So this is Stan's memories huh? I looked around for a bit. There were some memories that are absolutely disgusting... that I wished I didn't see. Though there are some interesting ones.
One of the doors I opened showed Stan in prison. It was a weird one, well if it's Stan I would guess that he already went to prison at least once, but the people that were in prison along with him were speaking Spanish. Did he really go to prison in other countries?
I opened another door. It was at the gift shop. No one was there, so I thought that was it. I readily closed it, but before I could close it halfway, Stan appeared he had a lantern in hand. He approached the vending machine. Was he going to take a snack or somethin'?
He pushed the Second, First, Third, Fifth, and then Sixth button in that order. The vending machine moved to reveal a secret passage. "If only people knew the truth..." He whispered to himself.
"Whoa... That is so cool!" They have a secret passage? I closed the door. This was getting more and more interesting... Stan.. he has secrets that he's not telling... What is he really planning..?
There was one door that intrigued me the most. It was the most ominous-looking door out of every door I've seen on Stan's memories. A sign read 'Secret Memories' and below it was the words 'KEEP OUT'. Is this a good idea to look here...?
I was giving it second thoughts. I mean... it's for the sake of the Mystery Shack! We have to find the code first...
I opened the door. Behind it was a hallway with more doors. I really am getting sick of these doors. I entered the hallway and opened the door- the scenery was at the beach. There were two people. They weren't wearing shirts, only jeans.
They were working on a half-broken boat. The one with the glasses took a paintbrush and wrote on the boat 'Stan o War' "I dub thee Stan o' War." he says proudly.
The other one stands up and looks over the ocean. "One of these days, Stanford and Stanley are going sail away from this dumb town! We will become an unstoppable team of adventurers!"
The one with the glasses approaches his 'brother?', "You really mean it?"
He smiles at his brother, "High six?"
"High six!" They high fived- or high six- to reveal that.. the kid with the glasses has six fingers.
I closed the door. This was already way enough information. All kinds of questions flooded my mind. Stan had a brother? Where is he now? Why does that six fingers look so familiar? I stayed there for a minute or two. Just thinking and processing the information I got. I remembered. The journal. If one of those kids is Stan then the other one is his brother...
Is the author.. Stan's Brother..?
He really was keeping secrets. For probably good reasons..
I looked over the hallway again. Just near the end of the hallway. There was the vending machine. Would this work...? I approached it. "Do I really need to know more?" I give it some more thought. I take a deep breath before punching in the code.
The vending machine slowly moved- smoke comes out and engulfs the area. I close my eyes for a moment and cough because of the smoke.
"What do you even do in here?" I voice said. I opened my eyes to see- I would guess Stan and his brother. The one with the jacket sounded like Stan- his voice didn't change at all.. The other one with the coat is his brother I would suspect.
"I research about the weirdness of this town, but now I built- this." They enter the room. I couldn't see it properly because I was so far away. I tried to take a closer look- but accidentally went inside. I fell to the floor from surprise. I look towards them- they didn't seem to notice me.
"And who is that guy?" Stan asked his brother. I could hear them but I couldn't see who they were talking about from this side of the room.
"Don't worry about him. He's my.. Friend."
I collect myself and approach the door frame. I looked over to what they were talking about. It was some sort of upside-down triangle with a circle inside. There were symbols outlining the circle. It felt like I've seen this before...
"It's a trans-universal gateway, a punched hole through a weak spot in our dimension. I created it to unlock the mysteries of the universe. But it could just as easily be harnessed for terrible destruction." He explains.
I honestly stopped listening and looked over to their left- there was a guy. I remember him. From my dreams.. He was wearing a blue sweater with an eye in the middle and black polo underneath and black pants. He had the same blue hair and he had an eyepatch on the left side and his right eye was blue. He was also turned around from me so I couldn't properly look at his appearance. He was just watching the two brothers. Now that I can see him closer- He seems... rather familiar to me.. I just- don't know why...
Before I knew it the brothers were fighting already. They were pushing each other and Stan took the... Journal? They shoved each other and Stan's brother pushed him towards the room I was in- I turned to hide in one of the walls and they didn't notice me. They accidentally turned on some switches and the machine turned on.
"Stanford?" The guy from before tried to warn-.. who I assumed was Stan's brother. But.. I thought that Stanford was Stan... So.. 'Grunkle Stan' his name is Stanley- and his brother's name is Stanford..? Quite confusing.
The warning didn't work- they were too busy fighting over the Journal, "You left me behind, you jerk! It was supposed to be us forever, you ruined my life!" Stan said both with sadness and anger.
