This is the 2nd chapter for my entry into the #GravityFallsFanficComp
Summary: It’s the trial of the century at the Gravity Falls court house! Someone ate Dipper’s cookies! Though she pleaded innocent, it is up to the judge in the court of law to decide Mabel’s fate and uncover the truth as to who really ate the cookies from the cookie jar! Along the way, some crazy things happen!
"In the sibling justice system, pastry-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In Gravity Falls, the dedicated professionals who try these kitchen felonies are of an elite court known as the Missing Cookies Unit. These are their stories."
-VioletHeart3899
Chapter 1: http://aminoapps.programascracks.com/p/f6lawn
Chapter 3: http://aminoapps.programascracks.com/p/4srh8c
Chapter 2: The Chocolate Caper!
After the recess (and after Soos had calmed down), the trial resumed.
“Alright your nerdy honour,” said Stan. Ford didn’t even try to correct him this time.
“As you have clearly heard, the jar was not broken by my client here. As such, I say you drop all charges against her and we return back home. Also, this suit is a rental and I have to return it by eighteen after six!”
“Not so fast Grunkle Stan!” shouted Dipper from the plaintiff’s bench.
“While Mabel didn’t break the cookie jar, we still don’t know who ate the actual cookies yet! She’s still guilty!”
“Oh, come on Dipper…this is ridiculous! I didn’t eat those cookies and you know it! Just drop this whole thing right now and I’ll go buy you some more,” protested Mabel.
“Not until we get to the bottom of this once and for all!” he shouted back.
Ford slammed his gavel, “order!”
“Sorry your honour,” said the twins.
At that moment Wendy walked over.
“Hey uh, do any of you guys know how to work a typewriter?” she said.
A few minutes later (and after Wendy was given just a laptop to type the trial transcript on given Ford came to the conclusion, he couldn’t teach her in 15 minutes how to use a typewriter), Mabel, the only other witness was called up to the witness box to testify.
As Soos was now an accomplice in the crime, he was ousted as Dipper’s lawyer, leaving him to defend for himself. So, with that, Dipper took to asking his own sister the questions.
“Okay Mabel, please tell us all what happened after I left?” he said.
“Well, it’s really simple to be honest. After you left in a hurry, I returned to the sofa…”
“While eating my cookies! And then you fell asleep on the couch until I came back!” interrupted Dipper.
“Objection! Mabel didn’t interrupt Dipper when he testified so Dipper shouldn’t be allowed to either! And that accusation is a lie and you know it your…uh…your honour!! There I said it! Happy?” yelled Stan.
Everyone looked to Ford.
“I’m afraid he’s right Dipper. Please let Mabel finish telling her side of the story. She let you do it. It’s only fair,” said Ford.
“YES! SEE! I’m an awesome lawyer!! Hey Ford, can you tell that to my divorce attorney?” said Stan.
“Well, I uh…”
“Can you all please let me finish!” yelled Mabel.
“Oh yes. Please go on Mabel,” said Ford.
“Thank you, your honour,” said Mabel as she laughed a bit.
“So, as I was saying…after you had left in a hurry Dipper, I returned to the sofa and sat down. WITHOUT YOUR COOKIES IN MY HANDS!!” she yelled.
Dipper shrugged.
“I began to think what to do with the rest of the day when…”
(Flashback)
Mabel was sitting on the sofa channel surfing on a lazy summer afternoon. When…
“Have you always wanted to visit a world made of chocolate?” said a voice on a TV commercial.
“Uh, yes! That’s been my dream since like, five!” yelled Mabel.
“Well then now’s your chance. Come by and visit the Gravity Falls chocolate festival. Today only, and only until five tonight!” said the voice.
“OMG!!” yelled Mabel as she grabbed her phone and began dialling.
“CANDY, GRENDA!! Cancel whatever you have planned right now! WE’RE GOING TO A CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL!” she yelled.
The sounds of the two of them yelling emitted from the phone.
(End of Flashback)
“About ten minutes after that, Candy and Grenda showed up and we went to the chocolate festival. Grenda drank up the entire chocolate fountain and I got to swim in a chocolate river. Well…by swim I also mean drink a chocolate river. Why else do you think I was covered in chocolate?” she said.
“She’s got a point! Even I was there you know,” said Stan.
Everyone looked at him
“Hey! Can’t a guy have a sweet tooth too?” he replied.
Dipper thought for a second.
“Well, if you didn’t eat them then. Didn’t you eat them after you got back?” he asked.
