AN: Here's the very long chapter I promised!
Thank you musicocelot for you OC, I'll be sure to use her!
NOTICE: I can't BELIVE I didn't say this before, but, this story was heavily inspired by Dream a Little Dream, the elder sibling concept, I mean, everything else was just my awesomeness :3
And thank you for all the gifts, they shall be presented to Matt in the story :3
And I FORGOT TO MENTION THIS but thank you, rcppcsPOTTER for the fanart! It's basically a depressed Wendy realizing she's pregnant. You guys can check it out on my Instagram page since I favorited it.
And you too, MLGbilcipher89, for the Matthew doll and the Matthew X Wendy art (I saw you Mabel!). You can check that out on her DeviantArt page!
Now, I forgot to answer The Stargazer's question, but yes, Dipper's psychic dreams WILL be explained!
I think somebody else asked me if I liked The Heroes of Olympus series and…well I'm currently reading the first book, The Lost Hero, and I'm not enjoying as much as I wanted to. I miss Percy's hilarious and charming first person POV, and I liked him, Annabeth, and Grover, a ton more than I like Jason, Piper, and Leo. Jason struck me as a Gary Stu; he was all powerful and could do literally no wrong. Piper was annoying at the beginning, she was shown as "cute" and "pretty" but she hated being that and instead of embracing it she cuts her hair and shiz and she has an unhealthy obsession with Jason. The end it was nicely resolved and I liked her then…but still. Leo is probably the only character I liked through the book.
So, yeah. But I like Rick Riordan, so I'm still going to read it the whole series.
And just so you know, I LOVE all the names you've guys suggested! Lol, I may be forced to give them twins so I can use more than one. But now that we've got that down, there's also the baby's appearance. We have a lot of options to choose from; Matthew and Ellie's blonde hair and blue eyes, Wendy's red hair and green eyes, the traditional brown Pines genes, Damion's black hair as well. Or I can be creative and give her, say auburn (red and brown) hair or strawberry blonde (red and blonde). Who knows? I'll, like always, take suggestions.
I also have an idea for how to put Will Cipher into the story, and perhaps put in the Reverse Twins.
If you're not familiar with reverse falls, though I highly doubt it because of its popularity, It's basically all the main characters with reversed personalities.
So, Dipper, usually a skittish and selfless person would be a bold, snarky, prick. Mabel a cheerful, goofy, artist, would be a charismatic, also snarky, witch. And Bill, a demented sociopath would be a cinnamon bun crybaby.
All in all, if the reverse characters met the canon characters, they'd gasp in horror at their other selves.
So, back to the story, here we go! Make sure to read to the end! I got a surprise for you guys ;3
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Chapter Forty-Two: Or Else
Dipper was pouring over Journal 3 once more, studying everything intently, almost as if they'd reveal their secrets.
They didn't. And even Grunkle Ford didn't know everything which utterly made him frustrated.
While reading, he idly scratched the bruise on his chest where the creepy spider attacked him, he hadn't really noticed that it had taken on the shape of a heart shaped omega.
"So, Dipper," Mabel said, barging into the room with a long sheet of paper. "I have a long list of baby names for girls!"
"How do you know it's going to be a girl?" Dipper asked.
"Because I just know that stuff, Dipper!" Mabel said. Dipper rose an eyebrow and the brunette continued. "Anyway, I started with Evermore! You know, in remembrance of our fall down that bottomless pit earlier today."
"Did Grunkle Stan get out yet?" Dipper asked.
"Yeah, he's eating pizza in the kitchen," Mabel said.
Just then, car headlights appeared by the driveway.
"Ooh! Mattie's back!" Mabel said jumping up and pressing her face to the window.
Sure enough, the blonde was walking out of Stan's old car.
Tucked under his arm was the Emerald Chronical. His brain thrumming with excitement.
What secrets were held in the old book? If almost everyone wanted it then it must be special.
