The scent of a burning stove roses to Mabel's senses. She woke up realizing the warmth of the sun ray that's passing through her windows. She instantly sat down straight. So that was only a dream? Assuming that it was, she lets out a sigh of disappointment, only to be surprised on what she hears as a very familiar voice calls out from the bottom floor "Clay!? Can you get some stuff down at the store? We're kind of out on some stuff" she instantly realizes that voice. "Wendy?" she mutters to herself quietly. Another very much familiar voice then rang out, this time from a man "He's kinda busy right now, I'll go fetch the stuff!" followed by another voice, as if replying to the previous one. "I'll come along! You need someone to guide your way don't ya?" the whole conversation then ended with the sound of a shutting door.

That man's voice made her jump quickly as if her bed is jolted with electricity. With no care of what she's doing, she just shouts from her front bedroom door "Dipper!?" but she was replied by none other than Wendy who was sulking down at the couch "He just strolled out! Got a good sleep there sis?" Mabel then quickly ran down the stairs to find her redhead friend just about stood up from her relaxation spot, and with her usual cool and casual behavior, she waves "Hey-" her breath was cut short as a pair of refreshed arms slung out and within a matter of seconds, she found herself flat-backed against the couch as her feisty old friend gave her a huge hug out of excitement while squealing "Oooh my god Wendy… you have no idea how I've missed you!"

Wendy then manages to return the fruitful hug, and also manages to catch her breath "Missed you to buddy! You seem to do yourself just well for these four years…" Mabel then finally calms down from her exasperated emotions and sighs "Yeaah well… not seeing you all for the four years didn't do me any good either.." Wendy then looks back at her friend, and fiddles around with her finger, looking all anxious yet a glitter of excitement can be spotted in her eyes. "Well… guess it's really the time to break the news"

Mabel looked at her in curiosity "What is it?" Wendy place her hand under her chin, looking mysterious "Dipper wanted to break the news to you personally though, but.." she looks back towards Mabel's curious face "You know what, here!" she then shows a ring placed around her finger, Mabel instantly gawked at the sight of it "I-is that..?" Wendy gave a big grin "Kinda unexpected but, it's amazing that he actually pulled it on me" Mabel was still in need of assurance "D-Dipper?" Wendy gave her an obvious "Course it is dork-" and as the redhead had expected, her neck is once again crushed with a powerful squeeze as her squealing friend excitedly hugs her over the news. Mabel's eyes were full of tears of happiness "W-wow you guys... congratulations! But don't expect me to just step out of your whole wedding planning thing just because we just met again!" Wendy gives a small smile "That's... kinda part of the reason why we decided to head over here..." their whole conversation was then cut by someone entering through the kitchen door "Hey Wendy! where'd Dipper go?" Mabel also instantly recognizes the voice, Wendy replied to the call "He went out to fetch some groceries for later!"

"Alright the- Whoa!" apparently as Clay entered the living the room, he was instantly greeted with a soft hug from his best friends twin sister "Nice to see you too Mabel" he says as Mabel finishes her greeting her hug. With a huge grin slowly creeping to her face, she elbowed Clay playfully "So I heard that I soon can call you my cousin in law?" Clay perked up listening to that call, he took a look at Wendy to figure out what's actually going on "So I suppose that you've gotten the news haven't you?" Mabel's grin grew to record size "People just can't hold stuff for too long against me.. so what do you think?" Clay lifted an eyebrow "The house? It's pretty big for the two-" Mabel apparently wasn't asking about it "No dummy, I mean about the fact that your little cousin is about to marry your best friend!" Wendy rolls her eyes in expectant of how her cousin is always on the mushy stuff, but for once he manages to catch on "Oooh the marriage, yeah well..." he looked back to Wendy who gave him a rare and hopeful look. He smiled at it and turned back to Mabel "Pretty sure she's chosen the right one this time..." Wendy couldn't help but let loose a happy smile, Mabel herself could only gush at the answer "Aww, hear that Wendy? He's totally got your back!" Wendy shrugs her shoulders with a playful smile "Always has and always will.." she and her cousin then fist bumps each other in state of always sticking together.

