A/N: The final part of the mini-arc, I hope you all enjoy!
Chapter 74: The Timeline That Wasn't: Time Restored
Erza was in a pretty good place. A promised with someone she has been in love with for years, Fairy Tail around her. granted it wasn't perfect , but it was good.
So of course Stan tried to take advantage of it.
"You are not making Mabel into a attraction!" yelled Erza.
"Oh come on some the attractions you gave me I had to retire." Said Stan.
"That's not a good way to put it." Said Erza knowing what he meant.
Stan was going to say something but her glare shut him up.
"Fine, I promise not to lead any tours with Mabel as an attraction." Said Stan.
One Gilligan Cut Later…
"Soos, you're going lead some tours today with Mabel as an attraction." Said Soos.
"You want me to do tours?" asked Soos who was too happy to notice the true reason of him giving the tours.
Meanwhile Erza was in the living room nursing a headache.
"You okay?" asked Mirajane.
"Just dealing with the fact that Stan is a jerk sometimes." Sighed Erza.
"It happens." Said Mirajane joining her at the table.
"Honestly this is worse than the time he made fun of Dipper for not being Manly." Said Erza.
That was when Erza realized something.
Dipper once had a run in with the Manotaurs…
A group she hadn't seen if they knew his whereabouts.
"You remembered something?" asked Mirajane.
"I did." Said Erza.
She went to get Natsu, Gray and Happy while texting Lucy and seeing if she was up for searching for a small lead on Dipper.
Turned out she was even though strange things happened in Gravity Falls, it was really slow at the news paper and was just playing internet games.
And so they headed into the forest to find some of the Manotaurs.
"Manotaurs?" asked Gray.
"Yes, they're like minotaurs, but obsessed with manliness." Said Erza
"So they're like Elfman." Said Natsu.
"Seriously?" asked Lucy.
"Actually they're much more annoying than Elfman." Said Erza, "And their huge jerks about their manliness."
"So I take it they won't give information unless we probably beat them up." Said Natsu.
"It's true." Said Erza.
They got to a clearing where there was many of them working out.
"Hey…" called out Erza.
"What do you want?" asked Pubetaur.
"We've come to ask you questions." Said Erza.
"Please you think we'll answer questions from you." Said Pubetaur.
Back at the Mystery Shack. Lisanna and Wendy were manning the cash register when both of them look through the window Soos giving a tour with Mabel as an attraction.
"Didn't Stan promise he wouldn't give tours with Mabel as an attraction?" asked Wendy.
"I think he found a way around it." Said Lisanna.
Wendy shrugged and took out her cell phone knowing that it was probably a good idea for Erza to find out about.
Back in the clearing the two group were sizing each other up.
"I shouldn't have come." Sighed Lucy who was off the side.
"Oh come, it can't get any worse." Said Happy.
That was when Erza got the text.
"Hey, Mrs. P, Stan's figured out a way around the promise not have Mabel as an attraction."
Erza stared at the text with her eye twitching.
"I'll be right back." Said Erza.
Before leaving she glared at Natsu and said "Don't do anything stupid all right."
She then ran off to confront Stan about his promise.
"You were saying something." Said Lucy at Happy.
"Natsu going to burn the forest isn't he?" asked Happy.
They all looked at Natsu who had a big grin on his face while facing down Pubetaur.
"He is…" sighed Lucy.
At the Mystery Shack, Stan as he wasn't running the tours, he was taking time in his office.
"You know…" said Makarov at the doorway, "Erza's going to be angry when she finds out."
"Yeah, but I've dealt with her anger before." Said Stan.
Makarov sighed, hoping that Erza wouldn't be that angry with Stan.
Outside Erza made her to the totem pole and saw Soos talking to someone who was clearly not the tour.
That was when she saw who it was.
It was Dipper.
He looked comply fine, as if he never went missing.
She was so worried… when it looked like she was worried over nothing.
Back in the clearing, Natsu had gotten into a fight Pubetaur.
"Tell me where Dipper is!" yelled Natsu.
"Why would we tell you." Said Pubetaur.
