Chapter 7: Swords and bones

Dipper heard it, a scraping of bones against rock, the sound of bows being strung, the sound of arrows flying past his head. The skeletons were close on his tail now, he was done for if he did not do something quick. He rounded a corner, just barely dodging three arrows that went right by his head. His symbol started glowing an even brighter blue, giving away his hiding spot. He raised his sword, ready for a fight. Then all of a sudden it went quiet. He heard a few tell tail sounds of skeletons being smashed, but then silence. A voice rang out in the darkness, followed by a bright blue light. Dipper could not make out what it said, but he decided what ever it was, it was getting closer. It was almost to him, when he heard something he never thought he would hear again.

"Dipper! Where are you!" Mabel! She was nearby, she sounded very close. And worried. He heard voices yelling after her, but farther away.

"Mabel get back here!" He could tell that it was Henry who said this.

The blue light was almost to him, it was about to round the corner. He raised his sword ready for what ever came around the corner. As the blue light rounded the corner he saw, Mabel. Holding a wooden staff, about her height, glowing bright blue.

"Mabel!" Dipper said, glad to see his sister alive, "I thought i would never see you again."

"Dipper?" Mabel said, lifting her staff to see her brother, "I'm soooooooooooo glad your ok."

"Uhh Mabel, duck!" Dipper said, seeing a skeleton creeping up behind her. As Mabel ducked Dipper slashed through the skeleton, turning it to dust.

"Thanks."

"We have to move, now!"

"Agreed but which way?"

"That way." Dipper said pointing down the tunnel away from the area where the skeletons appeared.

As he and Mabel ran down the passage, they came to a small hole. More like a pit. Skeletons were right behind them, getting ready to kill them. They had no choice, they had to jump.

"Are you ready?"

"Ready."

"One, two, three!" They counted together, jumping over the hole.

Once they landed on the other side, unharmed. They ran a bit farther down the tunnel before stopping to rest.

"Hey Dipper, where did you get that sword?" Mabel said, looking at the sword with curiosity.

"I grabbed it off of one of the skeletons before it came alive, Bill left it there for me."

"Why would he do that?"

"Honestly I have no idea why he would do that, why he has done any of this."

"Perhaps i can answer that question." A third voice said.

Dipper and Mabel looked around, trying to find the source of the voice. They looked down both tunnels and saw no one. Then, in a bright flash of yellow light, the dream demon Bill Cipher appeared out of what seemed to be thin air.