First off, let me just say THANK YOU ALL for giving Fallen Pine Trees over 10,000 views, it really makes me feel good knowing how appreciated my work is. Thanks again : )
Now in response to a question made by a guest asking who do I relate to more? I have to say my answer is Dipper/Mason. I'd prefer not to go into detail about why that.
Just so you all know, from now on whenever I'm talking about either younger Mason or younger Soos, I'm just calling them by their names without the 'younger' part. When I talk about their future selves I'll still use future and older in their names. Though there will be a few exceptions the younger thing, which you will all be able to see.
Fallen Pine Trees
Chapter 17: Welcome to the Future Part 4
This was probably one of the worst days of Jesus "Soos" Alzamirano Ramirez's life. Which was ironic since he'd planned for this to be one of the best days of his life. But instead, it was, by far, one the worst. Today he'd expected two of his best friends to make amends to their shattered sibling bond, rebuilding it to its former glory; while also seeing his own future in the awesome version that he's always dreamed it would be, with himself married to Melody, having had seven children, and being a partner/co-owner of the Mystery Shack alongside his hero Stanford Pines.
And yet most of what he'd been hoping for did not happen: true he did become the owner of the Mystery Shack, but at what cost? Dipper and Mabel's relationship was completely, and utterly dead just like Mr. Pines apparently was.
Mr. Pines was dead. This was something that Soos had never believed to be possible. To him, Stanford had always appeared as a strong, fearless, unkillable man who could've outlived everyone. He'd seen the man fight zombies, pterodactyls, mean kids, annoying customers, angry mobs, psychics, government agents, a deranged animatronic baggers, even a giant cyborg shark, "that the last one was just from some fanfiction that Soos wrote about Stanford", and in the end, Stanford Pines had come out of all those fights as the victor. Though now, apparently, someone or something had taken down the unkillable man. Soos just could not believe it, despite the confirmation from his, and Dipper's future selves. Not even the giant gold statue of Stanford Pines, the one that stated the man's death, the one standing in front of Soos himself could make him believe otherwise.
"Soos? Soos Ramirez?" Wendy called out while snapping her fingers in front of Soos's face. Trying to snap him out of his trance.
Looking in front of him Soos could see the worried faces of Wendy, Mabel, younger and older Dipper, and his future self as they all stood around him.
After a few minutes of silence, Soos finally spoke up, "Hu…hu…how? How could he have died? I…I...it's impossible. What could have possibly done it?"
"Maybe we should go inside and discuss it," older Soos suggested who began leading the way into the Mystery Shack. Everyone else, (including younger Soos), followed suit, entering the Mystery Shack's gift shop.
The shack appeared to have remained relatively the same over the years with the only differences being a few new bits of merchandise around the shop, a poster behind the counter of Stanford, (in his usual business attire), saying "We put the 'fun' in 'NO REFUNDS!"
Also, standing next to the old vending machine, (still in the same spot that it's always been), was a young, man, (probably twelve or older), who strongly resembled younger Soos in terms of facial appearance, size and clothes, but with the exception of no hat; instead he wore a maroon bandanna with a gold question mark symbol, wrapped around short, (but still visible), light brown hair.
The gang, (especially Soos), were all shocked when they realized that this was Soos's son.
"Hey, dudes," Soos's son greeted, not shocked at all by what he was seeing.
"Just so you all know, after future Mason left the mansion with the others, Pacifica called the Mystery Shack and informed older Soos of the situation. Older Soos, in turn, told his son about what was going on so as to not shock him when their guests arrived."
The gang still remained in a state of shock till older Soos jumped in, "Everyone, this is Stanford Ramirez, my oldest child. You see…"
"Wait, wait, wait, wait, hold on a second," Mason interrupted. "You named your first son after Grunkle Stan?"
"I totally saw that coming," Wendy commented.
"Not just my first son," older Soos continued, "I named all my kids after your great uncle."
"YOU'VE GOT MORE?!" Mabel shirked loudly, which caused Mason, (both), and Wendy to cover their ears. "How many? And who's the mother?"
