Chapter 35: Strength of Heart and Mind

(Third Person)

Night had fallen on the Mystery Shack. The Pines and Emily were sleeping peacefully, at least that's what they hoped to happen. Ford Pines was sleeping on his couch, unaware of the sinister presence that had decided to haunt his dreams. Ford found himself standing in a wheat field. In it, was a swing-set, his destroyed portal and the Stan-o-war. There was also a red scarf that flew in the wind.

Ford looked around thoughtfully, wondering what it all could mean. Suddenly the wheat around him started to flatten around him, forming a familiar shape. Laughter followed it and Ford glared.

"I know that laugh... Show yourself!" Ford demanded, and as we all know, Bill Cipher materialized before him.

"Well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well!" Bill greeted as he multiplied, surrounded Ford.

"Aren't you a sight for sore eye!" He laughed. "Stanford Filbrick Pines, my old pal!"

"Bill Cipher. What do you want from me?" Ford asked, eyes narrowed.

"Oh, quit playing dumb, IQ!" Bill laughed, and another Bill started to talk.

"You knew I'd be back!" Bill said and flick Ford's nose, only to get zapped and flinched back as the copies disappeared.

"OW! What the?" Bill questioned and Ford was suddenly incased in a green aura. Bill stared in shock, but chuckled.

"Oh hohoho! Isn't that funny! REAL CUTE EMERALD!" Bill cried, attempting to keep laughing. Ford started in confusion.

"What are you talking about?" Ford asked and Bill chuckled as he folded his arms behind his back.

"I just think it's funny how Emerald is protecting you, despite the fact that you don't fully trust her. Do you?" Bill questioned and Ford glared. Bill laughed and kicked his legs up.

"Ah come on, you gotta admit that's..." Bill was cut off by a low growling sound and he turned, his eye widened in horror.

"Oh no! No no no no NO!" Bill cried and Ford squinted to see a yellow figure running towards them. Bill then screamed, an actual scream of terror as Bear-Bear lunged at Bill and slashed his claws.

"Stay back!" Bill wanted and attempted to shoot a fire ball at Bear-Bear, only for it to barely make a dent. Ford's eyes widened and adjusted his glasses to see that Bear-Bear had a green aura around him a well.

"Who are you?" Ford asked and Bear-Bear looked over at Ford and slowly walked over, sniffing him and turned back to Bill, growling. Bear-Bear stood on his hind legs and slashed Bill's arm, causing a gash mark.

"Hey! Watch it freak!" Bill cried, but Bear-Bear just prepared to threaten Bill again and the dream demon back up.

"Okay, okay. Fine. Just let me have a few words with Sixer." Bill said, while healing his wound, and Ford glare as Bear-Bear stood in front of him.

"Now here was I? Oh yeah! You think shutting down that portal could stop what I have planned? See, I've been making deals, chatting with old friends, preparing for the big day! You and Emerald can't keep that rift safe forever." Bill said and snapped his fingers, showing a copy of the rift.

"Wait...what?" Ford asked, but Bill interrupted him.

"One of you will slip up, and when you do..." Bill through the rift down and Bear-Bear roared as a portal appeared and the wheat field to burn down.

"Get out of here! You have no dominion in our world!" Ford cried and Bill laughed.

"Maybe not right now, but things change, Stanford Pines! Things...CHANGE." Bill warned. Bear-Bear growled and attempted to attack Bill again, only for him to fly away and Ford had several images and he shot up from the couch. Panting heavily he adjusted his glasses and looked at his hand.

"I have to warn them! He's coming." Ford said and suddenly noticed that a small figure was floating in his room.

It was Bear-Bear, at least the plushie form of him. He was floating there silently surrounded by a green aura. Ford quickly walked over to examine him, only for it to float away and our the door. Ford followed after him, only to find out that the bear was floating to the attic.

Where the twins were.

Drawing his gun, Ford rushed after Bear-Bear and saw that the door to where Dipper and Mabel slept was was open. He quietly crept over to the room and opened the door all the way as he kept in, gun drawn and froze.

Emily was floating between the twins' beds and was surrounded in a green aura as her eyes glowed a solid green. Her hair was floating upwards and her arms were extended down and out at an angle. Reaching towards Dipper and Mabel's heads, who were also surrounded by a green aura. Emily's necklace pulsed softly, in rhythm with her heartbeat.

Ford was frozen in shock and awe as he witnessed this. Not noticing Bear-Bear floating back to the mattress where Globby was sleeping. Ford crept closer and waved his hand in front on Emily's face, getting no reactions. He then snapped his fingers in front on her face. It remained expressionless.

"Intriguing. What could be causing this?" He muttered, lowering his gun.

"Why yes, I'll accept this Nobel Prize." Dipper mumbled in his sleep. Ford couldn't help but crack a small smile and chuckle at that.

"Come on Waddles, we will ride into the sunset of this beautiful kingdom!" Mabel murmured in her sleep and giggled. Ford turned back to Emily, whose breathing started to change and she laughed.

