Chapter 11:new friends,old flames sneak peak
(A/N: hey there again,it's been a while but life has been super demanding but this story isn't dead. i made this little sneak peak of next chapter to let you guys know i am working on it.)
"I'm tired of you and your sister messing with my life,everything was going well until you brats came along. [Edgewood],I'll cut your head off!"
"dipper! don't give up on me now. sorry i should have realized this,i should have payed attention to his behavior i-"
"Dipper,you're determination to save your friends have allowed me to evolve,[maps and legends Act II] that is my name."
"ahh!" dipper wakes up sitting on his bed covered in sweat,he looked around and breathing heavily as his heart rate stabilized,he groaned in pain grasping his chest still covered in bandages. it was honestly annoying at that point,he looked at his arms remembering all the times they broke or got severely damaged. with how much he could heal with his stand's 'paper skin' ability,one think it coudln't heal was broken bones.
He reached to his cracked phone and looked at the time " 4:27 AM,of course" he sighs and looks over at mabel sleeping peacefully with waddles under her bed. not wanting to interrupt her sleep, he slowly got up and left their room. he went through the kitchen and sat on the bench on the shack's porch,looking at the stars and feeling the cold breeze of dawn.
"can't sleep huh dude?" soos sits besides him wearing a jacket and holding two cups
"soos? why you here so early" dipper asks looking at the handyman
"oh i usually get here early to get things done before tourists start to come,clean the exhibits and glue them together if they start to fall aparts, do maintance on other things. handyman stuff,coffee?" he says and gives dipper one of the cups which he takes
"thanks" he takes a sip and continues looking at the stars. soos took off his coat and gave it to dipper "here"
"huh?" he looks at the coat
"you'll catch a cold sitting outside without a shirt" he says putting his coat over dipper,the teen looks at himself
"thanks soos,i tried putting a shirt but it was too much of a bother and i didn't want to wake mabel" he says taking another sip of the coffee
"those were some nasty bruises you had,that fight must have been pretty epic huh?" soos says trying to lighten the mood
"yeah,it was...quite a fight,so what happened between the girls and pacifica's stand?" he asks clearly changing subjects
"honestly dude i don't know,when i got here they had already made a mess. luckily i got here before they got really hurt" soos says taking a sip of his coffee,he then laughs
"what?" dipper asks raising a eyebrow
"just thinking of us talking about fighting special spirit companions with powers beyond the imagination and death so casually. not something i would think on a daily basis. you and your sister really changed things up"
"yeah...sorry if we ended up making a mess of your life" dipper says taking another sip of the coffee
"you kidding me,you two didn't make a mess. it was enjoyable but uneventful life,you two definetly made this the most interest summer as of yet. yeah there was a few life threatening situatio ns here and there but overall i'm having a blast hanging with you guys"" soos says
"thanks soos. we've been having a lot of fun as well. i just can't help but feel we got ourselves in something pretty big with current events. i'm not feeling going back to sleep today,i'll take a stroll around the woods" dipper stands up and gives soos his jacket back
"you can keep it for now, i won't need it on the shack anyways" soos says,dipper nods and puts it back on
"thanks again,i'll be back later" he says going between the trees into the woods.
SCENECUT
Dipper was walking by the woods just looking around and feeling the fresh breeze hit his body,it was refreshing. he sat by a fallen stump as some birds and gnomes fought over food in the distance
"that doesn't even surprise me anymore. guess it's what happens when you deal with supernatural on a daily basis" he jokes to himself
"keep joking and you'll see what's good" jeff says jumping behind dipper startling him
"wah,you again!" he says calling his stand
"wait wait" he says lifting his arms in defense "i'm not hero for trouble" he says,dipper stares at him for a bit before recalling his stand and looking away. after knowing he was safe jeff looked at him
"you look terrible,what even happened to you?" he asks
"why do you wanna know? i thought you hated me" he asks,the gnome shrugs
"eh im just curious. and for joking before,must be easy for you with your fancy stores and "super markets" around everywhere with food just lying around. life's harsh out here boy" he scolds,dipper looks at him before looking at the gnomes fighting the birds and actually felt a bit like a douche for laughing at them
"i...never thought of that,sorry. i'm basically laughing at your struggle" he apologizes
jeff looked a bit surprised "i,uh...it' sfine i forgive you kid" he lightly pats dipper on the back,or as far as he could reach.
"and i don't hate you either" he says sitting down near dipper,he raises a eyebrow
"really? after i punched you and some other gnomes into submission" he says
"but honestly can't really blame you,we did try to kidnap your sister and make her marry the one thousand of us for all eternity" he says
dipper just looks at him, he shrugs "what,we got a therapist after that okay? we can also learn" he says proudly
"and what exactly did that gnome therapist teach you?" dipper asks amused
"that the queen was a ruse and i was pretty much the leader all along" he says seriously,dipper just shakes his head
"hey don't shake your head at me,you wouldn't be the one laughing if you found out your life purpose was a disguised goat all along" jeff says poking dipper
'BOOM'
The two were startled by a loud noise coming from the distance causing jeff to fall from the log
"ouch" he rubs his head
"what was that? arg" dipper stands up hurriedly before gripping his chest
"whatever it was,our village is in that direction!" jeff says and starts running there rather quickly
"your village? arg...wait" dipper starts going after him despite feeling pain throughout his body
as more explosions went off in the distance jeff seemed to get more in a hurry until dipper couldn't see him anymore. the closer he got the more screams he heard and the presence of fire became much more apparent.
when dipper arrived his eyes widened. the gnome village was in flames,houses burning or already destroyed,gnomes everwhere either wounded,burning or carbonized
jeff was also looking around in horror,why would something like this happen. gnomes were pesky creatures but nothing that would call for a genocide,in the center of the flames was a tall figure with only their glowing eyes visible. jeff grit his teeth and looked with anger as dipper managed to limp close to him
"HEY. WHO YOU THINK YOU ARE PAL,COMING HERE AND DESTROYING OUR HOME,KILLING MY PEOPLE" he shouted,dipper just stared.
the tall figure turned it's gaze towards jeff and dipper. he put out his hand,the flames went towards his hand and above his palm is fused forming a flaming american football. he gets into a almost perfect throwing stance
"Pesky creatures,burn and wither away!" the figure shouts in a distorted voice as he throws the ball like a rocket towards dipper and jeff,they widen their eyes as it hits the ground
'BOOM'