Stan, Dipper and Mabel were watching a contest show on T.V. and Stan was enjoying it. Then Soos came in.
- "Mr. Pines! We got tourists at 9 o'clock! A whole bus load of them!" -
Stan looked by the window and confirmed what Soos said. "Holy Moly! That's a Jackpot! Soos! Make some new attractions!" -He ordered him and Soos went to put some stuffed animals' parts together with glue. - "Wendy! Mark up those prices! The higher the better!" -Wendy sighed and took a marker to change prices to the souvenirs. - "Higher! Bleed them dry!"-
- "Geez gruncle Stan! It's like you look at tourists and see big wallets with legs." -Dipper said, worried for Stan.
- "That's not true." -Stan shrugged it off and looked by the window to see some people going to the Shack, and indeed, he looked at people as big wallets with legs. He rubbed his eyes and gave an order to Dipper. - "Clean up on the front lawn!" -Dipper sighed.
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It was a pretty normal day at the Mystery Shack, Stan was giving a tour to some visitors, showing them his fake attractions.
- "Ladies and gentletourists! Looking around my Mystery Shack, you'll see many wondrous roadside attractions. BE AMAZED! At the only one known photo of a horse, riding another horse… That's… That's pretty cool." -
People smiled and took photos of it. Stan kept going with the tour, he led the group to a curtain and opened it while saying. - "Be astound! By the horrible preteen wolf boy!" -
Dipper felt so embarrassed, wearing the furry pants, fake wolf tail, teeth and ears, he was shirtless. - "Look at him! Oh, that hair! His body is changing! AAAHHH!" -
Dipper took out the fake teeth to talk. - "Gruncle Stan, this is demining." -
- "WHAT?! I don't know… the meaning of that word." -Stan answered him and laughed, along the visitors. - "If you throw money at him, he dances." -Stan said to the tourists and they took bills and coins and threw them at Dipper, who started to make a silly dance. Stan caught money with a jar. Meanwhile, Mabel was in charge of the souvenirs store.
- "Behold! Mystery Shack bumper stickers! You can stick it on your bumper or… Over your husband's mouth! Am I right ladies?! She knows what I'm talking about!" -She promoted the product and joked about it with a lady.
- "Hahahaha! You are bad! How much?" -The lady asked her.
- "Hey! It's on the house. That's the Mabel difference. Thanks for visiting" -Mabel gave her the bumper for free.
Stan saw that and got angry. - "WHAT?! What the heck do you think you're doing?!" -He went to her.
- "Business! Ching! Ching! Ching!" -Mabel played with the cash register, and Stan turned her around to look at her.
- "Listen kid. You don't make money by giving stuff away. You're out of register duty." -
- "But… But…" -
- "No buts except yours out the door. Now shut your yap and get to work." -Stan pushed her away.
- "Gruncle Stan, whatever happened to please and thank you? Hmm… Oh wait, here they are!" -Mabel took a stickers bag and put both stickers on Stan's face.
He took them out and got rid of them. - "Please never made me any money kid. In fact, just saying the word is giving me a… burning sensation.
Dipper came in still wearing the wolf costume. - "Gruncle Stan, why do I have to wear this wolf's costume? I think I'm getting hookworm." -He scratched his leg.
- "Ha! Yeah! Wearing dog hair on your body would do that." -
- "All we do is faking exhibits in the Shack. Meanwhile I've seen actual amazing things in the forest every day. What if we hunt down a real attraction instead of lying to people for a living?" -Dipper said while taking off the wolf ears.
- "And you should be nicer to your employes too!" -Mabel added and she and Dipper high-fived.
- "Look. You guys have a problem with how I run the Shack? Take it to the complaints department! ZING! Haha!" -Stan said and handed them a trash bin.
- "I'm going to write them such a letter." -Mabel took a piece of paper and started to write, covering it. Dipper rolled his eyes while trying to take off the pants.
Right at that moment, Pacifica got into the store. - "Hi guys!" -She greeted them happily and when she noticed Dipper's outfit, she just blushed when noticed he was shirtless.
- "Hey, Pacifica." -Both twins greeted her, Dipper didn't mind being shirtless, until he noticed Pacifica's eyes on him.
- "Oh! Right!" -He went to get his shirt on.
- "What happened?" -Pacifica asked Mabel once Dipper was out.
- "Nothing. Gruncle Stan made him work as the preteen wolf boy and made him wear a werewolf outfit." -Mabel explained. - "Bumper sticker?" -she offered her one.
- "No, thank you." -Pacifica was fooling around, looking at the souvenirs, many of them related to Ladybug, Black Cat and Queen Bee.
Then, Dipper came back fully dressed. - "Sorry guys." -He apologized. - "So, what's up Pacifica?" -
- "Nothing much. I just want to hang out with you." -She smiled at them and they smiled back.
- "Don't get too comfortable you two. I want you to paint the Shack's sign later." -Stan ruined the mood. The twins groaned.
