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Author's note: Originally posted by Anon e Mouse Jr. on 2017-12-09. This is the fourth of four chapters posted today.
Disney/Kingdom Hearts Loops, Chapter Twenty-Two, Part Four of Eight
22.12 (GMBlackjack): [My Little Pony] / [Gravity Falls] - also compiled in MLP Time Loops as Loop 176.1 continued.
Gravity Falls: Friendship is Magic 12: Too Much Nightmare Night
Pinkie Pie shoved a calendar into Twilight's face. "NIGHTMARE NIGHT TONIGHT!"
"It's called Summerween Pinkie—"
"SUMMERWEEN TONIGHT! I'm gonna go out and decorate the ENTIRE TOWN!"
"Pinkie wait!" Twilight yelled, but it was already too late. Pinkie had gone.
Twilight took a deep breath. She nervously walked to the door of the Mystery Shack, and slowly creaked it open.
Yep. Pinkie worked fast. Already the entire town was decorated with a combination of Halloween, Summerween, Nightmare Night, and Chaos celebratory designs. It was even separated out into a pattern, the colors of each of the four themes creating a strange, almost psychedelic, image. Twilight blinked.
She knew this was just the beginning as well. Pinkie was going to set up events, recruit people to prowl around scaring everyone, and to continually resupply the town with candy. And since Twilight knew Pinkie had a candy star in her Pocket, that was not running out.
Twilight really hoped Pinkie didn't accidentally give out some of the more… exotic candy.
She sighed, supposing there wasn't much else she could do at this point. She'd just have to go along with it.
Wendy stared at Pinkie. Then at the house in front of them. Then at Pinkie.
"You're just giving us this funhouse to party in all night?"
"YEP!" Pinkie said, grinning. "And candy will periodically be delivered since you're not doing the trick or treating thing." Then her face went dark and ominous. "But don't think that'll keep you safe from the scares of tonight…" Pinkie chuckled.
Wendy gave a thumbs up. "Sweet! You know your ability to throw a party for the entire town is amazing!"
"I've been perfecting it for a long time. I think I could throw a party for the entire multiverse if the laws of Yggdrasil allowed me to."
"What?"
"You heard me." Pinkie said, grinning and bouncing off.
Wendy shrugged. Who cared if it made sense or not, they had a sweet place to party now. Much sweeter than Thompson's house.
She called everyone.
Night had fallen. Screams were had, pranks were executed, and Pinkie was queen of the town. It took just a half hour for all the others to realize that Pinkie's scares, pranks, and treats were much much better than anyone else's. She had been seen prowling around town with flattened hair, a knife, and a very convincing murderous expression. Some "victims" even swore they had actually been impaled and saw blood, but they had felt nothing more than a strange tingling sensation and there was no cut afterwards. Then of course Pinkie would brighten up and give them candy.
There were also cardboard cutouts popping out from everywhere, and what appeared to be real monsters prowling the streets, asking for CAAAANDYYYY. They never harmed anyone, and some even took part in the trick or treat phenomena.
And the candy Pinkie had going around had all the children happy and their mouths watering. The various groups of kids, teenagers, and adults that had fun had decided to put aside their differences and declare a prank war on Pinkie and Associates.
Pinkie single handedly defeated them by trapping them all in industrial strength toilet paper that smelled like cupcakes. Then subjecting them to a lot of "monsters" made out of leftover party blowers. They were released shortly afterward, and were no doubt trying to make more plans, but Pinkie was confident they'd all fail.
Pinkie was having the time of the Loop. Nightmare Night/Halloween/Summerween/Chaos Festival was always so FUN! CANDY! PRANKS! SCARES! She jumped into the air and did a five-minute jig before landing.
Twilight walked up to her. "Pinkie, do you think you are going a bit overkill? People are getting really scared—"
Pinkie pointed to her designated "Panic building" where truly scared people could go and be shown what all the "monsters" and pranks were. But only if they were actually scared.
Twilight blinked. "But what about—"
"I have a fear-sensing spell engraved on most of the monsters. They will hunt down those who are scared, but those who have the actually dangerous kind of fear will be left alone. Silly Twilight, you should know I have everything accounted for!"
Twilight blinked. "Really. What if some magical creature from this town actually shows up?"
"Twilight." Pinkie said, staring into her eyes deeply. "Of course some magical creature is going to show up. I'm ready for it."
"You sure?"
"Positive. I'm saving a special spot for him in the party." She laughed mischievously. "BYE!" She hopped off, getting back out her knife and putting the crazed look back into her eyes. "TIME FOR CUPCAKES! YOU'LL EAT EM AND LIKE EM!"
Twilight shuddered. Pinkie Pie trying to be scary was actually rather terrifying.
She often found herself wondering why on earth people wanted to be scared once a year…
"BOO!" Rainbow Dash yelled, causing Twilight to fall over. "AAHAHAHAAH! Your face was hilarious!"
"Let me guess. You're working with Pinkie on this?"
"Of course." The 'harpie' said, flapping her wings. "She and I are planning to drop by Lyra's place in an hour or so. Sweet revenge…"
Twilight blinked. "I'd like to accompany you, see what she's up to…"
"Meet at the street outside her mansion. Ten o'clock. And we have no doubt she's expecting us, little observer that she is."
Across the town, looking through a super-high-resolution telescope, Lyra smirked. "Oh yes I'm expecting you-"
"How on earth do you know what they're saying?" Bon Bon asked.
"I can lip-read!"
"You got the telescope balanced enough to do that?"
"Yep." Lyra said, grinning. "I've learned more than a few tricks from my investigations in this town. I'm going to use them."
"You've laced your house with all sorts of traps haven't you…"
"Of course Bon Bon!"
"Lyra…. I thought you were going for the stealth approach!"
"They know I'm watching them Bon Bon. The time for stealth is over. Time to test them directly." She flipped open her large Journal, the one she had made herself. The dual hand symbol shining on top of the minty-green hard cover. She smirked. "Time for in depth investigations…"
Bon Bon sighed. "You're on your own. Don't blame me when they drag you in by the seat of your pants."
"I'm prepared." Lyra said, packing up the telescope and walking back to her house.
It was time to finally use her knowledge…
Pinkie, Rainbow Dash, and Twilight stood before the mansion. It wasn't an overly huge mansion, but it was a mansion nonetheless. A crest of dual hands hung over the main doorway, and all the lights were off.
And everyone sensed a rather large amount of magic coming off the house.
Twilight turned to the other two. "So… is there a plan?"
"Just stand there and watch…" Rainbow Dash said, bringing out the Journal, searching for the right page. "Time for some real tricks…"
Pinkie began drawing patterns in the ground around Rainbow Dash, chanting in what Twilight identified as one of the many tongues of Chaos. Rainbow Dash flapped her wings, blasting air on the design around them.
Rainbow Dash grinned. "Aaaaaand…now." She said. Suddenly, several dozen daemons of Chaos (most attuned to Pinkie) appeared around the mansion, moaning and striking terror into whatever saw them.
