Summerween

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"Talk"- 3 speaking

AN: Sorry for the late posting, I was too busy helping my mother with her garage sale. This takes part in between Into the Bunker and Interlude 4. Also, this will be different from the episode as Wendy has let Dipper down gently and is no longer dating Robbie. Also for guest reviewer Ronamation: I want to say that I already had the Interlude created and I wanted to post my last chapter before I made this one-shot. Happy late Dia de Muertos.

"Stan, where are we going?" 3 sleepily asked from her place in the backseat with the twins. It has been a few days since they've explored the bunker and found the laptop. They were sleeping back in the Shack when Stan came into the room, not questioning why 3 was there, screamed at them to wake up and stuffed them into his car.

"Patience, Polaris, you'll see when we get there!" Stan happily called over his shoulder as he took out a guardrail, a bird bath, and a mailbox.

"S-shutting up now." 3 whimpered in fear, both from Stan's mood and the potential car accident that could occur if she distracted him. Stan finally pulled over, in the handicapped area, to a small building with a Halloweenish banner pinned over the doors.

"Here we are, the Summerween Superstore!" Stan announced dramatically as they all got out.

"Wait, Summer-what?" Dipper asked, tiredly looking at his Grunkle.

"Summerween!" He pulls out a calendar with today marked in a red circle and x. "The people of this town love Halloween so much, they celebrate it twice a year. And wouldn't you know it, it's today!"

"Do you always carry that calendar in your pocket?" Dipper asked, looking at Stan strangely.

There was a pause then a stubborn, "Yes."

"Summerween? Something about this feels unnatural." Mabel said unconvinced.

"Indeed, Samhain is an important day of the year where the Gaelic celebrated the harvest and the beginning of the darkest half of the year. It is also believed that the line between the living and the dead is blurred and-" 3 began to explain but was cut off by Soos.

"There's free candy!"

"I'm in!" Mabel then ran into the store with Soos at her heels and Stan walking after them.

"Oh hello again, responsive ground. At least you'd wait for me to finish before running off." 3 groused as Dipper chuckled.

"Let's go in after them." They entered the strip mall; it was filled with Halloween styled decorations and costumes. "Hey bro-bro, Aris! Push me in this wheel barrel!" Mabel called from her seat in the wheel barrel wearing a fake nose and glasses. The kids shared a grin and 3 got into the barrel with Mabel as Dipper pushed.

"TO THE COSTUME AISLE!" They yelled, passing Soos who was playing with an electrical skull and an exasperated employee. They also passed by Stan who was picking up a large barrel of fake blood. They entered the costume aisle and looked around.

"Okay, what should we get?" Mabel wondered, walking up and down the aisle.

"Hmm, what to choose…vampire, no…Frankenstein, no…a mummy? No." Dipper muttered.

"There's not a lot of good costumes aren't there?" 3 said looking at a cheaply made bumblebee costume made from scraps of cloth. Mabel grinned and grabbed her hand sewer from her sweater and announced, "Don't worry, I can make our dream Summerween costumes that we have always wanted!"

"We've only known about Summerween for about 5 minutes." 3 pointed out and Mabel shushed her with a finger to her lips. "Shh…shshshhhh. That you've always wanted." Mabel whispered and smiled. 3 and Dipper shrugged and started grabbing random stuff that would later become their costumes and some bags of candy into the wheel barrel.

"TO THE CASHIER!" They yelled running towards the front of the store and crashed into the watermelon's that had faces carved into them.

"Uh-oh. Think this one's leaking!" They heard Stan call out while trying not to slip on the fake blood as Soos played with all the talking skulls. The store worker had enough and called security, "Have the police come and eject the Pines family from the store."

"NOT TODAY!" Stan yelled, tossing one of his smoke bombs.

"MY EYES!" The lady screamed as they ran past her and got into the car.

"You paid for the stuff, right?' Mabel asked as they loaded everything into the car quickly.

"Of course!" Stan said smugly and backed up into a power line and the inflatable jack o' melon and shouted, "Let's move!"

They got back to the Shack and quickly decorated it for Summerween with tombstone, a couple of skulls and a jack o' melon. They went back inside to discuss costume idea's with Soos already in his superhero costume, despite it still being early morning.

"I'm so excited!" Mabel gushed, getting out paper to sketch costume ideas.

"We're gonna have the best costumes, get the most candy..."

