Emerald vs Gold

by Angelwings2002

You know that moment when life falls apart and you feel like there's nothing left for you? Well that's how I felt until I was whisked away into a new time and place. Gravity Falls. So now I'm in a town were crazy stuff happens to me and everyone. My name is Emily Jewel, but he calls me Emerald...

40. Chapter 39: Weirdmegadon Pt 2

Chapter 39: Weirdmegadon Pt 2. What is Real?

(Third Person)

The Henchmaniacs were partying it up at the Fearamid, but now Bill was preparing a speech and lightly tapped his fork on Emily's head, getting everyone's attention.

"Thanks Emerald. Ahem, ladies, gentlemen, that creature with like 87 different faces."

"88 different faces!" The creature snarled.

"Whoa-ho, sorry-touchy subject." Bill apologized and addressed everyone else. "Anyways, it's been fun turning Gravity Falls inside out, rounding up all its terrified citizens and then stacking them into this massive throne of frozen human agony." Lighting stuck as several Eye Bats flew around, placing a couple humans on the said throne as Bill sat down on it.

"Don't worry, they're not conscious anymore. Probably." He said and Lazy Susan suddenly unfroze and groaned.

"Uh, my omelettes. They-they have friendly faces."

"Whoops. Hehe, back, back you go there." Bill chuckled as he placed her back in the throne before during back to his minions.

"But Gravity Falls is just the beginning. It's time to take our chaos worldwide! Alright boys, to the corners of the Earth. Set the world aflame with your weirdness. This dimension is ours!" He announced and the group of demons headed out of the Fearamid excitedly and Bill took a minute to bask in his glory.

"Ah, global domination. I could get used to..." Bill was suddenly cut off when the demons hit a barrier and fell back to the ground.

"WHAT!?" Bill cried in anger and flew outside and tapped the barrier, seeing that it covered the entire town. Trapping him and the all the weirdness inside.

"Hmm, this might be more complicated than I thought." He mused.

"I think I broke something." Paci-Fire groaned.

"WALK IT OFF!" Bill snapped.

MEANWHILE: INSIDE MABEL'S BUBBLE

"Mabel! Mabel!" Dipper called out as he, Ford, Wendy and Soos walked in the bubble, seeing nothing but white.

"Okay guys, Bill has taken over the town and if his weirdness spreads he's gonna take over the whole world. Our first step to stopping him is rescuing Mabel, but he's got her trapped in this strange prison bubble." Dipper explained.

"What is this place anyway?" Wendy asked.

"Unclear, it may very well be an endless void that's near impossible navigate." Ford commented.

"Ah man, I should have used the bathroom before we came." Soos sighed and the ground began to crack with rainbow colored fractures.

"This can't be good." Ford deadpanned and the group fell through the ground and screamed in terror.

"Guys, if I die, I wanna die hugging!" Soos cried and managed to grab Wendy, Ford and Dipper in a tight grasp.

"Soos, you're choking me." Dipper wheezed.

"Let my body be your shield!" Soos exclaimed and the group screamed beofre finally landing on something soft and rubbery.

"Huh? Is the entire ground a bouncy castle?" Dipper questioned, feeling the ground with his foot.

"How on earth was a bouncy house able to soften our landing?" Ford asked.

"Do you hear 80's music?" Wendy asked listening to their surroundings.

"And does the air smell like childlike wonder?" Soos asked in slight amazement.

"What does that even smell like?" Ford questioned and the group peered through the curtains of the bouncy house window and what they saw, they were not exactly prepared for.

"Whoa." They gasped and saw a large amount of bright colors and stuffed animals around them.

"This is Mabel's prison?" Dipper asked a familiar boy from the beginning of the summer appeared holding a familiar note.

"Yes. Definitely. Absolutely." He declared happily.

"It's fun-o'clock everyone. Today's weather calls for rainbows with a chance of dance parties. If you are the owner of a unicorn with a top hat, please come to the ice cream beach. Your unicorn is being towed." A voice announced over a loudspeaker as everyone around the group seemed to be happy and hugging each other.

"What is this new world? Shining, shimmering, splendid." Soos cried excitedly.

"This is nothing like what Bill put me through." Ford deadpanned as a sentient pineapple ran away screaming as a car driven by Xyler and Craz almost ran it over as they pulled up to the group.

"Welcome to Mabeland." Craz greeted.

"MABELAND!" A disembodied voice sang.

"And this is worse than the apocalypse." Dipper deadpanned.

"Dude, this place hurts my eyes." Wendy winced, blocking the light with her hands in annoyance.

"Oh that's normal. Mabeland's rainbows have colors only bees and art students can see. Now who wants to go on the grand tour?" Xyler exclaimed and he and Craz looked at the ground excitedly.

"Do we have a choice?" Dipper asked while sighing.

"No!" The two laughed and drove the group down the streets.

"Mabeland is the ultimate paradise and the only rule: there are no rules." Xyler explained.

"Except for one rule which is very serious." Craz added in a serious tone. "But no one would ever break it, so it's not worth mentioning."

"Yeah!" The boys cheered happily.

"I believe if there is a serious rule, you should tell the new people." Ford commented, only to be ignored.

"Listen creepy dream guys, we're not here to party, okay? We just need to find Mabel and get her out of here. Where is she?" Dipper asked.

"Our home girl Mabel lives at our next stop." Craz explained and the car suddenly crashed through a building, not a fire hydrant and skidded through the street.

"No rules!" Xyler cheered happily.

"Okay, maybe Bill did make this place." Ford muttered as the car pulled up on a beach and they got out.

"Now, come have rad snacks served by awesome penguins." Xyler gestured to several penguins holding an assortment of food.

"Oh score! I'm so hungry!" Wendy said as she took a coconut drink and Soos took a glass of punch.

"Yeah, I haven't eaten anything except for part of my hat for the last 3 days." Soos laughed, gesturing to his hat.

"Hah!" The two clinked their drinks while Dipper and Ford exchanged looks of concern.

"Can you guys just hold on a second?" Dipper asked and lead them away. "Do you see what's happening here? Don't forget this world was created by Bill."

"The whole idea of this world must be to keep anyone who enters trapped while Bill continues is rein of terror." Ford warned as Dipper slapped Soos' drink out of his hands.

"This whole place could be secretly twisted! That punch is probably blood! And that glitter rain is probably ground up bones, or babies, or something." Dipper said gesturing to a cloud above them and collected some glitter in his hands before letting it fall. "Bill's using Mabel's own fantasies as some sick trap. We need to grab Mabel and get the heck out of here."

"Oh, Mabel? She's at the top of the tallest tower guarded by those big buff waffle guards. There's no way to get past them!" Craz explained while pointing to a sand castle tower and 2 waffle guards.

"Someone hand me some syrup." Soos said with determination. He quickly went behind a guard and started aggressively eating him.

"Aaah! It's happening! The moment we've trained for!" He cried as his companion turned to him in horror.

"Oh, don't worry man! I've got ya..." He was cut off by Wendy punching his face off.

"It's now or never, guys!" She cried and they group burst through the doors, seeing a bunch of colorful animals playing around.

"This is a rescue! Everyone hit the deck!" Dipper exclaimed and the group attacked a few of the animals and ran up the stairs.

"Hang in there Mabel!" Soos called up.

"We're almost there, brace yourself!" Ford cried and they burst through the door seeing Mabel sleeping in a bed.

"There she is! Soos! Grab her! Wendy, Ford barricade the door!" Dipper exclaimed and Ford and Wendy quickly grabbed several items around the room to barricade the door.

"Up you go, little lady." Soos said softly as he picked up Mabel gently. She shifted and opened her eyes tiredly and looked around.

"Soos? Wendy? Dipper? Grunkle Ford?" She asked in confusion.

"The waffles are coming back! We gotta hurry!" Wendy cried as the swords were being poked through the door.

"We aren't going to hold them off forever!" Ford grunted as he struggled to keep the doors closed.

"Uh guys?" Mabel questioned in confusion.

"Don't worry, Mabel, we'll get you out of this!" Dipper assured her.

"But Dipper!" Mabel suddenly clapped her hands twice and lifted everyone with a magic aura and set everyone down in chairs, expect Ford, who was simply placed on the ground. The guards burst in and seemed ready to attack, but Mabel clapped again and they stood at attention.

"Mabel! What are you doing? We're trying to save you from this prison!" Dipper cried.

"This isn't a prison! I made this world!" Mabel said happily as she clapped and lights came on, revealing a beautiful bedroom. "Well, I sort of woke up here. It's complicated."

