Twins Missing in Dual Worlds: chapter 8 First you get the power…wait?
Summary: In this episode we see Mabel introduced some human culture to the world of Amphibia, and in doing so she gets betray by an ally, now our young Pine girls but find out who the traitor while depending on them.
Mabel had the day off and started to play on her phone. Sprig heard the commotion and wanted to see what was going on. "Sure, be careful I don't carry a spare." She happily handed her phone over to him. He happily began to play with it, the silly frog having no idea what he was doing.
"Oh, what does this button do?" he started a video. "Oh, what is this?" He asked as he started to see a bunch of people who kinda look like taller older versions of Mabel move around.
"It is called a video. Oh, new suspicious Island, thank you, Anne, and auto download." Mabel would have never discovered the show if it wasn't for the help of Anne Boonchuy, and Mabel was thankful to her for doing so.
"Yup, those sure are words you said." Sprig said. Sprig not understanding most of what she said
She gave out a good laugh just playing the new episodes. She watch most of the show, but never really bothered to pay attention to what they were doing and why, her interest in it were…different.
"What is this suspicious island?" Sprig asked as Mabel place her phone on the table, using a little pink rubber piggy to hold it up.
"Oh, it's a bunch of hot half, naked people!" Mabel said. As far as Mabel was concerned that was the begging and end of the plot. No need for anything else.
"The story seems compelling." Sprig was getting absorbed into it. The power of fandom compelled him, the power of fandom compelled him.
"Huh? There's a story?" Mabel honestly liked to just stare at the hot people and zone out the talking bits.
"What a story?" Polly asked, leaping to see what the older two kids were talking about. "What are you talking about?" She did not like being out of the loop like this.
"Watching TV," Mabel stated simply.
"What does the V stand for?" She asked. She didn't have those there.
"Vision."
"And the T?"
"Tele," Mabel answered.
"Yup, I have no idea what that means." Polly said to Mabel with bemusement.
"I don't get it either." She was sure someone somewhere knew it, but she didn't really need to.
"Same sis." Polly said. "Wow, there are so many Mabels, with noses." She said, not used to using the term 'human.' "I must watch what is going on. This is my new addiction." Mabel was starting to think she had her own Mabel to deal with. Mabel square? That was going to be fun.
"Hey kids, look free ascots. What going on here?" Hop Pop asked, walking over to them.
"Watching TV. Wanna join?" Mabel offered the old frog, patting the spot on the couch next to her, it wasn't big but for the Plantar family, it would do well enough.
"TV? What in tarnation is that?" Hop Pop honestly did not know.
"Less talky talking, more watchy watching." Polly responded, she wondered if all human shows were this good. Much better than those boring old plays Hop Pop liked to read, and sometimes act out scenes from in front of Polly and Sprig.
It took the old man a few minutes before declaring, "This is clearly an inferior version of a play." Mabel rolled her eyes, she dealt with old snobs like the book is better, television rots your brain, stop stealing my cable, it never seems to end. Hop Pop didn't leave, which Mabel happily took notice of. He tried to pretend to do chores while ranting, "This has nothing on 'The Shallow Pond.'" He said, much to the annoyance of his two grandkids, who loudly groaned at the mention of the title. It must not be a popular play around here.
"I will happily hear about it after Suspicious Island." She knew if you threw old people a bone, they would be more cooperative later. She was smiling so big as they got halfway through the new season. Suddenly Mabel shut it off. "And that's enough for tonight." She said, knowing it best to pace yourself no matter how hard it was.
"Aww, but we were having so much fun," Polly said, even if it was past her bedtime. "You can't control me, I'm a rebel I do what I want.
"Trust me. You gotta pace yourself." Mabel was an expert on this.
"Boo." Sprig said, going to bed as Mabel grinned so wide. They really were liking it, they were liking something of hers. This is the greatest feeling ever.
"I still say that is just a waste." Hop Pop grumbled. Trying to play the part of the grump.
"Sureeeee," Mabel said, not believing him for even a single second. The three of them went to bed.
The next morning Mabel discovered her phone was out of power. "Ahhh!"
"What happened is Hoppop dead?" Polly asked, making the logical choice in her opinion.
"I am right here." Hop Pop said, standing next to her. How did his rambunctious granddaughter not see he will never know.
"Worse! My phone is dead!" As a human teenager from America, losing the phone was only slightly better than losing a loved one you actually liked.
"Okay, that is just rude." Hop Pop said.
"There a murderer?" Sprig didn't hear anyone last night when he went to the bathroom and then straight to bed.
She sighed and explained how power works to the best of her abilities. "And that's what happened to Thor. Blah blah blah." Sprig zoned that out.
"So how do we make it undead? Magic, frog sacrifice?" Polly asked, way too excited by this.
"I need electricity," Mabel said, her fist landing in her palm. "Can you help me find it?"
"Electricity?" Hop Pop asked,
Mabel then explained it with all the eloquence that you would expect from the Pines girl, "Zap, zap." She was moving her fingers around trying to make a lighting symbol, but it probably looked more like some shoelaces.
"Wait, zap zap, I know where that is." Hop pop ran out of the room into his and came back with an old dusty book. He opened it up and caused the three other people in the room to have a short coughing fit from all of the dust.
"Ooooh, lore!" Mable knew that Dipper would love this, oh he wasn't here. She wondered if she should start her own journal like Dipper and Grunkle Ford.
