AN: Hey Yo!
So, I got all the OCs you guys have sent, and I must say, I'm really excited to have them in the story!
A big thank-you to, rcppcsPOTTER, TheSilverHunt3r, Habear, Slyiphen, Guest, AngelPines, rookie-cookie, EpicFanGirling, Celena Pacific, VoktoriaMargrey, cookiebook322, Arylia Scry, MordecoolBlueJay, Roxanna Rose, Alison Gumballs, and finally, MLGbilcipher89 and her friend, for your OCs! If I missed anyone, please let me know!
Also, thank you, Spider-Pig1986 for the gifts! I will have Mathew open I soon…it's just late and all.
Finally, the chapter!
Chapter Forty: August
Dipper and Pacifica screamed at the monstrosity before them, a gigantic black spider wearing an eerie grinning mask. All the while it laughed like a little kid, its voice echoing across the town.
"How did that sneak up on us?!" Pacifica demanded.
"Not important right now!" Dipper exclaimed as the two took off down the street, Pacifica hiking up the hem of her dress up.
The spider jumped into the air and landed in front of the two.
"You're not running away from me!" The spider giggled.
It raised its long spider leg and moved it to slash Pacifica. Dipper stood in the way and the clawed leg scraped itself across his chest. Dipper cried out in horror at seeing all the blood and the impact forced him to the floor.
Pacifica gasped and covered her mouth as the spider cackled and crawled into the night.
Pacifica knelt next to the boy who surprisingly looked fine.
"What—?" Dipper murmured as the wound beneath his torn costume healed immediately.
"Should I be panicking now, or...?" Dipper was cut off when Pacifica slapped him across the face.
"Ow!"
"You idiot! Why did you do that?! You could've been seriously injured, or worse!" Pacifica exclaimed.
"You're welcome," Dipper grumbled rubbing his cheek.
"Dipper?" Matthew called from behind the duo.
Behind him, Dipper could see his siblings and Candy and Grenada running towards them.
"Are you two okay?! We heard screaming!" Mabel said.
"Um, this giant spider monster thing just attacked us, what was with that anyway? Did you guys pick a fight with it and cause it to get angry?" Pacifica asked.
"Giant spider thing?" Matthew repeated with a furrowed brow.
"Before that the moon turned all red," Dipper added.
Matthew scowled but said nothing.
"You know what they're talking about?" Candy asked.
"This might have something to do with Paige Pennrowlington..." Matthew mused. "But why would she attack you and Pacifica and not me? I'm the one who said her name."
"And then when it attacked me..." Dipper gestured to his torn suit. "...my wound healed instantly."
"That...is the weird part," Pacifica said. "Weirder than a spider in a mask chasing after you and laughing like a kindergartener."
"And after it attacked Dipper it just...left?" Matthew clarified.
Dipper and Pacifica nodded.
"We got something else to worry about, guys!" Grenda said pointing at the neighborhood with all the lights out.
"Not to worry!" Mabel said, as they walked back to the wheelbarrow and she slammed the last piece of candy down.
"Boom! We did it!"
The area suddenly cooled, getting darker and darker.
"Tick-tock," came an all too familiar voice. "Do you have my candy children?"
"Yeah, we do," Dipper said.
"WHAT?!" The Trickster said in shock. "That's impossible!"
"Yeah well, we did it so, you can scram now," Matthew said with a wave of his hand.
"I lost?" The Trickster demanded. "How did I lose?!"
"You just did," Pacifica said. "Anyway, we're leaving."
"No! Nobody beats the Trickster!"
"Aw! Don't be a sore loser! You can eat us next year!" Mabel said.
"I'd rather he not..." Grenda said.
"NO!" The Trickster roared, growing, his clothes ripping. "I will eat you now!"
"Any of you have a problem with an underaged teenager driving you to safety?" Matthew asked.
The other children shook their heads quickly.
"Good," Matthew said, making a van appear. They all hopped in, Matthew blasting away the candy monster to give them time before turning the ignition.
"Uh, Matthew? You aren't going to kill us…right?" Dipper asked nervously.
"Please," Matthew scoffed. "I invented this hunk of junk."
"You did?" Dipper asked.
"Using a human shell of course," Matthew added slamming his foot on the gas.
The van shot off just as the Trickster lunged at them.