- "Sorry Paz. It seems that we can't hang out today." -Mabel told her and she nodded.
- "I can wait. I have the whole day ahead." -She smiled.
Later that day, Wendy, Soos, Dipper and Mabel were at the roof, painting the Shack's sign with bright shiny pink paint, while Stan yelled orders to them and Pacifica just watched from behind.
- "And don't stop until you cover that sign with glitter! Glittery signs attract tourists, also large birds." -Right then, an eagle attacked Soos. - "Hehe! That's funny." -
- "Mr. Pines. I don't think you're treating your employees fairly." -Pacifica said.
- "Mind your own business kid." -Stan ignored her and she got angry.
Meanwhile, at the roof, the kids were having a talk.
- "Ok, is it just me, or is having Gruncle Stan as a boss seriously the worst?" -Dipper asked them.
- "I know right! Why don't we put up with it?" -Wendy agreed.
- "I tried to give him a suggestion to improve the Shack once. I said that I could be like 'the Mystery Shack mask guy. Questiony the question mark. I'll ask people questions, you know, do the question dance." -Soos explained and showed them a sketch of his concept.
- "That sounds amazing!" -Mabel cheered.
- "Sounds cool." -Wendy followed her.
- "Yeah! Totally!" -Dipper followed her too.
- "Yeah, well. Stan said I couldn't handle it." -Soos said disappointed.
- "HE SAID WHAT?!" -Mabel was really pissed.
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Stan was at the souvenirs shop entrance, saying good bye to the tourists that were leaving. - "And remember folks, we put the FUN in NO REFUND!" -He went back into the Shack. - "SUCKERS!" -He said to himself and got scared when Mabel called him.
- "You!" -She said menacingly. - "Guncle Stan! You've gone too far this time! Did you seriously tell Soos not to follow his hopes and dreams because he couldn't handle it?" -
- "Look kid, let me break it down for you. Being a boss is about commanding respect. If you give people everything they ask for, they'll walk over you." -Stan explained her.
- "No way! I bet you'd make way more money being nice than being a big grumpy grump to everyone all the time." - They argued.
- "HA! You think you know more about business than I do? You think you could wear this hat?!" -
- "Yeah! 'Cuase I'd get people respect! And glitter stickers." -She took a star shaped sticker and pasted it on her face.
- "HA! I'd make more money on vacation than you were running this place!" -Stan made fun of her.
- "And why don't you go on vacation?" -
- "interesting! All right! I'm a matured man. Three days. Seventy-two hours. You run the Shack and I go on vacation. If you make more money than me, I guess I'll admit you're right about the way I run my business. BUT! If you lose. Uh, yeah! You'll have to wear this loser shirt all summer, haha!" -
- "Fine! But if I win, I'd get to be the boss for the rest of the summer, plus you gotta sing an apologizing song, with lyrics by me! Mabel." -
- "Oho! You've got yourself a deal missy!" -
- "No! You've got YOURSELF a deal!" -
- "Deal!" -
- "Deal!" -
- "DEAL!" -
- "DEAL!"-She dared him again and then, put a heart shaped sticker on his nose. - "Deal." -
After that, Stan packaged some clothes and put his luggage in his car's trunk. - "See you in seventy-two hours. Haha! We'll see who makes more money." -He told her and threw her his hat, got into his car and left laughing.
Mabel got the hat on her head, but it was too big for her and covered her eyes. She lifted it up to see Stan leaving.
- "Mabel, did you just make a bet with a professional conman?" -Dipper asked her worried.
- "Oh! Come on! Being a better boss than Stan will be a sinch! Profit! Here we come!" -She said and dropped the money jar.
- "You broke the jar." -Pacifica said.
- "We're getting a new one." -
- "I guess we shouldn't be too worried. I mean how much money can Stan even make on vacation?" -
Stan went straight to the cash wheel studio.
- "Can I help you sir?" -A studio worker asked him.
- "I'm here to take all the cash from your Wheel." -Stan said confidently.
Back into the Shack, Mabel called the staff for a special meeting.
- "You wanted to see us Mr. Pines?" -Soos said getting into the boss's office, followed by Dipper and Wendy, who dragged Pacifica with her, pulling her by her hand.
- "But I don't work here." -Pacifica claimed embarrassed for being there.
- "Don't worry about it. This will be fun." -Wendy said.
Mabel turned her chair around to see them, she was wearing a suit. - "Stan is no longer with us." -She announced.
- "He's dead! NO! It should've been me!" -Soos yelled and fell on his knees to cry.
- "Wow Soos! Stan's not dead, he's on vacation for three days. We made a bet." -Mabel explained him.
- "Thank you for that clarification." -Soos got up embarrassed.
- "Mabel is in charge now!" -Mabel said happily.
- "Are those shoulder pads?" -Pacifica asked her.
- "Aha! It's just one of the many up today manager changes I learned about from this book I found popping on the kitchen table." -She showed them a management book from 1983 and took a sip from her #2 boss mug.
- "Why does your mug say #2?" -Dipper asked her.
