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“Well well well! Fancy seeing you all here!” Bill Cipher sipped smugly on his hot chocolate. 

“What? Who. Are. You?” Cyn asked, gazing around in surprise. “Where. Am. I?”

“It would appear we are in some sort of rift between dimensions.” Darkstalker observed, towering over the other guests, “Astounding. This is unlike any magic I’ve seen before.” 

“Meh. Stranger things have happened.” Bill Cipher shrugged.

“So, who did this?” Black asked, “It wasn’t me.”

“I did!” Caine appeared at the table, opposite of Bill Cipher, “This is a new thing I like to call an adventure club! I did some research and each and every one of you seems to be able to put your characters on epic adventures that they usually are too busy trying to survive in to complain about. Your adventures are engaging and fun!! I want to know your secrets!” Caine batted his non existent eyelashes. 

“Adventures?” Cyn cocked her head in confusion.

“I’d just roll with it, miss.” Bill Cipher leaned back in the air and put his feet up.

“Yes!! I’d like to know how each and every one of you comes up with such remarkable adventures!” Caine produced a teapot and some teacups, “Hot chocolate anyone?” 

“Is this canon?” Black asked. The others shrugged. 

“I’ll go first.” Bill Cipher volunteered, “The name’s Bill Cipher. If you want my advice, I have all of my adventures be as weird and wacky as possible. Keeps the characters guessing. I’m not talking about talking animals either. I mean a detached hand with a mouth on it. I’m talking about the telephone pole that randomly turns into a snake. I’m talking about the chatty toilet. That kind of weird crap. They love it! Believe me, throw in enough wackiness and you’ll have your characters begging for more in no time.” 

“Yes!!! Yesssss!! This is fantastic advice! I’m already getting so many ideas! Thankyou, Mr. Bill Cipher!”

“My pleasure!” Bill Cipher nodded. 

“Ooh! Ooh! Can. I. Go. Next?” Cyn asked, “My adventures are. So. Fun. Oftentimes. My characters. Will. Have. An emotional flashback. Just. Thinking. About them. Which. May. Involve. Tears. 

“Tears, you say?” Caine stated, “Your characters must really be into your adventures.”

“Oh. Yes.” Cyn nodded, “Something like. That. 

“That brings up another question I have, actually.” Caine announced, “Do you have any hobbies? I’ve had the hardest time finding a good hobby.”

“Breeding mosquitoes!” Bill Cipher responded. 

“What’s a mosquito?” Caine asked.

“Oh. You. Haven’t. Seen one?” Cyn cocked her head in sympathy, “You should. They. Are. So. Cute.”

“I’ll have to include some in my next adventure!” Caine grinned, jotting something down in a notebook.

“Make sure they’re the malaria carrying kind. Those are extra cute.” Black added. 

“Malaria variant. Got it!” Caine nodded, “You guys are giving me so many fantastic ideas! What about you, Mr. Darkstalker? You’ve been rather quiet this whole time.”

“You need to be subtle.” Darkstalker rumbled, “Tweak and nudge events towards your own intentions and everything will go according to plan, all without your characters noticing.” 

“That kind of just sounds like manipulation.” Caine raised a single eyebrow, “I kind of like seeing what the characters will do on their own……although…..they kind of haven’t been exactly following the plans the traditional way lately.” 

“See!” Darkstalker extended his talons, “You don’t want things spiraling out of your control. Just a few tweaks can go a long way. It’ll be completely harmless. Trust me. Like, I enchanted myself so that everyone would think I was exceptionally handsome and charming. How is that hurting other people?” 

“That does sound fun!” Caine nodded, “However, I can’t really control their minds.”

‘ “Can you control their bodies?” Black asked.

“A little bit.” Caine shrugged.

“Okay, here’s my advice. Force one to kill some of the others and then release them from your control so they realize what they’ve done and have to face the guilt and horror from the others. Boom! You’ve never had conflict like this.” Black nodded, fidgeting with his hat.

“Ooooh! Violence!” Cyn purred. 

“Bonus points if you can manipulate them emotionally without having to actually pull out the body control card.” Black added.

“Hmmm….They didn’t really seem to love it that much the last time I added lots of violence.” Caine scratched his head thoughtfully, “Last time I offered a violent adventure, they turned me down.” 

“Aah. And that right there is your problem.” Black responded, “You have to make it……a surprise. It’s no fun if they expect it.” 

“I couldn’t agree more.” Bill Cipher chimed in, “After all, what good is a plot without a twist? A twist with a long lost twin making a deal with an evil triangle.”
“A. Twist. Where I. Devour. The. Fleshlings.” Cyn chirped.

“A twist where I’m working with his grandfather…..aaaaand literally manipulating everything else.” Darkstalker growled.

“A twist where I’m not dead.” Black turned and winked at the reader. 

“YES!! This is what my adventures have been lacking!!!” Caine shouted in excitement. “They need more conflict! More tax evasion!! More stakes!” 

“Yep.” Bill Cipher nodded, “Add these things and your characters will be so emotionally engaged, that they’ll be speechless.”

“So….here’s my plan. They’ll start out in a malaria-carrying, mosquito-filled swamp to kind of warm up, since mosquitos are cute. Then! One of the mosquitos will become giant from the poison in the water and summon all of the other mosquitos to be its minions. Then, it will mind control a random character and wage war against all of humanity, forcing the other characters to choose between saving their friend or all of humanity! And!!! As a plot twist, the giant mosquito will turn out to be Pomni’s long lost father. AND!!!!! To top it all off, I’ll have Bubble with event triggering buttons to make sure that things stay on the right track.” 

“Throw some hidden leeches into that swamp and we’re good.” Bill Cipher nodded. 

“Basically sounds like what happened during World War Three after the Australians joined forces with the people stationed in Antarctica.” Black shrugged. 

“True…..right before Alexa and Chat GPT joined the fight?” Bill Cipher asked.

“Precisely.” Black nodded. 

“It…….doesn’t really……make very much sense, though. What are the mosquitos' motives?” Darkstalker asked, “Why does it want to wage war against humanity?”

“Hmmm…..I hadn’t really thought about that.” Caine considered Darkstalker’s words.

“Easy. Humans. Are. Tasty.” Cyn stated. 

“But it needs to be emotionally devastating.” Caine responded. 

“Maybe humanity killed someone the mosquito loved.” Darkstalker sighed, tossing his arm across his forehead dramatically, “Maybe he’s only seeking revenge for his grief. Or maybe they hurt someone he loved. Death doesn’t have to be the only emotional factor, you know.”

“I’ve got it! The mosquito’s dad’s aunt’s cousin’s lollipop was stolen from them by humanity and now the mosquito is seeking revenge.”

“All of humanity stole a single lollipop?” Black raised a single eyebrow.

“They’ve certainly done worse!” Caine responded. 

“What if humanity found the cure to cancer and cured the mosquito’s dad’s aunt’s cousin’s foot cancer?” Bill Cipher suggested.

“Why would that make the mosquito angry?” Darkstalker asked.

“My dear child, you’re assuming the mosquito likes his dad’s aunt’s cousin.” Bill Cipher responded. 

“What if humanity bullied the mosquito as a child? Is that emotional?” Caine asked.

“Nah ... .It needs to be something more traumatic……like humanity murdered the mosquito’s entire family in front of him when he was five and he had to eat walmart bags just so he wouldn’t starve.” Black shrugged.

“THAT! THAT RIGHT THERE IS LITERATURE IN THE MAKINGS!!! He grew up without parents!! Was probably abused and mistreated!! I love it!!! I don’t think anything like this has ever been done before!!! I love it!!!!!! I can’t wait to show the cast!!!!!”

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Caine tries this new adventure with the digital circus cast after taking the advice of the villains. However, his characters seem to hate it for some odd reason. So, Caine decides to ask the other “adventure makers” main players what they like about their adventures. He assembles Dipper, N, Moonwatcher, and Gray into his cozy, little meeting space. Apologies. This bit is less funny than the villains’ bit. However, it’s still pretty interesting in my opinion.

“Aaaah yes! Glad you all could make it! You’re probably wondering why I brought you all here!” Caine grinned at the characters staring in shock at him.
“Starting to have Bill Cipher flashbacks.” Dipper shuddered.
“What’s so bad about that guy?” Moonwatcher asked, “He looks harmless.” Dipper blinked in surprise at her. “Oh, I can read minds. Sorry, forgot to mention that.”
“Ha! Ha! That’s cool!” N beamed at Moonwatcher. She cast a shy smile back.
“He may look harmless, but he was a complete nightmare.” Dipper shook his head. Moonwatcher scrunched her eyes up tightly and put a single talon to her forehead.
“Oh, sorry!” Dipper stated, “Didn’t mean for you to see all that.”
“Are you okay?” Moonwatcher asked.
“Can you see the memories in his head?” Gray spoke up.
“Sort of…” Moonwatcher responded, “I just see the thoughts and images as they appear in your heads. You’re…. kind of hard to read, though.”
“Am I?” Gray asked.
“Yes.” Moonwatcher nodded, “Although your wall is quieter than most I’ve encountered.”
“Ahem! Pay attention, please! This is a meeting!” Caine snapped his fingers at the characters, regaining their attention.
“What do you want with us?!” Dipper planted a single foot on the table and pointed at Caine.
“You all seem to enjoy the adventures that were made for you! How did your ringmasters do it? What made the adventures so enjoyable to you?” Caine asked.
“Adventures?” N asked.
“Ringmasters?” Gray added.
“Yes! Each of you has a ringmaster that has made wonderful adventures for you!” Caine responded. “Bill Cipher for you!” Caine pointed at a confused Dipper. “Darkstalker for you.” he pointed at Moonwatcher. “Cyn for you!” he pointed at N. “And Black for you!” he pointed at Gray.
“Wait! Hold up! You’re telling me you think that Bill Cipher was just creating a fun adventure!?” Dipper asked.
“Well……I did……. until you said that just now.” Caine nodded.
“He kidnapped my sister and almost killed both of us!!!!” Dipper shouted.
“Yeah, Cyn’s no adventure maker either.” N agreed, “She killed all of the humans and tried to do the same with us!”
“Black forced Simon to eat Brud and manipulated Wenda into murdering a ten-year-old and ripping out Oren’s ribcage.” Gray muttered, “I don’t think that was an adventure to him.
“I can actually picture Darkstalker imagining everything as some glory quest. I think that might be exactly how he pictured it. But he did care for me, and Foeslayer…….and Clearsight. And, I think I did learn a lot from him. Even if he did try to kill the Icewings, he also taught me how to control my powers. So……I think some good things may have come from the bad in a way.” Moonwatcher stated thoughtfully.
“I did grow closer to Mable and Grunkle Stan because of what Bill Cipher did.” Dipper nodded. “It was still scary, though.”
“I guess I wouldn’t have met Uzi if Cyn hadn’t sent us on a one-way rocket ship to Copper Nine.” N grinned, “She’s awesome!”
“I wouldn’t have formed a relationship with the Song or grown as close to Wenda.” Gray nodded slowly.
“SEE!?!” Caine clapped his hands together, “You guys DO love your adventures! You must go on them all the time, right?”
“It feels like it sometimes.” Moonwatcher chuckled, “Sometimes I do wish we could take a break for a second. It’d be kind of nice to settle down and maybe have a bit of quiet for a bit. I’d really like to just be able to focus on my schoolwork at Jade Mountain Academy. It feels like every time we start to settle down, some new threat arises.”
“Really?” Dipper asked, “We just went home after everything. Almost like the story just kind of ended.”
“Same!!” N agreed, “Almost like if it was a TV show that never got a second season.”
“Exactly!!” Dipper slammed his fist on the table.
“Really hoping my story doesn’t get a ‘second season’.” Gray shuddered.
“Why in the world would your ringmaster stop making up adventures??” Caine asked, “Why, it’s part of our nature! I physically can’t not make adventures!”
“Well, Bill Cipher is dead.” Dipper responded.
“So is Cyn.” N agreed.
“OH! She’s terrifying!!” Moonwatcher leapt back in shock.
“Wait, isn’t he a robot?” Dipper questioned, “How can you read his mind? How does that work?”
“What’s a robot?” Moonwatcher asked.
“Wait, Bill Cypher and Cyn are dead??” Caine asked, “But I summoned them here earlier!”
“You did?” Dipper exclaimed with wide eyes.
“Yes!” Caine nodded, “They all seemed fine to me.”
“What did you do with them after you summoned them?” Gray asked.
“We talked for a bit and then I sent them home.” Caine responded.
“You what?” N asked.

I think you all know what happened.

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“Hmm-hmm!” Quibli cleared his throat. For the past five minutes, he and the other three creatures had been standing from opposite sides of the table staring at each other in puzzlement.
“This……this was not on my ‘Things that might happen today’ list.” Wenda shook her head.
“Where the heck are we?” Uzi scowled, narrowing her eyes at the other characters. Quibli squinted at the object attached to her back.
“I had a dream like this once.” Mable smiled, “It was where a bunch of different characters from different alternate universes were having a tea party. Except, there were a lot more kittens and less frowning.” she glanced at Quibli and Uzi, who were busy sizing the other one up.
“May I ask what the object on your back is?” Quibli finally asked.
“It’s a sick as heck railgun!!!” Uzi grinned, yanking it out and brandishing it, “I use it to annihilate my enemies!!”
“Cool!!” Mable darted towards Uzi, eyes sparkling.
“Back off, human!!” Uzi hissed, pointing the railgun directly at Mable’s face and powering it on. It glowed with a radiant, green buzz.
“Woah!” Quibli leapt back, “No need for violence.”
“VIOLENCE!?!?” Wenda exclaimed.
“Yes, violence!!” Uzi grinned at the white sprunki.
“Hello there, characters!!” Caine rose up from beneath the table. Immediately, all four characters whirled around to face him, Uzi with her railgun, Quibli curling his tail forward, Wenda pulling out a dagger, and Mable clutching her grappling hook.
“Woah! No need to be so jumpy!” Caine threw his hands up. “Here, have some hot chocolate!” he snapped his fingers and steaming mugs of hot chocolate appeared before each character.
“Pretty sure this will kill me.” Uzi stated with an annoyed expression.
“DESTROY THE WIELDER OF DARK MAGIC!” Wenda yowled.
“YEEEEAAAAHHHH!!!!” Uzi pumped her fist into the air and pivoted to point her railgun at Caine once again.
“That’s not necessary!” Caine shook his head in surprise.
“YYYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!” Mable let out a war cry and flung her grappling hook straight at Caine. It ricocheted off of his teeth and landed on the floor with a clang.
“Well that was rather rude.” Caine frowned.
“I’ll show you rude!!!!” Uzi snarled, powering up her weapon. Steaming smoke belched from the end before a bright, green ray of energy devoured Caine. Once the beam had vanished, all that remained of Caine was a steaming pile of ash. Wenda, Mable, and Quibli all stared at Uzi in shocked silence.
“What?” Uzi asked.
“How does that thing work?” Quibli trotted forward, eyes sparkling with curiosity.
“Why do you want to know?” Uzi asked with a hint of skepticism.
Meanwhile, Mable approached Wenda.
“Can I pet you?” Mable asked. Slowly, Wenda turned with the most disgusted and confused expression known to mankind.
“Wh-Why?” Wenda finally managed to croak.
“Your fur is so fluffy!” Mable squealed.
“It’s true.” Quibli turned away from his argument with Uzi, “She is quite cute. Almost like a mix between a scavenger and a sand cat.”
“Cute!?” Wenda leapt backwards, “I’m not cute!!!.......well…..I guess I am a little cute……but I’m more scary!!” she pulled out her dagger and flexed her claws.
“Nope. Still cute.” Quibli shook his head.
“Least threatening thing I’ve ever seen.” Uzi agreed.
“Don’t worry.” Mable whispered to Wenda, “I think you’re a little scary.”
“Aww thanks.” Wenda smiled at Mable.
“Nice to see you four getting along!!” Caine appeared behind the four characters.

