Chapter Notes

Disclaimers: I do not own Gravity Falls

Author's Notes:

Me: OMG I CAN"T TAKE THE SUSPENCE ANY LONGER!

Bill: Then just post the chapter early your fans will understand, hell they may even thank you.

Me: NO THEY WON'T! Especially when they find out about the cliff hanger

Bill: Hello it's a series there's going to be a cliff hanger, that's how you get them to read the next book! Now post the new chapter already I'm tired of hearing your whinny voice.

Me: Fine! My Dear fans this is the last Chapter of part 1, I hope you all enjoy it. Part 2 of the series will be up September 1st. We dedicate this last chapter to our Random Fan!

Random Fan: YES!

Bill: oh shut up it's not like you won the jack pot in the lottery or anything worth wild like that.

Random Fan: Does he always have to ruin everything?

Me: Welcome to my world!

(Back to Dipper, and Mabel)

He was running as fast as his feet could carry him… He was close now, Dipper could feel it!

"GET BACK HERE YOU PATHETIC WEED!" a loud booming demonic voice growled. The sound of that voice only made him run faster.

"We're not going to make it!" Mabel cried as they ran.

"We have to!" Wendy cried. "They're all waiting for us on the other side of the barrier. They have to be!"

Her words made him run faster still, though Dipper wasn't sure how.

"Awe Dudes!" Soos exclaimed, screaming behind him at an unseen danger.

Dipper dared to look over his shoulder, and wished he hadn't. The remaining members of the pack were gaining on them now. He had been secretly hoping that their ride on the Eye Bats would have given them a further head start then this.

But the dogs weren't even the worse of it!

Behind them was the army of demons, and behind them, was Bill! Dipper gasped as he nearly tripped over his own feet!

"Dipper!" Mabel instantly grabbed her brother's hand; as if on instinct, and pulled him alongside her.

'See what happens when you run King?' Light jeered. 'You trip over your own feet!'

"We're going to make it!" Mabel said more hopeful now. "We have too!"

Dipper knew she was right, they had to survive! If the suspicions of the Ancients we true, if there really was other people who represented the symbols on Bill's wheel; then there was still hope!

They could still stop Bill!

"Guy's I don't think I can run much longer!" Pacifica admitted. She looked about ready to give out, not that anyone could blame her.

"No Pacifica you have to pull through!" Mabel encouraged her.

"I can't!" Pacifica cried, the lack of food and water, and stiff limbs were working against her.

"We need you Pacifica!" Dipper yelled running alongside her. "The world needs you!"

A single tear ran down Pacifica's face. "Tell my parents I love them." She cried, and finally gave into her own exhaustion.

"Pacifica no!" Dipper cried.

"Pacifica!" Mabel watched her fall out of sight.

"Oh no you don't!" Grenda shouted, and picked Pacifica up in her harms without even stopping. "You're not dying today."

"Thank you!" Pacifica held on to Grenda for dear life.

"Oh thank goodness!" Mabel allowed herself to breathe a sigh of relief.

"We're almost there!" Gideon rasped threw heavy breathing. In all honesty he wasn't sure if he could take much more himself.

"We're doing it!" McGucket cried.

And it was true somehow they managed to stay out of reach, and before they knew it the Town boarder was in view!

"There it is!" Candy rasped.

"Guys we got to move faster or we'll never make it!" Wendy yelled as she looked over her shoulder. "Robbie give Candy a ride, Soos help Gideon!"

Soos and Robbie eminently obeyed her orders swinging the worn out kids on their backs without even stopping to catch their breaths.

"Dipper we got to move faster!" Mabel realized as they started to fall behind the others.

Dipper forced himself to keep running even though he was sure his legs would shatter under the stress. 'Just a few more yards and it's over!' he assured himself.

"You won't get away from me that easily Pine Tree." A voice boomed above him.

"Dipper!" Mabel screamed, as Dipper pushed them both out of his grasp.

Bill reached out for his sapling, but missed him by a hair. "You will not escape me Pine Tree!" Bill screamed. "If I have to be stuck here forever then you do too!"

To be stuck with Bill forever! Now that got him moving! Dipper sprinted the last few feet to safety pulling his sister along behind him.

Wendy was the first to cross the barrier, then Soos and Robbie who still had Gideon and Candy on their backs. Grenda and Pacifica came next, and finally McGucket, who was surprisingly fast for a man his age.

"Come guys you can make it!" Wendy cried.

"Dudes watch out!" Soos shouted, pointing above them.

Dipper could see the shadow of Bill's hand reaching out for him; upon instinct he pushed Mabel forward.

