FUSION FALLS: TAKE TWO!

by The Cowardly Christian

Tourist Trap

Dipper was busy as he stacked the shelves with packages of candy from the Candy Kingdom as well as Willy Wonka's candy.

Both her and Mabel are working for the summer in The Mystery Shack where many attractions are displayed: like the Ham-pire; a piece of ham with vampire teeth is on display, a flesh eating blanket that is kept behind a plastic cage, An old army canteen that never runs out of water, a bottle of cough syrup that also never runs dry- which Stan bottles and sells as Mystery Water and Mystery cough syrup. -A chair that farts whenever you sit on it, a giant stone head that breaths, a wheel from an ancient ship that creaks, groans, and occasionally thunders, 4 jars of red, green, blue, and yellow slime that all sing in a wordless, barbershop style harmony, a Dollar Bill vending machine; It is a autmoaton that has the upper body of a man dressed in a old-timey way which can still talk and greet customers.

There is even a kinetoscope that shows a Battleship Bay of Columbia before the floating city came crashing down after both the merge and Columbia attacking New York City in their world.(1)

Which was a good thing as many of the white survivors were old-fashioned bigots. Needless to say, their former slaves were finding this world more welcoming then what they had before.

The racist survivors had been scattered around the country so that their toxic city couldn't be remade, many of them are struggling to make ends meet.

With how they think and act, many quickly found themselves being beaten or killed. While others found that there were little jobs open to them.

Which forced many of them to settle near the crash site of their old city, Which left the survivors building a ramshackle settlement where they struggle eke out a living.

They were so desperate to put food on the table, Stan managed to scam many surviving items out from Columbia.

Like the Dimwit and Duke puppets still in their Flawless Flinklock arcade machine, some toys, a voxophone, a big doll in the shape of a birdman robot, A working Sky-hook in a glass case, and a display of a dozen silver eagles.

But the centerpiece of the Shacks Columbia exhibit was a complete collection of Vigor bottles: Old Man Winter; a blue bottle with the upper head of an old, bearded and bald man, Ironsides; a bottle shaped like a ship, Peeping Tom; a green bottle shaped like a woman covering her chest with a folding hand fan, Possession; a green bottle with a woman reclining on top, Bucking Bronco; a bronze bottle with the upper half of a horse and a cowboy riding on it, Murder of Crows; a blue and black bottle with a crow's head, Devil's Kiss; a red bottle shaped like a female demon, Shock Jockey; a purple bottle with a jockey riding a lightning bolt on top, Charge; a green bottle shaped like a ram's head, Undertow; a blue bottle with a tentacle for the cork, and Return to Sender; a bronze bottle shape like an ancient Greek soldier.

Sadly, all of them are strictly for display and empty. From what Dipper had heard; there's a big black market for Vigors and their Plasmid counterparts.

Dipper has been reading/collecting a lot of newspaper articles since the merge to keep up with all the 'goings ons.'

Some are about places he never heard about while others are about more normal things. Like one article showed how the lesser known tech company Prometheus labs had somehow successfully bought out the assets of the the now defunct companies of Aperture Science and Black Messa.

The article briefly recaps how black Mesa was apparently merged while it was conducting a very dangerous interdemensional experiment. Details were sketchy, but it seems the merge had blunted most of the consequences that COULD have happened. But even then, it still devastated the nearby cities.

Most of the staff was arrested and the companies assets was liquidated. As for Aperture science...well it was basically a death trap run by a lunatic, so that was liquidated as well.

It briefly mentioned how the new government agency SCP were still helping with the ongoing Vortignaut refugee crisis; before summing up the article on how Prometheus lab had now reorganized/renamed itself as the now possibly future tech superpower Anderson Robotics... Which was now offering a large reward for info on the missing S.S. Borealius. (2)

Mabel was busy out back tending the live attractions that people paid to feed: One is a piranha plant, the Scampfire; a spider-like thing that is a living campfire that people buy overprice marshmallows to feed, 5 vampire fruit bats in a large walk-in bird cage, a Jackalope in its own pen and the shacks new guard dog; a orthros named Frank who is a two headed dog from Equestria.

There is also the strider; a machine animal that Stan used to make a bio-fuel called blaze, which it makes from the plant matter it eats.

There is also two other human employees who work at the shack with them. There's Soos the handyman of the shack who can fix just about anything and Wendy who works behind the counter.

There is also the Mr. Handy that Stan somehow got his hands on who occasionally lends a hand and repairs the machines around the shack. Stan named him Rusty since he was coated in rust before Soos fixed him. Both the twins were told not to bother the Mr. Handy as it is dangerous if handled wrong.

The Mr. Handy's are from the Robco company that makes them as well as the Protectrons. Because of them being radioactive, having them around is controversial. But because of how useful they are; people either ignore that or have them rebuilt to use the power cells of machine animals instead.

Of course there are also the rogue ones and malfuncntioning older models that are still around. Dipper has no idea if the Mr. Handy Stan has is one of the older types or not. But Rusty did have the pincer arms, buzz-saws and torch arms that are mostly associated with the rouge types...or at least the one's you read about snapping and murdering their owners...

So needless to say both Dipper and Mable eagerly obeyed Stan's command to stay away from Rusty...just in case...

Stan has also showed the twins around town. Since the merge, people have been moving into town for a cheaper place to live. There is a lot of construction work being done around the town with new homes, apartment buildings, and businesses being built.

There is also a mall in the town which is also a big draw for people who both drive along the highway and live in the nearby town of Peach Creek which doesn't have a mall...or much of anything really...it's kind of a dump really...

