Previously...

"We're not scared of you." Star snickered, "We already have what we want."

He laughed, "You will never get Blue. You'll never get what you want."

"Actually... we have. Although... it's something better. They're younger than him, and... at the moment... they hate you."


He scowled, "You didn't."

"It wasn't us. It was this place's Gideon," Mason smiled.

He sighed, "Let me guess... you let him have Mabel."

Star laughed, "Not me, this place's version of me. I bet you knew that, though."

"I did. Leave them alone," He growled.

Mason snickered, "We're not scared of you. If you're anything like Will, then you're weak."

"I'm NOTHING like Will." He smiled, looking at Mason's bow and Star's headband, "Mystic Amulets. Not bad. However, those are weak, and they're affecting your personality. I'm assuming your dependent on them to hurt Will and run your dumb magic show?"

Star snickered, "Yes, but what are you going to do about it?"

"This," He smiled, snapping his fingers.

The amulets shattered into tarantulas, cockroaches, and spiders, making the twins shout and scream in horror at the bugs that were now crawling all over them. He laughed at them, as they ran towards Gideon's trailer, screaming for him to let the kids go. Gideon, seeing the bugs, let them go of course. The triplets ran over to him, also screaming and frightened by the bugs.

"Hey, it's okay... they aren't going to hurt you," He smiled, trying to comfort them.

Cosmo frowned, "I want to go back to the shack..."

Luna and River nodded in agreement, not saying a word.

He sighed, "Alright, let's go back to the shack."


The triplets smiled, looking over at Mabel.

River frowned, "You alright, Miss Mabel?"

"Huh? Oh. Uh... yeah," Mabel smiled, looking over at Will.

Luna smiled, "Do you like him?"

"Uh... no. That wouldn't matter anyway..." She sighed.

Cosmo grinned, "Come on, just tell him! I bet he'd totally say yes to you!"

"Stop it you three, I don't like Will," She grumbled, looking down.

River sighed, deciding to change the subject, by asking a question, "How'd you first meet Father?"

"How'd I first meet Bill? Uh... let's see... that was about 9 years ago. It's... not a happy story," She admitted, "but... if you want to know, then... I can tell you."

The triplets smiled, chanting, "Tell us! Tell us! Tell us!"

"No, you three. You wouldn't like it," He sighed, walking over to them, before stopping next to her.

Luna giggled, "You're not telling us how you met our mom?"

"Wait... you think I'm your mom?" She asked, her face now red.

Cosmo frowned, "What? You aren't?"

"Actually... in an... odd way, I'm your mom... and, Dipper's your dad," He looked down, biting his lip.

She snickered, "Now, that's true. Ford wanted to murder you once he found out that Dipper liked you."

"First of all, Shooting Star, you told him. Second of all, I was drunk, remember?" He asked, smirking.

She sighed, "I was still like I was when I was 12! Can you blame me?"

"Considering the only thing you wanted during your first summer was a summer romance, I'm not surprised," He snickered.

She scowled, punching him playful, "Stupid always watching and all knowing demon..."

"It was amusing to watch, I'll tell you that," He grinned.

She growled, making a fist, "I bet it was, you jerk!"

"Mabel... calm down," He sighed.

She scowled, "I'm not calming down!"

"Calm down, Shooting Star," He sighed, closing his eyes.

The triplets looked at each other in confusion.

She frowned, trying to punch him, "No!"

"Mabel Annabeth Pines, calm down," He glared at her.

She shook her head, "No!"

"Then sleep..." He sighed, before snapping his fingers, making Mabel fall to the floor.


River frowned, "Is she okay?"

"She'll be fine. She's just asleep. She'll wake up in a few hours, don't worry. I just didn't want her to do something that... she'd regret," He admitted, picking her up and walking away from them.

Dipper stared at him place his twin sister in their bedroom, "What happened?"

"She got mad at me, and tried to punch me. After telling her to calm down a few times, and it not working, I forced her to sleep before things escalated," He admitted.

Dipper sighed, "That's fine, then... It's getting late, you know... really late. The three kids probably need to sleep."

"They're small enough that I'm sure they could sleep in your bed tonight," He smiled.

Dipper glared at him, "I don't like that idea."

"Oh, come on! We aren't breaking routine. They can just get earplugs and they'll be fine, I promise," He smiled.

Dipper sighed, "If you say so..."

"I'll make sure they can't hear... the commotion."

The triplets snuggled up in Dipper's bed together. Ford was putting them to bed, and they didn't question it. They were given earplugs, and, while they were confused, they put them in. They slept peacefully that night, oblivious to the loud noise... that Ford was attempting to ignore by playing loud music.