Chapter 24: Cipher of the Sock-Opera
(Emily's P.O.V)
Waking this morning, I felt so light on my feet. It was amazing, I got up without a hesitation, walked over to the Shack with a big dopey grin on my face. Seriously I was so happy. Guess you can say I'm in love. Yeah, today is gonna be great.
"Good morning everyone! How are you doing?" I asked as I entered the gift shop.
"Wow, someone's in a good mood." Soos commented as he was cleaning the window's.
"You better believe it Soos, the sun is shining, the sky is blue, the birds are chirping, and the flowers smell amazing! Today is just an amazing day!" I smiled as a got two soda's from the cooler and handed one to Wendy. She stared at me with a confused expression.
"Did Mabel give you her juice? Cause you're acting...different..." Wendy said.
"Wendy, I had an amazing time last night. The world just got a whole lot brighter." I explained simply and looked around, now noticing it was a bit too quiet in the Shack.
"Hey, where are the twins?" I asked as I took a sip on my drink.
"Oh, they went to the library to try out the author's laptop." Soos said and I nearly choked on my drink.
"Ahem, sorry what?" I asked, trying not to show my fear. Though I did mentally note that the theme song had happened.
"I fixed the laptop. Dipper and Mabel went this morning." Soos explained.
"Oh...okay. Well I guess I'll have to say good morning to them..."
"Mabel is back and has a mission of love!"
"...never mind they're back." I said as the twins rushed in.
"Guys I met a really cute guy and I need to make a puppet show by Friday. Oh, and the laptop needs a password!" Mabel blurted out. I blinked in response. Honestly, if I hadn't watched the episode and known what was going to happen, I would not have gotten that.
"That's...great. So Dipper, how is it going with the passwords?" I asked as Dipper typed a word in the laptop, causing the buzzer to sound.
"Ugh! It's not going well, an 8-letter word! That's all I need!" He groaned and I bit my lip thoughtfully and took a breath.
"This...might be a long shot, but what if the word isn't just any word, what's if it's a name?" I suggested and Dipper looked up from the laptop and thought for a moment.
"Hmm, that could be possible, even though I have no idea what the author's name is." Dipper said, muttering the last part and I sighed.
"Doesn't the Journal have some clue?" I asked.
"All the Journal and the laptop say is 'Property of F'. Guess that's a start." He said thoughtfully.
"Yeah, there ya go." I said and tossed the soda can in the trash pin and I felt my arm get tugged on multiple times. I turned to see an eager Mabel looking up at me with her eyes as wide as saucers. Basically the classic eye sparkle in cartoons.
"Yes?" I asked uncomfortably, and Mabel sighed and patted my arm.
"Oh Emily, Emily, Emily. Did you really think that I wouldn't ask about last night?" Mabel asked and my eyes widened and I blushed before looking away and brushing my hair out my face.
"AHHHHH! I knew it something happened! Tell me! Tell me! Tell me! TELL ME!" Mabel begged, jumping up and down and I scooped her up and spun her around playfully.
"What the magic word?" I asked jokingly as I placed her on my shoulders.
"Please! Come on! Don't leave your girl hanging!" Mabel pleaded and I laughed as I walked to the living room and placed her on the chair.
"If you must know, Nate and I...had our first kiss. There, you happy?" I asked and Mabel gasped and hugged me.
"Awwwwwww, that's amazing! You guys are gonna be a great couple, then your gonna get married and have a kid...!" Mabel then began rambling on the future she had planned for me and Nate and I rolled my eyes.
"Okay, slow down. Don't get ahead of yourself. Yes, it was my first kiss...wait a second...crap I forgot to tell Dipper!" I gasped and ran upstairs with Mabel following me.
"Dipper! Are you up here?" I called and I heard a loud 'beep' before reaching the attic.
"Yeah, he's up there!" Mabel nodded and I walked to the twins room and opened the door.
"Hey, Dipper I didn't get to tell...how are you surrounded by papers already!?" I gasped seeing Dipper in a classic 'I'm gonna solve this situation' scenario.
"Oh, hi guys. I didn't hear you come in." Dipper said, looking up from his work.
"Yeah, he's focused." Mabel deadpanned and I quickly pulled her in before closing the door.
"Listen, something happened last night and you two should know about it." I said, still axing the door.
"What happened?" Dipper asked, typing another word in the laptop and I turned to the twins, each sitting on their beds.
