Slices of Life and Family

by bluefrostyy

PART 3 of The life of Sebastian Pines! (Read that first, I doubt you'll understand what's going on) The story follows Seb's life after Gravity Falls. Bill was defeated, but the Pines family still have thousands of adventures together. Old characters will come back, new characters will make an appearance, all to accompany Seb through his journey as a human (Cowritten with Mizuuma)

30. Chapter 30 let have some fun

Hello everyone~ Hope you're staying home and washing your hands! Before onlime classes kill me, we bring you a new chapter! You can check the archiveofourown version of this to see the drawing Miz did!

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No one would say it, but they were rather glad to get back to their summer vacation. Forget all their worries and stress and just… have fun. So Stan thought it'd be good to take everyone out for a day at the park. Not the boring flowers and jungle gym park either. Naw, he wanted RIDES and ROLLER COASTERS and-

It should've been a simple family day at the amusement park. Should.

In no particular order, the bumper cars had somehow escaped from the pit they were meant to be in and ran wild across the grounds with the older set of twins screaming as they tried to get off but couldn't, the ferris wheel doubled in speed, an entire street was filled with cotton candy, Miz had turned into Xin at some point because there was a ride that she was too short to go on, there were so many bubbles floating through the air that people couldn't see where they were going, Stan convinced Seb and Miz to help him cheat on the carnival games, the younger twins set the haunted house on fire, the pirate ship ride got stuck in the upward position and caused the terrified riders to cling to their seats for 20 minutes...and the Pines family were thrown out of the park and banned for a year.

"RUN!" Sebastian screamed as everyone laughed and ran away from the cops and security guards. Shermie, Abigail and Kari (who was being carried by a laughing Stan) were terrified but the rest of the family was having way too much fun. "This is nothing! We got chased by a gnome monster once!" Mabel exclaimed as they lost sight of the cops. "Oh yeah! I remember that day." Dipper panted. Shermie frowned. Where had he sent his kids that year?

When they were safe, Diego clung to his Dad's leg laughing. "Again!"

"Again!" the little twins cheered, floating in the air surrounded by a yellow glow. Wanda panted softly. It was obviously tiring, but good thing Seb and her had been going to the gym. "I think we've destroyed enough today." She complained.

"Destroying is fun!" Her three kids and Seb argued. "Do you think we got banned?" Carla mused and Stan nodded. "Definitely. They saw us…" But he wasn't going to be caught alive!

Ford had a huge grin on his face. He had missed feeling adrenaline running through his veins! It reminded him of when he was young and exploring Gravity Falls for the first time. He was glad. Even the roller coasters hadn't gotten him this worked up. He felt a hand squeeze his own and realized Xin was still holding him from their mad dash to escape the park. Xin had a wide smile on his lips and a faint flush from the excitement of the day. "We should do that again some time!"

He grinned back. "Absolutely!" Xin cheered and jumped up to cling to the oldest triplet, who in return, held Xin firmly with his hands on the dragon's wide hips to keep from falling over. "Xin! Warn me first!"

Shermie looked between his older brothers, all of them happy and excited that they were literally chased out by the police and sighed loudly. Even if Sebastian was the one who used to be a demon, the three of them were crazy as heck.

"Can we set more things on fire?!" Seb pleaded and pulled at Wanda's hand. The twins started pulling her shorts as well. "No." Wanda was firm about this. "Can we go to the pool then?" Zoe suggested. "With water balloons?!" Mabel smiled and Stan shrugged. "Why not?!"

They returned to their house and changed clothes to get in the pool. Miz and Mabel wore their new swimsuits and jumped into the pool together (after Miz secretly cleansed the pool of all contaminants, eeeew). "Come on Dip-Dop!" Mabel waved at her brother. "It's summer!"

Dipper rolled his eyes. "We're gonna go back to New Jersey for the rest of summer anyway. There's a beach there." He yelped when Mabel and Miz pulled him into the pool.

"Yay! Dipper is in!" Zoe exclaimed. She threw her acorn puppy into the water who fell with a small 'plop'. Zach tried to get Queen Flutter in as well, but the maple kitten hissed and flew away. Sir Bedazzle wiggled his little legs and barked as he tried to swim, bobbing along through the water.

Zoe grabbed the struggling puppy and put it on her older cousin's head. "Stay there!" She told Sir Bedazzle and swam away to play with Diego and her brother. Dipper sighed and the plantimal licked his forehead. "Arf!"

Dipper left the acorn puppy on the edge of the pool and watched him shake himself before running away. He wondered if that plantimal thought he was a puppy. It seemed like it.

Uncle Stan joined them first, and eventually, all the family sans Carla and Kari were in the water, splashing each other. Carla refused to get her hair wet and Kari was simply content with seeing them so happy. Ford had been dragged into the water under the combined force of his brothers and was brushing his hair from his face.

Seb grinned. This vacation was going to be the best!

-.-

Going back to New Jersey was certainly something for the four brothers, the birthday trip didn't count since they stayed on the beach the whole time. The triplets hadn't been here since they were 17 (except Seb to visit Matsuda's grave a few more times) and Shermie hadn't stepped foot in the town since he moved to Cali with Abigail. Kari looked around at the city that used to be their home with a sense of melancholy in her green eyes. How long has it been? 18 years?

They first went to the hotel where they reserved rooms. Stan and Carla shared one, Dillon and Diego another, Seb and Wanda had their own but connected to theirs, was a room with three beds for Miz and the twins. Shermie and Abi shared and the older twins, Ford and Kari had their own rooms. They could have tried Miz's idea to simply expand the room via magic, but it would have been too suspicious when the cleaners came.

Miz promised Ford to visit though. There wouldn't be a problem with leaving the twins, because Seb and Wanda were right there. She was very, very excited to keep Fordsie company!

For his part, Ford didn't want to admit that he was glad for that. It was...nice to share a room with someone again. He didn't think he'd actually want to have someone else around like that again. But he shared with Stan all his life, and McGucket once he got to college. His house in Gravity Falls always had some new specimen he caught nearby… and even behind the portal he'd been with Stan for 13 years...

Even when New Jersey was a complicated memory for the Pines brothers, they wanted to show their families where they grew up. Carla, Wanda and Abi already knew, but not their kids. "Do we have to walk?" Dillon complained. "Yes, shut up, it'll be fun! I'll show you where I lost a baby tooth! I bet my dried blood is still there!" Seb exclaimed and everyone let out a loud 'Ewww!'

They walked around, chatting and laughing before a voice cut through their conversation. "Oh my god! It's the freaks! Wow. There's more of you now?"

They turned to see a large blond man. It took the brothers a few seconds for recognition to set it. "Crampelter?!" The man, still as ugly as they remembered, grinned at the Pines. "I knew I would recognize your faces anywhere." He laughed. "It's the SAME face after all!"

"I'll kill him." Seb said simply and Wanda held him firmly, because she knew he would. Miz frowned at the man. Crampelter looked down and spotted her. "Whoa seriously?" He glanced up at Ford who was holding her hand "You got with a chink?" He looked around "No sign of the mother, hah! Did she leave you after seeing your fucked up hands?"

Ford narrowed his eyes and was going to retort when the large blond man suddenly fell over, clutching at his throat. Ford felt Miz squeezing his hand tightly. "Miz! You can't do that. Let him go." Miz stared at the choking man. Her eyes had turned red with a slit yellow pupil. "No."

"Miz...seriously." Stan sighed. "He's not worth it."

Miz ignored them. "He hurt you." This stupid Piece of shit hurt the triplets since they were little kids, and hadn't even made any effort to try and change to be a better person even after all this time. She was going to make him pay . The man's eyes rolled up and his face was turning blue. A woman ran over to him. "Claude! What's happening? What's wrong?!"

"He just fell over!" Miz exclaimed and grinned as she squeezed his neck even more. The woman panicked and knelt next to him.

Ford paled. "Miz. Stop. Please." He whispered. Miz frowned but closed her eyes as the man on the ground gasped loudly before coughing. "You know he hits his wife?" She muttered.

Ford frowned as the woman smiled relieved. "Claude, what happened? Are you ok?" he shoved her hands away "I'm FINE!" He growled. He got to his feet shakily. "You damn freaks. I know you did something!" He was staring between Ford and Seb. "I'm reporting you to the cops!"

"On what charges?" Wanda stepped forward to glare at him. She remembered this asshole from when she was a child. "We have not come near you in any way. You fell over on your own after trying to start a fight with us."

Crampelter's wife looked down, ashamed as the blond sneered, rubbing his neck. "Everyone was better off when you left! Freaks!"

"Ah, don't worry, we were really happy away from here as well. We could finally breathe without your ass close to us." Seb grinned. The man swung at him to punch him in the face, but Seb caught his fist with a hand. "Don't EVER touch me…or I will rip your arm off." He growled.

"Threats now, freak?" Crampelter swung his other arm which Seb also caught. "Back off. Just leave us alone and we leave you alone." Seb glared. "And if you really want to start something…"

"Claude, just leave them…" His wife pleaded but Crampelter glared at her. "You shut up!" he tore his hand away from Seb and swung at her. She managed to stay back and dodge the hit, as if she had seen him do such a thing before. She flinched and stepped back a few more steps when he reared back a second time.

"Ok, that's it !" Stan growled and threw his jacket to Dillon. He swung at Crampelter and hit his nose. Suddenly, Sherman was trying to pull Stan away as Crampelter tried hitting Stan back. Seb and Ford joined in and the kids gaped as their parents started fighting in the middle of the street.

Wanda ignored them and walked over to the scared looking woman with a frown. "Ma'am. Did your husband just try to strike you?" She knew he did, they all SAW it, but she had to ask anyway. "Does he do this often?" the woman shook her head. "N-no. He's...not normally like this…" she couldn't look at Wanda though. Wanda spoke softly "My name is Wanda Pines, I'm a lawyer. What's your name?"

"I swear he is not how you think! I-I think he has been drinking…" She excused him. Wanda sighed. "Even so, there are plenty of people who can be drunk without being violent." Her adorable lightweight husband, for example. Whenever he wasn't pent up with that magical energy thing he had.

"Dad, stop fighting!" Dillon called annoyed. "You'll call the cops' attention!" Stan ignored him as he roared and jumped at the other man. Crampelter and him were covered in growing bruises as they attacked each other. "I am sick of you, stupid piece of shit! Just leave my stupid family alone!"

Mabel and Dipper carried the scared little twins as Dillon held a really confused Diego. Kari just took a deep breath. Miz was whispering "Kill him, kill him~" They finally managed to separate Crampelter and Stan from each other. Shermie held Crampelter as Seb and Ford held a growling Stan.

"Stop it! Just fucking leave!" Seb cried. "What's the fucking problem you have with us?! YES, WE ARE FUCKING FREAKS, if you have a problem with that you can shove it up your ass !"

The two set of twins would have laughed if this wasn't so serious. Crampelter sneered. "I just think you freaks shouldn't be allowed out in society!" He opened his mouth again and Miz flicked her fingers. "-Your fingers are creepy and I'm terrified that you might be contagious and everyone likes Stanfreak even though he's a freak and it's not fair that you guys are so special and all the teachers liked Ford even when he's a stupid nerd. I'm jealous that Stanley is a rich and successful sports player and it's not fair that he gets to live it up and be happy even when he's some loser from Jersey just like me!"

Crampelter slapped his hands over his mouth, eyes wide. Why had he said that?!

Seb's eye widened a bit and raised an eyebrow. "What?" He looked at Miz who was grinning proudly. He caught what she did and grinned wickedly. "Oh yeah? So you're jealous of my brothers? You know, my nerd brother has an important research center and is recognized in the scientific community. Are you jealous of that too?" He taunted.

Crampelter glared and opened his mouth but instead of the posturing lie and taunts he wanted to say, his mouth spoke up about the insecurities he'd suppressed all his life "It's not fair! What makes you freaks so great?! Why are you so much better than me?! I hate you all! You're all freaks but people still like you! It's not fair!"

Seb folded his arms. "Well, maybe if you tried to actually DO something with your life instead of wasting your time picking on us…"

"But I'm too stupid for that! I was never good at anything in my life, that's why I picked on you when you were much younger and smaller than me, it made me feel better with myself to attack your insecurities to hide mine." Crampelter grimaced. What the fuck?!

Everyone was staring in shock, even the cursed man's wife. Miz giggled. Truth curses were so much fun. "And when school started getting harder and I realized that I just couldn't make anything of myself I got so mad that I took it out on everyone around me until all my friends left me and-" Crampelter clamped his hands over his mouth.

His wife walked up to him. "Claude...is this...true?" He turned to her "Yes! And I'm such a failure that I can't even get a girlfriend and only got you because we were both drunk at that bar and I got you pregnant. I'm terrified of being a father and I know I'm not any good for us. I can see how Emmie hates me and I can't stand it but I only know how to react by getting mad because I don't want to talk about my feelings because that's stupid and only nerds and losers talk about their feelings-" he squeezed his mouth shut again. Why was this happening?!

"I think you have a lot to talk about, man. I hope you don't ruin any more lives." Seb nodded and patted his shoulder. He grabbed Zoe from Dipper and started walking away. "Oh, and that sucks. My children love me." He couldn't help but taunt him one last time.

Crampelter glared at them as they quickly followed Seb but he kept his mouth shut because he would have cried "You're right!"

When they were away, the triplets and Miz started laughing loudly. Stan winced a bit at his bruises but still laughed. Wanda frowned. "It's not funny. That man needs help." Miz shrugged. "And he'll get it. Once he stops lying to both himself and the people around him." from afar they hear Crampelter shout out "I REGULARLY COMMIT TAX FRAUD!"

Mabel winced. "If he doesn't get arrested first." She glanced at Miz. "I know I normally say that honesty is the best policy but...yikes." She was a little worried that Miz just straight up cursed that man, but she didn't know how to bring it up. Miz rolled her eyes. "Well, despite all his issues, he doesn't feel any guilt over how he treated you guys. So I'd say he deserves this."

"I had forgotten about that guy." Ford mumbled as Stan laughed. "Well, I beat the shit out of him, and I got this!" He searched into his pocket and Carla glared at him. "I swear that if you stole something from him…" Stan slowly put the item back in his pocket while Carla and their kids facepalmed. "Seriously dad?" Dillon deadpanned. "I need to buy ice and who caused these bruises?! Him!" He argued. He was simply getting his compensation!

"Did that man pick on you too, dad?" Mabel asked Sherman as they walked. "Well, not at school because he's way older than me, but when we learned your mom was pregnant with you two he was the first one to harass me about it. And he was a grown ass man at the time, messing with a teenager!" The twins scowled annoyed. "What an asshole." Dipper stated.

Seb sighed as he hugged Zoe. "Well, I think I'll be happier if we just stayed away from him for the rest of the summer." Stan laughed. "If his damn mouth keeps doing that, he's probably gonna hide away in his house for the rest of the summer!"

"Daddy, I want ice cream." Zoe asked and Seb smiled. "Hey, guys, you think that store we used to go as kids is still around?"

"We should check!" Stan nodded. Ford, still holding Miz's hand, frowned at her. She pouted. "What? I didn't hurt him. So it's fine right?"

Ford sighed. Well, she wasn't wrong. But that didn't make her right. "Even if someone isn't a good person, you shouldn't go around using your powers on them like this all the time. We should avoid calling attention to ourselves. No powers in public." Miz pouted but nodded. "Ok, but if I meet more people who hurt you all, I'll get mad. And I'm not going to hold back on protecting you all." She warned. The man with glasses smiled and ruffled her hair. "I appreciate your concern, but we are grown adults now, not kids."

They heard Stan cheer. "Look! The ice cream place is still here!" Stan and Seb raced for the building, laughing like children. It wasn't large enough for everyone to fit inside so they sent a few adults in to get the treats for everyone else.

"Aw man...this is so nostalgic…" Seb sighed as he licked his ice cream cone. "Hey, wanna head to the harbor and check out the docks for stuff?" His twins cheered and hugged his pants.

The sun shone down at them as they walked. "Everything looks samey...but also different-y." Shermie commented, making a face that reminded Seb a lot of Mabel. Wow, he really resembled the twins. Or rather, the twins resembled him. Those Pines genes. The little twins saw the beach ahead and wanted to run off but Seb caught their hands. "No, behave. We will stay with everyone, ok?"

They all walked around licking their ice cream and listening to the sound of the waves. They passed some fishermen and townspeople. The children wanted to check everything out but they had a quiet day out otherwise. Miz stared at the boats. Fish~

Ford noticed her longing look and chuckled. "Seriously?"

"I love fish, let me be." Miz punched his side jokingly. "Steamed fish, grilled fish, raw fish, ground fish…"

She spent the rest of the day talking about all the different ways to prepare fish. Ford nodded, wondering if it had to do with anything Bill related or it was just Miz's personal likings. Anyway, he should remember this for the future, who knew when it could be important.

"You always came to the beach?" Dipper asked the adults. Shermie huffed. "THEY went to the beach, they never took me, nice big brothers they were."

"You ungrateful brat, I always took you out!" Seb complained. "Yeah, but not the three of you." Shermie pouted.

"Did you seriously expect us, as teens, with an image to uphold, to take our toddler brother everywhere? Do you know how embarrassing that would have been?" Stan complained. Shermie shrugged and looked at the women. "You see? They thought I was an embarrassment."

Miz frowned. "I took my youngest sister with me everywhere, with my last human family." Which made everyone wonder about what other human family Miz had. "How is that embarrassing?" She legitimately didn't know.

"Stan was the popular one, of course it was embarrassing for him because his friends were jocks and idiots." Seb shrugged. "Like that one time we accompanied Fordsie to buy his DD and more D game, the 'cool' one with the rap song, and you abandoned me there with Shermie and Ford JUST because they saw you!"

Dipper burst out laughing. Diggity Dungeons...

Miz stared at Ford. "And...THAT wasn't embarrassing?" She raised an eyebrow at him. Ford blushed. "It was a dark time in my life…"

Shermie grinned widely. "Right! I remember! It was that time you started wearing all colorful and neon clothes, right?"

"I have no comments." Ford mumbled as everyone laughed at him. Kari smiled kindly. "I thought you looked adorable." Ford groaned. "Mom~!" Miz stared at him. "I'm judging you so hard right now."

Ford didn't want to admit that Miz judging him hit harder than expected.

"I was excited and many people were doing the same!" Ford complained. "The 90s were dark times…" Seb nodded to himself. "I want to see pictures!" Mabel demanded. "I NEED them! Grandma, I'd give you my blood!"

Kari chuckled. "I do not have my albums here I'm afraid...they are in New York at my house." Mabel groaned and Ford sighed in relief. "Miz! Can you magic them to us?!" Mabel looked at the girl pleadingly. "No, please!" Ford begged and Miz grinned wickedly.

She looked around to make sure no one was watching before flicking her fingers and pulling Ford's jacket open to tug out the photo album that was now in there. "Boop! One album of embarrassing photos!"

"Of Ford?" Stan grinned.

