I did it! I am alive! I survived the Bean Boozled Challenge! Woo hoo!

Anyways, as I promised, here's the next chapter! And in less than twelve hours!

Just a quick heads up before the chapter starts, I'm only going to be describing the last of the seven impossible tasks. I would go into more detail about all of them, but they all start and end basically the same way. The only difference would be the actual challenge. I don't want to bore you so I'll mention what the tasks were, I just won't go into detail about them.

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This idea for this realm was by Sarstar98. I only changed a couple of details and added some things. The idea for the realm was created by her/him. Thanks for the idea!

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"Let the seven impossible tasks end!" Bill face planted into his pillow on his bed. Both he and Mabel currently shared a room. Apparently the house they were staying in only had one bedroom so they had to share. Luckily there were two beds. Bill didn't usually sleep but apparently he had access to his Mindscape when he did. So, he had been trying to sleep whenever he had the chance to. He didn't particularly like this town. Everyone was too perky for his taste. Except for Kerry. He simply thought she was annoying.

They had been in Glacier Town for a week and the last task was tomorrow. So far Mabel had completed the scavenger hunt, the frozen dive, the snowflake count, the math challenge (Mabel barely passed that one), the card house challenge, and the hide and seek hunt. There was one last task to go and Bill couldn't wait for this all to be over.

"I can't wait to get out of this place," Bill muttered into his pillow.

Mabel rolled her eyes for what had to be the billionth time that week. "I know you want to get out of here but can you please stop whining about it?" Mabel had to deal with his complaining all week about how much he hated the town. The only time he wasn't complaining about it was when they were trying to predict what the next task would be. They had been wrong most of the time but it gave them something to do at the very least. And although she wouldn't admit it to Bill, she kind of enjoyed hearing about all the crazy things he thought would be the next challenge.

She threw herself on the bed and turned to face Bill. The dream demon pushed himself up and turned to his side so he was looking at her. "Please," he scoffed, "I know whining and this isn't it."

Mabel sighed and placed her head on her pillow. She had already changed into her pajamas. She had on a long sleeved purple top with white flowers around the edges and had on matching purple pants. "Bill," she mumbled turning away from him, "I just want to get some sleep. I want to be well rested for the last task tomorrow and I don't need your complaining keeping me up. So I suggest that you go asleep and do whatever you need to in your Mindscape." Bill didn't need to go into Mabel's brain while they were in this realm so he didn't even bother to go into her mind. For some reason, the shadows couldn't reach her while she was here.

Bill sighed and turned away from Mabel. In minutes, she heard his breathing steady out and he was asleep. Mabel closed her eyes and tried to sleep too but it seemed impossible.

After an hour she was still wide awake and bored.

She glanced over to Bill for the twelfth time that hour. She scowled at the smirk that was on his lips. Even in his sleep he was still annoying her. All she wanted to do at that moment was wipe that stupid smirk off his face.

Wait she thought. Mabel sat up as an idea formed in her mind. A small smirk of her own appeared on her face. Maybe I can.

Bill woke up with a groan. He had spent the night in his Mindscape trying to figure out where the next shadow shard was but so far he had no luck. He knew that finding them were going to be difficult, but he had been looking for the past week and still nothing.

He slowly got up and straightened out his clothes. He never changed so everything he wore was full of wrinkles. He snapped his finger and they turned straight and crisp again. He lifted a hand and rubbed his eye to get the sleep out of it. He rarely ever slept and this was the first time in a billion years. He didn't really like how he felt in the morning.

The dream demon sighed and looked over at Mabel's bed. He frowned when he saw that Mabel wasn't there. All the tasks had made her tired and she usually slept in till eleven.

Bill sighed again and deduced that she was in the kitchen, probably drinking a glass of Mabel juice. He wasn't exactly rushing over to go and try it.

He jumped into the air and began to float. He made his way over to the door and threw it open.

Then he felt a bucket full of something wet and cold fall on his head.

He was too shocked to say anything. He just floated in place, taking in what had just happened.

But then he heard laughter.

Bill wiped the snow off of his face and head and looked over to see Mabel on the ground, laughing her heart out. The dream demon narrowed his eye at her and scowled. He grabbed his hat and wiped the snow of it. After it was clean, he placed it back on his head and snapped his fingers, clearing the rest of his body from the snow. He didn't bother drying his clothes off.

"Y-you-Ha!" Mabel struggled to talk through her laughter. Her plan was so simple that she didn't actually think it would work. But low and behold, it did! "You should h-have-Ha!- seen th-the look on your- Ha, ha!- face! Ha!" Mabel closed her eyes and clutched her stomach. It hurt so much because of her laughter, but at the moment, she couldn't care less!

Bill's eye narrowed as he looked at her laughing figure. He couldn't have just gotten pranked by a… by a flesh bag! A girl none the less! Bill's hands clenched into fists.

"So," Mabel heard Bill growl. Mabel opened her eyes to see an angry look on Bill's face. His voice finally calmed her down and she was finally able to catch her breath. She stood up from her position on the ground and looked at him. Even his glare couldn't keep the smile off her face. "You think this is funny, don't you Shooting Star?"

