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Author's Notes:

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(Back with Bill...)

He had forgotten how much he loved this kid's mind.

Sure, Sixer's was like a calm and orderly void, and yes after the havoc of his life; Bill did enjoy the peace and quiet.

Pine Tree's mind, however, was anything but; swirling with ideas, and questions flooding around him. It was a mess, and yet Bill found himself missing the place. Speaking of, where was Pine Tree?

Bill looked around and notice the kid was no where in sight. 'Perfect.' He thought as he began to travel down the long hallway before him. Several doors greeted him, but he passed them all. Having been in the kid's head before he knew that whatever was bothering him had to be something new. Something the dream demon hadn't seen before, something that happened after the kid defeated him.

It didn't take him long to find it.

Of course, it helped that the kid was standing right in front of it.

"Pine Tree?" Bill could barely find his voice.

The kid was peering inside the door, tears streaming down his face. "You ruined everything." He whispered just loud enough for him to hear. "We were happy…"

Bill took a step forward and the door flew open, sucking them in.

The scene changes, he and Dipper are standing inside the shack. In front of them Dipper's parents are sitting at the table, muttering to themselves.

Suddenly the door to the kitchen opens; Mabel comes rushing in.

"Mom, Dad we did it!" She exclaimed. "We saved him!"

"What are you going on about?" her mother asked. "Saved who?"

"Mom Dad…" A past version of Dipper came walking in, he's relieved to see them.

"Dipper, it is true!" His mother rushes up to him…embracing him.

His father is not as welcoming.

His stunned face turns to horror as he seems to realize what this means.

"John it's Mason, he's come home to us." His wife was crying tears of joy. Any mother in her position would be. A child she had thought she had lost forever had come home. "Everything Mabel said was true."

"Everything?" Johnathan asked. "The monsters, this Bill Cipher."

"It's okay." Mabel said, mistaking his fear for something else. "Dipper stopped him."

"Of course; he did." Their mother praised. " And now that it all over we can forget about this and go back to our lives."

"And all those people who died?" Johnathan asked. "Are we supposed to just forget about them too?"

"Dad that wasn't him!" Mabel yelled. "Bill made him do it."

"No Dipper didn't." His mother looks stunned. "He wouldn't."

"He did!" Johnathan snapped. "As soon as he died the murders just stopped!" He yelled. He than looked to Dipper. "Tell me I'm wrong."

Dipper's face twists to a look of pain, but he says nothing.

"Mason sweetie answer your father." His mother looks up to him hopefully. "Tell him he's wrong."

He wanted to, he really did, but even if he didn't do it directly; he knew it was happening; and even if it was all Bill's fault. Bill had done it with his hands, Dipper's hands were the ones covered in blood.

"Mom…I it was him…he used me." He tried to explain.

His mother pulls away a look of horror on her once relieved face.

"And how do we know he's not using you now?" Jonathan snapped.

"Dad please." Dipper steps towards them.

"No stay away!" His mother screams jumping into her husband's arms.

"Mom…" Dipper pleaded.

"You are no son of ours." Jonathan yelled. "Our boy is dead, you…you stay away from us!"

"Dad stop this now!" Mabel yelled.

"Mabel we're leaving now!" Their father grabbed her hand.

"NO!" Mabel pulled away running to her brother's side. "I'm not leaving him."

"You said it yourself; he is not your brother!" Johnathan reminded her. "Not anymore."

"That was before." Mabel said. "But we saved him, please believe me."

Johnathan is quiet for a moment, his eyes meeting Dipper's for an instant before he turns away. "No, my son is dead. I don't know who this is, but it's not him." And with that he walked out of the shack, and out of their lives forever.

"Mabel please come with us." Her mother begged. "I can't lose you too."

"You don't have to lose either of us." Mabel reasoned. "We're right here! Both of us." Mabel looked desperate now, but Dipper could no longer met their gaze, he felt numb.

"I'm sorry." Her mother cried. "I just can't." And then just like that she was gone too.

"Pine Tree I…I'm-" Bill began.

"What? Sorry?" Dipper snapped.

"Yeah." Bill admitted quietly.

"Tell me." Dipper said. "Why are you sorry now?"

"What?" Bill asked confused.

"Why be nice to me, to people, why be nice to any of us? If you have the capacity for kindness than where was it when you forced me to do those terrible things? Where was that kindness when my family was being torn apart!"

"Pine Tree I…" Bill began.

"No, I get to speak now!" Dipper snapped.

Bill stopped. "I didn't know-"

"What, that I felt this way?" Dipper asked. "I told myself that I could ignore what you've done. That it was for the good of everyone if I just let it go, but…I can't" He turned away. "The demon I know is cruel and vile. Our misery is a game to him. And do you know what makes that demon happy? Death and destruction, and blood!"

