Part 3

Once the rope was collected, they all went back in front of the closet. Soos was holding onto the rope.

"Ready?" Sister Linda wanted to know.

"Not really." Soos admitted. "I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm scared of my boss's niece."

"What Soos is trying to tell you," Dipper began. "Is that he's ready as he'll ever be. We all are." Soos was confused.

"Dude, what are you doing? I was not trying to say that at all." Dipper talked to him though clenched teeth.

"Yes, you were."

"No, I..." He then realized what Dipper meant. "Oh!" He looked at Sister Linda and nodded. "Yes, I was. And that's not a lie. I wouldn't lie to my fake sister."

"Then let's go." Sister Linda said. "We proceed with caution." Sister Linda grabbed the doorknob, and slowly opened the door. Mabel rotated her head to look at them.

"Oh, you're back." She said. "Even though I told you not to."

"Mabel," Sister Linda started to tell her. "You are unwell. We just want to help. Now, if you cooperate with us, we don't have to use drastic measures." Mabel sighed.

"Okay, Boomer." Sister Linda was offended.

"I don't know what that is, but I'm deeply offended. And I was born in the 70s by the way, so I'm not a Baby Boomer if that is what you are referring to."

"Whatever. But you're going to have to catch me first." Mabel laughed as she ran away.

"Quick!" Sister Linda screamed. "Catch her!" They all tried their hardest to catch her but the task proved to be difficult.

"Come on, slowpokes! I thought you all wanted to catch me." She then saw the open doorway.

"Quick, close the door before she escapes!" Wendy tried to close the door, but that task was also too difficult, for Mabel was too fast, and the girl ran out.

"WHOO-HOO; you're too late, lady! You'll never catch me now, and just to be sure." She closed the door, and locked it. She laughed as everyone on the other side gasped. "Ha; I'd like to see you all get out of there!" She ran off.

"Nooooo!" Dipper screamed, pounding on the door in frustration. "No, no, no, no, no, no!" He looked at the adults sadly. "Guys, I don't know how to get out of here. We may be stuck in here forever, and my sister will never be the same." They all felt bad for the young boy. Waddles trotted by. Wendy saw the pig through the keyhole. This gave Wendy an idea.

"Maybe not." She said. Dipper was confused, so was everyone else. "Wendy, what are you...?

"Oh, Waddles!" Wendy shouted. The pig was confused. "We're here, stuck in the closet." The pig went to the closet.

"How can Waddles possibly help? We need a way to..." Dipper facepalmed himself. "Of course! Waddles can get the key to unlock us. Gah, I'm such an idiot. Don't you feel that way sometimes, guys? You don't know how something works, you ask for help, and it's super duper obvious after the fact?"

"I do that all the time." Soos announced. "So, you re not alone." Sister Linda was confused.

"What's this about your sister's pet pig possibly unlocking us?" So Dipper told her about the mail, and what the animal was trying to do earlier.

"Oh, I get it." Sister Linda said when Dipper explained. "It sounds crazy," "She smiled. "... but sometimes crazy works." Dipper smiled too, then looked at the door.

"You remember the keys you tried to unlock the door with?" Dipper asked. "We need you to get those back, bring them here, and then unlock us. Can you do that?" Waddles oinked in response. "Great" He looked at Soos. "Tell them where they are." So Soos did, and the pig was off.

"Do you think the pig will be able to find them?" Sister Linda wanted to know. "Or will he be able to remember or understand what you asked of him?" Dipper shrugged.

"There's only one way to find out."

"You just have to have faith in a pig." Soos added. "Can you do that?"

"I guess I have too." Sister Linda said.

"I guess you do too." Wendy then changed the subject.

"So, Dipper, did you contact your parents? Are they sending home videos?"

"Sorry." Dipper admitted. "I was so preoccupied that I didn't think about it. Plus, I'm still doubtful!" This upsetted her.

"Dipper!"

"It was your job, little man." Soos added.

"I can still do it. I just have to find the right words." Wendy sighed.

"Who knows? Maybe a miracle can happen if all else fails."

"I'm hoping for that too if I can't find the right words."

Waddles trotted to the door with the keys in his mouth. He dropped the keys on the ground, and oinked.

"You got the keys?" Dipper questioned. Waddles oinked again. "Great; push them under the door with your snout." And so, that is what the pig did. Dipper grabbed them, and put them in the lock, turning it.

"I thought he was going to unlock the door with the keys himself." Linda said.

"You expect that of a pig?" Soos questioned her. "Geez, lighten up Sister that's not my sister, he's just a pig."

Dipper then opened the door, freeing them all.

They searched the entire Mystery Shack, but no Mabel could be found.

"Looks like we're going outside again." Soos observed. There were no objections, so they all went into Soo's car.

"Now be on the look out of a girl." Soos said. "A brunette? Yeah, a brunette."

