//------------------------------// // Irrational Treasure // Story: Fusion Falls (old version) // by madhat886 //------------------------------// ! Inside one of the cabins at Camp Lakebottom, Harry is setting up his first 'logic' class, for both former magic users or people who still had magic but could stand to use it better. A huge failing of his former wizarding society was how they lacked logic in all they did, not to mention basic common sense. Magic made things to easy, why need to think of a clever way to solve a problem when you can just wave your magic wand after all? Many people from other worlds were lacking in logic and common sense, many issues they had were easily solved if they just applied themselves and just think things through. He pulled out people in the news who while they got away with what they did before in their worlds. In this new merge world, they couldn't do what they use to do and just get away with it anymore. Like the woman from Texas, Peggy Hill who because she refused to admit how bad she is at the Spanish language ended up in jail after she smuggled cocaine across the border. Or the mayor from Townsvile where the Powerpuff girls are from, who was voted out of office and replaced by Ms. Bellum who work as the Mayor secretary who really ran things. The Mayor is still around and working as a speaker for Ms. Bellum which he's actually good at. Many of the students came from worlds where logic and common sense is something that is only found in myths and legends. From being completely fooled by someone just putting on a hat, making said person look completely different. Or believing with no proof at all that someone is evil just because someone who just showed up said so, who always turns out to be evil. And no matter how many times someone shows that they're horrible and can't ever be trusted, people always will believe them and fall for the same trick. Like what happen in the town that Lucian Cramp and his tiny friend Tony came from use to be like. They once lived in a town called Soap City which was more or less run by a very unlikable CEO named Walter Winkle. After the merge; he quickly found that he could no longer put profit over the environment and people's safety without consequences. Nor could he frivolously spend money to appease his spoiled daughter Wendy. His inability to adjust saw his company bankrupted in a short time. And since it supplied most of the town with jobs and revenue, Soap City quickly became a ghost town/'Uselessville'. His bully of a brother Wayne quickly found himself sent to Juvie now that he was surrounded by adults who were actually smart and can see through his lies. And their parents like many other adults are being treated for their low intelligent and being so easily fooled. Luciens friend Mari also found herself happily ditching her happiness-obsessed, almost cult-like foster family during the chaos of the merge. ! Out in Space - With the merge happening Steven Universe has been working with White, Blue and Yellow in maintaining peace in their sector of space. The Gems are now working as peacekeepers, with them protecting the worlds in their sector. In exchange the alien races of the planets they protect give them resources to maintain their empire. They also used the new and advance alien technology to create what Steven calls a Gem Pod that using energy collected from an energy source creates new gems. Instead of using the old way of draining the life of planets to make new ones. The alien races under their protection collect energy from many different sources to give to the gems when a collection ship comes to collect the units of energy tanks they're supposed to have collected. In exchange besides the protection the gems also share technology with the alien races so that they’ll be able to produce the goods they need to produce to keep the gem empire up and running. Which has raised the living standards of the planets under their control. The Gem Empire also made alliances with other alien races, both for mutual protection and trade deals. Then there is the union of planets that the Utroms an alien race who look like pink blobs with faces on them. They are a technological advance race by any other race's standards making them the most powerful in the galaxy. They have been doing their best in keeping all the other space powers in the galaxy from tearing it apart. Right now the Utrom Alliance is the most powerful group in the Milky Way Galaxy and has manage to keep large full scale wars from breaking out. Like they did with the war between the Triceratons and the Oni Invaders. For millennia, the Triceratons and the Kraang have fought over Dimension X. The Kraang used their intelligence to battle, while the Triceratons relied on brute strength and cunning. It seemed the Triceratons would win, but the Kraang used the most powerful weapon in the universe: a black-hole generator that wiped out the Triceraton's whole planet. Only a single Triceraton fleet survived, and they vowed vengeance. Over time the empire got bigger, carried more destructive firepower, found the Heart of Darkness, and resumed their quest to find and exterminate the Kraang. Now in this new merge universe the Triceraton Empire have merged with their counterparts from other universes and are now seeking to expand their new empire already taking many planets. The Triceraton Empire had challenged the Oni Invaders to a game of tag to decide who got a planet between their two territories. The Oni agreed and took their entire fleet, their only for it to be wiped out by the Triceratons. Making the systems sun to send out a solar flare by chucking a bomb into it and having the flare hit the fleet. The Triceratons fleet then began to plunder the now helpless Oni worlds. Thankfully, the Utroms were able to send some of their ships along with Cluster and Gem ships to defend them and beat the Triceratons back. But the Oni were now a helpless 'protected world' under the Utrom protection and a bit of a laughingstock due to their 'honor before reason' mentality. ! Back on Earth - Harry had also brought in one professor Layton and Nelson Tethers, former agent of the Puzzle Research Division of the FBI of their world to run the class. Their world ironically had the OPPOSITE problem. They ran exclusively on logic, all you had to do to solve everyday problems was solve a puzzle or a riddle. Sadly, in this world that simply wasn't the case and like many out of world institutes; Layton's university and Puzzle Research Division were quickly seen as 'frivolous' and shut down. Harry, learning of this was able to hire them on as instructors at the camp. Sunset was so intrigued by them and was considering them as instructors at Celestia's academy during the school year considering how her ponies needed a much needed wake-up call regarding logic. Layton was keeping it simple today and just doing some brain teasers. Nelson was currently being calmed down after freaking out after seeing a gnome. No one laughed at him about that, after the nightmare fuel attendants that were the gnomes back on his world, no on could blame him. They seen the pictures of those gnomes. On the chalkboard were the following riddles: *I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?