They kept on chatting until Mabel realizes a few things "Hold on, just how did you all get free access to my house?" Clay puts on a confused look, and just answers casually "Well, we checked what stuff Gideon took from you. We got your cellphone, a few other stuff, and lastly a key with the label 'House' on it.." he watches as Mabel just thought about the house key she brought. He then continues "And after that, it's easy since you practically have like label's on every key there is!" Mabel just frowns listening to it "You know just how much I hate trying to remember those kinds of thingy" Clay just let's out a laugh, but then Mabel realized on more thing "Wait did Jenna went along with Dipper to the grocery store?" Wendy quickly replied "Yeah, I don't know the stores around so I got your friend to lead him-" the unlocking sound of the front door caught on to them. Signalling someone had come back from the grocery store, alongside with the signature sign of some plastic bags being carried over.

The young man and woman entered the living room to find the lanky redhead and her cousin standing in the living room "Sup dork?" in a somewhat distracting tone, but Dipper just shrugs it off and takes one look around the room "So I get that Mab-" his suddenly stops coming out as his vocal chords seemingly get's crushed from the back. He instantly gasps for air, judging from the grip, he knew instantly who it is "M-Mabel! Your.. k-kinda chocking me here..." Mabel continued her expression of excitement to see her twin brother again "Where have you been you stupid, overprotective, dork.." he just manages to choke out "Yeaah, about that- M-Mabel! Really your grip is killing me" as his twin sister strengthen her hug "Doesn't matter where you've been! Good to see you again bro bro!" as she releases her grip, Dipper gasps open for air "Y-yeah" he turned around with a weak smile "Great to see you again sis! Grip as hard as usual.." as he massages his slightly crushed throat, but nevertheless happy to see her all well and excited as usual.

Mabel was still smiling wide, Jenna then came to the room with a weird expression on her face. Mabel was confused of the look she is making "Jen? You all fine there?" Jenna continued walking forward and passed Dipper and approaches Clay, placing her face closer right in front of his. Clay was totally confused and a bit spooked by what the girl in front of him is doing. With his confusion he asks out "Uuuhh, can I help you, Jenna?" he was trying to recall any wrong doing that he has done, But it's barely even a day since I first met her..

Dipper can only look and for some reason, he puts a smile which shows Mabel that he had done something, and he is proud of it. "Okay spill it out Mr. Detective what did you tell her?" Dipper gave her a look, and only replies "Wait and see..." Mabel came back looking towards her best friend, Wendy herself couldn't tell what is happening "Uh dude? You okay there?" Jenna just sharpens her eyes into Clay's, which triggered a sliver of a memory from his mind, Now where had I seen that look before.. he continued looking into her eyes, until she just says a single word "Axy"

Clay's eyes widened at the sight of that word. Meanwhile Dipper flashes a smile that even her sister haven't seen for quiet a while (besides the fact that they haven't seen each other for four years), which signals to her that something great just happened. Meanwhile the man standing in front of her best friend can only gasps, and says "J-Jenny?" the girl in front of her rolls her eyes "It's Jenna, you big dumb slack!" Clay seems like he was about to have his eyes pop out of his skull "H-what? I haven't seen you for nearly..." he looked back towards her gleaming eyes, and let's a sorrow sigh "Eight years..." Jenna just sighs as well, and then shrugs her shoulders "Yeah well, I'm the only one who went out with mom... so it wasn't really your fault" but Clay still has a very heavy lingering guilt in his heart "I tried looking for you everywhere little sis..." Mabel's mouth dropped down to the floor, finding out that her best friend is apparently her sister-in-law's cousin's little sister, talk about confusing. She asks out to Dipper "He's been looking for her?" Dipper sighs and begins telling out the sad truth "Apparently the very first day me and Clay met, was the very first day he got separated from her.. exactly eight years ago.." Mabel can only let out a small sad "Oooh" Dipper then continued talking "At times I would kinda remind him to keep looking, when he seems like he was about to give up..." Mabe perked an eyebrow "Now why haven't he ever asked me about this?" she catches Dipper rolling his eyes "Well apparently, someone's been veeery busy with their "Summer Romances", so he didn't want to mix any more of your troubles" Mabel just let's out a sad frown, but Dipper quickly prevented it from getting worse "But he never really needed any extra help really... he's just kinda.. I don't know, stressed out I guess? But in anyways, it's no longer a problem" Mabel's frown disappears, but still has some lingering feel of guilt for never helping though it wasn't a task for her to do. But then, she was soon brought to realization that with knowing Jenna as Clay's little sister, who is Wendy's cousin. With Dipper marrying Wendy, Jenna would officially become her cousin-in-law. Talk about confusing...

