Chapter 1 : Broken Family
A 17 year old male sat fidgeting with his pen. He wore a black shirt with a unique wheel drawing that had a golden dorito drawn in the centre, it was all covered in glitter with little shiny yellow stones sowed onto it. On the back there was writing in a strange language which only him and a few others understood. His shorts had been assaulted by glitter, even the pockets were filled with glitter somehow.
'Ugh, why is everything so boring here?'
The boy moaned staring at his English teacher who was talking about William Shakespeare. Desks were placed in perfect order with the bad students at the front while the good ones at the back. English posters covered the walls, a large white board lazied in its usual corner forgotten like him. Even the old trampled carpet got more attention then he could ask for, no one wanted to talk to the smart guy, the one everyone called the nerd. His mind trailed off into the realm of dreams, what was the point in listening anyway? He knew more than his teacher did on the subject at hand.
School wasn't the best place in the world, it was more like Weirdmageddon with the teachers as Bill Ciphers.
'DIPPER!'
Dipper yelped nearly falling off his chair, he looked towards his teacher who seemed to be in a horrible mood
'Must have fallen asleep! Yes Mr Rossver?'
Dipper attempted to smile politely, Mr Rossver glared giving the teen a "you better be listening" look. The tall blonde man wore his casual white trousers, long sleeved top with a brown vest on top. Black shimmering shoes combined well with his old styled clothing, especially the odd, very creepy unsettling small clock he carried everywhere. It had the name "Bill Cipher" in carved in it. Dipper just guessed the man never knew, he swore that Mr Rossver was Bill Cipher's human incarnation.
'Pay attention young man'
Mr Rossver gradually shifted his focus back to his work continuing to explain the life of William Shakespeare. Dipper mumbled a few swears under his breath
'I know more than you… How much longer do I have to sit here listening to his blabber! I hate this!'
Sighing, he ran his hand through his long brown hair, it had been a long time since he got a proper haircut. The only real reason he let it grow was because he thought he would get a better chance at finding a girlfriend if he had long hair. Like usual, Dipper wore the hat he got from the Mystery Shack all those years ago, there wasn't a day or time he didn't have it with him. His parents on the other hand, they hated it. Dipper never understood why they would give cold glares at his precious hat, it had been a gift from Grunkle Stan, how could he not treasure it? He shivered, Bill might have been evil, cold, a demon. But, the stare his parents gave was worse than any of Bill's childish tantrums.
Dipper began to rub his left arm as a strange sensation infiltrated it.
'That feeling… What the hell is it?!'
He frowned in annoyance, it had been happening more frequently, a strange feeling on his arm. It was like a light burning sensation, a flow of energy coursing through his arm. Months after he left Gravity Falls, his arm would begin to burn slightly. At any given time his arm began to burn, he could swear there was someone speaking to him and when he slept, only nightmares of Bill Cipher clogged his mind.
'Could it be Bill's doing?'
His mind wondered about the yellow dorito chip dream demon, it had been such a long time since the day they finally managed to defeat him. Even so, it still felt like the demon was still alive, Dipper shook his head
'No. It just isn't possible. Bill can't escape the empty mind scape we trapped him in. He can't touch me'
Dipper tried to reassure himself, yet, it wasn't that helpful. The demon was now stuck in his mind, as much as he wanted to deny it, he missed Bill. The demon had given him a reason for his existence, an adventure of a lifetime, a chance to make friends, no, a family. He missed everything, Gravity Falls, Wendy, Soose, Grunkle Stan, Grunkle Ford, Old Man McGucket, everyone else too and all the adventured he had as the mystery twins.
He sighed blankly staring into the distance
'Ever since we came back, rummers about what happened in Gravity Falls spread… It isn't fair! They may have been true but that didn't give them the right to stop us going to Gravity Falls!'
His hand tightened into a fist. 4 years had passed since defeating Bill, 4 years being banned from going to Gravity Falls by their parents. They tried to convince them the rumours were false, they tried to find a way to visit near Gravity Falls so they could sneak off but none of it worked. Their parents were paranoid, terrified. The moment they saw Dipper's injured arm, they banned them from EVER going back to Gravity Falls, they couldn't even contact anyone. Why? They didn't know.
'Just because some random stranger had to go opening their big fucking mouth! What gives them the right to say Gravity Falls is a dangerous place?!'
A tear escaped his eye, automatically he wiped it away
'Come on Dipper, just a little longer… By the end of today you can return to Gravity Falls with Mable, we could finally move in with Grunkle Stan and Ford!'
Dipper smiled at the thought of finally returning home, Gravity Falls felt like his true home, it always had. Ever since he went back to living with his parents and Mable everything seemed just too normal. There weren't any mystery twin adventures, no monsters, no demons, no strange activity. No Bill.
The house felt too large with rooms too empty. All his childhood he had been bullied, he only had Mable by his side and she only had him. Awful memories resided in their room, Dipper could hear himself moping in the corner like he usually did. There was no hope, no light, no dreams.