"Finally attend a yearly event, even if it's a not official holiday." 3 added.

"And have the biggest stomachaches ever!" Mabel finished.

"Yeah!"

"Indeed!"

"Ha-ha, yeah!"

"Dude, I've never seen you guys so pumped." Soos pointed out from his chair.

"Well, back at home, me and Dipper were kind of the kings of Trick or Treating." She opens her album to show 3 and Soos and it showed the twins in identical costumes, including black cats, salt and pepper, and a pair of zombies, "Twins in costumes, the people eat it up."

"Well, you dudes better be careful out there. It's a night of ghouls and goblins. Not to mention..." He turns off lights and shines a flashlight in face, "the Summerween Trickster!"

"The Summer-what-what?" Mabel asked.

"The Trickster goes door to door, so the legend goes, eating children who lack the Summerween spirit." Soos told the three.

"Well, you don't have to worry about us." Dipper declared, eating a piece of candy. "We've got spirit to go around." He pops it into his mouth and starts to cough, "Ugh! What is this stuff? I've never even heard of these brands. Sand Pop? Gummy chairs? Mr. Adequate-Bar?"

"This is all cheap-o loser candy!" Mabel cried out in disappointment.

"What do you expect, Stan bought them." 3 pointed out, nibbling on some stale candy corn.

"Quiet your discontent, children, lest the Trickster overhear." Soos warned, grabbing some candy lips from the bowl.

"Your cape is caught in your fly, Soos." Dipper pointed out, leaving with the candy and 3 following after him

"Touché..." Soos muttered as they went to the window and started throwing out the candy.

"Goodbye loser candy!"

"At lease keep the chocolate. Chocolate is chocolate." 3 pointed out, saving some bars and eating them. "Agreed." They went back upstairs to find Mabel working on their costumes with her back to the door.

"Heya guys!"

"Hello."

"Heya, Mabel, working on our costumes?" Dipper asked, taking out a can of Pitt cola and glancing over her shoulder. "Of course! Check it out!" She stood up and proudly showed them their costumes and they shared a wince. "Ta da! What do you guys think!?"

"Umm…Mabel?" Dipper began.

"I, uh…"

"I know, right! You two are speechless with amazement! It's totally us! Me and Dipper are peanut butter and jelly, while 3 is the big, soft, white bread that is never without us! We will totally own Summerween!" She said proudly, ignoring their troubled expressions. "Now off with you two, I have to make Waddle's costume." She shooed them out and shut the door in their faces.

"I am NOT wearing that ridiculous costume." 3 declared.

"We have no choice; we don't have any other costumes." Dipper sighed, already thinking about the embarrassment he would face later tonight.

"Then can't we ask Mabel to make us another one?"

He stared at her in horror. "3 are you insane!? We can't do that!"

She glanced at him strangely. "What do mean we can't? All we have to do is tell her that we don't like the costumes and ask politely if she will make us new ones. It's simple."

He closed his eyes and sighed. "Oh man, I forgot you didn't know. You see 3; Mabel is 'really' invested with everything she does. And she will take it personally when someone criticizes her work."

"I still don't understand."

"Okay when someone insults her work she gets vindictive, but in stages. First stage: she seems fine, though a little terse. Second stage: she starts to become reclusive, glaring at anyone who interrupts her. Third and this is the final stage: when she seems to have forgotten about it, then WHAM! She replaces all your clothes with the work you insulted. Everything. From dress clothes to socks and underwear. All of it replaced by wool and in a design you dislike. And this lasts for weeks and only if you get on your knees and beg for forgiveness. Then she will return your clothes in small articles. So unless you want to spend all next month in wool underwear, we'll have to suck it up."

"Wait…didn't Pacifica insult her sweater? Why didn't her clothes disappear?" 3 asked curiously.

"She's in the second phase. Plus, she's still working on how to break into Pacifica's mansion and to prevent Pacifica from buying new clothes." Dipper said, like it was obvious. "Also, since you're not the target of her ire or haven't been with her your whole life, you don't notice the signs."

"So that's why you put up with all the shit she puts you through!" 3 shouted, she had always thought it was strange Dipper never protests his involvement in one of Mabel's harebrained schemes.

"Language. And yes, that and she's my twin. Face it 3, the only way we'll get new costumes is that the costumes she'd already made disappears." Dipper informed her and walked away leaving her in the hall to chat with 2. Lately he's been talking to 2 a lot lately to pick his consciousness for clues to find their father.

