Child of a Dream Demon [Gravity Falls]

Chapter 16: Not What He Seems

[•3rd POV•]
At Gravity Falls, late at night. A blue pulsing light glows. Stan Pines is in the underground laboratory beneath the Shack, working on the universe portal. He pulls a lever using the hand that was still bandaged, and green fluid pumps into large, glass tanks.

"Come on, come on. Should be just enough to finish the job." Stan spoke, he removes his fez and glove, and without knowing, wipes toxic waste on his forehead, which sizzles and briefly glows green

"Whew. Can't be too careful with this stuff." He said.

Red lights flash and a buzzer goes off. Stan smiles and turns to look at screen. The screen reads "EVENT INITIALIZED" and an eighteen hour countdown begins.

He brought out Journal 1 and started reading it.

"Warning," blah blah blah, "Extreme usage could result in minor gravity anomalies." Can it, Poindexter!" He exclaimed and slams the journal shut.

"I've come this far. I'm not givin' up now!" He said determinedly pushing a button, and the portal begins to spin

"Yes, this is it." He said.

Stan's fez floats off of his head.

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Outside the Shack, rocks float off the ground, along with Gompers the goat. A boat lifts out of the lake. In the scrapyard, broken-down cars and junk lift off the ground, and inside McGucket's makeshift shack, a blue light blinks, illuminating the sleeping and floating McGucket and the functioning laptop which now reads "ACTIVE" under an image of the portal.

Back in the Shack, Mabel, as well as Waddles, float off their beds, but sleeps undisturbed. There is a resounding "thunk" as everything in town touches back down to the ground.

Unknowingly, Dipper was already awake, ever since there was a blue glow coming from upstairs. He made sure that no one was around or watching him, even that Illuminacho.

When everything started floating, Dipper smirked sinisterly, his eyes glowing green with black slits. The ring on his left hand's middle finger glowed green as well.

"Ilqdoob, wrgdb'v wkh gdb." He spoke.

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Back to Stan and the portal.

"It's gonna be a bumpy ride, but it'll all be worth it." Stan said.

He synchronizes what looks like a large wristwatch with the steadily ticking countdown, still displayed on the monitor.

"Just eighteen more hours. Finally, everything changes. Today." He said proudly.

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| ~That Morning~ |

[•Dipper's POV•]
Mabel started running up the stairs right after she woke me up for something she said she "found".

"Okay, so I was just opening random doors –because I'm a creep– when I found something amazing!" Mabel informed cheerily.

"If it was worth waking up at SEVEN AM for, sure." I shrugged, not really caring about what she found.

"Feast your eyes!" She opened a door to reveal a closet filled with various types of fireworks in a box labeled "DO NOT TOUCH!".

"Uuhhhhh..." I started getting worried.

How did she find these?! Oh my Satan please don't tell me!

"Bro bro, you know what I'm thinking about, don't you?" She asked playfully.

'𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺!   𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺!   𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺!' She kept chanting those words.