After this chapter, there will be the departure chapter. Then it is The End. :-( I had fun writing this. Albany was especially fun to write. Any ways! I am still thinking about whether I should make another Mabill Story. It wouldn't follow this plot. I just don't know which to write just yet. I don't own the song and if I owned Gravity Falls, it shows would never have ended. Please let me know in the reviews! I hope you all enjoy!
Chapter 8: The Wedding and Speak Now
Scene: Warehouse
A week had past since Mabel was hit with the love potion and most of that time was spent with Gideon and planning their wedding, which is today. Dipper, Star-Tail, Bill, and Dragoste were still in cages in the warehouse. Dragoste would busy herself with singing, Dipper would watch Darren and Albany play I spy, and Bill had been curled up in the corner of his cage without moving for the past week. He felt Mabel's absence the most. Dipper knew he still had his sister and that they can get her back because the Star-Tail twins were still there and hadn't faded away like they would if they couldn't get Mabel back. Of course he wasn't going to tell Bill his. The dream demon needed to figure that out for himself.
"I spy~ with my little eye~" Albany began.
"The cages," Darren interrupted with a smirk. Albany pouted at him.
"Alright. Mr. Smart guy. I think it is about time we crashed a wedding!" Albany cheered. This caught the attention of Dipper, Dragoste, and Bill. Darren found a piece of wire near his cage and began to play with the lock.
"How do you plan to do that?" Bill asked with hatred lacing his voice.
"Well…" Albany started, trying to contain her giggles and failing. "Your cage is meant to contain a demon only. I'll let you think about that for a moment." Bill glared at her for a bit longer as he tried to figure out what she was talking about. His eyes widened when he realized what she meant.
"Absolutely not!" Bill shouts. Albany shrugged then.
"Okay. I just figured you'd want to save your girlfriend and keep your heirs but I guess I was wrong," Albany said.
"I can still get my heir. It isn't like Shooting Star is going to die or anything," Bill countered. Albany and Darren shared a look before they both sighed with sadness. Darren would've escaped days ago like he did last time but his cage was covered in runes this time.
"You don't get it, do you?" Albany asked.
"If Mabel marries Gideon, you will never get your heirs," Darren explained.
"Well what are heirs good for if it isn't with someone you love?" Bill asked, turning red for a split second. Albany turned to Darren again, a slight smile on her face.
"What are you say?" Albany asked, barely keeping the excitement from her voice. As Dragoste and Dipper watched, they smiled because they knew what the she-demon was doing to her father.
"I'm saying: I am in love with Mabel. I love her smile, her laugh, the way she can tell when someone needs comfort or a pep talk. I love how she was able to get past all of the things I've done in the past and become a friend I never knew I needed until I had to protect her. I love the way her voice sounds when it is sleepy. I just love her!" Bill shouts. "I'd do anything for her," he whispered. Albany leaned as close to Bill as she could.
"Then what is holding you back?" She asked, almost a whisper. Bill thought about this for a moment. Then recalled what she said a week ago after escaping the cages the first time. In that moment, Bill realized that the only person holding him back was himself. He turned away from Albany, making her pout slightly, and went into a meditative trance.
Scene: Clearing in the woods
It was still three hours from the ceremony and Mabel was nervous. She thought that Bill would have already been there by now but nope. No sign of the dream demon she had fallen for. Sure, a week ago she was hit with the potion but it had no effect on her. Right before she had woken up in the cage a week ago, she remembered hearing Dragoste say something about the potion not working if the person was already in love. Of course, when Mabel was later hit with the love potion, she immediately knew what her brother meant when he said she would know what to do when the time came. She pretended to fall in love with Gideon and went along with the idea of a wedding when he began pressuring her. She figured she could say 'I do not' at the ceremony if no one came to save her. After several hours of prepping, Mabel was pronounced ready by one of the designers and was currently waiting for the organ to start the death march.
'Where are you Bill?' Mabel thought with worry.
Scene: Warehouse
Darren was able to unlock his cage with the wire and immediately went straight to Albany's cage and quickly picked the lock. Bill hadn't moved from his meditative spot for the past two and a half hours.
"I'll free everyone else," Darren said to his sister. "You go and stall the wedding for as long as you can. It might still be a while before Bill is no longer a demon." Albany saluted him, making him roll his eyes, before teleporting into the city to figure out where the wedding was. Darren knew what she was planning to do to stall. He took the next half hour to free Dragoste and Dipper. Darren was about to free Bill but when he turned around, the former demon was now in a white, button up shirt, dark pants, yellow beanie, and black sneakers.
"Bill?" Dipper asked.
"I see you have returned to the light, my son," Dragoste says in her echo-y voice and smiles. Bill smiles back.
