Waking Up Different & Stopping the Fake Dipper

It's my birthday! I publish this chapter on my birthday! 01/27!

I'm going to try switching Dipper and Bill names around like this: Dipper/Bill Bill/Dipper. In order to tell who is taking over.

Also look out for some swearing in here.

"Bill mind talking/thinking"
"Dipper mind talking/thinking"


Do you know the feeling of waking up when your body doesn't want you to and it weighs you down for more sleep? And that your head feels like you're on a boat swaying through the waves of the ocean?

Well that's what Dipper is feeling right now, "Ugh, wha-what happened?" Openings his eyes felt like liftinging an open garage door gate by hand.

Pushing himself up from the floor, Dipper try to walk but stumbled to his left and for some reason he jump up in the air an hover for a slit second or so before falling back onto the floor again.

"What the?! Why couldn't I-!?" Dipper stop talking and brought a hand to this throat. 'Since when did my voice get so echo-y?' Dipper pushes himself back up again, and as soon as he stands up Dipper remembers the deal he was making with Bill and the demon that interfered. Suddenly a thought came to his mind. "Where's Bill?"

Dipper got his answer, "Pine-Tree? Where are you?" but not what he expected to where the call came from. His own voice.

"Bill! What Happened!? Why is your voice mixed with mine!?" "Hey! I'm in the dark about this too, Pine-Tree!" Taking in a deep breath, "Look, all I can gather is that Xal has interfere with our deal, stole whatever big plans I had and did whatever this is to us."

'Big plans?' Dipper thought, "What were you planning? I don't know anymore, it's like all of my memories or thoughts of what I was planning is now gone and all that's left is a blank space of where those parts of my memory."

Event though Dipper wanted more on what's Bill's actual goal is, he still needs to know who or what is Xal. And what did he done to them.

"And as for what has happened to us, Pine-Tree. There is only one way to find out. And we're are not going to like the results." either it was Dipper or Bill who turns towards the full body mirror on the right side of the attic room. And what shown in the mirror wasn't Dipper's or Bill's reflection, but a different person.

What the mirror reflected was a 12 year old boy with amber color t-shirt, under a very dark blue sleeveless vest, black capris, black tennis shoes, dirty blonde hair, light blonde tips on the top ends and darker brown shades in the roots, everything but the eyes are exactly the same as Dipper's face, the eyes however are a mix of brown and gold kind of like an amber, but mostly tinted on the gold.

"Wha-What the!? What did Xal do!?" exclaim Dipper and Bill, Bill tried to snap himself awake from this awful nightmare but seeing the boy in the mirror doing the same thing as he is made Bill to believe that he really is awake, and that this is the new form he has taken. And he has to share with Pine-Tree!

"How did this happen!? Why did this happen!? Pine-Tree pull yourself together! We need to know where Xal go and what he did during the time we were passed out. Now I'm going to use my powers, try not to mess it up." Bill calm Dipper down, as the newly fuse human demon hybrid unlocked the door and left the room.

Dipper/Bill went down stairs and Bill started to summon images of what has happened moments ago, which was Mabel's pet pig, Waddles, eating one of Stan's Newspaper. Before everything started to go backwards like a rewind video tape.

When it stopped, they see a hologram figure of Dipper walking down the stars frustrated as he mutter the words "Where is it? Where is that Journal?" he turned around the corner into the kitchen as his shadow on the wall shows a demonic devil instead of the boy's real shadow. Indicating that this Dipper is a fake and is Xal masquerading as Dipper Pines.

Bill took over and said "Kid, please tell me you hid that journal of yours very well." Then Dipper replied taking over "Of course I did, I've hidden it somewhere you wont find in a million years."

That's when Mabel pops her head in from the doorway, "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!"

The Boy and Demon fusion look at the disguised Xal in fear if he hand get anything what Mabel/Shooting Star just said. He's eager grin says he did. "Sure, sounds great, sister! I'll see you at the show!" He fallows Mabel outside just in time to see her, her friends and Grunkle Stan drive off to the theater.

Dipper and Bill fallow them only to see Xal getting a ride from Soos and Wendy, "You're sure your chill, Dude? You look like you were going to attack you sister back there." Said a concern Wendy, fallowed by an uneasy Soos "Yeah dude, you look like you're out for blood."

