"So... you two are now talking to each other again, I hope?" Will asked.
Mabel nodded slowly, "I think so... how'd you get out so quickly?"
"... I'm not actually here..." Will looked down.
Mabel frowned, "Aww..."
"... How's Lily?" Will asked.
He sighed, "She's alright... how's Oliver and Aurora?"
"They're good. I'm trying to get Aurora to listen to me." Will sighed, "You'll promise to keep contacting me?"
He nodded, "Yes, of course."
"Good. Alright, I have to go now. Bye."
"Bye."
Will opened his eye, before getting off the bed, and staring at Aurora, "This isn't right, you know..."
"I know..." Aurora sighed, "But it's not my fault..."
Star smiled, looking at Will, "Come on, we have work to do."
"... but..." Will looked up at her.
Star scowled, "Do I need to let Mason make you starve again? ...or hang you?"
"Why do you care?" Will growled.
Star was surprised, "Huh. It doesn't matter. Come along."
Will reluctantly followed Star to where Mason was, before Mason kicked him. He fell to the floor, yelping in pain and surprise at the sudden action. They both started to kick him, and they kept hearing the cracking of ribs. At some point, Oliver crawled into the room. Seeing the small child, Star and Mason grinned at each other, before they started to kick the child as well. Will decided to hold the toddler away from them, protecting him, but getting more injured himself. After a few more minutes of getting kicked, and protecting the small toddler, Stanford entered the room. He picked up Oliver, and inspected his body, noticing the small cracks in his ribs, before he glared at Star and Mason.
The two teens looked at each other, "What is it?"
"Get. Out." Stanford growled.
The twins were confused, "What?"
"Get out of this house! NOW!" Stanford screamed.
The twins jumped, before running out of the house in pure fear.
Stanford looked down at Will, "... you were protecting Oliver?"
"Yes, of course! No young child deserves to get hurt! Especially when they're that young!" Will yelped, extremely scared.
Stanford smiled, "I'll agree with you on that."
"Wh-What?" Will asked, confused.
Stanford nodded, speaking before giving Oliver to Will, "No young child deserved to get hurt. Especially mine... Now, is he going to be okay? Can you do anything to help him?"
"If I wasn't here? Probably not. Yes, of course. It'll take a while for his ribs to heal, since he's just a toddler, but... they'll heal nonetheless. It will just take time." Will admitted, "I could add some of my own healing abilities to his small amount of advance healing that he already has at this young age, to help, if you want."
Stanford sighed, "Alright."
Aurora walked into the room, noticing her young son's ribs, she gasped, "Who..."
"Star and Mason. Don't worry, I've kicked them out," Stanford frowned.
Aurora nodded, letting Will continue to heal her son's ribs, watching the bones and skin mend themselves back together, as there was clear pain on the young boy's face. He didn't cry, even though tears came from his eyes. Will smiled, looking at his work, before gently setting the toddler down on the floor in front of him.
Aurora frowned, "Is he okay?"
"He is now, don't worry," Will smiled.
Aurora looked over at Stanford, "You're getting soft. I knew you could be good."
"Yeah, yeah..." Stanford grumbled.
Will laughed, "You sound like Billy."
"Billy?" Stanford repeated, confused.
Aurora sighed, "He means my father, his older brother."
"Oh. Him. Okay, that makes more sense," Stanford grumbled.
Will sighed, "I understand if you don't like him. He can be really annoying."
"He keeps trying to take Aurora away from me. I don't understand why," Stanford sighed.
Will frowned, "He could tell you... if we go there, anyway..."
"... Do you want to?" Stanford asked, looking at the two.
Will nodded, giving Oliver back to Stanford, before Aurora spoke up, "Yes."
The twins stared at the building, and but not out of the town, not knowing what to do now. Star looks over at the Mystery Shack.
Mason frowned, "I'm not sure they'd want to see us..."
"Come on! We have to try!" Star shouted, frowning.
Mason looked over at Wendy, who was helping Maya walk, in the park. Star noticed what he was staring at and sighed, "Look. I get that she's your kid and all, but still... you have to let her go."
Mason didn't hear her, running towards the child, and smiling at her successfully walking. He watching her getting the hang of walking for a while. The toddler looked up at him before pointing at him, moving her mouth, but no words came out.
"Hey, kiddo... how are you?" Mason asked, crouching down to the toddler's level.
The toddler walked over to him, hugging his leg.
"... um... excuse me?" Wendy asked, glaring down at him.
Mason remembered someone else was there, before he picked up his young daughter, before looking at them, "Who are you? Why do you have my child?"
"I'm Wendy Corduroy. My friend Dipper Pines told me that he found the child in the forest. Can you give me the child back?" Wendy asked, annoyed.
Mason scowled, "No. She's MY child, so I should keep her."
"You have no proof to back your claim. Now, give me back Maya," Wendy sighed.
Mason growled, "What do you want with a devil's child, anyway?"
"A... what?" Wendy asked, confused.
Mason smiled, "So you don't know the kid's parents. Why don't you go ask Dipper?"
"... Fine. How about you come with me so we can ask Dipper who this child belongs to?" Wendy offered.
Mason nodded, "Sure... but my twin gets to come with us."
"Fine."
The three stood on the porch of the Mystery Shack, as Wendy knocked on the door. A familiar blonde opened the door, looking at Wendy, then Maya, and finally noticing the Gleeful's. The door was forgotten, as he dove to tackle Mason to the ground, shouting at him, "Where is my brother?! Where is my daughter?! Where are they?!"
"Calm down!" Wendy shouted, pushing him off of Mason.
He glared at her, "Ice..."
"Look, we only came here to ask Dipper who this kid's parents were," Wendy admitted, holding Maya so that he could see.
His expression softened, noticing the child for the first time, before he got up and touched the child's face, "Hello, Maya. It's been a while, hasn't it? Ten months, I believe? Heh. You're not so far from your first human birthday..."
"What? How... do you know this kid?" Wendy asked.
He sighed, "Let's see if she has it... Wendy, have you ever noticed markings on her? Any at all, that were sudden?"
"... yeah, actually. She has a marking of a circle on her back. I have no idea why, but... it's weird. I keep seeing stuff in it," Wendy frowned.
He smiled, "Like what?"
"Illusions. Illusions of bad memories, of happy ones, and other things..." Wendy sighed.
He nodded, "Has it ever glowed gold?"
"Yes, actually... a few times," Wendy admitted.
He smiled, "Can I hold her for a minute?"
"Sure...?" Wendy asked, uncertain, yet still giving him the child.
He lifted up the back of her shirt, staring at the circle, before causing a blue fire to erupt on his left pointer finger, before he traced the circle with it. It glowed gold, then turned a dark red. The toddler started to cry, yet no sounds came out of her mouth. He sighed, the circle become a dark black, and the toddler shut her mouth closed, yet tears still fell.
He frowned, "I'm sorry, baby... I know it hurt..."
"She's mute. I... noticed that not long after I got her," Wendy sighed.
He nodded, "I know. At least, to you she's mute."
"Huh?" Wendy asked, confused.
He sighed, "That can be explained later. Can I keep her?"
"If you keep her... could you also let these two stay with you? They don't seem to have a place to go," Wendy asked, looking at the twins.
He nodded, "Of course."
After the door shut...
He stared at the twins in angered, "Where's Will and Aurora?"