A/N: Fic of the month... which quite impressive I was able to get this out considering I'm technically homeless right now... I have places to stay and don't worry. It really is temporary, as I'm getting a place soon. It's going to be kind of hard as not only am I'm moving to a new city but a completely new area of the state (but it will be easy to see my friends). So yeah... also vote in the poll if you haven't yet!
Also the chapter gets a little dark... it's hard not considering the subject matter of the chapter... sorry... don't worry the next chapter should be a fun one.
Chapter 21: The Grass is Always Greener
Stan was watching TV while Sayaka was reading on the floor nearby, well actually she as lying on top of her sleeping bag. She was waiting for him to go to bed.
"So… are you sure you don't want to sleep in the twins room?" asked Stan.
Sayaka blushed, "No… it's fine… really…" she said.
Stan sighed, he already knew that the girl got up really early so she could train. But now her sleep schedule depended on when he went to sleep.
"Are you sure kid?" asked Stan.
"I share a room with most of my sisters back home.' Said Sayaka, "I'm used to staying up late due to them talking all the time late at night."
Stan looked at her.
He could tell that Sayaka had self worth issues. Combined with her aunt being one of the top leaders in the criminal underworld, he knew he couldn't let her sleep there any more.
"Okay fine… you guiled me into it." Said Stan.
"(What?)" she asked in Japanese.
The next day he figured out a way to give her a room without her realizing he guiled into it or toe please her aunt.
He had Soos clean the area around the door and hope that Soos would find a hidden door.
The group decided to wait for Grenda to show up in the living and they played a game of cards.
Candy sighed.
"Mom's been angry with me lately." Said Candy.
"Why?" asked Mabel.
"Because I've been hanging out with friends more often than I've done before." Said Candy.
"Seriously that's what she's upset about?" asked Kitsu.
"You have never met my mom." Said Candy.
"You have never actually met my parents." Said Kitsu, "Trust me, I bet they're worse than yours."
'Are you ready to find that hiding spot!" yelled Grenda showing up.
Before they could respond however.
"Hey dudes! I found a secret room!" called out Soos.
They looked at each other then went upstairs to the secret room. Inside was a very dusty, had a calendar from 1982 and even a shag carpet.
"So anyways I was cleaning this part of the hallway then boom, secret room." Said Soos.
The kids were all surprised then Stan showed up.
"What is this room?" asked Dipper.
"Just another room I have to clean." Muttered Stan grabbing a pair of glasses.
Dipper and Mabel noticed he took the glasses and realized it had to be something they ask later.
"Anyways since you found it, maybe Sayaka could use." Said Stan with a shrug.
"Seriously?" asked Sayaka.
"You can't keep sleeping in the living room." Said Stan.
"Is this about my aunt?" asked Sayaka.
"Of course not." Stan half lied, "I have to go now."
They all looked at each other and shrugged.
"Hey Sayaka you so lucky, this carpet is nice!" said Mabel doing snow angels in the carpet.
"It is nice… a bit too nice though…" said Sayaka.
"What's that mean?" asked Dipper.
"Nothing… never mind." Said Sayaka.
"Sayaka come on, you need your own room." Said Dipper.
"I mean come on, because of Grunkle Stan you're saying up too late and then you get up early every morning to train." Said Mabel, "You need this because you refuse to have your own room because or Dipper."
"I guess." Said Sayaka.
"come on… let's do like Grenda said and get your stuff." Said Mabel.
They got the stuff into the room. And deicide to hang out in there for the day and get to searching the next.
However the topic was about the Pacifica and Candy's parents again.
"I don't know what you're parents do if they're upset with you." Said Kitsu, "But I have to project perfection."
"You don't think my parents don't expect the same thing?" asked Candy, "Well it's mostly mom but they expect the same thing!"
"Kids! I need help down here! Soos got hit with cold water again!" yelled Stan.
"Uh-oh…" said Mabel.
"I guess we should help." Said Dipper.
All but Kitsu and Candy left as those two would be the least likely to be of help in that siltation. However when they left they did stand up.
"Seriously… you have no idea what my parents are like outside of public." Said Kitsu.
"You keep saying that." Said Candy who began to rub her feet on the carpet.
"Seriously you're going to do that?" asked Kitsu rolling her eyes.
Candy zapped her there was a bright flash of light and the two of them were sent reeling with Kitsu being forced into her fox form.
"What happened?" asked Candy.
"I don't know." Said Kitsu.
Both of them stared at each other and started screaming.
"How did this happened?" asked Kitsu.
"I don't know…" said Candy.
That was when the others came into the room with them screaming.
"What happened?" asked Grenda.
"We switched bodies!" said Kitsu.
