Little Dipper

Tent of Telepathy

Gideon visited Dipper and Mabel a few times over the next few days and Stan had no idea what was going on. One time that he came in, Mabel had gone out to use the bathroom and Dipper was alone in the room reading the Journal.

"What's that?" Gideon asked.

Bill ducked out of sight and Dipper looked over, startled. "Huh?"

"That book." Gideon looked around. "Can I come in?"

"Oh, uh, Mabel will be back in a bit. She's with Grunkle Stan right now, and he might see you..."

"Ah, gotcha." Gideon nodded, floating out of sight. Just in time, as the doorknob turned and Stan let Mabel in.

"Now, assuming nothing sneaky happens, I'm thinking of un-grounding you two this weekend." Stan said as Mabel went to her bed. "Don't screw this up, kids. I don't like doing this to you, but Gideon is dangerous." He shuddered.

"I understand, Grunkle Stan." Mabel said, sitting on her bed. "We'll be good."

Stan smiled and walked out, closing the door behind him. Dipper went to the door and listened before he headed to the window. "Okay, he's gone." He whispered.

"'Assuming nothing sneaky happens' - how does he define that?" Gideon asked, floating into view.

"Probably me sneaking out in the middle of the night." Mabel shrugged. "He didn't say anything about you being sneaky, though." She grinned and got off the bed. "What do you want to do tonight?"

"Well, we could go dancing again, or..." Gideon looked thoughtful.

"Oh! He was interested in the Journal earlier!" Dipper held it up.

"Shh, not so loud." Gideon held a finger to his lips. "I was just asking what he had, but if you want to look over the book we could do that."

"Well, it's not fair for Dipper if you only spend time with me and leave him guarding the door." Mabel smiled. "I'll guard the door this time."

Bill watched warily as Gideon sat down next to Dipper on the bed. Gideon traced his hand over the number on the cover, murmuring to himself.

"Three...There's three of them..."

"Hm?" Dipper looked up at him.

"I was just noticing the number. Seems like this is part of a set." Gideon smiled at him.

"I was noticing that, too!" Dipper whispered excitedly. "Do you think the other two are in Gravity Falls somewhere?"

"Maybe." Gideon nodded, opening the book. "Hmm...no signature. That's unusual."

Dipper nodded. "Weird, huh?"

Mabel motioned to them quickly, turning away from the door. Gideon got up and gripped the stone, flying out of the window just as the door unlocked. Mabel quickly but quietly went to Dipper's bed and sat down as the door started to open.

Stan poked his head in. "Are you kids still up?" He raised an eyebrow. "Why is that window open?"

"It felt stuffy, so we opened it!" Dipper smiled.

Stan sighed. "Well, since this little squirt seems wide awake, how about you kids come downstairs and we can have a movie night?" He suggested.

"Movie night!" They both got up. Dipper ran to the door with Bill riding on his shoulder and Mabel went to close the window, glancing around as she did. She didn't see Gideon, he must've heard and left. Well, they couldn't properly say good-bye with Stan right there, anyway.

"Mabel?" Stan spoke up.

"Coming!" She fastened the latch and walked to the door, stepping out with him.