The Overlord that came from Gravity Falls
...
I OWN AND REGRET NOTHING!
...III...
I THANK AND OWE GOD EVERYTHING!
...III...
They say evil always finds a way...
...
"Dipper! Don't do this! PLEASE!"
...
But what is evil?
...
"I appreciate you being so patient with me Gnarl, I know you want me to just get out there and be an Overlord already..."
...
Where dose evil end and justice begin?
...
"It's quite all right my lord, vengeance I both understand...and respect."
...
Where dose pragmatism start and evil end?
...
"The fact a nice bit of kin-slaying is involved makes it all the more gloriously bloody of a spectacle..."
...
And who decides the difference between the lot?
...
"Dipper! I'm sorry! It wasn't supposed to be like this!"
...
God?
...
"The fact your doing it all for the sinful delicious reason of resurrecting a potential mistress is just a bonus. You cheeky devil you!"
...
The church?
...
"Once again, I apologize that even this great act of evil will only be able to empower the tower to revive ONE of the girls..."
...
The government?
...
"But as you know the tower is in a wicked state...it took what little power we had left just to revive YOU."
...
Your parents?
...
"And your uh...'soon-to-be-excommunicated' sibling was already alive, hog-tied and gift wrapped at our door alongside you and the girls corpses by a strange man with no face...and a red herring with a rabid weasel wearing clown makeup for some reason..."
...
Your loved one's?
...
"Not sure what to make of that last bit, I won't lie..."
...
You?
...
Dipper said nothing, he continued to ignore his 'sister's' pleading as he rechecked his ruin work, making sure his calculations were right...
...
Or maybe just the person with the biggest stick?
...
"So which girl will it be? I'm partial to The red head, she looks feisty! On the other hand, the little blonde one has a refined dignity about her...but then the Purple one...she looks up for ANYTHING, if you catch my drift?"
...
Dose anyone know?
...
"I was thinking...ALL of them." Said Dipper as he skewered the sacrificial dagger through both his and Mable's heart in one strike!
...
I certainly don't.
...
Gnarl gaped in shocked disbelief as his lord promptly killed himself, which caused the tower to fill with unstable energy! A selfishly evil sacrifice AND a SELFLESS good sacrifice at the same TIME? In the same ritual? Both Bound together through a twin bond of all things while using the overlord bond to spread this chain reaction throughout the tower!? ...that was insane! they were all going to die! What possible...
...
But one thing IS certain...
...
And then he saw it...the runes were redirecting the massive influx of energy...ALL the girls were starting to twitch...and so was the tower...
...
What happens next?
...
"You never intended to be the Overlord...you just tricked me and used the tower for an improvised ritual to resurrect your mistresses...and so much more..." Said Gnarl with a hint of begrudged resignation...yet mixed with amused respect as he also smirked...
...
It'd going to be a mess!
...
"Well played..." Said the elder minion as his form evaporated...
BOOM!
...
Wendy had a headache...this was Worse then Tambry's last New Years eve party! She quickly tried to take stock of where she was and how much bail would cost...she was filthy, dirty, covered in what she HOPED was just her vomit...and the smell of ash was in the air...
'Am I at the pizza palace again? No! Focus! Wendy...take stock...what's the last thing you remember...?'
She quickly went through it all...Bill appearing...Weirdmagedon...all her loved one's enslaved...her town ruined...reuniting with Dipper...kicking Gideon's ass...that weird bubble...Mableland...Mable trying to 'bribe' them to accept the fantasy...and it falling FLAT...
...
"Mable! My family is in danger! I don't have time for silly pranks with 'friends' who I know are illusions because I literally saw the real version get snatched away by giant eyeballs! Who I also need to save!" Demands Wendy as she kicked over the fake friends annoyed.
"Yeah, and putting aside the fact that my Abuelita is a chair and Mr Pine's needs me...Mable, YOU and Dipper were the one's who taught me that even family is a two way street and if my dad can't do his part, he's not worth the effort! You were there! There was time travel and everything!...do you really not remember this?" Asked Soos baffled.
Mable just looked at them dumbstruck.
"Be gentle with me mistress..."
Everyone looked over in shock as a flustered Pacifica is approached by a clone of Dipper kneeling in front of her in a GIMP outfit...presenting a whip to her?!
"WHAT THE FRAK?!"
Screamed a mortified Pacifica as she kicks the clone so hard it shatters to dust-
...
'Wait, Pacifica was there? When?' Wendy thinks to herself confused, she quickly goes back over her memories a second time...
