They were in the edge of the woods.

He wonders if this is where he is going to die, here alone with this demon floating beside him. He always thought he would at least make it to his eighties; maybe have his grankids hanging off his arms as the sweet release of death finally came to him on his deathbed.

Nevertheless, having to die in the woods - he expected his brother to meet that fate seeing as he liked to explore them every chance that he got.

Will they find my body? He wanted at least a proper burial and funeral; he did not want any of the woodland creatures eating his rotting corpse.

Bill's thoughts were interrupted as Mabel's hand smacked him on the back of the head. "Jeez kid. Can you quiet your thoughts for a moment! You're giving me a headache." Mabel hissed. "I'm not gonna kill you. I thought we've been over this - if I really wanted to do it I would have done it a long time ago." She huffed.

Bill still didn't seem convinced; he continued to look out towards the woods. "Then why did you bring me here?" he asked.

"Like I said, I want to play a game. You've read that one story of the little girl in red going into the woods, right?"

"...Do you mean Little Red Riding Hood?" Bill answered dumbfounded.

The dream demon excitably clapped her hands and turned to him with a twinkle in her eye. "Yeah! That's the one. I must say I love that story and the message it taught, well I know you fleshbags write many versions of the story, but overall you guys have the same message. Don't talk to strangers yada yada yada be careful going in the woods yada yada you know."

"Where is this going exactly?" Why the hell is she bringing this up.

"Oh whoops, my bad, kinda got off topic" She coughed. "Anyway, what I really wanted to talk about is the ending of the story."

He raised a brow at this. "What? When the lumberjack storms into the house and axes the wolf, and saves little red riding hood and her grandma?" Did she even make an ounce of sense?

"Exactamundo my little Corn Chip. In almost every ending the wolf meets his demise by the hands of the lumberjack, but not in all of them - there are times where the wolf succeeds in eating little red and her granny."

She paused and looked back at Bill - she gave him a look of a predator ready to pounce on its prey, it made Bill feel sick to his stomach.

She snapped her fingers summoning something he couldn't see. "Here." Mabel threw the things she summoned and he fumbled to catch it. It was a map and a compass.

"We'll be doing a mix of role-playing and hide and seek in the woods. I'll be 'it' of course, that map will lead you down a dirt road to a house which is your 'base', you can't mis-" She was cut mid sentence.

"Dirt road? What road? Look, I don't even know how to use a compass. I followed Dipper around as a kid, he was the one always leading so my map reading sucks, how do you expect me to get to base if I don't know how to find it!" He knew he was stalling, but the demon didn't need to know that.

Mabel growled in annoyance. "Fine." She grumbled before snapping her fingers again; making a trail of glitter appear leading to the woods. "Follow that trail to the dirt road. Ehem! So as I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted." Mabel glared.

"You can't miss it since it's the only house in these woods. I made sure of it. Your job is to make it to the house before I catch you. You can choose to follow the dirt road or you can stray away from it and go zigzag around the woods to try to throw me off for all I care - the glitter will still be there to help you not get lost. There's also no guarantee that I will go down the road looking for you."

She stopped and looked down at him to make sure he was paying attention. "The rules are basic to hide n seek, you will be allowed to hide, if I find you that doesn't mean the game is completely over - you will get the chance to run and hide again. The game will be over when either you get to 'base' or I have finally captured you. Moreover, to make things fair I'll give you a 15 minutes head start. You know what? I'm feeling a bit generous; I won't even track you with my magic. It should probably take you 25 minutes to make it there if you follow the road but like I said. It's up to you. You got everything right? because I'm only saying it once." If he has fifteen minutes maybe he could make a run for it to his apartment and-

"And before you get any funny ideas, no, you cannot wander off the woods and back home so you can call your dear family for help. I want my comeback to be a secret until the time is right." 'Damn.' Bill thought. 'I'm not even safe from my own thoughts!'

"Anyway, since we're reenacting Red Riding Hood you'll get the honors of playing the wolf, and I'll be the lumberjack." She happily declared.

What? "...Wait that doesn't make any sense, shouldn't you be the wolf and me be Red Riding hood?" Wait why was he disagreeing with her over such a simple thing!? Gah! At times like these he wishes he didn't write children books for a living!

