AN: Why how do you do?

It's me, The Female Fantasy Freak! Here with another chapter for YOU!

Again, thank you so much for the support.

And a huge, HUGE thank you to Therrans Moonlight (A.K.A Gealov on Deviant Art) for making that AWESOME GIF for this fan fiction. It's a picture of Matthew, Dipper, and Mabel but it switches to a darker photo with their faces crossed out and Matthew with a sadistic grin :3 I snapshotted the darker part and used it for my new profile pic. So again, thank you, it makes me glad you're using your artistic talent for the story!

Another question, this chapter will have a lot of Wendy X Matthew (Mendy? Watthew? I dunno…) meaning that their relationship will build more and their first kiss wont be too far away! So, what environment would be the best place for that and why? You can tell me through a review, PM, or even show me through a fanart; whatever you want!

Now, down to the nitty gritty!

Chapter Twenty-One: Pianos and Broken Mirrors

Friday night came around, and Matthew fingered the wold Penelope had given him at the fair. He wasn't sure he wanted to meet the strange and mysterious demoness.

But you do want your powers back.

Matthew squeezed his eyes closed and inhaled slowly, picking his cell from the nightstand and tapping it, smiling as the picture of him, the twins, Stan, and Soos' belly at the fishing lake lit up on his lock screen.

"7:20," He mumbled. It was probably a good idea to leave.

He turned his head abruptly to the sound of Dipper panting heavily and throwing up over his sheets.

"Dipper?" Matthew asked worriedly as Mabel woke up as well.

The boy began to heave dryly, and clutch his throat.

"Matt, what do we do?!" Mabel asked in panic as they walked over to their brother's bed and shook him lightly.

"I can't—can't—!" Dipper wheezed.

"He can't breathe!" Matthew exclaimed forcing his quivering brother down on his bed before plugging Dipper's nose and pressing his lips to his and breathing for him.

He pulled away, delivering a compression, causing Dipper to hurl all over again.

"Are you all right, Dipper?" Mabel asked worriedly.

"I think so," Dipper said in a quiet voice.

Matthew exchanged a look with his sister.

"Hey…I'll make you some tea," Matthew said.

"Thanks, Matt," Dipper said with a tiny smile.

Matthew nodded in acknowledgment and slipped out of the attic and into the kitchen, putting on the kettle and getting out a tea bag. As he did that, he saw Stan passing by with his lantern, they gave each other mutual nods before the vending machine opened and closed.

As Matthew waited for the kettle to boil he heard Dipper retching again and Mabel trying to calm him down with soft words.

Matthew sighed. I can't meet Penelope tonight; not with Dipper in this condition.

But what about your powers?

Dipper's more important.

He'll be fine.

I don't know that.

Your powers are more important than the kid.

Shut up.

Matthew rubbed his temples and sat at one of the kitchen chairs. When the kettle began whistling, he poured the hot water in a mug and put the tea bag in before sweetening it and slowly walking upstairs with it.

When he walked in, Mabel had tossed off Dipper's sheets and placed a knitted blanket on him.

"Thanks, Mabel," Dipper said.

"No problem, broseph!" Mabel said as Matthew placed the tea on Dipper's night table. Matthew went to his own table and pulled out Penelope's phone number and took up his cell.

"I'll um, be right back," he told his siblings as he walked out of the attic and walked into the living room with his sock clad feet.

He sat on the sofa and dialed the number. Penelope answered on the first ring.

"Hello, Matthew? Where are you?" Penelope demanded.

"I can't come."

"What do you mean you can't come?!"

"Dipper's sick," Matthew said.

There was a groan. "Is all you ever think about your precious siblings?"

"Is that a problem?" Matthew asked patiently.

"Um, when it interferes with your life, yes."

"Why don't you just tell me the cure and I'll do it myself?"

"It has to be during the full moon, that's the only time the alicorns come out," Penelope replied. "Steal a feather from their wings and you got yourself a magic item, either that or you get kissed by a demon that you really love, and they have to love you back—."