"I really don't want to wear that bread costume, but I also don't want to wear wool underwear. But what to do?" She walked away, unaware of the figure watching her.

Later that night they heard the doorbell ring and Stan called, "Trick-or-Treaters. Quick! Give them that terrible candy." Dipper and 3 ran towards the door and opened the door, "Happy Summerw-AHH!" Dipper yelped, spilling the candy.

"Sup squirts." Robbie sniffed, glaring at them from the door way.

Wendy walked over to the door to see who it was and why Dipper was screaming about, "Hey Dipper what's-Robbie!? What the hell are you doing here!?" She growled at her ex.

"Wendy!" The boys cried. Robbie quickly pulled out a boom box from out of nowhere and played some sappy music. "Wendy, I know we said some things and made mistakes, like listening to two disturbed twerps, but please, take me back and we can start over! We can hang out at Tambry's and rekindle our lost flame." He tried to convince her in what he thought was a suave voice.

"We!? You lied to me; you tricked me, and bullied and abandoned my friends! Go away Robbie. I will never ever date you ever again!" She screamed, pushing Dipper and 3 out of the way to get into Robbie's face.

"Oh come on babe! You would rather hang out with these babies trick-or-treating when you can go to the party with me!?"

"DO NOT CALL ME BABE! Why do you care if they go trick-or-treating or not? They are certainly more trust worthy then you!" Wendy yelled and slammed the door in his face and sighed. She glanced at the two shocked twelve year olds and smiled weakly. "Sorry you had to see that. That is totally not like me at all."

"See what? I didn't see anything." 3 said, elbowing Dipper who realized what she was doing and grinned. "Yeah, it was just a ding dong ditch. Nothing to freak out over."

Wendy smiled and ruffled their hair. "You two are the best. Still, I'm sorry you had to see my melt down like that."

"No problem." 3 assured the teen who frowned to herself. "Dang it, now I can't go to Tambry's now that I know Robbie's stalking the party."

"You can still go. You just have to avoid Robbie. Why don't me and 3 come with you? To provide a buffer and stuff." Dipper offered.

"Really? But I thought you two were going trick-or-treating with your sister?"

"We were, but since Gompers ate our costumes, we might not get our costumes in time." 3 told her as said goat appeared behind her and sniffed her hand, she discreetly handed the goat a twenty, which it ate.

"Besides, we won't abandon you to be alone at a party." Dipper said confidently.

Wendy grinned at them and said, "You guys are the best! The party's at 9! Don't forget." Her phone suddenly buzzed and she pulled it out. "Oh, it's a text from Tambry. Be right back." She left the two as they went to the hallway to find Mabel, who decided to do a costume combo with Waddles and dressed up like a secretary with a dark skirt, white blouse and her hair in a bun showing off Waddles with a business man costume.

"File these documents under 'I', for 'I have a curly tail!'"

"I am so sweet I could eat myself." Candy called.

"Oh man guys, if you think this is great, then just wait until you see Dipper's and Polaris's costumes! They're amazing! Here they come now!"

Candy and Grenda turned to them with excitedly as they entered the room normally dressed.

"I get it; they are dress as each other! That is a very good Dipper costume, Polaris." Candy told Dipper, thinking he was 3.

Mabel looked at them shocked and asked, "What the hey-hey bro-bro, Aris, why aren't you in your costumes!?"

"Mabel, we don't have costumes anymore. The goat ate them remember?" Dipper informed his sister.

"Oh yeah! I forgot to tell you, I already made you new ones."

"Wait, in the few hours we were gone, you already made new costumes for us?" 3 asked.

Mabel pouted and said, "Not from scratch since that dang goat put my work back a few paces. So I had to work with the things we've already got and winged it."

Dipper took a deep breath and said, "Look, thanks for the costumes, but we can't go trick-or-treating. We…uh, sort of uh…"

"We promised Wendy we'd go to a party with her."

"What?! But you promised us that you'd trick-or-treat with us!" Mabel cried feeling betrayed as the other two girls glared at them.

"We know that! But we didn't know you that you finished the costumes at the time. Besides, Robbie came by and really freaked her out. We didn't feel comfortable leaving her alone there so we offered to go." Dipper defended them.