A nagging doubt hit his brain, the fact that Paige purposely stopped the car to get the book meant that she wanted him to have it for some reason…
But as quickly as the doubt entered his head, it left. Just like that.
Sure, Matthew didn't know Paige's motives, but other than possess him for a few seconds, she hadn't really done anything to him to warrant suspicion.
He opened the door to the shack where both Ford and Stan were talking in the kitchen.
"…you remember Dad's face? He looked ready to shit his pants!" Stan said as he and his brother laughed.
"Oh, hey, Matthew!" Stan said turning from Ford. "How's Wendy doing?"
"She's alright—." Matthew was cut off by a pink and brown bullet shooting across the room.
"Matthew! Oh, Mattie, is it a boy or girl?! BOY OR GIRL?!" Mabel asked jumping up and down.
"Girl," Matthew smiled.
"BOOM! I knew it!" Mabel said turning to Dipper who had followed his hyper pre-teen sister. "Ten bucks, sir!"
Dipper sighed and handed over the required cash.
"Now, Dipper," Stan said, pretending to scold the boy. "What did I tell you about betting against your sister?"
"Not to do it unless I want to lose money," Dipper sighed. His tone of voice causing everyone sans Ford to laugh.
The scientist looked between Matthew and the twins before sighing and leaving the room.
"Hey, Stanford! Something up?" Stan called.
"I'm fine…" Ford muttered entering his lab.
"What's with him?" Mabel asked.
Matthew said nothing but he had a feeling it had something to do with him.
…C-I-P-H-E-R…
Wendy changed into her night gown, humming to her unborn daughter. She already had dreams of the future they'd have together. Matthew would propose and of course Wendy would say yes, they'd teach their kid to play pranks and charm every guy in history and kick ass and they'd stay up late telling stories.
Wendy smiled, turning around to go to her bed and screaming in surprise when she saw the strange boy from before.
"Oh…you…how'd you do that?" Wendy asked.
"Strange thing to ask a Supernatural," The Boy drawled.
Wendy furrowed her brow. "Supernatural?"
"As supernatural as that child growing within you," The Boy smirked. "To think that Clara's heiress would finish what she started."
"What?" Wendy demanded.
The Boy grinned and leaned forward. "Say, did you name her yet?"
"No…" Wendy said slowly, looking at her stomach.
"Hmm," he said. "I never asked you for payment after that favor on Summerween."
"Payment?" Wendy said, an edge of panic in her voice.
"Oh, don't worry, I won't ask for your life, your youth, or your first born," The Boy laughed. "Those deals are rather…dated. I just want you to deliver a message to Matthew."
"And you can't do it yourself because…?" Wendy said.
"Of his blasted mother," The Boy growled. "Anyway, say this, word for word." The Boy cleared his throat. "'Follow your path, or else. Tell him it's from Damion, he'll know what you mean."
Wendy frowned. What kind of creepy as hell memo was that? Who the heck was that kid?!
"Make sure you tell him…" Damion said hovering in front of Wendy and leaning forward, whispering in her ear, "If you don't, I will know, and you won't like what happens next."
Wendy shivered slightly before Damion floated away.
"Cheers, Wendy Corduroy."
And then he faded out of existence.
…C-I-P-H-E-R…
"You should name her Pink Unicorn!" Mabel said the next day during work.
"Oh! I actually like that!" Soos said cleaning a jar.
Matthew scowled. "If I name my kid that, somebody will call the police."
"How about…Mabel Junior!" Mabel said enthusiastically.
"No."
"Eh, worth a shot," Mabel shrugged.
Matthew finished gluing an ice cream cone to the head of a part horse part cat before turning to Dipper.
"Hey," he called.
"Huh? What?" Dipper said looking up from marking prices up.
"You're quiet, what's up?"
"Wha—oh, uh, nothing," Dipper responded with before going back to his job.
