Chapter 5:

Dipper started to space out as his sister and Grunkle tried different things with no real results. "Are you listening?" Mabel's voice broke through his daze.

"Hum?" Dipper blinked his sister into view. "Wah?"

"That's what I thought." The thirteen-year-old girl said with her hands on her hips. "We're doing all this research mumbo jumbo for you and you aren't even paying attention!"

"Sorry, Mable, it's hard to focus when I can't even help turn the pages of the books..."

Mable frowned. "Well how about I turn them for you? You're much better at understanding this stuff than I am anyway."

Dipper smiled softly. "Thanks Mabel."

The search went on for several hours, but Dipper and Mabel hadn't found anything. Stanly on the other hand seemed to have gotten an idea.

"Alright... This is a long shot but I think it's worth a try." Stan said as he finished drawing the chock circle on the lab floor.

"That's Bill's summoning circle." Dipper said as Stan looked over the book again. "I think at the very least we'll be able to locate Bill and maybe make a deal with him to return Dipper back to normal."

"Sounds good." Mabel said standing with a lit candle in her hands.

"Sounds good?!" Dipper asked. "Wasn't it just the other night you gave us a huge spill on how dangerous it is to summon demons and how we should never ever do it?"

"Just a few more things." Stan said oblivious to Dipper's complaints. "There now..." Stan pricked his finger and dropped a bit of blood on the circle. Dipper let out a yelp as the circle lit up and he was yanked into it appearing as a floating one eyed star.

He placed a hand to his head shaking it as he became more dipper like again. "Yikes." Dipper gasped. "What the hey was that?"

"D- Dipper?" Stan stuttered.

"Grunkle Stan? You can see me?"

The man didn't say a word he just walked right up to Dipper and gave him a strong hug. He let go immediately and took a step back clearing his throat. "Glad to see you're really not dead." He awkwardly looked around for a moment before finally really looking the confused teen up and down. "What's with the shirt?"

"I just..." Dipper shrugged. Still too shell shocked to really function properly. "What's going on?" His thought jumped right out.

Stan put a hand to his chin and looked to be deep in thought. Mabel imitated his stance. "Well..." The man stood there for a good minute and a half before he shrugged and walked away. "I have no idea. Want some cold pancakes?"

"You know I do!" Dipper went to float after him. Only to run into an invisible wall.

Dipper fell to the floor with a grunt. "What the...?" He placed a hand on the invisible barrier around him and it sparked. Mable and Stan stared in surprise. He looked from his Grunkle's confused frown to the wide surprise of his sisters eyes and let out a nerves chuckle. "Um... I guess... I can't..." The trapped boy muttered.

Determination crossed Mable's face then. "I got this. In exchange for breakfast how about you spend some time with us?" The girl held her hand out to shake. Dipper stared at the offered hand in shock as a wash of excitement ran unbidden through his body.

Shaking he took his sister's hand in his and they both nodded at the same time. Mable to reassure her brother it would be okay. Dipper to make sure she understood what she was doing.

"DEAL." The voice that left his frame shook him and the blue flames that sealed their hand shake startled him. His hand loosened in shock, as horror crossed his face, but Mable held firm and smiling pulled him from the circle.

Tears fell quietly from Dippers eyes as he fallowed Mable and Stan upstairs. Dipper staid solid and visible for about an hour and a half before he faded back to the Dreamscape. For that short time the Mystery Shack felt like home again.

Authors Notes:

Just got my wisdom teeth pulled... I have nothing more to say because I can't really think...
Thank you all for reading! I hope you're enjoying my silly story.