"Also Mabel, I seem to recall you promising to help Dipper but bailing on him not 5 seconds after promising him." 3 informed her coolly. Mabel blushed in shame but said, "But it's our first Summerween! Where's your Summerween spirt? It could be our last chance to trick-or-treat, and 3 never had a chance to!"

"Mabel, calm down. We are just going to the party, besides, there's always Halloween, remember?" 3 assured her.

"But what about the candy!?"

Wendy at that moment walked in and called, "Hey, guys! Do you want to win yourself a lot of candy!?"

"Huh!?" The kids cried.

"What are you talking about?" Dipper asked.

"Yeah, Tambry texted and told me that her aunt and uncle decided to drop in and while they're cool, she had to change her party to a costume one with a contest at the end of the night: the best costume gets a whole boatload of candy." The teen informed them. "Also, she sent a mass text to everybody in town, so the pickings outside may not be good, by the way."

"Dipper, Polaris. Go upstairs and change into your costumes! We are going to that party and winning that costume contest!" Mabel announced as they cheered. Mabel then grabbed their arms and pulled them upstairs to see their new costumes. When they came downstairs, Dipper was dressed in his pre-teen wolf boy costume, this time with a torn up shirt and fake blood stains. 3 was dressed like Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist, with the red jacket and a braided gold wig to match her eyes. (A/N: they changed in separate rooms.) While 3 was changing she heard the doorbell ring again and heard Mabel answer the door and there was a long pause before she shut the door, bidding whoever it was good bye.

"Mabel, who was at the door?" Dipper asked adjusting his fake ears; glad he had a shirt this time.

"Oh no one in particular, but a guy with real Summerween sprit!" She gushed.

"What do you mean by that?" 3 asked, making sure her wig was in place.

"Well, he was a little old to be trick-or-treating, but he was really nice and told me he was disappointed that everyone was going to the party tonight, but was glad he caught us before we left. He even gave me this cool necklace!" She pulled out a ruby carved into a Jack o'Lantern that was glowing eerily. "It's pretty, but missing something…" She pulled out her bedazzler and bedazzled it. "That's better! Now let's go win some candy!"

They traveled to Tambry's, which was a mountain villa believe it or not, and entered the house to see the party in full swing and pretty much everyone from town were crammed into the house.

"Wow, pretty much everyone is here." Dipper said in awe, looking around. "Is that Toby Determined?" He asked, pointed at the man in a black leotard and cat makeup.

"I think that's Tyler in the Loki costume." 3 pointed at the man cheering Manly Dan dressed in a Viking costume as he ate a whole roast at the buffet table out in the living room.

"I think almost everyone in town is here." Dipper said, looking at McGucket as he swung from the chandelier.

"Oh sure, Tambry sent a massive text to almost everybody, so this is one happening place." Wendy assured the kids.

"Bet you're glad you came with us now, huh Mabel. Mabel?" 3 turned to look for her but she was longer next to her. She looked around frantically, until Dipper tapped her shoulder and pointed toward the make shift stage and facepalmed. Mabel had everyone in the room singing Halloween songs and had gotten into another contest with Pacifica, who was dressed as a pop star.

"Oh, boy." She whispered as they started a sing off.

"Let's get some food." Dipper suggested as he led her to the kitchen where Wendy was hanging with her friends. Wendy was still in her regular clothes, but she now had two puncture wounds on her neck and a long black wig on to make it look like she was a vampire. Tambry was wearing a bride of Frankenstein outfit and still glued to her phone with Lee as the monster. Nate was dressed in a Zorro out fit with Thompson in a sumo wrestler outfit. "Hey, it's Dr. Fun Times and…" Lee froze when he saw 3 and he and Nate ran screaming, remembering the beating she gave them. "RUN! IT'S THE MACE WIELDING MANIAC!" They screamed as they ran out.

"Maniac? How rude." 3 huffed as Dipper chuckled nervously. "Status Update: Have to steam clean floor before parents come back." Tambry muttered.

"Wow this is one happening party, thanks for coming with me, guys." Wendy told them as she handed them some soda. "Thanks, any sign of Robbie." Dipper asked, looking for the teenaged jerk. "Robbie's Status Update: Had to leave early, forgot how to eat a lollipop properly." Tambry answered with a faintly malicious smile, still typing.

"How the hell do you eat a lollipop wrong?" 3 asked, faintly impressed.

"He ate it stick first." Thompson answered and then demonstrated with Tambry taking a video of it. "Aw, not again."

