Chapter 6: Star
When Dipper woke up, Mabel, Stan and Ford were standing around his bed waiting for him to wake up.
"Dipper!" Mabel yelled and gave him a hug.
"Dipper. You're awake." Ford said.
"You alright Dipper?" Stan asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine. What happened?" Dipper asked.
"I'm going get you some tea." Ford said and left the room.
"Well after you got tackled by Lucy and fainted, Lucy and Pacifica had a massive fight, luckily you were asleep cause it was ferocious." Mabel explained.
"And after that?"
"They are now mortal enemies, but after you fainted, there was some good stuff."
"Like what?" Dipper asked.
"I danced with Ernest." She said happily.
"So that's why you requested a slow song." Dipper said.
"What request? I didn't request anything." She replied. 'If she didn't make the request, who did?' he thought. Then he said:
"Well good for you, cause I danced with a maniac and with P."
"At least you danced with someone who's nice." Mabel said.
"Yeah."
"Oh I forgot to call Pacifica." Mabel said.
"Forgot?"
"Cause I promised her that I would call her the second you woke up." She said. Mabel went to the home phone and dialed Pacifica's number. 'Why did I save P? I don't get it, I just pushed her out of the way by impulse.' Dipper thought. Awhile later, Pacifica arrived.
"Dipper, are you okay?" Pacifica asked.
"Don't worry I'm fine, what about you? I heard you and Lucy got into a big fight." Dipper said.
"Yeah, it was probably the biggest fight I've gotten into." She said.
"Wow."
"Well I just wanted to thank you for saving me from that tackle." Pacifica said and gave Dipper a hug. 'Why is she hugging me, well I shouldn't complain cause I'm getting a hug.' Dipper thought and smiled.
"Hey Pacifica?" Dipper said.
"Yeah?"
"Why did you ask for a slow song?" He asked.
"It was Mabel's request." She replied.
"Well I asked her and she said that she didn't make any requests." Dipper explained.
"Fine I'll explain. I was trying to get Victoria and Ernest together. First I asked Marco to ask Ernest what he thinks of her. Then I ask Victoria what she thinks of he. And cause she said she's not sure, I asked Mabel to go dance with him, so that Vicky would get jealous and then she realizes that she does like him." Pacifica said.
"Wow that's crazy." Dipper said.
"Well it's done now."
"So did your plan work?" Dipper asked.
"No, their not together." She replied.
"I've got a question P." He said.
"What is it?" She asked.
"How long have I been asleep?"
"Two days."
"What!? I was knocked out for two days?" He said.
"Yep."
"And why do I smell so clean?" He asked.
"Well Mabel cleaned you." She replied. Dipper sat up from his bed, rubbed his head and got out of bed.
"Dipper, you should really sit." Pacifica said.
"I'm fine." He said. Then he put his hat on.
"Where's Marco and Star? Did they go back home?" Dipper asked.
"No, their in town."
"You want to go join them?" Dipper asked.
"Sure, but get changed first cause you're still in your PJ's" Pacifica said.
"Of course."
Later that day, in town, Star and Marco were looking at Bud's car shop, seeing the prices of the cars.
"Wow, the cars here are really cheap." Marco said.
"Really?"
"Yeah, the cost triple back home."
"Wow, well at least I can make one with my magic." Star said.
"That's true." He replied. And just then, Dipper and Pacifica caught up to them.
"Yo bro, how are ya?" Marco asked.
"I'm good, how about?"
"I'm great."
"So what have you been doing while I was knocked out?" Dipper asked.
"Well P and Lucy had a fight, then Lucy left crying, and after that Ernest and Mabel danced together, then the party ended." Explained Marco.
"Anything else?" Dipper said.
"Nope."
"You sure?"
"Yep."Marco said.
"What about you and Star?"
"What do you mean?" Marco was puzzled.
"Never mind. So what are you two up to?" Dipper asked.
"We're just looking around town, we were waiting for you to wake up." Marco said.
"You guys weren't even there went i woke up." Dipper said.
"Sorry dude, let's just go back to the girls." Dipper and Marco went back to Pacifica and Star.
"So what should we do?" Marco asked.
"I got an idea, we can go on a mystery hunt!" Dipper exclaimed.
"Will there be monsters?" Star asked.
"Of course, and we should invite Ernest and Victoria." Said Dipper
"Yeah!" Marco exclaimed.
"Sure why not. Dipper can I talk to you in private." Said Pacifica while dragging Dipper by the ear.
"Are you crazy? Inviting Ernest and Victoria?" Pacifica asked.
"What, it's the perfect opportunity. We can get them together and we can get Marco and Star together. We can act like cupids." Dipper said.
"True, but what are we going to do when the two couples are alone?" Pacifica asked.
"Well that's the last thing we got to worry about. First, we need to find a monster." Dipper said.
"Well it should be easy enough with the journal." She replied.
"Yeah but Ford has them all."
"Who's Ford?" Pacifica asked.
