Shipping: Alright put those pitchforks away, I know, I know, I suck for neglecting this fic. Fun fact, this chapter was done since September. But I had to proofread it and I kept putting it off because I was being lazy. I also went and edited a bit of the old chapters, nothing too important to look back at. And I'm already working on the next chapter, though I might make the chapter shorter to prevent myself from getting too lazy to proofread it. DON'T WORRY THOUGH, I'm not giving up on this Fic yet, I have tons of things planned for it! I even have two different endings.

Thanks to Imnotaguestanymore, willam and jack and jake, The Last Deathly Guardian, tigerlily9996, and IceQuake for reviewing!

"And there goes the last of it, finally." Bill exhaustively declared; sealing the box with the last strip of tape remaining.

He looked over where his twin brother was and let out a huff when he saw Dipper looking through his journal (that he refused to pack with the rest of his things) instead of helping move their boxes outside.

"I know that you love to engross yourself in your journal and all, but I could use a little help with those boxes. You know, the ones YOU'RE USING AS A CHAIR." The blonde twin said; purposely raising his voice to get his brother's attention.

It worked. Dipper looked up and gave him a sheepish grin. "Oh, sorry Bill, but I'm still scratching my head over these hieroglyphics Great Uncle Ford found. Remember, how he couldn't decipher them? Well he put me in charge of them, isn't that great?! They're very strange, but interesting - I wonder what they mean…?" Dipper said so deep in thought.

"They mean, if you don't help me with those boxes I'll leave them here for the freshman to take, and I'll be sure to leave them your DD&MD board game." Bill said, ignoring the look of annoyance he received.

"Bill this is serious! What if it's predicting the end of the world or an uprising of something. Do you really want another Mabel running around in our world?" Dipper asked with a scowl.

Bill shook his head and walked over to his brother; snatching his blue journal out of his hands and putting it under his armpit.

"Mason Dipper Pines for once in your life stop. being. so. paranoid. Seriously, we're graduating in a few days and we still have to take most of these stuff back to mom and dad. Can you please just stop thinking the world is in danger every time something new is discovered. We've beaten Mabel. She's gone. The world is safe, period. Let's just move on to the next chapter of our lives and forget that nightmare."

Bill looked down at his younger twin; narrowing his eyes, he said. "Are you trying to relive the glory days? Well newsflash Dip, were not kids anymore. They're gone!"

Dipper's eyes widened, before he knew it - he furiously jumped up from his seat. Both twins now stood face-to-face glaring at one another. "That's not it!" The brunette immediately yelled.

"Then what is? Ford and Grunkle Stan have been taking care of all the supernatural stuff. They've allowed us to live a normal, safe life yet you don't seem to want to stick with it." Bill half growled.

"Why are you being like this Bill! You used to love going on adventures and experiencing the supernatural with me, don't you remember? Why is it that now you want us to sit every single one down?" Dipper yelled back.

Bill's face turned red in anger as he yelled out."Because I don't want to lose you!"

Dipper's eyes grew wide once again - but this time in realization."You're not... you're not going to lose me, Bill." He said softly, almost in a whisper.

The supernatural always had a knack of following them around, whenever they wanted it to or not. Over the years after their first summer at Gravity Falls they've fought against vampires, werewolves, ghouls, and even other demons. He had given up hope that he and Dipper would live normal lives years ago. Even so - he still tried to keep a bit of normalcy between them. Sadly it never lasted before they were thrown back in the world of the supernatural, all he could do was keep his twin safe and prevent him from getting over his head

He was after all the eldest twin - or what he liked to call himself, the Alpha Twin. It was a title he took pride in, because being the eldest sibling meant protecting your youngest sibling, right?

Bill still remembers the moment he took that role. It was in first grade and a bunch of asshoe third graders had locked Dipper in the janitor's room. He recalls confronting the bullies and demanding where they had Dipper and then promptly getting his ass kicked until they took pity on him and told him where he was. Even though a bit beaten and bruised he still managed to limp his way towards the janitor's room and unlock the door. The sight he was met made him furious, his tear-stained brother was huddled up in the dark corner of the room, he could hear his small hiccups all the way from the doorway. Bill rushed over to him and called his name, but what happened next surprised him; Dipper embraced him. It didn't feel like one of their awkward sibling hugs, no, this one was more sincere. It took a moment to respond back, but his brother didn't seem to mind. They stayed together for half an hour until Dipper felt better, afterwards Dipper lend his shoulder to help him walk back home. That day two new things happened - one, they had discovered their sincere sibling hug and two, he made a vow that no matter what the cost, no matter what came between them, he would always protect his brother.

Bill stared at him before looking away. "How do I know?"