"Only for my Shooting Star," Bill said before teleporting away.
Scene: Clearing in the woods
Mabel heard the death march and positioned herself at the end of the aisle while everyone stood. She took a large breath before putting one foot in front of the other. She slowly made it to where Gideon was waiting for her, wishing that it was Bill instead. The priest did a welcoming sermon that lasted twenty minutes, making almost everyone fall asleep.
"If anyone rejects this union between these two people, speak now or forever hold your peace," the priest announced. There was silence for a few seconds before guitar music began to play from nowhere and then singing.
"I am not the kind of girl
Who should be rudely barging in on a white veil occasion
But you are not the kind of girl
Who should be marrying the wrong boy"
Mabel easily recognized the voice singing and began giggling a bit as Gideon looked annoyed at Albany's singing. Junior, who was in the audience, also seemed to recognize the voice and began looking around for the girl.
"And the organ starts to play
A song that sounds like a death march
And I am hiding in the curtains
It seems that I was uninvited by your lovely husband-to-be
She floats down the aisle like a pageant queen
But I know you wish it was him,
You wish it was him,
Don't you?"
Gideon had finally had enough and ordered his goons to look for the source. Mabel noticed that Albany had changed some of the words so that they fit perfectly.
"I hear the preacher say, "Speak now or forever hold your peace."
There's the silence, there's his last chance.
He stands up with shaky hands, all eyes on him."
Among the people sitting down, Bill, now in his Wistful Dream God form, stood up and everyone stared at him. Including Mabel, but her's was in awe at his semi-formal attire.
"Horrified looks from everyone in the room
But I'm only looking at you."
Bill had taken over Albany's job of vocals and began making his way to the aisle so he could get to Mabel more easily.
"I am not the kind of boy
Who should be rudely barging in on a white veil occasion
But you are not the kind of girl
Who should be marrying the wrong boy
So, don't say "Yes", run away now,
I'll meet you when you're out of the church at the back door.
Don't wait or say a single vow,
You need to hear me out,
And they said, "Speak now.""
Bill was now right in front of her when Mabel decided it was her turn to sing, which made Bill happy.
"And I say, "Let's run away now,
I'll meet you when I'm out of my dress at the back door."
Before any more of the song could be sang, Bill grabbed Mabel waist and pulled her to him before crashing his lips onto her. Albany did a few cartwheels of joy, revealing her hiding spot behind some trees. Darren and Dipper came running over but soon slowed down when they saw Mabel and Bill kissing. Darren went straight to Albany and picked her up by the waist and spun her around, making her squeal and giggle. The noise caught Bill and Mabel's attention and they ended their kiss and turned to see Albany and Darren.
"Are you two not worried about no longer existing?" Bill asked them. Star-Tail looked at each other before Albany burst into laughter.
"NO!" Gideon shouts. "Mabel is meant to be mine! MINE! You hear me Cipher." Darren rolled his eyes at the white haired man before smirking.
"I think everyone has had just about enough of your talking, cowboy," Darren said as he moved his hand in the air like a zipping motion. Gideon's mouth immediately zipped shut. Mabel and Bill looked between Gideon and Darren with complete confusion while Albany merely laughed at them. Dipper was chuckling at Gideon's sealed mouth. All the merriment stopped when Junior stood up and faced Star-Tail. The future twins merely smirked at each other before holding hands and facing Junior. The two began to float a few inches off of the ground.
"Stella!" Albany shouts and a star symbol appeared in front of her.
"Cauda est!" Darren shouts and a rainbow triangle appeared in front of him.
"Miscere!" The two shout at the sametime. Both of the symbols in front of them move to each other and combined. The star was in the middle while the triangle rainbow, which turned out to be the star's tail. The two future kids began to chant together. "Cum viribus geminis cum indissolubili vinculo obligamus. Vinctus autem estis iustitiae. Nunc tempus iure tenentur. In Tauro commissa crimina. Usque ad finem. Cum viribus geminis cum indissolubili vinculo obligamus." The two began to glow blue. "Vinctus autem estis iustitiae. Nunc tempus iure tenentur." Suddenly, both of their eyepatches snap off at the same time, revealing their mismatched eyes to their parents and Gideon. "In Tauro commissa crimina." The Star-Tail symbol moved away from the pair and towards Junior. It began to spin around him like he was in the middle of a tornado. "Usque ad finem!" With those last words, the symbol tightens around him to the point that they are rainbow bondages and a star covered his mouth to keep him from talking.
"Wait a minute here!" Bill yelled. "You two are twins to each other?" He asked, slightly confused that his own kids would hide this from him. Albany and Darren laughed at him.
"You never asked," Star-Tail and Dipper said in unison.
