As it turned out, his wrist wasn't sprained but very bruised. The kid honestly looked like he had been hit by a train and considering his earlier self harming tendencies, I honestly wouldn't have been surprised if he had. Various other scrapes and bruises littered his body and the doctor told him to simply "take it easy" for the next week or so.
After Dipper had been looked after I told Jess I would be home later. She looked at me curiously but eventually left it alone seeing the reluctance in my eyes. The twins proceeded to drag me up to their room in the attic. Mabel closed the blinds over their triangular window as Dipper flipped on the lantern and turned around stuffed animals.
"Allison, I need you to promise that whatever we tell you tonight, you'll believe us without a doubt in your mind." Dipper looked so solemn and serious in this moment I would believe him if he told me he was a reptile in disguise. I nodded slowly and Dipper pulled the red worn book out of his vest. Upon closer inspection, I could see the gold plate was a six-fingered hand with a black '3' written in the very center.
"I found this journal in the woods. It contains secrets about Gravity Falls and all the creatures that live in it. The Author wrote about all his discoveries of the supernatural creatures of this town in this book. Each page talks about a different creature until they just suddenly stop like he mysteriously disappeared." He looks up to me to see if I'm keeping up with all the information being thrown at me.
"Okay, so what I've got so far is supernatural stuff is real and mysterious author man wrote about it until one day he just stopped?" I asked. "That's the gist of it, yeah." Mabel said peeking over her brother's shoulder.
"So then what happened in the kitchen today? Is there a shapeshifter in town or something?" The questions seemed to just jump out of my mouth and Dipper flinched.
"I wish it was something as easy to take care of as a shapeshifter. One of the many creatures The Author wrote about was a dream demon by the name of Bill Cipher. He's easily the most dangerous creature in Gravity Falls. He lives mainly in a separate plain of existence called the mindscape. While he's there he can do literally anything, but it won't affect our corporeal realm."
"Okay, so demon that lives permanently in dreamland; that's not exactly what I was expecting. So we've got some sort of demonic possession going on?" Dipper was shaking at this point and Mabel hugged him from behind. This seemed to ground him as he answered with a simple "Yeah."
"If you don't mind my asking, what exactly did you do that allowed him control over your body?" I asked softly. The boy was not having a good time; the experience must have left a huge mental scar on the kid. Curled up next to his sister, they looked nothing more than maybe 10, instead of the actual "almost 13" they usually bragged about.
"Bill, he, uh, he normally gains things through deals that tip in his favor. The thing is, that old laptop I was trying to get unlocked? Yeah, that thing belonged to The Author and was another clue to understanding Gravity Falls. I was desperate, it was about to erase all data because it had a password limit. Bill showed up saying he could help and all I had to give in return was a single puppet. I thought he meant one of Mabel's," he laughed bitterly at this, "of course it wasn't that simple. He took my soul out of my body and threw it into to mindscape and took my body for his 'puppet'."
With this knowledge, everything started to make sense. "That explains so much. Thank you for trusting me enough to tell me all of this." I stood and looked to Mabel who smiled at me. "For now, I've gotta run. Can't have my dad yelling at me for being out late again without calling him first. I'll talk to you again soon, okay?" As I started making my way out of the house, Dipper called after me. He caught up with me by the time I was at the front porch.
"Please, don't go telling people about this. I don't want people thinking we're crazy or getting themselves into trouble." He huffed from his run down the staircase.
"Of course, Dipper, I'll make sure not to tell. But if we're going to keep hanging out you'll have to tell Jess eventually."
"We'll deal with that once we get there. For now, keep things quiet, okay? And make sure to tell me or Mabel if you start having any weird dreams or anything. Bill knows that you saw right through him and that makes you a threat to him. Be careful." Nodding to him, I then turned and began my trip back to our little yurt in the middle of the forest. In the middle of nowhere, of course, where literally anything could attack me and no one would know until they found my corpse.
"Yeesh, kid!You're just as paranoid as Pine Tree! But no, there will be no corpses today. Why would I let anyone bother killing you before I even got to mess with you?"
Frantically spinning, I searched for the owner of the voice that seemed to come from every direction. I only now noticed the pine trees surrounding me had holes in the shapes of eyes littering their trunks. Remembering Dipper's warning, I shot off towards our little yurt in the middle of the woods.
Arriving outside the small temporary house, I waited a moment to catch my breath. If they want me to keep this stuff secret I gotta keep people from asking questions in the first place. The only way to manage that is to stop being so suspicious.
After composing myself I walked through the little door to my family, each person strewn across their own beds. Jess looked up at me and waved, raising an eyebrow. Shaking my head I mouthed "tell you tomorrow" before climbing up to my bunk just above hers. Relaxing in my bed, I fell asleep without even changing into pajamas.
Alright guys, this chapter is a bit on the shorter side but I have a few things I need to say. 1, chapters from now on will almost always be about this length. I may not post very often, I'm just finishing up on break and will be going back to school tomorrow so please bare with me. 2, I had someone comment on making things more romantic between Dipper and Ally. I just want to outright say that there is a very low chance of that happening. If it does happen, it will be very short lived because they're two kids on summer break solving mysteries. Sorry about that :/ I think that's all I had to say so see you next chapter!