'Okay...town goes to hell...friends captured...forced to rely on survival skills...made to wander the hellhole our town became for a couple days...narrowly avoid getting eaten...Toby not so lucky...continue alone...Meet Dipper...and...oh...'
Wendy blushed...
She and Dipper slept together...
With Weirdmagedon all around them...all their loved one's maybe killed or worse...society collapsing around them...the possibility of them DYING soon...the whole 'age' thing no longer really seemed to matter...
Why shouldn't she spend the last day of her life in the company of someone she loved?
Still...kinda weird she got over that so fast...
Why did she...oh, wait...
That Roadtrip 'revenge'...originally she'd tried to get out of it...but she blew it the last second and was forced to go by Stan...
but surprisingly...as it turns out...that was a GOOD thing...
...
Wendy grumbled as she packed the RV, she'd been so close to ducking out early! But Tambry sent that one stupid text at the WORST time, Stan heard it and caught her! Now she was stuck on this stupid trip for the next several days.
Well, could be worse she supposed...at least she'd be spending time with her friends...
And that's when she walks in on Mable accidentally dumping Dipper's private box all over everything.
Having apparently not noticed Wendy they began chastising him for his secret 'stash'...all the while Wendy looked on amused...then annoyed.
"Two words bro: Move on." Said Mable simply as she began to walk away.
Wendy blinked for a second surprised, "Wait, hold on. That's it? That's your advice?" She exclaimed. Stunned, everyone turned around and noticed the red-head for the first time.
Dipper buried his face in his hat embarrassed.
"Okay, first of all. Mable, what are you doing with Dipper's private belongings in the first place? Learn to respect his privacy already!"
Mable faltered, "I was-
"Secondly, to answer you question Dipper...you don't really have control over when and where you STOP having feelings for someone...it sucks, but all you can really do is ride it out to it's conclusion, I'm sorry man." She said sympathetically as Dipper just looked more downcast...
She then turns to the other two angrily, "And frankly, it's none of your business how he handles it!"
"But...it's just really annoying that he hasn't gotten over it." Said Mable exasperated.
Wendy glared at her, "I'm sorry, I didn't realize the world revolved around YOU. So is that it, then? Dipper's feelings are unimportant as long as it inconveniences YOU?!" She snapped back annoyed.
Mable blanched as if smacked across the face, "What!? No- I didn't mean- She groaned, "Look, Dipper has all those photos of you stashed away, isn't that creepy to you?" She asked confused.
Wendy rolled her eyes, "Well considering I'm smiling and posing for each one of those pictures that I clearly ALLOWED Dipper to take, I don't really have a leg to complain with what he dose afterward!" Before Mable could say anything else-
"Furthermore, a girl who collects hundreds of photos AND HAIR of everyone- permission be fracked! - to put in her scrapbook AND has a model city where she has personalized doll version of her friends shipped together however she wants isn't exactly in a position to declare someone else creepy!"
Mable blushed horrified, "WENDY! I SHOWED YOU THAT IN CONFIDENCE!" She screamed.
But Wendy was on a roll, "And finally...you two aren't really in any position to give relationship advice. Mable you only really started dating recently and they all floundered before anything could really happen-
"Ah, you had to bring that up!" Groaned Mable as she remembers all her failed crushes...
"And Soos- she sighs as she tries to be as nice about this as possible -look buddy, I'm happy for you and Melody. REALLY, I am...but let's be honest, you got CRAZY lucky with her. Between your terrible social skills and GIFFANY it was a miracle she didn't run away screaming."
"Your words are cruel but fair Corduroy." Admitted Soos somberly..
The two, now properly chastened, Walk away in shame...
Wendy looks back and sees a depressed Dipper put away the pictures of her...
Wendy frowns at that, she meant what she said at the bunker. Dipper was a great guy and a great friend, head and shoulders above all the dimensional wads she'd made the mistake of giving a chance to... Really if he'd only been a bit older...
Wendy shook the blush off her face, "Anyway, I'm going to do something about this! Don't worry buddy, I'm going to help you find a girl!" She thinks to herself as she helps her friend pack for what was going to be a very interesting road trip...
...
Stan had a fairly good idea to raise Dipper's confidence...but Wendy tweaked it a bit...they would mostly focus on Dipper improving his social skills and getting NEW friends into his- rather limited -social group...