Twilight blinked. "A bit extreme-"
Suddenly, several spires on the mansion lit up with an eerie green light, shooting ethereal lasers at the daemons. The lasers just passed through. Rainbow Dash groaned. "Crap. She knows they're illusions. Are you sure we can't use real ones?"
"Dashie, these are supposed to be tricks. Using actual daemons wouldn't be sporting." She grinned, her hair going flat and a crazed look getting into her eyes. Twilight backed away on instinct, but calmed down when Pinkie winked. "Let's go in directly…" She cackled.
Rainbow Dash smirked. "Oho. What should I go in as…"
"The six-winged fallen angel?" Pinkie suggested.
"Ooo that's a good one…" In a flash of light she sprouted two more pairs of wings and gained an evil look.
Twilight sighed. "You two are getting far too into this."
Pinkie grinned. "I know isn't it great?"
"Pinkie. When you look like that, please refrain from looking excited. My reflex is to teleport myself kilometers away."
Pinkie blinked. "How would that fix anything?"
"It… gives me space to think-"
"But virtually all versions of me can just go places without walking."
"It gives me psychological comfort Pinkie! Can we not have this discussion while you look like an axe-murderer?"
Pinkie shrugged. "Okay. Now. DASHIE! KICK OPEN THE DOORS!"
"OKAY!" Rainbow Dash said, flapping her six wings and launching into the door. The door bounced her back like rubber.
She glared, cracking her knuckles. "Fancy door eh? Prepare for destruction!" Rainbow Dash summoned an axe into her hand and began hacking at the door, only resulting in "boing!" noises.
Then Pinkie opened the door from the inside. "Hi!"
Twilight didn't even bother asking how she had gotten in. The three just walked into Heartstrings Manor. It was eerily quiet, save for a constantly creaking chandelier.
Pinkie and Rainbow instantly went into stealth mode, and began to prowl around the house looking for their victim.
Twilight decided to just investigate. She walked around, investigating ancient paintings and old furniture.
She walked into a library, her eyes lighting up. "BOOKS!"
Rainbow Dash had to admit, Lyra sure was clever. She had already come across several anti-magic runes, and more than a few "imprisonment" spells. She had avoided all of them, of course, and had shown those ethereal lasers who was boss. Though the pie to the face had gotten her…
She licked the leftover cream off her face. Still tasty.
She flapped into a long hallway, cautiously flapping forwards. She quickly found that the hallway was completely featureless, no doors, no windows, and no runes or anything.
It took about a minute for Rainbow Dash to identify the infinite hallway.
Great. She tried flying backwards, but two minutes later the hallway showed no sign of ending. She frowned. She punched through the wall, only to reveal another hallway. She twitched. "LYRA HEARTSTRINGS!"
Lyra was watching as Rainbow Dash tried to move around inside the illusion cube. She slurped her milkshake, and took notes with the other hand. She was finding the… whatever she was trying to be right now… amusing. She was prepared to test the next item on her agenda, bringing out a clock talisman. "Loopers. Older than I can imagine. Let's see how you respond to time—"
Pinkie appeared suddenly, slapping the talisman out of Lyra's hand. "THAT'S A BAD IDEA!" She said, staring deep into Lyra's eyes.
Lyra shuddered. That was an intense gaze. "Tell me why it's a bad idea?"
"Time spells cast on us tend to cause reality to completely reboot."
Lyra laughed. "There's no way you're that important to reality itself."
Pinkie shook her head. "You. Have. No. Idea." She tossed the talisman into her pocket. Then she frowned, letting her hair poof back up to normal. "Aaand now I can't scare you. Great…"
Lyra stood up, frowning. "I deserve some answers."
Pinkie was no longer listening, instead she was giggling at Rainbow Dash trapped in the illusion cube.
Twilight had found an old newspaper article.
"Millionaire Norman Heartstrings, second only to Preston Northwest in terms of wealth in the area, has just married local Esmeralda Pines, local woodswoman. While the town is full of support for the young couple, a few are saying Mister Heartstrings is just taking advantage of the young girl. Of course Preston Northwest has another set of complaints, saying that "our kind should not socialize with the lower class." the Northwests and Heartstrings have been at odds for a long time—"
Twilight blinked, looking at the next article.
"Under mysterious circumstances, both Norman and Esmeralda Heartstrings were killed in a car crash yesterday. The roads were clear and there were no obstructions in the road, and yet the car somehow managed to go off road and crash right into a large tree, killing both instantly. Preston Northwest called this a "tragedy" despite going on a rant last week about the Heartstrings. Little Lyra Heartstrings has inherited her family's wealth—"
Twilight sighed. A sad story.
And given the nature of this town and its secrets, it was probably much more in depth than these articles suggested.
She heard a crash and a scream from the floor above.
Just them messing with Lyra…
"—still no way you're that important to reality itself. That's an impossibility."
Pinkie was about to respond, but another voice spoke first. "She truly is full of herselffff…."
Pinkie and Lyra turned to see a creature that looked somewhat like a thin and lanky cross between the slenderman and a scarecrow.
"You have been taking over my holiday…"
"Oh you must be the Summerween Trickster!" Pinkie said, grinning. "I was wondering when you'd show up! How do you like the party? EVERYONE is involved in Summerween just like you wanted!"
"You've taken over my point in life… If there are no deviants who hate the season… there is no point to the Summerween Trickster… You will end the festivities."
Pinkie gasped. "END THE PARTY? Never!"
"So be it…" The Summerween trickster took off his mask, revealing his true form: a heap of living candy. Lyra and Pinkie blinked, mildly amused by the thing's shape.
"YOU WILL BECOME ONE WITH ME—"
Pinkie started to eat the Summerween Trickster. The beast screamed out in pain and... pleasure?
The beast cried candy corn tears of joy as it died.
Lyra stared at the carnage before her, shuddering. Insanity Points + 2.
Pinkie burped moments later. The two stared at each other.
Then they began to laugh. Laugh long, and laugh hard.
"That was a little crazy…" Pinkie said, snickering.
"Sure was." Lyra responded. She took out her Journal, ripping out a page of notes. "Anyway I suppose I did learn that Rainbow over there isn't smart enough to get out of an illusion cube."
Pinkie giggled. "She should be. Probably just getting stubborn—"
"BUCK THIS INFINITE HALLWAY."
Twilight, scorched, burned, and frazzled from all of Lyra's traps, arrived to the sight of Pinkie, Lyra, and Rainbow Dash playing poker.
"Hey Twilight!" Pinkie said. "Want to join us? We're playing secrets poker!"
Twilight blinked.
"You know." Lyra said. "Offering pieces of information if you lose?"
Twilight shook her head. "I thought we were trying to-"
"WE'RE FRIENDS NOW!" Pinkie grinned. "She and I bonded…" Pinkie giggled.
"Yeah." Lyra responded. "It all started with her giving me a speech about being a Looper."
