The Leader of the resistance in Gnome Forest was a young sorceress named Candy Chiu. She belonged to the same group as Mabel and Grenda, chosen by the mysterious diamond pieces. Once the battle was done, Candy revealed the name of the one who had summoned the monsters to Gravity Falls: Bill Cipher. Bill now sought to unite all four pieces of the Great Diamond and use them to conquer every dimension. To prevent further tragedy, Mabel and Grenda teamed up with Candy. Though the monsters had been driven out of The forest, Bill was still on the loose as a threat. Every day, more creatures appeared and swarmed the land. Mabel, Soos, and Wendy fought on, bitterly missing Dipper, Stan, and Ford. Only one solution remained: Stem the flow of monsters by closing the Gate to Worlds. They planned to find a way to enter the dimension Bill was currently residing in to put an end to the bloodshed.
Five Days Later
Mabel slipped on her Shooting Star sweater as she exited the Gnome's Villa she was residing in.
Sprye, Candy, Grenda, Soos, and Wendy were all waiting for her.
"So what are we doing today?" Mabel asked. "Unicorn spa?
"Not exactly," Wendy told Mabel. "We're all pretty hung up from the battles we've been dealing with here. As much as I do think we need a break from all this fighting, Defending both this place and our town from the monsters is our top priority right now."
Grenda let out a growl of annoyance. "AGH! I'm tired of fighting these stupid things! Every day after we're done battling them, they just come back up the next way. Sure the Gnomes are working on fortifications but we still have to go out and fight them!"
"We can't keep fighting these guys off forever," Soos complained. "Well, technically speaking they could but..." He let out a sigh. "We can't."
"Soos is right." Candy piped up. "We need to stop being on the defense, we need to find Bill and close the Gate to Worlds.
"Easier said than done, though!" Sprye pointed out. "We don't even know where he is!"
"Well if the monsters are being summoned here, then maybe we can find one of the portal thingies they're coming through and go through it there."
"That's still not so simple, Mabel." Sprye told her. "Those portals that drop monsters off here could appear anywhere at any time, and besides, even if we had the power to travel between dimensions, there's no way we'd be able to find the one he's properly residing in."
"Oh yeah." Mabel's face fell. She turned to Candy.
"Can't you use your magic to send us there?"
Candy shook her head. "My book of sorcery only creates magical elements such as lightning and those barriers. I can't use them to open portals." She looked down. "I'm sorry. I failed you."
Mabel put a comforting hand on her friend.
"Hey don't feel like that." She smiled. "You can only do so much, besides, you, me, and Grenda will be able to stop Bill."
Grenda nodded as she walked up to them. "You must mean the Diamond things." She looked at her left hand to see her Amber Diamond mark. "Yeah, these things are cool and all, but we still don't know what they are, and why we have them."
Mabel looked at her magenta one. "I know, but if we have them, it's proof that we have a new power that can help us stand up to him."
"Well, not in their current state." Candy added as her friends turned to her. "As you remember, there are only three of them which we have. The fourth one isn't with us, as well as whoever possesses it currently."
"Well, then we'll just have to find them." Mabel spoke determinedly. She looked at her diamond piece. "Ah, if only there was a way to track down the last piece."
Suddenly her hand began to glow magenta as her Diamond mark faded and the piece itself floated above her.
Candy and Grenda's diamond pieces radiated their respective indigo and amber colors and floated above their hands.
"What's going..." Mabel started before the three pieces floated together in a circle before each shot a color coded beam into the open space before them, opening a flickering, white portal.
"Woah, how did those pieces do that?" Grenda exclaimed.
Candy came to a logical conclusion. "Our three pieces, when they heard our wish, they must have tried to establish a connection the fourth piece."
"So this portal thingy will take us to the last piece?" Mabel asked for clarification.
Candy nodded. "But the thing is, it's only three of the four pieces creating the portal so chances are it's not that strong enough."
"So what are you implying?" Asked Wendy.
"This may be our only chance through," Candy told them. "We need to gather as many forces as we can and take them through, and fast."
Soos and Wendy nodded as they went to gather the others while Mabel, Candy, Grenda, and Sprye stayed behind.
The Seers' ruins
Bill (In his newest vessel) watched all these events from his crystal ball.
"So, they're coming here." He spoke. "And sooner than expected."
Maivy was still recovering from the battle in the forest so he switched to contact Nítho.
"Yes, Master Cipher?" He asked.
"Ready the troops to defend the Valley. Shooting Star, Question Mark, Ice Bag, and their friends aren't going to be stopping me that easily."
"Yes sir." Nítho nodded.
Bill switched back to the crystal Ball as Soos was walking back with several Manotaurs and Gnomes.
"And they're coming to face me with those weakling creatures?" He asked incredulously. "This'll be fun."
Dipper was alone in his room talking with Emelda.