"Oh, I'll be fine. As long as I get my Journal back from her." Xal reassures them, with no words to say Soos starts up the truck and drove off staying silent all the way. But before they took off, Xal looked back at the shack and said quietly "And hopefully, none of her or anyone's blood would be spilled by me. Yet." as if he was addressing towards the real Dipper and Bill.

As the holographic images faded away, Bill and Dipper were stunned at what just happened hours ago. "Bill, Mabel's show starts at 7:00 we only have five minutes! How are we suppose to get there on time!?"

Bill replied as if Dipper forgotten who he is talking to, "Relax kid, I still have my powers, at least half of all of them, I'll just teleport us to the theater." "What do you mean half of your powers?!" "I mean I don't have as much strength in my powers as I use to, say you can teleport to china in a full year with no exhaustion. But as of now, you only go there once and rest for one to two nights and come back."

Dipper was surprise of Bill's ability of long distance teleportation, "Okay, but what about short distances? Hmm, I think it's the same as my normal teleporting just without any rest."

It's risky, but other choices do they really have, Walk to the theater? Take the bus? Wait until they get back? NO! Taking in a deep breath, Dipper replied "Let's try it. Teleport to the theater, backstage. Good narrowing down the location. Now leave everything to me, Pine-Tree."

Closing their eyes, Bill focus on the towns theater behind the stage in one of the dressing rooms that aren't in use, he found one and within just five seconds they were in. "Man that was a gut hurling trip." "Oh stop complaining, Pine-Tree." "Bill! How-" "Look Kid, I said it once and I say it a thousand million times. I'm the master of the mind, and with how we're fuse into one being we're able to communicate in the mind, like when someone has a moment to think things over." "So that also means we'll wont have to talk out loud and get weird looks from people." "Hey, it's their problem for not excepting strange weirdness when they do weird things too."

Dipper pause for a moment wanting to think what Bill meant what he said, but now's not the best time. "Bill, we're getting off track. We got to find Xal before he does something terrible with him disguising as me." "You're right, Pine-Tree." Dipper/Bill made their way to the stage curtains, "Pine-Tree, I'm going to turn us invisible. Xal knows we're here, but he doesn't know where we are yet. Try to keep our presents known on a down note." "Alright."

Dipper/Bill pulls the curtain just a little open, just a crack, and spots Xal sitting with an arm around Wendy and Soos talking to them with Grunkle Stan sitting next to Soos. With his new senses, Dipper is able to hear their conversation from far away.

"Aw, nothing like the theater, huh toots?" said Xal, voicing perfectly as Dipper's actual voice. Xal turns his attention to Soos "Hey Soos, wanna hear the exact time and date of your death?" Soos thought it was funny and just played along while Wendy just reads the theater pamphlet, trying to shake off the creepy feeling "Heheh, okay!"

And then, like a bullet(or a shooting star), Mabel came over to greet them. "Hey guys! You all made it!" Stan reassures his favorite niece "Are you kidding me? I would never miss..." Only to not understand what she's been working on this whole week, "Whatever this is."

Xal choose that moment to change the topic by asking what Mabel had done with that Journal, "By the by, Mabel, where'd you put my journal again?" Mabel replied "I used it as a prop for the big wedding scene! I still need a reverend, though." She ponder in thought, before Xal offer a suggestion "Hey, what if I play the reverend? I mean, someone's gotta hold that journal, right?" Mabel is please to hear her 'brother's' idea. "Right! Let's go!"

Bill/Dipper quickly floated away out of sight just in time for Mabel and Xal to run by where he (they) were standing seconds ago, Dipper wanted to cry out "Oh, no! Wait! Mabel!" and go after them, but held back by both Bill and the dire realization of the situation.

Before Mabel went to her place, she went back to the curtains and peeks through them. She sees her newest crush Gabe is sitting down with his puppets. 'I hope he loves it.' Mabel thought, soon the lights flicker on and off signaling that it's time.

Mabel darted back to her place as Grenda made the announcement, "The show is about to begin! Please turn off your cell phones! Unless you're texting me, cuties!" a flirting announcement.