“Dipper, listen to me. I love sugar. I love chocolate. And I eat them a lot! But I had just gotten home from a place where they were literally giving you free chocolate wherever you went. Heck, I ate a five-foot-tall candy cane for crying out loud! Even if I wanted to eat your cookies, I was too chocolate filled to even think about it. The moment I got home, I fell onto that couch and slept as if I had been awake for the whole day,” said Mabel.
“Uh, your honour?” said Dipper.
“I believe Mabel was experiencing a classic, sugar crash Dipper,” said Ford.
“Well yeah, I knew that your honour. I mean…she had one before we even started this trial.”
“Hey! Those free candies at the front desk weren’t gonna eat themselves!” yelled back Mabel.
“Anyways…what I’m trying to say is that the timing is all messed up. Soos breaking the jar while vacuuming, Mabel not wanting to eat anymore cookies. The crumbs. Either someone is lying or there’s a bigger picture to this whole mess,” said Dipper.
“We’ll have to see that in time Dipper. But right now, it’s the defense’s turn to ask the questions,” said Ford. “Lord help us.”
“I HEARD WHAT YOU JUST WHISPERED!” yelled back Stan.
Ford rolled his eyes.
Along with Mabel, Stan also called Soos up the stand.
“Mabel, can you please specify the time that you and your friends left?”
“Yes. We left at about two-ish. Dipper had been gone for an hour by that time,” said Mabel.
“And when did you get back?” asked Stan.
“Uh…at about four, I think. I was too impaired by sugar to .”
“Objection your honour! Mabel could have eaten those cookies in the middle of a sugar high! Right?” yelled Dipper.
“FALSE!” yelled Stan.
“and how is that?” said Dipper.
“Simple…because I was home when Mabel got back and I saw her asleep on the couch. I even heard the jar drop and saw Soos trying to clean it up. Mabel slept through it all without even waking up once,” said Stan.
“Mom always said I’m a heavy sleeper,” said Mabel.
Dipper’s jaw dropped, “THEN WHY DIDN’T YOU SAY THAT BEFORE SOOS CONFESSED IT?!”
“Hey, I’m not the one on trial here. And besides, no one asked me to testify,” he replied.
Dipper facepalmed as Ford slammed his gavel.
“Slap that one more time and the next time you hear it bang something, IT WILL BE OVER YOUR HEAD!” yelled Stan.
“Easy Stanley! Threatening a judge is a serious crime!” warned Ford.
Stan murmured something to himself before her returned to his testimony.
“As I was saying, I saw Soos break the jar and put the cookies back on the table. Dipper returned by around six and Mabel was still asleep at that time. But she did have crumbs all over her. You know kid, whether she’s guilty or not, you should have just taken those cookies with you if you were going to be gone for that long?” said Stan.
“I told you earlier, I didn’t think I’d be gone for that long and I already had something to eat during it,” responded Dipper.
“You know Dipper, I’ve been wondering this myself, exactly where did you go almost six hours?” asked Ford.
“Yeah, I want to know this myself. Were you trying to test Mabel’s will power that whole time?” followed up Stan.
Dipper started getting tense, “oh, uh, it was nothing! Really! I swear!” he said.
“Oh, I can tell you where he was. Because I saw him…”
“IT’S NOT IMPORTANT WHERE I WAS!” yelled Dipper all of a sudden.
“Oh really? Then would you care to tell us yourself?” asked Ford.
“Uh…no thank you your honour,” said Dipper in a nervous tone.
“Hey, you’re under oath kid. You promised you’ll tell the truth! Heck, even I did and I normally never tell the truth” protested Stan.
Dipper looked around.
“He’s right dude,” said Soos.
“You can’t refuse the judge Dipper. I learned that the hard way,” said Wendy as she was typing away.
“I…I can’t!” he yelled in frustration.
“Well then. I’ll give you two options. You can either let Mabel tell us, or I’ll dismiss this case all together,” said Ford as he began to raise his gavel up.
Dipper thought for a second but eventually he gave in.
“FINE!”
“Very well then. Mabel, please proceed,” said Ford.
“Thank you, your honour. As I was saying earlier. While at the festival, I saw Dipper. I was going to approach him about what I was seeing but I was too busy with all the chocolate around me. Your honour, I saw my brother, Dipper Pines, in Greasy’s Diner! And he was having dinner…”
The whole court room grew silent.
“With PACIFICA!”
A huge gasp filled the courtroom as Dipper turned red.
With the drop of his gavel (and Stan being held back from trying to bash it into his head) Ford declared another Recess as arrangements were made to get Pacifica; the now third witness, down to the court as quickly as possible.
TO BE CONTINUED
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we all just got M. Night Shyamalaned
Top 10 anime plot twists
Wait. DIPPER WAS ON A DATE WITH THAT PEICE OF TRASH?!
Oh, her parents are not gonna like that! :joy: