Disclaimers: I do not own Gravity Falls
Author Notes: Okay guys the last chapter will be the last normal length chapter I write for this story. Now for those of you who don't know my chapters are usually anywhere from 6 to 8 pages on word doc. However, since it took us five chapters to get though episode one of SVTFOE we're all going to have to adapt here. So, for now on most of the chapters will be much longer. With that said let's get to it!
(Back with Ford…)
He hadn't expected the twins to be out so late…
Ford looked at his watch and grimaced as it read half past eleven, a part of him wanted to run out and find them, but the other half saw this as an opportunity.
So, without wasting any time that would undoubtedly change his mind he went through the secret door behind the vending machine and down to his lab. The lab itself was separated into 3 different sub levels, however the mirror phone was on the top floor. It had once been in his study, but with Mabel having so many friends across so many dimensions she was constantly chatting away while he was trying to work. He had often debated on giving the kids there own, but decided against it. The last thing he needed was the twins to waste so many minutes that entire family ended up working in the Shard Mines to pay off their debt in Pixtopia!
Pushing the thought aside Ford stepped in front of the mirror and stated loud and clear. "Call Hannibal."
"Calling Hannibal Cipher." The Mirror said in a mulled tone. Mabel had often complained that it should sound more upbeat, but Ford shrugged it off.
For a moment the screen shows nothing but static finally Queen Luisa appears, her husband is speaking with a rather horned beast off to the side. Since the beast is dressed in a black suit, Ford assumes he's a servant of some sort, like a butler. "Ford darling how are things."
"Yes we didn't expect you to call so soon." Hannibal shouted from where he was.
"Didn't think I'd call?" Ford snapped. "Your son got Stan put in prison!"
"Please isn't he there every other week?" Hannibal asked brushing the incident off without even acknowledging him.
"We now own several 3 headed dogs!" Ford continued to complain.
"And that gold was worthless!" Stan growled as he stomped in, rubbing his wrist which were obviously still sore from the cuffs.
"Not to mention I am sure he's traumatized Dipper!" Ford shouted.
"Well I assumed you called the boy ahead." Hannibal lashed back.
"I would if you have given me ample time, but noooo! You drop him off and task me with getting his powers under control with only hours to come up with something" Ford reasoned.
"You did come up with something though didn't you?" Luisa asked hopefully. She took this moment to cut in, because she knew that Hannibal and Ford would argue for all eternity if given the chance.
"Yeah like it's doing us any favors." Stan said as one of the 3 headed puppies was currently pulling on his pant leg.
"I constructed a wand of sorts to store his power for the time being." Ford informed her.
"Very good Stanford." Hannibal commented, no doubt to make his wife happy.
"Just be warned." Luisa added. "A large quantity of our magic can corrupt even the sweetest of creatures. It can also affect some more than others."
"Speaking of did you ever think that this might have been oh I don't know...a horrible idea!" Stan shouted.
"Stan!" Ford warned.
"No!" Stan shouted. "I know we're all thinking it! You called because of it!"
"Because of what?" Hannibal dared to ask.
"Don't play dumb!" Stan snapped. "Did you ever think how his magic might affect THEM!"
Hannibal stopped as if startled by the question, he then proceeded to pull out a large dusty old book from what seemed to be from thin air. "Well now that the power has been transferred to a…wand was it?"
"Yes." Ford answered impatiently.
"Yes well it says as long as they do not touch it they should be fine." Hannibal assured them. "Besides My bloodline was already in power before they were born, the odds of our magic affecting them are slim to none."
Ford allowed himself to breathe a sigh of relief.
"Speaking of where is Bill?" Luisa asked.
"They must have went out to show him the town." Stan answered without thinking.
"You mean you don't know!" Hannibal screamed. "If anything happens to my son I am holding you personally responsible!"
"Relax they're fine." Stan said as if it was no big deal. "Trust me I once saw my niece take down a ten foot troll with nothing but a water hose and several balls of bubblegum."
Hannibal looked at him as if he had grown a second head. "I'm sorry did you say she took down a troll with gum?"
"Mable is very…creative." Ford explained.
"And the boy?" Hannibal asked.
"He likes to do things more by the book." Ford explained. "He has a knack for magic, but he doesn't seem interested in using it."
"Really?" Hannibal seems stunned. "What human wouldn't?"
"Mabel of course is the complete opposite." Ford went on. "She loves the idea of magic, but fails to grasp the basics."
"I was the same." Luisa explained. "At her age it was the simple things that I found difficult."