"I know what my sister looks like." Dipper told him. "I lived with her all my life."

"Good. I don't have to describe her then. That should make things easier. If you see her, tell me. I would like to know. Don't keep it to yourself."

"We know." Wendy said, "And won't keep it a secret.. You tell us too."

"Deal."

They drove for a little while until Dipper spoke up.

"I see her!" They all looked. She was in a graveyard, sitting. Wendy was confused.

"Why is she just sitting there in a graveyard?"

"Who knows?" Dipper told her. "We found her, That all that matters." Sister Linda squinted, and realized what she was doing. Her eyes widened.

"She's trying to communicate to and/or maybe raising the dead!" She stated. "Quickly; we must prevent her from dong so!"

"Possessed people can raise the dead?" Soos questioned, but his question wasn't answered for they all hopped out, and ran towards her. Mabel turned to them.

"Oh, good." She observed. "You're all here to meet my dead army." The police came too, and Blubs and Durland stepped out.

"Freeze!" Blubs shouted. "You're under arrest!"

"So stop whatever freaky business you are about to do in this graveyard." Durland added. "And come with your hands up." Wendy groaned.

"Not you two again." She stated about the officers, "What did she do this time?"

"She stole another vehicle, not to mention driving again without a license."

"I'm not going anywhere!" Mabel stated. "Not until I contact the dead to make a dead army!" Durland turned to her.

"Uh no! There will be no raising the dead to make a dead army on our watches!"

"Poo; you're no fun!" She smiled wickedly. "Just watch!" She began saying a foreign chant, when Blubs went behind her to cuff her wrists. She felt this. "Hey!"

"Sorry." Blubs said to her. "But you're coming with us!" Mabel gave out another wicked grin.

"I don't think so!" And with that, she stepped on his foot. Blubs screamed in pain, releasing her.

"Taser her!" He cried. Mabel was about to run away, when Durland tasered her. The girl, once again, fell to the ground unconscious.

"Don't arrest her!" Dipper pleaded Durland as he grabbed her. "We're here, so we'll take her home." Blubs thought about this.

"Sorry." Durland stated. "But she's dangerous. We have to take her in. You can maybe get her back after her trial."

"Do you want more bail money?" Wendy asked. "Because we have more bail money." She looked at her boss. "Right, Soos?"

"Sorry, but I think it'll be best if..."

"Let her go." Blubs told his partner who looked at him in shock. The head cop looked at Soos and the others. "This is the last time we'll let her go. If she escapes from you guys again, and we catch her before her trial, she's going to stay with us. Understand?" Soos and the gang all nodded.

"Understood." Dipper responded. "We'll keep a sharp eye on her. You won't see her again until her court date. You have our word."

"Glad to hear that, son." Blubs said to him.

"It's funny." Soos piped up. "You call him son, and we call the nun sister yet we're not related to her, and you aren't related to Dipper, unless..." He looked at Dipper. "Dude, is there something you're not telling me?" Dipper ignored him, Durland looked at the nun.

"Who are you?" He wanted to know. So Sister Linda explained to the two cops.

"I see." Durland said when Sister Linda was done. "Well, I hope everything's a success then, and we'll see you on Mabel's courtt date."

They all said their goodbyes, and all went their separate ways.

"Seriously dude," Soos said to Dipper. "Are you related to Officer Blubs, and Mr Pine's not you real dad?" Dipper sighed, and told him that he wasn't Blub's son, and his dad was his real dad as they drive off.

Once they got back to the shack, Waddles trotted right up to them. Soos was carrying Mabel.

"Your owner's still possessed, Waddles." Dipper told the pig. But Sister Linda is going to do everything she can to help her." He turned to her. "Right, Sister?"

"I'll do what I can." She answered him.

In the guest room, a still unconscious Mabel was laid out on her bed. Her wrists and feet were tied to the bedposts so she wouldn't escape. Sister Linda opened up her book, and chanted in a foreign language while extending her hand above Mabel's head.

Mabel awakened, and noticed her restraints. She didn't like this, and struggled. Soos, Dipper, and Wendy tried to calm her down, but she was too powerful. She broke free of her restraints, and jumped out of bed. When everyone tried to stop her, she tackled each of them to the ground, except Soos.

"This is for your own good." He told her. He simply pushed her to the floor.

"Congratulations, Soos!" Said an impressed Dipper. Soos smiled.

"Don't mention it. Just so I an help out your sister in any way I can."

Mabel laid unconscious on the bed again with the restraints as Sister Linda tried once more. Everyone, including Waddles who snuck into the room, watched in anticipation. The humans were praying that it'll work this time.

When Sister Linda was done, a spirit suddenly leapt out of Mabel's body. Everybody but Sister Linda panicked. She quickly took out a jar, shouted something foreign again, and pounced onto it, trapping the spirit inside. The spirit screamed as Sister Linda took out a cork plug, and plugged it onto the jar before the spirit could get out. Everyone was impressed as she stood up, and placed the jar in her bag.