"Well, there's Stanford, (who you've already met), then there's Stanley, Stancio, Stanko, Stancliff, Stanbury, and Stana."
"Like I said, I totally saw this coming," Wendy restated, still unsurprised by how, in the future, Soos had a bunch of kids all named, (one way or the other), after their old boss. After all, if there was one thing you learned after working alongside Soos for three years, it's how the repair man's loyalty Stanford Pines was stronger than anyone else's loyalty to anyone or anything.
"All of whom were conceived by myself and my wife," old Soos shows the gold wedding ring on his right hand, "Melody Ramirez."
"I KNEW IT!" Mabel screamed. "I KNEW YOU TWO WERE MEANT FOR EACH OTHER!"
"Congrad's Soos. You're going to be a husband and a father." Wendy said while patting Soos on the back. "So where's the rest of your family?"
"Melody took the kids to visit some relatives in Portland. Well except for Stanford here, and Stanley," starts to whisper, "he's in juvie for stealing from Gnasty's. He's kind of following in Mr. Pines' footsteps."
"F.Y.I. Stanley Ramirez is ten years old, looks more like the male version of his mother, and thinks that being a criminal is awesome thanks to all the stories his dad told him about Stanford Pines."
Strangely, Mason and Mabel had no response to this new revelation, but Wendy had something to say, "Have to say I'm a little surprised that your son's a criminal. On the other hand, however, I'm not at all surprised to hear that your kids look up to Mr. Pines."
"He was an awesome man," Stan R pointed out.
"Just so you all know I'm referring to Soos's oldest son, Stanford Ramirez, by Stan R to not confuse people with Stanford Pines."
"Speaking of Grunkle Stan," Mason chimed in, "Could we um get to point where our future selves tell us how exactly did GRUNKLE STAN DIE!"
"Yeah I'm with Dipper dudes," agreed Soos. "I have to know how Mr. Pines died. As well as how Mabel is involved, which I don't believe is possible either."
"Humph, I can totally see how it could be true. After all, it's not the first time Mabel has killed people with her accursed silliness," Mason stated, referring to the extinction of the Vampire Skulls.
"HEY!" Mabel shouted. "I said I was sorry. Though from what Mermando told me, those vampires were evil and deserved to die. Besides, if I really did kill Grunkle Stan, then why do most of our relatives hate you and not me?"
"Ooh Burn!" Stan R said.
"Whatever. Mabel's always been the favourite in our family because she's always positive about everything. I, on the other hand, am open-minded, always preparing myself in case something goes wrong so that I can fix it." Mason said in defence. "Besides according to my future self I'm a renowned world explorer, scientist, and hero."
"He's right about that," Stan R commented. "My school curriculum has history and science classes that teach about everything Dr. Pines has discovered throughout his life."
Hearing this caused a big grin to form on Mason's face as he continued talking, "See future generations are learning about me in school. But what about you Mabel? What exactly have you done in the future that's worthwhile?"
"I'm the first known human in history, (outside of movies), to marry a merperson! I also own the most popular beauty salon in the sea!" Called out a voice, that was easily recognizable to three of the gift shops occupants, while the remaining occupants found it to be a little bit familiar, but also different at the same time.
Looking towards the gift shop's entrance, (where the voices had come from), the gang saw that the voice belonged to a tall, light-skinned woman with chocolate brown hair. The woman wore a sparkling aqua coloured sandals, along with a skirt made out of what appeared to be seashells, and a sweater, (the same colour as her sandals), with light blue, question marks all over it. The gang, without a doubt, could tell that this was, in fact, Mabel's future self.
Focusing her attention towards the past version of her former brother, future Mabel added in, "And I wasn't responsible for Grunkle Stan's death."
To be continued...
Once again another cliffhanger. But don't worry, the next chapter will explain my version of Weirdmageddon, and how Stanford Pines died; there may also be another or more, shocking revelation(s) that you're all probably wondering about.
Well, stay tuned. And once again, thanks for over 10,000 views : )
