Hey guys. Here's the second chapter for the week!-Mr-Dippingsauce
Chapter Fourteen
City Hall, Gravity Falls, Oregon
"You have the most powerful mind of all, and I'm going to take that." Bill whispered. A ghostly image of Mabel began to form, barely attached to her physical body. Bill opened the portal, and everyone saw another portal, except massive and green, on the other side.
"No! Don't kill her!" Dipper yelled.
Bill thought for a moment, and he got a glint in his eye. He snapped his fingers, and Mabel's soul went spiraling into the portal, near the left side. Bill closed the portal, and turned to dipper. "Look, Pine Tree, your sister isn't dead yet. I sent her into the side of the portal, which has foot holds and gives a better chance of surviving. If she went through the center, she would be dead now. However, eventually the Vault's immense attractive force will pull her into the Darkness, and she will be dead. I would say you have twenty four hours at the most before your sister is dead."
"Don't' do it Dipper!" Stanley yelled. "He's trying to split the ten of us up!"
Dipper turned towards Stanley. He looked like a shadow with the glowing resonance of Bill behind him. "Look, Stanley, I respect you a lot, but this is my sister we're talking about. I would do anything to save her, even if meant me dying in the process."
"But, the prophecy…"
"Look, Stanley, if we don't save Mabel we won't be able to banish Bill anyways. So I'm going and if you try and stop me I'll take you with me!"
Stanley could see the fire burning deep within Dipper's eyes.
Dipper sighed. "My sister is like another half of me. Don't you know what it's like to lose on half of yourself?"
Stanley stopped short. He did know what is what like to be separated like that.
"Okay," he said. "I know how you feel. Go. Go save your sister."
With a resolute stare, Dipper nodded. "Thank you." He turned to Bill. "Send me in."
"Okeydokey, if you say so, Pine Tree." Bill said with an unnaturally cheery attitude. He opened a blue, glowing portal. "Just jump in!"
Dipper positioned himself, than ran and jumped through the portal.
He landed in a dusty, desert space. About 2 miles straight from him was a giant mountain, maybe 20,000 feet Dipper thought, putting it at a little less than Mount Everest. To his right was just a desert expanse, and to his left was much of the same, except for a green blob in the distance.
Wait, is that the…
"Look, Pine Tree that green thing far to your left is the Vault, where your sister. You get therein twenty four hours and rescue your sister; you can go up to my place, up on that mountain. There should be instructions to open up a portal. Somewhere. Anyways, good luck!"
"What, hey!" Dipper yelled, but the portal was already closed.
Furious, Dipper kicked at the dust.
You're wasting time, he thought. You gotta save Mabel.
Dipper surveyed the flat expanse of landscape. This can't be that hard, he told himself.
He took a step and nearly lost his foot.
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Bill was pleased with himself. He had managed to not only get rid of Pine Tree, but the chances he would actually save Shooting Star were miniscule.
His plan was coming along perfectly.
"So," said Stanley. "Are we just gonna wait here for twenty four hours or what?"
Bill cackled "Stanley, I can't destroy the world…"
"Right…so?"
"But, I can level your puny town." Bill began to glow and blue fire appeared at his hands.
"It begins…now."
He hurled a fireball at the city hall and the municipal building erupted into flames.
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Mabel screamed as the energy of the Vault of souls pulled her in, and she went spiraling through the portal at speeds she herself could barely comprehend.
She screamed until her voice was hoarse. Then she screamed silently. She had no idea how long she had been falling when she felt an arm grab her. It heaved her up onto a ledge.
Mabel lay there panting for a few seconds. She had a massive headache, and her vision was blurry.
"Hello," said a voice, male.
"Who, who are you?" Mabel asked, her weak voice barely a whisper.
"Don't you recognize me?" the voice asked.
Mabel blinked a couple of times, and then rubbed the blurriness from her eyes.
"Nice to see you, Ms. Pines." said Charlie.
There you have it, the last of the two chapters for the week. I hope that you enjoyed them!-Mr-Dippingsauce