Here comes a short chapter. Well, at least shorter than the past three.
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Mylittlesonamy123: THE FEELS! I also kept squealing when I was writing the chapter. I was like "Finally! I can make some progress in their relationship!" But don't think things will happen quickly. They still hate each other! Also, I think that I'm going to eat those marshmallow uni-turtles riding chocolate kittens…
bloodstone38: Yes, Bill's starting to like her… Or is he?!
FleeceofSteel: I don't know what that means… But I'm glad you reviewed!
Thanks all you amazing people for the reviews! Now sit back, relax, and enjoy the chapter!
Just a warning, this chapter contains blood and can be a little gruesome. It's nothing horrible… I think, but I just wanted to warn you all.
Disclaimer: I don't own Gravity Falls. Only Alex Hirsch and Disney do. Also, I do not own Star Wars. There may or may not be slight parodies of the movie titles in here.
The Pines twins looked down at the thing on their plates. The thing in question was a rock hard, medium sized, brown and black lump. If the twins hadn't have seen Great Uncle Ford cooking this, they would have thought that it was a piece of rock from the Earth's core.
Dipper grabbed his fork and hesitantly touched the thing while Mabel kept looking back and forth between her plate and Great Uncle Ford, not exactly sure what to do. "Um," Dipper said after a moment. He dropped his fork when he swore he saw the thing move. "Great Uncle Ford, what exactly is it?"
Ford waved it off. "Oh, just a new recipe I'm trying. It's a type of pancake. Try it. I think it should be good."
The twins shared a look. Dipper swallowed the lump in his throat and Mabel bit her lip. They both took one more glance at the pancake on their plate before slowly grabbing their forks. Dipper also picked up his knife and he cut off a piece, but Mabel stabbed her pancake with her fork and ripped a chunk off. Even though it looked hard on the outside, it was surprisingly moist on the inside. They took their time putting the fork to their lips but they couldn't put it off any longer. The fork entered their mouth and so did the pancake.
Ford watched in excitement as the twins chewed their food. Both of them had a small cringe on their faces. It wasn't inedible, yet it didn't taste good either. They didn't want to hurt Ford's feeling though so they tried their best to finish the bite. However, when the pancake in their mouth was almost mush, Great Uncle Ford took out a small, green notebook and frowned.
"That's strange," he muttered. "The rat grew tentacles after the first bite, but that was only when I put a drop of the serum in. I put ten in this yet it's still taking longer."
Mabel and Dipper's eyes widened and they immediately spit out the food. Mabel snatched up the knife next to her plate and began to scrap her tongue. Dipper seized the cup of water he had and started gargling, then he spit the water back in the cup.
Great Uncle Ford froze. "What, did it not taste good?"
"Not taste good?!" Dipper exploded. "Great Uncle Ford, you tried to make us grow tentacles!"
"Come on," Ford laughed. "You would have been back to normal in a week. Do you really think I would give you something bad?"
Mabel's jaw dropped. "And you think growing tentacles isn't bad." She paused. "Although it would be kind of cool to have more arms to use."
"Mabel!" Dipper shouted.
She laughed. "I'm kidding bro-bro. Well, sort of kidding." Dipper put his head in his hands and groaned. Ford turned back to his notebook.
"So, do you two think more sugar would make the pancake taste better?" He wrote something down and snapped his notebook shut. "I still have the batter. I'll put some more sugar in and I'll have some more for you guys to try in ten minutes!"
The seventeen year olds shot up from their seats. Both quickly came up with excuses. Or rather, Mabel came up with and excuse and Dipper followed along with it. "Um, Great Uncle Ford?" Ford faced Mabel and she giggled nervously. "I forgot that I was supposed to meet the girls at the diner this morning. It must have slipped my mind."
"Er, yeah! Mabel's right! I was also going to go with her. I haven't seen Grenda and Candy in a while so I want to go meet up with them." Before Ford could protest, the twins ran past him and up to their bedroom to change.
The scientist shrugged at their behavior. "All right," he said to himself, "more for me." He grabbed the batter that was in a silver bowl next to him and began pouring it into the metal pan on the stove. "I always did want to see what having tentacles was like."
Mabel had on a blue sundress with short black stretch pants that were hidden by her dress. She also had on a pair of silver sandals. Dipper had on a plain white t-shirt and tan shorts. He had blue and white sneakers on his feet with some grey socks. And of course, he had on his signature pine tree hat. They walked up to the entrance to Greasy's Diner and calmly opened the door.