Twilight twitched. "YOU DID WHAT?"
"Turns out she can handle it Twilight!"
Twilight's entire body shook. "Y-you do realize that the Journal says there's NO one you can trust?"
"Don't be silly Twilight! …can you handle this?"
Twilight stormed off in a huff.
"All in." Rainbow Dash said, grinning.
Lyra revealed a royal flush.
"BUCK IT!" Rainbow muttered. Then she blinked. "How do I pay off an all in bet here?"
"Tell me ALL YOUR SECRETS!" Lyra said, staring deep into Rainbow's eyes.
Rainbow quickly flew away. Pinkie began to relate most of Rainbow's secrets to Lyra at 9000 words a second. Though she left out ones she thought should be kept secret.
From a nearby hill, Bon Bon sighed.
Lyra had gone and made friends with them. That… that wasn't good.
She was going to get way too involved now.
She had tried to protect Lyra…
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22.13 (GMBlackjack): [My Little Pony] / [Gravity Falls] - apparently failed to be compiled in MLP Time Loops as of this writing.
Gravity Falls: Friendship is Magic 13: Lyra
Lyra had integrated rather well into the group in the Mystery Shack. It had taken all of two days for Stan to "officially" hire her to catalog the Mystery Shack items. Lyra believed that the Mystery Shack, being out near the woods, was closer to the weirdness she studied. Which was true, more or less. She unfortunately discovered rather quickly that nothing in the Shack was real.
And she and Stan butted heads a lot. It was mostly a good natured competition. Mostly.
"Oh so you think you're all clever?" Stan asked, hands on his hips.
"As a matter of fact I do!" Lyra said, defiant. "This entire Mystery Shack is nothing more than a stupid hovel with nothing even remotely interesting about it! All the attractions are obviously fake, the posters scare people away, and everything is overpriced to a ridiculous level!"
Stan smirked. "Kid, I know how to run a business. I could make more money on vacation than you could running this place."
"OH YEAH?" Lyra said, glaring at Stan. "I bet I could make more!"
"You're on kid!" Stan grinned. "You're in control of the shack for a week. I'll come back with more money than you can possibly imagine."
Lyra grinned. "Got it!" She turned around as Stan walked out of the Shack. "I'm the boss now, and we. Are. Going. To. Make. Some. Money! AND STAN WILL FALL!" She let out an evil cackle.
Twilight sighed, telling Applejack to follow Stan and make sure he didn't cheat using money from his Pocket.
Twilight, Lyra, and Rainbow Dash were out in the woods looking for a real attraction to use in the Mystery Shack.
Then had come across a strange goblin-like thing.
Lyra flipped her Journal open. "Gremgoblin…"
Rainbow glared, flipping her Journal open. "…a large green beast of the forest…"
Lyra looked up. Oh it's on. "…and they collect in large herds, which make them hard to capture or neutralize…"
"…AH!" Rainbow said, smirking. "But there are sometimes loners who are usually very much attracted to cheese!"
"BUT NOT BLUE CHEESE! Blue cheese turns them into their rage-filled crazy mode that involves destroying everything in sight!"
"But that can be counteracted by Catnip!"
"WRONG! Catnip is a myth, it only makes them feel like cats. CatTAILS are the ones you want to use."
"That's only the swamp Gremgoblins! The forest ones are-"
"QUIT IT YOU TWO!" Twilight snapped. The two stopped instantly. "We get it. You are very proud of the books you found/wrote and wish to prove yours to be better than the other. We get it. We get it. But while you were bickering, I already caught the Gremgoblin. So there." She looked into its eyes. "What's with those eyes-"
"TWILIGHT DON'T!" Both Lyra and Rainbow yelled, but it was too late. Twilight stared into the eyes, and her mind broke.
She knew nothing but fear. Fear, entering her mind. Fear, in every part of her body. Fear, in the magic around her. She began to panic, letting loose tremendous magical power. Rainbow tried to stop her, but was cast aside.
Lyra quickly flipped through her Journal, trying to find something to cure savage fear. Something-
Pinkie appeared from nowhere, reacher her hand right into Twilight's mind. She stopped her insanity, simply blinking.
"Pinkie, why are you in my head?"
"You were suffering from mental manipulation." Pinkie responded, focused. "It played on fear."
"Pinkie, I'm an old Looper. There's no way that a simple fear inducer could-"
"It wasn't just a fear inducer, Twilight. It took your memories and your knowledge and created your worst nightmare for you. You're lucky I was here to remove it, you would have gone on a craaaaaazy rampage that might've crashed the Loop if I hadn't." She grinned. "But you're fine now and we can use this as an attraction! FEAR THE FEAR!" She bounced up and down.
Lyra blinked. "Can we just use you as an attraction?"
"SUREY-DOKIE!"
"So…" Twilight said, holding Lyra's journal. "I think we've discovered that Stan actually does have a real attraction locked away here." She poked the carpet, scribbling a few notes. "Interesting…"
Rainbow Dash, who was standing next to her, was rapidly trying to adjust her mane. "Darling, can you just hurry up and figure out how to reverse the effects?"
Wendy giggled, her hair puffed up at odd angles. "How about we play Twister on it before we do that? CMON IT'LL BE FUN…"
"If I end up in Soos' body someone's going to get my foot in their rear." Fluttershy growled.
"Uh… I don't mind being in Soos' body…" Soos responded.
Old Man McGucket thought about this for a moment. "Dudes. You know what I think'd be best here? I think I'd like to be in the body of a pig. That'd be amazing."
Rarity crashed through the wall, dizzy. "Okay, so found Twilight. She was in Bon Bon's body and was lost on a mountain."
Lyra glared. "Well why didn't you bring my body back? I wish to be creamy again…" She glared at Twilight. "Told you investigating was a bad idea."
Twilight just shrugged, scribbling more notes. "We can use this rug in many fun ways…"
Stan and Applejack returned a week later, car filled with millions of dollars.
Applejack frowned. "And you made all this money without using your Pocket?"
"Yep." Stan said, grinning. "And you have that Element of Truthfulness or whatever so you know too."
"Huh." She looked at the money all around them. "I take it you have experience making money on vacation then?"
"Game shows. They're the same every Loop more or less and even in variants I already know all the answers. Also helps that I have figured out the exact right things to do to get in the shows… heheheh."
"Yer a diabolical man Stan."
"DON'T I KNOW IT!"
As the two drove up to the Mystery Shack, all seemed normal. The S was still missing from the word "Shack," the goat was still prowling around eating stuff, and there was a giant pink building behind the Shack.
Wait what?