As Mabel is still stuck thinking about it, Dipper gave her a slow elbow "Look at that..." she looked forward to find her two best friends embracing each other with a very deep hug as they reunite after years of not seeing each other. "I missed you soo much big brother.." letting a few sniffles run down his chest, Clay closes his eyes shut. Trying to absorb the magnitude of what just happened, and weakly answers back "Me too little sis... me too.." they then realized that they have a wide audience, and Clay just slowly slips out of the hug and awkwardly scratches the back of his head "Yeaaah, we got some things to straighten up here..." he was then surprise by a loud squeal by Mabel, who jumped up and threw her hands in the air, hitting Dipper square on the face, causing him to land flat on his back. "Oww.." Mabel looks down at the source of the groan, and quickly says "Sorry bro bro.. but my happiness is just too ecstatic! Holding it back would give me explosions!" Wendy came over to her fallen fiancee "You okay there dude?" meanwhile as the lanky redhead helps him back up. Mabel has gone chatting miles-away to Jenna, and Wendy had helped Dipper back to his feet. The man rubs the back of his head a bit wearily, Wendy just asks "Got any bruises?" Dipper just look back at her "Yeah I didn't fall that hard.." Wendy just laughs off and the two looked back to the very excited Mabel right in front of them. Dipper couldn't help but smile.

"Just like always..." Wendy look at him and puts up a sarcastic look "What you're expecting to change a single bit?" Dipper lets out a small laugh "Even if I did, I doubt it with every single logical mind that I have, and that is not small..." the two continued watching her talk, when suddenly the excited and bubbly twin turns around half-jumping towards them "Wendy! The three of us can plan the wedding together! That way we would make it extra special for everyone!" Wendy walks over to her and fist pumps the air "Yeah! It'll be the coolest ever dude!" the three continued chatting about the wedding while Clay and Dipper stood on the side watching, Dipper placed a hand on his best friends shoulder "Glad you finally found her..." Clay gives a grateful smile "Thanks buddy, props to you for always encouraging me to look for her.." Dipper shrugs his shoulders "Hey, no biggie.."

The both looked back towards the three excited woman, with a joking pose, Clay shouts out "The two of us will just stand by here and let you guys deal with it!" he instantly regrets saying that as the three of them stopped talking at instance and gave three pairs of sharp eyes right to them "No... we're getting you in to this!" Dipper and Clay were caught of guard by the statement, Clay was quick to file a complain "Look here, I never had organized a party befo-" he felt a tug at his shoulders, he looks to his right to see a distraught face of Dipper as he closes in and whispers "We did organize a party before.." Clay almost had no clue of what he is talking about "What do you me- Oooh..." Dipper gave him a shake of his head in defeat, he look towards Wendy, who had a sneaky grin stamped right at her face. Wendy spilled the beans "These two helped the Northwests two years ago when they planned a party with the theme "Paranormal" they weren't that good on it, but it's worth the shot"

Dipper just quivers "Ugh, thinking about it brings up quiet some ugly memories, they probably would never want to create another paranormal themed party again.." Mabel then shoots back "Considering what you did in the first visit, I'm quite surprised that they would ever invite you again to that thing!" Dipper just shook his head "Well it's those two freaky Northwest's we're talking about.." hearing that, Mabel takes a quick look around "Speaking of the Northwest's, where's Pacifica?" Clay clears his throat "Uhm, well right when we returned here, she got up first and said she should get back home, before her butlers calls the security.." Dipper puts up a confused eyebrow "Now when did that happened?" he tries to recall but he couldn't, but Clay just tells him "She left when you were setting up those barriers so that the demon guy wouldn't get to us" Dipper just lets out a small "Ooooh" then wanders about his the barriers "I wonder if those things are enough..."

