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“HOLD TIGHT!” 
 

The whole ship is panicking. The crews scattered around the ship, in the engine room and the cabin. The captain tries his best to keep the ship steady. The life of 121 marine officers and crew were on his hand. The mission is supposed to be easy. Just a simple coast patrol. But in just a minute, it had turned into a living nightmare. The storm is raging on and the wave is higher than a four-storey building. Even an experienced captain like Captain Andrew has trouble against this kind of storm.

“What should we do sir?! It’s category 4!” asked the cabin crew. “I don’t know! Just wished for the best. I have never faced any storm like this. It’s so sudden!” Said the old captain. It’s true. Usually, storms have some initial sign and warning, but this storm was so sudden even the crews didn’t realise the storm until the ship was hit by a big wave.

“CAPTAIN!!” one of the cabin crew shouted, bringing all the attention in the cabin to the direction his pointing. All the cabin crew gasped in horror when they saw what I front of their eyes. 
A giant wave, approximately 200 m in height, approached them. The captain realised it was too late to change direction to avoid the wave.

“BRACE YOURSELVES!!!” The captain shouted. He silently pray for safety, although he knew there was no chance of surviving a wave that big. He closed his eyes, ready for the impact to come. He waits, and waits, and waits, but the impact never comes.

'That's weird. A wave that big wouldn’t settle down so easily.’ He thought, still closing his eyes as he also realised the ship have stop shaking.
 

He braced himself to open his eyes and was shocked by what he had witnessed. In front of the ship, was a feminine figure, purple skin, blond hair with streaks of purples, wearing a pure white ancient greek-like peplos. The figure (definitely not human) was floating in front of the ship, glowing with her arms stretched to the side. The captain and his crew were dumbfounded by what they see. The storm seems to ease with the figure present.

The figure turned around, facing the whole crew and shocked them once more. The figure's eyes with purple scleras and white irises starred sharply at them. She had a pair of mermaid-like ears and webbed hands. They were frozen and stunned. The figure then closed her eyes before her whole body glowed in purple and vanished. 

The crew was still stunned by the event. Silence filled the whole cabin. “Does The Guardian Of The Sea, Atlantica, just save us?” one of the crew finally spoke up. Captain Andrew shook his head in disbelief. “I think it’s time for me to retire.” Said the old captain
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Pacifica is so bored. She lay on top of some coral reef, looking at the sky from the sea bed. She thought being a demon was fun as her ally, Dipper told her, but she rarely got summoned by anyone. The dorky demon told her that since she was technically an ocean demon, different from himself as a dream demon, her power was limited to the sea. Usually, people would summon her for good fishing seasons, for safety at the sea, and sometimes, a bunch of idiots would summon her to look for treasures. 

Suddenly, a silhouette appears above her, just above the water surface. She was so excited that she bursts herself out of the water and tackles the figure into a hug. “Al! So good to see you!” she said. Dipper was startled as she got him off guard. “WOAHH!!! PACIFICA!” he almost lost his balance, holding his top hat so it would fall over. Pacifica giggled at her companion. 

Every time when Dipper didn’t have any summons and didn’t have anything to do with his family, he would visit her. He felt very bad for her since she couldn’t leave the sea and go to the land, well at least not strong enough to do so yet. The furthest she could get was at the sea shore. “Dip, I’m hungry... Did you bring anything for me?” Pacifica whined. Dipper took off his top hat, and insert his hand into the hat before pulling out a few glowing blue orbs. Souls. “Thanks!” Pacifica took the souls from him, swallowing all of them in one go. Being an ocean demon means she didn’t quite have a lot of food sources. Usually, she would take the souls of illegal hunters who hunted for selkie, mermaids and other sea creatures. Sometimes, she would take the soul of the unfortunate sailors who died at the sea. Having Dipper, who was one of the strongest demons as a companion really gave her some advantages. 

“So, how’s work?” Pacifica asked him. “Well, nothing much. Some idiots summons me so they could change the United States' name into Southern Canada. I don’t know why but they did ask for it. Then there’s a bunch of stupid high schoolers summon me for a dare. Instead, they got a two hours long lecture from me on why you shouldn’t summon any demons, especially me.” “Let me guess before you did that, you scares them until one of them pissed in his pants,” Pacifica said, smiling sheepishly at Dipper. He put his hand on his chest, showing disbelief. “Oh, how dare you throw such accusations.” He said, sarcastically. Both of them burst into laughter. 

“I saw the news by the way. You save a ship full of marines, what’s it true?” Dipper asked her. She nodded. “Oh yeah, the ship. The storm almost destroys them. Good thing I was around. But,” Alcor looked at her in full seriousness. “The storm. It’s not natural. Something caused it. Something strong. I’m worried Dip. What if something happens and you are not around?” Pacifica called Dipper by his real name, showing that she was really scared. Worried. The two demons just hovering above the sea surface, and not a single word came out. Suddenly, Dipper wrapped his arms around her waist. “Hey hey, don’t worry Paz. I promise I wouldn’t let anything happen to you. I’m the one who pulled you into..... this. So you’re my responsibility. My anchor. I will make sure anything who tries to mess with you would pay. If you’re still worried,”

Dipper hovered a bit higher than her, holding her head with his hand and planting a kiss on her forehead. 

“There. Now nobody would try to hurt you that now I have marked you.” He looked her in the eyes. She smiled at him. She likes it when he called her by her real name, despite that he had stated several times that if someone else asides from family knew their real name, they could use it to bind them. It just, she felt like a person once again if she was called by her real name. “Al?” “Hmm?” “Did you ever... You know, missed being alive?” Alcor sighed. She had asked the same question several times, not that he can blame her though. He understands how it feels. “Sometimes.” He simply answered. Pacifica wrapped her arm around him, embracing him in a hug. “I can’t wait to be able to visit them.” She said into Alcor’s chest. Alcor return the embrace and patted her hair. “ Don’t worry. Just a matter of time before you gain enough power to leave the ocean.” He comforts her.

They remain in a hug for a while. Dipper chuckled. When he first become a demon, never in his mind had he imagine to have any relationship. Mabel had asked him a few times, but he didn’t want to form any relationship with any creature. Yet, here he is, comforting his old friend / now demon partner. Axolotl really does like to give him surprises.

“Oh!” Suddenly, Pacifica felt a tug of summons. “Well, work calls. Want to tag along, Al?” she stands up from her sitting position. Dipper gave her a grin as he stand up. “After you, my lady.” Atlantica giggled at Dipper’s antic. She hold his hand and motioned her hand like waves. They then were surrounded by foams of purple bubbles before disappeared and reappeared again at a sea shore. In front of them was a woman, most likely in her fifties. 

“THE OCEAN CALLED UPON MY NAME! WHO HAD SUMMONS ME, ATLANTICA GUARDIAN OF THE SEAS!” She make her usual dramatic entrance, something Dipper had taught her. Dipper made himself invisible so the summoner wouldn’t be surprised by his presence. “I-It's me, great Atlantica. I’m the one who summons you.” The woman said. Pacifica examines the summoning circle that the woman had drawn, clearly, it’s her first time summoning a demon, a sign that she is desperate. “AND WHAT DO YOU WISH FOR?” Pacifica asked, crossing her arms. “My son... He’s lost. About two months ago at the sea, went fishing with his friends. Their boat was overturned, and his friends survived, but he is nowhere to be found. The police team stopped the search a month ago, but I refuse to believe he’s gone. Please, Atlantica! I know he’s still out there, I know he’s still alive! Please, I would trade anything for me to see my son back!” tears streaming down the woman’s face. Pacifica looked at her sympathetically. She’s maybe a demon, but she’s also a mother. She couldn’t imagine what it feels like if Theo, her adoptive son went missing, without a trace. 

She closed her eyes, reaching her omniscient to search for the son's presence. She feels all the island, none. She feels the oceans, none. She feels any possible places the son might be, none. She couldn’t feel his soul. Slowly, she opened her eyes at looked at the woman. “ I’m sorry ma'am. But..... Your son, he’s gone. His soul wasn’t on the physical plane anymore. I’m sorry.” Unnoticed by her, purple tears started streaming down her face. She just could see the woman feel into her knee and break down into tears. Sobs turned into wails. Suddenly, Pacifica felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned around to Dipper, who is passing her something. She’s a little bit confused, only to understand when she touches the thing and her omniscient tells her what is it. She smiled, take the thing and whispered thank you to him.

Pacifica lowers herself to the woman, placing a hand on the woman’s shoulder. She looked at her. Pacifica gave her the thing Alcor gave her earlier. The woman’s eyes widened while her hand slowly reaches the thing. “T-This....” “Your son’s favourite hat. The one he’s wearing when he lost.” The woman clutches the hat, not wanting to let it go. “Thank you, Atlantica. Thank you.” The woman looked at her. She gave the woman a warming smile. Suddenly, the woman’s eyes widened in shock. “Al-Alcor!” Pacifica turned her head around at her fellow demon who just realised he forgot to maintain his invisibility. Both of them thought the same thing 'Shit!’ “Okaybyehaveaniceday!” she waved her hand, and once again both of them disappears in foams of purple bubbles. The woman just blinked in confusion.

The demon couple reappears at the spot where they are before. Dipper was laughing so hard until tears streaming from his eyes while Pacifica just giggled. “Al! We’re having an emotional moment! Why must you ruin it!” she said between giggles. “Hey! At least I helped!” Dipper said after he recovered from his laughter. That just turned Pacifica's giggles into laughs. Dipper joined in. 

After both of them recovered from their laughter, they just hang out and talked to each other. Dipper told her about Theo who at that time was under his sister’s care. Theo had already gotten over the fact that his mother was now a demon. He was just disappointed not to be able to visit her. Pacifica felt the same. So Dipper was the one who act like a messenger between those too, although it kinda breaks his heart when he saw sadness in her eyes every time he told her about Theo. Making him more determined to help her to gain more power. That’s why he sometimes follows her to her summons, so he could help her. 'Don’t worry Paz. I would help you through this. I promise in my name, Alcor the Dreambender.’

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Today was a leisure day for Dipper. So far, there’s only been one summon, which was done by a group of farmers who sacrificed a sheep for a good harvesting season. For right now, he just relaxes on the couch in the living room, watching Ducktective with his niblings and Theo while Mabel and Henry are visiting a demonology convention in Portland. 

“Uncle Dipper, can we play outside?” his only nephew, Hank asks him. “Of course, you can. Just don’t go too far from the shack. Tell Lolonja I want her to look after you guys.” He tells them. His niblings cheer and race towards the front door. He smiles at their enthusiasm. Then he looks down to see Theo is still there.

“Theo? Why you didn’t join them?” he asks. Theo starts to move his hand in sign language. “I can read your mind, remember?” He stops and rubs the back of his head in embarrassment. Dipper put his hand on the child’s head. 

‘Uncle Dipper?’

“Yes, I can hear you.”

'Is mommy alright?’

Dipper stays tight-lipped for a moment. He sighs before smiling at the boy.

“ She’s alright my boy. She has me, remember? I wouldn’t let anything happen to her.”

‘I missed her though. When can I see her?’

Once again, Dipper when silent. He had asked the same question every time, yet every time he answer the question a pang of massive guilt is slammed onto him.

“Very soon my child. Very soon.”

Theo smiles, satisfied with the answer before he runs outside to join the others. Dipper’s smile slowly fades as he sighs and slumps onto the couch. He calls upon one of his nightmares, who come into the room seconds later. “Watch the kids a little while. I have some errands to run.” He orders the nightmare. The nightmare baaed understandingly. With a snap of a finger, Dipper blips from the physical plane.
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A moment later, Dipper materialises again in a remote part of the mindscape. In front of him, there is a building, pretty much like a library. But the most noticeable structure there was a maze of bookshelves, towering as high and expanding as far as the eye can see. This is the place he called The Library. 

He looked around for a little bit before he heard a blip from behind him. He turns around to see his old friend, Chazun the Forgotten. He’s a knowledge demon and his knowledge was so unlimited in fact he’s the first demon to know his real identity. Thankfully, he decided not to exploit it and even become a close friend with him and his family. 

“As I suspect, Alcor the Dreambender. What’s brought you here to my humble library, my friend?” Chazun greets him. He is wearing a suit, not as fancy as Dipper though, and a white mask. His entire body was made of dark black thick smoke. He took out a marker from his suit a draw a happy polite smile and eyes on his face. 

“What? Can’t a demon meet an old friend?” Dipper says, grinning sheepishly at him. Just then he notices a figure behind Chazun. Appear from behind him was Chewy, his pet demon dog. Chewy runs to Dipper, excitedly. Dipper bends down and pats the dog's head. “Hey there buddy. Who’s a good boy?” 

“Well, unless it’s poker night I’m pretty sure you need something from me,” Chazun says. Dipper sighs, get up and look Chazun in the eyes (or at least where his eyes were supposed to be). “What do you know about ocean demons?” He asks. Chazun chuckles and shakes his head. “Ahhh... It’s about Atlantica. I see.” He then slowly walks toward the bookshelves maze and took a book from the shelf. He opens the book a read it. “Ocean demons. One of the rarest forms of demons. So rare that Atlantica was the first I have seen after centuries. Their powers, as their name suggests, have complete control of the sea. Usually, ocean demons act more as the protector of the sea rather than a typical demon. Ocean demon wouldn’t able to leave the sea before achieving a certain amount of power.” He closes the book and looks at Dipper. “There is more of it, but I’m sure the part you’re interested in was the 'achieving certain amount of power’ part.” Dipper didn’t say anything but didn’t deny it either.

 
“*sigh* Listen Alcor, I may be a knowledge demon, but I know a lot of things, not everything. Which also required some research. And let me be honest, your friend was the hardest thing I have to research so far. Her status as an ocean demon makes her an enigma in paranormal society. I can help you, but I need some time.” Chazun tells him. Dipper just stay silent for a moment before he opens his mouth. “I know Chaz. It just.... It hurts me to see her not be able to keep in touch with the rest of the family. Well, not without risking the safety of her son. I’m the one causing her all that suffering, and I swore to help her out.” Dipper says, eyeing the floor. Chazun looks sympathetically at his friend before he gets an idea. “Well, maybe there is a way she could meet her son.” Dipper’s head perked up in interest. 

“How did I never think about that?!” Dipper exclaims. “Because you only look at the biggest prize, Dreambender. Sometimes, just a small prize was enough to put a smile on a face.” Chazun says while drawing another smile on his mask. “Thanks, Chaz. Let me know if you have some more updates. See you later at poker night.” Dipper took off his hat and slightly bowed at Chazun. He snaps his finger and blips away from the mindscape. Chazun chuckled as he pats Chewy's head. “We will have a lot to do, aren’t we boy?” 

Dipper reappears at the shack, just in time a car enters the parkway. “Mommy!” he hears his niblings shout from outside and the doorknob being twisted. “Hey bro bro! We’re home!” Mabel announces her arrival. Dipper smiles at his twin sister. “Hey, Mabes. How’s the convention?” he asks. “Everything great Dip! I sold many sweaters and the one with your logo was the best selling!” Mabel exclaims. “Well, if you consider almost being thrown out from the convention because try to sell Yggdrasil which is illegal there as great I can’t say much,” Henry says as he enters the house while Mabel just stuck her tongue out at her husband. “Anyway, how about you Dip? How’s your day?” Mabel asks. “Oh yeah, this the thing. I just returned from visiting Chaz.” He pulls Mabel into the kitchen so that the children couldn't hear his plan. “And I asked about Paz. And...”