"Don't worry, I won't show it to anyone." Tambry said, still texting and Wendy's phone buzzed and she laughed, showing them the video of what they just saw.

"Okay…Let's go check on Mabel." 3 suggested, going back to the living room to see Mabel singing the ending verse of "This is Halloween" from Nightmare before Christmas and they cheered her on.

"Won't you make ya please make way for a very special guy/our man jack is king of the pumpkin patch/everyone hail to the Pumpkin King now." As she was singing, a huge figure in a patched up trench coat and a smiley mask started to rise behind her.

"Ah, Dipper? Is this normal?" 3 asked nervously to an equally nervous Dipper.

"I-I don't think so." He whispered as the crowd became deathly quiet.

"This is Halloween/this is Halloween." She was still singing when the mic the ripped from her hands and she whirled to see him mockingly continue the song only with different lyrics.

"This is Summerween/ Summerween! Summerween! Summerween!" He screamed into the mic as everyone covered their ears in pain as the man shoved Mabel off the stage where 3 and Dipper, who had made their way to the front of the crowd, caught her before she could hit the floor.

"Who are you and what is your problem!?" Dipper yelled at the man as he and 3 shouldered Mabel behind them.

"Silence you nonbelievers!" The creature hissed at Dipper and the crowd. It held back up the mic and began his speech. "I am the Summerween Trickster and I am here to punish all of you here." He laughed as the people panicked and headed for the doors as they slammed shut in their faces. "There is no escape for you. Heh heh, you all will spend the rest of your lives here, which will last till the end of the night. All of you have lacked the Summerween spirt, some of you more than others." It turned to glare at 3 and Dipper, and returned its gaze to the rest of the crowd. "However, there is a way for you to avoid this fate; normally I would treat you to a game of Trick-or-Die by gathering 500 pieces of candy, but since all of you are here and not handing out candy, I have another game we can play. It is a game of Hide and Seek. I have hidden a mystical artifact somewhere in this home. If any one of you could find it by midnight tonight, then I'll let you all go. However, while you're searching I shall be hunting you all down and when I catch you…" He grabbed a kid near him and ate him.

"Remember me!" He screamed as he went down the Trickster's throat.

"He is but an example of what I will do. The clock is ticking" The trickster vanished, it was unnaturally still then all hell broke loose as everyone gave into their panic and rampaged. 3 was shoved to the ground and grabbed on to Dipper to avoid being trampled as everyone fled to different areas of the house until everyone but 3, Dipper, Mabel, Candy, Grenda, and Soos was gone.

"What do we do!? What do we do!?" Grenda yelled, shaking Dipper in desperation.

"Who was that guy?" Candy asked, scared.

"The Summerween Trickster! Oh man, dude, we are in crazy bonkers trouble." Soos told them, sweating nervously.

3 went to the doors and tried to pry it open, but they wouldn't budge. She tried the windows and even tried breaking the glass but couldn't crack it open. "Damn." She panted. "We're trapped."

"I guess the only way to escape is if we find this artifact and avoid the Trickster before midnight and it's…" He glanced at his watch, "9:56. So we have 2 hours and four minutes to find this artifact and survive. It would help if it told us what we are looking for." Dipper groaned as he ripped at his hair in frustration.

"I don't know what it could be; all we know is that the Trickster could've hidden it anywhere. So we should start looking; we should probably split up and cover more ground." 3 said looking at the group.

"Oh! It's just like Scooby Doo! I'll be Daphne!" Mabel called.

"Aw, I wanted to be Daphne." Grenda groaned.

"I call dips on Scooby." Soos said, raising his hand.

"No dips!" 3 yelled. "Any way, here are the groups. Mabel, you, Candy, and Grenda will search the bottom floor."

The three nodded in determination and walked into the door way at the same time, getting stuck until they all crumpled in. "Soos, you'll look in the garage." Soos saluted and went walked away, leaving 3 and Dipper alone.

"So I guess we'll go upstairs?" Dipper asked. 3 nodded and they walked upstairs, passing some people still running around and hiding, trying not to be caught by the Trickster.

"Man, this bites." Dipper groaned as they searched the bedrooms and found people crammed in the closet and under the bed.

"I know, it feels like we're the only ones looking." 3 agreed as she opened a draw and found Toby had stuffed himself into the drawer. "How did you fit in this?" She asked the reporter, dumbfounded.

