With Nítho and Maivy at the head of his Army, Bill launched his invasion of Gravity Falls. En Route, Maivy offered some advice, she said their first priority should be the eradication of the Forest Creatures of Gravity Falls. While some of them hated the humans of the town, others could flee and either seek shelter or worse, assistance. Should the whole town be aware of the Invasion and make preparations, Bill and his forces could be hard-pressed. Bill heeded this advice and got to work decimating the forest and assaulting the creatures. Many creatures were captured, tortured or worse. But a few managed to elude his grasp. Unbeknowst to Bill, two Girls chosen by the Great Diamond were working with a resistance of these creatures to fight back. Rather than delay his invasion further, Bill dispatched his generals to deal with the last stragglers fleeing to the town.
[BGM: Under Siege: HW]
"Help! Monsters!" A small pink Fairy cried as she fluttered across the ground being chased by several monsters.
"You evil creatures!" Candy Chiu snapped as she appeared in front of the retreating fairy. "Leave her alone. She hasn't hurt anybody."
Bill scoffed. "I should have known that some of these fantasizing girls would be the ones protecting the fairies. Foolish and Futile."
Mayvy proceeded to blast back a Manotaur and asked Bill. "What's the plan, boss?"
Bill was too occupied with slaughtering to pay focus to what to say.
Nítho turned to her and suggested. "Capture one of northern keeps, and force the gates open. That'll get us into the town."
He made his way over to the keep near the Lake Shore leaving Maivy to conquer the Keep that held the abandoned Tent of Telepathy.
It was occupied by several Manotaurs but they were no match for her. Summoning up multiple balls of dark energy she launched them at her foes stunning them. Then she summoned a beast of black and violet goo to charge into them which sent them all flying.
Nítho was busy conquering the lakeside Keep. Slashing and thrusting his pike around into many unfortunate Manotaurs.
Seeing the keep was soon going to fall, Candy turned to a handful of gnomes.
"We're no match for these monsters. Let's hurry to Dipper and Mabel for help!"
The Gnomes nodded and hurried onward.
Bill noticed this from the orb on the Scepter he stole from the Valley of Ruins.
"We're not ready for the Pines Twins." He growled. "Chase them down before they reach the Shack."
Nítho nodded before transforming into snake form and slashing down his enemies, allowing the gates to open.
He hurried after the nearest gnome captain before throwing a vile of venom sac at it to incapacitate it.
A second one noticed this and increases in speed in scampering Nítho turned into snake form, buried underground and syrgaced before it. Coiling it in his body and squeezing it until it went limp.
The third one who was running was just inches away from the Shack. He was rushing past the Graveyard towards the forest.
"I made it!" He cried with relief. "I made it! I-"
he was Cut off when a poisonous cloud of toxins wafted through the sky towards his area and he fell down.
Seeing this Candy gasped, horrified.
"What do we do?" Sprye asked. "I'm too little to fight monsters."
Candy turned to The small fairy.
"You find a place to hide. I'll take care of these guys!"
She charged off leaving Sprye to fly in the opposite direction.
Candy pulled out her communi-crystal. "Gnomes in the north, Hurry!"
One gnome captain who was stationed where Maivy was began making a sprint to the nearest exit in the foresr only to be knocked off foot by a darkness ball.
A pool of darkness opened beneath him and he could only scream as he was dragged into it.
Bill only cackled "You can't hide from me!"
Maivy turned around to continue her onslaught only to see Candy Chiu charge an intense blast of lightning at her.
The Witch shouted as she staggered back.
"The fairies are safe." Candy glared. "And I'm going to defeat you to make sure you never hurt any of them...or any one else for that matter...again!"
Maivy smirked. "So you think you can stand up to our power? Then by all means, my pretty. Entertain me."
Candy charged up more lightning from her tome. "Ok. Candy...ATTACK!"
She sent out a blast of energy from her hand which Maivy avoided by swifly dodging.
Candy then conjured up an electrified barrier that shocked Maivy momentarily and then charged at her once more to attack, but this time the Witch was ready. She sent out a dark abomination to strike her down.