"What are you saying?" Dipper asked as Mabel walked up to a desk and revealed a plaque reading 'MAYOR MABEL'.

"I'm saying this is my home now. And I don't want to be saved!" She explained and the group stared in shock. A bear then ran into the window.

"Sorry Mabel." He apologized.

"No worries, Bubble Bear." Mabel said.

"You did what!?" Dipper and Ford cried and Mabel sighed before turning to her brother.

"Look Dipper, after you said you wouldn't come back home with me at the end of the summer for your 'apprenticeship,' I wanted to hide in my sweater forever. But then I woke up in a place that gives me exactly what I wanted: an endless summer where I never have to grow up! Here the sun shines all day, the party never ends, and now that you guys are here, it's finally perfect!" She explained, and Ford got a glare from Wendy as Dipper had a guilty expression before shaking it off.

"Listen, Mabel, we're not here to party. All of this is crazy!" He cried as Mabel groaned.

"Ugghh. I figured you might say something like that, Dipper. That's why I prepared a backup Dipper with a more supportive attitude." She said and the doors burst open and a Dipper looks alike riding a skateboard.

"Wohoho!" He laughed and rode up to give Mabel a high five. "Yeah! Wiggity-wiggity-what's up, dude-bros? I'm Dippy Fresh! I like skateboarding, supporting my sister, and punctuating every sentence with a high five! Hup!"

"Oh don't mind if I..." Soos said eagerly and Dipper cleared his throat and glared angrily.

"I'm sorry, I can't leave him hanging. Yus!" Soos apologized before high fiving Dippy Fresh.

"You're dead to me, Soos." Dipper deadpanned.

"Trust me, you guys are gonna love it here. This world always knows what you want. Sometimes even before you do!" Mabel said and a chinchilla suddenly appeared and dropped into her hands. "Apparently I wanted a chinchilla! Right again, Mabeland!"

"Mabel, listen to yourself. This is crazy! I'm sorry about our fight, and I'm sorry things aren't great right now but that doesn't mean you can just stay in here forever!" Dipper cried.

"Yes, this is still healthy. You're living in denial." Ford added.

"Hey, take a chill pill dudes! Those grow on trees here!" Dippy Fresh said.

"YOU STAY OUT OF THIS, DIPPY FRESH!" Dipper yelled angrily.

"Dude, calm down; Dippy Fresh didn't do anything to you, dawg." Soos said while Dipper growled at his annoying doppelgänger.

"I know it sounds too good to be true, but just give this place a chance!" Mabel urged and Dipper suddenly screamed.

"BILL HAS EMILY MABEL! SHE'S IN TROUBLE!" He yelled and Mabel paused and gave a confused look.

"Dipper what are you talking about? Emily's fine." Mabel said.

"What? No, she got captured by Bill! I saw it with my own eyes!" Dipper argued.

"No, she's right here. Hang on. Hey, Emily can you can come in?" Mabel called out and Dipper groaned.

"Mabel, Emily isn't..."

"Yes Mabel?"

Everyone froze and turned to see Emily walk through the doors completely unharmed and smiling brightly. She closed the door behind her and walked over to Mabel before looked at the group.

"Hi guys, what's up?"

"What's up? That's all you have to say?!" Dipper cried in disbelief.

"Are you okay?" Emily asked, raising an eye brow. "You guys don't look so good."

"You were captured by Bill! I saw it happen!" Dipper cried.

"How is this possible?" Ford questioned as Soos walked over to Emily and started poking her face.

"Is it really you?" He asked and Emily gently pushed his finger away.

"Okay, this is getting weird real fast." She said and turned to Dipper. "I don't know what you saw, but I've been here with Mabel the whole time."

"Yeah, she's the one who woke me up, and showed me around Mabeland! It's been the best!" Mabel said happily and Dipper turned to Emily whole smiled at him, but he frowned when he noticed that there was something wrong.

There was no necklace.

"Mabel, this can't be Emily! Look at her!" Dipper cried, shaking Mabel's shoulders.

"Dipper, how could you say that? She's our friend!" Mabel gasped in disbelief and 'Emily' walked over to Mabel and gently placed her hand on her head.

"They seem really stressed, why don't you demonstrate your new power?" She suggested and Mabel gasped excitedly.

"You're right, you guys need a break! And lucky for you, Mabeland knows just what you want and always provides!" She said and clapped her hands, changing everyone's ripped clothes back to normal.

"That's better!" 'Emily' said satisfied and Dipper gave a suspicious look towards her as a hamburger with wings flew over to Soos, who took a bite.

"Pudding center, nice." He commented.

"I thought you'd like it." 'Emily' gushed.

"Uh, actually, Mabel, I'm with Dipper on this. Gravity Falls is in trouble and I really think..." Wendy started and 'Emily' walked over and cut Wendy off.

"Hold that thought, you have some visitors." She said and a horn honked and Thompson rode up in a monster truck with Tambry, Robbie, Lee and Nate inside.

"Wendy!" They cried happily.

"Wha- guys? You're safe!" Wendy gasped in disbelief.

"We've got a monster truck full of fireworks, fake IDs, and pranking supplies." Lee said with excitement.

"Wanna drive this truck to the high school and glue this plunger to the principal's head?" Nate asked, holding up a plunger filled with glue.

"Yes. Yes I do." Wendy said eyes sparkling.

"Then go on." 'Emily' urged and Wendy turned to the others.

"Sorry, guys, I've always wanted to do that. I'll be back in just a few minutes." She apologized and got in the truck. The group them drove away cheering happily.

"Wendy?!" Dipper gasped.

"This is worse than I thought." Ford said in a serious tone.

"Don't worry, dude. There's nothing in this world that could break me from our mission." Soos vowed and 'Emily' then appeared by his side.

"Actually Soos, there is someone here to see you too." She said and the doors burst open in and in a shining light a muscular man was revealed wearing a champion belt reading 'PAPI' on it.

"Soos, mijo. I have returned." He declared.

"Holy...whoa, whoa. Dad?" Soos asked in disbelief.

"You don't remember what I look like, so I have the body of a pro wrestler and a face you once saw on a hot sauce bottle. I was never there for you, but in this world, I can be." He explained.

"You're perfect!" Soos said in awe.

"Isn't he?" 'Emily' commented slyly.

"It's a trap! Don't go with him, Soos! No matter what he offers you!" Dipper pleaded and the man then held up a baseball and a glove.

"Want to play catch?" He asked.

"I'm sorry, dude. Even if it is all a dream, I've gotta play just one game. Hahaha! Come on, Dad!" Soos laughed as he and his dad ran off and Dipper turned to Mabel.

"Okay, this has gone too far! You can't honestly think these fantasies are good for anyone!" He cried.

"The world can't be this perfect! You need to stop this madness before something terrible happens!" Ford added.

"You can't argue with the results: people are happy here! Does it really matter if it's real or not? For once, stop listening to your head and listen to your heart. Mabeland has something for everyone! Even you! In fact..." Mabel explained and a door began to open while playing music.

"Nope. Not looking. Not. Looking." Dipper said, averting his eyes and leaving with Ford as Mabel watched.

"Don't worry, they just need to adjust. You can't always force it, they'll come around." 'Emily' assured her and Mabel hugged her.

"Thanks Emily, I'm glad you're here with me." She said and 'Emily' returned the hug.

"Me too Mabel, me too." She replied and her eyes shifted into yellow ones with slitted pupils before she blinked and they went back to normal.

Back with Dipper and Ford, they two made it outside and Ford sighed.

"This place is diabolical. Bill is forcing others to be happy in order to prevent us from leaving and stopping his plan." Ford said thoughtfully.

"What do we do?" Dipper asked.

"I should go to the edge and see of there is a way to penetrate this...prison bubble. Even if we convince Mabel to leave it'll be pointless if we are unable to escape." Ford said.

"Great, lets go!" Dipper said and was about to rush off, but Ford stopped him.

"We shouldn't both go, it'll be too suspicious if two of us are heading for the edge, stay here and stay out of trouble. I'll find you when I have a solution." Ford explained and Dipper sighed sadly.

"Okay, just be careful, I don't trust anyone here." He said.

"Don't worry about me, this isn't the first trap Bill had put me through." Ford assured him and rushed off while Dipper sighed and walked in the opposite direction.

MEANWHILE: IN THE FEARAMID

The demons were groaning in pain as Bill floated back and froth in a pacing like manner.

"Alright, can anyone explain to me why, even with our newfound INFINITE POWER!" Bill cried and blasted lightening at the columns and the demons ducked for cover in fear. "None of us can escape the borders of this STUPID HICK TOWN!"