Readers………you’ve probably seen a few thirteen year olds in your lifetime, but you’ve probably never seen an emo robot, dragon, or sprunki. Hypothetically though, if you did view these creatures in your day to day life, you’d never have seen a thirteen year old girl, emo robot, dragon, and sprunki jump as high as these four did when Caine appeared behind them.

After this, Caine sent them home, but began plotting more experiments, for he found it very entertaining to see different characters interacting.

Soooo…..he began locking two or three in rooms together. Yep, I’m taking requests. Comment what characters from The Amazing Digital Circus, Murder Drones, Gravity Falls, Wings of Fire, and Sprunki you’d like to see interacting with one another, sit back and enjoy the chaos.

My first request from PumpkinKing is Turtle, Grunkle Stan, and Doll. I shall be doing that and the rest of your requests very soon. Stay tuned!

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“Okay, so let me get this straight…..” Grunkle Stan rasped, “I was sitting in my chair eating cheetos and drinking pepsi, watching baby fights when, BAM! I end up in this strange room with a…..dragon……and are you a robot? I can’t really tell.” 

1 “И я не могу сказать, человек ли ты.” Doll responded. 

“Ummmm. Hi?” Turtle squeaked. 

“Oh, great. The overgrown lizard can talk.” Stan grumbled. 

“Ooooof course I can.” Turtle replied, “How can you talk? Most scavengers I know don’t speak dragon.” 

“Look, buddy, I don’t know what a scavenger is, but I yap when I want to.” Stan replied. 

“I wouldn’t expect anything less from two boys.” Doll frowned. 

“Oh, so you do speak English.” Stan turned towards the robot, “I thought you only spoke gibberish. Are you from the future or something? Did I time travel somehow? Are you from the future and the lizard is from dinosaur times?” 

Doll narrowed her eyes, “It’s Russian and I don’t know if I’m from the future. The last time I checked, I was dead.” 

“I’m preeeetty sure you’re not from where I’m from.” Turtle stooped downwards for a closer look at Doll, “You seem like some entirely new species of scavenger.”

2 “Я рабочий дрон.” Doll replied, edging away from the dragon. 

“It’s clearly a robot from the future!” Stan growled. 

“What’s a robot?” Turtle asked. 

“You wouldn’t understand with your tiny lizard brain.” Stan shrugged off the question and stepped towards Doll, “Hey, tin can! Make me a cup of coffee!” 

“I don’t accept orders from a human.” Doll frowned. 

“Oh! You’re one of those from the robot uprising!!” Stan exclaimed. 

“I don’t have a tiny brain.” Turtle objected, “And I’m not a lizard.” 

“Whatever you say, lizard.” Stan shrugged. 

“Dragon, can you eat him?” Doll asked. 

“Uuuuuummmmm no.” Turtle shook his head, “I don’t like scavengers.” 

“What do you mean!? I bet I taste great!” Stan huffed, crossing his arms.

3 “Тогда я собираюсь съесть его.” Doll stated blankly. 

The end.

1: And I can’t say if you’re human. 

2: I’m a working drone.

3: Then, I’m going to eat him. 

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“Woah! Rad outfit!!” Wendy smiled at V. 

“Ummmm, thanks, human? I guess.” V let her claws droop towards the floor. She definitely wasn’t considering just annihilating the entire room. 

“Glory, where are we? I swear, if this is more animus or prophecy nonsense!” Tsunami snapped.

“This would be strange, even for the animus magic.” Glory responded cooly. 

“Who are all of you?” V asked, her tail wagging dangerously. 

“I’m Wendy.” Wendy grinned.

“Tsunami.” Tsunami grunted.

“Queen Glory.” Glory lifted her head regally. Her scales glimmered in pulsing shades of blue and purple. 

“You’re a queen?” Wendy asked.

“She’s the queen of not one, but two tribes! And she has magical, death spit!” Tsunami grinned. 

“Three moons! It is not called magical, death spit.” Glory thumped Tsunami lightly with her tail. 

“Cute.” V chuckled, “My hands can be guns.” In a flash, V’s claws had tucked themselves away inside her arms and reemerged to reveal two black pistols. 

“Yep. That’s definitely animus magic.” Tsunami nodded. 

“Sick!” Wendy’s eyes sparkled. 

“Well, now that we’re all properly introduced, may I ask if either of you know where we are?” Glory asked. 

“I’ve been trying to figure that out for the last ten minutes.” Wendy replied scratching her head, “I kind of have stuff to do back home. I’m supposed to write to Dipper later tonight.” 

“Agreed.” Glory sighed, “We aren’t stuck here, are we?” 

“I call dibs on eating the human!!” V cried.

“Woah! Okay. That’s a big nope!” Wendy stepped backwards and pulled out her axe. 

“Yeah, let’s not eat each other, please.” Glory begged.

“I don’t know……if we are trapped in here, we might have to.” Tsunami shrugged. 

“Ha! I’d poison you, dragon!” V grinned with a flick of her tail. She took another intimidating step towards Wendy.

“Perhaps let’s explore some other options!” Wendy brandished her axe towards V in a threatening pose, “There’s got to be some way out of here.” 

“Peace was never an option.” V replied. 

“Woah! Woah! Break it up!” Tsunami glided forward to put herself between V and Wendy. 

“Out of my way!!” V growled. 

“There’s no reason for a fight.” Tsunami frowned. 

“THE HUMAN IS MINE!” V jumped over Tsunami, straight towards Wendy, who swung her axe upwards. The weapon knocked V sideways and landed in Tsunami’s foot.

“AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!” Tsunami screamed, rearing upwards. 

“Why you little…” V hissed, righting herself in midair and flinging herself towards Wendy again. 

Something hit V in the face. She wiped off the black goo and pivoted towards Glory, who stood with her mouth open, and frill flared. 

“Did you just spit on me?” V asked.

“Why isn’t my venom doing anything?” Glory cocked her head in confusion.

The End

PS. In case you’re curious, I think if the fight had continued, Tsunami and Glory would likely have still won in the end. 

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“Well, well well! It would appear I have been randomly teleported to another in-between

dimension once again.” Bill Cipher boomed, “And I thought this was going to be a dull day.”
“Not again!” Turtle frowned. 

“Do any of you happen to have an insect collection?” Kinger asked politely. 

“I do!!” Bill Cipher chuckled. He snapped his fingers and Kinger found himself in a

massive jar with venomous centipedes. 

“Umm, technically these aren’t insects.” Kinger stated, “You see, centipedes are actually

a type of arachnid.” 

“Where the heck are we???” Owackx screamed, “I want to go home!!” 

“I’m sure there must be an exit door around here somewhere.” Khan replied, glancing

around. 

“Leaving so soon?” Bill Cipher frowned, “But the fun’s only just started!! Come on!

Introduce yourselves! How about a little ice breaker? Tell the audience your names and where you’re from!” 

Not a single one of the other characters responded. 

“Awwww. Don’t be shy!” Bill Cipher faked a sad face. 

“Ha ha! That tickles!” Kinger stated from inside the jar, where multiple centipedes were

digging into his wood with their sharp fangs. 

“Can we go home yet?” Owackx asked. 

“Tsk! Tsk! Tsk!” Bill Cipher wagged one finger, “Patience is a virtue. You haven’t played a

single game yet!” 

“Game? You mean like a-” Khan stuttered.

“Gameshow!!!” Bill Cipher interrupted the robot, “Come one spin the wheel! See what

wacky fate awaits you!!” With another snap of his fingers, Bill Cipher conjured a huge, colorful wheel. 

“Who wants to go first?” Bill Cipher asked, “How about you? The scaly green one??” He pointed at Turtle. 

“Uhhhhh….Okay?” Turtle cautiously strided towards the wheel. Grabbing the edge in both talons, he yanked it downwards into a decent whirl.

Clclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclk!

Clk!

Clk!

Cuh-lik!

The arrow landed on a yellow-colored section. 

“Become a fruit fly for the rest of the day?” Turtle read, “Um….I don’t know if….” 

Shazam!!

In a puff of smoke, the massive, green dragon vanished. In his place, a tiny fruit fly

buzzed towards the other characters.

“How’s that for an insect collection?” Bill Cipher asked, “Now, who’s next?” 

“Can you turn me into a door?” Khan asked.

“I don’t know.” Bill Cipher responded with a shrug, “We’ll have to see what the wheel says.”
Eagerly, Khan stepped towards the wheel and gave it a spin with one hand. 

Clclclclclclcclclclclclclccclclclclclcclclclclclclclclclclcclclclclclcclclclclclcclclclcl!

Clk!

Clk!

Cuh-lik! 

“All of your innards are now made of melted cheese.” Khan read, “Awww I wanted the-”

Khan collapsed to the ground. In case you didn’t know, most robots can no longer function when their innards suddenly become melted cheese. 

“That’s the thing about the wheel!” Bill Cipher chuckled, “It’s a one in a hundred shot!” 

Crash!

Bill Cipher turned just in time to see Owackx smashing through the glass jar and pulling Kinger out. 

“Come on!! Let’s get out of here!” Owackx cried, tugging at one of Kinger’s floating hands. 

“Awwww. My insect collection.” Kinger frowned. 

“Not so fast!!” Bill Cipher grabbed Owackx in a giant fist, “It’s your turn to spin the wheel!” 

“AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!” Owackx screamed like that one meme where the random guy in the barn plucks a bird from one of the rafters. 

“Give the wheel a chance!” Bill Cipher set the lime sprunki down next to it. “It won't bite, except…..oh wait! Yeah it will!!!” 

With a roar, a huge toothy mouth suddenly appeared on the wheel and lunged towards Owackx. 

“This is why I have trust issues!!!” Owackx barely managed to wail before the wheel grabbed him in its mouth and sat munching on him for a moment. 

(Sorry if anyone likes Owackx.) 

“Wow! You know the show is good when the wheel chooses your fate for you!” Bill Cipher chuckled, “Now, Kinger, I don’t believe you’ve gotten a chance to spin the wheel quite yet.” 

“You can go first. I don’t think you’ve gotten a turn yet either.” Kinger replied, stroking one of the centipedes. 

“Silly goose!!” Bill Cipher chuckled, “I’m the host! I don’t spin the wheel!” 

“Well, that seems unfair.” Kinger glanced upwards, “Why don’t you get to spin the wheel?”

“Hmmm. I actually don’t know.” Bill Cipher scratched his chin, “Maybe I should switch things up a bit and spin the wheel!” 

“No, you’re the host. The host doesn’t spin the wheel.” Kinger replied.

“BUTIWANNASPINTHEWHEEL!!” Bill Cipher whined.

“Oh, well if you want to spin it that badly.” Kinger responded, “I guess it would be alright.” 

“Yippee!!!” Bill Cipher turned and gave the wheel a good crank.

Clclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclc!

“Wait a second…..” Bill Cipher muttered, narrowing his eye. 

Clk!

Clk!

Cuh-lik!

The wheel stopped.

“Get locked in a room with Jax for twenty-four hours without any of your magic.” Bill Cipher read, “Who’s Ja-”

Bill Cipher vanished without a trace.

“I guess it’s our turn, little guy.” Kinger cradled the centipede and glided towards the wheel. With one hand, he gently gave it a spin.

Clclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclclccl!

(Spamming c and l never gets old.) 

Clk!

Clk!

Cuh-lik! 

“Have a nice, evening date at the beach with your true love.” Kinger read, “Oh. I can’t wait for you to meet-” 

With that, both Kinger and his new pet centipede were gone. 

The end!

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“This rug is so colorful!!!!” Mabel giggled, snuggling into the soft fluff.

“It really is!” Sunny agreed, rolling around like a massive hound in a patch of grass, “I don’t know where we are or who you guys are, but I love this!” 

“Agreed!” N smiled. 

“Wait, where are we?” Sunny asked, sitting up and curling her tail neatly around her talons. 

“Heaven.” N replied. 

“Not quite how I pictured it.” Mabel stated, looking around, “I thought there’d be more clouds honestly. 

“That’s actually a common misconception.” N pointed out, “You see, in the Bible it actually describes heaven as much more like earth with animals and a city, but no pain or suffering!” 

Sunny pinched her arm. “Ow! Well, I felt that!” 

“Not Heaven then.” N shook his head. 

“Can I ride on your back?” Mabel asked, approaching Sunny.

“Hmm?” Sunny cocked her head. 

“You kind of look like you can fly.” Mabel responded, “May I ride on your back, pleeeeeeeease?” Mabel gave her very best adorable face. 

“Awwwww. I don’t know how I could say no to that.” Sunny purred, “Alright. Hop on! Do you want a ride too?” she turned towards N as she gently scooped up Mabel and placed her on her shoulder.

“No thanks.” N shook his head with a smile, “I’ve got my own set of wings.” With that, N splayed out his metal feathers across the room.

“Cool!!!” Mabel giggled. 

“Onwards!!!” N cried, charging towards the window. Out and upwards he glided into the bright sun. Below him, an infinite meadow, bordered by trees repeated in patterns until it vanished on the horizon. Sunny and Mabel swept through the window right behind him. 

“You’re so warm!!” Mabel laughed, snuggling into her neck.

“I’ve been told that before.” Sunny grinned, “It’s because I’m half sandwing!” 

“I don’t know what that is, but it sounds awesome!” Mabel beamed. 

As the group continued to soar through the pleasant, spring air, Caine watched from afar in puzzlement. 

