Hello! I'm here with the next chapter! I honestly wrote it a day after updating the last one, however, I didn't have Internet for three days, it was kind of horrible:'p
PippyTheBest: YEP! Alex knows! And yeah, everyone procrastinates from time to time:p And yes, Alex's name is based on Alex Hirsch. I actually wanted to name one of the twins "Ariel" however, I couldn't think of a name that sounded similar for the other twin:p Thanks for reading!
Fester Drummond: Yep, that happened:p thanks for reading!
a very angry ravage:Nope, this story will not take a turn on that au (I thinked about that though), in this story everyone is full human. Thanks for reading!:)
3DPhantom: I'm glad you enjoy the story, thanks for reading!:)
Now, enjoy!
(Oh, by the way, I will start a new semester the next week, so, I may not update frequently. However, the story is not too long, so it will not take forever to finish it).
"Remorse"
Dipper sighed and rubbed his tired eyes before taking his walkie talkie and using it.
"Any luck?"
"No" responded a sad feminine voice "No luck here."
"I haven't found him" Stan's voice was loud and clear.
"He's not around here either." Ford said.
Dipper only closed his eyes, trying to calm himself.
He couldn't help but worrying about his son. It was late at night and they couldn't find him anywhere in the woods. Alex was only fourteen, and just ran away, he couldn't defend himself… yet, Ford's words where in Dipper's head all the time.
Two hours ago...
"Those words… he…" Dipper was frozen in his place. Alex had run away after calling acting like…
"Is he possessed?" mumbled Pacifca with fear and with tears in her eyes.
"Possessed?" the girls were cared, but confused as well "What do you mean?" asked Lily behind Stan.
"Bill… he was able to possess people." Dipper said, more to himself than to the others "Maybe when he took the statue's hand…"
"That's not possible." Ford said with a sigh "We have touched the statue before and this didn't happen, besides, for him to take someone's body, Bill needed to make a deal, and he is not even alive."
"Ford…" Stan eyed suspiciously to his brother, "Are you suggesting…?"
"What?" Pacifica was watching expectantly at the two men "Do you have any idea of what is happening?"
"It's a…it was just a theory." Ford answered, not wanting to alarm the woman, however, Dipper wanted answers as well.
"What theory?" he asked, frowning. "Just say it, we need to know every possibility.
Ford rubbed his eyes before answering.
"Well, I don't know if you ever noticed, but since he was little, Alex had been showing similarities with Bill Cipher."
"What?" Pacifica frowned "That's not true."
Ford quickly raised his hands in an apologizing manner "Now, calm down. Let me explain myself." The man cleared his throat before speaking "Of course he doesn't share the thoughts and whas vilness that Bill Cipher had, but he has the same childish actions. He is used to make deals with people, he makes jokes, he puts nicknames to people…"
"Those are things that everyone can do." Pacifica replied.
"Yes, I know. That's why the theory was thrown away a long time ago, I thought it was my paranoia. However, he did't actually put nicknames to people till this summer, right after he read the information about Bill Cipher in those copies. That kept me thinking again, however, it wasn;t until today that I think that my theory is actually correct."
"But what is that theory?" Dipper was beginning to get impatient.
"Alex may be, somehow, Bill Cipher."
Dipper, was not only surprised, he was shocked, and he was not only shocked, but confused.
"What…?"
"That's ridiculous." If looks could kill, Pacifica would be the responsible of Ford's death in that moment "How can our son be that guy?"
"That's the answer that I don't have." Ford sighed. "I know it sounds stupid, but before today, no one that had touched the statue experienced anything like Alex, and he only saw the statue today. That's the statue of Bill Cipher, if some of his energy remained trapped in there, that energy could only be taken by him."
There room was silent after that, however, Pacifica quickly began to go upstairs.
"Pacifica, what are you doing?"
"I need a flashlight." Pacifica answered "I don't care right now about this theory. I don't care if that silly explanation can be true, I need to find my lost son first."
Of course, no one could deny that they needed to find the boy. The four adults prepared themselves to look for the boy while he girls were told to stay in the shack in case the boy would come back.
"Call Soos' family maybe they saw him." Dipper said to the girls. "Maggie went home just a few hours ago afte working, maybe she is in town and can help us to look for him."
"We will." Lily said.
"I don't think Alex is in town though." Lizzie said, a small frown on her face." If he wanted to hide, he probably went to the forest. Anyway, be careful."
Dipper kissed his daughter's head before going out and then, Ford talked to Dipper.
"You know, with my theory, I didn't mean to say that Alex was dangerous." Ford said to him "The boy seemed very confused and terrified, but not dangerous. However… we can't take this lightly, be careful. We don't know if the statue changed the boy."
Now, Dipper had been walking for a while and he hasn't seen any sign of the teen age boy.
"Alex, where are you?" he yelled for what it felt like the thousand time.
