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Halloween

Early in the morning, around 6:30, Lex woke up to make breakfast. Despite having stayed up until three in the morning to watch movies, Lex would always get up early. She walked into the kitchen, careful not to wake the others, but all she found there was a box of Twinkies that had expired and half a jar of peanut butter that had mold growing in it. She shook her head, disgusted, not knowing how Bill and Will could live like this, and went to grab her keys. She was going to feed her people. She was going to make the best pancakes they would ever taste.

Lex left a note so as not to worry Will. She knew the others wouldn't care.

She went to the nearest grocery store and picked up only the essentials. Milk, flour, sugar, sprinkles, powdered sugar, two cartons of eggs, and a pack of really cool playing cards.

As Lex left, she sighed, realizing she would have to go home to get some pans because she knew Bill and Will wouldn't have any… she didn't know if they even knew what they were. While she was there she would make some pancakes for her brothers and her mom as well. She didn't mind, of course, but she would have to hurry if she wanted it to still be breakfast time when she got back to the illegal house. She hadn't seen Ry-bread and Randy-dandy in a while, she was going to put a rubber spider on theirs for ignoring her so long. She giggled. She wondered how Donny was doing, she knew how he got when she wasn't there. He would wander around the house half asleep until he passed out on the nearest soft surface. It was very scary, he would often fall asleep in dangerous places or no one could find him. One time had climbed in and then fell asleep in the dryer. Lex was so scared. After that, she hadn't spent the night anywhere but her house for about a year. But, that had been quite a long time ago and Don-pawn had gotten a lot better since then.

Once she had pulled up to her house she was horrified to see ambulance and police men littering her driveway. She quickly ran through a million scenarios in which her family were hurt: A freak accident because of the stove she didn't turn off; Fumes from the gas heater that wasn't technically up to code; The house caught fire and only the outside look okay; A murderer got in and killed everyone; A thief came and stole all their stuff, etc. She sat in her car before getting out and sprinting up -in her super short pajama shorts, horribly ugly polka dot tank top… with an orange bunny hat on her head and blue bunny slippers, she was quite a sight- to the poor police officer she bombarded with questions.

"W-what happened?! Is everyone alright?!" Lex was frantic.

"Miss, I'm going to have to ask you to leave." The police officer was uncomfortable with the teenager sobbing in front of him.

"Sir, I live here! My brother is a police officer in training, please! Just tell me what's happening." Lex rubbed snot on her arm and the police officer looked like he was about to puke.

Lex heard a car, but didn't care enough to turn around. "It's fine, Jim. This is the sister I was telling you about." Lex heard Dan's voice, and quickly changed her mind about the turning around thing. She lept into Dan's arms sobbing again. Dan was a bit weirded out, and disgusted… He was in uniform and she was getting snot and tears all over him. But he knew how Lex could be, so he hugged her back.

"Danny-boy, what happened? Are the boys and mom okay?" Lex was frantic.

"Lex… You may want to sit." Dan rambled. Lex sat right where she was in the driveway, not caring about how dirty her clothes were getting. She looked up at Jim expectantly. Dan would have laughed, even when she was horribly concerned she was trying to make everyone's life difficult… but he couldn't bring himself to.

"Um, oh boy, there's no -uh- easy way to say this- um." Jim stuttered and fumbled over his words. Lex sighed and looked to Dan, knowing he wouldn't beat around the bush.

"Lex, it isn't actually that bad. Well, I guess it's pretty bad, but not as bad as it could have been." Lex was getting even more worried now, even Dan was delaying in saying what he was trying to tell her. Dan sighed. "Well, like Jim said, this isn't easy. So, I'll just come out and say it. Don't interrupt." Dan took a big breath. "Last night, while I was over hanging out with you, Liz, Will and Bill, someone broke in." Dan trailed off for a second. Lex was about to say something when Dan shot her a stern look that said he had more to say. "Donny… Donny just so happened to be up -you know how he is when you're gone- and the intruders got, well we assume, scared by Donny saying something. He turned and-and… give me a moment." Dan took another breath. He looked like he might shed a tear, something Lex hadn't ever seen him do. "He turned around and shot Donny." Lex gasped violently. "Donny's arm got shot. It only just missed the bone so it's not so bad… but, then the twins came running in and the intruders shot one more round… Lex, Ryker was shot in the stomach. He and Donny have been rushed to the hospital. From what we've heard Donny's alright, Ryker is alright too. The… well actually it wasn't a bullet, per se. We honestly don't know what it was. Not any kind of gun or weapon I've seen. It was actually closer to a laser that's crazy, though, so for simplicity's sake, we'll call it a bullet… The, erm, bullet went straight through, and missed everything important." Dan stated gingerly, trying not to freak Lex out anymore than she already was. "We still haven't found the perpetrators and they left no DNA evidence.

"I was just at Will and Bill's house looking for you to make sure you and Liz were okay." Dan paused to breath "… So, uh, one last kicker. Mom, because of the the stress, had to be rushed to the hospital as well. She… She might lose the baby, Lex." Dan didn't know what to say so, once again, he went cold. He had no more emotions on his face as he walked back to some of the other police officers to let Lex think about the news she had just been given.

"Oh." Lex said as she got up slowly, dusting herself off slightly. She went to get in her car when Dan saw her. He jogged back over and took her keys.

