Summer with the Pine Twins: Summer's Coming to an End

The Stanchurian Candidate: Part 6

Grunkle Stan's p.o.v.

"Listen everybody this debate is over I gotta go save my family," I tell the crowd and Bud opens his mouth. "Those...Those are just some demolishing dummies, nothing to see here." "Can it Gleeful!" I yell at him before ripping the headphone wire off of me and my sleeves before I start climbing up the monument.

"In a shocking turn of events Stan Pines has run to the aid of three children who appear to be in danger and the crowd is loving it," The townspeople start throwing seed at me I yell "No stop it! Thank you but stop it!" This attracts three bald eagles to me and I punch them away. "Get back you terra-birds!" Hopping onto the nose I climb in through the eye and just as the rope snaps I grab it and the kids call out happily "Grunkle Stan!" "Kids! Look I'm sorry I was being stubborn. I guess being the town's hero wasn't enough I wanted to be yours too," I apologize as I start pulling them back up. "We're sorry Grunkle Stan we should've supported you like (y/n), win or lose."

Mabel apologizes and her brother chimes in with "Probably lose." "I can still drop you, you know," Pulling them up and untying them I pull them in for a hug before we emerged on top of the nose to show everyone we were ok. The crowd cheers as my bucket is overflowing with seed, Bud throwing a temper tantrum before he turns to the fireworks switch. "Oh no, we have to get out of here!" (y/n) exclaims pointing at Bud. "Kids if I die, make sure I get a bigger tombstone than Ford," I tell them in a serious tone and they nod before I pull them close and jump off the monument just as it exploded.

I tuck the three closer to me as we fall when we land safely in the huge pile of seed, rubble flying everywhere, including hitting Bud over the head, good he deserved it. That's when the timer goes off and the cage holding the mayor picking eagle is opened. The eagle flies high up into the sky, catching everyone's attention as it landed on Dipper's head and kissed me on the forehead before flying off.

I climb out of the seed and pull the kids out before dusting myself people soon cheer for me. "I guess we know who won," Dipper tells me and (y/n) hugs me. "This just in Stanford Pines loses," We hear on the news the next day. "WHAT?!" Me and the kids shout at the tv in shock as the reporter explains. "Despite winning over a 95% of votes, election officials had to disqualify him due to discovery of an extensive criminal record. "Oh boy," I mutter and Mabel asks worriedly "Stan what did you do?" "What didn't he do?" (y/n) asks with her arms crossed as the reporter started listing my crimes. "This includes shoplifting, teaching bears to drive, a new crime he invented called Burglbezzlment, first-degree llamacide." "That llama knew too much," I grumble as she announces Tyler won the election before she continued reading my list of crimes and I shut the tv off.

"At least they didn't list any bad ones, on an unrelated topic I have a lot of cheap pugs and I need to move them fast." "Aw, I'm sorry Stan. I actually think you as mayor would've been fun," Dipper apologized to me and I shrug. "Maybe it's for the best. I got close to the dream though kids." "Hey I knit you something, it's not official but I think it fits," Mabel tells me handing me a white sash that reads with stars over it 'Our Hero'. This is...So sweet... "Grunkle Stan, are you crying?" "I got campaign confetti in my eye! Come on kids, wanna go vandalize Mayor Tyler's mansion?" I ask putting on the sash and they cheer and we run off.

Grace's p.o.v.

I was cleaning out the lab a bit now that we had less pressing matters than destroying the portal and concealing the rift, Stan barely left it clean. Ford what's looking over the notes written in the third journal by the kids when I open a drawer to find a two-piece invention we created was missing, Stan wouldn't have any use for it, and from the clear dust surrounding the outlines the ties had just recently been picked up. 

"Hey Honey, where're the mind-controlling ties?" I ask, no response. "Honey?" Still nothing. Standing up I walk behind the chair he was sitting in and lightly press my fingers into his shoulders, leaning in and whispering his name and he stops mid-page turn. I spin the chair so he's facing me and walk my fingers up his chest while telling him "I've got something more entertaining for you than those pages do," His face goes instantly red and he tries to turn his head away. I'm quick to grab his chin and hold him in place as I lean in close. "Where are the mind-controlling ties?" He adjusts his glasses as he stutters out "W-with the kids. They needed it t-to help Stanley win. I let go of his chin and sigh, it's not that I didn't trust the kids but based on what we've been told during D&D&More D when they messed with stuff like this, things got out of hand.

"I'm gonna go get the ties." "You are such a tease," He grumbles and I laugh as I walk up and bop him on the nose. "Only when you don't listen. I love you." "I l-love you too," I lean in and give him a kiss before I head upstairs to find the ties on the shop counter, Stan and the kids getting ready to leave the house.

Stuffing the ties in my pocket I ask "How'd the election go?" "He won but was disqualified," (y/n) tells me and I ask "Ford and I were gonna go into the forest and get some more information on some creatures we haven't gotten yet, do you and Dipper wanna come?" "Nah, maybe next time, we're gonna commit arson on the new mayor's house with Grunkle Stan," She tells me and I ruffle her hair. "Alright. Have fun Sugar," I watch as they leave and I slightly frown. Face it Grace, i's been five years since you left her life, of course, she's less attached and would rather choose Stan, he's been her caregiver for almost six years...