"So how is it going?" He asked. "I know this whole 'going into hiding' thing has been hard, but I take it the Fairy Queen has been treating you well."
Emelda nodded. "She has, and she's sent a few scouts to look for my friend but so far they've come up short."
"Oh, Emelda. I'm Sorry." Dipper comforted her. "But don't give up, maybe she's being held captive somewhere else. Maybe if you tell me her name, I can be on the look out and see if there are any fairies with that name if I come across them."
Emelda nodded. "Her name is-"
Suddenly there was a knock on the door.
"I have to go." Dipper told her. "Stay in the Gnome village for now, I'll make sure to keep an open eye for our next expedition."
"Okay," Emelda nodded as she flew out the window.
Dipper turned, "Yes?"
"It's me, Wendy." Wendy told him.
"Come in." Dipper called.
Wendy opened the door and walked through.
"So where are we headed this time?" He asked.
"To another dimension." She told him. "Mabel, Candy and Grenda's diamond piece thingies light up and opened a portal. Probably to Bill's base."
Dipper's eyes widened. "And there, we can stop him and save Grunkle Ford and Grunkle Stan!"
"Right." Nodded Wendy. "And shouldn't now be the time to reveal that you're that purple knight?"
"Still not yet." Dipper told her. "We may have tracked down Bill, but it's not safe. Once Grunkles Stan and Ford are rescued. Then I'll reveal it to the others."
Wendy looked down. "Ok. But I don't think Mabel's going to be happy when she finds out you didn't trust her."
Dipper sighed. "I know. But when she finds out the truth about the powers you, me and Soos have, she'll understand. Besides, she might even already understand because of that Diamond piece she has."
"And do you know what those diamond things are?" Asked Wendy.
Dipper shook his head. "The Fairy Queen already only knew so little about the war across dimensions, and the twelve powers were part of that. But I'm sure that Bill would probably blab more about it to us when we confront him."
"Probably." Nodded Wendy. "Anyways, you better suit up and hurry. I'm not sure how long the portal is gonna stay open."
With that, she bolted out of his room and out the door.
Dipper held up his hands and allowed the violet smoke to surround him before he was wearing the darkened armor once more.
Readying his Sword and Shield he raced out.
The Forest forces all reconvened outside the portal as the Girls made the announcements.
"Alright, Troops!" Grenda told them. "We are about to traverse into a new dimension in order to defeat the one behind the invasion! To take out the jerk who's been starting these invasions into our land! Are you ready!"
"Yeah!" The Gnomes and Manotaurs cheered.
"Be brave." Candy told them. "Bill is nothing like any of the threats we have faced in the forest. There can not be room for error when going up against him!"
"But lucky for us, that evil nacho the wrong family and friends." Said Mabel. "With Soos and Wendy's powers, Mason's cool knight armor and me, Candy, and Grenda's cool Glowy-Diamond powers. We'll punch that one-eyed jerk in his one eye, save our family and our worlds! Even if we have to die trying!"
Everyone cheered though Mason went "Wait, what?"
"Now. Charge!" Mabel pointed to the portal and everyone ran through it with yells.
The forces all stepped out of the rift within a giant desolate valley. The sky above them yellow with dark clouds obscuring them, making them appear red. The ground made of sandstone and before them were several ruined forts with a giant set of ruins up north.
Once everyone stepped out, the rift dissolved into a blue light that went into Candy's tome, which glowed momentarily before dying down.
"Candy looked confused and she held out her hand and a smaller version of the portal appeared in her hands."
"It looks like once the deed is done, I can use this spell to get us home without the need of the Diamonds." Candy surmised.
"Do you think he knows we're here?" asked Candy.
[BGM: Eclipse of the Sun HW]
An eerie shrill cackle filled the air.
"I think that answers our question," muttered Wendy.
"WELCOME! All of you!" Bill's laugh filled the air. "I see you all finally found me. If you're all that eager for me, then I'll be pleased to provide the entertainment! Let's see if you can survive my hordes of monsters!"
"That voice came from the top of the ruins." Candy turned to them. "That's where Bill is. Let's take him out and stop him from summoning more monsters!"
"Hold on." Mason stopped them. "Let's be rational: Don't you think Bill would have prepared for our inevitable arrival? He probably has several troops stationed from every direction, likely in front of the ruins."
"That's true." nodded Wendy. "Unless we had anything he wanted from us, there's no way he'd just let us waltz in, even to trap us. He'd likely want us out of the way before he got it, or even dead."
"So what do we do?" Asked Soos.
"Let's capture the keeps for a start," Mason suggested. "Namely any of the ones in front of the ruins. That should help provide a foothold against the Enemy Base."
"Good Idea." Candy nodded. "We might also have better success if we split into two groups. Who's with me?"
"Mason, Grenda and I can attack from the East." suggested Wendy.
