Hey there guys! I'm back with another chapter! Enjoy!
Gravity Falls Shopping Center, 9:00 a.m.
As the morning routine was up in motion, a young man in his late twenties was at the mall's main entrance, waiting in front for it to open, intending to get whatever he needed inside of the mall.
"Oh, come on, now! they should have send someone to opened the doors!" The young man complained, as his impatience slowly eating away his mind.
Just then, a bright flash out light engulfed the entire mall, and while this was happening, a voice in a form of a young boy spoke.
"Awesome. With these humans now under my control no one can escape."
It was another day in Gravity Falls, for the trio as they were currently busy working at the shack. Normally, it would be the case, but today was Friday and Mabel have something planned for her brother and her friends.
"Guys! A new mall has opened!" Mabel squealed in excitement. "How about we go there and have some fun for our day off?!"
"Sure, that sounds like a good idea, Mabel," Dipper agreed. "I hope they have some good stores."
"I'm surprised that Stan even bothered giving us a day off," Joshua commented. "I think he's planning something against us."
"Quit it, Joshua!" Mabel frowned at the blonde teenager. "Stan is a good person!"
Joshua only rolled his eyes and relaxed his body on his seat. The trio were currently in the living room, watching TV, while Stan is in his room changing. Stad has to go somewhere with Soos; he didn't say where they were going, other than Stan commenting that it was "something very important" and decided not to open the shop today. As a result, the trio didn't have to work, much to their relief, despite Joshua being a bit suspicious for him being so generous.
"I'm gonna invite Candy Chu and Grenda over!" Mabel exclaimed, before she start dialing on her cellphone.
"Who?" Joshua asked.
"Candy Chi and Grenda," Dipper answered. "They're two Mabel best friends they she first met them here."
"Oh, that explains it," Joshua responded sarcastically, causing Dipper to look at him.
"What's that suppose to mean?" an irritated Dipper asked.
"Oh nothing," Joshua smirked. "It's just that your sister know how to attract some unusual people."
Dipper frowned upon hearing. "Are you going to make fun of my sister for that?"
Joshua waved his hands. "Not at all Dipper. Not at all."
"Well…okay then," Dipper relaxed a bit.
"Candy and Grenda will be coming with us and I told them to meet us at the bus stop an hour from now," Mabel explained. "Let's go get ready!"
Both boys nodded and the trio went upstairs, getting ready and make some last minute adjustments before heading out.
After half an hour have passed, the trio left the shack and headed out to the gas station, where the nearest bus stop was. Today was a particular hot day, so the trio dressed lightly for the occasion. As the gang walked towards their destination, Joshua began to wonder about his grandmother; the last time he heard from her was on the same day he was enrolled in the R.F.P.P and as a result of living on the run, he hadn't heard from her, since trying to contact her with his phone was deemed too risky. He can just only hope that she was doing okay.
The trio arrived at the front of the gas station where the bus stop was. Candy Chu and and Grenda were nowhere to be seen, so the trio decided to go inside the gas station to cool off, as well as checking out the McDonalds inside, where the air conditioner was filling the whole building, much to the relief of the three. Much time ahs passed, before Mabel saw her two best friends arriving, causing the brunette to sprint out the gas station and greet her friends.
"Candy! Grenda!" Mabel embraced them in a group hug. "I'm so glad to see you two!"
Candy Chu smiled. "Likewise Mabel, it's been too long!"
"Ready to go the mall girls?" an excited Mabel asked, with Grenda nodded her head.
"You betcha!" The three girls saw Dipper and Joshua sitting inside the gas station, with Grenda and Candy eyeing on Joshua.
"Hey, who's that boy sitting with your brother?" Candy asked out of curiosity.
"Oh, that's Joshua, Candy. A new friend that we met a week ago and he's staying with us," Mabel answered.
"Really? What are the reasons that he's staying with you?" Grenda asked.
Mabel frowned. "I can't ask anything that would upset him, like his home or who his family, so I don't know anything at all."