Things went very well, Dipper made several new friends...GIRL friends at that! Things got a little weird when Mable suddenly forced Candy onto Dipper...but she seemed nice enough...so she figured why not give her a chance...?
And then things quickly fell apart, suddenly Dipper found himself surrounded by all the girls, with them yelling and accusing him of being a cheater and a horrible person!
Well Wendy wasn't going to stand for that!
...
"ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?!" All yelling ground to a halt as a furious Wendy stormed onto the scene.
She points toward Candy, "Okay, FIRST of all. I heard about the crap you and Mable pulled on Grenda during the Northwests party, so you haven't a leg to stand on when it comes to backstabbing people you dang hypocrite!"
Candy blanched, and Grenda found herself contemplative...
"And in addition to that Mable you might've toned it down a bit but at the beginning of the summer you were literally flirting with with every guy around!"
"That's...different." Defended Mable awkwardly...
"What? When it's a girl, it's played for laughs. but when it's a boy it's taken seriously?" She asked seriously
"Well...I wouldn't put it quite like that..." Mable trailed off flustered...
But a pissed off Wendy was on a roll now.
"All Dipper did was follow Stan's advice to the letter! Advice- which by the way ISN'T bad. -Quite the opposite! It was excellent! Dipper's a guy guy lacking experience in social interaction. Talking to several people at the same time will help his non-existent social skills-
"What?!"
"I'm sorry Dipper, your a great guy, but it's true. But thanks to this, hopefully when you WANT something more serious, you'll know how to get it!"
"but it's Grunkle Stan's advice!" Retorts Mable, baffled at how this all derailed so quickly...
That was the WRONG thing to say.
"SERIOUSLY?!", her scream practically bowled Mable over.
"What dose it coming from Stan have to do with it? Good advice is good advice! And even if it was bad advice, well at least he TRIED to help his family. What's your excuse!?"
"Excuse me?" Asked a still very bewildered Mable as she again found herself wondering how this whole thing got so cray-cray...
"Need I remind you this all started with YOU? YOUR the one who violated Dipper's privacy and personal belongings, YOUR the one who butted into his personal matters, your the one who gave him the half-assed advice of 'just move on'...and then you just toddled off without a second glance! Seriously, you know how BAD Dipper is at this-
"Hey, come on!"
"-Yet you just walked away, leaving your own flesh and blood flopping around in the dark blindly without ANY help whatsoever!"
"Ah, come on! I was enjoying the attractions and pranks! And the whole thing with him not getting over you was so annoying...", Defended Mable...poorly...
"Wait, so you just abandoned Dipper just because you wanted to have fun and because you put YOUR needs over his? , said...NOT Wendy much to everyone's surprise. Candy actually beat her too it for once...asked in a very shocked voice...not really sure what to make of her friend all of a sudden...
"Come to think of it...if Candy hadn't asked for Mable's help to do this...she probably wouldn't have done anything about it..." Admitted Grenda out loud thoughtfully...
Wendy pinched the bridge of her nose, "Seriously Mable, what is this? Y'know after the whole thing with the bunker, you said you had a list of girls to hook Dipper up with, And while I'm sure that you attempting to do so would've been a disaster-
"HEY!" Shouts Mable
-but at least you would've TRIED to help out your brother! But you DIDN'T, you never even brought it up again! What the heck?!"
"I- you- Wha- I forgot, okay! It's been a busy summer, What do you want from me!?"
"You weren't too busy to 'help' Stan, Robbie, or me...", pointed out Candy in a reluctant half whisper...she didn't really want to...but...Wendy was making some very good points...especially about her...looking back...Dipper did look...'uncomfortable' when she was being... 'aggressive' toward him...in hindisght that should've been a red flag about him not doing anything with the other girls...
Wendy nodded and continued before Mable could round on Candy, "SEE! This isn't the first time you've done this! I mean, I'll give you a pass with Stan since he's your family. But Robbie? He treated your brother like crap! You help him with his love life but not your brother? Why?! Just WHY?! And don't think I don't know about you essentially roofing him and MY BEST FRIEND!"
At that point there was a loud creak, they look around to see the three attraction girls trying to slink away...
"Oh, no! Your not leaving yet! Your not innocent in this either!", Exclaimed Wendy as she marched toward them.
"First of all, your reaction here was ridiculous! You are all girls- No, TOURISTS -who are on a road trip, who spoke with a guy they'd just met. You found it adorable, you GAVE him your phone numbers and/or email to keep in touch, so you clearly knew you weren't going to see each other again in person...but then you ostracize him just because he TALKED to another girl?"
