Chapter 29: Dream Demon (Rated T to be safe)
'When going to sleep at night, some of us wonder what dreams may come. We don't really give it much thought or try not to, but when a nightmare seeps into our subconscious, it is a haunting thought that can disturb us endlessly upon waking. After Bill enters Gideon's dream, he is forever haunted by his nightmare!'
~(Gideon's P.O.V.)~
It was horrifying! That face, those claws, that deranged smile, those blue flames, everything about it really shook me up and I don't get shaken easily! I couldn't close my eyes again after that, I just couldn't! After all of the nightmares that I have had throughout my young life, this one was the absolutely the worse!
Currently I'm sitting at my vanity drinking a cup of tea, but most of it has spilled onto the floor due to how shaken I am by the nightmare that keeps occurring night after night after night! I don't know what's causing it, but it keeps occurring! I just can't stop my uncontrollable shaking and having looked in the mirror at myself, my hair is a total wreck and I am a pale as a sheet, even more than my original skin color. I haven't slept in days because if I do, that horrifying face will reappear and scare me awake like it did when I first went to sleep three days ago. I don't know what to do. My performances have been suffering along with my family's business because I have been restless and unsettled due to not sleeping so I can be at my best. At my best, something I haven't known the meaning of for a while! I can't tell my father what's wrong with me because he will just blow it off like I'm joking around when in fact, I never joke around about something like this! He'll treat me like a baby and that's the last thing I need right now! Not after what ran through my head. It's almost as if that nightmare was meant for me, like it was targeting me for a special reason. It was downright terrifying!
Looking into the mirror once more, I notice that my eyes are blood shot red and that my lovely white hair is slumped forward and is plastered to my sweaty pale forehead. I have even developed an uncontrollable twitch in my left eye, something I haven't taken the time to notice since being awake. In a nut shell, I'm a mess and it's all thanks to him and her that I am this way! They did this to me and now, I'm a mess because of it. I have to find a way to end this. The more I try to push that nightmare out of my head, the more it sticks in my brain like a permanent tattoo! If I knew how she was doing this, I would put a stop to it and quick, but since I don't have an idea and she is leaving no traces, then I'm at her mercy!
I went to bed around 10pm like I do every night and kissed the picture of my perfect marshmalla so I can have pleasant dreams as I do every night. When I closed my eyes, the first thing I noticed was my Mabel causally walking, well skipping, towards me while holding out her small and perfect hands to me while saying how much she loves and missed me. We agreed to meet on the side walk café in town for our date and I couldn't contain my excitement when Mabel finally agreed to go out with me! She was dressed in the most eloquent baby blue sweater with my former amulet stitched in the middle of it, matching headband, a black skirt, and her normally shoes and socks. I swore I just stopped breathing while my eyes became glued to her, but then….that happened! Oh it was horrible!
Gideon's Nightmare three days ago
Gideon is sitting at the third table on the side walk café anxiously awaiting the arrival of Mabel Pines. He couldn't be happier that she agreed to go out on a date with him, something he's been looking forward to forever and without her brother and uncle interfering, that makes this small victory all the more to savor!
With a twitching left leg, Gideon turns back to his watch to look at the time which reads 2:45pm. Looking away from his watch, Gideon turns back to the front of him and notices a figure casually walking, well skipping, towards him. Squinting his eyes to get a better look at the outline, Gideon immediately recognizes who is coming his way and jumps to his feet. Plastering on a cocky grin and smoothing his hair out, the albino boy begins adjusting his suit.
"Hey Gideon!" The chocolate haired Pines girl greets to the boy with her usual brace filled smile. "I'm glad you could make it today."
"Well you know I would never miss a chance to be with my marshamella." Gideon replies, now taking Mabel's hands into his own. "You look stunning today."
"Thank you." Mabel smiles with a eyelash bat. "I made this sweater especially for you."
"Mmm, I see." Gideon replies as he takes in the girl's image with his grin widening. "I see indeed. So my crumb cake, I have the entire day planned out for us. First we will go to the circus that has come to town and then afterwards, head to The Club for dinner. I have a table already reserved and by the window as I know how much you love window seats."
"All of that sounds very good Giddy." Mabel giggles. "But before we go anywhere, I'd like to say one thing first."
Slipping her hands out of Gideon's, Mabel then walks to the left side of the chubby boy and stands on the tips of her toes as she leans in towards his ear. Red crimson spreads across Gideon's cheeks with having Mabel that close to him.
"I just wanted to say, thanks for the '2'journal." Mabel whispers into his ear, Gideon's happy expression immediately faltering. "You're a real sweetheart."
Jumping back from the girl, Gideon whips his attention to Mabel, his chubby frame beginning to shake.
"Wait a minute!" Gideon begins while shaking his head. "How do you know I have that book? No one knows, not even Dipper Pines! Wait, just who are you?"