"Wait, where is Soos?" Candy asked.
"He'll be fine, he has his own truck," Matthew called back over his shoulder.
"Look out!" Mabel said as the Trickster tried to jump on the van roof.
Matthew turned the wheel sharply, the Trickster once more missing them as they continued to drive down the road.
"How do we lose him?!" Grenda yelled.
"Um...I could kick his butt, but...pun intended..."
The occupants of the car rolled their eyes. "...it could put you little ones at risk."
"We aren't that little," Pacifica objected.
"Sure, you aren't," Matthew said as there was a loud bang on the car roof.
"Uh...maybe it's hail?" Dipper suggested hopefully. That was until the Trickster leaned forward, blocking the window with its face.
Everyone except Matthew who was gritting his teeth screamed.
The blonde swore harshly under his breath before jerking the wheel this way and they, trying and failing to dislodge the Trickster.
"Damn-somebody take the wheel!" Matthew said.
"What?!" Mabel demanded as Matthew flung the door open and climbed on to the car roof.
With a battle cry, Matthew threw a fiery punch at the candy creature.
It roared in rage. Matthew was about to attack again when a sharp turn caused him to lose his balance.
Matthew screamed as he fell from the van, scraping his body, arms, legs and all, and tearing his costume.
The Trickster followed, luckily, not after the younger kids anymore, unluckily, he was crawling after Matthew who was trying to get up with his constricting suit.
"Ugh, I can't fight in this," Matthew growled making his Summerween costume disappear and replacing it with his normal clothes.
"You will pay for defying me!" The Trickster roared.
Matthew was about to blast him when Soos' truck crashed into the monster and stopped, spraying candy everywhere. As a final resort, Matthew burnt all the candy near him before going into the car.
"Thanks, man," Matthew said as they drove off. "Could've sworn those monster parts tasted like salt water taffy though."
"You're welcome. Although I may have stopped a potentially epic battle!" Soos said.
"Maybe, let's just find the kids before they get into..." Matthew's voice trailed off as he looked upon the now ruined van and Dipper and Mabel shouting each other.
"Trouble," the blonde sighed.
"Too late for that, dude," Soos said with a chuckle.
...
That night, Dipper had another strange dream. A pretty girl with ref hair and green eyes was combing a doll's hair on a bed in the mindscape.
"You're being weird, Clara!" Bill laughed from where he was hovering. "What do you mean you fell in love with a human? You're joking!"
"I'm not," Clara said, her voice British sounding. "I did, Bill."
"Why?!" Bill demanded, his eye red and narrowed and his voice louder than usual.
"Well he's sweet, strong...and he's actually corporeal," Clara said.
"So, what?" Bill asked angrily. "I'll be corporeal soon! Just help me and-!"
"Bill, you know as well as I do, that I'm not going to waste my life trying to put hell on Earth!" Clara snapped.
"But what about us?!" Bill cried. If it wasn't Bill he was looking at-not counting his brother-Dipper would've felt for the demon and the amount of hurt in his eye and voice.
"Just because you meet some darn human guy I don't matter anymore?! We don't matter anymore?!"
Clara didn't answer.
"Who's the punk?" Bill growled.
"Archibald Corduroy," Clara smiled with a faint blush on her cheeks.
"Ugh, that damn lumberjack?! I knew it!" Bill said. "You want to abandon everything we planned, everything we hoped for just because he's what, corporeal?"
Clara closed her eyes. "I refuse to do this anymore."
"He's just one human, Clara! One human who accepts your freakiness! There's billions out there who don't think like him!" Bill pressed.
"Goodbye Bill," Clara whispered.
For once, Dipper didn't bolt awake, he blinked twice and stretched his limbs, itching his chest where a tiny bruise was forming where the spider attacked.
Clara Harrison, Dipper was sure that was who the red-haired girl was.
He frowned slightly and got out of bed, rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
"Good morning," Matthew said from the kitchen.
"'Morning bro-bro!" Mabel called to Dipper.
"Uh, yeah, good morning," Dipper said sitting at the table and eating the pancakes that Laurence had made.
When the three finished, they walked into the gift shop where Soos was. Wendy was nervously drumming her fingers on the desk.
"Hey, Soos, Wendy," Matthew said cheerfully.
