Whoo here we go now! Let's not bother with the pointless author's note and get Straight into the chapter!

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Light poured in from the large window in the twins room. Dipper rubbed his eyes and sat up in his bed, it was still kind of early but he wasn't going to fall back to sleep anyway, so he got up. A glance to Mabel's side of the room told him she was still fast asleep. He debated as to if he should wake her up but decided against it.

He rummaged though his suitcase looking for something to wear but mostly just found these odd t-shirts. They were okay but... it was cold outside. Didn't he have anything abit warmer?

Eventually he found something, a thinker sweatshirt and blue jeans. He was just about to change when he glance back at Mabel. He sighed and shook his head. 'Come on don't be weird about it. She's asleep, And She's Your Sister.' But his insecurities got the better of him and he went to go change outside of the room.

Downstairs in the kitchen Stan and Soos were already up and Ford... was less than half awake after Stan forcibly pulled him out of the lab. He grumbled and rubbed his head. "I should be working." He said begrudgingly.

"And you can go right back, After you've eaten. You and I both know you can't work on an empty stomach." Stan said as he was cooking something over the stove.

Ford yawned and rested his chin on his hand. "Fine I suppose you have a point. Soos do me a favor and brew me a cup of coffee." He asked.

"You got it mister Pines." Soos said.

Stan heard a set of footsteps walking down the steps and looked up. "Hey Dip, ya hungry?"

Dipper gave a nod and pulled out a chair. "Yeah sure." He said sitting down at the table.

Soos smiled and waved at him. "Morning Dude, did ya sleep well?" He asked as he placed a coffee cup by Ford.

"Yeah I slept alright... uhh..." Dipper stuttered. He didn't know his name.

"Soos." Ford finished for him before sipping his coffee.

Dipper glanced at Ford. "Oh, alright, sorry Soos." He said quietly looking back at him.

Soos gave a faint grin. "It's cool Dude, it's not your fault."

Stan had finished cooking and placed the food on a few plates. "Is Mabel up yet?" He asked.

Dipper looked down and rubbed his head. "Uhh, no. I didn't want to wake her up."

Stan passed out the plates and sighed. "I'll go check on her, be right back." He said as he headed up stairs. He opened the door to their room and saw her still fast asleep in her bed. "Mabel..." He said softly, shaking her arm. Mabel mumbled something and turned away. "Come on kid, I don't want you sleeping all day. You need to get up."

Mabel mumbled again but sat up. She rubbed her head and looked up at him. "Hey Grunkle Stan. Sorry about sleeping in." She said quietly.

"Don't worry about." Stan started. "Did you have trouble sleeping?" He asked.

"Little bit..." Mabel admitted.

Stan gave a little sigh but smiled at her. "Alright, well at least come down and get something to eat. If your still tired after that then you can come back up here and try to get some more sleep." He said.

Mabel nodded and rubbed her eye. "Okay, be down in a minute."

"Good, don't take too long." Stan said before leaving the room.

Mabel got up and got dressed in a few minutes then headed downstairs. "Morning..." She said groggily. Mabel glanced at quickly Dipper then looked down again.

Ford glanced at her. "There you are Mabel."

"You feeling alright?" Soos asked.

Mabel nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine." She said sitting next to Dipper.

Stan handed her a plate of food. "There you go kido."

"Thanks." Mabel said quietly.

Dipper glanced at Mabel and rubbed his head. He should say something. "So uhh... how did you sleep?" He asked.

Mabel looked down at her food and shrugged. "I slept fine." She lied.

"Oh okay." He said looking back down at his food.

There was a moment of silence in the room. Between Ford barley being awake and the twins not really knowing what to say to each other, it was pretty quiet. Stan rubbed his head and looked around. "So Soos, ya need any help fixing anything today." He was trying to break the tension.

"Oh uh sure." Soos started. "I've been wanting to fix up one of the old displays. It should be alot easier with no one in the store. So I think I'll start that today."

"Oh good, I can help you with that later." Stan said.

