Pine trees and Purple Stars

In Gravity Falls

Dipper started at the ceiling and the morning sun shining through the window. He got up and made his way downstairs where his twin sister, Mabel, was eating with there Great Uncle (or "Grunkle") Stan.

"Morning Dipper! Want some Sparkle-Cakes?" Mabel asked. She held up a stack of pancakes with whipped cream, a million sprinkles and Mabel's favourite "Edible Sequins" all over them.

"Ummm no thanks sis," Dipper replied, "I'll just get some toast." He walked over to the toaster and put in two pieces of bread. "Hey, is Great Uncle Ford up? I heard him come in really late from his monster hunt last night." Dipper asked. Mabel shrugged.

"He's probably in the basement doing some dangerous science experiment on a creepy monster he captured last night." Grunkle Stan said dismissively as he read his newspaper. Dipper rolled his eyes.

"Well I'm gonna go check on him." He said as he grabbed the now toasted bread, buttered them, and put them on a plate. He made his way to the vending machine. The Mystery Shack didn't open for a while so no one was there. He imputed the code and made his way down the steps to Ford's lab. "Morning Great Uncle Ford!" Dipper yelled as he walked down the stairs with his buttered toast.

"Morning Dipper!" He heard his Great Uncle yell from bellow. Dipper found Ford imputing a code into some familiar machine.

"Hey isn't that the copy machine in Stan's office?" Dipper asked, "The one I duplicated myself with?" Ford turned to Dipper wearing no glasses, which was weird.

"Yes, yes it is." Ford said, as he continued imputing the code.

"So....what are you doing with it?" Dipper asked as he walked over to the machine.

"Oh, just doing a little modifying. As you may have noticed, I don't have my glasses on." Dipper set down the plate of toast and nodded. "When I first made this machine, I noticed that the things it copied would melt when water touched it. Hence the modifying." Dipper nodded in understanding. "So," Ford continued, "since I lost my glasses last night during my monster hunt, I decided to use the copier." Dipper looked confused.

"How could you copy it if you don't have the object to copy?" Dipper asked.

Ford finished imputing a code in the copier and replied, "That's why I modified the machine! I made a ray that would scan an item and give me its 'code'. I scanned my glasses a while ago and wrote down the code. I impute the code into this machine, and it builds a new version of the item. Watch." Dipper looked to the machine. Ford pressed a blue button on the side of the machine next to the keypad. The machine shook and a blinding light erupted from the machine. As soon as it disappeared, a new pair of Ford's old glasses was on the machines side table.

"Wow! That's incredible! But, why do they still have a crack in them?" Ford looked at the glasses and also noticed the crack.

"Hmmm, well, I did write down the code for my glasses yesterday, so I suppose the code would count for the crack to be included."

"Hey Great Uncle Ford?" Dipper offered Ford a piece of toast and they both ate while staring at the clone glasses Ford put on his glasses.

"Dipper," Ford said, "Would you like to come with me for my next monster hunt?" Dipper's eyes widened.

"T-that would be a-amazing!"

  Ford laughed. "Well, you'd better be ready tonight." Dipper was freaking out. He grabbed the now empty plate and ran upstairs.

  "See you later Great Uncle Ford!" Dipper yelled as he closed the secret door.

Ford laughed to himself, "Just like a younger me."