"It's...complicated, but the summary of it is that when I kissed Nate, my necklace started glowing and there was a...chant...I guess. When I went to bed, Bill came back but everything was all fuzzy. Like he couldn't keep the connection or something." I explained and Dipper shared a look with Mabel, who shrugged, and turned back to me.
"Emily, how much do you know about that necklace?" Dipper asked. I sighed and sat down next to Mabel.
"It was my sister's, Georgia, it's the only thing she had from her mother. Not counting a letter that was found with her. She gave it to me after she passed away. Then...well, it's been glowing a lot. Mainly when I got headaches, or hurt myself. That's about it." I explained.
"Hmmmm, well it doesn't seem like the necklace is dangerous. So make sure to keep it on you." Dipper said.
"I plan on it." I winked and walked downstairs.
This was gonna be one heck of a week.
I was right. Not only did we have to make dozens of puppets, but with Dipper getting lack of sleep he wasn't the best at sewing. He sewed his shirt to the machine, causing me to unplug the machine. I then helped make a puppet me, my favorite part was using a pipe cleaner and sequin to make my necklace. It was cute.
Now it's was Thursday and I was helping out with the puppets and the set for the show tomorrow night. I saw double checking all the stitches on the puppets as Mabel was explaining the show with Waddles having puppets on his ear and tail.
"Alright. This is gonna be called Glove Story: A Sock Opera. Just to warn you, people's eyes will get wet. Cause they'll be crying. From laughter! From how tragic it is." Mabel explained dramatically.
"So...do we pass out tissues or not?" I asked, making the puppet on my hand rub his head in confusion.
"Nah, everyone brings tissues to an Opera!" Mabel said, smiling proudly.
"Yeah, um. That's sounds great." Dipper said, prying socks from his face and coughing off several Pom-Poms.
"Come on, Dipper, you gotta roll with Mabel's craziness. It's what makes life worth living." Wendy said, as she dried some of the socks and music began to play.
"Puppet boy, Puppet boy, you're the boy I-"
"Loooooovvvvveeee!" We sang as Waddles squeaked along with us.
"Not even gonna ask." Stan deadpanned and I laughed.
"Okay, good for you Stan!" I called after him as he walked away. Later that night I was in the twins room and helping get an excited Mabel into bed.
"There, that's the last puppet. All of you are tucked in." I assured her as Mabel pounced in the sheets.
"I just can't believe tomorrow it the day!" She squealed and I rolled my eyes playfully.
"Okay, okay. Then get some sleep." I told her, booping her on the nose playfully. She laughed and I turned to Dipper, who was at the laptop.
"Dipper, don't make me take that away from you. It's important to get some sleep." I mock scolded him.
"What!? Pssh, I get sleep!" He protest.
"Hmmm, the fact that you feel asleep and got puppets glued to your face and Pom-Poms in your mouth says otherwise." I said and closed the laptop and placed it on the table between the twins.
"Emily! Come on! You never cared about my sleep this week!" Dipper whined, yep he's tired.
"That's cause I thought you were getting enough, guess I was wrong. You can look at the laptop with fresh eyes tomorrow, or better yet, this weekend after Mabel's show. Then you both cane look at it." I explained and gestured to Mabel saying goodnight to her 'babies'.
"She has a point Dipper, last time you got sleep deprived, you tried to eat your own shirt." Mabel added.
"But...but..." I cut Dipper off by tucking him in and ruffled his hair.
"Sleep, now." I ordered and turned off the light.
"Goodnight guys." I waved.
"Goodnight!" Mabel called before laying down.
"Goodnight." Dipper mumbled as he turned to face the wall. I sighed and closed the door and walked down the stairs.
"Let's hope Bill doesn't get to either of them tonight." I mutter and walked to my treehouse, fiddling with my necklace.
(Third Person)
Unfortunately, as soon as Emily closed the door, Dipper peaked his eye open and slowly got out of bed, taking the laptop and walked up to the roof and started trying more passwords. None of which were right.
"Ugh, I can't take that sound anymore." Dipper groaned and started pounding on the laptop.
"I. Hate. You. Sound." He growled and then yawned. "There has to be some shortcut or clue. Who would know about secret codes?" He wondered out loud.
He then suddenly felt a strong breeze and the laptop shut. Dipper suddenly felt threatened and stood up to look around as the moon appeared to become a spot light and an eye. Dipper gasped as several blue bricks formed around it, becoming Bill as the word, went black and white.
