Ok just to let everyone know I will be on vacation all this week, so I'm not sure when I will get the next chapter up.
The tunnel they found was similar to the cavern as little glowing crystals light the way with mirrors on both sides of them.
"Are you ok?" asked Steven to Wirt, noticing his discomfort.
"No everything is fine," replied Wirt. Which was a big fat lie, after seeing that reflection in the mirror he knew this place wasn't safe. The Beast was here, here for him, but he was sure he would love to get Dipper and Steven also. Wirt wasn't sure how he would get rid of him, though. Last time he had the lantern, but was the lantern here? Did it come back, hidden somewhere in this forest? Well if it was, he was sure the Beast wouldn't make it easy to find.
Dipper meanwhile noticed Wirt's discomfort too, but he didn't say anything because Steven already beat him to it. This cave was sure mysterious, but it didn't seem dangerous. Unless Wirt was scared of the dark or doesn't like enclosed spaces. It seemed like logical fears he could be having. Dipper was lagging a bit behind because he wanted to look at these mirrors more, wanting to know how they were made. It seemed like they were cut, but if they were wouldn't there be tools lying around somewhere? As far as they seen the cave so far he hadn't seen any signs of humans or other things being in the cave. No tools, no trash, no footprints, absolutely nothing.
"What is up with this cave?" thought Dipper as he looked from mirror to mirror as he slowly continued down the tunnel. "It's like-" Dipper then froze in his tracks as stopped and looked at himself in one of the mirrors. In the mirror his outfit had changed, he was wearing the pastor outfit that was from the day put on that sock puppet play. Or should he say the out that his body was wearing, the person controlling it wasn't him that day. It was Bill. A bead of sweat started to come down his face. Dipper looked down at himself and he was wearing his regular clothes, but the reflection wasn't! Dipper than started to look at other mirrors seeing if it was just this one, but it wasn't. All of them were wearing the outfit.
"Dipper?!" called Steven concerned.
Dipper turned seeing that the two were a long ways down the tunnel now, but he could still see them. "Sorry, coming!" he then glanced back at the mirror to see that his reflection was normal. Which made him shiver before going back to the other boys.
Unknowingly to Dipper the reflection was still there. The reflection Dipper smiled as his eyes turned yellow and glowed as it turned to look to where the real Dipper was heading. "It's only begun Pine Tree." then the reflection disappeared.
"Are you ok?" asked Wirt this time as Dipper jogged toward them and caught up. Had he seen something in the mirrors too?
"No, no, just looking-examining these mirrors," corrected Dipper. "Don't you think it's strange that these walls seemed to be obviously cut, but there is no evidence here that anyone did it? No tools, foot prints or even trash lying around?" He lied, somewhat. He did somewhat want to talk about this to the others, but at the same time he didn't want knowing about what he seen in the mirror.
"I agree that is strange..." said Steven looking at the mirrors around them. "May be this cave is haunted?"
"Well it wouldn't surprise me if it was," commented Wirt. "But ghosts can't get rid of things... right?"
"Possibly..." said Dipper a knot forming in his stomach.
"Possibly!" Steven's voice cracked in fear.
"Hey, hey! It's ok! We will find a way out of here," said Dipper. If it was a ghost he just prayed that wouldn't be another level 10, but his gut knew if there was... it would probably be that. "Lets just continue on." Dipper then led the group on down the tunnel. His distrust growing now for Wirt. After what he just saw he knew that Wirt must of seen something too, but what he saw is the question. Or may he should say who he saw.
Steven now was growing worried for the group. His mind filled with thoughts on what kind of ghost could be here. His stomach also forming into a knot as he kept looked around in the mirrors. Looking out for the ghost that might be here. That's when he saw it, or he should say her. "Lapis?" asked Steven stopping in front of one of the mirrors. It was indeed Lapis Lazuli in what was his reflection, but now only Lapis was standing there looking at him.
"Lapis?" asked Dipper stopping along with Wirt.
Steven turned to Dipper and Wirt. "Yeah! Lapis Lazuli! She is-" he turned back around and she was gone replaced by his own reflection. "right there..." he then turned back to the other two. "I saw her, she was there!"
"Well, who is she? Is she a... Crystal Gem was what you call them?" asked Dipper.
"She is a Gem, but she isn't a- there she is!" said Steven pointed to another mirror. This time all three boys saw Lapis. She again was standing still, just looking at the boys.
"She is pretty," thought Wirt as she looked to be around his age, though her skin, hair, dress and eyes were blue. Man those were the prettiest blue eyes he has ever seen. He quickly tried to think of something else since he and Sara were a thing. Well, not yet at least, they were hanging out a lot now and he hoped in near future that they could become a thing.
Lapis then turned and sprouted her water wings. Flying off down the tunnel through the mirrors.
"Lapis wait!" called Steven as he ran after her.
"Steven wait!" Wirt called Steven as he ran after him with Dipper right behind him.
Steven didn't as he was concentrated on catching up with Lapis. He didn't give a second thought on how she was in the mirrors or how did she escape from fusing with Jasper. Mean while Dipper and Wirt were still chasing him and then after they made a sharp turn Steven seemed to disappear as more tunnels appeared before them.
"Where did he go?" asked Wirt as both of them stopped to look around. The cave seemed to turn into a maze of mirrors as most of the reflection only shown themselves and the mirrors were closer together.
"This way! I just saw him!" said Dipper running off as he saw a glimpse of Steven running.
Wirt followed him down another tunnel for a while then stopped as he saw Steven going in another direction. "Wait! There he is!" but when he turned his head to look at Dipper he was gone. "What he was just there!" said Wirt to himself as he looked around the mirrors around him only reflecting him. His heart sank into his stomach as he realized he was now alone in a cave that has turned into a maze.