"I'm a natural contortionist. Want to watch me wrench my foot backward over my shoulder?"

"No." She slammed the drawer closed as he made a disappointed groan.

"It would be so much easier if we knew what we were looking for. At least we have light." Dipper said, trying to sound optimistic…just as the lights went out. "I just had to open my mouth." He sighed.

"You got that right kid." Someone in the wardrobe answered.

"Ignore Nardia over there; I think we can find some flashlights or candles in the bathroom." 3 told him as they fumbled over to the bathroom and found some bandages and candles and matches. "This will do until we find some flashlights." She informed him as they lit a candle each; they walked down the hallway, occasionally jumping when they heard bone chilling screams from somewhere in the house and bowed their heads as another fell victim to the Trickster.

"Man…" 3 finally said as they walked in silence for a while, wanting to break the tense silence, "I would hate it if a giant, blue oni popped out. What time is it?"

"Its 11:20 and what the heck are you talking about, by the way?" He asked in confusion.

"Oh, I'm just referencing a video game where four teens go into a haunted house and are hunted down by blue trolls." 3 said, shielding her flame from the large heater they just pasted.

"Okay…do you think they're scarier than the Trickster?" Dipper asked her.

"Well they pop out of nowhere and continue to chase you until you out run them or get caught. So they are scarier."

"Oh, really?" The heater they just pasted said. They shrieked and whirled around to see the Trickster lit by their candles. "I think I'm scarier than some blue trolls, my dear. Tick tock, you lose." His body bloated and blew out their candles as they screamed and 3 stabbed her candle holder into one of the mask's eye holes.

"ARGH! YOU BRATS!" It shrieked as they fled. In the dark, they heard it stomping after them through the hall and screaming in anger and pain as they grabbed random items in the hall and throwing it at the Trickster.

"Go, go, go, go!" Dipper chanted as he grabbed a house plant and flung it, temporality blinding it with the soil. They hid in the closet, and prayed as the Trickster laughed as it came closer.

"Come out; come out, wherever you are. You two are trapped." They saw a shadow from the opening and they drew closer together and shut their eyes, praying that it would be over. Suddenly they heard a crash and heard Toby yell, "Ow I've fallen from my hiding place in the first bedroom towards the left with the joining bedroom with a load of people shushing me!" The Trickster paused and the shadow slowly crawled away. 3 and Dipper stayed still, still holding their breaths until they heard screaming from the other side of the house.

"That! That was intense." Dipper panted.

"Yeah, I thought for sure we would've been eaten." 3 agreed. They waited a few more minutes until they peeked out of the closet to see if the coast was clear.

"We have to find Mabel and the others." Dipper told her as they reentered the hallway. "Yeah, but where do you think they are?"

"Maybe we should look in the lower floors." They glanced at where the Trickster must've gone and gulped. "Maybe we should find another set of stairs." Dipper weakly suggested.

"Agreed."

They eventually found a small stairwell and started looking through the rooms, trying not to be caught by the Trickster.

"Where are they?" Dipper whispered, fearing for what could've befallen his sister.

"I don't know bu-" 3 was cut off when they heard Mabel scream. They started running for the basement and heard Mabel scream again.

"Ahhh! Dipper!" They found themselves in front of the door and tore it open. They saw the Trickster clutching Grenda, and Candy in one hand and dangling Mabel over his mouth with the other, preparing to eat her.

"Mabel! Let her go!" Dipper screamed as the Trickster laughed evilly and grabbed Dipper and 3 around their waists. They screamed when the wall suddenly exploded and 3 saw Soos in a trunk, ramming it in the middle, causing it to collapse and dropping the kids in a heap.

"Soos!"

"We're alive! Yeah!" Grenda cheered as Soos skidded to a halt in front of them.

"Woah. That wasn't like, a regular pedestrian, was it?" Soos asked in concern, looking at the fallen figure.

"It was the monster!" Mabel told him, reassuringly as they climbed into the car.

"Let's get out of here." Candy told them fearfully.

"Thanks Soos. Phew. I'm just glad it's over, right?" Dipper asked hopefully.

"Did everyone remember to put on their seatbelts?" Soos asked them.

"Yes." The kids said and Soos tried to start it but it stalled. "Uh, dudes, I think the crash knocked out the battery." He told them, popping open the hood.