"Of the four of you~" Miz grinned even wider as fear and dread started coming out of them like waves. Ah~ Fear! "I'm just being fair of course. Fordsie shouldn't have to suffer alone."

Now the brothers were panicking. "No! Please! Stop it!" They knew those photos shouldn't even exist! For all they knew, Miz could have created them looking into theirs and Mom's memories! "Let's go somewhere to look at them!" Miz announced and everyone followed her laughing.

The triplets and Shermie stayed frozen to the floor. "So...how about a collective suicide?" Seb muttered. His brothers all whimpered and nodded.

They sat down and Miz cackled as she opened the album. Mabel squee'd "Omigosh! They're so TINY!"

That was a cute photo. The triplets were little and drinking from their feeding bottles with their little eyes closed. The triplets shared a look. That wasn't that bad...

In the next one they were a little older, and were sitting on a mattress staring at something. It was easy to spot Seb and they had to look at the babies' hands to see who was Ford and who was Stan. They really looked similar. Kari put her hands on her chest. Her babies~

"OH MY GOD!" Mabel roared. Why were they SO cute!?

"I know." Kari smiled as Carla and Wanda squealed. "Daddy, why is your eye yellow?" Zach asked, pointing at the baby. "He used to have his eye like that, but he doesn't have it anymore." Wanda explained easily. Zach nodded and accepted the explanation.

Kari flipped the page and everyone laughed. The triplets were eating spaghetti. A little Stanford was crying his eyes out, judging by his red face, Stanley ate his food oblivious and Seb was smiling widely, showing off proudly his front tooth and 2 little fangs and an empty bowl he definitely poured over his brother's head. "That was a good day." Seb commented and Ford glared half-heartedly at him.

"Wait, you remember this?!" Stan gaped and Seb shrugged. "I was conscious as a baby...my body was just way behind me."

"So you remember being a baby?! Everything?!" Shermie exclaimed and Seb nodded slowly. "You...don't?" What the heck? He thought everyone remembered it! "No? My earliest memory is at...4? Maybe 3." Ford scratched the back of his head.

Kari took a hand to her mouth, eyes wide. "Oh god…" She couldn't believe Sebastian remembered those years! She sobered when she remembered how much she fought with Filbrick when they were just babies, the things Filbrick and his family called Seb...and he was hearing it all…she slowly turned the page, regretting not doing something sooner.

They saw 'photos' of Stan and Ford asleep, Ford slumped over his pillow with a book on his face and Stan halfway off his bed. "Where's daddy?" Zach asked.

"I didn't share a room with them." Seb responded. He was also sure now that these photos weren't real photos but images received via Miz's All Seeing powers. There was a photo of little Seb clinging to a much younger Kari's dress, peeking out from behind her. "Aww~granny Kari was so pretty~"

"I'm still gorgeous." Kari laughed. She was sitting down with her grandchildren surrounding her, on her lap and was tracing the photos fondly. There was a photo of child Seb and Stan trying to escape bathtime, convenient items in the foreground of the shot blocking anything explicit. Kari laughed. Magical photo album? Amazing.

There was a photo of the triplets at Halloween. Everyone laughed at the adorableness. Then there was Shermie being born. Seb's dark scowl aimed at the baby even as he clung to Kari's side, knuckles white. Shermie's bedroom being set up. Kari paused at the photo of Sebastian huddled in the dark attic, alone and far from his family. Oh…

There were photos of Seb glaring at Shermie and eventually the panicked look on Seb's face as Shermie choked. They gasped at the photo of Seb carrying Shermie in his arms as he ran, a look of desperation on his face. These were DEFINITELY photos formed from magic. Kari was...amazed actually.

She considered her adopted granddaughter. "Miz? Wanna learn how to scam people with psychic readings?"

"Ma! Don't teach Miz terrible things! Besides, she's already pretty good at that sort of thing." Seb sighed. Stan scoffed. "I bet she doesn't even need to do FAKE psychic readings…"

Shermie stared at the progression photos of Seb handing the baby Shermie off to the nurses at the hospital. Wow. Seb really did save his life...he gave his older brother a quick hug.

The photos progressed as the triplets got older. The three of them playing at the beach. Finding the boat. Standing on each other's shoulders to try the trench coat trick for sneaking into R rated movies. Eating meals together. Kari flipped the pages as everyone giggled and Aww'ed at images of her children growing up.

There was a photo of Filbrick, tall, imposing and Seb, tiny little Seb, who had always been smaller than his triplets, crying on the ground, holding a hand to his red cheek. The children gasped and turned to look at Seb. He flushed. "I...I broke something. He...he was just punishing me…"

There was a photo of Filbrick tossing Sebastian outside the house, the snapshot taken while Sebastian was still in the air, mid-throw, Filbrick's face twisted into a scowl. Seb looked away "I did something bad again...it just...happened."

Zach and Zoe were frowning. "Who is this mean man?" Dillon, Diego, Mabel and Dipper were frowning as well. Kari tightened her grip on the book. The brothers were quiet. "That's grandpa Fildick." Miz said. Her tone was cheerful in a way that lent to a sense offoreboding. "He was really mean." The twins looked confused. "Not Grandpa Matsuda?

Miz shook her head. "Filbrick was granny Kari's husband. But he was never a dad to Seb. That's why Matsuda was Seb's dad instead." That seemed to explain enough, so the twins just nodded. "I'm glad Fill-bic isn't our grandpa. He looks mean."

There were photos of the Stans cheerfully playing together right next to photos of the beatings Seb received from Filbrick. Kari trembled. She couldn't see Miz's face since she was sitting in her lap with her back towards her. The younger children were beginning to look distressed. "Why is Fill-bic hurting daddy? Why does he keep doing it?" Zach whimpered.

"Because grandpa was scared and angry and instead of talking about how he felt, he hit daddy to make himself feel better." Miz explained. Zoe whined. "L-like that fat man from this morning?" Kari felt Miz nod. "Exactly. But WORSE, because Fildick was a dad and dad's are supposed to take care of their kids…"

Seb grimaced and looked like he wanted to stop this whole thing. He looked away, what was this about?

The next photos featured the triplets a little older, teens now, and were in the living room with Shermie. They were grinning with food in their mouths, so it wasn't a toothy smile, and Shermie's mouth was covered in chocolate. It would have been a cute photo but Seb's face was a little bruised. "Oh...I...I fell." Seb tried to excuse lamely but no one bought his words. Not with the other photos of what Filbrick did to him.

Kari trembled. The guilt was tearing her up inside. Seeing the photo, seeing the bruises that appeared on Seb's tiny body as the photos went on...she should have done something. She should have stood up for her baby more. "Not your fault, granny Kari." Miz leaned back against her. "It wasn't your fault. It was only his fault. You're a victim too." She reassured the old woman.

Stan gently flipped the page to continue looking. He had a pretty good suspicion this album wasn't to embarrass them… He narrowed his eyes. Miz was trying to get something here, he knew a scheme when he saw it.

The next page made everyone flinch. Broken glass in a store. The triplets and Shermie staring at the football that had been thrown. "I-I threw the ball...should have listened to you, Sixer…" Stan smiled sheepishly. Seb covered the twins' eyes at the next photo, where he was leaning on his hands in the glass, Filbrick had kicked him to the floor.

The kids weren't allowed to look as the photos of Seb progressed, it showed how Seb ran away from the house, clutching his bloody hands to his chest as the man with glasses yelled something at him. The next photo featured Seb in a park helping an old man.

"Oh my god…" Seb whispered as he blinked back his tears. He hadn't seen him since the funeral...he looked so healthy here, and smiling. "Who is he?" Mabel smiled. "He looks like a kind grandpa who gives you candies."

"Matsuda...M-My fa-boss, my first boss…" Ford frowned, remembering the conversation he had with Miz months ago. Seb worked to earn his stay at the house…

"Grandpa!" The young twins cheered. Kari didn't correct them.

The man, Matsuda, was treating Seb's hand and the teen (why was he still so short?) smiled tearfully at him. A photo of Seb helping Matsuda in his workshop. "This man was the one who taught you to make clothes?" Kari gasped. Seb smiled proudly. "He was the absolute best! He even helped me with homework when I didn't understand and no one was willing to help me, not even the useless teachers."

"I could have helped." Ford frowned and Seb smiled. "No offense, Sixer, but you had an incredibly short temper when it came to teaching me...I understand Stanley was easier to work with." Stan shrugged. "We're just not as big on nerd books." Ford rolled his eyes. Ugh, why were his brothers like this. They continued through the photo album.

Things got worse as they got older. Seb was isolated more and more as Ford tried to avoid him while Stanley was trying his best to be there for both of them. There were some photos from the dance that made Wanda smile. "That's when Seb and I officially met." She fondly traced the photo of Seb smirking as he utterly roasted the boy who had tried to use her.

Zach and Zoe cooed. "Mommy looks so young!"

"Mommy is still young!" Wanda complained. Carla laughed. "You know, your meeting will never be more romantic than ours~" She taunted the blonde. Stan nodded solemnly. "I was her hero. I punched a thief in the face." Diego and Dillon gasped. So cool. Miz made the photos appear on the next page. Stan saving Carla as people cheered at him. Then watching the movie together and then kissing in the cinema. The kids made disgusted noises.

"You kissed on your literal first date?" Seb deadpanned. Stan shrugged "What can I say? I'm the best~" The brothers shoved each other playfully. Mabel and Dipper stared at their parents. "How did you two meet?"

"In a party." "At school." They said at unison. They looked at each other with frowns. "What the fuck? I met you at Jimmy's place!" Abigail frowned. "Abi, we shared classes!" Shermie grimaced. "You looked hot at that party though…" She teased and the youngest Pines brother while he rolled his eyes. "We dated for a while, it was really nice. Your mom knew everyone and we got free passes to cool places with cool drinks and fun things to take." Shermie explained. Kari and Seb scowled at him disapprovingly, not liking to hear about when the man used to do drugs.

"And before we knew it, you two little blessings came into our life!" Shermie smiled at his grown up kids. "Your dad was pissing himself when you were born." Seb grinned. "He called me up crying and screaming for help." Everyone cooed when the magic photo illustrated the day. "Oh yeah? Well, I was young, and away from mom. Why don't you tell everyone how you called me crying as well when your twins were born?"

"They were premature and I was scared!" Seb shrieked. Stan rolled his eyes. They had been super chill about Carla's pregnancy. He had been more worried about Dillon's self esteem actually. Stan sighed. Once more, he was the only normal one in the family. They looked at the photo album. "So...how did Miz and Uncle Ford meet?" Dipper asked. They all stared at the magical photo album in anticipation even as Ford buried his face and Stan coughed.

The photo showed Ford kicking sand into Bill's eye with a deraged, sleep deprived expression on his face. Everyone stared at the photo in deadpan before turning to Ford. "How are you not dead?" Seb gasped.

"I, contrary to popular belief, have a lot of self control… sometimes " Miz laughed as Ford moaned. "Besides, I had just met you at the time, so I put two and two together and decided I couldn't let your triplets die." she reached back to pat Ford's leg. "I came pretty close though."

Seb shuddered. "I'm very grateful you didn't kill my stupid brother." Miz smiled at his friend. "Then I helped them survive. Oh look! Stan is playing with 8-Ball here!" She showed them the photo.

"Dad, you had long hair like a girl!" Diego gasped and Carla snorted loudly. There was a photo of William holding Stan down and dressing him. "Aren't we skipping forward too much?" Dillon asked. "I wanna see dad when he joined the football team!"

"Ah, those were good times." Stan nodded. "It was in college! Show them!" He looked at Miz. "Please~?" Mabel poked his cheek and he sighed. "Please." He added. Kari's heart skipped a beat every time she remembered how her free spirit went to college. She had been so incredibly proud.

Miz (with her plan in mind: showing everyone how badly Filbrick had treated Seb to try and make them mad enough to allow her to go after the man) turned the page and there were photos of the Stans getting their high school diplomas and getting into college, there was a photo of Stan with his football team...and a few members of the family winced. Seb was nowhere to be seen.

"Where is dad?" Zach asked again. Why wasn't dad in most of the family photos? It didn't make sense. Seb ruffled his hair. "I was babysitting Jackson Novikov."

"The ice skater?" Dillon blinked. Seb nodded proudly. "But why aren't you at your graduation?" He asked. They were the same age, so babysitting happened at the same time.

"I...didn't graduate with my brothers…" Seb said softly, feeling his chest clenching painfully. Wanda squeezed his six-fingered hand. Dillon looked confused. "Why not?" Half the family winced. Miz turned the page and leaned back with a sigh. "Well, that's because of this."They looked at the photos and froze. After a few seconds Dillon said firmly "I want to punch grandfather."

The twins' eyes turned red. "I will burn him." Zoe felt her fire forming in her palm. "Me too!" Zach growled and the rest of the cousins nodded. "Guys, guys, it's ok! I don't care about that anymore! I-I broke Stanford's project and I know he hated me, it wasn't that surprising...no one probably cared except for you, guys…" Seb looked at his mom, Stan, Shermie and Wanda.

Wanda closed her eyes. No one wondered why Seb wasn't in school after that. She had heard people laughing...feeling relieved they wouldn't have to see him again...It wasn't fair.

Miz spoke up softly "I know where Fildick sleeps. And that his bedroom window isn't secure."

"No, you guys aren't doing shit. Just ignore it please." Seb begged his family. He didn't want to be anywhere near that man. He was fine as it was. He was happy with his real family. The blond twins stared at the photo of the Pawnshop in concentration, memorizing every detail.

They urged the photos to be about happier things. Stan making friends and doing well in college, Ford and Fiddleford being lab buddies and Shermie raising a tiny Mabel and Dipper, mixed up as well. There were photos of Wanda finding Seb again.

The next photo made everyone gasped. It was Seb, but he had his eyepatch over his right eye, grinning as he looked around the room full of dead people with his yellow eye. Seb choked down a sob. "N-No! It wasn't me!" Miz blinked. Shit, she hadn't actually meant to show that particular one. Shit, but this was something that had been on her mind for a while and it just-

"Sebastian, what the-" Ford whispered and stared at his brother in shock. Wanda averted her eyes. Seb told her but...God, this was horrible.

Seb looked at Miz with a tight mouth and a glare, but tears in his eye.

Miz winced back. "Sorry, but it just…" she wiggled.

"Do you think I don't have a reason to not talk about this?!" Seb spat as his eye turned red.

"But-" Miz shrank back, not used to being yelled at by Seb. "It was not your fault!" Miz insisted. "You wanted to die and Bill took advantage of that." Miz said quietly. "He talked you into it, he tricked you into letting go and giving yourself to him. But none of that was your fault." She looked up at him. "It was the assholes who kept stressing you-" she tried to say.

"Shut up!" Seb shouted and Miz winced. She realized Seb was looking at Zach and Zoe. Shit, she said all that in front of them, didn't she?

"I don't care . I never wanted to talk about that." Seb growled. It hurt. It was the most horrible thing he had done, he surrendered to his demon part, he didn't want to relive the pain again, didn't want his family to know.

"But you can't keep this all bottled up forever. Either you talk to your family about it or I keep showing photos." Miz was being stubborn now, bristling up in response to the push back. A part of her (probably her mental Zyun-Kei) was saying this was a bad idea, but she couldn't stop now.

Stan tensed. This wasn't good.

Seb glared as his hands burned. "You are not telling me how to fucking deal with my life, Bill." He said, managing to make a very deep voice as opposed to his usual high one.

Miz's eyes went wide. She trembled and shrank in on herself. Wanda reached down to pull her up and away. "Miz. You did something very bad. Apologize."

"I'm s-sorry…" Miz whimpered.

"It's over, it's done! It's in the past! Why do you think you can bring it back up?" He gasped. Miz played with the bottom of her shirt, pulling and twisting the fabric. "Because there were things left unsaid that I thought should be addressed. Because I want to see you all talk about this instead of ignoring it."

"But I didn't want to do that. And you shouldn't have forced me to."

Everyone else was shocked and didn't know if they should look away.

"I… just…" Miz's knuckles were white where they clenched her shirt. Then she closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have…"

Seb rubbed his eye with his forearm. He just wanted to forget about it. Forget it happened. But he couldn't, he still had the occasional nightmare...though they stopped since Miz started living with him...Maybe Miz saw...But still, it wasn't her place!

Miz sniffled. "I'm sorry."

Seb sighed, ran a hand through his hair and wondered what to do in this situation. Miz did something bad. And like the twins when they did something bad, she had to be punished. But what exactly could he even do? Then it hit him.

"You're not allowed ice cream for a week." Seb finally said. "As punishment for pushing into things that weren't your business."

The look of horror on her face was enough to make Seb crack a smile.

The mood changed after that. The kids were sent to play somewhere else while the teens and adults were just sitting there, staring at nothing. Miz was hugging her legs and leaning against Ford while Seb was leaning against his mother. None of them wanted to ask about what they saw, and honestly no one wanted to know.

Ford was still thinking too hard though, trying to piece the information he got together. Seb was on the streets, because Filbrick kicked him out, then he lived horrible, to the point he wanted to die, and he gave up his body to Bill? Well, Bill as in his demon self...and he killed...

Miz pinched his side softly. "Not your fault. Fildick's fault." She sighed. Ford shook his head. "Our father may have thrown him out...but I was the one who chose to not care about it…"

"You were a stupid teenager, who grew into a stupid adult." Miz poked his side. "You were spoiled, idiotic, selfish, blind to your own faults, pig-headed, stubborn…" With each word, Ford curled into himself more and more. "...and then you grew past that." Miz finished. She draped herself over Ford's shoulder, still feeling down for hurting her soul brother, she didn't mean it.

"You got over yourself. You realized you were wrong and you're trying to make up for it." She said simply. "Most idiots I know never move past their own ignorance. You're trying. You're better." She sighed. Ford looked up at her. "Not gonna lie, you were an absolute asshole. But you're trying not to be. That says a lot, you know?"

Ford sighed. "But it doesn't change how much I hurt Sebastian...it...doesn't make up for everything he had to go through because of my stupid...selfishness…" His shoulders shook. He already apologized to him, but everytime he thought about their past, it was like bringing it up all over again.

He treated him so bad, and Seb still spent 13 years fixing that portal just to get them back.

Miz sighed and smushed Ford's cheeks. "Seb loves you and Stan." She really shouldn't have insisted...Brother said she had to work on that. Why were mental attacks so hard to figure out? "Don't forget you still had your own issues created by your horrible father. And to be fair-" She lowered her voice. "Seb was a difficult child to be around. You were ALL idiots back then." She pinched his cheek. "And you all grew up and got over it." She stroked his sharp jawline and smiled. It made her feel a little better when she managed to make him smile as well.

"Hey, guys, I'm hungry...Um, how about we go eat? My treat!" Miz offered, looking at Seb carefully. He rubbed his face. "And where're you getting that money from?" Seb managed to joke. He was still mad, but he couldn't stay mad forever. He got a lot of hugs from his mom and while Sebastian still wasn't in any state to talk about what went down between himself and his demon half, he understood that Miz had been trying to help in her own fucked up way. Sometimes she understood people and sometimes she didn't.