Peach Creek was a suburban town that ended up next to Gravity Falls after the merge, it consisted of many semi-built houses sitting on the edge of some larger town that could once be seen looming away on the horizon. It's been theorized that these houses were never meant to be finished and it was all a big 'tax haven' scam...well, that or it was just one of those weird little quirks some worlds seem to get...

Despite this, Peach Creek still maintained its suburban roots; with all types of greenery including the woods and the creek.

Yet Peach Creek also some traces of urban development; such as the junkyard, the aforementioned construction site and the trailer park.

It also had a downtown area with many highways leading in and out. later on, the highways were either destroyed or became apart of the new highway that leads out to all the other nearby lands.

There was also the Maw, which is now like one of those mega sci-fi mega cities. When it first appeared after the merge, people didn't know what it was till they looked inside and found the horror show within.

There were these sagging, gluttonous creatures that look human but were so big and fat. They attacked and ate some of the first people who entered the Maw.

This prompted the highway patrol and local police to seal it off till the swat team and National Guard could be sent to handle it. but with all the chaos that was happening after the merge, this took many days to happen. By then the 'guests'- as they were so named in the ships logbook -had eaten just about everything and each other.

A search of the ship found the now dead owner of the Maw, who is a tall, slender woman who dressed as a geisha and wore a mask to hide her ugly face. Her personal journals were in a strange script- but seemed to reveal much of her world, what happens to the guests who board the Maw, and the children that she brought aboard to be made into food, slaves or currency.

As the search of the Maw continued they dealt with the remaining guests and the giant leeches that walk on two legs.

They also found the remaining children who still lived, as well as the gnome-like creatures who used to be children, the Janitor who was found dead with both his arms cut off, An old woman-like creature was found drowned in the lower levels, Shadow creatures with porcelain masks who died in the light, a creature found in the shoe pit that was promptly hunted and killed.

But for the two chefs... they found no trace of them...

The children were frightened of the place and refused to go back there for any reason...that plus the violent deaths and clear signs of unidentified dark magic lead to Sunset calling Danny to check the place out for potential hauntings...

He found...nothing. Which was strange...even from words that had no ghosts...once it came to a place like Gravity Falls- ESPECIALLY if the deaths were violent and happened in a place full of troubled history and the aformentioned dark magic like the Maw- there would at least be SOME kind of ghostly echo or ecto-distortion...but there was nothing...ZILCH...it was oddly unsettling...Danny strongly recommended not using this place for anything...he had a REALLY bad feeling about it...

Unfortunately, once it was empty. The Maw become home to people that had nowhere else to go. First was the house people looking for a safe place to live, along with Donny the grass ogre. Followed by more and more as time went by. But it only REALLY took off after Lumpy Space Princess moved in after talking Marceline the vampire queen and Simon Petrikov into helping out.

Simon was uncomfortable, both because of Danny's warning and the fact they knew almost nothing about the Maw and the world it came from...but between LSP's insistence and the flow of desperate homeless people...he reluctantly agreed on the condition that he be elected mayor to keep an eye on things and that their stay here would only be temporary until new homes were built for them.

They also brought in a bunch of Mr. Handy's, Protectrons, and Securitrons who act as guards and maintenance.

How Lumpy Space Princess found these robots, reprogramed them and brought them to the Maw... is a VERY long story that many just give up on listing to. As Lumpy Space Princess just kept going on and on for hours as well as kept changing the story with each retelling.

Simon used the robots to rebuild the Maw. Some parts became living spaces, other parts became a factory where the waste and trash was sorted and recycled, with the rest being used to make fuel for the many engines of the Maw.

This same power used for the engines was now being used to power the local energy grid, which is how the Maw makes money.

Then there was als Equestria and the Candy Kingdom. Which both Dipper and Mabel are very interested to see as well.

Not to mention that with the Camp Lakebottom grand opening- for all human and non human children to learn to become friends with each other -There'll be plenty of kids of all kinds for them to meet over the summer.

With all the things that they can do, Dipper figures that it will be a interesting summer after all...

"Dipper I need you to go into the forest and put up some signs," Said Stan handing Dipper a hammer, nails and the signs.

"Alright," said Dipper grabbing the things he needs. But he wonders why he's so willing to do it, like there's something telling him to just do it.

"And remember if you see some strange creature in the woods... Make sure they use currency that I can use before you tell them how to get to the shack. I'm tried of those guys trying to barter or trade something like acorns and berries," Said Stan irritably.

"Yes Stan," Said Dipper as he left the shack with something guiding him as if he had already walk the path long ago.

Walking into the wood Dipper began to hammer up signs in places that he felt like he'd already done so BEFORE.

Indeed, Ever since the merge he kept having flashes of a rundown apartment and something that looks to be Mabel with a pig skull for a head... saying they're be together FOREVER.

As a result..He's found himself doing things more and more himself and spending less and less time with Mabel who wants him to be with her more...

As Dipper walked through the woods, he spotted some people and other things in the forest. He spotted someone in a yellow raincoat running through the woods with a plastic bag in their hands.

Wendy and Soos told him about someone digging in the trash and running off when anyone came close during the first couple of months of the merge, since then 'yellow coat' is only seen every now and then.

Walking up a hill, Dipper got a good overview of some parts of the town and the lake. He also looks over to where the summer camp is located at.

He did spot a pair, a man and a woman who are dressed alike... But couldn't make out more no matter how hard he tried. what DID catch his eyes was that they're dressed as if they came out of the 1800's or something.

He also spotted someone in a dark suit walking away from him into the forest, and the only thing he could make out was their bald head that's pale. Dipper just dismissed it though; as since the merged, someone like that isn't out of place anymore compared to so much weirder creatures and people walking about.