"Then we'll going to do this the hard way!" yelled Natsu, "With a flame on my right hand, and a flame on my left hand…"
Gray had joined Lucy and Happy in standing off to the side.
"Erza better come back soon." Sighed Gray.
"What's taking her so long." Said Happy.
Back at the totem pole.
"NATSU PINES!" yelled Erza, "Where have you been for the past month!"
Dipper jumped into the air. He looked at his mom.
"Do you have any idea how worried I've been…" said Erza.
Dipper seemed to be thinking of what to say.
"Where have you been?" demanded Erza.
However before Dipper could say anything a huge fireball came form the idea where the Manotaurs were working out.
Erza knew it could mean one thing.
"THAT IDIOT!" yelled Erza running back into the forest knowing that Natsu was a more pressing issue, after all Dipper could explain anytime about his disappearance.
Dipper on the other hand went back in time realizing that not only did he have to fix what happened with Mabel but also fix what happened with his disappearance.
And when he did if someone looked from the outside, there would have been a flash of light, then everything changes.
While most people didn't notice a thing.
Some people felt it, whether it felt like they should have been something else, or get the over whelming feeling that they were in jail (or out of jail in one case).
But almost everyone quickly brushed it off.
With Marvelous and Carla they were walking to the bakery. Carla froze.
"What's wrong?" asked Marvelous.
"Just the strange feeling like everything is how it should be." Said Carla.
"That's really strange." Said Marvelous.
"yes." Agreed Carla.
With the Strongest Team in Fairy Tail they were facing off against a group of monsters (similar to the group that once wrecked the family picnic).
"Hey did you get the strange feeling like we were doing something." Said Happy.
"It feels like I should be mad a Natsu for some reason." Said Erza.
"I know right…" said Lucy.
"Yeah I'm getting that feeling too." Said Gray.
"Oh come on…" said Natsu.
"Hey quit stalling and fight us!" said one of the monster.
"All right then." Said Erza with a smirk.
At the Mystery Shack, Mabel got that overwhelming feeling too as she was making a sweater while Waddles was curled next to her.
Dipper was reading the journal when she saw that flinch.
"What's wrong?" asked Dipper.
"I just got this feeling like I should be sad but it just disappeared." Said Mabel
"Really…" said Dipper he began to think what could cause that feeling.
Then he remembered something.
He checked the calendar and did the math.
"Oh that makes sense…" said Dipper.
"What does?" asked Mabel.
"I told you that when I went to check up on you in the future. I went missing." Said Dipper, "I'm guessing it's the moment I went back in time to fix things."
"Oh weird do you think crazy things happened?" asked Mabel.
"I don't know… mom was angry when I showed up." Said Dipper.
"You probably worried her." Said Mabel.
"Yeah." Said Dipper.
"I'm starting to remember tiny bits, like Marvelous talking to me, but everything about that timeline is a blur." Said Mabel.
"That is something she would do." Said Dipper.
"Do you think anything else happened?" asked Mabel.
"I know Natsu caused a huge fire ball." Said Dipper.
"Oh yeah, I remember you telling me about that." Laughed Mabel.
"Yeah…" said Dipper, "I don't think that's going to happen this around."
"I wonder what sort of crazy things happened in that timeline." Said Mabel.
"Oh come, I'm sure everything happened the same way, just without us." Said Dipper.
"Yeah, you're probably right." Said Mabel with a shrug.
They would never find out that thing did turn out different, where here there was a guild, while there was a just lone Lighting Wizard.
While here, there was a lighting wizard security guard, while there, there was a group of wizards helping out where they could.
While here there was a Secret Society who lost their memories, while there, they were sent to jail.
While here there was a boy who was sent to jail, while there he was wondering if everything that went wrong was his fault…
As well as the differences that stemmed from those.
And no one would ever know of those differences…
Well Time Baby did… and Bill probably did too… but they don't count…
Next Time: A year will go by, and many things happen. Laughter, tears, triumphs, the occasional failure... New friends will be made, magic will be found, a comedian will change the world and of course a very special birth! Many things can and will happen... but what exactly, find out next time!
A/N Snippets chapter next! Then the new direction, which I will reveal next chapter.
