In the living room of the mystery shack, Dipper, Mabel, Maddie and Soos sat in front of the TV watching as an announcer spoke. "The tiger was badly injured in the explosion, but we repaired him...with a fist." Everyone cheered as the TV showed a tiger with a buff human like fist glued to its side punching itself. "Tiger Fist...will return after these messages."
"Hey, look. It's that commercial I was telling you guys about." Said Soos pointing at the TV only for Maddie to groan. It was an ad for Gideon. The tomboy couldn't help but be perturbed by the sudden appearance as she remembered what coming next.
The moment the ad ended, Maddie, who was sitting on the floor, couldn't help but blurt out. "Ugh, Gideon." Her tone was filled to the brim with disdain to the point that Dipper turned to her with a curious expression.
"You know him?" He asked raising a brow, getting everyone's attention on the tomboy.
"Nope," replied Maddie with a shrug. "I hate him purely off principle." She continued before Stan entered the room.
"That's the spirit, kid." He exclaimed cheerfully with a bright smile. "You've earned extra pancakes-" he added before Maddie suddenly started screaming at the top of her lungs. "Oh, right. Pancakaphobia."
"Fishing day was so loud." Commented Mabel in a deathly horrified tone, hugging her own body as the memory flashed in her mind before she quickly shook it out of her head. "You hate Gideon too? I'm getting so curiousy."
"Aaand I'm leaving this conversation." Maddie deadpanned before she walked out of the room and up the stairs. Heading towards the attic, the girl hummed a song with each step. "Rocka-bye Billy, please don't you cry." She sang as she opened the attic door. "It's not your fault you have that strange eye. Stay safe with mommy you'll never fall." She continued as she sat cross legged on the floor. "And we'll always love you, sharp angles and all."
Once she finished the song, the tomboy manifested a piece of paper in her hands and started writing something with frustration in her eyes. Completely engrossed in her work, she didn't notice a triangle creeping up to her from the shadows. Suddenly, Bill Cipher rose ominously from the shadows in front of the tomboy staring at Maddie with a bloodshot eye "Well well well well well! Looks like my daughter's doing some evil planning!" He said before Maddie tackled him into a hug.
"Gotcha!" Exclaimed Maddie cheerfully as she pinned down her father despite being in the mindscape. "Reality is saved!" Bill burst into laughter on the floor before he phased through her body and floated into the air above her.
"Sorry, kid. Saving the world from me isn't gonna be that easy." He taunted joyfully, causing his daughter to roll her eyes with a smile before sighing dejectedly. "Woah woah woah. What's got you so blue?"
Maddie paused. "I don't know how to change the timeline any further." She said dejectedly as she readjusted her white tie. "It feels like everything I do just end back at square one. The gobblewonker episode ended mostly the same. Same with the wax figures. Even wax Larry King's decapitated head is still alive." She explained before heaving an exhausted sigh. "I'm beginning to think maybe the end isn't avoidable at all."
Bill's eye widened in shock before he moved out of his daughter's sight as he fell into a thought. His eye shined with glee. This is my chance! He thought, almost rubbing his hands together on instinct. He could convince her to join him! Convince her to join him! He flew into her vision and looked into her eyes ready to speak before he froze. The dejection in her eyes caused him to blurt out. "You're thinking is too narrow, Mads." Bill mentally facepalmed as his daughted focused on him. After a second of hesitation, he continued with a defeated sigh. "You're thinking like a flesh puppet. But you're my daughter." He said tapping her head, pride welling up in his heart. "You're very well the most powerful being in this dimension. You just haven't tapped into that power yet. Reality can be whatever you want."
Maddie hummed curiously. "Whatever I want, you say?" She asked placing a hand on her chin. Bill was already regretting giving his fatherly advice.
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The next day, Maddie and Dipper sat across from each other around a table playing cards. "Hmm, do you have a three?" The tomboy asked narrowing her eyes menacingly.