"Of course it's funny. There was a bucket of snow falling on your head! You should have seen your face!"

"Well then, if you think this is funny," Bill snapped his fingers again and the whole entire house was full of snow, "then this will be hilarious." He bent down and grabbed a handful of snow. Mabel's eyes widened.

"Oh no. You are not…" Mabel trailed off at the smile that was on Bill's face.

"I suggest you run, Shooting Star." Mabel shrieked as a ball of snow whizzed past her. She turned around and scrambled down the hallway. She saw the entrance to the office out of the corner of her eye and she dove into the room. When she was in there, she hid behind a chair and created her own snowball.

"You think you can hide from me Shooting Star?!" Bill let out a laugh and flew after Mabel. When he entered the office, he was hit with a snowball in the face.

"I think I can Bill!" The dream demon heard where her voice was coming from and blindly threw it in that direction. He must have hit his target because he heard a yelp. He rubbed the snow from his face and saw Mabel with snow on her face too. She wiped it off and sent a playful smile his way. Bill returned it and flew out of the room. "Don't think you can get away that easily Bill!"

"Don't think you can catch me that easily Shooting Star!" He flew closer to the ground so he could pick up some snow. When he turned around and saw that Mabel was right on his tail and she also had a snowball in her hand. Even though she kept tripping every few seconds, she still managed to keep up with him.

He threw his own snowball at her and Mabel ducked down. It grazed her head and some of her hair was covered in snow. She shook her head to get it off.

Mabel threw her snowball at him but he easily moved out of the way. He laughed even more. "Nice try Shooting Star, but you're going to have do better than-ack!" With an evil smile, Mabel jumped forward and grabbed the end of Bill's tailcoat. Bill was pulled down and he landed face first into the pile of snow. Mabel laughed at the sight but Bill wasn't done. Bill grabbed her leg and pulled her down with him. She shrieked and went down in the snow next to him.

They both pushed themselves up at the same time. They looked at each other and shared a grin. "It's on," Mabel said.

"Oh, it is definitely on," Bill replied. They jumped up and that's when they realized that they were in the living room. They shared one last look before they each went to opposite sides of the room, preparing themselves for battle.

Their snowball fight went on for a good ten minutes. They each got hit by snowballs and fell into the snow. A lot. Bill couldn't remember if he had ever had a snowball fight and if he probably never would have if Mabel hadn't dumped that snow on his head. In fact, the last time he laughed this much was during Weirdmageddon! This game had no rules, the only objective was pelting other people with balls of snow and ice, and both he and Mabel were simply going crazy trying to hit each other.

He wasn't causing people harm, he wasn't making deals, and he wasn't even turning the world into a crazy nightmare that he absolutely loved. Bill was doing none of that.

He was only having a snowball fight, yet he was having fun. With a human that he hated.

They probably would have kept going if there hadn't been a knock on the door. Mabel and Bill both stopped their fight and stopped laughing when they heard it. They both glanced to the door, a questioning look on both their faces.

Mabel gathered snow in her hand and made a snowball. She held it up to Bill, the plan clear on her face. A wicked grin played on the dream demon's lips. He created his own snowball and the two slowly made their way towards the door.

"Come in," Mabel called, preparing to throw the snowball. The door knob twisted and Mabel and Bill pulled their arm back. Then the door opened and they released the snowballs. They sailed and hit their target.

Kerry's face.

From what the two could see due to the snow on her face, Kerry was horrified at what happen. Then Mabel let out a couple of giggles. And Bill began to chuckle. Seconds later the two were on the ground laughing like there was no tomorrow. They didn't even care that the snow was getting in their clothes. The only thing the two could focus on was the look on Kerry's face.

The woman herself growled and wiped the snow off her face. She trudged her way through the snow, grabbed Mabel's wrist, and pulled her up and off of the ground. When she was off of the ground, Mabel finally stopped laughing and looked at Kerry. Bill calmed down too and he picked himself up. He jumped in the air and started to float again.

Kerry pinched the bridge of her nose and took a deep breath. "The seventh task is going to start soon. The mayor wants you down there right now." Kerry glanced at Mabel's soggy pajamas in disgust. "I suggest you change first." Mabel's cheeks reddened a bit and she nodded. She ran to her bedroom the best she could but ended up slipping and sliding due to all the snow.

Five minutes later, Mabel reappeared with the same outfit she wore the first day Bill and her came to Glacier Town. Kerry nodded in satisfaction. "Good. The event is scheduled to begin in five minutes so let's hurry." Kerry turned around and briskly walked out the door. Mabel was right behind her and Bill was a few feet behind. The door shut with a bang.

When they were a few minutes away from the plaza, Kerry spoke with them. "Just so you two know, I did not enjoy being pelted by snowballs. I hope you never do it again." She didn't even bother to turn to look at them.

"Yes, but the look on your face was worth it," Bill muttered under his breath. "At least Shooting Star here understands that." The two heard Kerry growl at the comment and Mabel and Bill both let out a small laugh. Mabel held up a hand for Bill to high five and he did just that.

