You know what day it is? It's the 5th of November, no pun intended. For the past two months All the time I was in Piedmont( Big parenthesis alert. I have a certain ability that reminds me off my old ghastly self… I can turn into my spectral form rendering me unable to see or be seen due to belonging to a different plane of existence. This power of mine also allows me to tap into the spirit world in order to seek guidance from the joyful inhabitants of this realm. Because of this, I can be unnoticed by the twins' parents.) I had worked on my portal day and night( because I don't need rest) and I just can't seem to make it work. This might be because I don't have enough knowledge so I had to study with a very nice tutor… who was also Bill's. This was selfless enough because I could just go there immediately, but Pacifica couldn't do the same thing. So here I was in the middle of the room, trying to figure out a way to recreate Stan and Ford's lifetime work in less than five months, so that it won't become pointless.

It's fun how love works. So fragile it can be destroyed with one fight, so strong it lasts for 200 miles without breaking. It's literally a paper trail, full of letters. It's also fun that since my parents are dead and I am already more experienced than most professors I don't have to go to school and because I mustn't eat or sleep, I need no job. Sublime…Now back to my portal. Let me describe how my gateway will make ends meet. It has to transfer the person's body than its soul which is the most straightforward way of making things. You just need both science and magic… A simple molecular transport through small length waves and a good direction through a series of small unnoticeable antennas. About the soul part… I have to make a deal…

"So can you help me?" I asked to the wall I was looking at trying to figure out the size of the portal.

"Sure thing, but you must be willing to pay the price…" a strange voice responded out of nowhere. Suddenly the temperature dropped by 20 degrees as the shadow behind me transformed into a tri dimensional cone of dusk. The wind came howling in through the now open window and with this marvelous entrance a dark silhouette wearing a white mask appeared right before me.

"The price being?" I asked, knowing in advance the value he puts on his services

"I could ask for your soul, should you have one anymore, but I have something better in mind. When the time will come you will have to agree to whatever I make you do. Sounds fair?" He said grinning

"Not at all actually. How about something that I have to do upfront and be done with it?"

"I could make you renounce everything you believe in and you would still agree because of your petty soft side, but I have something better in mind. I will give you the power you seek in exchange for you helping me balance out my ordeals."

"Who do you want me to take out? The Maker?"

"No, but I will need your support. Do we have a deal?" he said offering his rugged hand for me to shake.

"You got it," I answered returning the gesture. "Now do what I asked you, Reaper."

He vanished the instant I finished my sentence, leaving behind a small note on an obviously dark piece of paper. On it there was just one word. "Here". It was great. He just put the portal entrance in the middle of the living room…You know, I didn't tell you what time it was. Around 3:00 AM, on a school day. The loud thud from earlier managed to wake up the twins' father who felt the need to come down and inspect the strange noise the classic American roughneck way. With a bat in hand and the stairs creaking under his heavy footsteps. He didn't see me, but he didn't climb up either, deciding to keep guard by sleeping on the couch. This severely limited my ability to work freely in the house, because the physical world is altered by actions in the other realms, so now I was stuck doing nothing all night, when I could actually catch up on my work.

I had around 5 hours to fill up with something and the only thing that came to mind was to create a scenario in the dreams of the four of us. Distance is meaningless to me, because my powers defy 200 miles. I was the first to see the empty plane. That's how everything begins. A blank space. What could it be this time? My imagination was the limit, but I didn't have to populate this world by myself. Calling in on makeshift teleporter pods came the twins and Pacifica to help me create an odyssey of the mind.

"What's this?" asked Mabel, which out of them had the most experience with things like that.

"My entertainment for the time being." I answered a bit creepily.

"I am sorry? Entertainment? Shouldn't you be asleep?" Pacifica yelled at me, offended for being objectified.

"I don't need sleep and their father has decided to crash in the living room, preventing me from working on something."

"Being mysterious doesn't help your case, mister ghostie. You either give us straight answer or we'll decimate you," Pacifica said barely holding back a laugh.

"Very funny, Ms. Northwest. Now if we are done with the introduction, should we start? I brought you here to have a great time and you have about one hour of real time starting now to do it. Any suggestions on what we should pull off?"

"Well, we could do what I always wanted this time? I have compromised one too many times now…" Dipper asked, lowering his tone when Pacifica met his gaze.

"Sure thing, what is it? The medieval tournament?"

"Yes," he answered. "You two, "he continued pointing at the two girls, "can be the two damsels in distress.

"That's awfully misogynistic of you. I should kick your butt for that in the jousting," Pacifica replied with a playful frown.