- "Because the real #1… Is you." -She said and put a mirror in front of them, making them smile. - "Walk with me." -She started to walk and they followed her. - "With me as boss, you can notice that a few changes around here. My job is to help you to be your best 'S.E.L.V.E.S.' Satisfied. Everyday. Loving life. Very much. Everyday. Satisfied. Great listening here so far!" -Mabel put stickers on everyone's faces. - "Waddles, hold my calls." -Mabel ordered the pig.
Mabel took a chair and looked at her friends. - "All right people, now wrap with me! Wendy, how can I make your workspace more Wendy-friendly?" -
- "Hmm… well, Stan never let me hang out with friends at work." -Wendy told her.
- "Stan ain't here sister! Door's open!" -Mabel said happily.
After a few seconds of astonishment, Wendy smiled and gave two thumps up. - "Sweet!" -
- "And Soos, I believe this is yours." -She handed him a giant question mark.
- "Questiony the question mark?! I wish there was an exclamation point to show how excited I am!" -
- "As for you Dipper." -She took the wolf costume and he cringed while Pacifica giggled. Then, Mabel put the costume in a shredder, and while it was destroyed, Mabel said. - "Die Wolf costume, DIE! I want you to head into those woods and don't come back until you find an amazing attraction." -She ordered him.
- "Finally! Time to show Stan how a real mystery hunter does it!" -Dipper took his journal, took a spiked iron ball and left by the window. - "Dipper out!" -
- "What about you Pacifica?" -Mabel asked her happily.
- "I don't work here!" -She answered hastily.
- "What?" -Mabel asked her.
- "I don't work here Mabel." -
- "I know, I just wanted to know if you'd like to stay with me and hang out while we work?" -
- "Like… what I do every day I come here?" -Pacifica asked her sarcastically.
Mabel rolled her eyes. - "Yes… That seems right, but now, Stan isn't here." -She smiled at her.
Pacifica considered it and nodded at her, both girls held hands and went to the souvenirs' store.
- "Ok guys, it's time to prove that nice bosses finish first. In the next 48 hours we're gonna fill up this jar with six hundred billion dollars!" -Mabel yelled and she and Soos high fived.
- "Wait. Do you know how money works?" -Wendy asked her.
- "Of course! Waddles, go down to the shop and grab me a latte." -Mabel gave a buck to the pig and it ate it. - "Ohohoho! He's a hungry little guy." -Mabel gave it another buck to eat.
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Dipper walked with the spiked iron ball until he was far enough of the Shack, he dropped it on the floor.
- "Ok Plagg, time to get serious." -He took his hat, fixed his hair and put it back on. Then he took his journal to look for a big and scary monster to hunt, but not too big to not get into the Shack, while Plagg came out of below Dipper's shirt.
- "Are you sure this is a good idea Dip? I mean, most creatures in this forest aren't kidding." -Plagg said while flying beside Dipper.
- "Come on Plagg, I know that any creature here will make a great attraction at the Shack." -Dipper said while flipping pages in the journal.
- "If that's the case, let's go get a gnome. One isn't a big deal." -
Are you nuts?! If we get one, other one thousand will come to his aid. And one thousand gnomes ARE a big deal." -
- "Yeah! I know, but still…" -Plagg tried to protest but Dipper interrupted him.
- "LOOK! Here's a blown-minding one! And according to the journal, his habitat is pretty close! Let's go!" -Dipper shut the journal and started to run.
- "But… But…" -Plagg stuttered.
They ran to a clear valley and started to trace the creature, Plagg sniffed the air, tried to hear and looked around for the monster. They stood on a big rock. - "Hmmm… If I were a mixture between a goblin and a gremlin monster as big as a truck living in the middle of a forest, where would I hide myself from strangers?" -Dipper wondered and then the floor below him started to tremble. - "Whoa! An earthquake?!" -He wondered again and the rock started to get up. Dipper jumped off the rock and stood face to face with a big green monster with red eyes that roared at him, scaring the kid. - "AAAHHH! P… P… PLAGG! C… CL… CLAWS! Duuuhh." -He tried to summon his powers but the creature looked at him straight in the eyes and Dipper was mesmerized by them.
Then, he was surrounded by darkness and he heard Stan's voice. 'You failed!' - "What?" - 'You failed us', Mabel's voice. - "W… What's going on?" - He backed off. 'How could you fail that bad?' Wendy's voice. - "Where are you guys?" - 'Dude! Not even I can fail that bad!", Soos' voice. - "What are you talking about?" -Dipper was getting desperate. Then, Stan came into his view thanks to a spotlight. - "Sigh… I knew you were a waste of time, a failure. I should have got rid of you earlier." -Stan said seriously.
- "W… What?" -Dipper was at the edge of tears.
