The God

Chapter four

"It's Gideon." Those two words made Dipper and Mabel freeze. Gideon was the creepy fortune teller that lived down the street. A few years ago, he had a weird obsession with Mabel. He tried multiple times to get her to date him. He eventually wanted Mabel to date him so much he kidnapped her. Dipper had to save her and he used a bit of Bill's magic to help him fight Gideon.

"Gideon? Shit, what does he want now?" Dipper broke the silence, his tone dark and cold. The teen hated that man and just wanted to be rid of him forever.

Pacifica nervously looked around and then shook her head. "We need to talk somewhere safer and more private," she glanced back at the door.

Mabel nodded. "Okay," she lead the princess through the back door and into their living room and out of the bar. Mabel walked up the stairs to her room, dragging Pacifica.

Dipper followed the two girls, his fingers fumbling around with the pin in his pocket. It gave him a sense of security and blessed him the the knowledge that he had a Mage on his side. Plus, he kinda missed Bill.

Pacifica sat down, now wrapped in a towel and a blanket. The princess seemed calmer as she looked looked up into Mabel's brown eyes. "Thank you, Mabel. I appreciate your kindness, even though I was mean to you..." her blue eyes filled with guilt, but she quickly shook that out of them. "Anyway, Gideon made a deal with someone powerful. Someone who had the power to brainwash my parents. Now my Dad and Mom are forcing me to marry Gideon, convinced that he is a prince and perfect for me. All that Gideon wants is power and control over the kingdom. I won't let him have it so I ran away."

Dipper nodded as he contemplated whether Bill was the "powerful" person Gideon had made a deal with or not. The thing that made no sense to the teen, was that Bill wasn't the person to help someone take over a kingdom and brainwash people. Then again, Dipper didn't know anybody else who had that that type of power.

"It could be Cipher." Mabel blurted, glancing at Dipper. "I've heard that the God loves making deals. But what would Cipher want?" his twin's eyebrows furrowed in confusion.

"I'm not sure, but why would a God help a kid take over the kingdom?" Pacifica shrugged, confused herself. "I don't know so I came to you two. I believe that we can stop him if we work together."

Dipper agreed with the princess on that. If they all worked together, they had a greater possibly of solving the problem and saving the kingdom.

Before Dipper could speak there was a loud knocking. "Dipper. I need you for a minute." Stan yelled from outside the door.

"Coming." Dipper said and followed Grunkle Stan down the stairs and back into the tavern. There he was greeted by Gideon and a bunch of Royal Guards.

Fear stuck Dipper as his face paled. They had been caught! Gideon knew that Pacifica was here and he had come to take her back. Anger was next, flowing hot through his veins. The teen wasn't going to let Gideon take Pacifica back, he would protect her and fight Gideon.

Gideon's hair was the same as Dipper remembered, styled up and fluffy. "Dipper Pines, you are coming with us. You have been chosen as a sacrifice for the God of Dreams and Nightmares."

Dipper stood frozen, mostly out of shock and surprise. His eyes were wide and his jaw was dropped. After what felt like hours, he finally found his voice. "W-what? You are sacrificing me to Cipher? The God I don't fucking believe in?" He felt rage start to flow through him. This greedy man in front of him was going to kill him in the name of Cipher? "So you're going to kill me? And use Cipher as justification, saying that I was a noble sacrifice for a god that doesn't exist. You'll be a fucking murder." Dipper growled out, his tone cold like ice.

"I think you misunderstood me, Dipper. I don't intend to kill you. No, Cipher wants you alive. You'll see." Gideon smirked and snapped his fingers. The guards moved and surrounded Dipper as well as blocked the exit. He could run into the forest, but he could also use Bill's magic. The teen reached into his pocket and gave the pin a big squeeze, telling Bill he was in danger. He waited, but no magic showed up. No warmth, no golden glow, nothing. Dipper was really disappointed. Bill never failed, never. He always had magic to save Dipper. But the one time he needed Bill the most, he abandoned him. That hurt the teen, his heart clenching painfully in his chest. His powerful Mage ditched him.

"What's wrong, kid? Can't fight back? What happened to your magic? The golden glow and everything. Is it gone?" It was the tone of the man that irritated Dipper. It also made the teen realize something. Gideon found out about Bill, the Mage. And knew exactly that the Mage wouldn't help Dipper this time. Gideon knew. The worse scenario popped into his mind. Gideon kidnapped Bill and stopped his magic somehow. The teen's blood boiled again in anger.

"You knew?! You fucking knew! And you kidnapped Bill! You kidnapped my friend just so you could defeat me. That's horrible. You are a fucking demon. A vile monster." Dipper yelled as the guards grabbed his arms to stop him from attacking Gideon.

"Kidnap him? I would never. Stop accusing me of things I didn't do. You have no proof. But yes, I do know about that "Mage." I made a deal with him." Gideon used air quotes around the word mage. "Now, you are going to come with us nicely and I promised everything will be explained soon."

Dipper wanted to scream no. Fight back forever. Escape and run into the forest where he was always happy. He struggled until something sweet smelling was stuck in his face. Suddenly he was tired, very tired. He was on the edge of sleep. In a few more seconds he was asleep, consumed by the darkness.