A/N: Another record broken, this is the first chapter I have written that's OVER 9000! No... really, it's over 9,000 words... (although with authors notes and stuff it will probably have over 10,000 words). Also about this chapter there's parts where Erza and Stan narrate, Erza is italics, Stan is bold. Anyways enjoy the story!

Chapter 52: When Stan Met Erza

Everyone stared at the author of the journals, including Soos he managed to regain consciousness.

"Finally! After all these years of waiting! You're actually here! Brother!" said Stan expecting a hug.

However the Author was about to punch Stan, however to find his arm was immovable. He turned to see Erza holding his wrist.

"Seriously?" asked Erza, "He's expecting a hug and you do this?"

The author flinched at the glare, and tried to get out of it.

"Let go." Said the author.

"I will if you can be civil." Said Erza.

The author nodded and she let go.

"Who is she?" asked the author.

"Our ex-niece in law." Said Stan.

The author looked at Erza.

"It's a long story." Sighed Erza.

"But seriously you were going to punch me." Said Stan, "What the hell!"

"Stanley…" said Erza firmly, "The warning goes both ways…"

The author took a breath.

"This was insanely risky move: restarting the portal. Didn't you read my warnings?" asked Stan.

"Warning, schmarnings… How about maybe a thanks for me rescuing you from what appears to be a Sci-fi sideburn dimension?" asked Stan.

"Thanks you?" asked the author, "You really think I'm going to thank you after what you did thirty years ago?"

"What I did you ungrateful…" said Stan.

He was about too punch the author, however Erza punched both of them in the face.

"What did I just tell you!" yelled Erza glaring at both of them.

The author once again flinched at the glare.

"We should be lucky she's going easy on us." Said Stan.

"What?" asked the author.

Someone from the group watching finally found their voice.

"Hi! Mabel here. I have a question: WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON!" she asked.

The author finally noticed them.

"Wait there's other people here, along with a blue cat on his hind legs and… a giant hairless gopher." Said the author.

"Isn't that what I said when we first met?" asked Happy.

"Yeah, I do get that a lot…" laughed Soos.

"And why are there children down here?" asked the author.

"They're family Point Dexter." Said Stan, "Shermy's grandkids."

He looked at the twins.

"I have a nice and nephew." Said the author.

He gave a handshake to Mabel.

"Greetings!" said the author, "Wait… do kids still say greetings. I haven't been in this dimension for very long."

"A six fingered hand shake? It's one full finger friendlier than normal. "said Mabel.

The author laughed, "This kids is weird, I like her."

He three turned to the rest.

"Speaking of which who are these people?" asked the author.

"They're Laxus the security guard who works here, Soos my handyman, Makarov my friend and Natsu, Lucy, Gray and Happy… Erza's team." Said Stan.

"Erza's team?" asked the author.

"We'll explain later." Said Stan, "By way what are you guys doing here."

"I tasked them with making sure the twins didn't get in trouble." Said Erza.

"Fairy Tail's strongest team… awesome fighters, crappy babysitters." Said Laxus.

"I can't belie it!" said Dipper, "You're the author of the journals!"

"You've read my journals?" asked the author.

"I haven't just read them! I've read them. I've been waiting to meet you! I… I don't know what to say! I have so many questions!" said Dipper he looked like he was going to vomit, "I think I'm going to vomit!"

He wasn't sure while Mabel comforted him through it.

"Listen there will be time for explanations about what's going on later… even if I want to know why there's a talking blue cat…" said the author and noticed Gray had started to strip, "And why he's suddenly taking off his clothes…"

"Not again!" said Gray.

"Tell me Stan, are there any security breaches?" asked the author, "Does anyone else know about the portal?"

"No just us… and maybe the entire US government." Said Stan.

They looked to see on security monitor the agents searching for Stan (unwire of anyone else).

"All right!" said Natsu pounding his fist, "Who's ready to come up with a battle plan."

"No one Natsu!" said Makarov.

The combined glares of Makarov and Erza silenced him.

"It's okay… it's going to be a while until they find us." Said the author.

"Well it looks like we're stuck here for a while, who wants to tell us their entire mysterious backstory." Said Mabel.

"I have some questions about this myself, Stanley." Said the author.

"Wait…" said Natsu.

"But isn't' your name Stanford." Said Mabel.

"Wait…" said Dipper, "Mom often did call him Stanley…"

"Wait… you took my name?" asked the author who was actually Stanford, "What have you been doing all these years you knucklehead?"

"Yeah, Grunkle Stan… no more lies!" said Dipper, "Same with you mom! What's going on with this portal? Why did you keep it a secret from us."

"I hope this aligns exactly with my fanfics, Stan. If not I'll be very disappointed." Said Soos.

"all right, All right…" said Stan, "It all started a life time in 1960 something New Jersey." Said Stan.

Stan began to tell how he grew in well New Jersey with a rather who wasn't impressed with anything and a phony psychic for a mother. How Stanford was born with a rare birth defect that gave him extra fingers. Not only that but Stanford was the smart one and Stan had what their mother called "Personality".

One day had they found an old abounded boat in a cave, which they named the Stan O' War.

They were also often teased for not having friends but they had each other. And they helped each other with everything whether it was girls or school.

However one day everything changed due to a science project. His science project was so impressive that there was a chance that Stanford might get into West Coast Tech, one of the best school in the country.

Their father was impressed because Stanford could make them millions of dollars.

Stan got very worried about this, it didn't help that he overheard the Principal say he would stay in New Jersey forever.

He got angry at the science project and accidently broke it, in anger.

And there was evidence in the form of a toffee peanut bag.

When their parents got words about it, Stan was kicked out unless he can make the millions that Stanford would have made. And Stan had a plan to fix everything.

"Oh you are two little broken Tea Cups… I think I know what to do! Hug it out!" said Mabel, "Hug it out!"

However the elder twins weren't even looking at each other.

Unfortunately this made Mabel angry.

"I said hug. It. Out." Growled Mabel glaring at them.

Both of them turned to Mabel, the glare at terrifying. And they weren't the only ones.

"The legends are true…" said Happy, "Mabel acts just like Erza when she's angry."

"Mabel is going to grow up to be just as terrifying as Erza." Said Laxus.

"You're wrong…" said Makarov with a chuckle, "If Mabel remains happy go lucky she's not going to be as terrifying as Erza… she's going to be much, much more."

Everyone who knew Erza well all shuddered at the thought.