"What?" asked Mabel.
"It's true." Said Candy, "I'm Pacifica."
"And I'm Candy! We don't know how it happened." Said Kitsu.
"Seriously?" asked Dipper.
"What happened?" asked Mabel.
The two shrugged unsure at what happened.
"This isn't a prank really?" asked Dipper.
"Seriously, you really think we would deiced to prank you. As if." Said Candy rolling her eyes.
"That's Pacifica." Said Grenda.
"Definitely Pacifica." Said Mabel.
"How do I control the transformation?" asked Candy/Kitsu (AKA Candy Pacifica/Kitsu's body).
"If you transform into a human you'll just end looking like you." Said Pacifica/Candy, "I've left a few outfits here so you can turn back human and wear one of them."
"I'll help you turn back to normal." Said Mabel. After a couple minutes Candy/Pacifica came back into the room.
After a couple minutes the two returned.
"Oh no… what are we going to do?" asked Candy/Pacifica .
"One thing is telling my parents is out!" said Pacifica/Candy.
"So what do you want to stay the night?" asked Dipper.
"Oh we can have a slumber party!" said Mabel.
"Not a good idea." Said Pacifica/Candy.
"Mom actually wants me home tonight." Said Candy/Pacifica.
"Why can't you just tell your parents you switched bodies?" asked Sayaka.
"Would you tell your parents you switched bodies with someone?" asked Pacifica/Candy.
"I would…" said Sayaka, "I'm actually kind of surprised that no in my family hasn't yet."
There was an awkward silence as they remember something about Sayaka.
"I forgot… your family is used to weirdness." Said Pacifica/Candy.
"Yeah…" said Sayaka laughing a little.
"But seriously my parents would only punish me for lying." Said Pacifica/Candy.
"Oh you're going on about that again?" asked Candy/Pacifica
"my parents are horrible!" said Pacifica/Candy.
"Oh this again." Said Candy/Pacifica, "my parents are way worse."
Grenda groaned.
"Can't you argue about something else?" asked Mabel.
"I bet my parents are worse than yours." Said Pacifica/Candy.
"Oh yeah!" said Candy/Pacifica.
"And we'll determine the prize later." Said Pacifica/Candy looking at Dipper.
"Why is she looking at me." Thought Dipper.
"Agreed." Said Candy/Pacifica looking at Dipper.
"And now both of them are." Thought Dipper.
"You really want to bet on this?" asked Grenda.
"Of course…" said Pacifica/Candy.
"It's the only way to win this argument." Said Candy/Pacifica.
The other four sighed.
"If you need help call me." Said Pacifica/Cady becoming serious.
"I could say the same to you." Said Candy/Pacifica.
"Also if they ring the bell do what they say… you won't like what happens." Said Pacifica.
Everyone else looked at each other.
"Ano…" said Sayaka, "That doesn't sound normal."
"Your parents aren't normal either." Said Pacifica/Candy.
"That's not I meant…" said Sayaka blushing.
"Pacifica… what do your parents do to you?" asked Dipper.
Pacifica/Candy blushed a little but then scowled.
"It's not important." She muttered.
Everyone exchanged looks, realizing she was hiding something.
"It's not important!" said Pacifica/Candy.
She got up to leave but then realized something.
"Where do you live again?" asked Pacifica/Candy.
"This going to end badly." Sighed Dipper.
"Hai…" sighed Sayaka.
After hammering out some details, such as what to do when Pacifica/Candy gets home and what to do when Candy/Pacifica gets home they left with the rest deicing to figure how they switched.
Pacifica/Candy got to Candy's house.
"Where have you been?" asked Candy's mother when she arrived.
"I was with Friends." Said Pacifica/Candy.
"Well you should be practicing your instrument." Said Candy's mom.
"Which one…" said Pacifica/Candy.
"You know which one!" said Candy's mom.
Pacifica/Candy entered the room and saw several musical instruments and sighed, not sure which one to play.
"Well it's still better than home…" said Pacifica/Candy as she chose a nearby flute hoping that tit would work.
There weren't any complaints, so she just kept on playing.
Meanwhile Candy/Pacifica arrived the Northwest Mansion.
She was let in and entered the large Mansion.
She blinked realized something… she didn't know where he room was.
"Would you escort me to my room." Said Candy/Pacifica to a butler.
"Of course." Said the butler confused at why she asked but went with it.
Back at the Mystery Shack, Grenda was on the phone with here parents in Sayaka's room.
"Okay! So I can stay the night! Yes!" cheered Grenda.
She hung up the phone.
"All right! Slumber party tonight!" yelled Grenda.