"I THINK I KNOW A GUY." Bill announced and Dipper simply gaped like a fish, clutching the laptop.
"Well, well, well. You're awfully persistent, Pine Tree. Hats off to you!" Bill said cheerfully and took off his hat, causing the work to become lopsided and Dipper nearly fell of the roof.
"AA! AAA! AAA! AAAAAAA!" He screamed before Bill placed his hate back on, adjusting the roof as Dipper fell back on his butt. "You again!" He hissed.
"Did you miss me? Admit it, you missed me." Bill said slyly, poking his face with a finger.
"Hardly. You worked with Gideon! You tried to destroy my uncles mind! And you've been haunting Emily all summer!" Dipper exclaimed.
"Okay, the first one was just a job kid! Nothing personal. And I haven't been hurting Emerald. She just choses to ignore me when I wanna chat. Any who, I've been keeping an EYE ON YOU since we first meant and I must say I'm impressed!" Bill explained, circling around Dipper.
"Really?" Dipper asked, still cautious.
"You deserve a prize! Here, have a head that's always screaming!" Bill offered and claps his hands making an actual screaming head appear.
"Aah! Aah! Aah!..."
"AAAAAH!" Dipper was more than a little disturbed as Bill got rid of the head by snapping his fingers and the head disappearing layer by layer as he laughed.
"The point is, I like you. How's about you let me give you a hint...OW! WHAT THE...?" Bill attempted to poke Dipper, but ended up being repelled by a green forcefield that surrounded Dipper.
"Huh...wha?" Dipper gasped as he looked at the field and placed his hands on it, but he didn't feel anything.
"Oh come on Emerald! YOU'RE MAKING THOS MORE DIFFICULT THEN IT NEEDS TO BE!" Bill exclaimed and shook his fist at the forest as Dipper stared.
"Okay, where was I?...blah...blah...blah...I'll give you a hint...oh right. I only ask for a small favor in return...Ug it would have been so much more dramatic if I wasn't interrupted!" Bill exclaimed and another green light appeared in the woods and Dipper recognized it as where Emily's treehouse was. He shook himself out of his trance.
"I'll never help you! Don't forget who defeated you last time!" Dipper exclaimed. Bill scoffed and was about to retort when a growl was heard from behind him and the dream demon turned to see a familiar yellow bear towering over him, snarling and roared right in his face, causing his eye to get sucked in the back of his head. He too was surrounded by a green light as well as Dipper.
"...oh COME ON!" Bill yelled but Bear-Bear swatted at the triangle and pushed Bill to the edge of the roof.
"What? Wait, you can beat Bill?" Dipper asked the giant plush and Bear-Bear nuzzled Dipper before turning back to Bill, who was adjusting his hat.
"Alright, Alright I'm leaving. But you and Emerald can't keep Pine Tree and Shooting Star safe forever!" Bill warned and disappeared. Bear-Bear growled menacing where the demon once was.
Dipper woke up with a start and looked around. The sun was starting to rise and he was still in the roof everything was normal. Too normal. He simply closed the laptop and went back inside.
(Emily's P.O.V)
I yawned as I stretched, waking myself up and rubbed my eyes. That was a great night sleep! Perfect, simply perfect. I didn't have to worry about Bill coming to haunt me. Though I was worried about Dipper, I didn't want Bill to tempt him with a deal. I stood up from my mattress and my foot felt something and I looked down to see Bear-Bear on the floor.
"Aw, what are you doing there?" I laughed and picked him up before putting him back on my pillow.
"Well, time to head to the Shack." I said as I got dressed and climbed down the ladder. Once I got to the Shack I started a load of laundry for the twins. Someone has to clean Dipper's clothes. I then made my way to the kitchen seeing Mabel playing with her puppet with Stan.
"Hey, I'm puppet Staaaannn!" Mabel said in a deep voice.
"Still ignoring this." Stan deadpanned. Dipper the walked in and yawned.
"Hey guys." He greeted before yawning again.
"Woah, bag check for Dipper's eyes. Ha ha! Nobody?" Stan joked, but was confused when neither of us laughed.
"Dipper, Emily and I told you to get some sleep last night! Here, wake up with some Mabel Juice." Mabel scolded and held up the blender with pink liquid, glitter and toys.
"It has plastic dinosaurs in it!" She offered.
"It's like if coffee and nightmares had a baby!" Stan grimaced.
