Interlude or Dipper finds out

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Word- normal/ speaking

Word- 3 or books talking

Warnings for 3's temper and language

A/N: I was considering doing this after Time Traveler's Pig, but since you guys asked for this, I decided to do this now. Warning, it'll have a slight canon divergence.

I can't believe them! How can they make fun of him when he could've died!? 3 shout in fury in the twin's room.

What did they do this time? Two voices near 3 asked, one was quiet, the other annoyed. 3 turned its attention to two of the twins other books. One was Dipper's mystery book with a ridiculously long and tongue twisting title that was called C for short, the other was Mabel's favorite book called Sunset; it was a popular story about a love triangle between a girl, werewolf, and vampire.

C was analytical and often got into arguments with 3 about its entries and whether or not they are real. Sunset on the other hand, was quiet and easily embarrassed about its story, it is also 3's best friend. It was thanks' to Sunset that 3 figured out why a vampire was preferable to gnomes.

Well, Dipper and me-

Dipper and I, C corrected.

3 'glared' at C, then continued; Dipper and I were exploring the forest, same old same old. When out of nowhere, a snake came out a bit Dipper on the arm!

Oh dear, Sunset gasped, Is he hurt? Dying? Bloating up with-

No Sunset, if it was then 3 would've said something to that affect. It's just was mad at the group of people for something; C said, cutting off Sunset's tirade. What happened after?

Dipper was panicking a bit and ran back to the Mystery Shack where Soos, Mabel, and Wendy playing with the evil goat. Dipper tried to get them to take him to the hospital but what did they do instead? They laughed at his voice! They started to tease his cracking voice and even made a mix tape of it! Who the hell even does that!? He could be dying and they made fun of him! 3 ranted.

Is he?

No, but he could've and that's the point! Dipper is now so depressed, he left me here to walk off somewhere, he even forgot about his bite that could be infected for all we know!

Dipper's mature and intelligent, unlike some people in this town, I'm sure once he calmed down, he'll treat himself and be back for 3 and go hunting for 3's silly, made up monster's under the bed, C said dismissively

You know they're real, but you are too scared to admit that they exist! This lead to another of C's and 3's arguments while Sunset tried to mediate and was overshadowed.

They were so far into the fight they didn't notice Dipper walking into the door with a vial of liquid. He had gone on a walk and Old Man McGucket had given him a vial of a serum to permanently change his voice. If it was temporary he would've taken it, but since it was permanent, he'd decide to take it later. He didn't notice one of his sister's bouncy balls in front of him until he slipped on it.

He cried out in shock and landed on his chin and the vial went sailing out of his hand. C and 3 broke off of their argument when they realized Dipper was in the room. Except for that bruise on his chin, he is perfectly fine. C told 3 smugly, yeah but actions speak louder than-

3 was cut off when the vial broke on 3 and the liquid seeped into its cover and pages, "words."

Dipper, still dazed from the fall, snapped his head up when he heard a raspy voice speak in the empty room. "Who's there!? Show yourself!?" Dipper shouted, wildly looking around, but finding no one. The books on the other hand were shocked. 3, I think he heard you, Sunset whispered to 3 frantically.

"Yeah" 3 croaked.

Dipper whipped his head towards 3 and saw the broken vial and the still damp book. "Don't tell me." Tell you what? 3 thought.

He picked up 3 and stared at it, thoughts racing. Don't tell me the voice serum effects inanimate objects, Dipper thought. But if it did then the glass it was in and the bedspread would be talking to. Maybe, just maybe, Journal 3 was…alive?

Deciding to test it out, he nervously asked, "Book 3? Can you talk?" he felt a bit stupid asking it out loud.

3, meanwhile, had a 'heart attack' so to speak. Here was its greatest desire and 3 was too scared to act on it. Go ahead! Sunset shouted in encouragement. You'd never know unless you try, came surprisingly from C.

"Um, hi. I think I can." 3 answered hesitatingly. Dipper nearly dropped 3 in shock and sat down on his bed heavily. Please don't tell me I've gone crazy, he thought.

"Dipper," 3 began shyly, not wanting to freak him out to much, "Can you tell me how I am talking. I mean, you never heard me before that liquid fell on me."

"Wait, you were alive before!"

"Well…yes."

"Okay then." Dipper ruthlessly rounded up his spinning thoughts, "I was pretty bummed about my cracking voice and I found Old Man McGucket."

"That crazy guy with the robot?"

"Yeah, that one, anyway he gave me a serum to change my voice and I was going to take it before I tripped and splashed it on you."

"Well, I'm glad you didn't take it." Seeing his offended expression, 3 quickly added, "I am grateful for the chance to talk to you and all. But don't get me wrong, I like your voice how it is, it's unique and it's just changing. Besides, it fits you better than say, a commercial voice over would." 3 finished with a laugh.

Dipper smiled, maybe having a talking book wouldn't be too bad. Then it dawned on him that he can get answers that been bugging him for a while now. "So…3, do you mind if I ask you some questions?"

3 'smiled,' "Not at all, I'll try to answer you to the best of my knowledge. If I can ask you a question?" It said warmly.

"You already did, put you can ask another."

3 laughed and sobered, "How long will this serum last?"

Dipper chuckled nervously, and said, "It's kind of permanent."

3 mauled it over and said, "Now I'm really glad you didn't take it and I'm really happy I can finally talk to you. You have no idea how much I wanted to talk to you since you found me. I will tell you right now I am a bit of short tempered and I can be rather sarcastic too."

Dipper smiled and said, "Thanks for the warning."

"What do you want to know?" 3 asked, mood lifting.

"Okay, can you tell me who wrote you?"

3's mood fell, "I'm sorry, I can't give you the name since I don't know it myself, all this time I called him 'Father'. I do know what he looks like, but that was at least 30 years ago when he put me in the cubby you found me in. But since all this time has passed…"

"You wouldn't know him if you passed him by."

"Yes."

"It was worth a shot." Dipper thought again and asked, "How did you know what he looked like anyway? I don't see any eyes on you."

3 perked back up, "Oh that's easy, I have an 'awareness' so to speak, about the size of the den or the porch if I really stretched it. In that bubble, I can see and hear anything if I put my attention on it."

Dipper decided not to push the author for now. Instead, he asked more about 3. "I see, are you the only one? Or are there any other sentient books?"

Deliberately not understanding the question, 3 answered, "To my knowledge there is a Book 1 and Book 2, but I don't know where they are." 3 didn't want Dipper to know that most books had and awareness, he's already freaked out enough as it is.

"Can you tell me about yourself?"

3 stopped dead, flummoxed, it didn't expect Dipper to ask about itself. "Well…" it began hesitantly, "I don't like goats, gnomes or Wax statues."

Dipper chuckled, "Same here, except for the goats."

"Why not? It always eyes me, I know it's waiting for you to let your guard down and eat me!" 3 cried in paranoia.

Dipper full out laughed as 3 ranted about the evils of goats. Maybe finding out 3 was alive isn't all bad. He also wondered how to tell Mabel about this.

Dipper decided against it, there'll be no harm in having a little secret.

A/N: Well there you guys have it, Dipper at least now knows that 3 is alive and it can now talk. Do you guys think this came in too quickly? And whether or not Mabel will find out about 3? Please read and review. For those who didn't notice, this was based off "Voice Over" from the "Bottomless Pit."