The two rambled on about that for awhile till everyone finished their food. Ford got up and rubbed his head. "I'm going downstairs, don't bother me unless it's important." His voice was alittle rough, but it was mostly from being tired. He didn't sound angry.

Stan sighed. "Alright Fordsy, don't work yourself to death. Soos, let's get started on that display."

"Cool dude, let's go." Soos said following him to the next room.

Mabel went and put her plate away before looking back at Dipper. She rubbed her head and smiled faintly. "Hey Dip... you want to watch TV?" She asked.

Dipper shrugged and got up. "Alright." He said as the headed to the living room. Dipper sat down on the couch as Mabel turned on the TV.

"So what do you wanna watch?" She asked without thinking.

Dipper looked down and rubbed his head. "Uhh, I- I don't know." He said quietly.

Mabel winced slightly. "Right sorry." She said flipping to a random channel.

Dipper looked at the TV but wasn't paying much attention. 'What am I suppose to do? Should we talk or maybe I should ask her something.' There was something he actually wanted to ask her. "Hey Mabel, what are we going to do when we go back home?" He asked.

Mabel rubbed her arm and looked down. "I... I'm not sure. I was hoping we'd fix it before we leave."

"Right." Dipper said quietly.

He looked back at the TV and didn't say anything after that. It was unnervingly quiet between them. That bothered Mabel, she was use to this. That awkward silence, the out of place feeling, not knowing how to keep a conversation going with someone. Just... not with Dipper. She was having the same amount trouble talking to Her Brother that she would talking to a complete stranger. Suddenly Mabel got up. "I'm going upstairs."

Dipper glanced at her. "Alright." He said as she headed up the steps. He had a feeling she was upset, but what was he suppose to do? He didn't know what would make her feel better, odds are he'd just make it worse. So he stayed downstairs. Dipper sighed and rubbed his arm.

Stan glanced at him from a crossed the room and walked up to him. "You alright kid?" He asked.

Dipper shook his head and looked down. "I feel like I'm messing everything up." He said quietly.

Stan sighed and rubbed his shoulder. "It's alright, it's not your fault."

Mabel sat on her bed in the room and stared at the floor. The emotions didn't hit her right away, but she knew it was coming. Her breathing was starting to hitch as tears went down her face. "I- I want my brother back." She said with a sniffle as she started to sob.

Suddenly a flash of light emulated from the window and Bill materialized from it. "Well well well, long time no See Pine-Tree." He said with a laugh. Mabel was now standing up, tears were still in her eyes but she was obviously more angry. She glared at him as she stared to put it together. Bill looked at her. "Oh come on, don't look at me like that. If you had just agreed to give me the journal when we first met, this would of never happened. I warned you." He said.

"You planned this." Mabel said, her voice was weak. But the anger was still there.

"Oh I Absolutely did!" Bill said floating around the room. "Every little detail. The When, Why, How and most importantly the Who. And let me tell ya something Pine-Tree, for awhile it was gonna be you who was going to lose your memory."

That got Mabel to look up. "Me?"

Bill stopped and looked at her again. "Yup, but then I though about it for a moment. Cause yeah sure, Shooting-Star might be abit more rash and less likely to think out his decisions but..." Bill looked down and rubbed the top of his triangular body. "I don't think I'd actually be able to convince him that you wouldn't get better. No no, he would think that with time, patients and by showing you a few pictures that you would Magically remember Everything!" Bill chuckled. "With the powers of Love and Friendship ALL your problems will be solved, like a Disney production." Bill said with another laugh. But then his demeanor changed, he looked down at Mabel with an almost sad expression. "But we aren't in a Disney production, are we Pine-Tree?" He asked, his voice was soft. Mabel looked down and rubbed her eye. "That not how the world works. And while magic might exist, it doesn't work the way most people think it does."

"How are you going to fix him?" Mabel's voice was harsh.