Lyra stepped out of the Mystery Shack, a bright grin on her face. "Ah, Stan! Welcome back to the Mystery Shack!" She gestured her arms wide. "Now complete with Pinkie's Emporium and a true Mystery…"
Lyra grabbed the two of them and dragged them into the main Mystery Shack building. Stan's eyes widened. The place was… awe-inspiring to say the least. There were oddities littered all around the Shack. Strange crystals that defied gravity, a ceiling painted to look like stars, floors crawling with ancient symbols, and artifacts of all kinds laid around in perfect organizations. Some glowed, some moved, some didn't. Most of his original attractions were gone, replaced with unusual things that moved, twitched, or glowed with strange magic. There was even what appeared to be some alien technology left in a corner. Strange machines were placed in the walls at different locations.
Stan did note, with pride, that the Rock That Looks Like a Face was still there. As was the Thing That Doesn't Exist.
He stared. "Well. Impressive. I've got to hand it to you-"
"This is only the main building. Pinkie's Emporium has many more unusual objects. You're lucky, a show is just about to begin."
They were led out of the Shack and into the Emporium. Stan quickly noted that it was bigger on the inside, and that there were rows and rows and rows of seats, all filled with people waiting for the show to start.
"How are this many people here…" Stan muttered.
Pinkie appeared in the air in front of them, wearing a magician's top hat and an eyepatch. She grinned. "Welcome one and all to Pinkie's Emporium! We have all sorts of fantastical things for you to see! From the Gremgoblin to the Gnomes to the Dragons, we have it all! And now… I shall give you a show!" She waved her hands, sending pink sparkles everywhere. A puff of multicolored smoke surrounded her, and in her place was a pink pony with a top hat and eyepatch.
Which then proceeded to speak. "I have changed into my true form! THE PONY OF MAGIC! And for my next trick, you will all get PARTY HATS!"
Stan yelped as a party hat was placed on his head over his fez.
Suddenly Pinkie was behind him. "Oh look, It's our founder, Stan Pines! Give him a hand!"
The audience clapped. Stan grinned, waving at the crowd.
"AND NOW WE ARE GOING TO CUT HIM IN HALF!" Pinkie said. The crowd went wild.
"Wait WHAT?"
"So I made five million… and you made… three hundred thousand." Stan grinned. "HA! I did make more!"
Lyra pouted. "I knew we shouldn't have spent so much money on the Emporium…"
Pinkie shrugged. "Consequence of not using Pockets. We just grabbed what we could. And I would have preferred having more than a week to advertise worldwide. Parties take a while to get around…"
Lyra shrugged. "Oh well. It was sure fun to try. You can have the place back Stan. I want to spend more time on my research now."
"You go right ahead." Stan said, looking around. "Step one: turn this place back into a tourist trap. We can't have any REAL weirdness going on here after all."
"Why not?" Twilight asked as she walked up.
"Reasons which I have no reason to tell you." Stan said, walking away. "You're welcome to try and figure it out, of course."
"Oh come on! Did your baseline self know?"
"That's for me to know and you to… not."
Twilight frowned. "I could just read your mind!"
"That's true. But that'd ruin the fun and you know it!"
Pinkie raised a hand. "What are we going to do about the worldwide Emporium party I promised the world every sunday?"
Next week, in Roswell…
"WELCOME TO PINKIE'S EMPORIUM! Now relocated for your convenience!"
Back in Gravity Falls…
"LYRA! Why do I have a secretary?" Stan asked accusingly.
"Bon Bon is perfectly capable." Lyra retorted. "Plus, I'm the one who pays her."
"Actually since I'm the secretary I kinda pay myself."
"It's my money though."
"Finance is confusing that way."
"So." Lyra said. "Bottomless pit."
"Yep." Stan responded.
"How long have we been falling?" Rarity asked, trying to style her mane.
"Three hours, thirty seven minutes, and forty eight seconds." Twilight answered.
Applejack looked up. "You think Rainbow got to the top yet?"
"Unlikely." Twilight said, looking around. "From personal experience going up is actually impossible because of a localized spatial phenomena. We should just wait and we'll either get to China or be tossed out the top."
Fluttershy was coiled into a ball. She had been somewhat nervous before, but now she was sleeping soundly.
"Ah sure wish I could relax…" Applejack muttered.
"RELAX?" Pinkie said, grinning. "WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO RELAX? WE CAN HAVE A NO GRAVITY PARTY IN HERE!"
Lyra nodded. "I can respect that motive. Shall I arrange the streamers?"
"YES. YES YOU SHALL!" Pinkie responded. The two started to giggle.
They continued falling. Stan was counting in his head how much longer they had. Just two more hours of this… you can do this Stan… just two more hours…
The day was scorching hot.
The heat was unbearable.
The Mystery Crusaders had managed to drain the Gravity Falls pool, so there was no relief there.
Yet, despite this, Soos and Lyra were covered up in mysterious hoodies and ski masks.
They stood in front of the clothing department of the mall. They nodded to each other.
"PANTS REVOLUTION!" They screamed, entering the store to free all the pants from their horrible conglomerate masters.
Bon Bon, watching from across the mall, facepalmed.
Lyra and Rainbow nodded to each other. Rainbow took to the air, while Lyra began to recite an incantation from her Journal.
The full grown dragon roared in objection to their attack, belching fire at them. Rainbow deflected it with a kick (somehow) and continued flying to engage the dragon directly.
Lyra wrapped up her spell, an icy cold filling the area. She smirked as the dragon could no longer toast them. Now all she had to do was-
She blinked.
Fluttershy was cuddling with the dragon.
"OH COME ON!" Both she and Rainbow yelled.
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22.14 (GMBlackjack): [My Little Pony] / [Gravity Falls] / [Doctor Who] - also compiled in MLP Time Loops as Loop 176.1 continued.
Gravity Falls: Friendship is Magic 14: Mixed Signals
Fluttershy decided she was going to have an easy day. Just sit in front of the TV, relax, and watch the adventures of Ducktective. Such an adorable duck. So clever too. Perhaps one of these loops she could teach a duck detective skills..
"Hey Fluttershy." Rainbow Dash said from the doorway. "Do humans have sounds that can change their mental state?"
"It depends on what kind of human. Some, yes. Others, no. It'll almost always work if it was a magic sound."
"Well we don't have a way to magic scan it and Twilight's not going into the past so… Yeah. Will experiment." Rainbow Dash left.
Fluttershy continued her day of relaxing. She ignored the advertisement for Princess Loveacorn and her eighty-two accessories. The Gak, however, was harder to ignore…
"Hey Fluttershy!" Pinkie yelled from across the shack. "There's a band playing tonight! Want to come?"
"No thank you." Fluttershy responded. Pinkie didn't push it.
So there was mind controlling sounds at a band perhaps? That was a tad unusual. She wondered what kind of band it was… Ah well her friends could take care of it. She was relaxing today.
A few hours later Lyra walked into the room, scribbling random things into her minty Journal. "Note to self— Bon Bon desires to go to the concert. Must take her." She muttered. "Also gnome beard doesn't taste that bad."
Fluttershy blinked, trying to process the information. So mind controlling music that Bon Bon wanted to see. And the gnomes were involved somehow. Weird. But it wasn't her problem today… Today was relax—
"THE! WORST! POSSIBLE! THING!"
