Chapter 84: One, Two, The Hipster's Coming For You
Dipper looked around, it was a guild wide Barbeque at the lake.
That was when the water started to turn violent and started to act like e hands… hands with various eating utensils on the fingers. One of the water hands grabbed Dipper. He tried to use magic to get out of it, but found it wouldn't work.
The hands dragged him under and he was currently unable to breath.
"Well Dipper it looks you decided to take a DIP!" said a voice.
Dipper woke up with a start, hyperventilating and then muttered something.
"Seriously!" he yelled, "None of these are good jokes!"
He walked over to his desk and began to write in his journal, he knew it would be okay because this wasn't' the first night this happened.
""I have to find a away to stop this." He muttered.
The next day at the Gild Hall it was a Guild Meeting.
As it had been a few days since the fight with Byro. Durring those days, they had gathered information about the Oracion Seis in case they tried something personally. Unfortunately Michelle didn't know who Grim Reaper was (and it didn't help he apparently had amnesia so that didn't help). But they were able to gain enough information on the others including what they looked like and a bit of their current magic.
"All right all if you have packets containing the information about them, this is only the information we had previously as well some of the information that Michelle was able to give us." Explained Erza.
They all looked at the packets.
"Now does anyone have questions? Asked Erza.
Several hands went up.
"Mabel." Said Erza.
"Is Midnight a girl?" asked Mabel.
"No he is not." Said Jellal, "Trust me, I have fought him before…"
All but one of the hands went down.
Gray was the only one with his hand up.
"Is it true that Racer now has real speed magic?" asked Gray.
"It's true." Said Michelle.
"Real speed magic?" asked Jet.
Gray nodded.
"His magic dealt with the persecution of speed and not actual speed magic." Said Gray.
"Angel also had gotten new magic too. Angel Magic, it allows her to summon angels." Explained Michelle.
"That makes sense, since Lucy has her keys." Said Carla.
"Well not all of them, just her gold keys." Explained Lucy.
Yukino turned to the page about Angel since she was curious, she had heard before that's where Lucy had gotten the keys for Griming, Aries and Scorpio, but hadn't heard anything else about her.
She paled when she got to the page, eyeing the woman's picture for the first time.
"Hey Yukino, you okay?" asked Grenda.
"I'm fine…" said Yukino closing the packet.
"I don't know if most of us can handle this. But I'm sure we'll be able to beat them." Said Erza, "They still don't Michelle is on our side."
"They haven't put it together yet?" asked Wendy.
"No, they check in every now and then." Said Michelle, "They still think I'm posing as Michelle Lobster."
"Michelle Lobster?" asked Sting.
"That the name I've been using for a while but before I moved to Gravity falls I gave myself the name Michelle Gonzales." Explained Michelle she blushed, "I got used to being called Michelle…"
She then sighed heavily.
"What's wrong?" asked Natsu.
"it's nothing really…" she lied.
The truth was Michelle Lobster is a real person being kept in a medically induced coma by the Oracion Seis and they had to keep her there until either they beat them or her cover is blown.
But it was best to not let the other Guild Members know that for now.
Meanwhile Dipper was trying not to sleep he almost fell asleep when he woke himself up.
"Hey Bro-bro are you okay?" asked Mabel.
"I'm fine!" said Dipper.
He then almost fell asleep but then hit his on the table.
"I'll have the bacon!" he said.
"I'm telling mom." Said Mabel realizing it was bad.
Wendy looked at Dipper normally he would try to stop her.
"Why aren't you stopping her?" asked Wendy.
"It's fine… really." Dipper said a with a yawn.
As the meeting was pretty much over, Erza was in her office. Mabel knocked on the door.
"Come in." she said.
"Hey mom… there's something I want to talk to you about." Said Mabel.
"what is it?" asked Erza.
"Well Dipper hasn't been getting any sleep…" said Mabel.
"It's fine." She sighed.
"What?" asked Mabel.
"It's just something going on with him and Ford. Don't worry, we talked about it." Said Erza, "Just help him out if it looks he going to have another Spinach Incident."
"Okay…" said Mabel.
She left the office just as Yukino entered.
"Erza there's something I need to talk to you about." Sighed Yukino.
