Dipper and Mabel and the case of the missing cookies!

Chapter 4: Whodunit

"Right, Ms. Corduroy, do you swear that what you're about to tell the court is truthful and nothing more or less than the truth?" said Ford.

"By swear, do you mean promise to be truthful or swear as in high school gym class locker room talk truthful?" asked Wendy.

"Uh...the first one," said Ford.

"Oh phew, because I'd rather NOT ever relive those stories," said Wendy.

Stan got up and asked Wendy the first question.

"Right then Wendy. Can you tell the court what you...."

"Uh yeah. I was gonna," said Wendy.

"Oh. Well...carry on," said Stan.

"Right. So, it all began, right after Soos dropped that jar..."

(Flashback)

Wendy was on her phone in the Mystery Shack gift shop. It was a quiet day with no tourists scheduled to show up. Just then, there's a loud crash from inside the shack. Wendy looks but then shrugs it off and returns to texting.

A few minutes later, Soos comes out running.

"Hey Soos, what was that noise I just heard?" she asked.

"Oh, uh, nothing dude. I...uh, OKAY FINE! I DROPPED A JAR!" yelled Soos.

"So, then where are you going?" she asked.

"Mr. Pines told me to go buy a new one. Also fix the golf cart. You mind cleaning up the pieces in the kitchen please?" he asked.

"Uh...sure," said Wendy.

"Thanks Wendy! I owe you one," said Soos as he ran out the door to go buy a new jar.

A now curious Wendy decided to check out what had happened. As she walked through the living room on her way to the kitchen, she saw Mabel asleep on the couch and covered in chocolate. Wendy laughed slightly. It reminded her a lot of when she would go to the Gravity Falls chocolate festival with her late mother as a little girl. 

"Oh Mabel," she said to herself as she wiped away a tear and walked into the kitchen and came across the sight of the broken cookie jar.

"My oh my. Well, someone's gotta clean this up I guess," Wendy said as she grabbed a broom to start cleaning the broken glass.

As she was finishing up and dumping the last of the glass into the trash, she heard an unmistakable oinking sound from behind. Wendy turned to see Waddles standing right there next to her.

"Oh, hey Waddles. What's up?" she asked.

Waddles oinked again as he used his tiny pig leg to point at a food bowl with his name on it.

"Oh, I see. You're hungry and no one's here to feed you. Don't worry Waddles dude, Wendy's got you covered," said Wendy as she looked around for something to feed Waddles.

"Wait. What do pigs eat?" she thought.

She looked around to no avail until she noticed something on the counter.

"Hmm. Cookies. I guess Mabel meant to give these to you and fell sleep before she could," said Wendy as she gave them to Waddles.

"Eat up pig. Don't say old Wendy didn't give you anything," she said.

Wendy watched as Waddles headed off with the cookies in his mouth.

(End of Flashback)