Bill's demeanor flipped back to his terrifyingly happy self as he laughed and clapped his hands. "Oh Ho-Ho! Right Down To Business Huh? I like it! So you want me to restore you brother's memory-"

"How?" Mabel cut him off.

Bill was quiet for a second then got it. "Ohhh, you wanna know how I'm going to do it. Alright Pine-Tree, that's a reasonable request. It's the same way I create nightmares." Bill raised up his hands, and the shadows it made large monster like claws that stretched onto the floor and walls. Mabel didn't react to it and just stared at him. Bill lowered his hands. "But you want more of an explanation than that. I could tell you it's just magic, and while that's partly true, I think you know it's more than that. I dought you know how a human brain works, most adults don't, so I'll give you a somewhat... simple explanation." He started. "Memories and everything you've ever learned are all a result of patterns of electrical pules through your neurons. It's not the actual neurons that matter but the electrical pulse going through them."

Bill started to chuckle. "It's funny, I use to think restoring memory was as simple as recreating images in the brain exactly as they had been before. But no, you can show hundreds of people the exact same image and they will all have a different pattern to remember it, you might not notice, but it is different. It's the Pattern of the electrical pulse that's important. Cause here the interesting thing Pine-Tree, the pattern 1. 2. 3..." Bill paused between each number. "triggers a totally different memory, reaction ext. to the pattern 1 2 3." He said that fast. "And the number of pulses can go up to as hight as... well, not quite infinity but pretty darn close and you can have them in any pattern." He chuckled and looked away. "It's really quite fascinating. Anyway, you remembered the mind-scape right? While it isn't a direct part of the biological brain, it does have a direct Effect on it. And no science or medicine will Ever be able to fix the mind-scape, just trust me on that. But you know who Caann?" He said in a smug tone. "Me." Then Bill looked back down at her. "So to put it simply, I will fix your brother by fixing his mind-scape and restoring the patters."

Mabel looked at him for a second. "He'll be like he was before?"

"Like the blaster never even fired." Bill said quietly.

Mabel took a deep breath and looked down. "What do you want?" She asked.

Bill chuckled and folded his arms. "Lets be honest here for a second Pine-Tree, does it really matter what I want?" He said narrowing his eye.

He had her beat. Mabel looked down and raised her hand.

"That's The Spirit!" Bill said with a laugh. His hand emulated with the glow of a blue flame as he shook Mabel's hand. And a second later, he disappeared.

Bill took to a spiritual form and found his way to Dipper and entered into the mind-scape. He glanced around, it mostly consisted of thoughts and not many memories, but that was to be expected. 'Alright the quicker I do this the quicker I can get this all done.' He said getting into position. Then his eye began to glow a bright light blue. 'Iq tfii xii wljb yxwh, Sl pxvp I tel fkslisbp qeb mltbo lc qeb Nxooxqlo' The Spell while technically not spoken seemed to echo in the space of the mind scape. And with that, what few images in the mind-scape there were went black. But only for a second.

Then everything erupted into shapes, colors, images and memories. Bill chuckled. 'There we go, right as rain. Now to go collect my end the deal.' He said before disappearing again.

Dipper had blacked out for a few seconds but came back. It took him a few seconds to collect his thoughts but when he did, a grin spread a crossed his face. "I... remember."

"What was that Dude?" Soos asked from a crossed the room.

Dipper chuckled. "I remember." He said again before jumping up. "I Remembered I Remembered I Remembered!" He yelled running around the room.

Stan looked at him. "Whoa kid slow down, what do you remember?" He asked.

"EVERYTHING!" Dipper said with a laugh.

Mabel could hear him from upstairs. She smiled faintly and looked at the floor. "Alright Pine-Tree, I kept my end of the deal. Now you keep yours." Bill's voice came from behind her.

Mabel turned and glared at him, clenching her fist. "Alright, what do you want?" She asked. Her voice was quite, but harsh.

Bill floated over to her. "Just hold out your hand."

Mabel stepped back slightly. "Why?"