"Of course!", Said Mable in her best 'duh' voice.
CRACK!
Everyone looked at the crater in the wall made by a pissed Wendy's fist in terror...
Mable wisely shut up...
Wendy again turns back to the girls, For crying out loud, you he only talked to you all for- at most! -only a few minutes! Yet your acting like he promised you heaven, but then left you all pregnant and bankrupt!"
"I mean what did Dipper say to you that had ANY indication that he wanted something MORE then friendship?" Wendy demanded.
Emma Sue winched, clearly not used to having an older girl take her to task...especially when she was making a LOT of good points...
"Well...he was...nice to me...made me laugh...we had a good time together...", she trailed off...when she said out loud, it did seem kinda lame...
Wendy groaned, "Let me guess...no experience outside watching romantic comedies?"
The three girls just blushed and shuffled awkwardly.
Wendy just shakes her head in disbelief, "You treated what Dipper did as a terrible abuser when it was not even a simple mistake!"
"Seriously, what was up with this? Did you think giving a number to a boy is some kind of sacred marriage vow or something?", she exclaims exasperated.
Thankfully, Candy was able to act quickly to cover Mable's mouth before a resounding 'yes' erupted from her...whatever concerns she might have for Mable's conduct she still didn't want to see her tooth separated from her mouth...
Wendy glared at all of them, "What is wrong with all of you!? Dipper did not need this! He's already had a pretty crappy summer! And not just the heartbreak!All sorts of crazy shit! I'm not ashamed to admit, he's heck'a braver then me! Compared to him I'm freaking side-character! I talk big about adventuring, but there have been times I've actively avoid anything dangerous or strenuous while he goes at it full-boar! Hell, the guy has literally saved my life! He's a freaking hero!"
Dipper's eyes widen at this, his heart filling with happiness over Wendy's words...
"You girls would be lucky just to have a guy like Dipper as a friend! Most guys his age just obsess over poptarts or Pokemon, he actually cares about girls! Not just what he can get from us, but genuinely making us happy! To the point of ruining his own happiness! Which, admittedly is a problem inofitself, but the point is he's awesome!"
"Geez, girl! Sounds like YOU should be dating him." Said Grenda with a smirk.
Wendy blushed at that, "What? I-
And that's when Dipper got a call from Stan...and things went off the rails from there...so in other words business as usual for the Mystery Shack gang...
...One Spider Stomping later...
"Unbelievable, she's murdered thousands...yet she tries to play the victim? I wished she'd had more limbs to rip off!" Snarled a pissed off Wendy as Dipper tried to help clean off all the spider guts from her and her axe...
"Uh...so, I'm sorry I gotta ask, how did you all end up at this one stop at that time? It just...it seems like a weird happenstance that you only see happen in crappy cartoons or poorly written fanfiction..." Asked Candy of the three girls.
Emma Sue- trying VERY hard to cope with the fact of having nearly died at the fangs of a spider monster -sighs, "It's actually not as weird as you think...were all sisters", she explains gesturing to her sisters Maize and Ivy...who were also in states of shock trying to cope with what happened...
Candy blinked as she gave the girls and their... 'differences' a once-over. "Uh..."
"OUR MOTHER HAD AN ACTIVE SOCIAL LIFE, OKAY?!", Screamed all three HALF-sisters a once...
Candy jumped back in shock, "Okay, sorry!", She reassured quickly.
Emma sighed, "No, were sorry...were still trying to wrap our heads around everything that just happened...we were completely useless! But you, Dipper and Wendy...you just handled yourselves like pro's!" She exclaimed with amazement along with the others...
Candy blushed, then rubbed the back of her head nervously... "Thanks...but all I did was help everyone escape and set the trap...Dipper and Wendy were the one's who finished the beast off...THEIR the power couple here...", she says that last part wishfully...
It's at that point, Dipper comes up to them. "Hey, listen girls...I know things got crazy back there...but the fact is I DID have a great time with you before...any chance we can just forget all that and just start over? Just be friends and see where things go from there?"
The girls happily agreed and apologize again to Dipper for how they treated him...
Dipper! This spider guts is everywhere! And it smells disgusting! I'm going to need you to peel my clothes off,burn them then scrub me down!"
Dipper flustered, "Uh...Wendy? Won't that mean you'll, uh...
"Yes, I'll be NAKED in front of you! Relax Dipper, it's that exact gentleman attitude that makes you the only person here I trust enough to do this! Now get over here, this gunk is RANK!"