"You gotta trust me." In other circumstances Bill would have rolled his eyes and said something like 'this coming from the guy who has major trust issues'. But he never realized that maybe he should have put more faith in Dipper than he deserved, he was afterall his brother and best friend.

"I trust you." Bill simply said, returning the journal to him, earning a smile from Dipper. "We can talk more about us going out on adventures once we settle back at Gravity Falls."

Dippers smile immediately fell. "Yeah, Gravity Falls… about that Bill..."

"Uh-oh, I know that tone Dipper. What is it?"

"I know you're going to hate me for not telling you this, but me and Pacifica... uh." Dipper looked down at his shoes, a habit Bill learned was never a good sign.

"What about you two? Wait, don't tell me you already got her pregnant?" Bill nearly screamed as he looked at him, astonished.

The brunette blushed red. "What? No no that's not it! What the hell Bill!"

"Oh... well that's a bummer, and here I thought I was becoming an uncle, ha! Still can't believe your love life is better than mine." Bill chuckled, but it came out dry. "I doubt I will ever be as lucky as you." his shoulder slumped as he closed his eyes.

Dipper stared at his twin, a bit unsure of how to respond. "Hey, come on Bill, don't say that, you'll find a girl just as crazy and fun as you." Dipper said, trying to sound optimistic.

Opening his eyes, Bill straightened his back. "I don't doubt you about the crazy part. I just don't know what's wrong with me - I always seem to attract psychotic women. Like Danielle, the girl I dated back in high school, she had her own parents locked in her basement for months! Sometimes it keeps me up at night thinking of how I might have ended up like them if the cops didn't investigate her house. Oh and remember Evelyn, the girl with the blue pigtails? We were together for half a year, I really thought we had something. Until she accused me of pug trafficking to hide her tracks - didn't think she had it in her. Seriously it's always, always, the last ones you'd expect that turn around and stab you in the back." Bill fumed, thinking back at all his failed relationships.

"Good thing you're not like them, right Dip? You always have my back." Bill grinned at his younger brother which he didn't notice made Dipper uneasy.

"The only thing good that came out of dating her was that I now know a couple of people who can help me smuggle some pugs and other illegal animals through borders. Highly doubt I'll ever need them, but hey, connections, right? Still can't believe she almost got me to go to Canada with her for a 'business trip'." Bill laughed; sounding as empty as before.

Dipper coughed. "There's actually something important i've been meaning to tell you, Bill. I don't know how to say this so I'm just going to say it: me and Pacifica, we're not returning to Gravity Falls with you."

Silence filled the room before a loud "WHAT?!" emitted from Bill's throat.

"Well... Pacifica and me thought we should travel a bit before settling down, you know?" The younger twin scratched the back of his head nervously; looking anywhere, but at his enraged brother. "I know for sure I want to marry her in a few more years, but before that I want to travel with her. And I can't see that happening if both of us are home raising kids. So before that I want to travel and see new things."

"You'll still be able to discover new things if you return to Gravity Falls! You'll also be close to our family!" Bill tried to reason, still not believing his ears.

"I'm sorry Bill, but I already discussed this with Great Uncle Ford and he thought it was a great idea. He also wanted me to collect some data from several parts of the world and-."

"And so you're just going to leave me alone." Bill said in a low voice, it took everything he had not lash out at his brother. Dipper was going to leave him again and once again it was Ford's doing! Of course he had every right to be mad.

"No, you won't be alone. You'll have Soos, Melody, and their kids over there and I heard that Wendy visits somedays from Portland, you'll see her too." Dipper said gently.

'So? They're not my little brother!' Bill wanted to spit out but remained quiet.

Dippers shoulders slumped down - he thought telling Bill the truth would maybe lift the weight off of them, but instead seemed to make them even heavier just by looking at his twin's hurt expression. "I'm sorry Bill, I really am. I know we planned to go back together and start our new life and everything. But I feel like I need to do this, and besides I'm only putting our plans on hold. I still want to stay at Gravity Falls, but I want to see the world first."

Silence.

The brunette swallowed his saliva and raised his fist up, signaling him to do their signature mystery twins fist bump. "Come on, we're always going to be mystery twins no matter what, right?"

Bill still refused to say anything, however he stared at the awaiting fist.

He wanted to stay angry at him. He wanted to hold a grudge on his Grunkle Ford for persuading Dipper to leave him. He wanted to be selfish and beg Dipper to come back with him to Gravity Falls.

...But he couldn't. He couldn't do that to his little brother.

He knew he was going to have to let Dipper go. He was not going to be able to protect him forever.

He closed his eyes briefly.

He knew what he had to do. So with the best forced smile he could muster up, he bumped his fist with his brothers.

"Yeah...Mystery Twins for life bro..."

