A/N: First post time skip chapter! I hope you like what I did for the characters. Also this chapter is meant to invoke the first episode of Gravity Falls so Dipper has narration and don't expect it afterwards. I did post the Road Race one shot, so read if you haven't yet.
Also if you haven't checked it out yet, there's now a character page on TV Tropes for the cast of Titania Falls, it needs a lot of love right now as only the sections for the Pines Family and the Mystery Shack crew is filled out.
Anyways enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 76: The More Things Change
It was a peaceful forest, nice and quiet.
The Forest Around Gravity Falls… peaceful, right? Well that's what you think…
Two people in the late teens ran away from giant pill bug/centipede hybrid, one was a young man with brown hair, a goatee, wearing a flannel shirt, over a white t-shirt, jeans, he also had a little goatee on his chin, he also had a sword strapped to his back.
That's me, Dipper Pines.
The other was a young woman with brown hair that put was in a ponytail, she wore a goofy sweater with a key on it, and a skirt that when well.
The girl with me is my twin sister Mabel.
"Come on Dipper! Where's your trap!" yelled Mabel.
"Almost there!" said Dipper.
Why are we running from a giant monster?
As they ran away the bug monster got trapped in a strange area of letters.
"All right." Said Mabel with a big grin, "Requip!"
She was now wearing a red armor that reassembled something of a bathing suit dress and her hair done in pg. tails and she held a fiery sword.
"You ready bro-bro?" asked Mabel.
"Oh yeah!" said Dipper.
We're wizards and it's our job to exterminate that bug.
Sometime later Dipper and Mabel stood in front of Tyler who was just heaping praise on them, as he was still the mayor (which is a life time appointment in Gravity Falls).
"That bug was hurting so many people in the forest." Said Tyler.
"Um… mayor…" said Dipper.
"You always do such a great job." Said Tyler.
"Mayor…" said Dipper.
"You two are the best in your Guild and I can see why!" said Tyler.
Since moving to Gravity Falls and the Magicing (I still can't believe that's the name that caught on with everyone… especially since it was joke!) Mabel and I have both become S Class Wizards. I gained the title right before we both turned 16, and Mabel passed the next year. Thanks to that and our reputations built from who our mom is we're both very popular wizards in both Earth and Earthland.
Granted Mabel's is built somewhat from mom's even her nickname is based loosely around, she's known as "Queen Mab of Earth" or just "Queen Mab" for short. Thankfully her reputation is much different than mom's.
I remember once Makarov said that if Mabel counties to be Happy Go lucky when she grows up she'll be more terrifying than mom. And he was right… Mabel is scary when she gets angry.
More often than not you'll this about her "If she's joking around and laughing, you're going to lose but it will be a fun fight. But if she's serious and angry…" and the last part changes all the time.
Mine is a lot different, I'm known at The Letter Prodigy. Although few people outside of Gravity Falls and the Guild calls me Dipper.
It's rare whenever I meet someone who doesn't call me either The Letter Prodigy or Natsu when I first meet them.
"Mayor!" Mabel said very firmly.
This caught Tyler off guard.
"Is something wrong?" asked Tyler.
"We love it when you heap praise on us." Said Mabel who looked at Dipper who shrugged, "But today's not a good day."
"We're in a bit of a hurry." Said Dipper.
"What's gotten you in a hurry?" asked Tyler, "It better be important."
"Lucy's coming back today." Said Mabel, "And we really want to be there when she gets to the Guild Hall."
Lucy's father recently passed away from an illness. Thankfully Lucy got word of it and was able to be by her father's side before then, but she was gone from Gravity Falls for more than a month so it was a big deal.
"Oh… why didn't you tell me that she was coming back today, I would have sent the job to Blue Pegasus or Lamia Scale.
"I guess we didn't think of that." Admitted Dipper.
"Go on! Git!" said Tyler, "She needs all of her friends right now."
The two left and Dipper texted Pacifica.
"Okay she isn't back yet, but she has to something at the Bridge Complex before she makes it back to the Guild Hall." Explained Dipper.
In the years since the Magicing, the original bridge between the two Fairy Tail Guild Halls was taken down, but before then new complexes were built in its place. Just about every major city in America and many other countries have bridge complexes. And Gravity Falls is the only small town in the world to have one.
It's Strange, Gravity Falls is home to the first three Guilds on Earth, and home to many celebrities yet is just treated like a small town.
Maybe it will change in the future, who knows…
"Okay… but it sounds like she might get there soon." Said Mabel who then had a big smile, "Time for the Mabel Express!"
Dipper paled.
"Please don't." said Dipper.
"It's the only way to beat her for her!" said Mabel, "Requip!"
Mabel now wore an armor that resembled a sort of toga with sandals with wings on them.
"Mabel…" said Dipper.
But before he could finish his sentence she ran off at top speed.
They nearly ran over several people along the way but managed to get there in just a few minutes. Mabel ran in and managed to stop with a trail of dust.