Bill stopped and shrugged. "Hey, if you don't want to I can just wipe his memory again." He said nonchalantly. That wasn't true, he could create images but not destroy them. Thus he couldn't actually wipe memories on his own, but he had a feeling Mabel wasn't going to figure that out. He was right.

"Alright alright!" Mabel said walking up to him.

Bill narrowed his eye and nodded. "That's what I thought." He hand emulated with a blue flame once more before stretching it out.

Mabel tensed up but nodded. "Okay." She said taking another step forward and shaking his hand.

"Alright Pine-Tree." He started. "The thing I want is... YOU!" His eye widened and flashed a light blue.

Mabel felt something, most likely Bill, pull her back. She expected to feel herself fall to the ground or stumble into something but no. She didn't feel... Anything. She looked around to find that oddly enough, she was floating above the floor. A wave of panic came over her as she frantically looked around. But then she heard a laugh. The chilling thing was, it was Her laugh. Mabel turned around to see her body push it's self up from the ground.

There was another laugh, it was definitely her voice. But something about the tone was different. "Oh boy it's been awhile since I've been in a human body. Hopefully I'm not out of practice."

Mabel would of felt sick if she could feel anything at all. "...Bill?"

Bill grinned and tuned to her. "Yes Pine-Tree?" He asked.

'What... did you do?' Her voice shook. 'Am I-'

"No your not dead." He cut her off. "Your just a spirit, there's a difference. And as for your body, I'm just borrowing it." Bill said with a grin as he straightened the cloths of his new found puppet. "You'll get it back when I'm done." He walked in a circle a few times just to be sure he had a handle on it.

Mabel stiffened, well... as much as a spirit can stiffen. "What are you planning?" She asked.

Bill grinned at her again. "Why don't you just come along and find out?" He said walking towards the door. "Oh, and Pine-Tree." He started. "Don't bother trying to talk to anyone else, I'm the Only one who can see or hear you like this." He said with a laugh.

Bill made his way down the steps but was met by a small pig blocking the hall. A glare on his face as he grunted. Bill just chuckled and folded his arms. "Hey! Guess I should of expected to see you here, long time no see buddy. I'm not even going to bother trying to trick you."

Waddles grunted again and stomped it's hoof, but Bill laughed again. "What are you going to do? You can't attack me, not here anyway. They'll think your attacking Mabel." Bill said walking passed the pig. "It's a shame you can't talk to them. You might actually be able to warn them then." He said with a cruel laugh.

"Whoa whoa wait, what do you mean you remember everything?" Stan asked watching Dipper.

Dipper grinned and walked up to him. "I just... do. One minute I was confused and couldn't think about much then I was back."

"That's Awesome Dude!" Soos said excitedly.

There was a slight look of skepticism and concern on Stan's face. "Are you sure you really remember everything? It might just be... Alot of memories."

"Trust me I remember Everything." Dipper said confidently. "I remember home, all my friends, uhh... the stuff I actually remembered from school I remember again." He said with a chuckle. "I remember when I was little, things I talked about, stuff I did with Mabel and-" Suddenly Dipper gasped. "Mabel." Just as the realization hit him heard Mabel walk into the room and grinned. "Mabel!" He yelled before going to hug her.

Soos smiled and look at Stan. "Isn't this great dude?"

Stan was quiet for a second. "...I don't know yet." He said before walking to the lab door. "Be right back."

Dipper laughed and hugged Mabel tightly. "Mabel Mabel! I Remember!" He said excitedly.

There was a brief pause, not long, but just enough to notice before Dipper felt her return the embrace. "That's great Dipper, I was getting worried."

Something was wrong. Dipper pulled back and looked at her, he looked worried, if not slightly confused. "Mabes, you alright?" He was going to ask that to be sure she wasn't upset, but now he was asking because... something was off about how she was acting.

Mabel grinned and nodded. "Yeah I'm fine. Just glad your better now." She said.

Dipper gave a faint smile and looked around before looking back at her. "Hey um, I'm gonna go talk to Grunkle Ford, I'm sure he wants to know what happened." He said with a somewhat forced grin.

