AN: I'm back, I'm back I'M BACK!

Thank you for all the luv and support!

And a HUGE thank you to N.F—now known as MLGbilcipher89, for making a gorgeous fanart of Matthew with his dark side, and a lot of other neat details, too :3. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! And not to worry, Ford will come back very, very, soon!

To answer the question of Tyrantlord Waddles, my fave Percy Jackson book is probably The Titans Curse, since Thalia is an awesome character and the book also featured Artemis, who is my favorite Greek goddess :3. And yes, I will give Matthew more powers in the future.

Okay, on to the next chapter!

Hope you enjoy!

…C-I-P-H-E-R…

Chapter Thirty-One: Please Leave a Message

"Matthew!" Dipper screamed as the jar tumbled down into the woods. Just when he and Mabel were going to run after him, Gideon shrunk them too before grabbing them and smirking.

"Let us go…you, you, you, ARGH!" Mabel screamed as she and her twin tried to squirm out of Gideon's pudgy iron grasp.

"Oh, this'll be good, wait 'till Stanford sees this!" Gideon cackled loudly before walking towards the shack.

"Oh, Stanford!" Gideon said in a sing-song voice. "I got the—OW!"

Dipper bit Gideon's thumb as hard as he possibly could, causing Gideon to let go of the twins. Dipper and Mabel screamed as they began to fall, though they stopped when they crashed inside of Gideon's pocket.

"Why you little—! Come here!" Gideon yelled as he shoved his hand in his pocket, trying to grope around for the twins. The two avoided Gideon's hand and climbed out of his pocket and on to the grass running into the woods after their older brother.

"Come back here!" Gideon boomed as he ran after them.

"We can't outrun him; we're too small!" Mabel said.

"There!" Dipper said pointing at a deer.

"What're we supposed to do?" Mabel asked in confusion.

"Climb on, duh!" Dipper said, grabbing on to the unsuspecting deer's fur. Mabel followed, just as Gideon tumbled towards them, scaring the deer and causing it to bolt.

The two screamed and held on. Mabel yelping as her grip on the deer fell away, only to be caught by the wrist, thanks to Dipper.

The deer then stopped abruptly, causing Dipper to let go as well. Dipper and Mabel screamed as they crashed into a nearby bush, the rustling causing the deer to dash away again.

"Did we get away?" Mabel panted as she brushed leaves, twigs, and dirt off her body.

"Yeah, I think so," Dipper replied as they walked out of the bush.

"Wow," Mabel said as they checked out their surroundings, the grass was large and little pebbles now looked like boulders. They then screamed in surprise when an ant rumbled past them.

"Alright, we have to find Matt," Dipper said.

"Right," Mabel agreed as they continued to walk, calling their brother's name in the process.

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Matthew's eye fluttered open, and he grunted in pain as he rubbed the bruise on his forehead. He then instantly coughed and gasped for air, sitting up, he felt his head swim, the glass around him was foggy.

How long was I out? He thought to himself. Apparently long enough for most of the oxygen to be out. He tried to stand, only to collapse against the glass, heated from the summer sun.

Matthew fell back on his knees, crawling towards the jar opening and pushing against the lid with all his strength, only, he was too weak. He fell once more, the pain of his jaw hitting hard warm glass not registering.

"Think," He murmured to himself. "What to do, what to do…"

Grunting with exertion, Matthew crawled on his quivering arms and knees towards the glass wall of the jar, his head pounding, his breaths becoming shorter. Raising a shaking finger, he drew on the fog, help.

He only just managed to right the "P" when he slumped against the domed wall, his eye closing slowly.

But what if nobody saw it? He'd die from either the heat or the lack of air, what was he going to…

His hand subconsciously travelled to the stone in his pocket. It was good for two more wishes he figured. He couldn't use it to get out of the situation, though. Wishing to grow back to his normal size wasn't exactly a dark wish, it was probably something only a light wishing stone could do.

It'd seem Matthew could only rely on the message to save his life.

What about Gideon? His familiar darker half whispered. If I do die, I can die knowing he got what was coming for him.

A tiny smirk played on Matthew's lips.

"I wish…" he whispered hoarsely. "Gideon was severely punished."

The stone glowed and cracked, the oily darkness in his chest exploded and he cried out, clutching his stomach in agony. His eye then closed, just as the empty space covered by his eyepatch glowed gold.

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"Matthew? MATTHEW!" Mabel called loudly, Dipper following suit.

"What if the jar fell in a lake?" She asked worriedly.

"We'll find him we just have to…"

"Dipper, look!" Mabel called, pointing at a jar against a tree, the words help drawn on the fog.

The siblings exchanged a look before dashing towards the jar, wiping away the fog on the glass, both gasping as they saw the unconscious form of Matthew, his hair covering the eyepatch and the stone glowing in his open palm.

Dipper and Mabel screamed his name, banging the glass, but Matthew didn't so much as stir.

They then ran to the jar lid, tugging with all their might.

"Come on…" Dipper grunted as the jar squeaked and popped off at last. While Mabel got back on her feet, Dipper ran into the jar and dragged his brother out, his heart beating rapidly.

As he dragged him on to the ground, Mabel ran beside them.

"Is he okay?!" she exclaimed as Dipper shook the blonde vigorously. Matthew's hair fell away from the eyepatch, revealing the glowing underneath.

"Huh?" Dipper frowned and slowly removed the eyepatch, only for him and his sister to be blasted away with a golden light.

"Ugh, what was that?" Mabel demanded.

