I admit I might have been a little hastey for a scene here and there but in my defense I was hungry and tired because I was writing past my personal curfew. That's the difference between one guy writing and a whole team writing. I do apologize for the rushed omake but if I keep FUSSING over this chapter it is NEVER going to get uploaded. Start the fic.

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Time Correction Officers Lolph and Dundgren were dashing through the streets once more in pursuit of a time culprit. In some ways it was similar to when they chased Blendin but there were some clear differences in comparison.

For starters, the convict they were chasing was much more dangerous. Blendin merely eluded capture, this one fought back! Both of their eye pieces had been smashed, Lolph had a black eye and Dundgren was missing three teeth.

Their weaponry? Completely wrecked! Their bodies? Covered in bruises! They had been chasing this culprit for three days straight! The lack of sleep was starting to catch up to them.

"I don't think anyone has ever eluded us for this long!"

"We arrest him and then he kicks our asses and escapes! He may be the most dangerous time fugitive ever!"

The Time Correction Officers saw the culprit's shadow take a sharp turn around a corner.

"We got him now! I know for a fact that alley is a dead end!"

A cloaked figure ran down the alley only to find a brick wall at the end of it. The Time Correction Officers quickly jumped him; and after a bit of a struggle they manage to time-cuff him.

One of them pulled back the hood of the cloak to reveal the culprit's face.

Dipper Pines.

Role intro!

The original Gravity Falls theme starts as an RV speeds down the road.

Dipper and Pacifica share a smile as the vehicle passes by a sign which reads "Now leaving Gravity Falls".

The RV eventually gets parked as the laptop flashed red and Dipper and Pacifica race out of the living quarters entrance to the RV and down a street.

The scene changes to an underground passage where Dipper is following a set of footprints with a magnifying glass.

Now the scene has them back in the RV as it races down a street passing several mailboxes, separately reading "Who", "What", "Where", "When", "Why", and "How".

The scene changes once again and both Dipper and Pacifica are underground again. Pacifica shines her flashlight on the same horned skeleton from the original intro. Pacifica jumps at the sight but Dipper merely rolls his eyes at it, well before the skeleton started moving and tried to chase them anyways.

Dipper was hanging from the manotaur's ceiling with his whip, holding Pacifica by her waist.

Dipper

Pacifica toe jumped in to the air to grab Dipper's hat before spinning on a river stone with her other foot then jumped back over to Dipper.

Pacifica

Dipper and Pacifica investigate some footprints leading down an alley. Dipper shines his light at the dead end of the alley and a shadow of an invisible man is revealed.

Pacifica was rummaging through the fridge when a giant floating eye ball appeared behind her. She froze still when she felt it's presence.

The scene changes again to Dipper arresting a gnome while Pacifica writes up a report about it.

Now Dipper and Pacifica were merely sitting on a couch watching TV together as a thunderstorm raged outside. A sudden flash and boom caused them to cling to each other. Awkward and embarrassed the two fail completely to notice the pair of giant yellow eyes watching them from outside the RV window.

Finally, Dipper and Pacifica buckled up once again in the front seat and drove down a hill.

Dipper Pines, Paranormal Detective

End Intro

Dipper was brought in to the same Time Colosseum he and Mabel had fought Blendin in all those years ago. He was standing on a floating platform bound by translucent glowing green chains. Lolph and Dundgren stood nearby serving as his guards.

Time Baby sat surveying overall just like when Dipper last met him.

"Dipper Pines, no doubt you are wondering how I am still sitting here after Bill Cipher killed me!"

Dipper leaned over to Dundgren and whispered harshly "He died?!"

If Time Baby heard Dipper then he hid it very well because he continued as if Dipper hadn't said anything.

"Well the truth of the matter is I was able to reconstitute by the year 3012!"

"Wait..." Dipper mused for a second. "3012... That's the year the world is supposed to... Oh my God..."

"Now that pleasantries are out of the way, we can now move on to your trial!"

In a way that was similar to obstacles appearing in globnar, things like stands and podiums started to appear out of the ground. An audience of time corrections officers appeared in the neon stands, a judge's outfit completely adorned Time Baby. A desk materialized in front of him along with a giant toy gavel.

