Summer with the Pine Twins

Dipper Vs. Manliness: Part 4

Mabel's p.o.v.

"Alright, let's try to get that inner beauty on the outside, smile harder," I tell Grunkle Stan as he struggled to make a nice smile. "Harder," I command his face twitches up slightly. "Perfect. Soos!" "What's up hambone?" "What do you think?" I gesture towards Grunkle Stan and Soos shrieks, throwing his sandwich on the ceiling as he races out of the shack and I sigh. "This gonna take some really great training music," I pop my favorite training mix into the radio. I start with a spa day and put a face mask on Grunkle Stan, Wendy bringing me cucumbers to help him relax.

Once that was over with we went to the bathroom to shave him but we watch in shock as the hair grows back within seconds. How? Deciding to save that for later we skip to him walking with a stack of books on his head. Once he completed that we sat at the table and I gave him notecards to remember ranging from stop scratching to eye contact. Next was wardrobe and dressing him up nice, once the outfit was chosen we went back to shaving but no matter how fast I was the hair was faster. Eventually, I gave up and we moved to his posture, and finally, we reached the end of his training.

Dipper's p.o.v.

After I passed the first trial, I was subjugated to many more which only got harder and harder. First I had to pull the party wagon filled with all the manitours cheering me on. During my break, Hitspar came to see me with a bottle of glue. He squirted some on me before pushing some of his chest hair that he ripped off onto the glue. The next trial I had to cross the river by walking over alligators who continuously tried to bite me. During my next break, I was forced to stare at a hawk and lion poster that read Glory and Honor. In the next trial, I had to drink from a fire hydrant that had burst.

48 other trials later and I was at the second to last trial I had to jump across to the other side of a hill. It took me a few hours but I finally made the jump where (y/n) was waiting for me and we high-five, causing me to stumble back and fall but (y/n) quickly grabbed my hand and pulled me back up. It was time for my final break before the last trial and I would be called a man. We had gone to the hot spring where me and the guys were chilling, (y/n) soon dipping her feet in as she sat down. 

"Guys, I just wanna say that these last few hours have been...I-I feel like there's really been some growth," I tell the guys, trying to find the right words to thank them for training me. "I have a growth," Garg said, making me chuckle. "Garg you are hilarious today!" He gives me a wink. "It's just that you guys took me under your wing and just have been so supportive, you too (y/n)." "Oh stop-" "No you know what you really have been, I finally feel like I'm really becoming a man here."

I exclaim and (y/n) rests her hand on my shoulder and I look up at her. "Glad to hear you're starting to like yourself." "Not yet Destructor, one more trial remains, the deadliest trial of all," Hitspar warns me.

"I've survived 49 other trials, whatever it is bring it on!" I shout, the guys cheering for me as I miss the disappointed expression on (y/n)'s face. Once my break was over they started covering my body with tattoos before a drum roll was made and Hitspar stepped up with (y/n) on the platform. "Behold our leader: Leaderar!" The manitours step aside as an old manitour approaches. "Is he like the oldest or wisest?" I question. "Nah he's just the offering. That is Leaderar!" He points to a tall manitour who slurped up the old one. 

Oh boy... "You! You wish to be man?" I let out a low growl in confirmation, hitting my bare chest afterward. "Then you must do a heroic act. Go to highest mountain," He shoves his hand in his chest and screams as we all watch with wide eyes as he pulls a spear out of his chest. "And bring back head of multibear," The spear was thrown in front of me. "The multibear? Is that some sort of bear?" "He's our sworn enemy, conquer him and your mansformation shall be complete."

"Conquer? I dunno man..." I trail off, this felt like it was going too far. "Destructor is this yours?" I turn around to see Hitspar holding my Baba disc. Quickly I run up and grab it. "Uh no! I dunno who's that is, just borrowing it for a friend, not mine."

The manitours started to give me an unsure look. I approach the spear in thought when (y/n) walks up to me and whispers "Dipper you don't have to do this." "Yes, I do. If I wanna be a man-" She grabs my shoulders and forces me to look at her. "No. You don't. I didn't even complete this trial. You're already man enough, you said it yourself you feel like a man, don't you?" My gaze turns to the side as I slowly nod when I notice her cheeks turning a light shade of pink. "Plus...I...I think you're a m-man already," She stutters out and I feel my face heat up which only got worse when I realized I found her stuttering adorable. "I uh..." I start to say when Leaderar stated " You want to be man?"

 I sigh and grab the spear shouting "I shall conquer the multibear!" Before another word could be said to me I run out of the cave to hunt down the multibear while cutting down or climbing over anything in my way. Clouds rolled into the sky as I came closer to the cave of the multibear. I reach the top of the mountain and glare into the cave muttering "I'm coming for you multibear."

Mabel's p.o.v.

Soos, Wendy, and I sat on the chair in the living room looking at his before picture. "Okay Grunkle Stan, you started like this but you became: " We look at him, he looked awful, how did this happen?! "Can I scratch myself now?" "No. No, no, no! Is that throw up on your shirt?" "I dunno how to answer that," UGH! I give up! I rip the photo in half, slinking into the chair. "Face it, Mabel, your uncle's unfixable like that spinning pie trolly thing in the diner," Wendy tells me, causing my head to shoot up, a smile plastered on my face. That's it! "Grunkle Stan come with me! And leave your pants at home!" "With pleasure."