"You don't know how to play, do you?" Asked Dipper calmly and Maddie immediately shook her head before Mabel entered the scene cheerfully with a bedazzled face.
"Check it out, guys! I successfully bezazzled my face! Blink!" She exclaimed with a bright smile before blinking. "Ow!"
"Is that permanent?" Asked Dipper slightly disturbed by what his sister had accomplished.
"Nothing is permanent in this sick twisted world, Dipper," Maddie replied nonchalantly, not even taking her eyes off her cards as she did. "it's all a fleeting, effervescent blip in a desultory cosmic scheme of a frilly amphibious deity." The twins looked at their friend as if she had grown a third eye and the tomboy shrugged. "I have to diversify my content SOMEHOW." Before anyone could reply, the doorbell rang, prompting Mabel to chirp in.
"I'll get it!" She said cheerfully before rushing to the door. Maddie hummed as she left, pondering whether to follow her or not. Ultimately, she decided it was a good idea. And that led her to standing face to face with Lil' Gideon himself. A short chubby boy with large white hair wearing a blue suit. A disgrace to suits, she thought.
"Oh, if it isn't Giddy On." Said Maddie calmly, causing Gideon to clear his throat.
"Actually, it's-"
"Don't care." The tomboy cut the short white haired boy and turned to Mabel. "Should I set him on fire like the last one?" She whispered into the girl's ear loudly enough for the boy to hear only for Mabel to snicker and give her a light push. "I'll get the lighter ready!" She exclaimed as she walked back inside. Mission Complete! She thought enthusiastically. The worst first impression I could've made on Gideon!
Her father taught her how much restraint she's been showing. It's time to make some DRASTIC changes.
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Maddie waited. She was patient. She needed to strike at the perfect time. She had let Mabel and Gideon's first date go without a hitch for now was the time for a show. "He asked me out again and I didn't know how to say no." The tomboy heard from upstairs and took a deep breath. Here goes nothing, she thought as she descended down the stairs.
"Like this, no." Dipper replied to his sister in a serious tone.
"It's not that easy, Dipper! And I do like Gideon, as a friend slash little sister, so I didn't want to hurt his feelings! I just need to get things back to where they used to be. You know, friends." Mabel replied with a determined expression before Maddie entered the room with a cool smirk.
"That won't work." She said calmly. "He'll pressure you again and you can't say no." She added, approaching Mabel calmly. "As the handsomest person in the shack, I will train you to say no."
"That's a lie-" Dipper said before Maddie shoved her hand into his face and over his mouth. The tomboy cleared her throat and grabbed Mabel's hand. With a swift motion, the tomboy twirled the girl around dramatically before stopping when they stood to face. Maddie continued by knocking Mabel off her heels as she held her tightly by the waist. Mabel stared at Maddie with sparkling eyes as the tomboy gave her a mischievous smile that would make anyone swoon.
"You wouldn't say no to me, would you?" Maddie whispered in a soft tone as she ran her hand through her hair.
Mabel blinked. "Marry me." She said nonchalantly. Both Dipper and Maddie looked at the girl in confusion and shock. "Wait! This gives me an idea! We can tell Gideon I already have a date and then he'll be back in the friend zone! Thanks, Mads!"
"She isn't gonna fall in love with me, is she?" Maddie asked with a nervous smile. Dipper only gave her a conflicted expression as a reply. "Oh no. Ohhhh noooo!"
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Gideon was furious. HIS Mabel was taken from him by that weird boy with the white tie! "You've made a dangerous enemy, boy." He said with a smile from inside a warehousr. All he had to do was get rid of the scoundrel who took his love away from him.
He got a favor from a local not so news reporter to set the bait of an interview about the unnatural. This "Mads" will be gone by tonight. Gideon couldn't help but laugh maniacally at his masterful plan before he heard a voice speak from outside.
"Hello, anyone there?" She asked curiously as she opened the door to see him. "Oh hey, it's you. Hi, Giddy On."