"Safe!" said Happy doing the motions of an umpire.
"Whooo!" cheered Mabel.
"You okay Dipper?" asked Natsu.
"I'll have the strawberry short cake!" said Dipper before he collapsed.
"He's fine." Said Mabel with a shrug.
After about a minute Pacifica helped him up.
In the past year Pacifica gained a bit of a reputation and has gained a few more spirits.
"It hasn't been the same without Lucy. Said Natsu.
"That's for sure." Said Happy.
"Yeah." Sighed Gray.
It would be nice to go on jobs without having to take Lucy's place." Sighed Pacifica.
A couple years ago mom left the strongest team due to responsibilities of being head of the Guild Branch became too much she couldn't go on as many jobs due to the is was no longer as easy to jump between Worlds.
Meanwhile Lucy had to make sure Gray and Natsu didn't fight on their jobs.
"I have to agree." Sighed a girl with short light blue hair.
That's Yukino Agria, she recently joined the Earth Guild Branch less than a year ago. She hasn't gotten used to Gravity Falls yet. She's also a Celestial Wizard.
"It would be nice to have Lucy back." Said Juvia, "I do like going on jobs with my beloved, but I don't like the fact that I have to act as a peace keeper."
Juvia and Gray are dating. No one knows how it happens all we know is that sometime last year they went on a job together in Earthland (Thanks to Mabel) and when they came back they were dating. Neither one likes to talk about what happened and not even Mabel can get them to talk about it.
Oh and both Yukino and Juvia were taking turns with Pacifica to act peacekeeper between Gray and Natsu.
Also on a side note: Gray does hate the movie Frozen. While it was a very good movie for children who either had magic or had siblings with Magic, it also made a lot of little girls want to learn Ice Make just so they could learn how to make ice dresses or ice palaces. And having most of your magic students want to learn because of that would make any one hate a movie… it's the same with Lyon and Ultear.
"Well I'm glad that Lucy is coming back before I give birth." Said Evergreen patting her very swollen stomach.
"You're not even that close." Said Elfman.
"It's the principal of the thing." Muttered Evergreen.
Evergreen and Elfman got married a few years ago and are expecting their first child. It's a boy and they have plan to name him Oberon.
Also me and Ford are in charge of protecting the baby when he's born due reasons… which I'd rather not get into right now…
"He's going to be an ugly baby." Said Mirajane.
"Oh come on he's going to be cute." Assured Lisanna.
Mirajane and Lisanna had moved out after Elfman and Evergreen married. Lisanna moved back into the dorms while Mirajane has her own apartment.
"It would be nice opt have Lucy back." Said Ryos.
"I agree." Said Forsch.
Actually his name is Rogue, turns out when he first joined the guild he went by Ryos because he didn't like his name. Thanks to Mabel everyone called his reverse Goth phase.
"Eh… it doesn't matter to me." Said Sting.
"You said it." Said Lector.
It's been same old same old with Sting, he hasn't gotten strong enoguh to beat Natsu.
Also he and Rogue formed a team known as the Twin Dragons of Fairy Tail.
Although thanks to me an Mabel they sometimes are mistaken for twins…
"So how was Lucy doing when you saw her last time?" asked Jet to Pacifica.
"You're asking now?" asked Pacifica, "The funeral was weeks ago. She's probably doing much better since then."
"She has a point." Said Droy who was now very fat.
Droy has gained a lot of weight in the last 7 years. He blames fast food, but no one has ever seen him eat any.
Jet's the same though.
"Lulu did contact me to tell me that she was taking a couple jobs to get someone new who joined the guild to get used to Guild Work." Said Levy, "And to qualify for the month."
They added a rule to the Games that anyone who wants to participate but was on an Earth Branch member had to do a job once a month in Fiore.
I still need to do a job for June so I could participate next month.
Thanks to a fight between the president and the Magic Council about adopting one or the other's calendar the Magic Concuil decided it would be better to properly sync up the two worlds month wise.
It was a miracle it didn't screw up the link between the two worlds… But it's probably better not to talk about that…
"Good for her." Said Gajeel with a shrug.
Gajeel and Levy are engaged. However they've been engaged for three years… and haven't made any plans. Levy does complain sometimes…
Not only that but also obtained S Class, which he got last year.
It's the same with Panther Lily though.
"Wait Lucy is showing someone new around?" asked Marvelous, "Do you think they're joining this branch?"
"I don't know." Said Carla.
It's been pretty much the same for Marvelous and Carla.
"Oh I hope they do join. That would be so cool!" said Soos.
"It would be nice." Said Melody with a slightly swollen belly.
A lot have changed for Soos. Stan retried a few years ago and left Soos in charge of the Mystery Shack. Not only that but he and Melody has a son and are expecting their second child. Both of them are still members of the Guild and Soos does guild work in the off-season.
"I don't know…" said Cana, "Not many people can handle Gravity Falls."