Then Dipper came across a pine tree that's covered in moss and mushrooms. The tree drew him in as if he needed to go to it.

Dipper didn't know how he knew, he just felt around the trunk till he found the hidden compartment that's been curved into it.

Opening a secret metal door revealed a machine of some kind and he just flipped the switch on top of it. Opening another hidden compartment this time on the ground nearby.

Looking down into the hole; he saw an old book with golden hand print on the cover, which had six fingers on it.

He reach in and pulled the book out, blowing the dust away and began flipping through the book but felt like he was rereading something he had read before...

Sunset walk down the hall to greet the guests that have just arrived.

During summer, Sunset is able to go back to important work instead of wasting time in school.

Said school had also been merged with the castle. Resulting in some construction here and there to separate what's the school and what's castle.

As a result of this, the government work is done in the town hall of human Equestria. While the castle part of the school has become the residents of the royal family and staff. As well as a dorm for students who live on campus and for V.I.P. guests for the castle part.

The school is still a high school for grades 7 to 12, but what use to be the royal guard section is now a community college.

Basically the whole castle/school has been separated into three parts that are walled off from each other.

With construction still going on to build more buildings for the different schools. The college part is still being built and new buildings being added to the other parts of castle as well.

Once Sunset fired the guards and moved the government parts to the human government buildings, it freed alot of space in the castle for the school part.

For guards, Sunset just hired human guards to replace the pony ones. The few ponies who remained had been required to be retrained by human standards before they were allowed their jobs back.

Sadly, the royal guards was more security force then army. Which was yet another problem Sunset needed to fix if Equestria was to remain independent.

"Sunset," the pony Celestia said as she caught up with her daughter.

She's been adjusting to life without magic or being able to move the sun around anymore. She'd woken up many times trying to move the sun... only to remember that she could no longer do that.

But The biggest change was that she no longer wore her crown as it now belonged to her daughter Sunset. Who is nothing like the little pony she remembered... Sunset coldly made it very clear that SHE was the one who made her into the person she was now.

"What do you want?" Sunset asked angrily. Their relationship is still a cold one since the merge with Sunset barely talking to her.

"It's about the changes that you have done," Explained Celestia. "Disbanding the army has caused much unrest."

"If any of the old staff want their jobs back, they just have to let themselves be retrained into doing them by human standards. The guards you had originally were a joke. When was the last time they actually did anything besides cleaning up afterwards?

Besides, the human guards I hired actually do their jobs instead of just waiting for someone else to do it for them. And I didn't fired all of them, I reassigned some of them to other jobs."

"You have the Wonderbolts doing air shows for the tourists."

"And the remaining guards are just for show, while the real guards are behind the scene. What's your point?"

"There are many who are now jobless."

"Being a mother to all of your ponies, just not the one that actually mattered," Said Sunset with a derisive snort. Causing Celestia to stop as she stared at Sunset.

"Sunset please, I know I wasn't the mother you needed... But the ponies are still scared of all the changes," Said Celestia remembering how their first meeting ended with her in tears over losing any bond she once had with her daughter.

"And that's the reason why they need me to lead them. They're too used to you handling everything for them, which is why they're having such a hard time adjusting to our new world!

No more magic or being able to control their environment anymore just for starters!. They also have to stop using bits and using the currency that the rest of the nation uses.

The only reason things aren't worse is thanks to how I've been taking charge of things. Do you have any idea how many deals I had to make just so Equestria would stay independent?" Asked Sunset with ever increasing ire.

"Many, I have seen the files that Luna and Cadance have shared with me," admitted Celestia.

"Knowing that the ponies wouldn't survive without a princess leading and telling them what to do. I had to make choices that you refused to make. I managed to get us the status of a reservation so that we can still have self-governance. I turned Equestria into a popular holiday spot for the nations of this new world.

Need I remind you that Equestria grew most of our food and traded for what we couldn't grow? Between the farms suffering from lack of earth pony magic, inability/refusal of the earth poonies to adapt and the mines of gems and metals no longer up to the standards of the other races that came with us...the economy was in a downward spiral before I took charge!

The tourism industry is the only thing that's keeping Equestria afloat. So I have to take steps to keep the industry fatcats and the tourist happy. This includes striping away many rights, privliges and other things that the ponies once took for granted. Giving out land leashes to sell land so that hotels and businesses can be built...Yes, I know doing so forced the ponies who use to live there out... But it's either that or total economic collapse with us losing our independents like others who tried the same thing," Sunset explains.

"They fear you," Pointed out Celestia.

"What's your point?" Asked Sunset nonchalantly.

"Don't you want to be loved by them?" Celestia implored.

" Pretty Pointless to ask seeing how well that turned out for you," said Sunset coldly.

"Sunset you spread fear with what you're doing and then there's the selling off so many relics and artifacts. You have emptied most of the treasury and have been taking assets from ponies."

"Do you have any idea how much it cost to modernize a country that had it's entire economy based on farming? Especially when said farming largely depended on a magic that no longer works?

I would have to retool the farms that are left, teach the ponies to abandon their traditions so that they won't lose their farms, get them modern equipment, and have it all custom made to be used by ponies just to get started!

For the moment It's just easier to abandon that and go with a tourist based economy. Even after stripping most of the junk from the castle and emptying the vaults, it still wasn't enough! I then had to take out loans from banks to have the funding for all of it. The ponies just belly ache about all the things I have to do just to keep this kingdom afloat when we're so deep in the red." (3)

"You're being a tyrant to them," Pleaded Celestia.