"Oh, no, young miss. You are not driving anywhere. You are not sound enough of mind for that." Dan could see she was about to cry again and he sighed. "I'll drive you to the hospital so you can see everyone. They'll adore seeing you." Dan saw Lex light up instantly. Even in the situation she was in now, Lex always loved driving with her big brother. Dan knew this would cheer her up a little bit. He motioned for Jim to follow him in a separate car so he didn't have to drive Lex's car back.

She loved driving, but she'd been driving so much for so long she liked to have other people drive whenever she could. She hopped into the passenger side seat.

Dan could see she was still really upset, though. "Maybe…" Dan started, growing a smirk on his face. "We can stop for some ice cream~" He knew only three things he could do for her right now to make her feel a little bit better.

One, he was already doing, driving. Two, ice cream. Lex's favorite was strawberry. And, finally, he would drive by the dog park for her on the way to drop her off. She would go nuts. He planned on keeping the dog park a secret. Dan had a thing about dogs. He wouldn't go so far as to say he was scared, but he was definitely wary around them… But he knew Lex loved them.

"Why did you come here anyways? Didn't you say you'd be here at five or something to get the boys?"

"Holy shit! I totally forgot, Matt stayed over last night! Are he and Alex okay?! They must be so worried!" Dan cut Lex off before she panicked to much.

"Lex! Calm down." He boomed. Lex flinched and Dan felt bad pretty instantly. He saw how she flinched around him. It upset him. She shouldn't be scared of her big brother. Sure, he was a pretty scary guy, but Lex should know he would never hurt her. "They're fine. They were in the basement and they stayed up so late playing video games so they slept right through it. They're still sleeping. Liz's mom is coming to get them now. I want to not tell them until at least mom gets back from the hospital."

"Okay. I won't say anything to them. Don't wanna ruin their Halloween." Lex sighed, settling into the seat.

Dan started the car, and they drove off towards their favorite ice cream place.


Liz awoke with a jolt to the buzzing of her phone. She groans and sits up on the couch bed, rubbing her face with her hands. Who could be calling her at this time? Liz picked up her phone and checked her time. It was seven in the morning! Liz was about to dismiss the call when she noticed who was calling. Her mom. Liz grimaced and answers.

"What?" She snaps groggily.

"Uh, morning Liz, sweetie."

Liz sighed loudly into the phone. "Why did you call? I was sleeping."

"Liz…" Her mother sighed. "Some… something happened last night. We're all alright, but I thought you'd like to know from me."

Liz was suddenly wide awake now. "Something happened? What happened?"

"Last night, my house was broken into."

"What!? Do you know who did it!? Have the cops caught them yet!?"

"No, he hasn't been caught yet. But ours is not the only house that was broken into last night. Lex's house was as well, and, from what I've heard, two of her brothers were hurt."

Liz stayed quiet.

"Liz? Are you okay, sweetie?"

"I'm fine…just… a lot to take in."

"I know it is, sweetie, but everyone's going to be alright. Matt and Alex are with me, they managed to sleep through the entire thing." She laughed uneasily. "They were still practically asleep while they walked out of the house. They didn't see any of the cop cars or hear them, apparently. They still don't know what happened so please don't say anything."

Liz lets out a long sigh and runs a hand through her hair. "Yeah. I won't say anything to them. Don't wanna ruin their Halloween."

"Thanks, Liz. Are you sure you and Lex want to take them out tonight? I can always take them."

"No no, we'll do it." There was no way she was missing Halloween, and she knew Lex wouldn't miss it even if it were the end of the world. They had something special planned.

"Alright. But if you guys change your minds don't be afraid to ask."

"Uh huh." Liz mulled over the situation in her head. Something was very very wrong. "Uhh… Mom? What did the person who broke in look like?"

"It happened so fast… the only thing I can remember was that he -I think it was a he- wore a strange cloak-thing… I don't think I should be talking to you about this, Liz. Why're you asking?"

"Uh- No reason. Just curious y'know? Gotta go, bye!" Liz hangs up before her mother could say anything else. She sits there in complete silence for a good few minutes. Of course. Of course shit had to hit the fan now! She looks back at her phone to text Lex but suddenly stops as Will started to stir.

Will yawns and slowly sits up. "Morning, Liz…" Will mumbles groggily, rubbing sleep out of his eyes.

Liz mumbles back a soft 'Hey', not looking up from her phone.

Will could easily tell something was off. "What's w-wrong, Liz?"

Liz finally snaps out of her shock and looks at Will. "Nothing… nothing is wrong, don't worry about it." She knew telling Will about the situation wouldn't bring any good. He'd just start freaking out. Liz stands and stretches. Will hops off the couch bed as well, he opens his mouth to ask where Lex is before spotting the note Lex had left, he shut his mouth.

Liz walks to Fuzzy's pillow cage. "Hey, I'm going to feed Fuzzy, just so you know." Liz bends down and picks up Fuzzy. Fuzzy let himself be picked up, but was rather confused. Liz never picked him up, let alone feed him. He was suspicious of her ulterior motives.

"O-Oh…I'll… I'll h-head upstairs." Will scurries up the stairs, not wanting to be anywhere near that creature when it's out of its cage.

Liz hums in satisfaction that he plan worked. She plops Fuzzy on the table -leaving Fuzzy in confusion and slight betrayal, he was promised food, damn it!- before walking up to the still sleeping Bill. She shakes him roughly. "Bill!"