"See I told you." Stan jumped in. "You're too strict."
"You must know the basics before you can even hope to understand the complexity of magic!" Ford argued back. "It's basic principle Stanley!"
"Nerd words." Stan shouted. "All I hear is nerd words."
"The fact that you two get anything done is remarkable." Luisa admitted out loud. "Can't we all have a decent conversation without arguing?"
Ford bit his lip, he knew exactly why they were all arguing, and it had very little to do with the kids.
"Uncle Ford we're home!" Dipper's voice came from the entrance of the secret lab.
"See their fine." Stan said.
"We fought monsters!" Mabel exclaimed.
"Mabel!" Bill and Dipper shouted together.
"Mason Pines!" Ford warned.
"Kidding!" Dipper yelled. "She's totally kidding!"
"Wow he really doesn't let you have fun." Bill joked.
"We're making midnight nachos!" Dipper yelled down to them as he closed the vending machine door. "Seriously?" He said giving his sister the evil eye.
"What?" Mabel asked.
"Nerve mind, I'm making Nachos." Dipper said as he moved to leave.
"What are Nachos?" Bill suddenly asked.
The twins faced him stunned. "WHATTTTTTTT!"
Meanwhile back down with Ford things had taken a turn for the worse.
"That idiot Tad!" Hannibal hissed. "No doubt he and his goons tried something! He's an embarrassment to the family, you know what will happen if he manages to possess magic again!"
"Why didn't you just execute him?" Stan asked bluntly.
"Stanley!" Ford warned.
"What?" Stan shrugged. "If you had come into the night and tried to kill my only son days after he was born, well..." Stan did a motion with his finger across his neck. "I mean who's to say you won't try again."
"Yes but you could be a little more sensitive!" Ford hissed, not in the least bit offended.
"No he is right." Hannibal agreed. "I blame you humans for making me so soft."
Ford resisted the urge to argue, for Luisa's sake.
She gave him an appreciated smile.
"Look I will do all in my power to protect him." Ford assured them both. "You trusted me enough to bring him here." He reasoned. "So believe me when I say you have nothing to worry about, your son is in good hands."
(Back in the kitchen…)
Dipper pulls out a plate of nachos from the microwave. "Behold!" He said dramatically as he presented the plate.
Mabel clearly amazed, sang out loud, "Dipper's Super Awesome Nachos!" as she takes one.
Bill also takes on, not so sure. "Triangle food?" He asked.
Dipper rolls his eyes. "Just eat it."
Bill places it in his mouth and takes a bit. His eyes widen. "This is amazing!" He whispered.
Suddenly, there was then a knock at the front door.
"Are you expecting anyone?" Bill asked.
"At 12:14 in the morning?" Dipper asked picking up a bat from somewhere off to the side. "Not likely."
The other two tensed as they all went for the door.
They opened it.
And suddenly the twins were jumped.
Dipper struggled on the floor as a great weight held him down.
Mabel who is also on the ground shouts "What the flip is going on here?"
"Oh no way!" Bill yells. "You're here already?"
Dipper looks over his shoulder to see several monsters. "Great more monsters."
"Boss we heard there's this epic party." Amorphous Shape explained. "So we came to rescue you."
"Rescue me?" Bill asked, and then realized. "Oh no these guys are cool." Bill assured them.
"You mean there are actually humans out there that are cool?" Hector asked as he let go of Mabel.
"Of course we're cool…" Mabel stated as she got up only to stop as she noticed Amorphous Shape's hair.
"Your hair is the colors of the rainbow!" She yelled.
"Yep." Amorphous Shape said acting like she was all that.
Mabel's eyes grew wide as she got real close. "Tell me how you did that!" She demanded.
"Oh I went to Rainbow Falls." She explained.
"You mean the one that's in that dimension that's slowly getting eaten by a black hole!" Mabel squealed. "I'm so jealous."
Amorphous Shape smiled. "I like you." She admitted.
"Names Mabel." Mabel said as she offered her hand.
Amorphous Shape took it. "Names Kelly." She said, "But Bill calls me Amorphous Shape."
"Oh you have a nick name too?" Mabel asked. "Mines Shooting Star." She said proudly.
"Then she's in!" Keyhole declared.
"You guys ready to make some bad choices?" Kelly mused.
"Sure, let me just wake up Dipper," Bill said as Paci-fire finally got off of him.
"Oh, that is not a dead person?" Paci-fire asked.
Dipper groaned in pain, "Nope, not dead."