Matthew rose an eyebrow but said nothing, placing the abomination of a creature in a box labeled "EXIBIT".
Just then, Wendy came in with a somewhat troubled expression.
"What're you doing here Wendy?" Soos asked. "Didn't Mr. Pines put you on break because of the baby?"
"I came because of an…er message for Matthew," Wendy said.
"Message?" Matthew said.
"I don't think it matters if you guys hear but…follow your path or else," Wendy said. Matthew furrowed his brow and Dipper and Mabel exchanged a worried look. Soos seemed confused, but otherwise unaffected.
"It was from, some guy named…Darren? Damon? No. It was—."
"Damion," Matthew finished darkly. "And you can tell him to buzz off."
"Wait, not Psycho Uncle?!" Mabel asked in horror.
"Yup, Psycho Uncle," Matthew hissed before turning to Wendy. "He didn't hurt you or anything?"
"No, he was super creepy…and he seemed weirdly interested in our baby…but he didn't hurt me," Wendy replied.
Matthew put a hand on her shoulder. "If he talks to you again, you'll tell me?"
Wendy nodded.
…C-I-P-H-E-R…
"Damion was obviously talking about the Demon King thing, right?" Dipper said pacing the attic room.
Matthew nodded. "Yeah, I think so."
"The 'or else' part makes me scared," Mabel shivered.
"Same. He's the Demon King for a reason. He technically has control of all the demons including…" Matthew's eye widened. "Paige…"
Matthew looked back at the Chronical. If Paige wanted him to have the book, then maybe Damion did too.
Was it good to keep around then?
"Matt, did you hear me?" Dipper asked.
"What?" Matthew looked back at his younger brother.
"Are you going do what he says?"
Matthew scoffed. "Of course not! What makes you say that? I'm not weak."
"Good. You're creepy in Bill Mode," Mabel said. "But let's not talk about Psycho Uncle and Paige What's-Her-Face! We have a party to plan! Oh, did I mention I invited Mom and Dad?"
"You told them?!" Matthew demanded hysterically.
"I sent them an invitation," Mabel chirped.
Matthew and Dipper face palmed.
"They're going to kill you when they get here," Dipper sighed.
"Dipper, you have no idea," Matthew muttered.
Unknown to the siblings, Paige sat outside the window, smirking. She slid down and landed net to Damion.
"Just as I predicted," she said. "Matthew won't be easily swayed."
"I was hoping you'd say that!" A shrill voice said.
The world became greyscale and Bill appeared cartwheeling through the air and stopping to hover next to Damion and Paige.
"Now I get to have some fun! I love crushing spirits!" Bill giggled gleefully.
"Don't crush it too much, Bill," Damion said. "I still want a stubborn King, I only want him to be more submissive when it comes to me."
"Got it!" Bill saluted before saying, "Remember—."
"We know!" Paige and Damion said.
"Yeesh," Bill said rolling his eye and exploding out of existence. The two demons reawakening.
"Remember, Paige. If what Bill doesn't convince Matthew…"
"I work my magic," Paige smirked.
Damion grinned. "Good."
…C-I-P-H-E-R…
Stan stretched and walked downstairs, waking up to get some water.
He stopped when he heard piano playing from the living room and singing, it sounded like Matthew. Ellie had claimed that Matthew could sing and play well, but since when did he get a piano?
Stan walked into the living room and found…eh?
It was some triangle pyramid thing.
"…Anywhere, anytime,
I would do, anything, for you-o-o
Anything for you,
Yesterday, got away,
melodies, stuck inside your he-e-ad.
A song in every breath…"
The…thing…stopped playing and opened its eye and crinkling it.
"Well, well, if it isn't Fez!" The thing said, floating towards Stan.
"Um…what are you doing in my house?" Stan demanded. "No, no, better question; what in the name of all things holy are you?!"
"Well, that was kinda rude," The thing said. "But I'm Bill Cipher."