* *You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I’m quick when I’m thin and slow when I’m fat. The wind is my enemy. * *You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk, but when you look again you don’t see a single person on the boat. Why?* (1) But seeing how many of the students completely lack any common sense or logic. The teachers had to resort to logic puzzles for ages 5 and below. And using cartoons and telling the kids what not to do, or telling stories about real life people and how because they tried to live as they did before the merge. Ended with them actually having all of their actions catching up to them and not all of it just being forgotten the next day. Some of the campers were from the various Equestria races, which Sunset upon hearing about the class got many of the young kids to attend. As being the leader for about a year has made her sick of dealing with morons which are her subjects. One group in particular stood out: The group is comprised of the easygoing earth Pony Sandbar, the gruff dragon Smolder, the sarcastic Gallus the Griffon, the shy Changeling Ocellus, the cheerful but clumsy Yak Yona, and the hyperactive Hippogriff/Seapony Silverstream and the progressive Buffalo gal Strongheart. (2) Things had mostly gone up for the non-pony races of Equestria since the merge. For as long as it could be remembered, there been a feeling of 'irrelevance and unimportant' among all creatures who were not a pony. Like the universe they lived in didn't believe that their lives were worth as much as the ponies, indeed unless they went along with THEIR beliefs of 'magic is friendship' which they horded to themselves and did what THEY wanted, it seemed like the other races were doomed to fail regardless of their efforts. But now int this new merged world, now things were different. In this cynical, darker world the dragons and griffons found themselves thriving! The griffons love of money and thriftiness had allowed many to make it big as stockbrokers, bankers, and tax collectors. Long deprived of any role models, that either weren't ponies or agreed with their lifestyle. Many griffons found themselves drawn to the works of Ayn Rand... but to a GREATER extent, Andrew Ryan and his wonderful Rapture. Rapture and Ryan were introduced to the Griffon Kingdom by his last surviving inner-circle member; Sander Cohen. Who had escaped Rapture after the merge and had since rallied behind him a group of insane artists collectively calling themselves 'Are we cool yet?' He gave them Ryan's Audio diaries, his speeches. His thoughts on altruism something that had always annoyed the Griffons regarding the ponies and retaking their lives for themselves stuck a large cord with large parts of the Griffon population. Sandra then somehow brought them the exhibits and animatronics of Ryan's Amusements before they were taken down. Apart of the remodeling of the city after the merpeople of Atlantis as well as the other water races moved in. It became a new favorite for Griffon children and every Griffon got a hearty chuckle of the audio diary of what Ryan REALLY thought of the attraction. But what REALLY cemented Ryan as a hero and a Legend in the hearts of the Griffon people... was the truly epic, heart pounding footage of the tragic conclusion of his life. And thus, Ryan became the 'MAN who died at the hands of a SLAVE' to the Griffons. Many of the other races were horrified by the Griffons near worship of a tyrant like Ryan, especially how his 'utopia' fell to ruins. But the griffons didn't care, for the first time EVER, they had purpose in their life again. It is rumored that Cohen is secretly selling them stolen, experimental plasmids and Vigors, which while doesn't give them powers it did give them a new market to get into. As well as financing a 'cult of Ryan' slowly growing among the more radical Griffons, for some unknown purpose. Thankfully, the griffons are at least smart enough to realize that giving a 'bad product' like untested plasmids would be bad for business long-term. They have been reading other books by well to do businessmen, like Scrooge Mcduck the richest duck in the world, even in this new world. And one of the messages in his guide book to riches, is that selling a bad product will always bad for business. He will cut cost everywhere he can like asking the construction crew if every single nut and bolt is really needed for a new building. But he will never cut cost if that would compromise the structural strength of the building, even paying more to make sure that the building is as safe and sound as he can be. As a building that is unsafe because of cutting corners would be a total loss financially. As well as the cost of rebuilding and lawsuits, and more importantly tons of bad PR that can completely ruin someone’s career in the business world. So they're currently forming an alliance with various industrious dwarf groups to try and finance/build labs to extend research to stabilize plasmids. They and the dwarves are fast becoming the leading voice when it comes to plasmid research. Pointing to the fact that they’re only dangerous because no one did any real research on it before putting it out on the market. The dragons on the other hand, they were mixed with two other types of Dragon: Alagaësia dragon and Archipelago Dragons. The Alagaësia dragon were very popular as they had the ability to give 'borrowed magic' to other dragons only, forever breaking the Pony monopoly on magic. It wasn't uncommon for Dragons to fly over and mock the now depowered ponies and show of their new magic to them, rubbing it in their faces. The Archipelago dragons, on the other hand? Well, it was a bit weird in what happen to them. They and their human allies were found to be turned into tiny paper dragons and stuffed inside a seemingly bottomless box with note on the cover. *Yes... let's go against the 'co-existence' message of the entire franchise on the last lap! Stupid How To Train Your Dragon... ruin the entire franchise for me will you!? Well you are now all stuck in a box! So suck on that!