"Um, we don't love each other."

"I didn't imply—."

"Oh, yeah you did."

"No, I did—you know what? Whatever."

The line went dead.

Matthew scoffed and placed his phone on the arm rest.

Kissing a demon that I love is out of the question since there seriously isn't one…alicorns at full moon it is.

And you can't go tonight because…?

Dipper!

Psh!

…A-X-O-L-O-T-L…

"Well, I feel much better! I have no idea what happened actually," Dipper said bounding down the stairs.

"You have a lot of energy, bro," Mabel commented.

"I think it was the tea, it tasted sweeter than usual, and I feel awesome!"

As the trio sat down for breakfast Dipper began hungrily eating his oatmeal.

"What, was in that sugar?" Mabel whispered to Matthew.

"Nothing," Matthew whispered back as they watched Dipper jug scalding hot cocoa in his mouth. "At least, I think so."

"GOOD MORNING KNUCLE HEADS!" Stan said loudly.

Matthew and the twins screamed in surprise, and Matthew's hands lit up with electric blue flames.

"I thought you couldn't make fire anymore?" Dipper asked.

"I thought so to," Matthew said with a frown, extinguishing his flames and making them re-appear. "Huh."

"Anyway," Stan continued. "We have a lot of people coming in today, and I need all hands-on deck to rip 'em off!" Stan gave his signature laugh before taking a mug of coffee and sipping it. "Basically, I need you, gremlins to hurry up."

"Message received," Matthew said with a sloppy salute, then smiled when his siblings smothered their laughter.

"Yeah, yeah, very funny, hurry it up!" Stan said.

When they finished their breakfast, Matthew and the twins lined up with Soos and Wendy who he politely waved to.

"Okay, it's Saturday; tourists like to come on Saturdays, so! Soos, glue up some more attractions!" Stan said.

"Yes, sir!" Soos said dutifully as he found a stuffed horse head and a dog body and began stitching them together sloppily.

"Wendy, bring those prices up to the hundreds, or more!" Stan said pointing at the red-head. She sighed and began changing the price tag for a bobble head to five-hundred dollars with a marker.

"Matthew, spray paint these chains gold and put them in the gift shop for at least 5k!" Stan gave Matthew a bunch of chains and gold spray paint. Matthew rolled his eyes and did as he was told.

"Mabel, write, LIMITED EDITION on all the magazines!" Stan told Mabel who happily obeyed.

"And Dipper, sweep the floors," Stan said shoving a broom in his hands.

"Whelp, have fun with that, I got stuff to do later!" Stan walked out whistling.

"So, Matt," Wendy said as she finished making a snow globe two-hundred dollars. "The gang and I were going to go to this abandoned mansion today, you wanna come?"

"Um, yeah sure," Matthew said placing one of the gold chains on a rack.

"Sweet," Wendy said with a smile.

"Oh, my gosh!" Mabel gushed. "Wendy totally asked Matt on a date!"

"She WHAT?!" Dipper demanded. Everyone looked at him and he blushed before asking in a quitter voice, "What are you talking about Mabel?!"

"She asked him to join her and her friends to some spooky mansion thing-y, and he said yes!" Mabel giggled.

"B-but it's not a date, date if there's other people there…right?" Dipper asked worriedly. "Besides, she said the day before that she didn't have feelings for Matthew."

"You denied your feelings for Wendy, remember?" Mabel asked slyly. "Just imagine! Those two would get married and I'd finally have a sister!" Mabel had stars in her eyes. Dipper looked like he'd faint at any given moment.

"Dipper? Do you need something? You look sort of pale…" Matthew said worriedly.

"Oh, it's nothing," Dipper mumbled weakly. "I just…I'll be in my room for a bit." The boy ran up the steps and tripped on the last one. "I'm fine!" he called before getting up and running once more.

"He's acting weird," Wendy commented.

"What was in that tea?" Matthew murmured.

…A-X-O-L-O-T-L…

The clock struck five-o-clock.