"So we're trapped again…" 3 said as they all visibly deflated as Mabel rubbed her arm.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Dipper asked his twin in concern.

"Oh, I banged my elbow on something metallic when it grabbed me." She told them.

"Let me see it, it could be bleeding. I think I grabbed some bandages when we were in the bathroom." 3 told her as she shoved the sleeve up to look at it.

"Uh, guys?" Mabel said shakily and they turned to see the Trickster reforming and looking pissed. They screamed and ducked, causing it to slam into a support beam.

"We have to hide!" Dipper yelled and they split up, they tried to run for the door, but were cut off when the Trickster leaped in front of it. "It's blocking the only exit." They fled back to the shadows and waited for the Trickster to pass by. "Everyone, stay quiet!" Dipper whispered as they heard the Trickster sniff the air, searching for them. The Trickster went to the back of the roomed and roared in frustration, slamming a clawed hand in the boxes lining the walls.

"We have to escape." Candy whispered frantically to the group.

"What if it sees us?" Grenda whispered back.

"We have to find that artifact to end this, but we have no idea what it is." 3 said in frustration.

"Well we're not finding it down here; we have to get away from the Trickster, but how?" Dipper asked. 3 looked around and noticed a baseball next to her, she crawled over and chucked the ball into the radiator, causing the Trickster to investigate and they started to sneak up the stairs and found themselves back in the hallway.

"That…was close." Dipper sighed.

"If we don't find that artifact soon, we're toast." 3 reminded them.

"I know, if we die here, I will never be able to improve my new necklace!" Mabel said as she pulled out her bejeweled necklace to show them. Dipper's eyes widened and asked, "Mabel, that the guy who gave you that…what did he look like again?"

"Well he was in a trench coat and mask so I didn't see his face, but all I know that the trench coat was mended a whole lot." Her eyes then widened also, "In fact it looked a lot like what the Trickster was wearing. You don't think?" She asked her twin.

"That's the artifact!"

"The Trickster stole his clothes!"

"Wait, what?" They said at the same time. Mabel smiled, embarrassed then perked up. "We found it, now we can end tonight!"

Soos took the necklace and examined it, "Hmm…in my professional opinion, we should probably break it." He placed it on the floor and was about to break it when the Trickster exploded from the doorway and swallowed Soos and the amulet and laughed maliciously.

"Hahaha! And you were so close!"

"Hey! We found the amulet fair and square; you have to keep your end of the deal and leave!" 3 screamed at the Trickster with glowing eyes.

"Ha! I don't recall making any deals with you! I said you will escape your fate by finding this." He spat out the amulet and waved it in front of them tauntingly. "By midnight, and would you look at this, it's now midnight. So, everyone it finished!" He laughed evilly as Dipper looked around and saw a tub filled with fake weapons and the destroyed pieces of wood around them.

"Everyone grab a weapon! We are not going down without a fight!" Dipper called, grabbing a 2x4. "Hey monster!" He yelled, getting its attention as they started hacking at it with the plastic weapons and wood until Grenda chopped off one of his arms.

"Salt water taffy? Gross!" She called in distaste.

Dipper hacks at a leg and asks puzzled, "What are you-?" He tasted a piece and widened his eyes, "Wait, it is".

"You mean this monster is a candy monster?" 3 called, licking a piece, not bad.

"You really haven't figured it out yet?" It picks the kids up and pulled them closer to his face, "Don't you recognize me? Look at my face! Look closely." It pulls its mask off to reveal that it was made from candy that 3 and Dipper had thrown out earlier that day.

"How-!?" 3 cried in shock as the twins screamed in horror.

"Loser candy!" Mabel called.

"That's right! Did you ever stop and think about the candy at the bottom of the bag that no one likes? Every year the children of Gravity Falls throw away all of the 'REJECTED' candy into the dump. Then, one day, someone threw this amulet on top of that pile and I came to life and I decided to seek revenge; revenge on the picky children who cast me aside. I'm made of every tossed piece of black licorice, every discarded bar of old chocolate with like that white, powder stuff on it. You know that stuff!" He accused them.

"I hate that stuff!" Mabel agreed.

"No one would eat me. But now, I'm going to eat you." The trickster said maliciously and raised Dipper, Mabel, and 3 to his mouth to eat them children but was interrupted by a weird sound is heard in the Trickster's stomach.

"What is that?" He asked in confusion.