Seb walked over and ruffled Miz's hair. "As part of your punishment, you have to wait till dinnertime, when the sun sets." Miz whined. "Noooooo~!" He left her and she glanced at her growling stomach. "Uwu…" Careful to note any malicious intentions, she walked off to find food.

Miz looked around and stared at the hotdogs on the cooking rack. Creating matter used up a lot of energy, but simply moving things around was easy.

She made a grasping motion but before she could have that delicious hot dog in her hands, her shoulder was grabbed and she was turned around. Her eyes went wide and she tensed up for a second. Hey~ It was Fordsie! She relaxed.

"Are you trying to steal from that hard working man?" He raised an eyebrow. It distracted Miz a little, he looked handsome when he did that… "...I'm hungry and Seb said I couldn't eat yet." she sighed. Now Fordsie will get angry at her too.

"Well…" He glanced back at the family and then at Miz. "There's nothing about me buying something for myself and letting you have some." He grinned. "If you want?" Ford laughed when the demon clung to him. "YES! Thank you~"

"As long as you don't try to steal again. It's wrong, this guy works hard." He cautioned with a stern look. Miz nodded eagerly. She was going to leave him a ruby, but it was so cute of Fordsie to try and teach her right from wrong~

Wanda crossed her arms. Dumb Ford helping Miz cheat...Expected from a partner though...

It didn't take long to go eat because the group accepted they were hungry too. They argued over which restaurant to go to before finding a sandwich/burger place. "There, we can all choose which thing we want and there won't be an issue."

They all agreed and sat down to check the menu. Miz was drooling at all the different fish sandwiches. "Monkfish?" She gasped. "Swordfish? Tilapia!" She drooled. "I don't know what to choose!" Zoe and Zach gagged. "Fish is gross." Zoe said. "They're slimy!"

"Fish is delish!" Miz said vehemently. "Ooh~do they have yellowtail?" Dipper and Mabel laughed. "You really like fish?" Miz nodded. "I like all meat but fish is nice because there's so many different kinds that all taste different!" She sighed happily at the thought.

"Well you need to decide on one." Dillon pointed out. Miz whined. "Either Swordfish or Monkfish…" she couldn't decide. Wanda patted her head. "We have all summer. You can try a different fish everyday." Miz lit up. "Oooh!" She looked at the menu. "Eeny meeny miny you!" She declared. "Monkfish!"

Dipper and Mabel shuddered.

They ordered some things to snack on while waiting. "Seb! You should totally get the swordfish." Miz said immediately to her brother. She quickly remembered what happened and looked down. "You know, if you want, don't want to force you or anything…"

Seb pouted. He shouldn't have shouted like that, he was upset, and Miz WAS in the wrong, but he didn't want her to be afraid of suggesting things! "It's-It's ok… suggestions are fine, but if its something serious, we need to talk it out before you do anything." He tried smiling. Wanda rubbed his shoulder. "If you get swordfish she's gonna steal it." The blonde teased.

"Theft is fine if you're hungry!" Miz declared. Ford and Stan winced at the memory of stealing food while in space.

"I never stole when I was hungry." Seb told her (making Stan and Ford feel more guilty) and ordered a swordfish anyway. Everyone shifted awkwardly. Zoe and Zach looked up from their fried fish. "Then what did you eat when you were hungry?" Zach asked innocently.

"I didn't…" Seb smiled. "I just waited until I was not grounded, or until I found someone who would hire me to wash the dishes at a restaurant in exchange for food." He looked at his mom, as if he was going to tell her he learned to be good from her, but she was looking at him sadly.

"Miz." Kari said simply "You can't take Sebastian's food." Miz nodded and went back to stealing Dipper's fries. Ford, Stan and Shermie were quiet.

"Miz makes sure we all eat though." Seb told his mother with a small grin. He really didn't want his sister to feel bad because of him. " She would create the ingredients herself if she had to. Or teleport lunch to Wanda if she forgot to grab it in the morning. And reminds me to eat when I get engrossed in my work."

Kari reached over to pat Miz's head. "Thank you. But still, don't steal Sebastian's food." Miz nodded.

"It's ok, I have Dipper's fries." She took another one. Dipper groaned. "Why me?!" Mabel grinned and took another fry. Shermie chuckled "Do you want us to buy you some fries?"

Miz nodded excitedly and Dipper looked at his dad like he was some kind of benevolent god, saver of fries. Shermie laughed. "You kids eat a lot. Watch out or you might turn into your food."

Dipper rolled his eyes. Miz tilted her head. "So...if I ate a human, would I become one?" Ford sighed. "Please. Do. Not. Eat. Humans." Wanda patted Miz's head. "Humans are friends. Not food." Miz pouted. "But I wanna know what you taste like."

"Is this just always going to be a thing?" Dipper groaned. "This fascination you have with eating humans?" Miz pouted. "Well, don't you guys ever wonder?"

"I heard they taste like pork." Seb mused. "LOOK a distraction!" Dipper pointed as the waitress brought out the other food they ordered. Seb tilted his head in thought even as he picked up his swordfish burger. "Would Miz be so curious about the taste of Flatlanders, I wonder…"

"They taste like wheat." Miz answered as she stole another fry. Everyone around the table froze except Seb who nodded. "Oh, right. You ate your brother...by accident…"

"And the ground up bodies of the dead." Miz shrugged. Stan groaned. "Can you two NOT?! Some of us are trying ta eat here!"

Seb ignored him. "How did you eat dead people?" He shoved a few fries to his mouth. Miz shuddered. "It was actually pretty horrible to discover. This fucked up Flatland used the corpses of dead people and other shit to make baby formula."

Everyone gaped horrified and Seb stuck his tongue out. "Horrible, but not surprised. All Flatlanders are disgusting little creatures." Miz nodded. "So I'm used to cannibalizing my own kind."

"Cool." Seb commented as he took a bite of his swordfish burger. "Oh. Shit. This is delicious."

"Ok, so, I didn't need to know that…" Stan pouted, disgusted at the idea. The family continued eating, eventually the traumatizing information was pushed back to enjoy and laugh in the company of their big family.

-.-

After eating, the Pines headed back to their hotel to change and get ready for a beach night. They had to enjoy the beach while it was clean and beautiful after all. With the summer pulling in tourists, it wouldn't be long for things to get dirty again.

The women rocked their bikinis, and the 3 youngest brothers gaped at their wives. Goddammit they were some lucky bastards! How the hell they managed to get wives so pretty as them?! They attacked them with kisses the moment they saw them.

Miz was wearing the swimsuit she bought too. She blushed when Wanda told her she looked lovely. They all headed down to the beach, lit up with torches as people played and some even grilling barbeques, where Mabel immediately ran towards the nearest group of teenage boys, screaming loudly "HEYO! GUESS WHO'S SINGLE AND READY TO MINGLE?!"

Shermie and Abigail facepalmed when the boys ran away screaming in fear. Abigail held back a sob "We're never going to get grandkids!" Shermie patted her back. "Don't worry. Dipper has a girlfriend. Besides, we're still too young to be grandparents, give her time until we actually look the right age." Abigail wailed "We will never get grandkids!"

Dipper twitched. "Oi?!" He growled at how everyone always picked on him. He held a bag with another whole order of French fries his dad had bought him to-go. He munched on his fries to make himself feel better.

"Gimme your fries." Miz jumped to try and snatch the to-go bag from Dipper. He held it out of her reach. "No! These are mine!" Miz pouted and jumped again, Dipper backpedaled, tripped over his own feet and sent the bag flying. The fries flew everywhere and the seagulls descended upon them like the ravenous flying trash compactors they were.

"Aaaaahhhhh!" Dipper shrieked as they surrounded him.

While everyone was distracted by the flock of seagulls, Miz snuck up to her siblings. "Hey. Come on." Zoe blinked at her sister. "Where are we going?" Miz pulled them away from the family trying to fight off the seagulls. "We're going to see meanie grandpa."

"What? He's not my grandpa and I don't want to see him! He was mean to my daddy and he hurt him and made him cry!" Zach sniffled. Miz and the kids walked away from the adults' sight. "And that's why we're gonna make him pay, because no one hurts Sebas and gets away with it, right?"

The twins' eyes turned red as they grinned maliciously. Miz knew the distraction she caused would buy them at least 20 minutes…

"Ahhh! They're in my shirt!"

...make that 30 minutes.

Miz held onto Zach and Zoe's hand before Blinking away.

-.-

They appeared in the alleyway near the pawnshop. Miz huffed. Good thing she ate all those fries. Starches like potatoes worked wonders for building up her energy. "Alright. Lets fuck him up." She growled. Her brother and sister grinned with mouths filled with needle-like teeth.

"What is the plan? Can we burn his face?" Zoe asked excitedly. "We can make things float and break all the glass and cut him like he made daddy cut his hands as a kid!" Zach growled.

Miz was so proud. They were adorable, but evil inside when they needed to be. "Well…" She grinned, her eyes turning yellow. "Let's try absolute terror first…"

The demon and the kids entered the store, smiling. The man behind the counter wasn't like the one in the photos, hitting their small daddy. His hair was almost white, and he was old, much older. He was practically defenseless...even better! Miz scowled. This fucker hurt Sebas when he was a kid, also defenseless and unable to protect himself. He deserved to suffer.

"Yes? Good evening…" He greeted them seriously. He wondered what 3 kids wanted in the store. The Asian looking girl had her head down as she glanced around the shop. "Nice place" She said in a curious voice. Filbrick sighed. "Look kids, you should get back to your parents before they worry."

"Are parents supposed to worry?" The girl asked, still not looking up at him. Filbrick internally cursed whatever parents these kids had for letting them wander around unsupervised. "Yes. I'm sure your parents are very worried." he watched one of the blond children flip his open sign to closed.

The girl walked around until she was in front of the counter, looking at his displays. "It's funny you should say that…" She slowly raised her head to look at him while the other two kids stood to either side of her with wide, disturbing grins.

"...considering YOU'VE never cared." The girl grinned at him, eyes wide and glowing yellow with slit pupils.

The man's eyes behind his glasses widened and he quickly stood up from his chair. He took a hand to his chest. Those eyes! Those eyes! "No, no! What do you want from me?!" He cried.

"Oh~nothing much~just here to get a little...vengeance for what you did." The girl walked forward and the two other children began giggling. The shutters on the store all closed. The door behind him that led to the house clicked shut and locked itself. Objects around the shop began to float.

"Tell me, dear Filbrick~" the little girl (No. Not a girl. A demon!) purred. "For what reason, did you mistreat your children so?"

"I-I never...I never…my sons had everything I could gi-give them! They had a house and food!"

"LIAR!" The blonde girl screamed and threw an object at him, just missing because she didn't want to hurt him yet. Her eyes turned red. "You hurt one! You didn't give him a house or food! You were a BAD dad! Don't lie!"

Filbrick screamed and closed his eyes when the object broke just next to his face. "I do-don't know what you're talking about!" He stuttered. He tried to run but his legs were frozen. He could only watch in horror as the three demons stalked closer.

"LIAR!" the little boy growled. He waved his hand and the display cases all shattered when the objects inside slammed against it. "You yelled at him and hit him! You pulled his hair and made him CRY!"

Filbrick gasped when his feet began to move on their own. His hands also began to move without his control. They were reaching down, toward the broken glass on the ground. "No! No please!" He cried. "Please stop!"

"Please?" The demon with the yellow eyes asked, tilting its head to the side. "That's what HE said too. But you never listened. You never stopped ." Filbrick cried out as he fell to his knees, wincing at the sharp prick of glass through his pants. His hands were hovering right above the glass. "So…" the demon came up and pulled his glasses off, forcing him to stare directly into its horrible eyes.

"... why should we ?" The demon asked. It stared down at him and frowned. "How many sons did you have?" The man's sensitive eyes narrowed as they were filled with tears. "Th-Three…"

" Wrong answer ." Filbrick's hands were forced down into the glass and he screamed. He shrieked even louder when the two blond kids stomped on on his hands, grinding them into the glass shards. "That's not true! You had FOUR!" They screamed. "And you hit him and punched him and insulted him when he did nothing wrong!" The boy spat. They had angry tears shining in their eyes.

"Please let me go! I haven't seen that-that demon for almost 20 years!" He sobbed, watching his blood slowly coming out of his hands.

The demon with yellow eyes grinned. "That boy wasn't a demon, much less the one you were thinking about...I, on the other hand, am, and a very powerful one at that...and I don't like shitty parents…" She sneered.

Filbrick trembled when she placed her hands along his neck, her hands were so small it took two to reach around, and began squeezing. He wheezed and gasped, he wanted to get away but he couldn't move. The two blond demons were still stepping on his hands, crushing and grinding at his fingers.

Filbrick couldn't even look away from those eyes. They stared at him, unblinking and filled with malice. His vision was beginning to swim. He was going to die...

He was going to die, killed by demons, like his brother, he would die alone, without any family, no one was going to know. He lost his wife, and his sons...he was going to die.

Before the twins could join Miz in squeezing this horrible man's neck, they hear the door being blown open. " WAIT! STOP!" They turned around and saw Sebastian with his triplets, panting and with a pained grimace on his face.

"Daddy?" The blonde girl winced. Filbrick gasped for air when they let go of his throat. He watched in disbelief as that demon who replaced his son waved his arms and made the children float away from him. "You three are GROUNDED!" Seb gasped. The girl with the yellow eyes, which faded into a dark brown, almost black, whined. "But Seb~"

"No. You three are in SO much trouble you hear me?!" Sebastian yelled at them. As Filbrick gasped for air and stared at the knowledge these little demons were that demon's children, his eyes widened as two ghosts appeared. "S...Stanley...St...Ford?" He croaked through his bruised windpipe. He had seen the news, but to actually see then...He went to Stanford's funeral, Stanley was declared dead as well.

Stanford, yes, he had six fingers, glared at the asian-looking demon. "You seriously took the twins here to kill our father!? If Seb hadn't looked for you with his powers you would have made them commit a crime!" He scolded the girl, sounding more worried about the act than the fact that Filbrick could have died. She frowned. "But HE DESERVES IT!"

"This is our, MY problem with him, not my kids' and not yours, Miz!" Seb sniffled. "Please get them out of here…" He pleaded, unable to hold back his tears. Stan nodded and easily picked up Zach and Zoe under one arm and Miz under the other. The children whined and protested as Stan carried them out of the shop. Filbrick only realized then that he was shivering. He also realized that Ford had been picking the glass out of his hands and bandaging them.

Filbrick stiffened when the demon came closer. "How is he, Sixer?" He was staring at Filbrick, the old man trembled. Ford sighed. "A bit of blood loss, shock and a bruised trachea, otherwise, he's fine. So long as his cuts don't get infected at least." Seb sighed. "Thank Ax we made it on time." He was so relieved.

The man wearing an eyepatch looked down at the old man with tears in his eye. "...S-See? I didn't kill my brothers…" He said softly. "I-I brought them back, I can be good, Filbrick…" Seb quickly wiped his tears. He wasn't ready for this and Miz forced him to dive head-first to it. She was in SO much trouble after all this! No deserts for the ENTIRE summer! Or maybe even the rest of the year! No, 5 years!

The old man coughed as he stared in disbelief at him. The younger man looked around and Seb slowly picked up the discarded glasses. He turned to the man. "We...as kids, we thought you didn't have eyes for the longest time…" He smiled sadly and offered him the pair of dark glasses.

Filbrick was still too stunned to move. He was so confused as to what had just happened. He would have thought he imagined the whole thing if his hands weren't in pain and his shop hadn't been trashed. "W-wha…" He gasped. Seb sighed. "I'm really sorry about this. Miz and my kids were...really mad about, you know, fucking me up in my childhood."

Ford crossed his arms over his chest. Miz had told him, he probably knew better why Filbrick treated him that way for more reasons than being 'the freak son' or 'being a bad kid' "And with reason...everyone is mad about what happened…" Ford sighed.

Filbrick was still gaping in shock, unmoving. "Your...kids…" He whispered. Seb put his glasses just in front of him and looked down, rubbing his arm. "Y-Yeah...I-I guess your grand...children, biologically, but they really aren't anything to you, and I don't want them to be, you were never my father...and you never wanted to be, but that's fine…" He sniffled and looked around. "Geesh, this place looks worse than I remember...I-I apologize for this...um, I'll tell Miz to pay for what they broke…"

Ford scoffed. "Trashing the place should have been enough. I think that's fine. Have Miz pay for his hospital bill instead." He got up, Ford didn't really care about them terrorizing Filbrick or breaking the glass, but he didn't want Miz talking the twins into killing the man. Murder of humans was wrong. He, and everyone else, really needed to get that through to her. Ford sighed. Miz really didn't have morals. That… was something they would need to work on. Least she grow up to be the same kind of monster the other Bill Cipher had been. Ford didn't want that.

Seb looked at his hands and rubbed his extra finger. "Um...this is a horrible moment to ask this but...have you cleaned the attic since...you kicked me out?" Filbrick shook his head slowly, silently. "Um...can I go? I know you kicked me out...but I would like to go in, just a moment." The younger man asked sheepishly. Filbrick frowned a bit. He was asking him to go in the house?!

Ford, annoyed, just opened the door leading to the house. He didn't know what Seb wanted to do, but if they waited for an answer, they would never leave this place. His triplet instinctively winced when he passed next to the old man, still on the floor, and went upstairs. Ford looked at his father and sighed before extending a six-fingered hand. "Don't stay on the floor…" He muttered. Filbrick grabbed the hand, bigger than his now, and stood up in pain. "H-How are you back?"

"My brother just answered you. He saved me, and he saved Stanley." He looked at the open door. Seb quickly made his way to the attic. He hit his head on the upper door frame and cursed. "Ah, fuck!" He rubbed his aching head. This place...looked even smaller now that he had grown up.

Everything was covered in dust and cobwebs, but the bed was still unmade, just like he left it that day...he reached down and smiled fondly at the beheaded teddy bear he always had hidden. Oh man...He opened the drawers and laughed softly. He pulled out his sketchbooks, full of drawings from when he was little. They were really disturbing at first, but they slowly changed into real stuff, very detailed, like landscapes, fruits, people…

He wiped his tears with a hand. Most of his childhood treasures were here. Triangular rocks he found, the first baby tooth he lost that the tooth fairy 'forgot' to pick up, drawings, colors, the first scarf he knitted. He wanted to take everything with him. He didn't have many things as a kid, he wanted to save a small part of his childhood...he decided to just take Robespierre and his drawings. He closed the door and went downstairs, where he found Ford and Filbrick awkwardly standing there.

"Um, we can go now, Fordsie…" He nodded. Ford looked at his brother and then at his perturbed father. Well, if they weren't going to talk about this, then as he was the only other person who knew, decided to intervene. "Father, why don't you like Sebastian?" He saw Seb stop by the door and tense up. Filbrick froze. "I have no idea what you mean." Ford glared. Was he seriously going to deny this?