Mabel then remembered of what Pacifica had stated when they first met again. She almost lets out a loud yelp in remembering the situation, luckily she manages to stop her intentions and clasps her mouth instantly. Dipper was the only one who noticed his twin's weird behavior, he walked over to her "What's the problem?" Mabel whispers as low as she could "Dip, I need to talk to you, privately..." Dipper looks at her eyes sharply, and finally caught on that she's very much serious. He turns to Clay "Hey Clay! How bout you check on the stocks? The office is right at the city!" Clay checks his watch "Well if it's gotta be on time, then it's gonna be now.. you coming along dude?" the young man looked back to Mabel, and says "I'll just stick around here.." Clay gives him a thumbs up, he then turns around to find his cousin and newly re-found little sister standing right in front of him."You know... I never knew what you went to work as... so I'm coming along!" Jenna exclaimed, while Wendy just gave him a look, and Clay just says "Not even gonna ask.." the two of them smiled and followed the man out of the doors.

"Have fun you all!" Mabel added as she waves goodbye, as the last to come out. Wendy waves a hand at them alongside with a smile and shuts the door. Mabel's expression grew still, Dipper then turns around to ask what the fuzz is about "Soo are you gonna tell me what's happe- Whoa!" he finds himself pushed down to the couch, with Mabel pacing back and forth nervously while slowly muttering "Okay let's see... how am I gonna put it.." Dipper looked up and felt weirded out of how she is behaving "Mabel, are you gonna tell me what's going on here? If not I'll be catching up with Clay.." she then stops her pacing. She heaves a very heavy sigh and says "Well... here goes nothing.." she inhales the oxygen around her that seemed to be her boost of confidence and just says "She has a crush on you!"

Dipper had no idea what she was talking about "If you mean by me and Wendy of-" she plants a wide face palm on her face "No no no no! NO! Not Wendy! Obviously you both liked each other!" Once again, Dipper had no clue "Then what is it that you're talking about?" Mabel gave herself a thought, Didn't want to hurt you bro, but I'm soooo sorry "It's Pacifica, Dipper!" her sense of guilt flushed all over her when she saw her brother's eyes went frozen stiff. She knew how bad Dipper could guilt himself over disappointing someone, let alone hurt anyone in the slightest. Especially when its something personally related to him. Mabel just took a seat right next to her brother, who could only plaster a distressed look while placing his hand over his face, while fading out with a groan "Oooh god..." she tried to get a comforting pat on his shoulders, but even she couldn't find reassuring words for him. All she could say was "Look, it wasn't your fault.." Dipper could only groan even more. She could tell that the guilt he's having at the moment was enough to eat his soul away.

"Guess its a week full of sorry from me..." Mabel tilted her head to the side, not understanding what he was talking about "Whaddaya mean?" Dipper can only let out a heavy and sad sigh "Early on this week I disappointed you and myself for never trying to talk out with each other, and within the process, Clay kinda got hard due to the fact I wasn't quiet trying... I brought back Gideon to your place and made him took your best friend away from you, now I'll get married whilst leaving Pacifica with questions unanswered.." he places both hands onto his face and says sadly "And now I'm marrying Wendy..." he let's out a sad chuckle "What on Earth-ly luck would brought her to me, a hyper-minded, crazed-out theorist, an all and all total mess of a guy.."