“How did you never think about these Dipdots?!” 
“I know right!”
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Pacifica blips at her usual spot. A group of fishermen just summoned her for a good crab fishing season. She was combing her hair with her hand when Dipper suddenly appear in front of her causing her to be startled. “DIP! MY GOODNESS!” Pacifica says as she slaps the dream demon's arm. “Just consider a payback for before.” He says with a face-eating grin. Pacifica just pouts. “Anyway, why are you here? Didn’t you tell me you need to watch over the kids?” She asks. “Mabel is home already. But forget about that, I want to show you something.” Dipper says, giving her his hand. She looks at his hand for a few seconds before sighing and taking it. “ It better not be another trash from your cult bashing collection.” “Oh, I’m sure you will love this one.” Alcor snaps his finger and both of them blip away.

They blip again, reappearing at a field, a grazing field. The sky is orange and the field was filled with oil black sheep and a few white lambs. There’s a building, resembling the Stanley Pines Memorial Library, yet different from the building which was formerly known as Mystery Shack. Pacifica recognises this place. Dipper had brought her here several times when she first transformed into Atlantica to calm her mind. “Dip, what are we doing in your Mindscape?” Pacifica asks. Before he could answer, a small voice of a child echoed behind them. “Mo-Mommy?” 

Pacifica’s head whips around, to a child, with black wavy hair and brown eyes. His skin is a bit tanned and he is wearing a yellow hoodie and black shorts. A child she knew by heart.  Pacifica clasps her mouth with her hand. “Th-Theo?” 

Theo runs towards her and hugs her. She hugs Theo back, purple tears streaming from her eyes. Theo also cries. His tears wet Pacifica’s dress, but she didn’t care. Right now, she’s not Atlantica. She’s not the Guardian of Sea. She’s not the Protector of the Seven Ocean. 

Right now, she is Pacifica Northwest.
The mother of Theo Northwest.

“I-I miss you mo-mommy!” Theo struggles to speak through sobs. Pacifica nods while stroking his hair. “I miss you too, my baby. I miss you too.” Pacifica says, tears still streaming down her face. She looks up to Dipper, who is smiling at the heartwarming reunion, unaware of golden tears forming in his eyes. She mouths a small thank you, to which he nodded. 

Pacifica releases the hug, looking her son in the eyes. She caresses his wavy black hair with care. She smiles at him and he smiles back. “Mommy, I miss you so much. Aunty Mabel misses you too. And Uncle Henry. And Acacia, Willow and Hank.” Theo says, wiping his tears. Pacifica sniffs and nods her head. “I miss you too. And Aunty Mabel, and Uncle Henry and Acacia, Willow and Hank too.” She says, wiping her son’s tears. 

Just then she realises “How, how you can talk?” Pacifica clasps her mouth. She looks at Dipper for an explanation. He shrugs. “Well, my mindscape, my rule.” He simply says. She smiles at him. She then sits down on the grass field, Theo on her lap while he tells her about his day. How he played hide and seek with the triplets. How one day Dipper brought them to the park. How Henry baked them cookies. 

And Pacifica. She looks happy. Maybe the happiest since she..... transformed. Dipper just looks at the mother and son pair, smiling as he manages to bring them together, although not for too long. Lolonja appears beside him, baaed. Dipper looks at the nightmare sheep and sighs. “I know Lolonja. But I just didn’t care. As long as she’s happy, I'm willing to do it.” The sheep baaed again, this time causing him to blush. “What? No, I can’t do that. At least, I think I can’t. Well, now you have said it, I myself don’t if I can do it... NOTTHATIWANTTODOIT!” Dipper then covers his mouth with his hand and blushes even more while the oil black sheep looked like he's smirking. 

As Dipper recover from his blush (and make a mental note to have a 'talk' with Lolonja for teasing him) he hovers towards Pacifica and Theo. He clears his throat to gain their attention. “I’m sorry Theo, but it’s time for you to say goodbye to your mommy. I need to return you to the physical plane.” Dipper said, although deep in his heart he want the child to spend as much time as he wanted with his mother. 

Theo nods and hugs his mommy once again. “Goodbye, mommy. I hope I can see you again.” Theo said, there’s a bit of sad tone noticed by the two demons. Pacifica forces a small smile on her face and hugs him back. “I promise I will see you again. Goodbye baby boy.” Pacifica says, planting a kiss on his forehead. Just then, a symbol of a sea shell, with seaweeds and bubbles beside it appears on the child's forehead, although it’s only visible to both of the demon’s eyes, much to both of their surprise.

Theo then runs towards Dipper and hugs his legs. “Thank you, Uncle Dipper. For giving me a chance to see mommy.” He says. The male demon just smiles and ruffles his hair. “No problem, little one. Now let’s bring you home.” Theo nods and looks at Pacifica again. He waves his hand at her. “Bye, mommy!” Pacifica waves back, as Dipper snaps his finger, the boy returns to his guardians, a.ka. the Pines home and the two demons return to the sea, where Pacifica had always been. 

As they appear at the sea. Pacifica notices that Dipper’s body seems to fade, sometimes flickering between existence. “DIP!” Pacifica rushes to him, holding his shoulder. “Wha-what's wrong?” Pacifica panics. Dipper just lifts his head, looks at her and smiles. “Don’t worry. It’s just I overused my energy. Just a little rest in the mindscape would do.” He says, ensuring her. Pacifica is shocked, covering her mouth with her hand. “You... You used too much of your energy... To bring both of us... Into the mindscape...” her eyes start to tear, she didn’t notice he was sacrificing his well-being just so she could meet her son. Dipper smiled at her, although she can see he was in pain. 

Pacifica clutches her fist. Her teeth grind, as she struggles to hold back tears. “Why Dip..... Why didn’t you do this... All of this pain....” she brushes her hand against his cheeks. He looked her in the eyes, still struggling to smile despite being in pain. “Because I want to see you happy. I can’t stand to see you sad, suffering from the pain. I told you, I will do anything to help you, to protect you, with my whole power if I have to. And because...” he slowly rise his hand, shaking to touch her face. Before he faded into the mindscape, he whispered in her ear.

“ I love you.”

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Pacifica was speechless. She just stared at the spot where was previously occupied by her dream demon childhood friend eventually-turned-crush. She stared at the space for a good 5 minutes before shaking her head, snapping her out of her trance. 

She snapped her finger, transporting her into the neutral part of the mindscape, more accurate the Midway Bar. Dipper had brought her there a few times, meeting his flocks and sometimes Brian the Organ Duck or Chazun. She entered the bar, greeted by the sight of the bar tender and Brian the Organ Duck talking to each other. She also see Chazun sits right next to the demon duck.

Chazun noticed her and waved his hand, calling her. “Hey Atlantica. Fancy to see you here.” Brian turned around to see her. “Oh, it’s you, Dreambender's chick. Where’s him?” Brian asked, as Pacifica take a sit next to him. She asked for a strong liquor the bar had, which surprised both of the two demons. “Al was in his mindscape. Tired after spending too much energy.” She said, slumping her head on the bar counter while sigh. “Wow Atlantica, you seems.... puzzled. What happened?” Chazun asked. The knowledge demon knew that if Alcor wasn’t coming with her to the bar, something must be wrong.

Pacifica lifted her head, groaning while covering her face with her hands. “I not sure what just happened Chaz! I don’t know! I think Alcor just......... confessed to me I think?” Brian spitted his drink and Chazun take out a marker and draw a exclamation mark on his mask. “He did what?!” Brian’s jaw(beak?) dropped. The bartender come, giving Pacifica her drink, completely ignorance of the conversation. She took her glass and chugged all of it in one go. Silence filled the bar for a few second. “Wow, that’s......... unexpected I must said.” Chazun finally said. Pacifica groan, asking the bartender for a second glass, which she also chugged it in one go. “I DON’T KNOW HOW TO REACT TO THIS”  She turned around, luckily there’s no other demon there to hear their conversation, as it contains secrets about both of her and Dipper origin, which was only known by Brian and Chazun. She continue “I mean, we had know each other for so long. He’s my friend and I practically become his niblings’ honourable aunt. And I do used to have a crush on him, but then all of.... my transformation ordeal happens and I just try to accept my new self. Then we get closed again since he had helped me a lot. But... UGHHHHHH....... This is too much to process.” Pacifica slumped her head once more on the countertop. Both of Chazun and Brian looked at her sympathetically. They were fully a demon, so they have no idea how a human heart conflicted in this kind of things.

Brian looked at Chazun with a 'what should we do' face while Chazun just shrugged. Chazun lowers his head and whispered to the duck. “I think we better let her be for now.” Brian nodded, looking at Pacifica who is chugging her third glass of liquor. Brian shake his head while Chazun just sigh. 'Alcor, wherever you are, I hope you realised what you have just did.’ He thought.

Meanwhile in the Mindscape.

“Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!-”
Groknar just stared dumbfounded at the sight of his master banging his head at a tree.

“Confessed at her at the brink of death! So smooth dork!” 

Terrence walked besides Groknar, looking at their master. From what Lolonja told the others, their master seems to having a conflict about his feelings. Although they didn’t really understand love except from the love of their master towards them, they understand that their master didn’t mean to tell it out loud. 

Suddenly they heard a ruffling noise. They turned around to see Star, one of the dreams waking up from her nap. Her eyes locked at Dipper who is now banging his head at the ground and the white lamb just looked strangely at him. “Baaa.... (Well, that’s new)” she said.

Back to the Midway Bar

“More!”

Chazun and Brian was standing near the corner, both looking fairly amazed and terrified in the same time. Pacifica was already on her thirteenth glass. They still confused on how she could be very tolerance with the liquor which was specifically made for a fully demon, not a half demon like her.

“Errrr.... Atlantica, I think you have drink enough.” Brian said, slowly approaching the demoness. Pacifica chugged her thirteenth glass and slammed the glass on the countertop. “Just one mo-” “I think she had enough. Thank you.” Chazun told the bartender before Pacifica could even asked for more. 

Chazun sigh. “I wasn’t expecting you to become this drama queen. I usually expect this kind of things from Alcor. But you?” Chazun shaked his head while sitting next to her. Pacifica snorted at his statement. “I just got confessed by someone who I literally had a crush for ages. What do you expect?” Pacifica sighed. 

“Sorry guys. I know I shouldn’t run from my feelings like that. I just... We had known each other for a long time. And our first meeting didn’t really gave a good impression of me. And then the Pioneer Day, and the mini golf incident. I want to be a kind person, but back then I was forced to follow the 'Northwest way'. And then when I asked for his help during my family gala, he showed to me bravery. He make me realised I didn’t need to be like my parents. I can be my own person. And since then, he changed me. He changed my life. I had to admit, he is my hero. ” She continue, hiding her face in her arms and slumping her chin on the countertop.

Alcor’s Mindscape

Alcor was lying on the grass, leaning his heads against Lolonja's body. He let out a loud sigh. “She hates me, doesn’t she?” Alcor asked his most loyal nightmare. The black sheep baaed. “What? No! I didn’t act like a drama king!” Alcor said, sitting up and looked at the sheep.

 The sheep baaed again. “Now you sounded like Mabel. No, I’m not acting so cray cray. I’m just..... We’re friends. I had known her before... the Day. And to be honest, she wasn’t my favourite person with her attitude towards my sister. Pioneer Days, the mini golf.  But then, when I helped her with the ghost problem, I see the real her. The true Pacifica Northwest. A girl who just to be his own person. She gathered enough courage to talk back to her parents and eventually save everyone, including me. I never said this to her, but she is my hero.”

Pacifica

“What if he didn’t mean it?”

Dipper

“What if she didn’t feel the same?”

Pacifica

“What if I messed up?”

Dipper

“What if I hurt her feelings?”

Pacifica/Dipper

“What if I didn’t deserve him?/her?” 

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Chazun looked at Pacifica and sighed. In his more than centuries of lifetime, never would he imagine himself dealing with demon’s love. Human, maybe since sometimes he interacts with humans that would change the world. But demons? Even his vast collection of books, logs and manuscript couldn’t prepare him for this.

,Suddenly Brian breaks the silence that unintentionally build for minutes. “Don’t put yourself down, Atlantica. Although I barely knew you, not as much as Dreambender, I would said without hesitation that you’re a nice demon. Remember when you save the ship fully loaded with marines? No other demons would do that. You’re a good demon, and so does Alcor. And believe me when I say this, you deserved him.” 

Pacifica was shocked, and so does Chazun. He didn’t expect Brian to be, supportive. He looked at Pacifica and a small smile formed on her face, much to the knowledge demon’s relief. She lift her head up from the countertop and looked at the Organ Duck. “Thanks Brian. That helps a lot.” She said, smiling at the demonic duck. Brian return the smile.

“But, so you think he really mean it? I mean he’s almost ran out of energy so what if it’s just some kind of drunk talk?” she asked, causing Chazun to chuckled a bit. Pacifica looked at him. “Demons didn’t have drunk talking, Atlantica. And if we did have, I’m pretty sure Alcor was saying it sincerely, from the bottom of his heart.” Chazun answered, gaining a wider smile on Pacifica’s face.

Then, her smile faded away. “Wait, how do I tell him I felt the same?” Pacifica’s eyes widened in realisation. “Errr... Just say you love him too?” Brian said. “No! It’s not that simple. Ugggghhh.....” Pacifica groaned as she covered her eyes with her palms.

This time, Chazun think he had an idea what to do. “Well, tomorrow is poker night. If you want, I can try asked Mabel. She said it herself, she’s a 'relationship expert’” Chazun offered. Pacifica beamed in joy. “Really? You would do that for me?” Pacifica asked. Chazun chuckled. “I owed the demon for giving me a lot of  fun people to befriend with. It’s fair for me to helped him know how you truly felt.” Chazun said, drawing a winking eye on his mask. Pacifica grinned at him. “Thanks Chaz. How could I ever pay you?” “Maybe with a s̶̛̩͔͖̥̻͑͊ō̵͇̣̞̦͗̒̆͠u̷͍͕̺̲̽͊͒͜l̸͈̓?̴̨̭̑͐̉̃̀ ” Chazun said darkly, causing Pacifica to flinched. Then, Chazun laughed. “Just kidding. Hahahahahaha. A drink should do.” He joked. Pacifica exhaled in relief and ordered a drink for him.

Alcor’s mindscape

Dipper stared at the sky, drifted away in his thoughts. “Baaaa...” Lolonja’s bleat caught his attention. “What do you say?” Dipper asked him. Lolonja bleat again. “Are you sure? I mean, remember when I first met Henry? I still remember his face when I lost control during the storm and almost steal his soul. What if I lost control and hurt her? I know she’s strong, but...” Alcor sigh, covering his face with his hat. 
Lolonja sighed, remembering how over thinking her master could be. She bleated again, this time suggesting Dipper something. “Urmm? Talk to someone? Who?” “Baaaa...” “What?! No! Anyone besides Mabel. I can’t let her know about this. Well, at least not now. I need someone else.” The demon sheep closed her eyes, humming while thinking before she opened her eyes and bleated at Dipper. “What? Why him? I mean, do you think he can actually help me?” Lolonja nodded, convincing her master. “Alright then. If you say so. Ugggghhh.... I hope I wouldn’t regret this.” He snapped his finger and blipped out from the Mindscape.

Stanley Pines’ Memorial Library of Supernatural

Dipper blipped into the physical plane inside the library. He looked around, wondering why the place he called home was so quiet without the voice of his niblings or sister and brother-in-law. “Anybody home?” he asked. “In the kitchen kiddo!” a grumpy voice answered. He hovered to the kitchen to see his Grunkle Stan by the coffee machine. “Hey Grunkle Stan. Where’s the others?” he greeted and asked the old man. “Your sister went to the town to get some supplies for poker night with the triplet. Henry was at the library, they need some extra hand for the new book arrival. Hah! Nerd...” Stan said, sipping his morning coffee.