"Let's go Georgia, we shall save the Dragon King's children from the evil knight!" Emily cried. Ford looked over at Emily in confusion, debating whether or not to nudge her awake.

Emily suddenly glowed extra bright and floated slightly high than normal and suddenly collapsed on the ground in a heap. The glowing was gone and Ford winced as he gently nudged her, but Emily remained asleep. Ford then slowly walked out the door and closed it. He walked down the stairs and rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

"What is going on with Emily?"

(Emily's P.O.V)

Urg...I definitely felt weird when I was starting to wake up. My mattress didn't feel as soft or supportive as normal, and I didn't feel Globby poking at my cheek. I slowly opened my eyes and noticed that I was between the twins beds, not in front of Mabel's.

"Huh, what the?" I muttered and sat up. This was new...did I sleep walk? I stood up and cracked my back and trudged over to the mattress where Globby was seemingly tensing up in his sleep. Against my better judgment, I bent down and nudged him.

"Hey Globby, come on wake up." I whispered so I wouldn't wake the twins. Globby then opened his eye and once he noticed me, he quickly latched on to the front of my chest. I guess it was his version of a hug.

"Good morning to you too. Did you sleep well?" I asked and he looked back up at me.

"I'll take that as a yes, I meanwhile, must have had and interesting night." I said, looking back as the floor I was laying on. I then looked outside and took notice that the sun was already up. So early, but not stupid early.

"Let's get something to eat, I don't think I can go back to sleep." I commented and once I managed to get change into my usually outfit, Globby went on my back and we crept downstairs. I got to the kitchen and poured myself some cereal and Globby got his usual beef jerky.

As we ate, I couldn't help but wonder what happened last night, I definitely did something strange right? Cause I was somehow on the middle of the floor. I've heard of sleepwalking, but I haven't done that before. First time for everything I guess?

"Maybe I'm overthinking this." I sighed as the twins came down.

"Good morning Emily! What a beautiful morning it is! The sun is shining! The birds are singing! And everything is amazing!" Mabel cried and I chuckled.

"Well someone's in a good mood, any reason why?" I questioned.

"I had the best dream ever! Waddles was a giant and I got to ride him in this beautiful kingdom! Best dream ever!" Mabel explained and Dipper smiled too.

"Now that you mention it, I had a nice dream too. I got a Nobel Prize!" He explained and I chuckled.

"Well I'm glad you guys slept well last light." I said as I finished off my cereal and started heading towards the sink.

"What did you dream about Emily?" Mabel asked and I paused for a moment. Then I recalled my dream and sighed.

"It was about Georgia and me going on an adventure that we used to play when we were little." I explained and turned back to the twins, who looked uncertain to each other. I gave them a soft smile and continued.

"The basic premise of the game is that Georgia and I are friends with a Dragon King, and his children get captured by an evil knight, so we have to save them." I explained and Globby then went on my back.

"Huh, usually it's the other way around." Dipper commented and I laughed giving Globby a pat on the head.

"That's why Georgia and I loved it so much! We were doing something different! Sure we changed a few things when we played it over and over, but it was still fun." I explained and got out a frying pan and placed it on the stove.

"You two up for some eggs?"

"Yeah!" They cheered and I chuckled as I cracked the eggs and started cooking. After a while I heard a car approaching and frowned for a moment before given the twins their breakfast and walking to the window here I saw a familiar man who I recognized as Stantiago. He had his truck with him and got out.

"Emily, what's wrong?" Mabel asked and I sighed.

Theme song happened a awhile ago.

"Nothing, you two finish your breakfast and find something to do. I'm gonna wake Stan." I said and quickly rushed to Stan's room and knocked on the door.

"Stan! Wake up! Come on!" I cried, knocking loudly. I heard movement and I guess I woke Stan up with a little too much noise.

"Geez, I'm up, I'm up! What the heck Emily!?" Stan's muffled voice cried through the door.

"There's a guy outside with a truck. I put two and two together." I deadpanned and I heard Stan move around his room before finally opening the door.

"Wow, he got here fast. Hang tight and I'll handle him. Where are the twins?" Stan asked.

"I'm gonna guess look for something to do for the next half hour." I shrugged and Stan sighed.

"We'll keep them out of trouble. I wanna make a clean run with these pugs." Stan said and started walking to the door.

"Why did you even get so many cheap pugs?" I asked.

"I don't wanna talk about it!" Stan called back and opened the front door before slamming it behind him and I sighed.

"Sheesh, well might as well find the twins." I said to Globby, who gave me a black stare as we walked upstairs and I saw the twins opening a closet. Mabel rubbing her hand eagerly.

"Alright, Grunkle Stan's gotta have some decent board games." Dipper said thoughtfully as he looked around.

"Let's see, 'Battlechutes & Ladderships,' 'Necronomiconopoly,' 'Don't Wake Stalin'..." Mabel listed the games she saw and I chuckled inwardly.