As Mabel sings all of the lines for each and every puppet, Xal came up to Grenda backstage dressed in vicarage clothing, walks up behind her. "So, hey, Grendo! Where's that book prop I'm using for the wedding scene?" Grenda points up to the wedding cake prop hanging above the stage. "It's up in the wedding cake. But that doesn't come down until Act 3. So hold your horses!"

Xal smiles with content, finally news that he was looking for. He mutters out these words, "Oh, I'll hold my horses. I'll hold them..." as he backed away from the manly voice coming from a young girl. "You monster." He says under his breath at her before disappearing into the shadows.

Bill/Dipper heard every word of their conversation, and flew up to the wedding cake prop to see the #3 Journal sitting in there waiting to be taken out. Without wasting any second, Dipper/Bill took the journal out of the prop and place himself on the u-wing walkway. "Boy flying around and teleporting is starting to take a lot out of ya." said Bill/Dipper, "You said it." replied Dipper/Bill.

Thankfully the show was heading in it's intermission, which means it's a good time to find Mabel and to warn her about Xal. Still invisible, Bill/Dipper Teleported into Mabel's dressing room at the right moment to see Mabel coming in. "Whew, okay, you can do this, Mabel. Only 36 more musical numbers." She talks to herself.

"Man Pine-Tree, your sister has some serious devotion towards this random guy." "I know, She's always like this when she meats a new guy every other week." "You have my sympathy, kid."

Taking this moment to make their appearances known, Dipper/Bill quietly call out Mabel's name "Pst, Mabel!" Mabel did a spit take before screaming "Aah! I'm being haunted by the puppets! The puppetbooks didn't warn me about this!" She then throws a fork hoping it would hit something, "Ow!" it did.

"Pain is hilarious, but this isn't one of those times that it is." Ignoring Bill's comment at the moment, Dipper/Bill took in control again, "Mabel, it's me, Dipper! You need to help me!" Mabel hold up hands in surrender "Wait, what? Dipper? But you were just..." Dipper/Bill cuts her off "Mabel, That wasn't me! That was a different Demon posing as me to get the journal and kill you."

Mabel felt a twinge of fear in her heart "Kill me?" "Yes! He's planning to Kill you, Grunkle Stan and everyone we know and love. I got the Journal. All you have to do is to tell everyone that you've cancel your show." Dipper/Bill explains, "But we're near to the end!" Mabel started to protest.

Then there was a unexpected knock at the door, as it swag open to reveal Mabel's crush of the week, Gabe. "Hey, Mabel, do you have a moment?" "GABE!" Mabel spun around so fast to greet the boy that she might have snapped her neck, she quickly grabbed Dipper/Bill by the throat and hind them behind her back while laughing nervously. Hoping that he wouldn't notice anything out of the ordinary.

The thing about hold someone by the neck it really hurts and nearly cuts off their breathing, and Mabel happens to have a very tight grip. "Ack! Ow, Mab-Star!" Mabel didn't paid any attention to her brother or what she was actually doing at the moment, all that she was focus on was Gabe.

Gabe spoke, "Mabel, it's clear to me now that you really love puppets. I mean, you went whole hog. And if you stick the ending, well, maybe later you could join me for a biscotti?" Mabel ask "You drive a biscotti?" and that's when the lights start to flicker on and off, telling everyone that the next act is going to start soon. Gabe took this time to return to his seat, not before saying "I'll be waiting."

Once Gabe has left, Mabel release her hold on Dipper/Bill as they took in a deep breath of air. While she jumps with joy in her heart and head. "Did you hear that? He loves it! This play has to be flawless. Can't we wait until after the show?"

"Okay that's it!" Bill took over and drop the invisibility spell on them, showing Mabel what they truly look like now. "Listen here, Shooting Star! Xal has fused me with your brother! We're stuck like this forever! And he's going to spill everyone's blood on the earth's floor! And it will be all your selfish Bullshitting fault!"

To say that Mabel was speechless is an understatement, She was PARALYZED! ' The Triangle Guy! he's possessing Dipper!' "I'm not possessing your brother! - We got fused into one being, Mabel! - Come to your senses and cancel your play." Mabel couldn't tell if it was her brother or Bill that's talking. But taking in how bad they are taking this very seriously.

Taking a heavy breath, Mabel looks up to her brother with sad eyes. "Fine, just let me do something first." Mabel then takes out a remote with a red button on it that reads 'Big Finish', "I'm sorry, Gabe." she mutters before pushing the button. And at that moment, sounds of whistling fireworks being firing off and exploding along with the cries of people at the fear of exploding fireworks inside the building!