* (3) Turns out before the merge, the riders of Berk had for some reason decided it was 'too dangerous' for the dragons to be with them anymore despite the fact that all their villains had been DEFEATED and it would make more sense for them to stay TOGETHER to combat future threats. This angered a man with no face who... banished them all into a box. They are slowly changing back one by one as the days passed though. Many dragons were now seeking jobs as wrestlers, fighting off monsters, bodyguards, stealth bombers and volcanologist. As some dragons are able to survive being up close to lava without dying, with the Equestia dragons being able to drip into lava. Of course, now in this new world they found that the lava isn't as liquid as it was in their world and more like wet cement. The changelings had gone through a rather large shake-up after the invasion that saw their queen arrested, no one knew what to do with them as they mostly did what they did out of fear of Chyrsalis and fear of starvation but mostly the former. And they were confused now leaderless and then they began to starve due to lack of love. Someone then came up with the grand idea of giving them puppies. In exchange for taking care of them, the puppies gave them all the love they would ever need! No cocoons needed! So, all Changelings minus an unrepentant Chrysalis were set free on a probationary basis. Many Changelings were being snapped up and hired as spies for espionage or by Hollywood as actors. The later caused an increase in popularity that made many forget their seedy past. Well, except most ponies unfortunately, but most Changelings were too busy being drunk on puppy love and fan love to care. The Hippogriffs/Seaponies were very happy thanks to the merge as it almost immediately destroyed the entire Storm King's fleet. Apparently this world remembered that keeping lava prisons inside WOODEN ships was a bad idea. Allowing them to immediately retaliate and re-take their homes. They'd become good friends with the merpeople of Atlantis and then both their homes got blown up by that stupid Sponge and Starfish. Their underwater kingdom appeared next to Atlantis. Needless to say, the Seaponies were there to throw rotten seacucumbers at the sobbing sponge as he was dragged naked and shackled through the streets. They now lived in Rapture with the Merpeople. Unlike the Griffons, they were horrified by Ryan and what he did here. It helped that living there allowed them a first hand look at the horrors his 'utopia' wrought. They gathered so many audio logs of the people who were hurt by his ideas and memorialized them, including the grade school teacher who willingly starved herself to death so her kids would be feed. Thanks to their ability to shift between land/sea creatures they quickly became invaluable as gophers, merchants and emissary's for the merpeople. The Diamond Dogs caused trouble after the merge as they stole mining equipment in their search for gemstones. Which caused the humans to launch a attack on them using dog whistles and filling their tunnels with tear gas. Many were arrested for all the stolen equipment. They're now working in mines and other underground works, after learning that their digging skills are highly valued. The Deers found their forests invaded by humans after their leader tried to attack nearby human settlements in revenge for a minatour named Well-to-do wrecking their forest illegally. Why they attacked innocent people instead of them is a mystery to many. Well-to-do was arrested, what he was doing was illegal. And King Longhorn tried to take over numerous settlements with his gang only to be crushed almost immediately by the US army. The Yaks found themselves surrounded by non-Yak things, so they immediately started to smash them. This too lead them being crushed by the US army. And learning their lesson in not smashing things just because it's not what they're use to and learned the golden rule. The more moderate of these four factions were the only one's not killed or arrested. Had then gathered together into a single commune to help each other through this dire time. The Buffalo were fine with the changes as long as they still had room to graze they and the human native American community were now working together to form new tribal buffalo casinos. With Ocellus's help, the kids figured them out and got to leave early. They went to find and chat with their friends Lincoln and Ronnie. As they walk, they pass by Lilly discussing with Raz a recent discovery that was made. How either this or one of the other worlds originally had gods long ago in ancient times. But most were wicked and were killed by a demi-god named Kratos. They also pass by Sasha who is chastising the girls from worlds where there are monsters living in secret from the humans. For doing inappropriate things with their 'darlings' in public. As they’re no longer in a hentai world, they have to be more disciplined. Even Milla can't condone their actions, there are little children around after all. Of course, the American monsters are doing better than the ones in Japan, with one world having monsters seeing nothing wrong with monsters killing and eating each other. Japan really didn't had that many worlds with monsters that are like the ones from Juniper or Jake's worlds. (4) They came upon Lincoln and Ronnie playing around with a freshwater crab that had crawled out from the nearby lake. Ronnie is giving the crab some chips to eat while Lincoln is filming it with his phone. "Hey, come on you two need to get ready. We're all going into town for Pioneer Day," Silverstream spoke up. "Ok," Lincoln and Ronnie said at the same time. ! Elsewhere - Meanwhile, Wendy goes to see if Dipper wants to go to Pioneer Day. Ordinarily she'd avoid it due to personal issues she had with the Northwests but Pacifica seemed cool and she still isn't talking to any of her former friends, so she had nothing else to do... so... why not? Wendy gets nervous as she approaches the house getting all flustered. "What is wrong with me? I'm