Bill then floated down on this throne and sighed. "There's some kind of force field keeping us in, but who would know how to fix it?" He questioned and then picked up Emily and thought for a moment and his eye flashed several images of Emily in Gravity Falls. "Hmm, I think you and I are overdue for a chat Emerald."

"Bill!" The triangle's eyes went back to normal as Keyhole rushed over to him. "Uh, sorry, Boss, but Gideon let the Pines family escape! They're inside Mabel's bubble as we speak!" He explained nervously, and too his surprise, Bill only laughed.

"Buddy, Mabel's bubble is the most diabolical trap I've ever created. It would take a will of titanium not to give into its temptation. Fetch me Gideon and take the rest of the day off. Things just got a little more interesting." Bill ordered as he turned to the Bubble eagerly.

BACK IN MABEL'S BUBBLE

Dipper was sitting in front of a river named 'Giggle Creek' while music was playing and a tree filled several plushies was dancing.

"Bum ba bum bo, I'm a stuffed animal tree..." He sang and the ones on his branches sang.

"He's a stuffed animal tee-hee-hee!"

Dipper's response was throwing a stone in the river causing it to skip while a child's giggle was heard.

"Ugh, even my stone skips are perfect!" He groaned in annoyance before sighing. "Who am I kidding? Maybe Mabel's right. It's a horror show out there. At least the air in here is breathable."

"D-Dipper?" A hoarse voice called over and Dipper turned and his eyes widened.

"Pacifica?!" He gasped seeing the blonde girl with ripped up clothes and messed up hair.

"Dipper is that you?" She asked in confusion. "Cause earlier I saw this guy who looked like you, but he was talking weird and riding a skateboard..." She was cut off by Dipper hugging her.

"I can't believe it! How'd you get here? What happened? Are you okay?!" He asked urgently and Pacifica laughed.

"Whoa, whoa. One question at a time." She said and the two sat down in the grass and she sighed.

"I got separated from my parents when this whole mess started and was wandering alone for a while. Then, the chains that were on this bubble that were in suddenly fell down. Since I recognized the symbol from one of Mabel's sweater, I had a feeling you had something to do with it. So I came here, and just started looking." She explained.

"Whoa, I'm so sorry Pacifica, I didn't see you in town...I was so scared everyone was captured..." Dipper apologized.

"Hey, it okay." Pacfica assured him. "I'm actually glad I found you now."

"Really why?" Dipper asked while blushing.

"Well, I'd be lying if I said I didn't feel something for you..." Pacifica said and her eyes started sparkling and Dipper's entire face flushed entirely.

"W-what? Are you serious?!" He asked and Pacifica inched closer.

"I am...and this place is a lot safer than out there. We can all be happy here. Doesn't that sound nice?" She asked and Dipper started sweating nervously.

"What...no I mean...yes...but..." He stuttered and paused, this felt way too familiar to what happened earlier with his friends, Dipper clutched his head and squeezed his eyes close.

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH! THIS ISN'T REAL!" He cried in agony and opened his eyes to see 'Pacfica' turn into a swarm of snakes and hiss as they slithered away in multiple directions and they sky then darkened.

"AHHHHHHHHH!" Dipper screamed, backing away from the snakes and the tree then turned to him, looking a lot more menacing.

"You shouldn't have done that, Dippeerrrr! We're watching you." The tree warned as the plushies turned, revealing one giant yellow glowing eye.

"THERE ARE EYES EVERYWHERE." They echoed and the sky suddenly brightened and Dipper heard a bell ring and turned it see Sev'ral Timez riding on a long bike.

"Hey, Dipper!" Each of them greeted as they rode by and Dipper turned back to the tree.

"Dup a dup dup I'm a stuffed animal treeee..." It sang happily and Dipper started panting as he backed away.

"Oh my gosh. This is crazy. Um...I'm losing my mind. We have to get out of here. We have to go back. To the real WORLD!" He exclaimed and his voice echoed through the bubble and everyone gasped.

With Ford, who was examining the wall of the bubble he heard Dipper's voice and his eyes widened.

"Oh no, Dipper!" He turned and attempted to rush over to him, but was caught by two floating waffles and lifted slightly off the ground and 'Emily' revealed herself while laughing.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Sorry Sixer, but I can't have you getting in the way of Pine Tree's banishment." She taunted, her Bill like eyes glowing menacingly.

"Let me go you fake!" Ford cried angrily and 'Emily' laughed.

"Aw, I'm real enough for Mabel, she wanted Emily here, and I'm just what she asked for." She smirked, gesturing to herself.

"You won't get away with this!" Ford exclaimed and 'Emily' chuckled.

"Oh I think I will, Dipper may be banished, but you're not going anywhere. I'll make sure of that." She said and turned around an snapped her fingers and the Waffle guards followed her carrying Ford away.

Back with Dipper, he was tackled down by two other waffles.

"Hey!" He cried and struggled under their grasp.

"Under Article Smiley Face of Exhibit Squeaky Duck, you are hereby accused of breaking our one rule: Mentioning Reality." The waffle explained and the crowd started muttering amongst themselves.

"Prepare to be banished from this land FOREVER." A portal to the outside world appeared and the Waffle's pulled Dipper over to it.

"MABEL! You're smarter than this! Bill has you hypnotized or something! Are you really gonna let them banish me?!" Dipper called over to Mabel, who was watching the scene unfold.

"No! Of course not; that's my brother, guys! There's gotta be another way." She said sternly.

"Very well. If Dipper wishes to stay, he must plead his case in the ultimate trial. Of Fantasy vs. Reality." The Waffle guard announced and noticed a large bite was taken out of him.

"Hey! Seriously!?" He cried in annoyance and looked to Soos, who's face was covered in syrup.

"It was him." He whispered, gesturing to a stuffed rhino.

MEANWHILE: IN AN UNKNOWN LOCATION

(Emily's P.O.V)

I felt like I was on my back...and peaceful. It felt perfect. I didn't want to leave...but I had to...why did I have to leave? Everything was perfect right now. The last thing I remember was...wait...

"Urg...huh?...where am I?" My eyes opened slowly and a familiar ceiling appeared above me, one I did not think I'd see for a long time.

"What?" I gasped and shot up from my bed and looked around at the room in shock.

"I'm back?" I gasped in disbelief...this was my old room. "No, it couldn't have been a dream!"

"It wasn't." I turned to the side and saw someone I didn't think I'd see for a long time.

"Georgia?" I gasped and she nodded before laughing.

"Hey sis." She greeted and I rushed over to her side of the room and pulled her into a hug that she returned.

"I can't believe its you...I thought..." I cried and let the tears stream down my face.

"It's okay, I'm here..." She said softly and rubbed my back gently.

"B-but how?" I asked, breaking the hug and wiping my tears away and she sighed.

"It's complicated...but I'm sure you have some idea of where you are now." She said and I thought for a moment and noticed that neither of us were wearing our necklace. I then turned to the window between our beds and instead of seeing the outside of our orphanage I saw swirling green colors, and everything clicked.

"I got captured by Bill, and this is my mind right?" I asked, and she nodded.

"Yeah, and I'm just surprised I was allowed to meet you halfway." She replied and sat down on her bed and gestured for me to sit down next to her. I did and sighed heavily, feeling the tension leave me. Though that feeling didn't last long.

"You should have been there with me the whole time, I have so much to tell you!" I said urgently and she laughed, I smiled, not realizing how much I missed that laugh.

"I'm caught up, trust me." She assured me and gave me a knowing look. "I can tell you have a lot on your mind though."

"You have no idea..." I laughed before sighing again. "I guess I wish I changed more things, I had that ability..."

"Well, why didn't you?' Georgia asked.

"Cause I...I was scared. I knew everything that was supposed to happen, and I was scared that if I changed things, they'd be unpredictable...and I wouldn't be able to do anything...you should have been the one to come...you would have done a lot better." I groaned and fell back on the bed.

"Hey, none of that." Georgia told me and pulled me back up. "You were brought for a reason, I knew you would do great, even without me, and you did!"

"Wait...you knew?" I questioned and Georgia bit her lip nervously and I remembered the first day I wore the necklace.

"You were the one who made that wish, the one I heard before I was sent to Gravity Falls...but why?" I asked and Georgia sighed sadly.

"Emily, I can't tell you...I'm sorry." She said.

"But why?" I repeated and she looked down sadly. Like she knew this would happen, and how she couldn't answer me. The ground suddenly started to shake and we stood up in shock.

"What's happening?" I asked, while looking around in confusion and noticed that the outside of the room was flickering.