"I see…" Grenda scratched her chin.
"But…" Mabel started. "It seemed that Joshua is in the Witness Protection Program. I can't prove it yet, but I saw a number of agents showed up at our house and then escorting Joshua."
"That's pretty accurate," Candy shook her head before staring back at Joshua. "But wow, Mabel, you met this boy at the unusual of circumstances."
"I know, right?!" Mabel chuckled. "But seriously girls, try not to ask too many questions that might make him sad or upset."
"You got it, Mabel!" Grenda gave her friend a thumbs up with Candy nodded her head.
"Don't worry, we'll be careful."
Mabel looked at her two best friends and formed a smile, knowing that everything would go great today.
Unfortunately for the gang, their trip to the mall didn't start glamorously as they would have hoped. They waited for an hour and a half for the bus, due to the previous bus ending up broke down en route, forcing the gang to wait for another bus to come show up, much to their dismay.
Despite the setback, the bus incident was just the start of something much worse. The bus ride alone was just dreadful; it was crowded with many young adults, making the majority of them no doubt that they were out getting lunch, so they can eat before returning to work. Because of this, the group had to sit in different seats, away from one another. But then, the group were stuck in traffic shortly afterwards and they were stuck inside the bus, much longer than they have intended.
Thankfully, it came to an end after an hour and the bus finally arrived at the mall, with each of them letting out sighs of relief; Joshua stretched his arms and loosen his body a bit, since sitting on the bus for more than an hour made his legs and arms sleep.
"ARGH! So glad that I'm out of that bus!" Joshua spoke up.
"Agreed," Dipper added. "I think my legs fell asleep during the long bus trip."
Mabel clapped her hands. "So this is the new mall that the people talked about. It's huge!"
Dipper, Joshua, Candy and Grenda looked at the mall and the mere sight of it cause them to stare at the building with awe; the mall was very huge, with the building being painted ocean blue and there was a lot of people walking and having a good tim, with tons of cars filling up the entire parking lot, considering the mall was having a grand opening and the music was playing so loud, that it could be heard from outside. All and all, it was a sight to be behold.
"Wow…" Joshua let out a whistle. "This is a huge mall that would put Piedmont mall back in California look a like kindergarten."
"Well, what are we waiting for?!" Mabel was jumping in excitement. "Let's go!"
Mabel bolted towards the mall with the biggest smile on her face, with Candy and Grenda right on her trail, followed an annoyed Dipper and a slightly shock Joshua.
"Ugh!" Dipper groaned as he began to speak. "Joshua, I hope you have a high tolerance level and willpower."
Joshua chuckled a bit. "I know where this is going and don't worry, I've come prepared."
"That would explain the laptop bag you've brought with you," Dipper commented, noticing the grey colored bag resting on his friend's right side. "What did you bring anyway?"
Joshua formed a smile, as he dig in his bag and got out two books. When he saw the two books, Dipper immediately became shocked.
"Is that what I think it is?" Dipper asked. Joshua nodded his head.
"Yep, I've finally managed to get a copy of The Trials Of Apollo The Hidden Oracle."
Dipper then grabbed the book and start reading right away. "You a life saver, Joshua. I wanted you to know that."
Joshua laughed a bit. "Glad to be useful in your time of need."
For the whole morning, the gang went to every clothing store they could find in the newly opened mall. The three girls took their sweet time looking and trying out many outfits, ranging from jeans to dresses; in Mabel's case, she tried out a bunch of nice looking sweaters, as well as trying on some shoes along the way.
Being at a lot of places and waiting for a long time would drive most boys insane with impatience, something that Joshua and Dipper have experienced. But luckily for them, the two boys were occupied reading their books, Dipper reading The Trials Of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle, while Joshua was reading Magnus Chase And The Gods Of Asgard: The Sword Of The Summer, whenever they saw a nearby chair in every shop they entered, fighting off the boredom they would have suffered.