"And soda as it's cousin." I added and Dipper pushed Mabel and me into the hallway.
"Guys listen, last night I had a dream with Bill in it." Dipper said.
"You what!?" I whispered yelled.
"Wait, are you sure it was him?" Mabel asked, holding up he fingers around her eye to make the triangle.
"Yeah, he said he'd give me the code to the laptop if I gave him something. Like I'd actually trust Bill, right?" Dipper scoffed and I bent down.
"Dipper, listen to me. Did Bill actually SAY he would give you the password? Or did he phrase it differently?" I asked cautiously.
"...wait...he did say that he would give me a hint...not the password. Huh, good catch." Dipper said thoughtfully.
"Bill uses his 'charm' to trick people into taking his deals." I explained.
"Yeah, I can see that...Hey Emily do you happen to have a...bear guard?" Dipper question and my eyes widened. That was unexpected.
"Um, yeah. Bear-Bear, my plush toy. Remember? He helped fight Bill in Stan's mind. I had him since I won him at the fair." I answered and Dipper nodded.
"Oh, right. How could I forget?" He laughed. "I guess I'm just anxious to get the laptop unlocked.
"Don't worry, bro. Today's the day that the mystery twins are back in action. I'll help you crack that code. I've just got to hand off my puppet stuff to my production crew." Mabel assured him.
"Production crew?" Dipper questioned. I rolled my eyes, did he really not expect Mabel to include her friends in this project?
Not too long after her two friends showed up, smiling happily. Wendy and Soos worked on getting the set pieces on the truck.
"We read the script. Very emotional." Candy complemented.
"I cried like eight times." Grenda added.
"Hey ladies." We all turned to see the Puppet boy himself came, skating by and leaned on a tree stump.
"GABE!" Mabel exclaimed happily, I resisted the urge to gag. The guy was crazy and so shallow!
"I was just bladin' by. Helps me dry out my ponytail after a shower." Gabe said, taking off his helmet and shaking his head. "Ah, ah."
"Hubbity-hubbuty." Grenda gasped.
"Maeibeur'i hante Gaeibeu'eul humchyeohagetda." Candy whispered menacingly.
"You can do better." I whispered back and she flinched as Mabel ran up to her current crush.
"It's so great to see you! I was just working on the world's greatest puppet show. IT HAS PUPPETS!" Mabel exclaimed happily.
"Your passion is so refreshing, Mabel. Unlike the girl from last night's puppet show. Single-stich on one puppet, and cross-stitch on the other? I was like 'Uh-Uh!'" Gabe explained and I rolled my eyes.
"Cross-huh?" Mabel asked.
"Naturally I deleted her off my cell phone contacts list." He deadpanned and Mabel began to get nervous.
"NATURALLY! Hahahaha!" She laughed.
"I know you won't let me down. Based on what you said the other day, you must be a puppet expert." Gabe said.
"You know, Gabe, you look pretty sweaty. You should really take your shirt off. Right? Aren't we all thinking that?" Grenda asked and I face-palmed.
"Later ladies!" Gabe waved and skated off. One he was out of ear shot Mabel began to panic.
"GWAAA! We gotta up our game, girls! Did you hear that thing he said about the stitches?!" Mabel cried.
"Don't worry, Mabel, your crew can handle it!" Grenda assured her as she held up a puppet her, only to have its arms become ripped off. "Oops."
"How many eyes does a face have again?" Candy asked, holding up glue and a puppet that was covered in google eyes, one of which fell off. Meanwhile Soos and Wendy were struggling with the set pieces.
"I got it, I got it..." And Soos then fell of the truck, causing the alarm of the car to go off. "Ah! I'm not okay!" He cried.
"AAA! Okay, I'm back on fabrication. Get me my lint roller!" She cried and rushed off with a box before Dipper grabbed her.
"Whoa, whoa! Hey, you just said you were going to help me!" Dipper said.
"DIPPER! This sock crisis just bumped up to code argyle! The laptop can wait!" Mabel cried.
"Mabel, do you seriously think that your random crush of the week is more important than uncovering the mysteries of this town? You're obsessed!" Dipper exclaimed.
"I'm obsessed? Look at you! You look like a vampire! And not the hot kind!" Mabel retorted and Dipper rubbed his eyes, causing his bags to disappear.
"But you said you were going to help me today!" Dipper said and Mabel slipped on a puppet and talked through it.