"Ha! Finally," Wendy said. "You coming, Matt?"

"Yeah, let me just get my jean jacket," Matthew said running up the stairs to the attic.

"Uh, hey, Wendy?" Dipper asked from on top the counter.

"Uh-huh?" Wendy said leaning against the counter.

"I—or me and Mabel—were wondering…"

"Do you have a crush on Matthew?" Mabel asked excitedly.

"NO! That, that's not what we were going to ask…"

"But do you really, Wendy?" Mabel asked, her grin broadening.

Wendy opened her mouth and closed, her face turning slightly pink.

Mabel gasped. "You do!"

"I—! Okay, okay, I might have a tiny, very tiny, thing for your brother," Wendy admitted. "I-it's small though. You guys are okay with that…right?"

"Yes! Of course, we're fine!" Dipper began to nervously laugh perpetually.

"Matthew thinks he may have accidently put something in Dipper's tea last night," Mabel whispered to the red-head.

Dipper then stopped and cleared his throat when Matthew bound down the steps while smearing hair gel on to his blonde locks.

"When will you ever learn, Matt?" Mabel asked with a smile. "No matter how much gel you use, your hair is untameable."

Matthew removed his hands from his head and his hair sprung back to its usual messy state, causing the teen to groan. "That was your fault," he said tickling under Mabel's armpits, causing her to explode with laughter, though he stopped when she almost collapsed.

"Hey, I like it messy—I think it's cute," Wendy said.

Matthew flashed one of his charming grins. "Thanks, Wen," he said opening the door and exiting the gift shop Wendy sighed dreamily before walking out after him.

"Tee hee! She got it hard!" Mabel said with a grin.

"Mabel," Dipper said firmly. "I need to be more charming."

"What? Why?" Mabel asked.

"Didn't you hear Wendy? She likes Matthew! I don't know…is it because he's a demon? Is it because he's blonde? Maybe—I need to learn how to grin!" Dipper exclaimed.

"You know, usually I'd help you, Dip-Dop, but it seems to me like the feeling is mutual," Mabel mused.

"Mutual?! What does that mean? What do you mean—you're not saying—?"

"I think Matt has a crush on Wendy, judging by the way he was all gloomy at the fair."

"This is a nightmare!" Dipper screamed pulling at his hair. "First Robbie and now my own brother!"

"Chillax, bro-bro! It'll be fine! Those two are cute together!" Mabel said.

"Mabel!"

The door than opened.

"You two coming or what?" Matthew asked.

"Yup!" Mabel said cheerfully. Dipper nodded silently and walked after Mabel.

…A-X-O-L-O-T-L…

"There it is, guys! Harrison Manor!" Wendy said with a grin while the rest of the teens "oohed". Tambry snapped a photo, though Robbie seemed quiet, hidden under his hoodie.

"There's a lot of magic here," Matthew said. "And I mean a lot."

"Maybe there's unicorns in there!" Mabel said hopefully.

Matthew and Wendy shared a look of mutual distaste at the mention of unicorns.

"Maybe there's more ghosts!" Lee said.

"You seriously want to see more ghosts after last time?" Dipper asked with a shiver. "I was possessed by one recently."

"Dude! That is sick!" Nate said. "High-five!"

Dipper blinked twice but high-fived the teen.

As the group made their way to the mansion. The doors were made from dark wood and were tall with vines all over it.

"Awesome," Wendy said with grin, taking out her axe and hacking at the vines. She then pushed the door, though it wouldn't budge.

"Here," Matthew said helping her push. The two grunted with exertion as the doors opened with a creak.

There were exclamations of awe and wonder as they entered the mansion, the wood creaking under foot.

"Hey, Thompson! Dare you to wear that!" Lee said pointing at a suit of armour lined up with many others. Thompson rushed over to try and put on the armour while Robbie walked around glumly. "Do any of you have a coffin I can die in?" he asked.

"Yeesh, what's his problem?" Wendy demanded crossing her arms.

