Chapter 11: Jackie

After the portal closed, Pacifica snuck away from the garden without her father realizing and went to Star. She made her way to her bedroom, she opened the door and saw Star sitting on her bed.

"Did you read Dippers message?" Star asked.

"Not yet, but I need you to help me find him." P exclaimed.

"First read the letter, then I'll help." She said calmly. Pacifica opened up the letter in her hand and started reading:

"Dear Pacifica, If your reading this, then my cover as Diana has been blown. I'm sorry I left so quickly, but if I didn't, I would have been captured by your dad. Anyway, I went to a friend's place to lay low. I'll be back soon. Sincerely Dipper." Pacifica closed up the letter, turned to Star and asked:

"Can you take me to him?"

"Well I don't know which friend he's staying with."

"Then we have to check every friend Dipper has. It shouldn't be too difficult."

After the portal closed, Dipper arrived in echo creek, but he was a few meters off the ground and when he fell, he landed on top of someone.

"Are you alright?" He asked after getting up.

"Yeah I'm fine, but that did hurt like a bitch though. Wait, Dipper is that you?" The person asked.

"Yeah, but who are you?" He said perplexingly

"It's me, Jackie!"

"Oh my god, I didn't even recognize you, it's been so long, how are you?"

"I'm good, thanks. How about you?"

"I'm doing well, how's school been treating you?" He asked.

"Ah it's alright, I can't complain. So what brings you back to echo creek and why are you in a dress?" Dipper looked down and saw the nice dress he was wearing, he completely forgot about that due to all the drama back at the Northwest's.

"It's a really long story and I'm here to visit Marco." He said simply. Dipper didn't want to waste time, he wanted to go straight to Marco's with no interruptions. But sadly for Dipper, it didn't turn out that way.

"Ah...yeah...how's he been doing?" She asked.

"He's alright, he's been quite happy these last few weeks. Hey, since I'm going by his place, you want to tag along?" Jackie looked away, she picked up her skateboard and said:

"No thanks, sorry, but it's been awkward between him and I for the last few months." Dipper became perplexed and asked:

"How come?"

"I guess Marco didn't tell you what happened, did he?" Jackie said sadly.

"About what?"

"Never mind, it's not up to me to say."

"Well I got to go, I'll see you next time Jackie."

"Ah alright, see you around Pines!" Jackie said before skating off. After she left, Dipper let out a sigh of relief. 'Thank god, she's gone. The way she said my last name, she said it just like how P would. But wait, what does she mean by I don't know what happened? I got to get to the bottom of this.' Dipper thought. He adjusted his dress, looked around then started walking to Marcos house. After a few minutes of walking, Dipper found Marcos house, he knocked on the door and Luckily, Marco answer.

"Hey, can I stay with you for a few days?" Dipper asked.

"Sure, why not." Dipper and Marco went up to Marco's room to chill and talk.

"So Dipper, why are you here?"

"I'm trying to stay away from Victoria, Pacifica's dad and from P."

"But why?"

"Cause I did something stupid okay!" He exclaimed.

"Wow, sorry dude. I was just curious."

"Yeah I know, it's fine."

"So what do you plan to do for the time you're gonna be here?" Asked Diaz.

"Well, I was thinking of visiting the town cause it's been forever. And maybe hang out with Jackie for a bit."

"Wah! Hang out with Jackie!? Since when?"

"I just haven't seen anyone here in so long. So I thought I could at least hang out with one of them." Explain Dipper. "Plus, what's the story between you and Jackie? How come you and her don't get along anymore?" Marco just ignored the question and changed subject.

"Hey, can you help me contact Star, for some reason I can't reach her with the mirror in her room."

"She's at Pacifica's house." He said simply.

"Wait seriously?"

"Yeah, she should be back in a day or two."

"Ah thank god." Sighed Marco.

"Alright, I'm going into town. You wanna come?" Asked Dipper while stretching.

"Nah I'm good, I got some things to tidy up."

"Alright."