Dipper goes red...but nevertheless obeys...
There is a silent moment...
"The Redhead's totally going to nail him first, isn't she?", asked Maize finally in resignation.
"Yeah, but to be fair we had our chance and blew it", said Candy with equal resignation.
...
'Ah...so that's when I first started to consider giving Dipper a chance..Weirdmagedon just gave me an excuse...'
But even if that hadn't been the case, Wendy was still glad she went. If she hadn't, who knew how lousy the trip could've gone?
Speaking of those girls...she thinks she sees them out of the corner of her eye? Oh, yeah! They'd been intrigued by Gravity Falls after all the stories Dipper told them about it, so they'd somehow convinced their parents to stay there for the rest of the summer...
But she was getting off track...when Did Pacifica...? Oh! She remembers now...
...
Dipper blushes underneath the covers... "Wow...uh...did we just...?"
"Yeah...we did...DAWM...gotta say Dipper, your 'nail' maybe tiny but your 'hammer' more then makes up for it...", teased Wendy playfully...
All the while deeply regretting not getting more involved with the whole 'the whole world may end soon thanks to Bill' thing sooner, she'd...well for one thing she'd have stolen/burned a lot more stuff- society be fraked -and tried to help kick Bill's butt more proactively...but also she'd have said 'frack it, he's the best guy I know, let's fuck.' sooner...Carpe Diem and all that...
"Great, your done, thank you so much for letting me see that ALL night...NOW WILL YOU GET ME DOWN FROM HERE!?"
The two look away from each other and up to the ceiling to see a very pissed off- and secretly flustered -Pacifica being webbed up there...
Turns out she'd gotten separated from her mom in the confusion, ran into the mall and got webbed by a mailbox/spider thing...before it got attacked and eaten by a flying kazoo/burger thing...which SOMEHOW ended with her stuck on the ceiling. Not having anything else to do, she soon fell asleep...
Only to be woken up by Wendy and Dipper 'marking their territory below her...they were so focused on each other they hadn't seen her and they were so 'loud' they hadn't heard her screams...
...well that and Pacifica eventually stopped to...'observe'...
In any case, the two flustered lovers were quick to try and get her down...
Sadly, it was soon revealed, that while her skin was fine, the majority of the webs were on her clothes...
So they'd have to slowly cut off the webbing to keep from slicing-
ROAR!
And that's when the CHUDDS found them...
"Okay, we gotta go! Looks like you need to swallow your pride Blondie! Dipper, be ready to catch her!", Shouts Wendy as she brings out her axe-
"What?! No! Don't you dare-
SLICE!
Dipper had no time to react to the now naked blonde girl that now fell on him, they just ran!
A flustered Dipper carried an equally mortified Pacifica as they ran from the swirling sea of inhuman fangs behind them...
Wendy shouting out he's '2-2' did NOT help matters...
Thankfully, they escaped...unfortunately, the best they could for clothes for Pacifica was a ratty sack cloth...Pacifica at first refused...then Wendy teased burning it so she can be naked with Dipper...
"Give me the dawm sack.", said a flustered Pacifica immediately...
...
When they still raised a fuss, the Mableland citizens arrested them and put them on trial, Mable insists her hands were tied and she 'didn't make the rules'...right in front of a tapestry showing her LITERALLY writing the rules AND a jury of Mable clones! Seriously, what the heck!?
Dipper tried to make an impassioned argument for Mable to accept reality...TRIED being the operative word...
...
"Why didn't you defend him?" Pacifica asked abruptly interrupting Dipper's speech.
Mabel looks at her confused. "...say what now?"
Dipper just looked annoyed at being cut off,"Uh, guys? Were kinda getting off topic-
"Why didn't you defend Dipper from all the people making fun of him during Valentine Day? Dipper risked humiliation with you by shaving his head for you... You on the other hand WAITED to cheer him up, AFTER he'd been ridiculed and publicly mocked and run off where no one could see you two and thus no risk to your own school reputation. So what exactly did you give up there?" Pacifica- as a former alpha bitch -could smell some potential social manipulation BS from a mile away...and this was reeking of it...
Dipper- who been about to tell Pacifica to knock it off...suddenly fell silent... that...he'd been too dazzled by the heartwarming moment to think that...but that was actually a good point now that someone pointed it out...
"Hey...she's right! Why didn't you stand up for him? You say you have his back but you don't hardly do anything," Asked Wendy suddenly, now equally thoughtful. Now VERY glad Pacifica had pointed that out...