If Dipper's patience hadn't been ran out before it was now.

"For what?!" Dipper snapped. "Nobody has read me my rights yet! Shoot, nobody's even read me my charges! I don't even have a lawyer!"

"Fair enough!" Time Baby bellowed. "Is there any time corrections officer who is willing to defend the possible innocence of Mason "Dipper" Pines?"

For a moment there is nothing but silence, but soon a voice rang out from the back of the audience.

"I'll do it!"

Somebody, cut his way through the stands (apparently not noticing the isle in between the stands meant for walking) earning many rude remarks despite his apologies.

"No. It can't be! YOU want to defend me?"

This man was none other than the only other time corrections officer Dipper knew, Blendin.

"You and your sister helped me out once, the least I can do is defend you now. I know I may not look like much but I've been prepping for this case since I got news of it. I-I-I-I got your back for sure!"

"...I'm not sure how I feel about this."

"It's me or nobody."

"...Let's do it!"

"Very well then," Time Baby bellowed. "the trial of Mason "Dipper" Pines vs Time Corrections shall begin! Charges are of stealing a time correction officer's time machine and infringing in multiple time crimes against the eternal laws of Space Time. Is the prosecution ready?"

Dundgren stepped forward.

"Prosecution is ready your honor."

"You again? Why can't I get somebody else in the time corrections?" demanded Dipper.

"Listen pal, its either us or the testicle monster guys."

"Don't you mean tentacle? Please tell me it's tentacle."

"I know what I said!"

"You know what? On second thought, you guys are always such a delight to see. The more the better!"

"Good!"

"Is the defense ready?"

"What do you think?!" Dipper spat.

Dundgren pulled out a remote control and pressed a button. A giant energy screen appeared in the middle of the air for everyone to witness.

"Opening statements may commence then!" ordered Time Baby.

Dundgren moved to the center of the courtroom and faced the jury.

"A one Mason "Dipper" Pines is accused of ambushing one of our officers, stealing their time machine, and using to travel back to a town called Gravity Falls in the era of his youth. At this point he committed a number of time atrocities which lead to damaging the very time line itself!"

The screen showed somebody who looked exactly like present day Dipper doing all kinds of crimes ranging from assaulting little Gordy to setting the Tent of Telepathy on fire.

"It is the prosecution's belief that "Dipper" has abused his vast knowledge of the paranormal to ambush one of our officers and travel back to the good old days of his twelve year old summer vacation in Gravity Falls. However, being unable to capture the essence of his youth he becomes mad and begins to reek havoc. Of course it would be only a matter of time before we caught up to him, and while it true he escaped and eluded us after we brought him here from his normal time line, I ask you ladies and gentlemen of the jury to do one thing: Think! Why would an innocent man try to evade capture?"

"Very well, the defense may proceed now." bellowed Time Baby.

Blendin stood up and moved to where Dundgren was not seconds ago.

"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, uh-uh-uh-uh consider if you will, Dipper Pines. A man, since childhood, who has run ins with the paranormal since childhood, becomes so adept at it he decides to make a career about it. This would create a great number of enemies for him; so is not possible, nay probable, that one of these enemies figured out a way to frame him to point where WE would have to do their dirty work for them?"

The jury discussed among themselves for a moment.

Time Baby cleared his throat. "Prosecution may call their first witness."

"Prosecution wishes to call to the stand a local teenager of the town from that era. I believe her friends like to call her Tambry."

Time Baby's eyes flashed and Tambry appeared at the witness stand. It wasn't the Tambry from Dipper's current time either. There was no ring on her finger, and she was most noticeably a teenager.

"Huh? What's going on?! Where am I?!"

"Now, now Miss Tambry." Dundgren soothed. "You're just having a dream."

"I...Really? You expect me to believe that?!"

"Look around you. Do you really think any of this could be anything OTHER than a dream?"

Tambry looked around, soaking up everything from her surroundings... Including Time Baby.

"Yeah, okay. Now way how ANY of this is real!"

"Now then," Dundgren pointed over at Dipper. "Do you recognize this man?"

"Yeah, that's the psycho who's been running around causing all types of panic!"

"Did you take any pictures of him?"