"I think it's better if Stan finishes his story." Pointed out Erza.

"Fine…" sighed Mabel.

Stan continued to tell the story about how he tired his hand in treasure hunting but it didn't work out for many reasons.

So he started to make shoddy products and sold them over infomercials. It got so bad that he was officially banned from New Jersey.

Everyone from Earthland (expect Erza) stared at Stan. They haven't been on Earth for long but they all knew one thing, New Jersey was a hellhole.

"How is that even possible?" asked Happy.

"Look it doesn't matter." Said Stan.

"But people from New Jersey…" said Natsu.

"Isn't the current Governor a fat guy who yells at everyone?" asked Laxus.

"Let's not forget that show." Said Lucy who shuddered.

"Okay, I get it…" said Stan, "Anyways."

He ended up moving form state to state selling his shoddy products and changing his name.

"So that's the reason for the fake ids." Said Dipper.

"Wow, surprised it was pretty mundane compared to your usual stuff." Said Happy.

"Hey!" yelled Stan.

"So." Said Dipper to Stanford, "Did you go to your dream school?"

"Not exactly." Said Stanford.

He took over the story, he need up in Backupsmore. He ended up working much harder and getting his PHD three years ahead of seclude and wrote a thesis that was nationally ranked. He was soon given a large research grant for scientifically studies. Thanks to the fact he had 6 fingers he chose to study anomalies. Turns out Gravity Falls had more than anywhere else in the country.

And so enoguh he started keeping journals.

Of course Dipper squeed when he first mentioned them. Everyone stared at him.

"Sorry, sorry." Said Dipper, "Got really excited there… About the journals… just keep talking."

"So I started keeping a Journals." Said Stanford.

"Just keep going." Said Makarov.

He kept the journals, which had many things he managed to discover. But he couldn't find out why, why everything was happening.

He came up with a the theory of a dimension of weirdness that bleeding in this one. And the only way was to build a gateway to this dimension. So he called his college friend Fiddleford McGucket, who was working out of his garage building personal computers.

They butyl the gateway but when they activated it there was an accident. McGucket got partly sucked into it. He survived (obviously) but saw something on the other side that haunted him. He told Stanford to destroy it, and he refused. So McGucket quit.

With Stanford having problems, he knew there was only person who could help, Stan.

Stan who was living in motels and having money problems, immediately came to see his brother.

Stanford (while the welcome was less than stellar) showed him the portal… which of course surprised Stan. After explaining everything, he tasked Stan with hiding Journal 1 (having hid the other two). Unfortunately the way he told him to hide it go Stan's' hopes up to engaged in their childhood dream of sailing the world.

Which only got worse when Stan decided that the best option was to burn the journal. The two physically, which resulted in not only the portal activating but Stan getting branded by the portal's controls.

Thanks to the fighting it resulted in Stanford getting sucked in.

He only had Journal 1, so he couldn't reactive the portal with the other two rooms He ended up just feeling crappy for about a month in the room that would eventually become Erza's.

He had to go into town one day due to the fact he didn't' have any food. He was mistaken for Stanford, and everyone wanted to see inside the house and he got money for it.

As the actual things in there were boring (and ended up injuring a woman's eye... who would later become known as Lazy Susan) he quickly came up with a fake exhibit and that Murder Hut was born (later renamed Mystery Shack).

Due to the fact that he felt he couldn't leave until he rescued his brother and the fact that Stanford was unaware about the unclaimed land law (meaning he had a mortgage).

However due to this Stan lived a double life, during the day he was Mr. Mystery and during the night he tried to find way to bring Stanford back.

He couldn't risk anyone finding out about it and sabotaging it… that's why he kept it a secret from almost everything.

"Expect for Erza, no one knew about it…" said Stan, "She did manage to convince me to let her tell someone in case something happened to me…"

"I told you this was going to happen." Said Erza.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah…" said Stan.

"So all this time you were just trying to save your brother." Said Dipper, "I'm so sorry Grunkle Stan."

"It's okay… I probably wouldn't have believed me either." Said Stan, he noticed on the monitor the government hadn't found them, "Well it looks like they still haven't found us."

"You know we haven't gotten to Erza's part of the story yet." Said Natsu.

"Can we wait… I've been holding it in for a while." Said Soos, "Is there a bathroom down here."

"I'm actually kind of hungry, do you have any snacks?" asked Happy.

Stan sighed, he pointed Soos to the bathroom and gave Happy some of his stash of snacks.

"All right, is everyone good?" asked Stan.

"Before we get in the story we have to explain to Stanford about Earthland." Said Makarov.

"Earthland?" asked Stanford.

"We're actually from another universe." Said Natsu.

"The proper term is dimension." Said Stanford.

"Whatever." Said Natsu.

"It's true, myself, Laxus, Lucy, Erza, Natsu, Gray and others who are not here are from a dimension called Earthland. Happy technically originated from another called Edolas." Explained Makarov.

"It's a long story." Said Happy.

"Thanks to Mabel we discovered that one year in Earthland is 45 years here." Explained Makarov.

"I had an out of body experience and I ended up meeting a girl who told me this." Said Mabel.

"Why is that fact important?" asked Stanford.

"Because…" said Erza, "I arrived here 15 years ago, while they have only been here a month."

"Me and Natsu grew up with Erza and before she came here she was only a year older than me." Said Gray.

Stanford perked up, "Really fascinating."

"Now only that but where we come from 10 percent of the population have the ability to use magic." Said Makarov.

"Wait does that mean?" asked Stanford.

"All of us are wizards." Said Makarov.

Stanford realized something.

"Wait, what about…" he said.

"We can use magic too!" cheered Mabel while Dipper blushed.

"That's amazing!" said Stanford.

"Now's not a good time to use it though." Pointed out Erza.

"We'll show you later." Said Mabel.

"15 years ago…" said Erza.

"For Erza." Said Natsu.

"A giant Lacrima that absorbed the power of a magical super weapon was about to explode. The only way to stop it is if someone fused with it, however that would kill the person. I was the one to do it." Said Erza, "I should have died… but I was sent here."

"How did you meet Stan though." Said Dipper.

"Well you see…" began Stan.

(Flashback)

Stan was sleeping at the console, when suddenly one of the devices came to life.

He woke up and saw something "Spatial Anomaly dedicated."

He looked at the portal but nothing was active.

He decided to go outside.

