!" yelled Dipper.
Pacifica began to run away from the ghost.
"Your fate is sealed!" yelled the ghost.
He began to chase Pacifica. A he did Pacifica knocked over a box, and one of the thing was a silver hand mirror.
"A silver Mirror!" said Dipper.
Dipper grabbed it.
Just as Pacifica tripped on a loose floorboard.
"Prepare to die Northwest!" yelled the ghost as he was about to kill her.
However Dipper got in-between the two. Both of them were sent out a window.
Carla flew out after them.
"Are you two all right?" she asked.
"We're fine." Said Dipper.
"Did you get him?" asked Pacifica.
They turned to the mirror and the ghost was trapped in there. He was pounding against the mirror.
"Let me out! Let me out!" he yelled.
"We did it!" cheered Pacifica hugging Dipper.
Carla giggled as Pacifica realized what she did.
"How much will take to pretend that never happened?" she aside to both of them.
Not too long later Preston and Pricilla were thanking Dipper.
"Well now Pacifica, you really found the right man for the job." Said Preston.
He made the butler shake Dipper's hand.
"We can't thank you enoguh." Said Pricilla, "That's enoguh."
"Hey just holding up my end of the deal." Sid Dipper, "You ready?"
Carla nodded.
The two began to leave.
"Wait, you're leaving already? You're at the world's best party." Said Pacifica.
"That maybe." Said Carla, "But I can't shake off the feeling that my vision hasn't been averted yet."
"Besides, I'd love to stay, but I have a category 10 ghost to get rid of." Said Dipper.
He tried to leave, but he bumped into a wall.
"Category 10." He said still trying to look cool.
Carla followed.
"I can see the road trip helped a lot." Laughed Carla.
"It's not like that." Said Dipper blushing a little, "Either way maybe she's not that bad."
That was when they heard laughing from the mirror.
"Why are you laughing, we defeated you." Said Dipper.
"You've been had boy… and flying talking cat…" said the ghost who realized that yeah, he was talking to a flying talking cat.
"I get it, I'm weird." Sighed Carla rolling her eyes.
"What do you mean we've been had?" asked Dipper.
The ghost showed them that 150 years ago Nathanael Northwest commissioned a mansion from the town's lumberjacks. In loo of pay, there would be a grand party and the entire town would be invited. Building the mansion was grueling and exhausting work which did indeed cost the lives of many of the builder. However on the day of the promised party they were turned away. The lumberjack demanded the party but to due the trees that were cut to build the manor he was carried away by flood. As he was an axe hit in the head and he was dead. But with his final breath he cursed them promising them if they still didn't let the towns' people in for the party then he would make them pay.
Not only that but they knew the entire time, included Pacifica.
"Wait, so the Northwests knew this haunting was coming and they tricked me to avoid ghostly justice?" asked Dipper.
He handed Carla the mirror.
"I'll be right back." He said.
Inside Preston was giving the very elderly mayor, Mayor Befufftlefumpter (a very elderly man in a wheel chair), the gift of a chimp butler.
"Northwests!" yelled Dipper.
He entered the mansion.
"Oh hello Dipper!" said Mayor Befufftlefumpter, "Long time no see! As you can see my eye brows have not only grown back but are much fuller than before."
"Oh that's great… I was kind of having a serious moment with Northwest…" said Dipper.
"Sorry my bad." Replied the old mayor who wheeled away.
"You have some explaining to do!" yelled Dipper.
"Dipper! You came back!" said Pacifica quite happily.
"You lied to me!" yelled Dipper, "You all lied to me. All you had to do was let the townsfolk in and you could have avoided this curse! But you had me do your dirty work!"
Preston glared at Dipper.
"Look who you are talking to boy." Said Preston, "I'm hosting a party or the most powerful people in the world. Do you think they would come if they had to rub elbows with your kind?"
"My kind?" asked Dipper glaring at him, then he glared at Pacifica, "You know what the funny thing is, my mom didn't want this to become a family feud. And I was starting to believe that she had a point. But now I see, you're just as bad as your parents… another link in the world's worst chain."