Dipper grinned widely, wider than any human can, since he’s a demon obviously. “Excellent! Grunkle Stan, I need some word of advice.” He said. Stan smirked at him. “What? Another con and scam tips? Sorry kiddo, a showman will not revealed all of his secret.” He said, taking another sip of his coffee.

“No, not this time. It’s about...... love.” Dipper answered, causing the old man to spitted his coffee at his demon nephew. “SAY WHAT?!” Dipper snapped his finger, cleaning the coffee on him.  "It.... A long story.” Dipper said. Stan put his mug into the coffee machine and started the machine. “I have time.” He said.
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After about a half an hour story telling (and teasing from Stan), the old man understand the situation his nephew is facing. “So, what should I do Grunkle Stan? I mean, I love her, but I also want to protect her. Not just from others, but also from me. I.... I afraid, Grunkle Stan. What if-” “Would you hurt your sister?” Stan cuts him before he could finish. Dipper looked at Stan, tilting his head in confusion. “What?” “Would you hurt your sister? Come one kid, it wasn’t a tricky question.” Stan repeated his question, sipping his coffee as Dipper stare at him. “What?! Of course not! I wouldn’t ever hurt Mabel!” Dipper said, crossing his hand. “And why’s that?” Stan asked him. “Because she’s my sister. I couldn’t hurt her.” “Why?” Dipper started to get frustrated and annoyed with Stan's questions. “Why?! Because she’s my anchor, my Mizar! I love her!” “And did you love Blondie?” Stan said, causing Dipper to stare dumbfounded at him.

He opened his mouth, only to shut it again. He’s speechless and Stan smirked at him. “I would take that as a yes. Look kid, I know you’re strong. And yes, you may lost control. But you have us. I understand it’s hard for you to keep your sanity. But sanity, is from your brain. And love, is from your heart. Whenever you lost control and your sanity began to faded, it’s your brain who losses control. And what do you think helps you get back to the right path? It’s your heart kiddo. It reminds you that you have people who care about you. People who loves you. You think you may lost control and hurt Blondie? Sorry kid, but your heart says no.” Stan take a sip of his coffee, while Dipper just stared at the floor, processing what Stan just told him. 
Stan puts the empty mug into the sink, walking towards Dipper and patted his shoulder. “Listen. You’re a good man. And eventually, you will need someone to keep you that way. Unlike you, we’re mortals. Me, your sister, Henry, the triplet. We will leave the world, and you need someone as your anchor. And so does Blondie. She needs someone to protect her, to guide her. You two..... belonged to each other. And as immortals, you two pretty much stuck with each other forever.” Stan said, walking into the living room and sit on his favourite couch.

 “Now if your excuse me, I have a lot of work to do. And by work, I mean sitting down watching the TV all day.” Stan switched on the TV and browse through the channel. “Grunkle Stan?” Dipper finally spoke. Stan gave a acknowledge humming. “Thank you.” “Yeah yeah anytime kid.” Stan said half-heartedly, although Dipper knew he’s sincere. He snapped his finger and blipped back into the Mindscape. As he’s gone, a small smile formed at the corner of Stan’s mouth. “ I’m proud of you, Dipper.” Stan whispered to himself.

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It was Saturday night and the Pines were preparing for their weekly poker night. It some how become kinda like a tradition for the Pines family to have poker night every Saturday since Mabel and Dipper already mastered in playing (and cheating) poker and Henry just learned how to play it when he become part of the family. At first, it’s just the four of them, with Soos and Wendy sometimes joining them. Then, Dipper introduced them to Brian the Organ Duck who later joined the in their poker night. Shortly after that, Chazun joined the gang as well.

Mabel was preparing the soda when she heard a blipped behind her. She turned around to see Chazun, this time with an clown mask. It’s kinda normal for Chazun to appear wearing weird mask, as he said, for the sake of poker face. Mabel grinned at him. “Clown this time?” Chazun nodded, slightly bowing his body. “Yes, indeed. I already wear the anonymous one last time.” Although with a mask, Mabel somehow manage know that he’s smirking. 

Chazun looked around, realising another person he knows not there. “Mabel, where is Alcor?” he asked. Mabel just sighed. “He said he had some business with a certain cult that couldn’t be avoided. What’s so important that he need to skip poker night? He never done this before. It’s just weird.” Mabel said in frustration as she took a bowl on the table and bring it to the kitchen. Chazun tailing her. “Yes, it’s weird indeed.” Chazun said, looking at Mabel who is pouring chips from a bag into the bowl. “Errrrrr..... Mabel, can I ask you something?” he asked. Mabel gave him a acknowledge humming. “What is it?” “Well, I asked this on behalf of Atlantica actually. You see, a few days ago Alcor brings Atlantica to his mindscape to meet her son.” “Oh yeah. Dipper told me about it. So, what about it?” Mabel said, putting a chip into her mouth. “Well, that process required a lot of energy. And at the end, Alcor was so low I’m energy that he need to stay in rest in the Mindscape.” Mabel nodded her head, gesturing Chazun to continue. 
“And well, at the last minute, Alcor tell Atlantica about his feelings towards her.” Chazun said, causing Mabel’s eyes to widened and she swallowed the chips in one go. “Shut the front door! Don’t tell me...” Chazun sighed. “He tells him that he loves-” before Chazun could even finish, he was cut when suddenly Mabel squealed, causing him to flinch. “Ohmygodohmygodoygodohmygodohmygod!!!!! Dipper finally confessed to Paz!!!!” Mabel start to do her victory dance. Her squealed caught the attention of the rest household. Henry standing at the door frame confused, the triplet was standing besides their father and Stan just walked into the kitchen and took out a tub of ice cream from the fridge.

“Mabel, what’s wrong? You’re squealing at the frequency where only dogs should hear.” Henry asked. Before Mabel could answer, Stan was the one who told them. “The thing is Dipper just fall in love with Blondie.” Stan said. “Yes! Wait- How did you know that? You wasn’t here when Chazun told me.” Mabel looked at her great uncle, confused. “Ealier yesterday, he come to me, asking for relationship advice. So I told him some good advice.” Stan answered. “ You tells good advice? I really doubt that.” Henry said with a smirk, only to be ignored by Stan. 

“So.... Back to my point, she asked me to asked you how to tell him that she feels the same.” Chazun said, after being interrupted ealier. Mabel put her hand on her chin, in a thinking pose. “Well, Dipdots can be a little dense sometimes, although the fact that he’s a all knowing demons. So, the best way to say it was to say it directly how did you feel. Otherwise, it might just go through his head just like that and unable to  picked up any hint.” Mabel tell Chazun, who is listening at her in full seriousness. Chazun just stayed silent for a few second before he slammed his hand on the kitchen counter, surprising Mabel. “Oh my I just realised!” Mabel looked at him curiously. “Realise what?” She asked. Chazun turned his head to Mabel. “Alcor just get an advice from Stan. He want to tell Atlantica about his true feelings. And Atlantica wanted him to know she feels the same. And now, Alcor wasn’t here, claiming that he’s dealing with some cult which never happened before.” Mabel looked at him, blinking her eyes several time, before realisation come to her mind. “(gasp) Don’t you think...?” “Only one way to find out.” Chazun snapped his finger, and both of them blipped away from there. Watching the whole drama, Henry was standing at the door frame, both confused and shocked. He pinched the bridge of his nose and leave to the living room. “Not dealing with this right now.”

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One hour earlier

Pacifica was anxious. Not because today was poker day and Chazun promised her to talk to Mabel about how she should confront Dipper. Not because she feared that Mabel will go fangirling when Chaz told her what happened. And not because she’s worried that Dipper might acting strange during the poker night.
No. The reason she’s anxious was because the demon who she’s crushing with was standing right in front her. For some reason, he appeared just a few minutes ago, hovering without saying a word which makes the situation awkward. She too avoiding eye contact with him as both of them just stays silence.  

After a few more minutes of silence, Pacifica finally start to speaks. “What are you doing here? Wasn’t you supposed to be at the shack? For poker night?” she asked.

Dipper smiled sheepishly while scratching the back of his head. “Well.... Have some business to take care off. Just decided to stop by. You know... to make sure you’re alright.” He said. He looked at Pacifica, who is seems zoned out.

 “So, are you okay, Paz?” Dipper ask, as he didn’t get any response from her.
“Ouh? Oh, yeah. I’m fine. Nothing to worry about.” She answered, still avoiding eye contact with him. Both of them stays silence again, awkward tension started to build between them.

‘Oh my god Pacifica. What’s wrong with you. You’re a grown up now and you can control your own feelings.’

 'Youcan do this Dipper. Remember what Grunkle Stan said.’

“So about that d-”/“Dipper I need-”
Both of them said at the same time.

“Ouh, you go first.”/“You can go first”
Both of them stare at each other, then Pacifica giggled and Dipper started to chuckled.

“Ok, you go first dork. You’re my guest in my domain.” Pacifica said with a teasing tone. Dipper smiled at her. 

He took a deep breath and start to talk. “Okay.... So, about that day.... You know, when I ran out of energy. The thing is, when I said I love you, I mean it. I mean it with all my heart. Always been. Since the Northwest gala, I already have some sort of feeling in my heart, but I couldn’t understand what it is. And when Weirdmageddon happen, when I see you safe inside the shack, the same feeling happened again. Until we returned to Piedmont, I still can’t figured out what the feeling is. And then all the things happened with my parents, I kinda forget about the feelings. Not until we returned to Gravity Falls. I saw you, and the feelings come back. And we spend time together, me, you and Mabel. The feelings always lingering in my heart, but I able to push it aside.” He take a deep breath, looking at his feet, too ashamed and embarrassed to look Pacifica in her eyes.

“And until the day all of.... the mess happened. When my whole life flashes before my eyes. When I saw what you did for me, for us. When I thought I had lost you forever. On that moment, I finally figured it out. It was love. All this time, I was in love with you, Pacifica.” He closed his eyes and clenched his fist.

“But I’m sorry Paz. I’m sorry because I might hurt you. Your feelings. Yourself. I can’t bare with the fact you might get hurt because of me again. I want to be with you but I can’t risk hurting you. I hope you understa-”

Before the could even finish, a pair of arm wrapped around him. He looked up and his eyes locked up with Pacifica’s teary eyes.

“YOU STUPID! YOU STUPID DORK DEMON! DIDN’T YOU KNOW HOW LONG I HAD SUPRESSED MY FEELING FOR YOU?! YOU COME INTO MY LIFE AND EXPECT ME FOR NOT FEELING THE SAME?! I DON’T CARE IF YOU HURT MY FEELINGS! I DON’T CARE IF I MIGHT GET HURT! I LOVE YOU AND I WOULDN’T RATHER BE ANYWHERE ELSE BUT WITH YOU!” she yelled, her arm tightly wrapped around Dipper. Her face was planted into the male demon chest, her tears stained the suit. 

She lifted her head and looked at him at the eyes. “You couldn’t never hurt me dummy. I knew you love me a lot that you wouldn’t hurt me on purpose.” She said between sniff. 

Dipper was awestruck. He was speechless. His whole system failed him. He slowly looked at her in the eyes, lifting his hand and wiped away her tears. “Paz..... You... Are you sure? You might regret it, to having a relationship with the most powerful demon.” He asked teasingly. Pacifica gave him a small laugh. “ Don’t give yourself too much credit dork.” Dipper then joined the laugh. 

They stay in embrace for a while. They enjoy the private silence for both of them. Well, before the silence was interrupted with a squeal. Both of them flinched, turned around to see Chazun hovering beside a squealing Mabel on a black smoke cloud. “M-Mabel! Wh-What are you doing here!” Dipper asked, bright red blush clearly on his face while Pacifica is froze still, clearly embarrassed too. 

“Why am I here wasn’t important Dip. The hundred dollar question is, why are you here? I thought you’re busy “cultbashing”?” Mabel asked, crossing her arm and putting on her sceptical eyes. Her eyes glanced at Pacifica and a teasing smirk appear on her face. 

Dipper opened his mouth, only to closed it again. He couldn’t even find the perfect excuse to tell his twin. Suddenly, he felt his right hand was hold by someone. The turned and see Pacifica, a smile curved on her face. “Dip, I don’t mind if Mabel know. I mean, sooner or later she will definitely know eventually.” She whispered at him. He gave him a ‘are you sure' look and she nodded.

He sighed and look at Mabel. A smirk on her face. “Okay okay. You caught us. I’m clearly not cult bashing. I’m here.... confronting Pacifica to tell me how I really felt.” Just as he finished his sentence, he quickly cover his ears with his hand and Pacifica’s with his wings. At first, Pacifica was a little confused but as Mabel started to squeal she understood. Chazun too seems to flinched at her squealing. They are pretty sure her squealing can be heard from the mainland.

“So both of you are officials now?!” Mabel asked excitedly. Pacifica giggled at the women behaviour. “Yes Mabel. We are official.” Mabel squeal again, but this time a little bit slower. 
“So, Mabel. Now that all of this is settled up, why not we returned to the shack for our poker night?” Chazun finally spoke up. Mabel nodded. “Yup right. Let's- Where you think you’re going bro-bro?!” Mabel asked as Dipper just about to snap his fingers. “Errrr..... To the shack?” 

“Nonono.... Tonight, you lovebirds are spending time together, whether you love it or not.” Mabel said. Both of them blushed, but didn’t protest. “Ok then. Let’s go Chaz. See you later lovebirds!” Mabel bit them farewell before Chazun teleported them back to the shack. Dipper and Pacifica looked at each other, stare each other before giggling.

'I totally deserve her/him.’ 

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Atlantica

Alias: The Guardian of The Sea
           The Protector of the Seven
           Ocean
Class: A-Rank
Type: Ocean Demon
Rarity: Extremely Rare

Atlantica the Guardian of The Sea first appearance were recorded about 20 years after the Transcendence event. Scholars stated that Atlantica are the one and only ocean demon had ever been recorded since the human understanding of the supernatural world. 

As the tittle suggested, they basically have a full control over the ocean. Some witnesses had claimed that Atlantica had the ability to change the condition of the sea, from calm to a raging storm in seconds and vice versa. Some also claimed that Atlantica have full control on sea creatures, although none concrete evidence to be found.

Atlantica usually summoned by fishermen and sailors for safety at the sea and a good fishing season.
No cult or worshipper of Atlantica had been recorded so far.

Scholars also associated Atlantica with Alcor the Dreambender, as the symbol of the said dream demon can be seen in Atlantica’s summoning circle. Expert could not find the real reason of why the symbol were included although there are some theories among demonology society. The symbol of Mizar, Gliese, Lubdhaka, Mismar, and an unknown pine tree symbol also can be seen at both of the demons' summoning circles. One symbol on Atlantica’s was unknown, but many believe it belongs to Triton, dubbed as Atlantica’s son. The Llama symbol remained unknown.

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It have been a week since the last poker night.

It have been a week since Alcor didn’t join the poker night for the first time.

It have been a week since Mabel constantly teasing them.

And it have been a week since Alcor the Dreambender and Atlantica the Guardian of the Sea become an official couple.

And some how, the word about their relationship had spread.

The first sign was when Henry was browsing through the demonology forum. He always do that on his free time, usually just to know about any new thing about his brother-in-law (and to find any teasing material). But today, he come across an interesting chat. He found an unusual chat room tagged with Dipper.
 

The problem is the chat room is named ‘Atlanticor 4 life’ 

When he joined the chat room, mostly the people are talking about Dipper. What make it interesting that they are talking about Dipper and Pacifica.

