AN: AHHHH! I'm like a week late!1!1!
So…sorry…
Anyway, remember the little paragraph break thing I gave you guys?
Looks like some of you figured out the first part of it!
Yes, one of the symbolisms of the paragraph breaks are all the people influencing Matthew's life. I'll shed a bit extra light on that in later chapters but that's that!
In the first season The Axolotl influenced Bill to be accepting towards the Pines (Again, more light will be shed on that), in the second season, Matthew's inner Cipher tried to influence him and obviously still is, to be the opposite.
The second reason for the breaks, however, is like I said before, emotions. Matthew was angry at the AXOLOTL for his seemingly unfair situation, Matthew was then scared of his inner CIPHER, afraid that he'd go back to being a monster and losing the ones he held dear. And in the third season…_will influence Matthew to _. His emotion towards him/her will be _.
Let's see if you can guess THAT. :3 Though keep in mind, the emotions aren't limited to the ones in Inside Out :3.
To the Stargazer, don't worry! You didn't miss anything! Ford and Paige's conversation will just be a secret for now, that's why I cut away.
And to Celena Pacific, I'm on the House of Hades. The series really picked up after Percy came back but Riordan must scrap Piper or something, all she does is gush over Jason…uh…get a life Piper.
Anyway, this is the season finale, short, but still the season finale and all that shiz. And read 'till the end! There's a surprise for you guys!
Chapter Forty-Five: Anything
Matthew was seeing red.
Damion had gone too damn far this time, first him, then Stan, then Mabel, and now his parents. The first people to honestly, truly, unconditionally love him and they could very well be dead.
Matthew increased his speed. He had no idea where he was going, he just knew, much like when he found the Emerald Chronicle in—.
Matthew stopped abruptly, looking up at the crumbling mansion of Harrison Manor.
"Matthew," came the familiar lazy drawl of Damion.
Matthew gritted his teeth and spun around to face the boy.
"You," Matthew hissed, his blue eye turned gold and the eye under his eyepatch heated up. Flames erupted in his palms.
"Let me guess," he sighed. "You blame me for what happened to Ellie?"
"I don't blame you, I know you did it!" Matthew barked tossing a fireball at him.
The iron fence and the dried grass around it exploded in flames.
"You really think I did that?" Damion demanded from behind Matthew. The teen jumped and spun around to find Damion crossing his arms.
"Ellie is still my sister."
"And I'm your nephew, and Mabel's your niece. Blood didn't stop you from hurting before!" Matthew growled shooting another fire ball.
Damion gave him a bored look and held up a shield.
Matthew pounded it with flaming fists, screaming in rage. Damion sighed, shaking his head. "Matthew, I'm not the bad guy here. This is merely tough love."
"Of course, it is! Torture is definitely tough love!" Matthew laughed bitterly, delivering a heavy punch.
"I only want what's best for you," Damion pressed. "Being the Demon King…it's your job. But even I wouldn't harm my own sister."
"Oh? Then who did?! The tooth fairy?!" Matthew said still unconvinced, as he caused a giant fire ball to explode through the air and scorch almost everything.
Damion's shield was no longer up and he looked surprised. Matthew grabbed his uncle's neck and slammed him to the ground with a flaming hand, fueling it with every feeling of rage, anger, and hurt he could muster…before his body tensed, his mind going fuzzy. His grip on Damion's neck snapped open and he was forced to stagger backwards.
"Thank you, Paige," Damion said calmly, as if nothing had happened. In fact, Matthew didn't recall Damion even screaming. How was that even possible?! Though at the same time he was cursing Paige in his brain.
Ever the loyal puppet.
"Your close," Damion stretched. "I'm guessing its The Erlking."
Matthew looked down and frowned. That did explain the strange weather but…
Matthew looked up, though Damion was gone, and the doors to Harrison Manor were wide open.
"Running away, little punk?" Matthew hissed, stepping up the stairs with his palms flaming. He walked in the manor and he frowned in confusion. The inside looked…brand new. But how was the even possible…?
"I knew you'd come!" said a familiar voice.
Matthew turned and saw…Clara Harrison.
Matthew's heart sped up, and every muscle in his body quivered, barely getting oxygen to his brain.
Clara smiled at him and with that, the teen fainted from sheer shock.
...C-I-P-H-E-R...
Mabel didn't know how much of this she could take, first her Grunkle Stan, and then her parents. Now Mattie blamed himself for it all.
As she sat on the bus, she clenched her fists on her lap as her brown eyes welled with tears. How could Damion be so cruel? How was Matthew being Demon King so important that Stan had to lose his mind? Important enough for Mabel to be forced to kill someone? Important enough for her parents to get hurt?
Important enough for Matthew to suffer?
She wiped her eyes with her sweater and put back on her determined face. She had a baby-shower to throw and her poop-face uncle wasn't changing that.
She was going to go buy party supplies and would end up putting her Grunkle Stan in debt during the process, but she knew he could easily pay the stores back with the family's sufficient funds.
Then since the Mystery Shack was being rebuilt she could rent out a park or—
"I dumped my girlfriend today," a voice said.
Mabel was pulled out of her musings by a young man sitting with his friend in the two seats in front of her.
"Oh no!" His friend said in mock horror. "Did she get all whiny?!"
"Sure did," the first one laughed. "Not like I care. Found someone better than that twit, someone who actually looks like a woman."
The two men roared in laughter and Mabel stood up.
"I bet she really loved you."
The two men stopped to look up at the young girl glaring at them.
"Uh, what?" The first man asked.
"I bet she loved you. I bet she tried very hard to make you happy, and instead of thanking her, you turn around and call her a twit before finding the next best thing."
"Shouldn't you be in school…or something?" the second man asked.