"Well they don't seem that bad. What matters is that all the pieces are there." I commented as Dipper picked up a certain board game.

"Hey what's this? 'What Could Go Wrong?: The Board Game'. The last players who opened this box never made it out alive." Dipper read the box. We all paused as we let that sink in.

"Well, I know what we're doing today." Mabel said.

"This should take up the next 21 minutes." Dipper commented over her.

"Yeah, this should be fun." I added and then heard a familiar voice call us.

"Family meeting! Family meeting!" Ford called us and we looked at one another before heading over to the table where he was.

"Family meeting! Family meeting!" Ford cried again.

"We heard you!" I replied and where then in his view sight. Globby tightened his grip around me slightly as he noticed us while putting scrolls around the table.

"Ah, children. Come in, come in!" He gestured and Mabel eagerly started rummaging through his stuff.

"Ooh, mysterious scrolls and potions! Are you going to tell us we're finally of age to go to wizard school? Is there an owl in this bag?" Mabel asked and Ford quickly snatched the bag away.

"No! I can assure you if there's an owl in this bag, he's long dead." Ford deadpanned and I face-palmed as Mable gave a disappointed look.

"Now, children, do either of you recognize this symbol?" From asked and held up the scroll that had an image of Bill Cipher on it. We gasped and Dipper glared.

"Bill."

"You...you know him?" Ford asked, setting the scroll down.

"Know him? He's been terrorizing us all summer! I have so many questions and theories..." Dipper said.

"Dipper's been pretty paranoid since Bill turned him into a living sock puppet." Mabel explained.

"The important thing is we defeated him every time he's appeared.

"Once with kittens, once with kittens, and once with true love!" Mabel added excitedly.

"It was a lot more heroic than it sounds." Dipper deadpanned.

"Oh, and he's in love with Emily." Mabel then added and I winced as Ford turned to me, slightly horrified.

"He's WHAT!? That's impossible! Demons like Bill are incapable of love!" Ford cried, slamming down his fist on the table.

"And why haven't you told me about this?" Ford asked, pointing to me. Globby let out a low growl and I patted his head before turning it the scientist.

"In all fairness, you haven't said anything about Bill until today. For all I knew, you had no clue of his existence. And Bill isn't in love with me." I directed that last part at Mabel.

"Then why did he keep bugging you?" Mabel asked.

"I don't know, okay!? Besides, I haven't had any encounters from Bill since the Sock Opera!" I cried.

"The fact that you've dealt with Bill is gravely serious. Especially if he:s taken an interest in Emily." Ford said.

"So how do you know Bill?" Dipper asked.

"I've encountered many dark beings in my time, Dipper. What matters is that his powers are growing stronger, and if he pulls off his plans, no one in this family will be safe!" Ford explained and the twins gasped worriedly.

"Well I assume you have a plan to stop him then." I asked and Ford nodded.

"Fortunately, there should be a way to shield us from his mental tricks. A way to Bill-proof the Shack." Ford then started to draw a map of the Mystery Shack.

"All I have to do is place moonstones here, here, and here, sprinkle some mercury, let's see...I always forget the last ingredient!" Ford then flipped through Journal 1 and groaned. "Ugh, unicorn hair."

"That's not, like, rare, is it?" Dipper asked.

"It's hopeless." Ford sighed and showed us the page. "Unicorns reside deep within an enchanted glade, and their hairs can only be obtained by a pure good-hearted person who goes on a magical quest to find them."

"GAAAAAAAAAAH! Grunkle Ford, can I please go on this quest? I am literally obsessed with unicorns! My first word was 'unicorn,' I once made my own unicorn by taping a traffic cone to a horse's head." Mabel began listing her reasons.

"Which got you banned from the petting zoo." I added before Mabel continued.

"Are you even looking at the sweater I'm wearing right now?! Not to mention that I'm probably the most pure of heart person in this room." She concluded.

"That's true, she has a point." Ford agreed.

"I can't argue there." Dipper sighed.

"No protest from me." I chuckled.

"So can I go on a mission to get that hair? Please please please? I'LL GIVE YOU MY BLOOD!" She cried, rolling up her sleeve.

"Okay crazy, calm down." I said gently as Ford nodded.

"Very well. But it won't be easy. Take this." Ford handed Mabel Journal 1 and then a crossbow. "And this."

"Oooh!" Mabel gasped, eagerly taking the weapon.

"I haven't been in this dimension for a while. It's okay to give children weapons, right?" Ford asked.

"In what dimension is that okay?" I asked, slightly curious.

"Push, come on dawg." Mabel laughed and accidentally fired the crossbow and the arrow flew through the window which set of Stan's car alarm.

"AH! IT'S THE COPS! GUN IT!" Stan exclaimed and a car's tries screeched along with pugs barking. Mabel shrugged it off and began dialing on her phone.

"Candy, Grenada, Wendy, Pacifica, clear the afternoon! You too Emily!" She cried and grabbed my hand.