[So, are they really together now?]

[Some said they saw Alcor and Atlantica hang out together, even act like a LOVE COUPLE!]

[Does demon even have emotions?]

[How they even fall in love?]

[Maybe Alcor does. He is so powerful that he can feel emotions maybe]

[Alcor was pretty lucky if you ask me. Atlantica is hot as hell.]

[Hey, show some respect dude. You will never know if Alcor is watching you!]

Henry just starred at his laptop screen. He have no idea how they know, but he sure these would not be a good thing.
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The second sign was when Dipper is summoned. He appears in the summoning circle and looked around. Obviously these wasn’t a cult summon. It was done in a basement filled with old boxes and furniture. He turned around to see his summoners.

They are a group of girls, maybe in their high school. He keep his glare towards them.

“WHO DARE TO SUMMON ALCOR THE DREAMBENDER?” He speaks.

A girl brave enough to rise her hand and speak. “ It's-It’s us, si-sir.” She said. “AND WHY DO YOU SUMMON ME?” He asked. Another girl speaks. “We have a question.” “AND WHAT IS IT?” 
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“Why did you cheated on Mizar?”

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“WHY AM I WHAT?!”

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The third sign was when Mabel was updating her sweater and craft website. As she is updating about her new sweater design, a notification appear. She opened it and the notification was a notification about a new Twin Soul fanfiction update. She sometimes read it in her free time only to teased Dipper.

But this new update have a quite interesting tittle.

The revenge of the crazy ex

This piqued Mabel’s interest. She pretty sure there’s no such things as a crazy ex in the other fanfictions. She clicked on the link. 

Revenge of the crazy ex
Summary: 
While Alcor and Mizar having a delightful date, their date were ruined by someone, claimed to be Alcor’s ex. How could Mizar prevent her Alcor taken away from her by the crazy girl named Atlantica?

As Mabel finished read the summary, she laughed so hard that she almost fall from her chair.
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Stan was having a good day in the shack. Was. Just a few minutes ago, his nephew blipped in the living room, freaking out and searching for his twin sister. And now, the demon hovered back and forward in the living room, muttering.

“How did these happen? How did they know? What if someone target her because of me? What if someone hurt her? How can I be so careless? How can I be so stupid? This is all my fault! I know things like these will happen! I shouldn’t do this! And Now she’s in danger because of m-” 

“CHILL THE HELL OUT KID!” 

Dipper snapped out of his muttering and turned around to his great uncle. The old man glared at him, causing him to flinch. Stan took off his glasses and rub his temple. “Look Dipper. Why wouldn’t you settle these with your sister?” Stan said. “I want to, but she’s busy with the kids' PTA meeting.” Dipper sighed.

“Why don’t you settle it with Blondie?” Stan said. Dipper looked at him confused. “Wait. Should I settle it with Pacifica? I mean, I’m the one causing these and I can’t involve her in my problem.” Stan face palmed. “Are you kidding me? She’s already involved in these on the first place. It’s both of your relationship we’re talking about.” Stan said.

Dipper blinked at him, before gave himself a face palm. “ I’m a genuine idiot! I need to go! See you later Grunkle Stan!” Dipper said as he blipped away from the shack.
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Dipper blipped to Pacifica, only to be greeted by the ocean demon’s annoyed face. “Paz, we need to – Woahh!!! What’s wrong? What with the cranky face?” He asked.

Pacifica’s eye twitched and she glared at Dipper. “The problem is you have some crazy freaking fan that’s the problem!” She yelled and put on a pouty face.

“What happen?” Dipper ask, sitting besides her and wrapped her with his wings to comfort her. “Well, today was like other normal day. I was hanging around when I felt a summon...”

One hour ago.

Pacifica was relaxing at her usual spot when she felt a summon. She stretch a bit before snapping her finger. “Time for work!” She snapped her finger and blipped away. 

She reappeared again at a seashore. Nothing unusual with that. She looked around and saw her summoners. Now she’s felt suspicious. They’re a group of girls, most likely highschoolers. 'Now, why would they summoned me?’ she thought.

“THE OCEAN CALL UPON MY NAME! WHO HAD SUMMON ME, ATLANTICA GUARD OF THE S-”

Before she could even finish her usual appearance line, a glass bottle were thrown at her, which fortunately she able to dodge. She looked a round at the now broken bottle and examine it’s content. ‘Holy water!’ 

“EXCUSE ME! WHAT DID YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING! HOW DARE YOU! WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE!”

“WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE!”

Pacifica’s eye twitched at the statement. Clearly these girls have the guts to insult her. “WHAT. ARE. YOU. TALKING. ABOUT?!” 

Another girl stepped forward. “WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE THAT YOU CAN TAKE ALCOR FROM MIZAR?!” 

Now, that really annoyed Pacifica. 'Ugggghhh..... Twiners....’ Now she understands why Dipper really annoyed with them. Maybe it’s karma for her past teasing.

She rubbed her temple and looked at the girls, annoyed. “OKAY. YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU GUYS REALLY WASTED MY TIME. SO, WHO WANT CALAMARI?” 

She snapped her finger and suddenly a bunch of octopus jumped out from the sea and landed on each of the girls head. They freaked out and ran away from the seashore. Pacifica sighed and blipped back to her spot.

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Dipper looked at Pacifica sympathetically. The ocean demon now is snuggling with him, finding comfort surrounded by his wings. They didn’t know how the word had spread, but the damage had been done.

“*sigh* I’m sorry Paz. It’s my fault.” Dipper said while caressing Pacifica’s hair. “ Don’t you dare to blame yourself. I had told you before. I don’t care if I almost get hurt or what. I love you and nothing can change that.” She responded, tightened her embrace with him. Dipper looked at her and smile, returning the embrace. “How can I be so lucky to have you?” Pacifica giggled at his statement. “If anyone is lucky here, it would be me for having you to guide me.”

They remain in each other embrace for a moment. It the first time they doing this, but doing it as a couple really gave them a different feels. “But seriously Dip. We need to do something or people will keep acting crazy.” Pacifica finally spoke. Dipper sighed. “Yeah, I know. I will work on something about it.”  

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Today is a hard day for Dipper. He keep getting summon by people who want to know his relationship with Pacifica (With he keep avoiding the question). He finally get a free time, which he choose to spend just resting at the shack. He’s alone since Mabel and Henry had a demonology talk in Bent. The kids were at kindergarten and Grunkle Stan was at God knows where. He’s just lying on the couch while brainstorming on how to solve his problems. 

“Hmmm... Maybe I can convince the demonology community that we are allies, nothing more. But the others..... Ugghhhhh...... What do people always complicated things?! And the Twinners.....” Dipper groaned, covering his eyes with his palm.

Suddenly he felt a tingling feelings. ‘Summons’ He really felt not want to come and want to send his answering machine, but there’s something about this summoning that make him feel..... important. He closed his eyes, concentrate and felt out the summoning. 'The sacrifice.... It feels, odd. It feels.....’ Suddenly his eyes snapped open and he vanished into thin air.

Dipper reappear in a dark room. He looked around, and he suddenly feel anger and fear, because he knows the room so well although he only been there once. He looked in front of him and saw a group of people, wearing red cloak. Behind them, there’s a couple of face he really recognize. A couple of face he hate with all his heart. Dipper snarled. “Preston.....” Preston Northwest, former millionaire and businessman looked at him, smirking. “Hello Alcor. Or should I say..... Dipper Pines?” Suddenly Dipper felt like he is bind by a thousand chains. He glared at Preston, flaming rage in his eyes. “I know you will come. Thanks to the “sacrifice”” Preston said.

Dipper lifted up his head, looking at a small figure lying in front of him. A pool of blood underneath his head. A bruise seen on his head. He’s breathing slowly, but still there. His wavy black hair is stained by the blood and his white t-shirt is now red. He try to reach the little body in front him but the chain burned his hand. “Th-Theo.....ARGHHHH!!!!” He screamed in pain as the chain around him tighten.

“I’m lucky to find a small cult willingly to bind you for me.” Preston chuckled while the cult continue chanting their binding spell. “Wh-What do you want you shithead?!” Alcor yelled at him. He usually can easily released himself from the binding, but using his real name causing the binding become tens times more stronger. “HOW DARE YOU DO THIS TO YOUR OWN GRANDSON?!” “HE’S NOT MY GRANDSON!” Preston snapped, glaring at the dying boy. “And the demon is not my daughter. My daughter is dead.” He continue.

“I lost everything because of you! You and your filthy critters! I lost half of my supporters when I against supernatural! And it all thanks to you!” Preton said, hatred and greed fills his eyes. He looked at a wall, an old family portrait hung at the wall. “I lost my only heiress because of you.” 

Dipper was beyond anger. He’s would rip that old man apart if it not because of the chains binding him. “MY FAULT?! YOU’RE THE ONE WHO DISOWNED HER! YOU LEAVE HER WITH NOTHING! SHE ACHIEVE WHAT SHE HAD NOW WITH HER OWN BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS! I’M THE ONE BESIDES HER WHEN SHE NEED SOMEONE TO TALK! I’M THE ONE SUPPORTING HER THROUGH THICK AND THINS! SHE DESERVES MORE THAN A CRAP FAMILY LIKE YOU! SHE BELONGS TO THE PINES! SHE’S MINE!” 

Suddenly, the chains binding him snapped one by one. The hooded man started to panicked. But Preston, he just smirked. He pulled out a dagger from his belt. He knelt and move towards Theo. He placed the dagger at the boy’s arm and start slashing a line. Red warm blood streamed from the slash and it dropped on the binding circle. Suddenly, more chains formed and binding Dipper again. Preston smirk evilly at him. “Try to do that again and I will do more than just a cut on this boy.” He said, lifting Theo's head and place the tip of the dagger on his neck. 

Dipper just starred at the boy’s face. He felt so helpless. So weak. So hopeless. He can’t let anything happen to Theo. He had promised to her. Then, Theo’s eyes started to move. Slowly, he opened his eyes and his eyes meet with Dipper’s. He looked at him, and the boy’s eyes started to tear. Dipper try to calmed down the boy. “Hey boy. Look at me okay. I will save you. I promise. To you and her.” The boy nodded a bit, but the tears wouldn’t stop. Dipper know, deep inside of the boy’s heart, he’s scared and wanted his mother. It’s a human instinct wanting to have a motherly figure with them if they felt scared or helpless. 

“Let the ceremony begin!” the leader of the cult suddenly shouted. Two man suddenly grab each of Theo’s arm and the boy start to struggling. Dipper’s eyes widened as he struggles to escape from the chains but it’s no use. The binding combined with his real name are too strong. “DON’T YOU DARE TOUCH HIM!” He yelled, but the cult ignored him. Tears start streaming down the boy’s face and he start to sob. In his mind, there’s only one person he want the most. 

‘Mommy... Help!’
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Pacifica’s eyes snapped open. Just a few minutes ago she was resting after a tiring day of summons before her rest are disturbed by a strange feelings. She feel, agony. Pain. Hurt. She don’t know why but she felt it. 

She felt it.

She felt her son.

Pain. Hurt. Suffering.

She felt everything.

And he needs her.

Theo needs his mommy.

“THEO?!” Pacifica try to reach to her son, but nothing happens. She realized that she couldn’t come to him. But she try harder. She feels the place. She feels her son. She sensed Dipper, but he’s in pain too. She try and try and try again to reach them, but it’s no use. She’s not powerful enough. She’s not strong like Dipper. She feels useless. She feels weak.

She is weak.
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'MOMMY!!!!’

Her eyes snapped open. Her eyes are glowing purple. No iris visible. The sky darkens and the wave start to storm. She can’t give up now. She can’t. Her son needs her. Dipper needs her.

She hovered a few metres above the water surface. Her body glows, shining the surroundings. Powers flowing through her body. A power she never knew she had. Or maybe it wasn’t there at all until now. But she didn’t have time to care. All she’s thinking about right now is to save Theo. 

Her body glows brighter and brighter, blinding light fills the area. Seconds later, the light vanished, but so does Pacifica.
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“Wh-What?! What’s happening?!” Preston panicked. Just a few seconds ago, the cult leader is about to start the sacrifice ceremony before a blinding light appears out of nowhere. He cover his eyes with his hands. After a few seconds, the light started to disappear and he remove his hand. Slowly, a figure appears from the light. Someone he knows. And it’s the last person he expect to be here. “H-How? You said she couldn’t come here?!” he yelled accusingly at the cult leader.

Pacifica looked around her surrounding. She knows this place. A room she and Dipper found during the Northwest gala, when the ghost is chasing them. A room inside her parent’s house. And she see some familiar faces. Faces she haven’t see in years. Faces she doesn’t want to see. “Mom? Dad? What’s the meaning of these?” her voice is shaking. Tears streaming down from her glowing purple eyes. She want to stay optimistic. She hope her parents weren’t doing what she thought they are doing. But here she is, in a room in her childhood house, with a cult, her demon boyfriend bound and her son, lying on a puddle of blood.

“Pacifica, dear. Let me explain-” “EXPLAIN WHAT?! THAT YOU HIRED A CULT TO BIND MY FRIEND?! THAT YOU KIDNAP YOUR OWN GRANDSON?! THAT YOU TRY TO USE HIM AS A SACRIFICE?!” 

The ground is shaking and the atmosphere become cold. The cult leader are terrified. He thought the job would be easy. He didn’t sign up for these. “Preston! These wasn’t part of the de-” Before he could finish, purple glows surrounded him and suddenly he flew across the room, landing in front of Pacifica. Pacifica grab his head and lift him to her level. Her glowing purple eyes meets his eyes. “Pl-Please have mercy on me! I just do what Preston paid me to do!” the man begs to her.

She ignores him. In a blink of an eye, her hand was now in the man’s chest, ripping apart his soul from the body. She dropped the lifeless body on the ground and devoured the soul. She turned around to the other cult member, who were shaking in fear. She smirked, as one by one, the soul separate from the body, blood splattered on the wall.

The screams and shouts eventually cause Theo to slowly gain consciousness. His eyes slowly gain vision and he saw his mommy. But this mommy is not the mommy he knew. He knows that she lost control. And he knows there’s only one person who can get her back. Slowly, he began to crawl, as his legs aren’t cooperating with him. He crawl and crawl, before finally he reaches his Uncle Dipper. Dipper seems alive, the chains began to disappear but he’s not awake. He fainted after all the burned and binding from before. 

Theo began to shake his body. Trying to wake him up but no use. He began to shake harder and harder but the demon is too weak right now. ‘Uncle Dipper wake up! Mommy needs you!’ No matter how loud he screamed, the reality is nobody can hear him. Nobody except him.... and his Uncle Dipper!

He start to concentrate and focus, hoping that although in his unconscious state, Dipper can hear him. 'Uncle Dipper please wake up! Come on I know you are strong! Mommy needs you! I need you! I know you can hear me! Please! Wake up Uncle Dipper!’ Tears began to form as his efforts seems no use. He began to sob, clutching his hands on Dipper’s suit. ‘Please..... Wake up..... Daddy....’

Pacifica is enjoying these. It’s felt so wrong, but she just cannot stop ripping apart the cult. One soul after another, finally all the cult members are lying on the ground, lifelessly. She turned around, looking at the two person who cause this. “PRESTON.... PRISCILLA....” The older Northwest is shaking in fear. All the cult that was hired by them were killed in minutes. They looked at her in terror, in disgust, in fear. “YO-YOU MONSTER! HOW DARE YOU AGAINSTING ME! I’M THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THIS TOWN!” Preston shouted at her, trying to hide his fear in the voice. “You cannot be the most powerful man anymore. How about the most powerful corpse?” She said menacingly. She flicked her hand, causing Preston to suddenly float in the air. He flew into Pacifica's hand, she holding his throat. “Pl-Please darling. Please don’t hurt your old man.” Preston start to begging to her. She gave him an evil smirk, lifting her hand in the air, ready to strikes him and tear him apart. “You said it yourself. I’m not your daughter.” 

