In the last chapter, Dipper and Mabel climbed up to the Gravity Falls water tower, to release the ashes of Felicity the ghost, in order to set her spirit free. Dipper reached the top to find Robbie V standing there. Dipper hid behind the water tank, and Mabel hid on the ladder. Robbie sensed their presence, and turned around.
Robbie slowly walked to the other side of the tower, to discover Dipper just standing there.
Robbie gasped. "It's you." he said.
"Uh... hi." Dipper said nervous.
"What are you doing up here at this hour?" Robbie asked.
"Um... I'm here to... enjoy the sunrise! Yeah that's it." Dipper lied.
"You shouldn't have come here." Robbie said.
"Yeah, I'm starting to think that too." Dipper said.
"You took her away from me." Robbie said.
"What are you talking abou- oh." Dipper said, realizing what Robbie meant.
"Wendy was all mine, until you showed up and ruined everything!" Robbie screamed and kicked the water tank in anger.
"Wendy is totally over you anyway, and it has nothing to do with me!" Dipper exclaimed. "Wait a sec, you lost your memory... didn't you?" Dipper was uncertain now.
"I'm going to end you right here and now." Robbie threatened. He clenched his fists and walked forward.
"Another fight? No thanks. I still don't want to fight, especially not like 100 feet in the air, on a small tower."
"Whatever... kid." Robbie said.
Dipper backed up not sure what to do.
"Remember what Wendy said? She hates it when guys fight. If she finds out about this, she'll never even want to think about you again! She already doesn't, but still! Dipper exclaimed.
"Wendy isn't going to find out. What she doesn't know won't hurt her." Robbie walked closer.
"Why do you still care about Wendy anyway?!" Dipper asked. "I thought you were with Tambry now!"
"My social agenda is none of your concern." Robbie replied. "In fact when I'm done, nothing will be your concern."
"I'm not going to fight you Robbie." Dipper said, as he just stood there, hoping Robbie would back away like he before.
"Well unfortunately for you, this time, I mean it." Robbie said.
"Leave him alone!" Mabel screamed and jumped up the ladder. She was now on the tower railing with the two. "If you lay a finger on Dipper, I will retaliate!"
"So now you need your sister to do your fighting for you? HA! You really are just a little kid." Robbie said. "I'm going to make sure you never get up after this."
Robbie continued to walk forward, readying to fight.
"What do we do now bro?" Mabel asked.
"Um..." Dipper wasn't sure what to do. He looked at his hands and remembered he was holding Felicity's urn, maybe she could help.
"Hey Felicity, mind helping out?" Dipper asked, but no response. "Felicity?" he asked again.
"Where'd she go?" Mabel asked.
"I don't know, her ashes are still in here." he said.
"Who you two talking to? Your imaginary friend?" Robbie asked mockingly.
"Actually... we're-" Dipper started but was interrupted.
"We're trying to summon an ancient spirit to come and put a curse on you!" Mabel yelled.
"You two really are freaks! You're even weirder than I thought." Robbie laughed.
"Hey Mabel, know what I realized?" Dipper asked.
"What?" she asked.
"What's stopping us from just leaving?" Dipper pointed out.
"Come to think of it, nothing really." Mabel shrugged.
"You know what, forget it Robbie. We're just going to leave." Dipper said. "You're more trouble than you're worth. I thought climbing up here would be easier than climbing to the peak of Gravity Falls, but I was wrong. A hike up the mountains sounds pretty nice right about now. More exercise, and less of you."
"Yeah! So if you don't mind, we're going to do the mature thing to do, and just walk away." Mabel said.
With that Dipper and Mabel began to walk the other way to the ladder. Robbie reached over and grabbed Dipper by the shirt, and held him up.
"Hey! Let me go!" Dipper yelled, as his feet dangled and kicked.
"Let go of my brother this instant!" Mabel screamed and jumped forward tried to tackle Robbie. She used her weight to try to knock him over. She hit Robbie in the gut a few times to try to get him to release Dipper.