When Mabel and Dipper entered the diner, they took a look around the old restaurant they knew and loved. The diner was rather slow today so there were many open seats. The only people actually in the building were Lazy Susan, two other waitresses, Tambry and Robbie (They were still together. That love potion really works wonders.), and Old Man McGucket. McGucket was standing near the back with one of the other waitresses. He had a screwdriver in hand and was fixing what looked like a toaster. However, he did look up to say hello to the twins when they entered the diner.
"Oh! Hello Mabel! Hello Dipper!"
Mabel smiled and waved to McGucket and so did Dipper. "Hello McGucket!" Mabel called from across the room. "How are you doing today?"
"I'm doing just fine and dandy Mabel." McGucket gestured to the toaster that was on the counter. "I'm just trying to fix up old Betsy here."
"Oh." Mabel frowned when he called the toaster Betsy. Her smiled returned before he could notice though. "Well, I'll leave you to it then." He nodded in her direction then went back to screwing nuts and bolts into place.
Mabel turned to her brother and saw his eyebrows raised. "Did he name the toaster?"
She shrugged. "I guess. But it's not the strangest thing we've ever seen." Dipper couldn't argue with that logic. Mabel continued. "Besides, he could have named it something weirder, like Scrape Metal de Toaster Chicken."
Dipper snickered. "Yeah, or he could have named it Toasty's Vengeance."
"Begudala Toaster."
"Revenge of the Toasti!"
"May the Toast be with you!"
"Toaststopolis el Toaster!"
"Toasty the Toaster of all Toastosity!"
"Toastaconroy!"
"Tosta Rosa!"
"Sir Toast of Toastinham!"
"Mr. Toasity Toast Toaster Toast Toast Toast!"
"Ms. Toastyity Toaster la Tosa de Toast!"
"Toaster Tosity: The toaster to rule all Toasters!"
"Um, Bernard?" Mabel gave her brother a strange look.
"How did you get Bernard from toaster?"
Dipper corrected himself and pointed his finger at Mabel for dramatic effect. "Toasty de Bernard the Sixth!" Mabel giggled and her twin joined in. They began laughing so hard that any normal person would have thought they were crazy. But the citizens of Gravity Falls that were in Greasy's only glanced at the commotion before going back to whatever they were doing before.
Clutching their sides, the twins fell into opposite sides of the booth they were closest to. In a minute, they were both able to calm down and they pushed themselves up so they were in a seated position.
The twins both grabbed a menu that was lying on the table and sighed at the sight of normal looking food (normal as food at Greasy's could get). It looked a lot better then what Great Uncle Ford had cooked them and just the thought of better tasting food made their mouths water.
When Lazy Susan came to their booth, Mabel ordered the coffee omelet and lemonade while Dipper asked for a bagel and water. When they got their order ten minutes later, the food was in their mouths in seconds.
"What," Mabel paused when she took a sip of her lemonade. She grimaced at how sour it was but swallowed it anyways. She took a breath before starting again. "What are we gonna say if Great Uncle Ford asks about what we did with the girls?"
Dipper shrugged. "I'm sure we can make up something. Besides, we wouldn't actually be lying if-" He was interrupted by the door to the diner opening. Mabel stuck her head out of the booth and her eyes lit up at who she saw.
Pacifica.
Dipper turned around and his jaw dropped a bit at the sight. "…one of your friends actually came in here." He didn't actually expect any of Mabel's friends to come in!
Mabel barely heard him because she was already out of her seat and hugging one of her best friends. A giant smile was plastered on her face and not even a missile could take it off.
Pacifica, like Mabel, was wearing a sundress except hers was white and had a rose pattern around the edge. She had on her signature purple jacket with a purple head band and a purple pair of flip-flops to match. There was also a purple purse with glittering diamonds hanging on her shoulder.
Pacifica was surprised at first, but then she noticed who was hugging her and she returned the gesture. When the two pulled away, they both had smile on their faces.
"I'm so sorry I couldn't go out with you, Candy, or Grenda last week," Pacifica apologized. Mabel was surprised that that was the first thing that came out of her mouth, but she shrugged it off.
"It's fine Pacifica. The girls told me why you couldn't come. It's not your fault your parents drag you around everywhere."