Candy's legs wobbled as she got to her feet. She fired several bolts of blue lightning at the witch only for the witch to float over them and sink beneath the ground after engulfing herself into dark green goo.
Candy looked around to see where she was only for a giant claw of magic to descend to the ground and smoosh her.
Maivy reappeared with a smirk.
Candy was furious.
"You won't get away with this!" She snarled. "I will stop you! You'll see!"
Maivy merely cackled
"I don't see because you won't stop us because we ARE getting away with this." She smirked.
She floated upwards to rejoin the troops leaving behind a weakened Candy who was in no shape to give chase or continue the fight.
Bill let out another cackle. "No one can run from me!"
He suddenly stopped when he sensed a familar presence.
"What are all these monsters doing here?" Came the voice of an old "friend".
Bill directed his eye to the ground and noticed both Ford and Dipper Pines having entered the scene.
His cheerful attitude diminished and changes into a serious one.
"Ford." He turned to his troops. "All forces, bring the six-fingered freak to me!"
The monsters saluted before dashing over to where Ford was.
Bill turned back and noticed something else.
Grenda had joined the fight and she was wielding a sacred weapon too. Several Manotaurs were rallying behind ber.
An idea formed in his head.
"Another general joining the cause." He spoke aloud. "Once she's gone the creatures resisting me will crumble."
He contacted Nítho at once.
"Nítho, buddy. I have a job for you. You see that girl who sounds like a professional wrestler? Beat her within an inch of her life."
"You got it, boss." Nítho nodded. The snake warrior buried beneath the ground and reappeared before Grenda.
"Woah!" Grenda exclaimed. "Who the hell're you?"
"You can call me your defeater." Nítho grinned as he readied his pike.
Grenda gripped her blade and charged at the snake warrior.
She swung her weapon at him but he shielded himself using his own weapon.
Grenda tried punching his chest with her fist, but his armor was too reinforced for her to lay a dent.
She recoiled as she shook her fist in pain.
Nítho retaliated by leaping in the air plunging his pike into the ground which created a fissure that knocked Grenda back. Her head slamming into a tree trunk.
She staggered to her feet but the Snake Warrior responded by morphing his right leg into his giant spiked tail and garazing the earth. She slammed through the trunk and was sent flying deep into the woods.
Nítho smirked. "Know what happens when you get in my way." He taunted. "I just hope when next we meet. You'll know just what sort of threat you're dealing with."
Bill cackled at this.
A nearby manotaur saw their leader fall.
"If General Grenda had to retreat...what hope to the rest of us have?"
The remaining monsters could only run away leaving Bill alone.
With all of that out of the way. He floated towards Ford.
"Well, well, well." He spoke in a taunting tone. "If we don't meet again, Stanford."
Ford narrowed his eyes. "Bill Cipher. I should have known. Yet...how is it possible that you have a physical form? The rift..."
"Is still in one piece for the time being." Bill smirked. "But I have another plan for the time being. An alliance with a dimensional sorcerer who told me how I could make Weirdmageddon happen earlier than intended."
"I don't care how you're back!" Ford retorted. "I'm going to stop you and send you back to the Nightmare Realm."
"You wish." Bill scoffed. "Though to be fair. That does look like it's going to be that way if I don't capture you and your brother soon."
This threw Ford for a loop. "What? Why do you need me and Stanley?"
"Oh just for a little pet project I have for part of the invasion."
"Well I refuse to be a part of that madness!" Ford shouted. "And neither will Stanley."
Bill just chuckled. "You two won't have a choice in the matter. So come along now, Fordsie and nobody gets hurt."
Ford drew his Quantum Destabilizer.
"You're INSANE if you think I'll help you." The author snapped. "Now, I'm going to give you one chance to leave before I shoot you with this device. You know what it can do just as much as I do."
Bill just rolled his eye. "Go right ahead. It's not going to do anything to me in this form.
"Don't come any closer or I'll shoot. I SWEAR! I'll shoot."