Cana moved back to Gravity Falls after turning 21. No one's sure why exactly but some think it has to with Gildarts.
"She has a point, Yukino's still getting used to the town." Said Sting.
"I don't know." Said Marius, "I found the town quite charming."
"Listen to him!" yelled Grenda.
Marius a couple years ago joined the guild as he also gained Magic from the Magicing. He decided to come to America to "Study the guild Sysytem" and bring it Austria.
Everyone knows it's a shame and wanted to get out of the royal life to be with Grenda.
"Weren't you attacked by an evil ghost?" asked Bickslow.
"That tends to affect your towline." Said Freed.
It's been the same for the rest of the Thunder Legion.
"Hey this place is awesome." Said Romeo.
Romeo once he joined the guild decided to join the Gravity Falls branch despite what his dad wanted. Erza assured Macao that he would be fine.
Although the rule was still enforced meaning when it was wasn't summer, he ha to go to regular school.
"Well said." Sid Candy.
Not much to say about Candy other than when she moved into the women's dorms she was granted Head Girl status.
"Please." Said Gideon, "We've all seen people flee this town because they couldn't handle the weirdness."
Gideon choose to remain with the Guild after his probation was over. He still has a huge crush on Mabel. Although funnily enoguh mom's still making him go to school so we don't have to deal with him that much… well when it's not summer.
"Honestly most of them wanted to the glory of being a member of Fairy Tail and got out when it was too tough." Said Laxus.
After an incident with his father's Guild, Laxus was let back into the Guild. He still works at the Mystery Shack though due to his friendship with Soos. He also currently owns Soos' old house.
"And a lot those just want to date or hang out with the more famous of us." Said Wendy.
Wendy is still a member of the guild, although she no longer working at the Shack. And we're still very close. She's my best friend (other than Mabel). She even knows a few of my secrets like…
You know what's none of that's important…
"We really don't know if this new member joining our branch or if Master through Lucy need something to get off her mind." Said Bisca.
"She has a point." Said Alzack agreeing with their wife.
It's been the same since Bisca and Alzack had their daughter. Not much to say about them.
"It could be either way…" Said Pacifica with a shrug.
Everyone stared at Pacifica.
"You know something." Said Mabel.
Erza noticed something on TV, the new was on and it was something going on in Earthland.
"Mira can you turn on the TV." Said Erza.
Mirajane nodded and it was a new story about some churches being set on fire in Fiore.
"Yet another church was set on fire in Fiore. One body has been found in a strange state, no on the magic council have yet to comment." Said Shandra reporting on the news.
"I should have known it wouldn't be much." Sighed Erza.
I already said everything I had to say about mom.
"Does it have to with your role as one of the Wizard Saints?" asked Jellal.
Jellal's doing much better in recent years. He's still a wanted man in Earthland. But he has since let go a lot of his guilt after the an incident involing a woman named Kagura.
It's better not get involved in that…
"No master sent me an E-mail about those fires." Sid Erza, "He said he's going to explain it better via Lucy when he gets back."
"Of course Gramps knows something." Said Laxus.
"You think there's something going on with the fires?" asked Ford.
Ford in recent years has become quite famous for building the first bridges between the two worlds. He often studies both magic in Earthland and anomalies. Sometimes he does do expeditions with Stan.
I don't go on them since they're meant to be brotherly bonding.
"It's probably just a bunch of crazy people who think their religion is stupid." Said Stan.
I mentioned everything about, how he retired. Well he and Ford now live in the basement of the Mystery Shack having converted the study into a sort of apartment. He still helps outs with the Shack.
He also tends to be very lazy when it comes to magic. Even though he's not a part of the Guild he does help out and managed to gain the nickname "Jack of Trades". Turns out he has a lot of magic and only learns spells if he needs to know from Ford downloading them into his mind.
Can't say I'm surprised.
But before they could continue about the conversation about the churches a voice piped up, it was Lucy with a coupled of suitcases.
Before anyone could greet her there was a loud scream of "LUCY!"
A blur tackled Lucy and then gave her a hug. The blue was a 6 year old with long blue hair put into a ponytail, she had a bandier on her check.
"hey Simone…" Lucy said to the girl.
Simone is my youngest half sister. She's a bit bossy but very energetic a little like Mabel. She also has a tenancy to tackle then hug people.
"It's good to see you again." Said another 6 year old with short, scarlet red hair that was short with two little braids in front of her ears. On her head was a stingily purple plaidypus.
Millianna or as everyone calls her Millie is my younger half sister and Simone's twin. She's quiet and often enjoys hearing about mine and Ford's work.
She also hatched a rare purple Plaidypus after it's mother was poached. It's impossible to serrate the two and thankfully it's a female so it's not poisonous. Millie named her Patti.
"Are you feeling better Lucy?" asked a five-year-old girl with long dark green hair that put into a braid, she wore a little cowboy hat as well.