"I guess that leaves the West to us." said Mabel.
"Not so fast, Mabel." Sprye flew up. "The rest of us will also need to set up a stronghold of some sort to prep up our remaining forces. Her gaze turned to the South to a vacant temple. "There, let's set up base there."
"Aw what?" Mabel complained. "But I wanna be part of the action."
"Mabel, it's probably for the best," said Candy. "It's already risky being in Bill's territory with these strange diamond pieces, but we don't know what will happen if he gets his hands on all three of them at once."
Mabel sighed, "Ok then. Come on, Sprye."
With that the two and a handful of Gnomes and Manotaurs headed to the Southern Temple.
With that Candy and Soos headed off into the West while Wendy, Mason and Grenda advanced to the East.
Grenda however was looking at Mason.
"I'm still uneasy about this knight guy. Can he really be trusted?" She thought.
She then broke rank once they reached the East Temple.
"Sorry guys," She told them. "But I have my own attack plans. You can handle the East Keep yourselves, right? Right."
Wendy and Mason both shrugged.
Candy and Soos both arrived at the Western Keep where Candy attacked by sending out surges of electric energy from the pages of her tome while Soos covered her with several shots from his pistol.
Confronting them was a black armored soldier.
"That's a Darkbone." Sprye's voice came from the Communi-Crystal. "Armored Skullkin who can strike with charged attacks from their swords. Wait until they've exhausted themselves from striking and then attack away!"
"Got it." Nodded Soos.
Suddenly he was sent flying by a laser beam from the side.
"Dude, that attack is so intense!" He complained.
"Wait, that didn't come from the Darkbone." Candy's head turned to the left where a strange robot with a single eye was positioned.
"What is that?" she exclaimed.
"An Eyebeam." Sprye replied. "They can charge up electrical attacks and unleash them within seconds. Normal attacks won't harm them. You'll have to think of something else!"
Candy thought a moment before summoning the sack of Magic Bombs.
She lobbed one at the Eyebeam and it exploded.
"Perfect!" She cheered before being cut off when a surge of energy from the Darkbone's sword knocked her down.
However, a tangle of vines and several stabs from Soos' Cutlass brought it down.
Soos helped Candy up and the smiled.
"Alright." She nodded. "The Western keep is ours!"
"I hope we can take the East one just as quickly." Added Soos.
"I might be in a little trouble!" Grenda's voice suddenly came from the crystal.
Grenda was locked in combat with Nítho. Having changed course to battle him.
"Worthless." He taunted. "Weaklings like you barely qualify as exercise!"
Two Manotaurs approached Grenda's side and noticed who it was.
"That snake knight is back?" One of them exclaimed. "We're not going to last long against him."
"Don't be a wuss!" His partner scolded. "Come on! Let's de-fang this serpent."
They charged at him and thrust their fists forward. He changed from attack Grenda and traded blows with them. However, despite his slim appearance, he was shown to be the more skilled fighter, knocking one off his feet and sending another one slamming against the walls of a ruin.
Grenda slowly got up. "He's fighting hard. We'll have to fight harder."
"Come on!" Wendy turned to Mason. "Dip-I mean, Mason! We have to help her!"
Mason nodded and the two of them charged forward.
However A Giant Lizardman and a Dino-Noid jumped in front of them.
"Ssstop right there!" The Lizardman chieftain sneered. "You will not hurt Masster Nítho!"
"We k-kill you." growled The Dino-noid chieftan.
Nítho noticed them.
"No, your presence is not required here. Protect Master Bill."
The two reptiles nodded and retreated.
At once, several assault troops appeared.
Candy noticed them. "They're going for our base! We can't let them!"
"Leave them to me!" Soos glared as he headed for the ones in the west.
"I'll handle the enemies in the East." Mason told Wendy, "You focus on helping Grenda."
With that, he hurried onto the assault troops from the east.
Wendy turned back to Grenda who was getting pulverized.
"He's taking us down with everything he's got! But we have to bring him down!" She groaned.
Nítho scoffed. "You're no fun. And you say you're the strongest in your group!"
He raised his pike above her as her eyes widened.
"Farewell, Grenda." He smirked. "Maybe when you are reincarnated, your next form will have the sufficient strength you lack in this one."
However, a Crossbow arrow knocked the pike out of his hands and he was face to face with Wendy.
She turned to Grenda.
"I'll take it from here, OK?"
Grenda nodded and Wendy charged ahead at Nitho who reclaimed his pike.
"So you want to die again?" He snarked. "Then I'll gladly dig you your grave!"
He fired a blast of poison from his pike, but to his shock Wendy dodged it easily with the told of a head.
"Don't be so sure." Wendy smirked as she charged her crossbows with ice energy.
Boom.
An ice-infused arrow shot forward and froze his pike to his hand.
"W-what?!" He cried.