"Do you think that could fix my phone?" She said, her mind subconsciously petting it since she got a pig shape case for it.
"It is worth a shot." He said. He would help them out.
"Onward noble warriors." She said, walking out, fist raised and pointed forward. She was ready for this epic quest. The four went to the mountains. Mabel laughed as she watched as Polly and Sprig kept accusing one another of using the battery up. She had the feeling it was neither of them, but no harm was done.
"He Vivacaing." Polly accused.
"Look, it doesn't matter who did it. What matters is fixing it. I guess I'll have to be the Dipper here."
"Sounding like a Chad thing to do. J'Accuse, J'Accuse." Sprig counter.
"Listen here, you pink-skinned mucus ball. Why would I drain my battery when I was the one who had us all go to bed?" Seriously she should have asked for a phone with a limitless battery instead of one with seven Petabye of storage from Grunkle Ford for her birthday. That would have been apotropaic for them right now.
"The perfect alibi." Sprig eyed the human.
"Sprig you're being silly." Hop Pop tried to be ruminative about their current situation.
"And that's what happened to Twig?" Mabel said, mentioning her imaginary friend again.
"Clear sign of delusions." Polly pointed out.
"Urgggg!" Is this what Dipper dealt with her? Maybe she should apologize; another day, another problem.
"Sprig will remember that." He said in the third person.
Mabel started to hit her own forehead at this. It was like that until Hop Pop was…"I see one."
"Awesome! Things are finally coming up, Plantar's." Polly said
"Grab it before it." It crawled down, "Does that." He said, "Now we need to climb down." This was going to be murder on his hips.
"But there's so many!" Mabel was overwhelmed; her hair was starting to float up at this. The static was powerful.
"Which is why we need to plan." Hop Pop said.
"We wouldn't even be in this stupid situation if someone didn't use up my phone!" Mabel wasn't one to blame but was a bit tired at the moment.
"Polly! This is your fault," Sprig said.
"Sprig, not now." Mabel was getting annoyed with the two siblings blaming each other. She rubbed her temples. "Urg, Dipper, what should we-" She stopped herself as the sad realization took over her…She may never see Dipper again. Even the pictures of him might be gone. She felt as alone as she did the first night in Amphibia.
"Don't worry, family finds a way ." Hop Pop said, placing his hand on her back, wanting to comfort to her. Mabel hugged him sadly. "There, there, it looks like a long trip down...Sprig, Polly." The two were nearly going to roll off the cliff. Mabel ran to help out, she lost a brother she won't lose another and a sister. Both blamed the other for it, as the two of them were rescued. Hop Pop knowing what he had to do, "IT WAS ME!"
"I knew it." She said, she could be smart. She never knew why people didn't believe that.
"I couldn't help myself. I just needed to know what happened to those crazy teens." Hop Pop confessed.
"Couldn't you have just waited one night?" Mabel asked. "There is no harm in waiting; why do I feel like a hypocrite?"
"No, but I will make this right." He jumped off. "I WILL REDEEM MYSELF."
This surprised them. He was fine until they started to zap him. "Sprig Polly, we have to save Hop Pop," Mabel said, taking charge and letting the two frogs help her down, they got zapped, and the force sent them to a nearby tree to safety. Mabel got so many leaves in her hair and nearly lost her shoe. Good thing that it landed on a tree branch within easy reach of the young Pines. That could have been a catastrophe.
They rubbed themselves, getting the dirt off them, luckily nothing too permanent. "Good thing we are so durable, or that would have killed us." Sprig said.
"Is he ok?"Mabel asked.
"I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine." Polly slapped Hop Pop at this. "Better now."
Mabel put her hand on his shoulder.
"Sorry about your magic box, can you find it in your heart to forgive this old silly frog." He asked, humbled by the experience.
"Of course! You're my Hop Pop." He was actually closer to her than her real grandfather.
"Well, your phone battery has a big number now says you shouldn't have to worry about charging it again." He said.
"Thank frog for that," Polly said.
She checked. "Woah! It's supercharged! Thank you, Grunkle Ford."
"Guess that should last you a while, huh." He had no idea how it worked.
"OF course it will." Mabel smile.
"Good now we can get back to the show." The youngest one said.
"Oh boy! Do you know it?"
"Good because I got so much to talk about." Hop Pop said, "And if I don't tell someone soon, I will explode."
"Oh, like what?" Mabel asked.
"The show like how..."Hop Pop was interrupted.
"Dude, spoiler." Polly cried.
"Wait, there's a plot?" The three frogs laugh at Mabel's outburst.
To BE continue… same frog time same frog channel.
I decided to add a bit where Mabel phone last so long because Grunkle Ford made it super awesome, and is the reason the bugs didn't fry it when it happen.
Next time: We see how Sasha got capture in this universe.
RonaldM40196867 chapter 7 . 5h ago
Daddy Long Leg must've been a fun pet.
Catterpeed is hungry.
Hop Pop deserves his own show.
I love this story.
Do you think Curator Ponds had frog versions of Dipper and Mabel?
My response: I believe it.
I wanted to do something different, have Mabel know her pet is dangerous and just try to keep on feeding it to make it behave.
He kinda does, doesn't he.
Thanks, I am glad to hear.
If he did they be call Amble and Flipper.