HE saw a bright blue light coming from the forest.

"Stanford." He said.

He went back in to get dressed (after all it was winter). And drove to where the light was.

He got to the light.

"Come on Pointdexter, you better found a way." Said Stan.

That when he saw a human shape in the light, but it wasn't Stanford. It was a young woman with red hair, wearing only a pair of red pants and bandages around her breasts. It was clear she was also injured and she was unconscious.

She fell in the snow.

Even though it wasn't Stanford, I couldn't leave her in the snow. So I took her back the Shack.

Sometime later Erza woke up, she looked at herself.

"I'm alive?" she asked, "How?"

She managed to get up and looked out the window.

Her eyes widened, not only was she in a forested area but it was snowing.

"What's going on?" thought Erza, "It's the middle of summer."

She then clamed down, "I'm alive so of course I could have been unconscious for months."

That was when Stan entered the room.

"Good you're awake." Said Stan.

"What month is this?" asked Erza.

"That's the first question you ask? Seriously?" asked Stan.

"I need to know how long I was unconscious for." Said Erza.

"It's January." Said Stan with a shrug.

"Thank you." Said Erza, "Can you tell me how far we are to Magnolia?"

"Magnolia?" asked Stan, "I never heard of such a place."

"You've never heard of Magnolia?" asked Erza, "You know… it's the town where Fairy Tail is located."

Stan just gave her blank looks.

"What country are in right now?" asked Erza.

"The United States of America." Answered Stan.

"I've never heard of that country…" said Erza, "Where am I…"

I realized that where she came from was very different than Earth, so I decided to tell her the truth how I found her.

"Look I have to be honest with you." Said Stan, "I found you in a bright light."

"What?" asked Erza.

"It's true, a bright light appeared and you came from it." Said Stan.

"I see…" sighed Erza.

I was emotionally and physically exhausted at the time so I didn't question much. So I bought it.

She looked down and looked like she was going to cry. Stan began to feel bad for her.

It was clear that she probably in the same boat as my brother. Stuck in a world that wasn't her own. If I showed her the truth she wouldn't sabotage me at all. Not if she wanted a way home.

"Look, don't worry you found the right guy to get you back home…" said Stan.

"What?" asked Erza.

"Sort of…" said Stan.

"What do you mean sort of." Said Erza.

Stan ended up showing her the portal.

"My brother built this." Said Stan, "I'm sure if we can fix this we can get my brother back and he can send you home."

"Wait what do you mean get him back?" asked Erza.

"I might have accidentally pushed him into the portal 15 years ago." Said Stan.

"What?" asked Erza.

"It wasn't accident!" said Stan, "I didn't mean to do it, and I've been working on the past 15 years to undo my mistake."

She looked at him and relied he was probably telling the truth.

"Is there anyway to fix it?" asked Erza.

Stan took out Journal 1.

"There's two more of these, but I have no clue where to find them. And searching hasn't been easy." Explained Stan.

"I see." Said Erza.

"So how this I scotch my back and I starch yours. You help me find a way to find my brother, and I help you find a way back to your world." Said Stan.

The two shook hands.

"Stanley Pines." Said Stan, "I go, by Stanford in public though."

"What?" asked Erza.

"I might have stolen my missing brother's identity." Said Stan.

That was the first sign that Stan wasn't completely trustworthy.

"I see." Said Erza, "Erza Scarlet."

"Seriously?" asked Stan.

"What?" asked Erza.

"That is such a fake last name." Said Stan.

"It given to me by… someone I knew a long time ago." Said Erza, "I forgot my real last name years ago."

Stan sighed.

Erza flinched, she was still in pain from her fight with Jellal.

"Hey, let me bandage you up." Said Stan.

"Thank you." Said Erza.

They went into the kitchen where Stan bandaged her up.

"Thank you." She said.

That was when she was bathed in a bright light, and suddenly she was wearing pajamas.

"Hot Belgian waffles!" yelled Stan.

(Cut out of Flashback)

"Did you really say that or are you censoring for the kids?" asked Makarov.

Stan looked at the twins.

"Censoring for the kids." Sighed Stan.

(Cut back to flashback)

"How… how did…" said Stan.

"Magic." Said Erza, "I'm a wizard."

Stan stared at her freaking out.

"I take magic doesn't exist here." Said Erza.

"Well it does, but not the way you're using it." Said Stan, "Also most people don't understand or know about magic."

"And you do?" asked Erza raising an eyebrow.

"Look what you're going to see in this town is not like anywhere else." Said Stan, "Trust me on this."

Erza sighed.

"Fine." She said, "I'm going to bed."

"Use the one you were using earlier." Said Stan.

She left and Stan sighed.

I was dealing with a wizard from another world. Even if the situation was strange, I knew it could trust her.

Unfortunately I quickly learned I couldn't compete trust him.

Later that day, Erza made a sandwich and was eating it, when she heard a sound from another room.

Erza entered the room and saw that Stan was holding a drum, a drum that was filled with pugs.

"Oh…, Elsa." Said Stan.

"Erza…" corrected Erza.

"It's not what it looks like…" said Stan.

"It looks like you're smuggling pugs." Said Erza.

Stan ran out of the room with the pugs.

"What did I get myself into." Muttered Erza.

See the thing about winter is that it's the slowest time for the Shack. No tourists come up in the middle of January, so I have to do some projects. Unfortunately, that was possibly the worst time to try to earn her trust now that I think about it.

After about a week Erza had had it.

Thanks to the fact television existed and she had proof that it was another world, she bought the first part of the story, but was now doubting that Stan could get her home.

"Stanley!" she yelled out, "Tell me right now, are you trying to trick me with the portal?"

"What no!" said Stan.

"Tell the truth! Everything you've done…" said Erza.

"Look… I know I'm not the most honest man." Said Stan, "But I'm telling the truth about my brother!"

"Why should I buy that after I've seen you smuggle…" said Erza.

"Traffic." Corrected Stan.

"Traffic Pugs, steal and that telemarketing scheme thing." Said Erza.

"Wow, you picked up things about this world fast." Said Stan.

Erza requiped a sword.

"Easy… look… I'm a criminal all right! But I'm not lying about Stanford. All right!" said Stan, "Look I'm sure you have a family back home you want to get back to…"

"I do." Said Erza.

"See there you go." Said Stan.

"You just have opt promise you won't commit any crimes." Said Erza.

"No way!" said Stan, "besides, I'm pretty sure that portal itself is illegal."