just asking Dipper to come with me to town! We're friends, it's normal! It's not like I'm asking him on a date... yeah...," Wendy talk to herself. She finds Dipper with Twilight on the computer. Originally, she'd come to the shack to find out where parts of the printer and her notes went. Having disappear after the party and what happen, but they'd been captivated by something on the computer. "Hey Wendy! You gotta see this! It's the inspirational true story about a guy who was born with no arms or legs!" Dipper informed her. After watching the video Wendy can't help but be impressed, but she remembers that she's here to talk to Dipper about going to town for Pioneer Day. "Hey Dipper, you want to come with me to town for Pioneer Day?" Wendy ask. "What's Pioneer day?" Dipper ask. "It's a local holiday where the town dress and acts like it's the 1800's," Twilight explains. "Oh ok, I'll go," Dipper said. "Great," Wendy said happy with Dipper coming with her. "Want to come too?" Dipper ask Twilight. "It be great to see what Pioneer Day is all about," Twilight said. "Ok," Wendy said sad that she wouldn't be spending time with just Dipper. "I'll come too," Mabel said popping into the room. Wanting to spend time with Dipper again. Ever since what happen with Tyrone, Dipper has been spending much of his time away from Mabel. Stan had a long talk with Mabel about not rushing into things as she is responsible for creating a clone of Dipper, which lead to his death. Stan told her that while making a mistake is one thing but a mistake that cause the lost of life is another. And that she's lucky that the police hadn't charged her as Mina was the one who killed Tyrone but she is still responsible for it happening. "Nope you're banned from from the festivities. Pacifica is still mad at you," Wendy said. "Sorry Mabel," Dipper said. "Wait you're going without me?" Mabel ask hurt that her brother is going without her. "Yeah, sorry Mabel but you do need to learn a lesson about not listening to what people are telling you," Dipper said leaving with Wendy and Twilight. Mabel tries to convince Dipper to not go as he's leaving, but Dipper with some prompting from Wendy... leaves. Leaving a despondent Mable to figure out what just happened. She can't believe that Dipper would just leave without her, they always do stuff together, and all that. ! Gravity Falls - Pioneer Day celebrates the day the town was founded, along with the town's rich history and culture. During the celebration, it is common for people to dress up and act as if they were in 1863. Many festivities are included with Pioneer Day to make it seem like 1863; for example, candle-dipping, gold panning, and Old Man McGucket telling about the history of Gravity Falls. That man with the faceless floating head making candles. Which Stan hates and is staying at the shack with Mabel. Leaving just Wendy, Dipper, and Twilight going into town to have some fun. Twilight left the two as she wanted to do things by herself. Leaving Wendy and Dipper alone as the look around town and at the sights. They spotted the Ed's at one of the food stands, some Candy people, Equestians, many non-humans, and several of Sunset's sisters around. They also saw the campers of Lakebottom all over the place, with Lincoln and Ronnie hanging out with Six in an alleyway. They're trying to get Six to come join the fun, but Six just ran down the alleyway with Lincoln and Ronnie chasing after her. When Wendy and Dipper got to the town center they spotted Pacifica, who looks sad. She's watching some kids hold a ribbon and run around an old-fashioned turn-still. One of them briefly trips... an official looks to her expectantly. "Do you want her off the team?" he asks. Realizing he's talking to her Pacifica realizes under different circumstances that yes, that's what she would've done. But after the party... she begins to realizes she could be rather petty and shallow. Such things just seemed so stupid after what Tyrone had done for her... No one had ever done something so selfless for her. She says it's fine and excuses herself when she sees Dipper and Wendy as they wave her over. "Look Dipper... about Mabel...," Pacifica was saying. Dipper just gave out a sigh. "Look... I'm not happy about that... and most of the blame is on Mina... but Mabel didn't help... and I can't say I'm happy with her for what she did either... but she's still my sister... as long as you promise not to hurt her... I won't help you with stuff like that... but I won't stop you either...," Dipper explains. Pacifica gave him a smile. "Fair enough... y'know... it's weird... I know I didn't know him that long... and technically he still lives through... well, you... but seeing someone die for me... no one has ever done that for me before I mean, yes Dipper saved my life but," Pacifica gave out a sigh. "I'm sorry, I'm not making any sense." Wendy and Dipper just comfort her and offer to help her with her duties so they can go have fun. While Pacifica sighs at Dipper and thinks how Lucky Wendy is to have his attention. While Wendy toys with hooking up Pacifica and Dipper despite how much Dipper meant to hers, his happiness was important here not Wendy's. Meanwhile Twilight is busy making mental notes on a thesis regarding 'potential human love triangles' as she continues to observe her friends afar at their awkward interactions with each other. ! Elsewhere - Trembley's Cove is a hidden location underneath the Gravity Falls Cemetery, accessible by pulling up on the pointer finger of an angel statue above. It contains many secret historical artifacts, mainly documents, including one showing that Abraham Lincoln had a hand growing out of his head, which was the reason he wore his hat, and another revealing that Benjamin Franklin was a woman. But the biggest secret is the body of which the cove is named after who is encased in a block of solid peanut brittle. President Sir Lord Quentin Trembley III, Esq. is the forgotten founder of Gravity Falls, Oregon and 8½th President of the United States of America, whose silliness has prompted his erasure from history. When he was young, he met George Washington, who, according to Trembley, "chased [him] around and spanked [him] with a paddle for, like, three hours." Decades later, he won the 1837 presidential election due to an actual landslide that killed all the other candidates, hence becoming the 8½ President of the United States. During his administration, he issued the "Depantsipation