"What is it?" she asked hoping it wasn't about Dipper's sleep deprivation.
"It's about the Oracion Seis… is it true they were among those at the Tower of Heaven?" asked Yukino.
"Yes they were.' Sighed Erza grumbling about it then she relied something, "Wait…"
Yukino sighed.
Meanwhile in the main part of the Guild Hall. Jellal and Mirajane were both watching Dipper's bad shape.
"This is bad." Said Mirajane.
"Should we try something?" asked Jellal.
Before Mirajane could answer they heard Erza yelled out "Jellal."
Jellal looked worried.
The two loved each other very much and rarely ever had fights… so for Erza to be very angry was rare.
"What did you do?" asked Mirajane.
"I don't know…" said Jellal.
He left to talk to Erza.
He entered the office and they talk about the topic at hand.
Back in the main hall. Mabel looked at Dipper.
"I don't know how you did it… but mom's okay with this…" said Mabel.
"It's just something with…" said dipper who yawned then finished his sentence, "Ford…"
"Dipper… this is really bad when was the last time you slept." Said Mabel.
"What's been going on is making things worse." Said Dipper, "I know he's making it progress somehow…"
"Did you just say he?" asked Mabel.
"No… no… of ceruse not." Said Dipper.
Mabel looked at Wendy who shrugged.
Back in Erza's office, Yukino left.
When she did, she saw Jellal had a certain look on his face.
"No." said Erza.
"What?" asked Jellal.
"You have that look on your face." Said Erza "That look that says you're blaming your self."
He was about to say something but… but Erza gave him a look.
"Should I call Ultear or Kagura?" asked Erza.
"Fine…" sighed Jellal, "Also there's something else I want to talk to you about…"
"What?" asked Erza.
"It's Dipper." Said Jellal.
"I know, there is something going on." Said Erza.
"What is it?" asked Jellal.
Erza sighed.
(Flashback)
Dipper knew he had to tell someone despite everything telling him he shouldn't be. But he didn't want to be forced to move back home for who knows how long.
He also knew he had to talk to Ford about this.
"The Dream Hipster has appeared in my dreams the last two nights." Sighed Dipper.
"What?" asked Ford shocked.
"The dream hipster?" asked Erza.
"It's a very powerful ghost that creates nightmares to scare someone to death." Said Ford, "However I doubt it's strong enough to do that to Dipper."
"I knew I had to tell both of you." Said Dipper.
"Dipper… why don't you tell Mabel too." Sighed Erza.
"I don't think it's a good idea." Said Dipper.
"Dipper, I have to agree with your mother. Mabel might be able to help you…" said Ford.
It a few years but Mabel did evidently confess about Weirdmageddeon to her family. Granted it did take a while and there problems involved… heck there was a pretty long list of people she told before them… even Sue. But she did eventually tell them.
And of course it came with knowledge that Mabel suffers from nightmares because of it.
"I don't want her to know." Said Dipper suddenly, "I can handle this myself."
He then yawned.
"Dipper this doesn't sounds like something you can handle yourself." Said Erza.
"I'm the Guild's Ghost Expert, of course I can handle this myself." Said Dipper.
"But Dipper…" said Erza.
"You can't tell Mabel… I'm going to handle this myself." Said Dipper.
Ford and Erza looked at each other.
"Fine… we won't tell Mabel." Said Erza.
(End of Flashback)
And thanks to the at loophole she told Jellal.
"So that's why he's like that." Sighed Jellal.
Erza nodded.
"Something bad is going to happen soon." Said Jellal.
"I know… but unless he figure out how to beat him, or he gets help from someone we don't know what to do…" sighed Erza.
Inside of the main hall Dipper was trying not to struggle to fall sleep.
"Hey Dipper. You going to have a repeat of the Spinach Incident?" asked Natsu.
Everyone turned to Natsu. Happy face palmed while a few people giggled.
"Seriously… that's like me asking if you're going to have a repeat of the Festival Incident." Said Dipper.
"I walked into that one…" muttered Natsu.
"The festival incident?" asked Michelle.
"Oh a couple of years ago, Natsu took a solo job at a festival… he set some fires on accident and now he's no longer allowed to work on April 20th." Said Lucy.
"What?" asked Michelle.