Then he finally realized what had been happening the past half an hour.

I just had fun with Shooting Star Bill thought in shock.

Bill's eye widened and he grabbed Mabel's arm to stop her from going any farther. She looked at him, the confusion clear on her face. He bent down and whispered in her ear, his voice low and dangerous. "Everything that happened back there never happened. We never speak of it to anyone. No matter how much one may torture you, you never speak of this. Am I clear?" Mabel was confused at what he was saying until it finally hit her.

I just had fun with Bill Cipher Mabel thought in surprise.

She turned to him and her eyes narrowed. "Agreed." She shook free of Bill's grasp and ran to catch up with Kerry. Bill swallowed the lump in his throat and followed her.

"Citizens of Glacier Town, today our challenger, Mabel, will be facing the last of the seven impossible tasks!" A cheer went up in the crowd at the mayors words. He waited for them to quiet down before he continued. "Mabel is the first person to ever make it this far and if she wins, she will be awarded the shadow shard!" The cheering continued, this time twice as long.

Nick motioned for Mabel to stand beside him. She made her way up the steps and stood next to the podium and the rather tall stool the Nick was standing on. The cheers only intensified when she came up.

Mabel scanned the crowd and once again saw Josie, John, and Rebecca in the front. She already said her goodbyes to them, just in case she and Bill had to leave quickly after the last task. It was a tearful goodbye and Mabel promised that if she could, she would visit again.

Right now, everyone was standing in the plaza. It was circular and the 'stones' were made of ice and snow. Many different stores surrounded the plaza and four different roads went off of it. The stage where the mayor, Mabel, and Kerry were standing was set up around the edge of it. The crowd was everywhere else and all the people of Glacier town were squeezed together. Not a single spot was empty except for one place. A rectangular table was holding something but Mabel couldn't see what it was due to the white sheet on top of it.

"This task is the hardest out of any of them," the mayor continued. "It will determine whether Mabel has proved herself worthy for the shadow shard." Nick turned to Mabel to address her but still talked loud enough that the crowd could hear. "However, if you don't complete this task, you lose and can never try again. Do you understand these rules?"

"I do," Mabel replied.

"Then are you ready for the seventh impossible task?"

Mabel threw her fist in the air. "I am!" she cheered.

Nick smiled. "Then let's get on with the final challenge." A cheer began once more as Mabel was led by Kerry to the middle of the plaza. They stopped at the table covered by the white sheet. Kerry let go of Mabel's hand and made her way back up to where the mayor was standing. Mabel glanced at the sheet, but her eyes were drawn away by a flash of yellow and black appearing at the front of the crowd. He always seemed to get to the front. Mabel shook her head at this.

"Lift the sheet," the mayor commanded. Two security guards came from the side and lifted the sheet to reveal seven tubs. What was in them, Mabel didn't have the slightest idea. "The final challenge," the mayor said in a low, dramatic voice "is…" he paused for dramatic effect. The crowd was the quietest it has ever been and everyone's eyes were on the mayor.

"The seven tub ice cream task."

Mabel's eyes practically popped out of her sockets at the words ice cream. Everyone in the crowd cheered and Mabel looked over to see the security guards popping off the lids of the tubs to reveal seven different flavors of ice cream. Mabel now had a good idea as to why they asked if she was allergic to anything.

"The challenger, Mabel, has thirty minutes to eat seven tubs of ice cream. If she does, she wins the shadow shard. If she doesn't, she loses and can never try again." The mayor pointed at Mabel. "Challenger Mabel, are you ready?!"

Mabel licked her lips as she looked at the ice cream. "Dipper's about to eat his words," she mumbled under her breath. She turned and smiled at the mayor. "I'm ready Nick!"

Nick smiled once again. "Then let the seventh impossible task… begin!" Another giant cheer went up as Mabel dove for a tub of Reese's peanut butter cup ice cream. A security guard handed her a spoon and she dove into the tub.

The crowd was so focused on Mabel that no one noticed Kerry whispering to Nick. "Are you sure about this? Nick, you know what happens if she actually wins right? She'll get the shadow shard!"

"Of course she'll get the shadow shard. It's the whole entire point of the seven impossible tasks!"

"Yes, but what if she and her partner are looking for the all the shards? If you let them have it and those two are looking for the rest of the shards, do you know what they will do to you? They'll hurt you, or worse!"

"I know what I'm doing," Nick spit out through his smile. "And if Mabel does win, I still have one more trick up my sleeve. However, I'll give those two the shard, simple as that."

Kerry's eyes widened. "But Nick," she gasped, "they won't hesitate to kill you if they do."

"Not if I give them useful information." Nick's eyes left Mabel and went to Bill, who was watching Mabel devour the tub of ice cream with a small smile on his face. "He should really be more careful. I mean, how strong is Mabel without her dream demon? How strong is Mabel without Bill Cipher?"

