Mabel, and the rest of the girls finally went to sleep after a long night of glitter, and cats. As soon as Mabel dropped her head on the pillow she went out like a light. Her dreams came fast, and were…Unpleasant.
In her first nightmare, Mabel found herself in some kind of cave, running towards a figure lying on the ground, she didn't know why, but for some reason, she had to get to the person. She was horrified to find that the figure on the ground was a crying Dipper, the left side of his face was badly burned, and there was a long and deep vertical cut on his wrist. He was on his side, in the fetal position; his hands were clawing at his head. He looked up at Mabel.
"What did you do to me!" he shouted, angrily.
"Why?! You lied to me!" He said.
Dipper began to weep. Mabel got on her knees and tried to help him, but when she touched him, he stiffened, and yelled, "Get away from me!" and then the nightmare ended.
In her final nightmare, she found herself in the arms of someone she didn't know, being carried into an ever-expanding blackness, just the two of them.
"Dipper?" Mabel asked.
"Hmm, not quite," the voice replied.
The voice was familiar, but she couldn't name the person it belonged to.
"Where are we?"
"That's a little confusing, I'm not exactly sure, just a recess of a broken mind."
"Huh?"
"Don't worry about it."
"Why are you carrying me?"
"Aren't you tired?"
As if to answer, her entire body felt like lead, she let her head fall into the crook of her carrier's elbow.
"Do I know you?" she asked.
"You did, but I was long forgotten about, at least for the next few minutes."
"Is Dipper ok?"
"Right now, yes, but not in the glimpse you just witnessed."
"You mean that was real?"
"Very, very real, Mabel."
"Who are you?"
"I go by many names, many of them are unpleasant, a few of them you shouldn't hear at your age, but I am widely known by one name."
"What is it?"
"Really, Shooting Star?"
Alarm bells went off in Mabel's head, only one person called here that.
"Bill?"
Bill looked down at her and laughed, "Bingo." He said.
Mabel was now in panic mode, she had to get out of here, but her limbs refused to move.
"You're not going anywhere, Shooting Star."
Mabel watched as Bill shifted his carry on her, so that she was in his hands above his head. Bill laughed insanely.
"Time to wake up." He said as he brought Mabel down on his knee.
Mabel sat straight up in a cold sweat, breathing hard.
It was just a dream she said to herself.
"Just a dream, is that all I am?" Said Bill, who was standing in the doorway to Candy's room with a smile on his face.
"Bill?"
"What, you're surprised to see me? I'll admit, I did get a little worried when my proxy warned you, luckily, I intervened before he gave too much away."
"But you're a dream demon, you have no influence on the physical world."
"True, true, but you left out one detail. I can't intervene in my natural form, however, I can intervene all I want in a physical body."
"But-,"
"Before you ask, allow me to introduce you," He stepped into the moonlight from a nearby widow, illuminating his physical body. "Meet my old proxy, the one who warned you, I gave him two chances, but sadly, he used them trying to warn you."
"Is he still alive?"
"His spirit, you mean? Well yes, I suppose, but not in this world."
"You monster."
"What did you expect?"
Mabel picked up nearby items, and began throwing them at the demon, hairbrushes, glitter, glue, anything. The demon wasn't as agile in a human body, so most of the items hit their target.
"You're testing my patience, Shooting Sta-," He was cut off by Mabel's excellent shot with a pair of scissors, which cut the demon's cheek.
The demon growled, and his eyes turned red, casting a glow on Mabel.
"You'll pay for that." He said, before blue flames erupted in his hands.
Mabel took the hint, and ran downstairs and out of the house, she entered the backyard and hopped the fence, and dashed into the woods beyond.
Mabel ran wildly down the forest path from Candy's house, to the Mystery Shack, the moon overhead illuminating her way. A malevolent presence followed quickly behind her. Mabel reached into her pocket and withdrew her phone; she barely managed to dial her brother's number. She raised it to her ear and waited, it was pretty late at night, so she could only hope he answered.
"Mabel?" Dipper's dazed voice said.
Dipper noticed Mabel panting through the phone, and started to get worried, "Mabel, what's going on?"
"I don't have time to explain," she said through breaths, "You need to leave."