"Wait I don't...gah!" I cried as she pulled me to the front door.

"Hang on Mabel, I gotta Leave Globby here." I said and Globby's eye widened.

"Sorry boy, but Waddles can't come either and I don't want you getting hurt." I said and set Globby down in the couch and he pouted.

"I promise I'll come back soon, and the unicorn hair will keep us all safe." I assured him, giving him a nice head pat and I turned to Mabel.

"Let's go before I change my mind." I said and Mabel squealed as she pulled me out the door. We rushed off to get the rest of the group.

I can't say I'm too surprised that I was going to be included in the hunt for the Unicorns, since I was close with Mabel and also a girl. Now Pacifica is joining us, and while I was slightly cut off by that, I was glad she's be here. It might be nice for her to come on this adventure.

"It's nice to finally be out on a mission, just us gals!" Mabel said cheerfully as we walked through the forest.

"Forget the gal talk! I'm here to meet, touch, and/or become a unicorn!" Grenda cried with determination.

"I hear if you lick a unicorn's neck, it tastes like your favorite flavor in the world!" Candy added.

"Where did you hear that?" Pacifica asked in confusion.

"I've gathered that information from my many nights when I was seeking knowledge." Candy replied and Mabel wrapped her hand around her friends shoulder.

"Candy, I will make sure you lick that unicorn's neck, because I care about my friends." Mabel declared.

"Honestly, I stopped believing in unicorns when I was like, five years old. I'm just coming along to keep you kids from walking into a bear trap." Wendy explained.

"Come on Wendy, have an open mind. We've seem stranger stuff than a colorful horse with a horn in it's head." I said.

"Stop!" Mabel cried and we all noticed that we have come to our destination.

"Whoa...has anyone ever been here?" Pacifica asked, slightly in awe.

"This is the magical part of the forest." Mabel said and opened up Journal 1 to look at the map.

"Let's see the gnome taverna I'd over there, the fairy nail salon is over there, but it says that to summon the unicorn, one must bellow this ancient chant droned only by the deepest-voiced druids of old." She read and Grenda rushed over and grabbed the Journal.

"On it!" She cried and cleared her throat. "Oy-oyoy-oyoyoyoy..."

"Whooo! Yeah Grenda!" I cheered.

"I bet you ten bucks nothing happens." Wendy deadpanned.

"I'll take that bet." Mabel smirked. The ground suddenly began to shake causing us to gasp. The fortress then rose form the ground. We opened the giant doors and our eyes widened.

"The paintings airbrushed on the sides of vans were true!" Mabel gushed as the Unicorn appeared by a waterfall and neighed loudly, and dramatically. We all then gave our reactions.

"Mother of mothers!" Grenda cried.

"Queen of dreams!" Candy squealed.

"Richer than money!" Pacifica gasped.

"Colors with colors!" I added, and slightly wincing that I actually said that.

"No way." Wendy reminded as Mabel reached her hand out. Wendy groaned and begrudgingly handed Mabel a $10 bill. The unicorn then reared her head.

"Hark! Visitors to my realm of enchantment!" She cried in surprise. We all gasped, only for Grenda to inhale a butterfly and for me to hit her in the back to free her.

"I gotcha!" I assured her and the butterfly, somehow still alive, flew out of her mouth.

"Thanks." She wheezed.

"Oh my gosh, oh my gosh! What's your name?" Mabel asked excitedly.

"I am Celestabellebethabelle, last of my kind. Come in, come in. Just, take off your shoes. I have a whole thing about shoes." She introduced, horn glowing as she spoke, and all of us but Wendy took off our shoes.

"That's a mouthful." Pacifica muttered as she walked over with the others.

"Ah, ah! I'm talking to all of you!" Celestabellebethabelle scolded and Wendy huffed as she took of her boots. Mabel then addressed the unicorn.

"Celestabellebethabelle, we have journeyed far and wide..."

"About and hour!" Grenda added.

"On a mission to protect our family with your magical hair!" Mabel finished, meanwhile, Candy had snuck around to Celestabellebethabelle (man that is such a long name) and was leaning towards the neck.

"This is your chance, Candy. Lick the neck. Lick it..." She stuck out her tongue, but Celestabellebethabelle then stood up.

"Very well. To receive a lock of my enchanted hair, step forth, girl of pure perfect heart." She explained and we all gave Mabel a thumbs up and she strutted forward.

"Presenting: bum buh da bum bum ba bum bum! Mabel!" She introduced and kneeled down.

"What? You? A unicorn can see deep inside your heart, child." Celestabellebethabelle pointed her horn at Mabel's chest, causing her heart to glow.

"Ugh!" Mabel covered her chest with her arms.

"And you have done wrong. WRONG I say!" Celestabellebethabelle cried in anger as I rolled my eyes and crossed my arms.

"Okay, don't let her see my heart." Pacifica muttered as Mabel looked down in shame.

"I guess I do make fun of Dipper a lot. And I did just shatter a window with a crossbow." Mabel listed.

