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Northward Bound

They had been walking North for all of two hours when Pacifica finally collapsed.

"I-I can't do this!" She exclaimed.

"What's wrong?" Dipper asked.

"What's wrong!?" She yelled, making him take a step back. "I'm in another dimension with a criminal!" She pointed to Ghost Eyes. "A miniature psycho!" To Gideon. "And you!" To Dipper. "I should be at home, shopping with my girls and setting trends."

Dipper looked at the girl and realized he couldn't be angry at her, he actually felt sorry for her. It reminded him of when she needed his help during the Northwest party.

She wasn't meant for any of this. She was, for lack of a better term, was a civilian. While he, and unfortunately Gideon, seemed to thrive with the supernatural. Though he's never been through anything this intense. The body swap with Bill was a close second.

What am I supposed to do? He asked himself. He was no good in situations like this. Where was Mabel when you really needed her. Oh, right. Back in the other dimension. Man, he missed her terribly.

Dipper rubbed his head and frowned. He, as well as everyone else, had a fresh coat of sweat. It was hot, well over eighty degrees. Looking up, he guessed it was around ten. This is bad. He thought. He didn't want to worry anyone, but they really need to find some water fast. The sun hadn't even reached it's full height and it was this hot. It would only get hotter as time went on and they had no way to avoid the sun.

"Look, I don't want to scare you but we have to keep moving."

"There's nothing out here!" She screamed. "Just sand and dirt!" She began rubbing her clothes and whimpering. "It's ruining my favorite dress."

"Look!" Ghost Eyes exclaimed in happiness. "Over there, look!"

Everyone followed his line of sight.

There, beyond all belief, was a pond of water.

"Wait!" Dipper shouted, stopping everyone. "Doesn't this seem a little suspicious to you all?"

Everyone looked at each other before looking back at the pond. It was pretty unsettling once they thought about it. A body of water, not matter how big or small, just happened to be sitting in the middle of the desert. Usually they would have been all for it, but this place wasn't theirs.

"What should we do?"

Dipper did what he always did in situations like this. He consulted the Journal.

I have not been here long, but I have discovered that this world is harsh. Being strong just isn't enough, you have to be smart.

I realize that I wouldn't be able to survive off of the meager rations that made it through the portal with me. I would need to survive off of the fat of the land. I just needed to find out what I was able to fully digest. And what wouldn't try and digest me.

Dipper flipped through a few more pages, but found nothing on their situation. No random ponds or anything.

"There's nothing here about it." Dipper stated. "We definitely need to avoid it."

"Maybe you're reading too much into it." Pacifica stated as she began running to the water. "It's probably the triangle trying to keep us alive!"

"Wait, stop!" Dipper shouted.

Pacifica wasn't listening to him, she was too focused on the water. Dipper had no choice but to run after her.

The girl ran all the way towards the pond before stopping to drop to her knees. She cupped her hands together and let the cool liquid fill them.

Just as the cool liquid was about to touch her lips, Dipper snatched her from the pond. Against her wishes, he pulled her as hard and as fast as he could from the spot.

Four large beaks burst from the ground around the pool of water, it would have boxed Pacifica in. They began to close around the spot were the girl was sitting, she did nothing but scream in grabbed her and dragged her frozen body as hard as he could. The beaks were fast in closing, but they were small enough to avoid being crushed by whatever it was.

Enough of this! Dipper thought as he clamped his hands around Pacifica's mouth.

"How about the next time I say something is dangerous, you act like it's dangerous!" Dipper shouted, finally losing his patience.

He let her go and began marching on, not bothering to see if she followed or not.

After about ten minutes of silence, he looked to see if she had been left behind or not. She was following them with her head held low and a few paces behind them.

He was starting to feel bad about his actions, but he pushed that aside. Just like the rest of them he was hot, tired and wanted to be home. He couldn't afford to baby anyone.

"What do you want Northwest?" Stan asked.

"We came for our daughter." Preston answered.

"And why would she be here?" Ford asked as he stepped from the shadows.

Preston and his wife were taken back by the appearance of another Stan, but held in their shock.

"Well she came here last night to visit her friend." He smoothly lied. "The boy she seems to be interested in."

Hmm, Dipper and Pacifica. Mabel thought. "I ship it."

"Oh, she came alone?" Stanford asked.

"Of course." Preston answered.

"So you let your daughter trek from your mansion to here, through the woods, at night, on her own?" Stanford asked. Got'ya.

"Of course not." Preston stated calmly. "She was with..." He gave a pause in his answer.

"With who?" Stan asked. "Was it Gideon?"

"Why would she hang around such a delinquent?" Mrs. Northwest asked.

"You tell us." Ford stated. "After all, she broke into our home with him and another."

"Such accusations could lead a man to court Mr. Pines." Preston warned.

"Yes it could, if we didn't have video evidence." Stanley stated as he pointed to a camera. "And a recording of this conversation."

The tension in the air became thick and the two sides stared each other down. Both were at an-

"Look, let's stop beating around the bush." Wendy stated. "You want your daughter back," She pointed to the Northwests. "And you want Dipper back." She pointed to the Mystery crew. "How about instead of these mind games, we work to get what we want and go our own ways!"

The tension didn't drop, but Wendy's words rung true. Eventually, the men nodded, they'd set their differences aside, for now.

Review-Also read below and vote.

Hey, I was wondering if you all want me to continue this story as is?

OR

Restart this as a Post Weirdmageddon survival fic? There will be changes, like more characters and pairings. Focused mainly on Dipper trying to keep the people alive during Bill's reign. Dipper pairing undecided. Could be a Dipper/Wendy or Pacifica or Mabel, even a harem. You decide.

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