AN: So hey, sorry it took so long to make this second chapter. High school's hard work, and I've been introduced to Overwatch, Photoshop, and the wonders of drawing things. My life has had a ton of stuff going on. But here I am, back with another chapter.
Emeraldpichu: I believe I fixed that problem. Thanks!
Panther4Life: We have already talked. Talking in code is fun!
coronadomontes: Thanks, though I have to admit I'm not quite sure if that is a good interesting or a "just seem nice but not really" interesting.
Guest 345: I take pride in the fact that it is good. But not great. I'm confusing myself, so I'm going to move on.
ALL CAPS FOR LIFE: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
richboylion: Thanks for pointing that out, I changed it.
Dat Warrior: I honor your request, my lord.
Ai Higurashi: That was a very inspiring review. Thanks! Also, your wait is now over.
Warp Star X: Uhm, Bill says yo back, I guess. Honestly, I'm just confused.
Not sure this chapter is quite as good as the last one, but here we go!
(PS I am too lazy to write a coded message. I don't need to though, I'm still not sure what the next chapter will be.)
The Universal Gemini: A Gravity Falls- Steven Universe Crossover
By: Fandommashup02
Chapter 2: Big Sister
Dipper and Mabel walked up to the two other kids. Dipper nodded at the boy, who grinned at him. Mabel was looking at Steven, smiling a little too brightly. "Here we go," thought Dipper, grimacing. It looked like another of Mabel's romances was developing. The girl, Connie, seemed to be forcing a smile as she looked at Mabel. But, before he could pull Mabel aside, Steven lead them into the house, with Connie close behind.
"Pearl! There's some lost kids here! Their names are Dipper and Mabel!" yelled Steven as he opened the screen door and ushered them inside.
"How many times have I told you to not bring strangers in the house, Steven?" said a voice from the back of the house.
"Uh... Never?"
"Oh, alright. Bring them into the kitchen."
Steven lead them into another room, and Dipper stopped dead.
They were probably the strangest people Dipper had ever seen, and that was saying something, as he and his sister had been in Gravity Falls all summer. One woman, who was rooting through a refrigerator, had purple skin, long white hair, and was very short. Another was reminiscent of a generic disco dancer from the... 70's? 80's? He couldn't remember. She was tall and had reddish skin and a large afro. The third was pale, thin, bird- like woman with a large circular thing in her forehead. It looked like a pearl gemstone. He looked at the purple woman, and as she struggled under a pile of snacks, he saw the glint of a purple gem. He looked at the afro woman, and she smiled at him and opened her hands. There were two red jewels on her palms.
"That's Pearl, Amethyst, and Garnet," said Steven, pointing them out in turn.
"Steven..." Dipper began, when suddenly a voice rang out beside him.
"Hi! I'm Mabel! I like your clothes!" yelled Mabel. The others seemed caught off guard, while Dipper slapped his hand to his face for the second, though probably not last, time that day. Mabel started talking about her sweaters, while Dipper leaned over to Steven.
"What's with the gems?" he asked.
"It's... euhhh..." said Steven, seeming unsure where to begin.
"We're used to complicated and strange," said Dipper, curious, "and I think we'll be stuck here awhile, for many reasons."
"Involving portals," Mabel added in a mysterious voice.
"It might not be wise for us to tell them..." the thin woman started to say, but the disco woman looked them over.
"They can handle it," she said, to Dipper's suprise.
"Ok, then." said Steven, recovering from his confusion. "The Gems can fill you in on the details, but this all started thousand of years before I was born, when a bunch of alien gemstones showed up on Earth and thought, 'Hey, this planet seems nice...'"
About an hour later, Dipper was nodding while Mabel just sat there, looking thunderstruck.
"So, aliens. That's all I got." said Mabel.
"There's a lot of confusing parts in there, but I have the general idea. So, you're-"
Suddenly a deafening roaring sound came from outside, like the universe didn't want to hear Dipper finish his sentence.
A pink shield formed on Steven's arm, and Connie and the Gems, as the Pines twins now knew them, drew their weapons.
"That's the second one today!" yelled Amythest, as a sloshing sound became apparant. Dipper and Mabel ran to the window.
