HIIIIIIII! Firstly, I want to apologize for not having this chapter up last week. My goal is to have (hopefully) two chapters out each week.
I may sometimes only get one though, so bear with me. This chapter goes back to chapter three in the ice cream parlor with the triplets
and Gideon. (For some reason I only ship Gideon and Mabel when it's Reverse Falls). The POV focus also goes back to Mabel.
I kind of stuggled with this chapter, but oh well. Let me know what you think! Love you guys!
Mabel's conversation with Milah came to an abrupt halt as Gideon Pines walked into the ice cream parlor. A cunning look bloomed into Mabel's eyes like ink spilling down a page. She paid no notice of her younger sister who still sat beside her rolling her eyes. Gideon was all she could see.
There was a sharp hiss of a sigh from Dipper as he noticed the incoming confrontation.
The eldest Gleeful swiftly stood, snake like charm oozing from every part of her.
However, just before the snake could strike, Dipper's hand shot out, stopping her. Mabel's face morphed into one of shocked and furious incredulity at her brother.
Milah said nothing, having already seen what Dipper was about to point out.
"He had it the whole time…"Dipper murmured.
In the hands of Gideon Pines was a journal-a journal marked with a number 3.
The three Gleefuls fell silent as they watched, still unnoticed, as Gideon showed something in the journal to his companion.
Mabel's skin both crawled and burned upon noticing that the companion of her dearly beloved was Pacifica Southeast. How dare she…
Gideon was hers-hers and hers alone. Pacifica had no right to be anywhere near him. Maybe knocking that goody-two-shoes blonde down a few pegs was in the cards…
By now, Dipper had skillfully and almost unnoticably postitioned his two siblings so that they were blocking all possible exits. He snapped his fingers in front of Mabel's face, bringing her to attention.
She scowled.
"Well, well, well, look who we have here!" Dipper said, his voice similar to the one he used for shows, but with a darker tint to it.
Gideon and Pacifica's heads shot up, just now realizing that they had walked right into the spiders' nest.
"Or," Dipper continued, "shall I say, what do we have here?" The brunette sauntered over so that he was standing directly in front of Gideon who was standing frozen.
"I was under the impression, dear Gideon, that you had no idea where the journal was last time I...asked you. Only now I find that you've had it this entire time…" Dipper shook his head in false sympathy. "Now, what reason would lil' ol' Gideon have to lie to us?"
Gideon snapped the journal shut and squeezed it against his chest.
Pacifica scoffed, not the least bit intimidated by Dipper. "Come on, Gideon. We don't need ice cream anyways. Let's get out of here."
She reached to grab Gideon's arm but a bright blue burst of magic stung her hand before she could touch him.
"Don't touch him, Pacifica darling." Mabel warned, her voice sounding friendly, but the threat was more than present beneath the surface. "Remember what happened last time?"
The blonde stiffened, a hand subconsciously reaching up to feel her hair.
"Wouldn't want a repeat of that now, would we? Granted, there is still other ways things that you've done that warrant a repeat, but I'll deal with that later. Now, get away from my Gideon."
"Your Gideon?!" Pacifica's jaw dropped.
Dipper was glad that they were now the only ones in the shop, this wasn't going to be good for publicity.
Mabel's smile curled into something more devious and sinister. "Yes, my Gideon."
"You're insane! You're all a bunch of freaks!"
The three Gleeful triplets facades of 'kindness' dropped instantly. Their eyes narrowing and fake smiles dropping into frowns. Each of the three instantly became tense, the atmosphere changing drastically.
Pacifica seemed to realize her mistake the moment it came out of her mouth.
Dipper walked over and stood in front of her, his stance imposing, threatening, and downright dangerous.
"You want to repeat that, Southeast?" he hissed, his face dangerously close to hers.
Pacifica's eyes were wide with fear. She had overstepped her boundaries and she knew it. She shook her head vehemently, voice unable to function.