"Oh, I can help you. With tickles!" Mabel then used the puppet to tickler her brother and he burst out laughing.
"Hahahaha! Uh!" He punched her arm away as Candy and Grenda laughed.
"Okay, fine! You know what? I'll do it on my own!" Dipper exclaimed angrily and stormed off.
"Dipper! Come on!" I called after him but he ignored me and I groaned before turning to Mabel.
"Look, I know you've worked hard on this show to impress Gabe, but you better make this up to Dipper when this is over." I said sternly and walked inside, slamming the door behind me.
It was silent for a moment but I suddenly heard a beeping sound and it took me a minute to realize that it was just the dryer. I sighed to myself and walked over to the machine and unloaded it. I was about to walk upstairs when I heard a crash and a familiar laugh. I froze as a chill ran down my spine.
Bill was here.
I quickly took a breath and shifted the basket before heading upstairs.
"Dipper? Dipper what's going on up there? Are you alright?" I called up as I walked up the stairs with the basket and saw Bipper with his back turned.
"Dipper? Are you okay?" I asked and felt a cold chill rush past me as I walked over to him and he turned around. I could tell it was Bill, because of his eyes, but he looked upset.
"Oh...hi Em-ily...I-I dozed off for a minute. The laptop slipped and crashed onto the floor...it's gone...all gone..." He whined and I tried to hold back laughter. He was trying so hard to act upset, but it wasn't convincing. Though I had to keep up appearances.
"Oh Dipper, I'm so sorry." I said and hesitated, but hugged Bipper for a moment. I couldn't help but notice that Dipper's body was cold and felt...well dead. I pretended not to notice as I released the hug.
"Thanks, I feel a little better. Hey! You haven't seen my Journal lying around have you?" Bipper asked. I bit my tongue to keep from sighing. Bill was many things, but acting like Dipper wasn't one of his strengths. Though it did fool everyone for a bit.
"Uh...sorry Dipper, but you hid it this morning. I don't know where you put it. Wait, please tell me you didn't forget?" I asked and Bipper shifted his eyes for a moment.
"Um...maybe?" He shrugged and I facepalmed.
"Okay, let's not panic..."
"Hey, shut up. I'm talking to Emerald." I heard Bipper whisper.
"...did you say something?" I asked, faking oblivion.
"Nope! Well I'm gonna find my Journal. Toodaloo!" Bipper waved and ran down the stairs. I looked around for a moment.
"Dipper? Can you hear me? Dipper?" I whispered and heard nothing.
"Ugh! Stupid invisible mind-scape! Okay, Dipper if you can hear me, I know that Bill tricked you. I'm not mad...much, but I try to figure out how to get you back." I assured him and nothing happened.
"Great, now I'm talking to a wall." I grumbled and ran downstairs.
"Hey Dipper! I borrowed your journal to use as a prop in the show I hope you don't mind I'm gonna go before you process this sentence okay BYEE!" Mabel said quickly and I paused at the stair way, hiding myself from Bipper.
"Sure, sounds great, sister! I'll see you at the show!" He called and went outside I peaked at the door way seeing Stan drive off with Mabel, Candy, and Grenda.
"Heh! Welcome to the mind-scape, kid! Without a vessel to possess, you're basically a ghost!" Bipper explained, seemingly talking to midair, and I felt an arm on my shoulder.
"Emily, what are you doing?" Wendy asked and I flinched, turning to face her and Soos.
"Oh, I uh...need a ride to the show. I was looking for you guys." I lied and gave a nervous laugh.
"Okay! Let's go then!" Soos said and walked out the door seeing Bipper.
"Oh, hey Dipper! There you are!" Soos called.
"What up dude?" Wendy added.
"Hey." I said simply.
"We're heading to the theater." Soos said.
"Need a ride, Dipper?" Wendy asked.
"Sure Cool! Sounds perfect. Coming Em-ily?" Bipper asked and I nodded.
"Yeah lets go." I said as we all got in the car and I noticed Bipper turning to the window
"But how can you stop me, if you don't exist?" He said and started laughing. I couldn't help but notice that Wendy and Soos seemed obvious to the fact that 'Dipper' was laughing evilly.
The ride was mainly in silence and we pulled up to the theater. Stan was already there sitting in his seat. We joined him as I racked my brain to figure out a plan on how to get Bill out of Dipper. I then felt my phone in my hand and got an idea.