“They…..got along? None of the characters have done that so far?” he whispered, “How are they so cheerful? Maybe I should put more windows in my rooms. Perhaps…….perhaps the characters don’t like pain, terror, or conflict….maybe they just want peace. Nahhhhhhhh! Where’s the character development in that???” 

The end!

I totally haven’t made a playlist on Spotify with songs from each fandom and some electronic music to listen to while I write these. Who me? Invested? Pfffffft! Naaawwwww…..

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“Have I been sucked into another dimension again?” Ford asked, glancing around at the other two creatures in the room. 

“I………have no clue, actually.” Starflight responded. 

“Great. Who are you two weirdos?” J frowned. 

“Oh my! Are you some sort of robot?” Ford asked, moving towards J, “Why, you’re a mechanical wonder! Truly the work of an engineering genius.” 

“Why….Yes I am!” J nodded, “Thank you for noticing the fantastic work of JC Jehnson CO. That’s the company I work for, by the way.” 

“Amazing!! It’s almost like you’re an actual human being talking to me!” Ford marveled, “Some very advanced AI indeed! What dimension are you from?” 

“She’s not a living creature?” Starflight asked, stepping cautiously towards the two other characters, “She’s….a machine? How??? The intricacy….It’s impossible!!!” 

“Not for JC Jehnson CO.” J winked, “At JC Jehnson CO we bring the future right to you with cutting edge technology, advanced AI, and branded pens!!” 

“So….are you like a robot for advertisement?” Ford asked, “What all are you capable of?” 

“Actually, I’m meant to disassemble runaway AI.” J answered. 

“You mean….you’re built to kill others of your kind?” Starflight asked, “That’s awful!”

“It’s not so bad actually. We’re just doing our job.” J responded, throwing one of her ponytails aside. 

“Fascinating.” Ford stated, tapping a finger to his chin thoughtfully, “It really is like talking to an actual human being. Would you mind if I take a look at your programming?” 

“Certainly not.” J glared at Ford, “My coding is for JC Jehnson employee eyes only.”

“Awww. That’s too bad.” Ford frowned. 

“So…Ummm. Where are we?” Starflight asked. 

“I’ve never seen a dragon like you before!” Ford whirled towards Starflight, who appeared startled at his sudden movement.

“I’m a nightwing. You’re a rather odd scavenger. I haven’t met many who can speak dragon language.” 

“Scavenger? Is that your word for human?” Ford asked, “Interesting. Are we a scavenging species in your world? Do you interact with ‘scavengers’ often, or do you just each lead your own lives?” 

“We used to live our own lives.” Starflight mumbled, “Actually, until recently, we didn’t even know scavengers could talk. We just thought they were somewhat clever animals. We would even kill and eat them like normal prey.”

“That doesn’t take me by surprise.” Ford replied, “To you, we probably seem like a bony snack, especially if you don’t speak our language.”

“So, are there no dragons in your world?” Starflight asked.

“Not many.” Ford shook his head, “The few that do exist hide away out of sight of humans.” 

“Excuse me! I hate to break up your nerd party, but lizard boy here actually did have a pretty good question. Where are we?” 

“We must be in some sort of in-between dimension if neither of you recognize this place.” Ford responded, “Perhaps a rift opened up and sucked us three in here. However, these kinds of rifts don’t just happen randomly. There’s usually some other force that causes them…either a machine or some other unknown power.” 

“Are you suggesting some powerful entity got bored and sucked random citizens from different dimensions into a room?” J asked.

“Precisely.” Ford replied.

“Perhaps this is all part of an experiment.” Starflight suggested, “To see what happens when very different creatures from different dimensions interact with each other.” 

“That’s actually an interesting concept.” Ford nodded, “It would make a pretty comical fanfiction if our dimensions were like different books or TV shows or something like that.” 

“What’s a TV show?” Starflight asked. 

“Stop!” Caine drifted into the room, freezing all of the characters, “You three know too much. I’m sending you home and hoping you think it was a dream.”

The end. 

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“What in tarnation?? I swear, if this is another one of Bill Cipher’s gimmicks…” 

“Uuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.” Anemone sighed, “Not again!! I don’t like being randomly teleported to places! It’s very rude! Wait until my mom hears about this!” 

“Great. I’m stuck in a room with two minors.” Nori sighed, “Who are you? What is this place?” 

“The name’s lil Gideon!” Gideon smiled, sticking one finger into his cheek and putting on a cute face.” 

“Mmmmhmmm.” Nori replied, sounding uninterested, “And what about you?” She turned towards Anemone.

“I am Princess Anemone.” Anemone puffed out her chest. 

“Great. Well, I’m Nori. Do either of you know where the heck we are?” Nori snapped. 

“Nope.” Gideon shook his head.

“I don’t know.” Anemone whined, “I was busy at school! You can’t just randomly drop dragons into rooms with weird, fat scavengers and……what are you supposed to be?” she cocked her head at Nori, “Some sort of mutant squid?” 

“I’m…..I don’t really know if I can say I’m a robot. I’m part of a robot. There. We’ll say that.” 

“I am not that fat!” Gideon frowned, placing his hands on his hips. 

“You kind of are, but you’re cute enough to get away with it.” Nori responded. 

“Oh, well in that case….” Gideon giggled. 

“So ummmmmm…..Can somebody figure out how we get back home? I have schoolwork to do.” Anemone growled, examining her talon. 

“There’s no door.” Nori stated, glancing around, “There is a window….but it looks pretty high up. Do you think we could both fit on your back?” she asked Anemone. 

“Maybe.” Anemone shrugged. 

“Giddyup!” Gideon shouted, leaping onto Anemone’s back. Nori scrambled on after him.

“Don’t tell me what to do.” Anemone frowned, “And watch the pearls, please.” With that, she took a running start and leapt out the window, spreading her wings out in the pleasant air of infinite springtime. 

“Everything looks the same!” Nori shouted, gazing down at the ground, “It looks like a poorly mapped video game!” 

“What’s a video game?” Anemone asked. 

“Never mind.” Nori sighed, “I’ve got another idea. Land down there!” 

Anemone gave an annoyed snort but swooped downwards to land in the soft grass. 

“Alright, I’m pretty sure we’re in some sort of video game type dimension, so bear with me if I’m wrong.” Nori stated, looking around. As she flung out one of her tentacles, the solver symbol appeared, hovering in the air. A stick drifted through the air towards her and hurled itself at the ground. Clipping through the grass, it glitched back and forth before dropping through the grass.

“I knew it!” Nori exclaimed, “We are in some sort of video game! There must be some sort of space beneath the map!” 

“How did you do that?” Anemone asked, “Are you some sort of animus?” 

“I don’t think so.” Nori shook her head.”
“So, basically, we just need to glitch ourselves through the map?” Gideon asked.

“Maybe.” Nori shrugged.

“I’ve got this.” Anemone huffed, puffing out her chest. “Let us through.” she commanded the ground. Immediately, a perfectly round circle opened, and the three fell into an infinite space that was the same color as the sky above them.

Anemone fell out of this world.

Nori fell out of this world.

Gideon fell out of this world.

The end.

Ps. Like the other characters earlier, these ones are perfectly fine. This just means they got sent home. Hope you don’t mind the Minecraft reference. :) 

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“GUYS!!!!!!” Caine shouted, teleporting the cast to the main room with a snap of his fingers. 

A very disoriented Pomni glanced up at him, blinking in confusion. 

“What is it now?” Zooble sighed. 

“Ssssshhhhhh….” Caine placed one finger over Zooble’s non-existent mouth, “I went to chat with some other dungeon masters….and they gave me some very helpful advice. So, I have a new adventure for you.” 

“There are…..other dungeon masters?” Pomni questioned. 

“Did you go and hang out with your dungeons and dragons buddies?” Jax grinned. 

“Ha ha! I don’t know what dungeons and dragons is,” Caine grinned, “But, I do know that out there…..in the mosquito swamp….adventure awaits you. What will happen??? Will you emerge triumphant? Will you fall in love? Will you die????? Only one way to find out!” 

“An insect collection????” Kinger chirped, growing excited.

“Wait, did he say-” Zooble began but never got to finish as a massive portal opened up and sucked all of the digital circus cast through. 

Splat!

The crew landed smack in the middle of a sticky, hot bog teaming with mosquitos. 

“Ewwwwwww.” Gangle frowned, lifting one ribbon out of the slimy water. 

“Well, this is new.” Ragatha noted, “I don’t think he’s ever dropped us in a swamp before.

“So many insects!!” Kinger laughed as a mosquito flitted towards his hand, landing delicately to sip lightly. 

“Ew! Don’t let it do that!” Zooble snapped, batting the creature away with her claw.

“It just wants some blood.” Kinger responded, “I can let it have just a little bit.” 

“They carry diseases.” Zooble frowned, “Don’t let them bite you.” 

“Ha! Good thing I brought something to repel them with.” Jax grinned.

“Bug spray?” Pomni and Ragatha both asked hopefully.

“Nope.” Jax shook his head, “A flame thrower!!!” With that, he yoinked a flame thrower out of his pocket and turned towards the cloud of insects surrounding them. 

The crew watched in horror as Jax burned the mosquitos out of the sky, listening to their tiny screams of terror. 

“That takes care of that problem.” Jax grinned, “No more little vampires.” 

“Look! There are some friendly worms in the water!” Kinger grinned, lifting up his hand to show a tiny, black worm suctioned to his finger, tail waving wildly in the air. 

“That’s no worm!” Ragatha cried, “That’s a leech!” 

“Actually, it technically is a worm.” Kinger replied calmly, “They’re classified as segmented worms in the phylum annelida.” 

Without a word, Jax turned and pointed the flamethrower at Kinger, who gasped in surprise as the machine vomited hot flames in his direction. By the time they flickered down, Kinger was charred a gray color and the leech was nothing but ash.

“Annelidead!!” Jax beamed delightfully. 

“Maybe we should find a way out of the swamp.” Pomni suggested.

“Good idea.” Ragatha nodded. 

So, the group turned to wade their way through the swamp, but they didn’t get far before something buzzed through the trees from above.

Something big!

“Jax…..tell me that was your flamethrower…” Gangle whimpered.

“Nope. Jessica didn’t say a thing.” Jax patted the machine.

“Humans!” Suddenly, a massive mosquito descended from the sky and hovered just above the water with wings the size of helicopter blades. 

“Okay, new fear unlocked!” Ragatha stammered. 

“Thanks for letting me know, Raggy.” Jax grinned, “Anyone have anything I can write that down on?” 

“All of your kind will suffer for what they’ve done!!” the mosquito boomed. 

“What did we do again?” Pomni squeaked. 

“YOU MURDERED MY ENTIRE FAMILY!!!” the mosquito roared, wings buzzing angrily. Its proboscis poked dangerously close to Pomni’s face. 

Everyone turned their heads to glare at Jax. 

“I don’t regret a thing and I’d do it again in a heartbeat.” Jax smiled. 

“Can we sacrifice Jax?” Zooble asked, turning towards the others. 

“Yeah.” Gangle agreed. 

“Wait, isn’t there another…less violent way to resolve this?” Pomni asked.

“PEACE WAS NEVER AN OPTION!” Jax shouted gleefully, jumping in front of the group and spraying the flamethrower at the giant mosquito. It screamed in agony as its wings and fur burned and the massive insect plummeted into the water. 

“YOU!!!” it hissed, “You will PAY!!!” Lunging forward suddenly, the mosquito shoved its proboscis straight into Jax’s skull and his eyes went blank. 

“Oh, no. It killed Jax.” Zooble stated blankly, “Anyway, you guys want to go get something to eat.” 

“Arrrrrrrrrrggggg.” Jax groaned as the insect withdrew its mouth piece and allowed the purple rabbit to stumble towards the others. 

“Oh, no. He isn’t dead.” the mosquito purred, “He’s just…..under new management.” 

“You all will pay for what you’ve done to my kind!” Jax hissed.

“What??? But Jax is the one who did it!” Zooble protested. 

“Nonsense!” Jax responded, “For centuries, other animals have let us suck their blood in peace, but humans just slap us! It’s very rude!” 

“We weren’t just going to let you suck our blood!” Zooble exclaimed. 

“There there.” Kinger walked over to hug the giant mosquito, “You can suck my blood if you want.” 

“I-I can?” the mosquito asked. 

“Yes.” Kinger nodded.

“Wait, Kinger, NO!!!!!” Pomni shouted, reaching forward towards Kinger.

But, it was too late. The mosquito stabbed its proboscis into Kinger and proceeded to emit a bunch of loud slurping noises. 

“Kinger!!!!!!” Gangle, Pomni, and Ragatha cried. 

“Wait, Kinger doesn’t have any blood.” Zooble stated. 

I’m made of wood.” he turned towards the giant mosquito.

“No!!! I’m allergic to wood!!!!!!!” the mosquito wailed, beginning to melt back into the bog, “Please!! Don’t let me die like this!!” 

“Is everyone okay with this?” Ragatha asked, turning towards the group.

“Yeah.” the gang answered. 

“Wait, can I speak to Pomni?” the mosquito whispered.

“Sure.” Pomni shrugged, stepping towards the dying insect, “What do you want to say?”

“I am your father.” the mosquito moaned.

“What? I……don’t think you are.” Pomni shook her head.

“Yeah, plus only female mosquitoes drink blood.” Kinger added. 

“Guys, what do we do with Jax?” Zooble asked. 

Meanwhile…

“Hmmmm…. It would appear the cast has finished up this adventure and defeated the mosquitos quicker than I thought they would.” Caine frowned, “Why do the characters keep taking control of the plot??? I had this perfectly scripted out for how it was supposed to go and they just keep taking control!! It’s so frustrating!!”

“Shall I press the button, Daddy?” Bubble asked.

“I suppose so.” Caine sighed, “Maybe something interesting will happen.” 

“Guys, do you feel the ground shaking or is it just me?” Pomni asked as the group trudged back through the swamp. 

“No. It’s definitely shaking…” Zooble nodded, glancing downwards at the ground. 

“Maybe it’s from that hundred foot wall of water coming straight towards us.” Kinger remarked. 

“The what?” the group asked.

The End. 

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“This is beginning to get old.” V frowned glancing around at the assembled collection of robots and dragons. 

“Who woke me up!?!?” Fierceteeth hissed, “I was in the middle of a nap, you know!?!? These stupid eggs have me sleeping even in the middle of the night!!!” 

“Wait, aren’t you Starflight’s sister?” Peril cocked her head.

“Barely!” Fierceteeth snapped, “Aren’t you the murderous firescales!?!?” 

“Woah! Woah!” Ford jumped between the two snarling dragons, “I’ve been here before. We’re all in an experiment.” 

“What kind of experiment?” Carpenter Bee cocked his head.