"I'm trying to save this country for the few people I still give a crap about. And if that means I have to be the bad guy to get things done around here, so be it! With how the ponies are like, I have to practically kick them in the pants to accept that there's no going back to how things use to be.

Besides, the humans and other races do appreciate what I have been doing. Especially seeing how the ponies used to have more rights then other races under your rule. It's only thanks to our human counterparts that we haven't gone bankrupt yet. Mostly due to they're willingness to give up things short-term so that things won't become worse long-term unlike your ponies," Stated Sunset in a blunt, unapologetic.

"I did what I did to protect our subjects," defended Celestia.

"And under your rule the ponies always had more rights, their word always carried more weight, they could just dump their children onto other relatives or just let them take care of themselves for years at a time, build anywhere they want without first making sure that no one else uses that piece of land, not to mention allowing them be bigots to any race that isn't like them.

Now that I have striped them of those rights as well as others- that plus the fact this world can't be controlled like the old one -the ponies are being fearful.

Mainly because of how much of a control freak they all are. Everfree forest is just a normal forest but is a nightmare and a place of evil because nature there takes care of itself.

Not to mention that cutie marks are how ponies tell what job they're suited for. They then refuse to work in any other field but that. And that's assuming their talent isn't one that would disallow them to work a job.

In any case, it's all a moot point now. In a magicless world, that's all meaningless now. So I got rid of that old system and striped the nobles of their power. Seeing how they didn't do anything to help me or anything else after the merge,"

"They pester me to have their status back," Said a now very hurt Celestia who was increasingly weary of all her failures being thrown back in her face...

"As if that changes anything, you don't have any real power anymore. With the world changing, many of the ex-nobles lost their wealth and power they once had. I just took away their meaningless titles. Yes it's all they had left for many, but there is no reason to put up with nobles who don't do anything," continued Sunset.

"Which is also why you're a teacher now. Seeing how little you actually do to with things that matter. And yes I already know about your 'plan' in regards to teaching Twilight.

Being the tricksters mentor, sending her and her ex-friends to handle every problems. you didn't even help when Discord broke free, yes sending her all those reports DID help her... but other then that you did nothing else!

And look what that got you: Her mental state was so messed up that once she saw you as I see you, it completely broke her view of the world around her, causing her to break down. Instead of putting her into a mental ward like I wanted to. You just gave her to her parents to look after her, which allowed her to escape and disappear," scolded Sunset.

"I know that I failed you and her-" Began Celestia before getting interrupted.

"Then stop helping and thinking that you have any say in anything anymore! If I didn't go and get the human police to help, the changelings would had taken over! For all of your big talk of 'making friends', you don't have friends just subjects. Who you treated better then me who you should've cared about more.

But then again you banished aunt Luna to the moon all by herself. So why should I ever think you could be a mother," Said Sunset as she stormed off, leaving Celestia in tears again.

Once outside, Sunset saw the bus with the Butterfly family. Star with her parents River and Moon, Eclipsa, her husband Globgor, their daughter Meterora, they also brought along the Diaz family with their children Marco and Mariposa, there is also Pony Head a floating unicorn head, Kelly a woolett, and Buff Frog with his kids who are going to be taken on another bus to camp Lakebottom.

While looking at the frog children. Sunset remembered that two of them were conjoined by their heads but with some surgery, they're now separate. With metal skull caps where they use to be connected.

They're not the only royal family either as there is Melody from the underwater kingdom. She's going to Camp Lakebottom and her grandfather King Triton asked Sunset to keep an eye on her.

This was a great opportunity for Sunset and Equestria. For his kingdom had control of that underwater city Rapture and all it's advance technology and plasmids. She hoped to get on friendly terms with his granddaughter so she can stamp out a good trade deal with him.

There is also Korra the avatar who still has her powers like other benders, she just can't use the avatar state anymore. Joining her was Asami Sato, both of whom are spending the summer here as a much needed vacation.

"Welcome to Equestria," Greeted Sunset as she walks up to the guests and gives them the grand tour. She really needed to sell them a great vacation and bring in more people with deeper pockets...

The 3 original camp Lakebottom counselors: Sawyer a lovable zombie; with a multipurpose tool taking the place of his left hand, Armand a Sasquatch with a passion for performing arts, and Rosebud a short, bitter woman who serves as the camp's cook. They all trembled with excitement

All 3 of them are excited to have their summer camp having been remodeled and made bigger, as the summer camp was intended to help humans and non humans to make friends with each other. Kids from all races and across the country even some from other countries are coming over for the summer. Even their first 3 campers were also coming back: McGee, Gretchen, and Squirt.

With how big the camp has gotten thanks to donations and private funding, they hired more workers for the camp.

There's David and Gwen who were camp counselors for their old camp Cambell, with Quartermaster the groundskeeper.

The camp had also been merged with camp Everfree. This was after the merge put the camp- As well as the owners Gloriosa Daisy and Timber Spruce -in the middle of the Everfree forest with all the dangerous animals in it. Thankfully, their camp was quickly moved with the help of a gumball guardian who just carried the empty buildings and placed them in their new home of Lakebottom.

There is also Mr. Slinkman who is a smart, nice and friendly banana slug who has legs and arms. He came to work for the camp after Camp Kidney was closed down after scout master Lumpus was arrested.

There is also Huntress Wizard who after losing her magic, learned archery and will now teach it to others.

Harry Potter, who moved to the states after the merged and is working at the camp.

