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Dipper’s POV
“Dipper! Wake up you dummy. We’re gonna be late!”
I groaned and opened my eyes to my sister shaking me in the effort to wake me up.
“Just five more minutes Mabel please.” I moaned as I pulled myself from her grasp and would’ve presumed sleeping if a splash of cold water hadn’t landed on my face.
“Oh no you don’t kid.” I heard a gruff voice sounded at the doorway to my room followed by the sound of a bucket being placed on the floor. “You’re gonna wake your sleepy ass up right now or you’re gonna be my roommate for a week.”
I sat up in bed and stared at my Grunkle in disbelief. “You wouldn’t.”
Grunkle Stan raised his eyebrows, “Try me kid. Try me.”
I groaned and started hurrying to get changed. No way am I gonna take that bluff. Spending the night with Grunkle Stan is a nightmare. I’ve only had to do that once and it was an experience I wouldn’t want to happen again.
Anyway now that I’ve completely woken up I could now remember why Mabel and Grunkle Stan were both in a hurry. Today was the day that Mabel’s art pieces are gonna be displayed. Even if it may just be in the school gym, it’s a big opportunity for Mabel and a step closer to achieving her dream. it was a very important event for Mabel (she's been super hyper about it for the past few weeks since her art has been approved), that even Ford is gonna come out of the Northwest (or is it McGucket now?) Manor just to be there for the event.
I finished changing and looked at myself in the mirror to make sure I looked alright. I still wore the Pine tree cap I got on my first summer here in Gravity Falls, my blue jacket, and my red shirt.
“Come on Dipper! I don’t wanna be late for the big day!”
“Yeah, coming!” I ran downstairs and outside the shack towards where my sister and Grunkle are waiting. “Alright let’s get this show on the road!”
Bill’s POV
I breathed in the clean and unpolluted air that has always permeated Gravity Falls. Man, it’s been a long time since I have been here. Not since Weirdmageddon ended eight years ago.
I lugged my baggage and continued on trekking the road until I saw the Mystery Shack sign. The shack still looked the same despite the length of time that passed. Though I heard that it was off to new management and was no longer handled by Question Mark or Stan. I stared at the place, wanting to go in there and settle a few unfinished businesses. But it can wait, I had more pressing matters to attend to right now.
I continued on until I reached my own personal shack and walked towards the stone statue placed in a clearing it.
I laughed as I looked at my petrified demon form. “Damn, but I like the way I’m posing in this one.”
I grasped the outstretched hand an closed my eyes as I felt the energy my residual power Is projecting. I smiled to myself. Yup, everything is going according to plan.
Dipper’s POV
The truck finally arrived at the shack. I stared longingly at it and can’t wait to get inside and rest. Damn, today was a very very tiring day. Don’t get me wrong, I love my sister and I am so happy that she’s starting to make her dreams into a reality. But I don’t know how she can handle all those people for an extended amount of time. The only highlight of the day (aside from Mabel’s achievements) was that I got to reconnect with my friends again especially Soos, Melody, and their kids, since they moved out of Gravity Falls a long time ago.
Grunkle Stan asked to be left behind since he was going out on a poker night with some old buddies (sounds suspicious to me since he doesn’t have “old buddies”). Which leads to Mabel and I being alone in the shack which could be some bonding time with my sister but… I really really wanna sleep.
I was about to go upstairs to my room when Mabel called out, “Hey Dipper,”
“Yeah?”
“Wanna hang out on the porch and grab a few Pit Colas?”
“But I was gonna --”
Dipper please? I’ve got something important to tell you.”
I looked at my sister’s face in shock. I’ve never seen her look so serious and sad at the same time (okay, maybe once when Waddles died). but what caught my attention was her expression of pure desperation. It was like she’s been holding this in for a long time.
“Alright, what do you want to tell me?” I sat down beside her on the porch (minus the Pit Cola) and took her hand.
She opened her mouth to tell me something when her eyes shifted to something at my back. “Oh my god Dipper! Look!”
I turned around and my eyes widened at what I saw, “What the hell?” A weird yellow light was shining from somewhere in the forest and not just any part of the forest.
“Dipper, isn’t that where --”
“I know, come on let’s go!”
Bill’s POV
“Alright, just a few more minutes and it’s done.” I looked at the beam of yellow light shining from my stone statue. “A little more Will. A little more and I can finally save you.”
Dipper’s POV
“What could it be?” Mabel asked me as we ran towards that weird beam of light.
“I don’t know Mabel. It could be something normal like lasers or something.”
"In the middle of the afternoon?"
"Like I said, I don't know."
“You don’t think that maybe it’s--”
“I don’t even wanna think about that. But, yeah, maybe it's him. But I’m really hoping that it’s not”
Mabel and I shared a worried look as we ran on. A few minutes later we reached the place where the light was coming from, the place where Bill Cipher’s statue was located. I scanned the area and only saw a blonde guy standing in front of the statue.
“Hey! What are you doing there?”
I don’t know if the guy heard me or not but he didn’t even turn in my direction (Though the wind was howling pretty loud by this time, so I can’t really blame the guy if he can’t hear me). He seemed to be mumbling something. He raised his hands and a burst of light suddenly exploded out. That was when a portal opened.
Bill’s POV
Okay, I got the portal open. Now all I have to do is to pull my brother out of the other dimension. I started reciting a series of spells. The portal started to glow something blue. And finally, finally a hand reached out form the portal
Dipper’s POV
“Dipper! What’s happening?”
“I don’t know! That guy seems to be summoning something!”
“Dipper look!” The portal suddenly turned blue but what caught my eye was the hand stretching out from it. “Oh my god Dipper. What if the guy is summoning Bill?”
“We’ve gotta stop him then.” I turned to the guy, “Hey! Stop whatever you’re doing right now!” I yelled at the guy as he slowly reached out to grasp the hand coming from the portal.
“Dipper! Come on! We don’t have the time for this!” Mabel yelled as she started running towards the guy.
I ran after her, “Mabel, it’s too dangerous!”
“That doesn’t matter right now Dipper! No matter what we have to do, we have to stop any possibility of Bill coming back!”
We were a few feet away from the guy when we were stopped by some sort of invisible wall, something like the one installed in the shack.
“What the hell?” Mabel exclaimed. “What’s this?”
“Hey! Stop it! You don’t know what you’re doing!” I yelled at the guy as he started pulling at the hand from the portal. “You don’t know what could be the consequences! You don’t know who or what could come out --”
“You’re wrong.” the guy said for the first time.
“What?” Mabel asked.
“You’re wrong.” the guy turned to look at me and Mabel. “I know exactly what I’m doing.”
Mabel and I stood frozen after we were able to get a good look at the guy’s face, no, the guy’s eyes. The pupils were cat-like slits and the sclerae were both yellow. Exactly like--
“Dipper,” Mabel whispered. “that’s Bill Cipher.”