Wendy then lunged forward as her foot glowed bright blue and she delivered an ice-infused kick to his mouth, coating his lips in a gag of ice.
Finally, she spun around releasing intense blasts of ice which sent the Snake Knight slamming into a mountain as several frozen boulders fell on top of him.
He was defeated.
"Wow." Bill's harsh voice scolded. "You talked so big yet performed so poorly."
"I underestimated her and those Ice Powers." He snarled. "Next time it won't end like this."
He transformed into snake form and burrowed underground.
Grenda got to her feet with her blade drawn.
"Leave the other keep to me!" She grinned. She pointed it ahead. "CHARGE!"
She and her squad of Manotaurs charged down the valley path to the East Ruin front keep and literally trampled the enemies in there.
"Great." Mason smiled as he and Soos finished off the Assault Troops. "The keep in the east is ours!"
"Amazing work, everyone." Sprye told them, "Now we can attack the ruins without further delay."
As the ones leading the charge re-convened in front of the ruins they saw only a handful of Red Goblins charging at them. Behind them was a wall of vines, blocking the gates.
"The entry to the ruins is blocked with some strange vines!" Candy told them. "Isn't there some way to get rid of them?"
Soos tried using his Nature powers to uproot them but they stood firm. "Nope."
Wendy tried using her ice powers to freeze and shatter them but they were still indestructible. "What are these things made of? Magic?"
"I think we're stuck." frowned Grenda.
"Come on, now." Bill taunted. "Did you really think I was going to expose myself so quickly?"
Wendy growled. "I really hate this three-sided little crud!"
"Well if the front's blocked then we'll need another way in." Candy told them.
"That would be nice but the temple to the west leading into the ruins is closed off." frowned Mason. "And the bridge to the east has been lifted up to prevent arrival."
"If we can't get into the West Temple, then maybe we can lower the bridge in the East." Wendy offered.
"I can do it." a Gnome's voice spoke up from the crystal. "My name is Noah, I'm an Engineer. I can lower the bridge no problem."
"Thank you, Noah." Sprye told him. "But it's too dangerous. Take a Manotaur as an escort."
Noah nodded as the Manotaur lifted him up and carried him out.
"Now what are you planning?" asked Bill. "Well, whatever it is, I'll make sure it fails."
He sent out a horde of monsters towards Noah and his escort.
"Oh no!" Grenda cried. "There are monsters headed towards the engineer
"Mabel!" Sprye called out, but Mabel turned to her fairy friend.
"Sprye, I have to." She said before bolting off.
Sprye just sighed and followed her friend.
Bill noticed Mabel leaving the base and a toothed-grin crossed his face under the hood.
"Why do they always make me wait to greet?" He spoke to himself. "Fine, I'll just have to do the meeting myself."
As Mabel was taking out the monsters hassling Noah's escort, the temple over in the west opened and the Nightmare forces poured out. Advancing towards the Allied Base.
Mason took notice of this and he advanced towards the troops.
"Leave them to me!" He insisted.
"Let me help!" Offered Soos.
Mason shook his head. "No, Soos. I need you to handle the monsters in the center."
With that, he ran on to deal with his enemies.
Soos shrugged but contacted Wendy.
"Could you lend him a hand?" He asked her.
She nodded and sprinted after Mason.
"I guess Grenda and I will hold the center." He thought as he went there.
Candy was taking enemies down left and right with her lightning magic when she noticed Mabel escorting the Manotaur and Noah.
She noticed a Darkbone chasing them, and at running speed, she cast up an electrified barrier that stunned the enemy before finishing it off with a lightning-infused punch that shattered both the barrier and the armor.
"Mabel?" She exclaimed. "What are you doing here?"
"Helping." She replied. "What does it look like?"
"You're supposed to be at the base!" Her friend scolded.
"I know but our engineer was being attacked and I had to step in to help!" She defended herself.
"Fair enough." shrugged Candy. "But be careful, we can't have Bill getting his hands on our diamond pieces."
They turned and followed Noah and the Manotaur to the edge of the East side.
The Manotaur extended a hand and Noah climbed over to the ropes keeping the bride up and cut them down with a dagger.
Immediatley, the bridge came down, allowing access into the ruins.
"Excellent!" Noah cheered as he came back across the bridge. "The bridge is down, and with that, I'm withdrawing!"
"Great Work!" Sprye cheered. "Now let's cross the bridge into the ruins!"
Mabel and Candy both ran up the bridge and took the right path, up a set of stairs that lead them up the ruins.
"Bill is at the summit!" Sprye instructed. "Let's go!"
The two girls hurried into the ruins as they used their diamond powers to blast away any incoming enemies. As they hurried upward, they were met with another unfortunate sight:
The path to the top room of the ruins...from both left and right directions were covered in vines.
"We've got vines blocking the summit path too?!" Sprye exclaimed incredulously. "You can't be serious!"