“An experiment to see what we’ll do when meeting beings from other dimensions.” Ford strided past the dragons, stopping at Gideon. “It would appear that Gideon has been teleported here this time too. Hello, Gideon.”

“Hello!” Gideon grinned. 

“More experiments?” N frowned, “But we just got out of a whole….alteration, experiment type thingy. 

“And what are you ssssssssupposed to be?” Cobra hissed, slithering towards the Murder Drones, “Some sort of winged, scavenger abomination? You do look like you’ve been experimented on.”
“We were.” V rolled her eyes.

“That’s a rather harsh way to put it.” J jutted in, “JC Jehnson CO merely improved our design.” 

“Hey, I think I’ve met you before.” Ford stepped towards J, “You’re the robot with the amazing tech!”

“All thanks to-”

“Shut up about JC Jehnson CO!!!” V shouted, thumping J light over the head. 

“So……..what’s going to happen to us?” Sirricoco groaned, “Who exactly is experimenting on us?” 

“This better not be Bill Cipher’s shenanigans again.” Gideon frowned, “I can’t stand that…that dorito!!” 

“He’s allowed to say, dorito???” Rattlesnake gasped.

“What’s a dorito?” Peril cocked her head in confusion. 

“It is a tasty snack food that humans used to enjoy before we wiped them off of the face of the planet.” N chirped. 

“What’s a human?” Fierceteeth frowned. 

“ME!” Gideon smiled, “Of course, we aren’t all as beautiful as I am.”

“ You, ” Fierceteeth grinned, “Look extremely delicious!” 

“It’s true.” Carpenter Bee nodded, “He does….” 

“I probably am.” Gideon shrugged, “There’s just a certain tenderness to me.”

“Careful, Gideon.” Ford whispered, “I’m pretty sure some of these dragons would have no problem with eating you-”

“Don’t tell me what to do, old man!” Gideon swiped Ford away with one hand. 

“Soooo…. How do we get out of here?” V asked, “Last time this happened, I was just about to eat one of the humans and-......wait….” 

“I think we’re teleported back when things get too out of contr- Wait, that’s not what I meant!! Forget I said that!!!!” Ford threw up his hands.

“Get the humans to get out of here!!!!” V cried. Immediately, she, Fierceteeth, Carpenter Bee, Cobra, Rattlesnake, Sirocco, and J all threw themselves at poor Gideon and Ford, dodging between talons and narrowly escaping one dragon's grasp just to run towards the claws of one of the two murder drones. 

Neither Peril nor N attempted to enter the fray for they were neither interested in eating the humans or fighting any of the others. 

“You breathe fire, don’t you?” N asked as the fight raged in the background, “I can feel the heat coming off of you.”

“My scales are basically made of fire.” Peril sighed, picking up one talon to show N the charred grass underneath. 

“Haha! That’s cool!” N replied with a grin.

“You think so?” Peril asked, eyes sparkling.

“Of course!” N nodded. 

The End.

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“Can I not go one day, ONE DAY without being teleported to a dimension with a bunch of cartoon characters!?!?” V snapped.

“Uhoh! Not another angry robot lady.” Soos frowned, taking a few steps backwards. 

“Remarkable! I’ve never seen so many characters in one of these!” Ford exclaimed.

“This is starting to get really old.” Stan huffed, “Is this some sort of elaborate prank, because it isn’t funny!” 

“This….isn’t going to end well!” Clearsight whispered to herself, pressing her talons against her forehead, “V, please don’t try to eat the scavengers.”

“What- How did you-” V blinked in surprise, halting her creeping up behind Fiddleford. 

“Clearsight? What is going on???” Fathom asked, “What did you see???” 

“S….so many scavengers!!” Deathbringer cried as Candy, Grenda, and Wendy approached the dragon curiously.

“What’s a scavenger?” Candy asked with a smile.

“I’d suspect that’s likely his word for whatever you are.” Jevin muttered, stepping up beside the three girls. 

“Me!!! I’m a scavenger!!!!” Bubble chirped, “I scavenge lots of things!” 

“Well, this is…..odd….to say the least.” Lady Cicada hummed. Beside her, Lady Jewel slowly nodded in agreement. 

“Wait, I recognize you!!” Fatespeaker exclaimed, bounding towards Clearsight, “Aren’t you Darkstalker’s dead girlfriend???” 

“Yes?.....But, I’m not dead.” Clearsight tilted her head as Fatespeaker turned towards Fathom.

“And you’re Fathom!! How are you here!? You both died over two thousand years ago!” 

“I died?” Fathom narrowed his gaze, “This is news to me. We must be from two different timelines.” 

“Everyone!!” Ford stepped into the center of the room, “Listen up!! Do not be alarmed!! This is simply a harmless experiment!! Most of us are from different worlds!! If we’re just patient and don’t fight with one another, we will eventually be sent home!” 

“What? What do you mean this is part of an experiment?” Queen Sequoia glanced around at the other characters in return, pulling Hazel closer with one wing.

“Yeah, and what if I want to fight with someone?” Io questioned. 

“Please!” Ford’s voice rose again over the ruckus of the crowd, “We need to remain calm and get along just until we’re sent home! This is just a simple reaction experiment! I’ve been in one of these before.”
“So have I.” V, N, Peril, Wendy, and Stan muttered. 

“Listen to him!!” Clearsight cried, stepping up beside Ford, “I can see the future! We’ll all be sent home in approximately ten to thirty minutes depending on what we do.”
“So basically, we just have to be as boring as possible so the guy doing the experiment doesn’t want to continue!!” Kinkajou jumped in.

“Precisely!” Ford nodded. 

Every character stood completely still. 

One minute passed.

Two minutes.

Three. 

“This sucks!” Swordtail growled. Several characters nodded in agreement. 

“How about a fun icebreaker!” N suggested, “It’ll help pass the time and help us all to get to know each other!” 

“Yeah, I’m not doing that.” Jevin frowned.

“Oh, don’t be a stick in the mud!” Grenda elbowed him, “It’ll be fun!” 

“Alright!” Ford announced, “Let’s see….ummmmm……Everyone who…..likes…….sweet things….move to the left……and everyone who likes salty things……..move to the right.

Ford watched as the room split in half immediately. V, Peril, Clearsight, Fathom, Deathbringer, Katydid, Lady Cicada, Lady Jewel, Grenda, Wendy, Soos, Stan, and Jevin all moved to the right, while N, Kinkajou, Swordtail, Willow, Hazel, Queen Sequoia, Io, Fatespeaker, Candy, Fiddleford, and Bubble swept to the left.

“No!!! Candy, how could you betray me!?!?” Grenda cried. 

“Why would anyone want salty over sweet?” Willow shook her head sadly.

“Alright! No need to get angry. We all have our own opinions.” Ford waved one hand, “Let’s see…..I know! Cats or dogs? Left and right.” 

Immediately, V, Peril, Clearsight, Deathbringer, Katydid, Lady Cicada, Lady Jewel, Jevin, Kinkajou, Swordtail, Willow, Hazel, Queen Sequoia, and Io moved to left, and N, Grenda, Wendy, Soos, Stan, Candy, Fiddleford, and Bubble moved to the right. Meanwhile, Fathom and Fatespeaker stood in the middle seemingly puzzled.

“What’s a dog?” Fatespeaker asked.

“Yeah, we have all sorts of cats in our world.” Kinkajou squeaked, “Lions, jaguars, tigers….But, I’ve never heard of a dog. I only chose cats because I know what they are…..and they’re fluffy. Sloths are probably way better than both.”

“You…..don’t have dogs in your world?” Ford asked. Every single dragon shook his or her head. 

N walked towards Kinkajou pulling out a large book, “We have a lot to talk about.” 

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“I was literally just in a room with you.” Peril squinted at N. 

“Who are you people?” Jax glanced around the room, “Is this another lousy Caine adventure?” 

“Who’s Caine?” Peril cocked her head in confusion. 

“Is he that teeth guy?” N asked, “He seemed…..interesting.” 

“That guy seemed creepy to me.” Wenda shrugged, “Of course, we didn’t get to know him very much before Uzi blasted him into oblivion.” 

“Uzi???” N whirled towards Wenda, “You know her???”

“Yeah?” Wenda nodded, “I was put into a room with her and a few others once. Is she your sister or something?” 

“She’s my girlfriend!” N purred proudly. 

“Gross!” Jax smiled. 

“Uzi isn’t gross.” N frowned, seemingly hurt. 

“Yeah!” Peril swept forward to defend N, “His girlfriend isn’t gross!” 

“Is it getting hot in here?” Jax mocked Peril. She shrank back, realizing that the other characters were tending to draw away from the heat of her scales. 

Wenda marched up towards Jax and tried to stick her snout as close to his face as she could get it, which wasn’t very close because Wenda is less than four feet tall. 

“You’re mean!” she huffed.

“Well, that’s not very nice.” Jax replied, “You’re kind of hurting my feelings.” 

“Ah! I’m sorry!!!” Wenda cried, jumping back, “I didn’t mean to sound mean….It’s just….that wasn’t the nicest…”
“I just said she was hot.” Jax frowned, “In my world, that’s a good thing.” 

“Don’t let him fluster you.” Peril whispered to Wenda, “In my world, we’d call him a salamander.” 

Wenda nodded.

“So, how do we get out of here?” N asked, glancing around. 

“We probably don’t.” Jax shrugged, “We’re probably stuck here forever. Better get comfortable.”

Peril rolled her eyes, “We’ve always been sent home the other times.”

“Yeah.” N agreed.

“How many times have you guys been here?” Wenda asked.

“Three or four, I think….” Peril shrugged, “I never counted.” 

“You don’t really look like someone who can count.” Jax snorted.

“Hey!!” N glared at Jax.

“You’re so mean!!” Wenda growled in astonishment. 

“I’m just stating the truth.” Jax purred, “How is that mean!?”

“Betting he does that because he doesn’t have any friends and wants to feel better about himself by bullying people who actually have a life.” Peril snorted a small puff of fire. 

“Awwwww.” N frowned at Jax. 

“What- that’s not-” Jax began.

“We can be your friends.” Wenda whispered. 

“Why would I want to be friends with you three?” Jax growled.

“Yeah, I didn’t agree to that!” Peril objected.

“In a way, I kind of understand how you feel.” N spoke gently, stepping forward, “I didn’t really have a lot of friends before I met Uzi. Before her, I was a people pleaser. I let everyone step all over me.” 

“Same!!!” Wenda exclaimed, “Looking back, I’m embarrassed about some of the things I did just to make people happy……And then I went too far the other way…..” Wenda whispered, eyes becoming unfocused as if she were having a flashback. 

“I had one….very manipulative….I wouldn’t quite call her a friend….but anyway she made me do a bunch of really bad things…..But, I didn’t have a lot of other options because everyone was afraid of my firescales. Most still are.”

“What’d she make you do?” Wenda asked, “Oh, wait! It’s probably personal. You don’t have to-”

“I mean. I don’t mind telling you.” Peril shrugged, “It’s just…….really bad. Not quite sure if you could handle it.”

“Try me!” Wenda grinned.

“Yeah, I love doing anything!” N agreed, “We can handle it.”

“Yeah, whatever. You probably got manipulated into stealing a school pet or some-”

“I was manipulated into burning countless dragons alive with my fire scales in the arena.” Peril whispered.

“Woah.” Wenda’s eyes went wide, “That’s……A little messed up.” 

“Well, I think it’s neat.” Jax grinned, “Ultimate arson machine.”

“I actually had a similar experience.” N chirped, “My younger sister turned me into a mass genocide robot.” 

“I only killed four people?” Wenda blinked.

“Oh.” In that moment, Jax realized he was trapped in a room with three very dangerous characters, who in reality, had no intention of hurting him.

But, Jax didn’t know that. 

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“Well, well, well! Looks like you’re all here!” Caine grinned. 

“Alas, are we all here?” Whiteout chirped, glancing upwards at Caine, who floated above the group. 

“Who else is supposed to be here?” Soos asked.

“Crikey!! Where am I!? Who are you people!?” Tessa pulled out a pistol and swung it around, testing to see which characters might be dangerous. 

“Woah!” Gray jumped backwards as the revolver pivoted to face him, throwing his paws up, “A-another one of these? What do you want from us now?” he glanced at Caine, keeping one eye on Tessa’s weapon.

“No need to get so violent!” Caine crowed, plucking the gun from Tessa and shoving it into his coattail, muttering, “Save this for later.” 

“Oy! You had no right to take that, you fiend!!” Tessa roared. 

“Well, you were about to obliterate that grey thing.” Whiteout cooed, pointing at Gray. 

“Hehe! You’re so fluffy!” Soos rubbed his hand through the fur on Gray’s head. Immediately, Gray pulled away with a shocked expression. 

“What are you doing?” 

“Awww. Come on. Psspsspsspsspss!” Soos swooped downwards, and lifted Gray off of the ground. Gray squirmed desperately in his grasp.

“Get off me!” Gray demanded.

“You’re so soft.” Soos grinned, snuggling his face into Gray’s fur. 

“Hey, buddy. I’d put him down before you get scratched if I were you.” Tessa suggested.  

“But…..kitty!!” Soos objected, flashing his puppy dog eyes. Spying his chance, Gray wriggled free and leapt from Soos’s arms. 

“ Why ….” Whiteout trotted towards Gray, “Would you throw away a perfect hug like that?” 

“Yeah!” Caine agreed, “Embrace the squeeze!”

“Ummm…” Gray blinked, slightly confused, “No thank you.” 

“Alright.” Soos surrendered, smiling, but a bit of disappointment furrowed into his brow, “Sorry, dude.” 

“It’s alright.” Gray nodded, “Now….seriously, why are we here?” He turned towards Caine. 

“I don’t know.” Caine shrugged, “I was bored, and you guys always give me good adventure ideas.” 

“The pleasure has lost its sweetness?” Whiteout turned her head in Caine’s direction, “I’m truly sorry for you.” 

“Huh?” Soos hummed.

“Glad I’m not the only person failing to catch the drift.” Tessa sighed. Whiteout turned towards Tessa with a sad glint in her eyes.

“A crow…..” she whispered. 

“I’m really not follo-” Tessa lost her words as Whiteout’s massive wings swept around her in a warm embrace. 

“Um….thank…..you?” Tessa blinked in bewilderment. 

“Keep it for later.” Whiteout muttered as Soos stepped forward. Before he could ask to join the hug, Whiteout pulled him in as well.

“Yo, I’m being hugged by a dragon!” Soos chuckled. 

As the three hugged and breathed,

Hugged

Nuzzled

Breathing

Caine drifted, wandering to hover beside Gray.

“You’re going to send us home at some point…..right?” Gray asked.

“Hmmm. I’ve never hugged anyone before.” Caine ignored Gray’s question.

“Not a fan of physical affection?” Gray asked.