Stan took a step back. "Wait a minute…you're that triangle creep that's got Ford and Matthew so paranoid! You were that thing in the journal…right?"
"Guilty as charged!" Bill laughed. "So, I wanna make a deal."
"Psh, I'm not dumb! I may have risked you coming back so I could save Ford but I ain't…how are you here?"
Bill laughed again. "Oh, like I'd tell you! Anyway, can we please make a deal?" Bill purposely sounding whiny and annoying. He didn't need Stan to make a deal, in fact the goal was to make him not want to.
"Like I said, I'm not dumb!" Stan said.
"Oh well…" Bill said as the Mystery Shack burst into flames.
"Wha-what are you doing?!" Stan said backing up.
"Punishing you!" Bill laughed, his voice deepening.
Stan backed up some more and spun around when he heard the all too familiar screams.
Mabel, Dipper, and Matthew stood behind him, being pulled towards the flames by blue chains.
"KIDS!" he exclaimed as they were pulled through the burning wood. He ran to try and help them when he heard another scream.
Spinning around once more, Stan saw that Bill was grown and glowing red, his eye black as coal. In his now yellow hands was Ford, squirming.
Stan's heart plummeted and he gritted his teeth, grabbing his nearby bat. "Let him go, you creep!"
Bill laughed in response as the wooden floor fell away to a black abyss, Stan watching in horror as the demented triangle dropped the screaming Stanford in.
Stan dropped the bat, instantly jumping in after Ford reaching for him.
"Stanley, Stanley, HELP!" Ford screamed reaching for his brother.
Stan and Ford's fingertips merely brushed each other before the latter exploded in blue flames, Stan falling on to a wooden planked floor with nothing but black surrounding him, a cackling Bill in front of him.
"You—you—YOU!" Stan said, unable to form a proper sentence due to the rage and grief he was feeling.
"You should've took that deal, Stanley!" Bill laughed. "But of course, you didn't!"
Bill once more grew. "YOU'RE SUCH A SCREW UP."
Stan woke up from the horrifying dream…but didn't. He was awake, but not completely. He didn't move or speak when Mabel came to ask why he wasn't at breakfast.
He didn't respond when Mabel became anxious at seeing Stan staring into space and calling her brothers and uncle.
He didn't even respond when a panicked Ford shook him vigorously.
Or when they called the ambulance.
…C-I-P-H-E-R…
Matthew hugged his knees while taking in shaky breathes, shaking from both rage and grief.
Grief, because Stan had basically lost his mind, and he was afraid he'd never be the same again.
Rage, because he knew Damion had something to with it all. He knew that this was a part of his "or else".
But he wasn't going to let him have his way either.
"Do you think he'll be okay?" Dipper said quietly from his bed.
Neither of his siblings answered. But the meaning was clear, not really, no.
And he couldn't help but agree.
"I don't think he's being submissive," Paige said to Damion from outside.
"Of course, he isn't," Damion drawled. "Not unexpected, unfortunately, we need to escalate this."
"Oh, goody!" Paige clapped her hands happily. "This'll be fun! What should I do? Call up Evergreen?"
"Precisely. Tell him I sent you."
"Of course," she said with a snicker.
…C-I-P-H-E-R…
Rebecca chewed on her lip while quickly sketching a picture of a bird that was chirping on the bough of a tree outside her window.
She had just finished sketching the bird's eyes when the bird flew away.
"Ugh!" she exclaimed. "I didn't even finish your wings!"
With a huff, she went online to attempt to find a picture of a similar bird when her phone buzzed with an e-mail.
Frowning in confusion, Rebecca powered on her phone and tapped her inbox.
YOU'RE INVITED!
MATTTHEW AND WENDY'S BABY SHOWER WOOT!
HOSTED BY MABEL! DEORATED BY MABEL! MADE POSSIABLE BY MABEL! THAT'S THE MABEL DIFFERENCE!