Bill jolts awake, flailing his arms wildly, "Hvem stjal min bagel!?"

Liz rolled her eyes, not in the mood for this. "Bill, calm down goddammit."

Bill stops flailing and looks at Liz. "Oh…What do you want, Blue? I thought you'd have gone home by now." his words held a cold tone, little more than half joking.

"Bill, now is NOT the time. We got a problem. A big problem."

"Well, Blue, that's all you ever come to me with." Bill stopped talking. When he saw she wasn't going to speak he sighed and decided to prompt her a little more. "So, what's this big problem?" He put air quotes around 'big problem' as he thought she was just trying to rile him up.

Liz glances at the stairs, then around her, making sure Will wasn't anywhere within earshot. "The Reverse Pines are here."

"Yeah right. How do you know?" Bill crossed his arms.

"My house was broken into-"

"That doesn't explain it! Lots of houses get broken into."

"So was Lex's."

"Like I said, lot's of houses. And coincidences do happen in this universe."

"My mom told me the guy that broke in was wearing a cloak. A cloak. C'mon, that doesn't just happen."

"You and Goldie wear capes!" Bill was starting to get a bit hysterical, but he wouldn't let Blue know that.

"Yeah, for our Halloween costumes! We don't wear them out normally. Well, I guess Lex might, but that's her. Bill, what do you honestly gain from denying the truth? If you keep this up, not only will Lex and I get hurt -which is against our contract, by the way- but Will is going to get hurt too. Take a step back from your high-and-mighty act and really look at the situation. Those rotten twins are here, in our dimension. It's only a matter of time before they find us. Find you, do you really want to keep up this charade of denial?" Liz fumed. She couldn't believe Bill was being this selfish. That's when it hit her. He'd been wrong and refused to believe it. She was even angrier now. "Oh, I get it." Liz waited for him to acknowledge her. He at least had the decency to look a little uncomfortable as he spoke.

" 'get'? What's there to get, Blue?" Bill spoke condescendingly, only fueling Liz's anger.

"You're just a selfish ass. You were like this in the show, and you're like this now. I don't know why I let Lex talk me into believing you had changed. You are denying all of this because you refuse to admit you were wrong. Well, sorry, hate to break it to you, in this dimension, when you make mistakes you have to clean them up. I can't believe I even have to tell you this. You know what you are? Pathetic. Dan was right. I'm leaving, tell Will whatever you want. We're still going to go trick-or-treating. Lex will be crushed otherwise. Be back later. Work on being less of an asshole while I'm gone."

Liz slammed the door behind her.

Bill just stood there. Of course he had been stubborn… he was sick of being wrong. It felt like he was never right and he just wanted to be for once. Even just one time. But, the multiverse seemed against him, and he supposed he deserved it. Maybe Blue was right. Maybe he should change. If it weren't for Will he wouldn't even question it, there was no way he'd let anyone convince him he was wrong. But… it wasn't just about Bill anymore. He had to think about what was best for his brother. Bill sighed and decided to go after Liz. He should probably apologize. He did have to suffer being with them a little longer, he may as well not have half of the only mortals he can stand being around hate his new guts.

He opened the door and yelled for Liz to stop. She had only gotten to the end of the driveway.

"Blue!" He ran up to her. "Blue… two things. One, how were you going to get home? You don't have a car…" That hadn't even occurred to Bill when she first left.

"I was going to fly home." Liz rolled her eyes at Bill's confuse face. "That was sarcasm, you idiot. I can't fly and you should know that. I was going to walk, far enough away to where you couldn't see me, then call my mother." Liz was still pissed. "You know, you can drop the naive act. I know you understand more than you let on. Will too. It pisses me off. I can understand it from Will, he's been through more than I can imagine, but from you? The 'All Powerful Bill Cipher'?" Bill looked at her dumbly, he didn't know what to say. he was hopping that if he acted naive he would seem more trustworthy. Maybe he should drop the act. But he did like seeing Lex trying to help him figure out what to do, and he got away with a lot more. "Well, I don't believe it and- you know what, whatever. You can continue to play this game, I don't even care. Goodbye. I'm leaving." Liz went to turn around but stopped when Bill started to respond to her.

"You didn't let me get to number two." When Liz didn't continue to storm off, Bill took that as a sign that she was listening. "Number two is… you're right." Bill felt awkward and uneasy by his words.

Liz half turned. "About what?"

"I refused to believe you at first because I'm selfish. But, you have to understand, I'm just so sick of always being wrong. I was wrong to try to take over Gravity Falls, I was wrong to make a deal with two teenagers, and I was wrong about being safe. I could go on, that's only the recent list. It just feels like I can't be right. It's just- I- how do I word this… Blue, I'm s…" Bill couldn't finish the word, but Liz got the picture.

Liz's face softened a fraction. She sighed. "I'm sorry too." Bill was relieved to see she got what he was trying to say. "So. What now?"

Bill stared at her. How was he supposed to know?!

"Sorry, standard question." Liz looked off to the side. She looked down at her phone, which was silently going off. It was Lex. Bill went inside to find Fuzzy and get him some fresh water while Liz talked to Lex.

Liz answered. "Lex, where'd you go? We need to talk our houses were-"

"I know. I went home to get a pan to make pancakes and my house was swarmed with cops and firemen."