Erza sighed.

"Whether you like it or not, I'm probably the only guy who can get you back." Said Stan, "SO you have to deal with it, all right."

"Fine…" muttered Erza.

"Speaking of which we have to come up with a backstory for you." Said Stan.

"What?" asked Erza.

"Look, you just cant' people your from another universe or whatever. We have come up with something. We could go the easy route and just say you have amnesia, but that's the oldest trick in the book." Said Stan, "Also you have to learn US history, you know just in case you have to earn a green card or something."

"Seriously?" asked Erza.

"Hey I don't know what like in Magnolia or wherever you're from, but people are crazy when it comes to people illegally coming here." Explained Stan.

Erza just sighed when he said that.

Over the course of the next few weeks Erza learned lot of US history, and also they neither one of them were up for creating a back-story for her and just went with the amnesia route.

(cuts out of Flashback)

"Why couldn't you come up with a decent fake backstory?" asked Soos.

"Erza's real one is extremely depressing." Said Stan, "And using that for a basis would have been impossible."

"Oh please how depressing can it be?" asked Stanford.

"My entire town was attacked by a cult, my parents were among the dead and I was forced in slavery." Said Erza.

Stanford looked at the others in room who all had the faces of "Yeah, it's true."

"Sorry…" he managed to say rather sheepishly.

(Back to Flashback)

Over the course of the next couple weeks, Erza told Stan some stuff, such as she was an orphaned and she part of a guild who were like her family.

IT had been about a month since Erza arrived and Stan was finally ready to let go outside. The two headed to the diner.

"Remember not to freak out over cars." Said Stan.

"We have versions of cars in Earthland." Said Erza.

"Really, what do they run on magic?" asked Stan.

Erza didn't answer, meaning "yes."

That was when they heard screams, and growls.

They turned around and rather large monster was led into town by some teen.

"I'm sorry!" yelled the teen, "But it won't stop following me!"

The towns people didn't know what to do.

Erza was about to go fight it.

"Stop it! Do you want to get caught?" asked Stan.

"So he should just get hurt or die?" asked Erza.

Stan didn't answer her.

"I wouldn't forgive myself if I let that happen!" yelled Erza.

"What! Are you just going to change clothes at the monster?" asked Stan, "I mean what can you do…"

By this point all I've seen Erza use her magic was changing clothes and summoning a sword once. She didn't show me any of her armors yet.

"Requip!" called out Erza now in her Heart Kreuz Armor with a sword in hand.

"What…" said Stan.

Erza and over to fight the monster.

"Remember, Flame Empress, Heaven's Wheel and Purgatory need to fixed." She reminded herself.

She attacked the monster with the sword, but it howled in pain.

The teen stared at Erza.

"Get out of here! I'll handle it!" said Erza.

The teen nodded and ran away.

The monster turned to the teen and was about to chaise after it.

However…

"Requip!" called out Erza she switched to her flight armor, and began to use speed attack on the monster, simultaneously fighting and distracting.

The towns people began to cheer for Erza.

Now that Erza had the monster's attention, she once again requiped, this time to the Lightening Empress Armor.

She shocked them monster, causing it roar in pain.

"Time to finish it off! Requip!" she called out.

She switched to the Black Wing armor and with a swipe of the sword the monster was down.

The town erupted in cheers she requiped back into the outfit she was wearing earlier.

She walked over to Stan who stared at her dumbfounded.

"Why didn't you tell me you could do all that?" asked Stan.

"It wasn't important." Said Erza with a smirk.

They went into the diner.

"Hey! Meals on the house for the new hero!" said Lazy Susan.

"You don't have to." Said Erza.

"I insist." Said Lazy Susan.

Stan was still staring at her.

"Let me guess you want to make money off me?" asked Erza.

"Well… maybe…" said Stan.

Erza didn't say anything and decided maybe it would be fun to troll him.

"Look you have a gift… and it would be a shame to waste that gift not making any money!" said Stan, "SO how about I act as your agent I get a cut of the money and you save the day for a price."

Erza didn't answer, still deicing to troll him.

"Let me guess! You don't want to do it because it's too crooked. But I'm sure people will hire you to do some jobs!" said Stan.

Erza couldn't take it any more, she started laughing.

"What?" asked Stan.

"That's the job of a guild wizard back home." Said Erza.

Stan blinked.

"People contact the guild for jobs and wizard would take him. Each job had a price." Explained Erza.

"Seriously?" asked Stan.

"It's true." Said Erza.

"Why didn't you say anything." Said Stan.

"It was fun to see you jump to conclusions about me." Said Erza.

Stan glared at her.

"We need to talk some more about lives." Said Stan.

"We do." Said Erza.

And that's how Stan became my agent. People would call him for jobs. And they would name their prices with some haggling. I didn't care for the haggling but I gave in to it.

I soon gained a reputation in town, even helping the police a couple times with cases that were so tough that Sherriff Blubs almost lost his job because of it.

That and his incompetence…

I had fought many things in the forest and occasionally in the streets, I had fought Manotaurs, various types of squids and even the Summerween Trickster.

Let's not forget your fight with Granny Sweetkins.

There was yarn everywhere. A fire nearby. Stan was tied up from a tree in yarn.

Erza fighting the seemingly sweet old lady sword to knitting needles.

That was when the old woman had a plan.

"You know Erza… Stan Pines never told you about your mother." Said Grandma Sweetkins.

"What?" asked Erza.

"Oh come now… Erza…" said Grandma Sweetkins.

"You think I'm an idiot!" yelled Erza, "I've seen the Empire Strikes Back! Also I know what happened to my mother, she died. And she was much younger than you are."

"Oh well… at least I tried." Said Grandma Sweetkins.

The two began to fight once again.

Why did you bring that up.

I always found it funny, okay…

Anyways… every time, I came out on top.

As time went on Stan and I became closer. We got to know each other better and learned almost everything about each other.

I still missed everyone back home, but it was nice that I had someone on earth that was there me.

But I could tell that Erza was homesick. Not only that I could tell she was starting to lose hope and was pretty close to giving up soon.

Then the death nail for that hope came when my idiot nephew came for a visit nearly two years to the date that Erza showed up.

"Remember, I'm a disgraced scientist who cut off my extra fingers years ago." Said Stan.

"I know, I know." Said Erza.

He drove right up.

He was a young man a couple years younger than Erza with born hair that was same texture as the children he would have one day.