"Dunno," Matthew said carelessly. He couldn't help but notice that she smelled a lot like cinnamon. It was weird, the little details he could pick up from Wendy ever since that kiss on the cheek. Who knew that one little brush on the cheek could do so much?

Matthew tried imagining something, though it didn't become corporeal, he tried using telekinesis but that didn't work either. "Huh," he mumbled lighting his hands with fire.

"Hey, look! A piano!" Wendy said pointing past Thompson, who was trying and failing to fit the suit of armour on while Lee and Nate chanted "Go, go, go!", and Mabel who was dancing around with a bunch of fancy doilies.

"Ah, never seen that in a long time," Matthew said.

"You play?" Wendy asked as Matthew walked past the teens, Mabel, and Tambry who was texting.

"Yeah, I had a few centuries of practice, give or take," Matthew said sitting down on the piano bench and blowing the dust off the keys.

Matthew stretched his fingers before playing a melody that echoed across the hallway. The song was sad, but also hopeful and longing. As Matthew continued to play, Wendy smiled, seeing the blonde become one with his music. She quietly sat beside him and closed her eyes, absorbing every note.

Finally, Matthew went higher on the keys and played a slow, sad, minor chord. When he pulled back he heard applause from the teens and the twins, even Tambry was clapping, though Robbie just rolled his eyes. "Pianos are for losers. Guitars are so much better."

Wendy scoffed. "Shut up, Robbie, that song was nice," she said, and Matthew gave her a grateful smile that was so cute looking to her that her heart did a summersault. Robbie just scowled and went back to looking for a coffin.

"Dude, you gotta stop holding back on me," Wendy said punching Matthew playfully in the arm.

"I just never thought it was that important," Matthew said with a smug smile.

"You'd make serious bucks with that playing! Well, not that you need it with your powers and stuff," Wendy said.

"Yeah, I guess…though you did give me something to think about," Matthew said as everyone went back to doing whatever they were doing, except for Dipper who watched the two teens nervously.

"Uh, teach me?"

"Pardon?"

"The piano, can you teach me?" Wendy asked playing with hair a bit.

Matthew smiled. "Yeah, sure." He patted his lap and Wendy sat on it, sucking in a sharp breath at being so near her crush. Matthew was having the same heart flip-y feeling as he leaned forward and gently took Wendy's wrists in each of his hands.

"We can probably start with C major, it's the easiest," Matthew said placing Wendy's hands on the correct area, Wendy shivering as Matthew's lips and breath gently caressed her ear as he spoke. She could already feel her face prickling with warmth.

Dipper watched as Matthew instructed Wendy on play the piano with surprising patience and gentle words. He could already feel his heart breaking into tiny little pieces and then being stepped on after being shattered.

"Hey bro!" Mabel said startling Dipper. "I found candle wax!" She showed him her sticky hands. "At least I think it's candle wax…" She licked her hands. "Yup, wax!"

"Mabel, I am losing Wendy!" Dipper hissed hysterically.

"How—? Oh. OH!" Mabel watched the blonde and the red-head playing the piano.

"You're probably the fastest learner I've ever met," Matthew said.

"Shut up, you're just saying that," Wendy teased and they both laughed lightly.

"Oh, my gosh! They are so cute together!" Mabel shrieked in delight.

"That is not a good thing!" Dipper said pacing. "Wendy's vibrant and pretty, and cool, and—and Matthew's good-looking, smart, brave, and he's a musician!"

"They're perfect for each other!" Mabel summarized.

"I know! And that's the problem!" Dipper cried. "And the more they hand out the more they'll bond and-and!"

"Soon, they'll have their first kiss!" Mabel said.

"You gotta help me keep them apart!" Dipper cried.

"I…I don't know Dipper, I mean…Matthew's very picky with relationships. As far as I know, he's never had a crush in his human life before, maybe we should give him a chance, you know?"

"Mabel!"

"No, Dip-Dop, I am putting my foot down with this one. I am not getting in the way of true love!"