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When Bill awoke, he was surprised to find himself back at his apartment

What wasn't surprising though, was seeing Mabel rummaging through his drawer (seriously does she not know what privacy is?!)

Mabel stopped and turned around to greet him "Hiya Corn Chip!" What he found off about her was that she was no longer wearing her tailcoat and top hat attire, instead wore an oversized blue sweater with white stars on it, blue jeans and black boots Wendy probably would have liked, and a black headband that held her long hair. It was extremely different from her old attire, it gave her more of the appearance of a normal human girl. Of course Bill would never admit it out loud, but it really seemed to suit her, almost like she belonged in those clothes.

He continued to observe her, until a sound of awe escaped from her; snapping him out of his dazed state. Bill saw her slowly pull out his old grappling hook from the drawer.

"Oh, hey! I remember this, your old grappling hook. This has gotten you out of a lot of sticky situations, right?" She smiled fondly and twirled his grappling hook around her finger. "Stars, it seems like only yesterday I was trying to take over your world and reshape it as my own." Mabel said in dream like manner.

Bill's eyes widened. "Hey! Careful! It's not as stable as it used to be. One wrong push and the hook will go off an-." Getting out of bed, he quickly regretted it as a sudden wave of dizziness hit him.

The twin lurched forward, believing he was going to hit the floor he braced for impact, but it never came. He felt a force holding him still; preventing his face from meeting the floor. It lifted him up and gently place him back in bed. Bill looked back at Mabel with a surprised look on his face.

Her raised hand went to her mouth as she tried to cover up her laughter. "I guess someone shouldn't have been a weasel and drank a lot." Mabel laughed clearly doing a terrible job at covering it up.

Bill rolled his eyes, he had half of mind to tell her to kindly fuck off, but recalling the incident that happened between them a short while ago he decided to keep his mouth shut.

"What are we doing back at my apartment, Mabel?" Bill quietly asked, massaging his forehead, his head was throbbing, he wonders why he didn't feel it when he first woke up.

"I took you back here to help you pack, doi." Mabel said pointing to the boxes on the floor. "I also took the liberty of burning the things you don't need, like those magazines under your bed" She wrinkled her nose in disgust before smiling once again.

"Do you not know anything about privacy and personal space?" He growled.

"Hmm. Absolutely no privacy whatsoever, because privacy is a lie created by your government to get you guys to continue doing your normal daily routine without knowing you're being watched and 'personal space' has the word 'person' in it, and seeing as I'm not a person but a demon. I guess... no." She replied nonchalantly.

Bill tried to stand up again but slumped back in bed; only managing to sit up with his back leaning against the headboard. All the while Mabel floated over to him; only stopping a foot away from his bed.

"Now that you're awake there's something i've been meaning to tell you." The demon began. "Look, I was thinking really hard on this - which I hate doing since it hurts my head, but Corn Chip? I know we got off on the wrong foot and everything, but I would like a second chance to start over." Mabel held her hand out and smiled. "After all, we're going to be spending lots of time together from now on. So we can continue to get on each other's throats or we can learn to get along."

"And how do you expect me to trust you? You're the most untrustworthy perso-...erm demon I know." The blonde crossed his arms and glared up at her. "There's also the issue of being your toy."

Mabel's lips turned into a vicious frown as she pulled her hand back.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I was under the impression you give your trust away like Summerween candy - seeing as you trusted your Grunkle over your twin when it came to the faith of the world." Bill flinched at the memory yet Mabel continued. "There's also the trust you still maintained with old Fordsy, even after he was going to take your brother away from you and the list continues, yet you won't share a shred of trust with me?" She sounded like a child being rejected a cookie even after being promised one.

Her facade was perfectly executed, she even put on her perfect sad stare to guilt trip him. Mabel honestly thought she had him on the bag.

Unfortunately for her it didn't work out like she planned.

"Do you really think I'm stupid enough to believe that act you just put on?" Bill asked in total disbelief and anger.

"...So what was it that gave it away?" Mabel questioned, tilting her head sideways.

"I've dated tons of girls who tried to get me to buy them things or get certain favors, believe me I already know that trick." Bill sighed, just the mere memory of them was making his migraine worse.

"Well shoot, I thought this was going to be easier." Mabel huffed before blowing a raspberry. "Would it make you feel safer if I told you I'm currently on vacation."

"Vacation?" Bill asked back in confusion.

"Yes, as a matter of fact I'm taking a small break on the whole world domination plan and been catching up on my knitting and sticker collecting for the past decade. If you want proof then look at the town - it isn't burning. Trust me, I could have burned this hick town to the ground if I wanted to." Mabel said crossing her arms, clearly annoyed he didn't fall for her trick.

"So what about your deals?"

"I'm still a well known demon and as such I still require to make them to increase my powers. I also can't be slacking off on my deals or else I won't ever hear it from the other demons in the mindscape." She tiredly sighed.

