#Ford Just Wanted to Try and Give the Pups Some Self-Esteem and a Chance to Earn Friends

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So, I Think (Hope) it's Been Established That the Werewolf Gene AU Has a Longer Timeline Than Canon

Dipper and Mabel can't just go back home as werewolf pups, and their parents are still in the angry throes of the divorce, so they practically live in Gravity Falls now

The Pups are either gonna have to be homeschooled or risk discrimination of almost every kind in high school.

Dipper, whimpering nervously as Ford takes him and Mabel to school: Great Uncle Ford? What if the other kids don't like us?

Mabel: Yeah! Why can't we just... not go to school? You and Papa Fidds could teach us stuff!

Ford: Sorry kids, but your fathers wanted to give you pups a chance to make friends.

Mabel: With who?! Everyone in this town either hates our family or is terrified of us! What's the point of going to school if every adult in there wants us dead?!

Dipper: Can't Papa Fidds apply to be a teacher? He can teach me and Mabel!

Mabel, wagging her tail: Yeah! And Papa Stan can teach us wrestling or boxing!

Ford: I don't think Stanley would enjoy teaching fighting of any kind with his history.

Dipper, growing agitated: But we don't want-

Ford, briefly losing his temper: KIDS! *Waits for Silence* Look, I'm sorry for yelling, but you can't just act that way at your age. Show some grit and confidence and I'm sure your peers will enjoy your presence!

-Not Even Half a School Day Later-

Ford and Fidds: *Standing Behind the Pups in the Principal's Office*

Principal, addressing Ford: I suppose you know why I've called you in.

Fidds: No, we don't, actually. Yer lovely secretary refused t' explain the situation over the phone once she realized who she was speakin' to.

Principal, visibly uncomfortable: W-well, um... there was a bit of an... altercation... between your, um...?

Fidds, on the verge of hissing: Children.

Principal, anxiously: Right! Children! There was an altercation between your children and a couple of the upperclassmen. Now, I know it isn't-

Fidds: What were they doing in a class with upperclassmen in the first place?!

Principal: I-it was lunch! They were at lunch and-

Mabel, clearly frustrated: Dipper lost control and used his wolf form on an older kid.

Fidds: *Gasps* MASON!

Dipper: I WAS DEFENDING MABEL!

Mabel: I HAD EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL!

Dipper: Oh, well forgive me for wanting to make sure you don't get punched!

Dipper and Mabel: *Snarl at Each Other*

Fidds, to Ford: You and I are havin' a serious conversation when we get home.

Ford, quietly: Yep. Got it.