"It'll be me breaking the rest of the store if you don't tell me." He said calmly and wished he hadn't left his gun. "Sixer, Sixer let's just go…" Seb pleaded. "I know why he hates me, I know it, I was a monster and a freak, I cost him a lot of money for repairs and hospital bills, and I ruined his reputation, I get it, can we leave?!"

"He is blaming you for something you didn't do! He blamed you all our lives! Tell him! Tell my brother why you made him suffer, completely unjustified as we grew up!" And why he had put him against his own triplet, telling him how he couldn't be as much of a freak as Seb was, to be better...making Ford constantly compare himself with Seb until he began to be ashamed of his own brother, hate his own brother...hurt his own brother…

Filbrick trembled when Ford grabbed his shirt halfway through his demands. Seb was pulling at Ford's arms. "Sixer, it's fine...put him down…" Ford shook his head. "You don't understand. Miz told me." Seb froze. "What? Miz said…" He shook his head. "Look, I know Miz is mad, but that doesn't mean-"

Ford snarled "I want to hear him SAY it." He shook Filbrick lightly. "Tell Sebastian WHY you treated him like that." He shook the old man harder. "Sixer please stop!" Seb tried to get his older brother to let go.

"BECAUSE HE KILLED MY BROTHER!" Filbrick shouted.

They all froze. Seb looked confused. "I'm...pretty sure I didn't." He frowned. "I'm sure I would have remembered killing any of my uncles…" And that wouldn't explain why Filbrick has hated him since the day he was born.

"Yes you did! I-I don't know how-how the fuck you came back and ruined my life but you killed him and replaced the son I should have had!"

Seb flinched, the screams reminding him of the times he shouted or insulted him while Ford growled. "YOU FOOL! Sebastian is NOT that demon!" He clenched his fists. "I MET the demon that killed your twin. He ruined MY life. It was his fault Stanley didn't see his kid grow up! He...he attacked us! Sebastian KILLED him! Saved us! Sebastian is NOT that demon. He NEVER was! I WATCHED Sebastian kill the demon that had been haunting our family!"

Seb looked at the man with tears in his eye. "Wh-What…?" His tears streamed down. He would have understood if Filbrick said it was because he hated his eye, everyone did, because he wasn't normal...but his father hated him...because he thought he was BILL...

"You thought...you thought I was that demon...because of my eye?! That's why you treated me like SHIT for 17 years?!" Seb sobbed and cried, hating to not be able to keep his emotions under control. "I was just a child!" Filbrick looked confused. Ford growled "RED OR YELLOW EYES ARE THE MOST COMMON COLOR FOR DEMONIC POSSESSION AND THOSE WHO ARE CURSED BY THEM!" He snarled at his father whose eyes were going wide with realization. "You treated Sebastian like SHIT for our ENTIRE lives because you MISTOOK HIM for a demon!"

"B-But…" The old man frowned. 'DAD, DON'T HIT ME! I'M SORRY! YOU ARE HURTING ME! I'LL BE GOOD!' '-YOU CAN'T BE GOOD, MONSTER!' 'DAD! I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DID! PLEASE TELL ME! '-YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU DID DEMON!' 'I can't breathe...sir...please...stop…' '-I wish you were dead'

"And you know why this stupid demon has been bothering us and following us our entire lives?! Because you SOLD us to him!" Ford screamed. "You let him into our lives! You promised him pawns for him to play with! Because you were stupid enough to invoke him!" He spat, it was all Filbrick's fault that he lost 13 years of his life behind that damn portal!

Seb sobbed and closed his eye. Linda told him he was wrong for thinking he deserved those punishments his entire life. That he deserved to be beaten up to pay for what he did in his past...but he didn't. Not only because he was innocent...but because the Axolotl didn't want to punish him that way...that was all Filbrick punishing him for something HE didn't even do…

Filbrick felt like he was suffocating. His throat felt tight even though no one was squeezing him anymore. Sebastian...wasn't the demon...he never was...he was his son...his son who had been cursed and had suffered...because of him…

Filbrick let out a sob, matching Sebastian as the two began crying. Ford trembled. Frankly, he wouldn't have cared if Filbrick died. He just didn't want Miz and the children to be responsible for it.

He walked up to his brother who clung to him the second he was close enough and continued crying. Ford sighed and rubbed his back. "Sh...this wasn't your fault, it's ok…" He held his younger brother. "I-I am sorry…" Filbrick whispered. He hadn't, the demon said, he thought...He fucked up, everything was his fault… "Se-Sebastian...I-"

Seb sniffed. "It's ok, no need to apologize. You-you can't erase my scars or fix my self esteem and psychological traumas with a sorry, but...ok." Ford sighed. What a fucked up family they were. "Ok, let's go Seb, I don't know how long Stan can hold your children."

They glanced outside to see Stan crying out as the children crawled all over him, pulling at his face and clothes. Miz was hanging upside down in Stan's arm, shrieking and waving her arms.

"Settle down you little monsters!" Stan cried as he pulled Zoe off his face. Zach was biting his arm. "Ow! You little-!" Miz whined as she kicked and tried to get out of Stan's grip. "Put me DOWN!" Seb and Ford sighed. "Sometimes I wish they didn't inherit my powers…" Seb groaned softly.

Seb looked at the old man. He was looking down in shame at the ground with tears in his dark brown eyes. "Good bye, Filbrick…and, thank you...even if you were mean to me, you still gave me my family, and I love them more than anything in this disgusting world, so thank you." He smiled sincerely. Ford shook his head. Family was really important for him. He was trying to be like Seb...he wasn't ashamed of his brother, he loved him, and he was proud, he wanted to learn from him as well.

Even with Seb being the way he was, he knew so much more about human relations than Ford did. They got outside and walked over to where Stan was waiting for them, looking close to tears. "There you are, guys! Hurry and take these little demons!" He was covered in bite marks and scratches. Seb laughed, wiping his eye and grabbed Zach and Zoe easily, having gotten used to manhandling them. The twins slumped in his arms. "Aw…" He hugged them to himself as if they were stuffed toys. His babies ...they were worried for him, and he appreciated it a lot.

Ford saw Miz pulling at Stan's hair and rolled his eyes. "Miz, you're too old to be acting like this." He reached up and pulled her off. She grumbled at being manhandled. "Are you mad?" She mumbled. To her surprise, Ford shook his head. "I know you were doing it for us, so thanks…" The demon grinned wide and hugged his neck tightly.

"But it was still wrong and you shouldn't do it." Ford scolded. "Attacking people to protect us should only be done if they were an immediate threat. Attacking people for something that happened years ago is just petty revenge." Miz slumped, frowned over his shoulder. "But he needed to be punished."

"And that wasn't for you to decide, much less dragging your brother and sister into it." Miz whined. Finally, in a quiet voice, "...fine."

"Did everything go ok in there?" Stan nodded in the direction of their previous house. Seb and Ford sighed. "Well...at least it seemed he felt bad for hurting me...I don't think I can't forgive him yet though…"

The middle triplet pulled him into a hug. "You don't have to." He assured him. The brothers hugged. After this, they had to meet with everyone again. Poor Wanda almost died when she noticed her children were gone.

Filbrick put on his glasses and stared at his bandaged hands with a troubled expression. He stared out of the pawn shop's window and watched the triplets walk away with the three...wait. Why did they have powers again? The curse? He sighed tiredly. He...actually didn't care right now. "I am sorry, son…" He whispered.

-.-

The brothers returned to the group and they were met by a relieved cry.

"Don't you EVER run off like that again!"

Zach, Zoe and Miz knelt on the sand and hung their heads as Wanda scolded them. """Sorry mommy…""" They chorused. Wanda hugged all three of them. "Do you have any idea how worried I was when we looked back and saw that you were all gone?" She trembled. She had been so afraid. Thank god for Seb's powers. She didn't know what would have happened if her husband wasn't capable of just LOOKING and finding them. Wanda held them tightly. "Don't do that to me. Ok?"

"""Yes mommy…""" The children sighed. Wanda nodded. "Also, you're all grounded the second we get home after vacation."

"""Awww….""" The three groaned. "But...can we still play on the beach?" Zoe asked. "Fine. But stay close, ok?" The children nodded. "Come on, let's go watch Mabel scare boys." Miz laughed as the three ran off.

The adults laughed when the kids joined Mabel and started chasing the teenage boys away by shrieking like the little demons they were. Their older cousin cried in horror when Zach and Zoe chased away two boys by trying to bite them.

"AAAH! THIS FAMILY IS INSANE!" Mabel screamed frustrated. Seb raised his soda as he curled up on his wife, tired out from crying too much. "Sure we are! What's your point?!"

Dipper snorted. "Mabel, you were scaring off the boys even before they joined in." His sister pouted. "You're all jerks!" She stomped off to the water "I'm gonna go find seashells instead!" Miz and the twins ran after her """Shells! Shells! Shells!""" They chanted.

Wanda sighed. "They DO remember they're still in trouble right?" Seb laughed lightly, exhausted and just wanting to nap. "Probably not." Wanda groaned, hugging Seb to her. "We need to find a way to properly discipline them."

"No ice cream for dessert tonight or any night for the rest of the summer?" Sebastian suggested. Diego, playing in the sand nearby, gasped. "That's too mean!" Wanda nodded. "No dessert sounds like a good punishment."

Back at the water, the four of them picked around, searching for seashells. "I found a crab!" Zoe held it up. "It's dead!" She giggled. The little blonde opened her mouth to bite it and Dipper (who had been sent by the adults to keep an eye on the kids) screamed, and smacked it away from her.

Mabel rolled her eyes. Her cousins were so weird sometimes. She was looking out at the ocean when she spotted movement. "Oh! Is that a dolphin?" She squealed. The other kids looked over. "No, it's lumpy…" they all watched the gray shape swim and Miz gasped. "A manatee! I didn't know they came this far north!"

Mabel lit up "Oh! It's so beautiful!" she splashed into the water and waved at it. "HI~! IF YOU'RE GOING BACK TO YOUR KINGDOM LATER, PLEASE TELL MERMANDO THAT MABEL SAYS HI!" Dipper rolled his eyes. "Mabel, it's a manatee. They can't talk."

"Who is Mermando?" Zach asked and Mabel sighed. "He was a pretty boy I met when I was 12...and my first kiss...and Dipper's first kiss!"

"Mabel!" The boy shrieked. "I was giving him CPR! Stop with that!" He complained and the girl giggled. "Well, anyway...Mermando wrote me letters until he was forced to marry the Queen of Manatees…"

The twins frowned. Mabel's friend married one of those lumpy grey animals? They shuddered. "Did he send you more letters?" Zoe asked. "Sometimes…" She sighed. "I miss him, he was a nice boy." She bet that if he wasn't a merman, something could have worked between them. "But, stop talking about me! Let's find more pretty seashells!" She declared.

The cousins continued playing, unaware that the manatee was still watching them from afar, silently, observing. When the sky started turning black and the Pines packed to leave, the manatee nodded and dove back into the water.

He had a mission to fulfill...

-.-

"Kids! Don't go too deep into the water!" Seb scolded the twins the next day. He couldn't go farther than the shore, still scared of actual ocean water. Miz dove into the water, swimming far into the ocean. She missed playing on the beach. Should probably bring Kryptos and the others to a beach soon. It was tourist season on planet Ziziks and she wanted to try their fancy drinks. Seb gave her a few worried glances but was more focused on the twins.

Miz swam back to shore and scrambled to her feet. "We need to teach you how to swim." She told Seb. He crossed his arms. "I don't want to hear that from someone who can only doggy paddle. And I learned how to swim! Kinda. I just...don't like to not feel the ground." That was why he preferred the pool.

"Hey! I can do the frog stroke too!" Miz protested. Zoe stared at her in amazement. "Can you teach us how to swim like a frog too?" Miz grinned "Sure! Come on, we'll find a spot with better height…"

Seb pouted from his spot and Wanda came to him, hugging him from behind. "Sweetie, it's ok, Miz wouldn't let anything happen to them." She kissed his back. "Come, I'll apply your sunscreen, you're already turning red." She giggled. Seb pouted but allowed her to drag him to their towel.

Mabel grinned when she saw a boy with a little girl. She searched around, grabbed Diego under her arms and ran towards the cute boy. Diego kicked and tried to escape. "Put me down!"

"Shush. You're my ticket to flirting." Mabel ran over. "Hey there! Are you babysitting your siblings too?" She grinned.

The boy looked up at the girl and smiled. "Haha, hi there, no, this my daughter." Mabel's grin faltered. "Oh...she's lovely. Is her mother here too?" The boy nodded with a smile. "We're still saving up money for the marriage." He picked up his daughter and snuggled her fondly. "I love them both and I'm working hard for us."

Mabel's grin turned into a more gentle smile. "That's really sweet. I wish you good luck." She could tell by his smile that he was really happy and she couldn't help but feel happy for him. She picked up Diego and walked back to the group after waving at the boy. She wondered if Dad was like this boy when they were younger. He always said he was super proud of them. Diego freed himself and ran towards the twins to play.

With a disappointed expression, the girl walked along the shore, watching people play in the water. Failed summer romances since 2012...

A splash.

Mabel looked up to see a manatee. "Oh. Hello little guy." Mabel waded out into the water and cooed at it. "Aw~you're so cute~" The manatee blinked and flapped its fins. "Is it safe if I go closer to pet you? You look like a water puppy!" She squealed and swam closer really slow. To her surprise, it swam closer to her and snuggled against her. "AAwww!" Mabel cooed loudly.

Mabel pet the manatee with a wide grin. Oh my gosh! This was really happening! The manatee nudged her with its large head, making Mabel giggle "That tickles." It nudged her again "Whoa. You're, ah...stronger than you look huh?" Mabel stepped back as it nudged her again. The water was getting deeper. Mabel laughed nervously as she was pushed further and further into the ocean.

"Look, you're really cute but...I need to get back to shore…" Mabel tried to swim off but more manatees came out and began to surround her. "Whoa. There's...a lot of you. Ah, is there a migration going on?"

They all nudged her deeper into the ocean, the water was up to her shoulders now. "Uh...guys?" Ok, this wasn't fun anymore! She looked at the shore and waved her arms frantically. "HELP! GUYS! HELP!"

"Shit. Just grab her!" a deep, gruff voice said. The manatees swarmed her before hitting some kind of invisible barrier. "Fuck! A protection spell?" "What should we do?" "Deploy the nets!"

"AAAAAAHHHH!" Mabel shrieked as a net of slimey woven seaweed was thrown over her. "GUYS! GUYS! HEEEELP! DIPPERR!" She screamed before she was pulled underwater.

On the shore, Dipper gasped as he saw it. "MABEL!" The other adults saw it as well and began screaming as they ran toward the water. Miz ran out until the water was up to her chest. "Shit. They're too far down and there aren't enough triangles in the ocean!"

"What?! They?! Who has my daughter!?" Shermie screamed as he swam against the waves. "Mabel!" He was grabbed by Stanley and pulled back. "If you drown, idiot, we can't save her!"

"Don't worry! The Deal ensures she's not harmed lethally so she wouldn't drown. But I don't know if she can escape and swim back…" Miz was staring into the water, flickering. "GODDAMN why aren't there more triangles here?!" She punched the water in frustration.

"Who took my daughter?!" Abigail gasped as she looked around frantically for any signs of the kidnappers. Dipper went to hug his mom. "I saw some kind of seaweed net…"

"They probably couldn't touch her directly because of the Deal." Wanda sighed. "But, what were they? Who were they?"

"Manatees…" Miz hissed. Everyone blinked. "What?!" Ford shook his head. "But...manatees are gentle herbivores? They can barely swim…" Dipper was frowning though. "Well...Mabel talked to one yesterday. She asked them to give a message to Mermando…" Dipper gasped. "Maybe Mermando asked them to bring Mabel to him!"

"Who the fuck is MERMANDO?!" Shermie screamed. Miz, Seb and Dipper deadpanned. "Well, Dad, if you remembered what we told you about Gravity Falls, you would know he is a merman we helped to return to the water and was one of Mabel's summer romances...guess you weren't really listening to us that time after all." The boy crossed his arms.

"So my baby has been kidnapped by the manatees because of a mermaid ex-boyfriend?!" Shermie pulled at his hair. Ford was staring at the water. "How do we get her back. Even if the protection lets us breathe underwater, we can't swim that far."

"We could take the boat." Stan frowned but Seb shook his head. "Even with that, they're still UNDER the water!" He whimpered. The ocean was dangerous! He knew it!

"Guys. I have an idea." Dipper spoke up. "Uncle Seb, you turned us into merfolk that one time! Do it again!" Seb looked at his family and shook his head worriedly. "I don't think I can change all of you without repercussions, my powers aren't that strong anymore."

"You don't have to." Ford said. He placed a hand on Miz's head. "We've got help." They all stared at Miz. She nodded. "I made a mermaid transformation effect once. I'm sure I can do it again!"

Seb picked up the kids and handed them to the worried women. "You stay here with the kids. We're going to save Mabel."

Carla and Wanda shared a look. Wow. That was sexist as hell, but they'd take it because they didn't want to go into the ocean.

Zach and Zoe protested "We can help!" Diego nodded "I wanna help too!" Mabel was annoying but he still loved his cousin and was worried for her.

Seb groaned. "No. It's too dangerous."

"I still think we should bring out the boat." Stan insisted. "You just want an excuse to sail." Ford frowned. "Well we HAVE a boat now! Why shouldn't we?" Stan whined. Ford rolled his eyes. "Well, we need to save Mabel first."

Shermie grabbed Stan by his shoulders and shook him. "Fucker, my daughter was kidnapped and you're trying to go SAILING?!"

"Look, she's not drowning and maybe this is all a misunderstanding?" Stan wince. "I just really want to go sailing. We PROMISED each other that we would!" Ford and Seb sighed. They understood where he was coming from. Seb reached out and hugged Stan. "Alright. How about this, 15 years from now, when all the kids are grown up, we're gonna go sailing together for a few years, just like we promised." He looked at their wives. "You two are also invited!" They giggled.

"...Promise?" Stan looked at his triplets. Ford and Seb nodded. "Promise." they owed Stan this, for putting up with them all these years, always caught in the middle playing peacemaker. The brothers hugged. "We promise. In 15 years we will all go sailing."

The happy moment was broken by Shermie punching them. "Ok! That's great! My daughter is still kidnapped! Now let's go save her!" Seb whimpered at the punch. Shermie still trained...ow.

They decided that Ford, Miz, Dipper, Shermie, Seb, and Stan would be on rescue duty.

"Hey! We want to come too!" the children complained. "Meanie!" Seb sighed. Miz knelt down in front of them. "You are helping. We need to know how to get back here, there aren't enough triangles so I need you three to hold onto this."