"I'll explain another time." Said Lucy blushing somewhat.
"Look I'm fine!" yelled Dipper.
He began to chew on his shirt.
"Dipper, shirt." Said Mabel.
Dipper spat it out.
That night, Dipper was once again having a nightmare. The Dream Hipster was feeding Alex through a machine. And that machine spat out magazines featuring Alec's horrified face.
"Looks like you got some Daddy Issues!" laughed the Dream Hipster.
There was an awkward silence… Dipper seemed to look away from the Dream Hipster.
"Okay… wow… you really do have some daddy issues." Said the Dream Hipster.
There was another awkward silence.
"So… you want to talk about it?" asked the Dream Hipster.
"Why would I talk about my father with someone who's been tormenting me the last few nights?" asked Dipper glaring at him.
To those wondering, Dipper's on better terms with his father than 7 years before hand, however there is some deep-seated resentment towards the man.
"Okay... okay…" muttered the Hipster.
"So why…" said Dipper knowing that the Hipster lost his power after not being able to scare him this dream.
"Why what?" asked the Hipster.
"Why are you doing this, you know you can't scare me to death, right?" asked Dipper.
The Dream Hipster smirked.
"There's no reason not to tell you." Said the Dream Hipster.
"I wasn't expecting that response." Said Dipper honestly surprised.
"You see you're your little guild's ghost expert." Said Dream Hipster, "I figured that by besting you 'll be considered one of the strongest ghosts around."
"Seriously?" asked Dipper, "How are going to do that exactly."
"For one thing you're getting close to another embarrassing incident." Said the Dream Hipster.
"I already told my mom!" said Dipper, "So it won't be as bad."
"Yes, despite the fact you knew you shouldn't." muttered the Hipster.
"What?" asked Dipper.
"Never mind." Muttered the Hipster, "Another reason I'm doing this is because I hate your voice."
"What?" asked Dipper once again very confused this time.
"I hate your voice… it just… I don't know… there's just something about it." Said the Dream Hipster.
"Seriously?{" asked Dipper.
"It's true." Said the Dream Hipster with a shrug.
"I see…" said Dipper who decided to walk away.
"Really you think I'm just going to let you get away so you can have a good night's sleep?" asked the Dream Hipster.
"Uh…" said Dipper unsure how to respond.
"Here's a little trick I learned online." Said the Dream Hipster, "Tell me what do you think of ketchup?"
"Ketchup?" asked Dipper.
KETCHUP!
ketchup!
Ketchup!
Ketchup!
Ketchup!
Ketchup!
Ketchup!
KETCHUP KETCHUP KETCHUP KETCHUP KETCHUP KETCHUP KETCHUP KETCHUP KETCHUP KETCHUP KETCHUP KETCHUP KETCHUP KETCHUP KETCHUP KETCHUP KETCHUP KETCHUP KETCHUP KETCHUP KETCHUP KETCHUP KETCHUP KETCHUP KETCHUP KETCHUP KETCHUP KETCHUP KETCHUP KETCHUP KETCHUP KETCHUP
Dipper suddenly woke up.
"What was that!" he yelled out.
He looked at his clock, it was about 2:00 AM.
"I'm not getting any sleep tonight." He muttered.
The next morning at the woman's dorms Yukino knocked on the door to Lucy's room.
"Oh hey Yukino." Said Lucy.
"I need to talk to you, Michelle and one of your spirits about something." Said Yukino.
Lucy let her into the room knowing it was probably something that should kept private.
"Oh good morning Yukino." Greeted Michelle.
"Which spirit?" asked Lucy.
"Aries, Gemini or Scorpius." Said Yukino.
"Why?" asked Lucy.
"Wait… didn't you get those spirits from…" said Michelle.
They looked at Yukino realizing some was going on.
Yukino sighed and told Lucy about her problem.
Sometime later at the Mystery Shack, in Ford's laboratory, Dipper yawned.
"Dipper I don't think is a good day for this." Said Ford.
"Is because of the fact I'm not getting any sleep because of the dream hipster." Said Dipper.
"Yes." Ford told him rather bluntly.
"Great…" muttered Dipper.
Dipper began to leave.
"wait… there's something I want to talk to you about." Said Ford.
"What?" asked Dipper.
