Cursed Souls

Hey everyone, thanks to everyone who read last chapter, I hope you enjoy this one too :3

My main language is Spanish so I'm sorry for my grammar

Yaoi. Boy x Boy. If you don't like it, don't read it

I don't own Gravity Falls, Over the Garden Wall or any of its characters. Gravity Falls is owned by Alex Hirsch and Disney, and Over the Garden Wall is owned by Patrick McHale and Cartoon Network (Maybe? I'm not too sure)

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There are heavy spoilers for Over the Garden Wall in this chapter, if you haven't watch it, you should, is a great show

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Dipper P.O.V

"I arrive at the Unknown about… I really can't remember, it's been a few years, things don't change in this world at all. My brother and I ended here after almost being hit by a train after escaping from a Halloween party, maybe the train did hit us and we died, but it doesn't matter at this point" Wirt said almost lost in thought

"Did you got hit by the train? Why were you running away?" I asked and Wirt let a chuckle

"I think we didn't got hit, but I haven't thought about it in a while" Wirt said and then his cheeks got red "And we were running because I tried to give a message to a girl I liked, it went terrible, the police arrive, oh, we were at the cemetery, we ran and me and my brother climbed over a wall and ended at the train tracks without noticing it, if we died we did it because I was being a coward and didn't talk to Sara like a normal person would do" Wirt said looking defeated

"Don't be so hard on you man, girls are complicated" I said and Wirt relaxed a little

"Thanks" Wirt said and his face turned serious "We arrive near where I found you, that's the entrance to this world, it was night time in the middle of a blizzard, we tried to find refuge and we found this place" Wirt said signaling to the cabin " A lumberjack lived here with a very suspicious oil lantern, and told us to leave, if we stayed in the forest the beast was going to get us, we didn't took him too seriously, like, of course wild animals lived in the forest and we didn't have any means to return home, but after that a demon dog attack us and destroyed the place, we ran away"

"A demon dog?" I said "Are they demons in this place?"

"Not really, there are monsters and things out of the ordinary here, but not full-on demons, most of the guys here are harmless, and the pup was just having a bad day, I meet him later and he is a good boy" Wirt said

"But you said it destroyed the place? And what about the lumberjack, does he live here too?" I asked and Wirt shook his head

"Let me continue my story" Wirt said "As we advance through the Unknown, we learn that everyone feared the beast, a monster that prays on the soul of the weak and reign the Unknown by seeding fear in their hearts, no one could oppose to it, we met the lumberjack along the way too, it felt like he was following us, he was always feeding red wood to the lantern to keep in alive, we ran away from him every time and then I made the mistake that would change our lives forever"

Wirt paused for a moment, his face serious and in pain. I been wondering, there is someone who Wirt has been mentioning over and over in his story, but we have been here for a while and there is only the two of us, it's like he lives on his own

"A little bit after we enter the Unknown, my brother and I became friends with a little blue bird, her name is Beatrice, she said she knew someone who was able to send us home a woman named Adelaide, we trusted her but it was all a trick, Beatrice and her family were cursed and transformed into birds and to break the curse she made a deal with Adelaide, Beatrice will give us to her and Adelaide would break the curse. I don't know what Adelaide wanted to do with us, but Beatrice killed her and we ran away. I was destroyed, Beatrice was the first person I ever open to, I felt like I could trust her above everything and being lied like that just broke me, I gave up hope, I just wanted to lie down and die, but my brother, Greg, he didn't gave up, he was a ray of sunshine in the darkness, an innocent flower in this tainted world, if he didn't arrived with me in the Unknown, I would have died a long time ago, he always pushed forward, but I pushed him away. After escaping form Adelaide and leaving Beatrice behind, I just lied down next to a tree and wait for everything to end… I wanted things to end, it didn't matter how… and Greg, hehe, he covered me with leaves so I wasn't cold, I told him to give up and I fell sleep. I dreamed of everything up to that point, Halloween, my message to Sara, the party, the cemetery, the train and I woke up, but Greg wasn't there, I ran to look for him, but I fell into a frozen lake, fortunately Beatrice family managed to save me. I thanked them and keep looking for Greg, on the way I met up with Beatrice who was also looking for him… and we found him, near the train tracks, the exit of the Unknown, he was almost fully covered by a red wood tree, I tried to get him out, but it was too late, he wasn't there anymore" Wirt said choking back tears

