Breaking the Loop
I don't own GF.
Dipper wanted to scream. How could he let it happen? And for the tenth time. "MABEL?!" he shouted as ford was puzzled with his reaction.
"What happened?" his great uncle asked. "Get as many people as you can to the Shack, it's the safest place now. I have to find Mabel." Dipper commanded trying to remember where sixth him found Mabel once rift opened.
"And the..."
"It can wait. Bill is not ready yet. And I'll need Mabel." Dipper continued and ran off leaving Ford absolutely confused.
Dipper ran and ran till he found Mabel floating in small pink bubble- dreaming endless summer. "I'm sorry." Dipper muttered and popped the bubble. "Dipper?" Mabel muttered. She was crying. "I'm so sorry… I just wanted..."
"It's fine. I can still stop Bill. Just go the shack..." Dipper started.
"No I'll..."
"Trust me, Mabel. I can do it, but I have to do it alone." he said and looked at rift. He was scared. If he could he would take her along. But he wanted his sister safe in case he'd fail. "And no matter what don't do what Ford might want to do to seal it." he added giving her his hat and journal.
"Okay. But promise that you'll return." Mabel kind of agreed. After making his promise Dipper ran off to one of two twin cliffs closing the valley.
...some time later...
"I'm sorry everyone..." Dipper muttered as Bills new bizarre form floated right in front of him "and for you Bill, I hope you like failure." he added opening his own 'journal', pages filled with long, seemingly obscure, strings of letters and symbols.
As he started speaking everything started to slow and Bill notice him. "WhaT iS iT ThiS tIMe, PinE TrEE?" demon asked, fully believing in his success.
"The End of it all." Dipper smiled as he finished his incantation. Bills eye widened in shock.
That was something new. Really new. Nine loops and it was happening just then? But how will this one end? Will SHE interfere? Probably not, this one didn't seem to enable loop. Well, well well. Pine Tree done his homework. Despite being kind of proud Bill was still mad. Really mad.
Even succeeding Dipper felt that something was wrong… metal plate… Stanford had metal plate in his head…
Fainting he wondered how long incomplete seal would last. Year? Two? Five? It didn't matter. At least there was some more time… To figure out a proper, different way that didn't include Ford.
He still heard long "NOOOOOOOOOOO!" Bill screamed.
…
Dipper 'woke up' in grey room with long lines of letters, numbers and symbols for falls. Apart from him and glowing Bill, back in his flat, triangular shape was nothing and no one else.
"WeLL, weLL, wElL. Pine TREE, I HavE tO AdmiT ThaT iT waS NicelY DonE. HonEstly." Bill astared slowly taking human form. Tall, wiry frame clad in skinny jeans and long yellow sweater. "And talking about nice. Your little Mindscape is quite nice. So empty and full at the same time. Boring and interesting… just like you, Pine Tree.
"What do you want? You lost." Dipper said, knowing that it wasn't completely true…
"For now. And who said taking over the world was my main objective?" Bill said leisurely floating around room studying 'walls' "It's quite a cipher you've got here. Took me ten minutes to solve it. Names of your family and friends… how cute. I wonder how will it change later on..." demon laughed looking at Dipper with his single, visible eye. Other hid behind fringe of golden hair and black eye patch.
"How about you'll start making sense?" Dipper demanded.
"Straight to the point. Heh. You'll never get a girlfriend like this, kid. But personally I find it cute." bill smiled with wink. Or just closed his eye for a second?
Dipper shivered at it.
"But fine. I came to congratulate you, Pine Tree. You stopped me. But at what price? Memories of supernatural of whole town, even your family. Were those to return, what would they think of you? Doing thing like this without asking them." Bill was lively gesturing.
Dipper just stood there. He knew the price. And he knew it wasn't ass much of a success as he wanted it to be…
"Yet can we call it a clear win? Seal will eventually break. And it all thanks to Ford." Bill laughed loudly. "You're mad at him aren't you? Well you tried to stop him from coming back to this dimension. And you've failed. And then you trusted him. Why? Few of previous loops looped due to him… I doubt he'll trust you, with whole memory theft, and let's not forget about part of mindscape engraved..."
"I know." Dipper said shortly. "And I don't really care. Ford… he's not the type of person I want to trust me. And he won't hesitate to stop me if I ever go crazy…" he explained as 'walls' stopped moving.
"And Shooting Star? Stanley? Your parents? Friends?" Bill asked his smile falling a bit. Why wasn't this kid sad and crying? Why wasn't he shaking in terror at prospect of fighting Bill alone once seal weakens?
"It was to protect them." Dipper explained. "As long as they're fine, I'm ready to fight you alone."
"Ford might get in your way~ What then? Send him to another dimension? He's not the type to forgive easily. But you know it, Pine Tree." Bill pointed out. "But as pleasant as this talk is, we both have tings and places to take care of. Oh, before I forget, since loop has ended you can tell everyone about our deal! OnCE AgaIN ConGraTulATioNS on StoPPInG ThE LOOp, xxxxx PiNeS." And like this Bill was gone, leaving Dipper alone.
Almost teenager shivered hearing his name leave demons lips. 'Names have power…' he remembered Bill say once. And he was certain that Bill won't wait with preparing for break…
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