"Do you think it's possible that the Dream Hipster is messing with your subconscious." Said Ford.
"What?" asked Dipper.
"You know he effects dreams, but I believe he is also messing with your subconscious which is why you don't want help with this." Said Ford.
'Bye…" muttered Dipper.
Ford sighed as Dipper left, then waited a few minute to go upstairs to call Erza about his theory involing Dipper's subconscious.
That night Mabel woke up after a nightmare. Waddles noticed she up and jumped on her bed and began to cuddle with her.
"Oh thank you Waddles." Said Mabel cuddling her pet piggy.
In the men's dorm Dipper was of course having another nightmare.
Inside of the nightmare he and Mabel were hanging out.
"So anyways I was think of checking out the quality of the wool at the petting zoo." Said Mabel as her eyes were starting to turn completely white.
"What why…" said Dipper suddenly becoming nervous.
"Because I like to spin a good yearn!" said Mabel.
Dipper was in horror as one of Mabel's hand turned to that of the Dream Hipster.
"no… no…" whispered Dipper.
Dipper tried to get away from his sister but then he slipped and fell breaking his leg in the process.
"Oh looks like you caught a break." Said a voice.
He looked up who said it and saw it was Wendy with the same blank eyes as Mabel and the Dream Hipster's hand.
He noticed he was surrounded by other members of the guild all in the same state.
"Oh it looks like the little Dipper is alone." Said Sting.
"One is the loneliest number." Said Lector.
"It's such a shame that you're still single." Said Pacifica with a smirk.
"Oh you're such a cut up!" said Erza.
That was the evil Dream Hipster version of his mother began to cut him up with a sword and Dipper woke up.
When he did he started laughing hysterically.
Elsewhere in the Guild's dorm rooms, Natsu, Sting and Rogue all woke up thanks to the laughter knowing it wasn't going to be a good sign.
The next morning all three of them met at Erza's office.
"There's something we need to talk about." Said Natsu, "It's about Dipper."
"Yes… I know he's sleep deprived… but there's a good reason for it." She sighed.
"It's not about that." Said Sting.
"We're pretty sure he's reached spinach levels." Said Natsu.
"What makes you say that?" asked Erza.
"When you're awakened in the middle of the night by crazed laughter from a person sleep directed tends to be a sign." Said Rogue.
"Oh…" said Erza.
In the main hall Yukino sighed. That was when Plue and Rose both jumped on her lap.
She looked up and saw Lucy, Michelle, Pacifica, Mabel and Mirajane.
"Hey! You seem down!" said Mabel.
"Yeah." Sighed Yukino, she looked at Lucy who shook head.
"I haven't told them yet." Said Lucy.
"You have to be the one…" agreed Michelle.
"Come Yukino we're your friends." Said Pacifica.
"Let's go cheer you up and you can tell us what's wrong." Said Mabel.
Yukino looked at them and nodded.
She got up and turned around… and ended up crashing into someone… she backed away blushing bright red after noticing who he was and what he was wearing.
Back in Erza's office.
"So what should we do…" said Natsu.
"Maybe one of your should have remained at the dorm to make sure he doesn't escape." Said Erza with her eye twitching.
"I told you one of should do that." Sighed Rogue.
"Hey… it's going to be fine, right?" asked Natsu.
"Dipper… why are you in a loincloth!" said they heard Yukino cry out.
Erza face palmed when she heard that.
"The loincloth again?" asked Natsu.
"I'm with you, I would have thought he would have gone with something different." Said Sting with a shrug.
Downstairs… they all looked at Dipper.
"You're all against me!" said Dipper, "You're all against me…"
""Okay Bro-bro… maybe you should relax." Said Mabel.
Dipper flung the word stone at her, however Mabel quickly requiped to her white wing armor and cut it in half.
"Dipper snap out it!" said Wendy.
He sent out the world Thunder at her but she managed to dodge.
"All of… soon you'll all fall to him…" laughed Dipper.
"Wen-Wen! Pacifica! Mira!" said Mabel.
"Gotcha!" said requipping duel axes.
"Open! Gate of the Chameleon! Chamaeleontis!" called out Pacifica knowing that was best to fight fire with fire.