"Whoa!" Said an impressed Dipper. "You clearly had done this before." He changed the subject. "Did it work? Is my sister back to normal?" Mabel's eyes opened. Waddles oinked with joy, and ran up to his owner. Mabel smiled, and petted the pig. Dipper raced up to her as well. "Mabel?" Mabel looked at her brother confused.

"What happened, Dipper?" She wanted to know. "I can't remember."

"You were possessed." Dipper told her.

"Possessed?"

"Yeah." Soos answered. "But it's okay now. We got rid of the spirit that was inside of your body." He pointed to the jar. "and it got sucked in that jar." Mabel looked at it, and noticed Sister Linda."

"Why is there a nun in the Mystery Shack? Who are you?"

"I'm Sister Linda." She introduced herself. "I got rid of the spirit that was inside of you."

"And she claims she's our sister." Soos piped in. "Even though she's not. Or maybe you already knew that, or didn't. I don't know." Mabel saw the dried blood on the nun's hand. She gasped.

"Oh my gosh! Did I do that? I'm so sorry."

"It's alright." Sister Linda assured her. "You weren't you. You were being controlled, so don't apologize, child. Because it was in no way your fault."

"Yeah, but..." She sighed. She grabbed her amulet, "Is this why I got possessed?"

"Yes." Dipper told her. "But the spirit's out. It's no longer possessed. It's safe now."

"You bit the pig as well." Soos added. Mabel looked at Waddles.

"Can you forgive me, Wads? I wasn't myself. I was possessed by an evil spirit." Waddles oinked, making Mabel laugh.

"That's my Wads, so forgiving and understanding. I love you." She kissed his head, petted him some more, and looked at everyone else again. "So, what now?"

"Now we wait for your trial." Wendy explained. Mabel looked at her.

"Trial? What trial? Can someone please explain? I'm more confused than ever now." So, her brother informed her.

"Well, I'm not worried." Mabel said when the explanation was complete. Everyone was shocked.

"What!?" Dipper asked. "How could you say that? Aren't you the least bit worried?" Mabel shook her head.

"This is Gravity Falls, where crazy weird is the new normal. If zombies can run amuck, so can people believe other people can be possessed. If plants can come to life and attack, if Armageddon can happen, a game coming to life, a near extinct dolphin, a video game character..." Dipper held up his hand.

"Say no more." He said. "I get it." Mabel smiled. "But that doesn't mean anything." She frowned.

"What do you mean? Of course it does. Everyone that goes here does. I won't go to jail, because like Sister Linda said, it isn't my fault, and we'll have our happily ever after." Dipper shook his head.

"I don't know, sis. I have my doubts."

"Well. I don't. Why do you have to be this way?" Mabel looked at the jar, then back at her brother. "We can show everyone what possessed me then." Everyone shook their heads.

"Absolutely not." Dipper said. "We took a long time getting the spirit out of you. There's no way we can do it again. It's way too dangerous."

"I didn't say let it escape, but if it possesses someone or something in the courtroom, then they have to believe us." Everyone shook their heads again.

"But then the possessed person won't believe us, and before you say it, we aren't going to possess someone else so that the other person can see it."

"What if we videotape the spirit going into the other person? Sister Linda can do what she did to me, trap the spirit again, and I go home with you, Soos, and Wendy." Dipper shook his head a third time. "Oh, come on!"

"Mabel, I'm sorry, but that's the stupidest plan I heard you come up with." Mabel frowned.

"Sorry. I was only suggesting." Dipper smiled.

"No, I'm sorry. It was only a suggestion. I know you were trying to help. But don't worry. We'll come up with something better." Mabel smiled back.

"I know we will. We have to."

"Actually, your sister might be onto something." Sister Linda said. Everyone was shocked.

"What?!" Dipper questioned. "How?" Sister Linda looked at him.

"Hear me out. What if I release the spirit in the trial so it can posses an inanimate object, like money, or something?"

"And what if it doesn't? No offense, Sister, but I think you've lost it. That's a terrible idea. It's too risky and dangerous."

"And what do you suggest then?" Dipper shrugged.

"I don't know. Anything but that, that's for sure. You might not be able to chant and suck it back into the jar again."

"What if I told you that I'll be really careful?"

"You might say that, and it still might be a total disaster."

"Crazy as it might be," Wendy began. "I say we give it a shot. Or we can tell your parents about this." Dipper sighed.

"Fine; I guess it's worth a shot."

"Do you even have a lawyer?" Mabel questioned. "Don't we need one for these court thingys?" Dipper facepalmed himself.

"The lawyer! How could I forget the lawyer?"