"He's the author of the journals."
"What seriously?" She asked. Dipper replied with a nod.
"Well, let's go ask him for the journals." Pacifica said.
"Are you crazy? He'll kill me if i even ask to use the journals. But i do have a plan." Dipper replied.
"What do i have to do?" She asked.
"Nothing, you just get ready. We'll do the hunt tomorrow." He said.
"Great." She replied.
"You go tell Ernest and Victoria, I'll tell Marco and Star." He said. Pacifica nodded, and the two went their separate ways. So Dipper told Marco and Star that the hunt will be tomorrow, then he heads home. Once home, he heard some noise coming from then living room. Mabel, Candy and Grenda were playing "Piggy in the Middle" with Waddles as the pig.
"Hey bro bro, you want to play with us?" Mabel asked.
"Sorry Mabel not know, Maybe another" He replied.
"Promise?" She said.
"Yes." He replied.
"Great."
"Where's uncle Ford and Grunkle Stan?" Dipper asked.
"Ford went to buy more sciency stuff and Stan's gone to the supermarket." Mabel said.
"Perfect." He replied and started running to the basement. He went to the bottom floor and looked for the journals. He found the journal N°2, Grabbed it and went to his room. Dipper hide the book in a backpack, jumped into bed and fell asleep.
In Dipper's dream, he was on a sky-boat, fishing some clouds calmly, then Bill appears.
"Is there a reason why you're in my dreams?" Dipper asked.
"Well of course, but i have a question first." Bill replied.
"Ask away." He said.
"Are you sure you want Victoria to end up with Ernest? Cause i can tell you like her."
"I don't know." Dipper sighed.
"Look pine tree, there's no reason to go after Victoria." Bill said.
"What do you mean." He asked.
"Well, she's only going to be here for about 1 more week, then after that, she's gone back to french forever." Bill explained.
"Yeah, I know. But I may as well say that about ever girl." Dipper said.
"True, but i know someone you'll see again." he said.
"Oh yeah, who? Tell me who? Cause ever girl I go after, I know I'll never see them again" Dipper said and he started crying.
"Hey kid don't cry, listen I tell you, but there's a few things you have to do first for this to work." Bill said.
"Okay, but why have you been helping me?" Dipper asked.
"Because soon, I'm going to need your help. Now, let me tell you what you have to do." Bill said. Dipper replied with a nod.
The next day, Dipper woke up happy as can be. He was excited for the day out with his friends, Dipper wasn't used to hanging out with friends, cause he didn't really have many. Besides Marco from his childhood and a few others who lived far from him, he didn't have friends to hang around with. But today it what different, he finally had plans to meet with friends. He went to have a shower, brushed his teeth, then got dressed up and went to have breakfast. And suddenly, Stan walked the kitchen.
"Wow, you're up early." Stan said.
"Yeah, today's an important day." Replied Dipper.
"And why is that?" Stan asked.
"Well, I'm gonna meet up with some friends." He replied as he finished his toast.
"Oh really? So which girl are you going for?" Stan asked with a smile on his face.
"Well that's a surprise, you'll see soon enough." He replied.
"Ah come on Dipper." Said Stan.
"Nope, you'll have to wait and see." He said. Dipper grabbed the bag he had prepared and walked out the door.
"Hey Stan, have you seen Dipper?" Mabel asked while walking into the kitchen, rubbing her eyes.
"Yeah, he just left out the door all happy." Stan replied.
"Really?" Asked Mabel.
"Yeah, he was upbeat, and he said that he's going after a girl." He said.
"What!?" She screamed. "We have to go spy on him." She said.
"Well let's go." Stan said.
"Just wait!" She said, Mabel went to the fridge and grabbed a jug of Mabel juice, she chugged it, then said:
"Alright let's move!" Then they both started running out the door.
Later that day, in front of the Gravity falls waterfall. Marco, Star, Pacifica, Ernest and Victoria were all waiting for Dipper, who was late. He finally arrived, but everyone was pissed with him
"Finally, my god you took forever." Pacifica said.
"We've been waiting for 15 minutes." Added Star.
"Sorry guys, I left a bit later than expected." Replied Dipper.
"Well let's begin. What monster are we going after?" Asked Ernest.
"Well, we are going after the Mangon." Dipper said while taking out the journal from his backpack.
"What's a Mangon?" Marco asked. Dipper opened up the journal and pointed on the page. Everyone stood around him as he read from the book.
"The Mangon is a beast who is half man half dragon, they say if you ever here a whistling sound followed by a roar, start running. it's also a carnivore and magic has no effect ageist it. besides those thinks, not much is known about this creature. So the weakness is unknown too."
"Awesome!" Shouted Star.
"What!?" Yelled everyone else.
"Oh hell no, I'm not doing this. I'm out of here!" Said Marco. Dipper put his hand on Marco's shoulder and calmly said:
"Ah come on, it's just a legend. It will be fine."