"THEN DO IT!" Bill taunted. His voice more boasting now. "If you really believe that will be enough to stop me, then pull the ding-dang trigger and-"
Ford pulled it.
An intense blast of blue light shot from the gun and phased through Bill, exploding on a tree.
Bill was unscathed, he was using the Diamond of Power as a shield which engulfed him in a white orb-like barrier.
Ford was surprised at this. "What?!"
Bill sighed with faux disappointment as he dispelled the barrier. "I tried to warn you, Fordsie but you never listen. Now, let me show you how it's done!"
He blew into his Chaos Ocarina and a giant wave of Darkness shot out from it and sent both Dipper and Ford flying back.
Dipper was the first to recover. "Great Uncle Ford!"
Ford weakly got up. "Dipper, take my journals." He shoved the bag they were in towards him.
"Listen, I know of one other way to defeat Bill." Ford explained. "It's-"
He was cut off by Bill, Nítho, and Maivy approaching.
"Oh no! Dipper, run! Get down!" Ford cried as Dipper fled into a grove of trees.
"Gold ol' Six fingers." Bill taunted. "I've been waiting an ETERNITY to have a chat face to face."
He snapped his fingers to Maivy who conjured a giant black hand of shadow to grip Ford.
"Who is this dunce?" Nítho asked.
Bill turned to him with an incredulous look on his face. "'Dunce'? This is the guy who I've manipulated into carrying out my plans. Though we've spent some short time together, I couldn't have gone this far without his gullible brain."
Ford looked ashamed for a moment before glaring vehemently at the Triangle.
"Oh yeah?! Well, I'm also going to be the one to stop you! I know your weakness, Bill!" Ford shouted
"Well too bad you won't be able to share it with anyone else." Bill smirked as he snapped his Fingers.
Ford was immediately encased within a Red Bubble with his Six Finger symbol branded in the front.
"Be a good boy and come along with me." He taunted. "I can't have you get hurt before you do your part to play in all this."
He snapped his fingers and the Bubble vanished, warping away.
Upon seeing his great Uncle captured, Dipper rushed out.
"That's enough!" He shouted as he pulled out Journal 3. "Give me back my Uncle! Or else!"
Bill turned and heard the boy.
"Now isn't this just...INTERESTING!"
He blasted over towards Dipper.
"So this little brat wants to fight too?" Maivy smirked.
"Yup." Bill nodded. "Everyone, my old Puppet, Mason 'Dipper' Pines, or as I call him; Pine Tree."
"I can deal with him." Nítho offered. "You need not waste your energy."
"Thanks but no thanks." was the Triangle's reply, not taking his eyes off Dipper. "If Pine Tree wants to entertain me then who am I to refuse?"
He put up his fists mockingly. "Alright, Pine Tree show me what you've got."
"I...uh...I..." Dipper nervously stammered as he flipped through Journal 3 and used the blacklight on Bill's page to search for a weakness.
"I-uh-I!" Bill mocked as Dipper read what was hidden in Invisible Ink:
IF HE GAINS PHYSICAL FORM ALL IS LOST.
"Do it kid! Do some brilliant thing that takes me down right now!" He demanded.
"Whattya got, Pine Tree? Everyone's waiting do it!"
This caused Dipper to snap as he shouted at the top of his lungs. "BILL!"
His eyes began to glow a purple color as a wave of energy coursed out of him and lightly shoved everything around him back.
Dipper began to growl as a dark aura surrounded him. Lavender smoke formed with the aura.
Bill's eyes widened in surprise.
"Well...wow. That's...that's pretty impressive so far. Where'd you learn to do that?"
"It...it can't be!" The Voice Bill communicated with exclaimed.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"That Aura, that essence. He...he's one of them!"
"Him? Are you sure?" Bill asked.
"I am certain." The voice replied. "It looks like the powers have begun to find their champions, starting with him."
Bill scoffed. "Relax, He's just a 12-year-old kid in short pants. I'm pretty sure I can-"
[BGM: Face a Crisis HW]
He was cut off when Dipper lunged at him and nailed him in the eye causing him to fall back.