Mabel again very confused by this abrupt change in tone and topic. "Wha... I.. I don't know! I needed time to make the valentine for Dipper... look, give me a break! I was freaking 8! I can't think of everything!"
And things just keep going downhill form there...
Again, Dipper TRIED to get things back on track to appeal to Mable and their love for each other...but Pacifica kept poking holes in his arguments!
Which Wendy found herself quickly being grateful for! She was making a lot of good points!Wendy was now glad they'd brought her along, Wendy wasn't as ruthlessly analytical as her and she respected family love almost as much as Dipper!
If it had been just her here she probably never would've spotted the issues on Mable's side of things... Worse, even if she HAD she might not have been able to bring herself to interrupt such a tender, heartwarming moment...
Pacifica, however was essentially raised to be a heartless heiress that finds and exploit any weakness she can get her hands on. And if there was ever proof that 'family needed to love each other above all else' could be BS...you need look no further then her 'loving' parents...
she was good at it, she found soon found herself joining in to help her! Especially during Dipper claiming his wish to stay in Gravity Falls was a 'living in a fantasy', how could she be silent in front of THAT BS?!
"WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT DIPPER?!" Shouts Wendy abruptly, "For the love of...you'd be spending time doing what you love, surrounded by friends who care about you- unlike at your 'home' in Piedmont! For crying out loud, who doesn't give an elementary kid valentines!? Isn't that shit supposed to be mandatory?! Where' the teachers?! -with an adult that not only supports his dreams- unlike Mable who just seems to mock and ridicule your dreams despite constant evidence that the supernatural are real- but who can show him how to use that dream to give himself bright future! How is that 'living in a fantasy?' Sounds like a dream job to me!"
Dipper groaned as his 'defense' was once more shattered by his well-meaning friends...
"Okay, look guys... I'm not saying your wrong and while you have made some good points, this isn't the time for this!" He shouted in frustrated, no longer caring who heard him. "This place is a trap made by BILL! Whatever other issues me or Mable may or may not have, we can resolve it later! Right now I need to get her out of here! Bill tricked Mable into here after stealing the rift from her, so who knows-
"Stole? Tricked? What are you talking about? Queen Mable GAVE the rift to Bill willingly!", Said Judge Kitty Kitty Meow Meow Face-Shwartstein suddenly.
You could hear a pin drop...
"what." Said Dipper flatly in a very unnervingly tranquil manner...
"Uh, just ignore him! He doesn't know what he's talking about! In fact, I think it's time you go now!" Said a suddenly VERY nervous Mable as she quickly clapped her hands to banish him...only for it to not work?
The judge licked himself, "Sorry my dear, but when it comes to keeping to Mableland WHOLE...I outrank you." He snaps his claw, "Xyler! Craz! Bring out exhibit Periwinkle!"
Mable went very pale, "Periwinkle? There's no Periwinkle! The evidence only went up to Indigo!"
"The evidence YOU knew about, yes." Said the judge flatly as the 'radical' boys turned on the screen...showing her and... Blendin?!
"NO! TURN IT OFF! TURN IT OFF! DIPPY FRESH! DO SOMETHING!"
Dippy Fresh did an ollie-
"DO SOMETHING USEFUL!", She screamed as she tried to tear down the screen-
CLANK!
-only to suddenly find herself chained to the witness stand?
"NO! DIPPER! PLEASE! IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK!"
But Dipper wasn't listening...he just...WATCHED...
So...yeah...things kinda went downhill from there...
...
CRACK!
Wendy had to pause from this memory to punch something, pissed off at Mable's betrayal...she regrets ever standing up for her...
'Celestabellebethabelle you may have been a lying con artist...but I apologize for doubting you...you had her number from day one...
It was then she noticed an equally frazzled Tambry helping up Candy and Grenda...she goes to help out...all the while remembering what happened next...
...
"But Dipper! Bill tricked you too-
"Are you SERIOUSLY comparing trading a PUPPET- which would have mildly inconvenienced you at BEST -with trapping everyone you loved in a never ending time-LOOP for the rest of our lives?!" Screamed a now furious Dipper...
"Yeah, forget Bill! Even if that deal with Blendin had been on the up and up...trapping everyone in a time loop? Never being allowed to do anything else? To be trapped doing the same summer over and over?! Forever trapped in the same age and doing the same things?! Did you seriously think we'd be okay with you trapping us, our family, our friends our TOWN in that hell!?" Said an equally pissed off Wendy.