Mabel fell and rolled over the border.

Dipper ducked out of the way and Bill missed his catch again!

"Dipper hurry!" Mabel screamed.

Dipper practically threw himself at the barrier, and by some miracle he makes it through just in time.

Everyone cheered and embraced him, they had all made it!

"No!" Bill screamed as he beat his fist against the barrier. This was not going to end this way, he was not going to be imprisoned again! But the humans seemed to have forgotten about him entirely.

"We made it!" Pacifica hugged Grenda tight. "Thank you so much I thought I was a goner for sure."

Grenda only nodded, obviously too tired to speak.

"But where is everyone else?" Mabel asked.

Dipper's heart sunk, they had passes over the ruins without seeing any signs of life, and with an army behind them there was no time to check further. 'If we left them there alone I'll never forgive myself.' he thought.

'Your empathy for others sicken me King!' Light hissed.

"Guy's I found something!" Wendy ushered them over to a nearby tree.

Everyone gathered around the tree to see what Wendy was so worked up about, there was a note nailed to the tree. Wendy began to read it out loud,

Friends,

We are not sure If you made it this far, but just in case we are leaving this note so that you may find us.

We did as instructed and left the Ruins, but the town folk think it's too dangerous to stay out in the middle of nowhere like this, and I must agree with them. So we are headed to the nearest town.

We hope to see you soon.

-Mayor Tyler

"They made it!" Dipper exclaimed.

"Like no way!" Wendy said in disbelief as a large weight was lifted from her chest. "All our families are safe man!"

"Oh thank goodness!" Mabel allowed herself to breathe a sigh of relief.

"But how far is the next town?" Grenda wondered out loud.

"I'm not sure." Candy admitted. "But I'm sure if we follow the road signs we should be okay."

"We should get moving then." McGucket piped up. "It'll be dark soon."

Everyone nodded there agreement.

"Come on we have to hurry, the road's this way!" McGucket said taking the lead. The other's followed him slowly thankful that they had some time to rest, and didn't have to worry about getting eaten if they ran too slow.

"No! You get back here you hear me!" Bill yelled as he bounded on the barrier even harder. "Don't you dare turn your back on me Pine Tree!" the demon screamed.

Dipper turned to take one final look at the demon he had once loved, and became somewhat hypnotized. It was strange and hard to explain, but every single one of Bill's blows formed a ripple on the barrier, and inside those ripples random numbers and symbols would appear. And with every blow the same random numbers and symbols popped out at him, as if demanding his attention.

More demons began to bang on the barrier as well as if they thought it could really make a difference, the same numbers, and symbols appeared over, and over again.

Bill stopped as he noticed the puzzled look on his Sapling's face, he knew that look.

The boy's brows were drawn close together in deep thought, as he bit down on his lower lip; this was the boy's "I'm thinking" look.

'But what could he possibly be thinking about?' Bill wondered, then it hit him; and Bill's eye lit up like fireworks on the fourth of July. 'The variables to the equation, Pine Tree must be able to see it!' Bill looked around at his army; 'But why can't we see it?'

'Those ancients must of made it to where only mortal eyes can see it, as some kind of safety precaution' he thought answering his own question.

But just because his sapling could see the needed variable for the equation; that didn't guarantee he could solve the equation!

Bill turned invisible and watched the boy more closely, he couldn't read the boy's mind due to the barrier; but Bill knew his Pine Tree well.

Dipper made lots of expressions when he was trying to figure something out, but there was one distinct expression that he made when he had finally solved the problem at hand.

Bill hovered just above Dipper completely invisible, and waited for that one distinct expression. He didn't have to wait very long!

Dipper was biting so hard on his lip that it was bleeding, numbers, and letters whorled around his mind in a jumbled mess; but then suddenly with one final blow to the barrier it all came together.

"Dipper, are you coming or what?" Mabel exclaimed running up to him.

Bill growled impatiently, if Pine Tree lost his focus now then he could lose his chance of ever solving the equation.

Then it happened, the moment Bill had been waiting for! "Oh!" Dipper mouthed, as his eyes widen.

Bill's eye curved into an evil smile. 'Well, well, well it would appear my secret weapon has proven his worth after all!'

Mabel grabbed her brother's shoulder. "Dipper the others have already started waking." Mabel reached out for his shoulder, then noticing her brother's state she froze. "Dipper?"

Before Dipper could even acknowledge his sister's questioning tone Bill reappeared causing both Twins to jump.