"Okay, that last one was an accident." I commented.

"Your bad deeds make me cry." I almost gagged as the unicorn shed her tear, killing a flower.

"NOOO!" Mabel cried in horror.

"Come back when you're PURE OF HEART. NEEEIIGGGHH! Exit is that way. Shoes, shoes, take your shoes. This isn't some...some...shoe store." She huffed and we all grabbed our shoes and excited the fortress and the gate slammed behind us.

"Well that's just great. Now what?" Pacifica asked and Mabel sighed dishearteningly.

"Hey, Mabel, don't let her get to you." Grenda said.

"Yeah, I wouldn't trust a horse that wears makeup." Wendy added.

"Agreed, she doesn't have the right to judge you." I said sincerely.

"No, girls, she's right. I used to be one of the sweetest people I knew, but recently I've been slacking in the whole goodness department. Well, today we're gonna fix it. From this moment forth I'm gonna do so many good deeds, I'll have the purest heart in Gravity Falls!" Mabel vowed and pumped her fist in the air, only to hit an unsuspecting bird.

"That...that bird is fine."

"Sure...okay, so where do we begin?" Pacifica asked and Mabel wrapped a hand around her.

"Everywhere, Pacifica, everywhere."

Next thing I know, we are standing on the sidewalk walking towards the town of Gravity Falls and Mabel was holding a pen and paper with a confident smile.

"Alright, Mabel, it's time to strengthen your heart." She declared and we all go to work, while I was hearing the faintest sound of music.

And wow, I did not realize how long Mabel was doing these deeds. Picking up snails seemed easy enough, the we spent a good ten minutes digging a hole to plant a tree in. Putting a sticker on Stan's face, then having to save him from suffocating on the sticker. We also replaced the lamp he broke too. While we were at the blood drive I did my best to stop Mabel from donating more then 3 pints, and convinced the doctors to never let Mabel back in.

Much later, when Mabel was fully rested and had a nice cookie, we helped a family of ducks cross the street. Though when Mabel wanted to decorate the Nathaniel Northwest Statue, Pacifica stopped her.

"This represents power that my family shouldn't even have. You shouldn't waste your glitter on that. Save it for something that's actual honest." Pacifica pleaded and Mabel smiled before tossing some glitter in Pacifica's hair.

"Done. Now onto my nest good deed!" Mabel cried and we rushed off.

After filling the tip jar at Greasy's diner we helped a woman with her groceries and she thanked us by giving us more cookies. We then looked over the list Mabel created and cheered.

"Boom! A thousand good deeds. When that unicorn scans my heart, she's gonna say I'm absolutely, one hundred percent, bona fide...PURE OF HEART!" Mabel cried and we cheered again.

"Let's go before another pure of heart steals the hair we need!" Grenda exclaimed and we quickly rushed back to the fortress. Once we were there, Mabel wasted no time rushing over to the supposed all good unicorn.

"Read my heart and weep!" Mabel said boldly.

"Not pure of heart." Celestabellebethabelle said simply.

"Booyah! Wait, what?" Mabel questioned in disbelief.

"How is that even possible? Mabel's a straight up saint, you judgmental hoofbag!" Wendy cried.

"Yeah! She deserves your hair more than anyone!" Pacifica added.

"Please, tell me what I'm doing wrong!" Mabel pleaded.

"Doing good deeds to make yourself look better isn't good at all. Not to mention you're crushing, like, ten dandelions right now. Those are basically children's dreams." Celestabellebethabelle explained and Mabel got up from the dandelions and gasped.

"I'm sorry, Mabel. It's not my fault you're a bad person." She added and we all gasped. Mabel's eyes started to water and rushed off.

"Mabel, wait! Come back!" Wendy cried.

"Now if you'll excuse me, I have a 3 o'clock posing in front of a rainbow." Celestabellebethabelle said and trotted over to a rainbow and gave a pose.

"NeigheighEIGHEIGHeigheigh!"

"YOU TAKE THAT BACK!" Pacifica cried and I quickly grabbed her as she attempted to march over to the unicorn.

"You claim to be so perfect, yet you refuse to give the hair to those who need us! Yet Mabel is the bad person! I don't think so!" Pacifica cried and I quickly dragged her towards the gate.

"Such harshness! If I gave my hair to just anyone, they would walk all over me!" Celestabellebethabelle huffed and I pulled Pacifica out of the gates.

"Let me at her!" Pacifica cried.

"Sorry, but I can't have you attack her...yet." I said, whispering the last part. Pacifica groaned and we walked over to Mabel lying down in. The grass.

"Come on, Mabel. Don't beat yourself up about this." Wendy said.

"Let's forget about getting that dumb unicorn hair." Candy added.

"Yeah, we can find other ways to protect the Shack." I commented.

"It's not about the hair anymore, guys. It's about me. Being kind and sweet is what makes me who I am. If I'm not a good person, who am I? I'm not leaving this spot until I think of a deed that makes me as good as Celestabellebethabelle." Mabel declared and started writing in her notebook.