Preston closes his eyes, waiting for the strike to come, but it never happened. Pacifica turned around to see Dipper holding her hand, panting while Theo his hiding behind him. “Dipper. LET. ME. GO.” She said, eyes locked with his. “No Paz. I will not let you hurt him.” Dipper said calmly, although a bit shock to see Pacifica losses control and practically killed an entire cult. “NO! HE HURTS THEO! HE HURTS YOU! HE DESTROYED MY LIFE ONCE, I WOULDN’T LET HIM DO IT AGAIN! HE MUST PAY!” “SO DON’T BE THE MONSTER HE SAID YOU ARE!” Pacifica is pissed. She threw away Preston to a wall and try to tackle Dipper. He managed to dodge, although Pacifica continue to attack him. “YOU CANNOT STOP ME!” “I MUST PAZ! I WANT TO HELP YOU!” “SO HELP ME BY DO NOT GET IN MY WAY!” “WHAT?! THAT’S THE OPPOSITE OF HELPING!” 

They continue to fight. Pacifica continue to attack while Dipper continue to dodge. They stayed that way until finally Pacifica managed to corner him. “SORRY DIPPER. BUT I NEED TO DO THIS.” She raised her hand and strikes at him, only to stopped half way when a pair of arm wrapped around her legs. She looked down, and see her son hugging her legs, sobbing. Dipper sees this opportunity and touches Theo’s back, using his power so Pacifica can hear his thoughts. ‘Mommy, please stop!’ Suddenly, purple tears started to flow from her eyes. Her glowing purple eyes started to fade, leaving behind her purple sclera and white Iris eyes. She kneeled down and hugged her son. “I’m- I’m sorry Theo.... I don’t know what happen to me. I’m so mad that I....” ‘It’s okay mommy. Just please don’t hurt Uncle Dipper. I love him mommy.’ Pacifica smiled at her son. “Me too sweety. Me too.” Pacifica turned around, to see a relief Dipper. “Thank God you’re right on time Theo.” “Oh hush you dork. It wasn’t like I can kill you. I’m not that powerful.” “Remind me not to mess with an angry mother.” 

Suddenly they heard a groan. They turn around to see Preston, waking up after being knocked out when Pacifica throw him at the wall. Priscilla is already fainted after Pacifica almost kill her husband.

“What should we do with them?” Pacifica asked. “For your own and your son’s safety as well as mine, I think the best we could do is to erase their memory about today.... And also the memory about you.” Dipper said. “Wait, why about me?” Pacifica seems a bit shocked with the decision. “Well, if I don’t do that, they may will do the exactly same thing like these in the future. Don’t worry, I will alter their memory so as far as they know, you died during.... the day everyone thought you were dead.” Dipper answered, although the last part was quite hurt for him to said. He expected a frown face from Pacifica, but instead she’s smiling. “Thanks Dip. I appreciate it.” She said, giving a small kiss on his cheek. He’s blushing, his whole body seems to failed him and his mind froze. He can swear that steams formed from his head. Pacifica giggles at the flustered demon. Theo also giggles looking at his Uncle Dipper. “Wait a minute.... Paz, how did you able to get here?”  Suddenly, realisation hits him. Pacifica's giggle stopped as she herself thinking how she could even get there. “I don’t know. Maybe now I’m powerful enough?” “You sure?” “Only one way to find out.” She kneeled down, scooping Theo into her arm. “Let’s go home Theo. You go first Dip.” Dipper smiled at her, snapping his fingers and blipped away. Pacifica closes her eyes, focusing on the old shack in the woods and snapped her fingers, blipping away from the house.
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Pacifica opened her eyes, and she can’t believe it. Here she is, standing in front of the former Mystery Shack. She slowly descend onto the grown, her feet touches the dirt. She looked at her son, smiling. She walks to the front door, open it and walk into the house.

As she entered the house, she saw Dipper being attacked by Mabel with a lots of questions. “DIPPER WHERE ARE YOU? THE TRIPLETS CALLED SAYING THEO HAVE BEEN KIDNAPPED! I TRY TO REACHED YOU A THOUSAND TIMES! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN! WE NEED TO SAVE TH-” Mabel’s rambling stopped as she saw the ocean demon. Her jaws hanging and so does Henry and the twins. Pacifica smiled at them and puts down Theo. “Hey guys. Nice to see you guys bac-AHHHHHH!” She screamed as Mabel tackled her into a hug. “SIS! YOU FINALLY CAN GET ON LAND!” Unfortunately, Mabel’s tackle cause both of them to fell on the floor. “Ouchhh! Mabel! Calm down!” Pacifica said.

Mabel just chuckled as she get up and kneel in front of Theo and hugged the boy. “I’m so glad you’re ok.” Theo use sign language to talk to Mabel since she can’t hear his thoughts.  I’m fine Aunt Mabel. Mommy and Uncle Dipper saves me.  Mabel nodded at him, understand what he said. (A skill Dipper gave him a while after she take Theo under her care.) “What happen Dip?” she asked Dipper, worries can be hear in her voice. “How about we sit down first and we will tell you everything.” Pacifica said.
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After about an hour explaining what happened, the Pines felt so angry with the Northwest. They couldn’t imagine how a human being can even though of using their own grandson as a sacrifice. After a moment of silence (and a moment stopping Mabel from crashing the Northwest Manor), Dipper excuse himself as he need to settle up with altering the Northwest memories and arrange with the police about the cult (or what left of it). The Pines leave Pacifica and Theo alone in the living room as the mother and son need some space and time alone. Theo cuddled with his mommy as Pacifica just relaxing on the couch, caressing her son’s hair. 

'Mommy?’ “Yes Theo?” Pacifica said, as she can still hear his thoughts. 'Did you really loves Uncle Dipper?’ Theo asked. Pacifica stays silence for a while before answering. “Yes Theo. I love him. But don’t worry, not as much as I love you.” She said teasingly. Theo giggled at his mommy. ‘I love him too Mommy. He always help me. He always makes me happy. Did he makes you happy mommy?’ “Yes, he does makes me happy.” Pacifica smiled at her son. Clearly the boy had grow fond of the dream demon. They stays in cuddle a bit more before Theo started to get sleepy. She lift up her son, asking Mabel where is his room and bring the boy to his room. She tucked him in and kisses his forehead. Pacifica is about to leave the room when she heard his thoughts. ‘Mommy?’ She turned around and looked at her son. “Yes?” 

‘Can Uncle Dipper become my Daddy?’

Pacifica is speechless. She knows that Theo looked up at Dipper as a father figure, but she never thought of Dipper as his actual father. She smiled at him and answered. “Only if he want to.” The boy smiles and she waved goodnight at his mom. Pacifica waved back and closes the door. She walked back to the living room with blushes of her face. 

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Dipper is in a good mood today. It’s been a week since Pacifica  finally break her ties with the sea, and since then she had settled down in the shack with the Pines. He’s happy to see Theo being able to spend his day with his mommy like any other normal children (If having a demon as a mother considered as “normal”). He haven’t been disturb by any summons today, unlike the past weeks. It seems that people finally giving up on getting answers from him and just accepted the facts.

And for right now, he is in a very good mood that he want to make breakfast for the family. They are still upstairs, so he  have the kitchen all by himself. He planned to make pancakes for his family today. Good thing Mabel always make sure there is just enough ingredients in the kitchen. 

As he’s flipping the pancakes, he heard footsteps from the stair. He looked around to see the triplets, alongside with Mabel and Henry. “Good morning everyone!” “Morning Dip!/ Good morning./ Good morning Uncle Dipper.” They reply. He smiled at them, continuing making pancakes. He is humming some songs and swaying his hip along it.

“Wow, somebody in a good mood today.” Mabel said. Dipper chuckled, putting some pancakes on a plate before handing it to his sister. “Is it because someone is finally here?” She continue. Dipper ignored her, but still cannot hide the blush form on his face. Stan walked into the kitchen, pouring some coffee into his mug and take a seat besides Henry. 

“Where’s Pacifica and Theo?” Dipper asked them. “They are still upstairs.” Willow said while munching of her pancake. “Willow, don’t speak with your mouth full.” Henry said. Willow swallow her food and grinned at him. “Sorry.” Suddenly, an idea popped up in Mabel’s mind. She get up from her chair and join her brother in the kitchen. She take away the spatula from her brother in his protest. “Let me take it from here bro bro. You go upstairs and wake up your girlfriend and future son. Now go!” she said, pushing him from the kitchen while Dipper try to protest. Finally he gave up and walk to the stair. Halfway through the stair, just then he finally realized what Mabel had said. ‘Wait, future son?!’ He didn’t mind that Mabel called Pacifica as his girlfriend, as they already be an official couple, but to think Theo as his son... That causes bright red tinted on his face.

He continue his walk to the mommy and son’s room and knocked the door. “Theo? Paz? Are you awake already? Breakfast ready!” he said. Since Theo’s room is quite big, Pacifica decided to share the room with him. Theo didn’t mind, even voluntary offer his room for her. Everyone agree, as it’s easier for Pacifica to keep an eye on him. He knocked the door again, waiting for response. After a while without any response, he grab the door knob and slowly twisted it. “I’m going in.” He opened the door to see the mother and son pair is still sleeping soundly on the bed. Theo is cuddling with his mother and Pacifica seem very peaceful. Dipper smiled at the scene, feeling grateful that the mother and son finally united back together for real this time. He walk towards the bed and gently shake Pacifica’s body. “Hey Paz, wake up. Breakfast ready.” 

“Hmmmm....Five more minutes Dip. I need my beauty sleep.” She mumbled. Dipper smiled at her morning antics. ‘Cute.’ He shake his head, blushes at the thought. He try to wake up Theo this time. He shake the boy a few times, but instead waking up, the boy cuddle deeper into her mother’s embrace. Dipper pretty sure he could melt with all the cuteness. He sigh, before gaining an idea. “*sigh* Well, it seems that both of you are having a very good sleep. Well, guess I need to cancel my plan to take you guys to the lake today.”

As he finished his sentence, both of the mother and son suddenly jolted out from the bed. “Wait what?! Why wouldn’t you tell us earlier?! Wake up Theo!” Pacifica said as she get up from the bed. The boy also seems excited, jump out from the bed and tailing his mother to downstairs. Dipper chuckled at the scene. ‘Well, I think we will go to the lake today then.’ He leave the room and joining the rest of the family downstairs. 

As he reaches downstairs, Pacifica and Theo already joining  thePines at the dining table. “Wow bro bro. I surprised that you able to wake up this two sleepy head.” Mabel said, grinning at Dipper. Theo excitedly waving his hands in sign language. Uncle Dipper said he’s going to take us to the lake! Mabel nodded. “Is he now?” Mabel looked at Dipper, smirking. Dipper awkwardly scratch the back of his head. “Well, actually I said that just so they will wake up. But since we have no plan today, why not? It’s been a while since we have a family fun day.” He said. Acacia looked at them, confused as only her mom and uncle understand what Theo is saying. “What? Where are we going today?” she asked. Mabel looked at her children and husband. She put her left hand on her waist and pump a fist in the air. “Grab your swimsuit and sun block! We’re going to the lake!” The triplets' eyes widened and a huge smiled formed on their face. They quickly finish their breakfast and went upstairs to get ready. Henry just smiled, putting away his plate into the sink. Pacifica is wiping Theo’s mouth with a napkin, she looked at Dipper and mouth a thank you. He smiled and mouthed Anything for you. She blushed at continue eating her pancakes. Unknowing to them, Mabel is watching their interaction with a huge smile on her face. 

After everyone finish their breakfast, Dipper took the task of cleaning the dishes as he didn’t need to prepare anything (although he sure Mabel will pack up something for him just to tease him). As he finish drying the last plate and put it on the rack, Pacifica came into the kitchen. “Hey Dip.” She said. Dipper smiled at her, wiping his hand with a towel and put it on the table. “Hey Paz. Should you be helping Theo to pack his stuff?” “He said he can do it by himself. Also Mabel already help him so I came here just to make sure you didn’t set anything on fire.” She said, getting a chuckled from Dipper. “Hey, I know how to wash the dishes. I also know how to cook and clean the house. Basically I’m a perfect complete package.” This time, it’s Pacifica’s turn to laugh, which he eventually joined. They finally calm down from the laughter. “Dipper?” “Hmmm?” “I just want to say, thank you. For all of these. I never knew how I could turn back the favor for you.” She said. Dipper looked at her, giving her a small smile. “You already have Paz. You already turn me the favor.” Pacifica looked at him, tilting her head in confusion. “Hah? What? How?” She asked. Dipper approach her, closer and closer until finally their face is an inch apart. Pacifica try to back away but her back meet the wall. “By being besides me. By always supports me. By giving me a chance in love.” He said, his hot breath meet her face. She is blushing like crazy that she felt like there’s hot steams coming out from her ears. “Ehem!” Both of them finally snapped out of each other trances when Henry walks into the kitchen. “Errrr.... We are ready. The others is waiting outside and we’re waiting for you guys. Am I interrupting something?” “NOPE!” Both of them said in the same time, their face are bright red as a tomato.

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After about fifteen minutes of driving (Mabel insisted Dipper and Pacifica to ride with them instead of just blipping), they finally arrived at the Gravity Falls Lake. Theo exit the car and looked the lake with awe. It is his first time visiting the lake and that’s the reason he’s excited when Dipper said he want to bring him here. Pacifica smiled at her son’s excitement while Dipper helping Mabel loading out the stuff. “Well if it isn’t the town’s favourite family.” Henry looked around for the voice source and sees Tate McGucket, the lake ranger and a close friend of the Pines. “Hey Tate. Good to see you.” Dipper greeted him. “And also Alcor. Long time no see my friend. What brings you here?” he said, adjusting his hat which cover most of his face. “Just having a family fun day. How are you and your father?” Dipper said. “ I’m good. And so does my dad. He get a job at Gravity Falls Community College and will attend a academic talk about mechanical engineering next week.” He said, a bit of proud in his voice. Since Old Man McGucket get his memories back with the help of the twins and their friends, Tate’s relationship with his father have become better with he helping his father to remember more about his past. 

As Dipper and Tate are catching up with each other, Henry helped Mabel and Pacifica set up their picnic spot as the kids went to change into their swimsuit. He lay out the plates on the picnic rug while Mabel and Pacifica preparing the sandwiches. “You sure looked happy Pacifica.” Henry comment. And it’s true, Pacifica cannot do anything without at least humming a cheerful tone. “It have been ages since the last time I come here. Happy is an understatement. I have many happy memories here that I couldn’t forget.” Pacifica said happily. Suddenly Mabel chuckled, gaining both of their attentions. “Hey Paz, remember when Dipper and I first experience snow here when we moved here?” “Oh yeah! We went ice skating here. Oh my God I still can’t forget what happened then.” Pacifica said, laughing alongside Mabel, leaving a confused Henry. “Why? What’s happen?” he asked. “Well, it’s my first time experience snow since it didn’t snowing in California. And Pacifica invited us to go ice skating at the frozen lake. Since I never go ice skating except in a ice rink, I become too excited. I also invited Wendy, Candy and Grenda. And when we’re ice skating, I challenge Pacifica who can make the best move.” She told him. Henry nodded, wanting to know more. “And then what happen?” This time, it’s Pacifica’s turn to talk. “And I accept her challenge because, well I never turn down any challenge. So I decided to show them my best move, the Axel jump. Unfortunately, the spot where I landed were thin and suddenly, the ice underneath me cracked.” “Yeah. We’re so terrified. I can swear you almost cry.” “No I didn’t!” “Yes you do. Anyway, we’re lucky Dipper was there and he fly over to save Pacifica, just barely before the ice breaks, leaving a quite large hole.” Mabel continue. Pacifica nodded in agreement. “ That’s the most terrifying 5 minutes of my life.” 