"Oh, but I am!" Bill replied with a cackle.
"Don't worry." Candy comforted them. "If I recall correctly, there's some sort of item in these ruins that can help us. Let's split up and find it."
The two girls then hurried across the monument, splitting up to find the item.
As they looked around Bill's voice rang from the altar, transmitting to the Lizard-Man and Dino-Noid.
"Now you two Lizards!" He shouted, "Drive them out of the ruin keeps, push them back!"
"They will know our strength!" The Lizard Man screeched. "They die!"
"We avenge Nítho's retreat!" The Dino-noid agreed.
The leaped off the ramparts of the ruins before Mason, Grenda, Soos and Wendy.
"Looks like these guys are all that's left of the main force." Grenda commented. "Let's take them down!"
She charged towards the Dino-Noid only for him to swipe her away with a claw.
Grenda hit the ground but got up easily and glared.
"Be careful." Warned Wendy. "They're a lot bigger than the reptile monsters back in Gravity Falls.
Soos fired two seeds from his pistol which momentarily restrained the Lizard Man Chieftan before he broke free. Mason then rushed forward and summoned a seal of darkness. An orb of darkness then floated out of his armor and then shot towards the circle, detonating it.
The Lizard-Noid Chieftn was sent flying back, weakened.
Next up was the Dino-Man.
He sent out an insane breath of fire that Wendy countered with her Ice powers, Grenda proceeded to leap up and using her diamond powers in tandem with her Blade, she summoned a storm of ice knives to rain down on him. With him disoriented she charged up her blade and swiped him back.
Both Reptile Chieftians were down for the count.
With that done, they all charged to the east of the ruins to help Mabel and Candy.
Candy entered the East keep where several Red Goblins were waiting for her.
Thinking quickly she cast up three barriers before her in a box-like formation.
Smashing her palm against her tome, she sent two of them slamming into each other which sent the enemies flying.
She then leaped up and bounded off the third barrier and sent a lightning-shower town to detonate the barrier and any surrounding enemies.
She landed the ground and rushed to Mabel who was just entering the west keep.
Suddenly the gates closed, separating the best friends and trapping Mabel inside the keep.
"MABEL!" Candy cried.
"It's bad manners not to greet your guests." Bill teased.
Candy glared in his direction, and cussed something in Korean.
She turned back and shouted, "Mabel! Find a way to break out of there!"
Mabel nodded and noticed a Darkbone appear.
She drew her rapier and charged, slashing at him before leaping up in the air and using her diamond powers to finish him off with her energy bow and arrow.
Once he was vanished in purple smoke, a treasure chest appeared,
Mabel opened it and pulled out a small wooden boomerang with a silver diamond in the middle.
"What is this?" she asked as the doors opened. "A Boomerang?"
Candy took it from Mabel to examine it.
"It is!" She replied. "But it's one enchanted with a strange power. This is the item we need to cut down the vines! Come on!"
She and Mabel both ran up the left set of stairs where the vines were blocking both directions to the altar.
Candy tossed the Boomerang and it sliced the vines in half with a THWACK!
The remains withered away just as the others caught up.
"So are we all good?" asked Wendy.
"Yep," nodded Mabel, "Now let's go kick some equilateral butt!"
"About time too." scoffed Wendy as they all ran up the stairs to the altar.
Bill stood at the altar of the ruins, still in his human vessel, his hands raised as he called forth more monsters from the Gate to Worlds across the Valley of Ruins.
Said gate resembled the Universal Portal from Ford's basement but it was purple in color and made of energy, not metal.
His right hand began to resonate with a white light, but he didn't seem to notice that.
"HEY, BILL!" a voice sounding like an Opera singer with rocks in her mouth came from behind him.
He turned.
A glaring Mabel walked forward with her sword drawn.
"Ah." Bill cackled. "Shooting Star. So nice to see you."
Mabel noticed his human form. "Wait? You're possessing someone? Who?" She examined the form. "Is that Grunkle Stan?"
"Maybe." He scoffed. He then noticed Soos, and Wendy. "What a surprise; you also brought two of the chosen Elemental Sages Question Mark and Ice Bag."
Soos and Wendy looked at each other concerned.
"What?" "Huh?" they were confused.
"It's a long story." Bill told them. "But let's just say my invasion of other worlds is facing a little setback in the form of 12 potential champions with Elemental abilities who could stop me."
"So that's what these powers are." said Wendy. "We're two people who can stop Bill."
"Yeah, but your powers are ineffective without the others." he replied. "Such as Pine Tree, he's one of them two if you didn't know."
"Yeah, your Witch friend implied that." Wendy sneered. "But I want to know what you did to him!"
"I sent some monsters to kill him." was the reply. "Shame that they never brought back the body. It would have been nice to have one last thing left of him."