Proclamation." His logic behind this was that "pants are about restrictions," which goes against America’s values of freedom. Trembley also waged war on pancakes and appointed six babies to the Supreme Court. While he was president, he learned that one should never arm wrestle with a hammerhead shark, but should appoint them Secretary of Defense (as, apparently, he did). His State of the Union speech featured the quote: "The only thing we have to fear is gigantic, man-eating spiders!". After trying to eat the White House, Trembley was driven from office. His departure from the White House consisted of him eating a salamander and then jumping out of a window. After he was kicked out of office, he escaped to the Gravity Falls valley by plummeting off a cliff on a horse at high speed, probably because he rode horses backwards so that he could see where he had been. Trembley then founded the town of Gravity Falls and wrote the town charter while suffering from the resulting concussion. Because of him, the charter contains many odd rules. Sometime later, Trembley encased himself in a block of solid peanut brittle, believing it to have life-sustaining properties, in an attempt to achieve immortality. He left a trail of clues throughout the town that led to a secret chamber under Gravity Falls cemetery, where he and many historical artifacts were stored. Waiting for the day when he'll be found. All references to Trembley's time in office were erased from the historical records, save for one film reel. Instead, a local idiot named Nathaniel Northwest was credited as founder of Gravity Falls, and William Henry Harrison was credited as the Ninth President of The United States of America. And because of the merge, things had change from what would had freed him from his prison. “Ohhh found a cave,” a Diamond Dog name Fido said having dug his way into the underground chamber. “A cave?” Spot asked following his friend. “Ohh treasure,” Rover said seeing the pile of stuff laying around. The trio are digging underground to lay new pipes for new buildings that are being built around the town above them. It was just cheaper and faster to hire Diamond dogs to dig underground and make tunnels to lay the the pipes later. Than having a construction crew dig up the road to connect new pipes to the water and sewer system. “Hey peanut brittle,” Fido said finding a big block of the stuff. “There’s something inside,” Spot said as he hits it with a rock. “It’s breaking,” Rover said as the block cracked and broke apart revealing a man was inside it. "Jolly good!" Trembly rips off his pants, and pulls out a sea slug. "Come on Blackwood you old so-and-so let's go so if anyone survived the giant spider uprising!" (5) “Giant spider?” Rover asked as he and his friends watched the strange man and the sea slug race out of the cave. ! Elsewhere - Danny had been investigating the reason why Mina managed to get her hands on a powerful magical sword in the first place. And learns that the reason why SCP- 2200 was in that minimum security van... was because someone had hacked the manifest and mixed up the shipping. And something popped the tires so the van had to stop at Uselessville to fix them, thus allowing Mina to get on board. Danny was looking through the security tapes. It seems that Mina and the girl that went with her who they found no trace of stole the van after Mina killed the driver. Afterwards a couple of men wearing hooded jackets appeared looking for the van but found nothing. "It wasn’t planned at all. It was just dumb luck that Mina managed to get the van before those men did,” Danny said to himself. His thoughts are interrupted by an emergency call from Gravity Falls... ! Earlier At Gravity Falls - The Ed's and Rolf have joined forces for once. During pioneer day, Rolf's old-fashion traditions are actually welcomed and profitable here. Rolf provides the tradition, Eddy provides the showmanship, they split it 50/50 (minus tax and labor dues, Eddy whispers under his breath). He's currently selling sea cucumber balls and other 'memento's' of Rolf's Great Nano crossing the ocean and battling the great sea cucumber. Their raking it in the people's obsession for 'old fashioned things' and 'method acting' play right into Eddy's hands when suddenly they were ambushed by the Kankers! The Kankers hadn't had much luck, since all the cul-de-sac parents were deemed unfit for literally never being around or seen. They'd fared the worst, they'd been kicked out of foster homes and now lived in a group home with other trouble kids who weren't scared of them. But now they were going to get back to what's important... GET THE EDS! The Edds are so panicked they ride an escape cart right into the statue of Nathanial Northwest... accidentally freeing his trapped spirit! Turns out the whole 'dying from eating a tree to become a wizard' was actually part of a ritual to make him immortal. But his greedy son sabotaged it... with the ritual killing him instead and sealing his spirit in the statue. However, Nathaniel had a 'plan B'. He gave postmortem orders to have his corpse put a separate secret location from his fake/decoy tomb and sealed in concrete so no one could salt or burn it. Also, he gave orders for pieces of his body were made into special talismans to put in all the buildings in gravity falls. Thus, a nice loophole around the 'his powers are only god-like in the place he dies' limitation, so all of Gravity Falls is free game. At least so it seems, turns out some old buildings have long been torn down, and others have incomplete talismans that the handlers made from pieces of Nathaniel's clothes and not his body. Not to mention while the talismans were placed in sealed compartments many of the compartments had gotten small openings over the years causing them to rot or bugs to enter and destroying the talismans. Not to mention people finding the hidden compartments over the years and throwing away the bags when they look inside. This leaves 'dead zones' all over the map where Nathaniel can't go without becoming vulnerable and weak. ! Now - In his ghost form Nathaniel Northwest appeared as a tree man thanks to the ritual that killed him. His ghostly treeman form stood at 10 feet tall and had black ooze dripping from his body. At first Nathaniel was confused seeing people dress like the people of his time but he saw other things that didn't make sense to him, like the metal carts that were all over the place and the