She handed them a large triangular frame. "This will be a screen so you can see through these-" she held up multiple necklaces with a triangle pendant. "-which I will give to each member of the rescue party. You can speak through this frame to us, so if you see something that we miss, tell us. Ok?"

The little twins and Diego looked up at Miz and nodded solemnly. They will be the best guides! "Ok, we will!" Zoe nodded.

Miz ruffled their hair and gave each person a necklace. "Alright. Let's go now!" They hugged the family they were leaving behind and ran into the water to get away from curious eyes that might see them transform. With each step deeper into the water, Seb's heart beat faster. For Shooting Star...do it for Shooting Star...

Miz closed her eyes in concentration. "Ok. Brace yourselves." Her power reached out and everyone shuddered as the feeling ran through them. The change was quick. Their legs fused together, starting from their pelvis and spreading down. Gills formed along their chest, right over where their ribs (lungs) would be. Small flaps of skin formed between their fingers. Most of them lost their balance and fell into the water as their legs grew and were replaced by a long tail.

They flopped around in the water for a bit, trying to get used to their new anatomy.

Ford stared in fascination at his dark blue tail. What the heck?! This was amazing! Seb was in a similar state, squealing and giggling at his long yellow tail. Shermie and Stan started screaming underwater and Dipper rolled his eyes, getting used to his light blue tail. "Calm down!" Stan looked at his red tail and shuddered. "Where the hell is my dick?!"

Miz swam around easily with her glowing golden tail. "It's retracted inside. You can coax it out if you get aroused but that's not important right now!" She looked around. "I don't know much about the ocean so I have no idea where to begin looking."

They blushed as Seb looked around. "We could ask? Manatees don't even live here! We have to go south and maybe we could meet another mermaid who can help us!" This reminded him of Looking for Memo. Hehe...fish.

"Alright! Should we split up?" Stan asked, reassured that his dick wasn't gone. Ford frowned. "I don't know if that's a good idea…"

Miz swam a little ahead of them. "As long as all of you have a triangle on you, I can find you. I can teleport to anywhere I can See, so if one of you finds something, tell your necklace and the kids can pass the message along." She looked around "Speaking of...can you guys hear us?"

-Yeah. This is really cool!-

-Daddy's tail is so pretty!-

-REALLY STAN?! You're worried about your DICK?!-

Stan winced as Abigail and Carla's voice screamed at him. "I panicked!" Stanley wailed.

His brothers rolled their eyes. They would never find Mabel like this… "Ok." Shermie started. "You and me Dipper, we'll search together, Ford with Miz, and Stan with Seb." Seb nodded and looked at his hands. Ooh~ They looked so cool...were they like fins now? Ford rolled his eyes and sighed. He knew Stan had to go with Seb to keep him from getting distracted. "Alright. Whatever you see, you inform us." Everyone nodded and swam in different directions, searching for Mabel or a manatee to threaten.

They didn't get far before the kids told them over the chat -It's too dark. We can't see- Miz nodded and the triangle pendants began to glow like her tail did, shining like a spotlight. They continued swimming, passing many fish and other aquatic life. Seb got distracted a few times and Stan pulled on his tail. "Where IS everyone? There's nothing here but fish!" Ford and Miz swam near them, having circled around.

"Well, merfolk have never been seen for a reason...they must be very good at hiding…" Ford explained. Seb swam towards some fish and grinned. "Hey excuse me, delicious fish! Do you happen to know where the Queen of Manatees live...or how to get to Sydney?"

Ford smacked him in the back of his head. "This is serious!"

Miz swam up to a fish, which tried to swim away but she snatched it and held it close. "Take me to the undersea kingdom or I'll eat you." The fish looked terrified. Ford sighed. "Miz, it's a fish. They can't talk."

"You don't know that!" Miz muttered as she tried to stare the fish down. "Talk! I'll count to 3. Then I'll start taking off scales one by one."

"Miz, please stop threatening the fish. It can't talk." Ford sighed. He didn't know why they were still here, they should keep searching. "One…" Miz started and Seb laughed maniacally, slowly swimming closer and opening his mouth over the fish' head. "Two…" Ford groaned. "Just leave that poor fish alone."

"And that's thre-" Miz pinched one of the fish's scales. "No! Wait!" the fish whimpered. Ford's eyes widened. "What the-?!"

"Please don't kill me!" The fish sobbed. "I have a wife and 200 children to protect!" He had never seen merfolk so crazy and scary! Miz grinned. "Well~then you know what you'll need to do~" she purred as she gently caressed the fish's side. The fish whimpered.

Ford was staring in absolute confusion. "What?!"

Miz hummed. "This one had a Soul." She said. "Not all of them did, so this guy stood out like a sore thumb." She grinned. "So, start talking. Where's the undersea kingdom?"

They met up with the others and began to swim, following the terrified fish. He tried to escape once. Miz made sure he wouldn't try again.

Shermie shuddered. "Sebas, your daughter is terrifying." He looked over at the whimpering fish that was missing one of his fins. "Oh, I know, and I am so proud of her." He purred and patted her head. Miz purred.

-Woo! That's my daughter!-

-Pull another fin!-

Shermie sighed. All his family were terrifying. Dipper looked around, trying to spot something that would help him remember the way, but all he saw was rocks, sand, water and dumb plants.

The fish whimpered again. "A-After showing you...I can leave right?" Miz petted his side. "Of course, Martin." she purred. So delicious looking~ "And I'll even heal your fin. But you shouldn't have tried to escape from me~"

The fish (who's name was Blurniblub, but he wasn't going to argue with the hungry looking mergirl) nodded. "Yes mistress, I understand mistress!"

"Miz! That poor fish." Ford sighed and shook his head. However, he was more interested in his new body. His chest, despite looking human, was covered in pale blue scales. They started lightly around his gills, and turned deeper and larger as they reached his tail. His gills were opening and closing, Ford wondered what was happening to his lungs. Would they be functional if they got out of the water? What if he tried breathing through his nose? This was all so amazing, he wished this wasn't a rescue mission so he would have time to study it!

Finally, they passed through some sort of barrier, one second there was nothing but sand and rock, then they all saw the world shimmer and a vast undersea city appeared. "Whoa~" they all gasped.

Merfolk and aquatic mammals swam around, working, chatting. Some merchildren swam around laughing. As promised, Miz healed the fish, who swam off as quickly as he could, screaming. "What a nice guy." Miz grinned as she waved goodbye to his retreating form.

"Is this Atlantis?" Shermie gasped in awe, looking at everything despite his worry. Dipper wished he had brought his phone. It was waterproof! Would it have worked here?

"Naw, that place is a few thousand miles off that way...or at least it WAS a few thousand years ago…" Miz commented. "Huh...looks like this world's Bill had plenty of Deals with them before the country fell…" reminded her of her own interactions and subsequent destruction of Atlantis.

"Focus guys! We need to find Mabel!" Dipper swam forward. The others quickly followed behind him. They attracted many looks from the merfolk around, (they were so pale! Who were these strangers?) and the temporary mermen stared back in wonder. Only one of them was stupid enough to voice it out loud though.

"Damn, look at those hot mermaid gals!" Stan gasped.

-Can someone hit him?!- Carla and Dillon deadpanned over the communication necklaces.

"On it!" Shermie punched his older brother in the stomach. "You're married, poophead!" As Stan whimpered and held his stomach, Ford swam up to try and speak to a nearby merman. "Excuse me? Hello. Have you seen a human girl get dragged through here? Looks a lot like us?"

"Lo siento, no hablo ingles." He grimaced and shook his head. "No-No english." He swam away. Ford frowned. Fuck. Languages. His one weakness.

"They speak Spanish?" Seb gasped. Languages! His one strength! He was a master in languages thanks to the little knowledge he kept. "Ah, hola, disculpa." He approached a mermaid. "Estamos buscando a una niña humana. Cabello marrón, largo, fue secuestrada por unos manatíes."

Shermie stared at his brother in awe. He didn't know Sebastian spoke Spanish. That's pretty cool. No wonder Seb was the best brother. He was so talented.

"¿Niña humana?" The woman repeated and hummed. She called the merfolk she was with and asked them if they saw a human girl. "¡Yo la ví!" One woman smiled and Seb smiled. "She said she saw Shooting Star! ¿Dónde la vieron?"

While they were talking, a little merboy who appeared around 14 swam up to Miz and poked her glowing tail in fascination. "¡Qué linda!" He gasped. Miz squeaked. "H-hey! Hands off!" She curled her tail up. The merboy grinned at her. "Ohh, ¡Extranjera! Me gusta. ¿Cómo te llamas, preciosa? ¿De dónde vienes?" The merboy waved his tail excitedly.

"M-me llamo Miz…" Miz stuttered with a faint blush. Was this kid seriously flirting with her? She wasn't really used to that. He thought she was pretty? Oh...

"Ok, ¡gracias por su ayuda! ¿De verdad creen que podamos entrar sin que nos vean?" Seb continued his conversation as everyone floated there, feeling useless. Dipper kind of understood what was going on from school but wouldn't dare to attempt speaking and saying something wrong.

"No. Si quieren sacarla de allí tienen que tener cuidado, la reina siempre tiene guardias alrededor del palacio." The woman shook her head.

"Buena suerte, gringos." Seb rolled his eyes, still not knowing why he was always called that and nodded politely. "Gracias." The citizens swam away and he looked at his group. He frowned at the kid talking to Miz and Miz blushing, understanding only a few words here and there (her Spanish was rusty ok?! She hadn't used it in like… billions of years!).

"¡Hey! Fuera de aquí." He growled and the kid quickly swam away. "Ok. They said Mabel was dragged here in a net and taken to the palace's dungeons." Shermie gasped. "So, we have to be careful getting in because guards are everywhere."

"So it's a jailbreak huh?" Stan grinned. "We had quite a few of those during our time in Space huh Sixer?" Ford adjusted his glasses "Indeed."

"How are your glasses even on your face?" Shermie asked. """Magic.""" Was the chorus of answers. "Let's go save my niece!" Seb exclaimed and they all swam in the direction of the huge palace. Once there, they would think of a plan.

-.-

Mabel sighed and hugged her knees to her chest in her cell. She wondered what she did to get in this mess. Those manatees seemed so adorable and then they just attacked her! She wasn't drowning for some reason. Maybe it was Miz's doing.

Some of the manatees spoke English (they said that a scout had heard her say her name, and recognized it as the first love of the Queen's husband) but most of them only knew Spanish. She wished she had paid more attention in class...

She wasn't sure what was happening. The few manatees that knew English said that the Queen would be coming by to see her later.

"Let me see Mermando, you big soft blubs!" The teen gripped the bars. The guards who knew english chuckled. "You aren't seeing the King! And after our Queen decides what to do with you for stealing her husband's heart...you will never see anyone else again! They laughed.

Mabel gasped. Manatees were evil?! How could this be? Wait. Stolen heart? "Mermando still likes me?!" She gasped. Her cheeks turned red and she looked down. She...hadn't expected that…

"We don't have to talk to you, human." They shook their heads. "Now be silent or you won't be fed!"

"I don't want your food, uglies!" Mabel yelled. "I can't believe I ever thought you were cute!" She kicked at the coral bars. The prisons were large corals, not the pretty pink ones, but a dark dreary blue that they pushed a large rock against to close off the opening they shoved her through. Mabel tugged on the bars but it did nothing. "Let me go!"

The guards laughed. "Just be quiet while we get the Queen. She will decide what to do." Mabel snarled "I'll NEVER BE QUIET! LALALALA! I'M BEING REALLY LOUD! GWAAAA! BLAAUGH!"

The manatees winced and backed away. "Ugh…her voice is so grating!" "Make it stop!" "Shut up! That's so annoying!"

"BEING ANNOYING IS MY SPECIALTY! BWAAA! BWAAAAA!"

"Someone get the Queen fast! My ears are gonna explode!" They shouted. As Mabel screamed, she hoped her family would find a way to save her. They always knew what to do.

One of the manatees swam off in a hurry while another one swam off to get a gag. He came back with an octopus and shoved it through the bars of the jail cell. "Shut up!" He growled.

"LALALALA-Mmph!" Mabel was cut off when the octopus plastered itself to her mouth. "Mmmph! Mmmmph!?" She pulled at the tentacles. The manatees sighed in relief. "Sweet mercy…" They relaxed. Mabel glared at them. Did they really think a GAG was enough to stop her? She was Mabel FREAKING Pines and she was the MASTER of annoying people! And it ALSO applied to mean MANATEES!

She started stomping her feet and slapping her hands on the bars. The manatees stared at her. "What are you doing?" She ignored them, slapping around the coral and listening to the sounds it made. Sounds were a little different underwater so she was going to have to improvise. She continued to slap at the coral until it began to shake, the vibration making a soft sound. She continued hitting the coral, making it vibrate more and more.

"Stop that. What are you even doing? It's not gonna break."

Mabel frowned at the idea they might not have music. It would make sense. But that was so sad! Maybe that was why they were so mean! They didn't know how to have fun!" Mabel continued making the corals vibrate, making different soft sounds. The manatees really looked confused and Mabel sighed behind her octopus gag. A world without music was a world she would hate to live in...

The manatees realized she wasn't doing anything dangerous, and while the sounds she made were weird, it wasn't as annoying as her voice. They sat there, waiting for their Queen to decide what to do with this human girl already.

There were little bubble streams nearby that the manatees went to get a few breaths of air. They still weren't sure what the human girl was doing.

Mabel hit the coral, her hands were starting to hurt but she was getting close. The vibration of the coral was letting out a very low pitched rumble and she saw the manatees start to shudder. "What...what's happening?" One asked as he felt dizzy. Mabel kept it up, feeling a little nauseous herself but refusing to stop. The octopus on her was twitching as well.

"Hey! Stop whatever you're doing!" A manatee shouted. He shook his head, he felt kind of sick. Mabel grinned through her gag. She had found this out by accident. Low sounds, like bass, made people sick. She knew this because Dipper threw up once when she turned the speakers up really high! Mabel hit the coral piece that sounded the lowest and grinned.

"Aahh! This human is attacking us!" The manatees whimpered. Mabel did it again and the animals cried. The octopus fell to the floor and crawled away and Mabel cried in victory. She was about to start screaming when two new guards appeared, shielding a manatee wearing a seaweed dress and a crown. "Oh..." She muttered.

-.-

19 year old Mermando sighed and laid down on the floor. He was so bored~! He looked up and saw his wife was going somewhere with some guards. "Where are you going?" He asked softly and she smiled. "It's not important, dear, you just continue doing what you are doing."

The merman smiled softly and continued sulking with boredom, his long dark hair was splayed everywhere and his tail twitched from time to time. He twirled his trident in his hands and threw it up only to watch it fall again. Hehe. "Ah…" Why did he have to rule over here so well? Nothing interesting happened, ever!

As if the gods heard his pleas, the palace's doors were thrown open and Mermando jumped to his tail, watching some mermen and manatee guards pushing 6 struggling and screaming mermen plus a mergirl who was cursing them in...was that Cantonese? He wasn't sure.

"Your Highness, we found these merpeople trying to sneak inside the castle! They were destroying the marketplace to distract us!" They informed him in spanish.

"I told you this wasn't going to work!" Dipper screamed and kicked out with his tail. "Dad this is all your fault!"

Mermando frowned at the men. Wait, they looked...familiar. "Esperen, wait…" The merman swam closer. "Dipper?" He gasped. The teen's hair was floating everywhere so his birthmark was fully exposed. He remembered seeing it when Dipper saved him as kids. "Dipper! That is you! What are you doing here?!" He looked down. "And how are you a merman now?"

"He speaks English! Yay!" Stan cheered.

"Hey kid, we're looking for Mabel, she was kind of kidnapped by some manatees." Seb told him. Mermando smiled. "You are Mabel's uncle! Wait, kidnapped?!" He gasped.

"Yes! By your manatees! Give me back my daughter, fish kid!" Shermie growled.

"Dad, stahp, you're embarrassing me." Dipper pleaded. Mermando looked confused. "Mabel is here? I do not understand."

"Wait, you didn't know?" Seb asked and Stan deadpanned. "Can you order your guards to let us go?" He grunted.

"Oh, right. Let them go! They're friends!" Mermando told the guards and they swam away. "I wasn't aware Mabel had been brought here." The king hummed and then gasped."Oh no! That must have been Sarita!"

"Who?" The Pines and Miz echoed. "My wife!" Mermando said. Everyone nodded. Right. Mermando began swimming away "I must go!" He cried in worry. They followed the merman, also worried. They hoped Mabel was alright.

"MUAHAHAHA! I'M AN INDESTRUCTIBLE GOD OF CHAOS!"

"AHHHH!" "HOW DID SHE GET LOOSE?!" "AAAAUGH! SHE'S TOUCHING MEEEE!"

Mermando and the rest of the rescue party stared, dumbstruck. A manatee guard swam past, sobbing. Miz had a wide grin. "Oh hey, the protection Deal really DOES work!"

Mabel turned from where she was smacking spears out of the guard's hands with her bare hands. "Oh. Hey guys…" She did a double take. "You're all merpeople?!" She did another double take "Mermando?!"

"M-Mabel! My old friend!" Mermando cried as he swam forward. The two embraced, spinning around in the water, laughing as they hugged each other. "I have not seen you for so long!"

"I missed you too!" Mabel sniffled as she held him. She petted his long hair. "Your hair has grown longer...and you're so much taller." Mermando chuckled. "You look different as well, a nice different."

Shermie blinked at the two teens hugging. Mabel looked so happy...was this an inverted Little Mermaid story? He had never seen his baby girl so happy…

"EH HEM!"

Everyone turned in the direction of the voice and saw the angry Queen staring down at them. "Sarita, this is-"

"Yes, I know who this human is, Mermando!" She exclaimed angrily. The merman frowned, still holding Mabel's hand unconsciously. "Why did you give the order to take her here? Her human family was worried, they had to turn into merfolk to come here to get her!" He shook his head. "Why?!"

"She was trying to kill me!" Mabel exclaimed. Everyone gasped. Mabel pointed at all the spears that they had tried to stab her with, they were snapped and broken, the Deal protecting her from lethal harm.

The Queen sniffled and whimpered. "Because you still think of her! You still like her, Mermando! It's been 6 years! You never think of ME like that!" She admitted.

Mermando sighed. "Sarita…" he let go of Mabel's hand so he could swim up to his wife. "Mabel was a dear friend. She and her family saved my life. They helped me get back home, back here." He held Sarita's flippers. "I admit, I may not have been the best husband...but I am still your husband." He kissed her round snout. "And I do love you. I'm sorry if you got the impression that I didn't. I admit, I wasn't happy with the marriage at first, but you're someone I've grown to care about."

The kids, Dillon and their mothers gaped at the sight in the mirror. Zoe looked up at her mother with a grimace. But Mabel was so much prettier than Sarita!

Sarita sniffled and nodded, nuzzling against his face. Mabel smiled sadly and went to stand next to her Dad. Shermie hugged her and Abi pouted, seeing her baby sad made her sad.