"Hey...hey Pine Tree" The demon whispered. "Do you know the way out of here?" he asked as he tapped the barrier tauntingly.

Mabel watched as Bill's eye began to glow a strange fiery blue. Dipper nodded, his eyes mirroring Bill's.

"Tell me Pine Tree" Bill ordered.

"The equation is..."

Mabel looked at her brother with horror as Dipper began to spout out numbers "Dipper no!" she screamed tackling her brother.

Dipper fell to the ground hard, his eyes returning back to normal. "What...What happened?" he asked obviously confused.

Bill laughed evil, despite the fact that only two numbers came out of the boy's mouth. He could careless, finally things were going his way.

"Dipper what's gotten in to you? You almost told Bill the equation!" Mabel said a little too loudly.

Their group of friends was only a couple of yards ahead, but they had no trouble hearing Mabel's shouting words.

"What!" Gideon yelled as they turned back around. "Whose side are you on?!"

"Yeah we finally have him trapped, and you want to go and tell him how to get out!" Robbie shouted as the group came walking back over to see what the heck was going on.

"I...I" Dipper stuttered, completely clueless about what was going on: one second he was solving the equation in his mind, and the next Mabel was tackling him to the ground.

"We're trying to save the world not destroy it more!" Candy snapped.

"Dipper what were you thinking?" Wendy asked looking more worried then hurt.

Mabel helped Dipper to his feet as the group surrounded him; yelling at his face; practically accusing him of treason. "Guys I'm sure Dipper didn't mean to almost slip-" she began.

"Actually Shooting Star is right," Bill admitted grabbing everyone's attention. "You see it's not Pine Tree's fault at all, he can't help but tell me everything." the demon chuckled as if he was laughing at some inside joke.

"What do you mean he can't help it?" Grenda asked not getting it, but Wendy seemed to have an idea.

"You monster what did you do!" Wendy yelled standing beside Dipper defensively.

"Why Red, I didn't do anything." Bill cooed. "But Pine Tree did!"

Everyone looked at Dipper in disbelief, but only Mabel seemed to still have the ability to speak; her eyes locked with her brother's. "Dipper what did you do!" she asked with a shaky voice.

"I...I didn't... do anything!" Dipper stammered.

"Oh yes you did Pine Tree." Bill teased. "You and I are in this together, two partners in crime!" The demon laughed. "After all I could have never gotten this far without you."

"Dipper..." Wendy was stunned. "Tell me you didn't..."

"He's lying!" Dipper yelled as the circle grew tighter around him. "Can't you see he's just trying to tear us apart?"

"Pine Tree, don't tell me you haven't told them about us." Bill said looking hurt.

"We know all about your false friendship!" Mabel exclaimed before Dipper could speak.

"Yeah tricking someone into a friendship for your own self gain is low even for you Cipher." Wendy snapped.

"A friendship?" Bill asked looking confused. "Is that what you told them kid? Uh? That we were 'just friends?'" Bill began to laugh uncontrollably. "Oh that's just rich, you mean to tell me they have no idea-!"

"It doesn't matter!" Mabel snapped. "If Dipper isn't comfortable about telling us everything yet then that's his business."

"Yeah dude he'll tell us when he's ready." Soos agreed.

"The point is it's over Bill, Dipper is done with you, and you will spend the rest of your miserable eternity with your dream just out of reach!" Mabel bragged.

"Oh done with me is he?" Bill asked in a dark, sinister voice. "Well that's too bad because I'm not done with him!"

Dipper gulped, he couldn't explain it; but he had a bad feeling about this.

"Well Dipper's coming with us, you triangle jerk." Pacifica rasped, finally speaking up.

"Yeah and there ain't nothing you can do about it either!" McGucket agreed.

"Oh, but I beg to differ." Bill chuckled evilly as he rubbed his hands together. "You see Dipper doesn't have a choice in the matter."

What happened next sent chills up Mabel's spine, suddenly over a dozen blue strings appeared in Bill's hand, Mabel followed the path of the strings instantly, wondering what they were attached to, and that's when her heart dropped. "Dipper no!"

Dipper yelped as he was knocked off his feet by an unknown force, then he watched in horror as over a dozen blue strings appeared to be attached around his body.

"Pine Tree, yes!" Bill teased as he began to pull his puppet towards him.

"No!" Dipper clawed at the ground helplessly. Fear clawed at his insides making it impossible for him to think of a single spell to save him.

No, his mind was a total blank!

Mabel dived for him, and grabbed his arm with both hands; doing her best to pull him back away from Bill. "It's okay I got you!" she promised.