"So you're not going to take over the world?"

She shook her head. "Not at the moment, no."

"That's… honestly the best thing I've heard in a long while." Bill wanted to laugh. To believe this demon that threatened his family was taking a break. She couldn't cause as much trouble as those demons he and Dipper fought in high school, right? Then that also means she won't hurt his family. The fear he once felt from her immediately left him, for the first time since he made a deal with Mabel he felt calm.

"Hardy har har, Corn Chip. Don't compare me to those weak demons you've fought over the past or whatever, they're nothing but children compared to me. But let's forget about that! I was being sincere about the last thing." Mabel began to stalk closer to him, enough to where he could smell the scent of daisies she was emitting.

Bill raised a brow. "You mean about the whole starting over junk? I thought it was a joke?"

"Nope. I was being 100% serious, surprisingly. I want us to start over and maybe become... umm friends? That's the word you humans use right?"

"Why?" Bill asked cautiously.

"It gets a bit boring here in the physical world, yeah, I could always go back to the mindscape and see my demon posse, but I like it here better, more chaos to spread and lives to ruin." Mabel giggled.

"And if I say no."

"Then I will continue to make your life a living hell, but this time we can take that show to the mindscape with not only me driving you insane, but also my posse. So what do you say, truce?" She held her hand out again and winked (or so he believed, seriously how would he know? She does only have one eye.)

I guess it's better than having to fight all the time. True, Bill knows he wouldn't trust her as far as he can throw her - but maybe, just maybe, there's a way to convince her to stop doing the things she does. He likes to think there's good in everyone, especially a demon hellbent on the total annihilation of his world and everyone he love-, okay maybe he shouldn't be thinking about that right now. So if he does manage to change her, he'd be doing society and the world a big favor and she may even let him go.

Finally making up his mind he looked back at the the awaiting demon. "If you're still willing to keep your promise to not lay a single finger on my family, or my friends, or anyone I know, then fine whatever."

He lifted his hand to shake hers, but was shocked when Mabel instead tackled him into a hug.

"Yay! I'll leave them alone in this lifetime then, I won't promise I'll be generous in the next one though." Bill wanted to ask her what she meant by that, but decided against it, knowing it was going to worsen his migraine if she tried to explained it to him.

"Now that we got that settled, here." She snapped her fingers and a tea cup appeared before him.

Bill took it in his hand and stared down at the red liquid. "What is this?" He asked.

"Oh you know~? Virgin blood." Mabel answered with a smile.

A look of disgust crossed Bill's face before he proceeded to fling the tea cup away.

The liquid didn't even touch his sheets before Mabel used her magic to make it disappear and appear back in his hands. "Just kidding! Oh man the look on your face!" Mabel laughed making the human glare intensely at her.

After a moment the demon stopped and patted his head gently.

"No, but seriously, this is just a bit of potion I got from Granny Midna. It will help relieve that hangover of yours much faster than any human remedies." Mabel said cheerfully.

"No thanks, I'll just take some-" He was quickly cut off.

"Oh come on, I went through all the trouble looking for her and asking her to make it. I thought friends trusted each other? Are you really going to be a hypocrite now?" He cursed himself for forgetting.

"Fine. But I swear Mabel if this makes me grow an extra limb or something you can forget about me giving you a second chance."

"Okay, I promise on all of my sweaters." She raised both of her hands upward.

"That doesn't comfort me at all."

"Well it should! I only knit the best sweaters in the whole galaxy! They're one of a kind! Stars, if I had a soul for every time someone asked me to knit them one I would be able to make soul pies for all the demons in the multiverse!" Bill wanted nothing more than to roll his eyes at that statement, but knew the demon would take that as an insult, and the last thing he wanted was to provoke Mabel again - it's best to stay safe after all, since he doesn't know what might trigger her.

Instead he took a large gulp, keeping the liquid in his mouth for a bit longer than intended before swallowing.

"Welllll~" Mabel chirped.

"I guess it isn't that bad, I'm even feeling a little better..." As he said that though his face started to itch.

His hands immediately went to his face as he started to scratch it. It felt like his face was on fire.

Bill looked back at Mabel who had the same amount of panic he had.

"What's happening to me?!" Bill yelled.

"Uh oh, I think you're having an allergic reaction from that potion. You might have been allergic to one of the ingredients in it. Hehe Maybe I should have told you what was inside of it before I made you drink it, he he heh" She chuckled nervously "Oops"

"Mabel!" He screamed, knowing full well this was just the tip of the Iceberg.

Shipping: Hey psst, keep your eyes out for two new mabill one-shots I'll be releasing soon. *whisper* One of them is going to be a Vampire!Bill and Hunter!Mabel AU.