That's Asuka, Bisca and Alzack's daughter. And considering mom and hers friendship it's no surprised that Asuka is one of their best friends.
"We even made you a card." Said a 4-year-old boy who could be best described as mini-version of Soos.
And that's Stanley or Stany as everyone call him. Soos and Melody's son. He very much his father's son.
And together they're called the Next Generation of Fairy Tail.
Simone took out the card that was covered in glitter. Which caused Rogue to yelp.
Rogue is afraid of Glitter. Something happened in the S Class Trial (The one that I got promoted in) between him and Mabel. He, Mabel, Forsch and Candy (who was Mabel's partner) all refuse to mention what Mabel ever did. But Mabel's been trying to help him through it.
"Thank you so much." Said Lucy who looked like she was going to cry.
The four little kids hugged her, and quickly joined by Mabel.
"Group hug!" she called out.
Half of the guild all joined in the hug.
However…
"I said GROUP HUG!" said Mabel glaring at those not joining in the hug.
Those that didn't want to be in the hug all sweated and joined the big group hug.
After about 10 seconds of the group hug there was a voice that piped up.
"Um… big sis… aren't you going to introduce me?"
Everyone finally noticed a girl with wavy dark blond hair wearing a pink dress and matching pink hat.
She was also holding a case of some kind.
That was when they noticed the pink Guild Mark on the back of her hand like Lucy's.
The hug broke.
"I want everyone to meet Michelle Gonzales, she's a new member of the guild." Said Lucy.
"It's nice to met you all." Said the girl somewhat nervously.
Pacifica had a look on her face.
"You knew she was coming didn't you." Said Mabel.
"I met her at the funeral." Said Pacifica.
Pacifica went to Jude's funereal. Partial because of Lucy partially because he and Preston help each other with business between the two worlds.
That was when Lucy took out a letter.
"Oh yeah. I have to give you this from Master." Said Lucy handing the letter to Erza.
Erza read the letter and she paled considerably.
"Gajeel, Pacifica, we have to discus something in my office with Lucy and Michelle." Said Erza.
"Really?" asked Pacifica.
"Why me?" asked Gajeel suspiciously.
"There's a reason." Said Erza.
"Don 't party with out me." Said Lucy glaring at everyone.
After several minutes they came back, Erza holding the case.
"Before we have Lucy's welcome back party and Michelle's welcomed to the guild, there's something we have to talk about." Said Erza.
"Really? What's so important?" asked Natsu.
"You know about those Church Fires." Said Lucy.
"Actually like before you came we were talking about them." Said Wendy.
"Well… we know who's causing them." Said Lucy.
"Who?" asked Mabel.
"The Oracion Seis." Said Erza.
Natsu, Gray, Happy, Marvelous, Carla and Jellal all paled.
"What? But they were arrested." Said Natsu.
"They broke out." Said Erza, "And with the expectation of those fires they've been laying low."
"Wait… did all of them?" asked Natsu.
"No only Angel, Cobra, Racer and Cobra. Brain and Richard haven't broken out." Said Erza, "However they have recruited two others, one is someone named Grim Reaper who I know nothing about and another known as Imitatia who has secretly betrayed them is supplying this information to us."
"What kind of names are those?" asked Sting.
"They're all codenames. Not their real names…" said Jellal, "Except for Richard, that's his real name…"
"Oh yeah isn't Richard that guy who's your friend's brother or something?" asked Lector.
"He is." Said Erza, "Theirs is also someone else known as Jackpot how's posing as the current 6th member for now. Along with Midnight now going by Brain the Second."
"So I take we have to find them?" asked Natsu.
"No our task is something else." Said Erza.
"Before Jude passed away he left us this." Said Michelle.
Erza opened the case revealing a strange item wrapped in bandages.
"This a piece of a magical objet known as the Infinity Clock." Said Erza.
"If all 6 pieces of the Infinity Clock are brought together it will create an item that will create chaos for everyone in Earthland. We have to make sure either the Oracion Seis or anyone they're using to gather the pieces from getting their hands on them." Said Michelle who looked like she was about to cry.
Lucy held her hand.
"So one of the strongest Dark Guilds in Fiore is after an evil clock and it's our job to protect it?" asked Natsu with a big grin, "Sounds awesome!"
"Count us in!" cheered Mabel.
Everyone in the guildhall even the two old men agreed to help in their own way.
"All right… now that's out of the way." Said Erza with a smile.
"Party!" cheered Mabel.
And so the celebration got underway.
"Wait you're Lucy's childhood friend." Said Dipper.
"That's right." Said Michelle.
"We were the best of friends when we were little." Said Lucy, "I even called her my little sister."
"She would even make clothes for me." Said Michelle.
"What happened?" asked Mabel.
"Mom died… and we lost touch." Sighed Lucy.
"Not too long ago I got a job as Jude's assistant." Said Michelle, "I wasn't sure if he remembered me, but it turned out he did."