"Of course!"

She pulled out her phone and brought up some pictures.

Dundgren snatched the phone out of her hand.

"Hey!"

"Don't worry, I won't be but a second!" His finger glowed green as he tapped the screen.

Multiple pictures flew off of Tambry's screen and enlarged themselves in mid air for the entire court to see. Dundgren handed Tambry her phone and turned to Time Baby.

"Your Honor, I believe we have everything needed from the witness. Permission to let the young lady 'Wake up'?"

"O-O-O-Objection! I haven't gotten a chance to question the witness!"

Time Baby struck his toy gavel.

*SQUEEKY!*

"Overruled! The prosecution is correct, she has been here long enough as it is!"

*SQUEEKY!*

Time Baby flashed his eyes again and Tambry disappeared. Tambry and her phone may have been gone now but the pictures that were taking from her still hung in the air.

"I would ask that everyone in the courtroom to please consider these pictures as Exhibit A. Proof positive that the defendant has committed said crimes."

"Wow. He is REALLY after me." Dipper commented.

"Yes well it was HIS time device that got stolen." explained Blendin.

"So this is personal for him; I guess that makes sense."

"And now," Dundgren projected. "with Time Baby's permission, it is the request of the prosecution that these photos continue the scene from the time they were taken."

"...What?" Dipper asked.

Time Baby's time symbol flashed. "Granted!" And just like that the enlarged floating pictures began to move as if they videos. They showed Dipper ruining the town, everything from beating children to setting houses on fire.

"This evidence is basically a death blow. This is clearly Dipper Pines, and he is clearly doing all the damage. Your Honor, I believe we have enough to close this case."

"Hmmm. Perhaps we do..." mused Time Baby. "Does the defense have any ways they wish to try and combat this evidence."

"The defense wishes to call M-M-Miss Pacifica Elise Northwest to the stand!"

"What?!" snapped Dipper.

"She wasn't even THERE for it!" Dundgren protested.

"E-Exactly! The era my client is being accused of coming from is a part of his time line wh-when he and Pacifica are working closely together each and everyday!"

"So?" asked Dundgren.

"So you couldn't ask for a better character witness! Your Honor, if it isn't too much trouble?"

"Very well!" Time Baby's eyes flashed and Pacifica appeared at the witness stand.

"What's going on?! Where's the RV?! Where am I?!"

Pacifica stopped her mini-panic attack when she spotted Dipper and shyly waved at him.

"...Hi."

Dipper squeaked back at the same whisper low volume. "...Hi."

"...Hi."

"...Hi."

"...Hi."

"...Hi."

"...Hi."

*SQUEEKY!*

"I believe greetings have been sufficiently gotten out of the way. Prosecution may begin."

Dundgren walked over to her reading a folder.

"Mrs. Pines..."

A furious blush raced across both Dipper and Pacifica's faces.

"Uh, excuse me? I think you mean Miss Northwest. I'm the man's partner, not his wife!"

"What?" Dundgren looked at the folder then at Pacifica. "Oh! Apologies. I forgot that hasn't happened yet."

"...What?!"

Blendin leaned over to Dipper.

"What is going on between you two?" Blendin whispered harshly.

"Recently we were both bitten by a literal love bug that made us be all lovey dovey with each other."

"H-H-How long did that take to wear off?"

"About two weeks... most blissful two weeks of my life."

"I bet things got super awkward between you two."

"Eh yes and no. You see, we were forced to act like a loving couple to the other but the truth is neither one of us TRULY minded it. Our feelings exposed to each other and we saw exactly what we wanted... each other. Our feelings are all out there in the open now, we KNOW the other feels now. The only question now is: How do we go to the next step?"

"What am I even doing here?!" Pacifica finally snapped.

"Apologies Miss... Northwest was it?"

"...Yes!"

"I'm afraid your partner in fighting paranormal crime is on trial for..."

As Dundgren listed off Dipper's time crimes, Blendin and Dipper continued their conversation.

"Well why don't you just ask her out?"

"What?! The goes completely against my pie chart!"

"...What?"

"So Miss Northwest, you can understand why we brought you here." stated Dundgren.