The Queen turned to look at the merfolk and the human. "I apologize for my behaviour...I may have overreacted." She spoke in English, her carribean accent strong. "Please, Mabel, let me offer you a feast. Mermando's friends are all welcomed here."

"Food?" Miz grinned. Ford sighed. "Didn't we just eat an hour ago?" Miz poked him. "And just HOW did you think I turned you all into merfolk?"

"Please, follow us! You are welcomed here!" Mermando motioned them to follow him and everyone swam after the rulers of the undersea nation. Mabel looked at Miz. "Can you turn me into a mermaid? You will recharge in a bit anyway…" She smiled. Miz rolled her eyes. "Sure." She flicked her fingers.

The girl gasped as she felt the magic changing her. It didn't hurt but it was super weird. Soon enough, Mabel was covered in shiny pink scales, gills, webbed hands and a long tail. Her smile widened and she swam towards her Dad and Dipper to hug them tightly. "Look! We finally match!"

Miz giggled and her stomach growled. Ok. Now her fish! The chefs, merpeople, brought them lots of different kinds of fish and Miz felt like she was in heaven. Since they were underwater, they weren't cooked in the traditional sense, the fish were killed and cleaned, their scales carefully ground off using a rough stone and then de-boned. Miz slurped up the fishes with a bright smile.

Everyone else stared at the raw fish and debated whether it was safe to eat. Stan squinted at it. "It's...almost like sushi?"

"Yes, just eat, Stans." Miz said, noticing Ford was wary of eating as well. The Pines ate the offered fish, ignoring how their family on the surface was gagging.

When everyone was done and the poor servers sighed in relief after swimming back and forth to bring the girl so much food, Mermando motioned for Mabel to follow him. The girl sighed. She wondered what he wanted to say...she just hoped he wasn't too harsh friendzoning her...

"Mabel...it really is nice to see you again." Mermando sighed. "Even if it wasn't under the best circumstances." Mabel nodded. "I'm sorry I haven't written to you in a while, life has been busy." She frowned. It wasn't fair to use that as an excuse. She could have tried to find some other way to keep in touch. Mermando looked up wistfully. "I never got to see much of the world above the water. I was too afraid and lonely to enjoy my time up there before."

"I'm sorry." Mabel played with her hair. "Hey, maybe we could take you up? My cousin Miz can make you human for a little while? Like how she made us into merfolk?"

Mermando smiled. "That would be amazing. But, I cannot leave my people. Things are peaceful now, but there has been some worry about the rising temperatures these past few decades." He looked away to his city. "It has allowed us to venture into deeper waters, farther from the surface world...but every year, there are less fish for food. We have been farming and breeding them in order to feed my people, and Sarita's people are fine with plants, but I worry."

He shrugged. "I am sorry for telling you my troubles. The kingdom is perfectly fine otherwise." Mabel frowned. "I don't mind, if you're worried, I'll listen. You're...you're my friend after all."

Mermando sighed. "Mabel, I'll be honest, if things had been different...I would have liked for us to be more…" He gazed into her eyes. "It's kind of unfair. I have my duty to my people, to my wife."

Mabel's eyes watered "So you really love her?" She asked. Mermando bit his lip. "To be honest, not at first." He laughed "I was young. I had so many things I wanted to do, and then I was to be wed to a girl I didn't know. It was...hard, at first." He shook his head. "But I got to know Sarita over these years and I am fond of her. She is strong, intelligent, and cares deeply for her people and mine. I love her."

The temporary mermaid wiped her eyes, even when no tears were falling. "I am glad you are happy with her, Mermando...you're a nice guy, you don't deserve anything less!" The girl declared and hugged the merman, hearing his many hearts beating, and giggled. Mermando hugged her back. "We can't lose contact again!" he stated. "I can see about finding some other method of communication…"

"Build a triangular frame." Miz said, popping out from behind a rock with a slab of fish meat in her mouth. Mabel and Mermando jolted. "H-how long have you been there?!"

"Oh~a while~" Miz grinned. She swallowed her fish. "Build a triangular frame." She repeated. "A decent size. That way I can enchant it and you can facetime whenever you want!"

"Face...time?" Mermando tilted his head as Mabel squealed. "Oh Miz, thank you! Thank you!" She hugged the demon to herself. Miz snuggled into her cousin "In exchange, sneak us your dessert tonight, mom's still grounding me and the twins so we don't get any." little blue flames appeared in her hand.

"Deal!" Mabel shook Miz's hand and smiled at Mermando, who was still looking at them confused. "We'll get to talk more now! This is Miz, my cousin, and if you get a triangular frame, we will be able to speak face to face, as if we were looking at each other!" She explained and Mermando nodded in understanding. The two friends hugged excitedly and laughed.

"I...I'm fine being your friend, Mermando! As long as I am your BEST, BEST friend!" The brunette girl told her fish friend who chuckled in his nice sexy deep voice. "You are my best friend, Mabel…"

The two laughed before swimming back to join everyone else. Miz looked around. So the rising temperature of the planet was causing problems even down here. She frowned. How did the humans allow their planet to become like this?

She decided to begin working on some way to pull the carbon from the atmosphere...anything to try and fix all the shit that's been happening on this planet…

After all, she wanted to be sure they could continue to live here healthily for as long as possible. Humanity would only last so long, she knew that. But she didn't want them to have to disappear too quickly.

They couldn't leave the palace until Mabel deemed the frame perfect enough, the right size, and triangular enough. Miz enchanted it and told Mermando to take care of it. Goodbyes were always bitter sweet, but Mabel left assured that she wouldn't go years without seeing her friend. She even hugged the Queen as hard as she could, smiling widely. "You are a really lucky, girl! Take care of him!"

The guards shivered and trembled, too scared to try to protect their Queen from the insane mermaid. Sarita giggled and hugged the girl back. "I will, thank you!" After one last hug, Mermando and Mabel said bye and Miz took them back to the beach, transforming them once again into humans on the way. They tiredly swam to the shore, kicking their numb legs until they reached the sand. The Pines groaned and laid down on the sand, awaiting death.

Abigail hugged Mabel tightly the instant they rose out of the water. "I was so worried!" She sniffled as she clung to her daughter. Mabel hugged her mom and hid her wet face on her neck. "I'm sorry for your merman friend…" The dark-haired woman said softly and Mabel smiled slightly. "It...it's ok...Mermando is happy with his wife...but he liked me, so, maybe there is someone else who can like me as well…" Abi hugged her even tighter as Dipper and Shermie stared at her.

Gee, thanks, they also existed?

The twins squealed and threw themselves over Seb. "You were a cute fish!" Zach laughed. "We want to be fishies too!" Zoe giggled. Seb answered with a groan and Wanda got the kids off him. "Maybe later ok? I think it's time to go back to the hotel."

"Yeah, we're hungry." Carla sighed. Stan groaned. "Me too." Carla glared at him. "Didn't you just eat?" And he was also surrounded by beautiful mermaids serving the food. Stan shrugged. "Raw fish ain't my thing."

They went back to the hotel, thanking Carla for choosing a hotel close to the beach. Most of them went to have dinner, but Seb took a shower to get rid of the sea water smell on him before passing out. 'Aw~ what a baby.' Wanda smiled fondly.

Wanda covered him with the blankets, kissed his lips and let him sleep as she took the twins to eat with the rest of the family. They walked by a part they had never been before and Dillon announced he found the game rooms with table soccer, pool, billiards, and ping pong! It was kind of late so they prefered not making too much noise, but they would definitely go some day. Mabel was already talking with Mermando via her triangle frame and showing him around the hotel. She had to explain she didn't live in a castle and she also explained how hotels worked. In her random walk she found herself lost and accidentally discovered a spa room and a pool! Damn, this hotel had their best stuff all hidden!

The family finished eating and tiredly said good night to each other before making their way to their rooms. Today was a fun day and they still had all summer to have more weird adventures.

-.-

-The next day-

"Woo!" Stan laughed as he came down for breakfast at the hotel dining hall. "Another day, another romp through the beach full of lovely ladies in skimpy clothing~" Carla rolled her eyes. If she didn't know her husband loved her dearly she would have been more upset about his flirtatious nature. Still, it was rather grating on her patience that he always did this, as if her feelings didn't matter. The family joined some tables and sat down to eat. Wanda was keeping the twins and Diego from eating just cereal for breakfast.

"I know! The beach is fun! We can even take the boat for a sail!" Seb smiled as he sat down in front of Stanley. The older man's eyes widened. "You're totally right!" He looked at the table with food. "Carla, be a dear, can you get me breakfast~?"

Carla sighed. "Lazy dumbass, if you keep ordering me around like that I might get annoyed. You didn't even say the magic word." Stan laughed. "Abracadabra?" Carla huffed and went off to get herself breakfast. If her lazy husband wanted something he should get it himself! Seb frowned at Stan. "You should be nicer. She's your wife." Wanda sat down next to Seb. "Yeah, dick. Get your own food. Don't you have hands?" Stan groaned and slumped over his chair. "But I'm on vacation~"

"And so is Carla. You can't go making her work when she's also here to relax!" Seb frowned.

Ford came over and frowned. "Regardless, she IS your wife, should you not at least say please?" Stan rolled his eyes. "Don't want to hear that from the guy who refused to say thank you." The Stans glared at each other. "Come on, guys, I don't think it's too serious." Shermie chuckled softly. "I mean, couples make each other happy, right? It can't be that hard to bring breakfast? It's not like he's asking Carla to make him a sandwich." He flinched at the glares now directed at him. Dipper and Mabel rolled their eyes. Dad should shut the fuck up before fucking it up more.

Shermie turned to Seb and Ford for support. Seb shook his head. "I'm the one who makes the sandwiches, so don't look at me. Ford sheepishly rubbed the back of his head "I...can sort of make a sandwich? Wait, what is this conversation about?" Miz, sitting beside him, rolled her eyes "About how some people aren't expressing proper gratitude towards their partners. Or making demands and feeling entitled to their partners obeying without question." Ford nodded before looking confused. "But... Don't you like making the food?"

And now everyone was glaring at poor Ford too. Miz's eye twitched. "That's not what this is about." A small argument started when Carla came back without bringing any food for Stan. The children stared at their parents as they began to bicker. Zach and Diego whimpered while Zoe frowned. Mabel, Dillon and Dipper were attempting to calm the adults but the argument was beginning to escalate.

"I guess if they don't go political-" Dillon started.

"I just think women have more privileges! All they have to do is look pretty and guys will do anything for them!" Stan complained loudly. "Are you serious?!" The women screamed. "Women have been oppressed since stupid sexists were in power!" Carla growled. "But men gave them rights eventually..." Ford pointed out timidly. "WHY DIDN'T THEY HAVE IT IN THE FIRST PLACE?!" Wanda roared.

"They went political…" Dillon sighed.

Finally Miz slammed her hands on the table "You know what?! SCREW THIS!" she had a pounding headache from all the angry emotions and she was pissed now too! Her power reached out and the world twisted. A perception filter ensured no one else noticed the change. The arguing couples gasped softly as a hot sensation filled their bodies and it made them shiver, but before it actually burned, it was gone. It took them a few seconds to realize what happened.

Stan stared down at his, or rather HER chest. "W-what the?!" Everyone else gasped at their altered bodies and stood up to examine them better. Miz had swapped everyone except Kari, Zoe, Zach and Diego.

Stan started screaming as if he was being murdered, along with most of the table who were affected.

Dipper shakily touched his face, and his hands, and pulled a long strand of curly brown hair. "Why were WE included too?! We weren't even involved?!"

"Because you all annoyed me! And I wasn't paying attention! ...Sorry 'bout that." Miz, or rather, Xin huffed as he crossed his arms. "But it isn't all bad. I mean, you should see how it feels to walk a week in the other's shoes." They all gasped. A WEEK?! Stan screamed again, willing his voice to go deeper again with each shout, but he couldn't.

Kari was looking around at this blatant display of magic and could only say one thing.

"I HAVE DAUGHTERS NOW! YEEEEES!"

"Seriously?" Mabel looked at her Grandma deadpanning. Then coughed. Oh god. This was for real...her voice was deep and it sounded pretty hot but this was also scary as fuck! She felt around her chest to find that her breasts were gone! And...ooh, there's some muscle here… hang on… She grinned as she felt herself up.

Stan blinked. He looked down, freaking out, and saw that his hair reached past his shoulders, even longer than when he had a mullet. His muscles weren't gone, he still had muscles but he couldn't see them as well. He was all curvy! WHY! He faintly realized that if he saw a woman like this he'd probably find her incredibly hot, a real Amazon type- but it was weird when it was himself!

Xin grinned. "I think I did a pretty good job." He nodded to himself.

Seb was squishing his new boobs curiously. "Huh...I'm so slim." He had been in a female body before so it wasn't as weird for him. But this was his own body, just female. Wanda was also a bit more well adjusted, though she found herself towering over her husband. "Whoa. I'm...really tall as a man…" She commented. Seb finally looked up at his wife and his jaw dropped. "Holy shit. Wanda, you're…" His eyes roamed up and down his wife's tall, muscular form "...super freaking hot~"

The kids all let out a loud "EWW~" They were eating, damn it! The kids couldn't care less about their parents' changes.

Wanda blushed. "Re-really?" She glanced at her husband as well, his hair fell in lovely long, well-formed curls, he was still wearing his eyepatch, but his brown eye had even longer, lush lashes. She had to admit he looked pretty too. So petite and slim. Wanda was almost jealous of his slender figure. Wow.

Kari smacked her hand. "Hey! Don't touch my daughter like that." Wanda blushed. "Sorry, Kari…" Seb was rubbing his chest. "Huh. I guess I'm not fat enough to have big breasts." They were a nice average size, Wanda blushed. "Don't play with them! The kids are…" she trailed off, the kids weren't even paying attention.

Kari examined her new daughter "Hm…" Kari placed a hand on Seb's shoulder. "I'm...so proud." She sniffled. Seb blushed. "Ma!" Kari laughed. "Don't slouch, stand up straight, be proud! You are a beautiful woman and you should own it!" That made Seb slouch even more in embarrassment. He couldn't be that beautiful right? He was used to people saying he looked weird…

Xin turned to look at Stanford and he couldn't help but smile fondly. He looked so confused and lost! And his hair was all curly and fluffy and his glasses were now a little big on her face and oh Ax! How cute! Xin blinked and tilted his head. Huh. Ford's already lovely butt was even rounder now. Nice. He had simply set them to switch sex, wasn't sure how it'd all translate over.

Stan, Ford and Shermie groaned. "Please change us back?" They whimpered. Xin shook his head. "Nope. The Curse will last a week and then break on its own. I kinda… set it up that way. Sorry. Besides~" He went up to place a hand on Seb's other shoulder. "Seb~You can wear all the dresses you want now~" He whispered.

Seb's eye lit up. That...that's true! He...he could dress up all he wanted! Do his nails! Style his hair! Wear those pretty, fluttery dresses he loved! " EEEEEEEEEEEE !"

The now men winced a bit. Now Seb's shrieks were even higher. Well, looks like they weren't getting any help from this side.

Carla was staring at herself in shock. Her arms were so thick now? And ew, why were her arms so hairy, like Stan's?! GROSS. Abigail wasn't as muscular as Wanda, but she was quite tall, stumbling as she got used to the new height. Stan was poking his breasts experimentally. Ford was examining himself more clinically, marvelling at how such a thing was possible. Did Xin simply double their X chromosome? That shouldn't be enough to do this right? A full on transformation like this reminded him of being a let man yesterday, simply fascinating. Entire genetic reconstruction from the ground up. And in an instant too! Shermie sat down heavily. "I can't believe this is happening…"

Dipper and Mabel had switched bodies once so it wasn't AS weird as it could have been, heck, Dipper had been a pig for a while. Still, Dipper covered his chest and made distressed sounds. Mabel didn't have boobs back then! Which he was really grateful for, that would have been TOO awkward for his poor little preteen heart.

Mabel examined her brother. She had to admit that they really looked similar, but they still had their differences. Mabel didn't have the weird peach fuzz Dipper had, thank god, and...she grinned. "At least your boobs aren't bigger than mine." Dipper screamed and Dillon sighed, putting his head on his palm.

Diego looked at his mom. "Mommy, do I have to call you Daddy now?" He asked Carla, who was running a hand through her shorter curly hair.

Xin put his hands on his hips as he examined everyone. "Hey, can you triplets stand next to each other? I want to see how you all turned out compared to each other." He gently pushed Stan next to Ford and pulled Seb over as well. "Hm…" He tilted his head with a sly grin. "So Seb's got the petite look, Stan and Ford are a few inches taller than him, Stan's got the thicc-est arms and muscles and Fordsie has the biggest butt!" He observed cheerfully. "That's pretty good, I wasn't really sure how you'd all turn out. Good to know you all turned out pretty hot."

"They were handsome as men." Kari smiled. "It only makes sense they will be gorgeous as women." She was just so happy! Imagining her baby boys had actually been baby girls! And FOUR! She always wanted daughters.

Xin then turned to look at Shermie and the others. "Shermie's really pretty too, a slim, athletic build, very perky." He noted. "Less fat than his brothers, I guess this means he's been keeping himself more in shape than they were… makes sense, Stan was focused on bulking up." Xin looked over at the former women. "I'm...very surprised how mom and the others turned out though. Who'd have thought mom would be a stud?"

Wanda blushed madly as Carla grinned amused. "You actually look pretty hot, Wands." She complimented. Then she realized something. If she was a man…"Does that make me gay?" She wondered.

"I think so." Abigail nodded solemnly. But it was weird. She still felt attracted to Shermie. "Xin, explain? I'm having a sexual orientation crisis."

Xin shrugged. "You still love who you love. Regardless of sex. And you still have preferences beyond that. Don't think about it too hard." He nodded at them. "So just enjoy a week like this and see if maybe you all learn something." He sat back down to finish eating breakfast, he was feeling pretty ravenous after this use of his power. And maintaining the perception filter. The 3rd dimension always made his powers more difficult to use, even if the barrier was weaker here.

Everyone sat down, some of them shifting in their seats, trying to get used to their new bodies. Stan, Dipper and Shermie whimpered at their loss from time to time. It was as if...there was nothing down there! On the other hand, the women were shifting as they felt something that shouldn't be there and had to sit with their legs apart. Seb and Wanda were the only ones who seemed alright, though now his hair was extremely long, almost reaching his waist and he couldn't stop spitting his hair away or getting it over his food. URGH! He needed a fucking hairband!

Carla, deciding to be a dick, like the one probably resting in her pants, looked at Stan. "Love, can you bring me some napkins please?" Stan grumbled. "No." Carla made a show of looking astonished. "Really? You won't even bring your husband a napkin? But I thought women were happy when they made their husbands happy." She pouted.

Stan grumbled. "Not gonna do it." Xin made a show of lidding his eyes at Stan. "I wonder if I should tack on an extra week…" everyone glared at Stan. "Stan! This is your fault! Go get your wife a napkin."