"Are you sure?" Asked Victoria.
"I'm 100% sure." He replied.
"Alright, then let's go!" Star yelled. They all started walking, Pacifica went up to Dipper and said quietly to him:
"You know Pines, everytime someone says 'it's just a legend', it ends up being true."
"I know, and he does exists." Dipper replied and smiled.
"And you want to put our lives on the line just so we can get Star and Marco together?" She said a bit angrily.
"Don't worry, I've got it all under control." He said.
"Fine, I trust you and your nerdy brain. So then, how are we going to get those love birds together?" She asked.
"Just follow my lead, I got the perfect plan." He replied confidently. While Dipper and the others were walking, they were being followed by Stan and Mabel.
"Why is he going into the woods, why not a restaurant, or a park?" Mabel asked.
"I don't know your brother's tactics, but I'm sure the he has got a plan. Plus, look, there are other people with them, I'm sure he wants to separate himself with one of the girls so he can get some time alone." Stan said. Mabel looked at her Grunkle in shock.
"That actually makes sense, I'm surprised you come up with something on the level of Dipper." She said.
"Its not on Dipper's level, it's a simple guy tactic, but it's very affective." He replied.
Later that day in the woods, everyone was exhorted. They had been walking for about an hour straight and none of them are fans of walking for too long.
"Alright guys, let's take a break." Marco said.
"No not yet, we still haven't arrived at the spot." Dipper said.
"Pines just chill, everyone's tired, including you. Just come sit." Pacifica said.
"Fine." He sighed in fatigue, but then he smiled.
"Why are you smiling? You're tired, but you're still smiling?" Asked Pacifica.
"Well P, I've been really happy all morning. I'm just happy." He replied showing an even bigger smile, as if he was going to start laughing.
"Well It's a bit creepy." She said. and a few seconds after, there was the sound of a whis tle followed straight after by a roar. Dipper, Star, Pacifica and Ernest stood up.
"Did you hear that?" Asked Star.
"Yeah, lets run." Ernest said. Everyone started running, Dipper and Pacifica ran to the left, Marco and Star went right, and Ernest and Victoria went straight ahead. After about a minute of running, Pacifca turned around to see Dipper walking calmly.
"Do you think we lose it?" She asked.
"Don't worry, it wasn't the Mangon. It was a soundtrack that was playing from the stereo that I placed." Dipper said.
"So that's your plan, get them alone together so they can finally tie the knot." She said.
"Yep, now let's go watch Marco and Star." Dipper said. So they went to a hiding spot near Marco and Star. They were talking so loudly, it was easy to hear them:
"How is this possible? I thought it was just a legend." Marco said in fear.
"I have no idea, but we could have taken it. We both can fight." Star said.
"No don't you get it? It would tear us to shreds and I would never forgive myself if you ever got hurt." He said.
"Oh Marco that's so sweet, but I'll be fine. You know we've dealt with worse." She said well marching on.
"Star, wait!" Marco yelled. Star turned around and look straight into his eyes.
"I don't want you to get hurt cause... cause..." He was trying to finish his sentence. Star look at him, tears started running down her face on to her small smile, she then hugged him.
"I know Marco I know. You don't need to say it." She asked softly. Marco looked down at her, put his arm around her and said:
"Of course I do, I love you Star." Then the two went into a warm embrace.
"Ummm, you know Pacifca and Dipper were watching us the whole time?" Star said quietly.
"Yeah I know, I just hope Dipper grows a pair." Marco replied softly while hugging Star tighter. Meanwhile in the bush:
"Yes, it's a success and they didn't even see us." Dipper said happily.
"Finally we did it." Pacifica said cheerfully. The two highfived happily.
"Alright, now we got one more couple to get together." He added.
"Wait there's something I have to askyou first." Pacifica said.
"Tell me later, we got something more important." Dipper said while taking her arm to continue on.
"No seriously, I have to ask you something." She said.
"Alright then, I'm listening." He said looking at her with a smile.
"Well are you sure about the Mangon? If the author wrote it down in the journal, then it means that it exists." Pacifica said in fear.
"I'm sure it exists, but I will make sure no one gets hurt. Not even you P." Dipper said while giving Pacifica a hug. Pacifica smiled and started hugging back.
"Okay, It's that all you have to ask?" Dipper asked with a smile. Pacifca looked down for a brief second, then looked up at him and replied:
"Yep, It's all good. Lets get those francophones together." But all of a sudden, from behind them someone yelled:
"Wait for us!" It was Star and Marco.
"How did you guys know we were here?" Asked Dipper.
"Dipper, you not so discreet. We could hear you from a mile away." Marco explained.
"Oh crap, but you two a still going to be together or was that an act?" Asked Pacifica.
"Of course we weren't acting, we do love each other." Star said.
"Alright then, lets finish this mission." Dipper said.
"Yeah!" Everyone shouted. Pacifica looked at her hand and couldn't do anything but smile at it.
End of Chapter 6: Star
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