A Deadly Destiny It was a late June night, Dipper and Mabel were asleep. Dipper found himself in a black void dreaming. He then started having visions of him and Mabel fighting against someone in a black cloak with a sword. He then woke up screaming as if it were a nightmare. Mabel woke up screaming as well at the same time. "I just had a weird nightmare of us fighting against someone in black." said Dipper. "I did too." said Mabel. Dipper's hand started shaking as he kept getting visions of him and Mabel fighting against the mysterious cloaked person. "Dipper, what's wrong?" asked Mabel. Bill was watching this from the Nightmare Realm in his throne room. Grunkle Stan was chained to the floor. "What are you doing?" asked Grunkle Stan. "You'll see soon enough, Fez." said Bill. Morning came and Dipper and Mabel woke up to Soos shaking them. "Doods, it's time to wake up! It's Summerween!" said Soos. "Yay, Summerween!" said Mabel excitedly. "Time to wake up, Dipper." said Soos. "Do I have a choice?" asked Dipper. "No." said Mabel smiling. "Fine." said Dipper as he got out of bed. Dipper, Mabel, and Soos then went downstairs and found Ford, Wendy, and Melody waiting. "Ah, Summerween. Didn't get to really enjoy it last summer. This town has some strange holidays." said Ford. Dipper then saw a purple bird outside on a window. It's eyes were glowing. It then flew off. "Excuse me, I'll be right back." said Dipper as he went outside the Mystery Shack and ran after the bird who was flying into the woods. He kept chasing the mysterious bird into the woods. Mabel then went after him and she started having visions of her and Dipper fighting the hooded figure with the sword. As he was chasing the bird, he saw the vision again of him and Mabel fighting the hooded figure with the sword. His hands were trembling. "Dipper, I had the vision again!" said Mabel. "Mabel, I did too!" said Dipper. "I think the bird could have something to do with it." said Mabel as they chased after the bird. Eventually after several minutes the bird stopped on the ground and revealed itself to be Jheselbraum in disguise. "Jheselbraum, what are you doing here?" asked Dipper. "I know you seek answers about the visions." said Jheselbraum. "Why are they in our heads?" asked Mabel. "Because these visions, Dipper and Mabel, they tell a story. The story of your futures." said Jheselbraum. "You say we see the future but it feels like a memory to us." said Dipper. "How do you even know about the visions?" asked Mabel. "I'm an Oracle. You two would be wise to trust my wisdom. What you two saw was a tiny piece of future time." said Jheselbraum ominously. "It may be tiny but we need to see more." said Dipper. "Knowing the future is a heavy burden to bear. The future is always in motion and constantly changing but it is always inevitable." said Jheselbraum. "The visions are coming whether we want them to or not. Let's get this done." said Dipper. "Very well. Look into the staff." said Jheselbraum as she summoned her staff. Dipper and Mabel looked into the crystal ball on it. The vision played before their eyes. In the vision, Dipper and Mabel were fighting against the hooded figure with the sword. Dipper tried to use his powers against the hooded figure but the sword deflected it and knocked Dipper back. Mabel then went at the hooded figure but they managed to kick her to the ground. The figure raised their sword and prepared to kill Mabel but Dipper got in front of Mabel and took out his own sword and clashed it against the hooded figure's sword. Ford, Soos, Wendy, Melody, Old Man McGucket, Pacifica, and several townsfolk were there witnessing the fight in the town center. Grunkle Stan was even there. Dipper then tried to swing his sword at the hooded figure but the figure ducked. Mabel then used her powers to try and push the hooded figure back but it was no use. The figure deflected it again and sent Mabel flying onto the ground. Dipper and the hooded figure kept clashing but then the figure knocked the sword out of Dipper's hand. "I'm not gonna let you hurt anybody." said Dipper as the hooded figure then stabbed him with the sword. Mabel who was crying then went at the figure and he removed the sword and stabbed her with it. The vision ended. Dipper and Mabel were both shocked by what they saw. "What you two saw was a small glimpse of the end of your lives." said Jheselbraum. "There has to be another way!" cried Mabel. "You can change the path leading to the destination. But the destination will stay the same. On the day the two of you saw and the battle you both saw, you will both die." said Jheselbraum. "This can't be happening." said Dipper. "There probably is another way. You two control your own destinies. You've both overcome what you humans would describe as the impossible. I do indeed doubt that this will be the end but it is highly likely." said Jheselbraum. "Wait what was Grunkle Stan doing in that vision?" asked Dipper. "Isn't he dead?" asked Mabel. "He's alive in the Nightmare Realm." said Jheselbraum. *Scene cuts to inside the Mystery Shack* Dipper and Mabel ran back into the shack prepared to tell Ford what they had seen. "Doods, what's going on?" asked Soos. "Grunkle Stan is alive! We saw him in a vision of the future that Jheselbraum showed us." said Dipper. "What vision?" asked Ford. "Dipper and I kept having these visions of us fighting this creepy cloaked guy. In the visions, the creepy cloaked guy killed us both. Everyone was watching and unable to do anything. Grunkle Stan was there." said Mabel. "Jheselbraum said Grunkle Stan is alive and trapped in the Nightmare Realm." said Dipper. "Stan is alive?" asked Soos. "Yes, Soos." said Dipper. "Soos, there's nothing we can do for him sadly. We can't go to the Nightmare Realm and rescue him." said Melody. "We can and we must." said Ford. "We could die. In fact, we will die. That's Bill's dimension." said Wendy. "But Grunkle Stan is still alive and Bill hasn't killed him yet." said Mabel. "It's true. He would've killed him by now." said Ford. "We must go there." said Soos. "Or we could ask the Axolotl to bring him back here." said Wendy. "How would we even get to the Nightmare Realm?" asked Dipper. "It would take months to set up a portal." said Wendy. "I have a portal gun my scientist friend gave to me." said Ford. Wendy then got on her phone and made some calls. A few minutes later, Pacifica, Gideon, Candy, Grenda, Marius, and Old Man McGucket arrived at the Mystery Shack. "Thanks for the call, Wendy." said Grenda. "You guys didn't think you would do this mission without us, did you?" asked Gideon. "Of course not, doods." said Soos. "You guys ready for this?" asked Mabel. "For Grunkle Stan!" said Dipper. Ford then opened the door and walked outside. He fired a portal from his portal gun and everyone walked into it.