Just why? (Billdip)

Chapter 4

Bill teleported us in the middle of the forest, in a part that I didn't really know. Before us was an old little house with only one storey. I helped Bill to walk to it and as we came in I saw it was completely empty. Great an empty house. That will be so comfy. Then I saw that Bill snapped again his fingers and the entire house was redecorated. Before us was the living room, with a sofa, a TV and an open kitchen. Behind it was a corridor with three doors. At the end of the corridor was the bathroom and before it were two doors, one with blue pine trees on it, my bedroom I guessed and the other with yellow triangles on it, Bill's bedroom. I helped Bill to lie down on his bed and before he could say anything more than "Thanks for believing me" I got out of the room.

It was almost lunchtime and I went to the kitchen to see if there was something edible. I looked in the fridge and surprisingly it was full of supplies. So I decided to cook for us both some meat and noodles without thinking about anything that happened before. As I finished I brought the food to Bill in his bed with a plate.

"Thanks Dipper. It's almost like you are my wife and I'm your sick husband". He said while laughing and I blushed.

We ate in silence till I asked why he was caught in this giant blue magical gem.

"As I was in Stan's mind, just before you could erase me, I could do a spell that would save me. This spell gave me the possibility to survive from the erasing by teleporting me away in the safe part of the forest. Maybe you have seen my statue over the cave where you found me."

Oh I didn't see that. The blue light was so hypnotizing and after discovering his body I didn't have time to see around.

"Oh I see, the light of the gem was attractive. But normally only someone with pure intentions could see it and free me which I assume you had." He said.

How did he know about the light? It's as if he read my mind.

"That's exactly what I'm doing. Remember I'm a dream demon Pinetree"

At these words, I frown. I didn't like to be called Pinetree and more important to remember that the person, who is eating with me, is not just any normal human being and isn't just the person I used to call William this week.

"Could you please stop calling me Pinetree please? I don't have my hat anymore it's still in my room with my other stuff like my journal and my clothes." I said frustrated.

"But I like to call you Pinetree and to tease you, it's the only fun I have today and you called me William what surely isn't my name."

"Hum okay, you can keep calling me Pinetree" and I sighed.

"And for your stuff, we can teleport back to your room and bring it with us here."

"That would be great. We could do it right after we finish eating." I said and thought about what he said to me. "But what I still don't understand is why you were stuck in this gem for so long. I mean you said it was to save you from the erasing gun but that wasn't all of its actions isn't it? You were stuck in this gem in human form and you're still weak"

"The gem didn't only save me from the erasing gun. It also healed me."

"From what?" I asked curiously.

"You know I said before that I was under the influence of the Nightmare Realm."

"Yeah I remember" I nodded.

"Before I became the all knowing and powerful demon you know, I was a weaker demon with less power, pretty much me now. When I was born I had my triangle form first, but then to make deals with humans I had to have a human form, so they would easily trust me. However, I lived so many years in this form, I think from what you call prehistory to recently, just a few time before I met Sixer. At that time I was full of greed, I wanted more. More power, more influence in the reality, more from everything. That's why I went to the Nightmare Realm. Before I only lived in the Mindscape as a minor demon but when I got there everything changed. The deeper you go in it, more powerful you become but you lose pretty much else. Your sanity, your emotions, your human form, ..."

"And you, you lose everything so you were pretty deep in it" I guessed.

"Exactly" he said as he bit into a piece of meat I had prepared.

"And the gem could heal that?"

"Yes it removes the dark energy of the Nightmare Realm what made possible the return of my feelings and everything else like my human form."

"But then why are you so weak?" even with a so muscular body. He grinned at me and I knew he read my thoughts again.

"Guess what, if you are stuck without moving for years, maybe your body doesn't appreciate it too much. Although I think in a few days I will completely recover."

"Oh, that sounds good." And we both finished eating silently.

After that I prepared myself mentally to come back to the Shack and Bill teleported us both there in our room and Bill made himself invisible on my bed while I searched for my stuff. I grabbed my backpack and put Ford's journals, my blue journal and a few clothes in it. As I was about to say to Bill wherever he was in the room that I was ready to go, Mabel came in the room. She looked at me shocked and then relieved. She ran to me and tackled me to the ground in a hug.

"Oh Dipper! You came back! I knew that you wouldn't really go with that evil dorito! I know that you will forever stay by my side as my twin brother." She said as she helped me to stand up.

"Mabel I will not stay with you here" I said looking here in the eyes. "I still can't understand why you, my twin sister, betrayed me and said these things about me in the school. And how you could act so innocently and nice with me and say that we will find the culprit when the entire time you were the one who made my life miserable. I gave everything up for you and you, you..." I couldn't finish my sentence

"I only want you by my side forever that's all. And you can't be with someone else or have any friends, I want you all for myself." She said smiling at me.

"You are sick" I almost yelled at her.

"What are you saying Dip Dop? You are the one who is crazy enough to go with a demon and leave me behind"

"You know what Mabel? That's exactly what I will do right now and live you, my sick and crazy sister, behind me." I said as I saw Bill appearing still on my bed and smiling at me. I nodded and he snapped his fingers teleporting us right to our house. But at that time I didn't know what Mabel would do to have me again by her side.