"But, Mabel..." Candy tried.

"Just leave me be." Mabel pleaded, turning away and I sighed sadly.

"Psst." We turned to Wendy, who ushered all of us away from Mabel's earshot.

"Guys, if you ask me, this whole thing is a serious load. Mabel's like the best person I've ever met. We tried getting that hair the good way. Now it's time we try...the Wendy way." Wendy smirked while punching her left fist into her hand.

"Are you suggesting violence? Sabotage?" Grenda asked.

"Mabel's not going to like that." Candy said nervously.

"We can't just go behind Mabel's back. Can we?" Pacifica asked.

"Mabel doesn't need to know. Look, it's time we stop trying to be so 'perfect' and be who we really are. We're crazed, angry, sweaty animals! We're not unicorns, we're WOMEN! AND WE TAKE WHAT WE WANT!" Wendy exclaimed and punched a tree.

"NO UNICORN CAN TELL US HOW WE SHOULD BE! WE ARE WORTHY OF THEIR HAIR!" I cried and we cheered.

"Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!" Candy, Grenda, and Pacifica cheered. Grenda then picked up a rather large rock and smashed it on her head, causing us to go silent.

"Too much?" She asked.

"Nah you're fine." I said, waving it off and Wendy brought us into a huddle.

"Here's what we're gonna do." Wendy said and whispered her plan.

Later, we came to the gnome tavern, Gnasty's, and I sighed at the small door size.

"Wendy, care to do the honors?" I asked and she cracked her knuckles.

"With pleasure." She smirked and kicked the door open and we heard severla started screams.

"It's the cops! Hit the deck!" A gnome cried and Wendy entered and we were behind her.

"I'm lookin' for someone who knows how to take down a unicorn! No tricks or games!" Wendy announced.

"I can sue you, and OWN you! So we better get honesty from all of you!" Pacifica warned.

"We'll track you down if you try to run, let's do this the easy way so we can all leave happy." I added and Candy then smashed a bottle, creating a weapon.

"We are human! We take what we want!" Candy cried.

"YEAH!" Grenda exclaimed.

"Fairy dust." We turned to a gnome in the corner playing with a sharpe acorn. "A whole magic bag's enough to put a unicorn out cold. But if I do you a favor, you gotta do somethin' for me."

"Of course we do." Pacifica grumbled.

"Just, spill it, half-pint!" Grenda ordered while slamming her fist on the table.

"Butterfly trafficking is illegal in this part of the forest, but I like butterflies. They tickle my face and make me laugh. Bring me a bag of butterflies and we got a deal." He explained and we all nodded to each other.

"We'll have you butterflies in about an hour. Have your dust by then." Wendy said and we stood up, exiting the tavern and Wendy sighed.

"Any idea why Butterfly Trafficking is illegal?" Wendy asked and I walked over to a gnome in a police inform.

"Excuse me sir, can you please tell me why Butterfly Trafficking is illegal?" I asked. The gnomes then took of his shades and gave me a serious look that almost scared me.

"Butterflies are an important part of the forest, using them for your own benefits is treating them like slaves. A dark and cruel thing to do to them." He explained and put his shades back on.

"Well, what is we were to tell you that a gnome was planning on doing just that?" Candy asked.

"I dunno, last time I trusted humans, it didn't end well for me, why should I trust you?" He questioned.

"How about fairy dust? We can give you some of the stuff he gives us, we only need enough to knock out a unicorn anyway." Pacifica offered.

"Hmmmm, alright." He nodded.

Much later we had collected 3 butterflies in a jar. We went to the tree by Gnasty's where Grenda met up with the gnome and they exchanged the goods.

"Two bags of fairy dust, just like we agreed." He said.

"Where do you get this stuff?" Grenda asked, picking at the dust.

"Everyone likes sausage, but no one likes to know how it's made." The gnome replied as he admired his butterflies.

"You disgust me." Grenda glared.

"You got your poison; I got mine; we made a deal."

"Yeah, well, the deal is OFF!" Grenda cried and the police gnomes appeared through the bushes.

"Freeze! You're under arrest! Get down! Get down!" They cried and handcuffed the gnome.

"These butterflies aren't mine! I swear! I've been framed!" He cried as he was dragged away.

"Tell it to the adorable owl we've dressed as a judge." The lead officer said and reached his hand out to Grenda. "My cut."

Grenda handed him a bag of the fairy dust and I sighed.

"This system feels way too corrupted." Pacifica muttered and I nodded as Grenda came back.

"Alright ladies, let's gear up." Wendy said, holding up ski masks. Once we slipped those on, we crept back to the fortress.

"Good deeds. Good deeds. Aww that's not good enough! Come on, Mabel, you can do better than that!" I heard Mabel gonna from a distance and we snuck inside.