"Guys this is Dipper." Bill introduced him as he helped him up.
"I don't get it." Hector admitted. "Why'd you name him that?" He asked Bill.
"Oh no our Gruncles gave him that nickname." Mabel explained.
"Then he's obviously not one of us." Hector said bluntly.
"I hate your face, and you're ugly!" Kelly said plainly.
Dipper looks confused.
"Oh come guys I can think of something." Bill insisted.
"Nope it has to come naturally." Keyhole said.
"Oh come on my bro is great." Mabel insisted, "Just give him a chance."
"Fine he gets until the end of the night." Kelly said. "If Bill hasn't come up with a name by then well…"
Dipper gulped as Paci-fire cracked his knuckles. "Actually I think I'll stay."
Mabel pouted. "Dipper you always do this."
"Mabel…." Dipper whined.
"Please!" His sister begged.
"But I was going to… we were going to…" Dipper said nervously.
Bill then gave Dipper a puppy dog face as well.
Dipper sighed, giving in "I… Ugh, alright."
"Hooray!" Mabel exclaimed "We're going to a demon party!"
"Sweet Let's go!" Kelly said pulling out a pair of dimensional scissors on it.
"Ah! Dimensional scissors? Jealous!" Bill said, as she opened a portal.
"Wait, we're going to another dimension?" Dipper asked nervously.
"Relax bro I've been to several." Mabel assured him.
"Yeah, Dip live a little!" Bill said, dragging him through the portal.
"Dip?" Dipper asked.
"Nope that's just not working for me." Bill admitted. "What's your real name again?"
"Mason." Mabel reminded him.
"Nope that's worse." Bill said, remembering once more.
"Oh come on!" Dipper whined. "Why do I need a nickname?"
"All my friends have them." Bill explained. "It's the principal of the thing." He said as they began to fall and then landed on a cloud, all but Dipper who ended up missing the cloud and hit the floor next to it.
He groaned as dance music played loudly around them.
"Huh? Where are we?" Dipper asked.
"The Bounce Lounge! My favorite place to chill! Just stay away from the edge," Bill explained.
"Noted." Dipper said.
Suddenly Mable squealed, "Bill, Dipper! Photo booth! Photo booth! Come on!"
She then pushed her brother, Bill, and the others into the photo booth. It was a tight squeeze, but they managed.
"This is a rather large both." Dipper noted.
"What are you trying to say?" Paci-fire growled from above him.
"OOOOOh you've done it now." Kelly mused.
"Guys it's starting!" Mabel said and the booth started taking pictures with the captions, "Yay, good times!", "Happy Besties!", "Get out of TOWN!", "I heart Friends", and "Stylez 4 Milez".
Finally the group left the booth and went for the dance floor except for Dipper who went back to the table to play on his phone.
He wasn't there for long.
"Nope!" Bill snatched the phone away and flipped through it as he raced off.
"Bill!" Dipper yelled after him. "Give that back!"
"No I need to figure out a name for you!" Bill shouted and stopped as he came across a very embarrassing picture.
"Who's the baby in the lamb costume?" Bill asked. "Is this you?"
"Bill!" Dipper screamed blushing.
"Oh I am so keeping this!" Bill laughed as he sent the pic to his own phone. "Why would you keep this on your phone?" He asked as Dipper snatched it away.
"Mabel keeps sending it to me as blackmail." Dipper whispered. "Not that it's any of your business."
"Blackmail?" Bill smiled devilishly. "I knew I like her." He admitted.
Suddenly Paci-fire bumps into Dipper as he and Mabel dance by them and almost pushes him off the edge.
"Careful!" Bill warned as he grabbed Dipper just in time. "You don't want to fall down there trust me."
"Paci-fire just tried to shove me off this cloud!" Dipper said.
"Oh, no!" Bill began to explain, but stopped. "No you're right he probably did, but what did you expect you called him fat."
"When?" Dipper snapped.
"In the booth." Bill said. "You were surprised we could all fit."
"That's not what I meant." Dipper argued.
"Look let's just dance and forget about it." Bill advised.
"I don't dance." Dipper told him.
Bill froze. "Oh we have a lot of work to do." He admitted.
"Why. so I can fit in with your so called friends?" Dipper shouted
"Ok what do you like to do?" Bill asked.
"I like to stay home this late at night and sleep!" Dipper yelled.
"No I mean cool stuff." Bill yelled. "What do you do for fun?"
"Well I play video games." Dipper admitted.