Everything was empty. A large gaping hole had formed in his heart, this place wasn't home anymore. In Gravity Falls he was someone, Dipper Pines, Pine Tree, a hero, fighter of demons and monsters, one of the mystery twins. Here he was nothing more than a mere human, no more than anyone else and no less than anyone. He was normal. And he hated it. Tad Strange was the only normal one in Gravity Falls yet even he was special, everyone at Gravity Falls was special.
RING!
The boy rubbed his eyes turning his head to look at the clock
'Lunch time, finally'
Dipper quickly gathered his books putting them back into his backpack, it was easier to carry everything that way. The sound of shouting filled the room, Mr Rossver waved his arms in the air giving up trying to control of all the monkeys. The young male rushed out the room. People flooded the hallway heading all different directions, Dipper scurried quickly finding his way to a rather small room at the end of the hallway.
A girl sat on a stool making some sort of glittery box with tons of stickers and glitter on it. A shirt/ jumper with a large shooting star stood out, it was filled with colour and covered in glitter with small stones sowed on. Her short skirt sparkled all over as its colours shimmered in the light. There was a headband covered in glitter with a shooting star shape resting on her head. She could hear rapid footsteps heading towards the art room, her eyes filled with happiness as she sprung up rushing to open the door.
'DIPPER!'
The teen girl screamed out in joy opening her arms for a glittery hug, her smile was large, joyful and contagious. Dipper leaned in for the hug
'MABLE! Hahaha'
He looked at his glittery sister, her face was stuck in a permanent smile like always
'You know Mable, we were only separated for an hour, not years or days jeez'
Dipper poked at Mable
'Oh come on Dip dop! I can't help that I miss my Bro bro!'
She pulled Dipper closer covering him in glitter, Dipper huffed
'Fine fine, you win'
He gave in not wanting more glitter getting stuck to his clothes. Mable beamed in joy, she spun around dancing back to the table she had been working at. Her hair was the same as ever, expect, it was covered in more glitter than it ever had been before. She leaned back taking ahold of Dipper's hand.
'You have to see this Dipper! I bet that everyone is going to LOVE IT!'
Putting her fist into the air, she dragged her brother along to the table, Dipper looked down at the glitter covered sticker box. It was made from the same wood that came from Gravity Falls, carved into it was the words "Gravity Falls". The lid was covered in glass shards of all colours, they had been placed perfectly to draw little symbols. The wooden box itself had a smooth surface even though stickers were everywhere. Inside the lid was a message "To our beloved family, from Dipper and Mable (love heart)".
Dipper's smiled widened at the sight of Mable's creation, he knew his sister was an amazing artist but he hadn't expected this.
'It-it- ah….'
His eyes darted around the wooden box, his mouth went dry
'So what will we put inside?'
He leaned in for closer inspection
'LOTS of glitter and TONS of stickers… Still the same old Mable'
He chuckled to himself. Mable looked down at her brother, dramatically twirling around
'WWWWHHHHAATTTTT!? Did I just leave my Bro speechless!?'
Grinning in joy, she leaned in close to Dipper who was blushing from embarrassment
'G-guess so… I never expected something so… Amazing'
'EEEEKKKK!'
Mable squealed, twirling around again, she began pondering over Dippers question
'Wwweeeellllllll… Maybe stickers… No thats too obvious… Oh yeah!'
She leaped into the air making a dramatic pose
'PICTURES!'
Dipper nearly fell off his feet, his sister's hypernes was a little too much for him to handle
'Thats perfect Mable! We should just pass by the library after school and print them off'
Mable put an arm around Dipper pridefully
'Yup!'
They looked at one another, it was finally today. They were going back to Gravity Falls and didn't plan on returning home, they didn't care what everyone else would say, they didn't care about school, they had their true home there, their family awaiting for them.
(The last class of the day)
Dipper looked out the window, Mable was outside in sport class while he had to deal with cooking class again. He mumbled
'At least this class isn't demanding like maths…'
Today class was about cooking a curry, the teacher was Mrs Linsa who was also Dipper's math teacher. She kept chattering away explaining how to cut the vegetables and what not to do when cooking up the curry.
Dipper, bored with everything, continued to do his math homework. A strange math question about black holes lead Dipper's mind to Bill, the complexity and strangeness of it left him puzzled unable to answer it.
The strange sensation returned to his left arm again, this time, he didn't really mind it.
'Hm… Why would anyone ask this kind of a question… Urgh… Come on Dipper think think THINK!'
He shouted at himself mentally, he quickly gazed up to his teacher to see if she saw he wasn't working. Mrs Linsa was too concentrated on explaining things about curry and how it was made to notice anything. From the depths of Dipper's mind, a strange figure looked down mumbling
'45769 thousand years'
Dipper froze from shock. He could swear he heard a strange voice, one too familiar to forget
'NO! IT CAN'T BE! BILL!'