Suddenly, something caught Dipper's attention. At his side, he could hear something that sounded like a sniffle.
Dipper slowly walked to his right and went through some bushes, before finding who he was looking for beneath a tree.
Alex was there, he was hiding his face in his arms and knees and he was letting out small sobs.
Dipper silently went to the boy's side and sat, alarming the teen.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Alex seemed to relax a little when he saw his father's face, however, he tensed almost instantly as well. "Come on, let's stay here a little while."
The blond boy remained silent while wiping some of his tears with his hands. Dipper's gaze was fixed in the sky.
"Come on Alex, how can you be so sad with a beautiful night like this one?"
Dipper wasn't the best at dealing with people's feelings, however, he knew his kids, and knew how to deal with them. He knew Alex wouldn't talk about the subject immeadiatly. He needed to calm down first, he needed to see that his surroundings where okay and that he could just breath and relax for a minute.
"Who do you think you are? Mo... Jane?" Alex mumbled in the attempt of doing a joke "She is obsessed with the night."
Dipper laughed slightly "I'm sorry, I didn't know she was the only one allowed to like the night."
Alex rolled his eyes, but smiled a little before raising his head "It's a nice view, though."
Both of them stayed silent for a few minutes. Alex was playing with the grass in the floor while Dipper only looked at him with the side of his eye.
The boy was the first one to talk.
"I'm sorry." He mumbled "For acting the way I did earlier. I'll apologize to Sherlock as well."
Dipper put a hand on his shoulder, showing him that he was mad.
"There's something else bothering you." Alex tensed at those words "Alex, you know you can tell me everything, right?"
Alex let out a shaking sigh, before bitting his lip.
"Alex…"
"I know, but…" the boy stood and began walking around the place "This… I can't…"
"You know… Grunkle Ford has and interesting theory." Dipper said, making he boy froze a few steps in front of him "He said that the reason the statue was… well… it's a little odd explanation."
Alex didn't say anything.
"He said that, somehow, you could be…"
"I'm Bill Cipher."
Dipper already knew that was a possibility, however, to hear it from his son, was a whole different thing.
"You are…"
"Bill Cipher" Alex repeated, shaking "I am that guy, I am that triangular dream demon, I am the one who started Weirdmageddon, I'm the one that tortured the family, I'm the one who tortured Six...Grunkle Ford…" Alex wiped the tear running down his face with his arm. "I'm him… and… I hate myself…"
Dipper gasped silently after seeing how his son stumbled in the floor and quickly went by his side.
"I have my memories of being Bill Cipher, I remember clearly what I felt with my actions, I remember my horrible and disturbing personality, I remember everything and… yes, I feel angry about what happened, I feel frustrated about Weirdmageddon being a failure but at the same time I… I don't want to… I don't want to be like that, not anymore." The boy started sobbing after his words and Dipper hugged him. Alex rested his head in his father's chest "I… I don't want to be like that, I don't want to be Bill Cipher."
"You aren't Bill Cipher."
Alex looked with confusion at his father. "What do you mean? I am…"
"You are not like before" Dipper knew the boy he was hugging was now had been his enemy, the one who caused his family pain, but in that moment, the boy he was hugging… was his son.
"You are not him. Sure, you were him, you did horrible things, but, right now, in this moment and since the day you were born, since the day I hold you and you were just a little baby, you are not Bill Cipher, you are not a dream demon anymore." Dipper said. "Just look at your birth mark. Your name is Alex Pines, not Bill Cipher. You are Alex Pines, my son."
The blond boy only could cry silently after those words.
"Pine tree…I…"
"Don't call me that." Dipper said firmly
"D-dad, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry…"
Dipper just stroked the boy's hair in response.
The man and boy were startled by the walkie talkie.
"Any luck?" Pacifica asked.
"I found him." Dipper said, watching at the crying boy "Don't worry, everything is okay." He said to the device while putting a hand on the boy's shoulder.
Dipper and Alex silently returned home. They arrived before the rest of the adults and the boy, not wanting to face them just yet, wished his father goodnight and went o the attic. Dipper couldn't blame him.
The boy's regret was just too much.
Alex reached the attic and two girls quickly launched themselves at him.
"Alex!" the two girls hugged him tightly and he could only respond kissing their head.
"My little girls." He whispered while hugging them "L-Lily, Lizzie… God, Lizzie, I'm sorry…"
"It's okay, I'm not mad..." the girl mumbled "I'm just glad you're okay."
The boy carried the twins and lay down with them in his bed, hugging them tightly.
Two little twins…
"Alex, are you okay?"
One of them with six fingers on each hand while being super smart…
"Alex, are you crying?"
The other one more joyful, childish and full of courage…
"Alex…?"
The boy kept hugging the girls like his life depended on it. He kept whispering one thing:
"I'm sorry."