Robbie pushed and kicked Mabel down to the ground. He then kicked Mabel over the edge of the tower. "MABEL!" Dipper cried.
She fell down the side of the ladder. While falling, she managed to grab the ladder, while getting serious friction burn. She fell about three quarters down the ladder, but had a safe grasp on it.
"I'm okay! I'm coming up to save you!" Mabel yelled. She began climbing as fast as she could, not thinking of her fear of heights.
Dipper slipped out of his shirt and tried to make a run for the ladder. Robbie reached over and managed to punch Dipper in the gut, and knock him off his feet.
"When'd you get so violent?" Dipper asked. "Personally, I feel as if you're acting a tad out of character."
"For your information, character is subjective and to be interpreted by the reader." Robbie said. "Now get up!"
"No... I refuse to fight." Dipper said.
"Get up and put up a fight!" Robbie yelled.
"Never." Dipper said, too injured to get up.
Robbie kicked Dipper while he was down a few times. He kicked Dipper close to the edge of the tower. Robbie put his foot on Dipper, ready to push him off.
"You can't do this." Dipper said. He was running out of steam from all the blows.
"Watch me." Robbie said.
Robbie slowly pushed Dipper off the edge of the tower. Dipper managed to grab onto the railing of the tower with his hands, and was now hanging on for dear life!
"Dipper!" Mabel yelled. She was still a ways down the ladder.
Dipper held on for dear life, he wasn't sure what to do. Suddenly, Felicity finally appeared.
"Wow, what'd I miss!?" Felicity asked.
"Quite a lot actually! Where the heck have you been!?" Dipper asked, peeved that Felicity left them alone.
"Not relevant, I'm here now, and it looks like you're in a jam." she said.
"Yeah! Now do something!" Dipper yelled at her.
"Okay let me think... ah ha! I have a brilliant idea." she said.
"I have one too, how about just lift me up now and take care of Robbie?" Dipper asked. "There's your plan."
"My plan is like that, but better. Allow me explain." she said.
Felicity whispered her plan to Dipper.
"I like the sound of it, except for the part where I have to let go." he said.
"But you've got to in order to make it convincing." Felicity said.
"I don't know, it's a long way down. Promise to catch me?" Dipper asked.
"Do you trust me?" Felicity asked.
"I don't know, that's a good question. I just met you and half of my experience with you has been negative." Dipper told her.
"Okay you got a point, but I've changed. Besides, you really don't have many other options right now. So what do you say?" Felicity asked him.
Dipper thought hard, and he came to the only logical conclusion possible. He knew what he had to do... and he let go of the ledge.
"Dipper!" Mabel watched as Dipper plummeted.
Robbie rejoiced, and looked over the side to see where Dipper had fallen.
Dipper's body fell down the tower, and into the near by brush. There was no thud, just silence that followed. Then all of the sudden, the earth shook, and lights flashed. Dipper's body floated upward, to the top of the tower. He was surrounded by a blue glowing aura. His pupils were missing, and his eyes glowed blue.
"Congratulations Robbie." Dipper said as he clapped while floating. "You succeeded in your mission of eliminating me."
"Ha, yes." Robbie said. "But wait... how are you?
"So now what are you going to do? Brag about it to Wendy? Tell your teenage buddies 'hey guys, I pushed a twelve year-old off a tower and to his doom!' or something? Hear how dumb that sounds in actuality? Shame you acted so rash, and with such little forethought." Dipper said. Although perhaps this wasn't just Dipper. It was of course Felicity inhabiting, and controlling Dipper's body. She spoke for Dipper, so anything she said came from Dipper's mouth with his voice.
"I'm sure Wendy will be very pleased to hear what you did to me." Felicit ysaid in a threatening tone. He started floating towards Robbie. "She just loves it when guys fight am I right!?"
"Hey kid, take it easy." Robbie requested.
"Take it easy'? You pushed me off the tower to my doom! And for that you must pay dearly!" Felicity said.
She used her ghostly powers to fill Robbie's mind with scary imagery.
"AAAHHH!" Robbie screamed.
