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Mabel's POV

Nothing. A dreamless sleep, for the first time since we got here. Quiet. Peace.

I wake up, and try to remember if I dreamed. Nope. What does this mean?

"I decoded the wheel," Dipper tells me, seeing I'm awake. "You didn't sneak off and warn your boyfriend last night, did you?"

I sit up. "Stop being such a dork. William is not a monster; he's a man! If you try to hurt him…"

"I'll only try to hurt him if he's Bill Cipher," Dipper says. I explode.

"I DON'T CARE IF HE'S BILL CIPHER, I LOVE HIM AND HE LOVES ME AND IF YOU TRY TO HURT HIM I WILL PERSONALLY TAKE YOU DOWN YOU (CENSORED)!"

By this point I am standing up, and I have Dipper backed into a corner. He looks scared.

"Mabel… what's going on? What are you so upset about?" he asks.

"YOU WANT TO KILL THE MAN I LOVE AND YOU ASK WHAT I'M SO UPSET ABOUT?" I yell. "ARE YOU REALLY THAT THICK?"

"He's just your flavor of the week," Dipper says, sounding annoyed. "What makes him different from any of your other boyfriends?"

I punch Dipper in the face. "Go to hell."

Bill's POV

She comes to the clearing, obviously worried. Her hand has blood on it.

"Are you alright?" I ask, grabbing her hand.

"Not my blood. I just broke my twin brother's nose," she says calmly. I'm confused.

"Why?" I ask.

"He wants to kill you. He called you… bad things. So I hit him," she explains.

"And you broke his nose?"

"Um… yes, I thought we covered that."

"Mabel, you just… you can't just… I mean, I'm flattered, but… you broke his nose?" What was she thinking? I know how close those twins are! I never meant to come between them… well, I did, but that was before I fell in love with Mabel.

"Look, I've been having these dreams-"

"This again?" I ask. Why does she feel that I must now about her nightmares? I mean, it isn't like… oh. Right. That.

"You don't understand," she says calmly. "They're not normal dreams."

"You're… my mate?" I say. "The dreams are prophetic. Am I right?" She nods. "Oh, god. So, um, this is… a little…"

"William, I'm your mate. Remember? The forest? Like, a few hours ago?" I turn bright red and begin to stammer. "Stop it, calm down, it's really not that big of a deal. Anyway, in the dreams, the Cipher Wheel has you, and I manage to get you out, but then a ton of other dream demons come at us. You're outnumbered. You say you're going to turn yourself over to the Cipher Wheel. Then, the dream stops."

"Oh. Well, that… isn't good," I say. "Just one-"

And suddenly I'm overpowered by something I didn't know I was fighting.

Bill Cipher.

Mabel's POV

William's sentence is cut off with a yell as he doubles over, and when he gets up, his eye is yellow.

"Well, hello Shooting Star," he sneers. "Did you really think my human half could keep me inside for long?"

"William?" I ask. "What are you…?"

"William's not here right now," he tells me. "It's just me."

"Meaning?" I say, anger in my voice.

"Meaning, I'm Bill Cipher," he tells me, laughing. He jumps at me, and scratches my arm.

"Stop it!" I say. "Please, William!"

He looks at me, and his eye flashes green. "No…" And back to yellow. "Way Shooting Star."

I am holding the hand of a demon, whispering to him as he attacks me.

"William, stop this! I'm right here! It's me! We can get through this if we work together! I love you!"

His head twists around and his eye turns from yellow to green. "Ma…bel… I'm… trying…" And I take the chance and kiss him. He stops writhing and kisses me back. He's back… but they are coming… they are coming to take him away.

"William?" I ask, to be sure.

"Yeah," he smiles. "You brought me back."

"Good. Now, we should really run." I point behind him, to where my brother and various others are assembled, and have seen the whole thing.

"That is a fantastic idea," he says.

Bill's POV

I lift Mabel up and go. As I run, I think about what just happened… I hurt her… not very much, and not on purpose, but still…

"How can you stand me?" I ask her.

"What are you talking about?" she's shocked.

"How can you stand to let me hold you after what just happened? I hurt you, I tried to-"

"It won't happen again. You won't let it," she says, cutting me off.

"How do you know?"

"I trust you," is all she says. "It's what you do when you love someone."