"Seriously, where is he?" Mabel asked, genuinely worried as she gazed into the empty bathroom.

"I don't know," Danny said, though he had a vague, unsettling suspicion. "We should start looking."

"Wait, let's go back to your room. Maybe he came back while we were gone," Mabel said.

Danny looked skeptical. They had only been out of the room for a minute or so to check if Dipper was in the bathroom, but he followed Mabel down the hall regardless.

Danny's room was still empty. Mabel closed the door and sat on the bed, resting her head on her hands.

Danny walked up to her. "Mabel, he probably just wandered off somewhere. We should check downsta-" He broke off as the door banged open and Dipper staggered into the room.

For a moment, there was complete silence.

"WHAT DID YOU DO?" Danny yelled.

Dipper was a mess. He looked weak and shaky, but the thing that caught Danny's eye was his strikingly white hair.

Mabel stared at him. He was wearing a dark blue jumpsuit with a white pine tree on the front. His eyes had turned from brown to a bright, toxic green. He stumbled forward, then fell to his knees.

"That hurt more than I thought it would…" he gasped.

"Dipper, you IDIOT!" Danny stood over him, staring in astonishment and outrage.

Dipper looked up, surprised. "What...?"

Mabel looked at him in horror. "Dipper, you… you're dead!"

"Technically he's only mostly dead…" Danny muttered, arms crossed.

"And mostly dead is still somewhat alive…" Dipper mumbled, trailing off as he lost consciousness.

"If he wasn't mostly dead already, I'd KILL him." Danny said furiously.

Dipper woke up laying on Danny's bed, Mabel and Danny standing over him. He blinked groggily and tried to sit up, rubbing his head.

"You okay bro?" Mabel said nervously.

"I feel like I just got hit by a truck…" Dipper groaned. He looked up at Danny, who was glaring at him so fiercely that Dipper wondered if he was going to blast him with a ray of ectoplasmic energy.

"Tell me something, Dipper." Danny said softly. "Were you TRYING TO GET YOURSELF KILLED?" His eyes suddenly glowed green with rage as his voice rose sharply out of control.

Dipper flinched. He looked down at himself. He was still wearing the jumpsuit that had turned dark blue. Despite Danny's anger, Dipper couldn't suppress a small smile. It had worked.

"You think this is a joke? A game or something?" Danny said furiously.

"N-no, I…" Dipper couldn't think of anything to say.

"Do you have ANY IDEA what you just did?" Danny shouted.

Dipper blinked rapidly, trying to clear his head. He couldn't think straight. His vision was still a little blurry. He looked back up, and saw Danny glaring at him with his fists clenched. Behind Danny, Mabel was staring at him with her hands clasped over her mouth.

It wasn't until he saw the look of shock and horror on Mabel's face that Dipper really did start to realize what he'd done.

"I- I gave myself ghost powers," he said, more to himself than in answer to Danny's question.

Danny walked to the wall and pushed his hands against it, apparently attempting to restrain himself from drastic action.

"Dipper?" Mabel asked quietly. "Did you really do that to yourself? On purpose?"

"Uh, yeah…" Dipper said, almost shamefully. With the shame came a strange tingling feeling he couldn't identify.

Mabel squeaked in fear. "Dipper? Where'd you go?" She asked in a panicked voice.

"What? I haven't moved," Dipper said, confused.

Danny looked over at him, still glaring. "You're invisible," he said through gritted teeth. "It's starting."

"Huh?" Dipper looked down again, seeing only the bed instead of his body. He jumped in surprise as he reappeared. "Wait, what's starting?" He asked Danny, trying not to let his voice waver.

Danny took a deep breath. "You're not in control. Didn't you listen to anything I said? It took me months to get a handle on my powers!" Despite his efforts, Danny's voice was rising in anger. "And now you've put us all in danger! You, me, your sister, we're all going to have to deal with things you can't even imagine! And for what? You wanted to have a little fun? You think it's cool to be some sort of halfa hybrid freak?!"

Dipper reeled. "Freak? Danger? What are you talking about? If anything, I should be able to help now that-"

Danny yelled in outrage, bursts of energy shooting from his hands. Dipper jumped back as they hit the floor near the bed.

"Help? HELP!? You don't know what you're doing! You've made yourself a target for every ghost in the Ghost Zone! And now I'm going to have to protect you and your sister from every spectral menace who wants to take advantage of your powers. And that's not to mention how the human world is going to react! You have NO IDEA what you've gotten yourself into!"

"Who says I need protecting?" Dipper said, standing up on the bed. "I survived Weirdmageddon! I defeated Bill Cipher! Now I have the chance to-"

"To what? What do you expect to do?" Danny said, raising his eyebrows. "You're going to protect California from the ghosts that aren't there?" His voice was mocking. "Or did you plan to move to Amity Park? Oh wait, I know! You thought you'd play the hero by fighting the ghosts you lured straight to you!"

Dipper was silent. He glared at Danny's sneer. Mabel's eyes flicked between them, most of her face still covered by her hands. Tears began to slide down her cheeks.

"Danny, please stop," she said quietly, her voice shaking. "I think Dipper just wanted to be like you."

"Like me?" Danny said incredulously, turning on Mabel. "Then he really wasn't listening! Didn't I tell you both how hard it was? The screw ups with my powers, the trouble I got in, how many times I almost died? I got detention every day for two years because I couldn't control my powers! I was almost trapped inside alternate realities and timelines! I got close to being dissected by my own parents!" Danny spun back to face Dipper, his face getting red. "And I've got enough to deal with without having to look after some kid who THINKS HE KNOWS WHAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH!"

Dipper's chin was trembling. His eyes were too bright as he stared at Danny. "Just because you're afraid of your powers doesn't mean I'm afraid of mine," He said with a quiet venom in his voice. Then he vanished again.

"Dipper!" Mabel cried. She heard footsteps running toward the door and looked around wildly as she tried to catch sight of him. As the sound of his steps faded, Mabel ran after him. She slammed the door behind her, leaving Danny standing motionless in his room.