Bill smiled and then called out to the others, "Hey, let's go to the Amethyst Arcade! Dipper and Mabel will have more fun there!"
"Ooh, now you're speaking my language." Mabel said. "I wonder if they have Pokémon."
"No! Way! I'm! Getting! My! Dance! On!" Paci-fire said, still dancing. He then seemed to notice something nearby; whatever it was, Dipper couldn't see it. But suddenly he changed his mind.
"Yes, you are right, Bill, they will like the arcade better. Let's go!" he said, as Kelly opened another portal.
"What's going on?" Dipper asked picking up on the changed vibe.
"I think they're warming up to you." Bill teased as they went through the portal, to the Amethyst Arcade.
Dipper was entranced "Holy pixels! So many video games!" he said currently awestruck at the sheer amount of arcade machines and other gadgets at the Amethyst Arcade.
"Yes, I knew you two would like it here. This place is full of squares," Paci-fire said.
Indeed, the arcade had literal squares at various machines, who promptly groaned in unison like they were bored or something.
"Ooh, look! Dance Revolution! That's perfect!" Bill grabbed Dipper's hand. "Even someone with two left feet like you can do it." He said as he dragged him over.
"Gee thanks." Dipper retorted as he and Kelly took "the stage."
Kelly of course is a natural and follows the lights with ease.
Dipper is just as fast, but lacks her grace and soon falls behind.
Kelly's friends cheer as she wins.
Dipper groans, and steps back. "Look I'm going to get something to drink." He said.
Bill bit his lip and race after him. "Oh come on I really think they're starting to like you." He lied.
"Look Bill I appreciate this, coming here for me, but let's face it." Dipper groaned. "I don't fit in with them."
"They're just stuck up on the fact I haven't given you a name." Bill assured him. "Look I'll go talk to them and we'll work this out." He assured him and turns to go.
Dipper moves to stop him but someone grabs his shoulder. He turns around to find three of some kind of masked robot things standing there. One of them held up a photo of Bill's friends.
"Have you seen these delinquents?" The bigger one asked.
Dipper who was never a good liar felt like a deer in the head lights.
"Look kid either you talk or we make you." The smallest of the men said.
Dipper could only manage to muster two words…"Oh, boy."
The largest of the men grab Dipper and took him to a secluded room where he is then tied to a chair.
Meanwhile, Bill is trying his best to convince his friends (who have decided they want to leave to someplace more exciting) to stay and make nice with Dipper.
"Oh come on Boss." Hector said.
"He's your total opposite." Kelly reasoned.
"Just give him some time and you'll see, Dipping Dots can be fun too!" Bill said trying yet another lame nick name.
They all gave him a blank look.
"Okay I'll admit I've got nothing." Bill admitted.
"Hey have you guys seen Dipper?" Mabel asked as she ran up to them.
Bill looked over where they just were. "He was there just a minute ago."
"Somethings happened." Mabel said, feeling her brother's stress.
"Oh yeah that reminds us." Keyhole said with a fake laugh. "We forgot to tell you something."
"Yeah you are going to laugh when you hear this." Hector agreed.
Bill's eyes turned as black as the starless sky as anger ragged through him. "What did you idiots do?!"
Suddenly Mabel gets very serious as well. "I know where he is." She said.
(Back with Dipper...)
"Where are they!" the second of the men demanded. He wasn't as big as the first, but his voice was strangely deeper and scarier.
One of the others shined a lamp on him as he spoke.
"I'm telling you, I don't know!" Dipper responded.
"Not talking, eh? What if I do this?" the man said, then started flickering the lamp light.
Dipper raised an eyebrow "Seriously?" he asked in disbelief.
"We can't really hurt you." The smaller one revealed. "Just because we're cops doesn't mean we can cheat the system when no one is looking."
"Wait…" Dipper blinked in disbelief. "You're cops!"
"That's what I said!" The man said.
"Where's your badge?" Dipper challenged.
The three all pulled out badges with a brass symbol Dipper hadn't seen before.
"The IPD?" Dipper asked.
"The Inter-dimensional Police Department." The smaller one said. "We work as Staff at Hugo's reform School these kids broke in and turned the place upside down while they got there "party on!"" He stopped. "Am I saying that right?"
Suddenly Mabel, Bill and his friends came bursting into the room.
"Release my brother!" Mabel demanded.
Bill who notices Dipper is trapped goes to use his wand. "Crystal Dagger-"
He stops as the larger man unties Dipper. "What?" He asked confused.