Without realising it, Dipper had stood up knocking over his chair, Mrs Linsa stared confused while the rest of the students looked back at Dipper. He gulped, his cheeks became rosy and warm. Mrs Linsa put a hand on her hip
'Yes, you are correct Dipper, we are to peel the vegetables'
With a knife in her other hand, she pointed at the young male
'While I do appreciate your enthusiasm, that doesn't give you the right to go shouting in the middle of class'
Her tone was more aggressive, Dipper quickly sat back down mumbling a soft apology under his breath. Everyone else stared at him laughing and giggling. What did they know?
They weren't the ones who had to defend the word from a blood thirsty demon, they didn't have nightmares about everyone you loved dying, they hadn't been through a life death situation where a demon had taken control over your body and tried to kill you, your sister and your family. What right did they have to laugh at him when they didn't even know what he was going through, what he had been through.
He looked out the window to see Mable running across the field, he wished he could talk to her, maybe she would listen and understand. Dipper bit down on his bottom lip
'Bill? Are you there?'
Part of him hoped to hear the demon reply, the other hoped Bill was still trapped and suffering from all he had done. Yet, deep down, Dipper knew well that he didn't hate Bill, he couldn't. How could he hate him? Yeah Bill had tried to kill him and everyone he loved but… Doesn't everyone deserve forgiveness?
(Outside in Mable's sport class)
Mable looked up to where her brother sat, her eyes saddened. Even from how far away she was, she knew something had gone wrong, everyone was staring at Dipper and she could feel the sibling's happiness dripping away.
It was like a sibling connection thing or maybe it was just that Dipper being so upset suddenly somehow had managed to lashed all the way to her. Mable continued to run pondering over the past few years
'Everyone is normal, everything is normal, our parents are normal… Nothing is unique hm…'
Mable couldn't help but frown at the thought, ever since leaving Gravity Falls everything seemed too normal for her liking. It wasn't like her to frown but she missed everyone, even Bill
'Would Dipper miss Bill too?'
She giggled slightly at the thought of her brother cringe face. Another familiar face popped up in her mind
'Mermando…'
Out of all people, well creatures, she could have fallen deep in love with, it was a mermaid man. Everyday week she would write letters to her beloved and receive letters in return. The mermaid man had always been on her mind, he was unique, interesting, loveable, everything she ever wanted. Every other boy now seemed boring and lame, they were always the same, none of them had the spark Mermando had.
'(Sigh) Maybe I'll finally see him tomorrow'
Smirking, she picked up her pace ushering under her breath
'Tomorrow is another day'
(At the library)
The brown haired boy sat staring at the printer, it had to be today didn't it? The one day he needed the darn thing to work it wouldn't. The library was filled with chatter despite a large sign outside stating "SILENCE IN THE LIBRARY". Books were covered in dust from being left untouched, the tables and chairs were all old, rugged, nothing in the library was even new expect the Liberian who sat doing nothing all day. Growling, he stood up walking over to the old printer
'Where is the restart button'
Annoyed at everything, he took a deep breath giving up. What was the point in trying when everything was going ssssoooo damn well? Mable walked through the large slider doors they creaked tiredly. Even Mable's excitement wasn't giving this empty hell of a place a life, she skipped dandily over besides Dipper
'Sssooo, how's it going Dip dop dooper dapper Dipper?'
Playfully poking at her brother's rib she awaited a reply
'Hey! Stop that!'
Dipper curled up slightly trying to get away from his sister's deadly jabs, he eyed the printer as it groaned into life
'I think your overall excitement has given the printer life'
His old smiled returned, Mable clapped happily squealing with joy again. The printer slowly began to print the first picture
'Uh Dipper, how long is this going to take?'
Mable fearfully looked back at Dipper, he cringed
'Enough years for us to be as old as Bill'
The brown haired girl sighed turning around to fall face first into the old rugged chair. Even if it had an oversized cushion, it was still solid like rock
'Ow'
(Walking home)
Dipper yawned as his sight began to gradually fade, a sudden jolt of pain came from his rib
'OUCH!'
Mable let out an evil cackle, she sprinted away before the male could get a hold of her
'MABLE!'
The girl kept laughing uncontrollably, dashing passed a few houses they finally reached their house. Dipper huffed and flicked Mable's nose
'HEY! That's not fair!'
Mable puffed her cheeks in disapproval of her brother's revenge. He waved a hand in front of her face ignoring her
'Come on, lets get inside'
She crossed her arms but followed Dipper up the stairs to the door. The house was huge, not as large as Pacifica's but large enough to feel oversized, or maybe the Mystery Shack had been so small and cosy, they preferred it that way. The front door was made of a glossy dark coloured wood, the house was a darkish grey colour. Plants were all perfectly placed along the front of the house along with the grass trimmed with great precision.
Dipper fumbled with the keys until managing to open the door.
Cold.
Thats all the twins could feel coming into the house, strangely, outside it had felt warm. They poked their heads into the kitchen but came to see that their parents were not there. Walking down to the living room they could see a light and hear their parents talking, Dipper looked over to Mable, they both exchanged the same look.
Leave them alone.
They didn't want to deal with what they had in store for them, after all, they were planning on leaving with no return tickets from Gravity Falls. Worse part was they hadn't even told their parents about their plans, they knew their parents wouldn't allow them to leave if they did.