Skipping over important details is fun. You aren't supposed to know how we managed to build an olde scenery in just two minutes. You're not supposed to know how the jousting went on, not even what happened, just because it was a way to fill up my memoir. The main story comes in the morning…

The bus stop was completely empty, apart from the twins who were the only people to be seen on a 1 mile radius. It was a cold autumn morning, the dry leaves gently falling from the trees, blown by the mild breeze. I was sitting right next to them, not feeling the wind, throwing spears at my blushing cheeks. Mabel was sitting right in front of me, shivering despite wearing her cozy sweater. I was admiring the inner beauty of the fall, the last chirps as the birds flew away, hiding from the sheer blizzard that was about to come, the beautiful nuances of red flooding the allegedly forever green trees, the pale sky seeking to regain his former azure self. It was a cacophony of feelings embodied in one season. It was sublime. Since I was lost in my contemplation, I couldn't see Mabel's look, trying to just suggest that maybe( but just maybe) she might be cold. I was still letting my mind wander, as the bus came and picked them up, without me even realizing. However, the exhaust smoke of the 20 year old yellow antiquity brought me back to reality. I saw only the well-known red lights, as the bus was passing the corner. I lost it, they didn't warn me and here I was. However, I had something better in mind now…

I returned to the living room, from where it all began. I drew a small circle in chalk on the ground, big enough for 2 people to sit in with room to spare. Surrounding the circle, a triangle soon appeared, bearing markings in each of its corners. A couple more lines and one last rune in the center and the portal should've been complete. The only last thing I had to do was to use my spectral form to trigger the safety lock and check if my work has been rigorously done. And so it was. Blue lights suddenly engulfed me as my conscience drifted away for a split second, returning just in time to see myself in an unfamiliar environment. It was a basement, as the only window was a small hole on the edge of the ceiling. Plus I was surrounded by barrels of what appeared to be wine. It was the Northwest mansion cellar. It's the only one in the Falls and I could recognize the Oregon forests everywhere. I passed through the small opening and started to float towards an open window out of which a girly voice sang beautifully. I didn't mean to scare her, but I don't think there was any way I couldn't do that.

"Pacifica?" I asked putting a friendly hand on her shoulder. She jumped like a spring and then instinctively slapped at whoever scared her.

"Wait…Oh, sorry, but you scared me so bad, I thought I was assaulted… What brings you here?" she replied after promptly calming down.

"You're ready to go to California for the day?"

The smile on her face was only apparent as she soon realized it would be a long ride and before she arrived she would have had to return.

"I would love to, but sadly it's too big of a road…" she answered sadness flowing in her blue eyes.

"What if I told you, you can come free of consequences, free of charge and almost instantly. Would you come then?"

"Would I? Most definitely, but it's impossible…"

"Or is it? Follow me, it's getting close to the time the twins' mom is back from her job…"

"Wait what? What's going on?" she asked startled and confused.

"Do you trust me?"

"With your evasive attitude? It's a safe bet to say that I don't…"

"God, you really manage to take all the fun out of this for me," I growled annoyed. "I built a portal and its entrances are in your basement and in the twins' living room. I got here using it and it works, so will you please come? It's getting late…"

"Ok…"she replied not fully convinced.

Boy, did I show her. I was the first to arrive and she quickly followed, almost falling off because she wasn't used to interdimensional travel. The blonde got a hold of herself though and began to yell at me.

"What was that? Where are we? What did you do?" she blurted out grabbing my coat.

"Relax,"I said turning spectral to escape from her and put as much distance between me and her as possible. "We're in California, in Dipper and Mabel's living room".

"Really?"

"Yes and if you want to make Dipper a surprise, we'd better get a move on"

"Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you," she suddenly shrieked, hugging me closely.

It's not a long way from their house to their school, but if you have to walk, it seems much longer, especially if you walk alongside someone who doesn't like you, despite having helped them a lot… I wasn't the type to hold a grudge, but I hate unsolved mysteries, so pair this with my incisive nature and you get:

"Why do you hate me Pacifica?" I asked

"Excuse me?" she tried to play innocent.

"You heard me and you know it"

"Ugh… I don't hate you, but I've gotta say I don't have the best opinion of you…"

"And why is that?"

"Because you have basically forced us to be together…"

"Against your will…"

"No, but you have interfered with our personal lives and I have and will always hate people who stick their nose in others' business."

"And now, that I have spent two months working day and night to make a portal and sold my soul to make it work, you still hate me?"

"What?"

"You heard me…I spent a lot of time just to reunite you and Dipper, because I was sorry that you had to endure 9 months without seeing each other…And in order to make this thing work, I had to make a deal with another spirit…"

"You did this for us?"