"Hey, dude!" Soos said in an equally cheerful voice.
"Um hey," Wendy muttered, looking pale.
"Wendy, are you okay?" Dipper asked.
Matthew put a hand on her forehead. "You're all sweaty."
"Matthew," Wendy croaked finally. "I-I really need to talk to you."
Matthew frowned, hearing the seriousness in her voice.
"Okay," Matthew said, leading the red-head away just as Stan walked in.
"Where's Wendy and Matthew going?" He demanded.
Mabel hummed, "I don't know" before leaning against the counter.
Matthew gestured for Wendy to sit on his bed as they walked into the attic.
"Matthew," Wendy said. "I'm going to be seriously blunt with you."
"Okay," Matthew said sitting on Dipper's bed and facing her.
"Um...it's about the doctor check in I had yesterday," Wendy whispered. She wrung her hands a bit and bit her lip.
"Wendy," Matthew said putting a hand on her shoulder. "You can tell me."
Wendy looked up, and Matthew hadn't seen her look so scared.
"You can tell me," Matthew repeated.
Wendy closed her eyes and sucked in a sharp breath. "Matthew I'm pregnant."
Matthew flinched so hard he fell off the bed. He then waited for Wendy to laugh and claim it was a joke.
She didn't.
"What?!" Matthew demanded.
"I'm-."
"Yeah, I know but, WHAT?!" Matthew exclaimed, opening and closing his mouth.
"Surprise?" Wendy said with a weak chuckle.
"And you think I'm the father?" Matthew continued.
"Well with you it was the first time so...I know so," Wendy said quietly.
Matthew just stared.
"I'm sorry!" Wendy blurted out, tears lining her eyes. "It was my fault! I suggested it and...!"
"No... this is all my fault," Matthew said rubbing his temples. "I-I should've used protection, I was too eager...I'm sorry Wendy."
Matthew could feel the guilt coiling through his system as he watched his weeping girlfriend.
"I'm so, so, so sorry," Matthew repeated, sitting beside Wendy. "Listen, if it makes you feel better..."
"I might go through with an abortion," Wendy said.
"What? Y-you can't do that!" Matthew exclaimed feeling strange panic replace guilt.
"Why not?" Wendy shouted. "I'm the one suffering here!"
"I know, I know but-."
"No! You don't know! I'm living with your mistake Matthew Pines! How is that fair?! Huh? Tell me!" Wendy continued, becoming louder.
"Wendy, this-this is murder!" Matthew cried. "It's human being! And above all, it's our child!"
Wendy glared at him and Matthew sighed, sitting next to the teen.
"Look, I'm not going to pretend this wasn't a mistake. In fact, if I could, I'd go back and time and fix this except Blendin took back the time tape before being dragged away by the time police."
"What?"
"Long story, anyway, that's our child, Wendy, it could be something special, you never know," Matthew said quietly.
Wendy looked at Matthew for a while before lowering her eyes to her lap.
"If after what I said, you still want an abortion, I won't stop you," Matthew continued taking Wendy's hands and squeezing them. "But if I've convinced you, I swear, I will help you through this every step of the way. And I'll never, ever, leave you, no matter how hard this gets."
Wendy looked back at Matthew. "Promise?" She pressed.
"On my life," Matthew said. "Tell you what, to make this easier, if I didn't convince you, I'll kiss you, if I did, then I'll give you a steamy kiss, how about it?"
Wendy cracked a smile and leaned forward. "I think I'll take the steamy kiss."
Matthew grinned. "Good choice," He said, kissing her in ways he hadn't before.
Wendy felt relief flood through her body, Matthew wouldn't leave her, she knew he meant it by the way he looked at her and the way he hugged her close. Having a baby scared her, but with Matthew by her side, she'd be alright.
"I guess we have nine months-," Wendy began as they pulled away.
"Oh, no, we're having a supernatural kid," Matthew said.
"So?"
"So, we should be expecting the kid by late August or early September," Matthew said.
Wendy's jaw dropped. "That makes it harder."
"What harder?"
"Telling our parents," Wendy said.
Matthew suddenly wanted to run to China and vomit.
AN: Short Chapter, sorry. I didn't update in a while and you guys were waiting for this…
More mystery and angst! Woo-hoo!
Fantasy Fan OUT!