Family
Chapter 430 Imposter Reveal
By: Major144
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. This is just a story for fun.
Throughout the Underground, Spirit and her remaining sisters felt Cinder's death. Another of the sisters had died in a short amount of time. Spirit felt her rage boil at this. She had just finished her crystal ball to pull up Fay Soff's demise and figure out who was responsible. The crystal ball showed Fay Soff fight Toriel and Chi's group and showed Alcor and Samantha deliver the killing blow. Spirit vowed that Alcor and Samantha would suffer greatly, before she felt the death of another one of her sister. A few minutes later Spirit got a call from a nervous looking Crump, Beldam, and Marilyn who told her about the battle in Snowdin and the death of Cinder. Spirit felt a surge of anger and regret go through her as she recognized the descriptions of the warriors, she got from her minions. They matched the descriptions of the ones Spirit had encountered in the Crystal Cave. If Spirit had simply killed those travelers, or had heavily injured them enough, then Cinder would still be alive.
Spirit mentally cursed herself as she thought about what action to take. She considered summoning all her sisters together and then setting out to find and kill the ones responsible for Fay Soff and Cinder's deaths, but most of the other sisters were busy doing plans of their own to help conquer the Underground. Spirit simply decided to take a different course of action, by using her crystal ball to send images of Phoebe, Alcor, and Samantha to various criminal individuals through out the Underground. She specifically targeted Phoebe, Alcor, and Samantha, due to being the ones who killed Fay Soff and Cinder. Spirit placed a huge bounty on the trio's heads and she would settle for them being brought in dead or alive.
In Hotland, Blockner and his crew along with Jordan's group had just arrived, when they all got Spirit's message about the bounties on their phones and communication crystals. Blockner saw the high bounties and whistled to himself, before he sent a message to Pedro and Lil' Hunter back in Waterfall telling them to keep an eye out for the bounties.
All throughout the Underground, bandits, pirates, criminals, and bounty hunters got Spirit's message and they all began to keep their eyes out the bounties.
In Snowdin, Finn and the explorers had helped tend to the village damage and all that had been wounded during the fight with Cinder and her forces. During the cleanup, Jake had played the golden lute to help keep spirits high and to improve the mood. The music was good and Jake really loved his new instrument that he took from the NecroDancer. After the cleanup the explorers and their guides and protectors headed to Subcon Forest, along with Luminous's forces, Endol, Merak, Loke, Viper, and Staff.
Ruxxtin was dropped off at Grillby's, where other members of the Royal Guard looked after him and Winter Windster.
In Subcon Forest, Wendy, Mabel, Pacifica, Rain, Dolly, and the Fake Dipper had just finished cleaning up the well. With a combination of Rain's water powers, Wendy's axe, and Virgo's tunneling powers the group had made quick work of cleaning out the well. The little team were exiting the well, when Snatcher arrived to check it off the contract. Snatcher had just finished checking it off, when Dipper, Vivian, and Alcor came running onto the scene.
"Mabel! Pacifica! Everyone get away from that imposter!" Yelled Dipper pointing at the fake.
"What's going on?" Asked Wendy eyeing the newcomers.
"It's that guy who attacked me in the restroom and it looks like he brought some friends with him." Said Fake Dipper.
"Wendy don't listen to that creep! His a fake pretending to be me." Said Dipper.
"That's what a fake would say." Said Fake Dipper.
"Care to explain what you're doing here Alcor?" Asked Wendy looking at Alcor.
"Long story short, I was with my friends down here and we met a nice goat lady named Toriel and she told us you with a guy named Sans. She called Sans to checkup up on you and he told her that you were attacked and separated by an enemy using magic. Sans believed you were sent to Subcon Forest, so I headed over to help you. When I arrived I came across Dipper and Vivian here being attacked by a bird monster, so I saved them. Dipper told me what happened to him, so we came to rescue you from the imposter." Said Alcor.
"That guy is just making stories up to help his friend to make us let our guard down!" Said Fake Dipper.
"Well we've had our fair share of encounters with shapeshifting creatures in Gravity Falls." Said Wendy studying Fake Dipper.
"There's a monster in the forest named Doopliss who has the ability to copy the appearances of others." Said Vivian.
"It is true." Said Dolly.
"So we just have to figure out who the real Dipper is." Said Pacifica.
"That's ridiculous! Obviously I'm the real Dipper. The fake lost the fight in the restroom and now he's trying to get back at me." Said Fake Dipper.
"Or you could be the fake and you're just trying to confuse all of us." Said Mabel.
"I'm the real Dipper." Said Fake Dipper.
"No I am." Said Dipper.
"Look as much fun as this little mystery is, it's keeping you from doing your jobs, so I'm just going to do you a little solid and reveal the true Dipper." Said Snatcher.
"How are you going to do that?" Asked Wendy.
Snatcher just smirked as he snapped his fingers and Dipper's soul flew in from the sky and entered Dipper's body.
"My soul is back!" Gasped Dipper.
"Souls know where to go." Said Snatcher.
"Um...I can explain." Said Fake Dipper with a nervous smile.
Pacifica glared at Fake Dipper and grabbed her bow with both hands and swung it at the imposter. The bow struck Fake Dipper in the face and he fell to the ground in a heap. There was a puff of red smoke around Fake Dipper and then it was gone revealing the form of Doopliss. There was another puff around Dipper and he was back to his normal self.
"Dipper!" Cried Mabel and Pacifica happily as they raced over to Dipper and hugged him.
"Now that little mystery is solved, I'll be taking that soul back now." Said Snatcher.
Dipper's Soul flew out of his body and Snatcher vanished.
"Seriously!" Cried Dipper in dismay.
"Do you want me to go fight that guy and get your soul back?" Asked Alcor.
"No it's fine. We just have to do two more little jobs and will get it back." Said Dipper calming down.
"You brats aren't going anywhere!" Snarled Doopliss as he staggered to his feet ready to fight.
"Yeah I think I deserve a little payback for what you did." Said Dipper before he fired a beam of starlight magic at Doopliss.
The beam struck Doopliss and sent him flying and screaming into the well.
"I'll be back!" Yelled Doopliss before hitting the water.
SPLASH!
"I feel much better now." Said Dipper.
"So is it alright if I help you complete these final jobs?" Asked Alcor.
"Sure. You helped us out with that bird monster and the imposter, so will take your help." Said Dipper.
"Can I help as well?" Asked Vivian.
"The more the merrier." Said Dipper.
With that said the little group headed out to complete the last jobs and get Dipper's soul back from Snatcher.
To be continued.