"There she is." I whispered and pointed to Celestabellebethabelle, who was reading 'Whinny, Pray, Trot'. Wendy got the dust ready as the unicorn sighed.

"Oh sure, sure, I wish I could travel, but it's just not feasible in this economy..." He was then cut off by getting hit with the fairy dust.

"What the hay?!" Celestabellebethabelle cried and fainted. The faun looked shocked and began to play S.O.S on his pipe when Grenda rushed over with a towel soaked in coliform and smacked it over his mouth.

"Sleep now! Sleeeeep." She whispered and the faun was out like a light.

"We gotta hurry, I don't know how long the dust will keep her out." I urged and Candy handed Wendy the scissors and she grabbed a chunk of the hair.

"No wait, STOP!" Mabel cried, rushing over to us.

"Mabel, ssh! You'll wake her up!" Wendy shushed.

"It has to be this way!" Pacifica added as Mabel took the scissors away.

"But this is wrong, guys!" Mabel argued.

"But protecting the Shack is good." Wendy countered.

"We tried to do this the nice way, but that didn't work out so well. I'm not letting a colorful horse keep me from protesting the ones I love." I declared, and Celestabellebethabelle then work up and noticed Mabel holding the scissors.

"What? Doth mine eyes deceive me? Thief! You shall never be pure of heeeaart!" She cried.

"Wait! Mabel was trying to stop us!" Pacifica exclaimed.

"I just want to be good like you!" Mabel cried and collapsed in defeat.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, you gotta be kidding me."

"Huh?" Mabel questioned and we turned to see two unicorns enter the scene. I decided that I would call the blue one Inky and the pink one...well Pinky.

"Yo, C-beth, are you seriously pulling this 'pure of heart' scam again?" Inky asked.

"That is messed up, man." Pinky added.

"Wait scam?" Mabel questioned.

"And there is more of you?" Pacifica asked.

"Kid, unicorns can't see into your heart. All our dumb horns can do is glow, point towards the nearest rainbow and play rave music." Pinky explained and proceeded to play some music.

"Yeah, the whole 'pure of heart' racket is just a line we use to get humans to leave us alone." Inky added.

"Guuuyys. Shut uuupp." Celestabellebethabelle pleaded.

"I KNEW there was something wrong with this!" Pacifica cried and Mabel crushed her notepad in anger.

"All this time. All this time I thought I was a bad person. But you're even WORSE than I am!" Mabel exclaimed and we gasped.

"Okay, fine. So you learned our secret. We're jerks, okay? We have more hair than we know what to do with, and we keep it to ourselves just to tick humans off. What are you gonna do about it, huh, huh? What are ya gonna DO?" Celestabellebethabelle mocked and Mabel punched her in the face.

"Oof!" She cried, rainbow blood dripping pit of her nose. We gasped gain, but Wendy quickly recovered from the shock.

"WHOO! Go Mabel!" She cried.

"Yeah, you go girl!" I added.

"Join the dark side!' Grenda exclaimed and Mabel growled, ripping the unicorn off of her sweater.

"Fight! Fight! Fight!" We chanted and Celestabellebethabelle wiped the blood away and snorted.

"Oh. So it's a fight you want. Well, then it's a fight you're gonna get!" She cried. Grenda and Wendy grabbed a rock and stick respectively as I smirked.

"Six on three, bring it on!" I laughed and we all charged at one another. Pacifica and I rushed to Inky.

"This is for scamming people who needed your help!" I exclaimed and kicked him in the chest.

"Take this you one horned jerk!" Pacifica cried and jumped on his back, pulling roughly on his mane. His head jerked back and neighed wildly. He reared up on his hind legs and I used a branch to trip him so he fell down.

"Take that!" I laughed.

"Eat pain!" Wendy cried and I turned to see her poke Celestabellebethabelle in the eye with her stick as Mabel chewed on her leg. I then noticed Candy get hit by Pinky, causing her glasses to crack.

"Candy!" Grenda exclaimed and she roared as she threw the rock at Pinky and when he dodged she gave him an uppercut. We then all stood above them filled with confidence.

"Okay, okay! We yield! Take our chest of treasures!" Inky pleaded.

"Sure, but we still want what we came for." Mabel said darkly, cracking her knuckles and grabbed a chuck of Celestabellebethabelle's hair.

"Uh Mabel, don't you need the..."

"NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGH!" Celestabellebethabelle screamed as Mabel yanked a chunk of her hair clean off.

"...scissors..." Wendy finished and Grenda grabbed the treasure chest.

"I'm going home!" She cried and we quickly followed her back to the Shack.

"Well, I had fun." Pacifica commented as we all trudged tiredly through the woods, not saying much since we just wanted to get back. Grenda held the chest as Wendy and Mabel helped make sure Candy didn't run into anything. We went inside the Shack and I heard the tail end of Dipper and Ford's conversation.

"But what about Bill? I broke the machine! Now we have no way to protect the shack!" Dipper cried with worry and Mabel slammed down the unicorn hair on the table.