"Well, I-
"And that's assuming Blendin didn't just blow us all to kingdom come! For crying out loud, that klutz can barely work a camouflage suit! HE'S the one you trusted our lives with!?", pointed out a just as enraged Pacifica.
Before Mable can recover, Dipper is back on the attack!
"You unbelievable Mable, I tell you about me having a great opportunity...and this is how you respond?", Said Dipper full of shame and revulsion toward the person he once loved more then anything...
"But...what about me?"
"IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT YOU!", Screamed everyone else bowling her over.
Emboldened by the support of his TRUE friends, Dipper gains the courage to yell again...every word tasting like dirt in his mouth...his eyes hot with tears as she feels his heart break a little as with each vowel he severed what he once saw as a deep, meaningful bond...
But not all bonds are healthy...
"Throughout the summer I've done nothing but sacrifice for you! And for the first time I had FINALLY found something that makes ME happy! That'll make sure that I have a future! WHY CAN'T YOU JUST BE HAPPY FOR ME FOR ONCE!?"
Mable was aghast, "Dipper, why can't we just be happy together-
Dipper snorted, "HA! that's a good one! You've been nothing but an annoying burden!"
And for their own good...no matter how much it hurts...
Mable gaped, hurt. But Dipper wasn't done.
He ticked off his fingers-
"You choose a PIG that you knew for a day over Wendy's- a friend you'd known for WEEKS -health!"
"And not too soon after me SACRIFICING MY CHANCES WITH WENDY AND ALLOWING HER TO BE INJURED you have to nerve to mock- MOCK! Me for my height- Something you KNEW I was sensitive about...frack your 'you've always been better at everything else' excuse, I SHOULD'VE PUNCHED YOU IN THE FACE FOR THAT YOU UNGRATEFUL, SPOILED BRAT! I SHOULD'VE LET MA AND PA GHOST KILL YOU!"
They NEED to be broken...
Mable gasped!
But Dipper wasn't done-
"And then you nearly got me and Wendy killed in the bunker because she couldn't but out of my private life and couldn't take Dipper seriously to save my life! I admit, I should've just told Wendy the truth, but you have to take your half of the blame! If the fact that they we were in creepy bunker straight from a horror movie wasn't a tip off that you needed to take things seriously for the firs time in your life, THEN THE SCREAMING METAL DEATH TRAP THAT NEARLY KILLED US SHOULD HAVE BEEN!" He screamed.
Mable finally rallied behind the tears, "B-but Dipper! I came through for you during the puppet show-
"First of all, that really only cancels out you breaking all your promises to me and getting us in that situation in the first place." Interrupted Dipper firmly. "And any good will you could've accumulated from that...you killed it during the unicorn fiasco!"
Mable blanched at that, "Wha- But Dipper, I got the hair-
"Yeah, AFTER you learned that 'princes' Celeste-whatever was a fraud! We needed that hair to protect ourselves from Bill, but you put your pride and you wish to have a 'pure of heart' over everyone's safety! OVER YOUR FAMILY'S SAFETY!"
Dipper glared, "I know that Bill was going to throw me off the water tower for laughs! I know you know that too! Would it have killed you take a threat like that more seriously!?"
Mable twiddled her thumbs together... "I bought you a dozen ice cream sandwiches after that." She added weakly.
Dipper threw up his hands and head in mock jubilation, "Oh, Hallelujah our problems are solved! I got ice cream sandwiches! Hey, maybe when Bill is done using my spine as a jump rope he can eat them and maybe get some mild indigestion!" He snarked sarcastically.
Dipper glared at her, "This is it Mable...this is what I want to do with my life, I'm finally in place where I have FRIENDS, I'm finally in a place where I have people who will support me, For the first time ever...I'm truly happy-
"You were happy with me!" Snapped Mable.
Dipper frowned...but nodded, "Your right...I was...but now I've found happiness outside of you, it's time for me to live my own life, my own way, find my own happiness-
"Dang it Dipper, your 12! Why you sounding so old-
"Maybe, I WANT to sound old!" Shouted Dipper finally having enough of Mable's crap, "I'm so sick and tired of being mocked and punished for wanting to grow up 'too soon'- Well frack all of you! This Summer I fought Demons, monsters, robots, and elder gods! I'M MY OWN PERSON, THIS MAKES MY HAPPY, AND I'M GOING TO LIVE MY OWN LIFE!"