Date: Saturday 5:00 p.m.
PS. I stole your info from your Facebook page since you're following my brother! Don't be mad!
Rebecca blinked twice before gasping and squealing in excitement.
…C-I-P-H-E-R…
Kouri knocked on the door to Mrs. Pines house, freezing when she heard a horrified scream from the living room.
Kouri knocked once more, a bit gingerly this time, trying to see what was happening from the window.
The door was then opened by Emmett Pines.
"Ah, Core! Just in time for your session…"
"Is something wrong?" Kouri asked slowly, trying to peer behind Emmett's shoulder, seeing Ellie Pines storming to the kitchen with a red face.
"Yes, yes, everything's fine…" Emmett pulled at his collar nervously and gestured for Kouri to come in.
Kouri walked in gingerly, seeing Mrs. Pines dialing a number furiously.
"Um, hi, Mrs. Pines," Kouri said with an awkward grin.
"Kouri!" Ellie said with a smile, before instantly becoming angry again. "Matthew Pines!" She barked, walking off.
"Why did your sister send me…!" Ellie's voice trailed off as she slammed her bedroom door shut.
"You brought your math?" Emmett said. "I'm sorry but my wife will be like this for…er, a while…"
"No worries," Kouri said with one of her good-natured smiles.
"Okay so let's start with the first question," Emmett said just as Kouri's phone buzzed.
"Hold on…" She unlocked her phone, looking at the exact same e-mail that Rebecca got, feeling a grin spread across her face.
…C-I-P-H-E-R…
Hailey expertly dodged students as she read her mystery novel, flipping pages as her eyes scanned the pages, extremely entranced.
She then reached a cliff-hanger, and huffed in annoyance.
"I hate it when they do that," she grumbled, slamming the now finished book closed. She stopped when her phone buzzed.
She read the e-mail, and gaped. Not believing her absolute luck.
…C-I-P-H-E-R…
Syliphen squinted at the notes on his music sheet, playing the notes on his oboe with precision. Very soon he was absorbed into the music, tapping his foot to the beat.
When he finished, Arnold Evergreen smiled. "Very good, probably the best so far!"
Syliphen smiled. "Thank you, sir."
"I'll send you an e-mail tonight if I want you in this group."
"Thank you again!" Syliphen said as he began packing away his oboe, stopping when his phone buzzed.
He read the e-mail ad cocked his head to the side.
"Huh."
…C-I-P-H-E-R…
Bert whistled to himself as he stole the wallet of the man in front of him from his back pocket. He grinned, fingering the number of bills inside.
"Dude, you are rich," Bert chuckled. "Sorry, I mean, was."
Bert stopped in front of a newspaper stand and his eyes widened at the front-page story.
STANFORD (OR STANLEY, WHATEVER) PINES IN HOSPITAL
Bert snatched the newspaper and read through it, his shoulders slumped sadly. Stanford (or Stanley Pines, whatever) was his idol, and seeing him with a shattered mind was simply horrifying to him.
His mood quickly picked up when his phone buzzed and he read the e-mail.
"I bet there's tons of people to mug at a baby shower," Bert said, sighing sadly as he looked back at the newspaper article.
…C-I-P-H-E-R…
Elaine put her brown hair in a pony-tail, inspecting herself in the mirror for nodding in acceptance.
She walked out of the house, a confident smile on her face, stopping when her phone buzzed.
"Baby-shower?" She whispered, before grinning.
…C-I-P-H-E-R…
Rose crossed her legs and read the Gravity Falls newspaper with a tiny frown while licking her popsicle half-heartedly.
The feeling of her phone vibrating caused her to yelp in surprise, the part of the popsicle falling on her leg. She groaned sadly and read the e-mail. Gasping for a lengthy amount of time as the popsicle fell from her hand.
"AH! PARTY!"
…C-I-P-H-E-R…
Bella had the weirdest thing happen to her.