The floor was covered in red carpet that had been cleaned early that day, everything was clean unlike the Mystery Shack were you could see the dust floating in their air as the sun rays washed in thought the windows. Oh how they missed those days, waking up and feeling a strange happiness they couldn't explain. Even the stairs up to their room were clean to perfection, you could even eat off the floor. It was still just too normal, a little too clean yet too normal.
Mable rushed ahead of Dipper to open the door to their room. A sense of dread loomed over them, they felt trapped whenever they entered, even seeing their room made them want to leave. On the left was Dipper's bed, everything was neatly put away with nothing laying around or on the walls. Mable's bed on the right was the same as Dipper's, she wasn't allowed to put up any posters, the one time she tried, it didn't end well.
Dipper sighed, he gave a weary smile to Mable as he walked over to his place of nightmares and dreaded memories. Mable collapsed onto her bed, her hair flopped over her face. She slipped off the backpack to tug out the wooden box, inside, it was filled with pictures of Gravity Falls, their adventures, their family and even pictures that had been photoshopped by Dipper and her. Leaning off the side of her bed, she slid the wooden box under carefully hiding it.
Dipper sat on his bed then threw his bag to the side, it wasn't important to him anyway. Reaching under his bed, he pulled out a large golden book. The cover was made of some strange smooth fabric, a large triangle made of glass was imprinted in the middle. An eye made also from glass stared back at Dipper, something about it just looked alive but he knew better. Ever since Bill had destroyed the journals, Dipper decided he would make one of his own, one based around Bill Cipher. Opening it up revealed pages upon pages of information about the evil dorito chip, his powers, where he was believed to come from, his weakness and much more.
Another book Dipper pulled out was similar but instead had a brown fabric with a large circle that held glass versions of each of the symbols used to defeat Bill Cipher. He opened up the book, it was all blank. For that moment at least. Dipper bit down on his finger hard enough to make it bleed, he opened up the first page of the book and began to draw their symbols in a certain order on each part of the page, at the same time he would say aloud the symbol he was drawing. Seconds after, the blood was absorbed revealing a few magical spells. Back when he still had the journals, he managed to take parts of different spells and combine them to make other spells, even though he failed multiple times, he did get a few successes.
Dipper yawned, feelings his tiredness getting to him he placed the books back under his bed.
Step. Step. Step.
Mable shot up glancing over to Dipper, both with terrified looks as their parents walked into their room. Their Mom glared down at them both with utter disgust, their Dad looked as if he had eaten a chilli pepper. Stepping forward slowly, their Mother reached for the bedroom light switch then to her pocket bringing out a piece of paper
'Do you remember what we said about Gravity Falls?'
Her voice was calm, too calm. It was rather unsettling, the twins exchanged glances, their eyes widened with realisation. Dipper nodded
'Yes, we do'
He tried to keep his voice steady but he could feel it drying up as his Mother glared at him
'Do you? Well, THIS-'
She pointed at the piece of paper that was actually the receipt from the tickets they purchased for the Gravity Falls bus
'shows me that you HAVEN'T listened to ME and your FATHER!'
Mable curled up trying to hide her face, warm streaming tears began to flow. Barely able to hold back a sob, Mable dared to speak
'Why aren't we allowed to go back…'
She kept her eyes staring at the ground, she couldn't bring herself to look up. Fumes came out of the women's ears
'WHY!? Gravity Falls is a dangerous place! Haven't you heard what everyone is saying!? Dipper even came back with his arm bleeding! You don't know what kind of a man Stan is! Sending you to Gravity Falls was a mistake! Have you any id-'
She was cut off by her husband putting a hand on her shoulder, he stepped forward.
'Stanford Pines is a terrible man, he is a liar, a failure, a low life. I don't know why on earth we sent you there but you are NOT going back'
His voice was deep, angry and sounded an awful lot like Bill when he would get angry, expect, Bill was a demon. Still, what's the difference between Dipper's and Mable's parents and a demon?
Dipper felt a raging fire burning within him, clenching his teeth together blood trickled down his bottom lip
'How DARE HE! HOW DARE HE TALK ABOUT GRUNKLE STAN LIKE THAT! YOUR WRONG!'
The young male growled, his sudden outburst even made Mable jump in fear. Dipper would only get that mad on special occasions, one was with Bill and the other was whenever she would cry, she rarely cried but Dipper would loose it every time. Mable felt the need to support her brother, to protect Grunkle Stan
'DIPPER IS RIGHT! GRUNKLE STAN ISN'T A LIAR, A TERRIBLE MAN, A LOW LIFE OR A FAILURE! HE IS OUR FAMILY AND WE LOVE HIM! And he loves us back… Not like you'
Mable could feel a deep burning in her throat, her body hurt all over, her heart was aching with every beat. She stared at her parents with determinate eyes, she wouldn't let them control their lives anymore. Dipper glanced over to Mable, his eyes filling up with liquid, anger boiled even more.
They had made Mable cry.
That was it, he wasn't letting them get away with making Mable cry, that was the last straw.
'Now you two give me the tickets or else I will get angry!'