"I'm so glad that you asked!" Mabel replies as she breaks into hysterical laughter in a voice unrecognizable to Gideon. Abruptly bringing her laughter to a halt, the image of Mabel now falls away to reveal none other than the new and improved Catherine!
"Surprise!" Catherine laughs.
"Catherine!" Gideon screams. "What are you doing here? I thought you were destroyed! I helped destroy you! How do you know about my book?! Where's my sugar dumpling Mabel?!"
"You know something Gleeful, you ask too many questions!" Catherine replies with a devious smirk. "And there is one thing you should learn about me and that is, I can't be taken out so easily! That's the same mistake your little friends Dipper and Mabel made, but yet, their time is coming. I have something special planned for them."
"You never answered my question!" Gideon continues. "Where is my sugar dumpling Mabel? What did you do with her?"
"I was Mabel you idiot!" Catherine replies with an eye roll. "Not the smartest kid in your crowd are you? It was just a little something I thought up and knew it would get your attention."
"So what do you know about my journal?" Gideon continues fussing at the clone.
"Oh you mean this?" Catherine nonchalantly asks with journal 2 now appearing in her right hand's palm and her onyx amulet casting a purple shine. Gideon's eyes widen upon seeing the journal in the clone's hand. "I must say, it does make for an interesting read on a rainy day, especially page 79!"
"P…page 7..79." Gideon stammers. "Wait, page 79 is.."
"Hello Gideon, did ya miss me?" The voice of Bill Cipher greets from behind Gideon. Hearing the voice of the demon drains all of the color from Gideon's face with his pupils shrinking to tiny dots. Slowly turning around , Gideon is now face to face with the dream demon.
"Bi…bill..ll." Gideon stammers as he stumbles backwards onto the ground behind him. "Ci….ciph…er."
"What's the matter kid? You look like you've seen a ghost!" Bill speaks with a laugh. "You look paler than usual."
"What do you want with me?" Gideon screams.
"Oh I summoned him because I needed him for a little something I've been working on." Catherine answers, now phasing in front of Gideon and next to Bill. "Right Bill?"
"Right shooting star!" Bill answers as he closes his eye, it shifting into a happy expression (since he has no mouth).
"I told you never to call me that!" Catherine sighs. "Before I tell you our plan."
Snapping her fingers, the area around the three now changes to the darkness of oblivion, pure darkness. Noticing the change in scenery, Gideon scrambles to his feet as he continues looking around.
"Where am I?!" Gideon asks, now turning back to the clone and demon. "What is your game Catherine?!"
"You like mysteries don't you?" Catherine voices as she and Bill disappear into the oblivion. "If you want to know what I'm up to, figure it out!"
With both the demon and the clone in hiding amongst the darkness, Gideon begins walking forward, which soon turns into running. Continuing to run forward, Gideon now bumps into something and is thrown to ground.
"What did I run—" Gideon begins, but is abruptly cut off by what he sees in front of him. Mabel Pines is standing in front of him him with wide and distressed eyes. "Mabel? Is that you?"
"Gideon! You have to help me!" Mabel cries. "Dipper went missing and Catherine and Bill are after me! I don't know what they want from me, but they-"
"But they what Mabel?" Gideon asks, running up to the older pines and grabbing her by the shoulders. "They what?! And what happened to Dipper?!"
Shaking her slightly, Gideon notices the girl's eyes roll back into her skull with her toppling over into his arms. Before inspecting her for major damages, Gideon immediately notices a hatchet ground into the girl's back with a note attached.
"Oh Mabel." Gideon whispers as he begins to quietly sob. Grabbing the note with one shaky hand, Gideon opens it to see the words written in red: Two down, one to go!
Dropping Mabel's lifeless form and the note, Gideon begins backing up only to bump into something or someone else. Whipping around, Gideon is immediately met with blue flames that are engulfing what looks to be razor sharp titanium claws.
"Only one left to go Gideon!" Catherine's hysterical voice screams as her shadow formed face now appears above the flame engulfed claws.
"No, Catherine please!" Gideon begins begging, now stepping back from the deranged clone. "I'll do anything, just don't kill me please! You can keep journal '2'. I don't need it or even want it! Consider that my peace offering!"
Bill's eye now appears next to Catherine's face, his eye narrowing at the boy.
"Say goodnight Gideon!" Bill taunts as the flame engulfed claws now point in Gideon's direction. "Thanks for the book!"
"BILL! CATHERINE! PLEASE!" Gideon begs.
With the blink of an eye, the flaming claws now strike at the albino boy with his ear piercing scream echoing through oblivion.
End of nightmare
That nightmare has haunted me every night since I've had it! My Mabel was taken from me, her brother disappeared, if that matters any, but most of all, I met my demise at the hands of those two! I have to find my journal! It slipped away mysteriously and now it may be lost forever!
As much as I don't want to do this, I may have to team up with that Pines boy in order to find and get my journal back! I refuse to believe that Mabel knock off has it! If it means teaming up with Dipper Pines, I'll do it! I'll do whatever it takes to end these nightmares!
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