Mabel grinned as if pleased by his question. "Hmm, I love that you're taking this seriously, but no. I don't want to be the wolf because then I won't be able to carry this." She snapped her fingers and an axe materialized in her hands.

"And chase you around with it." Mabel finished, swinging it around proving that it was real and not plastic. Bill looked back and forth nervously between Mabel and the axe, still debating whether he should make a run for it.

"Do be careful, I'm not the only dangerous thing in those woods." Bill nodded; he watched as she pulled a pocket watch from her tailcoat. "Your time begins now. Good luck my Corn Chip! Give me a challenge. Don't disappoint me."

With that he made a dash towards the woods not looking back.

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There it was again, the feeling of longing she experience as she watched him go.

She didn't understand how the simplest thing like his absence left her in a frenzy.

Mabel looked down at her watch, wishing that his time would pass by faster so she would see him again. She's already missing him dearly.

She growled under her breath. She was supposed to be a ruthless demon damn it! The most feared being in all the universe! Yet here she was reduced to a lovesick puppy.

'Stupid human soul!' She angrily thought to herself. 'it had to be it, what else could it be?'

She knew it was hard to blame the human soul when she's always been like this. Always falling for guys, always breaking up with them or vice versa, and always ending up heart broken in the end, yet she always managed to move forward to try to accomplish her goal, to make a perfect world. The universe was littered with tons of guys after all, there had to be at least one that would match her, she would tell herself repeatedly.

She was pulled out of her gloomy thoughts as her watch started to vibrate in her hand, signalling his time was up.

Hopefully this time it's different

With that in mind, Mabel closed her eye and let out a sigh. She'll have more time to think about these bothersome thoughts later, but for now, she had to catch her new toy.

Her lips curled into a vicious grin as the demoness opened her eye - her once normal pupil had become slit, giving her the appearance of a predator.

"Let the hunt begin." She picked up her axe and slung it over her shoulder and stalk towards the forest. Intending on winning their game.

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Bill was growing paranoid by the second. Expecting Mabel to pop out of nowhere and start brandishing her axe. Even though the demon said she had no intention to kill him he still didn't know what her plans were. For all he knew she was trying to lure him into a false sense of security and strike when he least expects it.

'Okay, if Dipper was here, what would he do in this situation?' His brother would probably remain calm and collective and think of a plan to outsmart the demon.

"Corn Chip~" The demon sang.

On second thought, Dipper would also run and hide if he was being hunted by a psychotic axe wielding demon too.

With a new burst of adrenaline rushing through his body he took off running again. Bill didn't stop running until his legs got tangled and he tripped to the ground.

He quickly got up and spit the leaves and dirt he managed to catch in his mouth. He needed to find a place to hide and quick, since Mabel didn't seem too far behind him.

This felt like the time Mabel chased him and his brother in her castle during Weirdmageddon. He and his brother had nightmares about her chase for weeks, remembering how close the two of them had been at death's door.

The blonde shook his head. This was not the time. He spotted a hollow log hidden beneath some moss and leaves, without a second thought he quickly dove into it.

Heart still pounding like crazy, Bill took a moment to calm himself before he heard her voice call out for him again.

"Corn Chip~ Where are you? The sooner I find you, the sooner I'll show you the surprise I have for you my toy~" He shivered underneath the log. "Come on Corn Chip!" He heard her whine.

Bill didn't dare move a muscle even after he heard her sigh and leave the other direction; listening to her axe being dragged behind.

He kept his head clear in fear that she would hear his thoughts and turn back around. After what seemed like an eternity he poked his head out of the log, relieved that the demon was nowhere in sight.

The young man trudged out again; he followed the glitter trail towards the dirt road and stayed close to it to avoid getting lost. He needed to win this game.

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There it was, the house or what Mabel called it 'base'. Seeing the house a few feet away, Bill felt an indescribable sense of happiness fill him, he was happy Mabel hadn't lied to him about it. It was a simple looking two story house, but it looked so out of place deep in these woods - so isolated from the town, nothing like how the Mystery Shack was. It made him wonder why Mabel made it the 'base'.