"ITS GIDEON!" Gideon screamed angrily, a vein popping on his forehead before he quickly calmed down. He cleared his throat and spoke from his chair. "Mads Gravels. How long have been livin' in this town? A week, two? You like it here? Enjoy the scenery?"
The tomboy seemed unfazed and spoke cheerfully. "Actually, yes. It's pretty nice." She said without a hint of worry. "What do you want though?"
"Listen carefully, boy." Said Gideon in a serious tone, causing the tomboy to flash a toothy grin. "This town has secrets you couldn't begin to comprehend!" Maddie's grin grew larger and larger as her eyes faintly glowed purple, not enough to be noticed by the boy.
"Oh, my sweet summer child." Maddie said as a boy with a blue pine tree hat watched from the window. "First of all, Mabel doesn't want you."
"LIAR!" Snapped Gideon, getting off his chair and clutching his amulet. "YOU took her from me! She was my peach dumpling!" Maddie's grin grew unhinged as boxes of Gideon merchandise started floating around the warehouse. Dipper's eyes widened while watching from outside. However, just as he was about to rush in and help he heard a laugh from Maddie. Gideon and Dipper both stopped in their tracks. "What are you laughing at?! Don't you see my power?!"
"Oh gosh!" Said Maddie looking at Gideon the same one would look at a tiny puppy before snapping her fingers. In an instant, all the merchandise and boxes in the warehouse burst into blue flames, trapping Gideon in a circle of fire. "You're so adorable. I may be new in town but I've been in the game far longer than you have." Gideon jumped back in shock, his eyes glued to the being in front of him before he bumped into someone behind him.
"Did you like my little show of power?" The person behind him said. Gideon turned around to see a second Maddie staring at him. Gideon's eyes widened in shock as the first Maddie spoke with a hand on her chin. "I don't think so. How about we show him something BETTER!"
In an instant, the warehouse walls and ceiling crumpled like paper before flying into the sky and fusing together into a giant metal triangle with giant limbs. As Dipper ran towards a tree in the background, the giant triangle picked Gideon up like a doll. The two Maddies fused into one before the tomboy floated into the air and stayed right in front of the white haired boy. Gideon tried to resist using his amulet, but it immediately shattered in his hands. "Wh- who! What ARE you?!" He demanded, yet fear was clear in his eyes.
"Transdimensional-demon euclidyian tomboy extrodinaire and the current most powerful being in the universe, but you can call me your new overlord and master for the rest of this summer!" Exclaimed Maddie cheerfully as she summoned a black cane into her hand. "Now, you might be wondering why you're in this situation. It's because of this game where the fate of the universe is at stake. You're a pawn I need in my hand to make sure I win."
Gideon was horrified. "You brainwashed my peach dumplin'!" He snapped angrily. Maddie blinked. Suddenly, the tomboy burst into laughter.
"Seriously? I tell you the fate of the UNIVERSE is at stake and you're thinking about a girl? What a simp." Answered Maddie rolling her eyes with her hands on her hips before sighing. "Well, to answer your curiosity, no. I didn't brainwash Mabel nor did I use magic on her. It was entirely her."
"LIAR!" Snapped Gideon angrily. "You have weaknesses, demon! And I'll figure it out!" Maddie rolled her eyes at Gideon's attitude and crossed her arms.
"Look who's thinking they're a martyr." She said calmly. "I'm gonna assume by weakness, you're gonna go look in that dainty journal 2 to find anything about me." Gideon's eyes widened in shock. "Ahh, ol' Sixer. One of my faves! Heard a lot about him. Wanna know what he said about my kind?" She asks with a giant grin. "If you're physically in front of one of us, all is lost! So how's about we stop wasting time and MAKE A DEAL!" Vicious blue flames burst out of the tomboy's hand as she extended it towards Gideon.
Both Gideon and Dipper couldn't help but watch the ominous flames twirl around Maddie's hand in horror.
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Trauma for Gideon. Hooray!
Toodles.