Mabel narrowed her eyes as the bus stopped at their next destination.
"It's summer vacation, twit," Mabel walked off the bus angrily.
She walked into the party supply store and found a bunch of pink items, after all, the baby was a girl. And what girl didn't like pink?!
"That was a nice thing, standing up to those men." Mabel stopped reaching for a loop bag and turned towards the voice.
Damion.
Mabel wanted to throw her party supplies at his stupid face. Damion, obviously guessing her thoughts, raised his hands. "Come now, I didn't come here to fight."
"What do you want? Haven't you made Matt suffer enough?" Mabel demanded.
Damion ignored her question. "Mabel, if I were to say that I wanted…a new world, would you want to help me build it?"
Mabel narrowed eyes. "What's that supposed to mean?"
"You saw those men, didn't you? There are millions just like them. If I were to ask you to build a new world, a happier world, a world with no suffering…would you help me build it?"
Mabel opened and closed her mouth before scowling. "Why are you asking me that?"
"Because this is why I want Matthew to be the King he was born to be! So, he can make this place…better! He can have a happy-ending!"
Mabel looked down. Have a happy-ending? What did that mean?
"Do you love Matthew Pines, Mabel?" Damion whispered stepping towards his niece.
"I'd do anything for Mad Hatter," Mabel said firmly without hesitation.
"Then help me give him the happily-ever after he deserves," Damion walked towards Mabel, and placed something in her palm.
Mabel found herself nodding slowly and Damion smiled. "Glad doing business with you. Perhaps you'll be more helpful than your good for nothing twin brother."
Damion walked out of the store. Mabel looked up. "Wait, what about Dip…?" though she stopped once she looked into her palm and gasped. It was a headband, but that wasn't what made her gasp. In the centre of the headband was a bright blue gem.
Not unlike the one Gideon once owned…
...C-I-P-H-E-R...
Matthew was awoken by his brother.
"What?" Matthew said bolting up. "What's wrong? What's happening I—!"
"Matthew! Shh!" Dipper hissed. "She could be listening!"
"'She?'" Matthew hissed back.
"Your crazy ex-girlfriend!" Dipper said.
"Wait but I—what's with the suit?" Matthew said squinting at his brother's unusual attire.
"Never mind that! I don't know what Clara's planning but I don't think it's good—!"
"You're awake!"
Matthew looked up, his eye locking on to the vivid green ones of Clara Harrison.
"C-Clara…?" Matthew murmured. "But-but I…"
"All will be explained!" Clara said clapping her hands. "How about some snacks?"
Clara walked away while Matthew continued breathing heavily.
She was alive. He couldn't believe it! Either that or Damion was messing with him…
"We have to get out of here!" Dipper exclaimed.
A part of him wanted to talk to Clara…though yet again, he did kill Archibald with a mud slide triggering her to commit suicide so maybe this was some sort of revenge plot…?
"Matthew! Come on!" Dipper dragged his brother to his feet, the teen getting slightly woozy at how fast he had been lifted and they ran out the door.
"There's another girl here but…I don't think there's time…"
"Wait, Dipper, what's going on? Why are you so worried?"
"I'll explain later—!"
"Dipper, Matthew?" Clara's voice echoed.
"Run, run, run!" Dipper exclaimed opening the doors and jumping out, Matthew followed and the doors slammed shut on their own. There was a loud blast of light from the other end and the boys flinched back. Dipper getting a stick in case Clara followed.
She didn't.
"Oh my gosh!" Dipper said sighing relief. "We made it out! Halleluiah!" Dipper laughed and spun around before pausing. "What happened to the snow?"
"It melted…Damion thinks the Erlking made the snow."
"Who?"
"Never mind," Matthew waved a hand and turned back to the mansion with a frown.
Damion wanted him to go there…didn't he? It was obvious. And if Clara was going to kill him he couldn't imagine he would…
"She's scary. I can see why Bill liked her," Dipper shivered. "It was like she was using some strange magic on me…"
"Sounds like her," Matthew nodded. He would probably talk to her eventually, but now he had yet another guild trip to go to.
He turned to Dipper, swallowing thickly, he was thinking about telling him about their parents…then thought against it.
He didn't need that pressure now.
None of them did.
...C-I-P-H-E-R...
AN: Like I said…short. Sorry, I'm just…so queasy right now…
Anyway! Here's the kind of surprise!
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DO YOU WANT TO BUILD A SNOWMAN LTL PARDOY!1!1!
Yay?!
[It is recommended to listen to the instrumental while singing to the very plot heavy lyrics AND now how the song tone goes. Also "the offer" is obviously being Demon King]
…DAMION…
"Why, hello there Matthew!"
*knocks doors*
Will you please take up my offer?
Come on let's tear this world apart!
You know Bill Cipher's coming soon,
And your world is doomed,
So why do you fight so hard?
You'll have power and dominion,
Over the whole world,
Yet you seem to not want this; WHY?
Will you please take up my offer?
It's very awesome offer!
"Go to hell."
"Ha! Nice try!"
...AXOLOTL…
"Ah, say, Matthew?"
*somehow knocks door*
Don't you dare take up that offer,
You'll just keep going back in time,
Every timeline with you is full of gore,
I'm getting really bored,
Counting the different ways, you've died (a lot)
Does it not get quite lonely, all the time?
Watching the clock rewind? (tick, tock, tick, tock)
AN: I didn't finish the song because the last part was sung by Dipper and Mabel and that was WAY to spoiler-y :3.
So, you guys got some stuff to think about while I go back, edit some stuff, destroy some typos, and think up the next chapters of Season 3!
Also, the Baby Shower will be the Season Premier :).
Make sure to check out my new drabble story :3
Fantasy Fan OUT!