And that'd be Rarity fretting about something unimportant—
"SHE'S STILL DATING THAT JERK? THIS MUST BE REMEDIED! COME ALONG DARLINGS!"
Wait what? Fluttershy was positive that Rarity was all for all the relationships going on right now… What could have changed it?
Rarity, in a bit of a huff, walked through the room. Fluttershy spoke up. "What was that about?"
"Oh nothing darling, you enjoy your relax day. Heaven knows you need it." She smiled. "We'll take care of all of this."
Fluttershy was about to respond but Applejack ran through the room, saying that Candy and Grenda had gone mad. Fluttershy could hear Lyra scream and Soos let out a "DUUUDE" noise.
Suddenly the Shack was quiet except for the TV.
Fluttershy put the weirdness out of her mind. This only worked until the evening, when she heard her friends return. Though there sounded like there were more footsteps than their should have been.
Then she heard the singing. The singing of a boy band in harmony.
"Oh no! The mind controlling band must be here! I have to stop them!" She leapt out of the chair and ran into the attic, ready to defend her friends. She threw the door open, giving off the Stare. "YOU LEAVE THEM ALONE!"
Then she saw five identical grown men acting like sad dogs, backing away from her Stare and whimpering.
She blinked. "Uh… Sorry…"
Pinkie face palmed. "Fluttershy! We just saved these guys from a horrible conglomerate of cloning! We have to find a way to release them into the wild! I SHALL MARRY ONE OF THEM TO A TREE!"
One of the men blinked. "That sounds… radically weird dog."
Fluttershy blinked. "But… what was all the talk about Mind Control?"
"Oh Rainbow Dash and Rarity are trying to stop Robbie from mind controlling Wendy with music. They should be at the pier now…" A rainbow explosion went off in the direction of the pier. "Oh goodie! Something went wrong!" She giggled.
"And what about the gnomes?"
"Something Lyra and Twilight are up to…"
There was a very tall and stripy woman in front of the two of them. She glared at them. "What are you two doing here? Most avoid me out of fear."
Lyra backed away. "…witch…"
Twilight held up a hand. "She's fine Lyra. Zecora's a good witch. Right Zecora?"
"I am certainly a good bud, for I do not desire your blood."
"That's vampires." Lyra said. "Witches usually want our youth or something."
"As you can plainly see, my face is as youthful as can be." Zecora responded.
"I suspect dark magic Twilight…" Lyra said.
"Trust me Lyra, I know Zecora from other times. She's a good witch. People just misjudge her because she secludes herself in the forest."
Zecora waved them into her hut. Inside was what Twilight had come to expect from Zecora: weird plants, strange animal bits, claws, and eyes. And a giant cauldron, constantly smoking with some potion or other.
Lyra, while still cautious, had begun to take frivolous notes. Again.
"Do you have anything that could be useful to us Zecora?" Twilight asked.
"I have many potions you could use, even ones that could light a fuse."
"Something to protect the mind from attack would be nice."
"That is something I most assuredly have, just wait a moment while I get the salve."
"That wasn't a perfect rhyme—" Lyra began.
"Perfect rhymes do not a witch make, but it is what a poet desires to take."
"What?"
Zecora made a "huff" noise before applying the salve to Twilight and Lyra. Nothing happened to Lyra, but Twilight began to glow. Zecora's eyes widened. "Most interesting effect, indeed. I think I have just the thing you need." She threw a few ingredients into the cauldron, muttered a few incantations, and produced a blackish-grey potion. "Drink this purple mare, and your mind will be without a care."
Twilight shrugged, drinking the potion. She quickly passed out on the floor. Lyra gasped.
"Time energy she has a lot, more than enough for my pot." She turned to Lyra. "Leave now before it is too late, or I may put you on a plate."
Lyra flipped open her journal and began to incant a fireball spell.
"NO STOP WHAT ARE YOU DOING? IN THIS PLACE SOMETHING LIKE THAT WILL BE OUR UNDOI—"
BOOM.
Applejack completed her round-up of the gnomes. Finally. All done with those little varmints… She rolled her eyes as Lyra and Twilight, burnt and blackened all over, crawled to her feet. Lyra coughed and Twilight was passed out.
Applejack sighed. "What was it this time?"
"Fireball spell in Zecora's hut." Lyra coughed again.
Applejack sighed. "You really should know better…"
In the Tardis, the Doctor looked at the sleeping form of Gideon.
Over the… had it been weeks? He couldn't really tell because of the paradoxes. Over the unknown amount of time Gideon had been here, the Doctor had noticed that the kid had many problems. A bit of a cruel streak, a desire to control people, and a thirst for revenge. He wondered what on earth had happened to this kid to turn him into this.
Perhaps he could help him…
Maybe he just needed to see the quality of life in the galaxy. See some true beauty. Drive the idea into his skull…
Gideon stirred. He was dreaming. The Doctor hoped it was a good dream.
It was not.
For under Gideon's bed, his mysterious Journal 2 was opened to a page depicting a strange single-eyed triangle laid in a wheel…
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22.15 (GMBlackjack): [My Little Pony] / [Gravity Falls] / [Doctor Who] - also compiled in MLP Time Loops as Loop 176.1 continued.
Gravity Falls: Friendship is Magic 15: In Which Our Triangular Overlord Arrives
"HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHA-HA-HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH!"
Twilight awoke with a start, breathing heavily. She looked over at the sleeping form of her friends. All were sleeping peacefully. (Well, except Pinkie, who was probably just bouncing around in her dreams again.) Twilight calmed herself down.
She tried to go back to sleep, but something was keeping her awake. She wasn't sure what. She frowned. Dark omens didn't keep her up at night anymore, she'd seen enough of them.
So something must be toying with her. She looked around, glaring at nothing.
Perhaps she could ask Stan in the morning…
"Nope. Nothing creepy going on at all. Except for the brown meat. What's in it? Nobody knows. All you know is that you can stock up for the apocalypse for it. So I'm going to sing a song…"
As Stan and Pinkie broke into a song about "brown meat and the apocalypse" Twilight simply sighed and walked away. Stan was not in a hint-giving mood. She wondered why exactly he was trying to keep so much from them. He obviously got some amusement out of it, but she sensed there was more to it… What exactly was he going for?
Maybe she should try to read his mind.
She shook her head. That'd be rude and just uncool. Nothing to worry about…
Pinkie Pie ran up to the rest of the Elements and Lyra. "A TRIANGULAR SHAPED ELDRITCH ABOMINATION IS INVADING STAN'S MIND!"