A few minutes later, the kids already finished changing up and joined them, followed by Dipper. The three of them were shocked to see Dipper in a Hawaii-themed shorts and a black t-shirt, with a suit design on it. “What? I can’t let my suit get ruined.” He said, grinning. “Bro, I know you can change your cloth into anything you want, but why those?” Mabel asked, completely weird out by Dipper’s taste of fashion. Dipper didn’t say anything, just grinning widely.

The kids play at the lake shore with Dipper accompanying them. Henry and Willow splashing water to each other while Acacia held her breath in water and Theo count down the time. Dipper smiled at the sight. His family having fun together, without need to worry about cults or anything else. “Uncle Dipper! Look!” Dipper attention suddenly were brought to his nephew. Dipper looked at the direction Hank is pointing to, Scuttlebutt Island. From the mist, a giant silhouette appears. It is at least 60-feet tall, and shaped like a prehistoric plesiosaurus. For other people outside the town, they would already freak out. But not the town folks, especially the Pines. “Gobby!” the kids exclaimed. Coming out from the mist is the town domestic lake monster, Gobblewonker. It’s on the twins' second year living permenantly in Gravity Falls that they discovered that Gobblewonker really does exist and not just a robot built by Old Man McGucket. At first, it’s really solitary and avoid any contact with human. But when the lake is polluted by some out-of-business factory, the Pines twins gather all the town folks to clean up the lake together, eventually causing the Gobblewonker to open up to human as she witness the kindness of the town folks. Since then, Gobblewonker had become the town’s supernatural residents, just like the Manotours and the Gnomes.

Dipper floats out of the water to the lake monster’s head. He scratches her chin, causing Gobblewonker to wiggled her tail like a dog. “Who’s a good lake monster? Who’s a good lake monster?” Dipper cooed at the Gobblewonker. The kids giggled at the scene of the lake monster acting like a dog. Dipper turned around and look at the picnic spot. He waved his hand at the others. “Hey Paz! Come meet the Gobblewonker! She misses you a lot!” He shouted. Pacifica smiled, get up from the picnic rug and float to them. She turn around to Mabel and Henry. “You guys coming?” she asked. Mabel smiled at her and shook her head. “Never mind. We practically meet her everyday. Plus, it’s your fun day! Go enjoy yourself!” she said. Henry nodded in agreement.

Pacifica smiled at them, heading towards the lake monster. She reaches Gobblewonker's head and patted it. “Hey there girl. Long time no see.” She said. The lake monster looked happy, her tail wiggled even more, splashing the water at them. Pacifica, who have no intention of getting wet finally get soaked by the water. The kids giggled while Dipper gave the hardest laugh he can. Pacifica glared at Dipper. Then it’s hits her. She looked at him. He looked, happy. She didn’t see the demon who always struggling to stay human, nor the demon who is feared to be the most powerful. He just looked, human. She looks at the kids, and them Mabel and Henry, who are also laughing. ‘Family. He looked so happy. With his own family. And one day, he will lost all of these. That’s why he said he needs me. To remind him how to stay happy. To remind him that he’s the Dipper Pines I know and love.’ 

Suddenly, water splashed at her face, startled her. She look at Dipper, who is struggling to hold a laugh, which he finally gave in. “HAHAHAHA!!! Sorry Paz, but you seems too zoned out I have to do it.” The dork said. She looked at him for a while, before an evil smirk forming on her face. Dipper noticed the smirk, gulping. “Errrr..... Paz?” Pacifica raised her hand, then suddenly Dipper noticed a shadow formed over him. He turn around, to sea a wall of water behind him. He sweat dropped. “Really Dip? Challenging an Ocean Demon in a lake?” Pacifica said with a smirk.

Henry didn’t know what to expect when they had a family day out at the lake. But seeing his wife and children, plus Theo laughing at the sight of Dipper being chased by Pacifica with a huge wave of water really the last thing he would expect.

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After a eventful day at the lake, the family finally return to their home. The kids are really exhausted that they slept through the ride home. As they reached home, they entered the house with Henry carrying both Acacia and Hank while Mabe carrying Willow. Pacifica want to carry Theo but Dipper insist on doing it. Mabel and Henry put their children in their room while Dipper and Pacifica headed to Theo's room. Pacifica opened the door for them, and then Dipper tucked the boy in, kissing his forehead which causing Pacifica to melt at the scene. Both of them left the child, heading to the living room. 

“Dip.” “Hmmm?” Dipper turn around and look at Pacifica. “Thanks for today. I had fun.” She said with a smile. Dipper smiled at her, then he stretches. “Yup, today is fun, and tiring. I’m gonna leave now. See you tomorr-” “Wait, Dip!” Just as Dipper want to snap his finger, Pacifica stops him. He tilted his head. “What’s wrong.” 

Pacifica didn’t know how to say it. She twitching her hair before saying. “Well, Theo had asked me this, and I had think this a lot myself..... And I have decided. If you didn’t mind....” Dipper couldn’t hear the last part as she is whispering. “Errr... What is it? I can’t hear the last part.”

“WOULDYOUBEAFATHERTOTHEO?!” She said in one breath. Dipper blinked, try to process what she said before his face heated up, glowing red. “Wh-What?!!!!” Both of them is glowing red and both of them is speechless. They avoid each other eye contact and silence filled the room for several minutes.

Finally, Pacifica spoke up. “Sorry Dip. I know it’s kinda rushing. And I understand if you-”

“I will.”

“What?” Pacifica blinked in confusion. Dipper looked at her, giving a small smile. “I will become a father for Theo. To be honest, me myself had thinking about the same thing lately. And I know it’s kinda awkward to do this now but ...”

He get on his knee, taking off his top head and pulled out something from it. A red velvet box. He opened it, revealed a nice platinum ring, with a yellow star shaped gem and a purple seashell shaped gem and between it, a heart shaped pearl. Pacifica were awestruck. She covered her mouth. Tears, happy tears this time, streaming down her face.

“Pacifica Northwest, also known as Atlantica the Sea Guardian, would you accept me as a father for your child, and as a soulmate of your eternity life?” Dipper said. Pacifica is stunned. She definitely know the answer, but she’s too shocked to say it.

“Say yes!” She looked around, to see Mabel and Henry, peeping from behind the walls. Henry smiled while Mabel gave her a thumbs up. She smile, turn back to Dipper. She take a deep breath, before saying her answer.

“Yes.” 

Chapter Text

Last time on Dreams And Waves

“Pacifica Northwest, also known as Atlantica the Sea Guardian, would you accept me as a father for your child, and as a soulmate of your eternity life?” Dipper said. Pacifica is stunned. She definitely know the answer, but she’s too shocked to say it.

“Say yes!” She looked around, to see Mabel and Henry, peeping from behind the walls. Henry smiled while Mabel gave her a thumbs up. She smile, turn back to Dipper. She take a deep breath, before saying her answer.

“Yes.” 

Now back to present time.

Dipper smiled widely as he heard the three letters word. He take out the ring from the box and put it on Pacifica’s ring finger. He get up from his knee, holding her hands, and look at each other. Pacifica looked genuinely happy, purple tears running down her face. They looked at each other and settled in each other embrace. Henry and Mabel come out from their hiding, cheering for them.

“Way to go broseph!” 
“Congratulations both of you.”

Dipper and Pacifica broke the embrace and looked at them. They smiled. “Well, it looks like we gonna be real sisters now, right?” Mabel said with a teasing tone. Pacifica giggled at her. “Sister in-law.” She corrected. Mabel just grinned. Henry gave Dipper a light pat on the back. “Figured out it’s time to end your single life, huh?” He teased. Dipper chuckled at his brother-in-law teasing. Suddenly Henry asked “Errrr.....Dipper? Don’t want to burst your bubble or anything, but do demons have wedding? Or something similar?”

Henry question caused a silence in the house. Pacifica just realized, her eyes widened as big as plate, but Dipper just smiled. He says “In the matter of fact, actually there are. I asked Chaz a few days ago and....”

A few days ago

“What?” 
Chazun The Forgotten is confused. Just a moment ago Alcor had visited him and asked him a question that in his opinion, is the most confusing question any being ever asked him in his over a century of existence.

“I said, Can a demon marry another demon?” Dipper repeated his question. He understands that Chazun is confused. Not every day he get that kind of question.

“Okay...... Although I kinda had figured out why you asked, but I just want a confirmation. Are you planning to propose Atlantica?” he ask, hesitated.

Dipper scratched the back of his head, looking at the ground. “Ermmmm..... Yes?” he said, unsure. Chazun sigh. “Alcor, are you sure. Don’t get me wrong, I am in no position to question your intentions. I understand both of you love each others. But this will be a big thing. Not only among the mortals, but also the supernatural. Are you sure you want to do this.” He asked. Dipper lift his head, looking at Chazun confidently. “With all my heart.” 

Chazun sighed again. “I’m gonna regret this. Come on, follow me.” He said, walking to his enormous bookshelves maze. Dipper hovered behind him. After a few minutes walking through the maze, they finally came into a stop. “Ahhh... Here we are.” Chazun said, pulling out a book from one of the bookshelves. He opened the book, flipping through some pages before stop at a section. “There is a record of demon marriage, or at least the equivalent of it. It’s called Merging. Both of the demons would have some of it soul merged with each other, automatically become a share ownership of the soul. When one demon become stronger, the other also gain a boost of it. But then also if one of the demon die, the other would have part of its soul vanished with the dying one.” Chazun explained, closing the book. “The only record of this event is between two demons, Samsara the Thousand Suffers and Goroh the Deceiving Tongue. But both of them do it as a symbol of alliance. As for the sake of love.... I think you’re the first one since the creation of the universe Alcor.” He continued, although Dipper can’t tell if that a compliment or a tease. 

“So, is that a yes?” Dipper asked. Chazun swears he would facepalm himself if he’s not holding a book right now. “You need to understand Alcor. It’s wasn’t just a huge commitment just like simple marriage, it’s also a huge risk. Your souls, both of you, were not fully demonic. Your souls are much more complex, a mix of mortal and eternity. If the ceremony messed up, one of you, if not both, can either lost part your humanity or lost part of your power! You understand what am I trying to say here?” Chazun said, a bit distress can be heard in his voice. 

Dipper just stand still, looking at the ground. He clutching his fist, breathing heavily. With shaking voice he said. “I don’t care.” Chazun seems to be taken back by that. Alcor lifted his head, his eyes is glowing gold. “I DON’T CARE HOW MUCH THE RISK ARE! I HAVE LIVE UPON RISK COUNTLESS TIME! I JUST WANT TO ALWAYS BE BY HER SIDE! I WANT TO BE TOGETHER WITH HER! I CARE TOO MUCH ABOUT HER, I WILLING TO RISK THE HEAVEN AND EARTH JUST TO SEE HER SMILE! AND IF WE MIGHT LOST OUR POWER OR HUMANITY, SO WHAT? WE ALWAYS HAVE EACH OTHER TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER! SHE HAVE ME TO PROTECT HER AND I HAVE HER TO REMIND ME OF WHO I AM!” 

The glow in his eye dimmed, the heat in his heart shrink, and the nerve in him began to calm down. He looked at Chazun, with his normal yellow and black eye. “Please.... I love her. I can’t bear losing her again.” He said, almost sounded like begging. Chazun was a bit shocked for a while, but slowly he calmed down. Chazun sighed, and then he chuckled. “Alright then my friend. I will help you. But with two conditions.”

Back to present

“What’s the conditions are?” Henry asked. All of them are now sitting on the couch. Well, Henry, Mabel and Pacifica are sitting on the couch. Dipper is hovering in front of them with his legs crossed. “The first condition is Pacifica need to agree to do-” “I will do it!” Dipper blinked, as Pacifica cuts him before he could even finish. “Are you sure Paz?” “100 percent sure. What? You think that after all you have done for me, I wouldn’t risk to be forever with you just because some if's? Also how could I said no after you, the dubbed most powerful demon of all time almost begging to Chaz?” she said with a teasing smile. 

Dipper smiled hearing that. “If you say so then. I’m planning to have a normal wedding first, then we proceed to the Merging ceremony. How’s that sounds to you?” he asked. Pacifica blushes at the word wedding, nodded in agreement. Mabel also seems to agree. 

“So Dip, what’s the second condition?” Mabel asked. Suddenly, Dipper gave them a wide grin. “The second condition is, he wanted a invitation to the wedding.” He said.
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When they break the news to the others the next day, the word to describe it is.... loud. 

Grunkle Stan congrats them and unfortunately enough, continuously teasing them. Even Pacifica fell as his victim of teasing.

Wendy is surprised but in the same time is totally happy for them. She even bet with Soos, which she wins. “Congrats you dorks!” she said.

Soos is genuinely happy for them, although he had loses the bet. “I willing to lost a lot of money if it means you guys will get together!” he said.

The triplets are overjoyed. They even already planned out a weeding for them, as they knew Pacifica and Dipper will eventually get together. ‘They truly are Mabel's children.’ Dipper thought. Willow and Acacia already argue on who’s gonna be the flower girl and Hank already offers himself as the best man.

And Theo. At first, Theo is standing still without any response, causing both Dipper and Pacifica become worried. Then suddenly, warm tears running down his face. He rushes to both of them and hugs them tightly. They gladly return the hug. Pacifica soothes him by rubbing circle on his back while Dipper caressing his hair. Unnoticed by them, Mabel had taken a photo of them with her Polaroid camera.

They then started planning for the wedding. 

Suits and dresses

Dipper had decided that his best men would be Henry, much to Hank's disappointment, and Pacifica decided for Mabel as her maid of honor. They decided that both Willow and Acacia will be the flower girls, Hank will be one of the groom’s men and Theo as the ring bearer. Both Mabel and Henry had insisted them to go shopping for suit and dress, although both of them claimed that they just can shape shifted their appearance. Mabel countered that with “Yes, of course both of you can. But where’s the fun in that?”

“Henry.... Why we need to go shopping for suit? I mean, I’m wearing one right now!” Dipper complained. Henry and Soos had dragged him to go for a suit shopping while Mabel, Candy, Grenda and Wendy do the same with Pacifica but to buy a dress. “And that’s absolutely why we need to buy you a suit. Dipper, it’s your big day! You cannot just wear your everyday clothes for your wedding!” “But I can just transform into another suit!” “It wouldn’t be the same dude. Trust me. One day, you will check your wardrobe and look at your suit and having a flashback of your big day!” Soos said. Dipper open his mouth only to close it again. “Fair point.” He said. Henry smirked.