After a while of walking around, the girls decided to head to the food court, much to the relief of the two boys, since although they were occupied reading, but were nonetheless tired from all that walking, forced to endured from an hour of shopping, but they can get themselves a well deserved rest.
Mabel went to Five Guys, with Candy Chiu and Joshua heading to Panda Express since they were both feeling to have chinese food, Grenda went to Burger King and for Dipper he went to McDonalds. Everyone sat on the same table and begin eating.
"So Joshua…" Candy began to speak. "Are you having a good time?"
"Hmm?" Joshua turned and faced Candy. "Oh, today has been good so far."
Dipper watched, as he took a good look at Candy Chiu and Grenda on how much they have changed; Candy's black licorice hair have grown even longer, resting barely above her and while her face hasn't changed that much, her body, however, did, as she was now very tall and even beaten Mabel by a mere inch and her...assets have grown as well, changing her from a small geeky girl to a fairly attractive young woman. She still retained her green colored glasses.
For Grenda, she still retained her large body and her abdominal strength, but her femininity had started to come out and appeared, with her assets being developed, but her face have became more feminine, with her chin and her hair having grown to shoulder length, discarding her ponytail, but aside from that she, still looked the same four years ago and her manly voice was present but had soften a bit.
After an hour of eating and talking, the gang resumed their day, checking out other stores, but as they walked, they heard a loud voice echoing the entire mall.
"And another contestant bites the dust!" The announcer voice was male.
"Is that what I think it is?" Joshua asked.
"It is!" Mabel point out. "It's a eating contest!"
"Why would they have an eating contest here, of all things?" Dipper asked, feeling a bit confused.
"Beats me," Joshua shrugged before smirking. "Why do we get a closer look?"
"What?!" Dipper was displeased by his friend's suggestion. "Now why we waste our time watching a eating contest?"
Joshua looked at Dipper. "It's beats being dragged to every clothing store in the entire mall. So take your pick."
Dipper shook his head. "Hey, why don't we check out the eating contest, shall we?"
The three girls nodded their heads in approval and made their way to the eating contest, while Joshua smirking.
"I thought you would take that choice, Dipper."
"Shut up, Joshua," An annoyed Dipper rolled his eyes.
The gang managed to find a few seats in the front row and sat down. They instantly saw what the eating contest was about; the contestants were competing to win for one of three prizes that was sitting on the side on the table, all of them were high tech. The bronze prize was an HP brand Laptop, complete with Beats audio speakers, a touchscreen and a cd drive, the silver prize was Samsung High Definition television and the gold prize was a suitcase that holds two million dollars.
The twins, Grenda, Candy and Joshua stared at the prizes and instantly wanted to enter, but upon what the food was, it made them shiver in fear; the food were hot peppers, some of which contained ghost peppers, one of the hottest peppers around.
"It had to be hot chili peppers!" Joshua intensely whispered. "Damn it all!"
"Well, I want that Laptop!" A determined Mabel spoke up.
"But who would have the endurance to survive eating hot peppers!?" Candy asked. "I know I can't!"
Before the group cold discuss the matter further, the announcer spoke with much enthusiasm. "…And another contestant calls it quits, leaving our champion Corrin to take another win!"
The gang looked at the champion and saw him for the first time and his appearance was quite unique; He had silk blonde hair that were shoulder length, warm golden honey yellow eyes and light skin, wearing gray shorts, a blue t shirt, and white sneakers. One distinctive figure he had was his small stature, giving off a childish appearance, something that was rather shocking, in addition to his androgynous looks.
"So he's the champion, huh?" Joshua spoke.
Mabel let out a gush. "Awww! He's so adorable!"
"Isn't he too young to even be allowed to be in an eating contest?" Dipper scratched his head.
"True," Grenda rubbed her chin, before spotting something that was very odd. "Guys, I'll be right back. I need to go use the restroom."
"Speaking of which, I need to go as well," Joshua spoke as well. "We'll be back!"
The twins and Candy nodded their head, as the two got up from their seats and head straight from the bathroom, before heading to one particular spot that caught their attention.