"Hey Paz!" said Chamaeleontis, "Oh… another Spinach incident?"
"No… something worse." Said Pacifica.
She noticed how crazed Dipper was.
"Okay… I see where's going." Said Chamaeleontis who turned to Dipper… and unfortunately wearing the loincloth.
"Chamaeleontis!" said Pacifica blushing bright red.
"Sorry… but since he's in front of me… and that's what he's wearing it's the outfit I'm wearing too." Said the Dipper disguised Chamaeleontis.
"So you're replacing me too!" laughed Dipper.
He launched created the word bullet.
"Solid Script Guard!" called out the Dipper Disgusted Chamaeleontis.
He was about to attack, but then had to dodge Wendy's axes. While he was dodging those he didn't see Mirajane come behind and use a sleep spell on him.
"Good… it should finally end." Said Mabel.
"By the way Paz… how long do you want me to keep this version of the transformation?" asked the Dipper disguised Chamaeleontis.
"Seriously!" yelled Pacifica still blushing right red as almost everyone in the room laughed at her predicament.
But before anyone else could react to anything else, Dipper began to thrash in his nightmares.
"What's going on." Said Mabel.
That was when Erza, Natsu, Rogue and Sting all arrived in the room.
"Dipper's been haunted by the Dream Hipster the last few nights." Said Erza.
"What?" asked Lucy.
"The dream hipster… isn't' he that ghost that haunts people's dreams?" asked Mabel coming truly serious.
"Yes…" said Erza, "And Ford believes that he was messing with Dipper's subconscious… which is why he didn't tell anyone but myself and Ford."
Those in the room that knew about Mabel's nightmares practically froze.
"Gideon…" she said not even looking at him.
"Yes…" said Gideon who wasn't aware of Mabel's nightmares.
"Can you send my thoughts to Dipper." Said Mabel.
"I never tried to a sleeping person." Said Gideon.
"Do it now…" muttered Mabel glaring at him.
Gideon nodded.
Gideon began to use telepathy on Dipper with Mabel transmitting her thoughts.
Inside Dipper's dream. He was chained up and the Dream Hipster stood in front of him.
"Oh man… that was hilarious." Laughed the Dream Hipster, "I should have known she put you to sleep… but it wasn't what I was expecting for sure… even if it was less funny."
Dipper glared at him.
"Now, now… how should I wake you up…" said the Dream Hipster, "Should I try to do the old ketchup trick or something else."
"Dipper if you can hear me! Beat him up!" said Mabel's voice.
The Dream Hipster scowled.
"That little bitch!" yelled the Dream Hipster, "Since there's a magic link… I say we pull her in."
"What!" yelled Dipper.
In the waking world Mabel suddenly passed out.
"Mabel!" cried Pacifica.
Marvelous ran over to examine her.
"What happened?" asked Mirajane.
"She's asleep." Said Marvelous.
"You don't think she was pulled into Dipper's dream?" asked Mirajane.
"It seems like it." Said Erza.
There was a small awkward silence.
"That poor ghost." Said Marvelous.
"Well he did bring it on himself." Said Carla.
"It's his fault for bringing Mabel in." said Gray.
"Hopefully it won't take too long." Said Natsu.
It should be noted that those that didn't know about Mabel nightmares were confused.
"Why is Mabel so angry?" asked Jet
"Probably for messing with Dipper." Said Droy with a shrug.
Inside of Dipper's dream the chained appeared just as Mabel appear on a wheel tried to it.
"Now let's play America's Favorite Game show! WHEEL OF MISFORTUNE!" said the Dream Hipster.
"Seriously?" asked Mabel glaring at him.
"His jokes are really bad." Said Dipper.
"I can see that." Said Mabel.
Dipper spin the wheel to see what sort of misfortune you're sister will win!
Dipper wanted to not play but he found he couldn't move his body.
He was about to spin the wheel and when he did Mabel was missing from the wheel and was holding a sword to the Dream Hipster's neck.
"Confess… you messed with his subconscious so he wouldn't ask for my help… didn't you." Said Mabel.
"Yeah pretty much." Said the Dream Hipster who knew there as nothing to deny.
"What?" asked Dipper, "So Ford was right…"
"You should have listen to your uncle." Laughed the Dream Hipster.