Alec Pines, not even 20 at the time. If I knew that he had a thing for red heads, I wouldn't have let him stay that week.

"Hey uncle Stan." Said Alec.

He looked at Erza and immediately liked what he saw.

"Who is this?" asked Alec.

"Erza…" said Stan, "She's my uh…"

"Personal assistant." Said Erza.

Stan made a face.

"Don't let it go to your head." Said Erza.

Stan just laughed.

"Nice…" said Alec.

A few days after he arrived, Erza was sitting on the roof. It was a clear night so she was just looking up at the stars.

"Hey there Erza." Said Alec.

Erza nodded.

"You know I found out you're not really my uncle's personal assistant." Said Alec.

"I would have you would be an idiot if you hadn't figured that our by now." Said Erza.

"Hey!" yelled Alec.

Erza looked at the stars.

"I see the constellation Taurus." Said Erza looking up at the stars.

"Really?" asked Alec.

"Yeah." Said Erza.

"I didn't know you were into stars." Said Alec.

"Not really, it just reminds me someone from back home." Said Erza.

"Oh…" said Alec.

"Where are you from." Said Alec.

"You wouldn't bivalve me if I told you. Said Erza.

Alec just shrugged.

Erza looked down.

"Can't you just go home if you miss it?" he asked.

"It's not easy." Said Erza.

"I'm sure that you'll be able to go home day…" said Alex, "And you can see that friend of yours…"

Erza looked at him in the eye.

That night, I ended up making a mistake, a mistake that I never regretted.

The next day, Stan was drinking some coffee when Alec walked passed him, wearing no shirt, then Erza wearing a men's pajama top.

Stan looked at Erza.

"Really?" asked Stan.

"It was a one time thing." Said Erza, "It's not going to happen again."

"It better nothing… he's my nephew remember." Said Stan.

"Look I just felt I need it." Said Erza, "All right!"

Stan made a face.

"Don't…" said Erza.

"Oh come on…" said Stan.

"You…" said Erza.

"IT's so obvious." Said Stan.

"Dare…" said Erza.

"You needed to get laid!" laughed Stan.

Erza punched Stan so hard it knocked him down.

"Worth it!" said Stan.

And to be honest… Erza was in a better mood after that night. She wasn't as homesick. Okay she was still home sick, but hey, that was natural.

Unfortunately it stopped after about a month…

Stan hear her vomiting.

"You okay in there?" asked Stan.

"I'm fine." Muttered Erza from the other side of the door.

Erza was walking home form a job, wondering why she was feeling so bad.

"It's not the flu, not any sickness… I mean…" thought Erza.

Then she realized something… something hadn't happened in the last month.

And that was when she remembered something about that night.

"Oh no…" though Erza.

Thankfully by this point she had start wearing wigs some time for jobs and in case she didn't want her fan brothering her.

So she donned a wig, when to a drug store and bought something.

She got back to the shack, and used the thing she bought.

That thing was a pregnancy test.

After a minute, the results came up.

It was positive.

She was pregnant.

She left the test on a sink as she started to cry.

The door was left open after was done with the private part of it.

"Eeesh… what's wrong with you?" muttered Stan seeing her crying.

Then he noticed the test on the sink. He grabbed it and looked at it, and saw the little plus sign on it. His face immediately darkened.

"I'm going to kill him!" yelled Stan, "Even if he is family!"

"Stan! Wait!" called out Erza.

Erza followed Stan to the phone where called Alec.

"Hello?" asked Alec.

"Why you little…" growled Stan, "You come up here right now!"

"Uncle Stan why are you yelling?" asked Alec.

"Because you're idiot who doesn't know how to use protection!" yelled Stan.

"What?" asked Alec, "Wait… you don't mean…"

"Erza's pregnant! And you're the only guy she's been with!" yelled Stan.

"Oh god… "said Alec.

"You better come up and face her or I'm coming down!" yelled Stan hanging up.

Erza sighed when he did that.

"Stan… I…" said Erza.

Stan got up and hugged her.

"No matter what happens I'll be right here. "said Stan.

"Thank you…" whispered Erza.

"Hey, let's look on the bright side." Said Stan, "At least I'm getting a new little niece or nephew…"

(cut of out Flashback)

"Hey wait… do you they even know about that…" said Stan.

"I never told them about this before now." Sighed Erza.

They looked at the twins through Natsu and Gray already knew the answers.

"Um… about that…" said Dipper.

"Remember that time we stole that time machine from that guy?" asked Mabel.

"We kind of ended up at the moment dad proposed to you." Said Dipper.

"Wow… and you didn't try to change the past?" asked Stan.

"Dipper wouldn't let me." Said Mabel.

"Wow." Said Stan surprised.

"Anyways…" sighed Erza.

(Cut back to Flashback)

A few days after Erza found out, and Alec returned to talk to Erza. He had already made his choice.

"So what did they want to talk about?" asked Erza.

"Uncle Stan called me the other day…" said Alec.

"I knew that…" said Erza glaring at the man, "I heard his end of the call…"

"I want to make things right between us." Said Alec.

Alex got down on one knee as he pulled something from his pocket, it was a ring.

"Erza Scarlet, will you marry me?" asked Alec.

Erza placed her hand on her stomach.

"You only want to marry because I'm pregnant." Said Erza.

"Look… you don't know what my childhood is like." Said Alec, "But I want to make things right for my kid."

They both heard a sound and looked towards where it came from.

"What was that?" aside Alec.

"Probably nothing important." Said Erza.

(Cut out of Flashback)

"Huh…" said Erza looking at her children.

Both of them looked sheepish.

(Cut back to Flashback)

That night Erza and Stan were talking, he was having something strong while Erza just had some juice.

"So have you thought about it?" asked Stan.

"I'm thinking of saying yes." Answered Erza.

"Are you nuts?" asked Stan, "Look chances are that kid's going to inherit your magic."

"I know…" said Erza.

"You're also giving up trying to find a way back to Earthland, aren't you?" asked Stan.

"It's been two years… everyone already thinks I'm dead." Said Erza.

Stan sighed, knowing that it did make sense.

"So what's the plan?" asked Stan.

"I'm moving down to California." Said Erza.

"Seriously?" asked Stan.

"Earth, is much more quiet than Earthland." Said Erza, "There's less death, less distractions, no people trying to result Hitler."

"Give it time." Said Stan.