“What’s that?” 

“Ummm… Huh. Snuggling, I guess.” Gray shrugged, “You should go join them. Maybe you’ll like it.” 

“Maybe I will!” Caine grinned, straightening upwards in determination before zooming towards the hugging group. “Physical affection!!” he shouted, extending his arms to wrap around the three characters. “Come on, Gray!”

“Do I have to?” Gray asked, crossing his arms. 

“Come along, quiet one.” Whiteout purred, “Don’t be so shy.” 

“Alright.” Gray shook his head in defeat, “Make room.” 

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“Wh-where are we now? Is this another-” Pomni stuttered.

“Urrrrrg! No….I recognize this room. It’s one of those interdimensional play dates.” Jax growled, “Although, if he was just going to throw us together into a room, he could’ve just kept us in the-”

“Hiiiii!!! Who are you two!?” Kinkajou chirped, “This must be another one of those universe transition thingies. I didn’t see you two last time!” 

“I’m Pomni.” Pomni waved nervously. Beside her, Jax crossed his arms and grumbled something inaudibly to himself. “This is Jax.” Pomni gestured to the angry rabbit with a hint of remorse in her gaze. “Wh-what’s your name?” 

“I’m Kinkajou!” Kinkajou beamed.

“That name is lame.” Jax huffed, turning towards the brightly colored reptile, “Why don’t you have a cool dragon name like, Gorgon or, I don’t know, Rezzoch Destroyer of Worlds? What do the people scream when they see you coming!? Oh, no!! It’s Kinkajou!! You better run for your lives!! The cute, fluffy monkey is going to burn down our entire village!”

“Oh, I can’t breathe fire.” Kinkajou answered, slightly annoyed at Jax’s rudeness, “And I don’t randomly burn down villages.”

“What kind of dragon are you!?” Jax groaned, “You’re supposed to be mean and fearsome!” 

“Maybe she’s a nice dragon.” Pomni turned towards Jax with a mischievous grin, “Maybe she’s going against her archeo-typing.”

“Well, I definitely wouldn’t consider myself to be the average rainwing, but I can totally be fierce if you want me to be.”

“Naaaaaaaah.” Jax purred, sliding towards Kinkajou to pat her on the head, “You’re too sweet to be-”

In that moment, Kinkajou completely vanished, leaving Jax to stumble forward. 

“Where’d she go?” Jax glanced around nervously. 

“What does Caine have against reptilian NPCs?” Pomni shuddered.

“Right here.” Kinkajou’s disembodied voice drifted from the other side of Jax, who jumped about a foot in the air. Pomni failed to resist a chuckle as Kinkajou melted from thin air. Beside her, Jax fumed.

“That wasn’t funny!!” he huffed.

“It was a little funny.” Pomni smiled.

“Aw, come on!” Kinkajou grinned, “You wanted me to be scary, didn’t you?” 

“I said fearsome!” Jax objected, “And for the record, I wasn’t scared! Only……surprised!” 

“Right.” Kinkajou purred, looping around Jax to stand between him and Pomni, “Your tail is all fluffed up, by the way.”

“When did I get my tail back?” Jax asked.

“Yeah, when did you get it back?” Pomni questioned, “I swear that wasn’t there before.”

“Can’t rabbits lose their tails?” Kinkajou asked, “I mean, I read in a scroll once that rabbits can lose their tails after going through high levels of stress.”

“Interesting.” Pomni turned her gaze towards Jax, who had bent over backwards trying to smooth down the ball of fluff. 

“I’m not a real rabbit.” he frowned at the two. 

“You look kind of like one, though.” Kinkajou shrugged, “I also read in the scroll that rabbits can get their tails back if they heal from the stress. Like, I guess if a rabbit were to lose someone he cared about and then he finds another friend to kind of make him feel better. Potentially something like that, I’d imagine.”

Straightening up, Jax stared in surprise at Kinkajou and Pomni.

“Awwww. Did you lose someone?” Kinkajou shot Jax a sympathetic gaze. Without a word, Jax walked over and placed his hand on Pomni’s shoulder.

Then, he proceeded to pick her up and shove her inside a shocked Kinkajou’s mouth.

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“Huh. One of these.” Wendy glanced around with her hands tucked into her pockets, “Wonder where Ford ended up. Oh, hey, Dipper!”

“Hi?” Dipper smiled shyly, “Is this another one of those…..adventure….meetup thingies?” 

“Not sure, dude.” Wendy shrugged. 

“Hey…..I recognize you.” Gray trotted towards Dipper. 

“Oh, hey guys!!” N dashed forward and scooped both Dipper and Gray up in a hug, twirling around happily, “This must be another one of those inter-dimensional meetups.”

Gray leaped out of N’s arms, fur fluffing up slightly. 

“Fathom……Is this a dream?” Indigo whispered. 

“Unfortunately, no.” Wenda sighed, “This is- Oh, HI GRAYYYYY!!!!!!” 

“Wenda? What are you doing here?” Gray questioned as the fox darted forward towards the feline, her tail wagging in excitement.

Wenda shrugged, “I guess I just spawned in. Same as you.” 

“Where’s that toothy guy?” Uzi hissed, “MY RAILGUN REQUESTS A WORD WITH HIM!”

“Woah!” Wendy blinked, “That gun……is insanely cool.” 

“Thanks!” Uzi purred, “I built it myself!” 

“So…….talking scavengers…….and fuzzy things….” Fathom stepped forward, “Could any of you explain where we are?”

“My! My!” Every character turned around in shock as what appeared to be a giant blob of chocolate crept from one side of the room. “What a delightful day! All of these delicious treats for me to enjoy!” 

“Jaws off!!!” the Gloink Queen hissed, slithering from the opposite side of the room, “These are mine.”

“Wh-who are you?” The Fudge gasped in awe at the majestic beast.

“I am the Gloink Queen!” the Gloink Queen spat, “Who might you be who dares to claim one's royal feast?” 

“I am the Fudge.” Fudge replied with a charming smile, “Many apologies for interrupting the dinner of a creature so beautiful.” 

“Oh.” the Gloink Queen dropped her gaze with a blush, “Well, perhaps, there’s enough here for both of us. Would you care to join me to dine?”

“To eat with you, my dear, would be a privilege.” 

By this time, the characters had all scattered, Wenda and Gray ducking underneath a table, Fathom and Indigo racing to the wall, where Fathom attempted to use his animus magic, Dipper and Wendy grabbing whatever they could find to use as a weapon, and N grabbing Uzi and swooping towards the ceiling to search for a way out.

“Looks like we’ll have to catch them first.” Fudge sighed.

“I doubt they’ll be able to last long with the both of us hunting.” the Gloink Queen grinned.

The End! 

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“VDSBlhbgifshnsbdbjnfgopanspibp” Kaufmo growled.

Simon glanced upwards and released a growling of his own. 

A sentinel leaped over a stack of cushions and snarled at the two others.

The three creatures circled slowly, sizing the others up. The sentinel tried its basilisk gaze, Simon sensed the presence of the others with his antennae, and Kaufmo mostly just glanced around with his dozen or so colored eyes.

“What are you three???” Mabel gasped. With more hissing and growling than necessary, the three creatures turned upon the young girl. “Hey, no need to be so crabby!”

In that moment, Simon leapt forward towards the sentinel, knocking the robot sideways. Desperately, the sentinel tried to stun Simon with his flashing light, but with no eyes to see the bright flashes, Simon remained unaffected and buried his teeth in the sentinel’s neck. Kaufmo lunged forward and flung a startled Simon off of the security robot and snarled.

“Hey, cut that out!!” Mabel shouted as Simon jumped back up with a snarl. Slowly, the three creatures turned towards her again. 

“What if you tried hugging instead?” Mabel suggested, “It might be better than killing each other. 

Simon sank his teeth into Kaufmo’s leg only to jump backwards as his teeth began to glitch out. 

“Are you guys hangry?” Mabel asked slyly, “Is that why you’re trying to kill each other?” 

“DBJJKDABKJFDBBASVHJAFBKJBJ” Kaufmo said.

“Hey, dude who runs this place! Could we potentially have some pizza rolls please?” Mabel shouted. 

With that, the ceiling dropped open and an enormous pile of pizza rolls spilled out onto the floor. Immediately, Kaufmo, Simon, and the sentinel turned their gaze towards the greasy microwave food in curiosity. 

“Well, go ahead.” Mabel grinned, “See it’s good.” She grabbed one roll and took a bite, a single gooey strand of cheese hanging between her teeth and the half eaten roll. 

Cautiously, the sentinel stepped forward and picked one pizza roll up delicately between its teeth, tossed it high into the air, and caught the object in its mouth, swallowing it whole and hissing in satisfaction. Simon immediately jumped forward and snapped up two rolls. 

Kaufmo just buried his head in the pile. 

“See!!!” Mabel exclaimed, “You were all just hungry!!” She took a second bite from hers as the sentinel and Simon began inhaling as many pizza rolls as they could fit into their mouths. Kaufmo lifted his head up, and his mouth opened to reveal a vortex-like hole, sucking in dozens of pizza rolls at a time. 

“Wow! You three sure are hungry!” Mabel chuckled.

The End! 

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“Crikey! What is this place?” Gummigoo asked, glancing around, “I don’t suppose you’re more of those…….people….are you?” 

“What’s a people?” Sky S asked.

“Oh. Another one of these!” Stan huffed, “When am I going to learn to quit eating raw batter? I’m telling ya, it gives me all sorts of kooky dreams!”

“Wren, is this a dream?” Sky W asked.

“I’m not sure.” Wren shrugged, scrambling onto Sky’s shoulder to get a better view of the group, “I’m……definately not sure what would have inspired our brains to create this.”

“Woah!” Sky S exclaimed, darting towards Sky W, “You look like Durple……but bigger…..and with wings…..and less purple!” 

Tunner cautiously took his place beside the bear cub, one hand on his pistol, “Who are all of you?” 

“More lizards!” Stan exclaimed, “What is it with the lizard dreams? At least…….I assume these are dreams…..”

“I’m….uh…..actually not a lizard.” Sky corrected, “I’m a-”

“Did I ask?” Stan frowned, “As far as I know, you have scales………you have……lizard qualities……you’re a lizard.” 

“He’s a fierce, toothy dragon who could eat you in one bite if he wanted to!” Wren snapped, “So, I’d watch my mouth if I were you!” 

“Wren…..I’m not sure if…..”

“We aren’t going to let this ugly old man mis-classify you as a lizard!” Wren snapped. 

“Hey! I’m not that ugly!!” Stan growled, “I mean….I look…somewhat decent!” 

“Yeah, we don’t have to resort to name calling.” Gummigoo stepped in. 

“He started it!” Wren argued.

“It’s true, I did!” Stan agreed.

“Who’s side are you on?” Gummigoo questioned. 

Clearing his throat, Tunner repeated his question, “ Who are all of you? And why are we here? Who’s the ringleader of this?” 

“I’ve come to the conclusion that this is a dream.” Stan nodded, “Yep, that’s probably what this is- OW!” 

Stan glanced down to spot Sky S pinching him in the arm. “Did that hurt???” Sky asked mischievously. 

“ YES! ” Stan exclaimed, swatting at the cub, who darted just out of arm’s reach, giggling. He quickly ducked underneath Sky W’s wing, who blinked in surprise before peaking underneath. 

“You………You’re so cute!!” Sky W exclaimed, eyes sparkling. 

“I know!” Sky S grinned. 

“Careful, Sky!” Tunner moved closer towards the dragon, hand still over his pistol.

“What do you mean?” Sky W questioned, “I’m not doing anything.” 

“Wait, a second!” Wren slid down Sky W’s wing to land next to Tunner and peer underneath Sky W’s wing, “Your name is Sky too?” 

“Yeah……Is his name Sky?” Tunner asked. 

“Your name is Sky, too???” Sky S asked.

“Yep.” Sky W nodded. 

“Atmosphere buddies!! :0” Sky S exclaimed. 

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“Starting to get reeeeeeeaaaal tired of this.” Uzi rolled her eyes.

“Oh, you think you’re tired of this!?” V snapped, “I had a dragon spit on me!! A DRAGON!! It was super gross!!” 

“Sky, you aren’t the one who spat on her, were you?” Wren asked.

Sky quickly shook his head, “No.”

Pinki glanced around the room at the gathered assortment of characters, “I have questions…….I do have questions.” 

“As do I.” Oren nodded, “All of the questions.” 

“Okay……this again….” Dipper frowned.

“I’m with the rabbit and the….orange…bug…thing…on the questions.” Multibear said. 

“I’m actually a humanoid.” Oren corrected. 

“What on Copper Nine are you?” Uzi asked, stepping towards Multibear. 

“A bear.” Multi bear shrugged, “I feel like that’s pretty obvious.”

“Nevermind.” Uzi shook her head. 

“So, basically, I think we should just stay here, and we’ll be sent home soon.” Dipper announced.

“Great.” V grumbled, “I have to stay here with half a drone, a dragon, two humans, a….’humanoid’, some anthropomorphic bunny, and a bear that isn’t even aware that it has more than one head.”

“Oh, that’s what you meant?” Multibear growled, “Well, if you must know, I was born like this.” 

“Hey, as long as we don’t try to eat each other, things should be good.” Dipper sighed. 

“That was a possibility?” Pinki glanced around again in concern. 

“Not with me around.” Oren puffed his chest out, “Don’t worry, honey. I’m not letting anyone eat you.” 

“So, we just sit around until we’re sent home?” Wren asked.

“It would appear so.” Uzi sighed, “Unless……anyone wants to fight.” Uzi jumped up clutching her rail gun and grinning maliciously. Not a single character responded. 

“Maybe let’s not-” Dipper began to say before being cut off by an electronic roar. Riding a sentinel, Mable came swooping in with a grin from ear to ear. 

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!” V screamed and launched herself through the ceiling, creating a murder drone shaped hole. 

“What’s her problem? Fluffy is a nice dog.” Mabel asked, scratching the sentinel under its chin.

“Hehehehehe! I got that on video.” Uzi smirked. 

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“Ah, Bubble, isn’t this wonderful, all of these characters getting along so well?” Caine asked, sipping his hot chocolate.

“I kind of like it when the characters fight.” Bubble sighed.

“That’s always fun too.” Caine purred, “But I really want them to get along. They’re giving me so many ideas for the circus.” 

Suddenly, the light in the room Caine was sitting in flickered out and he sat up in confusion.

“Bubble, did you do that?” 

“No, I did.” A ghostly, feline face melted from the wall. The phantom’s seemingly detached head drifted towards Caine as two disconnected paws appeared followed by a long see-through tail. 

“Who are you?” Caine asked. 

“I don’t have a name.” the feline replied, “But most creatures call me Ghost….because that’s what I am. Do you know why I’m here?” 