The security guards for the camp; Sasha Nein, Razputin Aquato, Lili Zanotto, Milla Vodello and Oleander. All 5 of them use to be Psychonauts before the government agency closed it's doors when their funding got cut. Seeing how they're skilled with their psychic powers, they made good security for the summer camp.

Then there's Bill the swim teacher who is also a gillman. Violet who is a sphinx. Sam a pigman who is also the camp's nurse. Mesa who is a 20 foot tall Treewoman. Then there are some local teens of Gravity Falls working there for the summer: Lee, Nate, Tambry, and Thompson.

The buses are unloading campers who are made up of many different races. The children are being broken up into groups, with girls one side and the boys on the other. Where they waited in line as David and Gloriosa Daisy sat at tables checking off names and assigning the kids cabins.

There are also 4 Protectron's who were gifted to the camp, two fire bridadiers who have internal cryo-guns, a utility one and a guardian, 5 Eyebots that can keep track of the campers on walks through the woods, and a Mr. Handy who helps out in the kitchen.

"Hi Jake," Greeted Juniper as she spotted her fellow magical guardian. She isn't alone, as her friends Jody Irwin, Ophelia Ramirez, Roger Radcliffe, and Lila came along for the trip. As well as Monroe who had tagged along for research of the magic of Gravity Falls.

Both of Jun's brothers had stayed home as she wanted to really hang out with her friends for a change. Both Ray Ray and Dennis are looking after things back home, with them having made friends with some of the new non-humans that showed up after the merged.

"Hi Juniper, it's nice to see you face to face," Said Jake shaking her hand.

"Cool, we finally get to meet your west coast counterpart," Spud said.

"Hi girl," Trixie said as she and Rose walk over to them having collected their bags from the bus.

"Hi Monroe," Fu Dog said to his fellow magical dog.

"So here because of the strange magic?" Juniper ask.

"You too?" Jake ask.

"Yeah," Juniper said.

"You guys are here to study magic too?" Lincoln asked standing behind the group with Ronnie, Clyde and Dib.

"Hey aren't you guys the ones who exposed that green alien with that lame getup that fooled everyone in 'The City'?" Rose ask.

"Yeah, that's us. But it's less impressive then it sounds. I mean all he wore was a wig and contacts. I can't believe people in the City are that dumb," Said Ronnie in disbelief.

"Try being one of the few smart people who had to LIVE there," Said Dib rolling his eyes.

"So we're all here to see what's with all the strange magic here?" Juniper ask and got nods in agreement.

"Is it passive or spell casting?" Jody ask.

"Passive," Fu Dog said.

"There isn't any spell casting magic left," Monroe said. (4)

"Oh, my good children! Never make 'negative claims' like that! Have you personally traveled the world? Looked under ever rock? Experimented on every form of life? Absence of proof is not itself proof! Such logical fallacies have taken down the best of scientists! Never forget 'burden of proof'!" Shouted Sasha as he busily walked past busily carried some lab equipment...

The kids looked after the man confused...

"Did you understand any of that?"

"Not a word"

"Uh...well, in any case; we have collected magical items from around the world to see if the magic here recharges them," Said Clyde hoping to get the conversation back on track.

"Or you can just ask the magical creatures of Gravity Falls," Pointed out Lila.

"Are there any sasquatch's besides Armand here?" Ophelia asked.

"Just abominable Bro-Man," Lila said.

"He has a blog and he's a total bro, showing all the bro stuff he does living in his mountain cave," Said Roger exasperated.

"Wait how does...," Trixie began asking but stopped as she realized that wasn't the strangest thing she'd head of since the merge.

A scream caught everyone's attention as a golfcart with a boy and a girl came crashing through the treeline. The cart twisted and turned as the boy driving the cart avoided campers and camp staff alike... At least until they came to Mesa who simply grabbed the cart and lifted it off the ground with the wheels spinning.

"Would you stop it," Said Mesa flatly to Dipper who removed his foot from the pedal.

"YOU ALL NEED TO RUN!" Mabel shouted.

"From what?" Juniper ask.

"GNOMES ARE COMING!" Dipper shouted.

"You mean those little guys with the pointy hats? What's so scary about them?" Asked Jake.

Bursting out of the forest came a giant just as tall as Mesa. The giant took the form of gnome, which is in turn made up of hundreds of gnomes all holding onto each other.

The giant gnome came charging into the camp, sending campers running away from it.

Mesa place the golf cart on the ground and charge at the giant gnome. Unfortunately, the gnomes simply opened up a hole in their collective. they let the tree woman go through while tripping her, sending her falling to the ground.

She also fell onto some of the security team of psychics who were running up from behind the gnome to stop it. The Protectrons and Eyebots flew into action as they used their blasters to stun the gnomes, knocking gnomes off the giant.

The giant swung its arm sending several gnomes flying at Mabel and Dipper as living missiles before turning their attention to the robots and camp workers.

The gnomes grab onto Dipper and Mabel, knocking them out of the cart.

Juniper and the other kids came to their aid, knocking the gnomes away. Hoping to get them to safety while the giant gnome was busy knocking down the robots and camp workers.

Jake meanwhile, transformed into his dragon form and began breathing fire at the giant gnome. Forcing it backwards as the gnomes avoided the flames. This worked until the giant gnome grabbed a log that's used for campers to sit on and used it to knock Jake down to the ground. With him landing near the other kids who had fought off the gnomes that held Dipper and Mabel, causing them to flee back to the giant gnome and going back to their places in the giant.

The giant gnome loomed over the children. But suddenly stops and stared at something behind the children.

The children turn around to see a column of water raising out of the lake. The column transform into a giant fist and grab the giant gnome, taking it within itself.