The crowd started to count down from ten and Mabel still had a bite to go. She wearily lifted the spoon to her lips and put the ice cream in her mouth. Then at two seconds left, she swallowed. Mabel dropped the last empty tub and threw her hands up in victory. Another cheer came from the crowd as the challenger completed the final impossible task.

"She did it!" The mayor screamed form the stage. "For the first time ever someone has completed the seven impossible tasks! Or should I say, the seven possible tasks. We have a winner! We have a winner!" Kerry came down from the stage before the press or anyone else could get any closer. Apparently, even in a small town they had newspapers. Kerry grabbed Mabel in her death grip and started pulling Mabel towards the mayor's house. "The mayor will meet you there," Kerry shouted over the crowd.

People were reaching out trying to get high fives and Mabel happily obliged much to Kerry's disgust. Mabel high fived the children first before going to the adults. She high fived everyone and anyone before they were past the crowd and security guards cut them off. However, security couldn't stop Bill from flying over them and floating near Mabel. "Nice job," he muttered. "We're once step closer to getting all the shadow shards and stopping the Shadows of the Underworld once and for all." Mabel thought she saw Bill give her a smile but it was gone in the blink of an eye. She shrugged, thinking she only imagined it.

Once again, Mabel was dragged into the mayor's office at the end of the hall and much to Mabel's surprise, Nick was already there.

The minute Mabel entered; Nick stood up and rushed over to give her hand a shake. "Well done Mabel, well done! You are the first person to ever complete the seven impossible tasks! Well done!" He then turned his attention to Kerry and his tone went from cheery to serious. "Kerry, leave us." The woman nodded and left the room, shutting the door behind her. After she was gone, Nick's attention was back on Mabel.

"Thank you Nick," Mabel said with a smile, "it was an honor and a lot of fun."

"I'm glad. What's the point in a competition if it isn't fun?"

Mabel laughed and was about to reply before Bill cut in. "Yes, it was a very… interesting week," he said through gritted teeth. "But we would really like the shadow shard now. We have places to go, things to do."

"Ah, want to leave so quickly I see. Was our little town that horrible?"

"Not at all Nick," Mabel said before Bill could speak. "In fact, I would love to stay longer, but Bill is right. We really need to go."

Nick nodded. "I see. You probably didn't expect it to take this long."

"No, not really."

"Its fine, you're not the first one to think that." Nick shook his head. "But enough small talk! You're here for the shadow shard." Nick walked behind his desk and bent down. He looked up at the bottom of the desk and clicked a button that blended into the wood. Mabel and Bill turned their head at the sound of a panel opening in the wall. When the piece of wall was gone, a safe was revealed.

"Whoa," Mabel whispered.

Nick grinned at her expression and walked over to the safe. He put in the numbers 618 and the safe door popped open. Then he slowly and carefully lifted out the shadow shard. Mabel gasped at the sight of it.

The shadow shard looked like a thick piece of dark glass. It was small and was only a little bit longer than Mabel's hand. She could easily hold it. It looked smooth but Mabel couldn't be quite sure. It was surrounded by wispy purple and black shadows that were the same color as the portals the Shadows of the Underworld could make.

Nick walked over to Mabel and carefully handed the shard to her. Her eye's never left the shard even when Nick started talking again. "It's your Mabel. You won it fair and square."

Bill snapped his fingers making a red velvet bag with gold string at the top appear in his hands. He opened it and held it towards Mabel. She gently placed the shadow shard in the bag and Bill tied it shut. With a wave of his hand, the bag was gone again.

"So, you want to get home now correct?" Both Mabel and Bill nodded. "As you may have already known, you can't transport in or out of this place due to the barrier. Sorry about that. We don't exactly like intruders."

"It's fine." Mabel waved it off.

"Actually," Bill growled.

"Its fine," Mabel hissed at him before he could say anything else. Bill glared at Mabel but said nothing else.

Nick continued as if he hadn't heard Bill. "So, you can't transport in or out and we only have one exit." He grimaced. "Sadly it is the same as our entrance so… Good luck! And feel free to visit Glacier Town anytime!" Nick quickly pushed another hidden button on his desk before either one of them could object.

"What?!" Bill screamed. But his yelling was in vain because Mabel grabbed his arm before she fell down the trap door that opened beneath her feet, causing Bill down go down with her.

They both let out screams but for a different reason. Mabel was screaming because of her fear of heights and Bill was screaming that he was going to murder the mayor for making him go down this hole.

"Really Shooting Star?! You had to drag me down too?!" Bill notice they were reaching the bottom and quickly ripped away his arm from Mabel's grasp. Right when they entered the ice cave part of the geyser, Bill stopped himself from falling by floating. Mabel, however, continued her fall and fell to the ground with a thud.

"Ouch," she muttered. She rubbed her butt, trying to make the pain go away. She didn't know how she landed on her butt, but she did.

"Are you kidding me?!" Mabel looked up to see that Bill was glaring at the hole at the top of the geyser. She also noticed that his clothes were starting to change color. "Why, out of all places, did you have to put me here?! Are you trying to make me suffer?!"