"Mabel I don't understand."
"Just leave, Dipper, get as far away from Gravity Falls as possible, and don't come back!"
"Mabel, slow down, what do you mean?"
"We should have listened, leave Gravity Falls, Dipper, while you still can!"
"W-why? And what about you?"
"Forget about me Dipper, just know that it's not your fault."
"Mabel, please, tell me what's happening."
"He's back, he's back!"
"Who, Mabel, who's back?"
"It's –," Mabel tripped on a stray tree root and her phone slipped from her grasp, she scrambled over to where it landed, but the phone case slipped off, and the battery fell out. She turned around to face her pursuer.
The human form of Bill Cipher hovered above, Blue flames burning in each hand. The demon radiated absolute hatred and insanity. His blonde hair was ruffled, and his signature top hat hovered slightly above his head. His eye patch glowed blue, and his good eye had blue flames around its brilliant gold pupil. He laughed manically.
"You think leaving this town will stop me? Boy, I thought you were stupid before, but now, ha ha ha! You don't understand, Shooting Star, my plan has already been set in motion, I have your brother trapped under my boot like a bug," the demon clenched his right hand into a fist and shot a ball of azure fire at Mabel's feet.
The fire at Mabel's feet grew and expanded until it surrounded her and grew larger until it was well above 5 feet tall. Mabel backed into the center of the strikingly blue ring and looked up at Bill, terrified.
"Wh-what are you going to do to me?" She questioned.
The demon looked her dead in the eyes, wearing the widest grin Mabel had ever seen, and descended until he stood on the ground in front of Mabel. He grabbed her wrist with his right hand; the blue light from the wall of fire outlined his features.
"Things like this," he said before dragging Mabel by the wrist to the fire.
Mabel's eyes widened in horror as they approached the hot barrier.
"Bill, please," She begged, "Please don't do this."
Bill laughed, "Oh, Shooting Star, this is just the beginning," he said devilishly.
They reached the barrier, the heat becoming extremely uncomfortable, Bill stood with his nose almost touching the flames, but he didn't seem to care. Without warning, he thrust Mabel's wrist, his hand too, into the flames, and held it there.
Mabel screamed in agony as the flames licked her forearm, she watched as her skin blackened. This was much hotter than any normal fire. Bill laughed as he watched Mabel's face contort in excruciating pain he was enjoying this. He held her arm there for a little longer before throwing her to the ground.
Mabel lay sprawled out on the ground, on the verge of unconsciousness. Bill got on his knees and grabbed Mabel's chin so that she was looking him in the eyes.
"Why are you doing this?" She asked through tears.
Bill laughed insanely. "Why not?"
Bill picked up Mabel's burnt wrist and closed his fingers around it. Pain shot through Mabel's arm as his grip tightened with unnatural strength. Blood began oozing out of the raw skin trapped beneath his fingers.
"Bill, please, let go," She said through sobs.
Bill dropped Mabel's wrist in the dirt, and wiped up some blood with his index finger.
"Isn't it beautiful," Bill said.
Bill picked up Mabel's head and shoved his blood-covered finger into her mouth. Her blood tasted salty, and overcooked. Bill laughed as Mabel's eyes widened. This was enough to send Mabel over the edge and into unconsciousness. Bill withdrew his finger, let Mabel's head fall into the dirt, and stood up.
The demon looked down at her, taking in her burnt and badly bleeding arm.
"Yes, rest now, little Shooting Star, you have much worse ahead of you," he said.
Bill chuckled as Mabel fell into a deep sleep.
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Does anybody actually crack these codes? Has anybody figured out what cipher I'm using? I say it in the first chapter.
Speaking of previous chapters, I went back and updated them all, I fixed their grammatical and plot errors. I only added a few new lines, so you don't have to check them out if you don't want to. I also added these codes that you're seeing. (Special thanks to Dipper and Mabel's Guide to Mystery and Nonstop Fun for teaching me how to code)
Thank you so much for reading, please review, bye!
Special thanks to: Rain-on-ocean, lukeup1, and SophiaCrutchfield. Thank you for taking the time to review last chapter, I really appreciated it. You guys are awesome!
Next chapter: Sometime next week