Song: This is Gospel (By: Panic! At The Disco)

Also, has anyone else noticed that exactly every five chapters I have an AN?

I've gotten so much amazing  feedback for this story! First time that this has ever happened to me on an ongoing fanfiction. And almost to 5K reads. LIKE WOW OMG.
(Edit from future self: get rekt past self, it be 20K now. And somehow, even now, you're just as derpy and stupid.)

ALSO
I AM OFFICIALLY TAKING REQUESTS FOR GRAVITY FALLS SHORT STORIES AND ONE-SHOTS. But just because you ask for something doesn't mean it will happen. ;-;

This chapter proves that I hate happy endings. I think my mind is from the Depravity Falls AU or something.

Also, reading through what I've written, there are so many accidental references to other episodes. Like, almost hidden ones. So, how many can YOU catch?

Enjoy!

      Mabel pushed herself into the corner of the elevator as her two Grunkle's managed to run inside fast enough. She glared up at them.

      "Mabel, what are you doing?" Ford asked, laying a hand on her shoulder.

     "I'm going to go save Dipper!"

      "Look, kid," Stan began, "there isn't anything you can do!"

      "So what? If you can't save him what were you going to do?!" She paled when they didn't say anything to her. "Oh no. You were going to..."

     "Look, there isn't anything else we can do." Ford said. "Dipper isn't... Dipper isn't really Dipper anymore."

     "He's my BROTHER!" She yelled. "You can't just kill him!"

      Ford and Stan shared a look, before Stan looked back at her. "Mabel, if there was something else we could do, we would, but even Ford can't think of anything."

      "And it's not like Bill will help us." Ford added.

      "I take offense at that." Said the demon from behind them. The two brothers spun around, and Mabel opened her mouth in surprise. None of them had noticed the dream demon.

      "I just got here, you dummies." Bill said, reading their shocked faces.

      "But how--" Ford began, but the elevator stopped and dinged at them. He turned to Mabel again. "Mabel, rethink whatever you're going to do! Please!"

     "Dipper needs us!" She protested, ignoring Bill's snickering at her words.

Ford looked sad, regretful even, but he stepped back and stood next his brother. Mabel stared at them. Even Bill seemed surprised.

"What?" She said.

"Go save him then." Ford said.

"You got this, kiddo." Stan added. "We'll be right behind you."

Not wasting another moment she turned and ran to where the disassembled portal was. She skidded around the corner, ready to shout out to her brother.

The name died on her lips.

The disassembled portal... It wasn't broken. It was all together in one piece. Everything was perfect and flawless. No. No no no, she couldn't let this happen!

Ford and Stan nearly ran into her frozen form, but soon they were in the same state of shock. Bill had followed them as well, and he seemed to be terrified and happy at the same time.

What if it was too late to help Dipper? That was the only thing on Mabel's mind. What if she couldn't get him back?

Speaking of her brother, it seemed that he wasn't paying them any attention. He was floating the same height as the portal's middle, and about half the way across the room from his family.

Mabel shook off her stupor and raced into the room. Ford tried to catch her, but missed, and they followed her into the room.

      "Dipper!" Mabel called. "Stop! Wait! Don't do anything!"

      At first, Dipper didn't move, and a heavy silence filled the room. Mabel could hear her own heartbeat. Then, slightly turned in her direction, eyes still on the currently closed portal.

      "Don't tell me what to do, Shooting Star."

      "What?" She said. "Dipper! No, stop! I know you don't actually want this!"

      "You don't know anything, do you?" He hissed, turning around. "You haven't been alone for so long! You're still you! You don't get it!"

      "I'm still me?" Mabel muttered. "What do you mean?"

      Stan approached her an tried to pull her back from the demon. She shook his arm off.

     "Dipper, you're still you too! Just because you look different doesn't mean--"

      "You think that that's it, don't you?" The demon laughed, the harsh noise echoing through the cavernous room.

    "Mabel, we should really go now!" Stan tried again. Again, she didn't listen.

      "You saw what happened to Glasses even when he only got a glimpse into that place!" Alcor snapped. "What do you think I'm like? You can't keep me around!"

     "Wait... You aren't trying to pull the Nightmare Realm into our world, are you?" Ford asked. "You want to get back."

     Mabel stopped there. She hadn't expected that. Even with Bill having shown her everything, she had never fully connected the dots, but now she did.

      "But we need you here!" She protested.

      "No one needs me anywhere, Shooting Star. I can't do anything good."

      "But what about the man you helped?" Mabel shouted up at him. "You saved his family, right? You made that deal with him, you took his soul and saved his family!"

     "Who told you--" Alcor's black and gold eyes fell onto Bill. "Bill." He snarled.

      "Pine Tree, you need to stop!" Bill said. "Even I know this!"

      "You're dead." Alcor said.

      "You didn't finish the job like you thought you did, Pine Tree." Bill said. "Nice try."

      "No!" Alcor said, his eyes flashing. "I killed you! You did this to us and I killed you for it!"

      Mabel was about to step in, but Bill was already floating up and telling something right back into her brother's face. She glanced between them worriedly.

     On one hand, Bill was terrible, and he probably deserved whatever would happen. But on the other hand, Mabel was scared of what might happen to Dipper if he killed the other dream demon.

     "Guys--" She broke off when they ignored her.

      "Look, Pine Tree," Bill said, "you shouldn't be like this anyways, if you return to the--"

     "Stop calling me Pine Tree!" Alcor screamed, lunging at the other demon. Bill made a shocked noise as he found he couldn't talk.

     "Dipper!" Mabel cried. "No!"

      "I'm not Pine Tree anymore, you stupid DORITO!" Alcor continued.

    Bill flailed around, but his movements were starting to slow down. Whatever Alcor was doing was starting to completely drain Bill's power.