"I'm sorry, I wanted to tell you but they made me…" said Pacifica.
Preston rang the bell and Pacifica blushed and stopped.
"Enjoy the party, it will be the last time any of your kind will ever come." Said Preston.
Dipper left and saw Carla.
"I didn't go well did it?" asked Carla.
"What do you think?" asked Dipper.
Not too long outside, Dipper was exorcising the ghost.
"Stupid Northwests… making me do their exorcisms for them" muttered Dipper, "Exodous demonus, spookus scarus, aintafriadus noghostus…"
"Dipper! Carla! Please let me exact my vengeance!" said the ghost, "You hate them as much as I."
"Absolutely not!" said Carla, "Wendy, Mabel and our friends are still in there along with a lot of innocent people."
"Look man I feel you… My mom did a few jobs for them too and they only paid her once while trying to bribe her to keep her mouth shut about something." Said Dipper, "And Carla's right, ploys you're unstable."
"Very well boy, then before you banish my soul, may these tired lumber eyes gaze at the trees on final time?" asked the ghost.
"Eh, fine… go nuts." Said Dipper.
He turned the mirror to the forest, whoever the ghost started to laugh evilly, his hair flared up and thanks to the fact it was fire it heated up the mirror causing Dipper to drop it.
"Yes! VENGEANCE!" yelled the ghost.
"Oh no…" said Carla, "Wendy!"
"Mabel!" cried Dipper.
Meanwhile inside the mansion Marvelous had just fished dancing with a boy.
"Wow Marvelous." Said Grenda, "You sure are popular tonight."
"Actually most of them are just interesting because I'm a wizard." Said Marvelous, "They heard about the guild before this party and they wanted to know more."
"But it sounds like some of them like you for you." She nudged Marvelous' arm causing her to blush.
That was when they noticed that Mabel and Candy were talking to Marius.
"Oh no…" said Marvelous.
"Why those… "muttered Grenda.
The two started arguing causing Marius to try to sneak away.
Grenda cleared her throat and the two girls turned to her.
"What exactly was all that!" said Grenda, "You were flirting with Marius without me!"
"We are sorry Grenda, it's just…" said Candy.
"Your flirting style can be a little intense." Said Mabel.
"Oh I see, you guys don't want me to be myself since we're in this mansion." Said Grenda, "I thought you liked my style."
"We do! But these boys might not!" said Candy.
"I think we all need to calm down!" said Marvelous finally trying to get involved.
But they weren't listening.
"Oh well I guess they wouldn't' like this either!" said Grenda, "Hey! Marius!"
"Ja?" he asked.
He came over and Grenda pulled the same trick earlier. Mabel and Candy tried to stop her, however she did it.
Candy, Grenda and Mabel all glared at each other and left.
However Marius eyes were sparkling.
"Excuse, are you friends with that girl?" asked Marius to Marvelous.
"Yes." Answered Marvelous.
"What is her name? I would like to speaker with her again." Said Marius.
"Oh Grenda." Said Marvelous surprised.
"Grenda." He said with a smile.
Marvelous blinked and then laughed. But then quickly realized that she had to calm the three down.
That was when Preston began to ring a glass.
"Thank you for all coming. This party has been a resounding success." Said Preston.
"I guess you could say it was a slam dunk." Said a basket player.
"Yeah… right..." he said, "Now a toast, to our family name."
They all raised their glasses.
However of them started to break as the ghost's laughed was heard. Then the ghost emerged from the fireplace.
"Generations locked away! Now my revenge shall have it's day!" called out the ghost.
"Ah, the grim reaper, I've been expecting you." Said the mayor.
The ghost pointed at him, and suddenly he turned into a wooden stature. Causing everyone to scream.
Through out the room dead taxidermy animals came to life.
"Mabel!" called out Marvelous.
"Right!" said Mabel, "Requip!"
She requiped a gold club, she began to hit the taxidermy animals with it.
"Sky Dragon Wing Attack!" called out Marvelous creating whirlwinds shaped like wings.
The ghost appeared behind Marvelous.
"There's nothing you can do to stop me!" said the ghost.