For better or for worst...
He turns to the judge, "Your honor we forfeit, YOU WIN. If your queen wants to spend the rest of her life in a fantasy world she clearly loves more then the rest of humanity, who are we to argue? Don't bother throwing us out, we were just leaving..."
The past was behind them...
He brushes away his tears as he and everyone else turns around and leaves without giving Mable a second look...
Now they could only go FORWARD...
"NO! Wait! DIPPER! PLEASE COME BACK!"
But they were already gone...
Mable fell to her knees...and sobbed...
"YEAH! WE WON! WHO WANTS A VICTORY ICE CREAM!?" Shouts Dippy Fresh as he hands Mable some ice cream sandwiches-
CRACK!
Mable responded by promptly snapping his neck...
...
After they left the bubble, things happened fast...they eventually found the shack...rallied the survivors and began an all out assault/rescue mission on Bill's Fearamid...
While they transformed the Shack into a battle mech...
Mable showed up...
She came broken, battered and bloodied...she tells them how shortly after they left, Bill showed up furious his trap had failed to keep them...and destroyed it and thrashed her severely...and how she barely escaped...
They tried to throw her out...but Dipper stopped them...
It was clear that no matter what she did, or how angry he was at her...he still clearly loved his sister...or at the very least he couldn't bare to see her in this state...
So he convinced the others to let her in...thankfully, he wasn't stupid about it, he insisted she not have any part of anything important...and just be kept to the sidelines...
Much to Stan's despair...this obviously brought up bad memories for him...but they had not time for that, they had a world to save!
When the time was right, they assaulted, they defeated Bill's minions and the moment Bill got involved the rescue team snuck inside to save Ford...and that's where everything fell apart...
Not only did Bill almost immediately find the 'achilles heel' of the mech, bringing it down almost immediately...but he also had some extra minions waiting in the throne room to ambush them...
...
Squick
Am I screaming...?
No...Dipper is screaming...
Wait, is that Soos? what happened to his head, I...
Why am I so dizzy...?
Why is Stan on the floor...?
No...I'm on the floor?
I...oh...is that a hole in my chest?
Funny...Dipper made it sound more silly...
...
Wendy remembered...that's how she died...that's how they ALL died...
So why was she back?
Actually, strike that...WHERE were they?
Thinks all the girls as they look around at what appears to be the some kind of gothic, medieval castle...that was LONG past it's expiration date...
"You all kept telling me to just cast her out..."
They all looked up to see Dipper! ...wearing nothing but a loincloth, what?
"That Bill had to had a reason for diverting so much resources to trap her..."
They all looked around and saw...ANOTHER LOINCLOTH-CLAD DIPPER?! What the heck!?
"That with the survival of the entire world at stake, this was no time for family love or any of that cutesy stuff..."
And that...YEP, yet another nearly naked Dipper...
"It would be so easy for me to just blame Grunkle Stan- may he rest in peace -for all his pleading and begging for me to give her another chance..."
Yet another- okay, you get the idea...
"But who am I kidding? For all she'd done, for all the death and destruction her selfishness brought about...she was still my sister...and no matter how hard I tried...I could ONLY remember the happier, simpler times...I was blinded by my love for her...and that love allowed her to sell us all out to Bill...and for that, I'm sorry...
All the now dozens of 'manly' Dipper's bowed their heads in shame at the girls...
"Uh, huh. Um, okay, that's great and all Dipper but maybe we can focus on WHY ARE WE NOT DEAD, WHERE ARE, WHY THE FREAK ARE THERE SO MANY OF YOU AND WHY ARE YOU NEARLY NAKED?!", Shouted Pacifica. Succinctly mirroring everyone else's thoughts...
Dipper sighed, "Okay, come upstairs. I'll explain everything up there."
"You better! I'm so done with all this crap! And please get me some REAL clothes! regardless of what's happened, I'm still an heiress! Something worthy of both dignity and respect!"
Said Pacifica as she sauntered forward, not realizing her sackcloth had snagged on some the debris-
RIP!
And that's how Pacifica found herself and her 'table' exposed for all to see...
How everyone realized that despite the Dipper's own 'shortcoming', their loincloths made his reaction from this sight VERY clear...
And how the girls- minus a flustered and nude Pacifica -had their first laugh in what felt like forever...
...III...
TO BE CONTINUED?
AN: Want me to continue this? I'm willing to take Bribes! Go to my Ko-Fi account!
Love me, flame me, review me