"You seriously decided to mess with his mind so he wouldn't ask my help…" said Mabel, "All the while you give him nightmares…"
The Dream Hipster wasn't sure how to respond to that.
"Dipper help me hold on to him." said Mabel.
Dipper decided to join her.
"What do you think you're doing!" yelled the Dream Hipster.
"We'll just have to see if my plan works." Said Mabel.
Both of them woke up and when he did the Hipster appeared in the waking world.
Both Yukino and Michelle were surprised, but no one else was.
"Why you little!" yelled the Dream Hipster.
Mabel punched him in the face hard sending him reeling. And she was still wearing her White Wing Armor so the punch hurt a lot.
The dream Hipster got up and looked around and saw everyone in the room looking for a fight.
"You think you can do that to Dipper and get away with it?" asked Erza.
The Dream Hipster scowled then came up with a thought, he knew due to Dipper's sleep deprivation he wouldn't be able to put much of a fight. He turned around and went in for the attack.
Pacifica ran over and grabbed her purse, which was nearby. She pulled something out.
"Dipper catch!" she called out.
She tossed the item at Dipper, he knew what it was and held it front of him. When the Dream Hipster was about to attack he ended up getting trapped in the item.
"What did you do?" asked Jet.
Dipper held up the item, which was a silver mirror.
"Silver Mirror, after a lot of research, turns out they're good for trapping all ghosts." Said Dipper.
"I always keep one handy." Said Pacifica.
"Makes sense." Said Carla nodding.
"I do too." Admitted Mabel, "But Pacifica got to it first."
Dipper noticed Chamaeleontis nearby, she immediately transformed back to her normal self.
"Sorry about that Dipper… how about the day after tomorrow I transform into you again so I'm not wearing that." She said mentioning over to his loincloth.
Dipper started blushing.
Then noticed Yukino avoiding eye contact, he heard the Dream Hipster laughing hysterically from the mirror.
"Sorry about everything." Said Dipper.
"You were being driven crazy by a ghost." Said Natsu.
"It happens." Said Happy.
"It does…" said Michelle surprised.
"Not that often. But sometimes. Said Lucy with a shrug.
"Yes! Everything's' tied up in a little package! But they could almost see yours!" laughed the Dream Hipster.
Mabel began to push Dipper out the door.
"Come on Bro-bro… let's get you dress, get Ford's help in getting rid of the ghost and then you can sleep for as long as possible." Said Mabel.
However Mabel poked her head back in.
"Okay so we all agree… no one's going to make fun of him for this… right." Said Mabel glaring at everyone.
"Don't worry… we're not going to…" said Natsu practically sweating.
"Right! We all just said it wasn't his fault." Said Gray.
"Good." Said Mabel.
They all breathed a sigh of relief when she completely left..
"I think… I'll wait a few more days until a I tell anyone else." said Yukino blushing bright red.
"Makes sense." Said Lucy, "running into an ex-boyfriend like tat would probably do that to you."
"What." Said Michelle.
"She used to date Dipper." Said Happy.
"But I thought…" said Michelle.
"It's complicated." Said Happy.
Sometime later after getting Dipper dressed getting Ford's help to banish the ghost.
"I'm sorry about yesterday." Said Dipper.
"It's fine." Said Ford, "You're mind was literally being messed with."
"Do you think he can come back?" asked Mabel getting a strange feeling about it.
"I doubt it…" said Ford, "I have yet to experience a ghost that came back from being exorcised."
"But he is a Category 9… so who knows." Said Dipper.
"Well I'm sure we can handle it if it happens." Said Ford.
The other two nodded…
And so they with the Dream Hipster… but who knows… maybe it could come back… but probably not… after all no other ghost came from a exorcising yet…
Next Time: Old Man McGucket has created a brand new AI, and he needs help from Candy and Jenny to handle it. But what happens when it turns evil? Other than having some expectations of turning evil... Find out next time!
A/N: Okay two things about this chapter... I won't fetchingly reveal Yukino's "secret" for a while... it will be talked about but never out loud. I know it's pretty much common knowledge, but yeah.
Also the other thing... I will reveal what happened during The Festival Incident but only to those who figure out the clues laid out... Hopefully at least one person will figure them out...