"Bill. He must be waking you up." Georgia concluded and the top of the room started to crack.

"What? No! There's so much I need to tell you and ask you and..." I felt tears in my eyes and Georgia pulled me into another hug.

"Hey, its okay. It's gonna be okay." She assured me and I tightened the hug. "You got this."

"Yeah...but..."

"No buts, expect the ones your gonna kick." She joked and I laughed and we both looked each other again as each of the walls were filled with webs of fractures.

"Goodbye Georgia, I love you." I said, the tears finally stopped falling and she smiled back at me.

"Goodbye Emily, I love you too." She said we both faded away.

I gasped as I felt my body be able to move again and looked around to see a familiar room and groaned in annoyance. It was the penthouse.

"Oh, this ain't happening!" I said and began to walk away, only to find that I was in some familiar looking blue chains holding me back that were concreted to cuffs on all of my limbs, not only that, but I was in a black dress with an underskirt that had a yellow brick design. Also there were pretty, but weird, gold accessories in my hair.

"You've got to be kidding me." I groaned and heard a piano play and turned to see Bill floating up while playing on a classic piano.

"We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when! Oh I know we'll meet again some sunny day!" Bill sang and I glared.

"Wow, you can play a piano...so impressive." I deadpanned and rolled my eyes as Bill laughed.

"Aw, come on Emerald, lighten up! I brought you to the penthouse after all!" Bill laughed while floating around me a twirling his cane.

"Yeah, sorry if I'm not impressed by the top you pyramid, furniture made of human flesh, being chained up, and this ridiculous dress you put me in!" I cried angrily.

"Hey, I think it looks nice, but now that you mention it your necklace does clash with the outfit, how about I..." Bill reached for the necklace and I slapped his hand away from it.

"Touch that and pay the price." I growled. "I'm not scared of you!"

"Ooh, I like this new side of yours. Feisty." Bill complemented and I rolled my eyes in annoyance. "Anyway, I was hoping you and I could have a little chat."

"Really, it wouldn't have anything to do with the fact your little take over is stuck inside Gravity Falls." I smirked and Bill's eye widened.

"How did you know about that?" Bill asked suspiciously and I smirked.

"You have your secrets and I have mine." I replied, folding my arms. "And no, I don't know why you can't leave and BIG NO, I won't help you try and leave."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Before you go and make these claims, listen up. I can control, space, matter, and now with that dumb baby out of the way, time as well!" Bill explained and showed off his powers.

"Yeah, I get it, and I don't care. You destroyed your own dimension, and I'm not letting you destroy this one!" I spat and Bill froze.

"How did you...URG, WHY WON'T YOU TELL ME HOW YOU KNOW EVERYTHING!?" Bill exclaimed angrily.

"BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO! DEAL. WITH. IT." I retorted, struggling against my chains.

"You think you can keep me at bay! HA! I am the most powerful being you'll ever see!" He cried and I groaned.

"I DON'T CARE! I'm not helping you, neither will Ford, Gideon, or anyone else you made a deal with! You will be defeated!" I cried.

"And what makes you so sure of that?" Bill asked while laughing.

"Cause I know you do! You may be powerful, but the people of Gravity Falls will stop you. Ford, Dipper, Wendy, and Soos are in Mabel's bubble. They got there because Gideon let them, it was his choice, and he chose to go against you to save someone he cares about. Now, it's only a matter of time before they free Mabel from your little prison, and take you down!" I declared and Bill was still for a moment before laughing.

"Hahaha...ahahahahaha...AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You really are confident aren't you?" Bill asked, wiping a tear from his eye.

"Y-yes, I am!" I said, taken aback by his laughter and Bill glared at me and snapped his fingers and I fell through the ground and fell onto a new level. It looked like a dungeon and Bill floated to the outside of the cage peering through the bars and gestured behind me.

"Why don't you turn around and see if you're still right." Bill said and I turned around and gasped.

"Nate..." I gasped seeing he was still frozen in stone, and rushed over, but was pulled back by the chains and struggled to reach him.

"No!" I cried, pulling against my chain, but they were strong and my arms and legs were straining against the cuffs.

"You see Emerald, this is what happens to people who try and play hero." Bill taunted and tears welded up in my eyes.

"Nate...I'm so sorry. I should have told you about everything sooner, I was scared...but I'm not anymore." I said with determination.

"Uh hello? Making a point over here!" Bill interrupted and I didn't pay him any attention.

"I'll save you Nate! You, Wendy, Dipper, Mabel, Soos, and everyone I care about! I promise! I love you!" I cried and tears streamed down my face and suddenly the chains started to crack with green fractures. I pulled against them with all my strength and I was free and stumbled onto Nate and wrapped him in a hug as tight as I could.

"Please Nate..." I whispered and Bill groaned.

"Okay this is getting sappy." He complained and I ignored him.

I just hugged Nate and felt my necklace pulse softly and looked up at him. I gasped and noticed that the stone around him was starting to fade. I held him at arms length and stared as he slowly came back to normal and gasped loudly.

"Whoa what?" He looked from side to side then looked up at me. "Emily?"

"H-hey Nate." I laughed and he pulled me into a hug.

"I'm so glad you're okay..." He paused and let go of the hug and looked around. "Wait, where are we? And what are you wearing?"

"In a place called Fearamid and this is a dress that was magically put on me." I deadpanned.

"Yeah, it really clashes with the necklace." Nate joked and we laughed.

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!" Bill cried and we clung to each other while turning towards him and he glared angrily. "WHY DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING?!"

"Okay, who is that?" Nate asked.

"That would be Bill." I sighed and rubbed my head. "He's the cause of all this."

"The Illuminati's mascot is the reason we are trapped and why I was turned to stone?" Nate asked and I chuckled.

"Yeah, pretty much." I said.

"ENOUGH!" Bill cried, causing the area to shake. His eye then started to glow blue and was aimed at us. "You to like each other so much? FINE! Let's see how you like being stuck together for an ETERNITY!"

Nate and I clung onto each other and braced for impact, but when Bill blasted his beam, nothing happened. To us at least, my clothes went back to normal and I sighed happily.

"Oh thank goodness, I'm back to normal!" I cheered and Bill looked shocked.

"What?!" He gasped in disbelief, and tried again, but nothing happened to us.

"Okay, what did he do to us? Cause I feel nothing." Nate asked and Bill groaned in annoyance.

"You know what? FINE! I don't have to turn you two into stone right now anyway. Once I get my hands on Sixer, I'll find a way to leave this dang town and rule this galaxy!" Bill declared.

"Yeah, sorry to break it to ya, but I highly doubt Ford will want to do you a favor." I taunted and Nate laughed. However, Bill didn't see the humor in it and glared.

"Save it Emerald, once I rule this world, you'll be BEGGING to be by my side. See ya love!" He waved before turning away laughing and I groaned angrily.

"I DON'T LOVE YOU!" I cried as loud as I could and walked over to the bars and saw that Bill had stopped and was simply floating in the air. The silence was very unnerving so I sighed and continued.

"I never loved you Bill, I thought I was making that clear, but clearly I need to tell you one more time. I don't love you, and I don't think you even love me. At least, not the way you're implying. I'm sorry for being so blunt, but I'm not sorry for how I feel. I love Nate." I turned to smile at Nate then turned back to Bill.

"That's the truth, go ahead and yell, threaten, torture me, or trap me in a prison bubble, but I can't change how I feel." I finished and Bill was only silent and Nate walked over to me.

"And I love you too, so please don't let him torture you." He half joked, half pleaded and I smiled and grabbed his hand, but felt the ground shake slightly and noticed Bill had his fist clenched and it was shaking slightly.

"Yes, you two love each other, isn't that just lovely! Pine Tree and Shooting Star love each other, Pine Tree also loves Llama (for some reason), Sixer and Fez love each other despite their constant bickering, and Shooting Star and Question Mark just loves everyone! EVERYONE IS HAPPY! HA! HA! HA!" Bill laughed hollowly as he turned a dark red and turned towards us.

"Well you know what? Love is for suckers! I'll have all the power in the universe in a matter of hours and nothing, least of all love, is gonna stop me!" He cried and snapped his fingers.

"88, get in here!" He ordered and the creature with 88 different faces came over.

"Yes boss?" He asked.

"Guard Emerald and the weirdo, don't let them escape...OR ELSE." Bill's voice echoed deeply as he changed back to normal.

"Sure thing!" 88 replied and Bill left us without a word. Nate and I exchanged a look for a moment before Nate spoke up.