"Dad's last words were the hope I would see Michelle as my sister again." Said Lucy with a sad smile.
Dipper stared at Michelle and got up from the table.
I didn't know why, but there was something off about Michelle. Something very suspicious.
He decided to sit at the bar where Wendy was.
"Whoa! I know that look, that's the something going down look." Said Wendy.
"There's something off about Michelle." Said Dipper.
"Have you been getting enoguh sleep?" asked Wendy.
"I've been getting enoguh sleep." Sighed Dipper.
"Hey you all right Bropeh?" asked Mabel walking over as if she was also hiding something.
"Did something happen with the conversation ?" asked Wendy.
"No of course not." Said Mabel.
Back with the conversation…
"So Dipper and Mabel were the ones who drew the short straw and of course Mabel raced over here…" explained Carla.
Levy sighed, turned out it was one the person Mabel almost ran over.
Back with Dipper, Mabel and Wendy…
"I'm fine.,.. I just don't trust Michelle." Said Dipper.
"Have you been getting enoguh sleep." Said Mabel.
"I have!" said Dipper.
"Because we all don't want a repeat of the Spinach incident." Said Mabel.
"I've been getting enoguh sleep." Said Dipper.
Don't ask what the Spinach Incident is… just don't…
"There's just something off about her." Said Dipper.
"What do you mean?" asked Mabel.
"I mean come she's Lucy's childhood friend that she lost touch with and she shows up right when he dad dies." Said Dipper.
"That does sound a little suspicious." Said Wendy.
'So I guess you want to spy on her right." Said Mabel.
"Yeah." Said Dipper.
"Tomorrow." Said Mabel, "I've got a date with Eve tonight."
"What." Said Dipper.
"I thought you guys broke up." Said Wendy.
"We got back together." Said Mabel.
Mabel and Eve have been dating on and off again for years. Everyone in both guilds are annoyed by this. Because we never know on any given week if they're together or broken up.
Gideon has broken them up a few times, but go tired of doing so.
Thankfully Ren believes that this cycle should break in the next couple of years once either they settle with each other or other people.
It helps that Ren is engaged to Sherry… though he claims he's not… It's weird…
"Okay we're start tomorrow." Said Dipper.
While they were discussing the plans for surveillance, Ford also got the same feelings as Dipper about Michelle.
But he discussed with someone else.
"You do have every right to suspicious of Michelle." Said Erza, "However… we already know the truth about her."
"So wait you already know what she's hiding?" asked Ford relaxing a bit.
Erza nodded, "When she's ready she'll tell everyone, but for now. Don't' worry, and the off chance she does try something, Lucy, Pacifica, Gajeel and myself would prevent it."
The next day the three began to watch over Michelle to see if she was doing anything sepias.
Over the next few days we did watch her, while we didn't follow them on jobs, it seemed like Michelle did act a bit strange. Like how and what she ate. The way she sometimes cried like a child if something happened that was heartwarming or sad. And the strange way she got possessive of Lucy at times.
I was still suspicious. However Mabel and Wendy weren't.
"She seems normal to me." Said Mabel.
"Yeah, she's quirky, but who isn't from Earthland." Said Wendy.
Dipper yawned.
"Dipper did you get any sleep last night?" asked Mabel.
"Of course I did." Said Dipper.
Mabel and Wendy sighed.
"You were pouring over this footage last night, weren't you?" asked Mabel.
"Oh what's the worst that could happen?" asked Dipper.
"You could start…" said Wendy.
"No…" said Dipper, "That happened only once… and it was because I went weeks without sleep!"
"Also mom's threat." Said Mabel.
Mom threatened me if I don't get regular amount of sleep until I'm either 25 or I move in with a girlfriend I'd have to move back home.
After Mabel and I turned 18 we moved into the dorms.
"Look… she seems fine." Said Mabel.
"Just take a walk and maybe go take a nap." Said Wendy.
Dipper sighed.
Once he left both girls sighed.
"Should we talk about it with mom just in case?" asked Mabel, "I mean half the stuff that's going on seems like she's a little quirky, but I'm starting to get Dipper's uneasy feeling about her."
"Maybe…" said Wendy.
Meanwhile Dipper was walking not too far away the guildhall when he bumped into someone.
"Sorry." Said Dipper.
"It's okay Dipper." Said the person who turned out to be Michelle.
Michelle helped him up.
"Sorry I wasn't looking where I was going." Said Michelle.
"Hey I wanted to ask you a few things." Said Dipper.
"Sure what?" asked Michelle.
"Are you really Lucy's childhood friend?" asked Dipper.
"Yes… I am…" said Michelle becoming weirdly serious, "We were together for a long time… but then… I wished so hard to be with her again I would have done anything to do that…"
The way she talked about it caused Dipper's mental alarms to go off. Unfortunately due to that and his lack of sleep Dipper wasn't in the best mindset for subtly.
"Who are you really?" asked Dipper.
