Epilogue

By the time night has fallen, Soos and Wendy headed home after saying their goodbyes to the trio. They then spent the next few hours together before it was bed time for the kids.

Stan made his way to the kitchen for a can of Pitt cola and walked back to the living room. He then let himself fall on the sofa with a collective sigh, taking off his fez and placing it aside to rub the back of his head, reflecting on everything happened today.

With Wendy's help they managed to save the twins from getting captured by those agents, but Stan still gave her extra work to do for not telling him about her secret hiding spot on the roof before.

He wouldn't admit it but he was actually glad to have Mabel and Dipper around. For the last three decades he had lived alone in the shack with none to company him, but now things changed, but still…has it really been seven days since they've met? It felt much longer than that. The summer storm, meeting the twins, the fair, nursing Mabel, and helping the two preteens escape the agents. It felt more like weeks to him. Sighing, he took a sip from his soda and changed the TV channel.

Suddenly, he heard someone approaching him from behind. He looked over and saw said twins staring at him with hidden glee.

"Kids? I thought I told you to go to bed." He muttered gruffly.

Dipper finally spoke. "We were, but Mabel and I had been thinking and..."

"You've done so much for us Stan, but we didn't give you something in return." His sister finished and placed a wrapped up gift box in the old man's lap.

Raising an eyebrow, Stan opened the box and pulled out a light brown sweater with the same symbol from his fez on it. He awkwardly rubbed the back of his neck and turned at them. "Look kids, this is nice and all, but-"

"COME ON! Put it on!" She insisted. He knew how stubborn the girl can be so he didn't argue any further.

Sighing in defeat, he put on the new sweater the girl made him. It was slightly bigger than it should be, but other than that it was just fine. He looked over to the two kids who were staring at him hopefully and frowned, not sure what to say.

"So, what do you think?" Dipper asked.

"Uh…it's great, I guess." He murmured and then smiled. "Thanks, kids."

Mabel couldn't contain hers excitement anymore. "No problem! I took me all day, but in the end it turned out awesome!"

"Hey, I helped too!" Dipper shot her a brief glare.

"Yeah, but I did most of the work." She said proudly. Dipper huffed and crossed his arms, but didn't argue.

Stan couldn't help, but laugh and ruffle his hair as well as Mabel's before pulling them both close to him.

Meanwhile outside the shack, Bill watched the trio from the window with annoyance. He was hoping that the agents would find the twins and then Dipper would ask him for help, but Stanford, the fat guy and that red-haired girl ruined everything so it's no longer an option.

Sighing, the triangular took one last glance at them before floating away into the night sky, the wind blowing against his small body.

He'll need to think of a new way to get them to join him. Those kids were special and he needed them for his upcoming plan.

With that in mind, his body shimmered in the dark sky before vanishing out of sight.

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Back in the shack, Dipper lay down in his bed and looked over to his sister.

"Good night, Mabel."

"Night," Mabel replied before closing her eyes, drifting to sleep.

Dipper smiled and did the same. No one noticed when his eyes flashed blue before returning to normal.

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A/N: And done! I can't believe it's completed! Thanks for reading this and I hope you liked the ending. There's a chance I might do a sequel for this, but I'm not sure yet. Drop a review and let me know what you think.

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