Then, all his family and friends got spotlights too. They surrounded him, looking at him angrily, he backed off a few steps and bumped into someone, he turned around to meet face to face with Pacifica. - "Pathetic! You're a loser. I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU EVER AGAIN!" -She pushed him away and he fell off a cliff. He hit the bottom hard, he got up and when he looked in front of him, two spotlights were over two dead bodies, he went to them, step by step, gulping when he was close enough to recognize them. - "LADYBUG! QUEEN BEE! NO!" -He pulled them to him and got his hands stained with their blood, both girls were beaten to death, had their arms and legs broken, cuts all over their faces and bodies, which left big pools and trails of blood when he pulled them to him, he hugged them and cried freely over them. - "no! no! no! NNNOOO!" -He yelled from the bottom of his lungs. He heard a mad laughter behind and turned around to look how a giant shiny yellow triangle was killing his sister by piercing her body with his hand, she spat a lot of blood and looked at Dipper again. - "Pathetic loser!" -She said before falling to the floor, dying there. Dipper saw that, behind Mabel, were everyone he knew at Gravity Falls, his uncle, Soos, Wendy, the Northwest family, and people he has met at the town, all of them dead.
The big triangle turned to him, his big yellow eye piercing his being with his look. - "WHAT DO YOU WANT?!" - Dipper asked in rage.
- "Soon enough, you'll know." -The monster approached him.
- "WHO ARE YOU?!" -
- "Oh! We haven't met yet. Just give it some time." -he approached even more.
- "WHAT'S GOING ON?!" -
- "You can't foresee what happened so long ago, neither you can remember what will soon happen." -The monster was about to attack him. - "Now, die yesterday, and fight me tomorrow." -The monster attacked him.
- "CLAWS ON!" -Dipper yelled from the bottom of his lungs and stopped the monster's attack with his hands. - "CATACLYSM!" -He yelled as soon as he held the monster's hand and caused a giant explosion that turned everything white under a blinding light.
For an instant, Dipper felt at peace, - "Am I… dead?" -He wondered. He opened his eyes and could see something at the distance, it was a painting over a wall, the monster triangle was in the center, surrounded by circles and ten paintings resembling many things, like a shooting star, a bag of ice and a pine tree. Then, he saw ten tiny creatures floating in front of the painting, each one over an object, he just recognized one of them, - "Plagg?" -His kwami was floating in front of the pine tree symbol. - "Then… all the others are… kwamis?" -He wondered.
The kwami over the six fingered hand talked, it was a purple little moth. - "Find us!" -she said and all the kwamis pointed at themselves. - "Find them!"-The kwamis pointed at the symbols behind them. - "Find him!" -The purple kwami pointed at the journal that just appeared out of nowhere, but it wasn't the only one, there were other two.
- "The author." -Dipper mumbled and the kwamis nodded.
Then, everything faded again and became black, Dipper was again conscious and recognized his surroundings, he was in a tight predicament, as the gromblin was squeezing him with his big hands and about to eat him, he also realized that, at some point, he transformed into the Black Cat. He also noticed that just a few minutes have passed since his nightmare started.
He managed to release his arm and pull his stick, he put it on the monster's mouth and stuck it there, locking the monster's mouth wide open, that made him release Black Cat from his tight grip and he fell on the ground, he then punched the monster in the jaw, making him spit the stick and shutting his mouth.
Black Cat's stick flew away and he went for it, when he got it, he saw that the gromblin threw a rock as big as a car to him. - "Cataclysm!" -He yelled and punched the rock before it hit him, turning the rock into dust.
The gromblin was mad, and Black Cat was still shaken by the nightmare he caused him. - "So, that was your evil eye, huh! Well, I guess I have to thank you anyway. I finally know what I have to do with the journal and the jewelry boxes." -He said standing up and looking at his opponent with a confident smirk.
Both rivals charged to each other and finished their fight.
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While Stan was at the T.V. studio and manipulated people to get into the T.V. show 'Cash Wheel', Mabel and the others were trying to make a successful business. Mabel enthusiasm was overwhelming, but it seemed to work at first. People left the Shack with broad smiles and happily gave Mabel good tips. After the last tour of the day, Mabel was saying good bye to a group of tourists with Pacifica by her side.
- "This seems to be working." -Pacifica thought, but she still had some doubts. Then, Dipper arrived pulling a big sack.
- "Mabel, I captured something. This is gonna blow those tourists away! Hahaha!" -He said and whatever was inside the sack was thrashing like crazy, it grabbed Dipper's arm and he punched it like crazy until it released him. Pacifica got scared. - "I'm soooooo tired and hungry." -Dipper heard a little voice whining under his cap.
- "Hang in there, we still have things to do pal. Just wait and I'll entertain you with a fabulous feast, you'll see." -Dipper said while pulling the sack into the shack.
- "Do you promise?" -Plagg got excited.
- "Yep." -
- "Huhuhuhu!" -Plagg got even more excited and drooled.
Mabel praised him and turned to Soos. - "Marvelous work valuable employee. Huh! Who's that? Is it Questiony, the question mark?" -
- "Ahm… I'm starting to have second thoughts about this Mabel. I keep forgetting my lines, and this costume is more uh… revealing than I expected." -Soos said and came out of his place to show that he was in his underwear with the giant black question mark over him. Pacifica covered her eyes, blushing in embarrassment.
