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Been thinking about the Drifting Stars au lately, and randomly came to think about how in a lot of those stories Dipper stays in Gravity Falls to help Stan with the portal. But then, why don't Dipper and Mabel's parents demand their kids back? Why don't they become suspicious when they haven't heard from their daughter for months?

What if they don't question it because they did get their kids back (as far as they know).

There's two Dipper clones still alive.

They share the original Dipper's thoughts and feelings, they have the same memories, they care about the same people. They care about Mabel. They're willing to do anything to save her, just like the original Dipper. They go back to Piedmont in the twins' place so Dipper can stay and work on bringing Mabel home.