He walked towards Dipper to get ahold of the male's arm. Dipper pulled his arm back and thrusted himself into the older male. He tumbled to the ground as Dipper stood up over him, one eye glowing
'Don't you DARE touch me! Don't you DARE talk to me! How DARE you MAKE MABLE CRY!'
Dipper felt his hand turn into a fist, seconds later it was right in his Father's face making the older man cough up blood.
'SWEETHEART!'
Their Mother rushed to aid the man on the floor. Mable got off her bed and rushed to take a packed backpack out of under her bed, she placed the glittery box inside carefully. The younger male walked over taking out his backpack and putting the two books inside.
'How could you do this to your Father Mason Dipper Pines!?'
His Mother snared at him, her eyes blood shot with anger. Mable stepped forward frowning
'Don't call my Bro Bro by the name Mason, you don't have the right to'
Her eyes were empty, filled with hate, heartless. Never once had Mable felt so corrupted inside, yet, she wouldn't stand by and watch. She walked pass her Mother while holding Dipper's hand, they both went slowly down the stairs as they could hear foot steps approaching. Mable turned around to face their Mother
'Your not leaving this house! NO ONE IS LEAVING THIS HOU-'
It was a rather unexpected twist of events, Mable slapped their Mother across the face, enough was enough. They had abused of her and Dipper for long enough, they were bored of pretending everything was fine. Ever since they went to Gravity Falls their parents had begun to change their attitude towards them, they started to become like demons.
'We are NOT staying, we are NOT your kids! We are NOT related! You fan sign the stupid papers and send us a copy to Gravity Falls so that we can finally be separated from you monsters! I don't know why you changed, I don't understand why… But you know…'
A demon smirk crossed Mable's face
'I DON'T GIVE A SHIT!'
Silence.
SLAM!
The door shut heavily behind them as they walked down the empty streets towards the bus stop. They didn't turn around, they didn't look behind them, what was the point in that? They had moved on and they would move forward, together. Rain began to pour down filling up the streets and washing away their tears, Dipper laughed
'You know Mable… This is just like a movie isn't it? The rain appeared at the perfect timing heh'
Mable glanced over to her brother, she tried to smile
'Yeah, your right Dippster'
Her smile was broken, it was no longer that glowing radiating smile. Dipper hugged his sister close, they began to cry. What a miserable night.
(An hour later)
Mable and Dipper had finally managed to reach the bus stop, of course with it raining they needed to find shelter. Close by was a Shack made for hikers to sleep for the night. They approached and looked inside, it was empty. Mable walked over to the bed on the right
'This is my bed!'
She dramatically pointed to the old ragged thing that looked more like a table than a bed, the young male chuckled
'Alright, I'll take this one'
Setting their things down, they decided to just get some rest, tomorrow was going to be a game changer, a day to remember forever.
'Night Mable'
'Night Dipper, tomorrow is another day'
The twins fell instantly asleep. Memories of defeating Bill flooded their minds, it all felt like it had been yesterday…
(Weirdmageddon)
Everything was weird, literally. Bill had managed to bring Weirdmagatton into reality distorting the town of Gravity Falls even more than usual. The sky had become a blood redish colour, clouds could even change from different colours and the impossible was becoming a reality. A large object called the Fearamid loomed over Gravity Falls, inside awaited the demon Bill to take ofer the world.
Dipper wiped away the sweat from his forehead, everything was going according to the plan. Mable dashed across the room
'Dipper! Dipper!'
Her voice rang out. Dipper turned around to see his sister flailing her arms in the air.
'Woah woah what's wrong Mable?'
Huffing and puffing, she tried to speak
'Missing (Huff) Soos (Puff) missing'
Dipper's eyes widened, this wasn't good. He reach out to take ahold of Mable's shoulders
'Mable, you got to calm down and tell me where was Soos seen last?'
He tried his best not to loose it, with one of them missing they wouldn't be able to seal Bill. Mable nodded
'He was last seen near the shops, he went to get Wendy but she came back alone as Soos tried to fight off a demon'
Dipper nodded, he did see how distressed Wendy was earlier on. Looking out the door, he decided to go alone
'Mable, I want you to stay here with the rest and try to keep everyone calm, together and ready for when me and Soos get here, okay?'
Mable smiled weakly
'Yeah, I will'
Turning around, he dashed out the door heading right for the shops. Everything around him was crumbling away. Trees could walk, cats could somehow breath fire, a giant goat was walking around, crazy demons were everywhere. His mind was racing over everything that had happened, in just one short summer break, his word had been turned upside down by a triangle demon.
(Shack)
Back at the Shack, Mable gathered everyone up
'Alright everyone! Remember your places! We have to stand all together and hold hands then enchant the spell to trap Bill in the empty mind scape. We only get ONE shot at this! We can't mess up! Now who's with me!?'
Everyone stood around with battle gear on, if you would consider cooking equipment gear as well. They all cheered together, Bill was going down.
Pacifica walked over to Mable, her hair was a mess and her make up had disappeared
'Uh… Thanks for everything… Mable…'
The blonde turned on her heels facing away, Mable put an arm around her
'Your welcome Pacifica, remember, what are family for?'