- "Soos. Don't give up. Everything is possible if you… Imaginize it!" -Mabel checked her book.
- "But… I don't know what that means." -Soos tried to protest.
- "Shh… Shhhhhhh… Believe in yourself." -Mabel encouraged him.
- "B… But I… So… So cold." -Soos complained for the cold.
Mabel and Pacifica went back to the store. - "How's my favorite Wendy?" -She asked and saw how Wendy's friends were causing a chaos in the store. They kicked a tiny head straight to a kid's face who started to cry immediately, his mom went to him and Mabel apologized to them, giving them a refund, but the woman took even more money from her jar and left the store with her kid.
Mabel went to Wendy. - "Wendy, you've got a lot of cleaning up to do… please!" -
- "Wow! All these rules' stuff is starting to making you sound like Stan!" -Wendy said and Mabel cringed.
- "WHAT?! No! I'm nothing like Stan! In fact, take the rest of the day off!" -Mabel said without thinking.
- "With full pay?" -Wendy asked her.
- "Of course! Haha! Hahaha!" -
Wendy gave her two thumps up and left with her friends.
- "Mabel Pines. You are the best boss ever." -She patted herself.
- "I don't know Mabel. Maybe you should be a little more assertive." -Pacifica advised her while Soos scared people with his Questiony performance.
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Later that day, Stan was doing it great at the 'Cash Wheel' show, while Mabel and the others were still trying to earn a lot of money.
Dipper was giving a tour to some tourists. - "Ladies and gentlemen! My name is honest Dipper and unlike my cheating uncle, I have something to show you that isn't a hoax. It nearly killed me getting it into that cage. Behold! Part gremlin, part goblin, THE GROMBLIN!" -He showed them a really weird creature, which, in its anger and efforts to get out, spat an arm in bones.
- "Well, that's fun." -The man said but his wife replied.
- "It's fake honey, you can see the strings." -The woman said to her husband.
- "WHAT?! Those aren't strings! That's body hair!" -Dipper was upset, but the woman went to another attraction.
- "Ah! Look at this dear! The six-packolope!" -
- "Haha! Word play!" -
Dipper went to them. - "No! Everything else here is fake! THIS is a paranormal beast! Hey! Fun fact about this little guy. If you look into his eyes, you can see your worst nightmare." -Dipper said and the couple looked at the monster straight into his eyes. Both adults were stunned. - "Amazing right? I wait for tips." -
A few moments later, an ambulance was picking up the couple, they were trembling and mumbling nonsense, unable to move by themselves. - "Thanks again for visiting!" -Dipper sighed in defeat.
- "Didn't work as planned, right?" -Pacifica asked him coming to comfort him a little, he nodded. - "Maybe that's why your uncle doesn't exhibit real monsters at the Shack." -She patted his shoulder and he nodded again. - "Let's go back inside, it seems your sister is in troubles too." -She took him back inside.
At the shop, Mabel was struggling with the many costumers there, selling products, handling refunds, helping customers, she was exhausted. Pacifica and Dipper got to her and sat beside her.
- "Well… I just made two people go insane. How about you?" -Dipper asked her.
- "I'm so tired. I gave Wendy the day off so I had to do her job." -
- "Well, maybe you need to start to be a little tougher around here." -Pacifica said.
- "No way! That's what Stan would do! I just need to think positive, be friendly and everything will work fine." -
- "ROAR!" -They heard and suddenly, the gromblin destroyed a wall and roaring, scaring everyone in the Shack. Dipper, Mabel and Pacifica hid behind a table.
- "WHAT?! How did he get out of it's locked cage?!" -Dipper asked.
- "Well… I left it a key for a 5 minutes break."-Mabel said.
- "YOU GAVE HIM A BREAK!" -Pacifica replied.
- "He's an employee! Sort of." -Mabel excused herself.
- "We have to run him off! Where's Soos?" -Dipper asked her.
- "He was so down, so I told him to take a soothing nature walk." -Mabel answered him and he and Pacifica facepalmed.
The gromblin kept destroying things around the store and the house, while the kids kept hiding from him. They could see a glimpse of the T.V. where the cash wheel show was airing, and Stan showed off his upcoming victory to Mabel.
The kids used a chance when the grombling was smashing some furniture to run away from the store and went to the house. It wasn't safer, but at least, they weren't at the gromblin's attack range.
- "I gotta find some help." -Pacifica said and ran away, leaving Dipper and Mabel alone against the monster.
Dipper checked his journal and read it aloud. - "Ahm… Got it! When fighting a grumbling, use water…" -Mabel went straight to the monster and threw him water over his face. - "Only as a last resort, as water would make him much, much scarier! Agh! Who writes sentences like that?!" -
The monster got big and sharp spikes on his back and got bigger too. And kept destroying things around him.