"All right!" cheered Sayaka, "I never had one…"
"Well you're in a world of fun!" said Grenda then she realized Dipper and Mabel weren't in the room, "Where's Dipper and Mabel?"
"They had to talk to Stan about something." Said Sayaka with a shrug.
Elsewhere in the Mystery Shack.
"And that's why I kept the room hiding." Sighed Stan.
"It's okay…" said Mabel hugging him.
"It's understandable." Said Dipper.
"Yeah…" said Stan.
"So anyways…" said Dipper, "There's something else we need to ask you about the room."
"What?" asked Stan.
"Do you know of anything that would cause a body swap?" asked Dipper.
"What?" asked Stan.
"Candy and Pacifica kind of swapped bodies." Said Mabel, "And since they were fighting about who's parents are worse they went to each other's house."
"Seriously." Muttered Stan, "That doesn't sound good."
"Why?" asked Dipper.
"Northwest is a terrible guy…" said Stan, "I'm going to guess that he's the type that does worse than my pops."
"What does that mean?" asked Mabel.
"You don't want to know." Said Stan.
Dipper and Mabel looked at each other remembering what Pacifica said about the bell.
Later that night Candy/Pacifica was called for dinner.
"Ooh I wonder what sort of fancy food I'll eat." Said Candy/Pacifica.
She then took a breath.
"Okay I have to act like Pacifica." She whispered to herself.
She went downstairs to eat dinner with Pacifica's parents.
"Oh Pacifica good to see you." Said Pricilla.
"Yes." Said Preston not even paying attention really to her.
They ate dinner very quietly, Candy/Pacifica looked at the portions and sighed.
Meanwhile... Pacifica/Candy ate dinner with her family.
"There is something wrong with Candy." Said Mr. Chiu as they ate.
"Oh nothing wrong dad." Said Pacifica/Candy nervously.
"[Are you sure nothing is wrong?]" he asked in Korean.
Pacifica/Candy was surprised but remember that Candy's family did speak but wasn't sure how to respond.
"Candy! What is wrong." Said Mrs. Chiu.
"I have figured it out…" said Mr. Chiu, "She has switched bodies with another person and is hiding it!"
"Honey that's ridiculous…" said Mrs. Chiu.
"No… it's true." Said Pacifica/Candy surprised it might happen.
"What?" asked Mrs. Chiu.
"I noticed that with your body language and the fact that acting a bit differently. I can tell you're not Grenda… so are you her new friend Mabel or Sayaka?"
"I'm not… I'm someone else." Said Pacifica/Candy.
"Who?" asked Mr. Chiu.
"I'm Pacifica Northwest." Said Pacifica/Candy.
Back in the Northwest Mansion.
"I'm done eating." Said Candy/Pacifica.
She was about to leave when Preston took out a bell and rang it.
Candy/Pacifica stopped and looked at Preston.
She honestly thought Pacifica was messing with her about the bell.
"We need to discus something." Said Preston.
"What is it?" asked Pacifica/Candy.
"I keep hearing word that you're spending a lot of time in your cursed form." Said Preston.
Candy/Pacifica's eyes widened.
"I…" said Candy/Pacifica.
"Look as long as no one knows about the curse it's fine." Said Preston, "No has learned about it, have they?"
"No… of course not." Lied Candy/Pacifica.
Preston noticed the lie.
"No can know you turn into a talking fox! It's not befitting to the Northwest name." said Preston.
"No ground out…" Candy/Pacifica once again said.
Preston walked over and grabbed her arm tightly.
"They better not know…" said Preston.
"No one knows I swear!" Candy/Pacifica almost cried.
That was when Preston whacked her hard on her shoulder.
"Maybe I please go up to my room. "said Candy/Pacifica.
"Fine." Muttered Preston.
Candy/Pacifica went up to her room hoping to stay there until tomorrow.
When she did she texted the her phone.
"You win." Was the text.
Back in the Chiu household.
"You don't know what happened?" asked Mr. Chiu.
"No… something in a room found at the Mystery Shack switched our bodies." Said Pacifica/Candy.
"Wait… you've been hanging out with Candy and no one knows about it. How?"
asked Mr. Chiu.
"I can't tell you." Said Pacifica/Candy, "I shouldn't have let Candy know to be honest…"
Mr. Chiu looked at his wife.
"[She's hiding something about her family.]" he told his wife in Korean.
"[We can ask Candy when it gets fix.]" responded his wife.
"You go upstairs and rest of the rest of the night." Said Mr. Chiu.
Pacifica/Candy nodded and went upsets.
"[I can't believe she tired to hide this.]" muttered Mrs. Chiu.
"[Maybe if you weren't so hard on her.]" Mr. Chiu.