"What?" asked Michelle.
"I don't think you're telling the truth." Said Dipper, "There's something off about what you're saying. And considering there are spells to alter someone's memories you could have altered her memories."
Michelle froze.
"Who are you really? And why are you using Lucy?" asked Dipper.
Michelle looked at Dipper, the look in her eye said everything. It looked like regret and sadness. Not to mentioned this wasn't like the crying he's seen earlier, this felt different.
"Dipper!" yelled Lucy from behind him.
Dipper turned around and she was with Pacifica. But when he turned around Michelle ran away.
"Michelle!" cried Lucy.
Lucy ran after Michelle but not before glaring at Dipper.
"You didn't get that much sleep last night did you." Said Pacifica.
"Of course I did." Lied Dipper.
"I'm sure it would be fun to see Yukiko's reaction to you in a loincloth." Said Pacifica.
Fine… I admit it, I briefly dated Yukino. It was only a few dates but we realized we weren't a good couple so we broke it off.
For some reason Pacifica constantly teases me about it…
"That was more than a year ago…" said Dipper blushing.
Pacifica sighed.
"Look I get it you're paranoid like you almost always are.…" sighed Pacifica.
Dipper glared at Pacifica.
"But I get why…" said Pacifica, "Michelle is a bit off."
"Have you told Lucy your suspicious?" asked Dipper.
"I didn't need to because Lucy already knows everything." Said Pacifica.
"Wait what?" asked Dipper.
"Sorry Dip… but I'm already five moves ahead of you this time." Said Pacifica.
"So wait…" said Dipper.
"We should have brought you in on because known your paranoia would to this…" said Pacifica.
"Oh man.." said Dipper.
"Come on, let's go look for Michelle so you could apologize." Said Pacifica.
In the Guild Hall Mabel and Wendy were talking with Erza.
"I should have checked in with Dipper." Sighed Erza, "And told him that there's a reason that Michelle seems off."
"Wait you already knew about it?" asked Wendy.
"That meeting you had with her, Lucy, Gajeel and Pacifica!" said Mabel.
Erza nodded, "Whatever Michelle is hiding we're the only ones she trusts with her secret right now…" said Erza.
"Great now we have to find Dipper and makes sure he doesn't do anything." Said Mabel.
Erza looked at her oldest daughter.
"What makes you say that?" asked Erza.
"No reason." Said Mabel, "Come on Wenwen…"
She grabbed Wendy and left.
"I know that look.." said Mirajane.
"Let's hope it's only a couple nights." Sighed Erza.
Mirajane nodded.
In the forest Lucy was looking for Michelle.
Little did she know was that someone or something was watching her.
"Michelle! Please! Dipper doesn't know what he's talking about!" called out Lucy.
That was when suddenly vines showed up and tied her up.
"One down… many more to go." Said the thing that was watching her.
"Michelle! Lucy!" called out Pacifica.
Dipper would have something but he got a text from Mabel.
"Please don't confront Michelle… there's something going on…" it read.
Dipper's eye twitched.
"Sounds like they talked to Erza." Said Pacifica.
"What?" asked Dipper.
"Your mom's in on it too." Said Pacifica with a shrug.
That was when they heard some rustling.
Pacifica grabbed a key and Dipper grabbed his sword as both of them got a bad feeling.
They head to where the rustle came from.
And saw Lucy's hand tied up and her mouth covered with a vine serrating her form her keys.
"Oh so two more already! This is perfect." Said a voice.
The vines quickly grew to the extent that Dipper and Pacifica didn't have time to react.
The vines grabbed Pacifica's hands and covered her mouth, hand and took away her keys, while Dipper hands were bound and it took away his sword.
"And S Class too… oh man… this is too perfect." Said the voice.
"Who's there!" yelled Dipper.
That was when a figure that was a very tall wooden figure emerged.
"Who are you?" asked Dipper.
"It's not important." Said the figure, "All that you need to know that I know how to take out your guild."
"What?" asked Dipper.
Meanwhile Mabel and Wendy were searching Dipper using Mabel's phone.
It was something that Dipper and Mabel did often for each other incase the other needed to them quickly.
That was when Mabel and Wendy saw the three tied up.
Dipper saw them from the corner of his eye.
"What are you trying to do?" he asked.
"I want to take over all of the forests of this world." Said the figure.
"What?" asked Dipper.
"And your guild and the other two will stop me! That's why I plan to take you all out." Said the figure.
Mabel requiped into her Shooting Star Armor while Wendy reequipped a large red axe.
"I have been studying the guild for a long time and figure out everyone's weakness." Said the figure.
"Are you sure about that?" asked Dipper.
Mabel and Wendy both tried to attack the figure. However the vines both grabbed them, with cover Mabel's entire body while the vines tied up Wendy's hands.
"I'm positive." Said the figure.
Dipper looked at the figure.
"Actually you're unaware of one member." Said a voice.
