Hey, guys! Sorry about the chapter length. I was pushed for time, and I just wanted to leave you guys with a cliffhanger. ANYway, pleasepleaseplease review! I want feedback! I want ideas! I want possible romance situations!

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Chapter 13

Dipper was so focused on what was outside the window that he barely even noticed that the ball hit him in the face this time.

"Jeez, Dipper!" Jake retracted his tail and jumped off Mabel's bed. "You ok?"

"Depends," he replied, pointing.

Jake looked out the window as well. His jaw dropped, and both boys screamed in unison.

"Wha-" Jake asked as they charged to the guest room.

"No idea," Dipper panted. "Just hurry!"

Dipper burst into the room. "Mabel! Spud! Come with us! Now!"

Mabel looked up from the computer screen. "Aw, what? We were just getting to the good part! Spud was showing me this awesome Disney Channel crossover fanfiction!"

"Not now!" Jake surged forward, grabbed Spud by the ear, and dragged him out. Dipper did the same with Mabel.

When they reached the stair landing, Jake pushed Spud down the stairs and ran back to the room.

"Where are you going?" Dipper asked impatiently.

"No time to explain!" he called back. "Just tell Haley to get her dragon butt up here! Tell her something about wind chimes!"

Dipper was skeptical, but he shrugged and continued dragging Mabel downstairs into the gift shop.

"Dipper!" Mabel kicked to get away. "What are you doing?"

"I'll explain later!" he shouted back. "Just trust me!"

She went silent, and Dipper knew he'd called her bluff.

Dipper was about to walk into the gift shop when he heard the voices of two people he really didn't want in there at the moment.

"Look, either buy something or get out," said someone Dipper recognized as Wendy.

Then he heard the other voice, and he almost screamed in fury.

"I'm not leaving until that idiot Dipper gets what he deserves."

Pacifica.

Dipper waited no longer. He poked his head through the stall door and saw the four girls.

"Haley," he called. When she looked at him, he said, "Jake said something about wind chi-"

Before he could finish, she dove past him into the living room, 'dragoned up,' and flew upstairs into the guest room.

Wendy scratched her head. "What was that about?"

"No time to explain," he repeated. Despite every bone in his body telling him not to, he fully walked into the gift shop.

"Tourist attraction," Dipper said when Wendy raised an eyebrow. He turned to Pacifica. "Get out, cowgirl."

She wasted no time running out the door, yelling, "Freaks!"

Once she was gone, Wendy looked from the door to Dipper. "It's not a tourist attraction, is it?"

He sighed. "No. But that's not important right now! Come with me! Trixie! You too!"

He took her hand and ran through the door, Trixie in hot pursuit. "We have major problems right now."

"You're telling me," she responded, staring at his tail.

"Not that!" He ordered Mabel and Spud to come back upstairs, and they followed him and Wendy. They reached the door to the guest room. "Jake! Can we come in?"

When they heard him say yes, the five kids ran in and shut the door.

"What is going on?" Wendy demanded. "Someone please explain!"

Dipper glanced at Jake and Haley, who nodded. He took a deep breath, then explained everything to Wendy in the SparkNotes version. When he was done, Wendy nodded. "Yeah, seems legit. So why are we here?"

"This," Haley said, propping open a suitcase, "is why we're here."

In the suitcase were thirty wind chimes that seemed to glow.

"These are magic wind chimes," Jake explained. "They're enchanted to protect from outside magic forces."

Dipper crossed the room to the window. "And given the circumstances," he said, looking down at the yard, "we're going to need them."

He spoke the truth. Because outside the Mystery Shack was just about everything Dipper and Mabel had survived through, and they didn't look happy. There was an exact replica of the Gobblewonker. There were the ghosts from the convenience store. Even the wax figures were somehow reanimated and looked ready for bloodshed.

"Ok, here's the plan." Jake handed everyone a wind chime. "We hang these outside in different places on the Shack. Normally, one chime would be enough, but this is far from normal, so we can't take any chances. And just to be safe, everyone has to wear one around their neck." He inhaled. "Wow. That was a mouthful. Everything clear?"

"As crystal."

Dipper looked at Jake, who seemed as dumbstruck as he was. Who had said that?

"Oh, yes," said Pacifica Northwest, standing in the threshold of the guest room, hands on her hips. "This is just perfect."

Huh? Huh? Wind chimes? AD:JL Season 1 Episode 4? Anyone?

*clears throat*

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