The water began to twist and turn breaking the giant apart as the gnomes lost their grips with each other. Then a ball of water with all the gnomes came flying out and was thrown deep into the forest. Only a waterlogged Jeff remained...

"Good thing I was here," Said Korra as she and the rest of the tour group lead by Sunset went along with Buff Frog to see the summer camp where his kids will be staying at.

"That's one bad guy taken care of," Star said.

"No that's not the bad guy," said a still freaked out Mabel.

"Say what?" Asked Star confused.

"That was just the minions," explained Dipper.

"Then who's the bad guy?" Asked Korra concerned.

A shriek from the air got everyone's attention as a giant winged creature slam down from the sky, landing on top of the bus. The eyes of the giant's bird-like head turned from yellow to red upon seeing it's target.

Standing over 15 feet tall is the guardian of the fallen city in the sky; Songbird. Mesa got back up and joined Globgor, who grew into a giant to get between Songbird and the kids. Keeping him at bay as it faced off against two people who are as big as it is. They are quickly joined by the other camp workers, security team and the robots.

"Someone explain what's going on?" Shouted Juniper in the middle of a flip.

"Jeff- who I at first thought was a zombie -was really just a bunch of gnomes dressed up so they could kidnap my sister Mabel," Dipper explains.

"And Jeff here," Mabel pointed to the lone gnome who hadn't run away. "Were going to offer me to that bird thing."

"Hey now, Songbird over there has been forcing me and the other gnomes to find young girls for him," Said a weary Jeff as the kids crowded around him.

"What for?" Jake asked.

Jeff sighed, "He's looking for a girl that he once protected but disappeared after his city fell from the sky. He's has been looking for her since. He made his home in our part of the forest about a week ago. He forced us to search and find a young girl with brown hair and out-going personality. Then bring her back to him to see if she's the one he seeks."

"And if I wasn't?" Mabel asked nervously.

"Weeeeell... we were MAYBE...planning to make you our queen by forcing you to marry all of us gnomes," Jeff admitted reluctantly.

"Really? There aren't any female gnomes around here?" Jake asked a bit disturbed yet morbidly curious.

"All this just so that Songbird can find the girl he's looking for?" Asked Juniper in disbelief.

Jeff shrugged."Hey, It's better then how he use to do things before he enslaved us. Back then just flew around till he spotted a girl, grabbed her, realizes it's not her and then just drop her," He explains to the horror of the kids.

"Wait he's the monster that's been grabbing and dropping girls?" Lincoln asked making sure to get between it and Ronnie. Ronnie huffs annoyed but still blushes a bit.

"Good, that means I can do this," Said Huntress Wizard as she has suddenly reappeared armed with a bow and arrows.

She unleashes an arrow at Songbird's head which sadly just bounces off it's armor. Songbird gave out a screech as it attempted to fly, but was tackled by both Mesa and Globgor who's combine weight kept it from flying.

But Songbird proved it's strength as it sent Mesa and Globgor flying by twisting it's body side to side. The robots open fire on Songbird- their blasters still set to stun because of the children present -Huntress continues to fire arrows at Songbird, aiming for it's head and eyes.

The psychics used PSI-Blasts and pyrokinesis on Songbird, but did little damage to the machine birdman thing. Songbird cried out as it flapped its wings to knock both the Eyebots and Protectrons out of the air, followed by the psychics. Korra struck it with a jet of water/ lightning combo, causing Songbird to jerk around in agony.

Songbird shriek in rage as it punched at Korra with it's claws, making Korra jump backwards from the blows.

Jake in his dragon form slam into Songbird's side, followed by an arrow to his eye by Huntress Wizard causing it to shriek in pain.

Jake quickly lit Songbird on fire, but this proved to be useless as Songbird is fireproof. But it did allow Globgor the time he needed to grow bigger then Songbird and kick it into the lake. Korra quickly followed this up by creating ice around Songbird trapping it.

"You think that stopped it?" Juniper asked cautiously. She'd stayed back to guard that kids. As without her powers Songbird was way out of her weight class.

"Nope," Lincoln said as cracks form on the ice, followed by Songbird bursting out of the ice enraged.

Twin beams of energy struck Songbird sending it falling back in the water. Flying over the camp came Danny and Dani in their ghost forms. They flew over the crowd and tackled Songbird, bringing it underwater.

The water's surface bubbled as the 3 fought underwater, with a energy beam bursting out every now and then. Songbird burst out of the water trying to escape, only to be hit by a missile, sending it falling again.

XJ6 came from the sky and plunged into the lake to join the underwater fight. The water surface bubbled till it stopped...Everyone watched in trepidation...Who would emerge victorious?

XJ6 arose from the water, her arms wrapped around the now broken Songbird as she and the two phantoms ascended into the air.

"XJ6, glad to see you!" Dib waved to her. He knows her through his dad who helped improve and upgrade XJ6's and her sisters weapons and systems.

"Hi Dib don't worry about this guy. We'll take him to a place that will hold him," said XJ6 as she and the phantoms flew off to the newly remade prison of Tartarus.

"At last, Songbird is gone. Now me and the other gnomes can find a new queen," Jeff said as he looks at Mabel.

"No way," Shouted Mabel annoyed.

"Listen why don't you gnome just find yourselves some female gnomes? They'd be your size," offered Juniper diplomatically.

"But there aren't any female gnomes," said Jeff with a defeated sigh.

"Wait, then how...," Trixie began asking before she realized what being the gnome queen REALLY ...and naturally went VERY pale..and more then a little green...as did many others...

"Listen, you gnomes of Gravity Falls can't be doing the 'queen bee' thing anymore. There are female gnomes out there if you really want a wife," expalined Jake.