"Hey Soos, my phones been acting a little glitchy lately, can you take a look at it before the show?" I asked and Soos smiled.
"Sure! I can take a crack at it." He assured me and reached for my phone, but I pulled it away.
"Great! Let's go to the lobby there's better light." I said and quickly grabbed his arm and dragged him out the doors.
"Okay listen carefully, my phones not broken, but Bill is back." I explained quickly.
"Whoa, whoa. Slow down, the triangle guy is back?" Soos asked in a concerned voice. I nodded.
"Yeah, He trucked Dipper And is possessing him. I think he's after the Journal. We got to stop him. I have to warn Mabel, you keep him away from Stan." I said.
"Great, let's stop Bipper!...Hmm, or is BillDip better...?"
"BIPPER! Bipper is fine!" I practically screamed. I don't need that ship name running around the Pines family. We rushed back in the theater only to find that Bipper wasn't there.
"Uh...Wendy? Where's Bi-ack, Dipper?" I asked.
"Oh, he went to play the reverend for Mabel." She said, flipping through the program.
"He...WHAT!?" I exclaimed, before anyone could answer me the lights started to flicker.
"The show is about to begin! Please turn off your cell phones! Unless you're texting me, cuties!" Grenda announced and I turned to Soos.
"I'll go backstage and warn Mabel, you stay here Incase Bipper comes back, keep him distracted." I whispered to Soos and quickly ran backstage as the music began.
"Gather round, and let us sing, about a girl who had almost everything." Candy begun and was rolled of stage as puppets started to appear on stage.
"Look, it's Mabel!"
"Hi there!"
"Did you say stable?"
"No, he said Mabel!"
"Okay, hit it, boys!" Mabel exclaimed and all of the, began to sing.
"Who's that girl with the pig and the braces? She puts smiles on everyone's faces! When she's around, you're never bored!"
"I am a mayor, and here's an award!"
"Thank you, mayor, it's true I'm great. But the perfect girl needs the perfect maaaate..."
"Hey, what's up, I'm Gabe."
"Bwaaaa!?"
I sighed to myself and decided I should really get back to stopping Bill I then noticed Bipper walking up to Grenda in his tux and I go an idea and walked behind him and stayed in the shadows.
"So, hey, Grendo! Where's that book prop I'm using for the wedding scene?" Bipper asked.
"It's..." Grenda stopped as I started signaling with my hands and mouthing.
'Stop! Don't tell him where it is.' I then pointed to my head and right eye. 'Look at his eyes, and say you forgot.'
"It's...uh...sorry I didn't know. I've been so busy with this scene. Mabel will tell you when the scene is coming up. So hold your horses." She said and turned back around.
"Oh, I'll hold my horses. I'll hold them... you monster." Bipper whispered angrily as he backed away and once he was gone I walked over to Grenda.
"Thanks Grenda, I owe you one." I said, placing a hand on her shoulder.
"No problem, but what's up with Dipper? He sounds weird, and his eyes are like a cat." Grenda asked and I looked up at the wedding cake prop.
"Uh, I'm sorry Grenda I have to go, I'll explain later." I said and rushed backstage and looked around.
"Okay, Dipper. I really hope your listening. I'm going to get the Journal. You use a vessel to warn Mabel." I whispered. Hoping her heard me, I then climbed up the cat walk and pulled the rope for the wedding cake.
"Our intermission has begun! Mill about!" Grenda exclaimed and the audience got up from their seats and started talking excitedly. I then got the wedding cake and reached for the Journal and sighed in relief as I grabbed it and pulled it to safety.
"Phew, got it." I smiled happily. Now what? I could take this Journal to Soos and he could protect it...maybe? Or I could keep it and run the heck out of here, no wait, I gotta make sure Dipper gets his body back. Ug! Why is this so hard!?
"Come on brain! Think, think, think...and the lights are flickering!" I groaned and could have sworn I heard something creaking. I looked around for a moment then heard the voices of Dipper.
"Gabe your back from the war!"
"Yes, I am. Wanna kiss and sing at the same time?"
"Okay!"
I covered my mouth to keep from laughing. It was so ridiculous yet the audience loved it! Hahahahaha! Okay I gotta focus now.
"Emily!" I looked up and saw Mabel rushing towards me.
"Hey Mabel, I take it Dipper warned you about Bill?" I asked and she nodded.