It took him some time to make it here, he had tons of close calls with Mabel spotting him. He had to abandon the dirt road several times and hide behind the fallen trees and rocks whenever he heard Mabel call out for him. She hadn't seen him yet and he thanked the gods that were up there for helping him avoid the demon.

Wasting no more time, he ran to the house. He can't believe he was going to win her stupid gam-

The blonde felt a strong force tackle him to the ground before he could reach the house. Forcefully pinning him to the ground. Bill was barely able to comprehend what was happening as the demoness head came into view. Mabel was on top of him, straddling his hips and showed no signs of letting go; he tried to wiggle out from beneath her but her magic kept him in place. "Gotcha!" She yelled in his face.

Bill could only stare in horror as she lifted the axe above her head; a crazed grin plastered across her face. "I win this time Mr. Wolf!"

'This was it, this is where he was going to die.' He prayed that his brother and his family would forgive him for what he had done and hope they understood he was only trying to save his brother. But at least he would die with no regrets.

Bill closed his eyes in anticipation of her attack - but it never came. Bill slowly opened them to see the dream demon throwing the axe aside that disappeared before it could hit the ground.

"W-What?" He found himself choking out in confusion.

Mabel threw her head back and laughed making him flinch. "Oh my stars was that fun! Really got the blood pumping am I right?"

"Wha-"

"And the look on your face when you thought you were so close to winning wow - you just can't teach that!" She continued to crackle as she bounced on top of him, making him extremely uncomfortable.

"Wait, you aren't going to kill me?" He asked.

"Huh? What gave you that notion?" The demon tilted her head innocently.

"You chased me with an axe!" Bill snapped.

"We were role-playing silly," Mabel giggled. "Who's ever heard of a lumberjack without any cutting tool. Of course I could have chased you with a chainsaw too, but I didn't want to go all Texas chainsaw massacre on you." She stuck her tongue out playfully.

"That doesn't even make any sen- grrrrr!" He covered his face with his hands in annoyance and anger.

"Hey, hey, don't look so glum, look over there." She forcefully removed his hands from his face and tilted his head sideways; showing him the house he was so close to reaching.

"Victory was close to your reach. It's not like I was going to let you win anyways. I hate losing, but you still made it farther than I would have expected. I'm actually surprised, you exceeded my expectation! I just knew I made the right choice of choosing you!" She proudly declared as she ruffled Bill's blonde hair.

He glared at her but before he could begin to barking insults at the women, she leaned her head closer to his.

'What is she doing?!' He mentally screamed, leaning his head back.

He expected millions of things, but Mabel pressing her lips to his forehead was not one of them. The kiss was small but tender, definitely not something he expected from the demon.

Bill's eyes widened as his mouth hung slightly agape.

It felt surprisingly nice. Wait, no, it wasn't suppose to feel nice!

Mabel lifted her head back and gave him a ghost of a smile; a deep red blush was evident on her face.

"Now come on! I gotta show you - your surprise I was telling you about." Mabel excitably got up (much to his relief) and proceeded to walk over to the house.

However, Bill still remained on the ground even after her magic had been lifted off him. He was motionless, barely giving any signs that he was still alive. He was still processing Mabel's action. There was no question about it now, her plan was to drive him insane like her! And it was sure as hell working.

Meanwhile dream demon tapped her foot impatiently on the wooden porch and looked out towards her toy. "Seriously, did I already break you? Geez do I really have to do everything myself?" Mabel shook her head and waved her hand; taking a hold of Bill with her magic.

Bill finally snapped out of his trance when he felt himself being lifted off the ground - he struggled against her magic but it was to no avail. He ended up being lifted to the porch next to Mabel before being dropped near her feet.

She paid no mind to the strings of curses that came out of his mouth and instead picked him up by the collar of his shirt with ease.

"Welcome to your new home Corn Chip! Where you'll be spending all of your waking and sleeping hours with me, your new lady and master for all eternity!" She smugly stated.

'Oh thank god, I thought she wa-...wait WHAT?!'


I apologize for the late chapter, I have just finished my finals and been out with family a lot. Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and please leave a review. It makes me happy reading them BYE!