Pacifica eyed Mable, a small smile crossed her face, it was the empty mindless smile she wore all day, it was a smile of happiness, something she thought she could never do.
(Outside)
Dipper on the other hand was having issues finding Soos anywhere, he had looked inside the crumbling buildings but no sign of his friend. A loud crashing sound came from behind him, he looked to see what was there.
All he saw a crumbling building then darkness.
(Shack)
Soos randomly walked into the living room where everyone was huddled at, Mable leaped into Soos giving him a big old hug
'SOOS! Your okay!'
Soos nearly fell over
'WOAH! Your strong as ever dawg'
Wendy sighed in relief to see that Soos was okay, her eyes filled with tears still. Stan and Ford walked in to see their repair man back
'Soos! Oh am I glad to see you!'
Stan smiled. Ford however, didn't
'Uh Soos, where is Dipper?'
His voice trembled, something was wrong. Soos raised a brow
'Dipper? I thought he was with you guys'
Mable gasped
'Your telling me that you came here alone!? Then… Then… THEN! THAT MEANS DIPPER IS ALONE OUT THERE!'
Soos felt an emptiness in his stomach, he looked down at Mable then outside
'The little dudes out there? Oh no'
(Outside)
Dipper was roused awake by the sounds of screaming demons and an aching pain in his arm. Slowly, he began to sit up as a tearing pain went right through him
'AHHR!'
He stopped and took ahold of his arm. It was warm with red liquid pouring out of it, his arm was covered in blood.
'What the hell!?'
Dipper looked around him, in front of him was a pile of rocks that once was the Greasy's Diner. Blood has formed a puddle beneath the pile of rubble, he looked back to his arm gulping.
'That was close… Too close…'
He stared down at the rubble again, something seemed, well, off. He had no memory of pulling his arm away when the building collapsed, he didn't remember feeling any pain, had he done it subconsciously? The way the blood puddle had formed under the rubble seemed odd, it looked more circular than a trail of blood, he would have expected there to be at least something of blood smudged across the ground. He quickly pushed the thought back. This wasn't the time or place to be thinking about that. He had to get back to everyone else.
(Shack)
An hour and a half had passed already and Dipper hadn't returned. Ford had banned for anyone to leave the safety of the Shack. Mable sat fidgeting with her glitter pens in hand, no matter how hard she tried all she could think about was Dipper.
'Where are you Dipper!?'
Tightening her grip around the glitter pens, some of them broke under the force, the ink slid down her hand. It looked just like blood.
Ford rubbed his temples anxiously
'Stan, Dipper hasn't returned yet… I… I…'
Stan put a hand on his brother's shoulder
'Don't worry, he is tougher than he looks. He will be back soon… I hope…'
It was becoming harder not to loose hope, Stand and Ford had been trying to figure out a way to reach Dipper without putting anyone else at risk, yet, it looked impossible. They knew if another of them left and Dipper returned then it could mean disaster if Bill showed up right at that timing.
Wendy sat with Soos trying to calm him down, he was stressing out and barely keeping his sanity.
'Wendy, what have I done? I failed everyone!'
The red haired girl lightly slapped Soos
'No! You haven't! None of us have! We have to just believe in Dipper and ourselves. We have to keep fighting, we are the only ones who can defeat Bill. We have to keep fighting'
Mable still held the glitter pens in her hands, something was watching, someone was watching. She could feel a presence approaching or maybe it was her paranoia. The door of the Mystery Shack suddenly swung open revealing a injured boy with blood stained clothes. Mable bolted over to Dipper swinging her arms around him
'DIPPER!'
Tears escaped her eyes as she held her brother tightly in her arms. He accepted the hug with tearful eyes, using his one good arm he rapped it around his sister holding her close.
'Sorry I took so long, I uh… Fell unconscious'
Dipper slightly blushed from embarrassment, Mable just kept hugging him
'You stupid Dip Dop'
He chuckled
'Yeah, I know I am Mable'
Stan rushed over to Dipper as Mable managed to let go of her brother
"Dipper! Your arm! What on earth happened?!'
Before he could answer Ford came stumbling
'Everyone! Gather outside we don't have much time! We must end this fight right now!'
Ford looked to Dipper, the boy smiled back weakly. Rushing outside, everyone formed a circle and stood on their appropriate symbol. Before Dipper and Soos had gone missing, Ford and Stan had stayed outside drawing out the Cipher wheel. Everyone looked at each other preparing themselves.
They began to usher the words, all around them magical energy began to swirl, they all closed their eyes as they could feel the power surging through their veins. Blinding colours formed around them, the wind began to pick up, they began to usher the words louder and louder.
Bill sat on his thrown pondering over what to do next, he felt a slight tug on his foot but saw no one there.
'Huh? Weird'
Another tug came, this time, much stronger, enough to pull Bill off his thrown
'What?!'
Back a the circle, Old Man McGucket's eye began to glow, his body had magic swirling around him, Soos's eye began to glow as well the same thing happening to him. Each individual began to float up into the air as the magic raised them forming some sort of bubble around them.
