Irrational Treasure

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Inside one of the cabins at Camp Lakebottom, David 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 in magic 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.

David 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, because she couldn't understand what the person talking to her was saying with him thinking she was the one who is there to pick up the package,

Or the old 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 but is the one 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 to some. 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 of 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'.

David 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. David, 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.

David was currently helping to gather all the kids to the buses for the big event happening in town. He's looking around for any kids who miss the call, finding 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," David spoke up.

"Ok," Lincoln and Ronnie said at the same time.

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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 doing something. 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.

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Gravity Falls Brighton -

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, leaving just Wendy, Dipper, Mabel and Twilight going into town to have some fun. Twilight left the three as she wanted to do things by herself, followed by Mabel who wanted to go to the food stands.

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, Strawberry and her friends also setup some food stands, 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 over seeing the events taking place. Pacifica is trying to make sure that the town holiday goes well, seeing how she wants to make sure that the bar is set very high for the following Turnip Festival that Brighton half of the town is going to be throwing later can't compete. Speaking of whom, Pacifica came upon the stand that her rival Andrea Davenport has setup with her friends, a turnip stand.

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At the turnip stand -

Andrea is dress in a green dress and bonnet is over seeing the turnip stand to review the upcoming Turnip Festival that Brighton. They setup a little wagon circle with tables and the food stalls made to look like wagons have her friends who are also dress in traditional dresses, serve turnip dishes. Libby, is serving Honey-Glazed Radishes and Turnips, Sheela is serving Root Vegetable Gratin, Kat is serving Pan-Fried Turnips, Tammy is serving Brown Butter Mashed Turnip with Roasted Garlic, Molly is serving Sweet Turnip and Carrot Soup, and Dani is serving her own homemade Turnip stew. Andrea herself is controlling the flow of people who wanted to eat at the wagon circle as there are only so many tables, after paying to enter of course.

Their parents are also all working around the festival, as the town of Brighton does have a rival thing with the Gravity Fall's half of town, there is money to be made. They're running their own booths or having their stores being themed for the holiday. Many people from the resorts in Equestria are also showing up thanks to Sunset spreading the news of the holiday, to get tourists who like that sort of thing to come and afterwards look around for something else to do while they're in the area, namely go to her resorts.

"Sorry we're full," Andrea said to a tourist who wanted in but has to wait for a free table.

"Oh," the man said and wait for a free table.

"I see you're doing well, Ann-dree-ah," Pacifica said walking to the stand.

"Hi Pacifica," Andrea said glaring at her rival who is much richer then her family. "If you want to eat, you have to wait in line."

"Not interested. Just here to see that all the stands are doing well," Pacifica said.

"Well it is, we even have Ezekiel ("Tug") and Sally Tugbottom who were alive during the pioneer telling people about what life was like," Andrea said pointing to the stand next to hers where the brother and sister duo are telling people what life was really like as they lived it. Keeping the people waiting for a table entertain.

"Good, keep it up and keep the bar high," Pacifica said leaving while Andrea glares at her.

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Another part of the town -

From the Berryworks, of Big Apple City the food trucks have come to Gravity Falls Brighton to get in on the tourists going to the town. They did have to make the displays look the part of the pioneer theme but the health code still needed to be followed. The ones who came are Strawberry Shortcake, Orange Blossom, Lemon Meringue, Blueberry Muffin, and Lime Chiffon, who also came with their family to have some fun while they work. Raspberry Tart is also there with Bread Pudding who is dress up as a cowboy. Sour Grapes is also there with her uncle Purple Pieman, selling pies, and Huckleberry Pie is playing songs.

"Expect for you two, none of you are really dress for the theme we're going for," Pacifica said over looking the food trucks and stalls.

"What do you mean?" Huckleberry Pie said who is dressed in his 1980's version clothes. "We are dress in old clothes."

"Clothes that look like from the pioneer days, you pass and Bread Pudding's cowboy outfit, also pass, barely," Pacifica said.

"What you mean?" Bread Pudding said being dressed in a very colorful cowboy outfit.

"You look like a rodeo clown just without the makeup," Pacifica said.

Pacific turns her attention to Strawberry and the other girls. All of whom are dress as their 1980's counterparts, even Pieman and Sour Grape are dressed up. But they are attracting lots of paying customers to their stands.

"The only good thing is that you are getting lots of people to come to town," Pacifica said.

"Sunset did make it a big event and arrange for us to come," Bread Pudding said.

"I know, I got her memo," Pacifica said.

With her being close to Sunset, her parents want her to keep it that way. They already invested part of the family fortune into the resorts of Equestria and owning their own casino would make their family fortune grow even more. Her father is currently coming up with a theme for the casino he wants to build and wants her to keep her close relationship with Sunset to make the deal go good for him.

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Underground -

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!" (2)

"Giant spider?" Rover asked as he and his friends watched the strange man and the sea slug race out of the cave.

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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 made changes to the manifest and mixed up the shipping. And because of some 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 stole the van after she had 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...

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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.

They're 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 or rodents 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. Then came the merge and the town grew bigger once Brighton became apart of it.

This leaves 'dead zones' all over the map where Nathaniel can't go without becoming vulnerable and weak.

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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.

"And there are lots of other ghosts around," Molly spoke up and pointed to Ezekiel and Sally Tugbottom.

"Hi, we're ghosts from around your time," Sally said waving to Nathaniel.

"The town already knows all about ghosts. So you showing up is nothing really special," Ezekiel adds.

"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 of Gravity Falls that I founded has grown since my time," Nathaniel said.

"It's actually Gravity Falls Brighton now," Libby spoke up.

"What?" Nathaniel ask.

"Long story," Pacifica 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 seaslug 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. 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!)' (3)

'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 where different worlds anll merged together, all of that became a moot 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 or moved around once the town of Brighton merged with the town," 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. The Tugbottom's also joined in helping to get people stuck in the danger zone away from the fighting. (4)

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 and other kids 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?" Tammy ask.

"In such a short time?" Andrea 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 and updated XJ-5 about their plan.

"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 can still show that you're different," Wendy said.

"I could...," Pacifica said. "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."

"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.

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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 Asian 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.

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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....," Dib 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.

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Author's Notes -

1 - Answers.

*I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?*

(Map)

*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. *

(A candle)

*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?*

(All the people were married.)

2 - Scp-1867

3 - Took out the part of Mount Rushmore being giant robots. Seeing how the mountain was curved in the early 1900's and Trembley froze himself in the 1800's.

4 - Powers like Juniper whose magical abilities are active without her having to shout out words to use them allows her to still use her magic which does need a power source which the magic of Gravity Falls gives her. Which is why magical girls from Japan can't gain their powers back thanks to the fact that when is the last time a Japanese magical girl hasn't needed to shout out to transform or shout out a magical attack?

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