"You saw it too, huh?" Joshua asked, with Grenda confirm his suspension with a quick nod.
"Yeah, I did. I'm surprised that that Dipper missed it, despite how he's always a control freak," Grenda playfully chuckles.
Joshua laughs. "Hey, he can't be perfect in everything his does! No one is perfect."
"Can't argue with that!" Grenda burst out laughing, as they arrived at their destination. It was a simple trash can but what it was doing that gave off red flags; the trash can was glitching out of control.
"Am I seeing things correctly?" Grenda asked. "That trash can is glitching? That is not possible!"
"It shouldn't be possible at all," Joshua agreed, as he touched the trashcan, only to see his hand pass through, much to the two teenagers shock.
"Whoa!" Joshua felt nothing strange, as his hand passed through the trashcan, before bringing his hand back and saw that the trashcan glitched out frantically, before vanishing completely.
Joshua and Grenda eyes widened in disbelief as what they just witness.
"Holy…" Joshua started. "Guacamole!"
"And you think that was bad look, at the shop over there!" Grenda pointed to the bookstore and just like the trashcan, the store begin to fade in and out of reality.
"This is very strange indeed," Joshua then remember and got out the small light blue colored orb. "Looks like I'm gonna need some help."
"What is that?" Grenda asked.
"An orb I can use to summon some help," Joshua answered as he activated the orb. "Come to me!"
The light blue orb grew lighter and lighter, until three balls of light appeared out in front of them, becaming silhouettes and instantly turned into three certain mythical water creatures.
"Master!" The yellow kappa cheered upon seeing Joshua.
"We're here to serve you master!" The blue kappa said.
Grenda's jaw dropped. "Joshua, who are these creatures?"
"These are kappas, Grenda," Joshua replied. "I met them a while ago."
Grenda just shook her head. "Alright, I guess."
The green kappa salute to Joshua. "So what do you need us for, master?"
"I need to you look at the bookstore," Joshua explained, as he pointed them at the bookstore. "Do you noticed the store fading in and out of reality?"
"Yes master, I can see that," The yellow kappa spoke, as its eyes, along with its companions, glowed instantly and scan the bookstore and after a moment, the three kappas gasped.
"Master, don't panic but we gotta tell you this…." The Yellow Kappa started.
"This place…" The blue Kappa continued. "This place isn't real."
"It's an illusion," The green Kappa finished.
The revelation shocked Joshua as he turned pale a bit. "What? This whole mall is nothing but an illusion?! Why?! And how?!"
"The only way that can do such a feet is a creature called the kitsune," The Yellow Kappa concluded.
"Kitsune?" The word quickly caused Joshua to lit up. "You mean those magical foxes that can grow up to nine tales and have the ability shapeshift into into humans?!"
"Wow master ,you really are smart!" The Green Kappa praised the blonde haired teenager, with the Blue Kappa letting out a nod.
"Yes, you describe them perfectly master but not too worry. Due to one of the buildings are fading means that the kitsune is not all that powerful."
Joshua raised his eyebrow. "Is that so? Okay, I want you find who is the kitsune."
"Got it, master!" The Green Kappa said as the three Kappas scan and looked around the place for a bit, until their eyes finally landed on someone.
"M-Master!" The yellow Kappa spoke. "There! That boy is the kitsune!"
Joshua looked at the person that the kappa was pointing at and was stunned by who the culprit was.
"Corrin!? He's the kitsune!?" The blue Kappa nodded.
"Yes and thankfully, it only possessed one tail ,meaning that it's illusion is not all that strong. If we can somehow expose him the illusion would likely break."
"Well. how can we break the illusion ?!" The green kappa complained.
Joshua scratched his chin and he trail deep in thought. "Hmm I heard that one way you can expose its tails that when it becomes drunk or something along the line like that."
"Of course!" The green Kappa snapped its fingers. "But where can we get alcohol?!"
Joshua smirked a bit as he thought up a good strategy. "I think I've found a way."