"AH! My eye!" He screamed.
Dipper charged at Bill with rage in his eyes.
Nítho and Maivy both charged at Dipper, Nítho thrust his pike but Dipper grabbed it and tossed it aside with him still holding onto it.
Maivy charged a blast of energy ay Dipper and launched it. But Dipper simply held out his hand which glowed purple before the blast was caught mid air.
He sent it flying into Maivy who fell back into the several Wizarlocks.
A few Red Goblins charged but Dipper held out his hand and summoned a spear of purple energy before lunging at them and running them through.
Two Lizard Men cowered and backed away but Dipper snapped his fingers and caused an explosion if darkness to erupt where they were standing.
He turned to Bill who had his eye wide open in surprise.
"Give...me back...my GRUNKLE!" He shouted. He jumped forward as his body was cloaked in a dark aura.
Thinking Quickly, Bill conjured up his Diamond barrier which nulled the punch and caused the dark energy to reverberate off the shield.
Dipper hit the barrier and landed to the ground. His aura began to fade.
"Wh...what?" He exclaimed. "N-no..."
Bill's fear evaporated almost instantly. "Looks like you haven't mastered these new powers. That's such a shame because you almost had me."
He fired a blast of energy at Dipper and sent him crashing into a tree.
The Monsters laughed at him, in spite of the massice beating they were given earlier, they were ultimately just scared of a little kid.
Dipper reached out to grab the Journals that he set down but they were all encased in a red aura that floated near Bill.
"That's right, Kid. Don't be a hero." He smirked.
He snapped his fingers and the three books caught fire and vanished into ash.
"NO!" Dipper screamed. "The Journals!"
"Not so much of a threat now, are you?" Bill taunted. "Anyways, now that I've gotten what I wanted. I can get outta here for now." He turned to his troops. "The rest of you continue invading and you two." He gestured to a Lizardman and a Wizarlock. "To make up for the beating he gave your friends, have him for a snack.
He floated up in the air.
"Later loser!" He vanished through a portal leaving his troops behind.
Maivy turned to Nítho and the others. "Alright. Let's bring the pain to these poor unfortunate souls!"
The others cheered and charged on while the Lizard Man and Wizarlock Bill addressed earlier stayed behind.
"Sssso should we kill him now or make hisss death painfully ssslow and agonizing?" The lizard man asked the Wizarlock.
"I'm down with killing him on the spot." The Wizarlock replied as he readied his lantern.
Dipper screamed as he ran off with those two monster chasing him.
Dipper was charging through the woods with those monsters hot on his heels.
He eventually hid within a bush and crawled into a hollow log where he saw the monsters rush past him.
He he hid within the log he noticed something from outside.
A small turquoise fairy who was trapped in some sort of black net tied to a nearby tree.
She was trying her best to fly out of it but the net held fast and seemed to be restraining her within some sort of force field.
Dipper felt bad for her and crawled out of the log.
He approached the net as the fairy noticed him.
"Y-you!" She squeaked. "Get away! Don't come near me!"
"Don't worry." Dipper assured her. "I'm not going to hurt you, I'm here to save you."
He grabbed the net and tried to untie it.
"It won't work." The fairy told him. "It's made of magic. Us fairies can't fly out of it."
"Made of magic hm?" Dipper thought before getting an idea.
He held out his hand and tried concentrating some of that purple magic he had used earlier.
He pressed his palm against the net as it began to radiate with lavender smoke. At one the net dissipated and the fairy was free.
"Thank you." The fairy exclaimed.
"Of course." Dipper smiled. "My name is Dipper...what about you?"
"I'm Emelda." The turquoise fairy replied. "I was flying through the woods with my friend, but then we got separated from each other before I got captured."
"I can relate." Dipper sighed. "My great Uncle was captured by the bad guys. I have to get him back."
"Your Great Uncle?" Emelda asked.
Dipper nodded.
"Stick with me and we'll regroup the rest of my family." Dipper explained. "Hopefully we can all come up with a plan to stop these monsters."