Mabel began to growl with anger with tears forming in her eyes.
"Mabel. Focus." Mason calmed her down. "He's just messing with you."
"How do you know that?" asked Mabel.
"If they didn't find the body then that means he's still out there." said Mason. "Don't give up hope. I'm know he's OK."
Mabel nodded. "And what about Grunkle Ford?"
"Oh, he's here too along with Stan, As my prisoners!" Bill taunted.
"I knew it!" Mason shouted. "Give us back our Grunkles!"
Everyone turned to him while Wendy winced in horror upon hearing Mason slip up, and reveal his secret identity.
"I say this, Beeeecause...they're pretty much great uncles to everyone here." Mason tried to cover up what he said.
"That is true." Soos unintentionally came to the rescue. "Mr. Pines loves me like a son."
"Which one?" asked Grenda. "Because aren't there like two of them?"
"Stanley." Soos affirmed. "The one we know."
"Alright, we get it!" Bill snapped as everyone turned to him. "So now is this the part where I say 'or else what' or what?"
"Yes you are supposed to say that!" Mabel yelled. "Everyone get ready!"
Everyone got into fighting stances.
Suddenly Mabel's right hand began to radiate with Magenta energy, the same with Candy and Grenda's right and left hands respectively.
"What?" Bill exclaimed as he stared at his right hand, finally noticing the silver glow.
"The Diamond of power, it's resonating so intensely." The smirk crossed his face as the girls looked at their hands and realized the connection.
"So the fourth piece..." Mabel slowly spoke.
"Bill has it." Mason exclaimed. "That certainly explains a lot."
"What do you mean by that?" Asked Grenda.
Mason quickly covered it up by glaring at Bill. "Diamond or not. We will stop you!"
"I'd like tosee you try." He smirked before turning to The Gate to Worlds and raised his hands high.
"Come forth, servant!" He cried as a giant ball of energy shot from the inverted triangle and landed in the space in front of the ruins.
Everyone looked to it and then back to him, only to see him retreat through a corridor of blue flames.
"What was-" Mason was about to say when a giant rumbling shook the earth and knocked them all down.
"Um guys?" A Gnome captain's voice rang from their crystals. "You all need to come down here and see this."
The six of them immediately rushed down the steps of the Ruins and towards the east rampart to see...
[BGM: Boss Appears HW]
A giant, metallic, plant-like creature emerged from the ground with four stalks resembling Venus Flytraps with red fangs appeared and let out an insane wail as purple poison dripped form their jaws.
This creature was known as a Venus Man-Trap...from the planet Venus.
[BGM: Boss Battle, OoT HW]
One head began spewing seeds rapidly at some Gnomes forcing them to flee and scream.
Another spewed a cloud of poison at the Manotaurs causing them to cough.
"Our forces are being attacked by that thing!" Mabel cried. "We have to destroy it."
She leaped off the Rampart to the ground and the others followed suit.
"I have an idea." Candy suggested, "Everyone, gather around the threat!"
The six of them rushed together in a clump towards the Man Trap.
Candy held out her tome which sizzled with an emerald green energy before it spread to the others, making them feel invigorated.
"I'll use my magic to pool together everyone's strength!" Candy declared. "We'll be unstoppable."
"Thanks!" Mabel cheered as she charged forward with her rapier and slashed at its metallic core.
Depsite the monster flinching, it didn't seem to screech.
"What?" she exclaimed. "Candy, I thought this thing was weak to us."
"It is." said Candy, "But we'll have to weaken it first in order for our magic to fully have effect.
At once all four heads focused on the six of them.
Sprye knew what they were going to do.
"DUCK AND COVER!" she screamed.
The Man Eater stalks began spewing a rapid seed attack onto the heroes, Candy sent up a row of barriers to blunt the attacks while those who weren't defended, ran and tried to hide as they were pelted by several seeds that either tore at their clothing or knocked them off their feet.
Once they were exhausted the purple metal shells on their stalks faded to green.
"Wait a second." Mason realized something. He summoned the boomerang and tossed it at one of the stalks.
It screeched and collapsed.
The other heads seemed to react to this as they seemed to frozen in panic. Preventing them from reverting into metal coating for the moment.
"That's it! Wait until that monster is exposed from its shell and then hit it with the boomerang!" Sprye exclaimed.
Mabel, Candy and Grenda each took a turn, summoning the boomerang and throwing it to stun each exposed head before they all went limp.
The metal coating around their bud opened up to reveal a giant green sac
"Now's our chance! Attack!" Wendy shouted.
Everyone readied their weapons and charged, attacking the sac as the stalks slowly regaining consciousness began to wail in pain.
The emerald energy surrounding them seemed to strengthen their attacks as their weapons were starting to pierce the sac and venom was slowly leaking out within sexonds.
Finally after a while of delivering damage to the Sac, the Man Trap recovered and the stalks spun around and kncoked everyone back.