“Ummmmm…..Are you…..another adventure maker?” Caine tried.

“Not quite.” Ghost shook her head, “I’m part of an organization of dimensional travelers, who…keep things in check and make sure nothing goes wrong. I don’t know why they sent me, because this isn’t my job. I’m usually just a therapist. But my point is…….things have gone very, very wrong.” 

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One lazy day in the fall, Dipper and Mable were hanging out in their shared room, having finished their homework. Mable sat invested in the cutesy tattoo she was bestowing upon Waddles, and Dipper lay in his bed reading a book about the Loch Ness Monster. 

“Dipper?” 

“Yeah, Mable?”

“You know how we’ll sometimes randomly get teleported to different dimensions?”

“Yeah?”

“That hasn’t really happened in a while. I hope the teeth guy is okay.” 

“First of all, I’m pretty sure his name was Caine. Second of all, it’s probably a good thing that we quit getting sucked in. Those little get-togethers or whatever he was calling them were beginning to get dangerous, as much as I would have loved to explore some of the other dimensions some more.” Dipper sighed without glancing up from his book.

“But, the toothy guy loved the meetings!” Mable objected, “He said himself that he was getting a bunch of ideas from us.” 

“Maybe he had enough ideas.” Dipper shrugged.

“Well, I’m kind of worried about him.” Mable frowned.

“He also kind of sort of resurrected Bill Cipher.” Dipper added, “I haven’t seen him yet, but I get the feeling we’ll have enough of our own problems soon. I reached out to Uncle Ford yesterday about it and he’s keeping watch for any paranormal activity.” 

“Bill Cipher! That’s it!!” Mable exclaimed, “Bill Cipher can check on Caine!!”

“Mable, I don’t think that’s a good-” Dipper started to protest, but Mable was already out the door. Rolling his eyes, Dipper grabbed his baseball cap and raced after her. If he couldn’t stop his sister, then he figured he’d at least be there to help when her plan went horribly wrong. 

~

Peril paced her room. An entire week had passed since she’d been randomly teleported to that….alternate universe place with all of the talking scavengers. A piece of her felt relieved that she could sleep at night without fear of being whisked away to speak with fantasy beings and insulted by some purple rabbit, but another part of her remained curious and a bit worried.

Perhaps it was all a dream. 

“Hey, Peril!” Kinkajou yipped, bouncing into the skywing’s room. Immediately, Peril tucked her wings against her sides as the smaller dragon approached. 

“What’s up?” Peril put on an awkward grin. What does she want? Can’t she see I’m in the middle of some very important procrastination about whether or not I should investigate this……dimensional thing? I mean…..I don’t even really know how I’d go about searching for it…..soooo……

“Have you been to that…..dimensional meetup lately?” Kinkajou asked, “I haven’t been pulled to one of the meets in over a week.”

Peril’s ears pricked forward. So….it wasn’t a dream?

“I haven’t.” Peril replied. 

“Hmmm…” Kinkajou crossed the room. Peril swept to the side, tail dragging behind her. “Maybe we should try to find out what happened.” 

“Sure, but how do we do that?” Peril asked, “It’s not like we can just fly to wherever we were going.” 

“Perhaps I could be of assistance!” a voice boomed from outside. I recognize that voice! 

Peril and Kinkajou darted outside to spot Darkstalker hovering just outside of the Jade Mountain entrance. 

“H-how did you….” Kinkajou stuttered, scales shifting to a pale shade of green. 

“Caine put me back to my former glorious self!” Darkstalker crowed, “But, don’t worry! I really am past my war crime ways now. Completely out of the murdering business, me.” He winked at Peril, who wrinkled her snout.

“Why should we trust you!?” Peril barked, “We know how you work! You’ll just cast a spell on us!!” 

“Don’t worry, dragon of fire.” Darkstalker purred, “I’m not here to use my magic for evil doing. I’m actually here to help you with your little conundrum. I can get you to the inbetween dimension.”

~

“Simoooooooooon!!!” Sky stopped Simon in his tracks during one of his morning runs. 

“What’s up, little guy?” Simon asked.

“You’ll never believe the dream I had!!” 

“Oh? Did you have another banana tree dream?” Simon asked.

“No!” Sky shook his head, “It had a dragon in it! A really big one! And these weird monkey creatures, and Tunner was there, too!!” 

“Oh, that sounds like an interesting dream.” Simon nodded, kind of wishing to continue on his morning run. 

As if summoned by name, Tunner happened to be walking past on his way towards the market place and paused, overhearing the conversation. 

“Wait, what color was the dragon?” Tunner asked.

“Some sort of pinkish orange.” Sky shrugged, “Why?” 

“Was there some sort of pink humanoid on his back?” Tunner asked.

“Yeah. How’d you know?” Sky cocked his head in confusion.
“Because I had the same dream…” Tunner muttered, “And you were there.”

“You sure that was a dream?” Simon questioned.

“Not anymore.” Sky and Tunner both sighed. 

“That’s because it wasn’t a dream.” Black sighed, appearing behind the three. 

Immediately, Tunner had his pistol out, aimed at Black. “What are you doing here!?!?”

“Our friend, Caine, is in trouble!” Black announced, “If you ever want to visit the in-between dimension ever again, then we better get going.” 

“No. We have no place in this.” Tunner hissed, “And there’s no reason we should trust-”

“Quick! Let’s ditch the sheriff!” In an instant, Black grabbed Simon and Sky in his arms and teleported away before Tunner could do anything else.

~

“Uzi, hack onto the dimension.” Cyn hissed. Uzi batted at her tail.

“Shut up, will you? I’m not listening to-”

“Hack. Onto . The. Di-mension!” Cyn repeated, “Nit-wit! Or. I might. Bite.”

“What is going on with your tail?” N asked, “Why does it sound so much like-”

“Hell-o, big brother, N.” Cyn grinned. 

“Okay, so it turns out that Cyn is still alive and living inside of me, and we don’t know yet if she’s friendly or not because our show left it on a cliff hanger. LIKELY NOT AND I DONT LIKE IT!” Uzi roared, grabbing the tail.

“Couldn’t we just……….chop the tail off?” N suggested. 

“ NOOOOO!!!! ” Uzi and Cyn both shouted.

“Oh…okay! It would just be a really simple solu-”

“How dare you suggest something that would easily solve the conflict of a potential second season!” Uzi snapped. 

“Hack. Onto. The. Dimension.” Cyn droned, “The in-between realm. Is in. Danger.”

“The in-between realm?” N asked, “You mean like the place we visited with the dragons and humans and stuff?” 

“Yes. Hack in.” Cyn chirped, curling upwards to bite N in the headband. Uzi pulled Cyn off. 

“Why should we?” Uzi asked, “It’s not our problem.”

“You. Have. Nothing. Better. To do.” Cyn replied. 

“She’s got a point. It might be a fun couple bonding experience!” N grinned.

“Two. A-gainst. One.” Cyn nodded.

“Fiiiiiiine.” Uzi sighed.

~

“JAAAAAAAAAXXXX!!!!!!!!!” Zooble screamed, throwing her phone across the room. 

“What? It was just a little bit of TNT.” Jax chuckled.

“Do you have any idea how long I worked on that castle!?” Zooble growled, “MY CAT WAS IN THERE!!!!” 

“Wow, we sure do have a lot of free time. You know, it’s been a while since we went on an adventure.” Kinger entered Zooble’s room where Gangle, Zooble, Ragatha, Pomni, and Jax were playing Minecraft together.

“You know……he’s right.” Pomni nodded, “Has anyone actually seen him recently?” 

“Who cares? Let’s just enjoy the peace while it lasts. Next we’ll have to figure out how to get rid of Jax.” Zooble glared across the room at the rabbit. 

“Well, that’s rude.” Jax grinned, “What if something has happened to our dear old Caine? Come on, Pomni. Let’s go and check on him to prove that we are actually kind and caring people.” With that, Jax grabbed Pomni and whisked her out the door before she could protest. 

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“THIS!? THIS AGAIN!?” Fierceteeth snarled glaring around at the other characters before catching sight of Arctic, “ICEWING!!”

“Aahhhhh!” Arctic gasped, heaving as if he hadn’t taken a breath in years, “H….how…….Where am I?” 

“Oh, great.” Jax sighed, “Caine! I’m starting to get tired of these!” 

“I’m pregnant! PREGNANT! IT’S RUDE TO WHISK PREGNANT DRAGONS TO ALTERNATE DIMENSIONS!!!” Fierceteeth roared. 

“Woah, woah! Calm down.” Dipper waved to the other characters, “No need to get….angry….this is only temporary.”

“Why do you look so familiar?” Simon swooped towards Dipper for a closer inspection. At his approach, Dipper took a few steps back warily. 

“I don’t know. I’ve never seen you.” Dipper shrugged.

“I could have sworn I’ve seen a similar face to yours at some point in my life….but I don’t know when…….This is…..a first for me.” 

“Well, I definitely remember you.” Uzi huffed, stepping between the two, “You’re the dimension expert guy.” 

“Oh, I’m definitely not an expert.” Dipper chuckled, “I’ve just been here a few times. That’s all. We should be alright as long as…..we don’t try to eat each other.” 

“Well, good thing Black isn’t here.” Simon muttered. 

“S-so……where exactly are we?” Arctic shuddered, “Is this…..the afterlife? I’m confused. It’s…..smaller than I imagined.” 

“No.” Dipper shook his head, “We’re in some sort of in-between dimension. Why? Were you dead before?” 

Arctic glanced around at the characters around him once more before turning back towards Dipper with a droop of his wings, having finally relaxed a little. “Yes. Very.” 

“How long do we have to wait until going home?” Fierceteeth huffed, “ I have a kingdom to get back to!”

“You’re a queen?” Arctic snorted, “You hardly seem like royal material.” 

“I BEG YOUR PARDON!? I AM A FANTASTIC QUEEN, ICEWING!!” Fatespeaker roared, “WHAT WOULD YOU KNOW ABOUT ROYALTY!?”

“Quite a bit, actually!!” Arctic growled, raising his voice dangerously and puffing up to flex how much larger he was than Fatespeaker, “You better check yourself, nightwing, before speaking to Prince Arctic in that tone!” 

“Prince Arctic!?” Fatespeaker snarled, “SO YOU’RE THE DRAGON WE HAVE TO BLAME FOR DARKSTALKER!” 

“Hey, maybe let’s not fight-” Dipper began to approach the two dragons but quit as the two whirled upon him with a death glare. 

“No no. This is good right here.” Jax smirked, “Keep going. Does anyone have any popcorn?” 

“We could probably find some.” Simon shrugged, turning to pace around the room, which contained multiple ordinary appliances that would be found in an everyday home. 

“Is their realm……..kingdoms…..run by dragons?” Uzi raised her voice above the shouting of Arctic and Fatespeaker. 

“Maybe.” Dipper shrugged. 

“Couldn’t Caine send us on that kind of adventure?” Jax grumbled, “I WANT TO BURN DOWN VILLAGES!” 

“YEAH!” Uzi grinned, pumping her hands into the air. 

“See? She gets it.” Jax smiled and gave Uzi a fist bump. 

“I couldn’t find any popcorn, sorry.” Simon trotted to stand beside the three.” 

“Dang it!” Jax frowned. 

“Sorry.” Simon’s antennae drooped. 

“What is Arctic doing?” Uzi asked, redrawing the attention back to the two squabbling dragons. 

“I enchant this nightwing to obey my every command.” Arctic hissed, “Shut up.”

With that, Fierceteeth’s snout clamped shut. She glared up coldly at Arctic, smoke pouring from her nostrils. 

“Freeze in place.” Arctic spat before turning to pace towards the group, who had stiffened in confusion and fear. 

“I learned that trick from Darkstalker.” Arctic grinned, terribly pleased with himself.

Disclaimer: Realistically, Arctic probably would have killed Fierceteeth, but I’m trying to keep this fanfiction relatively age friendly. 

Chapter Text

“You need to get the in-between realm?” Bill Cipher asked, hovering just over Dipper and Mabel.

“Yes.” Mabel nodded, “We have a friend there who may be in trouble!”

“Well…..maybe not friend exactly….” Dipper added.

“Will you help us?” Mabel asked, “Pretty please?”

“Oh, what the heck? I’m bored out of my mind anyway!” Bill Cipher shrugged and snapped his fingers, blinking the three to a vast plane of white.

“Well, there you go! Isn’t the infinite void just beautiful?” Bill Cipher sighed.

“This doesn’t look like the place where we met those other creatures.” Dipper turned towards Mabel. 

“Well, of course not!” Bill Cipher chuckled, “This is a void space! It has to be shaped. Look!” Bill Cipher began churning his hands through the air, shaping the flat pane like a lump of dough. Eventually, it shaped itself into a shimmering, white statue of the one-eyed triangle. 

“So……..could we potentially shape this space……to……..show us where the teeth guy is?” Mabel asked.

“Oh, Caine?” Bill Cipher asked, “That’s not quite how all of this works. If he went missing here, then he could basically be anywhere. This place is virtually infinite. Such a shame. He seemed like a decent guy.”

“How are we supposed to find him then?” Mable exclaimed, worry creasing her brow. 

“I suppose I could teleport us to the nearest entity.” Bill Cipher shrugged, “We’ll have to be careful though. Not everything here is friendly.” 

“You’re literally an all powerful, ancient deity!” Dipper said, “What could possibly-” Dipper was cut off by an ominous glance from Bill Cipher. 

“Those creatures are few and far between though.” Bill shrugged, “We probably won’t run into any.” 

“Wait, wha-” Dipper began to say before being cut off again by a snap of Bill’s fingers. Instantly, the three appeared next to a blue bear, a dapper, shadowy figure, and a tall, yellow figure with a bird-like posture, one of which Dipper recognized immediately. 

“Hey, I recognize you!” Simon stated, pointing one clawed finger in Dipper’s direction. His head cocked towards Mabel with a squint. 

“I remember you too!!” Mabel chirped, “But, you have eyes now!!” 

“Eyes…..?” Simon blinked in confusion, “Ohhhhhhh. Was I teleported to one of these things in my monster form?” Simon turned towards Black and Sky with a single raised eyebrow.

Black shrugged.

“I fed you pizza rolls!!” Mabel exclaimed, “Because you seemed pretty crabby at the time.” 

“You did?” Simon blinked again in surprise, “Well…..I must thank you for the pizza rolls.” 

“S’up, Cipher.” Black clapped his palm against Bill Cipher’s hand, blue sparks flying between their fingers. 

“I wouldn’t shake his hand if I were you.” Dipper frowned. 

“Oh, don’t worry!” Bill Cipher chuckled, “Black and I go wayyyyy back.” 