"What?" Twilight said, flipping through the Journal. She'd seen something like that before… "Ah here's the page. Covered in blood." Twilight cast a decoding spell on the words and blinked. "There's a lot of information here… let's see…"
"Bill Cipher. LIAR. MONSTER. SNAPPY DRESSER. Is he watching me?" Twilight paused. "The next bit's crossed out… Bill has proven himself to be one of the friendliest and most trustworthy individuals that I've encountered in my life. What a guy! I honestly can't trust him more. Not evil in any way, Bill is a true gentleman." Twilight blinked. "Looks like the Author changed his mind… BILL CAN'T BE TRUSTED! Beware Bill. The most powerful and dangerous creature I've ever encountered. Whatever you do, never let him into your mind."
"Well that just sounds wonderful…" Rarity said.
Applejack sighed. "Looks like we've got an uber-powerful trickster in Stan's mind. Great. Looks like we gotta help 'Im. Does it suggest any way to help?"
Twilight read aloud. "it is possibly to follow the demon into a person's mind and prevent his chaos. Something about REFLECTIVES THE LADIES DOMESTIC and DO NOT SUMMON AT ALL COSTS and… ah HERE we go! One must simply recite this incantation: Fidentus omnium. Magister mentium. Magnesium ad hominem. Magnum opus. Habeas corpus. Inceptus Nolanus overratus. Magister mentium. Magister mentium. Magister mentium."
Lyra quickly scribbled down the spell. "I think I can cast this. Translates to "Confidence of all. Master of minds. Magnesium to man. Greatest work. May you have the body. Inception by Nolan is overrated. Master of minds! Master of minds! Master of Minds!" She closed her Journal. "Long spell…"
Twilight stood up. "Girls… we must enter Stan's mind and evict this being from his mind."
Rainbow Dash put on a serious face. "We need to go deeper."
Applejack facepalmed and Pinkie giggled.
Lyra had already begun to set up a circle of candles around the sleeping figure of Stan. "Here we go…" She said, flipping open the book. "It's likely that this spell will send off a serious surge and make my voice sound really really creepy. Be warned." She took a breath.
"Fidentus omnium. Magister mentium. Magnesium ad hominem. Magnum opus. Habeas corpus. Inceptus Nolanus overratus. Magister mentium. Magister mentium. MAGISTER MENTIUM."
Everything became an eerie color as everyone's eyes began to glow.
Everyone opened their eyes. The seven of them were standing in a completely black and white landscape, with what appeared to be a run down version of the Mystery Shack.
"Stan's Mindscape…" Twilight muttered to herself, looking around. "Very interesting…"
Rainbow Dash flapped her wings and took flight. "Time to find that triangle guy!"
"OH FINDING HIM WILL BE EASY!" Bill said, suddenly appearing in all his glory right in front of the Shack's door. He was a golden triangle with a single eye. On his bottom half, he had a flat bow tie. He had two arms and two legs, both of which appeared to be nothing more than black lines he probably generated just because he felt like it. And on top was one of the most snappy hats in existence. A long, narrow top hat.
Twilight found it hard to read him, seeing as the only expressive parts of his body were his limbs and eye. No real face to look at. "Well you've just made it easy for us!" Twilight waved her… hooves?
She blinked.
"HAHAHAH! THIS IS THE MINDSCAPE KIDS. YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM IT!"
Lyra, who was still a human, looked at the six of them. "So this is what you look like…"
Twilight shook her head. "I can still take you down like this!"
"THIS IS MY REALM, MAGIC, I REIGN SUPREME. THE MIND IS COMPLETELY UNDER MY DOMAIN. I CONTROL ALL, INCLUDING THAT GIANT BACON-A-SAURUS RIGHT BEHIND YOU!"
Twilight blasted the dinosaur with magic, burning it. Pinkie leapt into the air. "BACON!" And devoured the roasted dinosaur.
"HAHA! I LIKE HER!" He turned to the rest of them. "NOW I'VE GOT A JOB TO DO, SO WHY DON'T YOU HAVE A PARTY WITH LAUGHTER OVER THERE AND JUST LET ME GO ABOUT MY BUSINESS?"
"Not gonna happen." Applejack said, walking up to Bill. "Yer gonna get out, or we're gonna make you get out."
"AHAHAHAH! I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU TRY! COME INSIDE TO THE PARTY OF NIGHTMARES IF YOU DARE! THIS LITTLE SHACK HERE HOUSES EVERYTHING WITHIN STAN'S MIND. HIS LIFE WILL FLASH BEFORE OUR EYES. WON'T THAT BE FUN?"
Lyra stood up, pointing at Bill. "I'm going to be the one to hunt you down!"
"OH YOU'RE SO CUTE. HERE. HAVE SEVERAL VOODOO DOLLS OF SWEETIE DROPS, HANDS."
Several dozen voodoo dolls of Bon Bon suddenly appeared in Lyra's grasp. She squealed and kicked them all away.
Outside of the Mindscape, Bon Bon felt like she'd just received a punch to the gut. This resulted in her choking on her coffee and spitting it all over. Berry Punch was not amused.
Lyra turned to yell at Bill. "You sick frea—and he's gone."
Pinkie poked her head out of the bacon pile. "Oh? We're supposed to go find him aren't we. ON IT!" She ran into the Mindscape Shack, leaving everyone behind. Lyra groaned, and followed.
Inside the Shack there was no sign of Bill or Pinkie. What there was were hundreds and hundreds of doors. Strange nightmarish creatures crawled around, and everything looked very… unreal.
Something occurred to Twilight.
"This is nowhere near big enough to be the Mindscape of a Looper." She said.
Fluttershy nodded. "He's probably showing us and Bill his baseline Mindscape."
Lyra scribbled in her notebook.
"Um Lyra?" Applejack said.
"What?"
"You realize this is just the Mindscape right? Your book won't get any of those notes."
Lyra blinked, a look of panic rising on her face. "I'll… have to remember things then…" She twitched. "This'll all be fine… Totally fine…"
Applejack groaned. "Time to prepare for a freak-out…"
They continued on into the Shack of Memories…
"SO HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT IT, LAUGHTER?"
"Thought… no not really I'm just going along for now. OO CANDY!"
"HAHAHAHHA I LIKE YOU. BUT YOU SHOULD CONSIDER MY OFFER. WE HAVE A RARE OPPORTUNITY HERE."
"Can we spread parties?"
"OF COURSE WE CAN! WE CAN ALSO CHANGE THE FACE OF REALITY ITSELF! THE BEST PARTY IN EXISTENCE!"
"That sounds fun!"
"HAAHAHAHHAHA THE WORLD WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT HIT IT!"
"Cool!"
"You sure you want to go?" The Doctor asked Gideon.
"Yep Mister. This is my home. It's been a widdle fun, but I miss home."
"Okay. Gravity Falls, right outside the Tardis doors. Have fun!"
"Oh I will…." Gideon said under his breath.
"What was that?"
"Nothing. Just wanting to go home."
And with that Gideon left.
The Doctor stared ahead blankly as the doors closed. He sat there for quite some time.
He probably should keep an eye on him…
"I'm Stan and I was wrong… I'm singing the Stan Wrong Song…"
"Yep. These are baseline memories." Twilight said. "We're not here at all. Instead there are the twins. Dipper and Mabel, if I remember correctly." She looked through another door to see Mabel riding a pig and throwing streamers everywhere. "Pinkie would like her."