- "Don't worry, he's gotta leave eventually." -Dipper tried to sound confident.
Then the monster roared angrily and both kids looked into the store and they smiled widely.
- "LADYBUG!" -They yelled at the same time.
The superhero was holding the grombling with her yoyo while the creature thrashed to get free from her grip.
- "Easy big boy, easy." -She said while the monster kept thrashing and roaring in anger, he took a hold of the yoyo string and pulled it, making Ladybug fall and release him. He made spin the string with Ladybug holding the other part, making her dizzy. - "Ladybug!" -The twins yelled at the same time and ran to her aid, then, the gromblin let go the string and Ladybug flied away hitting herself with Dipper, making both kids fall, hitting hard the floor, again, both kids felt that oddly familiar sensation when Ladybug was over Dipper.
- "Dang it! I guess I have no other choice!" -Mabel mumbled when she saw her brother and Ladybug on the floor. She turned to face the monster, who had just eaten the money jar. Mabel took a deep breath and… - "POLLEN! LET'S WHOA!" -The grumbling picked Mabel up and held her hostage.
- "DON'T LOOK AT HIS EVIL EYE! You'll see your worst nightmare!" - Dipper warned her.
- "I wish we had an evil eye to show him!" -Mabel responded and dared the monster with her look, bad move nonetheless. - "Oh no! Uugh!" - Mabel got into her nightmare.
She was in the middle of a fair, people around her were having fun and she looked around for her friends. She saw Dipper and Pacifica at the distance, enjoying the moment and she ran to them, but no matter how fast she ran, she couldn't reach them, in fact, with every step she gave, they seemed to be farther, she stopped and tried to call for them, but she didn't have a voice, she cleared her throat and tried again, but nothing happened 'They don't want you', she heard a strange voice, she turned around and saw Wendy with her gang getting into a rollercoaster. Again, Mabel tried to run to them, but it happened again, the closer she tried to get, the farther they were. 'They can't stand you!', she heard the voice again.
She turned to her left and saw Stan and Soos in front of the Shack, working, she called for them but she still had no voice, she felt like crying. 'No one wants to be close to you', the damn voice was pissing her off, she turned to her right and saw her house living room and her parents cuddling on the couch, talking and laughing, she tried to get close to them and it worked, she could get close enough to hear them talking
- "Do you think Dipper is ok?" -Her mom asked her dad.
- "Of course, he is! This will be a great experience for him! He will meet new people and make new friends, maybe even a girlfriend! HAHAHA!" -He laughed proudly.
- "Don't fool with that! He's still too young!" -His wife joked.
- "He's turning thirteen this year. He's not that young for that anymore." -He replied.
- "Sigh… Perhaps you're right… sniff… My baby boy is growing up so fast!" -She cleaned her tears and her husband hugged her. - "And… What about… you know… her?" -
- "Pfff… Uncle Stan can keep her, for all I care." -He said with annoyance.
- "You know he doesn't want her, he called and told us that; he even asked if we could go and pick her up." -
- "Yeah, yeah… I know. It seems that no one can stand her more than ten minutes. How can someone be SO annoying?!" -He wondered aloud.
- "I don't know. It seems that we'll have to deal with her for a while, at least until she leaves for college." -She said disappointed.
- "Oohhohoho! Hold your horses dear, maybe she won't get into college anyway. And even if she does, I AM NOT PAYING FOR HER COLLEGE! She'll have to pay it herself." -
- "Maybe she'll find someone dumb enough to fall for her and take her with him." -She suggested.
- "I feel pity for the poor soul that marries her." -He said and they laughed together again.
Mabel couldn't believe it, no one wanted her around, no one liked her, not even her parents, tears fell freely from her eyes while she felt her heart break, her soul torn apart and her core knackered. 'That's it! That's it Mabel! No one likes you. No one loves you' that voice again, it kept telling her nasty things over and over while it became clearer, until Mabel recognized it, it was her voice, her own voice, her own voice was telling her that no one cared for her, she fell on her knees and covered her ears, she didn't want to keep listening to that, she stayed there… in the darkness… alone…
But at the distance, Mabel could hear another voice, like a whisper, it said 'My queen! My queen! Don't listen to her! She's lying! There are people who love you. Don't listen to her! My Queen!' over and over again. - "Pollen!" -Mabel recognized the voice and a faint smile formed on her lips.
Meanwhile in the real world, Dipper didn't know what to do while Ladybug summoned the lucky charm, she got a mirror in her hands. - "What am I supposed to do with this?" -She looked around trying to figure it out, but Dipper was faster, he took the mirror and went straight to the monster holding his sister.
- "HEY MONSTER! TAKE A LOOK AT THIS!" -Dipper put the mirror in front of the monster so he could see himself on it, or rather, his own evil eye. The monster gasped. He looked himself in front of another mirror and said to himself 'You've become your father'. That was too much for him, he let go of Mabel and ran away from the Shack.
- "Well, at least he didn't do that much damage." -Dipper said and looked around the store that was falling apart.