"I want my child to live a peaceful, happy life… the life I never got to live." Said Erza.

"You're probably making a mistake." Said Stan.

"We'll just have to wait." Said Erza.

And Stan was right, it was a mistake, a mistake I've regretted my entire life.

It was the day Erza was set to move, thanks to her magic she didn't have many things to pack.

"Don't worry, I promise to come to both the wedding and the kid's birth." Said Stan.

"Thank you." Said Erza.

The two gave one final hug.

The two got hitched and American Funniest Home videos didn't take my entry!

(Cuts out of Flashback)

"Wait… what?" asked Laxus.

"I have to show you the video!" laughed Stan, "Erza's dancing is hilarious…"

(Flashback)

"And now the happy couple will have their first dance as husband and wife." Said the DJ.

The new couple danced, and the dance was insane. Erza spun him around in various ways.

Stan laughed and took out a camera and filmed from the head table.

"That 10,000 dollars is mine." Laughed Stan.

I still don't get how it wasn't taken at all.

Over the course of the next few months we talked over the phone and I even sent him pictures of the sonograms.

Stan got the sonograms pictures.

"No way!" yelled Stan, "Twins!"

He started dancing around the gift shop people staring at him.

"My niece-in-law is expecting twins…" said Stan.

While me and… my ex-husband decided on names after learned on the fact we were having not only twins but a boy and girl.

"All right! This the fair way to do it." Said Alec holding up a quarter, "Heads I name the boy, you name the girl. Tails I name the girl, you name the boy."

"All right." Said Erza.

He flipped the coin and it was tails.

And that's why Mabel isn't named Lucy or Bisca.

(Cut out of Flashback)

"You considered naming her after me?" asked Lucy.

Lucy hugged Erza.

"So is Bisca someone important?" asked Soos.

"She's a very close friend back home." Said Erza.

"Mom told me a lot about her, she also uses requip, but she uses guns instead of armor or swords." Said Mabel.

(cut back to Flashback)

Thanks to my magic and determination I carried you two to almost full term.

Stan and Shermy came over around the time I was expected to give birth.

And I was so glad that both of them were there that day.

To be honest considering what happened, I really needed Stan there.

Erza as giving birth, with her screaming as was Alec.

But for very different reasons.

"For the love of god Erza! Let go of my hand!" yelled Alec.

"No! You're sharing in my pain!" yelled Erza.

"All right! Here comes the first one." Said the doctor.

Erza delivered her first child, the screams of a baby filled the air followed soon by the yelp of a doctor.

"Ow!" yelled the doctor, "It's a girl! And she punched me!"

"She's definitely your daughter." Said Alec half laughing, half crying from the pain.

The nurses cleaned up the baby while Erza continued to deliver.

"Uh-oh…" said the doctor.

"What?" asked Erza.

"Do we have to perform a C-section?" asked one of the nurses.

"It's too late for that." Said the Doctor.

"What?" said Erza.

"Keep going Erza!" said the Doctor, "You can do it!"

Erza listened but was beyond worried.

She pushed her second child out of her.

But there wasn't crying.

"Is he still alive?" asked one of the nurses.

"What's happening?" asked Erza.

The doctors were frantic as then nurses handed her the baby girl.

"What's wrong my son?" demanded Alec.

They had taken away the baby somewhere in the hospital .

"Follow them!" yelled Erza.

A few of the nurses remanded while Alec followed.

Erza looked at her little daughter, she was so tiny but she didn't feel fragile at all (she did punch the doctor after all) she felt so much love for the little girl, she held her tightly.

"He's going to be fine." She whispered to the girl.

In the hallway, Stan and Shermy waited, that was they saw Alec looking worried.

"What's wrong?" asked Shermy.

"It's not your hand, is it?" asked as Alec fingers were turning purple.

"My daughter's okay." Said Alec, "But my son… he was blue…"

Both Shermy and Stan paled.

"They won't tell me anything…" said Alec.

"Mr. Pines…" said one of the nurses.

Alec turn to her and went to talk.

Back in Erza's room, after what seemed like an eternality the doctors returned along with Alec, holding a small blue bundle.

"Good news we were able to stabilize him." said the doctor, "Your husband's hand is saved… oh and your son too."

Erza glared at the doctor.

"I told you not to make that joke." Said Alec.

The doctor handed the baby boy to Erza.

She held the little boy, he was small, however unlike with her daughter there a sense of fragility to him, but she could still feel the same love for her daughter.

Although there was also something else.

An irritation that she hadn't felt in a couple years.

She was still torn between her two name choices. But now she knew which one won out.

Not too long later the two old men were there.

Stan got the first chance to hold the two.

It wasn't just that privately he thought of Erza as a daughter. But also she had twins. The second set in the family. He just wanted to hold the two forever.

Unfortunately there was the two's grandfather.

Stan began to kick Shermy away.

"Get away Sherry!" yelled Stan, "They're mine!"

"But I'm their grandfather!" yelled Shermy.

(cut out of flashback)

"How old was Shermy when he had his son?" asked Stanford.

"Don't ask… all I will say it was Jersey, and he didn't' age well." Said Stan.

The others looked at each other confused.

(Cut back to Flashback)

After that little fight, Shermy and Alec left to talk. Leaving Stan and Erza to talk as she held her babies.

"So what are their names?" asked Stan.

"Alec chose the name Mabel." Said Erza.

"Really?" asked Stan.

"Yes." Answered Erza.

"So what did you chose?" asked Stan.

'Well I torn between Natsu and Gray." Said Erza, "I wasn't sure about either to be honest. Natsu's not a common name and the current Governor is named Gray... But Natsu won out."

"Why?" asked Stan, "Because scared that there's going to be a scandal involving him?"

"No." answered Erza.

Ironically the year after there was a scandal and he got blamed for it. There was a recall election and he ended up getting replaced by an action movie star.

"Because the first thing he ever did after being born was make me needlessly worry." Said Erza.

Stan laughed after hearing plenty of stories about Natsu.

(Cut out of Flashback)

"Oh come on! I don't make you needlessly worry." Said Natsu.

"Yes you do." Said Erza.

"You make everyone around you needlessly worry." Said Happy.

"Hey!" yelled Natsu.

(Cut back to Flashback)

"Mabel and Natsu Pines." Said Stan, "It fits."

"It does." Said Erza.

"By the way what's that on his forehead?" asked Stan.

Stan pointed to the mark on little Natsu's forehead.