"Oh my god… Lex, are you okay…?" No answer. "Was anyone at your house hurt…?"

The line was quiet. Liz heard some sniffles from the other side. "Lizzy, Donny and Ryker were shot." Liz almost dropped her phone, but Lex kept talking. "That's not why I called you… Dan won't tell me much… but I was eavesdropping and the other police officers said the culprits were twins. Lizzy… they're here. I-I don't know how they found us, but…" Lex trailed off. "Matt and Alex don't know. I'd still like to take them to eat." Lex stopped there, before quickly adding "And, ya know, trick-or-treating, of course." She added that part in a rush, so Liz assumed Dan was with her too.

"Okay, Lex, where are you now?"

"I'm at the hospital. I just got done visiting Donny. He's okay, he said hi arm is just sore…" Lex laughed a little. "Ryker kept going on about how the girls would love his new scar." Lex sighed. "I'm about to go visit mom, then I'll head back."

"Wait, why's your mom there?"

"The stress caused by the break in and what happened to Ryker and Donny caused some complications with the baby. She's fine now, but for a little while there, we thought she'd lose the baby… She has to stay here overnight for observation." Lex sighed really loud. "If only I didn't have to fill paperwork out every single time I want to see a beloved family member." Lex said this rather loud, probably wanting to the receptionist to hear her.

"Okay, well, I'll let you go."

"Lizzy,"

"Yes?"

"Don't… don't tell Will for now. I don't want him to be scared. We should still let them come with us tonight, or he might get suspicious that something is up.

"You can tell Bill, he can handle it… I think. Just… go about it delicately. He probably won't take it well."

Liz almost snorted. Lex was smarter than she looked. She came to every conclusion Liz herself had come too.

"This is why we're friends." Liz said, not actually to Lex, but Lex heard her anyways.

"Really? I always thought it was for my outstanding fashion sense." Lex joked. "Oh, finally!" Lex said, not to Liz, but to someone around her. "Hey Lizzy, I gotta get. They're finally letting me see her. Remember, delicately." The line went dead.

Liz laughed as she put her phone in her pocket. She wished she had picked up her phone before she told Bill. Delicately would have been really good advice beforehand.

Liz walked inside and stared at the mess in the living room. She was glad it wasn't her house. Liz looked at her phone and did a little math. She had about four hours to get everything ready before Lex had to go get Matt and Alex.

She started to get her things together. She gave herself thirty minutes for that to make sure she didn't leave anything. She gave herself another half hour or so to get into costume and make any final adjustments. She left an hour and a half for getting Will and Bill into their costumes… most of that time would be for Bill's whining. Finally, she hated makeup with a passion so she left an hour open for that.

When Lex got there she could help with at least Bill and Will. Lex wasn't great at makeup, but she was better than Liz… Maybe Lex would help her. That could knock off as much as forty-five minutes. Liz nodded to herself. Now that she had a plan, she got to work. While she worked, she would try to think of a solution for the 'Reverse' situation.

She looked to the stairs where Bill was trying to get Will to come down… Fuzzy was purchased on Bill's shoulder and Will was standing at the top of the stairs, refusing to listen.

She smiled slightly… she would protect them. Weather they knew it or not, she'd try.


Lex got back about two hours after Liz talked to her. It was just about eleven, Lex was relieved by that. If she hurried it would still be acceptable for breakfast.

Dan had dropped her and her car off and then ridden off with Jim.

"Jim is nice. He's too nice to be a police officer. I think he's going to go into security soon." Lex said as a greeting to Will opening the door for her. She didn't have a free hand because she was holding a pan, her purse, and a cup of coffee. She probably could have opened the door, but she was glad Will did it for her.

"O-oh? Is that right?" Will was just being polite, he didn't even know who Jim was.

"Yep. He would be much happier if he would have just followed his dreams and went to school to be a chef. But, family pressures go to him. This was the best compromise. His only other option was a doctor."

"O-oh… How sad." Will felt bad for the guy and he didn't even know him.

"I'm just kidding Will. I have no idea what his family is like or if he really wanted to be a chef. But I'm dead serious about the security guard business. He'd be a lot happier."

"Liz told me to tell her when you got here… Um… Sh-she is t-trying to get Bill into c-costume… H-he's being difficult."

"When isn't he?" Lex snorted.

Will half smiled. He wasn't too comfortable around Lex yet. "I-I'll go tell her y-you're here…"

"Wait!" Lex said a little louder than necessary, causing him to jump pretty violently.

"Y-yes…ma'am?" Before Lex could say anything, Will was backing up and bumped into the table, knocking over a glass. It shattered on the floor. "Will?!" Will started tearing up. "I-I'm s-s-sorry! I-I'll c-clean i-it, I-I'm sorry!" He was back in the tent of telepathy. Mabel was yelling at him again. All he had done was drop a cup. There was glass everywhere. He was picking it up when she walked in. 'Useless.' 'You are a burden and nothing more.' 'How dare you break our things?' Will put his bleeding hands to his face. He knew she'd hit him. Again… Or worse, she'd get Dipper to do it.

Will was sitting on the floor, his hands covering his head. His hands had a small bit of blood on them.

Lex ran to get a broom. "Will…?"she got a whimper from him, but she could tell he didn't really know she was there.

