five years later

Chapter 16

"GUYS!!"

About 24 hours eariler, Mabel's pov:

As we stood in front of the bubble and my brother started talking, I felt a cold hand on my shoulder. I turned to see Gideon looking at me with furrowed eyebrows, he spoke quietly in my ear in that southern accent i've grown so used to these past few weeks. "It's gonna be ok Mabel. We'll find your uncles  and stop whatever the evil triangle is planning." He smiled softly "we beat him once we can beat him again." He squeezed my shoulder a bit, I didn't realize  was shaking until now. I nodded and smiled a bit back as I heard my brother's voice. "alright, let's do this" I put the key in the hole and turned it. When i let go the chains, lock, and key disappeared in a puff of dark red smoke. I gave my friends that were staying behind one last look and me Gideon, and Logan headed inside

When we stepped in we were all blinded by a bright white light. I took a step forward as the light faded and was caught on the arms by Gideon and Logan. We were in a giant football stadium, on the very top row of the seats. Logan was the first to talk. "Wooahhh this place is huge" I nodded "yeah it really is, but why would Grunkle Stan be here of all places?" Gideon pointed his finger at the score board and spoke "I think i know why."  On the board there was a giant picture of Grunkle Stan, he had on a really expensive looking suit and the words 'STAN-LAND' were in big white letters. I spoke again " 'Stan-land'? what the heck is 'Stan-land'?" Logan's voice came from behind me and Gideon. "Guys you may wanna take a look at this"

Logan was over by the rails looking outside the stadium. I knew right away where we were, Gideon said it just as I was thinking it.  "Gravity falls has been turned into a theme park?" It really had. The stadium had been put on top of the hill where northwest manor should be, looking out over the town. where the city part was, there were tons of unsafe looking rides and stores with merchandise. where the neighbor hood used to be, there were hotels and casinos. The lake had expensive looking ships on it, and what was really weird was, the shack looked to be walled off and closed to the public. "Why is the shack the only thing that isn't touched?" a familiar voice came from behind us "because its a museum now." we all turned, it was Bud Gleeful. Gideon stared at him confused "Dad?" Bud looked at him and frowned "Gideon Charles Gleeful why are you not at your show, and why are you with the Pines girl? you know she doesn't like to be bothered."

The three of us gave each other confused glances and Logan spoke up "sorry Mr. Gleeful, miss Mabel and I were just waiting to go with Gideon to the show, she wants a backstage tour to see how things are going." i nodded and so did Gideon. Bud gave us all a weird look but shrugged "alright just be safe" he then walked away leaving us alone. I let out a sigh of relief and turned to Logan " Thanks Lo you saved our butts." he smiled "Im really good at lying, but i hate having to do it, we should go before someone get suspicious of us again." I nodded "good idea, lets go." the three of us headed out of the empty stadium, down the hill and out to the streets. When we got there the people working took one look at me and sped away like I was sick.

Gideon looked around at all the people too "they must be afraid of you or something for some reason here"  Suddenly Soos' voice played over the speakers everywhere "attention guests, the mystery magic show will start in just 30 minutes at the tent of mystery so you better get there fast cause seats will fill up quick!" after he was done the random music started playing again. Logan looked at his watch "guys i think time moves fast here." he led up his watch for us to see "we've already been gone for 5 hours." I could tell Gideon had an idea so i looked at him "whats up Gid?" he looked at me "we should play our parts for a little while, just until we find Stanley. I can do the magic show, Mabel and Logan, ya'll sit in the audience and hopefully we can find Stan right after." I nodded, I forgot how smart he really was. "ok we can do that, hopefully it doesn't take long to find Grunkle Stan."

I was right, it didn't take long to find my great uncle. After the three of us found where the show was gonna be at, the old tent of telepathy re-themed to be more like the shack, and we helped Gideon get ready. Me and Logan went to find seats only to be greeted with who we were looking for most, Grunkle Stan.  "Mabel sweetie you should have told me you wanted to see the magic show, i would have had Soos bring you." he pointed his thumb behind him at Soos, who was dressed like a body guard. I laughed nervously "sorry Grunkle Stan, I couldn't find you so i came here on my own." he smiled at me and put his hand on my head "ok just don't run off again, your mom and dad were worried sick" I was suprised, why are my parents here? I was going to ask but figured i should wait. "sorry grunkle stan, i'll let you know next time, but since your here, will you watch the show with me and Logan?"

Grukle Stan smiled "sure why not, as long as that Gleeful brat doesn't mess it up" Logan caught on to Grunkl Stan's dislike of Gideon and smiled "dont worry sir, I heard he has a brand new act thats sure to wow the crowd" I gave him a confused look and he looked at me like he was saying 'just go with it' and I nodded in agreement. Stan sighed "alright kiddo, just for you" I grinned and we all sat down. the lights turned off and a spotlight shown on the dark blue curtain. The crowd went silent and I stared up at the stage. A puff of smoke mixed with sparkle campe up in the middle and when it cleared Gideon was there, floating a few feet off the floor, his body and bracelets glowing slightly.

"welcome, to the best show of your lives"

author's note:

hey guys!! sorry ive been gone so long,  work started back up and gor into a new relationship so i havent had time to write.  

dont worry i havent given up on this story!!  ill try to have the next chapter of this book up next week.

until then stay tuned !!