That was when a woman walked towards the figure, she had wild dark blonde hair and wore a strange set of armor that looked like leaves and thorny vines, covering her right eye was a rose shaped eye patch.
"Who are you." Said the figure.
The woman however just summoned a flower shaped shield that began to rotate like a buzz saw.
She tossed the shield at the figure with was attached the a thorny vine.
The figure blocked with his arm however the buzz saw like shield was able to go through it's arm and not only slice though the arm but also slice the figure in half.
The woman then tossed her shield at the vines restraining all but Mabel as there were too many vines to get her free like that. However the woman returned the shield to her and summoned a rose that had a sword theme and used it to cute Mabel out of the vines.
Lucy and Pacifica's mouths were also covered but they got their mouths free.
The woman turned to Lucy.
"Who are you?" asked Dipper.
Pacifica stopped him.
The woman looked at Lucy and started to sniffle.
"Big sister!" she cried running towards Lucy.
""Wait…" said Lucy, "Your armor…"
"Oh… right…" said the woman.
She closed her eye and with a bright flash of pink light she changed to a completely form, that of Michelle.
"What?" asked Dipper.
Michelle hugged Lucy while crying.
"It's okay… I'm okay…" said Lucy, "It's a good thing you showed up when you did because we would have been in big trouble."
"I'm sorry happy you're okay!" cried Michelle as she began to cry a lot.
"By the way…" said Mabel changing the subject, "What was that thing."
"I have no idea." Said Dipper.
"Seriously?" asked Wendy kicking what was left of the figure.
"Stop that!" piped a tiny voice from the remains.
A little popped out of the remains of the wood.
"Seriously!" yelled the tiny figure, "Never mind it's a forest sprite."
"Hey! I'm the strongest forest sprite there is! Do you know how long it took to build that suit by the way… but even without I will still take over all the forests of the world." Said the sprite.
Mabel how picked him up.
"Toss him far away?" asked Mabel.
"Fine with me." Said Lucy.
"Go ahead." Said Pacifica.
"Probably for the best." Said Wendy.
"Yeah." Said Dipper.
Mabel threw the Forrest Sprite a long away.
"I'll be back" yelled the Forest Sprite.
Dipper sighed.
Lucy and Pacifica both cleared their throats at the same time.
Dipper looked at them, and looked at Michelle who was avoiding eye contact with him.
"I'm sorry…" said Dipper, "I haven't been sleeping the last couple nights and…"
"It's fine… you honestly have no reason to trust me." Said Michelle sighing.
"Michelle…" said Lucy.
"It's true… even I don't fully trust myself." Sighed Michelle, "I mean what if he makes me…"
She began to cry again.
"You promised me that you would protect me from there, didn't you?" asked Lucy.
Michelle nodded.
"Uh… what are you talking about." Said Mabel.
Lucy was about to say something.
"It's okay… I'm ready to tell everyone in the guild." Said Michelle.
"Are you sure?" asked Lucy.
"I'm positive… we can't hide it from them for long…" sighed Michelle.
Sometime later Erza had called a Branch Meeting to discus everything.
"What I told you about Michelle being a little sister figure when I was a child until mom passed away is true." Said Lucy, "From a certain point of view."
Everyone stared at Lucy.
"Is there a reason why you're quoting Obi Wan?" asked Dipper.
"Yes…" sighed Lucy.
(Flashback)
Lucy and Michelle were by Jude's side. It was clear he wasn't going to live for much longer.
Of course they were talking through this entire time.
"Pacifica is such a nice girl." Said Jude, "I'm glad you took her as your sister."
"yeah…" said Lucy.
Michelle was looking at the floor not reacting to this conversation.
"Though I do remember she wasn't your first one." Laughed Jude.
"What?" asked Lucy.
"Remember your doll Gonzales?" asked Jude, "The one you always called your little sister. Treated her as such."
Lucy blinked and wracked her memories and thankfully she quickly remembered.
"Oh yeah I do now…" said Lucy with a sad smile.
"I remember before Layla passed away you two inseparable." said Jude.
Michelle was looking at Jude wondering why he brought that up.
"Michelle…" he said, "I've always thought magic was such a wonderful thing… for this to happen to you..."
"Wait…" said Michelle with her eyes widening, "You knew…"
"Lucy… Michelle… I wish for the two of you to one day become sisters again…" said Jude, "And if you want bring Pacifica into it…"
"Of course…" said Lucy.
"Don't worry I will." Said Michelle.
Jude gave one last smile before passing away.
Both of them were quiet for several minutes to gather their feelings.
That was when both of them realized what he meant.
"Wait a second!" said Lucy relating it, "YOU'RE MY DOLL COME TO LIFE!"
Michelle started freaking out as well due to her cover being blown.
(End of Flashback)
"Oh… so you're just Lucy's brought to life." Said Mabel.
"Why didn't you just say so." Said Dipper with a shrug realizing that something like would happen in Gravity Falls.