"W-Will…? H-hey, it's alright. You don't have to be sorry. I-I was just going to ask if you wanted chocolate chips in your pancakes… I'm sorry… Are you a-alright?"

Will didn't answer. Lex started sweeping, as she tried to calm him down. She didn't know what to say, so she started rambling, hoping it would calm him down. She knew Dan made her feel safe when she was scared… It was worth a shot.

"So, uh, we're going trick-or-treating with Alex -Alex is my brother, he's twelve, I think… haha, isn't it silly I don't know how old my brother is off the top of my head…?- Anyway… and Liz's brother, Matt. I have a story about a Trick-or-treating mishap… if you wanna hear…"

Will didn't give a response. He was still sitting on the floor, with his hands over his head.

"Uh, okay… So, this one time, I was probably around six, while I was going from house to house -I hadn't been friends with Liz at this point, so she wasn't with us- I had lost my mom, I was looking and looking… I thought I saw her costume, but it wasn't her. Some person -I don't know who or what they wanted- but they grabbed my shoulder and I ran, my mom said if anybody I didn't know tried to talk to me or grab me to run away as fast as I could. So I did. Looking back they probably just wanted to help, or I had run into them in my panic…

"Anyways… So, uh, I was running trying to find my mom and my brothers…who were running after me, though I didn't know it. I thought it was the person who grabbed my shoulder running after me, which made me run harder. I ran through people's yards and just kept running. I couldn't hear my brothers running after me anymore. I was scared… I was also very, very, lost…" Lex was about to stop telling her story when a small

"What happened next?" came from Will, who was sitting on the floor still, looking up at her. She saw he had shards of glass gripped tightly in his hand, he probably didn't know he even had them. She wet a rag and walked slowly over to him, so as not to spook him more. She took the pieces of glass, he let her, not really noticing. Lex decided to start talking again to keep him occupied. She would bandage it later.

"I jumped this fence… Super flimsy, it probably would have broke under my weight if I'd stayed on it. It couldn't have been even a minute… I hear this low growl.

"I turn around and there's this huge dog. Huge. It was twice the size of me. And it was getting closer. I was so scared. I jumped back over the fence as fast as I could, left my candy, of course, but this giant dog ran after. It broke through the fence. I thought I was done for. This dog gets ready to jump on me, and I freeze. Everything was slow-motion. I thought I was going to die. And, to be honest, I probably would've. But out pops Dan, little fourteenish year old Dan, jumps in front of this dog as it's lunging. It bit his arm, there was blood… lots. I think I passed out, because I don't remember what happened next, but I woke up and Dan was carrying me with his shredded arm.

"He looked down at me and said 'It looks like you lost all your candy. I'll share mine with you.' He still has this wicked scar on his arm… Ask him about it some time. Anyways, that was the moment I knew Dan would always be my hero. Even if he is a little scary sometimes…" Lex had sat down in front of Will at some point, as she was telling it. She had finished wrapping his hand in bandages. Will had been listening intently. Trying to focus on what she was saying, not what memory he'd been living. Or that she was in his extended personal bubble. "Brother's are the best. But, I'm sure you know that…" Lex said, as a sort of closing statement as she got up.

The oven was preheated and she was about to make them a nice breakfast. Lex decided to risk asking about the chocolate chips again.

"I-I do not think I've had those before…"

"Oh, you poor thing! You've been missing out big time! But I'll make you a plate of both, just in case." Lex winked.

"Go tell those two breakfast will be ready in about half an hour."

Will nodded. "I'm sorry I delayed your work, ma'am." Will bowed as he went to leave the room.

"Will," He looked back. Lex was pouring items he was unfamiliar with into a large bowl and mixing them with a spoon. She looked up as she kept stirring. "One, you do, not have to call ma 'Ma'am' you're older than I am, I should call you 'Sir', I'm not gonna, because I'm rude, but you don't need to call me that. Lex is fine. Or Goldie, if you want to be like your brother. Or, ya know, whatever else you wanna call me. I'll answer to pretty much anything. As long as it's not mean… but you wouldn't do that.

" …Two, you never have to be sorry for 'delaying' my 'work' I love getting out of it whenever possible. And, trust me on this, I love telling stories about myself. It'll get old eventually. You'll be begging me to shut up." She grinned.

Lex wouldn't have his apologizing. Not because it was annoying, but because there was no reason for him to feel sorry. He hadn't done anything wrong.

"Okay… Lex." He turned around to leave. But he stopped himself. "Thank you, Lex…" With that, he left to go get Liz and Bill.

Lex was done with breakfast in less time than she said. She was very good at making food, but she had told Will it'd be a little longer so she could clean and sweep one more time. She didn't want anyone to step on glass. And so she could eat. She wasn't a huge fan of eating in front of people. She just liked to eat alone if possible.

When Bill ran past her, he was wearing his pants and shirt, but he lacked his vest, coat, hat, bowtie, socks and shoes. He was yelling something about escaping the pain of the hairbrush. Lex was intrigued. Liz rolled her eyes as she came in with a hairbrush in hand.

"Will you quit being a baby?" Liz said, her hands on her hips.

"Will you quit hurting my delicate mortal skull?!" Bill countered. Bill then mumbled to himself. "Pain is not hilarious…"

"Oh, my god. Lex do you see what I've had to deal with? It took fifteen minutes to put his shirt and pants on!"