"Bill!" Mabel called just before his clothes turned to red and glowing white.

He glanced down at her and glared. "What?"

"Yelling isn't gonna get you anywhere. They can't hear you! There's no point in getting mad. You're going to be down here no matter what you do."

Bill growled in frustration, and then paused. Slowly his clothes started to turn back to their original yellow and black. You're right Shooting Star," Bill hissed through gritted teeth.

Mabel smiled in satisfaction. "I know I am."

Bill floated down so he was closer to the ground. "Don't get ahead of yourself."

"Says the person with the giant ego," she snorted. Bill gave her a look but said nothing else.

A half hour of silence went by before anyone spoke. "So," Bill drawled. Mabel turned away from her ice drawing and glanced at Bill. The dream demon smirked a bit. "I never knew you were one for pranks."

Mabel's eyes lit up. "Are you kidding me? I love them! I play pranks on Dipper all the time. That's where I got the idea for dropping a bucket of snow on your head. I do it all the time to Dipper in the Winter so it was easy. It was even easier since this whole entire realm is made of snow." Bill noticed that she was talking about what happened this morning when they both agreed not to, but it was only to him. He decided to let it slide.

"Well then, apparently I do have something in common with you, no matter how much I wish I didn't."

"Really?"

Bill's smirk grew. "Yes, like you, I also enjoy pranks. Although, to you flesh bags they're more like natural disasters. "

Mabel raised her eyebrows. "What do you mean?"

"Well, have you heard of the Hindenburg?"

"Yes…" She trailed off, figuring out where this was going.

"Well I won't bore you with the details," his smirk went to a sadistic grin, "but I'm the reason it burned down."

"Really Bill?"

"What? It was fun!"

"Is that the worst prank you've done?" Mabel crossed her arms waiting for an answer.

Bill cocked his head. "Well for some people yes. But others think that the worst prank I did was being the reason for Zayn leaving One Direction."

Mabel's eyes widened. "You're the one that did that?"

"Yes and you flesh bags think that's worse than the Hindenburg." Bill paused for a moment, prepared for Mabel to start yelling at him. But she surprised him once again when she started laughing. Bill raised an eyebrow at her reaction. "What? What's so funny?"

After another minute of non-stop laughing, Mabel finally calmed down. "Sorry, but I was so relieved when Zayn left One Direction."

Bill had to force his jaw to stay put. He was completely flabbergasted. "You actually enjoyed my prank?!"

"I wanted that group to break up for a long time. Seems it didn't work though. One gone is better than none though." Mabel quickly laughed at her comment.

"But wait, I thought you loved boy bands?" Bill questioned.

"I do. Even if they are no longer doing concerts, Several Timez is still the most awesome boy band ever!" She punched her fist in the air while Bill simple rolled his eyes.

"I thought that you would have hated a band that turned out to be a bunch of clones."

Mabel scowled at the dream demon. "Shut up Bill." He smiled a bit at the comeback. It was always nice to have someone who stood up against him. It made things interesting.

Bill changed the subject back to pranks. "So, you find pranks like the One Direction One funny?" Mabel nodded and Bill's smile only grew. "Then do I have some stories to tell you."

"Where did I put the nitrogen?" Lily muttered under her breath. She pushed bottles of different liquids and gasses aside until she found the bottle she was looking for. She smiled and quickly grabbed the small vile. She moved over to the giant metal pot that was on her steel work table and poured the nitrogen in. She snapped the lid to the metal pot shut before anything could get out.

She turned on the burner under the table it let the pot heat up for five minutes. When the time was up, Lily lifted the lid off the pot to make sure the contents were boiling. They were. She shut the lid again and attached to wire to the side of the pot. Then she walked over to the cement wall and flicked a switch.

Electricity traveled up the wires, onto the pot, and into the contents inside of it. Luckily, there was no explosion this time and Lily turned the electricity off before there was one.

She moved back over to the pot and levitated the cover off it. She looked inside and saw that the contents were a murky green and purple. She smiled at the result. Using her other hand, Lily levitated a small glass bottle over and dipped it inside the pot to get its contents. When the bottle was full, she grabbed it and dropped the cover back on the pot with a clang.

Lily made purple and black fire appear in her hand and the fire engulfed the bottle. She left it like that for a minute and then made the fire despair. What was left in the bottle was a blood red liquid. She brought the bottle close to her chest and closed her yes. "Please work," was all she whispered before she brought the bottle to the lips and drank.

She lowered the hand with the bottle in it and waited. After a moment her toes began to feel numb. "Yes," she gasped. The numb feeling started moving farther up her feet, but then it suddenly stopped and the feeling went away. Lily stood there shocked.

"No," she whispered. Then her eyes narrowed and her hold on the bottle tightened. "No!" she screamed before throwing the bottle to the nearest wall. She stood her ground, fuming. However, she heard a voice a minute later.

"Excuse me?" a timid voice behind her asked.

She whipped around and glared at the shadow. "What?" she shouted.

The shadow took a couple steps back. "Th-there's a call for you in the throne room, Miss Lily."

