Author's Note- Wow. Apparently, Bill Cipher himself read this. Thanks for the comment, and for keeping me in mind. Aside from that, this story is drawing to a close. I'm putting up a poll for weather this should have a happy or sad ending. Please vote!

Mabel's POV

Suddenly, there's a flash of bright light, and I fall to the ground. William is gone.

"What the…?" I whisper to myself. Then, it falls into place. They summoned him. They have assembled the Cipher Wheel. I have to save William.

And I'm running.

It' dark, the dead of night, and I'm running. My own life isn't in any danger, no, I'm safe. That only makes this more important. They have Him. Dipper, Stan, Soos, Wendy, Stanly, Pacifica, Robbie, Gideon, and McGucket. They need me to finish the circle, but I won't do it! I can't.

I love him.

His name is William Sloan, but you would know him as Bill Cipher.

Bill's POV

Pain. Intense, overwhelming pain. They have me trapped, in my human form, and they're killing me. I scream as a shock of even more paralyzing agony rips trough me.

"That was for my sister," Dipper hisses at me.

"Let me try. I have something to repay him for," I hear the red-haired girl say. Another shock. Another scream.

"Leave him alone! Stop it! Stop it! You're killing him!" I hear her voice. I turn toward the sound.

"Ma-AAH!" they cut me off with another shock of pain. "Kill me, please kill me," I beg her. She has to join the circle, or this pain will never end.

"No…" she whispers, breaking down. "I can't."

Mabel's POV

I scream as they fight to hold him in. How did everything go so wrong, so fast? Was it really just yesterday that we were walking through the park, and he told me he loved me?

"Stop! You're hurting him!" I shriek, but Dipper is the only one who pays me any attention.

"I WILL break his hold on you, I promise! I know you're still in there Mabel!"

"I'm right here!" I scream at him. I push forward, trying to break the circle, but I can't. I can't believe this… William, pleading with me to kill him, Dipper, taking pleasure in the torture of another person, everyone I care about united against the man I love.

Dipper grabs my hands and pulls me into the circle. I am fighting him tooth and nail, but he is too strong, and too certain that he is doing the right thing. He can't understand. He refuses to believe that the stupid journal was wrong, and that William is still in there, fighting, winning even, against the demon.

"Let me go, Dipper, please, you're hurting me," I sob.

"That isn't me, Mabel, that's him," Dipper says. "Bill Cipher is controlling you!" He is unrelenting, and steadfast. How could my own brother do this to me?

"Please, Dipper, stop it! I'm not being controlled! It's me, your sister, begging you; please, don't do this!" He isn't listening. He'll never listen, will he?

Bill's POV

Now I'm angry. It's one thing to hurt me, but now his sister? I gather all my fury and send out a blast so powerful it knocks him over. Too bad that the blond girl hits me with a shock at the same moment.

Mabel manages to break free, though. She pulls away, and her arm heals from his nail marks almost instantly. I guess she picked up more tricks from me than I thought.

"Run," I hiss at her. Too bad she never listens to a word I say.

Mabel's POV

I smack Dipper across the face, grab William's hand, and we run. I think I just reached the point of no return. I barely care. I don't want to go back. I wouldn't change a thing, even if I could.

"Thanks, Shooting Star," William says as we run.

I look behind us. They are chasing us, and catching up. "Don't thank me yet."

"You just got me out of the most painful torment I have ever endured. I'm allowed to say thanks," he smiles. "I'm sorry I hit your brother, but he was hurting you, and…"

"It's alright, I get it," I tell him, running. I'm almost completely out of breath. William notices, and quickly lifts me. "You don't have to-"

"I want to," he says. I blush. He laughs. "Weird, isn't it, how we're running away from one of the only forces that can kill me, and I feel happier and more safe than I have in years?"

"Yeah, that's pretty weird," I agree. "Why on Earth…?"

"Because I'm with you," William says, kissing me swiftly on the lips. Then: "Oh shit."

"What is…?" I see it.

I scream in terror as a portal opens and demons stream out. They are racing towards William and I, fierce and frightening

"Oh crap," William groans. "Shit!"

"Bad news?" I ask.

"Those guys don't like me much, and while I'm the most powerful dream demon, they have me outnumbered," he explains quickly. "They'll hurt you, too, if they get their hands on you. We have to turn back."

"What about the Cipher Wheel?" I ask, terrified.

"I'm dead either way," he snaps. "Only difference is that one group will hesitate to hurt you, while the other will take pleasure in your dismemberment."

"We have to find another option!"

"Do you see another option?"

I don't.