After a few minutes more walking at the mall, and some town folks congratulated him, they finally arrived at a shop. It looks quite fancy with the sign Gorney's Tailor. They entered the shop and greeted by a short chubby man with blond hair. He is arranging some items under the counter so he didn’t turned around to see who it was. “Welcome to my shop. How could I help you today.” He said, still under the counter. “Hey Gorney.” Henry greeted. “HEN-AUCHH!” the man accidentally bumped his head at the counter. The get up from under the counter and look at Henry, Dipper and Soos with a big smile. “Henry Pines! Jesus Ramirez! And- Ohhhh! Dipper Pines! It’s an honor to have both of you in my shop! What could I do for you today?” he asked, still smiling. Soos whispered at Dipper “He’s a big fan of you.” Dipper ohhed in understanding. “Well Gorney, our Dipper Pines here-” Henry put a hand on Dipper’s shoulder, “Need your best suit for his wedding.” He said. Gorney gasped. “Congratulation! Who’s the lucky lady?” he asked.

Dipper scratches the back of his head before answering “It’s
.... Pacifica Northwest.” Gorney blinked, before chuckled. “My... I must say, I can’t think anyone better for you. You two really does were made for each other.” He said, gaining a sheepishly smile from Dipper.

After a few design choosing, Dipper finally ends up with a black suit, a little less fancy than what he normally wears, with yellowish white shirt underneath it. Gorney took his body measurements, but he find a problem regarding his wings. At first, Dipper told him that he could simply retracted his wings so it wouldn’t be a problem, but Gorney insisted to make it happen so he didn’t need to hide his wings, as according to Gorney, it’s his pride. 

Meanwhile, with Pacifica 

“WOW!!!! THIS PLACE IS AMAZING!” Pacifica exclaimed. Mabel, Wendy, Candy and Grenda smiled at her excitement. The boutique that they visited belongs to Candy’s mother and it’s one of the best boutique in town. “Oh hush... My dresses were nothing compared to the other big boutique.” Candy’s mother, Mrs Chiu said. Pacifica looked at a dress. “No Mrs Chiu. These dresses are amazing and welled-made. Even my designers dresses were not as good as yours.” Pacifica praised the lady. 

“So how do you want your dress Miss Northwest? Any particular design?” Mrs Chiu asked. “Oh please, just call me Pacifica. And about the design. Mabel, the design please.” Mabel took out a piece of paper from her bag and passed it to Pacifica. Mabel had helped her with the design, much to Pacifica’s surprised it turned out nice and not overdone like Mabel always did. She shows Mrs Chiu the design and explained it too her. Mrs Chiu seems awestruck by the design. “Don’t worry dear. I will make sure this dress come out exactly like the design and believe me, even a princess will be jealous of you.” She said with a wink. Pacifica give her a warm smile.

Invitation list

A couple days later, they begin working on the invitation list. It start out simply, family and close friends, and then regular clients of the library, Henry’s colleague, some of Dipper’s “associates”, until finally they somehow invited almost the whole town. No that they’re complaining. (The Northwest family then mysteriously getting an business opportunity from a foreign company and wouldn’t be in town for about a month. So none of them would question about the wedding.)

Mabel at first wanted to invite their parents, but she threw the thought away.

Venue

The next step in their planning is the setting up the venue. The town hall is a big no since the invitation list includes the manatours and they had to keep a clean year record without any damages report caused by the manatours. Mabel suggested that they held it at the shack's yard. But since their family gets bigger, so does the shack. The yard couldn’t fit in a lot of guests. 

“Hmmm.... Hey Dip?” Dipper looked up from the list of possible venue for their weeding to his fiancé. “Yes Paz?” “How about the lake?” Pacifica suggested. “The lake?” “Yeah. It’s kinda feels right, you know? The lake is mysterious like you, but also beauty and grace like me. It’s also the place where we first spend time as a family.” She said. Dipper looked at her for while, then gave her a warming smile. “That sounds wonderful Paz. I will check it out with Tate later.”

In the end, they decide to have their wedding at the lake.

Chapter Text

Before the sun rises and the birds leave their nest for food, a particular waitress has already prepared for the incoming customers that prefer her signature pancakes and waffles over homemade breakfast. 

Lazy Susan is a hardworking and dedicated worker, despite the name. Gravity Falls have grown and developed for the last few years as the site of the supernatural event, The Transcendence, and Greasy Diners was not an exception. It has been the go-to destination for both locals and tourists to enjoy some good, old American cuisine. For that exact really, Lazy Susan needs to prepare ahead of time before everyone even gets out of bed.

She remembers when the Transcendence just happened and people have no idea what just happened. When they discovered that the origin of the event is Gravity Falls, all kinds of people flocked to the town. Researchers, reporters, influencers, cultists. There are even rumours that the President himself want to check out what had happened here. Many conspiracies were made. Many theories were debated. But as one of the residents of Gravity Falls, only they knew the truth.

She couldn’t forget the face of a broken girl, sitting at a booth surrounded by friends and family. As crowded as it seems, everyone knows that there shouldn’t be an empty seat next to her. The twins have only been there for the summer, but the town folks feel like they have known them for their entire life. The joy and adventure they bring to the town are much appreciated by all. So it’s no exaggeration when the whole town mourns the loss of Dipper Pines. 

His twin sister, Mabel was shaken by his passing that she had been holed up in her room for days. Only after almost a week did her family and friends manage to convince her to leave the room. They decide to take her to the diner in an effort to cheer her up, although with no result. They were just about to give up when suddenly Mabel's face lighted up, calling out Dipper’s name. At first, they are concerned about her mental state when she claims she sees Dipper in front of her. But after several days of convincing, arguing, and summoning, the family finally celebrated the return of one of their family member, and the rest is history. 

And the booth where that happened will always be Susan’s favourite spot in the diner even when the diner has grown over the years.

“La la la la~  Making pancakes b- hmm? What’s that?” Her concentration on preparing pancake batter is disturbed when she notices something reflecting the diner’s fluorescent light on the counter. 

As she inspects the mysterious item, she found out that it is a golden envelope. “Huh? I’m pretty sure this is not here when I came in earlier.” She flipped the envelope and engraved on the envelope is a familiar winged-star logo.

Upon the recognition, she opens the envelope and takes out its content, a single black card. 

The content of the card both surprised and pleased her. “My, my. What a pleasant surprise.”

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“I’m spent....”

 It is a long day for our resident demon hunter/cult basher, Wendy Corduroy. She just come back from “visiting” a small cult base in Bent. She had followed leads for a whole day because she was informed there was a cult that gaining popularity and possibly dangerous. She’s lying if she said that she was not disappointed when she found out that it’s just a small cult that accidentally successfully summon a demon on their first try, which they then advertised themselves as a summoner prodigy. 

She just arrived at her own base of operation on the outskirt of Portland. After the Transcendence, she found her calling as a demon hunter while bashing cults as a side hustle. Living in the nightmare that she might end up as a lumberjack, just like every other Corduroy had, she jumped to the opportunity of helping others in need, albeit in her own ways. 

Leaving her dad’s lumber mill in the hands of her brothers, she leaves town as she suspects no cult dares to operate within Gravity Falls thanks to their friendly neighbourhood demon, she set up her own office on the second storey of a building above a florist shop. The owner, Mrs Lopez is very kind to her and often invites her for dinner.

For now, she just wants to take a nice, hot bath before calling it a day. The only problem is that she’s just too tired to even get up from the couch. “Ugghhhhhh..... How nice would it be if I can get to the bath with just a snap. Heh, I know someone who can actually do that.” 

Her mind wanders about a boy, who while might be known as one of the strongest and most dangerous demons known to mankind, she will always remember him as a socially awkward 12-years-old boy who had a crush on her. The time when she first met him, he tried really hard to act cool and impressed her. She admits although the efforts fruit almost no outcome, she quite enjoys his company. She’s concerned when the boy picked a fight with Robbie. The older boy might not actually throw punches with a twelve-year-old, but she knows how stupid boys can be. After she politely rejects his feelings in the woods following the shapeshifter incident, she continues their friendship while supporting him. She understands that boy of his age is going through a phase and rooting for him to one day found the love of his own.

Then Weirdmaggedon happened, and she got separated from the twins when she just got reunited with them. She knows how strong the boy's willpower is, and if anyone manages to come out of the hell on earth unscathed, it’s him. So imagine the horror she felt when she received the news of the boy's supposed passing. While she couldn’t compare it to his own twin sister, she still felt like a part of her is gone with him. She’s deeply concerned about Mabel when she keeps insisting that Dipper is still alive, until the boy appears in front of her and the others for the first time. The year when the twin spent their summer at Gravity Falls will always be the most exciting and precious memory of her, even after all these years.

She shook her head, already caught up in reminiscing the old days. She musters all of the strength that she still has left to get up from the couch. As she just head towards her locker, she notice a gold envelope attached to the front of the locker door. “Huh? What’s this?” She looked around to make sure there was no side of forced entry. She knows that her job attracts some not-so-nice attention, and it wouldn’t be the first time she receives threats and hate notes. 

She put on her glove before touching the envelope as a safety measure. She flipped the envelope around and as soon as she sees the friendly (at least to her) stars and wings logo, all of her tension loosen up and a grin forms on her face. “Letters? Kinda old school if you ask me.” She says, amusing herself. She opened the letter with a dagger concealed on her belt and take out its content. She swears her eyes almost popped out when she reads the details on the dark grey card inside the envelope.

“Shut the front door?!”

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In the Transcendence era, almost everyone knows the name Fiddleford McGucket. A great inventor, founder of McGucket Labs, and the pioneer of MagiTechs. Many researchers could only dream of working with him, and those who actually manage to work with him would even last a year under him due to not being able to catch up with the old scientist's brainpower.

His lab has been one of several tourist attractions across Gravity Fall. It was built on the site of the former junkyard which has been his home for the past 30 years before he moved into the Northwest Manor after regaining his memories in the aftermath of the Transcendence. 

When he first moved to the manor, he didn’t actually need a large house, moreover a mansion. He just decide to buy it as he just scored a fortune after selling the patent of his inventions. He remembers when the Northwest are there to take away their possession that were still in the mansion, which aren’t a lot as most of the items like jewellery and arts were being confiscated after they lost their fortune as a result of investing and siding with the demon Bill Cipher. From the looks on their faces, he can tell the Northwest detest him with all their being. Well, except the girl, Pacifica.

If anything, the girl looked more disappointed in her parents for siding with the demon. He even recalled hearing the girl fight with her parents. He could not really catch the reason for the fight, but he did hear something about Preston blaming someone for killing Bill, and the girl mocked her father for willingly bowing low to a demon to save his own back. The fight ends with the girl running away from her parents, which the former researcher found her inside a hidden room in the mansion, hugging her knees, sitting while staring at a broken flashlight.

  He didn't really know the Northwest, since obviously why would the town’s rich family want to interact with a hillbilly like himself? But something tells him that the girl is different from the rest of her family. He is a genius after all, so his intuition must be on spot, right? From time to time, the girl will come to the mansion, asking him to allow her to spend some time in the hidden room. While McGucket does feel the obligation to ask her why, the gloomy look on the girl’s face prompts him to hold the question for another time. He did not mind the company though. The mansion is big and while he did invite Tate to live with him as their relationship has improved, his son prefers living at the cabin near the lake as he’s still the ranger there. Even though the girl rarely does anything else other than holed up in the room, the sight of someone entering and leaving the mansion still gave it a lively environment. McGucket did make some effort to start a conversation with the young Northwest, albeit it never last for longer than a couple of minutes. It was around the time of the news of young Pine’s revival that the girl stop visiting the mansion. It worries McGucket a bit, but the next time he saw her, the gloom vibe on her face had vanished and replaced by a more lively, cheerful expression.

McGucket is one of the townsfolk that is really grateful that Dipper Pines live, even as a demon. He is greatly grateful to the twins for helping him regain his memories. It was also by the young demon’s help that he discovered the amalgamation of technologies and magic, MagiTech. Due to the discovery, he can finally realise back his old dream of becoming a famed inventor and set his name among other famous inventors such as Nikola Tesla, Karl Benz and the Wright brothers.

He is tinkering with another invention when his son enters his lab. Tate will visit his father at the lab occasionally, as he knows how much his father can get caught up in his work that he sometimes forgets to eat or even sleep. “Oh, hey there son! I didn't forget to sleep again, didn't I?” McGucket shifted his focus from his work to his son. Tate just smiles at his father’s remark. He is grateful that he gets to spend his life with his father whom he knew, a passionate inventor who cares for his family. He lost his father for most of his childhood, yet he believed it is not too late to reconcile with each others. He understands that his father is not at fault, and he himself never really tries to connect with his father after the extensive usage of the memory-erasing gun deteriorated his sanity.

“Nah Pops. I'm just swingin by to check on ya. Maybe you should hire someone to at least keep a check on ya.” He walks toward his father and takes a seat next to him. “Ya know how I felt with workers. I’m used to doin everything by myself. Maybe I will when the next batch of tourists swings by.” McGucket says nonchalantly. Tate just chuckles at his father’s stubbornness. “Anyway Pops, I found this in your mailbox. You may want to check it out.” Tate hands his father a golden envelope.

McGucket takes the envelope while putting on his reading glasses. He sees the symbol associated with a well-known demon on the envelope. “Interesting. I wonder what business he seeks from me.” He carefully opens the envelope and took a while to read the content on the card inside the envelope as his eyes are not as good as they used to be. And when he finally did read it, there was a brief shock on his face before he lost in laughter. “Hahahahahahaha! Sweet mackerel bacon!”

Tate just looked at his father strangely.

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While her brother and to-be sister-in-law is busy preparing for their big day, Mabel had obligated herself with a task that she needs to accomplish back in her childhood town, Piedmont. Henry first offers to go with her, but she refused, as he needs to help with the preparation, and wants to avoid suspicions from either of the demons. She even borrowed Candy’s car in order to be as discreet as possible. 

She braced herself before knocking on the door of the house that she’s very familiar with. A house that she couldn't longer call home since she was 12. A couple of knocks, no response. She knocked again for the second time. Still no answer. Just after the third knock, a response is answered from behind the door. “Just a second!” As Mabel heard the voice, she readied herself for whatever come. The door swings open and reveals a middle-aged woman, brown-haired with some visible streaks of silver. When her eyes landed on Mabel, her jaws almost dropped. “Ma-Mabel?”

“Hi, Mom. ”

Mrs Pines was truly shocked by her daughter's visits. It has been ages since the last time she was here. She knows how much Mabel avoids visiting them, her parents, since the incident with Dipper. She understands how much her daughter loves her twin brother and as a parent, she is also devastated by the passing of her only son. But when she told them that he is alive, she thought she was just in denial of his death. Only when she did the ritual and summoned him, it was too late. She already accepts the fact that her son is gone, and she couldn't accept the fact that thing is her son. She fought a lot with her daughter, and Mabel also got in a lot of trouble here in Piedmont.  In the end, on Mabel’s voluntary, she moved to Gravity Falls where her husband’s uncles offer to take care of her, and him. 

The awkward moment between them is broken when Mr Pines appears behind his wife. “Honey, who at the- Oh…” “Hi, Dad. May I come in?” Just then Mrs Pines realised they have been standing at the doorway the whole time. She invites Mabel in and they sit in the living room, Mabel sits across from her parents. 

She still remembers before she and Dipper were sent to Gravity Falls for the first time during the summer years ago. They will spend too much time indoors, with Dipper too invested with his handheld video game and Mabel too focused on playing with their pet cat, Mr Meowsalot. Their parents want them to get some fresh air, so they send them to a town in the middle of nowhere to stay with their great-uncle Stan. She didn't really protest the idea back then, but Dipper keep questioned the decision. And before they realised it, they were having the adventure of a lifetime. Sometimes when she thought back about it, she is grateful for all the memories and adventures spent in the town now she calls home. 