"It's a birthmark." Said Erza.

"Weird…" said Stan, "It looks like the big dipper."

"It does." Said Erza.

Over the course of many years. Stan and still kept in touch. Although visits were very rare it didn't help when Stan got put on the no fly list.

"So what did you do?" asked Erza over the phone.

"Okay… you are going to say this is crazy… but hey, it's the governed and they've been crazy since 2001." Said Stan on the other end, "Well… crazier than usual."

"So what ridiculous crime did you preform?" asked Erza.

"Nothing…" said Stan on the other end.

"Seriously!" said Erza.

"Look, I tried to petition the government to remove July 13th from the calderas and they overacted." Said Stan.

"What?" asked Erza.

"I know it's crazy but it's true." Said Stan on other end.

"Why did you do that?" asked Erza, "Was it the anniversary of something."

"That's Soos' birthday, and he hates it so much." Said Stan on the other end, "I thought it would be a nice thing to do, you know…"

Erza could tell he was telling the truth.

"That's really sweet of you." Said Erza.

"Yeah." Said Stan.

"But seriously what's the reason they gave?" asked Erza.

"Something about being un-American and only a terrorist would try to remove a date!" said Stan.

Erza couldn't respond.

"I know… it's stupid…" said Stan.

My relationship with Stan was going well, even if we never saw each other and only spoke each other once a month at worst.

Her relationship with Alec on the other hand I could gather wasn't good. From what I heard they were just friends, and not even close friends.

He loved the kids, but that was it.

After they were born I kept in shape by training in the Oakland hills in secret, while the kids were at school or daycare.

Alec made enoguh money so I didn't have to work, thankfully so I was able to do that.

As the kids grew up they started showing signs of being able to use magic.

Mabel quickly learned how to requip and she inherited my love of fashion so that helped.

Dipper never quite got the hang of it. But he was quite skilled in telekinesis. Which Mabel never quite able to use that well.

I knew both of them had a lot of magic power.

However Alec… Alec started to grow jealous, his jealously grew and became resentful.

And then one day while planning to go with some sports game on with one of his friends…

Were headed to the kitchen to get some snacks.

"Hey.. .sure I'd love to go." Said Alec.

They didn't know what was said.

"No way, Dipper's not interested." Said Alec, "He's a freak."

They didn't hear was said on the other end. But Dipper turned pale when he said that.

"I don't think he means that." Said Mabel trying to assure him.

"Yeah, it's that magic… to be honest both of them are freaks." Said Alec, "I know I married Erza I knew she had magic and some other crazy stuff about her, man oh man… I only thought it would be a small chance they would have magic… not both of them… "

Mabel started crying and she ran out of the room. Dipper glared at his dad who didn't know about the glare and ran after Mabel.

Sometime later Mabel was crying her eyes out in her room, and Dipper as there hugging her.

"I can't believe he said that." cried Mabel.

Dipper was silent.

Erza opened the door, she was going to ask about dinner, but saw Mabel's state.

"What's wrong?" asked Erza.

"We overheard dad on the phone." Said Dipper.

"What?" asked Erza, "What did he say?"

"He called… he called…" cried Mabel.

"He called us freaks to his friend." Said Dipper.

Erza face darkened.

She left the room and headed to the kitchen where Alec on a laptop.

"What did you say about Dipper and Mabel?" asked Erza.

"I have no idea what you're talking about…" said Alec.

Erza walked over and slammed the laptop.

"Hey I was working!" yelled Alec.

"You were watching cat videos." Muttered Erza.

"And that's important for work… you know internet stuff." Said Alec.

Erza rolled her eyes.

"Look I have no idea what I did wrong." Said Alec.

"You were on the phone with you friend." Said Erza, "They heard you calling them freaks."

Alec paled.

"Is that what you said!" yelled Erza.

"Yes! Fine! I confess! Because that what they are!" yelled Alec, "You and them… are freaks! You're from another universe Erza! You don't belong here!"

Erza glared at him, it took all her effort not to punch him.

"Both of them are freaks! And thwart's all their ever be! And you know what! I'm glad they heard me! Because I have had it!" said Alec.

He got up and headed up stairs.

"Stop." Said Erza.

"What? You don't want me to leave?" asked Alec.

"No…" said Erza, "Because I'm the one leaving. And I'm taking MY children."

"Fine! Go ahead!" said Alec, "Leave!"

Erza went up stairs and to Mabel's room, the twins were gone.

She went to Dipper's room, and found him packing with Mabel there.

"So you overheard everything?" asked Erza.

The twins nodded.

Erza sighed.

They headed to the car.

"Where are we going?" asked Mabel.

"A hotel for now." Said Erza, "Then we'll see."

They went to a fairly nice hotel, one with a good pool. However they wouldn't go swimming that day.

Once the twins fell asleep, Erza sighed and she knew she had to call him.

"Hello?" answered Stan on the other end..

"Stan… it finally happened." Said Erza.

"Okay… there's so many things that could have happened that could be defined as "It"" said Stan on the other end.

"I left Alec." Said Erza.

"What was that straw that broke the camels back?" asked Stan on the other end.

Erza didn't respond.

"Look we both know that you two haven't been even remotely happy with each other for years." Said Stan on the other end.

"He called Dipper and Mabel freaks." Said Erza, "And they heard him."

"What!" she heard Stan yell over the phone., "Why that no good brat!"

"Calm down please…" said Erza.

"I know… I know…" said Stan, "How are the little brats?"

"Their sleeping." Said Erza, "We're in a hotel right now… but I don't' know what to do from there."

"You mean other than divorcing his ass?" asked Stan.

"Yes." Sighed Erza.

"Hey remember back in the day I was your manger and I took a good cut for you money?" asked Stan.

"Why bring that up. "said Erza.

"How about it's time I pay you back… all of it." Said Stan.

"Stan… don't." said Erza.

"Look you're the reason why I have that money, it's rightfully yours." Said Stan, "Use that to hire a good lawyer and rent a place…. Then when it's all over maybe it's time for them to come up here."

"Wait…" said Erza.

"Hey you wanted to give them a happy childhood, and next year they're going to be teenagers. Once everything's finalized move up here. I'll house you until you can get a house of you own." Said Stan on the other end.

Erza began to cry.

"Thank you so much." Cried Erza.

"We might not be related by blood, but you're still my family." Said Stan.