"You don't already have a lawyer?" Sister Linda wanted to know.

"We found Sister online," Soos stated. "We can surely find a lawyer online."

"But the question is, will the lawyer believe us?" Dipper asked. "We have to win them over too, guys."

"Oh they'll believe us."

"How?" This time Soos shrugged.

"Don't know, but he or she will."

"You got to lighten up, dude." Wendy told him, "Stop being a pessimistic Patty all the time."

"And start being a positive...somebody." Mabel put in. "If you do that, you will see the world in a whole new way." Dipper smiled.

"Okay, from now on, I'm Positive Patrick." This confused Soos.

"I thought your real name was Mason. Never mind, let's look for our lawyer." So off they went to look on the computer.

The court date had arrived. Dipper was still nervous, but he had to remind himself that he was a Positive Patrick. After several attempts, they finally found a lawyer the day before, but even he had his doubts, Still, he promised he'll do his best to win the case for all of them.

The court session was over three hours long. Everyone had something to say. They even had Stan and Ford say something through video chat.

"I honestly didn't think there was a spirit inside of the amulet." Stan said on TV. "If I'd known, I would never have brought it." He looked at his niece. "Sorry, kiddo."

"That's okay. Mabel assured him. "You didn't know. How could you? It looked like a regular normal amulet. It wasn't like there was a warning label saying 'I'm possessed with a spirit inside. Don't wear me, otherwise I might screw up the wearer.'"

"True, but I still feel responsible. I'm your uncle so I have to care for you guys."

"No, you don't, but we prefer that you do."

The time had come when Sister Linda was about to release the spirit from the jar. Dipper held his breath as she walked to the center of the room.

"Does anyone have a one dollar bill?" She asked. Several people raised their hands, or pulled them out of their pockets.

"Will we get them back?" Someone wanted to know. Sister Linda looked at him, and smiled.

"Of course. God is watching. It's a sin."

"Plus," The bailiff piped up. "I'll be right here if any one of you tries anything funny."

"Can you give it here?"

"Sure." The guy went up, and gave his dollar bill to the nun.

"Thank you. You may take your seat." And so that is what the guy did. She looked at everyone.

"I'm about to show you guys the very spirit that was inside of the amulet that possessed young Mabel." She took the jar, and opened up the cork. Everyone leaned on the edges of their seats. They all gasped as the spirit leapt out of the jar.

However instead of going into the dollar, the spirit laughed evilly as it zoomed around the courtroom. Everyone screamed, and started running from their seats.

"Don't panic, everyone!" Sister Linda assured them. "Get back in your seats. Everything will be alright."

"You just released a deadly spirit in this courtroom!" Another member of the jury shouted, pointing an accusing finger at her. "And you're telling us to calm down?! You shouldn't have released it in the first place."

"Perhaps. But it's too late for that now."

"You're crazy lady, you're crazy! If that thing can exist, I believe you."

"Good. Does the others?" The other jury members that heard nodded. "That's all we wanted to hear."

"Go away!" The bailiff shouted as the spirit as it flew towards him. He ran, screaming and eyes wide. "NOOOOOO!" But it was too late. The spirit went into his body. Everyone gasped.

"PIN HIM TO THE FLOOR!" Sister Linda screamed. People started attacking him, but he proved too strong for them, and punched, or kicked them to the floor.

Several attempts later, they had him pinned to the floor. He tried to knock them off, but they kept him down. Dipper looked at Sister Linda.

"Say the chant!" He told her. The nun nodded, opened her book, and chanted the spell as she touched the bailiff's forehead. Everyone held their breaths again.

It worked! The spirit leapt out of his body. The nun quickly grabbed the jar. The spirit was about to inhabit someone else when it was sucked back into the jar. The nun immediately put the cork back on. The guy who was about to be inhabited sighed in relief.

After that the courtroom resumed their session. Now that they had some evidence presented right in front of them, had some more thinking to do. The bailiff didn't know what just happened to him, but believed in everyone. The judge called a fifteen minute recess for the jury to come to a verdict. Before they went, Sister Linda returned the dollar bill.

After recess, the judge looked at a jury member to present their verdict. The member stood up, and spoke to the entire court. Mabel was...not guilty! Everyone cheered.

The court believed in everything! If it wasn't for the spirit possessing the bailiff, Mabel would've been guilty. Dipper was glad. His sister really dodged a bullet.

Dipper, Mabel, Soos, Wendy, and Sister Linda all went out to a restaurant to celebrate. They then all went to the Mystery Shack when done.

After Sister Linda left, Dipper texted his parents on how the trial went. They didn't believe their daughter got possessed, so that was the reason why they didn't come to court. But he texted them anyways. Soos let Stan and his brother know.

Although Dipper was right about the spirit inhabiting someone else, and everything didn't go as according to plan, he was glad to have his sister back to her usual cheery self.