After all that emotion pouring, he ended up with a hard slap on his shoulders, making him look roughly towards his sister "Hey, what gives?" Mabel gave him a glare, yet still filled with care and emotion, she says with a choking voice "Take all of that back, RIGHT now!" Dipper rubs his possibly bruised shoulder, then turns upward "What are you talking about? It's really tru-" Mabel almost poked his eyes with her finger "NO! No one, not even yourself, can tell me that YOU! Dipper Pines, are a disappointment to people! And that thing that you said about marrying..." she sucks in all the tears that was about to overflow, and inhales deeply "You deserve her more than anyone else in this world! And she deserves you more than you know it... even Clay said it already! And as far as I know, he is the wisest, most respectable guy and I know his approval meant the best for you! So don't go blaming yourself over the mistakes you make. We all make mistakes! The best thing about you is that.. out of those mistakes, comes out the most incredible of things! You and Wendy are meant to be, and don't you ever dare question that!" Dipper doesn't seem all relieved, but he's sadness seems to fade away, bit by bit. "But what about Pacifica? I can't get married knowing that someone else is saddened by it.."

Mabel slowly placed a hand on Dipper's shoulder, shaking her head "Dipper, Dipper, Dipper... apparently my little bro have forgotten who he's dealing with.." Dipper felt a sense of something sneaky "I don't like where this is going.." Mabel grew into a big grin and lifts her fist into the air "Mabel, the expert matchmaker, NEVER has ended up with a disappointed customer!" her grin grew ever more larger, as Dipper lets out a small groan but his sad aura has disappeared. "Really Mabel? You almost destroyed Wendy's group that one time didn't you?" but Mabel wouldn't stop "Almost, amiright? At the end they unite again didn't they?" Dipper flails his arm in exasperation "But it was Thompson who devised the plan! Although it wasn't a smart one either..." he was then wrapped by the arms of his twin who tries to reassure him "Trust me Dipper! You wouldn't have to worry about it a single time in the marriage life, I'll get her a partner in no time!" as she was rambling on, she spotted something outside her window, and finds an opportunity to start planning "The Annual Summer Dance! That's where we will go!" Dipper got confused "The annual what now?"

She directs his face towards a poster outside the window "The L.A Commemoration Department does this yearly thing where everyone around is invited to dance and party as the celebration event for the best time of the year, which is summer! There'll be lots of people coming, and I bet I could get her hitched to at least one of 'em!" Dipper couldn't help but agree to Mabel's plan. After all, no one in this world deserves to be alone, especially someone like Pacifica. He then hears Mabel voice that is filled worry "The question is, who are we gonna tell her that you're no longer available.." Dipper felt uneasy, and scratches his arm "Uuuuh, I'm pretty sure that she already find that out..." Mabel looked back at her brother's anxiety filled eyes "How!?" Dipper then tells her the story that happened earlier on "You see, I was just finishing the barrier, and when I came back, she's already gone" Mabel sat down as Dipper continued talking "I asked Wendy where'd she go, and she says she left after complementing on her..." Mabel tied the strings alone "Ring..." Dipper heaved an uneasy sigh "Yeah.. Wendy must've told her that it was our engagement ring.." Mabel also sighs in sadness, but then quickly took her phone on the table "Gimme a sec.." Dipper watches as she started scribbling on the button pad. After she had finished her business, Dipper asks "Who did you text?" Mabel shot a look towards the phone "I asked Pacifica if she's going to the summer dance party" realizing her plan, Dipper just gave a nod and waits for a reply.

Meanwhile, in a dark room, yet filled with expensive furniture and a bright glowing desk. Pacifica sat there thinking of what to do, tears almost welling out of her eyes. "He's gonna get married.." she held a neatly-framed picture of Dipper Pines back in his thirteenth birthday, smiling happily as he is technically a teen at that date. Her moment was the interrupted by a text message from her friend, Mabel. "Wonder what is it.." she swiped her screen to find a message "Are you coming to the annual dance party?" she just replies with an obvious tone "Heck ya, never missed it since moving in!" she sends the message and placed her phone and the framed photo carefully back on to the table. She wonders to herself, Guess she wants to go as well... She continued thinking about her love life as she gazed emptily towards the ceiling.