little boxes that people are holding up to him. Then there are all those non-humans in the crowd. "Grandfather Nathaniel?" Pacifica ask recognizing his face. "Who are you?" Nathaniel asked. "I'm your great something granddaughter," Pacifica answers. "Welcome to the year of 2012." "Yes, welcome grandfather," Mr. Northwest said who step out of the crowd with his wife. "You're not scared of me?" Nathaniel ask confused. "Not really," Wendy spoke up. "A ghost appearing of someone long dead isn't the strangest thing that has happen," Dipper adds. "We already have a ghost couple running a store in town," Pacifica said. "I see," Nathaniel said as he looks around the town. "Things haven't change much since my time." "Oh, it has change we're just celebrating Pioneer Day. The day the town was founded, along with the town's rich history and culture. We're just dress up and using things from your time," Pacifica explains. "Ah, I see. Well, it's good to see that the town that I founded has grown since my time," Nathaniel said. "Hold it right there!" a voice rang out. A main not wearing pants came walking out of the crowd, while holding a fishbowl with a slug in it. "Quentin Trembley? You're still alive?" Nathaniel shouted out. "That's right Northwest. What is this about you being the founder of Gravity Falls? The town that I founded after falling into the valley?" Trembley asked. "I'm the founder Trembley and how did you live this long?" Nathaniel ask. "I encase myself in peanut brittle like I said I would and was broken out by a trio of dog men. Only to find that the town I founded has you as the founder," Trembley explains. "Who are you again?" Pacifica ask. "I am 8 1/2 President of these United States, Sir Lord Quentin Trembley III, Esq," Trembley introduced himself. "And I'm Lord Theodore Thomas Blackwood," the slug in the fishbowl spoke using his telepathic powers. "Blackwood? You're here too? And why are you a slug?" Nathaniel shouted out and wondering how Blackwood became a slug. "The very same," Blackwood said through the mind link. "I remember a time when something like this would be completely out of place," Shandra Jimenez the reporter said. "So, you're not the founder?" Wendy ask. Being a Corduroy, her family has been feuding with the Northwest for generations. With stories being passed down that the Northwest family only got rich because of them faking that they're the ones who founded the town. "Yes, he is and I have proof," Trembley said as he pulls out some documents from his coat. "Let me see," Shandra said reading the documents out loud. 'Let it here be recorded that Nathaniel Northwest, famous in his native Gravity Falls for standing in the park and hitting himself with a large boating oar until he blacked out, was chosen to become the patsy mayor of Gravity Falls. Northwest spoke in a series of grunts and screams and often yelled his trademark phrase: "I am going to eat this entire oak tree because I am a powerful wizard!"' 'The fabled founder of Gravity Falls was, in fact, a fraud. His last moments on Earth were spent choking on a giant piece of bark, attempting to live out his beautiful dream. He was hated by everyone that knew him. He will not be missed.' 'Thomas Jefferson was actually just two kids in an overcoat standing on each other's shoulders. The current and forever President of the United States is actually Santa Claus. Under the reign of Mr. Claus, America is not a democracy, but a jollyocracy. The statues at Mount Rushmore are actually gigantic presidential-faced robots that will be called into action when America needs them the most. An enormous, evil, time-traveling baby from another dimension is frozen in an Atlantic glacier. Fortunately, glaciers never melt, so we should be fine. Writing jokes for cartoons is more important than sleep. If you recite the pledge of allegiance backwards, you'll gain secret wizard powers! (This one is true, kids! Try it at home!)' 'The true founder of Gravity Falls was: Sir Lord Quentin Trembley III, Esq.' "It's true," Public said appearing with Blubs and Durland. "Both me and Durland been working before the merge undercover to find those documents and Trembley's body. Of course after the merge happen all of that became a mute point. The reason why the coverup happen in the first place was because of how embarrassing Trembley's term was, but of course after the merge and how some other United States had worse presidents. Who while weren't crazy were... evil," Blubs explains. "Really?" Trembley ask. "Worse then him? I find that hard to believe," Nathaniel said. "There was that president who was outright a religious psychotic who in his world got into office because of an earthquake that destroyed Los Angeles, with him being president for life, outlawed just about anything he views as a sin which was just about everything and moving the capital to his hometown of Lynchburg, VA," Public explained. "Got me there," Nathaniel admitted. "So, one of the Santa's is the president?" Wendy ask. "Don't you remember? All the presidents and other higher ups had to step down from office when the new government was made and had to run for office, after the merge. Santa step down as well," Public said. "Well anyways...," Blackwood said getting everyone's attention. "Nathaniel here when both me and Trembley were still around was nothing but the village idiot and made a living shoveling up the waste from the streets to keep it clean." "What?" Pacifica asked shock. "I wasn't an idiot!" Nathaniel shouted. "Yes, you weren't. You were smart enough to take advantage of the government looking for a compliant patsy to takeover Gravity Falls once I was gone," Trembley said. "And still died by chocking on a tree, thinking it would give you powers," Blackwood said. "It did gain me powers," Nathaniel shouted as he cause his arms to grow more branch like as they got bigger. "Only after you died," Trembley said. "Which you two should join me!" Nathaniel shouted as he slams his hands down on Trembley who jump backwards. "He still have that hair trigger temper," Blackwood said. "So, you want to fight... so be it!" Trembley shouted as he pulls out an old pair of scissors. Trembley slash at Nathaniel's hands cutting the fingers off as they reach for him. "What how!" Nathaniel screamed out in pain. He quickly regrows his fingers. "These scissors can cut off anything," Trembley explains. "Take this!" Nathaniel shouted as he spat out black sap at Trambley who dodged the stream