But the promised proved empty as Bill gives another sharp tug. Mabel falls on her belly, still holding on to her brother with a viper grip; Bill laughs as he reals them both in. "Wow two fish on one line what a catch!" Bill teased.

"Oh no you don't!" Wendy yelled and grabbed Mabel's waste, "Soos help me!" she screamed.

Soos didn't hesitate to grab Wendy and pull with all his might, but Bill was not giving in, and slowly the four began to slide closer to the barrier.

"We have to help them!" Candy declared.

"But what can we do?" Grenda asked the obvious.

"Yeah he's like an all-powerful demon, and we're only human." Pacifica snapped.

"MMMMM" Candy thought to herself, her eyes widen as she spotted Mabel's grappling hook. "Mabel hook the tree!" she ordered.

"What?" Mabel asked looking at her confused.

"Your grappling hook!" Pacifica explained. "Use it to hook the tree."

Mabel bit her lip and released one of her hands from Dipper arm, to reach for her grappling hook. She aimed at the nearest tree and fired, her aim as always, never let her down. "Got it!" She said as the cord of the grappling hook wrapped around the tree.

Robbie and McGucket grabbed on to the cord and began to pull on it, digging their heels in the ground for support.

"Now what!" Pacifica asked.

Candy held up the left over vials of unicorn blood. "We use these; smother the cord, and the tree with as much as you can so Bill can't break it!"

Pacifica, Gideon and Grenda nodded and with Candy's guidance the three eminently got to work.

"Unicorn blood, cleaver girl." Bill admitted as he tugged a little harder. "But I'll break threw it eventually." he warned. "And when I do every threat to my power will be mine once more, and this time I won't be so nice with you!" he warned.

"Bill let me go!" Dipper screamed. "It's over!"

"Never Pine Tree, your mine now forever!" Bill growled and tugged even harder. "And once you give me the equation I'll finally rule this pathetic dimension!"

Dipper felt like he was going to be torn in two. "How are you even doing this?!" he cried.

"Oh don't play dumb Pine Tree!" Bill mused. "We had a deal."

"Dipper!" Wendy screamed in disbelief.

"No he's lying!" Dipper exclaimed. "We never made another deal; I swear!" he promised.

"Then what is he talking about dweeb!" Robbie yelled.

"I don't know, but I swear I didn't-" Dipper began.

"Oh but you didn't have to my little sapling." Bill cooed. "You see our first deal worked just fine, All the knowledge of the universe for one little puppet!"

"You never held up the end of your bargain!" Dipper screamed.

"Oh I didn't?" Bill asked confused. "That's odd I could have sworn I did. Or maybe it was some other demon that taught you about other dimensions, and showed you how to cast spells, and bend the elements with a mere thought!"

Dipper's eyes widen as he realized the truth. "Oh no!"

"Oh yes!" Bill shouted happily and gave him another taunting tug. "Your mine now Pine Tree!"

Dipper could feel the bile as it rose in his throat, he was about to become Bill's permanent plaything, and he couldn't even bring forth the will to stop it! He was paralyzed with fear.

'I could help you know.' Light whispered, materializing before him. 'All you have to do is-'

'NO!' Dipper screamed mentally. 'I would rather die-'

'Suit yourself King!' Light hummed. 'But you will give into me eventually, and you know it!' And with that the demon disappeared.

"You can't have him you stupid one eyed triangle!" Mabel screamed, bringing Dipper back to reality. Her hand was bleeding now from gripping the grappling hook so tight, but she refused to let go; she refused to lose again!

"Just let me go Bill!" Dipper screamed, giving the demon the best stone wall glare he could manage. "I'll never tell you the equation, I'll fight you tooth and nail; I'll resist your control forever if I have to!"

"I'm sure you would kid." Bill admitted with a sly invisible smile. "Heck you'd might even pull it off if your sister wasn't already in tow!"

Dipper's eyes widen, and the tree began to crack against Bill's strength.

"It's best to leave Shooting Star out of this, I mean hasn't enough of your family suffered because of you already?!" Bill asked.

"Dipper, don't listen to him!" Wendy cried, her arms felt like they were going to fall off, but she tried to at least sound strong; for Dipper's sake!

Dipper gave Mabel a hopeless look.

"You know I'm right Pine Tree, it's better for both of us if Star stays out of this." Bill tugged again, and the tree cracked some more.

Dipper locked eyes with Mabel.

She could see the guilt as if it was written all over his face. "Dipper we can still beat him!" Mabel said trying to sound brave.