He pointed at her, however Grenda saw what as going on and took the hit for her.
"Oh no!" said Mabel.
"Grenda…" cried Candy.
Both of them ran towards Grenda.
However the ghost took advantage of this and turned all three into wood stature.
"Oh no! Preston! What are we going to do?" asked Pricilla.
"Prepare the panic room." He said while punching a stuffed squirrel off his shoulder.
Carla and Dipper arrived and they opened the doors as tree started to grow out of the floor.
"Please help me"! cried a man as he was slowly turned into wood.
"That is messed up!" yelled Dipper.
That was when Carla noticed the girls.
"Oh no Wendy!" she cried out.
"Mabel!" cried Dipper.
The ghost laughed. They both noticed him.
"There is one way to change your fates: A Northwest must open the gates." Said the ghost.
"A Northwest." Said Carla.
"Pacifica." Said Dipper;.
"She not here." Said Carla.
The two began to search the manor, that was when they noticed a light coming from the hidden room they found earlier.
"Pacifica! There you are!" said Dipper, "The ghost is turning everyone to wood. And also he started riming for some reason."
"That was strange." Said Carla.
Dipper tugged on her arm.
"I need your help." Said Dipper.
"Do you want to know why this room was locked away."" Said Pacifica, "This is what I found in here, a painted record of what my family's ever done!"
They looked ant saw the painting they saw earlier but different, the one of the man giving away food was of a crooked robber, the one of the man making a deal with a native American had the man cross his fingers and the third wasn't' a mountain but a pile of dead animals. Also there was a painting of a mad scientist.
"Lying, cheating and then there's me… I lied to you just because I'm too scared to talk back to my stupid parents." Said Pacifica, she took off a pair of earring and threw them at a painting of her parents, "You were right about me! I'm just another link in the world's worst chain!"
"You said that?" asked Carla.
"I'm sorry what I said earlier, but just because your parents daughter, doesn't men you have to like them." Said Dipper, "It's not too late!"
"It's too late"! boomed the ghost.
They all got to the main hall which now resembled a forest.
Dipper picked up a nearby silver platter and ran towards a table with his the journal in hand.
"All right ghost! Prepare to…" said Dipper.
However the ghost knocked the things out of the dipper's hand with a blast.
"Dipper!" called out Carla.
The ghost zapped her.
"Carla!" called out Dipper.
However the ghost made sure to zap Dipper.
"No… no… no!" yelled Dipper, "Someone help!"
And soon Dipper was a wooden stature.
"Forest of death, a lesson learned, and now the Northwest Manor will burn!" yelled the ghost as a fire began to burn.
"Hey! Ugly!" called out Pacifica at a level that controlled the gate of the manor, "You want me to let in the townsfolk? 'Cause I'll do it, just turned everyone back!"
"You wish to prove yourself? Pull that lever, opened the grand gate to the town, and fulfill the promise of your ancestors!" called to the ghost.
Pacifica was about to do it, however a hatch opened. And out popped her father, her mother and a butler.
"Pacifica Elsie Northwest! What do you think you're doing. Stop this instant! We cant' let the see the town like this! We have a reputation to uphold! Now come into the panic room. There's enoguh oxygen and mini-sandwiches to last you, me and a butler for a week." Said Preston, "Who then whispered to her "We'll eat the butler."
Pacifica looked at the stature that was once Dipper and reached for the lever.
"You dare disobey us?" he asked.
He began to ring the bell again, Pacifica continued to ring the bell but she continued to reach for it.
"Dingagly, dingagly? Is this thing broken?" asked Preston.
Pacifica stomped with determination.
"Our family name is broken! And I'm going to fix it!" said Pacifica.
He pulled the Lever and outside the town realized what was going on.
"Yes! Yes!" cheered the Ghost, "My heart once as hard as oak, now grows soft, like more of a birch or something…"
The guests all turned back to normal. Dipper inhaled deeply while Carla pulled herself up from the floor.
"Pacifica, you are not like the other Northwests. I feel lumber justice." Said the Ghost as he moved on to the other side, leaving behind only the axe that was member in his head.