The monster reestablished its metal armor before burrowing underground.
For a moment everyone just stood there confused.
"Is it...gone?" Asked Mabel.
"No." replied Sprye. "I can still sense its presence in the Valley. It just retreated."
"Can you fly up and search for it?" Asked Mabel.
Sprye nodded and flew above the valley to a birds eye view.
She flew back down with worry in her eyes.
"I see it in the form of a singular stalk...with several others."
"What?!" They all exclaimed.
"Those other ones must be decoys it created." Mason surmised. "Meaning if we hit the correct one, the body should pop back out."
"So we're basically playing hide and seek?" Asked Wendy. "That's a new one."
"We should split up." Suggested Candy. "That way we'll cover more ground."
"Right." The others nodded as they split up in several directions.
Mabel went to the stalk near the ruins and sliced it with her boomerang, it fell to the ground and vanished in purple smoke but nothing happened. "What a shame. That was only small part of the creature." lamented Sprye.
Meanwhile Soos and Grenda went to the east part of the ruins where they encountered a stalk. Without hesitation, Soos threw the boomerang and decapitated it, but nothing happened. "That's a fake dude, dude.!" Soos frowned.
Wendy and Mason went to the southwest and spotted another Stalk. Wendy used the boomerang to cut it in half. Nothing. "The reat od the monsger isn't there." she frowned.
Candy went to the southeast field near the base where she saw one of the stalks. Immediately, she tossed the boomerang at it. The stalk screeched in pain as The Man Eater's entire body emerged.
"Everyone, on me!" Candy said through her crystal. "I found it!" The other five, ran to her position and surrounded The Man Eater.
"Soos! Trap it!" Candy ordered.
Soos nodded and used his forest powers to send up magic vines to restrain the giant metallic bud. The magic Candy was giving him was enhancing his powers so that he had better control over them.
It won't escape again! We've got it right where we want it!" Candy said.
Mason had an idea. "Wendy can you freeze it's shell off?"
"Got it!" Wendy stood before the Man Trap and held her hands forward and her palms radiated with cyan energy.
A seal of ice formed beneath the trap before it was encased in a coat of ice. Wendy snapped her fingers and the coat shattered, along with the metallic shell. Permanently exposing the monster.
Mason finally tossed the boomerang to stun the four heads as they left their core undefended.
Finally, Mabel, Candy and Grenda walked up with their weapons drawn as they each began to radiate with their respective diamond powers. As with their eyes.
Mabel and Grenda all yelled as they lunged forward and Candy shot out several balls of lightning down from the sky.
When the Emerald, Magenta, Amber and Indigo lights died down all that was left of the Man Trap was a withered pile of leaves and drying venom.
The six of them panted with exhaustion as the Gnomes and Manotaurs cheered.
"You did it!" Exclaimed Noah.
"That we did!" Replied Sprye. "Thanks to Candy's powers. Now let's head to the altar and deal with Bill!"
"It's amazing what sort of magic I can tap into at this place." Candy mused. "But that aside. All of you wait here, the six of us will be back shortly."
The gnomes and Manotaurs nodded.
The six then charged back to the altar.
Mabel, Mason, Candy, Grenda, Soos, and Wendy all hurried back to the altar only to find it deserted. There was no sign of Bill anywhere.
"Where'd he go?" asked Mabel.
"I'm not sure," replied Mason, "But let's close the Portal before he can use it again."
Mabel nodded and stepped towards the portal, but no sooner had she set her foot down, a seal of dark magic appeared below her and the others, slowly starting to surround them. The four kids, the teenage girl, and young adult couldn't escape in time, as the seal's magic bound their feet to the ground, preventing them from moving.
[Music: Under Siege: HW]
"Wh-what's going on?" Mabel cried as she tried to move her feet but to no avail.
"Mabel, look!" Spryte called out. "Your hand!"
Mabel looked at the back of her right hand and saw her mark of the Great Diamond of Heart glowing, She then turned and saw Grenda's hand glowing as well.
Candy gasped upon seeing this after noticing her right hand bore the same mark. "Our diamonds! What are-"
Before she could finish her sentence all three diamond pieces flew out of the Girls' hands and into Bill's Human Vessel who grabbed them.
"Ha, ha, ha." He cackled. "Thanks for your business ladies. I now have all pieces of the Great Diamond."
The seal of magic beneath them vanished allowing them to move again.
They all glared at Bill who stood before them at the Altar.
"This means I have all four pieces." He pulled his own piece of the Diamond and let it fly above the others as they all began to form together.
Power took the top, Wisdom on the middle left, Courage on the mide right and Heart on the bottom.
They began to glow with an intense golden light that slowly turned a deep red.
Mabel and Candy looked on worriedly while the others glared.