The blonde teenager turned to Grenda, who was starting in confusion trying to understand what they were saying. "Grenda does this place have store that sells alcoholic beverages?"
"Come to think of it, yes," Grenda answered hesitantly. "But why do you need alcohol for?"
Joshua let out a smirk. "You'll see…"
Back at the eating contest, Corrin and a few contestants were now batting it out, eating hot chili peppers and enduring the growing heat and pain on their tongues, with the crowd cheering them on. They wanted to see who can last the longest and see who can win the prizes; there were currently six people sitting on the table up stage, with Dipper being one of them.
Despite a mere fifteen minutes have passed, the intensity already filled the air, as each contestants pushed their endurance to their limits, the fire from the chili peppers slowly building up their tongues and stomaches. It didn't took long for the contestants to let out groans and painful cries, trying to keep themselves in the contest, as each of them wanted those prizes.
Dipper himself was having a particularly hard time keeping his cool up, as he wanted to get that laptop, even though it wasn't his idea to enter the contest to begin with. Just thinking about it made him glared at the one person that was the sole reason why he was up here, recalling several minutes ago…
"What?!" Dipper shouted and shook his head. "Absolutely not!"
"Aw, come on Dipper!" Mabel groaned. "I need that laptop!"
"Mabel, we have a computer back home! What do you need a laptop for?" Dipper asked.
"Because I want it! The Alpha Twin demands it!" Mabel shouted. "Besides we don't have any computer at the Mystery Shack!"
Dipper folded his arms. "Regardless I'm not going to enter!"
Mabel frowned at her brother being uncooperative, until she thought of something that would break him into submission. "Fine then, I guess you don't mind of me showing Joshua this then."
"What are you talking ab-" Dipper stopped in his tracks and saw a picture that would be the end of him: two photos of him as a child in his lamb costume and another picture of him wearing his mother wedding dress."
"Mabel! Where did you get that?!" Dipper demanded, as his face begin to turn pink.
"Oh Dipper…" Mabel smirked. "You know well that I know all your secrets."
Dipper glared his sister for a moment, feeling the urge of choking her before finally face palmed and sighed in defeat. "Alright I'll join!"
"Ata boy Dipper!" Mabel smiled brightly. "Now win for the Alpha Twin!"
"How do I get myself into situation like these?!" a dismayed Dipper muttered, as he walked towards the entering booth.
Dipper shook his head, focusing on the contest and his endurance as he swallowed another yellow chili pepper and he began to cough due to it going down the wrong pipe hole and becoming flustered as well.
"Oh my," The male announcer spoke. "Contestant number 3 is choking up a storm! Will he be able to pull through or will be bite the dust?"
"Come on Dipper!" Candy Chi cheered.
"You can do it bro bro!" Mabel shouted.
Dipper looked at Candy and Mabel seeing their support, enough for him to pull through and recovered, much to the shock of the crowd, whom let out a roar of approval.
"Look like contestant 3 still have some strength in him!" The male announcer said.
The contest continue to went on for about an hour and slowly, the contestants started to fall one by one. Contestant 4, whom was a young woman in her 30s, was the first one to go with her literally breathing fire from her mouth and ran to the nearest store to get cold water. Contestant 3, a young boy that looked to be around Dipper's age, was next to fall, with him fainting due to the intense heat building inside his body. As for contestant 5 and 6, both who were twin girls, they were the last to fall from both of them, coughing up a storm, to the point the had trouble breathing and they wouldn't risk getting the prizes over their very lives, leaving Dipper and Corrin the only ones left.
The crowd raged on in anticipation who would win.
"It finally comes down to this ladies and gentleman…" The male announcer spoke as he became more tense. "Who would win? Will our champion raised on top or will the newcomer overthrown and take the crown himself."
Dipper looked at Corrin, who was shocked, but the most part, was relaxed and calm, having retained that look all the duration of the contest. Something like that made Dipper think for a moment, coming across the possibility of him cheating by manipulating the male announcer to give him only the mild ones to chow down. Even so, Dipper shook his head, as that couldn't be the case and if it was, the contest would ended up being unfair and it would resulting in harsh backlash. With this knowledge in mind, he shot down the idea of Corrin cheating and resumed preparing himself for the final round between him and Corrin.