"So...Bill likes you?" He asked and I sighed, walking away from the bars in annoyance, mainly so we could talk without 88 listening to our every word.

"It's not like that, yes he's shown an interest in me, and yes he's flirted with me before, but I have this gut feeling that...it's not love." I explained and sighed.

"Whoa...feels like Bill has a whole bunch of stuff to unpack himself before he starts pursuing a relationship." Nate commented and I laughed softly.

"Heh, yeah it seems like..." I paused and my eyes widened. "Huh..."

"Emily?" Nate asked, and I was silent for a moment thinking about what I really knew about Bill.

Most of his origins were a mystery to the fandom, well his character origins, his actual origins was Alex Hirsch looking at the eyeball of a pyramid and saying 'This is a good idea'. He was right, but still...Bill's actual character was made to be a mystery to the fans...wait a sec...I've been missing something...that poem...

"Emily, stay with me here!" Nate pleaded, shaking my shoulders slightly.

"What? Oh sorry, just got lost in thought..." I said and sighed. "We have to get out of here. Mabel needs us, and I'm worried that Bill is pulling a bunch of strings to keep her trapped."

"Okay, but I haven't thought of anything. I've been in stone for most of this whole thing..." Nate replied.

"Yeah we both were, around 3 days to be exact. Maybe more, I'm not sure."

"Wait, 3 days!?"

"Focus! We have to think of..." I paused when I heard something slightly familiar and frowned with determination.

"Emily, what's...?" I cut Nate off by covering his mouth with my hand and gestured for him to follow me towards the bars. We quietly walked over and 88 was floating/pacing back and forth in front of our cell and I looked around before hearing the noise again. I looked up and gasped seeing a single eye that I was really happy to see.

"Globby..." I whispered happily. No idea how he got here, but he was sneaking in the corner of the ceiling. I smiled and Nate say where I was looking.

"How did he...?" I cut him off since 88 was getting closer and suddenly got an idea.

"Hey! 87, do you know if we're getting any food soon? I'm starving!" I asked and 88 stopped passing.

"It's 88! And you'll get food when Bill says so!" He snapped and went back to pacing. I smirked to Nate, who saw what I was doing and smirked back.

"Yo 86, you know any good songs? If we're trapped in a cell, we might as well have a dance party." Nate asked and 88 stopped and turned back to us.

"It's 88! And no songs for you two! You're Bill's prisoners, so you don't get anything unless he says so!" He growled in annoyance.

"Geez 89, no need to get hostile, it was just a question." I said in a fake hurtful voice. He then was right in front of our cell and all his eyes were narrowed.

"I HAVE 88 FACES! GET IT RIGHT!" He demanded.

"Sorry 85, won't happen again." Nate apologized in a joking manner and he growled angrily.

"I think Bill will understand of one of you is missing a limb!" 88 opened one of his mouths and that's when Globby suddenly pounced on him while squealing.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH! GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF!" It cried as Globby wrapped all it's tentacles around him and opened his eye/mouth to start biting him. 88 floated around the room, knocking into several of the walls, but it hardly seem to phase Globby that much. He simply kept attacking and soon the screaming stopped and Globby crawled onto the bars and gurgled happily.

"Globby! Oh my gosh! I'm so happy to see you! How'd you get here?" I asked excitedly and Globby gurgled something else, but I couldn't understand him. I didn't mind, I was just glad he was okay.

"Whoa...Emily, did Globby just...eat the multi-face dude?" Nate asked in confusion and I looked around the area and there was no sign of 88. I turned back to Globby and he simply looked back at me.

"You haven't eaten since I last saw you, have you?" I asked and Globby nodded. "Well, glad to see you didn't eat a person."

"Okay, but how are we getting out of the cell? Usually guards have keys, but...well he didn't have one. Neither did that Bill guy." Nate asked and I thought for a moment before looking down at my necklace and thought long and hard. My mind raced as I remembered the battle against Bill in Stan's mind and I gasped.

"I have an idea, but it's a little weird." I said and closed my eyes as I started to concentrate.

I focused on the pulsing on my necklace and everything I was fighting for right now. Gravity Falls, Soos, Stan, Wendy, Nate, Pacifica, Mabel, Dipper, Ford and everyone in this town. Whether I was on good terms with them or not didn't matter. They were suffering under Bill's reign and I was going to save them! No matter what, this was my home, and I am going to save everyone here!

I bright flash of green appeared and surrounded me. With one push, I shattered the bars of the prison and the green glow surrounding my hands eventually formed a green sword and shield. The sword was a classic one you'd see any knight hold, just glowing green and slightly see through, while the shield was circular with an emerald like jewel in the center.

"Whoa..." Nate gasped, wide eyes and I smiled at him.

"Too much?" I joked playfully.

"Not at all." He smirked and Globby got onto my back and hugged me happily. I smiled and looked forward with determination.

"Time to send Bill a message." I declared in a serious tone and marched forward. Nate followed after me and grabbed one of the broken bars to use as a weapon. We eventually made our way to his throne room and saw Bill laughing with his henchmanics gleefully.

"I'm not worried about the barrier anymore. Once I tell ol' Sixer I'll trade Emerald for the means of escaping this town, his family will be BEGGING for him to take the deal!" He cried and I smirked while gripping my sword and shield.

"I wouldn't make that bet just yet." I called over and everyone turned to me and gasped.

"What?! How did you two get out, and where's 88?!" Bill demanded and Nate looked over to Globby.

"I'd say halfway through the digestive system." He commented, Globby then burped before growling menacingly and Bill groaned.

"Pyronica, can you please take care of this." He said, waving his hand dismissively and the fire demoness laughed before rushing towards me and I smirked.

"Have it your way." I shrugged and ran towards her. Everything suddenly felt in slow motion. She aimed a fireball at me, which I managed to dodge and raised my sword before slicing off her left horn. I felt that I was returned to normal speed and turned to see her horn on the ground and she lifted her hand up to her horn and gasped.

"Ow! That hurt!" She whined in annoyance.

"Sorry, but I'm not sorry." I sassed and Bill laughed.

"Nice show Emerald, but all you're doing is proving that your nickname suits you." He taunted and I turned towards him.

"You're right, you do call me Emerald, but I'm making it more than that. Emerald is going to be the name of the one who saves this town and stops you!" I declared and Bill laughed.

"We'll see about that. Hencemanics, GET THEM!" Bill ordered and they rushed towards us.

"Oh and 8-ball, Teeth, you two are owed a snack, go ahead and eat the weird kid with the dumb hat." Bill added.

"Hey!" Nate protested.

"Globby, knock his teeth out." I said quickly and Globby lunched himself onto Teeth, who screamed in agony and Nate whacked 8-ball with the metal bar.

"RAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" I turned to face Bill's minions and quickly blocked several of their attacks with my shield and aimed my sword at Paci-Fire's horns and it only chipped at his horn and I quickly dodged the several demons and rushed over to Bill's throne. I dodged Xanther's foot and continued running.

"EMILY LOOK OUT!" A voice cried out and I quickly ducked as Keyhole tried to grab me and he fell to the ground. I turned to the source of the voice and saw it was Gideon who was already forced to dance in a cage for Bill.

"Gideon! Hang on! I'll get you out!" I called up and dodged another attack from Pyronica, clearly she was annoyed I sliced her horn clean off.

"Forget about me! You just get out of here!" Gideon cried. I breathed heavily.

"Not happening, we're getting you out of here!" I argued and used my shield to block an attack from Kryptos.

"DANG IT WILL YOU LET ME DO SOMETHING GOOD FOR ONCE!" Gideon cried in annoyance as he continued dancing. "The Pines need you! I'll be fine! Just go!"

"Uh, how are we getting out of here?" Nate asked as he kicked 8-Ball to the ground and I heard pounding on the outside on the pyramid everything began to shake. I then heard...chewing?

"What the?" I asked and the wall near Nate started to crumple and I gasped as I saw the giant Gompers chewing the bricks and he baaed loudly.

"Nate, Globby, hop on!" I urged and Nate grabbed Globby before he rushed over to Gompers and turned to see Bill and his minions were blocking the throne of agony and I glared angrily.

"We'll be back for Gideon, I PROMISE!" I vowed and Gideon forced a smile through his exhausting dance.

"I know you will, just save the Pines!" He urged and I rushed over to Nate, who had his hand out.

"COME ON!" He called and Bill growled.

"STOP HER!"