Rarity nodded. "They will meet one day. We know they're Looping. All we have to do is wait. And find Bill…"
"He's a master of dreams." Twilight cautioned. "He'll probably hit us with nightmares. Lots of nightmares—"
"OH LOOK, SHE'S A CLEVER ONE." Bill said as he appeared from nowhere. "HONESTY, GENEROSITY, LOYALTY, KINDNESS, MAGIC, HANDS. BEEN A WHILE."
"It's only been half an hour, varmint." Applejack muttered.
"TIME IN THE MIND IS FLUID. FOR ALL YOU KNOW THE HEAT DEATH OF THE UNIVERSE HAS ALREADY OCCURRED AND YOUR BODIES ARE BURNING CORPSES. OR IT COULD JUST BE TWO SECONDS. THE UNCERTAINTY IS THRILLING!" He pulled a watch out of nowhere. "NOT THAT I HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH TIME… TIME IS JUST A WAY I'M BETTER THAN YOU!"
Twilight frowned. "Do you have to shout everything?"
"IT'S SIMPLY HOW I TALK. AND THINK. AND EXIST. I AM THE EPITOME OF CAPS LOCK." He waved his hands. "NOW WATCH AS I MELT ALL YOUR FACES OFF."
Sure enough, Twilight felt her face melting. She shook her head. "This is just a Mindscape Bill. Nothing here is real, and we can do whatever we want, just like in a dream."
Bill laughed. "CLEVERER AND CLEVERER! YOU'RE GOING TO BE MOST DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH! AHAHAHAH! CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!"
Twilight blasted a magic laser at him. He simply absorbed it and shot it back out. "AH THE PROBLEM HERE IS THAT WE CAN BOTH CHANGE ANYTHING WE WANT." The small triangular being slowly grew to tremendous size. "YET MY MIND IS LARGER THAN YOUR OWN. YOU ARE NOTHING MORE THAN ROACHES TO ME!"
Applejack glared. "Oh yea? I bet you are nothing compared to us."
Bill's eye twinkled. Twilight shuddered. She didn't know why. "I KNOW MUCH MORE THAN YOU THINK-"
"HEY EVERYPONY!" Pinkie said, appearing from nowhere. "I JUST FIGURED OUT WHAT TO DO! All of us together, wish him out of Stan's mind!"
Lyra blinked. "That's… actually a good idea." She focused, along with the other six. A hole in reality appeared beneath Bill.
He sighed. "ENOUGH." And the world went white, the hole in reality simply vanishing. He dusted his hands off. "I MUST SAY YOU'RE CLEVERER THAN MOST. THEN AGAIN MAYBE IT'S JUST THE NUMBERS. BUT I'M STAYING UNTIL I GET WHAT I WANT, AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT. I WASN'T LYING WHEN I SAID THE MIND WAS MY DOMAIN. I COULD GIVE STAN A LETHAL ANEURYSM JUST BY FLAILING MY ARMS AROUND, BUT WHERE WOULD THE FUN BE IN THAT?"
"There wouldn't be any!" Pinkie said, grinning.
"THAT'S RIGHT LAUGHTER! SHE GETS IT. UNLIKE THE REST OF YOU."
Twilight frowned. "That's it. I'm just going to eject you with-"
Suddenly, the entire Mindscape began to shake. "What's happening?" Lyra asked.
"OH NOTHING MUCH. JUST KNOW THAT I FOUND THE INFORMATION I NEEDED WITHIN FIVE MINUTES OF ENTERING THIS REALM. I WAS SIMPLY KEEPING YOU ALL DISTRACTED."
"From what?" Rainbow Dash asked, obviously angry.
"YOU'LL SEE AS SOON AS YOU LEAVE! HAHAHHAHAHHAHA!"
Rainbow Dash flew into the air and attempted to punch Bill square on. He simply flicked her away, resulting in her slamming headfirst into the ground. "Ow…"
"HHAHAAH! IT REALLY IS FUNNY HOW DUMB YOU ALL CAN BE! ANYWAY, GOTTA DASH. THINGS TO PLAN FOR, BIG DAYS COMING. REMEMBER: THE MOON IS MADE OF CHEESE, PINK IS THE COLOR OF EVIL, CURTAINS ARE DESIGNED BY DOLPHINS, POMEGRANATES! BYE!"
And the dreamscape slowly began to fade…
Twilight woke up. She was in her human body again. She shook her head.
Stan groaned. "Ugh… why do I feel like someone threw a party inside my skull?"
"YOU'RE WELCOME!" Pinkie said, grinning.
"I've got a splitting headache now…"
Rainbow Dash blinked. "Uh… why are we on the couch outside?"
They looked around. Sure enough, all of them were on the couch and dumped somewhere in the forest.
"Hey Stan there's a note on your back." Applejack said, ripping the piece of paper off.
"Dear Stanford Pines, I have stolen the deed to the Mystery Shack! NOW IT'S MINE! Toodeloo! -Gideon."
Rarity's face contorted into one of rage. "Girls, I'm going to have a talk with him…"
"So that's what you were doing!"
"I KNOW? CLEVER RIGHT?"
"I dunno. If I hadn't limited myself like you asked I'd've known."
"BUT WHERE WOULD THE FUN BE IN THAT, LAUGHTER? TRUST ME. IT GOES MUCH BETTER THIS WAY. WE CAN MAKE A GOOD TEAM."
"I don't know… you obviously seem inclined to dark humor."
"YOU WENT ON CRAZY DARK HUMOR ON SUMMERWEEN. YOU LIKE THE DARK AS WELL. PLUS I SEE MUCH OF YOUR PAST, YOU ENJOY ALL KINDS OF FUN."
"As long as nobody gets hurt."
"BE HONEST. YOU MEAN AS LONG AS MOST PEOPLE DON'T GET HURT."
"Er… yeah I suppose…"
"OF COURSE. NOW, THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GO DOWN. SHALL WE?"
"Okie dokie loki! You promised giant robot. There will be giant robot right?"
"I KEEP MY DEALS, LAUGHTER. YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS."
"Gotcha! Time to prep the party cannons!"
Rarity walked towards the Shack, face in a permanent scowl. She had no idea how long Gideon had been here. She had no idea how he got the Shack. She had no idea.
She didn't care.
Apparently being teleported across the planet wasn't enough to take care of him.
She was going to have to take more… active measures. Perhaps just freeze him in time.
But not before she had a nice looooong talk with him…
She paused. The Shack looked a little different. Mainly the two-story tall giant Gideon robot.
How long had they been in the Mindscape?
She shook her head. It didn't matter. This boy was going to be taken care of. Locked away where he could bother no-one ever again—
Suddenly, several dozen gnomes appeared, pinning her to the ground. "Ah my darlin' Rarity! How nice of you to show up?"