"Even if I gave you my entire stash of candy?" Dipper asked.

Mabel gasped. "I am one million percent on board with you!"

"Now, to reach G you should move your thumb there—no, here." Wendy could feel Matthew's chest press against her back as he leaned forward and put her thumb in the correct spot.

"Whoa, that's a bit weird," Wendy said.

"Yeah, kind of."

"Matthew!" Mabel exclaimed running up to the two. "I got a splinter!"

Matthew hissed and Wendy got off his lap as he checked his sister's hand.

"How'd you get this, Mabes?" Matthew asked looking at his sister with a worried frown.

"I was cart wheeling, sorry…" Mabel murmured and yelped as Matthew took it out. "Ow, ow, ow!" Mabel exclaimed as her hand began to bleed. Matthew gasped lightly. "Do you have water?"

"I saw a bathroom."

"With working water?"

"Yeah, come on!" Mabel dragged her brother away, leaving Wendy to smile.

"Hey, Wendy!" Dipper said cheerfully.

"Oh, hey dude, what's up?" Wendy asked.

"Oh, nothing…anyway, you enjoying yourself?" Dipper asked.

"Oh, yeah, so are the boys," Wendy nodded to where Thompson was holding one end of a tapestry while Lee and Nate chanted, "Lick it! Lick it! Lick it!"

"And Tambry is taking photos of the scenery…I mean wow, never seen that before," Wendy said as Tambry was indeed snapping pictures and texting them online.

"Robbie…um…"

Robbie was on the ground under a carpet moaning.

Dipper was about to open his mouth and say something when Wendy said, "You're lucky, having Matthew as a brother. He's sweet, funny, talented."

Dipper felt a pang of jealousy of having his brother complimented. "Oh, yup! He's the best!"

"He's way cooler than you, dork, and that's saying something," Robbie said from under the carpet. Both Wendy and Dipper ignored him, though Dipper was now secretly hoping there were fleas in that carpet.

"And he…really loves you and Mabel. You can see that every time he looks at you two, you both mean the world to him," Wendy said with a smile. "Man, I'd love it if my brothers looked at me like that. They just live to annoy me."

"Yeah…I guess I am lucky," Dipper mused.

…A-X-O-L-O-T-L…

Matthew walked Mabel down a few hallways until they reached a door. "I think it's here," Mabel said as her brother opened the door and cringed at the filthy bathroom. There was a floral-patterned toilet and sink with an old mirror handing over the sink.

"God, this place stinks," Matthew muttered, walking over to the pipe and twisting the valves. The two cringed in disgust as murky brown water stuttered out of the old pipes.

"Ah, you know what? Forget this." Matthew tried turning the valves again, though they stayed open, water pouring from the clogged sink and on to the tiled floor.

"Ugh," Mabel said lifting a wet shoe. "Gross!"

"Um, here," Matthew said tearing cloth from his shirt and wrapping it around Mabel's palm. "Make sure to put pressure on it."

Mabel nodded and smiled. "Thanks, Matt. For being an awesome big brother, you get a tickle attack!" Mabel tickled Matthew's stomach where she knew he was most ticklish.

They both laughed until Matthew slipped on the water and crashed against the sink, banging his head hard against the mirror and shattering it, the sound echoing ominously for longer than necessary.

Matthew slid to the wet floor and groaned, feeling woozy.

"Oh! Matthew, I'm so sorry!" Mabel cried kneeling next to her brother and gasping in horror as she felt blood at the back of his head. Matthew grunted lightly in pain as tears sprung in his sister's eyes. "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to! Matt—!"

"It's okay, Mabes, it's okay. I'm not mad…" Matthew's voice trailed off as the temperature dropped and the magic he had felt intensified ten-fold.

"Mabel, you need to get out of here," Matthew said as he tried to stand, trying his hardest to ignore the dizziness. "Take Dipper…and everyone else and get out— "

Mabel screamed as something materialized behind Matthew that he couldn't see. He twisted around and gasped when a shadow like figure of a man seeped from the cracked mirror and gained red eyes. It raised a clawed a hand, seemingly about to attack Matthew.