"Did someone say 'unicorn hair'?!" She asked proudly, and I took notice that we weren't as beat up as the episode had showed, probably because there was two extra that went on this journey.

"Uh, no, actually?" Dipper replied.

"Oh. That would have been perfect. Either way we got some unicorn hair!" Mabel said, eagerly waving the hair in Dipper's face. Globby then rushed in and jumped onto my back.

"Hey boy. Miss me?" I asked as he gave a soft gurgle.

"We also have some unicorn tears, unicorn eyelashes..." Candy added, while gesturing to Grenda, who had out some on her face.

"Whoa, Wait we got that? Gimme!" Pacifica cried and Grenda handed her another pair and showed the treasure chest.

"They finally gave us this treasure just to get rid of us!" She explained and dumped the contents pit on the table, the majority being gold coins.

"It...can't be! This is a great day, girls! With this unicorn hair, we should be able to completely shield the shack from Bill's mind-reading tricks!" Ford exclaimed happily.

"Is it okay?" Mabel asked shyly.

"Better than okay; it's perfect! You've protected your family. You're a good person, Mabel." Ford said with sincerity.

"And we never doubted you for a moment." I added, and Mabel beamed happily.

"Thanks, Grunkle Ford, but today I learned that morality is relative." Mabel said proudly and we were all silent.

"MONEY!" Stan cried, running through the room and grabbing a handful of coins from the table.

"...well, I gotta head home and sleep for 10 hours." Pacifica said, while rubbing her eyes.

"Aww, you can't stay for a sleepover?" Mabel pouted.

"Sorry, but my parents will lock me in the manor if I don't come back. I'll see you guys later!" She said and waved to us.

"Bye Pacifica!" Dipper waved and slapped his hand over his mouth.

"That was way too loud." He whispered and Mabel squealed.

"Okay, let's call it a night." I said, clapping my hands. Wendy, Grenda and Candy left and I was getting some food from the kitchen. I guess Mabel was talking Dipper's ear off about her adventure.

"Emily." I turned and saw Ford at the doorway. Globby was on the table when we came in, and quickly rushed back into my back and glared.

"Uh, Hey Ford. Can I help you?" I asked as I handed Globby some beef jerky.

"I've been meaning to talk to you about Bill." He said and my eyes widened. Dang it, I was hoping to avoid this!

"Oh...well, what do you wanna know?" I asked.

"Why did Mabel claim he was in love with you? And why has he been in your dreams all summer?" Ford asked and I groaned.

"Oh for the love...Bill is NOT in love with me! Heck, I doubt he knows what love is! And I have no idea why he is bothering me!" I cried in frustration.

"Then why is he!?" Ford asked.

"I don't know! Okay!? He's just crazy and I don't want anything to do with him, and he hasn't bothered me for a while." I explained, crossing my arms.

"Then how did you know I knew about him?" Ford asked. My eyes widened and I then remembered the ominous warning I told Ford the night he appeared.

"Uh, the first time the twins and I fought Bill, he gave us a warning and showed a six-fingered hand, I connected the dots." I deadpanned and sighed.

"Look, I know this all is a little crazy and confusing, but trust me...I..." I stopped myself as I took one look at Ford's face and made a realization.

"Oh...I get it, you don't trust me." I said simply and clutched my necklace tightly.

"Emily...I..." Ford started, but I cut him off.

"Don't...just...don't." I said, holding my hand up and I turned to him with a serious expression.

"Look, you don't have to trust me 100%, but I will tell you this. I've already lost my sister, and I will not lose anyone else I love. I can promise you that." I vowed and rushed out of the kitchen and up to the twins room.

Leaving Ford alone with his thoughts and preparing to put on a smile.

"Hey Emily? You okay?" Mabel asked and I smiled down at her.

"Yeah, I'm good, how are you?"

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Okay, I know it has been a while, but crazy stuff has happened these last few weeks.

First, my air condition went out, and the power went out too. Both are back, so that's good. A family member of mine got trapped in the bathroom and we had to saw the door knob off to get them out.

So yeah, I've been a bit busy. And fair warning, the next chapter is gonna be LONG. So I ask that you all be patient. Please and thank you!

Now, what did you guys think of this chapter? I've been planing the beginning part for a while. It was fun to write and imagine. Originally Emily was gonna be woken up by Ford, but I decided against that. And I wanted Pacifica to join the unicorn hunt, hope you all enjoyed that.

As always, I'd love to get reviews from you all! They mean so much to me!

(Also there was a tiny Easter Egg for the future of this series, did you catch it?)

Linz2: Yeah, I felt like the twins were a bit out of character. Glad you liked the ending. I did too!

Crystal11 (Guest): Yep, it was intense, hope this chapter was worth the wait!

mew mew 124: You certainly had a lot to say! Loved your review! Anyway, Emily not stopping the twins was something I struggled with because I wanted the plot to keep moving. And Emily is trying to keep her secret under wraps. Now I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and I think you'll like the next one! ;)