Almost everyone else in the Guild Hal agreed that made sense.
Expect for Yukino.
"Really?" asked Yukino who was very confused by everyone reaction.
Lucy sighed, "This isn't something that happened in Gravity Falls… it happened in Earthland…"
This made everyone stop talking. A doll randomly coming to life in Gravity Falls… that's just something in Gravity Falls… but in Earthland.
"So you're saying someone turned you human?" asked Carla.
Michelle.
"Remember what I had said about a member of the Oracion Seis named Imitatia secretly betraying them?" asked Erza.
"Yeah... wait…" said Natsu.
"I'm Imitatia." Said Michelle.
"Master's well aware of her situation." Said Erza.
"That's why I was in on it." said Gajeel, "To show her the ropes of being a mole for a Dark Guild."
"Let me guess your mission was to steal that thing and take it back to that Dark Guild?" asked Wendy.
"No it's not." Said Michelle.
"The Infinity Clock can only with two ways." Said Lucy, "First you need to gather it's pieces and the second is that it has to merge with a certain kind of wizard. The wizard of the last magic who sealed it away."
"Who sealed it away last time?" asked Rogue.
"A Celestial Wizard." Said Lucy, "Not only do they want that piece but they want to capture me."
Everyone looked at Michelle.
"I wanted her all to myself… I wanted to merge her with the Infinity Clock so I could be with her forever." Cried Michelle, "But…"
"We ended up talking about everything…" said Lucy.
"I have to learn to share Lucy with everyone." Said Michelle, "I can't lock her away forever…"
"Wait… are you saying you a living doll has to learn how to share a human…" said Happy trying not to laugh.
"Happy this is serious." Said Lucy.
Michelle giggled, causing everyone to stare at her.
"What?" asked Michelle, "It is a little funny."
Lucy sighed.
"Wait./.. why are you worried about betraying us?" asked Dipper.
"Because… Brain the Second can revert me into a doll any time." Said Micelle, "Granted I have to be near him, but still. If he finds out I'm doing this… I… I… I won't know what to do… I won't be able to protect my big sister…"
"We have to figure out a way to make her human." Said Lucy, "That's the only way we know she won't betray us or lose her…"
"I think I know who might be able to figure it out." Said Dipper.
"Really who?" asked Lucy.
"You have to ask?" said Dipper.
Lucy face palmed.
"Of course! I should have just asked him form the start." Sighed Lucy.
"Who?" asked Michelle.
Sometime later, Lucy, Michelle and Dipper were in Ford's lab.
"Personification magic?" asked Ford looking it up on file.
"Yes…" said Michelle, "That's what he used to give me human like."
"This isn't' your real form is it?" asked Ford looking her over.
Michelle sighed and switched forms to her armored form.
"Don't worry Michelle, opt might take a while but I'll make sure you'll be able to turn human." Said Ford.
Michelle looked at him.
"Thank you so much!" she stared crying.
"Is she okay?" asked Ford.
"She cries… a lot." Said Ford.
"She's still getting used to being human." Said Lucy.
"I see." Said Ford.
I guess I really should talk to different people when it comes to my instincts sometimes… not just Mabel and Wendy. I really hope that Ford can help her. After all it's going to take a lot of Michelle to learn how to be human. But I can't help but to worry… who else the Oracion Seis might use to take the Infinity Clock.
Meanwhile on Earthland. A group were given pictures of Lucy. In order to find her.
"And don't come back unless you have a very good reason for not getting the Hands." Said the person talking to them, which was a rather pale man with white hair and glasses.
The three people nodded and left.
Next Time: Three people show up wanting Lucy and the Infinity Clock Piece, thanks to an idea from Mabel they have a plan to fight them off... with Mabel, Mirajane, Michelle, Gemini and one of Pacifica's spirits all disguised as Lucy! Will this tactic work? Find out next time!
A/N: I hope you like what I did with the characters. Okay a few things...
There will be three types of chapters: Arc Heavy chapters, Arc Light Chapters (where the chapter ties to the over arcing story, but it doesn't move the arc forward) and non-Arc chapters. I have chapters in mind for all three types.
The Next Crenation of Fairy Tail will get chapters centered around them (in fact the first Non-Arc chapter will be focused on them) but it won't be that often.
I will explain many things that aren't explained in the chapter: The Raven Tail incident and the Kagura Incident will both be given mini-arcs in the future (used as the Timeline that Wasn't as breathers between the arcs) the Spinach Incident will also be explained, in fact I meant to explain it in this chapter but it would have turned the flow the chapter so I pushed it back to next one and how Gray and Juvia started dating will be explained but won't be explained for a long time... but I already have an expiation.
Also that mention of Dipper and Ford protecting Elfman and Evergreen's baby will get a chapter... and yes it is probably what you think it is...
Also I won't say if Michelle will be spared by adaptation...
And yes, there will be a confrontation between Yukino and Angel during the arc. So please don't suggest it.