     "No," Mabel said, "no, no stop! Please stop!"

     This time however, her brother didn't care about her tears and carried on with what he was doing. Mabel felt comforting arms wrap around her.

      "VHH BRX LQ DQRWKHU OLIH, FLSKHU." Alcor hissed as Bill's form flickered dangerously.

      The triangular dream demon almost started to melt. First, he turned back, his lines glowing white, then he was red, then he became transparent, like smoke. All in one, the mist turned darker than night and joined the already growing cloud of blackness around Alcor.

      The said dream demon started to laugh. The sound hurt Mabel's ears simply from how it didn't sound like her brother anymore. He wasn't himself, and Mabel knew that.

      But that didn't mean he had to do this.

     Looking up through tear filled eyes, she saw the blurred form of her brother moving down to push the button that would activate the portal.

      "Dipper, stop!" Ford said. "Mabel was right, we need you here!"

      Mabel could tell just from the sound  of Ford's voice that he didn't really care what happened to the demon anymore, he just didn't want the portal opened. Dipper was the only one who seemed oblivious of the danger.

      "How many times do I have to tell you people?" Alcor said. "I'm not Dipper, I'm not Pine Tree!"

      Mabel was going to protest, but suddenly, Cipher's Circle flashed into place around him. The golden third eye also reappeared on his forehead, but this time, Mabel knew it wasn't because of Bill. Dipper was doing all of this.

      "That old human is gone!" Alcor said, eyes flashing and wings lifting as something on the circle started to change.

      The Pine Tree symbol simply melted off. It was replaced with a single triangle with one eye. Alcor floated where he belonged, right in the middle of the symbols.

      Dipper was actually gone, and for the first time, Mabel actually understood that. She put her head down in defeat.

      "You asked about my first deal, Shooting Star." Alcor said. Mabel looked up. "Do you want to know what actually happened?"

      Mabel felt her heart sink even lower. Oh no.

    "I saved his family." Alcor said, smiling at them. "And he traded his soul for them. I had never had a soul before. It tasted great. Sure, that guy died in the end, but why should you care?"

      "He was just trying to help his family." Ford said.

      "And he did." Alcor said. "It's not my fault the wife fell into depressing and they both died in a car crash a few weeks later."

      Mabel felt her stomach twist at the thought. He hadn't been himself the whole time. She had thought that she had gotten her brother back, but she was wrong.

     "Dipper." she tried one last time. "Please. You don't have to leave."

    The demon seemed confused be her words. Then, he looked sad. "It's not your choice, Shooting Star."

     She stared to openly cry then. Her sobs wracked her body. Stan pulled her into a huge bear hug.

      Alcor watched for a few moments, then turned and pressed the button, ignoring Ford shouting at him to stop.

     The portal flashed and flicked. For a few seconds, they thought it wouldn't work. Then, the familiar blurring colors and glowing center formed. The portal buzzed with energy.

     Ford looked terrified that something bad would happen. But somehow, not even gravity was being affected. Her brother must have known what he was doing when he fixed it.

     Alcor turned and regarded Ford with a calculating look. "Will you take it back apart when I leave?"

      Ford shook his head, like he wanted the demon to think he would have a way back. Mabel hoped that her Grunkle was telling the truth.

      "Ha!" Alcor said. "We all know that isn't true. You'll take it apart and burn the journal pages just to make sure this thing will never work again."

      Ford paled.

     "Don't worry, Sixer!" Alcor added. "I've already started to help you!" He held up three partly torn pages.

     Mabel gasped as she recognized the three pages for the portal instructions.

      Ford glared at the dream demon. "You can't take those!"

     "Who ever said that?" With that, the pages burst into blue flame, there they settled as ashes on the floor.

      Mabel stared. Now they could never get him back. They couldn't open the portal and get him back. If he left, he would be gone forever.

      And they couldn't summon him with Bill's circle anymore, they weren't sharing the same body anymore.

      She didn't want to completely lose her brother. Not again.

      "Oh, don't worry, Shooting Star." Alcor said coldly. "You won't forget."

      He tossed her something small and golden. It clinked to the ground in front of her. Mabel didn't touch it or look at the object.

      The demon frowned when she didn't touch it, but the expression was gone as he grinned down at them with his sharp teeth. "Well! See ya!"

     He turned and was about to enter the portal, he even had an arm in already, when he froze.

      "And... Goodbye... Mabel."

      He turned and entered the swirling vortex, disappearing from sight. The switch for the petal went up in blue fire, melting it. The portal flickered and turned off.

      Mabel cried even harder, burying her face in Stan's shoulder. Ford was standing there in shock.

      "It's okay, Mabel." Stan said. "I know how it feels, but it'll be all right."

      But it wasn't alright. Not without her brother. Not without the Mystery Twins.

      Eventually, Ford and Stan went back upstairs. She had said that she would be fine, and wanted to be alone for a while.

      Mabel remembered the golden thing that Alcor had tossed to her. She fumble around for it for a while, but she finally found it.

      Holding it up close, she examined it. It was flat, and made of a tough, golden metal. The thing was in the shape of a star, with a pair of thin, bat like wings curving near the bottom of the symbol.

      "Buttwings." Mabel laughed softly, tears leaving tracks down her cheeks.

      A few days later, when Ford asked her about the strange new silver necklace, she said it was just something that she had sound in a store. She said that she thought the golden pendant had looked cool, so why not.

      They didn't believe her, but they let it pass.

     Mabel didn't let anything pass. She promised that she would get her brother back, like she had not so long ago.

Yeah, the story isn't over yet, don't worry!

And yes, Bill is actually dead now. Like, for good. He is not coming back...

And again, feedback please!

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See ya'll soon!
        ~Aza