- "Don't worry guys, I can help a little bit." -Ladybug said taking back the mirror. - "Miraculous Ladybug!" -She cast the spell and most of the damage fixed itself, but it wasn't enough and they still lost all the money.
- "Thank you, Ladybug. You're amazing." - Dipper thanked her, smiling widely.
- "You are very welcome, guys!" -Ladybug said smiling back.
- "Dipper! This is the third day! We've only got seven hours to earn back some profits or I'll gotta wear the loser shirt all summer!" -Mabel was desperate.
Then, Wendy and Soos arrived. - "Hey guys! Am I nuts, or this place looks different?" -Wendy asked them.
- "Wendy! Soos! I am glad to see you. We've got a lot of work to do, but if we hurry, we can still beat Stan!" -Mabel said cheerfully.
- "Uh! Yeah! I got a little headache, so, maybe I should not work today." -Wendy said nonchalantly.
- "And I actually just came back from that pack of wolves, and I think they are gonna like… raise me as one of their own, so I should get to the den right now." -Soos explained.
- "B… But…" -Mabel stuttered.
- "But hey! We'll see you on Monday." -They were about to leave.
It was too much, Mabel remembered her nightmare, and everything that has happened to her in the last three days, and she exploded - "ENOUGH!" -She yelled and everyone gasped. – "I'VE HAD IT! I fought a monster to save this business! And this is how you repay me?! I'm gonna get all sourfilialrolling gaging!" -
- "Rolling gaging?" -Wendy asked aloud.
- "Wow sir! You're acting… Different." -Soos said worried.
- "You shut your yaps!" - Mabel was out of control. - "I'VE BEEN DOING EVERYONE'S JOB WHILE YOU BUMPS HAVE BEEN imploding me thrive!" - Wendy tried to protest but Mabel cut her off. - "No buts, except yours on the floor cleaning! Now quit muffling and get to work!" -Mabel yelled and scared Wendy and Soos.
- "Yes Mabel!" -Wendy answered.
- "THAT'S YAS BOSS!" - Mabel yelled again and smashed the desk and -stan's hat fell on her head, she looked herself at a mirror and gasped. - "Ah! Dipper! What have I become?!" -
- "What you had to Mabel, what you had to." -Dipper answered her.
- "We've got seven hours to turn this around! Let's go people!" -Mabel encouraged them.
Chirp… Chirp… Chirp… They heard it and turned to Ladybug. - "Oh! Right! I gotta go! See you around guys, good luck with your business." -She left before anyone could tell her anything.
A little later, Mabel was supervising the Shack's repairs - "Time is money hard head! You got complains! Fill them in the complaints department! Ugh! My back!" -Mabel urged and then complained.
Then, a bus full of tourists arrived. - "Dipper! We've got tourists at 9 o'clock!" -
- "But… What would I show them? Real magic freaks people out!" -
- "Figure some old knuckle head!" -Mabel yelled.
Dipper managed to fix a tour an took the tourists to it. - "Ladies and gentletourists! This Shack is filled with wonders never before seen by human eyes! Behold! The horrible giant question baby!" -He showed them Soos with his Questiony costume and offered them to take pictures for one hundred bucks. And people bought it. While he was at it, Pacifica came back with Jack and the police to help them fight the gromblin.
- "Hey Mabel! I got some back up! Where's the monster?" -She asked her.
Mabel was still in a bad mood. - "A little too late blondie! Ladybug was faster than you." -
- "Oh! Ok, sorry for being scared to dead back then. You should tell your brother to stop trying to get monsters from the woods every week." - Pacifica countered.
Mabel turned to look at her with angry eyes and Pacifica held her look. - "Sigh… you're right. All this is Dipper's fault." -Mabel apologized.
- "When isn't his fault?" -Pacifica giggled and then, both girls laughed together.
After a while, Pacifica apologized with the police and they left.
- "We out the fund in no refunds!" -Dipper yelled at the tourists that were leaving and went back inside the Shack, where the whole team was checking the jar full of money. - "How did we do?" -
- "We filled the whole jar!" -Mabel said happily and they celebrated, even Pacifica celebrated.
Dipper did the math. - "Minus the money to replace the furniture, supplies to fix the Shack, that leaves us…" -
- "One dollar." -Mabel was sad at that.
Then, Stan got in the Shack holding his clock. - "Tic toc. Time's up kids." -
- "Oh no." -
- "Nice to see you learned how to dress while I was gone." -
- "How much did you beat us by?" -Mabel asked him, accepting her defeat.
- "I won three hundred thousand dollars! And then… I lost everything because I couldn't figure out the last word. Six letters. Word you say when you ask for something politely." -
All of them smirked and said - "PLEASE!" -
- "Apparently that work can make you money." -
- "So, wait… If you lost everything then that means… Mabel you won!" -Dipper made them notice and they cheered.
- "Wait… what did we won again?" -Soos asked.