Emelda nodded before they were cut off by some noises.
"Where's the brat. I heard voices over this way."
"Monsters!" Dipper cried.
The boy and the fairy quickly hurried off before resting near the mouth of a cave.
"Let's lay low for now." Dipper told Emelda. "Once we're in the clear we'll make a break for it."
However another horde of monsters appeared.
"We've secured the perimiter." A Wizarlock spoke. "No creatures are getting in or out."
Dipper facepalmed. "Darn."
"If the enemies have seized the forest...then there's no way for us to get back." Emelda exclaimed.
"We have to go into hiding." Dipper sighed. "I just hope Mabel and Grunkle Stan will be Ok."
The two of them retreated deeper into the cave.
Bill watched all of this from afar before breaking off into a maniacal laugh.
Bill turned back from the sky and back to the present.
He let out a relieved sigh.
"Ah, those were the days." He mused. "But now the fun's just beginning.
He focused down on the mummified corpse that was now being dressed with a white tuxedo with a white dress shirt and a black bowtie. And sunglasses and a black fedora.
The doors to the room opened as Nítho entered, followed by Maivy who floated in with both Stan and Ford encased in ropes of Darkness.
Bill clapped his hands together.
"Well, well, well. Looks like everyone's in position. Now we can begin!"
"Begin what, exactly?" Ford demanded.
"Yeah. What are you trying to use us for?" Stan also asked irritably.
"Why, your family reunion." Bill mocked.
This threw both brothers for a loop.
"Reunion?" They asked in surprise.
"Yep." Bill nodded. "It's why I needed you both here. Your blood will he enough to rejuvenate my intended vessel."
"Wait...our blood?" Ford asked. "Why ours specifically, unless..." realization hit and he noticed the withered corpse. "Hold on...are you..."
"What?" Stan asked. "What's he doing?"
Bill narrowed his eye. "Like I said, preparing a family reunion for you. My next pullet is going to be my ultimate weapon against you. Someone neither of you will have the courage to stand up against. Someone with greed and selfish ambitions who will gladly go along with my plans. And finally...someone who will enjoy snuffing the life out of Pine Tree and Shooting Star."
The twins seemed to realize who Bill was talking about as their eyes widened with fear.
"Ahhh, now it's sinking in." Bill replied. He turned. "Maivy. Start the ritual!"
Maivy nodded and began chanting in a forein language as the room began to glow yellow and purple.
Bill began to laugh as the vessel in the center of the room began to glow yellow.
The Pines brothers then began to groan in pain as they glowed a red color.
Then red smoke began to exit from their chests and float toward the vessel.
As the smoke enteted the corpse it began to lose it skelethal shape and gain a more human form.
Any gashes in its flesh or withered hair regrew to the point where it was like it was never gone.
Bill cackled insanely before floating downward into his new vessel.
The eyes behind the sunglasses glowed a blue color before transitioning into Yellow as slit pupils replaced the dotted ones.
The vessel glowed an intense color before its shine covered the whole room.
When it died down. Stan and Ford collapsed to the ground.
The Vessel was standing there, in the middle of the room. Flanked by Nítho and Maivy.
He was a robust looking man with a broad chest, burly arms and skinny legs and a distinct cleft chin with a birthmark near the left side. He had brown hair with a small mustache with a fedora and sunglasses with Bill's yellow eyes with slit pupils behind them. He wore a yellow suit with a white undershirt and black bow tie with dark brown shoes.
Stan and Ford could barely breathe or blink...and not just because they were drained from being used for the spell.
The vessel made his way towards the two men. And gave off a cruel grin.
"Hello, Stan Pines."
Both Stans were dumfounded.
"Dad?"
to be continued.
Yep. Filbrick Pines is Bill's Vessel. My original plan was to use Bipper. But have Dipper's spirit possess a suit of armor but I decided that wouldn't be fair for Dipper and went with this. Besides it'll give Stan and Fors some closure with him once this is all over.
Up Next. Pacifica's Tale.
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