Meanwhile, Joshua and the three kappas were standing behind the booth. "Okay Grenda, are you ready?"
"I'm ready," Grenda replied, wearing a worker's outfit as a disguise.
"Okay, let's get this started," Joshua said, as he faced the kappas, who were carrying a barrel of sake. "Initiating alpha plan exposing kitsune!"
"You know Joshua, that's a sucky name for a plan," Grenda cringed with disapproval.
"It'll works enough, so we're going with that!" Joshua snapped.
"Whatever you say," Grenda shook her head, as they begin their plan.
Taking a deep breathe, Grenda walked towards the the chili pepper contest from behind, wearing a tuxedo and a white mask that covered her whole face and a top black hat, in addition to a pair of large raven black wings on her back, making her having an appearance of a phantom thief.
"Joshua is so owning me for this," Grenda muttered as she began clearing her voice and jumped on stage., before she let out the biggest cackle she could mustered.
Everyone gasped at Grenda and even Dipper and Corrin stopped eating the hot chili peppers.
"Who are you?!" The male announcer asked in fear.
"Why I am the great Arsene Lupin!" Grenda declared in her majestic sexy man, or the best impersonation she could think of
"The legendary thief Arsene Lupin?" One gullible woman asked gushing.
"The one and only!" Grenda replied as she faced the male announcer. "Now I'll be taking those prizes from ya!"
"What?!" The male announcer sneered. "No way! Security!"
Grenda shook her head in disappointment. "Want to do this the hard way, huh? Well, I myself should know that I have reputation of going after people who are much worse than I myself and you sir are clearly fall into that category of my good sir."
"What are you talking about?!" The male announcer asked.
"Well I see you have those prizes sitting over there, but there's just one problem: these prizes are not yours, as they were stolen," Grenda explained.
The people became confused and looked at each other.
"Stolen?"
"How are these prizes stolen?"
Grenda faced the audience and smiled. "I'm glad you asked! You see every contest would have a certificate or something like a waiver that would confirm the prizes are legit but I have seen not one of those which means that the male announcer either manipulate or did some very shady practices. Either way each of those prizes belong to somebody else."
"L-lies!" The male announcer began to sweat profusely. "I'll have you know that these prizes are not stolen!"
"If so, then show me the certificates then!" Grenda challenged.
"I don't need to because security is here!" The male announcer declared as the guards showed up. "Get him!"
"Looks like it's time to for me to go!" Grenda let out a confident laugh, before sprinting, making her escape and taking one of the prizes with her, much to everyone's shock, while the guards were displeased by this, as they didn't waste any time of chasing the phantom thief, leaving everyone in shock of what to make of the scene.
"What was that?" a confused Mabel asked.
"Your guess is as good as mine, Mabel," Candy was confused as well.
"Ugh!" The male announcer rolled his his eyes before facing the audience. "My apologies, ladies and gentleman. Let's resume the contest, since the guards will take care of that thief."
The contest resume without much hitch and while Dipper was holding up on his own quite well, Corrin was showering the younger twin's efforts by munching on the hot peppers as if they were mere candy. Just he was about to win, strange things began to happen, as some of the shops and people were starting to glitch in and out.
Mabel and Candy were the first to notice the glitch and panicked a bit, before they looked at each other.
"Candy, are you seeing this?!" Mabel asked.
"I am so seeing this!" Candy replied, nodding her head in confirmation.
Likewise, Dipper expressed similar shock of the glitch. "What the hell is going on!?"
Before Dipper could investigate it, he could hear laughter nearby and saw it was coming Corrin, his face blushing pink and apparently having a hard time standing up and seeing clearly.