of sap. Nathaniel gave chase after Trembley tearing through the displays of the fair as Trembley fought him off with the scissors and holding onto the fishbowl. The cops did their best to get the crowd to safety, while people in the crowd catch it all with their phones. Public was also trying to talk Nathaniel down, only for Nathaniel to swing his arm and sending Public flying into a food stand. "Ok that's it!" Dani shouted who was watching from the sidelines but seeing Nathaniel going out of control, decided to step in. Dani blasted Nathaniel with her ghost beams which did little damage to the newly formed ghost. Knowing that she has to lure Nathaniel away from the square where he died and he'll no longer be in his place of power, Dani kept pouring on the energy blast on him. Nathaniel followed Dani, swinging his arms and spitting out the black sap at her. But even far from the town's center none of Dani's attacks were hurting that much. Figuring that there might be something else like a ghost object that is allowing him to retain his powers, like the necklace that transformed Sam into a dragon or the Crown of Fire or the Ring of Rage which still retain their powers thanks to them not really being magic in nature. Dani used her freeze eye beams on Nathaniel incasing him in ice. While he was struggling to free himself Dani went ghost and drive into Nathaniel's body looking for something that shouldn't be there. But found nothing as was force to flee once Nathaniel broke free from the ice. "Hey what gives? You're no longer in your place of power," Dani asked as she flew around Nathaniel blasting him while looking for something on his body. "Foolish child. I know all about the place of death that gives ghosts their power! And I made sure that weakness wouldn't effect me" Nathaniel gloated. "Good to hear!" Danny shouted as he showed up along with XJ-4, 5 and 7. The heroes all poured on the energy blasts with the robot girls reconfiguring their blasters to ghost settings. The combine energy blast sent Nathaniel back by the sheer amount of power, but the blast did little damage to him thanks to him being in his place of power. That was till the blast started to hurt him, badly. Knowing he had to get away before he's overwhelmed Nathaniel flew upward letting the blast pass under him. "What happen?" Nathaniel asked shock that he was hurt when he should be all but a god thanks to what he made sure would happen. "I made sure that after my death, all of the buildings of the town would hold talismans that hold part of my body. So that my place of power extends to all of the town." "That restoration society you setup to take care of all the old buildings, just ran out of money after a few years. Most of the old buildings have been torn down and rebuilt," Pacifica shouted out. As the current heiress to the Northwest family and the head of the Pioneer day festival, she's required to know every old building in town. "Thank you granddaughter," Nathaniel said as he darted over the old church which was still standing from his time. Only to be harmed as the heroes blasted him again. "I should also mention that those bags that were hidden in those hidden compartments have been found over the years and were thrown away when people looked inside. People have been wondering why those bags had been hidden for years," Pacifica shouted out again. "Alright you heard her let's get him!" Jake shouted as he transforms to join Danny and the others in fighting Nathaniel. "Right behind you!" Juniper shouted joining too, thanks to her passive powers being recharged thanks to Gravity Falls magic. (6) As the heroes fought with the ghost/tree hybrid the crowd continue to watch below. Wendy having lost sight of Dipper during the panic was doing her best in avoiding the attacks being thrown around, with the heroes doing their best not to throw attacks that would miss and hit something else, namely buildings and people. While Nathaniel darted around in the air fighting them off while looking for old buildings that he could still recognize that might still have the talismans, becoming stronger then the heroes till they manage to lure or push him away. Wendy came upon Pacifica who is using a overturn table with her knees up and her face buried in her arms. "Pacifcia what are you doing here?" Wendy ask. "I can't believe that my family legacy is this," Pacifica said. "Where's your parents?" Wendy ask. "They ran off as soon as the fighting started," Pacifica said looking up. "Hey, you know which old buildings would have bags?" Wendy ask. "Yeah, why?" Pacifica ask. "We go around and find the talismans and destroy them," Wendy said. "Find hidden compartments in old buildings all around town? On foot and I having no idea which buildings had the talismans found and no one ever saying anything about it?" Pacifica ask pointing out the flaw in the plan. "Not if you have help," Wendy said as she spots Dipper hiding with the campers of Lakebottom in an alleyway. Wendy carried Pacifica as she ran over to where the kids were at. She explained the plan to the kids in finding the talismans and destroying them. And Pacifica be able to tell them where to go and search the buildings for a secret compartment where the talismans are kept. "Good plan but how are we going to find the hidden compartments?" Razputin ask. "In such a short time?" Lili adds. "Oh yeah," Wendy said not really thinking things through. "Any magical item?" Ophelia ask Dib. "That can detect ghost magic," Dib said as he thought about it. "I don't have anything like that." The group were shaken as XJ-5 slammed into the alleyway. "Great! XJ-5 you can scan and find the talismans," Wendy said. "Right the talismans," XJ-5 said as she set her scanners to detect the talismans using the energy coming from Nathaniel to find anything that is like his. An update that all of her sister gotten thanks to the research on ghosts that Danny gave them. "Found them." With the help of XJ-5 all the kids split into smaller groups to destroy the talismans to help the heroes. XJ-5 located and showed the kids of each group where the talismans are located at in which building, using the inbuilt computer screen built into her. Xj-5 rejoined the fight with Nathaniel to keep him from spotting the kids. "Hey, are you doing ok?" Wendy ask Pacifica as they pry some wooden floorboards of a store to find the talisman underneath. "Well, I never expected you to be seeking my help. You're a Corduroy and I'm a