Chapter 4: The Townsfolk's Realization
Mabels POV
As we twisted and turned in the wind we all shouted for Dipper in desperation. The tornado carried us until it suddenly disappeared and dropped us all at the Mystery Shack. And it wasn't a soft landing.
When I recovered from the fall I shouted, "Grunkle Stan! Grunkle Ford! We have to do something! Dipper is about to fight against Bill all by himself."
"We can't just run back to his rescue Mabel… He'd just do the same thing again to keep us away. And if we were to distract him it could end up killing him. Dipper got lucky with that holy water after we distracted him but who knows what would have happened. The point is we are completely useless as we are now!" Grunkle Ford said
"But Dipper will be fine right? Didn't you see all the crazy stuff he's able to do now! He controlled fire, has some sort of telekinesis, and made a fucking tornado blow us away! Who knows what else he can do. Maybe we are worrying to much?" Pacifica said trying to be optimistic.
"That's a problem! It's not something to be excited about. After all my research over the years I learned one true fact between science and magic. And that's that magic always comes at a price! You have to give what you want out of it! And sometimes the costs are too great…" said Grunkle Ford
"Are you saying Dipper is using this magic without knowing the consequences?" Asked Grunkle Stan
"No, worse… I believe he does know the consequences… Which is one of the reasons why I think he wants us to stay away. "
"So what are we supposed to do? Just sit here at the shack hoping that at some point in the night, Dipper will come popping out of the woods saying he defeated Bill!" Wendy yelled
"No I never said that! But if we go to his aid now, we'll just get in the way and he will only rely on his magic more not only to defeat Bill but to protect us! And I can't stress how dangerous it is for a normal human being to use magic!"
"Well there has to be something we can do to help!" Pacifica yelled in frustration.
"This is stupid! There's all of us and only one of him! If we team up then we should be able to help Dipper!" I said
"And why the hell should we?"
Everyone looked to Robbie who now walked over to interrupt the conversation.
"I don't know exactly what the hell is going on, but I'm not sticking my neck out for some runaway twerp! And he's only become more of a freak since he left. All this magic and demon bullshit is just going to get us all killed, so I think I speak for everybody when I say that we don't want any part of helping him out."
The townsfolk started to mumble in agreement.
"But his life is in danger!" I screamed
"Because he dug his own grave by pissing off a fucking demon! That little bastard not only put our lives at risk, but all of gravity falls! Because of hi-"
SMACK!
Robbie was surprised after getting smacked by Wendy that tears were starting to form in her eyes.
Tambry came running to Robbie's aid to see if he was alright. She was followed by Nate, Lee, and Thompson who came to make sure a fight didn't break out between their friends.
Wendy's father, or Manly Dan, and her three brothers also came up to her to try and calm her down. But she just shrugged them off.
"You don't know what Dipper has done for Gravity Falls! For you! For ME! He's a bigger man than you'll ever be because unlike you he cares! Before that little boy disappeared four years ago, he was out risking his life in the woods everyday protecting everyone from the monsters that live in there!"
"He's saved my life more times than I would like to admit! I'm supposed to be the older one. I'm supposed to be someone he can rely on! But I always find myself relying and being protected by him." Wendy said as she looked up to her father.
She looked back to her friends.
"And I'm not the only one he's protected! He saved all of your ass's when we broke into that stupid haunted market if you've forgotten!"
They all started to feel a little guilty.
"And you're not the only ones!" Pacifica shouted as her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Northwest, started to walk towards her.
"Dipper risked his life at that stupid party in our mansion. If he didn't save me from that ghost and give me a change of heart, not only would a lot of people have died, I would have killed myself already from the stress you two put me under!" Pacifica shouted while pointing at her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Northwest were surprised by her claim and felt heart-broken that their daughter had considered suicide before she met the commoner boy.
"Dipper always has done what he thought was best even if that meant he would get hurt in the process!" Wendy now shouting to everyone within earshot in Gravity Falls.
"And yet what did you all do? You went on with your ignorant lives without knowing anything! Have you even noticed how bad it has gotten in Gravity Falls since Dipper left? More and More creatures have been showing up in town and causing mischief because he was never there to stop them like he did before. Dipper has done more than enough for Gravity Falls, and anyone who says otherwise I'll beat the shit out of…" Wendy shouted finally wiping the tears from her face.
"That's enough Wendy… I think we've made our point…" said Grunkle Stan
Everyone was dead silent. They all began to realize how ignorant they have all been in there own hometown. How a little boy who didn't even live here, took all their problems on his shoulders keeping them oblivious to what was happening around them. While they were living their lives, Dipper was fighting. And he even left the one's he loved and cared about for four years because they weren't able to realize it. Guilt, sadness, confusion, and anger spread through the townsfolk of Gravity Falls.
How could they have been so blind?
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Author's Notes:
Holy Crap! I'm even surprised on how quickly things are intensifying! The townsfolk have learned the truth about Dipper! But will anybody be able to help? Someone's got to come up with a game plan before Bill can dispose of Dipper! In the next chapter, the fight between Bill and Dipper has begun and is only becoming more intense! What has Dipper learned the last four years and is it anything that can help him defeat Bill? Keep a look out for Chapter 5.