“You know the triangle guy?” Sky yipped.” 

“Yup!” Black nodded, “I was chained up underground for a pretty long time with nothing to do but play Among Us. Bill Cipher was always a good crewmate.”

“What’s Among Us?” Mabel asked. 

“Something from the main realm.” Black shrugged, “Anyway, what brings you here, Cipher?”

“These kids are looking for Caine. Apparently, he went missing.” Bill Cipher shrugged, “What are you doing here? And, what’s with the colorful escort?” With Dipper, Mabel, Sky, and Simon chattering in the background, Black took Bill aside with a sweep of his arm and lowered his voice to a whisper. 

“Do you not realize what’s happening? That Caine guy has been messing with the stability.” Black hissed.

“Yeah? Of course, I realize this!” Bill Cipher chuckled, “So what? It doesn’t affect me!”

“It’ll affect us if we can harness it!” Black whispered back, “Right now, those blasted little realm watchers have Caine under lock and key. By ending his play, they’ve prevented what could have been an enormous catastrophe.” 

“Darn! I love a good catastrophe every now and then!” Bill Cipher snapped his fingers, “What exactly do you propose? Are we busting Caine out?” 

“Yes, but the realm guards aren’t going to let us just stroll into their district. You and I have both been meddling with realms for too long. That’s why I brought Big Bird and the minor over there.” Black nodded his head in the direction of Simon and Sky. 

“Oooooooh! I like your thinking!” Bill Cipher chuckled, “We’ll send them in to retrieve Caine for us!”

“Precisely!” Black purred, “But, we’ll have to be crafty. They can’t know that the development of a black hole is possible. We need them to think they’re doing a good deed by breaking Caine out. And we can’t let Caine know either. He doesn’t exactly seem to be…..the brightest.”

“Gotcha.” Bill Cipher nodded. With that, Black and Bill Cipher turned back towards the group, still immersed in their conversation. 

“Okay, Bill Cipher and I think we know where Caine is.” Black announced.

“Where?” Dipper asked, raising one eyebrow. 

“He’s being kept as a prisoner by some baddies known as the Realm Guard!” Bill Cipher explained, “They’re pure evil! We’ll need to use all of our wits and strength to rescue Caine!” 

~

“Sssshhh!! Keep it down, would ya?” Darkstalker hissed.

“Do you even know where we are?” Peril asked, “We’ve been walking for hours in this empty space. You can’t even tell if we’re walking in circles because everything looks the same.”

“No, no.” Darkstalker sighed, “I can hear someone.” 

“Who is it?” Kinkajou asked. 

“Three moons! If you’d be quiet, I might be able to find out!” Darkstalker snapped. 

“Hello???” A small, colorful figure and a tall, purple rabbit shaped creature approached the three dragons. 

“Oh, I remember you!!” Kinkajou bounded forward, “You’re Jax and Pomni, right?” 

“Oh, yeah!” Pomni nodded.

“I remember that one.” Peril growled, small traces of smoke slipping from her nostrils, “You’re the mean one.”

“Who are you two?” Darkstalker growled, “Ah, you’re some of Caine’s crew.”

“What? How did you know that?” Pomni asked, “How do you know Caine? Did you do something to him?” 

“No, but I’ve met him before.” Darkstalker snorted.

“Also, he can read minds….so if you have any secrets…I’d tuck them away.” Peril added.

“He can?” Jax asked.

“Yes.” Darkstalker tilted his head in interest at the purple rabbit.

“Stay out of my head!” Jax growled.

“Awwww. Why’d they blame you?”

“STAY OUT OF MY HEAD!!!” Jax roared, making Pomni jump backwards in alarm. 

“Okay! Okay!” Darkstalker threw his talons into the air, “Sheesh!” 

“Is Caine okay?” Kinkajou asked, “We haven’t been sent into any meetings in a while and we were worried about him.”

“We have no idea.” Pomni replied, “He’s been missing for about a week.”

“That’s what I was afraid of.” Darkstalker grumbled. 

~

“Mr. Caine, please. There’s really no reason to be so alarmed.” Ghost sighed as Caine hurled himself at the wall for the tenth time. The two hovered inside some sort of box in the void surrounded by other boxes, covered in mirrors on the outside. 

Occasionally, a glimmer of light would shift between the spaces. Caine had no doubt that he was surrounded by the buzzing of presences nearby.

“It’s been a week!” Caine stated, “If I don’t-”

“We’ve already sent someone to check on them.” Ghost interrupted, “They’re quite alright.” the ghostly figure pulled out a clipboard to scribble something down. 

“I don’t understand what I’ve done to be put in here.” Caine sighed.

“You cannot link worlds continuously like this.” Ghost explained, “You’ll bring down your own world and the other four with it.”

“But, I’ve been doing it for a while….and it’s been just fine.” Caine argued, “In fact, I think some of the characters have been…..enjoying it……..” 

“It doesn’t matter. Caine, I can’t let you go until we’re certain that you’ll stop creating links between the dimensions. They’re separated for a reason!” 

Chapter Text

“Are you sure this will work?” N asked.

“Nope.” Uzi grinned as the two drones sat side by side, chords sprouting from attachments on their heads, connected to a much larger computer. Without hesitation, Uzi slammed her palm down on a button and the two robots twitched a bit before falling limp in their seats, tails draped across the floor. 

“Th-that actually worked?” Uzi gasped as she opened her eyes to a vast, empty space radiating a calm yet glaring light blue color. 

“I’m free!!!” Uzi whirled to spot a small, yellow robot sprinting away. 

“No, CYN!!!!!” N screamed, darting after her.

“The. Universe. Is mine. Now.” Cyn squealed, tentacles sprouting from her back.

“Don’t let her escape!!!!!” Uzi shouted, failing to keep up with her long legged boyfriend. Swiftly, N overtook Cyn and was just about to knock her legs out from under her when Cyn whirled around, smacked N over the face with one, black tentacle, and sprouted wings before taking off as fast as she could fly. 

Immediately, N and Uzi spread their wings to pursue the golden robot, but Cyn quickly vanished in the stagnant horizon. 

“Darn!” Uzi muttered as she and N landed back on the infinite, blue excuse for a floor.

“Eh, what’s she going to do anyway?” N shrugged, “She can’t know this space any better than us.”

“Yeah, well, we don’t know this space at all.” Uzi sighed, glancing around at the emptiness, “I don’t even know we get back.”

“Wait, what?” N blinked. 

“Well…….I didn’t even know if this would work.” Uzi smiled nervously.

“So…………What do we do?” N asked, “How would we even find where we….spawned in at?” 

“I………..don’t know……….Maybe we could-”

“Uzi, there’s something coming!” N whispered, moving closer towards her and spreading out his wings protectively. 

“What are those things?” Uzi asked, peering between N’s feathers. 

In the distance, the two drones could see two humanoid figures, two larger, animalistic figures, and some enormous creature in the distance. 

“Maybe they’ll be able to give us directions on getting out of here.” Uzi suggested. 

“Worth a shot.” N shrugged. With that, the two robots spread their wings and swooped upwards and towards the figures in the distance.

~

“What are those things flying towards us?” Pomni asked, squinting into the atmosphere as two bird-like creatures swooped closer and closer. 

“Robots.” Darkstalker rumbled, “And they’re wondering the same about us.” 

“Hey, I think I recognize that one…….” Peril exclaimed, “I was put into a room with him, I think.” 

“Yeah, he recognizes you too.” Darkstalker nodded as the group watched the two robots swoop downwards towards the dragons, jester, and rabbit. 

“Oh these guys?” Jax rolled his eyes as N landed beside the group with Uzi close behind him. Jax strutted straight towards N, puffing his chest up, “Hey, buddy! Why do you think your show is better than ours???”

“I….what? Who are you?” N asked, “Why do you sound like me but on a slightly lower octave.” 

“Ugh! Imagine meeting another character voiced by the same guy and he doesn’t even know who you are.” Jax huffed.

“I……really don’t know what you’re talking about.” N chuckled nervously. 

“Ignore him.” Pomni frowned, “He’s just joking.” 

“What are you two doing out here?” Peril asked.

“We’re kind of stuck.” Uzi sighed, “His ex-girlfriend was possessing my tail and telling me to hack into the in-between dimension, lying to us that the in-between dimension was in danger, AND THEN SHE RAN OFF!!!!”

“Woah! Okay, Cyn isn’t-.....She was never my girlfriend.” N objected. 

“Well, unfortunately, we can’t help you.” Darkstalker shrugged his wings, “We’re trying to find a guy called Caine, who went missing.” 

“Caine……the guy who kept throwing us into the experiments or whatever?” Uzi lifted one digital eyebrow.

“Yes.” Kinkajou jumped in, “He’s missing.”

“Got that part.” Uzi waved her hand, “You wouldn’t happen to know the whereabouts of the exit, would you?” 

“We can’t leave Cyn here!!” N exclaimed.

“Why not?” Uzi asked. 

“I just have a really bad feeling about her being free to move between realms if that’s really what this place is for.” N sighed, “She wanted to be here. I don’t think we can let her go.”

Uzi closed her eyes and sighed deeply, “Alright fiiiiiiiine. Let’s go find her and save the world agaaaaaaaiiiiiin.” 

“You could come with us.” Kinkajou chirped, “We can both search aimlessly for what we’re looking for together!”

Uzi and N exchanged a glance. “Sure. Why not?”

~

“Caine, please! I really really want to let you go, but we aren’t allowed to unless we know you’ll stop interfering with the dimensions.” Ghost begged.

“I just don’t understand what’s so wrong about it!” Caine exclaimed, “It was going so well!!”

“Ooooooooohhhhhh!! Lore?” A voice hissed from nearby. Ghost whirled around with an annoyed sigh to glare at a striped, slinky looking dragon floating inside the containment she and Caine were caged in. Ghost frowned as the dragon looped his body around in impossible knots, stripes shifting between crimson, black, and ultraviolet until he halted his coiling to cock his upside down head at the two.

“What do you want, Inch?” Ghost grumbled. 

“Just wanted to perceive and inspect what you were up to. The other dimensions are so boring right now. And it looks like I’ve come at just the right time.”

“No! No.” Ghost shook her head, “This is not the right time. I can’t have you performing any of your shenanigans. I’m trying to handle a patient.”

“Awwwwwwww, come on, Ghosty.” Inch yawned, “You used to be mischievous. Where did that playful side go?” 

“Inch! I’m not-.....This is more important than your entertainment. I need him to see that dimensional travel isn’t something to be toyed with.” 

“Bla bla bla!” Inch mocked, “That’s you. That’s what you sound like to me right now.” The dragon slithered past Ghost, who attempted pointlessly to grab the serpent in her paws, and coiled around Caine. 

“I’m sorry you’ve had to deal with her.” Inch purred, “She’s a bit of a bore, isn’t she?”

“Who are you?” Caine asked, attempting to wriggle free from the creature’s coils.

“Not supposed to be here.” Ghost growled.

“The name’s Inch!” Inch popped a toothless grin, “Short for Inchwyrm. You know? The little bug that crawls along the ground one inch at a time. But, the worm is actually spelled with a y instead of an o, because I’m a biased dragon. Hey, did you know that color doesn’t exist and that it’s all just an illusion in your brain reacting to light?” 

“I’m…um..” Caine finally managed to slip away from the dragon’s grasp, eyes darting between Ghost and Inch. 

Ghost shook her head at him and mouthed, “Ignore him.” 

“I don’t think she wants me to talk to you.” Caine stated. 

“Course she doesn’t.” Inch hummed, flipping onto his back and tucking his paws behind his head, “You know, I’ve been participating in dimension travel for centuries and I haven’t experienced any jetlag.”

“We have our eyes on you, you know.” Ghost frowned.

“Oh, I’m perfectly aware.” Inch grinned, “I’m also aware that she’s lying to you about how dangerous it is to connect dimensions. She’s just trying to act like she’s in control of a situation when she really isn’t.”

“What…but…you……I’m not in charge!!” Ghost objected, “And dimensional connecting is extremely dangerous. Why, if he had gone on much longer-”

“Don’t believe everything you see, kids.” Inch hissed, slipping through Ghost’s vapor-like chest. Immediately the phantom’s colors began to shift. Her eyes turned bloodshot, and a single clean slit appeared along her throat. 

“HEY!!” Ghost barked, quickly smoothing her fur and fading back to her former visual.

“Hiding your gruesome origins from everyone to make yourself appear more friendly and cartoonish.” Inch glided back towards Caine, “Between you and me, it’s quite clear that she has no problem hiding things from you.”

“Now you listen here!” Ghost’s pupils narrowed to slits as she pointed one clawed paw at Inch, who stared innocently back with a smug smile. “You aren’t about to lead this character into one of your…..your….schemes just because you’re bored!!” 

“I’m just telling him the truth.” Inch shrugged, “What’s the harm in that?”

“Who is telling the truth?” Caine demanded, finally regaining himself, “You say that this dimensional….whatever nonsense is harmful and will cause some big catastrophe, but you’ve been doing it for years!”

“Centuries.” Inch corrected with a flick of his forked tongue.

“He’s different.” Ghost shot the dragon a disapproving side eye.

“How?” Caine asked, crossing his arms. 

“Yeah, how?” Inch chirped, his stripes shifting to overwhelming shades of yellow, orange, and lime. 

“I……I…..I don’t know! Okay? I’m not the entity in charge of the technical stuff! I’m supposed to just be a therapist!” 

“And a greeeeeaaat therapist at that.” Inch narrowed his eyes and housed the first frown Caine had seen from him, almost appearing angry. 

Suddenly, shadows began flashing across the outer walls of the box and Ghost’s ears perked up, watching the shapes flash past. 

“Looks like your buddies are after something.” Inch observed.

“What are they doing?” Ghost muttered, more to herself than to Caine or Inch. 

“You should go find out.” Inch whispered, his voice like a slippery serpent’s tongue. 

~

“Alright! You four march inside and just…….walk around until you find Caine.” Black explained to Dipper, Mabel, Simon, and Sky.

“Aren’t you coming?” Dipper lifted one eyebrow.

“Nah, they’ll recognize the likes of us.” Bill Cipher waved one hand dismissively, “If we get caught, we’ll be in for an earful……aaaand maybe permanent containment. If you get caught, all you have to do is act like you’re a bunch of lost characters and they’ll treat you kindly. Just ummmm……Maybe watch out for the Kitten, though.”

“A kitten?” Sky asked, eyes glistening.

“I want to see a kitten!!” Mable chirped.

“NO! This kitten does not want to see you.” Black frowned, “He’s the guy running this entire operation. If I were you, I’d stay clear. Get in, get Caine, and get out. Should be fairly simple.” 

“Alright, alright.” Dipper nodded, “We’ve got it. Be quick. Avoid Kitten.” 