I rushed over to Nate and released my grip on the sword and shield, allowing them to disappear in thin air and jumped up to grab Nate's hand and we slid down Gomper's back, who was on his hind legs before he got on all fours and ran away from the pyramid. The demons just watched us from the Fearamid and I smirked as I stuck my tongue out at Bill, who glared back. I just turned around as Gompers ran. The wind brushed through my hair and I turned to Nate who smiled at me as Globby latched onto my back.

"So, where to?" He asked and I turned towards Mabel's bubble with determination.

"Mabel's bubble, and we gotta hurray."

"Then let's do this." Nate said and gripped my hand and thanks to Gompers we made it there very quickly and we dismounted. I turned to Gompers and gave him a pat.

"Thanks boy, we can handle things from here. You keep protecting the people." I said and he baaed again before rushing off.

"So, we're going in?" Nate asked, staring at the giant bubble and I nodded.

"Yeah, we are." I sighed and he gripped my hand and we smiled at each other before walking in.

"Are you sure this is the right bubble? Cause it feels like we entered a magic wonderland that never saw a rainy day." Nate asked as we looked around.

"It's not that kind of prison." I explained and looked around. "Something doesn't feel right."

"Well, maybe it has to do with everyone going to the courthouse?" Nate suggested and pointed towards the courthouse and I gasped.

"Wait, the trial just started?" I questioned.

"What?" Nate asked and I turned to another direction getting a bad feeling in my stomach.

"Somethings wrong, I think Ford's in trouble. Come on!" I urged and rushed off with Nate close behind me.

I just hope we wouldn't be too late.

(Third Person)

"I think you'll find this more of a prison that you're used to." 'Emily' taunted as Ford was chained up against a wall in the basement of the sandcastle Mabel's office was. The fake's eyes glowing a yellowish color as she smiled menacingly.

"If you think you can keep me here, you got another thing coming." Ford warned as he struggled against the chains.

"I don't need to hold you here forever, just until Pinetree looses his case in the trial, he was doomed from the start. Such a shame, you could have all lived here peacefully and without a care in the world, you just had to throw it all away." 'Emily' laughed.

"Why is it so important to you that I stay?" Ford asked, curiosity getting the better of him.

"You have information Bill doesn't want getting out, at least not yet. And perhaps Pinetree suffering under his rule may help you come to your senses and help Bill." She explained and Ford glared.

"NO!" He cried, pulling against his chains and the demoness laughed loudly.

"Well this is entertaining." She smirked.

"You won't get away with this." Ford said sternly. "Mabel will see through your lies eventually!"

"I don't think so, I was created to make sure I am everything she'd ever want...and I can even make that possible for you." 'Emily' smirked and Ford's eyes widened.

"What do you...?"

"Oh what am I saying? There isn't anyone you love besides yourself! Fiddleford, you let go mad and ignored all his warnings about the portal! Then there's your brother, who you let get kicked out of the house all alone, and when he spent so many years of his own pathetic life trying to bring you back...the first thing you do when the two of you are reunited is punch him! And I highly doubt you kept in contact with your parents or made any friends in Gravity Falls." She taunted and Ford's head lowered in guilt and she turned back to him.

"And yet...there is something no...someone that you care deeply about, but you lost them long ago..." She mused thoughtfully and turned to Ford while grinning eagerly as Ford's eyes widened in horror.

"Oh there is! Who is it? This is something Bill would like to know!" 'Emily' cried in excitement. However, Ford kept his mouth shut, causing her to glare.

"Fine, you don't want to talk, I can figure it out for myself." She smirked and her eyes glowed brighter.

"Who's your weakness Sixer?" She asked and Ford squeezed his eyes shut.

"I'll never tell!" He vowed.

"I'm afraid its too late for that." 'Emily' taunted and the ground started to shake and she groaned.

"Now what?!"

The walls were then burst through revealing the real Emily, Nate and Globby glaring with determination. There was think layer of dust, so they couldn't see clearly, and the fake smirked and quickly shifted her form to someone Ford didn't recognize.

"Whoever you are, let Ford go!" Emily cried, sword and shield out, the dust then cleared and her eyes widened.

"Now Emily, you wouldn't hurt your own sister, would you?" 'Georgia' asked, giving a pleading look and Emily lowered her weapons and walked over in defeat.

"You're right, I wouldn't." She said sincerely and Nate's eyes widened.

"That's right, everything is..." 'Georgia' was then cut off by a green sword being struck through her chest and she let out a choked gasp.

"You aren't my sister." Emily said and retracted her sword and the fake figure turned to black mush and Emily glared down at it.

"Whoa, that was awesome...and...hey, you okay?" Nate asked and saw that Emily was crying.

"That didn't make me feel any better." She said simply, letting her weapons turned to thin air and Nate gave her a quick hug and she returned it before turning to Ford.

"Hang on, we'll get you down!" She said sincerely and managed to pull the chains off of Ford. She and Nate helped him down and he sighed.

"Thank you...wait, is that really you?" He questioned, still uneasy.

"Yeah, it's me. Not sure how to prove it, but I'm the actual Emily, and that's the actual Nate." Emily assured him and Ford glanced down at her necklace and sighed before his eyes widened.

"Oh no, Dipper's in trouble! He's going on trial and is going to be banished is we don't hurry!" He cried. "He's the only one that can convince Mabel to leave!"

"Well, at least you see that they have an unbreakable bond." Emily mumbled before sighing as they exited the sand castle. "You're right, Dipper is the only one that can convince Mabel to leave, and we better hurry to the courtroom. I have a feeling when Mabel breaks free from this worlds hold, it'll end up being harder to leave."

"Okay, sounds like a plan, slight problem though. There's some burnt waffles heading towards us." Nate said and pointed to several floating waffle guards that had lost their color and glaring menacingly.

"Huh, they do look burnt." Emily commented and turned to Ford.

"Nate and I will hold them off, you get to the court house and help Dipper. Just support him in any way you can." She said sternly and Ford's look was shocked, but quickly became determined and he nodded before running off and Emily stood next to Nate and summoned her weapons again.

"Let's kick these breakfast rejects to the trash." She said and sighed. "That was not as clever as I thought it was..."

"I liked it..." Nate tried and Emily gave him a playfully nudge as Globby climbed on her back.

"Don't lie." She joked and they charged at the Waffles with a battle cry.

IN THE COURTROOM

Everyone was gathered in their seats. Including Soos and Wendy. Duck-Tective even made an appearance and sat next to Soos before grabbing his shirt.

"Seriously, Mabel? You're letting them take our argument to court?" Dipper questioned in disbelief. Kinda annoyed that it had to come to this.

"Hey, I didn't make the rules in Mabeland." She shrugged and Dipper glared.

"Yes, you did! There's a tapestry of you making the rules!" He gestured above to said tapestry.

"All rise! For the honorable Judge Kitty Kitty Meow Meow Face-Shwartstein." A giraffe in a police uniform announced and the judge emerged from a giant scratching post and climbed to the top and banged his squeaky gavel.

"Order! Order! This trial begins right meow!" He declared and noticed the loose string and started batting it while purring. "Ooh! Hahaw! Oh!"

"Judge?" The giraffe coughed, getting the Judge's attention and he costed his throat.

"Sorry, sorry. We are here to try Dipper Pines in the case of fantasy vs. reality." He announced as they two different words appeared, one in great detail, the other being plain boring. "If Dipper wins, Mabel will return with him to the real world! But if he loses he will be banished forever! And replaced with town darling, Dippy Fresh! Dippy, come on out."

"Flip-a-dip-dip!" Dippy Fresh cried as he flipped his hat and posed for the crowd as Dipper glared.

"I hate him. So. much!" He growled whole pounding the table he sat at.

"The final decision will be made by a jury of your peers." Judge Kitty announced and Mabel clapped her hands, allowing 6 copies of herself to appear in the jury stand.

"Hi there! I love your headband!"

"Shut your mouth, I love your headband!"

"We're all wearing the same headband!"

"Headbands!" The copies laughed happily and Dipper turned to his real sister.

"Look, Mabel, this whole thing is ridiculous. But if winning a trial is what it takes to get you to come home with us, then so be it." He declared.

"I'm sorry, Dipper, but I can only speak through my legal team now." Mabel said and the doors opened to reveal Xyler and Craz in suits, but sleeves ripped off.

"We have a doctorate degree in hunkiness!" Craz said proudly.

"Also criminal and international law." Xyler added and the doors suddenly burst open again.

"Dipper!"

"Grunkle Ford?" Dipper and Mabel gasped and Ford rushed over to them.

"Are you two aright?" He asked and Judge Kitty slammed his squeaky gavel down.

"Order! Order! Excuse me sir, but this is a trial, and you can't just interrupt..."