"No!" Mabel screamed jumping protectively in front of her brother as the claws came down and scratched the girl's face, throwing her against the wall.

"Mabel!" Mathew exclaimed before glaring at the monster. He got up, his fists full of flames, the pain and dizziness forgotten.

"Nobody hurts Mabel," Matthew growled throwing a fire ball at the creature. It let out an unearthly shriek and crashed into the wall, causing pipes to bust. Matthew went over to Mabel and helped her to her feet before dragging her out of the bathroom.

"What's going on?" Dipper exclaimed as he and everyone else (minus Robbie) ran to investigate the screaming and crashing.

"Get out of the house!" Matthew exclaimed as the shadow creature repapered behind Matthew and once more raised a clawed hand. Mabel cried out as Matthew yanked her arm and rolled out of the way of the claws which instead destroyed the wooden ground.

Everyone screamed and ran for the door, but they slammed shut. The creature's eyes glowed a brighter red and the knights of armour turned to the teens and marched after them.

"Aw man! We're all going to die!" Lee cried.

"No, we're not," Matthew said with gritted teeth as flames danced across his skin. Wendy took out her axe, and Mabel held out her grappling hook.

With a battle cry, Matthew threw a fire ball at the first knight, it collapsed in a melting heap. He quickly took the knight's sword to quickly block an attack from another knight and kicked it in the chest, melting it too.

Wendy hacked a bunch of knights to pieces with her axe and Mabel was doing quite well stunning them with her hook while finished them off with a battle axe he had found. Thompson was cowering with Tambry under a tapestry while Lee and Nate tried the doors to no avail.

The shadow creature swiped its claws at Matthew and he narrowly dodged, the claws ripping his shirt. The creature tossed a ball of red energy at him and Mathew leapt out of the way, on to the piano, as the spot he was last exploded with splintering wood.

There was a loud battle cry and Wendy leapt on to the creature's head and raised her axe to whack it, but the shadow being tossed her off. With a scream, Wendy fell into the previously created hole from before. The abyss was so deep he couldn't even see the bottom.

"Wendy!" Matthew cried jumping off the piano and crashing into the girl in mid-air. Matthew's extra momentum pushing the two barely over the edge. They were about to sigh in relief before the wood beneath them groaned and snapped, bringing the two teens into the dark abyss.

Instinctively, Matthew snatched on to the tapestry that was barely hanging over the hole, his other hand gripping Wendy's wrist.

The creature let out what sounded suspiciously like a chuckle, probably realizing Matthew and Wendy's now vulnerable situation. The creature was about to claw at them when Mabel's grappling hook shot out of nowhere and wrapped around one of the wooden beams. The creature looked at the hook curiously as Mabel said, "Nobody messes with Matthew!" While zooming through the air, she kicked the creature in the face, causing it to crash into another wall.

"Good one, Mabes!" Matthew called with a proud grin, though it quickly switched to a face of horror when the tapestry ripped. Matthew and Wendy screamed as they fell until their fall stopped with jolt. Looking up, the duo could see Dipper clutching the fallen tapestry with two hands, sweat falling from his face as he tried and failed to pull the two up.

"Matt! I-I'm not strong enough!" Dipper exclaimed as the tapestry began to tear once more.

"Don't let go, Dipper!" Matthew grunted as both his arms quivered with exertion, his grip on Wendy's wrist slipping slowly.

"Matthew, don't tire yourself out!" Wendy said.

At last, Matthew's cramped fingers could take no more, and his grip on the tapestry released. Both him and Wendy resumed their panicked screaming as they fell into the unknow of the dark abyss.

"MATTHEW! WENDY!" Was the last thing Matthew heard from his brother before he slammed against a beam and everything went black.

…A-X-O-L-O-T-L…

AN: I gave you a cliff hanger! Yes, I am mean.

Amway, hope you enjoyed!

Fantasy Freak OUT!