Dipper's body under the control of Felicity, floated down onto the tower railing, grabbed Robbie, and held him over the edge.
"Let me go! Please!" Robbie pleaded. "I'll do anything!"
"I want you to suffer!" Felicityscreamed.
Inside Dipper's head, Dipper was having a conversation with Felicity.
"Wait! What are you doing!?" Dipper asked panicked.
"What does it look like!?" Felicity asked back.
"Have you learned nothing throughout this entire experience?" Dipper asked
"I don't know. Was I supposed to learn something? I haven't been taking notes." Felicity answered.
"You can't just drop Robbie to his doom!" Dipper screamed.
"Why not? You don't like him, I don't like him, and Wendy doesn't like him!" Felicity said.
"Sure but you can't-" Dipper was interrupted.
"He is of no use to society anyway, so I doubt he will be missed!"
"You spared Mabel and I, and we taught you forgiveness. And this is how you repay us!?" Dipper said.
"I spared you and your sister because you were nice people! Robbie is rotten to the core. He of no good to anyone!" Felicity stated.
"You can't kill him though!" Dipper exclaimed.
"Just watch me." Felicity said, about to release Robbie.
"You know what forget it. I was wrong to trust you." Dipper said. "You were right, you really are a bad person."
These word penetrated Felicity deep and suddenly. She felt as if she had lost Dipper's respect at that moment.
"I was wrong to trust you, and I regret lending you my body. I thought you could learn something and maybe change, but clearly not. I should have just left you in that hole. Alone."
Felicity stopped to reconsider.
Meanwhile in the physical world. Dipper's body was still in a position to drop Robbie.
"Don't do it!" Mabel yelled, who had just reached the top of the tower, and was standing on the railing.
Dipper's head turned around to see Mabel. The horrified look on Mabel's face left an impression on Felicity. Now it was as if she'd lost the only two friends she'd ever had.
Tears poured from Dipper's eyes, but once again, these were actually Felicity's tears.
Finally, after a period of silence... Felicity put Robbie down safe on the railing of the tower.
"Go away." she said to him, still in Dipper's body.
Robbie backed away slowly, still in shock at what had happened. He walked towards the ladder and slowly climbed down.
Felicity exited Dipper's body voluntarily.
"I'm sorry you had to see me like this." Felicity said softly. She was quite upset with herself over what she almost did. "Clearly I'm unfit for this world. Let's release me now before I do something else."
"It's okay." Dipper said, putting his shirt back on (or not, you're the reader, you decide).
"I can't believe I almost ended someone's life... again." Felicity said.
"Me neither." said Mabel.
"Now then, now where's the..." Dipper looked but he didn't see Felicity's urn anywhere on the tower.
"Where'd it go?!" Felicity screamed in shock and anger.
She looked down the ladder and noticed Robbie climbing down with the urn in his hands. He was trying to steal it because it was lined with sapphires.
"Give me back my urn you cretin!" Felicity demanded.
"GAAAHH!" Robbie screamed at what he saw. It wasn't every day an angry spirit floated in front of him.
The two tugged on the urn, but Robbie wouldn't let go.
After enough pulling, Robbie dropped the urn, but he also lost his grip on the ladder and fell backwards.
"AAAHHH!" Robbie screamed as he fell down the tower. As he reached the ground, his velocity somehow slowed to a crawl. He now floated a few inches above the ground, saving him.
Felicity floated down to ground level to finish the job.
"This was all a terrible dream." she said hypnotically. "None of this actually happened."
The hypnosis worked, and Robbie forgot everything that'd happened in the past few minutes. Felicity grabbed her urn and floated upward. The anti-gravity wore off and Robbie fell the rest of the way. Dazed and confused, he wandered off.
Felicity floated back up to the top of the tower with her urn. She placed it on the railing next to the twins.
She just floated in place silent for a few moments, and covered her face with her hands. Dipper and Mabel both noticed tears falling from Felicity's face.
To be continued in the next chapter. The next chapter should actually be the last one this time.