"I see now." Pacifica crossed her arms. "He didn't do it!"

"Well...That's a bit up for debate."

"Oh there's no debate. He didn't do it!"

"Yes he did!"

"No he didn't!"

"Objection! This bickering is pointless!" barked Blendin.

"Sustained." * SQUEEKY! * "Prosecution will continue with the proceeding I will find him in contempt of court! Understood?"

"Yes, Time Baby! Apologies. Miss Northwest, have you ever heard the defendant speak of Gravity Falls?"

"Yes..." Pacifica raised a curious eyebrow.

"Favorably?"

"Of course."

"The current (for you) Gravity Falls?"

"Well... no."

"No?" Dundgren asked in mock shock. "I was under the impression he 'loved' Gravity Falls. Tell me Miss Northwest, how does Dipper react when you talk about the Gravity Falls of your present."

"He usually... sigh... groans and complains about it changing from when he was a kid."

"Oh ho! So he DOES have a nostalgia problem with the town!"

"Well I..."

"He would rather have it burned to the ground then have it change and develop like a real town should!"

"O-O-Objection! He's badgering the witness Time Baby!"

"Sustained!" * SQUEEKY!* "Prosecution, if you don't ease up on the witness you will force me to become fussy!"

"Apologies!" The floating screens were brought over to Pacifica. "Yes or no, Miss Northwest. Does this look like Dipper Pines to you?"

"Well... Yes, but..."

"Nothing further!" Dundgren cut her off. He walked back to his desk. "Your witness!"

Dipper wasn't sure, but he had reason to believe Blendin just put on his proverbial game face.

"Miss Northwest..." Blendin began as he approached the stand. "Would it be safe to say you spend a lot of time with the defendant?"

"Each and every day."

"So you would notice if he were to go missing for about... Oh I don't know... say an h-hour?"

"I don't think he could pull the off. He could get away with like, fifteen minutes, forty-five if I'm asleep... but we're practically joined at the hip. Where one of us goes, the other can't be far behind."

"Really, that's very interesting. According to our r-r-records there's NO trace of you ...er the current you, in the Gravity Falls era 'Dipper' is rampaging in."

"Again, that's not him." Pacifica stated firmly.

"You sound awfully convinced."

"Listen, my partner may complain about Gravity Falls 'growing up' but that's only because his summer there was such a pivotal point in his life. If he was going to do something as big as what this kangaroo court is suggesting then I would know about it! Even if he was trying to keep it from me!"

"Bold claim. Care to explain?"

"Me and Dipper live together in an RV. It isn't what I would call an open space. Even if one of us left for a bit there without telling the other there would be no way how we could do so without alerting them in some sense. While the walls are made of metal I wouldn't exactly call them thick, I could hear him stepping through the leaves ten steps away."

"So he wouldn't be able to elude you if he tried something private? Like attacking one of our time..."

"No! He wouldn't."

"Time Baby, your honor, I would like to request permission to view the witness's memories with our Memory Echo Device."

"Your what?" Dipper and Pacifica asked in unison.

"Request granted!" * SQUEEKY!*

Something metallic materialized over her head and plopped itself down on top of her.

"...Ow."

"Sorry." apologized Blendin. "Now we just need to..." he started to fuss with it. "calibrate it the day and time Dipper was said to go off and find Dundgren."

A green beam shot from Pacifica's forehead creating a giant energy screen floated in air for all to see. The screen showed a giant television as a commercial was just ending.

"Hey! I remember this!" noted Dipper. "This was from our last movie night!"

A movie started to appear on the TV screen, it was Hocus Pocus.

"Dipper, hurry up!" bellowed the screen. "The movie's starting!"

"This must be from Pacifica's point of view!"

"Yes, Dipper! We're glad you figured that out!" snapped Dundgren.

Dipper came in to view with a big bowl of popcorn.

"Alright, you know we could take down those witches no problem." declared Projection Dipper.

"Oh we'd clean their clocks so fast they wouldn't know what hit them!" agreed Projection Pacifica.

Suddenly the image tilted sideways.

"What's happening now?" asked Time Baby.

"I'm resting my head on his shoulder!" Pacifica snapped hastily.

