Right before Bill is defeated, he creates bubbles to contain every citizen of Gravity Falls, each designed to show their worst fears. Dipper must overcome many obstacles and heartbreaks to escape his prison before he meets his fate.

SAME AS IT NEVER WAS

After a week of Weirdmageddon, we had finally done it. The final showdown with the omniscient Bill Cipher was erupting all around me. The townsfolk united together in a stand against a power hungry demon for the first time in thousands of years. Foes turned friends, enemies turned allies, all for this goal.

Bill, naturally, didn't want to go down without a fight, and let me tell you, a fight he brought. His magic, his monsters, and his mayhem, all doing its best to keep us from the sweet victory we needed.

Mabel and I were back to back, her with her grappling hook, and I with the Memory Eraser gun. Pacifica stood nearby us, swinging away at monsters with her jewel encrusted golf clubs. Stan bashed Bill's minions with his trusty baseball bat, and Ford right by him with his magnet gun and other futuristic weaponry.

Wendy had her axe and Soos had a killer punch despite his weight, and of course, the rest of the townsfolk fought wildly with whatever they had. No one would ever witness such an immense battle.

''Everybody, listen up!'' Great Uncle Ford yelled over the commotion, ''We need to get the wheel ready! Everyone on the wheel, get in a circle and link hands!''

''You heard him, folks, let's do this!'' Wendy cried out.

I grabbed Wendy and Mabel's hands. Everyone else lent an arm out to others. Stan, Ford, Soos, McGucket, Pacifica, Robbie, and Gideon all connected into the circle. A blue energy began to glow from the inside of the circle, and a large force field shot out, pushing Bill and his minions away from us.

''HOW COULD THEY HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THE WHEEL?'' Bill screeched.

''You gave it to me in a dream once, Bill!'' Ford laughed, ''I guess you screwed yourself over.''

''NO!'' Bill shot lightning towards the force field. I flinched, but the blast was stopped dead in its tracks. The demon desperately shot at the shield along with his minions, but to no avail.

''Everyone, the chant, now!'' Ford yelled. We had rehearsed this in the shack many times before the assault here, it would knock Bill back to his own dimension.

We stood straight and chorused, ''Triangulum, entangulum, mediforess dominus ventium, mediforess mezendti omnium!'' Everything began to blur as a faint blue light brightened before us. Suddenly, I was overcome with a wave of nausea, and collapsed to the ground. Out of the corner of my eye I could see it had happened to Pacifica and Mabel as well. Wendy, Gideon, and Soos collapsed soon after.

My brain crashed as the details began to mix and merge together. I could barely remember anything. I felt like I was about to fall asleep.

Then, all at once, everything cleared out again, and I began to capture the moment. Blue energy was surrounding Bill, compressing him, pushing him together, shrinking him. His vibrant yellow began to fade, and his glow succumbed.

''NO - I CAN'T LOSE THIS!'' Bill screamed in rage, ''THE PROPHECY - ONE BILLION YEARS OF WAITING - AND ALL FOR NOTHING!''

He shrank more and more, losing power. His voice went from a fuming rage to a shrill squeak. ''no.. no.. no.. this isn't the end.. pines..'' He snapped his feeble fingers once more, but nothing seemed to happen. He glanced out a hole in the wall, and his miserable expression lifted to a bloodthirsty joy.

''buy gold.. bye.'' A bright flash sucked his body back through the huge dimensional tear in the sky.

Silence washed over the Fearamid for seconds, until a huge cheer erupted from the townsfolk. Ford and Stan hugged for the first time in 40 years. ''I never should've doubted you, sixer!'' Stan laughed, tears welling up in his eyes.

Mabel jumped out from behind a piece of rubble and started taking hundreds of pictures of the twins reunion.

I chuckled as I overheard my sister screaming; ''Nothing is stronger than the power of Mabel!''

I saw Pacifica walking towards me, ''Oh, hey Pacifi-'' She wrapped her arms around me and kissed me. My brain clouded as the taste of her lips seeped into my mouth. I had never realized how much I needed this.

Finally, she took a step back. She looked a bit flustered and nervous. ''Um,'' She choked out, ''Can I.. pay you, to pretend that never happened?''

I heard Mabel squeal in delight and saw the flash of a camera. I laughed and gave Pacifica a quick hug, blushing all the while. Mabel grabbed me by the shoulders and dragged me away giggling with Candy and Grenda. ''Ah, seriously Mabel?'' I smiled.

After that little event, I was walking around the Fearamid taking in all the party and joy around me. I felt a tap on my shoulder, and I turned around to see Soos.

''Oh, hey Soos.''

''Hey dude. I was just checking out these, like, mysterious bubble things floating up from the ground.'' He gestured to a hole in the wall. I looked out and saw a field of spheres rising up from the ground, all looking similar to Mabel's bubble.

''Oh no.'' I whimpered. ''STAN, GREAT UNCLE FORD!''

They came rushing over, ''What's the matter, kiddo?'' Grunkle Stan asked.

''Look out there! There's like these weird.. bubble things!'' I exasperated.

''Damn it.'' Ford whispered. ''EVERYONE, WE NEED TO GET READY! BILL HAS ONE MORE TRICK UP HIS SLEEVE!'' Everyone froze. ''But didn't we win?'' Mabel asked.

''No, it turns out that Bill used his last magic to create-'' A earsplitting wind was heard and Ford was sucked out of the hole is wall and into a bubble.

The crowd burst into pandemonium as the walls began to crumble from the wind. People were being ripped away into a prison bubble. Bill's final trick.

I ran toward Mabel and grabbed her hand, until she started being pulled away. ''DIPPER!'' She screamed. ''Mabel, hold on!'' I grabbed on her as tight as I could, she began to slip away. ''No!'' I shouted.

''DIPPER, HELP!'' Our hands were tore apart and she was thrust into a bubble. ''MABEL!'' I cried out.

I grew limp as the winds pulled me out of the Fearamid, I flung through the sky helplessly. ''I'll find you, Mabel..'' I whispered before being sucked into my bubble.

I'll find you.

So this is my second Gravity Falls fic everyone! It's plot is based off of the TMNT 2003 episode by the same title, where Donnie is cast into an alternate future where he left the team for thirty years and the Shredder rules the world. Like that episode, this fic will be very dark. Expect lots of violence, minor language, and some disturbing scenes.

I hope this fic really hits home with you guys, because this is my first time writing for quite a while! Chapter 2 should come out.. eventually. Preferably within January.

Anyway, Future out!