Over the course of the next few months there honestly wasn't much of a fight. I wanted the kids, he didn't, he wanted the house, I didn't.

It was pretty much streamed lined because of that.

Divorce was granted and I decided to wait until school year was over until we moved up here.

We did a final troop to the places we loved opt visit in bay area. And then moved up here.

(End of Flashback)

"and you can piece together the rest." Said Erza.

"You two are so close…" said Soos, "Oh man! How can I compete with that!"

"What?" asked Erza.

"I heard talking from down stairs." Said a voice.

"Oh man! The agents are coming for us!" said Stan.

"Hey wait… can't Virgo dig us out of here?" asked Dipper.

"It would… but it's passed midnight." Said Lucy, "Sunday's the one day I can't call her."

"All right! I guess it's plan for Plan T!" said Natsu.

"Plan T?" asked Dipper.

"Yeah… take them by storm!" said Natsu.

5 seconds later…

Natsu laid on the ground with several bumps on his head.

"How do we get rid of them?" asked Gray.

"There's something I forgot to give to the guild for safe keeping, I don't know if we should use it, but it might be the only way." Said Erza.

"What?" asked Stan.

Erza requiped the memory gun.

"Of course! I don't know how you got your hands on it, but this is perfect." Said Stanford.

Erza handed to it.

He binge to fiddle with it.

"All I have to do is set to the frequency to the radio headset frequency." Said Stanford.

"Plug your ears and get down now!" said Stanford.

Dipper motioned for them to come to the barely conscious Natsu and they all got down but he quickly put up a silent over them block the sound. Really the only person who did join them was Stanford.

"What?" asked Stanford once it passed.

"Can't hear you…" mouth Dipper.

Upstairs all of the agents were confused.

"What's going on? Why are we at some sort of knickknack house?" asked Agent Powers.

Stanford stepped up.

"Stand down gentlemen! I've been sent the latest Intel from Washington" said Stanford with some papers which were just drawings that Mabel drew, "According to this really real report, the power surges in Gravity Falls were caused by a unreported metro shower. A total embarrassment for your department. Luckily I'm here to take this mess off you hands. But I'll need your floppy disks and 8-tracks… right? "

"Uh, overhung we have is on this thumb drive." Said Agent Powers.

He handed the thumb drive to Stanford.

"Well what are you waiting for? Chinese New Year? Get out of here before I have you court marshaled!" yelled Stanford.

All of the agents quickly left, he noticed Gompers and fed him the flash drive.

"Great Uncle Stanford! That was amazing!" said Mabel.

"Let's not go crazy, that was serviceable." Said Stan.

"Still much better than Natsu's plan." Said Makarov.

"You didn't have to punch me." Muttered Natsu.

"Yes, we did." Said Laxus.

"Thank you kids." Said Stanford, deicing to ignore the two fighting wizard, "But please just call me Ford."

"Sure! Great! Thanks Great-Uncle Ford." Said Dipper who began obsessively click his pen, "Would you mind answering a couple billion questions."

"Well.. Uh…" said Ford.

"You need to get to bed." Said Erza.

"But it's the author…" said Dipper still clicking the pen, "I've been wafting for so long."

"I know, I know… but you still need your sleep. Besides, you probably haven't eaten in hours and we can have cake before we go to bed."

"All right! Cake!" cheered Mabel.

"Fine." Sighed Dipper.

All three went to the kitchen.

"Word to the wise… if you eat the last piece of their cake, leave a note." Said Laxus, "None of them take it well if you don't."

"Thanks?" asked Ford.

Laxus and Makarov started leaving.

As they walked away the two had this exchange.

"You know it won't take that long to forgive you…" said Makarov.

"Hey, I already know that." Responded Laxus.

"We should go to." Said Gray.

"Yeah." Said Natsu, "Let's go crash at Lucy's place."

"Nice try, but I'm not giving you permission. "said Lucy.

Soos took out his phone.

"Hey Wendy! I've got something amazing to tell you, clear the next 20 hours." Said Soos as he left.

Sometime later the Stan Twins, looked at themselves in the mirror.

""Look at us, when did we become old men." Said Stan.

"You look like dad." Joked Ford.

"Don't say that." Said Stan with a cringe.

Ford sighed.

"Okay listen, I know you offered to let Erza stay here until she found her own place. I'll stay down in the basement and try to contain any remaining damage. But when they're gone, you give me my house back, you give me my name back and this Mystery Shack junk is over." Said Ford.

"You aren't going to thank me are you?" asked Stan, "Well fine! On one condition. Those kids can take care of themselves, trust me on it, but I still don't want them getting involved in that mystery junk! Because as far as I'm concerned, their the only family I have left!"

Ford remained in place but Stan walked away. He looked back, but then continued going forward. That was when he saw Erza.

"Erza…" said Stan.

"I heard everything." Said Erza.

She hugged him.

"After so many years…" cried Stan, "You got your family back… but… but…"

"I'm going to change what I want for the house." Said Erza, "I've been having problems anyway… and I've been getting much more money than I ever expected thanks to the guild returning. When I move out, you're coming with me."

The tow stood silently for about a minute.

"Thank you so much." Said Stan.

"We might not be related by blood, but you're still my family." Said Erza.

The their room, the twins were twins were getting for bed.

"Did you hear what they said. I think Grunkle Ford said something about buying us puppies made of ice cream, but that might be wishful thinking." Said Mabel.

"I don't know if this a good or bad thing.." said Dipper "I wanted to meet the author but…"

"Yeah, I liked things the were they were." Said Mabel.

"Hey the guild was a big change." Said Dipper.

"Yeah, but everyone got along…" said Mabel, "Well for the guild…"

"I'm sure it will all work out." Said Dipper.

"You don't think we'll end up like Ford and Stan?" asked Mabel.

"Well what do you mean?" asked Dipper.

"They used to be best friends and then they got stupid." Said Mabel, "Can you promise me you wont' get stupid."

"I'm not stupider than you dum-dum." Said Dipper.

"Good night stupid." Laughed Mabel.

"Good night stupid." Laughed Dipper.

Dipper closed his eyes while Mabel looked up at the ceiling unsure of her future.

After all, as said last time, nothing was going to be the same…

Next Time: Dipper wants to talk to Ford, but Ford refuse, however they discover a shared love to the game Dungeons, Dungeons and More Dungeons. Though they begin to get a bit too carried away. What will happen when a crazy wizard from the game actually appears? Find out next time!