"No, it's okay! He's my legal team!" Dipper interjected quickly.

"Oh, well in that case he can stay." Judge Kitty shrugged and cleared his throat. "Let's hear openin' statements for the Fantasy side."

"Are you sure about this?" Ford whispered to Dipper as he sat down.

"Yes, trust me." Dipper whispered back as Xyler began talking.

"Your honor, townsfolk, lovely ladies of the jury." He turned to the Mabel copies, who squealed happily.

"Oh, he's talking about us!" One squealed as another rolled out of her seat.

"We're not that lovely." Another gushed.

"My case is simple: this very unrighteous dude thinks that reality is better than fantasy.l Craz explained and a board appeared as Craz pulled out a stick. "But reality is bogus, lame and whack."

"Objection your honor, that's conjecture." Dipper protested.

"Agreed!" Ford added, pounding his fist on the table.

"Meowverruled." Judge Kitty said, brushing it aside, much to Ford's annoyance.

"I'd like to show you this 'reality' that Dipper loves so much, and show you how it has wronged my client, and Dipper, their entire lives." Xyler said and was about to take something out of his briefcase.

"Hold on, I haven't made my opening statement!" Ford argued, standing up. The courtroom murmured amongst themselves and Judge Kitty sighed.

"I suppose you have a point, go on make your opening statement." He said while halfheartedly waving his paw.

"Thank you...I think." Ford said as he walked over to the front of the courtroom and cleared his throat.

"Okay, I know that fantasy may seem like it is better than reality on the surface, but if everything is perfect, you never accomplish anything! You never feel that satisfaction when you win something after working hard on it for a long time. You feel better about yourself when you work to achieve something. Yes, you will fail something, but that doe not mean you should give up!" Ford finished and then entire courtroom was silent and even seemed bored by his statement.

"Well...that was...an opening statement." Judge Kitty commented. "Please take your seat."

"Seriously? That's all you have to say?" Ford questioned and got no response from anyone so he walked back to his seat and Xyler resumed speaking.

"Anyway, here's my Exhibit A." He explained and pulled out something very familiar to the twins as the crowd muttered in shock.

"Mabel's scrapbook." Xyler then flipped through the book and stopped at a certain page. "Second grade. October tenth."

The scene around everyone such change to one of the past. The outside of Eggbert Elementary and Dipper's eyes widened in realization.

"Photo day..." He murmured and Ford glanced at him and Mabel before turning to see a younger Dipper and Mabel, who were waiting in line for their photos along with the other children.

"Darn allergies." A younger Dipper sniffled as his twin put on a slap bracelet with many others on her arm.

"Boom! A million slap bracelets! I'm gonna have the best photo ever! And how d'you like my new pigtaaailllls?" She cheered and waved her braided pigtails around happily.

"Have fun, brat!" A girl spat as she stuck a piece of gum in young Mabel's hair, causing the other kids to laugh.

"Ah! Gum! You ruined my hair! Dipper, what do I do?" Young Mabel cried and turned to her bother with tears in her eyes.

"Um, well, I, um. I don't..." Dipper stuttered and watched helplessly as his sister ran away in tears. "Mabel!"

"Mabel's fantasy was having a great school photo, but reality had other plans." Craz said sadly and Dipper glared.

"Look, that was one bad day!" He protested.

"One of many. February fourteenth, fourth grade. Valentine's Day." Xyler added, while reading through the scrapbook and Dipper's eyes widened.

"Oh, come on, man, you can't." He pleaded and the scene changed to a classroom were Mabel was looking through her bag of valentines and smiled at seeing the cards and turned to her brother.

"How many valentines did you get, Dipper?" She asked and Dipper shook his bag and his smile faded as no cards came out and a kid started laughing.

"Oh, hey, haha! Dipper didn't get any! Oh, man, I thought I was the class loser! Hey, everyone, Dipstick didn't get any!" He cried and the entire class beside Mabel laughed and pointed at an embarrassed Dipper.

"Dipstick! Dipstick! Dipstick!" They chanted and Dipper rushed out of the classroom, tripping on a wastebasket before running out the door.

"I can't believe that kid's your brother." The kid who started it all laughed to Mabel, who started at her cards sadly. Ford turned to Dipper sadly.

"I'm sorry that happened...I know what that's like." He said softly and the scene changed back to the courtroom. Dipper then glared at Xyler and Craz.

"Hey, what's the point of all this? That was in the past!" He questioned and Xyler turned the scrapbook towards him.

"Is your life any better now, bro? Heartbreak, disaster, broken promises. That's reality for you." Xyler explained and the scrapbook flashes to several images of emailer that summer before closing the scrapbook.

"Out there, it's nothing but heartbreak. But in here, who wants pug sundaes?!" Craz cried and the Jury of Mabel's each got a pug shaped ice-cream and licked in unison.

"Hand me a microphone, Xyler." Craz said and Xyler handed him one, then it was dropped to the floor with a serious look on his face as Ford facepalmed.

"Totally righteous, bro!" Xyler cried and Craz gasped.

"Are we brothers?"

"I don't know!"

"Well, I think we're ready for a verdict." Judge Kitty said while, batting a loose string.

"Wait! I haven't even presented my case!" Dipper protested.

"Yes, this is completely outrageous!" Ford agreed while angrily pounding on the spitball while standing up.

"Do you even have a case?" Judge Kitty asked and Ford turned to Dipper and bent down to whisper.

"Listen Dipper, I don't think...no...I know I can't convince Mabel to leave here, but you can. You know your sister better than anyone in the entire universe...you can do this." He said sincerely and Dipper turned to Mabel who was humming to herself while leaning back in her chair. He then went over to the judge, filled with confidence.

"Yes, I do, your honor. I call as a witness: Mabel Pines!" He declared and the crowd gasped.

"Uh, objection?" Mabel pleaded.

"I'll allow it. Us cats are famously curious. Meow meow." Judge Kitty said and Mabel walked over to the stand while the crowd murmured in confusion to one another. Dipper then approached his sister and took a breath.

"Mabel, listen. I might not have all the answers. I'm not stylish, and I'm not cool, and I can't make pugs appear out of thin air." Dipper began as he gestured to the residents of Mabel land.

"Boo!" A jury Mabel cried.

"What, come on!?"

"GUILTY!"

"But I know one thing well, and that's you. And I know that although you might act like it, you don't wanna be in this fantasy world." Dipper said with sincerity and Mabel's eyes widened.

"Uh, pffsh, yeah right." She replied, attempting to wave it off.

"You're scared. Of growing up. And who could blame you; I'm scared, too." Dipper continued, causing Mabel to panic and cover her ears.

"Uh, LALALALALALA I'M NOT LISTENING! GUARDS! FOAM FINGERS!" She ordered and waffle guards stuck foam fingers in her ears. That did not stop Dipper.

"Look, real life stinks sometimes, okay, I'm not gonna lie. But there's a better way to get through it than denial, and that's with help from people who care about you. It's how we've gotten through our whole lives. Just look." Dipper then flipped through the scrapbook and it was back to picture day with a crying Mabel in front of the camera and a younger dipper approaching her excitedly.

"Mabel! I figured out a way to fix your photo!" He cried.

"What? You have a wig?" Mabel asked.

"No, but I have a razor!" Dipper smiled eagerly and shaved a line of his hair away.

"Haha! You're crazy!" Mabel laughed and did the same with her hair, shaving the gum away and the two pose for the camera. Ford watched with minor shock (where did he razor from?) and felt himself give a small smile.

Mabel, meanwhile, gestured to the guards to lower the foam fingers from her ears. Dipper turned the page in the scrapbook and the scene shifted to the Valentine's Day with him hiding in the janitors closet. Something was slid underneath the door and the young Dipper turned and picked up revealing it was a giant heart made from all of Mabel's Valentine's and the back read: For My Favorite Brother.

"We've always been there for each other." Dipper said as the scene changed back to the courtroom and he showed a Mabel the scrapbook and several pictures of the summer appeared in it. Summerween, the Sock Oprea, Mabel using her grappling hook to heave them. Dipper then put it down and turned to his sister.

"Mabel, I thought you were living a fantasy, but look at me! I actually thought I was gonna stay here and be Ford's apprentice! Spend my entire teens cooped up in a basement with a labcoat? How ridiculous is that? I don't know what's gonna happen in the future, but whatever it is, you don't have to fear because we'll do it together. I'm not taking Ford's apprenticeship. We've traveled to Heck and back to get you and we're goin' back together. Leave this fantasy world. Let's beat Bill and grow up together." Dipper urged and held out his hand.