"Yeah, but I still don't get why they drag me alone. I mean, the only thing they serve at those parties is wine and they don't seem to notice that I'm only seventeen." Pacifica sighed and shook her head. "But, I get to see you now so everything's good." She gestured to the booth the twins were sitting at. "Can I join you guys?"
"Sure!" Mabel grabbed Pacifica's hand and dragged her other to their table. She plopped into her seat and pulled Pacifica down with her.
Pacifica gave Dipper a smile and a small wave. "Hey Dipper."
Dipper returned the smile. "Hey Pacifica! So, Mabel told me that you were one of the smartest kids in school. Is that true?" Pacifica's cheeks reddened.
"Well, Candy's the smartest person in school, but I'm next in line. So, I guess I am."
He smiled. "Cool." His smile turned smug. "I also happen to be one of the smartest kids in my school. The smartest to be exact." Mabel rolled her eyes, leaned over, and gently slapped Dipper on the arm. Dipper frowned. "What was that for?"
"Dipper," Mabel sighed, "don't you know anything? You always let the girl know that she's better at things than the guy is. It's dating 101." Both Pacifica's and Dipper's face turned tomato red.
"Mabel!" Dipper shouted. He voice quieted however when he saw Robbie and Tambry give him a look. "Pacifica and I are n-not dating!"
"D-Dipper's right!" Pacifica quickly stated. "We're just friends!" The two of them shared a look. Mabel saw it though and smiled.
"Sure… Whatever helps you sleep at night!"
Dipper glared at her and changed the subject. Sort of. "So Mabel?" he asked, his tone annoyed and slightly harsh. "You've been going out into town a lot this week. Have you been seeing anyone?"
"Yeah," Pacifica joined in, a sly smile on her lips. "Have you been seeing any guy lately?"
Mabel sighed and slumped down in her seat. "No."
"Really," Pacifica pressured. "You haven't seen a single guy all week?"
Well Mabel thought, if by guy, do you mean an insane triangle/dorito dream demon who turned himself human to disguise himself from a group called the Shadows of the Underworld because if they find out he's helping me, they can use something to take away his magic? Does Bill even count as a guy?
But, Mabel couldn't exactly tell them that so she just shrugged. "Nope," she popped the p. "I haven't seen a single guy all week.
And she was telling the truth.
The night after they came back from the Glacier Forest, Bill told her that he wouldn't be bringing her into his Mindscape for a while. He still needed to find the location of the next shadow shard and it would be pointless to have her in his Mindscape. She asked if the shadows were attack her than, but he explained that they wouldn't.
Well, he sort of explained.
He actually went into this really complicated rant about realms and brains and all this other jazz about the answer to the question. About three-fourths of the way through, Bill noticed that Mabel couldn't understand a word he was saying and just gave Mabel the short answer. Or as he said, "I am dumbing this down for you Shooting Star." She glared at him for the comment and he replied with his usual smirk.
So no, Mabel wasn't seeing any guys. She may have bumped into a few guys that week but she never started a conversation with one. She had already tried all her moves on all the boys her age in Gravity Falls so she knew none of them would work.
Mabel had mostly spent the last week either with her family, with her friends, fighting monsters, or at the library. Of course, she didn't tell Dipper she was at the library. She was hoping that she would find something about the shadows or the shadow shards but no such luck. And it would be hard to explain to Dipper why she was researching that stuff.
"…And then Mabel had to go undercover for me so she could steal back the thing I needed in my science teacher's draw." Mabel lazily looked up at the two. They had apparently started telling 'interesting' school stories. Some of them were funny, but most of them weren't. Mabel sighed again and grabbed her plate. She took a bite of her coffee omelet and stared out the window.
She couldn't help but wonder what Bill was doing right now.
Bill floated into the bar, looking around in disgust at the place. He was never one for bars, but it was the only place his informant would meet him so he had to deal with it.
Like almost every other bar in existence, this one reeked of alcohol. There was a giant… well bar in the center of the giant room and tables, chairs, and booths were scattered all along the edges. The room was dark and had minimal lighting. It also didn't help that all the walls, the floor, and the ceiling were made of dark wood.
There were demons all over the room. Not any demons from his dimension, they were all stuck in the Nightmare Realm, but demons none the less. There were fire demons, thirty-six headed demons, demons with eyes in all the wrong places… They were all completely and utterly weird and that was something Bill liked. It was probably only the good thing about this place.