Stan growled loudly as he pushed his chair back and went to the buffet table. His face was red and his fists clenched. Everyone looked at Xin nervously. Xin nodded, pleased. "A week it stays."

Everyone sighed in relief. They continued eating, Stan eventually came back and angrily handed his wife the damn napkins. "Thank you, love. See? It wasn't that hard. And I'm even thanking you for it." "Whatever, let me eat." He stuffed his mouth with food.

Mabel swallowed her bite of toast. "We should get names while in this form!" She declared. "I'm thinking of...Markus~that sounds cool right?"

Xin gasped. "That's an excellent idea!" He turned to Dipper "Then, should Pinetree be Mary?" He and Mabel turned to each other with a wide grin "Cause he's a lamb?!" The two laughed uproariously.

"I hate you both." Dipper folded his arms but quickly let go when it squished his boobs, still not used to feeling their bump there. He wondered what Paz would say about this…

"Oh! Mommy should be Walter because it also starts with W!" Zach added, proud of his contribution. He had practice back when he was deciding his name. Wanda, currently Walter, smiled at her son and ruffled his hair. "That sounds wonderful sweetie."

Zoe stared at her father "So daddy is...Sabrina!" She declared. Walter laughed. "So it's Sab for short?" Sebastian/Sabrina hummed to himself "I like that. It's cute."

Kari looked at her now oldest daughter awkwardly drinking his/her coffee. "I always liked the name Stefania…" Ford choked a bit. "Oh~ And you can be Fania for short! Yeah!" Xin high fived Kari.

Mabel looked at her parents . "Dad, you are Shelly now and mom...Abraham!" The 'boy's eyes sparkled. Both shrugged. Ok. Take it as it came, that way the overwhelming thought of being the opposite sex wouldn't crush them.

"And these two are Stania and Carlos!" Seb/Sab finished. Said people were glaring at each other. "And Dillon can be Danna."

"If dad is a girl does this mean we take mom's last name for now?" 'Danna' asked calmly. Everyone looked at each other and shrugged. "The hotel rooms are listed under the Pines family, so I think we have to keep that."

"It's ok, I don't mind taking my wife's last name." Carlos grinned teasingly. "I love women! And I flirt with them all the time but it's just a game!" She said with a forced smile. "Right, guys?"

Stan scowled. "Well I'm going to get jealous and nag you about it even when I know you're not being serious." The couple glared at each other while everyone sighed. This was going to be a long week.

-.-

They managed to get a kind of normal breakfast, except for the fact everyone had been sex-swapped.

Zoe pleaded to go to the beach again, but the adults immediately blushed. "Like-like this!?" Walter squeaked. Zoe deadpanned and nodded. "How else, dad?!" She smiled and Walter pouted with narrowed eyes.

Xin smiled widely. "I'll get you all new swimsuits!" He squealed. He grabbed Fania's hand. "Come on, let's go somewhere more private." he grinned. "I'm gonna need to create these from scratch."

Everyone was dragged back to the hotel rooms by the children. Dipper requested to just have a t-shirt and shorts.

Markus measured herself with Dipper and gasped. "Bro bro, I think you could wear my bikinis! I already paid for them! And we're the same inverted height!" She squealed. Dipper shook his head. "Definitely not. Leave me alone!" He cried when his sister easily picked him up. "Cute outfits!" Markus roared as she took him to everyone.

Dipper felt like the pronouns were getting very hard to keep track of.

Sab was thrilled to try out different swimsuits in front of the mirror. S/he was a little worried about his tattoo showing, but his hair was long enough to cover it if he had it down. He pulled at his straps, pushed his breasts up and turned this way and that to look at himself. "I guess I have a nice figure?" Walter laughed. "You're gorgeous." He said. Then she shook her head. Ugh. Was...was the switch doing something to his, her head?

She looked over at Xin "Did you do anything to our heads as well?" Xin blinked and looked a little guilty. "Not on purpose...I can check to see if anything's happening?"

Walter nodded and sat down to let Xin examine his, urgh, her mind. The man touched the blond's forehead. Xin frowned. "Well...it isn't directly messing with you. It's more like...if you're open to the idea of it, you start shifting towards it." Xin looked pained. "I'm sorry...did I do bad?"

Seb and Wanda shared a look. It was...worrying. "But...this will only last a week, right?" Wanda asked. "Will we regain our... memories if we forget them?" Xin nodded.

"The curse will break after one week and you'll turn back to normal. It's...not like it changes your memories, just...your perceptions." he frowned. "I've never had any problem switching back and forth...I guess I never thought about this?"

"Well, I don't see a problem." Seb eventually shrugged and smiled at Xin. "It's just a week, right Wands? It's to teach Stan a lesson~" He reminded her. The blond sighed but laughed. "You're right...ok, let's do this!" Walter took off his shirt before he chickened out, and stared at Seb with a determined look in his green eyes. "Let's do it…" She whispered in his new deep voice.

Seb gaped. Damn… that sexy voice was making him shiver.

Walter trailed his hands down his chest. "This is so weird...I'm so muscular. How did that happen?" He guessed she focused on training more during their gym trips than she thought. Sab came forward with a light blush "Well I think you're really hot…" she said. H/she reached for his wife/husband's chest. "Can I touch you?" Walter grinned. "Only if I get to touch yours~"

Xin smiled, his job was done here, and went to the next room. Shelly and Abraham were surprisingly taking this very well, maybe because their kids were suffering it as well, and they accepted the clothes Xin gave them. Mabel was sad she couldn't wear her new bikinis, but they were in good hands. Dipper came out of the bathroom deadpanning. "I feel utterly ridiculous with this." He declared. Mabel gasped. Dipper looked better than her in that! What the heck?! "Why are you cuter as a girl than I am?! That's not fair!"

Dipper walked over to the mirror and pouted. His body had finally become a real man's body...and now he was the exact opposite. He lifted her bangs and looked at his birthmark. This was the only thing keeping him from thinking he was some kind of weird Mabel. He was Dipper Pines. Boy or not. He decided to put on beach shorts. It made him feel a little more comfortable.

Dipper could admit, faintly, that he did make a cute girl. His lifestyle of just sitting around reading all the time didn't lead to many muscles so he was a little squishy. Dipper looked over at his sister who was now beefier than he was as a guy. Not fair that Mabel got all the muscles!

Mabel was still staring at her brother "Ugh! Why are you a cuter girl than I am?" She repeated. She looked over how soft and petite Dipper's female form was. It's not fair Dipper got all the cuteness, that was HER thing!

Xin was watching the twins with a grin. "Everything's fine, Pinetree? Shooting Star?" The teens nodded. "We are so ready for beach day." Mabel smiled. "Absolutely not." Dipper shook her head.

Abigail was tightening Shermie's bikinis straps. "I love this bikini, I need one like this when I'm a woman again…" She said longingly. Shermie was staring at himself in the mirror with awe. "I look like some Amazon warrior." He flexed and made a face. Dipper scowled. Seriously?! Even as a woman his dad was muscular. Dipper didn't even realize women could have abs as marked as that. Stan's woman form was muscular, but in a more beefy way, while Shermie had a more specific definition. Dipper looked down at his belly and poked it. His finger sank into soft belly fat.

Xin nodded. "Well, glad to see you're all having fun. I'm gonna go check on Stan and Carla...since, you know, they caused all this…"

They waved at him and he went next door. He found Diego on the floor, wearing his trunks and looking miserable. "We will never go to the beach like this…" He whined. Xin looked up and saw Stan fighting with Carla.

"JUST WEAR IT!" Carlos screamed. "FUCK YOU! I will never put on this shit!" Stania shouted back. Dillon was on the bed with his bikini already put on and waiting for them to finish their bickering. Good girl. Xin sighed. "Stan. Shut up and wear SOMETHING. It doesn't have to be a bikini if you don't want to. I can make one piece suits too." Stan shook his head. "No. It's girly and frilly."

"Well then, how about this?" Xin flicked his fingers and an extremely plain black one piece swimsuit appeared on Stania. Stan looked down at himself. "I'm showing too much skin." He complained. Xin rolled his eyes. "You walk around shirtless half the time. Why is this any different?"

"Because I'm a woman and it feels weird…" Stan grumbled, covering his chest. Carla crossed her arms. "And why? You think a woman shouldn't show skin?" She growled. "You like seeing women show their skin. And now that the shoe's on the other foot, you have a problem with it?" she scoffed. "Remember that dress you wanted me to wear for our anniversary? I told you it was too revealing for me but you insisted . Well, now you know how I feel."

"Everyone will stare at me!" Stan blushed and Carla grinned. "Like married men look at them?" She sneered. "You don't like others doing the shit you do! Well suck it! You will know what it feels like!" She spat. She turned to Xin with a maniac grin. "Turn his swim suit into a sexy bikini." She requested. "Please."

Stan's eyes widened. "No! Don't! I'm going to die of embarrassment!" Xin sighed and modified just enough to not look plain and boring.

"Dillon, can you take Diego down to the beach first while I deal with your parents?" Dillon nodded and got up, put on one of his t-shirts that was now big enough on her new body for decent coverage, picked up his brother and left the room. "You kinda brought this on yourself, dad."

Xin crossed his arms and looked at the couple. "This is for you to learn empathy." He reminded them. "Not just you Stan, everyone. You're all in this together." Carla/Carlos was already in a pair of swim trunks, shirtless and trying not to feel self conscious "Yeah. Now you have to see what I'm always going through."

Stania stared at her reflection and traced her curves with her eyes and fingertips. She couldn't deny she looked hella nice...Like an Olympic athlete and damn those women were hella cool.

"Ok fine! Just because I ain't no coward!" Stan looked at his reflection in the mirror and scowled with a faint blush. Carlos grinned and stood behind her, towering and placed his large hands over Stania's round bottom. "Hey babe~ I think you look great."

Stania blushed madly as he felt Carlos' hands squeezing her butt. "You look amazing and I love your curves~" Carlos purred. He dragged the middle triplet closer to him and kissed her.

AAAAAAANNDDDD that's Xin's cue to leave. He turned and left after realizing the couple probably weren't going to the beach today, they were more invested in another activity….

He went to Ford's room (the door was locked, but he knocked first and announced he was coming in unless Ford said "No.", which he didn't), and found the human standing shirtless in front of the bathroom mirror, looking between a mix of horror and curiosity. Xin snorted. This huge nerd. He closed the door behind him and walked over to stand behind the scientist. "Having fun?" The dragon asked.

"AAHHH!" Was his response as Ford jumped and turned around to glare at him. "X-Xin!" Ford grumbled as he turned his body around so he wouldn't see much of his chest. Wow. She looked really nice.

"Don't stare. I don't like it." Ford/Fania (Xin still wasn't sure which name to use) frowned as he covered his chest and Xin nodded. "Sorry for that, I didn't mean to pry." Xin grinned. (She REALLY looked nice though, aesthetically, Ford made a very pretty woman). "So...beach? Yes? No?" He held up a hanger with a cute one piece suit. "Colors? Pattern? Come on, gimme something to work with here, Fordsie."

Ford put on his sweater again and sat down on his bed, realizing he could close his legs with no problem at the moment, and he shook his head. "I am not sure I want to go out like this?" He wasn't even comfortable wearing a swimsuit as a man, much less in a body that was not his. Well, technically it was, but...yeah...

"Even Stan's wearing it! You can't stay behind your sisters!" Xin giggled and took her six-fingered hand. "Come on! You'll look amazing~!" his tail popped out to begin wagging in excitement. Ford pouted, looking absolutely adorable. "Well you're not wearing a swimsuit." he complained. Xin rolled his eyes and flicked his fingers. His clothes shifted away, leaving behind nothing but a bright yellow pair of swim pants. He sat back, proudly showing off his shirtlessness. "There! Now you can't complain."

Ford stared at Xin's exposed skin. "Scales…" He whispered. Xin blinked and looked down before flushing. "Shit. I've been using too much power today…"

"Are you losing hold of your human form?" Ford asked as he reached forward and trailed his/her fingers down the brick-like scales that were slowly growing out of Xin's skin. Xin shivered. "Looks like it. Damn. I need to get some food." He raised one of his arms and watched the scales slowly spreading from his shoulders and down his arm. "Ew...it looks like I have some horrid skin condition…"

"No it doesn't." Ford shook his head as he rubbed his fingers along the smooth scales. "They're pretty."

Xin flushed. Pretty? Bu-but...it was so creepy looking...wasnt it? "But isn't it gross? Having scales growing out like this?" He tried to focus and stabilize his human form, to stop it from growing more inhuman traits. Ford laughed, his voice sounded so weird, he was used to having a deep voice, but this one was...He didn't know how to describe it, it sounded...appropriate for a female version of himself. "Not at all. They're amazing." He took Xin's hand and stroked the scales "Their color is vibrant and they're evenly spaced, I wonder if they're applicable as body armor? Like real scale mail?"

Xin blushed as Ford complimented him. This damn nerd didn't even realize it. "...you'd be a real ladies man...if you learned how to do this on purpose you know." Xin muttered before shaking his head, "So…~ beach?"

Ford blushed. "Ok...but…" he looked away. "But what?" Xin asked, tilting his head to the side. "I...I need to go to the bathroom…" He whispered, embarrassed. "Can a person hold it for a week?" Xin burst out laughing. "Hey, if I could pee using your dick, you can learn to pee with your holes too!"

"Can you not say it like that?!" Ford stuttered. "And I prefer dying thank you."

"You Pines are so dramatic. Can you go pee already so we can go to the beach?" Xin asked, exasperated. He was hot! He wanted to go in the water! Though he would need to get his stupid scales to go away first. Or slap on a Perception Filter and not have to bother. Maybe he'd do that. Since Fordsie seemed to like complimenting them and all that.

"For science~" Xin whispered.

"...Ok…" Ford/Fania grumbled her responde before stomping to the bathroom.

"Just sit down!"

"I am not stupid, Xin~!" Fania called from the bathroom, making Xin roll his eyes with an amused snort and turned around to give Fania some more privacy, just in case. In the meantime, he glared at his reflection and forced his scales to recede.

She took a few minutes to come out. Probably pissing herself in fear of peeing, but the woman eventually came out, blushing. Xin had managed to make some of the scales retreat, but not all. He needed to eat something. "You see? Not that hard! Now, which bikini do you want?!" He asked.

"Just-Just how did you get Stan to accept? Just-" She stuttered her words, showing just how hard she was trying. "What's the least ridiculous or-or that shows less?"

"Just a bathing suit? Are you sure?" Xin clarified. "Wait. Am I allowed to modify it? It'll be really nice! Nothing overboard" Fania blushed. "As long as it still covers my skin." Xin nodded with a huge grin. Oh he was gonna have fun with this~

"Cool, but first-FOOD!" Xin threw Fania her boots and dragged them both back downstairs to the dining hall. They had taken so long that it was early lunch in the hotel by this point. Xin was glad for the perception filter he'd slapped on hiding his scales, and he went to grab a plate to choose from the buffet. This hotel was amazing. Expensive, but amazing. The all you can eat buffet was the best part~

Xin piled two plates high with food and made Fania get a plate full of stuff too. Fania rolled her eyes as they sat down and Xin began scarfing it down. "You're just constantly hungry, aren't you?" Fania took out her journal to start writing stuff down. It was important. Bill liked food, she should consider that for their visits, maybe that convinced him to stay with her longer.

Xin shrugged, moaning softly. "Well it takes twice the amount of power to do anything here as opposed to my own dimension, so I'm burning through stuff pretty quick. Plus, being in a physical body all the time is kinda draining. I use less energy as a triangle. And over on my side, I spend a lot of time flying around to do things that get my stores refilled. But it's not all bad to be hungry." Which was actually good. Having too much energy build up led to side effects like exploding.

Fania nodded. "Well, maybe if you found some way of storing your energy more efficiently…" Xin paused in the middle of slurping some Lo Mein. "That...is actually a good idea…" he paused to look down at himself. He's always been just compressing his energy inside himself which eventually led to explosions once he could no longer hold them. But it was obviously not a good method. What could he do? While he was in Seb's dimension, he burned through his power pretty quick. Back in his OWN dimension, where manipulating reality happened by simply thinking about it, he would get too much energy built up until he exploded, vomited everything out or used it up on purpose.

It wasn't a very good way to do things. Xin wiggled his butt, wishing he could let his tail out, as he thought about it. What if he split himself in half and sent half of himself back to his own world. So the energy would be shared between them? That seemed like a decent plan. Brother had approved of the idea for leaving half of himself in the Nightmare Realm for storage. But since he was behind a Door right now, it wasn't something he could do.

And the only other option he could think of right now would be converting the energy into mass that he could repurpose for later use, essentially, fat. And Xin's butt was already too big. He frowned down at himself. He liked big butts (and he would not lie) but sometimes he wondered if he shouldn't have designed this body like this.

The swim suit he was wearing felt a little tight for one thing. He pulled at it and sighed before making the shorts larger. He looked at his reflection in a nearby mirror and flicked his hair. Yeah, he looked good. Right? He was attractive, he had made this body to be. He felt his stomach heat up as he digested and sighed in relief when he could stabilize his form. The scales receded and he ran a hand over his smooth skin with a sigh of relief.

He looked around for Fordsie and snorted loudly when he found the brunette woman at the buffet table. She had left her food, rude, but she was staring longingly at the chocolate cake they were serving as dessert. Ford hated to admit it, but his sweet tooth was stronger than him.

As it was around midday, there weren't many people eating yet, and the man behind the table took that chance to make a move. "Hey, beautiful, see anything you like?" Ford froze and looked at the man. "Mm…"

"Because I see everything I want in front of me~" the man waggled his eyebrows.

Xin didn't know if he should laugh or frown. He decided to scowl instead. Ford grimaced. Fuck, fuck, ew, ew. "Alright…" He whispered. The waiter handed the woman a piece of cake. "I'm Martin, I saw you came with your family, am I right?"

"That's none of your business…" Fania huffed. Ugh. He didn't want to deal with this. S/he walked back to where Xin was and frowned when she managed to hear the waiter whispering to himself, her ears trained after years of trying to survive in space. "Ugh, bitch, her sisters looked better anyway…" Fania blinked. What did that fucker just call her?!

Xin also heard him and was about to give that piece of shit what he deserved when Fania came back to the table. "Fordsie, are you ok?" She left the cake, because she wouldn't sacrifice it, then Ford went back to the man...

And socked him right in the nose.

Xin burst out laughing. Fania scowled at the waiter. "That was for calling me a bitch!" The man groaned in pain while Xin continued laughing, pounding the table with a fist. Fania huffed and headbutted him in the forehead, bringing another fit of laughter from the dragon. "And that's for being a fucking gross human being! What the fuck makes you entitled to talk to women like that!" Then she came back to eat her chocolate cake. Xin giggled and wiped a tear. "I would have done that if you hadn't beat me to it."