Her phone buzzed from a person named Mabel.
Judging from the writing style and pink and glitter on the digital invitation, this was more than likely an e-mail from canon Gravity Falls.
"Here we go again!" She said happily, using the key around her neck and disappearing, just as he mother walked in.
…C-I-P-H-E-R…
Celena sang to herself while listening to her music.
"Let me give your heart a break, your heart a break—."
Her music was cut off as an e-mail caused her phone to buzz.
"I told Mom not to e-mail me 'till I called her—!"
That wasn't her Mom's e-mail address, it was…
"Baby Shower…? With…?" Celena grinned and ran home to get prepared for Saturday, crashing into many people in the process, not caring at all.
…C-I-P-H-E-R…
Victoria sewed up the last stich on her sister's dress.
"There you go, Astrid," Victoria smiled and ruffled the dress a bit showing it off.
"You did an awesome job as always, Vikki," Astrid said with a smile. "So, I was thinking…how would a trip sound?"
"A trip?" Victoria asked, now very intrigued.
"Yeah, anyplace you'd like."
Several ideas swam though Victoria's brain, she always wanted to check out Brazil…or was that too far away?
Just then, her phone on the coffee table buzzed.
She opened her e-mail. Reading it and smiling.
"How about…Gravity Falls?" She asked finally.
…C-I-P-H-E-R…
Maud looked from her e-mail to her reflection in the mirror, again, and again.
Really?! She was invited to a baby shower, not just by anybody but Matthew Pines?! She had following him on YouTube and Facebook for like, ever. To think she was so important to him that he invited her to his baby shower…
Maud took several deep breaths so she wouldn't faint before beaming.
"I knew it!" She cheered. "Wishing on shooting stars does work!"
…C-I-P-H-E-R…
Arylia finished looking at Matthew's sister's latest post on him, kissing a girl named Wendy Corduroy.
"Hmm, lucky," Arylia stated before an icon appeared at the edge of her computer screen, signaling she had a new e-mail.
She clicked on it and her jaw dropped.
"What?! NO…"
…C-I-P-H-E-R…
"Alison, you made a wrong turn!" Roxanna snapped.
"Oops…" Alison said sheepishly stopping the car abruptly before turning around and driving again.
"Carful with that cake!" Mordecai said to Roxanna.
"Yeesh, chill!" Roxanna replied. "I got it, you be careful with the hat, that's some serious magic!"
"I know, I know. Did your pet come back?"
"No."
"Can't he hurry up!?" Alison demanded. "I want those Oreos!"
"You do know that's not going to satisfy your hunger?" Mordecai said.
"Who said anything about hunger?" Alison said. "I just want Oreos."
"Ah! We're here!" Roxanna said, passing the WELCOME TO GRAVITY FALLS sign.
…C-I-P-H-E-R…
"I'm going to have a heart attack!" Nikki screamed. "Did you get it, Aretha?!"
"Yes! YES, I DID!" Aretha squealed. "What do we do?!"
"Um, duh, show up!" Nikki said.
"Oh, that's already obvious, we need gifts too."
"Right, right," Nikki muttered. "Hey, we'll figure something out!"
…C-I-P-H-E-R…
Music grunted as she tried to balance all the baby presents on her knee. "Just had to get so much…just had to."
She knew it was worth it though, she was going to outshine every other fan that went to Matthew's baby shower.
Music already had a ton of names planned, that and the number of gifts she was getting? She'd be remembered throughout Matthew's history.
Hell yes.
…C-I-P-H-E-R…
AN: Ta-da! I introduced all your OCs! Don't worry, this was only introductions, they'll get more personalities soon!
And thank you Always711 for the criticism! Yeah, Chapter 5 has the most typos. And I swear that after I finish season 2 I will go back and fix it, I SWEAR!
*Pants* this took longer than I thought…but hoped you enjoyed!
Fantasy Fan OUT!