"Dipper, are you sure Mabel's ok? It's been half an hour and she hasn't come back yet." Danny was worried about Mabel, especially since he's the reason she ran off. "Candy and Grenda went to find her, they're only with her right now." Folder said trying to reassure both Danny and himself. Just then Candy and Grenda walked into The Mystery Shack looking very worried. Dipper shot up from his chair when he noticed his sister want when her friends. "Where's Mabel? I thought you were going to find her!" He friends looked at each other, then at Dipper. They shared the same look, a mixture of sadness and worriedness. "We couldn't find her, but we did find this..." Grenda said as Candy reached into her backpack and pulled out a bright pink head band. "She must be in trouble! We have to help her!" Dipper said as he grabbed his adventuring backpack. "I'll come too, I need to make things right with Mabel." Danny said, he couldn't help but blame himself for Mabel's disappearance. "Candy and Grenda, can you guys stay here Incase she comes back?" "Yes, we we'll be happy to help!" Candy said sounding very optimistic.
Danny and Dipper headed into the forest. "Where should we start looking?" Danny asked Dipper hoping he'd know where to look. "Earlier you mentioned something about Bill, I have an idea what happened to her. First things first, we need to make a quick stop." Dipper said, hardly answering Danny's question with his unfinished thoughts.
Dipper lead Danny to a shot in the middle if the forest. "Dipper... where are we?" "No, no, no! It's gone! Mabel! He must have her! What are we gonna do?" "Dipper she down! What's gone? Who had Mabel?" "Bill, when we defeated him last summer, he became a statue. Now the he's gone..." "I'm sure we'll find her." "I need more than that, I need to actually find her!" Dipper said as he ran off into the forest.
Danny had been searching the woods for about an hour when he came upon Dipper crying and mumbling to himself. "Dipper? Are you okay?" He was very concerned about Dipper. "I can't lose her again!" Dipper said, Danny wasn't exactly sure what he was talking about, but Dipper probably was thinking about some traumatic experience. "She's very tough, I'm sure she'll be fine." "You don't understand! Last summer, he trapped her in this paradise bubble. For a while, she was convinced that she was going to stay there, forever. She wanted to stay, she had everything she ever wanted. I almost lost her, I can't lose her again. Do you know what it's like to be afraid to even step outside because there's these deadly demons from another dimension everywhere you go? Do you know what it's like when your sister is out there in all that caos..." more tears steamed down his face, "and you have no idea where she is.. or... or if you'll ever see her again?" His voice cracked during the last order of that sentence, it was obvious that it was hard for him to even think about. "Dipper, I-I didn't know, I'm so sorry." "I just can't do this again!" "Let's go back to The Mystery Shack and work on a plan to get her back, okay?" Does didn't say anything, he just nodded.
*On the Stan-O-War with Stan and Ford*
Stan walked into the room where Ford was writing in journal number 4, he was kind of teary eyed. "Listen, piondexter, we have to head home, now." He said as he tried to break the news to his six-fingered brother. "Stanley, is everything okay?" As Ford looked up, he saw that his brother was almost in tears. "Dipper just called, Bill's back... and he's got Mabel." "That's impossible, here's just a statue!" "Not anymore, Dipper said the statue's gone. He's got my little girl." "We'll head back to Gravity Falls immediately! Bill shouldn't have messed with our family again!"