Everybody continued to watch for about ten to fifteen minutes and found not much had changed. Of course the movie still progressed and Dipper made a comment here or there and finally there was popcorn chewing noises.

"Not much seems to be happening." Time Baby noted.

"Exactly!" shouted Blendin. "If the defendant was truly guilty he would've been gone by now! We would have at LEAST seen a blip!"

Time Baby turned to Dundgren. "Prosecution?"

"Uh... Maybe he could have...done it while the popcorn was... popping?"

Time Baby lowered his eyes. "I don't think so."

"Defense rests, your honor!" Blendin crossed his arms triumphantly.

"The jury will convene and return with a verdict!" *SQUEEKY! *

As the jury left Dipper couldn't help but dryly comment. "At least they aren't all Mabels this time. I mean... a step down on the weirdness scale but at least it's a fairer trial."

He didn't have to wait long, they came back almost immediately.

"We the jury find Mason 'Dipper' Pines completely not guilty!"

*SQUEEKY! *

"This court find in favor of the defendant, the prosecution must now say 'Sowwy' to the defendant for falsely accusing him!"

Dundgren reluctantly stood up and walked to Dipper and Blendin.

"I'm... sowwy."

"Wow, that sounds like it was painful."

*SQUEEKY! *

"Case closed! Now then we should mobilize to track down and arrest this mysterious impos..."

"Objection!"

This objection came not from Blendin, not from Dundgren, but from Dipper.

"What?! You won the case, you got an apology, what more do you want?" demanded Time Baby. "Oh! You must want another apology! Dundgren!"

Dundgren looked at him with the utmost hatred and seethed through his teeth the words "I'm sowwy!"

"No! No! Not that! I think I might already know who and more importantly what the imposter is!"

"... Explain!" ordered Time Baby.

"In order to understand, I need to have full control over Tambry's... time pics... I guess you'd call them."

"Hmmmmm... Granted." *SQUEEKY! *

Dipper glowed green for a second and then the screens floated over to him. Dipper found that the screens worked exactly like he wanted. They operated like touch screens and were extremely user friendly.

"Here!" Dipper threw up his hands and found the screens obeyed his implied will by enlarging in the air big enough for all to see. They showed the imposter Dipper but with monster eyes.

"I know these eyes anywhere! These eyes belong to the only creature that has the ability, motive, and patience to frame me! Our true culprit is none other than the Shapeshifter!"

The whole courtroom was immediately a buzzed about this information.

*SQUEEKY! ** SQUEEKY!* * SQUEEKY!*

"Dipper, please enlighten us!"

"When I was kid during my first summer at Gravity Falls, me and my friends encountered a monster called the Shapeshifter. He was exactly as he sounds! We managed to beat him by freezing him, what I think happened is he thawed out at some point and learned of your time traveling technology and then played the long game. He waited until he could ambush one of your officers as me and get you to do his dirty work for him!"

"I see, as a man experienced with this foe what would your advice be on how to apprehend him?"

"Let me and Pacifica handle this!"

"What?! Time Baby, sir, you don't have to listen to the defendant on this!" pleaded Dundgren. "You don't need to accept his help! The Shapeshifter caught me by surprise, I acknowledge that I've done Mr. Pines wrong but me and my men can still capture this creep!"

"Enough!" *SQUEEKY! * "Given Mr. Pines personal experience with the culprit and our misgivings with him I think we can allow him to graciously capture the culprit. What would you need to bring him to justice?"

"Two time travel devices, my equipment, and my partner Pacifica."

Dundgren narrowed his eyes at Dipper. "Why would you need her?"

"Outside of being my partner and working really well with me? Pacifica Northwest grew up in Gravity Falls, if there's any person out there who knows the layout of the town it's her!"

"Very well!" bellowed Time Baby.

Time Deployment Center...

Lolph, Dundgren, and Blendin were busy setting up Dipper and Pacifica with time travel outfits like Blendin's. The room itself was exact same room Dipper and Mabel ran into for their globnar match.

"Now remember, just because you're going back in time doesn't mean you can just do whatever you want!" warned Lolph. "The more people who know you are and why there the more the time stream is in danger. A few people is fine but you have to get them to clam up to! Too much knowledge of time travel could change this future your present, understand?!"

