"Okay Mabel, it's go time."

"Yes Bro yes," Mabel chants back as she paints war stripes on her cheeks.

"Don't you think the war paint is overboard?" the younger twin enquires as he jumps off from the bus seat as it arrives at the right bus station.

"Never," Mabel declares as she attempts to get Dipper's face too. "War paint raises spirits! It proves that we are ready to go down fighting!"

"Okay well, I'll come to you if I ever run low on fighting spirit," he says before jumping off the bus, Mabel close behind him. He turns around to Mabel as the bus departs. "Now you got you're walkie… talkie?" he asks to empty air as the elder twin dashes into the mall and leaves Dipper in the dust.

"This is Master Mabel to Dippity Dog. Of course I have my walkie talkie."

"Right, let me know when you find anything Mabel."

"What are you looking for?" a voice says from behind him. A shiver runs down Dipper's back as he instantly recognises that voice.

"What are you even doing here Bill?" he demands with a frown while holding the talk button on the walkie talkie so that his sister would hear the conversation as well.

Bill smiles; throwing his arm around the younger twin's shoulder as he replies "Nothing yet Pine Tree, just looking for a little fun!"

"Well go find fun somewhere else you twisted triangle!" Mabel calls over the walkie talkie as Dipper shrugs the offending arm off.

"Naw Shooting Star, that's so sweet of you to say!" Bill says.

Dipper rolls his eyes as he pulls out the spray bottle from his backpack. His grim smile turns into a smirk when Bill takes half a step back instinctively.

Bill glares from behind his blonde fringe before clicking his fingers and teleporting away.

"Mabel? You there? I convinced Bill to leave for now," he calls says over the walkie talkie. "Where are you?"

"Pet store around the corner, I can see Bill spying on you from the corner," Mabel reports.

Dipper sighs, of course Mabel had gone straight to the pet store, she basically lived there when they came to the mall. "I'll see you there in a bit," he says before putting the spray bottle in his bag.

"Master Mabel out," she says back cheerily.

Dipper hurries down the mall corridor to the pet shop sliding along side a group of teens around the corner to avoid Bill. He splits off from the older teens to enter the pet store.

Putting the walkie talkie away as he approaches Mabel he watches as she pays for Waddles snacks.

"So Dipping Dots, she says as she packs the box into her twin's backpack. Plan B?"

"We'll have to work together to get everything down," he says grimly. First off we'll need to find some moonstones."

"That's easy," Mabel says. "They're sold of the Beads and More Beads store."

"Oh," Dipper says surprised. "Let's go then."

"The problem is, semi precious beads are a little pricey but I think I have the perfect plan!"

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As it turns out; Mabel's plan was a plan that Grunkle Stan would be proud of.

There were two staff at the store, one of them was a fairly new looking teenager that trying to not get caught with a can of soda under the counter.

As soon as the senior staff went for her tea break Mabel and Dipper moved in.

A quick check for cameras, a distraction and a quick switcheroo meant that Dipper and Mabel escape with moonstone beads for half the price.

Raiding an old antiques store had found some old thermometers that had mercury they could use. It was just enough to for the protection spell if they could get all of it out.

They'd run into Bill four times by the time they were ready to leave. The first time he'd run past them cackling with glee after dashing out of a store. Three different staff members watched him go looking very flustered.

The twins were glad that Bill seemed to have missed them in his joy of causing such chaos and had hurried off to maintain distance.

The next time they saw him he was on a segway being chased by two security staff and three staff members from various stores. He was wearing a yellow and black suit, and a black top hat.

When he had wedged his way in between the twins the next time Dipper hadn't been sure what to do. Mabel's scream of 'stranger danger!' had worked fairly well though as immediately everyone in the vicinity turned to look at the security staff were back on his trail.

"Smart move Shooting Star!" he'd called over his shoulder as he bounded out of sight with a demented laugh. He slid down the escalator banister with ease as he vanished from view once more.

Dipper and Mabel stood at the bus station quickly running down Dipper's mental list on everything that they needed.

"Well that's definitely everything…" Dipper said at last.

"How long did it take you and Grunkle Ford to put it together last time?" Mabel asked him as she stared down the street looking for the bus. She pokes Dipper as she sees it turn the corner up ahead.

"Not long, we should be able to have at least something by the end of the night," Dipper says as he zips up the bag.

"What will we have by the end of the night?"

The twins jump and whirl around. Bill is leaning casually on the post with his now signature wide smile on his face and a curious glint in his eye.

"None of your business Cipher," Mabel says poking her tongue out before turning around again.

With a click of his fingers Bill is standing in front of the female twin again.

"But Shooting Star, that's no way to treat a guest," he says teasingly.

Mabel goes to shove him out of her face by reflex but with a click of his finger he was out of the way.

Mabel instead stumbled forward onto the road with a yelp.
"Mabel!" Dipper called in a panic as the bus driver slammed on the breaks.

There was another Click and suddenly Mabel wasn't on the road. Just in time for the bus to slid up with a groan.

"What do you kids think you're doing playing on the road like that!"

Dipper whirled around to face Bill only to find that the blonde kid had completely vanished.

With Mabel clutching onto one arm and his bag slung over the other he apologised to the driver before shuffling onto the bus.

Mabel took the window seat silently as Dipper stared out the seat in front of him.

Questions were whirling through his head. Why did Bill save Mabel? Why did Bill save Mabel? Why did Bill save Mabel? Why did Bill save Mabel?


Hi there! This chapter has not been read by a beta as mine seems to be unresponsive. So if you see any mistakes feel free to point them out and I'll fix them up. If anyone else would like to help beta you're more than welcome to send me a message! Hopefully next chapter will be written up soon.

Reviews and Ideas are Appreciated and Adored!
~Jess