"I don't…Matthew?" Dipper's eyes widened as Matthew stood up, a cruel sneer on his face. He tore the eyepatch off, revealing a bright golden eye, his right eye, however, stayed closed.

"Well, hi, Pine Tree and Shooting Star! Long time no see!" Matthew chuckled and advanced towards them.

"Who are you?!" Dipper demanded, standing protectively in front of Mabel. "What did you do with Matthew?!"

Matthew mocked hurt and put a hand over his chest. "You mean, you don't recognize me?"

"Y-You're not Matthew!" Mabel said from behind Dipper.

"No? Why not? Eh?" Matthew asked. "Because I feel like killing you two obnoxious brats? Is that it?"

"Matthew!" Dipper called. "You have to fight it!"

"Your brother isn't here right now," The deranged version of Matthew said with a chuckle. "Please leave a message after the blast."

He shot a beam of light at the twins and they screamed, narrowly dodging it.

"Do you want to leave a message?" Deranged Matthew taunted, shooting another blast of blue light.

"Matthew, stop it, please!" Mabel yelled, ducking a laser blast.

"'Stop it, please!'" Deranged Matthew sneered.

"We're not getting to him!" Dipper cried as they dodged another blast.

"We have to save…" Mabel's voice trailed off as she caught sight of the glowing stone inside the jar still.

"Dipper, distract him." Mabel dashed off towards the jar and climbed inside, grabbing the stone and running off, while Dipper threw a bunch of taunts at Deranged Matthew to distract him.

Deranged Matthew's eye flickered and he frowned, glaring at the retreating Mabel.

"Oh no, you don't," he growled.

"If you're in there, Matthew, I'm sorry!" Dipper called as he head-butted Deranged Matthew in the stomach.

The blonde grunted and staggered backwards before snarling and tossing a fire ball that was black mixed with red.

Dipper ducked and gasped when he turned around.

"Mabel! Behind you!"

Mabel looked behind her back and cried out as the flames began to eat away at the grass, crawling rapidly towards her.

She looked back at the stone before she made a split-second decision.

"For Mattie!" She yelled, throwing the stone at the flames.

"NO!" Deranged Matthew screamed as the stone exploded into a million pieces.

Good news, the creepy stone was gone, bad news, Mabel was now surrounded by flames.

"Uh, Dipper?!" She called. Though she wasn't sure he could here him over the flames.

"There you are! Not to worry, my queen! I'll save, ya!" Mabel looked up and gasped as Gideon's giant hand snatched her up.

"No! Let go of me! Let me go!"

"Hey, hey, none of that, I just saved your life!" Gideon said patting Mabel's head with his finger. "DIPPER!" Mabel screamed.

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When the stone exploded, Deranged Matthew collapsed, both eyes now closed.

"Matthew?" Dipper asked, slowly walking towards him.

Matthew's right eye opened, revealing the familiar bright blue Dipper knew and loved. The boy sighed in relief.

"You're back!" He said, picking up Matthew's eyepatch and handing it to him.

"What happened?" Matthew said groggily, covering his left eye.

"Um, you went all Bill Cipher mode again, but it's okay! We're both fine!" Dipper said as Matthew put the eyepatch over his left eye.

"What's with fire?" Matthew asked.

"Oh, yeah, you were kind of attacking Mabel…Mabel!" Dipper exclaimed in realization, just as a shadow passed over the two brothers. There, Gideon stood, holding a squirming Mabel.

"DIPPER!" She screamed.

"Mabes!" Matthew cried.

"Oh, hello, boys!" Gideon cackled. "I was just going to hold my queen for ransom do get the shack! Do enjoy burning to death, buh-bye now!"

"Gideon, you creep!" Dipper yelled, trying to run after the boy, only for his path to be covered in flames, Gideon calmly stepped over them, humming to himself.

"Dipper," Matthew said urgently. "Those crystals, where'd you get them?"

"Follow me!" Dipper said as they went in the opposite direction of Gideon. They made it to the crystal clusters, finding one of the growing crystals and dashing into its light.

"Man, growing fast feels weird…" Matthew said.

"True," Dipper said with a shudder, before Matthew willed a fire extinguisher into existence and took out the growing flames.

"Well, that's that," Matthew said. "Now for the rat."

"Gideon," Dipper spat.

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Mabel bit Gideon multiple times on the thumb like Dipper had, but either her teeth weren't as sharp or Gideon didn't care. Probably both.

"Doo, doo, duh-doo," Gideon sang to himself as he walked towards the shack, only to be blasted in the back with a ball of fire.

"ARGH! My pants!" Gideon screamed running around in circles, dropping Mabel. Dipper caught her while Matthew fished the flashlight out of Gideon's pocket.

"Put her down," Matthew instructed as Dipper did just that. Matthew then regrew her.

"That feels good!" Mabel said.

"And now, you," Matthew growled, his hands lighting with flames.

Gideon whimpered. "Wh-what're you going to do?"

"Hang you by a noose, after skinning you alive and—."

"Matthew!" Mabel exclaimed.

Matthew groaned and rolled his eyes. He already cursed the kid, he'd get what was coming for him. "Get lost," he said.

Gideon complied before saying, "I'll come back, just wait!"

"Yeah, yeah," Matthew crabbed before turning to his siblings.

"Thanks for saving me from the jar…and Bill Mode."

"No problem, broseph!" Mabel chirped.

"Yeah," Dipper smiled. "No problem."

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AN: I had to cut this chapter short because I have an internet limit (boo).

Fantasy Freak OUT!