"Corrin?" Dipper raised his eyebrow confused. "Why is he laughing? Hey Corrin! Something strange is happening! We need to get out of he-"
The next thing Dipper knew, he saw something that made him stopped talking and his eyes widened: A bushy tail stuck out of his pants that resembles that of a fox.
'What the hell…?' Dipper thought. 'Corrin has a tail…?! And not only that it's glowing so intensely…'
What followed really took Dipper, Mabel and Candy by surprise. Corrin's appearance begin to change, his human form starting to becomes more animalistic; fox ears appeared on top of his head, fingernails turned into claws, his teeth turned into canine fangs and his eyes change from honey yellow to ruby red and a yellow orb hanging on his keychain.
Needless to say, the twins and Candy were shocked by Corrin's appearance, but before any of the teenagers could respond, the entire mall began to glitch up and then slowly but surely, the place faded away into nothingness and after a minute or so the people, shop and the mall ceased to exist and the teenagers found themselves inside a freeway tunnel.
"What the?!" Mabel shook her head as she looked at her surroundings. "Where are we?!"
"Looks like some kind of tunnel," Candy answered.
Just then, a large groaned can be heard and it was Corrin. "ARGH! You humans had to ruin everything!"
"What in the world are you?!" Dipper asked, more like demanded.
"That, my friends, is a creature called a kitsune." A familiar voice answered.
Everyone turned and saw Joshua, Grenda and the three kappas coming towards them and upon seeing the kappas Corrin let out a defeated sigh.
"Of course…" Corrin shook his head. "Kappas can see through my illusion!"
Joshua smugged. "Yes, they could!"
"But still, how did you discovered my secret?" A confused Corrin demanded.
"Simple…" Joshua explained. "By using alcohol to make you drunk and careless. All Grenda had to do was distracting everyone with her Arsene Lupin performance and I took your plate and inject the hot peppers with sake."
"Damnit!" Corrin cursed. "That would explain the bizarre taste of my red peppers!"
"Wait, that was you in that in phantom thief outfit, Grenda?" A very shocked Candy asked.
"Yeah," Grenda bashfully scratched the back of her head. "It wasn't my idea though."
"Anyway…" Dipper began. "What were you planning?!"
"Like I would tell you humans anything!" Corrin sneered, as he made his escape by making himself intangible and passed through the walls. "See you later, puny humans!"
"Hey!" Dipper shouted as he ran towards the wall that Corrin passed through. "Get back here!"
"Let him go, Dipper. You won't be able to catch him anyway, since kitsunes rely on their speed and magic to escape," Joshua informed Dipper.
Dipper let out a sigh. "Well, that was one heck of an illusion Corrin cast."
"I'll say," Mabel agreed. "The mall felt so very real!"
"Kitsunes are well known to cast illusion that is considered near flawless," Joshua explained.
"Well anyway, where are we and how far are we are from Gravity Falls?" Dipper asked.
Joshua got out his smartphone and used Google maps to see where they are; upon getting the results, the blonde haired teenager let out a frustrating groan.
"Well I hope you guys have the stamina to walk, because we have a long time ahead of us of getting back home," Joshua said. "Like an hour or so…"
After much time has passed that what seems like half a day the gang finally arrived back in town and by the time they arrive it was already dark. Grenda, Candy and the three kappas parted ways and went home but not before Joshua awarding the three kappas with thirty dollars worth of cucumbers for their help much to the kappas delight.
Upon arriving Mystery Shack the twins and Joshua collapsed on the ground as they have been walking for a good hour and half and both their feet and legs are painfully sore.
"Ugh!" Mabel groaned. "I can't feel my feet at all."
"I hope this doesn't becomes a trend for us." a tired Dipper said.
"You and me both, Dipper," Joshua agreed, as he and the twins slowly got onto their feet and headed towards the living room, where they saw Soos relaxing on the sofa.
"Hey there, guys!" Soos greeted the teenagers.
"Soos?" Joshua raised his eyebrow. "What are you doing here?"
"Oh, Stan had to go somewhere, so he asked me to watch the shack for him," Soos answered. "Since you guys are here now, I'm a bit tired, so how about I ordered up some pizza for us?"