Northwest, our families have been feuding for generations. Which was started by my grandfather who is tearing the town apart," Pacifica said. "Well, you showed that you're different when you help Tyrone," Wendy said. "I did...," Pacifica said thinking of Tyrone and wondered if Dipper would had done the same for her. Of course, he's close to Wendy who thanks to her mother, will be far sexier and have a more mature body once she's fully grown. "Sorry to bring him up," Wendy said seeing how down Pacifica had become. She wonders if she shouldn't try hooking up Dipper with Pacifica, they are the same age after all. But part of her is conflicted as she thinks that Dipepr is a nice kid. "It's ok. It's just that my grandfather is a nutjob and my entire family legacy is just a big fake. And look at me, before the merge I would had just ended up just like my parents and the rest of my family," Pacifica said. "From what I heard, Sunset was worse then you are now but change around once she was given a chance to do it. You can do the same," Wendy said. "I can, can't I," Pacifica said as she pulls out the bag and pours the stuff inside on the floor destroying the magic that empowered her grandfather. "Yeah, you can," Wendy said. ! Outside - Nathaniel couldn't understand why he's losing his power even as he's over one of the buildings that still had a talismans in it. And the ones he's fighting are wearing him down. He tried to take root on the ground to absorb power from the earth, but Trembly kept cutting his roots when he tried. And that Eastern girl who can't fly like the others but is super strong is always there to protect Trembly when he tried to crush him. Then Nathaniel heard screaming as a girl in a yellow coat came out running from an alleyway with two other kids running after her telling her not to run in the open. Seeing his chance of getting the ones fighting him to back off, Nathaniel extended his arm and grabbed the girl bringing her up into the air. The ones that been attacking him backed off seeing him using the girl as a shield. "Better let Six go!" Dani shouted out. "Or what? You heroes are going to continue to attack me?" Nathaniel asked. "That's not what you should be worried about," Danny said. "What?" Nathaniel asked as he looks at the girl he's holding. Six has been running with Lincoln and Ronnie trying to get her to stop hiding, and all that running has made her HUNGRY. And now this flying ghost treeman just grabs her and trying to use her as a hostage. As he stared at her, she opens her mouth and began sucking his power and undead life energy away to her all consuming hunger. Causing the talismans that haven't been destroyed to burst apart as the ritual magic that kept them powered was pulled away by Six. "NO!" Nathaniel scream feeling himself being suck away by the girl and flung her away. Jake quickly flew into action and caught Six before she hit the ground. Nathaniel fled from the town and flew into the forest with the metal women and the two ghosts chasing after him. He finally lost them when he fazed into the ground and let himself blend with the forest. Leaving the heroes to search and scan the area trying to pick up his trail. ! Later - Once things quieted down, the stands were fixed and Pioneer Day continued as best as it could. Seeing how much money it brings into the town. And the fight brought in news crews from the surrounding towns to report on what happen and that brought in more people in who wanted to see what happen themselves. There was a big fuss about how the Northwest family aren't the real founding family of the town and only rich because of the government coverup. But Dipper pointed out that Pacifica help beat her ghost grandfather by helping to destroy his talismans. Which calmed down the crowd which Twilight who has been watching all of this time, saw how Pacifica was looking at Dipper. As for the Kankers who are the reason why the ghost was freed in the first place, they been arrested for destroying the statue. Trembly was talking with people as he caught up with how much the world had changed since he was away. And people had gathered around to listen in on Blackwood's amazing stories. Which started when a bunch of Lakebottom campers started asking questions to Blackwood and that got him started in telling stories. After hearing about how it was a trio of diamond dogs finding and freeing Trembly and Blackwood from their tasty prison. Sunset sent Danny to check the graveyard where he found the three diamond dogs looking over the stuff that was buried with Trembly and Blackwood. Which netted the diamond dogs a finders fee and lots of old and valuable stuff that can be put on display to attach tourist dollars. "And that's how I escaped Mercury!" Blackwood said. "Uh, not that this isn't amazing, but how did you do all this when you’re clearly a sea slu....," Dip was saying before Trembly quickly covers his mouth and drags him off. Once they were far enough away Trembly quickly explains how Blackwood 'being a slug' is a rather sensitive topic for him. He's currently in denial of it, more importantly Trembly admits how his friend became a slug. Was because of a mistake on his part and he feels responsible for him. "Wait, how did you turn him into a...," Dib was saying. "I've said too much! The HOW is frankly more degrading then the WHAT, so I shall take it to my grave. Thank you very much!" Trembly said. Meanwhile Pacifica is flustered by Dippers helping her and looks like she's about to ask him something. But of course, her father interprets, he soaks up as much of her new fame as he can in front of the cameras. Which is all the more aggravating to his daughter, since Pacifica KNOWS he and her mother were probably hiding like cowards in a safe house while the town was in danger. Then he whisks her away from Dipper much to her irritation she thinks about Dipper... and Tyrone. Who is a clone of him. All awhile Mabel could only watch on tv what was happening in town on the tv of the shack. ! Elsewhere - Far away in the commune where SCP-2200 sent its 'victims'... the commune was burned to the ground. Everyone fell over dead after the sword was destroyed as it was the only thing that was keeping them alive. Saved for one sitting atop a pile of corpses. Because of how different it was from the rest of the victims, it wasn't dependent on the sword to keep it alive. And then... a hand reaches to him off-screen. "Shall we make a deal?" the owner of the hand ask. !