"What. The HECK. Is THAT?!" yelled Dipper, as a monstrous blue thing crawled out of the ocean.
"Maybe it's nice…?" whimpered Mabel, as it smashed an umbrella and two beach chairs flat and roared.
"I need to put this in the journal!" Dipper yelled, and ran outside.
"Dipper! Wait!" Mabel cried, and ran after him.
The Gems seemed to be having a hard time, as the monster thing was throwing them around.
"Now, let's get a description of you," muttered Dipper as he pulled out a pen.
"DIPPER! LOOK OUT!" Screamed Mabel as the thing shot a long tentacle at Dipper. Dipper had only time to say, "oh." as he was violently elevated off the ground.
The monster grabbed Connie as well, and dragged them toward the ocean. Then he heard, "Mabel! Take my hand!"
A blinding white light obscured his vision. He was thrown into the air, and as he blinked away the glare, he hit the beach and his head struck a rock. He thought he heard a huge poof, and the blue blurry blob in his vision disappeared. He couldn't remember what he was doing there. Things don't just disappear. Stars flitted across his vision. But he had to get up, had to-
"Shh." Suddenly, Dipper felt weightless… No, he was being picked up. That voice sounded familiar. He could make out a blurry face. It looked like a teenager, and was strangely familiar, like a distant relative, almost a combination of multiple people's features. But where was Mabel? And Steven and Connie? He tried to form a sentence. "W-where…"
"Right here. It's ok. Go to sleep now." Dipper obeyed willingly.
In his dream, Dipper was helpless, unable to move. He strained against invisible restraints.
"HEY THERE, PINETREE! HOW'VE YOU BEEN?"
Dipper looked around wildly. "Bill! Where are you?"
Bill, still unseen, chuckled darkly. "YOU'RE IN ANOTHER UNIVERSE, KID. EVEN A DEMON OF MY POWER HAS A HARD TIME BROADCASTING EVEN HIS VOICE ACROSS THAT BARRIER, ESPECIALLY TO THE ONE THAT YOU'RE IN. BUT DON'T THINK FOR A SECOND THAT SOME PET ROCKS YOU FOUND ARE GOING TO PROTECT YOU! I-ACK!" Bill's voice cut off, and Dipper drifted off into a dreamless sleep.
Dipper opened his eyes. He was in a bed, looking at the ceiling of an unfamiliar house. He sat up. "Where... oh, right." Mabel was sitting next to him, knitting. She looked up. "Dipper! You're awake!" She hugged him, hard.
"What happened? And where were you?" Dipper asked when she finally let go.
"Well, you remember the monster, right?" she said, bouncing in apparent excitement.
"Yeah..." he said, waiting to see where this was going.
"And you remember being picked up by someone, right? Looked kind of familiar?"
"Ye- wait JUST a minute. You can't be serious." Dipper was astounded.
"You want proof? Steven! Dipper's awake!" she yelled down the stairs. She grabbed Dipper's hand and dragged him out of bed.
Steven and Connie were in the kitchen, eating sandwiches. "Uh, Steven? Could I borrow you?"
"Sure!" Steven said, though Dipper noticed Connie's dark looks at Mabel.
"Umm, I'm not sure..."
"Aw, come on!" Mabel pulled Dipper outside.
They walked out to a boom box sitting on the sand. Steven turned on the music, and they began to dance as Dipper took a seat in the sand. Suddenly, Steven grabbed Mabel's hand. A bright white light enveloped the beach, blinding him. He blinked the stars out of his eyes, but then froze. The teen that he had seen earlier was standing there, grinning excitedly. His mind told him he wasn't seeing what he was seeing. It couldn't be true.
The teen walked over to the helpless Dipper and offered her- no his- no, their hand to him.
"Hey there, Dippingsauce!," they said, "I'm Stabel!"
In a universe adjacent to the one the younger Pines twins were stranded in, two old men poured over years worth of scientific data while arguing about family. Though working toward the same goal, both had different reasons for trying to save the Pines. One desperately wanted to get his family back, and the other wanted to reconstruct what he thought his twin brother had destroyed. But little did either of those two Stans know that in the corner, an old computer monitor was flickering on and off, showing a indistinct yellow triangle.
But the real kicker was:
It wasn't plugged in.