Dipper ran off the stage, frowning, "I hate that song."
"Of course you do. Hey Blue, got another song you want to sing?" He asked, grinning.
Will shook his head, "No."
"Alright."
Mabel frowned, "Can we meet the vampire now?"
"Why do you want to meet the vampire exactly?" He asked.
Mabel sighed, "Because I just want to..."
"Fine," He sighed, leading her to the room, where "Will" was sitting. He scowled, "I should have known."
Mabel frowned, "What's wrong?"
"Mabel... listen to me very closely. Don't listen to a word it says. That is NOT my brother. He is elsewhere in the house. Don't look away from it or blink, either. I'll go get Ford. He knows how to deal with it," He whispered.
Mabel nodded, before he left. She stared at "Will" until he got back with Ford.
"Shifter..." Ford started.
"Will" smiled, "Hey, Ford."
"Shifter, I'm disappointed in you," Ford scowled.
The shapeshifter sighed, going back to its original form, startling Mabel, "Why does it matter, Dad?" It asked, saying dad in an annoyed and sarcastic tone.
"Shifter..." Ford growled.
Shifter sighed, "Fine. I'm sorry."
"Good. You better be," He growled.
Shifter backed away, "You shouldn't be so mad."
"Yeah, well... I am," He grumbled.
Mabel frowned, "I've met you before..."
"Oh, yes. You. I'm sorry for startling you the last, and first, time we met." Shifter sighed, before turning to him, "As for you, I've never met you before."
"I'd hope so." He scowled, "What do you want, Shifter?"
"I just wanted to be free. You, apparently, decided to help me... believing I was a vampire, right?" Shifter asked.
He sighed, "Yes, that's what I thought you were. However... once you took the form of my little brother, I knew what you actually were. A shapeshifter."
"Yes, that's what I am. The Author calls me Shifter, however," Shifter sighed.
He smiled, "I'm aware."
"Good. So... who are you both? What do you want with the author?" Shifter scowled, guarding Ford from the two.
Mabel frowned, "I'm his great niece... Mabel."
"... what about you?" Shifter growled, glaring at him.
He smirked, "Someone you shouldn't underestimate."
"I don't think so. You're just a mortal man," Shifter laughed.
He scowled, "Not at all. Don't even compare me to... that."
"I should be. I've never met anyone outside of the bunker. Let alone, anything supernatural." Shifter frowned, "So... I have no idea what you are, sorry."
He frowned, "Fine. Can we just get out of this room and explain who you are to Dipper and Will?"
"Dipper's already seen him," Mabel spoke up.
He sighed, "Fine. Then... that leaves Will... and I don't think we'd want the kids to see you."
"We first met him when we were 12... besides, we met you and your friends when we were 12 as well, so... I think we're okay," Mabel smiled.
He shook his head, "No."
"Okay..." Mabel frowned, walking out of the room.
Ford walked around Shifter, "It's fine, don't worry. Besides, he's not that bad."
"Pfft. Sure," He snickered.
Shifter sighed, "Fine."
The two older men left the room, not surprised when a young looking boy followed after them.
Shifter spoke up, "I figured it would be okay if I just... shapeshifted into a human form..."
"It's fine, Shifter. They've dealt with worse," Ford sighed, glaring at him.
He laughed nervously, "Yeah... they've... dealt with worse..."
"How bad?" Shifter asked, curiously.
Ford smiled, "A demon who wanted to destroy the world."
"Hmp. That's not the entire truth," He scowled, looking away.
Ford snickered, "It isn't? What's the entire truth?"
"I was trying to save my friends... and myself... but, of course, you had to 'defeat' me." He scowled, using quotations around the word defeat, before he continued, "So... I'm back at square one, but I'm not going to try it again."
Shifter frowned, "I won't judge you for it."
"Thanks," He mumbled, walking away from the two.
Shifter looked down, "Is he okay?"
"No, he's been though a bunch and has done a bunch..." Ford sighed, "Even I don't know everything."
Shifter sighed, "Who does?"
"... two boys know pretty much everything... even though their polar opposites."
The girl smiled, looking at the ruins of where the Gleeful's were staying, picking up one of the three blue journals, "I finally have them."
"WE finally have them," The black haired boy next to her corrected, glaring at her.
The girl shook her green and yellow dyed hair, her hazel catching his green ones, "I have them, Connor. They're mine. You know this."
"Sorry, love." He sighed, giving her the second journal, "Anyway... there's only three more journals left, correct?"
The girl nodded, "Yeah, only three... the original three."
"Yeah, and you tried to get them when you had me kidnap Will, even though we played it as an accident," He scowled.
The girl smiled, "Exactly. He didn't have any of them, but it sure made Bill cry... and you know how I like to make my favorite characters suffer."
"You are literally insane, princess," He sighed.
The girl laughed, "I know, and you love it."
"Yes, I do love your insane moments," He laughed.
The girl grinned, sitting down at the table, "Alright, be quiet. Let me continue writing."
"Alright, princess."
