It's Where My Demons Hide

Chapter 35

Previously on It's Where My Demons Hide . . .

Dipper had accidentally time travelled and ended up in the future. There, he met Alcor the Dreambender and the mysterious Demon Huntress, who was later revealed to be Wendy Corduroy.

Now, Dipper is with Wendy in the Time Centre. What will happen?

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For once in his life, Dipper was speechless.

He had battled a hundred of gnomes, fought dozens of supernatural creatures, jumped off a cliff to save his sister from a so-called psychic, and done countless of things most people would have described as "insane".

However, nothing had prepared him for this. It just wasn't what he expected.

Wendy was the Huntress, Dipper thought as he ran his fingers through his hair, laughing drily in disbelief. His brown locks covered his eyes, casting a dark shadow on his face. How could he have not known it earlier? And why had Wendy shown him her identity when she had told him that it was confidential few moments ago?

Dipper pinched his nose bridge. This was really confusing and definitely unexpected. It was as if he was one of the characters of a cartoon, and this reveal was a plot twist. He laughed again. Plot twist. He had gone mad, hadn't he? Were the Fates toying around him again?

He raised his head and studied his first crush.

Everything about her was the same with few exceptions. Her usual outfit used to be an emerald green plaid shirt and jeans, but now she was wearing a neon orange and black armor suit. The biggest change was her hair though. Before she had long red hair just past her hips; now, her hair was chin length blunt bob, with few white streaks.

She reminded him of the woman from the movie, Tron.

"So," Dipper started, breaking the awkward silence. "What do you hunt?"

"Demons," replied Wendy. "I'm surprised you don't know that."

"Well," said Dipper, feeling guilty of what he was going to say next. "The place where I came from had cut off all the connections to the outside world, because they believed they could 'intensify their development' themselves without any 'aid from their adversaries,' so we don't really know what's going on."

"Oh."

They continued staring at each other. Dipper realized that her eyes had lost its glimmering of mirth and joy, and instead was filled with heavy responsibility and weariness. Her face was stern and serious. It seemed as if she never truly smiled or laughed for a long time. Dipper wondered what happened to her few years ago; wondering what had caused the laidback Wendy to be such a serious huntress. It didn't fit her.

Another question was also bothering him: Why would she hunt demons? Did that mean demons were now very common in this timeline, that there were even jobs to hunt them down? That meant they had broken the barrier of the Nightmare Realm and the Reality. If it was true, this also meant that Bill had ---

Dipper clutched his head and groaned. He cursed through his gritted teeth, ignoring the worried looks Wendy was giving him. Curse that triangular demon! Curse the suspense! Damn it all!