Dipper, satisfied that he had successfully "put her in her place," stepped back so that he was standing in between Mabel and Milah.
Mabel glanced at her sister and her brother who both wore identical looks of fury. She shifted her eyes back to Pacifica and Gideon. They weren't going to get away with that one-Dipper would never allow it.
But as she watched her brother staring with a mixed expression of hunger and greed at the journal in Gideon's arms, she began to doubt that Dipper would dish out any punishment.
It looked like he was considering an ultimatum.
No matter, Pacifica would eventually get what she had coming to her, Mabel would make sure of that herself.
"You shouldn't have said that, Southeast." Dipper said flippantly. His rage was still evident, but the turning of the wheels in his brain was even more so. "And you shouldn't have lied to me when I gave you a chance, Pinetree."
His hand burned with the blue fire of his magic. All non-blue eyes were glued to that hand.
"However, if you decide to hand over your beautiful journal now, I'll let this incident be put behind us. Completely forgotten."
Mabel flicked her eyes back to Dipper, judging his expression. They had always known that if they wanted that journal, they would have to take it by force. However, despite his facial expressions, Dipper's eyes were unreadable. There was no answer available to derive from them. What was he getting at?
"Come on, Pinetree, it's just a little book. Be a nice boy and hand it over." Dipper egged, trying to use his skills of speech and false trust to get what he wanted. "And we can forget all about this."
Gideon took a step backwards as Pacifica somehow discovered some sort of newfound courage as she took a step towards Dipper, a weak form of bravery stretched thinly across her face.
Milah and Mabel lifted their eyebrows. Even Dipper was in a momentary state of shock.
He recovered quickly, scoffing. "What do you think you're doing, Southeast?"
"Standing up to you." Her voice shook. "I don't like bullies."
"Standing up to me?" Dipper waved his hand, blue magic flashing briefly before the blonde was dragged by an unseen force to a chair, unable to get back up. "Last I checked you were sitting down. So you should probably stay down."
The rage and fury written upon her nemesis' face brought brief joy to Mabel, until she began to talk.
"Oh hush." There was another blue set of sparks and the blonde fell silent allowing Mabel to focus uninterrupted on the confrontation occurring before her.
Gideon. Oh, her dear sweet Gideon. How scared and small he looked before her brother. So adorable. So perfect.
He was the most perfect boy in all of Gravity Falls. Scratch that, he was the most perfect boy in the world. The only one for her. If only he would just hand over that silly journal, then they could be together forever and live happily ever after. He would be hers and hers alone. No more worrying that that stupid goody-two-shoes Pacifica was going to be anywhere near him. He just needed to hand over that stupid journal. It was all that was between them, the only thing keeping them apart.
She was so wrapped up in Gideon, her sole distraction in the world, that she failed to notice Dipper fling a burst of magic at him until it was already airborne.
Gideon instinctively held up the only source of a shield he had-the journal.
As if there was some sort of force field around it, the blue flames bounced harmlessly off of the cover. Unfortunately, that was the only harmless thing about it. The spell rebounded and Dipper jumped out of the way so as not to be hit.
Only for the magic to hit Milah who had been standing directly behind her brother.
She yelped in pain as the magic hit her in the leg, the burning sensation it brought with it sending her to her knees.
The situation would only get worse and they all knew it.
Dipper whirled back to Gideon. "You should have just listened to me." The words were dangerous and filled with an uncontrolled anger and blind rage. "Mabel, take Milah home."
No, the situation did not look good at all.
Also, there was a little confusion in the last chapter. I kinda failed a bit. Stanley wasn't the sole character that Stanford's done away with. Stanley is still alive...somewhere. If anyone can tell me who that other character (I know, I was REALLY vague, believe me, I know), I will let you decide a very important part of the upcoming chapters. It's something I'm trying to decide whether or not I want to do it, but I'll let the lucky winner decide. It would probably help if you've seen the CMV the last chapter was inspired by (its on the YouTubes!)