Bill sighed again and made his way further into the bar. He was back in his triangle form so no one would question why a human was there. Some of them did point and stare however. He expected some demons would do that and he didn't mind. Demons in every realm have heard of him and Bill would have been surprised if no one noticed he was there.
He ignore the gazes of about half of the demons in the room and made his way to the booth he was told to be at. He had to stop once when a glass was thrown past him. He knew what was coming next and his eye watched the thirty-six headed demon being thrown across the room. "I hate bars," he muttered and continued his way to the booth.
When the booth number read 18, he sat down. Not even a second later, a demon who worked at the bar came up to him.
"Anything?" she asked in a bored voice.
"No," Bill grunted. She seemed a bit relieved that he said no and quickly turned around and walked away.
No one else bothered him after that. He spent twenty-five minutes drumming his finger on the table and staring aimlessly into space. He was just about to leave and start hunting his informant down when Bill heard a demon slide into the booth behind him. "Cipher," the demon said in a gravelly voice.
"Triple Fanged, very bad name by the way." He heard the demon grunt but Bill said nothing else.
Triple Fanged was a demon with three fangs, hence the name Triple Fanged. He was a tall blue demon with two large amber eyes. And amber was the only color they were. His pupil, whites, everything was amber. He had large toes and hands that had claws that could challenge knives. He was every child's nightmare.
Yet he was also one of the weakest demons alive.
"So," Triple Fanged started, "I hear you want to know about the shadow shard."
"Correct." Bill still stared straight at a wall while Triple Fanged did the same. If any demon saw them, it seemed like they weren't even talking.
"Why? What use do you have for its location?"
"You don't need to know that."
Triple Fanged chuckled. "I believe I do. I can't have the Shadows of the Underworld coming after me now can I. For all I know, you could be working with them."
Bill's fingers stopped drumming in the table. He made his cane appear and he gripped it. Hard. "I have no reason to work with those things."
"Yes, but everyone knows that you'll make any deal that benefits you."
Bill's grip loosened, but only a little. "It's in my nature to make deals. You should know that by now, Triple Fanged. However, what reason would I have for turning you into the shadows?"
Triple Fanged shrugged. "I don't know. What did they promise you?" Bill's grip tightened again.
"Nothing. I'm not working for them."
"I'm not so sure about that Cipher."
The dream demon laughed. "You're crossing some lines pal. You don't want to see the repercussions if you cross those lines, trust me."
"I think I'll take my chances Cipher." Triple Fanged smirked and got up. "Since I have no proof that you're not working with the shadows, I'll be leaving now." He turned and placed his hands on Bill's table. The sick smirk was still on his face, all three of his fangs showing. "And don't try to make a deal with me to tell you. I never needed your deals." With those words, Triple Fanged removed his giant hands from Bill's table and began walking out of the bar.
But Bill wouldn't have that.
He narrowed his eye at the demon and gripped his cane so tight it almost split in two. Bill growled, because Triple Fanged owed him a favor and he wasn't paying it off.
Now, if Bill broke a deal with someone, that was one thing. But if someone broke a deal with Bill…
Bill laughed. He laughed a loud and crazy laugh that was heard throughout the bar. Every demon stopped what they were doing and looked at the dream demon. Even Triple Fanged stopped walking and turned to look at Bill.
When finally Bill stopped laughing, he floated into the air and once again narrowed his eye at Triple Fanged. "Do you really think you can leave so easily? If I remember correctly, you said just a moment ago that you never needed my deals." Triple Fanged stood his ground and nodded. However, the fear was evident on his face and every demon could see it, even Bill.
"Well then, if you never needed my deal, then why did you make one with me in the first place?" Triple Fanged face paled. "You were in quiet a pickle, weren't you? You never would have made it out alive without me."
Triple Fanged regained his composure and growled at the dream demon. "I could have gotten out of the situation just fine! I didn't really need your help Cipher!" Bill laughed again.
"Really?! Well then, I hope you don't mind if I retract that deal, now would you? After all, you never needed my help." Bill lifted the hand not holding his cane and his eye lit up. And not in a good way.
Triple Fanged took a couple steps back. "Wait! Don't do-" He could never finish his sentence because Bill already snapped his fingers.