"Yeah, and you got the Journal too! There's gotta be a way to get Dipper his body back in there!" Mabel pointed.
"Oho, but why would you want to do that?" We turned and saw Bipper standing on the other side of the cat walk, he was grinning happily and I noticed that he was holding something behind his back.
"Bill Dipper! Bipper." Mabel glared. I stood in front of her.
"Sorry Bill, but it's game over. We have the Journal." I said, showing him the Journal and Bill laughed.
"Oh Emerald, have you met me? You might have gotten the jump on me earlier, but I have a new trick up my sleeve!" Bill teased and he literally pulled out several screws from his sleeve and hand.
"Uh...what?" I asked. I wasn't following.
"Haha! What are you going to do? Throw them at us?" Mabel laughed.
"Mabel! Don't give him ideas!" I scolded.
"Hahahaha! While throwing these at you would be funny, I happened to take these from somewhere important." Bill said in a sing-song voice. I then felt the catwalk shift and heard a creaking sound. Then it clicked.
"Mabel, he took the bolts that hold up the cat walk!" I whispered yelled.
"Ding, ding, ding! He have a winner! Whoops!" Bipper then jumped causing the catwalk to shake violently.
"It's falling. How about you two hand over that book?" Bipper asked.
"How about never gonna happen!" I fired back.
"Yeah! This is Dippers! We'd never give it away!" Mabel added.
"Hmm, you didn't seem to have a problem taking it for your own play, ditching him when he needed you. So come to your senses. Give me the book or your play is ruined." Bipper threatened and started stomping his leg, causing the cat walk to shake more. I stumbled and fell, dropping the Journal and Mabel grabbed it and looked at Bipper.
"Mabel, don't do it!" I pleaded.
"There it is. I mean, who would sacrifice everything they've worked for just for their dumb sibling?" Bipper laughed and Mabel seemed like she was going to hand the Journal to him but she reached out a hand and helped me up and nodded at me.
"Dipper would."
"Huh?" Bipper asked.
"NOW!" Mabel cried and we both jumped up, hand in hand and landed on the cat walk, causing it to fall and we crashed onto the set. Everyone screamed in horror. Bipper groaned and rubbed his head, but Mabel suddenly tackled him down.
"Get out of my brother's body, you evil triangle!" Mabel exclaimed.
"Whoa! Children fighting! I can sell this." Stan cried happily. I face-palmed and gave a nervous Soos a thumbs up before grabbing a piece of the broken set. I gave a battle cry and hit Bipper over the head with it, causing it to rip a hole in it. I burst out laughing. I did not see that coming.
"You can't stop me! I'm a being of pure energy with no weakness!" Bipper exclaimed and ripped the set off of him and stalked towards us.
"True, but you're in Dipper's body. And I know all his weaknesses!" Mabel smirked and winked at me.
"Whaddya mean his..." Bipper was cut off by us rushing towards him and grabbed his arms and pinned them behind his back.
"Tickle, tickle!" Mabel laughed and started tickling her brother. Under the arm pits and Bipper started laughing and struggled through my grip.
"Ahahahahahahaha! Aah! Body spasms! What are these?" He cried, laughing through it.
"Aw what's wrong? Can the 'all powerful demon' not handle a few tickles?" I laughed and Bipper kicked me in the chest and chased after Mabel, attempting to strangle her.
"A little note about the human body: You haven't slept for 24 hours! Also, Emily I got a full night's sleep, and I'm on four mega-shots of Mabel Juice!" Mabel explained as she ran around the stage, dodging Dipper and Bipper started to get more and more of the feeling of being human.
"Ah! What is this feeling? My body is burning! I can't move these stupid noodle legs! Curse you, useless flesh sticks! Body...shutting down...must...scratch...mosquito bites..." Bipper wheezed and staggered around before falling face first on the stage. Mabel and I watched for a moment as Dipper laid motionless. He eventually came too and stood up.
"Hey! Yes! I'm in my own body! And it's... just as underwhelming as I remember." Dipper cheered before gripping his back in pain. "Ooh, everything hurts." He groaned and I helped him up. Suddenly we heard cackling no from Bill and saw the Dipper puppet moving.
"This isn't the last you'll hear of me! Big things are coming! You can't stop me!" Bill threatened.
"I'm sorry Gabe." Mabel said and pressed the big finish button causing explosions to erupt through the stage and several puppets to catch on fire. I smirked as Gabe looked horrified at the burning puppets. Dipper then stomped on puppet him and we turned to the audience. I then cleared my throat before Mabel could talk.