"There are?" Jeff asked amazed.

"Sure, I can show you some dating sites," Fu Dog offerd.

"You mean.. as in using one of those computers?" Jeff asked now rather doubtful.

"Oh man you guys really are isolated here aren't you?" Realized Monroe.

"Hey you two," Lincoln alled to the twins.

"My name is Dipper and she's Mabel," Dipper introduced him and his sister to the group.

"Is this normal?" Lincoln asked.

"Can't really say," Said Dipper with a shrug.

"Yeah, we've only been here a couple of days," Mabel admited.

"At least things started off as an action packed one," Clyde stated happily.

"Sure, a GREAT start... we encountered a bunch of gnomes who have a 'queen bee' thing and a machine birdman who killed dozens of girls," said Ophelia sarcastically.

"Yeah, but we now live in a world where things like that is easy to handle," pointed out Roger.

"And XJ6 and the phantoms are here," adds Ronnie .

"There's that," conceded Jody.

"Hey Jeff, has there ever been a magical guardian or whatever who kept the human and magical world in balance in your world?," Jake asked the gnome curious.

Jeff shook his head, "Nope, there has never been anyone like that. We only began interacting with the humans when we saw there's no point in hiding anymore."

"Just great," Juniper groaned as she and Jake realized that they'll be the ones who are going to have handle things like old times...yet again...

After Sunset gave ownership of Tartarus to the government, they made it into a Federal Supermax Isolation prison. Which is under the control of the new government agency; S.C.P. or Secure, Contain, Protect. Who handle all supernatural and paranormal threats to the earth ...at least...that's what they told her...she's still going through the paperwork...

Since the ownership changed, Tartarus has been expanded and upgraded with the most advanced security system of many worlds.

Staffed by heavily armed and armored guards, robots, turrets, force fields, cameras that can detect anything, and custom prison cells for special prisoners. The complex is now also made up of different sections for different levels of prisoners.

The Intensive Treatment Center is a large facility located in the center Tartarus, the Center held a number of the more extreme personalities and was designed to provide care for highly severe psychological and physical illnesses.

This unit contained a number of holding cells, many offices for the Tartarus Staff along the corridors, the Extreme Isolation cells, a wide range of medical equipment, and the main lobby.

This is one of the prison's most highly secure buildings where prisoners are first admitted for initial assessments, so it had up-to-date security systems to properly house inmates.

The Medical & Research Facility was one of the primary locations for the inmates of the institution to receive physical treatment, alongside the Intensive Treatment Unit.

This building had a sanatorium with an X-Ray Room, a Patient Observation Room and a Surgery Room. Some of the prisoners held here have powers or abilities that they can't control and are held till they get the help they need.

The Research Wing is where prisoners are studied to learn about how whatever special abilities they have works. The state of the art equipment and holding cells, allow safe study on the prisoners. To see what could be gained both in knowledge, technology and commercial gain.

The Penitentiary is the primary location for incarceration, with 5 different sections for the different level of how dangerous the prisoner is.

The Penitentiary contained a great number of different cells to house the prisons extreme variety of inmates.

Level 1 prisoners are the ones who can be kept in standard cells once striped of their gear. Level 2 prisoners are the ones with powers and are kept locked in cells that one way or another keep them from using their powers. Level 3 prisoners are for the ones who powers can't be turned off and have to be kept in custom cells. Level 4 are the supernatural prisoners who even in a world with no magic they still have their old powers. Level 5 are the most dangerous and are kept behind vault-like doors.

The Canteen is where 'safe' prisoners from Levels 1-4 are allowed to go for their meals. The ones who are lock in their cells are given their food through slots.

The prisoners who are let out are the ones who have rehabilitation as an option. They're given a chance to get an education if they lack one and work prison jobs to earn money.

The sector houses the workshop, laundry room, cleaning rooms, shower, kitchen, mail room and prison shop. The sector is treated as more of a normal prison for those who are serving their time.

There is also the Extreme Isolation area; this is an area of Tartarus that is located in the Intensive Treatment Center and is reserved for only the most dangerous of inmates or the ones who have powers that are just too dangerous to be allowed around others.

The only way in and out of the area is via a high-security, metal transfer box. The entrance is also guarded by heavily armed and armored security guards and robots at all times. (5)

"First time in Tartarus?" XJ6 asked Danny and Dani as they handed off Songbird to the guards of Tartarus in the Intensive Treatment Center.

"Been here before," admited Dani.

"We were here when the ghost portal was shiped here," explained Danny.

"Why?" asked XJ6.

"There's your answer," Danny said pointing to 4 ghosts who are dressed as prison guards. They're Walker's goons who are identical in appearance. They are green-skinned ghosts with broad, muscular torsos, ghostly tails, and red eyes. Their uniform consists of a dark blue police jacket with green patches on the arms, gray-and-green shoulder guards and gloves, a metallic gray helmet with a green star on a blue visor, and a gray utility belt. They also each carry a green baton that can fire ectoplasmic restraints to capture prisoners, and they sometimes use gray-and-green riot shields.

"Walker and the SCP have a deal that any ghosts caught are given over to Walker to be put in HIS prison," Dani explained.

"Really, what for?" XJ6 asked.

"Well I Don't know what Walker is getting out of the deal, but all the ghosts that are kept in Walker's prison don't get out," Danny stated. Walker's guards are escorting Amorpho a ghost with the power to shapeshift.

"What about the Fenton Thermos?" XJ6 ask.