That was when the towns people came into the mansion and turned it all into a real party! Much to Preston's annoyance.
With the girls they managed to get their bearings.
"You girls okay?" asked Marvelous.
"I'm fine." Said Grenda.
"Wendy!" cried Carla flying to her, "I'm so glad you're okay."
"Everything's okay." Said Marvelous.
"We're so sorry for earlier." Said Candy.
"We shouldn't have left you behind." Said Mabel.
"It's okay maybe I should work on my flirting." Said Grenda.
"Um… I think you're fine the way you are." Said Marvelous blushing a little.
"What… did something happen?" asked Grenda.
"Well…" said Marvelous.
"Grenda!" called out Marius, "I must speak with you. There is something about you, I can't get you out of my head. I know you're probably out of my league, but can I give you mien phone number."
"I don't have a phone, write it on my face head"! yelled Grenda.
The girls watched this.
"Go Grenda!" cheered Mabel.
"Maybe we sold her short." Said Candy, "I'll call bridesmaid!"
"I call co-bridesmaid!" said Mabel.
"You know there's more than one Brides' maid." Pointed out Carla.
Marvelous just smiled.
Elsewhere in the party Dipper and Pacifica were talking.
"Man if your family hates this, they are crazy." Said Dipper.
"Yeah, enjoy it while it lasts. Next year I'm sure they're just going to lock everyone out again." Said Pacifica.
"hey guess we're standing." Said Dipper.
Pacifica looked down and saw her parents favorite carpet pattern and she had muddy shoes. The two began to make the carpet even dirtier.
"But seriously…" said Pacifica, "I should get someone to clean this up."
"Hey wait…" said Dipper.
"Yes?" asked Pacifica blushing a little.
"IF you ever wanted to talk someone I think you should go talk to Lucy at the Guild. You have a lot in common." Said Dipper.
"Oh, sure… I'll think about it." Said Pacifica realizing that getting to know one of the Guild members might be a good way to stick to her parents.
She was unaware that Lucy grew rich as well.
Pacifica walked away and when she was gone, Old Man McGucket showed up.
"Woo Scobbity Doo! Horn-swagle my goat-knees!" he said yelling out folksy gibberish.
"Oh hey McGucket!" said Dipper.
Old Man McGucket pulled Dipper away so they could talk in private.
"Dipper I've been lookin' for you! I fixed the laptop and I've been doing calculations! Something's terrible comin'! The apocalypse! The End times!" yelled McGucket.
Dipper pinched the bridge of his nose, he had a busy night and he wasn't' in the mood to deal with this.
"You know what McGucket, talk to me about it tomorrow… it's a party." said Dipper, "Let's have some fun for once."
Dipper went to talk to Mabel and the girls. He hugged Mabel and wondered about why Grenda had a phone number on her face.
However McGucket opened up, his laptop and saw an imminent threat countdown clock on it… and it had only 21 hours on it. He looked worried at a nearby tapestry showing something resembling Bill on it with a burning tree on it.
Meanwhile in a closet two of the guests met up, a man and a woman.
"Quick! In here my love!" said the man.
"Finally a moment to be alone." said the woman.
"You can drop the act Trigger." Said the man.
It turns out they were Agent Powers and Agent Trigger and they removed the disguises.
"They're seeing activity on the machine." Said Agent Trigger.
"Roger that." Said Agent Trigger.
"Where my phone?" asked Agent Powers.
"I don't have it." Said Agent Trigger.
"I saw you put in your purse." Said Agent Powers.
"Oh so I'm just supposed to hold on everything for you?" asked Agent Trigger.
"I asked if you had it when we were in the car." Said Agent Powers.
"Oh why do we have to fight at parties." Said Agent Trigger.
That was when Tambry entered the closet to put away something but turned around saying "Not even going to ask."
Even if the Agents were comically bickering they and McGucket were right. Something big was happening. And that big thing going to change everything.
Next Time: Stan is arrested for having a doomsday device! However there's more going on than meets the eye. And Dipper and Mabel are going to find out what! Will they be able to prove he's innocent? What does Erza know about it? Is Stan truly what he seems? Find out next time!
