The summer was over in Gravity Falls. Dipper and Mabel Pines were back in Piedmont, Soos ran the Mystery Shack gift shop and eventually married his girlfriend Melody and the rest of the characters had moved on with their lives. Especially Dipper and Mabel's Great Uncles Stanley and Stanford Pines.
They had recently made up with each other and are now off to set sail on the Stan O' War in search of a new adventure (and babes and treasure, as Stan requests.)
Now Stan was eagerly running down the dock towards where the boat was parked, ready to get in it and set sail, with Ford following close behind.
"Stanley, slow down!" Ford panted. "Our boat isn't going anywhere! You don't need to run so fast!"
"Yeah, well, with the luck we've had over the past 30 years, it just might!" Stan joked with a grin. He continued running and paused when he caught sight of the boat. Their beautiful boat, covered with fresh new paint, shinning under the sun and looking brand new, parked there, waiting for them to get on and take them wherever they pleased.
Stan beamed at the boat. "Oh, Sixer, isn't she a beaut?" he sighed happily, staring at the boat with joy.
Ford came up next to his brother and also smiled widely when his eyes landed on the boat. "Yes, Stanley," Ford put his arm around his brother. "She really is."
"Well, what are you waiting for? We didn't come here to stare at it!" Stan laughed. "Let's untie this boat and get out on that ocean and go on a new adventure!" He walked over to the rope which made the boat connect to a pole and started to untie it.
Ford nodded and was about to come help, when he paused and frowned as a thought occured to him. "Hey Stanley?" Ford called out.
"Yeah?"
"You don't think our first stop can be New Jersey?" Ford asked. "To see what it's like now?"
Stan paused what he was doing and stared at his brother for a very long time. "Gee, Sixer," he stated. "I was just about to suggest that. I mean it will be great to see ma and pa again. I mean, it's been awhile since we've seen them."
"Wait... " Ford's eyes grew wide in a surprise and his mouth dropped open. "MA AND PA ARE STILL ALIVE?!"
"Yeah," Stan chuckled. "They are."
"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THEY WERE ALIVE BEFORE?!"
"Well, it's just you didn't even want to talk to me the time!" Stan reminded him. "I wanted to tell you, but how could I if you didn't even want to speak with me, let alone talk?"
"Oh," Ford nodded in understanding. "Right…"
"Yeah….." They gazed at each other akawardly for a very long time.
Stan soon broke the silence with a smile. "But, hey, let's forget the past and move on to our boat adventure! You ready to go back to New Jersey bro and see Ma and Pa?"
Ford nodded back. "You bet!" He exclaimed, smiling back again.
"Well then let's go!"
And so the Stan twins got on their boat and setted off for New Jersey to check out the state that they grew up in and find out what it was like there now.