"Human clothes are confusing!" Bill tried to defend himself.

"Children, breakfast is ready… though I guess it's more of a lunch now… but still. Food." She handed them both plates. She handed one to Will as well. Lex then set a glass of milk down next to all three of them.

"Enjoy." Lex said as she went to get her costume on and start to do her hair and makeup.

"I-isn't s-she going to eat w-with us…?" Will said, kind of sad she wasn't going to sit with them. She was starting to grow on him, if he was honest.

"Nah, when Goldie can avoid it, she doesn't eat in front of people. She eats when no one is looking. I don't know why though. I guess she has a weird tick. She actually has a lot of them." Bill supplied, knowing all about it from when he lived with her. Liz kicked him under the table. "Man, these are really good. My mortal body enjoys them as much as my soul does!" Bill tried to joke through his pain.

"You have a soul?" Liz joked as she ate her eggs. They weren't cheesy, signifying she made hers first. Bill's were cheesy and so were Will's. Liz was almost honored Lex remembered. But Lex took special orders from her brothers, so she wasn't really all that shocked. She was still happy though.

"Well, that's going into philosophy… does anyone really have a soul? But, the short answer? Yes. Probably." Liz rolled her eyes.

"Well, Will, how do you like your breakfast?"

"There are… sprinkles in my pancakes." Will said as he took another bite. It hadn't been a complaint, just a statement.

"What?! No fair! I don't have sprinkles in mine!" Bill whined.

"Will must be her favorite. There're none in mine either." Liz said plainly. Liz told Lex she didn't like sprinkles so much, so that's why there were none in hers. Will probably had some because of the glass that broke earlier. Lex had a weird way of apologizing. Liz started to wonder what happened. She heard Lex walk in, then the glass break, but Lex was a clumsy person usually. Liz assumed Lex knocked a glass off the table again… Will's pancakes said otherwise… but what was she? The pancake whisperer?

The three of them finished eating pretty quick and they proceeded to get ready. Liz continued to chase Bill around and she eventually gave up.

She'd let Lex deal with him. She moved on to Will and he wasn't much better. He didn't run, but he hid like no other. Liz huffed and walked up the stairs to find Lex.

They still had about an hour, but Bill needed his hat, bowtie and shoes… and Will needed his shoes and vest. Liz tried to make a mental note to give herself more than an hour and a half next time.

Where did that thought come from…? What made her think there'd be a next time? Liz shook her head as she walked in on Lex doing her hair. She had curled it and looked rather nice. It was short, it made the curls look tight and fancy. "Lizzy! Why would you let me cut my hair so short?! It looks so weird curled!" Lex was pouting, even though her hair looked fine.

"Your hair looks fine, Lex. I need you to do mine."

"Alrighty." Lex set to work, she didn't curl it, but she did make it look nice. It took only a few minutes. Then Lex set about doing Liz's makeup. She started simple, but put a very intricate pattern, around her left eye, with liquid eyeliner. It was accented with light and dark blue eye-shadow… or something. Liz didn't know a lot about makeup.

"Thanks."

"Any time, bro." Lex turned to do her own makeup, doing the same thing, but with a with warm gold color instead of blue, and around her right eye, not the left.

When she was done, they had only twenty minutes until they had to leave. With much hard work, they got Bill and Will ready in time. They had taken a wapping five hours to get ready.

"Alright! Let's go! We're going to pick the boys up then we'll go eat." Lex said, getting into the driver seat.

"Great. I'm starving." Bill said. "All that hard work!"

" 'All that hard work'?! You didn't do anything! You only hindered the whole time!" Liz corrected harshly.

"Hey, it's hard being a hindrance in these fleshy meat suits. Cut a demon some slack!"

"Lex, are you hearing this?!" Liz looked to Lex for backup, but Lex was busy focusing on the road… and trying not to laugh.

The car ride seemed to take less time than it normally did, seeing how everyone was hyped for food and showing off their costumes.

When they got to Liz's house, they all got out, seeing as the boys still needed finishing touches on their costumes.

Will couldn't help but ask what Matt and Alex were dressing up as.

"They're… oh shit…" Lex was panicking and Liz didn't know why.

"Lex?"

"Liz! We've made a huge mistake…" Lex was about to run inside when the front door opened.

"Too late…" Lex turned around desperately to gage Bill and Will's reactions…

"Lex? Oh… oh yeah… uh-oh." Liz turned to face her little brother as well as Lex's little brother… they were dressing as the Reverse Pines twins… Matt as Dipper, wearing a suit with many blue accents, his hair pushed back with the little dipper drawn on his forehead. Alex as Mabel… (Alex isn't afraid to break social norms.) he was donning a light blue mini skirt with a long sleeved, light blue, dress shirt. He was wearing a perfectly styled wig. Alex had also been watching tutorials on the internet, judging from his make up. It was pretty spot on.

They walked out, throwing goodbyes behind them. They froze when they saw the murderous look on Bill's face, Liz's face of regret, Lex's face contorted in guilt, and Will… who looked like he was going to disappear from existence.

Silence. Uncertain looks passed between all.

Bill was the first to move. He used what little energy he had and readied a laser blast. Liz and Lex jumped in front of him. Bill didn't seem too phased by this and continued to charge an attack.

"Don't shoot!"