"And so ends a wonderfully crazy story, which turned out to be a dream that inspired the story you have seen before you! The End!" I announced, spreading my arms out dramatically and was met with silence.
"She made this whole thing in a week people, come on." I deadpanned and suddenly Nate stood up from the audience and cheered, clapping loudly. Then Tyler whistled for us and everyone started cheering and clapping. All except Gabe.
"Thank you! Thank you! Please, stick around for the wrap party! We've got mini-quiches!" Mabel exclaimed and everyone got from their seats, heading towards the exit. Though Gabe angrily stood up and agree at Mabel.
"Hey Gabe, so what did you think?" She asked cheekily.
"Everyone else here may have been fooled, but I know the truth, Mabel Pines. You've made a mockery of my art form. Let's go, my loves." Gabe huffed and started making out with his puppets.
"Did he just make out with his puppets?" Dipper questioned.
"Yes, yes he did." I nodded.
"I might've dodged a bullet there."
"Yes, yes you did." I nodded and turned to Candy who, surprisingly, didn't follow after him.
"Mabel, I'm sorry about all this. It's my fault your puppets got ruined. And Emily, I'm sorry too. I was tricked by Bill even though you warned me..." Dipper apologized.
"Well, one of the puppets survived, and she has something to say to you." Mabel said and pulled out puppet her.
" I'm sorry, Dipper. I spent all week obsessing over a dumb guy. But the dumb guy I should have cared about was you! Bap!" Mabel apologized and playfully nudged her brothers face.
"Mystery Twins?" She said offering her fist.
"Mystery twins." He assured her and they fist pumped and Dipper immediately flinched.
"Ow! What'd Bill do to my hand? Ahh!" He winched.
"Nothing a little sleep can't fix. Come on, bro bro, let's go home." Mabel said and we started walking off the stage.
"Seriously, I need to go to the hospital." Dipper wheezed and I grabbed his hand and lifted him up on my shoulders. Making sure I was still holding his hand.
"For the record Dipper, I'm not that mad at you. Bill has been tricking people much older than you for years. It's not your fault you got tricked." I assured him and we walked to the wrap party and I saw Nate in the corner and he waved me over. I waved back and looked at Dipper who smiled.
"Thanks Emily...Wait is your necklace glowing!?" He gasped and suddenly started to glow and the light faded quickly and he jumped down from my shoulders and felt himself.
"I'm...I'm...all better! Whoa...Emily...I think that necklace is helping you fight Bill." Dipper said and pointed at it.
"Whoa, cool!" Mabel gasped wide eyed.
"...Huh, now that you mention it, Bill was the one causing all of those headaches, then the necklace would heal it. But when I kissed Nate, it was stronger...this is...weird. I don't know anything about this necklace. But I know that I will never let Bill get his hands on it." I vowed and the twins nodded happily and I felt something grab my hand and spin me around.
"Surprise!" Nate exclaimed and I giggled before giving him a peck on the lips.
"Hello handsome, enjoy the show?" I asked playfully.
"Yep, though was that last part really supposed to happen?" He asked and I laughed awkwardly.
"There was a little...complication with the cat walk. We handled it, mostly." I shrugged and Nate nodded.
"That speech at the end was a nice touch." He winked. "Wanna join me for a mini-quiche?" He asked and I smiled.
"I'd love to." I said happily and we walked over to the table. I smiled and saw my necklace was pulsing softy and sighed.
No one is gonna harm my friends. Especially not Bill.
Author's Note:
*breathes heavily* I know, I know this took forever. And I apologize for letting the last weeks of school get in the way
Schoolwork: I'm not!
Me: *strangles it and throws it in a bag* That should help me pass.
Lol, seriously though, don't take school work for granted. Anyway, I really hope you enjoyed this chapter. I hope it was worth the wait for this one. Some of yo guys have been waiting eagerly for it. I'm pretty proud of the title.
So as always please read and review! I'd love to here what you guys thought of it! I'll try to get another chapter out soon, like early July maybe. Fingers crossed! Since I'm out of school I should have more time to write.
Now to my awesome reviewers!
Lindsey Noble (Guest): Yep, Emily's dreams are getting better, but Bill will not be happy.
Obsessed fan (Guest): Hehe, that's a little build up for a future story I have in mind, IF all goes well...
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