Lily sighed and motioned towards the door. "Tell them that I'll be there in a moment Nathan." Nathan nodded and exited the room. Lily waved her hand and the mess she made was cleaned up. Once she was satisfied with the results, she left her personal lab and made her way to the throne room.

The throne room was the darkest place in the 'castle' one might call it, but it was really more of a giant building. The floor, walls, and ceiling were all made from obsidian and the only light was provided by black and purple fire coming from torches lined up against the wall. At the very end of the room were obsidian steps that led up to a giant throne made of purple velvet and (of course) obsidian.

Lily wished that the throne wasn't so big, but it belonged to her old master and she wanted something to remind her why he was gone. She wanted something to remind her why she had to kill him.

Lily took a seat in the throne and waved her hand. A giant, grey flickering screen appeared before her. "Caller one." At her words, the screen stopped flickering and an image appeared instead. It was the mayor's office from the Glacier Forest realm. And in the picture were Nick, the mayor, and Kerry, the mayor's assistant. Lily sighed at the sight. "What do you want?" The boredom was clear in her voice.

Nick looked like he was about to say something but Kerry cut in. "Someone has the shadow shard," she nearly screamed, her voice full of worry.

Lilly sat up straighter and her purple eyes narrowed at the two. "What did you say?"

Nick put a hand behind his head and laughed nervously. "You see, someone completed the seven impossible tasks so I had to give it to her."

Lily slammed a hand down on the armrest of the throne. "You fool! You said that the seven impossible tasks were just that! Impossible! And look at that! Someone already has the shadow shard! What if this person is trying to collect all five of the shards?! I can't let that happen!"

"Well, she was just a girl in our defense. Only seventeen! In fact, the only reason she might have been there was because of her partner-"

"Wait!" Lily interrupted before Nick could get any farther. "Did you say a seventeen year old girl?"

Nick swallowed the lump in his throat. "Y-yes?"

"Was her name Mabel Pines?"

Nick could feel the cold sweat falling down his forehead and it was very rare for people to sweat in that realm. "Yes?"

Lily slammed her hand on the armrest again. "You two are complete and utter imbeciles! Mabel Pines is the person I want dead!"

Both Kerry and Nick's eyes widened. "I-it is?!" Kerry stuttered out.

"Yes! The only reason she wanted the shard was so that she can be one step closer to trapping my people and I in the horrid place! Why you id-" Lily cut herself off. She replayed what Nick said in her mind before she interrupted him. Lily took a deep breath and spoke again, this time much calmer. "You said that Miss Pines had a partner. Who is it?"

Nick smiled in relief. "You see Lily, here's the best part."

"There's hardly a good part in this!" she shouted.

Nick continued as if she had never spoken in the first place. "You see, the person, or should I say being, she is working with is none other than Bill Cipher."

Lily said nothing for a full minute. Then, "If it was Bill Cipher who was helping her, why didn't you tell me sooner? How did you not find it odd the Bill was helping some random girl out?"

"Well we didn't actually know it was Bill until half way through the week and the tasks had already started. We couldn't have just stopped them for no apparent reason. That would have been suspicious."

Lily swore that newborn babies were smarter than these two. "How could you not have known that it was Bill Cipher!? He's a triangle for crying out loud!"

"But that's the thing Lily. He wasn't. He was a human! The only reason I knew it was him was because of his powers."

The shadow looked out the two for a moment before she burst out laughing. "Okay, now I know that you two are lying to me! Bill would never become human!"

Nick scowled. "You really think so?" Lily nodded. "Well then see for yourself. Kerry, the video." Kerry nodded and went of Lily's view. When she appeared again, a small TV on wheels was with her. She reached up and pressed the play button and the moved out of the way so that Lily could have a better view. The screen was full of static for a few moments but then showed a video of the mayor's office that must have been taken at least a week ago.

There were two people in the room, the mayor and Mabel. Lily narrowed her eyes at Mabel and watched the video play.

The mayor walked to the door and Mabel kept her eyes on him. He stuck his head out and looked down the hallway to see if anyone was there. There wasn't. He pulled his head back in and shut the door with a thud. A flash appeared on the mayor's desk but the two didn't seem to notice it. After the light went away, a man with yellow and black clothes on appeared. He straightened his black top hat and bow tie before speaking.

"So, what are we supposed to do? Complete these seven impossible tasks while you sit around and eat snow cones."

The mayor let out a small scream while Mabel simply jumped a little. The two turned around to see the man lounging on the mayor's desk. "Wh-who," the mayor stuttered, "the h-heck are y-you? And how d-did you g-get in here?!"

Mabel let out a shaky laugh. "Well sir… er. Sorry, I don't think I got your name."

"It's Nick."

"Nick. Nice name." The mayor smiled at Mabel's comment. "Well Nick, this is my, um, partner. His name is Bill…" She trailed off at the look Bill gave her.

Nick took a deep breath and composed himself. He walked up to Bill and held out a hand. "It's nice to meet you Bill." Bill only eyed the hand until Nick pulled it back. "Not one for handshakes. That's fine not everyone is." He shook his head and turned back to Mabel.