"Your right," Dipper admitted threw tears, "There are others out there, other shrine hates, and other six fingered people…other pine trees…"

"Dipper no we can still do this, we can still save you!" Mabel exclaimed.

"No Mabel I know the equation, and now there's only one way to make sure Bill doesn't get it!" Dipper used his free hand to reach for his pistol.

"Dipper please!" Mabel cried. "I can't lose you too!"

Everyone screamed as the tree snapped some more, it was almost completely broken in half now.

"Chop, chop Pine Tree times a wasting." Bill jeered not at all aware of what was really going on.

"It'll be okay." Dipper assured Mabel not even caring to acknowledge Bill anymore. It didn't matter; he was going to die anyways. He was strangely calm by this fact, though he couldn't say why.

"I can't survive without you." Mabel cried.

"Yes you can, you have to." Dipper encouraged her. "You're living for both of us now." His hand began to ease out of hers.

"Dipper please don't let go." Mabel whispered.

"Mabel I love you." Dipper whispered and then he let go!

Mabel and the other's fell to the ground "Dipper no!" She screamed running to catch him, but it was too late Bill had already pulled him through the barrier.

"Mabel no!" Wendy grabbed her before she could cross over. "You have to let him go!" she said holding her back.

Mabel fought to get free, but Wendy wouldn't let her go. "We have to stop him, we have too!" her screams could barely be heard over Bill's laughter.

"Finally you're mine!" Bill cackled as he brought his sapling closer to him.

"I'll never be yours again!" Dipper shouted and pointed the gun to his head.

"What!" Bill exclaimed surprised that the boy would even have the guts to take his own life. "This ends now!" Dipper exclaimed and went to pull the trigger…

He never got the chance!

"Oh no you don't" Bill exclaimed. Twisting his puppet strings.

Dipper screamed as the arm with the gun was twisted out of his socket painfully; the gun fell out of his hand.

"You're not taking this away from me kid; not again" Bill growled. "And just to make sure you never get a second chance -" Bill drew out a claw and pricked one of his fingers with it until it bled, and then to Dipper's surprise he shoved the bleeding figure into his mouth.

The entire army of demons gasped.

Dipper felt the blood flow into his mouth like hot lava.

"Now Swallow!" Bill ordered choking Dipper with his own strings. Dipper swallowed the blood with a loud gulp.

The demons cheered their approval!

"What… did… you…just do!" Dipper dared to ask.

"Oh nothing much, I just made you one of the flock." Bill said with an evil smirk.

"What?" Dipper rasped, he was suddenly feeling dizzy now. What did Bill do to him?

"You're like me now, kid." Bill laughed, "An all-knowing, all-powerful, immortal; DEMON!"

"What?" Wendy exclaimed.

"That's right Pine Tree is one of use now!" Bill teased as he held Dipper close like a new born infant.

"One of us, one of us!" the demon army chanted over and over again.

"Meaning even if you somehow manage to defeat me all the demons get sucked back in with me; INCLDING PINE TREE!"

Mabel fell to her knees as the reality hit her... She had just lost her brother forever!

Dipper fought to keep his eyes open but it was no use, exhaustion soon took over, and the darkness of sleep swallowed him whole.

The last thing he heard was Mabel's heart wrenching scream!

"Well I got what I wanted!" Bill mused placing a small kiss on Dipper's forehead. "As for the rest of you, I'd be running if I were you." And with those final words he began to float away.

"This isn't over!" Mable screamed somehow finding the strength to speak. "You will pay for this Bill Cipher!"

But if the demon heard her, he didn't bother to acknowledge her cries. "What do we do now?" Candy dared to ask.

Mable stood on shaking legs, with a strict look of determination across her tear stain face. "We find the others." She said gravely, and began to march away from the barrier; and into the unknown.

The other's gave one last look to the retreating army of demons and then hurried after Mabel, no one was walking anymore!

No they had a time limit now!

Sooner or later Dipper would give in and then the entire 3rd dimension would belong to Bill.

'Not if I can help it!' Mabel exclaimed as she ran faster. First Stan and Ford, and now Dipper too; Bill had taken them all way from her! And she'd be damned if she let him get away with it.

'Bill Cipher will rue the day that he took my family away from me! I don't care if it takes an eternity he will pay for what he has done!' Mabel vowed.

'Mark my words Bill, YOU WILL PAY…'

-To Be Continued

Chapter End Notes

And Part 1 is done! I hoped it was worth every ounce of your time Thanks for reading as always I ask you to leave a comment.

The Sequel to this story:" Hold Me Down" will be up September 1st. So until then as always this is…

Emily signing off