"Why would you do that? You know who they are!" He looked behind him, Will was on the ground. He looked even more pissed off. "They tortured my brother, they are the reason he can't sleep, they are the reason he can't do simple everyday tasks by himself, and you're protecting them? How dare you." He lifted his hand again. Blue energy gathering in his hand.

"Bill! Don't it's not them! It's Matt and Alex! They're in costume!" Lex shouted. She looked behind him and saw Will whimpering behind the car.

"Fuck… I didn't think this through… I-I'm sorry." Lex said as Bill lowered his arm. He had to take care of Will.

"You really should be." Bill was holding Will in his arms, Will was clinging back.

"W-Will?" Lex walked over, earning a glare from Bill… she ignored him. "H-hey… it's not really them. That's my brother… the twelve-year-old one I told you about. And Liz's brother too. You don't have to be scared of them… They couldn't hurt you if they tried. You know Liz, Bill and I would protect you with our lives, right…?" Lex was sitting in front of him.

"Y-you would…?"

"No doubt. But, you gotta trust us. I… I know that's hard… but um… we can take care of you." Lex grabbed his hand, and he didn't flinch away. Bill didn't know if what Goldie was saying was true… But she seemed to believed it as much as Will did.

"O-okay, Lex." Will got up. He sucked in a breath when he saw the boys… who were standing awkwardly behind Liz.

"Will, you get the front seat." Lex didn't know if he could handle sitting next to them, and she wanted to spare him the panic it may cause. Liz didn't say anything.

They drove toward the restaurant in a thick silence, no one daring to break it.

When they got to the fast food place everyone was glad to be out of the car. There was way too much tension in the car.

"Okay you guys. You can order whatever you want. Within reason, of course." She gave a stern look at Alex. Alex looked sheepish.

"Aw common, sis. That was funny and you know it."

Will looked like he wanted to ask what Alex had done, but still refused to say anything. Lex decided to elaborate for him.

"This little turd decided to order all the desert on the menu last Halloween. He got so sick he threw up and we had to go home early." She stuck her tongue out at him and he did the same to her.

"In my defense, she did say anything. My small mind couldn't handle the vast possibilities." Alex was too articulate for his own good.

"Use smaller words." Lex huffed.

They all ordered their food and went to sit at a table. Lex made sure they all sat in a particular place. Will on the end, next to Bill, Liz across from Will, Mat and Alex next to each other on Liz's side. Lex sat herself next to Bill. For comfort and protection.

Pleasant small talk followed. Will was still wary -he probably wouldn't be able to look at either of his friends' brothers again- but he trusted his brother, Liz and Lex enough to keep him safe from them. If they were the real twins… He wasn't sure. Most likely not.

When they were finished, they left. Lex drove them to a nice neighborhood about a block and a half from Liz's (and three and a half from Lex's) house. She dropped the boys off at the beginning of the road. When Bill went to get out Lex locked the doors.

"Ah-ah. We're going somewhere else." Lex then turned to the boys and addressed them. "Remember, home by midnight. It doesn't matter which house you got to, but I assume you'll got to Liz's. It's closer. Remember the story. We went back to Bill and Will's place to hang out after we dropped you off." Lex thought a second longer, they quickly added. "And, Alex, you've got your extra shoes, correct?" Lex couldn't believe he actually asked to borrowed heels from her (or that they fit him…). He was going to learn the hard way.

"Yes, mother." Alex rolled his eyes. "Have fun." Alex walked away.

"Be home by midnight. Not a minute later. If you get us caught… well, you can fill in the rest." She called after him.

"Thanks, bestie." Matt fist-bumped Lex.

"No problem. Keep him in line."

He fake saluted. "I will do my best."

"Stay safe."

"Yes ma'am."

"No funny business." She gave him a suggestive look.

"We are both way too young for that, Lex." Matt rolled his eyes. He was used to her teasing. He leaned in so the other occupants of the car couldn't hear him. "Any you and I both know he is completely oblivious to that stuff. No matter how hard I may try."

Lex laughed. "He'll realize it eventually. For how smart he is, he really is dumb."

"You can say that again!"

"Okay, got get candy."

Matt smirked. "Like you have to tell me twice." He walked to Alex.

Lex drove away. They sat in comfortable silence for a solid ten seconds before Bill ruined it.

"Turn on the radio."

Liz snapped her head over, hopping Lex didn't hear. Unfortunately, she did.

"Great idea!" she turned the radio up. It was just as Liz had feared. Lex had a CD with all the 'greatest' hits. In Liz's opinion? It was the cringiest hits. With such great songs as 'Eye of the large cat' , 'Always Coming From Take Me Down' , 'Ice Ice Human Child' , and, Lex's favorite, 'Plastic Figurine Female' … those, unfortunately were not the only ones. However, that's all the torture they got through. The one time Liz forgot her headphones. She hated her lack of foresight sometimes.

They were in a large parking lot. Lex looked nervous. She laid her head on the steering wheel.

Bill noticed. "Oh, now what have you done?" He was still angry about the costumes Matt and Alex were wearing.

"I…" Lex turned to Liz, who also looked nervous. "We really need to think things out first… this was a terrible idea. M-maybe we should just go home."

"What? Why? Goldie, I am not amused. Why do you two look like you've done something bad?" Bill was getting… he didn't even know how to describe this emotion. It was anger, fear, and he felt sick to his human stomach.