"That and other ghost traps can hold some ghosts but others can break out. So its just safer to give ghosts over to Walker. As the in the ghost zone, their powers are useless," Danny explained. (6)

"Yeah, there they can't just go through walls and the guards being ghosts the prisoners can't use powers that would easily allow them to handle the living," Dani adds.

"Good point," XJ6 said as she watches Songbird being lead away by robot guards design to handle big and powerful prisoners like him. "We have enough problems with the living prisoners as it is."

"I DON'T BELONG HERE!" a young woman in her teens cried out. She is in a straitjacket with two guards dragging her to her cell.

"Oh yes you do," a younger teen said who is filling out forms as his sister is committed to the prison metal ward.

"Dexter I didn't mean it. I'm sorry," the woman pleaded with her younger brother.

"You're only sorry because you're finally getting punish for what you did this time. You went and played around with my new fusion generator and killed hundreds in the blast, not to mention caused millions in collateral damage.

It's all recorded of you sneaking in, ignoring the people in the control room yelling at you to stop, messing with the controls and laughing while you did it.

Worse, after the explosion you tried laughing it off as just a game and said it's ok as you do it all the time in my lab. You don't care about anything or anyone but yourself. Dee Dee you are mentally unable to see what you do as being wrong. And you're only crying because you're being punish this time," Dexter snaps at his sister.

"It was just a joke," Dee Dee sobbed.

"A joke that killed people and unlike back in our world you can't just get away with this," Dexter said.

"What about mom and dad?" Dee Dee asked.

"Dad's lost his arm and mom is still undergoing treatment for her burns. Both of them don't ever want to see you again after the news footage of you smiling and laughing at the destruction you caused saying it was all for a laugh and showing no remorse for all the deaths and damage you did," Dexter explain to her.

"No. I don't believe you!" Dee Dee shouted out.

"Fine, keep deluding yourself. I don't care, as you are not my sister or part of the family anymore," Dexter said as he finish the form and handed it to the guard and walk away as Dee Dee was drag the other way with her crying out for her brother to save her. (7)

"I see your point," Danny said to XJ6.

"There are still people who think because of how they were able to do what they want in their world and no matter what just worked out. That they can still do it here and nothing bad will happen to them," XJ6 said.

"Till it finally hits them in the face," Dani added.

Grindewald was once a mighty dark wizard before the merging of worlds brought an end to most spell casting magic. He wished he still had magic to deal with the thugs that had put a bag over his head and dragged him somewhere.

He had only agreed to this meeting because of how little options there were for him. The one who he's meeting is the one who masterminded his escape. Not that it was that hard with how useless the magical world is without magic.

From what he has overheard; The person who freed him deals with the black market for magical items that still work and those that don't but are still valuable to the right buyer.

One of the thugs shoved the elder wand into his face, asking him if it's the real deal. After learning it is, they put the bag over his head. Thanks to him smelling the saltwater and how the floor is moving, he deduced that they traveled across the sea on a boat.

"Sorry for the rough treatment but can't be too careful," a man spoke to him as the bag was removed from his head.

Grindewald blinked as he found himself in what looks like the ships quarters and the man who removed the bag is a large man wearing a suit and a luchadore mask.

"Who are you?" Grindelwald asked.

"I'm the guy who had you busted out after you agreed to my offer. I'm Killbane, welcome to the Luchadores," the man greeted him.

"Why do you need me?" Grindelwald asked.

"See I need someone who knows about magic. I have gotten some people working for me. but a guy of your reputation and credentials would know a really powerful magical whatnot when you see it. And you're also the type who doesn't mind what the item is used for or on," stated Killbane.

"I see you're just after making money," Said Grindelwald.

"Of course I am," Killbane said with a smirk. "What else is there?"

1 - The Columbia is from the bad future timeline.

2- And there is no Combine or Xen invasion...for the moment at least...

3 - The ponies are on the most part doing badly now that they have very little or no control at all of the things that they use to be able to control. And having to deal with problems that they can't just put away and out of sight and mind. Seeing that the world they came from is cannon and the only reason why they got away with what they use to be able to do was because of how things worked in their world. They been hit hard by the reality stick, where it's beating a dead horse thing or in this case pony. And Sunset being the only thing that kept the entire country from falling apart. Who is as she was before the Equestria girl movie.

4 - Magic in this fic- for the moment - comes in two types:

Spell casting magic which is magic that the user has to chant or cast to be able to use. So all(known) spell casting, and magical girl items is just gone.

Passive magic is the magic that the person who has it doesn't have to cast to be able to use it. Like in games where you can have a status effect that just happens without you having to activate it to use it. In the fic is the reason why the pony heads are able to float around, dragons, ghosts and other creatures can still transform or those who were created by magic can still be alive. Along with things that are still magical but don't need something to activate it.

5 - The layout of Tartarus is modeled after Arkham from the Batman Arkham game series. But has more and better security and the guards aren't dumb. As the security is SCP level and design to keep prisoners in not matter what.

6 - One thing I don't like about ghosts in fiction is how often they're shown to have god like powers no matter where they are. Inside a building where they died is different as ghosts there are domain holders and are only all powerful while within that building. Or when it's only mind games and not them being able to alter reality to the entire world around them. Seeing how even then ghosts have a big advantage in the world of the living any ghosts caught by the SCP are given over to Walker where in the Ghost Zone they're just like everyone else.

7 - I never like the idiot cast member who is only there to cause trouble. Dee Dee was only in the show to cause trouble and it wears thin and gets old quickly. And it's only in the later seasons that she was ever called out for what she did. Besides it's only because of cartoon logic that no one is ever killed because of Dee Dee messing around and making things blow up.