"Yes! Okay! Fine. We'll be careful." assured Pacifica.

As Dundgren left the room for the time travel device, Blendin took this as an opportunity to give a warning of his own to Dipper.

"You have to be careful, Dipper!" Blendin whispered harshly.

"I know, creating time anomalies could pollute the time stream!"

"No! Not just that!" Blendin looked around to make sure nobody was listening in. "Bill!" he whispered harshly. "He's still ALIVE in the time era you're going to!"

"Oh!" Dipper blinked. "That's right..."

"What're you going to do if you run in to him back then?"

Dipper mused for a minute or two and then smirked. "You know what? I'm ready for him! I've always felt like a day when I'd face Bill again was looming over my shoulder so I've been preparing!" Dipper tapped his forehead. "If he tries anything, I'll be waiting for him."

"Okay, and what about Pacifica? Will SHE be waiting for him too?!"

Dipper lost face for a moment, he hadn't thought of that, but something dawned on him that made him grin from ear to ear.

"I think I might have the perfect solution for that!"

Dipper and Blendin firmly shook hands. "Then good luck to you! And if you could do me a huge favor and try not to create any new time anomalies I'd really appreciate it!"

"Don't worry Blendin, I promise you won't have any time anomalies to worry about when we're done! I stake my retirement on it!"

Dundgren walked back in with the Time Tape. "The time machine has been set to the year your shapeshifter has started making trouble. You've each already been given the equipment needed to arrest him, anything else you need?"

"Just to console with my partner. You up for all this, Sweetheart?"

Dipper had probably called her by that name a thousand times in her career, but after everything from their last adventure she blushed like it was the first time. She did her best to play it cool though and cocked her magnet gun.

"Are you kidding me? This is Tuesday for us!"

"You're headed to a Friday." Dundgren stated dryly. "Be quick, be quiet, and for the love of all things Time Baby DON'T step on any butterflies!"

Dipper pulled back the tape until he saw the specified mark.

"Seriously?" Pacifica asked. "It works like actual measuring tape?"

"You should arrive on the same day as the shapeshifter. You'll arrive in a clearing in the forest where nobody should be able to notice your arrival." Dundgren explained.

"And if you see my Gam Gam Mabel, tell her I said hi!" smiled Lolph.

"Lolph, Mabel already told you that she's nobody's Gam Gam."

"Heh! That's what she thinks!"

"Wait... What?"

This sudden confusion forced Dipper to loosen his grip causing the tape to come sliding back to them.

*Flash!*

Dipper and Pacifica were floored immediately. Dipper suspected this was probably because the tape caught them by surprise. The ground didn't feel like the silicon metal floor they had been standing on just seconds before. It was certainly softer, and somehow pricklier. Grass! The specifics of the time machine must have worked.

The two stood up painfully and opened their eyes to see their twelve year old selves looking back at them.

"I am going to owe Blendin SUCH an apology."

Omake

Their younger selves immediately recognized who they were.

"Oh my gosh! You're me?! This is so awesome!" gushed Young Dipper. "You look so awesome! So in the future I'm married to Wendy right? Right?"

"..."

"Right?! I need to hear these words!"

"You know from this side of the fence my crush on Wendy actually seems kind of creepy. I bet Pacifica isn't having this kind of realization... wait, where'd they go?"

Pacifica, meanwhile, was hanging her head in shame leaning against a tree while using her forearm to keep her steady. Her younger self on the other hand was talking up a storm.

"Ugh! You're supposed to be? Like, yeah right! Hello, there's such a thing as eyeshadow! Maybe you've heard of it? And those pants? One word: Yuck! And that jacket doesn't look designer at all! There is no WAY you can be me because I wouldn't be caught dead in boots like the ones you're wearing!"

"Tell me I wasn't this CONCEITED!"

That's it for now. Leave me a meaty review if you want me to update faster. It seriously helps. Anyways, did you like the theme song? How about that omake? The omake was actually inspired by my favorite scene from Toy Story 2. I thought the twist with Lolph was pretty nice. I told you guys this adventure arc was going to be special, it's back to the Falls in an adventure where they team up with their younger selves!