"Sorry about that." He said. "I have anger management issues." He admitted.
"Gee you think?" Dipper spat bitterly.
"Look kid it's cool you didn't sell out your friends, but people got to pay for what they did." The smaller guy said.
"Wait you stood up for us?" Kelly asked.
"Yeah some good it did me." Dipper growled filling annoyed.
"Dude that's tight." Keyhole said.
"Yeah I guess you can be cool." Hector added.
"Plus you got arrested." Paci-fire mused. "Respect." He offered Dipper his fist for a fist pump.
Dipper couldn't even find the words.
"Okay will someone please tell me what happened?" Bill demanded.
"Your friends broke into a school and threw a party!" Dipper yelled.
"What?" Bill exclaimed. "And you didn't invite me?"
"Well that's why we came." Kelly said as if it was obvious. "To include you."
"Awe you guys." Bill said, touched. He turned to the officers. "Look the name's Cipher, William Cipher as in the Prince of the Nightmare Realm, these guys are with me."
"Your highness you may have immunity due to your royal blood, but it doesn't cover the actions of your friends." The middle sized officer said.
"What!" Bill exclaimed.
"Then what good is it?" Mabel shouted.
"See!" Bill yelled. "My thoughts exactly."
"Sorry, but I'm going to have to take them all down town." The Big one said as he cuffs Dipper.
"Hey I thought you were letting me go." Dipper complained.
"No you withheld information, that's abstraction to justice. I just had to untie you." The officer said. "Already got one lawsuit."
"But he's innocent!" Bill argued as he raised his cane.
"It's okay boss." Kelly assured him. "It was fun while it lasted." She handed him her dimensional scissors.
"Your dimensional scissors?" Bill asked.
"I won't need 'em where I'm going," She replied, then turned to the cops and said. "You'll never take us alive!"
"Yeah you creeps catch us if you can!" Hector shouted as Bill's friends made a run for it.
"Get back here!" The officers shouted taking off after them.
Dipper blinked in disbelief "Did they just do that for me?" He asked, stunned.
"I don't believe it!" Bill exclaimed. "Do you know what these means?"
"We're not going to jail." Dipper said the obvious.
"No you dummy." Bill retorted. "You're in!" He exclaimed. "Now all my friends are besties!"
"Yeah... I wouldn't go that far," Dipper said. As he managed to slip off the cuffs.
"Our Grunkle Stan taught us how to get out of cuffs." Mabel explained.
"Ok that guy knows nothing about being a parent." Bill admitted.
"Yeah he's not the best example." Dipper admitted. "One time he got us all in jail for counterfeiting."
Bill smiled. "I love this family, you guys are a riot."
"Well at least you had fun." Dipper said.
"Oh come on you have to admit it was an exciting way to spend the night." Bill said.
"Well I guess that's one way to put it." Dipper agreed.
"That's the spirit…" Bill replied pausing to try again to come up with something. "Seriously why is this so hard for me?" He exclaimed. "Why can't you be like your sister and wear colorful and inspirational clothing?"
"He used to where a hat with a pine tree on it." Mabel revealed. "But people started making fun of him since our last name is Pines and all."
Bill smiled, a wide and wicked smile, and with a wave of his cane a hat with a pine tree on it appeared in his hand.
"Bill don't you dare!" Dipper warned.
Too late, Bill place the hat on his head. "Let me guess." He mused. "They called you Pine Tree!"
Dipper blushed. "You jerk."
Bill smiled. "I like it."
"Of course you do." Dipper said with dismay, and then stopped as he noticed something. "Hey! We're stuck in another dimension!" He realized.
"Oh, no, we're not!" Bill said, then held out the dimensional scissors.
"Whoa!" Dipper said.
"Cool!" Mabel added. "I always wanted a pair."
"Now we can go anywhere we want. Anywhere in the entire universe!" Bill said.
"I know just the place," Dipper said.
Moments later the three of them were once again back at the Mystery Shack munching down on a large plate of nachos; watching TV as the sun slowly rose above them.
"Not a bad way to spend my first day." Bill admitted.
"You know we have to go to school in a couple of hours, right?" Dipper revealed.
"School later, nachos now." Mabel said with her mouthful of food.
Dipper shrugged and sat back enjoying a rare moment of peace while he still could. "You weren't kidding. There's never a dull moment with you around is there?" He asked.
Bill laughed. "Please you hadn't even seen the worse of it."
Dipper laughed. "Thought so."
-To Be Continued