"Maybe it was something you ate!" 3 called grinning; she had realized what happened as Soos rips through the Trickster's body screaming reminiscently like a chestburster.

"Sup bro?" He greeted threw a mouth full of candy as the Trickster collapsed to the ground, vomiting jelly beans and going still.

"Dudes, you want some of this?" Soos asked the kids, who violently shook their heads.

"Wait, you actually think I taste good?" The Trickster asked weakly.

"Uh, sure! You know." Soos shrugged, still eating.

"All I've ever wanted is for someone to say that I was... good. I'm so happy!" He whispered as candy corn fell from his eyes and fell silent and he let go of the amulet, making it fall to the ground and roll to a stop at 3's feet.

"Crying makes it a little weird, but, guess I'm still eating." Soos said taking another bite as the people the Trickster previously ate broke through its chest.

"Sup, Gorney?" Soos greeted the kid that was first eaten.

"I've been twaumatized!" Gorney announced and walked away as more people followed after him, still in shock.

"I can't believe that this amulet caused all of this." 3 told them as she held the amulet.

"Yeah, it really freaks you out." Dipper agreed as Grenda grabbed it from her hands.

"What!? Hey don't!"

"We should smash it!" She called as she tried to break it with a metal pipe, but the pipe broke as it connected with the jewel and sent Grenda sprawling across the room.

"I'm okay…" She groaned weakly as 3 reclaimed it.

"Guess we can't break it…" Dipper said obviously.

"I think we should keep it for now. Who knows, maybe it could be useful later on." 3 told them as she slipped the glowing amulet into her coat pocket.

After telling those who were still in the house that the Trickster was gone and making up a quick cover story by saying it was just an elaborate prank, they found Wendy still in the living room with Tambry.

"Guys! Oh, I am so glad you're all okay!" She called when she caught sight of them.

"Wendy! Are you okay?" Dipper asked her.

"Yeah, me and Tambry hid in the pantry all night with Thompson. What about you guys?" She asked in concern.

"We ran through the halls and fought off a giant candy monster." 3 said point blankly as Mabel's stomach grumbled.

"In all the excitement, we never got our candy." Mabel cried, holding her stomach. Wendy smirked at them and said, "Well, since you fought that monster and we are pretty much the only ones left, I guess that makes us the winners, right Tambry?" She told them as she glanced at her friend, who shrugged and jerked her head towards another closet.

Mabel walked over to it and opened the door, causing a candy avalanche as the others cheered.

"This is the best Summerween ever!"

Dipper, Mabel, 3, Wendy, Soos, Candy, and Grenda soon returned to the Shack, passing by two kids screaming their heads off in terror. Dipper and 3 exchanged looks and said knowingly, together, "Grunkle Stan." They went inside to see Stan still in his underwear laughing to himself on his chair.

"Hey Stan!" Dipper and 3 greeted as they walked in.

"Hi Grunkle Stan!"

"Hello Mr. Pines!"

"How's it hanging?" He greeted back.

"Oh, same old, same old." 3 told him as they all dropped down exhaustedly around the den.

"We got a whole bunch of candy. We are going to be so sick!" Mabel gushed, as they each held up their straining sack to show him.

"Candy? Sick? Well, how about you guys getting even sicker?" He called as he held up his own sack of candy as everyone cheered and settled down to watch the late night horror movie marathon.

'And now back to the fear guide from Terror Town Street.' The TV announced as it showed a woman and a fake alien screaming at each other as they laughed.

"You know, kids? I've been thinking." Stan began, "At the end of the day, Summerween isn't about candy or costumes. Or even scaring people. It's a day when the whole family can get together and celebrate what really matters: PURE EVIL! HAHAHAHAHA!" He finished, laughing manically and everyone else joined in until Soos said.

"I ate a man alive tonight." Everyone pause to stare at Soos in bewilderment. 3 shook her head and fingered the amulet that was in her pocket and wondered who or what could've given it to the Trickster.

The next morning they went back out to get the now cheaper candy to add to their horde when they passed by an enraged Pacifica who was scratching at her clothes.

3 and Dipper shared a look and on closer inspection, they realized all of her clothes were now woolen and decorated with little puppies and basketballs.

They glanced at Mabel who grinned knowingly and walked into the store.

Dipper then said, "We didn't see anything." He then followed his sister into the store as 3 thought to herself. I hope Mabel never finds out that it was me who let Gompers into the room and let him eat the costumes.