The two were startled when the phone vibrates, giving the table a mad shake to it. Mabel quickly picked it up and made herself a note "Never putting the phone on the table if it's not silent" Dipper who couldn't take the suspense, just asks "What does she say?" Mabel hadn't even begin to unlock her phone "Easy tiger, I haven't even open it.." Dipper just went red wit his behavior "Sorry.. just kinda want it to go accordingly" Mabel then looked towards her message section and opens up the new message, and quickly fills herself with a wide grin "Jackpot! She's coming in to the party!" Dipper sighs in relief "Good, this plan better not fail... or I wouldn't be able to live with myself.." Mabel hugs him and just says "Don't worry bro-bro, the plan's not gonna work, it will work!" Dipper smiled at that seemingly forced statement, but quickly lifted looked to her "Awkward sibling hug?" Mabel tightens her hug "Awkward sibling hug.." Dipper then wrap his arms around her and the two says "Pat pat.." but finds their selves not stopping there, as Dipper says "Mystery Twins?" Mabel smiles even wider, and says affectionately "Mystery Twins bro, Mystery Twins.."

"Triangulum, entangulum. Meteforis Dominus Ventium. Meteforis Venetisarium!" Bill Cipher appears once again, with Gideon walking towards his table of plans. The triangle demon asks the vengeful kid playfully "How's the planning going kiddo?" in annoyance Gideon screams out "Aaargh this isn't good enough!" Gideon bangs the table hard, Bill just rolls his eyes at his client's stupidity "Chillax kid, that table didn't do nothing!" he playfully jokes. Gideon just pulls his hair out in frustration "I will get my revenge! No matter what it is needed!" he then furiously rechecks his notes as Bill only floats back relaxing. When Gideon pulled out a note, he immediately fills himself with pure evil "Yes! This is what I need!" he placed the note on a wall in front of him and reads out the page "Soul Harvest, a mystical machine that has the deadly ability of storing souls and using it to release ultimate power" he then spots a writing written in bright red "RETAIN FROM USING THIS MACHINE AT ALL COST" Gideon just gave a small smirk and turns back to Bill "Hey! You know where I can get this?" he showed the note to Bill and he just lazily replies "I can get it for you, although I have no clue what a weirdo like you, are gonna use it for.." Gideon explodes in rage "Silence you demon! You're here to follow my commands, not to object to it!" Bill rolls his eyes again "Yea sure whatever kiddo, I'll get it for you if you tell what is it part of your plan for!"

Gideon placed his hands together "Dipper always thinks that he's a hero or somethin.." Bill shortly cuts him off "Nope he doesn't, he just likes to help people, which I think is stupid yet to you humans it seems fine!" Gideon yelled back "SILENCE!" he had to take a deep breath before continuing "I'm gonna use this to se just how far will he take the "hero" role, the amount of souls that I suck in, in ransom for his! That way he'll be disconnected from reality and will no longer bother me! Ahahaha!" Bill just gave a disappointed sigh, knowing that it wouldn't happen. But he kept silence to see if it actually turns out to be successful "Kay then shortstack, I'll get that dumb machine of yours.." Gideon then smiles grimly "Good, now all I need is a place to extract the souls" Bill just says "You're gonna need a whole bunch of em' to convince me..." Gideon was pacing around until he finds a poster hanging on his walls, and rips it off "This should be more than enough!" he showed Bill the poster, he took a closer look "The Annual Summer Dance? What other silly thing is that?" Gideon just folds the poster "I don't care! All I know is that a lot of people comes in each and every year! The perfect setup for the machine!" Bill just waves his hand "Sure sure whatever you say, look here I have places to go, so I'll catch ya later!" he then disappears into thin air. Gideon laughs with an evil atmosphere "Hehe, the Dipper wouldn't know what would hit him..."

Or so he thought...

Chapter 8! God I manage to break through my sickness. A quick insight, the notes Gideon has were the ones he noted from the Journal #2 but not pages from it. Basically Ford had kept number 1 and 2, while 3 is with Dipper. This story would keep on continuing as long as the "Complete" note hasn't been placed! So expect for chapters to come! Thanks for the dear readers that have been willing to read, follow, and favorite it! Helps me alot for motivation! C ya next chapter then guys, Bye!