Dipper/Bill and Mabel rush out to see the stage on fire along with the props and puppets, even the fake Dipper was scorched with fire on the catwalk. He turns his gaze down at them with bloody crimson red heated glare and said with fangs sticking out of his mouth, "This isn't the last you'll hear of me! Big things are coming! You can't stop me!" and with that, he vanish from the catwalk in a black smoke. Leaving no trace behind.

Bill/Dipper took over and said "That's one way to get the show canceled." Then Dipper/Bill took over again "Was the fireworks really necessarily?" "Yes." Mabel replied.

Once the smoke cleared up, everyone in the audience came out of their hiding to see a boy with mix blonde and brunette hair color, Dipper, and Mabel who turns to the boy and said "Don't worry. I've seen enough movies to know this is the part where the audience thinks it was all part of the show and loves it. Cue applause!"

It didn't happened. Everyone just stood up booing and walk out of the theater grumbling how they were close to die in there. Gabe stood up, frowning. "Gabe! Stick around for the wrap party? We've got mini-quiches!" Mabel tried to be optimist hoping that he's not too upset.

He was. Gabe puts his book lady puppet hand up stopping her from talking, "Don't speak to me, Mabel. You've made a mockery of my art form." he starts to leave, not before he turns to his puppets "Let's go, my loves." and kisses them in a make out session.

Dipper/Bill and Mabel look on at him "Did he just make out with his puppets?" Dipper/Bill ask a rhetorical question, "Called it. Knew it by the ponytail." said Bill/Dipper, and Mabel was creeped out at who nearly became her boyfriend "I might've dodged a bullet there."

Candy ran across the stage after Gabe yelling "개이브이 잠깐! 캔디 나 아직도 널 사랑해!" "Gaeibeu'i jamkkan! Kaendi na ajikdo neol saranghae!" which Bill translated for Dipper "Wait, Gabe! Candy still loves you!" who was creeped out even more.

Mabel lightly taps on Dipper/Bill's shoulder, "Hey Dipper, I'm so sorry for everything. I spent all week obsessing over a dumb guy. But the dumb guy I should have cared about was you." she then baps his shoulder lightly and playfully before raising her fist up and ask, "Mystery Twins?" Dipper/Bill look at his sister before turning away. "Mabel. You and everyone were this close to getting yourselves killed. I am glad that you've came around in the end, but you should have been there for me at the beginning. I'm not saying that I wont to forgive you, I just don't know if I can." Mabel felt the guilt eating at her from the inside. "Okay, I understand. But I will try to make sure that I will make it up to you, deal?" it took Dipper/Bill to think about it before saying "Deal."

Just as his hand got caught on blue fire "Ah! No, no! Wrong kind of deal!" Bill took over and snuff the fire out, surprisingly nothing on his hand got burned. "You're welcome." - "This is going to take some time getting use to." Dipper commented, "Holy Moses! What happened there!" "Dipper! Mabel! Are you guys okay?!" "I'm totally digging your new look there, Dipper." The twins turn to see their Grunkle Stan, Wendy and Soos making their way over to them.

Dipper, Bill and Mabel shared a look, before Dipper/Bill said "This is going to take a while to explain everything." fallowed by Mabel saying "You said it bro-bro." Bill on the other hand was more focus on what Xal said before he vanish. "Just what was it? What was my big plan?"

He curse at Xal for stealing and wiping all of his memory tied to his plans, and at his new fate he has now come to except.


I am so sorry for the long wait, I hope that it was worth the wait.

Now about Dipper and Bill's new fusion appearance.

The new eye color: I looked up on eye colors and found that some people do have gold eyes. It's a rare eye color that not many humans can have, so I think it would be cool if the fusion of Dipper and Bill can have that eye color.

The fashion style: I tried to keep both of Bill's and Dipper's taste of clothing in an equal balance between them. Don't worry the next chapter will be them shopping for a new wardrobe that they can agree on.

The hair color: I was thinking of a light brown hair with blonde tips on the ends and darker brown at the roots. Or some kid of random hair dye pattern. (may save that one for the grand finally) ^v^

See you, next illusion.