A/N: Hello again, guys! So yeah...I decided to go ahead and post the next chapter a little early, both because I'm leaving tomorrow, and staying in a lodge with basically no internet for almost a week, and for another reason you'll find out at the end of the chapter. This one's pretty short, but it's for a good reason-you'll see...
XXPay4XtraShippingsXX-Yep, the twins are really coming into their own :) Heh heh, yeah-McGaster just works. I might put him in as Gaster again in a later chapter-maybe in a cameo near the end or something? XD We'll see.
Pierce-Thanks, m8. That means a lot :)
Well, on to the chapter!
Disclaimer: If I owned Gravity Falls or Undertale, I wouldn't have to worry about ever being broke.
The first thing Pacifica was aware of was that it black all around her. She didn't know where she was anymore-if she was still in Ford's castle, or even still in the Underground anymore.
Then she heard the breathing.
"D-Dipper? Mabel?"
However, it was neither of the skeleton twins.
Bill had been reduced back to his flower form, and he was the worse for wear. He was drooped over, his petals almost reaching down to the ground.
"You!"
"…this isn't over, Blondie." Pacifica gave him a look of disbelief.
"You STILL think you can destroy anything, you stupid flower?! Look at yourself!" Bill turned his face slightly towards her, his eye filled with sadistic glee.
"You're really still buying into this 'flower' thing, kid?!" He laughed. "Even after everything you've seen?!" He narrowed his eye at her. "When I come back, I'll kill you. I'll kill everyone."
"No." Pacifica clenched her hands into fists, anger filling her. She started over to the flower to rip him out by his roots…only to stop as she heard something else.
Groaning.
Pacifica turned around, and gasped as she saw two figures lying behind her.
"Dipper! Mabel!"
"Oh yeah, did you forget about those two?" Bill asked with a chuckle. "They gave me a lot of trouble" He shook his head. "Guess that's what I get for trying to absorb the souls of hybrids."
Pacifica barely heard him. She ran over to Dipper, lifting his head…and her eyes widened in surprise at what she saw.
He was…human. Not a skeleton anymore, a flesh and blood human.
"What the…?" Pacifica placed him down gently and turned to Mabel. She was human too.
"What the…how is this possible?"
"I have one last trick up my sleeve, Blondie." Pacifica looked back over at Bill. Despite the fact that he was nothing but an eye, she could've sworn she saw him grin. "I may not be as powerful as I used to be, but I'm still an interdimensional demon."
"So you made Dipper and Mabel human again?" Pacifica questioned, confused.
"Yep!" Bill let out a weak chuckle. "Those two have suffered enough, don't you agree? Come on Blondie, don't deny it-you care about them; 'specially Pine Tree there!" Pacifica's cheeks flushed.
"How did you…?!"
"You know, it's pretty amazing-I remember when we first met you were nothing but a selfish little brat. All you cared about was getting out of here-but you didn't want to fight anyone. At the time, I thought it was just because you were scared-a little brat who just wanted to run and hide from the big, scary monsters." Bill laughed. "But I've been watching you-even after you learned how much stronger humans are than monsters, that even you, a mere child, could destroy anyone down here if you tried…you still didn't raise a finger to fight. Heck, you even made friends with some of these things!"
"Yeah, what's your point?!" Pacifica snapped.
"My point, Pacifica Northwest-is this." Bill narrowed his eye at her. "Humans DON'T change. Everything you've done so far has just been to get yourself home, hasn't it? So I'm sure I know what your choice is going to be, but I feel inclined to ask anyway."
"My choice?!" Pacifica raised an eyebrow, and Bill looked towards Dipper and Mabel again.
"I return those two to the surface world. They finally get to go back home to their parents and live happy lives as humans-but you stay down here for the rest of your natural life. Or you can go home by yourself-go back to your cushy life, and forget about everyone here. Because it's only a one-way trip, kiddo. You can save them, or save yourself-it doesn't work both ways." Pacifica swore she could hear the sadistic glee in his voice as he asked
"Well? What's it gonna be?"
A/N: Bill, you sneaky bastard! Right...well, here's where I need you guys' help-and the second reason I decided to post this; see, what I usually do with fanfics is that I usually write one ahead of time, so I can upload it after posting the latest chapter. I HAVE started work on the next chapter-but now I need you guys to help me make a choice as to how it should go. You can think of this as being like the original Undertale game in a way-now YOU guys get to decide the outcome of this situation.
Should Pacifica accept Bill's deal, and send the skeletwins back to to surface? Or should she just go back herself? I kind of wanted to do a perspective switch, and focus more on Papyrus! Dipper and Sans! Mabel as main characters for the remainder of the story, but at the same time, it seems out of character to just have Pacifica up and sacrifice her own freedom for two kids she barely knows (even if she thinks one of them is cute XD). After all, this is still Pacifica we're talking about-yes, I want her to undergo character development and learn to be less selfish-but I also want it to feel realistic, you know?
So now-I'm leaving it up to you guys. What should Pacifica choose? Tell me in a review which you'd prefer, and I'll find a way to make it work. It might take some doing, and I can't promise how soon I'll have it up, but I promise to deliver!
See you guys next time-and wish me luck in the field!