"So, you want to do the seven impossible tasks to get the shadow shard?"

Mabel stepped closer to the mayor and made eye contact with him. "That's correct Nick."

"How did you name the shadow shard shadow shard?" Bill began talking before Nick could get another word out.

Nick turned to face Bill. The mayor had a strange look on his face. "We call it the shadow shard because it's a shard and it looks like it's made of shadows. Why do you ask?"

Bill shrugged. "No reason." Nick twisted his body so he was facing Mabel again.

"So, if you want to become a challenger, then you need to learn the rules." Mabel nodded. "First, you have to do this alone. Your friend can cheer you on," Bill rolled his eye at this, "but he cannot help you in the actual competition. Second, if you lose even one challenge, you can never try again. No matter how much you may beg or bribe me, the answer will always be no. And the third rule, there is only one challenge per day so no asking if you can do two per day instead. Can you agree to-"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa." Mabel and Nick turned to look at Bill, who was back to floating in the air. Bill had an annoyed look on his face. "Are you telling me that we have to stay here a whole week?"

Nick ignored his question for a moment, stunned at the fact that Bill was flying. He pulled himself together though and looked Bill straight in the eye. "Yes, those are the rules, as they have been for half a decade now."

Mabel saw Bill's eye twitch and butted in before something bad happened. "I agree with the rules mayor and I am ready to start as soon as possible."

The video ended and Kerry and Nick turned back to Lily. "So unless there is another demon that has the name Bill with a strange, echoy voice and does magic like that, I'd like to know."

Lily sat in her throne, stunned. Without another word she waved her hand and the screen disappeared. She didn't have any reason to talk to those two idiots now. "So," she whispered, "Mabel has Bill Cipher on her side." A twisted smile slid onto her face. "Looks like it's time he sees what happens when a dream demon messes with shadows."

"You have got to be kidding me! My Mom said she was gonna kill the person who caused her to shop at Hannaford's!" Mabel fell to the ground laughing and Bill smiled.

"But it's true! I will admit, it was one of my weaker pranks, but I loved seeing everyone at Market Basket go on strike! I did it in hopes it would cause all the stores in the world to go on strike and there would be another world wide disaster but," he shrugged, "it still caused a lot of havoc. And havoc is a good thing in my line of work."

"Yes, but now my mother is after you dead or alive! Preferably dead!" Bill laughed and so did Mabel.

"Yes but a lot of people are aiming for my head!"

"Touché."

Once he calmed down, Bill put a hand to his chin in thought. "Or they are aiming for my triangular shaped body. It kind of depends what form I'm in." Mabel laughed again.

Mabel and Bill had spent the past three hours recalling all the pranks they had ever done. While Mabel's were simple and didn't hurt anybody, Bill's were elaborate and caused whole countries to fall! And some of them from Bill's perspective were extremely funny!

"So, what do you think-" Mabel was cut off by the sudden rumbling of the cave. Mabel grabbed onto the wall she was leaning against and Bill floated closer to the middle of the geyser. The cracks quickly burst into giant holes and steam and jets of water were coming out of them. Bill looked at the holes, shocked.

"It's erupting already? We've only been in here for an hour!"

Mabel laughed for the thousandth time. "Bill, we've been in here three hours! We were so caught up in our pranks that the time just flew by!" No one was able to say another word because a giant blast of water broke through the ground and carried the two out of the hole.

They made it up and out of the geyser without any problems this time. Bill didn't get turned around and blasted so Mabel wasn't hit by water in the face either, much to her disappointment.

When they were out of the whole, the sun was setting and the sky was a reddish-pink, which was weird since the sun was blue. Mabel crawled to the edge of the geyser and took one last look at Glacier town. To her surprise, she saw a crowd of people looking up and waving to her. A giant smile broke out and she frantically waved back. She couldn't make out Rebecca, Josie, and John but in her heart, she knew that they were down there waving at her.

When the people were too far to see, Mabel went back to the middle of the geyser and saw that Bill was in the same place as before. She knew he probably wouldn't have waved but she still sighed at his stubbornness.

When the geyser went away, Bill let her fall, not saying anything this time. Even so, Mabel knew he wasn't going to let her die. He said as such so many times that it was implanted into her brain.

Bill once again made the ground bouncy and it was as much fun as before. He flew down to meet her when the bouncing stopped and she was back on her feet again. They were outside the barrier to Glacier Town and were where the doorbell was located. Mabel was facing the woods and all she could see were trees for miles and miles.

Bill snapped his fingers and a light blue light surrounded Mabel. She floated up in the air and was eye level with Bill now. "You ready?" he asked, lifting up his other hand.

Mabel looked behind her and took one last look at Glacier Town. She let its image sink into her brain before looking at Bill. "Ready," she said and clenched her hands into fists, preparing for the pain she was about to feel.

The dream demon snapped his fingers and she was thrust forward, the woods that were in front of her disappeared, as did the town behind her.