Rarity didn't even bother. She squinted, letting out a blast of magic, launching the gnomes far away. "This is enough Gideon. You will never have me! Stop trying! What kind of power play even is this? Trying to win me over by taking over the Shack?"
"Oh there's more to it than that." Gideon said, chuckling. "Too bad you'll be too enamored by me to think about it!" He took a potion out of his pocket. "LOVE POTION GO!" He said, tossing it, causing it to explode all over Rarity.
Rarity simply cast a clear spell, glaring at Gideon. "That won't work. Now excuse me while I trap you in time itself—"
Gideon sighed. "I was afraid that'd happen. But I had a backup!"
"Giant robot?"
"No that's secondary backup. This is first backup.'
Several of the gnomes suddenly transformed into exact copies of Rarity. She let out a sharp breath. "Changelings."
"Yep!" Gideon said, grinning. "And they'll do whatever I say as long as I keep feeding them love potions! Such a nice arrangement."
Rarity tried to fight the changelings back, but they simply copied her attacks. She growled, realizing these were power-copying changelings. A lot more difficult to deal with. She needed—
"GIDEON!" A british voice yelled, as the Tenth Doctor appeared over the hill. "WHAT. ARE. YOU. DOING?"
"I was really hopin' not to have ta deal with you…" Gideon said, glaring at the Doctor. "This place is mine! Rarity is mine! Power is mine! And there's nothing you can do about it, DOC."
"I'm not Doc! I'm the DOCTOR! Not Doctor Who, not Doctor Whooves, and not Doctor Whatever. I. Am. The Doctor! And I cannot let you do this! This is a helpless girl—"
"Doctor it's me. Rarity."
The Doctor blinked. "Oh. You know now that I think about it you do look like her. Wonder why I didn't notice."
"You do tend not to notice things, darling."
"But I also notice lots of things! Give me some credit!"
"If you insist. Have any ideas for dealing with these changelings and Gideon?"
The Doctor took a thing out of his Pocket. It went ding.
Gideon, Rarity, and the changelings just stared at the Thing That Went Ding. Nothing happened.
The Doctor flicked a lever. It went ding again. All the changelings returned to their default form. Rarity let out a blast of magic, sending them far and wide.
Gideon growled. "IT'LL TAKE MORE THAN THAT!" He pressed a button on a remote, bringing the giant mech to life. "I WILL STOMP YOU!"
The Doctor sighed, taking out his sonic screwdriver. A leg of the robot fell apart, causing the giant to fall to the ground.
Pinkie's party cannons went off. "WOO-HOO! ROBOT EXPLOSION!" And with those words, the robot exploded.
"OH COME ON!" Gideon yelled, face contorting in rage. "THAT TOOK ALL DAY TO MAKE!"
Rarity walked up to Gideon. "Time for you to go away."
Gideon whipped out Journal 2, opened to a very specific page, and began to chant.
He never got to finish the spell. Lyra jumped in, placed a hand on his forehead, and recited the spell she has just learned. "Fidentus omnium. Magister mentium. Magnesium ad hominem. Magnum opus. Habeas corpus. Inceptus Nolanus overratus. Magister mentium. Magister mentium. MAGISTER MENTIUM." She entered his mind, and got right to work, unleashing several devastating spells in mere seconds.
Outside the Mindscape, Gideon coughed. Whatever spell he was trying to cast was just interrupted. "What the—OW." He said, grabbing his mind. "WHAT'S GOING ON IN THERE?"
Rarity stared at the scene unfolding before her. Gideon, little kid, was apparently going mad right before her eyes.
"AHAHAHA that tickles wait NO MOTHER NO! NOT THE FACE! FATHER GET OVER HERE AND GIVE ME MORE ICE CREAM! Rarity,… Darling… help… BE MINE! BE MINE AND SUFFER—Oh my gosh that's a banana cake isn't it—"
"PINKIE!" Rarity yelled. "Stop her before she goes too far!"
Pinkie nodded, transforming into pink fire and entering Gideon's mind.
Lyra was inside, stomping all over the Mindscape, destroying "Gideonland." Lasers shot out everywhere, giant sweet rolls destroyed entire buildings, and the moon was falling.
Bill Cipher was there, floating. "SHE'S GONE A LITTLE NUTS. PROBABLY SHOULD STOP HER BEFORE SHE KILLS HIM."
Pinkie nodded, grabbing Lyra by the arms. "Stop it Lyra!"
"He was casting a spell to kill everyone!" Lyra spat. "I should return the favor!"
"That's not how it's done!" Pinkie said, restraining her.
"SHE'S RIGHT. YOU CAN'T HAVE FUN WITH DEAD ENEMIES." Bill observed.
Lyra growled. "Why should I trust you, you floating dorito!"
Bill twitched. "LET ME MAKE ONE THING CLEAR: I. AM. NOT. A. DORITO." He took off his hat and dusted it. "ANYWAY, NOW THAT THAT'S CLEAR, YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY REASON TO TRUST ME. BUT REST ASSURED, KILLING PEOPLE IS RARELY WORTH IT. KINDA REMOVES ANY CHALLENGE OR FUN."
Pinkie nodded. "It's also not nice. You could always try to redeem them! Make them better! Perhaps get him some therapy or something!"
"HE'S GOING TO NEED IT NOW…"
Lyra frowned. "I'll ask Rarity." She left the Mindscape.
Pinkie and Bill stayed behind.
"YOU DO REALIZE IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO RECOVER FROM THIS INSANITY RIGHT?"
"Yeah…" Pinkie said sadly.
Outside the Mindscape, Lyra took control of her body.
Gideon was a blubbering mess curled up in a ball on the ground. "HEHEehheheheEHHEHe FUN! FUN! Triangles…."
Lyra turned to Rarity. "Do you want him to still be around?"
Rarity slowly nodded. "Even he doesn't deserve this."
"He was trying to kill you all."
Rarity sighed. "While I thank you for protecting us, it wasn't necessary. We would survive."
Lyra frowned, turning to Gideon. He was still trembling.
Pinkie appeared again, constituting herself from the pink fire. "Well. He's lost it. I'll call the asylum. Maybe he can get some help."
Rarity sighed. "This was not how it was supposed to go-"
Stan walked up, harrumphing. "The kid deserved it. He causes us more grief than you can possibly imagine. He should have been carted off to the Looney Bin long ago."
Lyra picked Journal 2 off the ground and stuffed it into her jacket.
Everyone stood at the smoldering heap of a robot in front of the Shack.
"I'm not cleaning that up." Stan said.
Twilight walked up, sighing. She cleaned it up with a flick of her wrist. "There. Done."
"Good." Stan said. "Now let's get this… man baby off our hands and get the Shack back."
Gideon twitched. "Beware… Eyes are everywhere…"
"Yeah yeah kid we get it. Now off you go." Stan grumbled.
There was silence in Gravity Falls.
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Compiler's note: The adventures are getting stranger and stranger…