"I didn't know what to do, Greg and I weren't blood related, but I still loved him like he was. And then, I heard a sound beside me, it was the oil lantern still burning, I look behind it, and I saw two glowing eyes in the darkness and under neat him there was the lumberjack dead. I didn't even need to guess what was in front of us, The Beast, he told me that Greg wasn't dead, his spirit still remain, if I wanted to save him, he could put it inside the lantern and as long as the flame stay alive, Greg spirit would too, he wanted me to become the next lantern keeper, we were at a loss of words, I didn't know what to think, I wanted to go home, I wanted to hold Greg, I wanted to die, but the thing I wanted the most was to take revenge against the one who took Greg away from me. I took the lantern and jump back, the Beast yelled at me asking me what I was doing, there were so many thoughts flying through my head, but I knew three things, the Beast killed Greg, he was lying about Greg's soul and this flame was important to him, so I would take it away from him. I open the lantern and the Beast leap at us screaming to stop, his eyes gleam with colors, but it only took me a second to blow the lantern off, and just like that it was over, I looked back at the Beast and he wasn't there anymore, like he wasn't there to begging with, I dropped the lantern and started crying, I felt like I lose everything, I didn't want to go back home anymore, not without Greg, I wanted the earth to eat me and disappear, but things are never that easy. Suddenly I felt pain in my whole body, I rolled through the ground in agony, I looked at my hands and they were slowly turning in to wood, I was scared, I felt an intense pain in my head and branches like horns started to grow from it, my eyes started to glow like the Beast's ones, and then I felt like something was being forced out from inside me, like someone put his hand trough my flesh and wanted to get something out, I scream in pain until I felt it happen, my soul was ripped away from my body and the lantern lit up, finally after everything was over I heard a voice, I didn't recognize the voice or were it came from, but I remember exactly what it said. 'The Unknown must always have a Beast'. Killing the Beast made me into the new one" Wirt said wiping the few tears that managed to come out, I was at a loss of words, Wirt looked at me and laugh "When I started the story you were making questions left and right, why are you so quiet?"

"Huh?" I said, that took me off guard, and I yelled "How am I supposed to interrupt you when you were pouring your heart out like that?!"

"Hahaha, sorry, I'm joking?" Wirt said

"Sheesh" I sighed "What happened after that?"

"I took the lantern and came back here to drown in my own sadness, I locked myself up in this half-destroyed cabin, after I transformed the weight of everything that happened just came crashing down, I didn't want to do anything, I tried to turn off the lantern, I tried to throw it into the river nearby, but a strange force stop me from doing it I tried wait for the lantern to run out of oil, but Beatrice came and feed it red wood, she didn't want me to die, I was miserable. I didn't do anything for weeks, until one day I heard a knock at the door, it was a little kid, I looked him through a crack in the wall, he said he was lost and scared and wanted to go home, he remind me of me and Greg when we arrive in the Unknown, how scared and confused we were, I got close to the door and told him that I knew how to get out the forest and I could help him, but I also told him that I was a monster and if he was scared of me I could call a friend and she could help him, he told me it was fine, he liked monsters, I took a old hood and the lantern and exit the cabin for the first time in days and helped the kid escape this place. He remind me of Greg an innocent and brave boy who saw good in everything, it took a few days but we reach the train tracks, the kid thank me and hugged me and told me I had cool eyes, he disappeared after crossing the train tracks, I went to visit Greg who was still trapped in the tree, I sure he would had help the kid too, I felt good for the first time in what felt like ages, I returned back here and Beatrice was mad because I went missing without telling her and I told her I think I was finally ready to move on. I sure that Greg, me and that kid weren't the first people who enter the Unknown and we won't be the last, I want to help them, the Beast may be gone, but they don't have to suffer through this strange place alone, I became the guide to help them find their way home. And that's the story"

"Wow… That's a lot dude, I'm sorry for your brother" I said

"Don't be, it's ok" Wirt said "You said you had a sister, right?"

"Yeah, I wonder how she is doing, I'm not going to see her in a while, if ever" I said getting a little nostalgic remembering

"So, you are planning to stay here in the Unknown, right?" Wirt asked me

"Oh yeah, when you said it was a purgatory, I thought of that, but as you said, there are other people here, right? I want to find a desolated place, we can't easily get out, where Bill can't hurt anyone" I said second guessing my idea "I think I'm going to keep dimension hopping until I find somewhere like that"

"I think you should stay here" Wirt said confidently

"But I don't want to hurt anyone, as more time passes Bill get a little more control over me, I won't be able to stop him forever" I said depressed

"That's why you should stay, if I use my powers I can stop him for taking control over you"

"Ah… I didn't think of that… but…"

"You said he is taking slowly taking control of you, you'll eventually have to find a way to stop it, and that way is me" He said very seriously, I was at a loss of words

"Why are you doing this? You just met me, I'm a guy with a demon inside, you should had tried to kill me while I was sleep, and you want me to stay here with you?"

"Yes, I can understand you, I may not have a demon inside, but my soul isn't even in my body, we both prefer to sacrifice ourselves to help others, and… this place is really lonely, like, people can enjoy solitude but no one can really endure it, even if Beatrice come to visit me every now and then, the weight of being this monster is too overwhelming to keep going" Wirt said in a defeated voice "I thought about it while you were recovering, I really want someone to talk to, so I'll help you to keep Bill at check, and you'll stop me from going insane, what do you say?"

I never thought about it, about how lonely these past years have been, this is the longest time I have talk to someone in who knows how long, maybe is a good idea…

"Alright" I said give in up "I'll stay, but you have to help me with that not going insane thing too, deal?"

"Deal" Wirt said smiling

End of chapter 2

Hey guys, thanks for reading, I had to rewatch Over the Garden Wall to write this chapter, which is a good thing because is an amazing show you guys should definitely watch

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