However, the living room also brought back some unpleasant memories of hers, the memories that she would rather forget with the memory-erasing gun. It was the first few weeks since they got back from Gravity Falls, and her parents were still mourning the death of Dipper. She tried to convince them that he is alive, but unsurprisingly, they had a hard time believing her. They even almost brought her to a psychiatrist once. Mabel then in her last attempt to convince her parents that her brother is still alive, performs a summoning ritual. Her parents were against that at first, but after Mabel wouldn't give up trying to do so, her parents just let her, hoping maybe she will finally accept the fact when the ritual bears no result. To their own horror, the ritual did work and they fell to their knees when their son whose grave had already been visited by them several times, appear in front of them. But it couldn't be their son. After all, their son did not have black sclera and yellow iris. Their son did not have fangs in place of teeth. Their son did not have wings on his back. And most importantly, their son is dead. 

Dead. 

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“So… What brings you here, Mabel?” Mrs Pines’ question freed Mabel from her memory of the past. Mr Pines just sits there, crossing his arm. The last fight he had with Mabel is a big one, and he knows Mabel remembers that. “I am here to inform you that Dipper is getting married.” Mrs Pines has shock written all across her face while Mr Pines just remain neutral. “You mean the demon is getting married? Yeah, for sure.” “Dear!”

Mr Pines’ sneer is answered with silence from Mabel. She admits, that the comment does get to her nerve, but she already embraced the fact that her father wouldn't accept Dipper as he is. “That-That’s wonderful dear! To who if I may ask?” Mrs Pine tries to break the tension in the conversation. “I can only tell you that it is someone who will accept and love him for who he is. Someone who wouldn't be disgusted by a presence of a demon.” The last comment is sharp, almost as if it is addressed to someone. They did not need to know Dipper is married to Pacifica. They also did not need to know about Pacifica's identity as a demon. 

“Oh, okay…” is the only response her mother can muster. Mr Pines still upholds his stubborn attitude, a trait inherited by both his children. “You didn't need to bother to come, as you're not invited. Nor did Dipper needs your blessings. I’m just here to inform you, as you are still his parents, no matter how much you want to deny the fact.” Mr Pines seems taken aback by the statement but didn't comment further. “If you excuse me, I will now take my leave. Thank you for your hospitality. Goodbye, Mom and Dad. ”  Mabel gets up from her seat and excuses herself. Mrs Pines want to stop her from leaving, but Mr Pines beats her to it. “Wait, Mabel!” Mabel didn't turn back, but she did stops from her track. “Can you… tell him we are happy for him?” His voice is slow, almost stuck in his throat. “He knows.” Mabel leaves the house, leaving her bewildered parents. 

She almost arrives at her car before Mabel stops. “Did Henry tell you I’m here?” She looked up to be greeted by a pair of yellow irises. “You are my sister. Of course I know when you went.” Dipper answers with a grin full of fangs. “And you're not mad?” “Why would I? You save me the trouble of needing to tell them myself.”

Mabel smiles at her brother, getting in the car. “So, how many invitations do we need to send left?” She asks her brother who now magically appears on the passenger seat. “Let us see… We still need to send one to Dan’s lumber mill, and one to Mayor Taylor… Oh! And one to Valentino Funeral House!” Dipper takes out a list from his tophat, which seems to be an infinite void of storage. Mabel tightens her grip on the stirring wheel with a full grin on her face. “Then off we go!” 

The car drives on full throttle before racing off into the sunset.

Chapter Text

Dipper and Pacifica’s wedding is just a week away, yet there’s still a lot of preparation that needs to be done. For a couple who’re omnipotent, they sure face many hurdles in planning their own wedding. 

For one, both Pacifica and Dipper seem to underestimate the power of words. Almost everyone in Gravity Falls, humans and supernatural beings included, find out about their wedding. While it may be a good thing, they did not take into account how much the town is grateful for them. Dipper has been protecting the town since the Transcendence happened, and God knows how much life he has changed and saved. And Pacifica, even before becoming a demon, had contributed a lot to the town’s well-being. She helped promote Gravity Falls as a safe town and sanctuary for all supernatural beings as an active activist protecting their rights and spreading awareness of misconceptions and stereotypes about supernatural beings.

And this resulted in overwhelming efforts of the townsfolk to give back to them.

Fiddleford McGucket offers to build an extravagant altar for their wedding. Lazy Susan offers to sponsor the catering for the reception party. Sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durland offer to help ensure the traffic is in the best condition. The gnomes offer to conduct the squirrel-peporozelle ceremony, whatever that thing is. Even Mayor Cutebiker offers to make their wedding day Gravity Falls’ “special holiday”. 

It goes without saying that both of them appreciate all the hard work everyone has gone through to help in their wedding preparation, but they would prefer something simpler. Especially Pacifica. Dipper has always been the simple one of the twins in contrast to Mable’s extravagant nature. And Pacifica, she has always been living in luxury, being the only daughter of the Northwest. Sometimes, the life that will be envied by many, she found suffocating. She can’t even have a nice simple cake for her birthday. Everything needs to be big, everything needs to be expensive. While most girls get a beautiful dress or some cute dolls, all she got was some expensive artwork or an upgrade on her credit card limit. Her father got her a private class with a world-renowned golfer in one year. Not to sound ungrateful or anything, but she’s already tired of living a life of a Northwest. Moreover, after her recent “confrontation” with her parents, she didn't want anything to do with the family and will live as a Pines.

That being said, it didn’t stop Mabel from her wedding-planner mode and going all out on the wedding.

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“Stan?”

“Hmmm?” 

Stanley “Stan” Pines moves his focus from the paper he’s reading as his name is called. It is always the same every day, he will just sit around in the living room reading the newspaper, if there’s nothing worth watching on the TV. The Transcendence has brought a huge fortune to him, as tourists flood into the town to witness and study the ground zero of the supernatural phenomenon. So much fortune in fact, that he can afford to expand the shack, to the point that it was rebranded as the Stan Pines Memorial Library, the go-to hub for researchers and scholars to find their material related to supernatural studies. 

He’s someone who can be considered a successful man, proving his old man wrong who has been calling him a good-for-nothing for as long as he can remember. And right now, his focus has been redirected to the one who has called him out. “Shouldn't you be running around the town, preparing for your big day? Or do you have your servant do it for you?” Stan says, jokingly.

“Hardy haha. I guess being sassy  is  a Pines trait. Can’t believe I’m about to become one.” His soon-to-be great niece-in-law, Pacifica joked back. Being a part of the family, even before her relationship with Dipper, had gotten her used to Stan’s sarcastic attitude. “But seriously, what do you want? If my memory serves me correctly, which is kinda rare these days, when Mabel is getting married, the girl was all over the town preparing for the ceremony.” Stan asks, putting his newspaper down on the desk beside him. 

“Well, that's kinda why I’m here. Mabel told me, you officiate her and Henry’s marriage, right?” “I’m gonna stop you there, kiddo. You want me to do the same for your wedding right? Not gonna happen.” 

The response shocks her, as well as paining her. After all these years, does Stan still have some lingering resentment toward her?

“Look, don’t get the wrong idea. It’s not that I hate you or anything. You haven't done anything wrong to my family, and even if there is, looking at the way your parents raised you, I don't blame you. I would love to officiate your wedding, that’s my responsibility as those two troublemaker’s guardians. It's just, I already got my chance during Mabel and Henry’s wedding. I think it will be best to give someone else a chance to do it this time.” Stan explains, getting up from his couch with his coffee mug, with the intent to refill his coffee.

 “Who?” Pacifica asks shortly. She couldn't think of anyone else who deserved to do it. Her parents are a big no, and not like Dipper’s parents are a better option. “Dipper’s role model. Well, was his role model I guess. He told me they have reconciled, but I don't know if they have already fully gotten over it.”

“Wait, you don't mean-” “Yes, I mean  him.”

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“Paz, what are we doing here?” 

Dipper still gets the same silent answer from Pacifica, just like the past few times. He was looking through the afterparty menu with Lazy Susan when suddenly his fiancee materialised beside him and took him elsewhere without any explanation.

And right now, they are in front of a port, where various boats are docked there. She is looking around before spotting something and pulling him somewhere. “Paz, can you explain to me what are you-” Dipper is absurdly stopped when Pacifica stops her trail in front of a boat. “Dipper, I am sorry for doing this without discussing it with you first.” 

“What are you talking ab-” Before he could even finish, he noticed something written on the side of the boat in front of them. The name of the boat.

Stan O’ War II

“This…” As if a cue, the door of the boat’s cabin opens and the occupant of the boat exits the vessel, revealing himself to the pair of demons. A man around his 80s, with hair that was almost entirely grey, wrinkles and stress marks on his face. He is wearing a black turtleneck sweater under a brown coat, along with a pair of glasses which are cracked a little on the left lens. “Can I help-”

As the two men locked eyes, both of them froze, stiff as a statue. The time seems to stop, until Pacifica clears her throat, ending the long awkward silence. “Di-Dipper. Long time no see.” The older man starts the conversation. Both demons cannot but notice a glint of fear in the man’s voice.

“Grunkle Ford. How have you been?” Dipper asks, taking his tophat off. He was aware of how his great uncle Ford felt about his, choice of attire. 

“I’m fine, I guess. As fine as a nomad man can be. I chose this life, so I’m not complaining.” Stanford Pines says. Twin brother of Stanley Pines, he is the long-lost member of the Pine family. A renowned genius, he poured his life and dedication into his research. Unfortunately, his research was what caused him to end up in another dimension, courtesy of a certain demon. Years on the run through the dimension, he never expected to be able to return home, let alone on the effort of his own younger brother.

Family drama and such, he managed to get his life back on track, with the help of his family, especially his newfound great-niece-and-nephew. Unfortunately, the slow, calm life didn't last long, as the demon, Bill Cipher managed to break through the physical realm and brought his dimension of nightmare into the world. Learning to accept help from others and working together, Ford Pines and the people of Gravity Falls manage to defeat Bill Cipher, but not without a price.

Dipper Pines is killed in the effort.

Partially feeling guilty about the death of his great-nephew, he began to succumb back to his way of life, isolated from others. Until the fateful day comes, in which two events unfold.

Transcendence, and the birth of Alcor the Dreambender.

Stanford Pines have been through so much, but even he knows when to step back. Dipper’s newfound powers and identity is… akin to  him.  After he thought he would be free of his nightmares, and his past misdeeds, just looking at his great-nephew reminded him of his sins. Before the Transcendence, before all of this mess, he already wanted to make things right with his twin brother Stanley, but unfortunately, fate had other plans.

And now here he is, several thousand miles away from his brother, alone. He already made his decision to travel the world, to study the anomaly brought by the Transcendence, but Stanley had made his.  “The kids need me, Ford. After all these… messes, they have nowhere else to hope to except here, at the Falls. I understand if you wish the opposite, especially with your… discomfort having Dipper around. But you can’t force me to go with you, Ford.”  His words play back into his mind.

The awkward silence is broken by Dipper’s pain wincing courtesy of Pacifica elbowing his rib. “Nice to meet you, Professor Pines.” “Oh, you are here too Pac-I mean Atlantica. Wait, how did you get here?” Ford’s embarrassment, from not realising the other demoness is there and almost blurting out her real name, turn into curiosity and confusion, truly befitting a renowned researcher in magical creatures and demonology.  

“You can geeking out later, but before that. Come on Dipper, tell him.” Pacifica’s calming hand on his shoulder somehow provides some comfort to the younger man. Bracing himself, with one breath he broke the news to his great uncle. 

“PacificaandIaregettingmarriedandIneedyoutoofficialourmarriage.”

“..... What?”

With a sigh, Dipper repeated his question, “Pacifica and I are getting married.”

“And we will be honoured if you are the one to officiate it.” Pacifica gave Ford a hopeful smile.

“W-What?”

Shock can be seen in Ford’s eyes. Suddenly he grabs Dipper by his collar, shocking the two demons. Pacifica almost reacts when Ford moves, but Dipper has signalled her to not do anything, to which she complies. His curiosity prior vanishes, only to be replaced by an unknown expression.

Anger?

Disgust?

Disappointment?

Sadness?

Guilt?

Pain?

“...” Something is spoken, whispered by Stanford, but almost unheard by the two demons. “Errr… What’s that Grunkle Ford?” Dipper, who is still being held by the collar, sheepishly asks. 

“Why me?” The old man forces the question from his mouth, as drops of tears appear from his eyes.

The two demons look at each other, a mix of confusion and guilt on their faces. “Well, Grunkle Stan said no and- OUCHH!” A step on his foot from Pacifica stops him from talking.

“Why not Mr Pines? I mean, you have always been a role model to Dipper.” Pacifica, trying to both calm and convince the old man.

“Some role model I am. I’m the first one who convinced Mabel you were dead, and I’m the first one to deny her claims that you are alive! When you first materialised in front of us, I am the first one to curse your existence! I left when you guys needed me the most! I resent you just because you remind me of  him ! I have been nothing but a coward, running away from my fears!” He let go of his grip on Dipper’s collar and retreated into the cabin of the boat. “I’m not the one you want to officiate your marriage. Go ask somebody else.” 

Dipper, who now realised why the man strongly refused his request, looks at his fiance with a sorrowful look. “But Grunkle Ford, you are also the one who sparked my adventurous nature. If I didn’t find your journal-”

“Then you will still be alive.” Ford sharply says, venom almost spewing from his words. “ Ford, I  am  alive. I’m getting married.” Somehow, Dipper is offended by that statement, and Ford notices it. His sight began to divert from his great nephew's face and slowly to the ground.

“I know, I know. I’m sorry. Still, I am the reason all of this happened. If it was not because of me, everyone would have been living a peaceful life. If it was not because of me, you and your sister will be in Piedmont, happily living with your parents. If it was not because of me-”

“Mabel would not have met Henry. If it was not because of you, she would not have had three lovely children. If it was not because of you, I would have not met my sweet son. If it was not because of you, the world will forever be the same, plain old world.” This time, Pacifica, who has been silently watching the banter between the two, speaks up. 

“Nothing is your fault, Ford. Fate and destiny work in a mysterious way. Everything's meant to happen, no matter what.” She adds. Ford looks up towards her, greeted with her warm smile. Ford, being a man of science and logic, hardly believes in fate and always being analytical about everything that happens. Yet, the words of the demoness, and soon-to-be great niece-in-law, seem much more logical than any other scientific studies he has ever read. 

It’s true, this world is born from his mistake, yet everything seems to be right. 

Dipper, who until then had been awed by his soulmate’s wisdom, put an assuring hand on Ford’s shoulder. “Grunkle Ford, I hold no grudges against you, nor did Pacifica, Mabel, Stan or even anyone else. Things happened, and life goes on.” 

Ford is having conflicted feelings, doubting what he just said. How can they just forgive him, after he left them, and abandoned them? He’s the one with the most extensive knowledge regarding the supernatural and demons, yet he could never help his own family when they needed him. How can people just move on with life when everything is far away from normalcy?

Normalcy.

He looks at the pair of demons in front of him.

His great-nephew has found his love.

His great-nephew is getting married.

His family is getting bigger.

They have always been living a normal life when he is far away in the middle of nowhere studying the abnormal.

He slowly turned to his great nephew, the younger man still keeping his calm gaze on the older professor. “Do you think… the others will want me there? I mean, I did just leave without saying anything.”

Dipper slowly smiles, happy that his Grunkle Ford has made up his mind. His fiancee promptly did the same. “I’m sure the others will be thrilled to see you after all these years.”

The smile is surely contagious, a smile formed on the old man's face for god knows how long.

Then, after all was said and done, it finally registered to him after all the emotional outbursts and reconciliation.

Two of the most powerful demons are getting married.

‘Guess this is the new normal for the world after all’  His thought is accompanied by a chuckle.