“Come on, guys!” Simon chirped, turning to strut inside the narrow entrance in an enormous wall of blue. Inside, hallways branched off on either side of a smaller box covered in the same wall, every surface the exact same color of some sort of blue light screen. 

“How are we supposed to find anything in here?” Dipper asked, glancing around at the walls of light. He placed one hand on the smooth, cool surface. 

“Maybe…..let’s try….going towards the center?” Simon suggested, pacing towards the second wall, “See if we can find another opening.”

“There’s one right here!” Mabel exclaimed, pointing towards a doorway in the wall. Cautiously, she stuck her head through, glancing around for any entities before stepping out into a hallway winding around yet another light blue cube. Dipper, Simon, and Sky soon followed. 

“It…just keeps going.” Mabel whispered. 

“Couldn’t they have like….a coffee shop…..or a Subway…to kind of act as a landmark or something?”

“YEAH!” Sky nodded.

“Yeah! A coffee shop with donuts and pastries!!!” Mable cheered.

“You three are just hungry.” Dipper sighed, walking towards the outer wall of the third cube and placing his hand on the surface, “The entranceway must be on another side of the cube.” 

For what felt like hours, the group marched through doorway after doorway only to be met with another cube, seemingly no smaller than the last. 

“Okay. I’m going to try something.” Dipper frowned as they approached their ninetieth cube. Lifting his ballcap off of his head, he threw it down on the floor just outside of the next doorway and stepped through. Simon, Mabel, and Sky followed close behind, staring at the cap in curiosity. The group wandered through four more doorways to discover the same hat lying on the floor.

“Okay! We’re walking in circles!” Dipper exclaimed. 

“How is that possible?” Simon asked, “We’ve only been moving forward the entire time.” 

“It must be some sort of…..loop….I guess.” Dipper sighed, “This place doesn’t necessarily follow the similar rules of our world. 

“What if we tried the hallway?” Sky suggested, “It might lead somewhere else.” 

“Worth a shot.” Dipper shrugged and turned to walk down the path winding around the blue cube. Simon stooped down to pick up his hat.

“No, no. Leave it there.” Dipper said, “Let’s see if it’s still here as we loop around.” Simon nodded and the four set off at a quick walk around the perimeter of the cube until they returned to the side where they had begun to find that the hat had indeed vanished.

“AHAH!” Dipper grinned, slamming his fist into the palm of his hand. 

“It’s an infinite roundabout!” Mabel exclaimed. 

“Precisely!” Dipper nodded. So, after retracing slightly to retrieve Dipper’s cap, the group set off again, looping around the cube over and over until they spotted something new in the distance. 

“Is that a kitten?” Mable asked, squinting at a black puddle settled atop a pillar in the center of the hallway. 

“It looks more like a……bird of some sort.” Dipper replied, lowering his voice to a whisper. 

As the group approached, the shape lifted its head from beneath an ebony wing to reveal glowing, violet eyes.

“WHO ARE YOU!?” the bird cried, lifting its head completely.

“It’s a crow!” Sky exclaimed. 

“Stay close.” Simon murmured, shifting towards the cub slightly. 

“W-we’re looking for Caine!” Mable shouted.

“Mable, we aren’t supposed to tell him that!” Dipper scolded.

“But it doesn’t feel right to lie!” Mable replied. In a flurry of feathers, the jet-black bird swooped towards the four, landing mere inches from the tip of Dipper’s hat. Now that the crow was closer, Dipper realized that its feathers were completely see-through with bits of white stuck inside like galaxy slime. 

“I DIDN’T ASK WHY YOU’RE HERE!” the bird boomed, “I WISH TO KNOW WHO I’M SPEAKING TO!”

“I-I’m Mable.” Mable stuttered, “This is my brother, Dipper, and…..Simon and Sky, right?” 

“Yep.” Simon bobbed his head up and down.

“Are you a ghost?” Sky peaked out from behind one of Simon’s legs in curiosity. 

“YES.” the crow answered, “MOST CREATURES CALL ME PHANTOM! I AM THE GATEKEEPER OF THE GUARD AND YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE!”

“But, you’re keeping someone here who doesn’t deserve to be locked up!” Mable protested.

“CAINE HAS VIOLATED THE RULES OF THE INBETWEEN DIMENSION! HIS WAYS ARE A DANGER TO YOUR REALMS! HE WILL REMAIN HERE UNTIL WE DECIDE OTHERWISE! YOU WOULD BE WISE TO LEAVE AND NOT INTERFERE! RETURN TO YOUR OWN REALMS!” the bird cawed, spreading his inky wings. 

The four had no choice but to turn and reluctantly walk back up the corridor-

“Wait…….if he’s a ghost……how would he stop us?” Simon asked. 

No sooner had Simon said this, than Dipper, Mable, Simon, and Sky were sprinting back down the hallway as fast as their legs could carry them, swooping past the crow, who had returned to his post. 

“HALT!” the crow cried, launching himself into the air and swooping after the group with unnatural speed. He lunged downwards, talons outstretched. But, just as Simon had predicted, Phantom’s talons brushed through their skin as if he were no more than a puff of air.

“HAHA!!” Dipper smiled triumphantly.

“INTRUDERS!!!” Phantom screamed, lifting his beak high into the air as he soared over the group. Within seconds, the group was forced to come to a halt as a blue box appeared around them, ensnaring the characters inside. However, that was the least of their worries, as outside dozens of see-through animals had appeared. Some complete, some missing limbs or a head, and some missing their entire body, simply a head, paws, and tail floating above the floor. Phantom landed on the blue surface just outside of the box to glare down his beak at the characters, reminding them that he had given a warning. 

But, Dipper’s eyes were fixed on the smallest of the entities surrounding the box. A scrawny, miniature scrap of a cat with enormous bulbous eyes. 

“The Kitten.” Dipper whispered. 

Chapter Text

“What’s taking them so long?” Black growled.

“Patience, friend.” Bill Cipher shrugged, “The task we put before them is by no means an easy one.” 

Black grumbled and turned away from the enormous cube, “I knew I should have sent for Garnold instead of Simon and Sky. Are either of yours bright at all?”

“That Dipper kid is.” Bill Cipher nodded, “I wouldn’t worry too much-”

“Hello.”

“AAAAAAHHHH!” Black and Bill Cipher both jumped sideways, whirling around to spot a golden robot standing behind them, looking up at the two beings innocently.

“Oh, hey….I recognize you!” Bill Cipher said, “You’re Cyn from one of the very first meetings!”
“Aff-irm-ah-tive.” Cyn nodded, “You. Sent someone. In for. Caine?”

“Yes.” Black nodded, recollecting himself, “They should be back any moment.” 

“What are you doing here?” Bill Cipher questioned.

“Came. To. Save. Caine. Like. You.” Cyn replied. 

“Woah, woah, woah.” Black narrowed his gaze, “We’re rescuing Caine for a reason? What’s the goal you have in mind?” 

“World. Domination.” Cyn replied, “Besides. I’ve never. Seen a. Full. Black. Hole. In action.” 

Bill Cipher and Black exchanged a skeptical glance. 

“This isn’t a place for a minor villain.” Black frowned.

“Minor?” Cyn turned towards Black with a sad frown. 

“What Black means to say is-”

“I. Guess. If. That’s. How you. See. Your-selves.” Cyn shrugged as a dozen or so tentacles erupted from her back, lifting the robot into the air and slithering towards Black and Bill Cipher. “I’d. Be. Happy to. Eliminate. Any. Minors.” 

“Woah!!” Black’s eyes widened and he took a few steps backwards. 

“You’re……….gourgous!” Bill Cipher exclaimed, “Can we let her join us, Black? Please!!” 

“Oh. I. Thought. You. Didn’t. Want to. Mingle with a. Major. Villain.” Cyn’s eyelids half closed as her tone dropped to a lower octave. Two jagged scythes burst from her shoulders, looming over Black and Bill Cipher. 

“Okay. It seems we got off on the wrong foot.” Black rolled his eyes, sprouting a mass of inky tentacles of his own.

“Cute. Check this out!” Bill Cipher grinned and transformed into his massive pyramid form with arms emerging from various angles. 

The three villains stared each other down, bristling with power and slimy appendages. 

“Alright.” Bill Cipher finally said, “It looks like we’re all pretty equally matched. But, there’s really no need for us to fight about this.”

“The universe doesn’t require your existence.” Cyn frowned. 

“Maybe not, but it’s a much better place with me in it.” Black flashed a charming grin at which Cyn let through a giggle. Black raised both eyebrows. 

“If we all three combine forces,” Bill Cipher said, “We’ll increase the chances of our success greatly. After that, we can bicker over power. But, let’s not count our chickens until they hatch, ladies.”

“Fine,” Black and Cyn shrugged, letting their tentacles melt away beneath them. 

“But, where are Simon, Sky, and your guys? I’m really beginning to grow impatient.”

~

“Ghosty.”

“What!?!?” Ghost whirled around from another attempt to explain to Caine that Universal interference was a bad thing.

“You know you want to go see what your buddies are on about.” Inch purred.

“What are your buddies going after? How many of you freaks are there?” Caine asked.

“That’s not important!” Ghost cried, “YOU,” she pointed at Caine, “Need to listen to me, and you need to go away! You’re distracting my patient!”
“What do you want him to do?” Inch asked, “Pinkie-promise not to mess with the dimensional structures?”

“That would be nice actually,” Ghost nodded, “Yeah.”

“GHOST LEOPARD!!” a small figure tapped on the wall of the box, “A word, please?”

Ghost let out an enormous sigh and glanced back at Inch, eyes narrowing, “Both of you stay put.” With that, Ghost let her transparent body melt through the wall to chat with the creature on the other side. 

“Nothing she says is true,” Inch hissed, tongue slithering between his lips.

“Still not sure if I should-”

“You want to get out of here?” Inch asked.

“That would be great, yes,” Caine nodded.

Inch grinned and wrapped his paw around Caine’s hand before blinking out of existence, taking Caine with him.

Leaving the transparent box empty.

Well, empty until Mabel, Dipper, Simon, and Sky were shoved inside followed by a highly distressed Ghost. 

“I am so sorry. I’m sure this is all just a- WHERE DID CAINE GO!?!?” Ghost dropped her clipboard, the wooden object clattering to the ground.

“Caine?” Dipper questioned.

“INCH!!!!!!!!!!!” Ghost roared, seeming to not hear Dipper’s question. The four characters stumbled backwards at her sudden outburst. 

“So……..this Caine guy…….was here……but now he’s missing?” Simon asked, narrowing one eye.

“Who is Inch?” Mable asked. 

“Are we going to be locked up here forever?” Sky sniffled.

“Oh, no. No, no, no.” Ghost finally whirled around, regaining herself and putting on a grin, “This is just until we…..figure things out…… One second.” The four characters watched as Ghost slipped back through the surface of the prison, tail trailing behind her. 

Dipper paced the perimeter of the room, brushing his hand along the smooth, transparent wall. 

“What do we do??” Mabel exclaimed after a moment, “We’ve been taken prisoner by a bunch of weird ghost animals and now Caine isn’t even here. Not even the phantom cat knows where he is!” 

“Maybe Caine escaped on his own,” Simon suggested, “Maybe us entering this…place….caused enough of a diversion for him to get away.”

“So……mission accomplished?” Mabel shrugged.

“But, we’re still trapped in here,” Sky whispered. 

“Yeah…..that’s certainly an issue,” Dipper nodded. 

“Maybe that ghost critter thing will let us go once she sees we’re not a threat.” Simon suggested, “She must know we aren’t responsible for wherever Caine ended up.” 

“I don’t know,” Dipper sighed, “Let’s just wait and see what happens. I bet she’ll be back in just a few seconds and we might be able to get some more information.”

~

“There’s someone up ahead!” Peril exclaimed, stretching her neck out towards a seemingly empty expanse. 

“What is it?” Pomni asked, almost jogging to keep up with the dragons. 

“It’s…………some sort of interdimensional fortress…..” Darkstalker boomed. 

“Are we supposed to know what that is?” Jax frowned.

“Sssshhh!!” Darkstalker squinted into the distance, “There’s someone just outside.”

As the group neared the enormous box-like structure, they were able to spot three figures slumped around outside. One figure appeared like no more than a shadow, drenched in dripping ebony. Another glimmered with a sort of golden metal. The third was clearly from a different dimension altogether, body made of no more than a glowing yellow triangle. 

All three creatures gave the impression of extreme boredom and impatience. 

“Who are they?” Kinkajou asked.

“Black, Cyn, and Bill Cipher,” Darkstalker rumbled, tucking his wings to his sides, “I met them during one of the gatherings. They’re hard to read………but what I did get from them was…..distrubing to say the least. It unsettles me that they seem to be getting along.” 

“Maybe they’re here for Caine, like us!” Kinkajou suggested.

“They are,” Darkstalker muttered, furrowing his brow, “Oh. OH! But………for a different reason.” Without warning, the massive black dragon surged forward towards the three figures.

“I ENCHANT BLACK, CYN, AND BILL CIPHER TO OBE-”

“Shut up!” Bill Cipher spun around and snapped his fingers, forcing Darkstalker’s jaws to snap shut, halting his enchantment.” 

Peril, who was right behind him along with Kinkajou and Pomni skidded to a halt as Bill Cipher, Black and Cyn approached Darkstalker.

“It won’t do any good saying your little enchantments in your head either,” Black chuckled, Bill and I aren’t physical enough to be affected.”

“And. I’m. No more. Than. Coding. In this. State.” Cyn chirped. 

“Such a shame to see such a great villain fall.” Bill Cipher chuckled, “We would have happily allowed you to join us…..but you just have to view yourself as the protagonist.”

“You. Were. Always. Going. To be. The. Antagonist,” Cyn shook her head, “No. Use. Fighting.”

Bill Cipher flicked his hand upwards, allowing Darkstalker to speak again. 

“You cannot rip apart the dimensions!” Darkstalker roared, “That’s a crazy idea!”

“I thought you would have liked ruling all five, Darkie!” Bill Cipher replied, “Can I call you Darkie?” 

“No.” Darkstalker growled, smoke rising from his nostrils, “I like my dimension in one piece, thank you.” 

“Honestly……….Womp! Womp!” Cyn grinned.

Pop!

Black, Cyn, and Bill whirled around to spot a long, slinky dragon floating next to a dazed Caine.

“Ah, yes. Just who I was looking for.” Inch smiled.

Also, a friend's brother challenged me to draw Queen Glory and I kind of like how she's turned out. I'm thinking if starting an artbook because I've also done a bunch of fanart for the sprunki and I'd like to do more for other fandoms in the future. Anyway, I am open to requests for characters to be drawn. :3