"He was being incredibly unprofessional. As a waiter, he should not be flirting with the guests. It's improper." Fania complained. Xin grinned "I've already sent off a formal complaint of his conduct. There's an evaluation form filled out about him, ready and waiting for the owners to see." Xin purred as he bit into a pork chop. He held up the paper he filled out to show Ford/Fania. Fania giggled. "You...really would have punched him as well for me?"

"Of course, Fordsie!" Xin smiled. "Do you think I would have let him treat you like that?" He continued eating and Fania blushed slightly. "Ok…" She tucked a long lock of hair behind her ear. Ford seemed confused by his behaviour, but didn't pay it much attention. First cake, then meeting everyone at the beach.

Xin peered over. "Are you only getting cake for lunch?" He asked before sliding over some chop suey. "Eat." He told her. "We're gonna be playing on the beach again and you need your energy. What if someone gets captured by manatees again, right?" he grinned.

Ford laughed and rolled his eyes. He had to admit that adventure was fun, like, how was Xin able to modify their bodies and genetic information so easily? It was amazing! He had GILLS!

He/she watched Xin scarf down another plate of food. Well, obviously he needed to use a lot of energy to do so, but still. It was impressive. She ate some more food, because if they really did have to fight off a herd of blood thirsty manatees again…

Fania looked down at the pasta. "Well, I can't eat all of this. And I know you're worried about me getting food, but I… I'm going to handle my own diet. I don't need you to be my mom for this."

Xin looked over. "I guess you're right. You're an adult. But if you forget or miss a meal, I can remind you. Right?"

"As long as you're not forcing me to eat when I don't want to." Fania thought about it. "I don't eat much at night, it gives me weird dreams. I've gotten used to light meals in the evening."

"I'll keep that in mind." Xin nodded, taking another spoonful of his own food. He still worried, ok? He really wanted her owl to be ok.

They finished up their lunch and went upstairs so Xin could make Fania's swimsuit. It didn't take long and Fania stared at herself in the mirror. "Ah...it's really...very much there." she blushed. Xin grinned. "It's cute! You said I could do what I want with it~" it was pretty, and blue, and it looked like a cute short dress, made of swimsuit material. The skirt was very fluttery, swishing and bouncing as he moved and the back was open, showing her scar-covered skin. There was a crisscross of fabric but otherwise, the back was exposed. She put her hair down and it covered her back, so it wasn't too much of a problem. Heck, Fania was more embarrassed by her tattoo.

Ford/Fania sighed. "Well, at least it's covering more of me…" s/he walked off, not noticing how the skirt would bounce up with each step and show off her large butt, which had a bikini bottom with a modest trim. Xin grinned. Butts were nice~

-.-

Dipper was in hell.

"Hey sweetheart, you're looking lonely~" "Wanna come have some real fun?" "Come on hot stuff, ditch the children and come hang out with us~"

The teen clenched his fists as the guys followed him around. These stupid assholes really didn't know how to take a no for an answer and continued asking him to go drink something. The dock had some nice restaurants, bars, cafes, but Dipper DIDN'T WANT TO GO WITH THEM!

"I'm taking care of my cousins, fuck off." He glared. The guys were much taller than him/her. If he was a boy, they would be the same height. Mabel was aghast at all the attention Dipper got from hot guys.

"Go away! Leave my cousin alone, ugly!" Zach cried and kicked one of the boy's legs. "Go away or I am calling my dad!"

"Oh yeah, brat? And what will your daddy do?" the teenage boy taunted the toddler who growled. " DDAADDDD! " He screamed, making everyone flinch. Seb and Wanda took a while to realize he meant his temporary dad, so Wanda sighed and walked over the kids and Dipper. "What's wrong, Zach?"

The boys gaped slightly at the muscular tall man crouching in front of the little kid. Dipper flipped them off with a smug grin as the boys walked away, they needed to wait to try again.

'Oh yeah, my new uncle is strong as fuck and will break your noses if you don't leave me alone!'

Mabel was sulking next to her Grandma under an umbrella. "How is Dipper getting asked out and not me?!" Markus complained with a whine. Kari laughed. "I'm sure it's because he's not the one pursuing them. Some boys have delicate egos and knowing that you're so much better than them, makes them too afraid to approach."

Markus groaned. "I just don't get it. I'm charming and adorable!" Kari patted his back. "Well, do you want to try flirting with boys as another boy? See if maybe that makes a difference?"

Markus blushed. He loved flirting with boys but...Markus looked down at his flat chest. Could he still flirt while he was a boy? How would he even find someone who would be into this? Markus looked over at Dillon, Danna now, who was very much enjoying the attention she was getting from all the boys.

"Hey Danna!" Markus ran over, noticing the men looking him up and down and making jealous faces when Danna turned to him with a bright smile. "Oh, hey Markus. Guys, this is my cousin Markus." The hostility in their gazes faded, ok, not a rival.

"Hey guys!" Markus waved cheerfully. "Can I steal my cousin for a little while? I need to ask her something." The boys made sad sounds but agreed. "See ya later, guys~" Dillon waved with a sweet smile and the boys melted. Markus took the girl away and raised an eyebrow. "Aren't you with Phillip?"

"I'm sure my baby would understand how lucky I am, we usually look at other men together." Dillon shrugged. Mabel sighed. "Ok, anyway. Dipper is getting flirted at and I never get that when I'm a girl. Should I try flirting like a boy?"

Danna stroked her chin in thought. "Maybe it wouldn't work. Not everyone is gay, for one." Mabel realized that it would look kind of gay. "And you could get punched and I would hate that...why don't you try flirting with girls the same way you do as a girl? See how girls react?"

Markus pouted. "But I don't like girls that way." Dana laughed. "Well, you don't have to be serious about it. This is just for fun. Want me to come with you?"

"...maybe." Markus admitted. He sighed. "Why is this so difficult?" Danna laughed. Dipper walked up to them, groaning. "Ugh...why're guys so...annoying!?" His sister/brother and cousin laughed at him. "You need to be more assertive with your refusal. And kick'em in the balls!" Markus laughed.

Dipper hummed, considering the option. "Yeah, I think I'll do it! If they really can't take a hint. What are you guys doing? The kids are with their parents already so I don't have to babysit. " he followed behind the other two. Markus ran his fingers through his hair "I'm gonna try and flirt with a woman to see if there's something wrong with my flirting method or if it's just the boys who are the problem."

"And then we can find some gay guys for you to flirt with too." Danna, the best wingman, suggested. Markus nodded. Dipper sighed. "I feel like this isn't going to end well…"

Markus spotted a group of girls sitting around chatting. "Alright. Let's do this!" he brushed his hands down his chest. "Alright. I'm hot, I'm single and I'm ready to mingle!" he walked over with a huge grin. "Hello! I'm Markus! And I think you're all really cute! So I thought I should introduce myself and get to know you all! I can start! My hobbies are knitting and arts and crafts!"

The women blinked at the young man and giggled. "Seriously?" One snorted. Markus nodded. "I've been knitting sweaters for myself and my family since I was 10. Oh, that's my cousin and my twin sister over there, we are on a family vacation!" He pointed at Danna and Dipper, who waved back, Danna was giving Markus two thumbs up. The women cooed. "Aw, that's so cute."

They moved to make space. "So you think we're cute? Which one of us is the cutest?" One laughed. Markus hummed as he looked at them. "You've got really pretty eyes, they look like my favorite color of beads, but my real favorite color is rainbow." The girl with the greenish eyes giggled. Markus turned to another one "And you are really rockin' that one piece. The pattern really accentuates your figure and the color compliments your skin tone." the girl with the dark skin looked down at herself with a smile. Markus turned to the last one "And I LOVE what you did with your hair. I can never get mine to curl like that." Markus ran a hand through his curly hair. "Mine just goes all over the place no matter how much I brush it."

The three young women laughed. "So...are you actually flirting to try and get with us or?"

Markus pouted. "Naw, I'm not actually into girls. No offense, but my flirting method with guys never turns out well so my cousin suggested I talk to some girls and see if there's a difference." He shrugged and the girls all giggled. "Well, you're very enthusiastic. It's not bad though."

Another one nodded. "It's actually too bad you're gay, you seem much nicer than some of the other men who've tried to flirt with us." "Yeah, you've honest and upfront. And friendly. It's nice."

Markus sat down with them, groaning. "I KNOW right? There was a group of them hounding my sister just now. Like, what the heck?" He sighed. "Worse is that I really wished they would come to ME like that! What's a guy to do to get some attention around here?"

Dipper stared slack jawed at Mabel/Markus easily chatting with the girls. "Is this really happening?" He groaned. Danna scratched her cheek and shrugged. "I don't think he's even flirting anymore. Looks like Markus just made some new friends."

Meanwhile, back with the rest of the family, Sabrina was hugging her legs under an umbrella as she whined to herself. Dumb Bill2, dumb tattoo. She didn't want to wear a bikini anymore if her stupid tattoo was going to show all over! She thought her hair would cover it, but the wind would blow and then she had to cover herself. She looked around and found Walter's shirt. There. Much better. Covered. Like it always should be...She glanced down at herself and groaned. Great. Now it seemed she was naked below because she was still wearing the lower part of the bikini.

She couldn't even get a hug because Walter was busy looking after the children.

A guy selling ice-cream walked by and Zoe screamed for Sab to buy them. "No. You're still in trouble." Sab reminded them. "No dessert for the rest of the summer." The twins gasped. "B-but Miz was the one who-"

"And Miz isn't allowed any dessert until NEXT summer." Sab pointed out. "Unless you two want to have her punishment too?" The two quickly shook their heads, looking horrified at the idea of no dessert for a year. Truly, attacking the mean old man was something that was really bad, since mommy and daddy never punished them THIS badly before!

"I want strawberry, honey!" The blond man grinned down at the twins, who gasped and tackled him down to the sand. "Uncle Walter, stand up! Throw me again!" Diego complained and the blond chuckled as he threw the kid to the air, making him squeal. The twins were laughing, waiting for their turn. Mom as a Dad was so cool! He was strong and really tall! And Dad as a Mom was cool too! She was so pretty and her hair was so long and soft!

"Well I'm gonna get ice cream for everyone who isn't being punished right now." Sab told them all before she went to the icecream truck. She got the strawberry for Walter and some popsicles for everyone else and then came back to continue moping over her tattoo making it so she couldn't show off her adorable swimsuit to everyone. She was sour now and she knew it wasn't that big of a deal, wearing a shirt, but it just pissed her off and ruined everything.

That was about when Xin and Ford joined them.

Sebastian gaped but managed to smile. "Daamn! Who are you, and what have you done to my sister?!" Kari looked up and squealed loudly. Fania looked so adorable! Kari was kind of trying to forget for a moment they were actually tall masculine men magically transformed. Let her live out her lifelong dream of having daughters.

Fania rubbed her arm awkwardly. The kids gasped and ran towards them. "Aunt Fannnyyy! You look so cute!" Zoe roared and hugged her actually- uncle's legs. Ford had his face entirely red, but he managed to smile. "Thanks, Zoe…" Xin snorted quietly ("Fanny! Hah!")

Diego also told him he looked pretty, just like Dad always said, and looked at Xin. "Xin, will my parents come now?" Xin smiled sheepishly. "No, sorry, champ. They were ...not up for beach day."

"Aww...they got angry with each other?" Diego asked sadly. Xin blushed slightly, remembering he saw the 'Do not disturb' sign being put out. "I can assure you they are more than happy with each other right now." Walter and Sab coughed, blushing. Ford sat down in the sand and brushed his long hair out of the way. "Well, since Stan's stubbornness is what caused this whole mess, I do hope he and Carla can work this out."

Xin coughed. "They're working out all right." Sab swatted his arm. "You are such a perv, oh my god!" Xin laughed. "Well Shermie and Abigail aren't coming down either. So...it's just us today." Ford spat his hair out of his mouth. "Pleh! Pleh! Can't you make this shorter?! This is annoying!"

"NO!" Kari and Seb roared. "You look pretty that way, Stefania, suck it!" Kari scolded, having learned plenty of slang from her grandchildren. "Be grateful YOU CAN show off your back!" Seb crossed his arms jealously. Ford brushed back his hair again. Xin knelt down behind him. "Hold still, I'm going to braid it."

"Braid it?" Ford sighed when he felt Xin's hands stroking his long brown curly hair. Well, at least it felt nice~ Xin took the hair and separated the strands carefully so as not to pull at them. Sab leaned against her mom and the both of them cooed. They were enjoying this too much to be healthy. "Ma, you really would have liked it better if we were born girls?" Seb asked curiously. "What would you have done?" Kari sighed. "If you had been women, maybe...Filbrick wouldn't have hit you…"

Xin scowled. "Still think I should have ripped his eyes out…" Ford reached back to grip his hands. "No. That would have been bad. You...don't want to be bad. We won't LET you be bad. We won't let you become like the other Bill." Ford was very worried about that, he didn't want this Bill to go down that path.

Seb huffed. He knew Filbrick would have hit him anyway… "Nothing can stop that crazy asshole. He was even more insane than my past self, and I WAS insane." He looked at the man. "But you are an adorable cutie pie."

"I AM insane." Xin pouted. Why didn't anyone take him seriously when he said so? "But not...in that way. Everyone's a little insane." Seb shrugged. Xin grumbled. "I just want him punished for what he did to you…" Seb sighed as Wanda went over to hug her/his son/daughter. "We know sweetie. But even if ripping out someone's eyes might be normal in space, it's not the right thing to do, there OR here. Earth has laws and customs and societal norms, and the murder or maiming of others is something that I as a lawyer cannot allow."

"Which sucks!" Seb moaned. Walter gave her a glare. They're supposed to be setting a good example for the children. Xin leaned back into his (current) father's embrace. "Stupid laws!" he grumbled.

"Daddy! Mommy!" Zach and Diego ran towards them. "We found a squishy thing! Can we touch it?" Zach asked excitedly. "A squishy thing?" Walter muttered, then his narrowed eyes widened. "Zoe, don't touch it!" He cried and ran to stop his daughter from touching the jellyfish. Knowing her, she'd want to take it back to the hotel.

Walter ran across the sand, the sun glimmering off his muscles and a flock of women all stared as he ran past. "Oh my god. Did you just see that guy?" One asked. Another was fanning herself as her eyes remained glued to his backside. "Finally! There's just been teenagers all over this damn beach!" Another was already walking in his direction "Finally, a real man!"

Innocent Walter, unaware the hunters had chosen him as prey, finally got to Zoe who was luckily only touching the bell of the (luckily) dead jellyfish. "Wait, no! That's a jellyfish, you can get hurt!" He pouted. "Go, go with your mommy." He ushered her back in the direction of Sab and he sighed. He should call a lifeguard or something to take this thing away. Some other little kid could get hurt…

The women sighed, seeing the sexy man saving a poor little girl from the horrible beast. They made their move. They were friends vacationing together and what a godsend to see this beautiful hunk of a man! "That was so brave…" One of them sighed dramatically. Walter blinked. "Um...not really?" He wasn't sure what they meant by that.

"Running so quickly just to save a child from a jellyfish." Another woman sighed as she came closer and placed a hand on Walter's arm. Walter blinked "Um. Yeah, of course. This is dangerous."

They smiled and one of them slowly traced his muscled arm. "You're so strong~ You must lift weights, no~?" One of them purred. Walter shook his head nervously. What was going on!? "We were wondering if you would like to keep us company...We aren't from around here…"

"What? Company?" He muttered. Was being a man making him slow to understand stuff? The woman giggled and 'accidentally' bumped their breasts on his arms and chest. "Yeah, to have a drink!" Oh…Oh! "Wait, I can't-" Luckily for him, Zach ran towards him. "Daddy, I can't find your wallet and I want a snack!" He paused. "And it's not a dessert snack."

All the women stopped at once. The kid looked exactly the same as the one this sexy guy just saved. Were they his?! And twins?!

"You have kids?" Suddenly he felt much less desirable. Walter smiled widely, super proud. "Yeah, three! An older daughter and twins!" he subtly shook their hands off. "And a lovely wife whom I love more than anything!" He said loudly. The women all slumped in disappointment.

Sabrina looked over and waved. "Walter~the kids want snacks that aren't ice-cream! I don't know if that counts against their punishment though." The women all stared at the wife.

They all froze as Sab made his way over to them, holding hands with the little blonde girl from earlier. The sun was glimmering off her smooth, silky skin and her lovely hair curls bounced as she walked.

"Whatcha say, Mr. Law man?" Sab stopped when she saw the women surrounding her husband. She narrowed her eye but didn't want to start a scene. Instead, she brushed her hair back, letting the luscious locks wave through the air. "Oh Walter~the sun's getting hotter. Can we all go get some iced drinks together~?"

Walter stuttered incoherently, unable to think straight, and only managed to nod at her. The kids happily grabbed their hands and they went back with everyone. The woman scowled. Lucky bitch. She wasn't even that cute! She didn't even have an eye! She didn't deserve him!

They gasped in offense when Sab turned her head at them and flipped them off with 2 middle fingers on one hand. Sab huffed. Who did they think they were? Trying to steal HER man! Seb blinked. His woman, right. Wow, this spell was strong. He looked up at the blond. Wanda didn't seem to mind, she looked like she took it really well and was adapting fast to being a man.

The little family cheerfully went to get more something cold to drink. No dessert meant no ice cream, but iced soda was fine. Walter also said that candy, pastries, cakes and other sweets were included in the 'no dessert' punishment. Fruit was fine.

"UUUGH YOU'RE TRYING TO KILL US!" Zoe complained. "Well, you were trying to kill a human being." Walter scolded. "And murder is wrong. This will let you know that."

"No, we didn't! We wanted to scare him and hurt him, but not kill him!" Zach explained solemnly.

"It still isn't right to hurt someone else if they aren't trying to hurt you first. I know he hurt Sebastian when he was a child, and that is WRONG, but you still shouldn't hurt him. Punishing bad men like that is my job."

"So… are you going to punish the bad man?" Zach asked. Walter sighed. "It was a long time ago, it'd be harder to press charges, especially since Sebas is an adult now. The easiest thing to do would be suing him for it."

"Grrrr!" The twins hissed before running away like the little gremlins they were. Sab hugged Walter's arm onto her breasts with a fond grin. "Well, I don't want to bother pressing charges. I just don't want anything to do with him. I think letting him live and die all alone with no one around is a better punishment. He's alone. Mom left him. That's punishment enough." Sab grinned, a little evilly. Walter nodded at that, accepting Sab's choice.

"If that's what you want to do." Sab grinned and stood up on her toes to kiss Walter. Judging by the blush and happy smile on Walter's face, he really enjoyed it. Walter pulled her closer to him. He put his big hands on her hips as he rested his chin on her head. "I love you, Sab…" He whispered.

"Love you too, Walt." Sab nuzzled her husband. This...was going to be an odd week, but she didn't think it would be wondered if they could...enjoy themselves tonight~

After all, Stan and Shermie were already trying it out, it was only fair if she got to try as well...um, she briefly wondered if Xin and Ford would try as well...

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