Triple Fanged was silent for a moment, but soon fell to the ground, screaming in agony. "Make it stop!" he screamed. "Make it stop! Make it stop! Make it stop!" He was grabbing every part of his body and continued screaming for it to stop.
Bill only laughed through it all.
Some demons cheered while others gasped at the transformation that was happening on Triple Fanged. Scratches were appearing all over his body and a sickly green blood was pouring out of them. The demons could hear the crack of bones breaking and soon enough, an arm and both of Triple Fanged legs fell off. Blood was pouring onto the floor like a waterfall and bones were poking out of his whole body.
Then there was one last loud crack.
Triple Fanged screamed so loud that any demon with ears covered them. With the hand that was still attached to his body, Triple Fanged grabbed at his neck. He was gasping for air but none was coming to him. His face started turning a dark blue and his amber eyes were getting foggy.
Bill came up to him before he died.
"So you see," the dream demon said, twirling his cane around one of his fingers, "you did need to make a deal with me to survive. And I also remember that you promised me a favor." Bill's eye went from playful to angry in a millisecond. His body turned red and glowing white and his eye turned white and black. He snapped his fingers and Triple Fanged was levitated in the air. Bill twisted his hand and began to break Triple Fanged's neck even more. The dream demon let out a chuckle of delight at the sound of the demon's neck being demolished.
"Now," Bill whispered in a dangerously low voice. "I said that for the favor you owe me, you needed to tell me the location of the shadow shard. And do you know what you did?" His voice raised and he began shouting at Triple Fang, his voice completely full of rage. "Do you know what you did?! You broke a deal with me! You broke a deal with me!" Bill turned his hand some more until Triple Fanged's neck was only holding on by a thread. It was a miracle he was still alive right now. "You broke a deal with me! I kill people who break deals with me!"
Every demon held their breath, some in anticipation while others, in fear. There wasn't a single sound in the bar.
Then Bill let Triple Fanged go.
The demon fell to the ground but still clawed at his neck. He had about a second to live and every demon knew it. However, something strange happened. They all heard a snap and suddenly Triple Fang could breathe again.
The demon took in a big gulp of air and black tears began streaming down his face. In a flash, his legs and arm were back and all the scratches on his body had disappeared. The blood that covered the bar floor was nowhere to be seen.
Every demon turned to look at Bill. His colors were back to normal which indicated that the dream demon had calmed down. Yet, his cat-like eye was still narrowed at Triple Fanged. The demon in question looked at Bill in shock, tears still coming out of his eyes.
Before any demon said anything, Bill floated to the demon on the floor. Triple Fanged scooted back in fear but Bill wouldn't let him run away. He snapped his fingers again and Triple Fanged was stuck in place. "Now listen to me," Bill growled. "The only reason I am letting you live is because you know where the next shadow shard is. So tell me where it is, or I won't stop myself from killing you this time."
Triple Fanged nodded vigorously. "It's in the Ever Changing realm. I don't know the exact area it is in, but some other demon might." Bill lifted a hand to snap again and the demon cowered in fear. "Please! That's all I know!"
Bill looked at his hand for a moment before slowly lowering it. Without another word, he floated past Triple Fanged and towards the exit of the bar. He turned back before he left however. "Triple Fanged," Bill warned. His voice was once again very low. "If I ever see you again, you're dead. Know why?" Triple Fanged shook his head. Bill glared daggers at him. "Because no one, and I mean no one, breaks a deal with me." With those words, Bill ignored the stunned gazes directed towards him and snapped his fingers. He disappeared in a bright white flash.
Mabel returned her attention to the conversation Dipper and Pacifica were having when the topic turned to favorite TV shows. Thinking about what Bill was doing right now could wait.
She probably didn't want to know anyways.
This chapter turned out a lot darker then I originally thought. Oh well.
Just to let you know, I think that for my update schedule, I'm going to be updating on Sundays or Mondays. I just always seem to have a chapter done by then.
I still need ideas for realms! Feel free to tell me your idea for a realm anytime!
Also, quick heads up. It might take me about two weeks to get the next chapter out. I don't have the slightest idea what I'm going to do for it so it's going to take me a while to think up the chapter and write it.
Anyways, please R&R, favorite, and follow! If you have any criticism or things you think I should improve on, feel free to leave them in a review! Until then…
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