Lex looked to Liz for help. Liz sighed heavily, turning to Bill. "This is a convention. The third annual one. This year… the theme is the Reverse Falls…"

"Of course it is. Why wouldn't it be?" Bill was rubbing the bridge of his nose.

Will was really quiet. He was looking at his hands in his lap.

Lex spoke up. "Okay. Let's leave. I should have thought this through. We can go catch up with the boys." Lex went to start the car again, but Will lifted his head.

"W-we s-should st-stay. You b-both have been so kind t-to us, let us live with you, p-put up with Bill's drama… you deserve to enjoy yourselves. You couldn't have known… We did drop in unexpectedly… I think I can do it. I… survived being around your brothers… it's just a lot more phonies…" Will gulped.

"I don't know. Some will be in character… I-I don't know if it's a good idea. In fact, I know it's not." Lex sighed. She started to go for the keys again.

"I can do it. I promise."

Lex nodded. "Bill, will you be okay…?" She felt the need to ask. She didn't want Bill to kill anyone.

"I will be fine." He didn't elaborate.

Lex stared at Will. "You sure…?" she asked one more time.

"Yep… let's go before I change my mind."

"Okay, let's get some things clear. If we get separated, meet out here. Don't look for one another. Straight back here." Liz wanted everything in order before they went in.

They all nodded.

"If either of you want to leave, tell us immediately. We will leave." Lex added. She wanted everyone to feel safe and unthreatened.

They all nodded again.

They got out of the car and walked in. The moment the door was open, the group knew this would be a tiring night. There were so many people. Will and Liz were approached by a set of well costumed Reverse twins wanting a picture with them. Will held Liz's hand, shaking slightly. Liz held back, squeezing his hand to reassure him.

Bill pulled Liz to the side -much to the fans' annoyance- "Blue, this is not right."

"Do we need to leave?" Liz could have been a bitch about it, but this was serious.

"No. All I'm saying is those twins could be anywhere. If they are walking around here, we could walk right past them and into a trap."

"Okay. If you feel like you or Will is in danger, let me know." Liz turned back to the small group that had formed. They were all complimenting Will's 'costume' saying he was even in character.

"Maybe this won't be so bad. This might even be good for him." Bill muttered to himself, watching Will pose for pictures and smile. He looked a little uncomfortable, but this would hopefully get him out of his shell a little more.

This was going to go well, Bill was sure of it.

Meanwhile

"Alright. We've tracked the traces of magic to this location." Reverse Dipper said, holding a device similar to an EMF detector. The five of them stood at the rear of a very large building. They walked in and stayed next to the doors. There were a great deal of people littering the open floor space.

"Excellent work. I will go in first to scout the area as well as this dimension's habitants. Wait here, keep your weapons close and your guards up." Reverse Ford walked away without another word.

"I have a bad feeling about this…" Original Dipper said. He was already on edge from what he'd done earlier… he sighed. The sooner they found Bill, the sooner he could forget it. Right? Oh, who was he joking, his actions would haunt him forever. Before he could muse further his sister from another dimension spoke.

"As do I. This is infuriating. We could walk by them and not even know it until it is too late." Reverse Mabel said as she put her hands on her hips.

"Why do you keep saying 'them'?"

Reverse Mabel played it off pretty well. "You think the all powerful Bill Cipher would travel here alone? I suspect that he has many dangerous creatures following him.

Reverse Dipper walked away, saying nothing.

A few minutes later Reverse Ford came back. "Where's Dipper?"

Original Dipper went to raise his hand, but was cut off. "My Dipper." Reverse Ford spat.

"He walked away." Original Dipper replied meekly. This Ford scared him.

"I see him!" Original Mabel pointed.

Reverse Dipper had just finished locking and welding most of the doors in the rear shut. He left on unlocked and unwelded so they could make their escape if need be. He was now looking at the sea of people.

"Good thinking." Was all Reverse Ford said.

Reverse Dipper ignored him to survey the room. He smirked really wide. From across the vast and cavernous room, he could see Will. His Will. He pointed and the group's eyes all turned, just as he disappeared into more people, looking lost and apprehensive.

He looked at his sister and wasn't surprised that Reverse Mabel was almost giddy with joy. It took all her willpower not to sprint over there and capture him. The hunt was on.

This was going to go well, she was sure of it.


Miss Taken: Cliff hanger! How was it...? I wrote the majority of this (I swear I'm not trying to take Miss Red's credit! She is the inspiration for this story!I just had rein of this specific chapter...) and I'm a little nervous on how it turned out.Leave a review! We have TWO loyal reviewers! (Luv u) What was your favorite part? Any fave characters? Predictions? SOMETHING?!

Miss Red: Quit scaring the norms, Taken. But she is right, we love reviews. We would also like to note that the songs they listen to in the car are (In order) 'Eye of the Tiger' , 'Never Going to Give You Up' , 'Ice Ice Baby' , and, Lex's favorite, 'Barbie Girl'. Absolute cringe fest.

Miss Taken: Hey! I happen to have ALL those songs on my play list!

Miss Red: *sigh* Why does that not surprise me?

Miss Taken: Moving on. I- uh so the next few chapters will have even more cussing and probably quite a bit of violence... We want your opinion, should we change the rating to 'M'? Okay, that's all I have to say for now. Red?

Miss Red: Have a good day, we will attempt to get the next chapter out sooner... But you know us.