So Dipper went out to revisit echo creek while Marco cleaned up his and Stars mess. Dipper visited the echo creek school, Marco's dojo and the mall. Once he had finished, Dipper went back to Marcos. When he arrived, he got a text from Marco. 'That's strange, why would he be texting me? I guess cause Star's at P's, he's got none to talk to.' He thought and started reading the text:

"Dude, if you value your mental health, physical health and your soul, DO NOT come to my house! She will destroy you!" 'Alright what does that mean?' He knocked on the door and realized his mistake. 'She's gonna kill me' Dipper thought. But it was too late to back out, the door started to creek open and behind the door was Star.

"Ah thank god it's you Star,but I thought you were at Pacifica's." He said hesitantly.

"Don't worry, I'm not the one who's gonna yell at you, but in about a minute, she's gonna eat you alive, she's so pissed." She said joyful. Dipper walked into the living room cautiously looking to make sure no one was gonna jump out at him, he sat on the couch and looked around.

"Hey Star, where's Marco?"

"He's tided up in his room cause I got bored." She said.

"Of course." Dipper sighed.

"Hey Star, I have a question: Dp you know why Jackie And Marco stopped talking to each other?" Star looked away, she was trying to avoid the question.

"Star, if you know something, you should tell me." But he was cut off by the sound of footsteps coming from upstairs and were coming closer. For Dipper, the sound of each footstep was frightening. With every step, more sweat would drop down from his face. The fear within him made his face go pail. When he saw her silhouette, he was filled with joy that she was alright, but also with fear from the rage that was going to be unleashed. Finally, Pacifica arrived at the last step. She turned to Dipper and gave him a small smile. Dipper's face turned to a whiter pail, he wasn't sure if it was the smile of a kindhearted friend or the smile of a psychopath who's ready to rip out his organs. She stood in front of him and slapped him. She left him in that state for a few seconds so the slap could sink in, then she followed it up with a hug. And finally she started crying.

"Do you know how goddamn worried I was? We had to go all over Gravity falls. Then we went to your sister and finally when we arrived here, we find out you were hiding from not just my father, but also me!" She cried. Dipper didn't say a word, he smiled and took her into his arms.

"You don't have anything to say!?" She exclaimed.

"No, I don't. I'm just glad you're okay." He said calmly.

"Don't try and make this about how happy you are to see me, tell me why you were trying to hide from me?" Pacifica yelled.

"I'm sorry, I just have to. It's for your sake."

"Don't try and pull that bullcrap on me!"

"Fine then, I'll explain." He said. The two went over to the couch and sat.

"I've been hiding from you because I'm the one who's always attracting danger towards me and if you ever got hurt, I wouldn't know what to do with myself. So I decided to keep you away, at least till the weirdness dialed down. That's why I left with the Dimensional scissors and not by foot." Dipper explained.

"I don't think you understand how I felt when you left like that, I was heartbroken, I'm sorry but if you wanna keep on make excuses, then I'll leave you to it. When your ready to talk seriously, you know where to find me." She said as she got off the couch. After Pacifica left the house, Dipper got a strange feeling in his head, he looked at the door, got up and ran after Pacifica, but when he opened the door, he wasn't in echo creek.

He had been transported to an unknown world, but for some reason, it felt familiar to him. He looked around. All he saw was blue sky walls, a soft white carpet that took up the whole room floor and an oak wood desk. Dipper walked over to the desk. On the desk were two pens that were suspended in midair, a small stack of papers, a clock and a photo of multiple people. Dipper took a closer look at the picture. He saw that it was a family portrait. The two kids were standing next to each other and in front of their parents. One of the kids was a girl, while the other one was a boy and he looked a few years older then his sister. Dipper put the picture back on the desk and looked over at the stack of papers. He tried to read what was written, but he couldn't understand the language used and because whoever wrote those papers had sloppy handwriting. He put the papers back and looked at the clock. It was a miniature grandfather clock. It had something ingrained inside of it. Dipper went to take a closer look, but was interrupted by a man who had just teleported into the room. Dipper looked up at the floating man with a blank look on his face. The man looked about 27 years old. He had blond hair, He was wearing a tuxedo, had his hair freshly cut and was quite tall.