Ford, didn't feel angry at all, instead he was proud. Proud to be the Great Uncle of these two. The crowd, on the other hand, was muttering to themselves.

"ORDER! ORDER!" Judge Kitty cried as he hit the mallet, only for it to squeak. "ORDER IN THE COURT! DANG IT why is this hammer squeaky?!"

"You mean it? You're really coming home with me?" Mabel asked, voice filled with hope.

"Yes. Definitely. Absolutely. Awkward sibling hug?" Dipper asked and the crowd shrieked in horror, causing Ford to turn to them with a suspicious glare.

"Just don't do it!" A blue bird pleaded.

"DON'T DO IT!" Craz yelled.

"You do this and it's all over!" Judge Kitty warned, but Mabel was not listening, she merely held her arms open to her twin.

"Sincere sibling hug." She said and the two hugged.

"DON'T DO THE PATS!" Judge Kitty cried, voice falling on deaf ears.

"Pat. Pat." The two said in unison and a ripple of light came out of their spot and blew the judge's wig away, benches fell over and the jury of Mabel's piped away. Dipper and Mabel let go of each other and Mable rubbed her eyes.

"Aw, man, I never noticed how bright this place is, ugh! Have I actually been listening to the same song for an entire week?" She asked and before anyone could answer something crashed through the window and groaned in annoyance.

"Man, that was the craziest battle I've done this month." Emily sighed as she rubbed her head and Nate adjusted his hat.

"Yeah, it's like one of those things that when you see it for the first time, it all happens so fast and you want to replay it over and get to find the little details you missed." He added and Emily have him a weird look.

"Not what I would have said, but I guess that works." She replied and patted Globby on the head.

"Emily?" Mabel asked and Emily gasped.

"Mabel! Dipper!" She cried and rushed to the twins who quickly tackled her into a hug.

"I'M SORRY! I'M SO SORRY! I MISSED YOU SO MUCH! I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED! I'M SORRY!" Mabel wept as she clung onto Emily with tears down her face.

"Hey, hey. It's okay, I'm here...I'm right here..." She assured them and Judge Kitty suddenly started meowing in a distressful manner. Mabel groaned and turned to him.

"What time to calm you down." She said and clapped her hands twice, only for nothing to happen. "Uh, why isn't this working?"

"Because your reign over this land is OVER!" Judge Kitty declared and split open to become a demonic ball of yarn.

"THAT IS NOT OKAY!" Nate cried and turned with the others to see the crowd (minus Xyler and Craz) turned discolored and had glowing red eyes.

"We gotta get out of here!" Mabel exclaimed.

"Sounds like a plan! Go!" Emily cried and Dipper turned to the others.

"Soo, Wendy, Grunkle Ford! Paradise is canceled!" He cried and they all rushed out of the courtroom to see Mabel land start to become discolored and unravel.

"Everyone get on!" Mabel urged as she got into a giant version of Waddles and once everyone was on, Mabel gave him a slap. "Take us to freedom, Giant Waddles! Yah!"

"What is it with us riding giant animals lately?" Nate asked as Waddles started booking it towards the edge of the bubble and Mabel turned to the others.

"Alright, guys, are you ready for this?" She asked and grabbed a giant knitting needle and pointed towards the edge.

"Sorry, Mabeland. It's time to burst your BUBBLE!" She cried as Waddles leapt into the air and the bubble quickly popped into confetti and everyone was now on the cliff, back in their normal clothing.

"Ugh. You all good, everyone good?" Mabel asked as Waddles shrunk back to normal size.

"I want my money back, that was a sucky vacation." Nate groaned and Emily gave him a playful punch in the arm. They laughed and Emily noticed that Wendy was glaring at her and she stood up awkwardly.

"Oh...hey...look I'm sorry about..." She was cut off by Wendy hugging her tightly.

"Don't you EVER scare me like that again!" She threatened and Emily returned to hug.

"I'm sorry, I really didn't think it end up this way. I'm glad you're okay." She said and Soos grabbed the two girl and lifted them up.

"I MISSED YOU GUYS!" He cried, tears streaming down his face. "Look at us, the Shack Employees Trio! Together again!"

"Soos, no one has ever called us that." Emily deadpanned, but needed up laughing. Dipper then gave Mabel a hug and Soos quickly joined them.

"We've missed you too Mabel." He said and Mabel turned to her brother.

"Hey, Dipper? I appreciate what you said back there, but if you want to take Ford's apprenticeship, I won't get in your way." She said sincerely and Dipper laughed.

"Psh. And miss out on your awkward teen years? You wish." He joked and the two laughed and Ford approached them.

"I owe you both an apology. I've been so caught up in protecting this world, I didn't consider your feelings about all this..." He said and bent down to them, placing an arm on each of their shoulders.

"I'll still be here when you are ready to join me and be my apprentice. When you're both ready." Ford said and the two hugged him tightly and the others smiled at them.

"Man, I went nuts back there. I mean come on. The real world can't be that bad, right?" Mabel asked and turned to the scenery around her and saw everything going down.

"Oh boy." She muttered.

"We shouldn't stay here too long, Bill will know the bubble is gone and I don't want to be here when his goons show up looking for us." Emily urged and the group headed down hill.

"How did you even escape from him?" Dipper asked.

"Long story...but I'm glad we made it to the bubble." Emily replied and Globby looked around and tightened his grip on Emily.

"Where is everyone?! Mabel asked, seeing no one around but them.

"The towns deserted." Wendy commented.

"Did Bill already win?" Soos asked.

"No, we may have been in the bubble for a while, but Bill couldn't have won yet." Ford said and Emily's eyes widened.

"That's right, Bill's stuck inside Gravity Falls, all his weirdness is trapped here." She explained and Ford gasped.

"Of course, Gravity Falls own law of weirdness! It attracts weirdness, and it must be keeping him inside, I've studied this years ago!" He exclaimed, with slight excitement.

"But he can still reek havoc on the town..." Nate added and the group went silent for a moment.

"Come on, guys. Let's see if we can still go hide out in the Shack." Dipper said and the group headed towards there and soon saw the familiar shack in the distance.

"Yes! It's in shambles! Just like we left it." Dipper cried happily.

"Thank goodness!" Emily sighed.

"Oh, man, this is the first time I've ever felt happy going to work." Wendy laughed as they rushed over.

"Hello, house. Hello, porch. Hello, wads of gum I left stuck to the couch." Mabel smiled as she hopped onto the couch eager. Dipper reached for the handle and stopped when he heard rustling from inside the Shack.

"Wait, what was that?" He whispered and picked up a gold club. "Ssh."

Wendy aimed her crossbow and Soos pounded his fist and Ford activated his blaster and Mabel held up her grappling hook Emily summoned her sword and shield, Nate grabbed a baseball bat and Globby growled and bared his teeth.

"Let's get 'em, dudes." Soos declared and Dipper kicked the door open.

"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" They cried.

"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!" A group of familiar people and creatures echoed, battle ready themselves, and everyone gasped.

"Stan?" Mabel and Dipper gasped.

"Kids?" Stan asked in disbelief and toilet flush was heard and the Multi-Bear walked out holding a pan empty roll.

"Just so everyone knows, we're out of toilet paper. Did I miss something?" He asked and Emily sighed.

"Okay let's do that again, but no toilet interruptions."

TO BE CONTINUED...

AUTHOR'S NOTE!

THIS WAS SO LONG! BUT TOTALLY WORTH IT! Now, I know a lot of stuff happened, and you might be over whelmed, and that's okay.

Special shout out to mew mew 124 aka Purple orchid 8863, whose dress design for Emily made a special appearance. Check out her deviant Art profile! She's also the artist who designed the cover! Thank you so much! Your art rocks!

I'm so close to finishing this story and it is awesome! The next chapter might be a while because it is going to be long and have a lot of stuff going on! Not to mention I also have school to deal with...

As always, please read and review! They all mean so much to me! Now, let's get to last chapter's.

Guest: I'm excited for what they do too!

Milky Boy Blue: The plan was to make Emily's switch with Ford unexpected. I has a feeling so people would predict when went with Dipper, and I wanted to play around with Emily in Bill's castle. I had fun writing that scene. Ford definitely has a bigger role in the next chapter, which I'm excited about!

mew mew 124: I knew Emily getting captured would throw people off, and I loved your outfit for that situation, I had the idea long before you posted it, and it all worked out. And Nate is okay! And with Emily, I honestly did not expected their relationship to become this popular among the fans, it makes me happy! Hope this was worth the wait! Sorry it took so long, but this was a really long one!