- "Sigh… According to our bet I guess Mabel is… the new… boss." -Stan explained but right after that all the Shack's staff begged him to keep being the boss.
- "Grunlce Stan… I had no idea how hard is being boss. This place was cucu banana until I started barking orders to people, like you." -Mabel said and gave him his hat back.
- "Yeah well, I got it with me. It's kinda nice to be back, you know." -He hugged the twins. - "Ok, ok, that's enough, get off of me." -He pushed them away and turned to Soos and Wendy. - "And Soos, Wendy, GET TO WORK! Ahem… Please… Ugh… still hurts." -
- "Mabel, didn't your agreement says something about Stan having to do some kind of apology dance if he lost?" -Pacifica reminded her.
- "Hmm… No, it didn't." - Stan said hurriedly and looked at Pacifica with daggers in his eyes.
- "Actually yeah! I think I have it in my notes here." -Mabel said.
- "NO! That never happened!" -Stan tried to get off.
- "HAHA! I'll bring the camera!" -Wendy said and left.
- "All right, let me just… HA!" -Stan tried to run away.
- "Gruncle Stan!" -
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After Stan paid his part of the bet, Wendy, Soos and Pacifica went home and the Pines had dinner, Dipper and Mabel went to bed, and while Mabel was in the bathroom, Dipper talked to Plagg.
- "How you feeling buddy?" -Dipper asked the food stuffed kwami.
- "I'm in heaven, pity mortal." -Plagg was very pleased with all the food Dipper gave him and Dipper chuckled, but suddenly, he got serious.
- "Plagg, I need to talk to you about what I recently discovered." -
- "What is it kid?" -
- "About the ten kwamis and the three journals." -Dipper said calmly but Plagg got serious too and gulped. - "AHA! So you know something! Spill the beans kitty! And don't you dare to tell me you don't know what I am talking about!" -Dipper threatened.
- "I… I… sigh… It's not like I know nothing. It's just that I can't tell you everything. You have to discover it by your own." -Plagg explained.
- "Then what can you tell me?" -
- "Well, I just can affirm what you already discovered and fill some info, like, yes, there are three journals, but I don't know where are the other two. Yes, there are ten main kwamis, but I don't know where are their jewelry boxes." -
- "Who are them? What do the ten symbols mean? Who the hell is that big yellow triangle?" -
- "The kwamis are my partners, the ten main kwamis are the strongest of all, me and Ladybug's kwami became the leaders recently, while Queen Bee's kwami is strong, she hasn't mastered her skills yet." -
- "Who are the other main kwamis?" -
- "Well, there is the turtle, the moth, the peacock, the snake, the horse, the bull and the fox. The moth is our sage, she was our leader, but when she disappeared, Ladybug's kwami and I took the lead, much to our disgust." -
- "What about the symbols? What do they mean?" -
- "I don't know about that, the moth's kwami was the one concerned about it." -
- "What about the triangle monster?" -
- "I can't tell you who he is, neither that it matters, as far away you keep yourself from him, the better, no one can defeat that guy, he… he's like a god, and he's totally nuts, just avoid him at all cost." -
Dipper noticed Plagg's begging eyes and understood he was serious.
- "Sigh, ok. Well, I guess is enough for today, we better get ready for bed before Mabel gets here and sees you." -Dipper got ready for bed, but noticed that Mabel was taking her time in the bathroom. - "What is she doing?" -Dipper wondered right before Mabel got in the room, ready for bed, he noticed that she had been crying but decided to not bother her as he saw her going straight to bed without saying anything else.
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While Dipper talked with Plagg, Mabel was taking a bath in the tub, and had a chat with Pollen.
- "I already told you, my queen, the gromblin shows you your worst nightmare, it's not like it will become true or anything like that." -Pollen explained her.
- "I… I know… but… it felt so real. No one wanted me to be around them, not even my parents or my brother. I… I felt so sad… so useless… I… I wanted to… to…" -
- "Don't even dare to say it, Mabel! Ever!" -Pollen scolded her and backed off immediately. - "I'm really sorry my queen, I shouldn't dare to talk to you like that." -Pollen bowed to her.
- "No, It's ok Pollen, I really thank you for that." -They stayed there for a few minutes, in an awkward silence. - "By… By the way. This is the first time you call me by my name…" -
Pollen apologized again. - "I'm really, really sorry my queen! I should know my place better." -She bowed again.
- "No, no, It's ok actually, I liked it. Why don't you keep calling me by my name from now on?" -Mabel asked her still trembling kwami.
- "Are… Are you ok with it?" -Pollen asked her and Mabel took it in her hands and with a broad smile answered her.
- "Totally." -She kissed Pollen in the forehead and they smiled at each other.
They finished their bath, but Mabel kept remembering her nightmare over and over again. - "What if it becomes true? What if they leave me? What if Dipper leaves me?" -Mabel wondered and cried silently at that thoughts. Before she got in her room, ready for bed, she wiped her tears the best she could and pretended that she was ok. She went straight to her bed without say anything else.
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