"Hey Dipper, how are you?" The man asked. Dipper didn't reply, he was speechless.

"Oh come on dude, don't be so shy. I'm a nice person." He said kindly. Dipper was still in shock.

"Alright then, I guess you don't remember me. I'm Kyle." He exclaim with his hand out for a handshake. Dipper put his trembling hand out to receive the handshake.

"So...you're Kyle?" Dipper said hesitantly.

"Yeah dude."

"But how do you know my name?"

"Well bro, my wife is your time angel and I'm chef of all time angels, so I know everything about everyone."

"Wait! Her name is Jeanne right?"

"Yep, she's a beaut isn't she?"

"I wouldn't know, I've never seen her."

"Well anyway, I need to talk to you dude. It's about the dimensional gap." Kyle grabbed his tiny grandfather clock, opened it up and took out the smallest pair of dimensional scissors that Dipper has ever seen, he opened a portal and looked at Dipper.

"You coming or not?" Dipper rushed over to him and went through the portal. When he exited, Dipper saw the same chaotic world that Bill showed him.

"You've seen this already Dipper, haven't you?"

"Yeah, Bill showed me awhile ago." Dipper replied.

"Alright listen, you remember everything Bill told you about VELEP?"

"Yes."

"Well forget it, it's completely useless. He just made it up so this world could become a reality for your timeline."

"Wait! So there are multiple timelines?" He shouted.

"There are an infinite amount of timelines with infinite possibilities. For example, there is a timeline where Mabel was never born, a timeline where you are left handed, even a timeline where Marco is Dating Jackie while Star as developed feeling for him and admitted them to him."

"Wow, that last one was really specific."

"Yeah it was. Sorry, sometimes I brake the 4th wall. Anyway, the thing is that Bill wants your timeline to be considered by Gideon's portal."

"But why? And what's a dimensional gap?" Kyle pull out his dimensional scissors and cut a little hole, then turned to Dipper.

"You know how this rift between Space Time created by the scissors lets you travel to different places right? Well the gap, instead of opening up different timelines, it makes timelines merge into one where the outcome is the same for all the timelines combined. Complete destruction." Dipper was still trying to keep up with everything Kyle explained.

"I think I get it. So Bill wants my timeline to collapse into the gap." Asked Dipper.

"Well not exactly. If you will, the gap can only consume timelines that are after a Sunday solar eclipse."

"Really? There hasn't been a single solar eclipse that's happened on a Sunday till now?" Asked Dipper sarcastically.

"I know it sounds stupid, but believe me, it hasn't." Dipper didn't reply. Kyle adjusted his tie, fixed his here then got out his scissors and cut a rift back to his office.

"After you Mr. Pines." Dipper smiled and walked through. Once back in the office, Kyle opened another portal for Dipper to go back to echo creek, then he went to sit at his desk.

"You should go back, Pacifica's waiting." Dipper went over to the portal and turned to Kyle and said:

"Thanks, I guess I'll be seeing you soon?" Kyle smiled and replied by saying:

"Yeah you will. Hey when you get back, can you hug Star for me? I know she wouldn't know who I am, but she should know her time angel governing brother is doing alright." Dipper gave him a thumbs up and said:

"Sure, No problem." Then, Dipper left. Kyle looked over to the family portrait on his desk and smiled

Dipper went back to the Diazs place, he sat down on the couch in the living room, he laid down. Dipper was trying to relax his mind after the storm of information that was dropped onto him. He thought about what Pacifica said, what Kyle said, and even what Bill said about the dimensional gap. He knew he needed to talk to someone about this, so he decided to talk to the only people in the house: Star and Marco.

End of chapter 11: Jackie

Wow, so much drama! Pacifica is pissed at Dipper, Preston is pissed at Dipper, If this keeps up, everyone will be upset with him. But wait, will we ever know what happened between Jackie and Marco? I hope you'll a ready, cause the fun's gonna begin in the next Chapter.

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