"I…" Bill tried to cut in, but Dipper wouldn't let him.

"You burned our town with your fire, you trapped Mabel in a bubble, you turned people into stone and made a throne out of them. You are the demon of Chaos and you allow your goons any brutality, people lost their homes, their family…my parents can't even look at me because of you!"

"I'm sorry!" Bill yelled. "I don't know what else to say….it's just back then…I forgot what it was like… you know to be human…"

"And when you're no longer human?" Dipper challenged. "Then what?"

Bill paused; he honestly hadn't given it much thought. What would he do once he was a full demon again? Like he had to ask.

"I guess I'd go back to the way I was… before…" Bill muttered.

"So, nothing has changed?" Dipper scoffed. "I shouldn't be surprised."

"Pine Tree…" Bill reached out for him, but Dipper shrugged him off.

"No! I'm done trying Bill, I'm done pretending everything is okay! If it weren't for you my family wouldn't be broken. First Ford and Stan now me and my parents, you even almost took Mabel away from me too!"

"I know!" Bill yelled. "If I could take it back I would." He screamed. "But I can't!"

"Why did I even save you?" Dipper yelled. "You didn't deserve my kindness."

"You saved me because that's who you are kid." Bill reasoned. "That's why you're the Star child and when Time Baby is revived in a thousand years and he sees how well you've run things. He'll see what I already know."

"And what's that!" Dipper challenged.

"That he made the right choice." Bill assured him. "I'm sorry about your parents, maybe one day they'll come around. But if you don't let that go then you're going to lose a lot more."

Dipper knew he was right, but all this Star Child business had caused him so much pain. "I just wish I was normal." He admitted out loud. "Then everything would be as it should be…they'd…still love me."

"I'm sure they do kid." Bill muttered.

"No, they love him." Dipper said. "the kid I use to be. I've changed since our last fight."

"Yeah, I've noticed." Bill admitted. "but its not a bad thing." He told him. "It's called growing up; something we all could use a little bit of. Even me." He admitted. "Look Star Child or not, normal kid or not, everything changes eventually."

"I know." Of course, he knew. How could he not? All his life he had been subject to the cruel hand of change.

"Look I know I've given you no reason to trust me." Bill said. "But I'm not him, not today."

"But you will be." Dipper said. "As soon as this is all over you'll go back to the way you always was. And do you know why?" He asked. "It's because you never change." He said before Bill could answer. "And you never will."

"I can." Bill claimed.

"No." Dipper said as he began to push Bill out of his mind. "I don't think you can."

Bill didn't even try to fight him, and in seconds he opened his eyes to see that he was back in the real world.

"Dipper wait!" Malia yelled as he ran off.

"Let him go." Bill told her. "He needs time to cool down."

"So, how'd it go?" Tad asked in a mocking tone.

"What do you think!" Bill snapped his golden eyes turning red with rage.

"Peachy." Icarus teased.

Bill forced himself to take a deep breath, to calm down. He had to! Because Dipper was right. He hadn't been trying to change, not in the slightest. While Dipper was keeping his promise by actually trying to be a proper god. Bill wasn't even attempting to even pretend to be nice.

The kid was right he hadn't changed, he hadn't changed at all.

"So, I don't get it. Did you fix the problem or what?" Tad asked.

"No." Bill hissed.

"Well get him back over here and well figure it out." Malia insisted.

"It's not that simple." Bill said.

"And why not?" She pressed.

"Because he's not the problem." Bill revealed. "I am."

"What?" Icarus inquired, obviously confused by his confession.

"I promised I'd change, or at least try to." Bill admitted.

"You're kidding." Icarus scoffed. "The brats throwing a fit because you won't stop being mean to him?"

"I destroyed his life Icarus!" Bill growled.

"Oh, my gods you actually feel guilty!" Tad realized. "You're a demon act like it."

How many times had he grew up hearing those words?

Too many to count.

And how many times did he swear he'd never listen?

Every single time!

But this time was different, this time he meant it.

"No." He said. "I am human for now." He reminded his brother. "And even if I wasn't doesn't mean I don't know how to be humane!"

"What are you going to do?" Malia asked before Tad could scowled him again.

"I'm going to keep my promise to Dipper." Bill answered.

"Oh boy." Icarus jeered.

"How?" Malia asked. "He won't even talk to you."

Bill thought for a moment and then he smiled. "By breaking another."

And with that he turned to walk away.

"Wait where are you going?" Malia yelled.

Bill didn't answer, he was too focused on the task at hand. He had to make this right, and there was only one person who could help him do it.

He could only hope Shooting Star would know what to do.

He had fix this now, before it was too late!

Chapter End Notes

Thanks for reading, the next chapter will be up soon.

Until then this is...

Emily signing off :)