The thought of pizza send the twins from their tired expression to a much upbeat attitude.
"Oh! Can we order some buffalo wings, Soos?" Mabel excitedly asked.
"And we can get some drinks with that as well?" Dipper asked.
Soos nodded his head, before facing Joshua. "Do you want anything, dude?"
"Just give me pepperoni and I'm good," Joshua replied. "If you need me, I'll be in my room upstairs."
Joshua made his way to his room and upon entering it, collapsed on his bed, resting for about ten minutes, before changing into his pajamas and getting his dinner when it arrived a half hour later. For the rest for the night, the gang ate in the living room and watched TV, before calling a night and head into bed, with Soos staying at the shack overnight, sleeping on the sofa.
The twins were in their room getting ready for bed, with Mabel hopping on her bed.
"Wow, never thought the mall was nothing more than a mere illusion," Mabel commented.
"Yeah," Dipper nodded. "Joshua sure know his stuff about Japanese mythos it's kinda mind boggling that the journal don't have creatures from eastern mythology."
"It goes to show how Joshua is a really good friend to have with us," Mabel smiled.
"You're right about that," Dipper agreed. "You know Mabel, I wasn't too sure about Joshua living with us, but I'm beginning to feel happy that he's staying with us."
"Well I'm glad you have a much positive opinion about Joshua. Anyway, it's getting late so we should head onto bed," Mabel said, as she turned off her lamp.
"Right," Dipper turned off his lamp as well. "Goodnight, Mabel."
"Night ,Dipper," Mabel replied, as the twins laid down and fell asleep as the countless of stars lit up the night sky.
Later that night, Mabel woke up and went to the bathroom. Afterward, she want back in her room and upon entering she let out a shriek that woke up Dipper and Waddles.
"AH!" a shocked and shaken Dipper shot up and turned on his lamp. "Mabel, why are your screaming?!"
"All my clothes that I bought! It's gone!" Mabel shouted.
"What?! That shouldn't be possi-" Dipper stopped talking and thought back of Joshua's words about the kitsune. "Oh no…Mabel, that mall was an illusion so if I'm correction, then everything you, Candy and Grenda have brought from there would have disappeared as well."
"That can't be!" Mabel denied her brother words, before hearing Joshua's statements and facepalming in response. "Ugh! You're right! All the money that I spent on is gone!"
"Yeah," Dipper began to glare at his sister, after a realization hit him like a handful of bricks. "Which means the prizes that were on display vanished as well, so I ended up being forced into a contest that was all for nothing, Mabel!"
"Not now, Dipper!" Mabel shouted as she stomped around in circles, still fuming while ignoring her shortcomings and blackmailing her brother into the hot pepper contest.
"Ugh!" Dipper rolled his eyes turning off his lamp and laid back down and closed his eyes and try to go back to sleep and expected his sister do the same but after a few minutes went by Dipper opened his eyes and can still hear Mabel's loud stomping.
"You're not going to let this go, huh?" Dipper asked not turning his head.
"Nope!" Was Mabel's answer, before resuming her temper tantrum.
Dipper gritted his teeth and folded his pillow to cover his ears. "This is going to be a very very very long night…."
And that's wraps up about Chapter 6! Sorry for the long wait, I came down with bacteria pneumonia and long story short it made me prevented to work on my stories and while I had some time off on my second job I still had to work on my first job and I wanted time to myself and relax. But now I'm feeling a whole lot better!
But I also wanted to tell you guys a few things. I have been losing interests with this story and while I have some few chapter ideas I'm still a bit short on ideas so after this update this story will go into haitus a bit. Plus while I was sick I came up with another story idea and it would be Star Vs the forces of evil fanfic but don't worry I'm still dedicated of seeing this story completed that much is certain.
Anyway just wanted to give you a heads up on things! If you have any ideas for this story, pm me or leave them in a review! Thank you for all the support and happy reading! Ciao!