"Behold. The completed Diamond of Dimensions and its All-powerful master!" Bill's voice boomed in a deep tone. Blue flames began to form around him, which slowly darkened into black.
"No!" Candy cried in fear. "Everyone, run! Fall back! NOW!"
The six of them, agreeing that they couldn't win a fight with Bill, all turned tail and sprinted down the steps.
"Bill." The sorcerer's voice came as Bill. "Now that you have the diamond. The time has come to release me from my prison. Use the Diamond to call for the Portal of Foundation Prime fragments!"
"Yes." Bill's unshaded mouth formed into a toothy grin. "I can already sense where they are being kept."
With that, he raised his hands in the air as the great diamond floated above, and both erupted into flames that shot into the sky.
[BGM: Face a Crisis| HW]
Mason, Mabel, Candy, Grenda, Soos, and Wendy fled across the Southern Field of the valley when they saw a dark flash of energy erupt behind them and a distant yet resounding BOOM!
Back where the ruins were, a surge of crimson energy was rising into the sky, swirling into the clouds to create a tempest.
Another BOOM came as a wave of red energy began to surge outwards across the ground, ripping apart the ground as it spread along.
Candy's face turned serious. "Everyone, gather around me!"
They did as she flipped her Tome open to a specific spell.
She then tossed it up into the air as it began to glow in a silver light.
She then leaped up in the air, grabbed it and once she landed on the ground, she pressed her palm against the rocky surface creating a giant silver force field that enveloped them moments before the surge could reach them.
The dark magic moved over the barrier leaving them unharmed, unlike the terrain which continued to be ripped apart as the surge moved across the land, even beyond that.
"What's happening?" asked Mabel.
"I'm not sure." Soos replied.
"But what did Bill do with our diamond pieces?" asked Grenda.
"I don't know," Candy frowned. "But whatever it was, it wasn't good."
Suddenly, her tome began to flicker and that same Blue Ring of energy that allowed them entry into the valley appeared before them in a flash of light.
Through it, they could see what was transpiring.
Within a vast void of stars, the surge of red energy could be seen, it phased through one area causing a ring of red energy to open up and reveal what appeared to be a Golden Castle. Behind that was another planet that looked like a City with giant musical keyboards.
Another rift opened to reveal what looked like a beautiful sunny park with a Blue House in the middle of all of it. East of that was a park with large Pine Trees.
Next up, there was a colorful town in the middle of what looked like a giant pond
They were opened rifts to other dimensions.
Bill had used the Diamond to bend the fabric of Time and Space.
Back on the Altar, Bill struggled to maintain control over his body as he gathered more power.
The Sorcerer's voice boomed aloud, but not in Bill's head anymore.
"Gate to worlds, hear my voice and OPEN!" He shouted aloud.
"My spirit will be freed!"
Bill gripped the Scepter of Power deep in his hands and raised it high as red energy snaked up to its tip.
"HYAH!" He cried as a ball of dark energy blasted off into the sky.
As the ball soared through space it split off into three smaller ones that entered these rifts.
In a Futuristic looking Museum, the orb crashed through the roof and floated towards a distant exhibit stopping before what appeared to be a giant gate. Within a flash of light the orb became another Gate to Eras.
Within a darkened throne room in a castle made of bones the second orb floated over the throne and formed into a Gate to Eras.
Finally within a shattered control room deep beneath the search with several glass-like tubes around it, the last orb made its place as a portal.
From them, several monsters such as Skullkin, Gulbins, and Red Goblins respectively from each gate.
What was more, a small chest resting below each portal opened, revealing a crystalline tablet that floated up in the air, enveloped in a red aura.
At once, they were all shot forward at lightning speed, leaving the locations they once resided in and were sent flying into the sky.
Back in the Valley of Ruins the three pieces floated before Bill who eyed them in awe,
"Excellent work, Cipher." The sorcerer cackled. "You have collected three of the five pieces to my prison. The only piece that remains is the one sealed within the Temple of Sages."
"So how do I get it?" asked Bill.
"We'll have to bide our time for that." the Sorcerer replied. "In the Meantime, lay siege to the places I sent those rifts to. There are warriors there too who pose a threat to my plans and I wish for them to be soundly subjugated so those fighters don't have a chance of fighting back."
"Very well." Bill smirked as he turned back to the door beneath the altar. "I was saving such an invasion for Weirdmageddon but, might as well start early now that these other worlds have opened."
At the Park, Benson excited the house of the park and his eyes widened to see the rifts in the sky."
"What...just happened?!" He exclaimed. "Mordecai? Rigby? Where is everybody?!"
So now the worlds have merged and Gravity Falls and Regular Show are about to meet.
My initial plan was to have another Pacifica's Tale/Bill's Tale arc but I think I've strayed from the main story for too long so up next we'll have the first chapter where they meet the Regular Show peeps.
Stay tuned and review.