Bill tried to fly away but the magic tugged him back harder and harder, he knew what this was, he could remember it clearly
'NO! I won't fail!'
He desperately flailed but nothing happened, his body was being pulled into the bubble, he was going to be trapped once more. Magic restrained him, forcing him to stay within the large bubble created by his greatest enemies. The bubble got stronger, smaller, more dense as the magic concentrated into sealing Bill. Weirdmageddon was beginning to fall apart, the rip in space and time was falling back on itself, everything was being absorbed back inside.
'NNNOO!'
Bill screeched lashing out at the bubble. He could feel his power slowly being drained from his body. He had lost. There wasn't any way that he was getting out of this one and he knew that. After all, he never managed to kill one of them when he had the chance. Now he was going to pay for his actions.
The group enchanted the last final words, the bubble disappeared along with Bill Cipher. Dipper opened his eyes to see everyone around him floating in the air, magic swirling around them, colourful streams like rivers swished around them. Slowly, they reached the ground and the magic slowly faded away, Dipper panted, he hadn't realised how much energy that had actually taken.
Mable started to open her dazed eyes, she looked over to Dipper
'Dipper… Did we do it?'
He smiled gleefully
'Yes, yes we did Mable'
Her smile widened, everything had gone perfectly. Eventually, everyone came to wake up feeling exhausted, the world around them was normal again, well, Gravity Falls normal style. The rip in time and space had nearly disappeared from the sky above. Mable went over to sit with Dipper
'Hey Dips, how do you think Mermando is okay?'
Dipper raised a brow, out of all things his sister could have been thinking, she was thinking about the mermaid man she met back at the pool. He couldn't help but laugh, Mable puffed her cheeks
'Hheeyyy! Don't be so mean!'
Dipper snickered
'Im just doing what you always did to me Mable'
The twins continued to laugh, they looked up to the sky. Peaceful. Dipper closed his eyes, everything went according to plan expect the part about his arm. He couldn't help but feel proud of Mable at how well she had taken control on the situation back at the Shack. His thoughts drifted again back to a strange feeling he had in his arm.
He couldn't remember getting hurt, all he could remember was seeing the building tumbling down on him. How had he moved out in time? Had someone pulled his arm out from under the rubble? His arm ached, he felt a presence looming yet there was no one else but his family around him.
'Pine Tree…'
Dipper opened up his eyes, he pulled himself up to look over to Mable while crossing his arms in annoyance
'Did you call me Pine Tree?'
Keeping a firm look, Mable looked confused back at Dipper
'Huh? Why would I call you that? That's what Bill would call you'
Mable cringed at the thought of calling Dipper, Pine Tree, it just didn't slip off the tongue right for her liking. She got up off the grass and put a hand out for Dipper
'Come on Bro Bro, we are heading home soon, might as well start packing'
They both sighed, they didn't want to leave. It had been an extraordinary adventure, everything about Gravity Falls fascinated both the twins and the family they made was hard to leave behind. Holing hands, they strolled back into the Mystery Shack up to their room. Everything looked the same, glitter covered the floor, the beds were a mess, Mable's boy posters were all over the walls while Dipper had notes about Gravity Falls laying around.
Mable took a deep breath, she could feel the warm summer air filling her lungs, the soft sent of old wood mixed with glue enveloped the room. Slowly approaching her bed, she stared up to the posters
'Wish I could take you with me, sadly, I can't'
Unclipping each poster, she formed a large pile to take outside. Her thoughts returned to Mermando, was he really okay?
'I should check on him'
She glanced over at the sweaty brown haired boy
'Dipper, I'm going out for a while but don't you worry! I have the protection of-'
Pulling out a metal hook thing that sat on the corner of her bed she swayed it in the air above her head dramatically
'GRABBLING HOOK!'
Dipper huffed. All his worried had been melted away by his sister's enthusiasm, she had a way of being that made her the brightest star of all. Looking for his shoulder, he could see the sun was still up in the sky.
'Hm… Alight Mable, don't take too long'
He put a hand on his hip and waved a goodbye to Mable, she gave a toothy smile running down stairs out the door disappearing into the woods. Rushing down to the sea, Mable could see the sun starting to set, time was going much quicker or maybe it really was late, it seemed that it took her longer than expected. The sunlight reflected off the water glittering softly, it was calm and beautiful. She stood on the dock looking down at the water, one deep breath
'Ahh… MERMANDO!'
Her voice echoed through the empty sea scape, nothing. She put her hands to her hips, leaning down to her knees she looked at the water up close. Another deep breath before she plummeted her head under water
'MMMMEEERRRMMMAAAANNNNDDDOOOO!'
Bubbles gathered above her head, she pulled out before she could fall in. From the distance, a splash appeared on the calm water. Out popped a familiar face. Mable gasped and flung herself forward hugging the figure
'MERMANDO!'
'MABLE!'