"Is this selfless enough now?"

"Yes... And now I am sorry."

These were the last words we spoke before we arrived before the big school gate. I am a great liar, by the way.

"Do you want us to really surprise them? They don't know we're coming, but we can make a very special entrance. You in?" I asked a bit unsure of her answer.

"Well, what do you have in mind?" she responded swiftly.

"We can jump from the roof, in the middle of the courtyard and grab the attention of all. Sounds fun and wild?" I yelped, more than spoke.

A small nod was enough to confirm this and I blinked us both on top of the school. It took me less than a minute to put a protective seal on the place we were about to jump. Just in time for the bell to ring and sound the last recess. Pupils were flying off the stairs as they were making their way to the courtyard to speak, socialize while the boys were playing soccer or football on the pitch. As they were all distracted, doing their everyday tasks, I pushed a scared Pacifica, off the roof, while jumping off myself. I landed first, manipulating Pacifica's position in midair so she would land on her feet. We have touched down, everyone's jaw falling to the floor as we survived a 30 feet drop as if we fell off the bed.

"Who are these people?" a shy voice asked, after they all recovered from the shock.

We didn't answered, but instead both of us had already started walking towards our significant others, as the crowd dispersed around us like we were emanating a strange force pushing them away.

"You had to make an entrance right? You just couldn't help yourself?" a quirky person stood up above all, breaking the heavy silence. Needless to say who it was.

"Sorry, that I love bringing out the amazing out of its bookshelf. Aren't you glad to see me though, especially when I brought a friend?" I blurted out, revealing the blonde behind me as if I just discovered a new species.

Their reunion was touching as Dipper was immediately suffocated and engulfed by a light haired mane, as Pacifica hugged him so hard, he almost fainted. And what followed was a very satisfying moment for us all.

"Dipper, who is she?" A girl asked, visibly annoyed at Dipper.

"She, is Pacifica, a girl I met two years ago and with whom I've been together for about four months now."

"Oh, really? Ok, then…"She muttered as she slowly drifted away inside. I took note of that and I knew what I had to do after this whole thing is done. But there would have been soon another addition to my book.

"Ok, so we've cleared who she is, but now who are you?" A girl playfully asked, taking me by surprise as she appeared out of nowhere with a smirk on her face.

"Well, I will let you all take a guess. You have got three, fire away."

"You're her brother?" A plain boy yelled from the back, his answer being soon denied.

"You're her protector?" An imaginative girl shouted, despite being very close to me, the answer being shut down again.

"You're my annoying, dorky and distant boyfriend?"

Again, no doubt who that was. Before, I could confirm though, I was shocked to see what a horrible audience we had…

"You'd only dream of dating this guy, Mabel. It's not too late to grow out of your fantasy world, though"

"This is so pathetic, that I can't even laugh enough, so I choose to just mock you…"

"I didn't think you'd sink so low to not only lie to us that you have a BF, but to also pay a guy to pose as him…"

"I believe that's enough…" someone yelped as a little puppy facing an entire wolf pack by itself.

"Oh, shut up will you? We all know about your crush on her, you can stop doing this knight like act, because you won't get anywhere…"

"You are not going to get anywhere with your snarky remarks and untrusty attitude either," I interrupted the last person's sentence.

"Umm, excuse me? Who are you to judge me?" all the people from earlier jumped like a couple of hyenas.

"Who are you to judge her? She is telling the truth, but prejudices make you blind to this. It's a shame…" I started walking towards Mabel…"I just wanted to surprise her and now, I've come here to see how alleged friends treat each other. A pity, because I had something else prepared that now you are not going to witness, not see." She was crying when I reached her…

"Oh come on… Don't cry, don't give them more power and let them win…Be strong…"

"I am not crying because of what they did, I am crying because I forgot how it is to have someone to catch you when you fall…"

"Hey, what are we? Sacks of meat?" Dipper and Pacifica cried in unison.

"Thanks for ruining the moment!" Mabel answered, wiping her tears off.

"You don't know the best of it" A known voice echoed from the distance. Suddenly a black circle appeared in the middle of the courtyard, dark mist emanating from it. A ghastly silhouette that I have immediately recognized…

"You can't be serious, it wasn't even a day since we made the deal, now you're already enforcing it? Now, when I had a whole show prepared?"

"You know my ways, do you? You act as if you've never met me before. Now buckle up, we've got work to do." the Reaper said platonically.

"Wipe their memory will you? I've got enough on my head, without revealing other worlds to mortals…"

"Fine, ugh, "he sighed.

And as he appeared, we evaporated in thin air, going to God knows where.