Mrs. Chiu sighed.
Pacifica/Candy saw the text and her eyes widened.
"I did… are you okay." She responded.
Thankfully the response was quick.
"He hit me…"
Pacifica/Candy sighed.
"Maybe… I should have warned you…" was the response.
"If you told me I would have stropped fighting." Responded Candy/Pacifica.
"BTW your parents found out…" posted Pacifica/Candy.
"What?" responded Candy/Pacifica.
"It's true… somehow your dad figured it out." Posted Pacifica/Candy.
"No surprised… he's a bit of a mad scientist." Responded Candy/Pacifica.
Pacifica/Candy's response just put a very confused emoji as a response.
"Sorry… should have mentioned it…" responded Candy/Pacifica.
Meanwhile at the Mystery Shack they were going around the room.
Dipper checked something on the carpet and saw it had a tag that said "Experiment 78" and flipped it over, it said "Electron Carpet."
"I found something." Said Dipper.
"Electron Carpet?" asked Mabel.
"What does that mean?" asked Grenda.
"Hm… atoms switch electrons… so maybe it was the carpet." Said Dipper.
"But how…" said Mabel.
Dipper began to think.
"Grenda can you help me in my experiment?" asked Dipper.
"Sure." Said Grenda.
Dipper began to rub his feet into the carpet and then zapped Grenda with static electricity.
Both were covered in the bight light and they looked at each other.
"Okay… it worked." Said Dipper/Grenda, "It's nice having muscles for once."
"Oh man… you're so patchily weak." Muttered Grenda/Dipper.
Mabel smiled at Sayaka.
"Wait… Mabel…" said Sayaka.
Mabel zapped her and they switched bodies.
"Whoa… your body sure feels different." Said Mabel/Sayaka.
"I need to switch back… or at least run around the forest for a while…" said Sayaka/Mabel, "You have so much energy I feel like I need to burn it off!"
Everyone switched back without problems thankfully.
"All right sending text to Candy and Pacifica!" said Mabel.
"Really?" was the respond from Pacifica/Candy.
"I don't have to live here for a long time" responded Candy/Pacifica.
'Did something happen?" replied Mabel.
"Nothing happened with her… don't worry… just my parents being strict." Was Pacifica/Candy's response.
Mabel got worried.
"don't' worry about it." Was Candy/Pacifica's response.
The next day, Mr. Chiu forced Pacifica/Candy to the Mystery Shack.
"Good luck." Said Mr. Chiu.
"Thank you… Mr. Chiu." Said Pacifica/Candy.
He nodded and she entered the mystery Shack right when Candy/Pacifica arrived wearing a scarf, sunglasses and trench coat.
"Do I seriously have to wear this?" asked Candy/Pacifica.
"I can't be seen here." Reminded Pacifica/Candy.
She sighed.
They entered the Shack.
"Hey! You ready to switch back?" asked Mabel.
"Of course." Said Pacifica/Candy.
Candy/Pacifica rubbed the spot where Preston hit her.
"I'm going to take that as a yes." Said Mabel.
They rolled out the carpet in the living room.
"So it was me zapping her that caused us to switch bodies?" asked Candy/Pacifica.
"I guess if that's what happened…" said Dipper.
Pacifica/Candy took off her heroes and zapped her body making sure they switched back.
"Well that's over." Said Pacifica.
"I'm sorry…" said Candy.
It's fine." Said Pacifica, "Your mom's a bit bossy so I can see where you got that idea from… I like your dad though…"
"He's the one who got into robotics." Said Candy.
Pacifica looked at Dipper and at Candy with a look of "Please don't tell."
Candy nodded unaware of the fact that they have gotten closer.
However that night Mr. Chiu called Stan.
"Hello Mr. Pines… I was calling you because I know that Pacifica Northwest has been hanging out with your niece and nephew." Said Mr. Chiu.
"Oh what's this about…" muttered Stan.
"Tell me… what do you think of Preston Northwest?" asked Mr. Chiu.
"What do you mean?" asked Stan.
"I have some suspicious have my daughter body swapped with his…" said Mr. Chiu, "Suspicions to bring him down."
Stan smirked when he said.
"I think I like I your style… let's keep this on the down low though…" said Stan.
"Of course." Responded Mr. Chiu.
Indeed Pacifica and Candy would become a little bit closer… but with that came the discovery of Pacifica's abuse… But thankfully she didn't' realize it, that she does have people who care about her and plan it put a stop to it…
Next Time: Lux shows up and informs Dipper about a flower that blooms every ten years that's said to grant a wish. And he intends to "cure" Dipper's curse with it. Can Dipper and the other beat him to it in time? Find out next time!