The mermaid man opened up his arms to catch the falling beauty. They stared at one another laughing
'It's so good to see you again'
Mable flipped her hair to one side
'Its good to see you too Mermando! I uh…'
She looked at the shimmer water, it wasn't fair. Having to leave Gravity Falls and Mermando and all the friendships she made, it was hard to take in all at once. Mermando glanced worriedly at her
'Im okay… It's just that well… Im leaving… I won't be back until next summer…'
Mermando bit his lip
'Oh…'
His voice was cut dry. Mable fumbled with her hair
'But you know… We could still write to each other'
She smiled weakly, Mermando nodded in response. Slowly approaching the dock, he put Mable down giving her w small smile
'I hope to see you again, Mable, I will never forget you'
The mermaid's brown hair swished side to side, his eyes filled with sorrow, all he wanted was to stay with Mable yet he couldn't. Mable was a human, he was a mermaid. Even if he tried to somehow swim all the way to Mable he wouldn't even get close enough to talk to her or see her. Too many people, too many cameras, too many risks.
Mable waved a goodbye, her mouth was dry leaving her unable to speak. Mermando swam away from her, out of sight, out of touch. A small tear escaped her eye
'Why… Why do I have to go home…'
Tears flooded down her cheeks, it was the first time that she had felt loved, Gravity Falls was a place she loved that loved her back. After trying to get a boyfriend and always failing it was nice to finally meet someone who was special and unique, just what she wanted.
'It's getting dark, Dipper is going to rush down here any minute now'
Mable wiped the tears away, she couldn't let Dipper see her crying, it wouldn't do any good. Moments later Dipper came rushing out of the trees with pieces of wood stuck here and there
'Mable! I was getting worried about you!'
He stumbled out nearly falling into a bush, his hair was a mess filled with cobwebs. Mable snickered
'Dipper, you have a spider on your head'
Dipper went white with fear, he let out an ear hurting screech of terror. Rubbing his head he tried to find the spider. Mable burst out in laughter
'Dip! There is no spider silly!'
She slapped her knee unable to stop laughing, her brother looked at her still terrified
'W-Wha? MABLE!'
His cheeks went red with embarrassment. Sighing in relief, he waited for his sister. Together they walked back to the Mystery Shack, moonlight made the place look much spookier than usual or was it more calming? Depends. There was not a sound to be heard, nothing to be seen expect the two siblings who stood outside gazing upon their new found home. Dipper swallowed loudly
'Uh so… I guess this means… We won't be back till next summer…'
'Yeah…'
They opened the door, it creaked denying to let them in, not even the Mystery Shack wanted them to leave. Finally reaching their rooms, they exchanged their usual goodnights and fell into a deep slumber.
Dipper's arm burnt slightly, a triangular figure barely seeable within his mind scape
'Leaving already?… Hm…'
It's one eye gleamed staring down at Dipper, it entered the boy's dream
(Inside Dipper's Mind scape)
Rushing across the barren land, Dipper tried to find a place to hide. Trees were sloped to one side, flowers loosing their bright colours, nothing could reproduce here. Dipper shivered as the cold breezed passed through to his bare skin, his clothes had been ripped to shreds by the demons he barely had escaped from.
Their claws missed Dipper flesh by only millimetres. The boy could feel his heart pounding in his chest, his throat was dry and his body was aching all over. Trees, trees and more trees, loud piercing screeches could be heard from the distance, the demons were coming.
The boy couldn't feel his legs anymore, his heart was being crushed by the pounding thought of his dead sister, Mable. Only minutes before he had been with her, running through the forrest. He only looked away for a slight second, that was his biggest regret. A large pink demon with a flaming body took ahold of Mable's arm, it's long tongue licked Mable's face.
"DIPPER! HELP!"
The screams rang out in his head, he could feel spikes poking into his heart
"MABLE!"
Before he knew it, the pink flaming demon opened it's mouth placing it's tongue around Mable's body. It was like watching a frog catch a fly, it swallowed her whole.
The triangle exited, one finger began to glow with a light yellow flame. He leaned in close putting his finger down on Dipper's forehead
'Sleep tight Pine Tree…'
(Inside Dipper's Mind scape)
Darkness.
Small lights began to shine all around. Stars. They were beautiful.
(Back to where Dipper and Mable are sleeping in the old hiker rest house thingy)
Dipper moaned tugging himself into a tight little ball. Ignoring the strange sensation in his arm, he cuddled against the wall in hoped to be a little warmer. Colour drains from everything inside the small house, Bill looked down at Dipper
'Welcome home Pine Tree'
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Uh Hi there if you read the fanfiction or just skip to the bottom! I will apologise straight away if there are many spelling errors and stuff cause I wouldn't be surprised so I apologise for all of that. Iv never really written a story or a fanfiction so this is my first try, so again apologise if what I'm writing is really confusing and all over the place. Please do tell me what I should change if it is waayyy too confusing and do leave a comment! well… thats if anyone ever reads this fanfiction lol. Anyway, GRAVITY FALLS IS AWESOME! So stay awesome and be yourself! Seeya (I do hope the fanfiction wasn't too bullshit and the two books that I included are like Ford's books expect they are written by Dipper)