When Mabel was able to focus again, they were in Bill's study back in his Mindscape. Bill snapped his finger and the light around Mabel was gone. She fell and landed on her feet. She grabbed her stomach out of pain but noticed that it wasn't as bad as the times before. About ten seconds later, she felt fine.

She looked up to see Bill sitting on the weird looking couch; like he had been the first night she came here. "I've returned time back to normal so you have five minutes to spare." He gestured around the room. "Anything catch your interest?" He figured she would ask him about the couch, but to his surprise, she sat on the ground and looked up at him.

"Any other pranks you'd like to tell me about?" She rested her chin on her hands and waited for him to start talking.

Bill was dumbfounded. He didn't think that she wanted to talk to him anymore. She could do something else yet she wanted to talk to him? Unless it had been about a deal, no one had ever willingly talked to him. They usually tried to get as far away as possible. Her doing this was a first.

He stayed silent for another moment before a smile forced his way onto his face. "Do I have anymore pranks? That's like asking me if I have magic! For example there was this one time…" And that's how their conversation went for the last five minutes. Talking about pranks and which ones were their best. Although they had talked about a lot of this in the geyser, the two of them had a lot more pranks to share and were happy they finally had someone to share them too.

Five minutes later, Mabel's hands started to fade. Before Bill could move a muscle, Mabel stood up and held her arms out wide. "Just do it," she stated. Bill cocked his head and she rolled her eyes. "Just throw me down that black hole." Bill frowned and did just that. He levitated her and made the hole appear, but he stopped before he threw her in.

"You know, it's not very fun for me if you don't scream." Mabel was about to ask how he knew she wouldn't scream when she remembered that he could read minds. She shrugged.

"I know that it's not gonna end up hurting me. When I'm about to hit the ground, I'll wake up and be fine." Bill was about to speak but Mabel put a hand up to stop him. "And no, you wouldn't send me somewhere else because you have said over a million time that you need me alive."

Bill smirked. "You've become too good at reading me for my liking. I'm going to have to switch up my tactics."

Mabel returned the smirk. "And I'll figure those out too Cipher."

"I'd like to see you try Shooting Star." Then Bill snapped his fingers and let Mabel go. Just like she promised she didn't scream. However, there was one thing different from Mabel's point of view.

Instead of Bill laughing, he had a smirk on his face. And behind that smirk, Mabel thought she saw a hint of a smile. A genuine smile. Yet she wasn't sure because the black engulfed her a millisecond later.

Bill watched the hole snap shut. He turned around and floated out of his study with a small smirk on his face. He was already thinking up new tactics to make Mabel scream.

Well he thought, I could do something involving heights still, but she already knows how those end. I need to find something else Shooting Star is afraid of. Hmmmm… What is Shooting Star afraid of? What is Shooting Star afraid of? What is Shooting Star… Bill trailed of when he suddenly felt his heart jump.

He stopped floating and looked down at his chest. Confusion was written all over his face. Why did my heart do that? I know I need one to live but it usually doesn't jump whenever I think. Bill put a hand to his chin. All I thought was what is Shooting Star- It happened again.

Shooting Star? His heart jumped once more. Bill was even more confused than before.

"Why does my heart jump every time I think the words Shooting Star?" he questioned out loud. His heart jumped as an image of Mabel flashed into his mind. "Okay, so it's whenever I say the words Shooting Star, think the words Shooting Star, or think about the actual person Shooting Star." His heart jumped three times.

A thought came to his mind. "Oh no. Please don't tell me that a person from Glacier Town somehow drugged me and now whenever I say the words Shooting Star, think the words Shooting Star, or think about the actual person Shooting Star, my heart jumps and it will slowly kill me." His heart jumped three times again. "Really?! Am I seriously going to die because I was drugged?! I'm immortal! Can I even die from drugs? Well, now that I have a heart I guess I can! I am seriously going to die because I have to be disguised as a human!" He let out a scream of frustration.

"Well maybe I don't have to associate myself with Shooting Star at all." His heart jumped at the words and he growled. "But I can't do that now can I? I need to help her stop the shadows if I want my favor. And I can't just stop saying Shooting Star!" His heart jumped. "It goes against my code! I have to keep calling her Shooting Star." His heart jumped again and he let out another scream of frustration.

After a couple more minutes of fuming, he was able to calm himself down. "Well," he sighed, "drugs usually wear off and maybe this will too. Unless it stays in my system and kills me. But I'm immortal, so I should be fine." He took a deep breath and relaxed. "Yeah, I just have to deal with my heart jumping until the drug wears off. I just have to avoid thinking, saying, or thinking about the person Shooting Star as much as I possibly can." His heart jumped and Bill frowned. "I really hope this goes away soon."

Bill straightened and continued to float down the hallway. He needed to find where the next shadow shard was as soon as possible. The heart jumping thing could wait. After all Bill thought, it has to go away.

If only he knew.

Wow. Bill knows everything, yet he still doesn't know what his heart jumping means. Poor dorito…

The next chapter hopefully be up sometime in the next week. It's only going to be somewhere between 1,000 and 5,000 words so it will be done quicker.

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