"You ruined your own life!" he replies and pulls on the Journal and accidentally kicks the side of the control panel which had a symbol which was extremely hot. "Stanley! Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry! Are you alr-"
Before he could finish his sentence Stan punched him, and he starts backing up towards the other room again and falls over on the lever. The frame-like portal starts whirring and it opens up. The brothers were still fighting. I'd like to help them.. but this is only a memory...
Stan approaches his brother holding his shoulder from pain. "Some brother you turned out to be." He said anger in his voice. "You care more about your dumb mysteries than your family? Well, then YOU CAN HAVE 'EM." He shoves his brother back with the book. Stanford starts floating towards the portal, "Whoa, whoa, hey, what's going on? Hey, hey, Stanford-"
"Stanley! Stanley, help me!"
"Oh, no, what do I do?!"
"Stanley! Stanley! Do something! STANLEY!" In a last attempt to do something, Stanford throws the book at Stan before being submerged in the portal.
The other guy with us in the room started to run to the portal, "Wait for me!" He said as he jumped towards the portal. After that, the portal closes.
"Stanford, come back! I-I DIDN'T MEAN IT!" he tries to open the portal again with the lever. "I just got him back! I can't lose him again! Ah, come on! STANFORD!" he falls to the grounds on his knees.
I enter the room, accidentally making some noises.
He turns to me, "Huh?" He looks confused for a moment, "Oh it's you kid.. So you saw that?" Wait what... Now I'm the one that looks confused, "Don't worry this is just my subconsciousness."
"Oh, I see.." An awkward silence came for a moment, "Sorry about your brother." I said breaking the silence.
"I-it's fine.. Look kid..-" Before he could finish We both hear some loud noises far away. With Bill's maniacal laugh being heard from here.
"I forgot about them! I have to help them," I turn to leave.
He puts his hands on my shoulder before I could leave, "Then let's talk another time, I won't remember this since this is in my memories- but I have a favor to ask.. Talk to me when you get the chance and I'll explain."
I nod at him and I quickly left. Please be safe...
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William
"Finally here it is!" After walking and walking around for minutes I finally found them. They were on top of this giant head of Stan. It's-.. It's in the sky... "How am I supposed to get up there?"
I hear Bill's screams from way up there. "AH! Oh my eye! AAH!"
"Are they beating Bill? I gotta get up there." Then I remembered, "I forgot this is in the mind!" I try to concentrate and try to think of flying. Soon enough it happened. My body was surrounded by blue fire and I started to fly towards them.
I arrive up- they still didn't notice that I was there. Bill was glowing red this time- something tells me he's angry, "No, no, no! ENOUGH!" The sky. Everything disappeared. The surroundings turned to white. "You know, I'm impressed with you guys. You're a lot more clever than you look. Especially the fat one."
I walk towards them and they all turn to me. "Oh it's you," he said bluntly. "Too bad you're already late to the party!"he looks at me for a split second, his eye looking through me again, feels like I'm gonna see him soon... "So I'm gonna let you kids off the hook. You might come in handy later. BUT KNOW THIS: A darkness approaches. A day will come in the future when everything you care about will change!" Symbols started to surround him and he says, "Until then I'll be watching you! I'LL BE WATCHING YOU..." He disappears as his voice echoes.
"So... What did I miss?" I asked them.
"W-We... Defeated Bill!" Dipper exclaims.
"With kittens!" The other twin excitedly and proudly says. "Where did you go- we couldn't find you earlier?"
"Well, I-.." Before I could finish my sentence, we started to flicker.
"Stan must be waking up," Dipper says as he looks at his arm. We all started to slowly disappear.
...
"AH!" We all screamed and stood up. I look around, seeing a familiar face. We were back in Shack and Stan was waking up from our scream.
"We did it!" Mabel celebrates.
"What? Did what? What are you all doing here?"
The shack started to shake.
I fell in the floor from the shock, "Whoa..."
"Hey, do you guys feel...?-" before he could finish his sentence. The wall behind the sofa exploded- we recoiled back as we all fall to the floor.
An annoying voice sprung up from the hole in the wall. "Oh, I'm sorry, Pines family. Did I wake you?" Gideon...
"B-But.. we defeated Bill," Dipper says as he tries to stand up.
"Bill failed me! So I switched to plan B: dynamite!"
"What? Bill? Who? What are you guys talking about?"
He brings out a paper. "Spoiler alert, Stanford! I've got the deed!The Mystery Shack belongs to me! So get out of my property! Daddy? Bring it around the front."
"This-... This is bad.."
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Episode End
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Chapter End