"Alright cool have fun talking with f- Grunkle Ford." She said.

Dipper nodded and walked away, once he was out of sight he looked down and rubbed his head. 'Whats going on with her? This isn't right, she wouldn't act like this normally. ...Did Fiddleford do something to her?' Dipper stiffened but then shook his head at the thought. 'No, not possible.' He was passed out in the time between when Fiddleford pulled the trigger and when he woke up at the museum so he didn't really know what had happened. But, it was less than an hour, she couldn't of been hurt... right?

'But she's not acting like herself. Calm down, she's just freaked out and just trying to hide it. I Know How She Acts When She's Freaked Out And Trying To Hide It. Not. Like. THAT! She's Calm, what are you so worried about? I'm worried Because she's calm! She would Not be calm in this situation.' He argued back and forth with himself before sighing and shaking his head. 'Just go talk to Ford, you'll figure this out later.'

But as Dipper walked down the steps to the lab he could here Stan and Ford talking. "I'm just telling you what he told me alright. I don't know if he remembers everything."

Ford sighed and rubbed his head. "I just don't understand, I don't think he should have been able to get Any memories back. Certainly not on his own."

Dipper listened in but stayed out of sight. "Can't you just be happy he got his memory back?" Stan asked.

"It's not that I'm not happy." Ford started. "I'm just worried as to how it happened."

Dipper felt alittle numb and crept back up the stairs. 'What's going on?' He thought to himself as he got to the top of the steps. But his attention was drawn back by Waddled snorting and nudging his leg. "Waddles? What's up buddy?" Waddles looked up at him and pushed the journal towards him. It was open to the page about Bill. Now don't ask me how Waddles managed to open the journal to a specific page without damaging the book at all, just trust me when I say he did.

"What's this?" Dipper asked picking up the journal. Bill, Dipper didn't like thinking about Bill much. Something about him was very unsettling, those ironically he didn't know much about him. Time to fix that.

'At this current point in time Bill Cipher is restricted to a spiritual/mental form. He has almost no power in this form say for entering and altering a persons mind-scape and possessing people. However even these powers are restricted, in the sense that he can only access either of those powers by making a deal with someone. To my knowledge he can only possess the person he makes a deal with...'

Dipper stopped reading after that. 'Bill can possess people, by making deals with them.' The gears in his head started to turn. According to what Ford said, he couldn't of gotten his memory back on his own. And Mabel probably knew that. Dipper looked up from the journal and glanced acrossed the room at... what looked like his sister.

His grip tightened around the journal as he looked down, his expression hardening slightly before Waddles grunted and nudged him again. Dipper looked at him and smiled faintly. "Good Susile." He said patting his head. That got Waddles to snort and look up. Dipper smiled. "Fiddleford told me about what you are." He said. Waddles squealed happily and jumped on him. Dipper laughed and patted his head again before looking up. 'I gotta fix this.' He thought to himself.

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Bill looked around the museum with a faint grin. 'So this is what Fordsy did with the place. Not bad, but I gotta find a way to get down to the lab.' He thought to himself.

"Hey Mabel." Bill looked over to see Dipper walking over to him.

Bill gave and smiled and walked up to him. "Hey how's it going Bro?" He asked.

Dipper looked around then smiled faintly. "Uh hey, you wanna go monster hunting out in the forest?" He asked with a grin.

"Uh yeah sure. That'll be fun." He had to go along with it for the time being. Odds are he wouldn't find a way into the lab until tonight when everyone was asleep anyway. So best to play the part.

Dipper grinned. "Alright, Come One Let's Go Then!" He said rushing over to the door.

"Alright I'm coming." 'Boy is this kid hyper.' He thought to himself as he followed Dipper outside.

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Outside in the forest the two were walking around and Dipper was looking through the journal. "So uh, what are we looking for anyway Dip?" Bill asked trudging though the snow. It was alot harder walking out here than inside, he was starting to get tired.

"Don't know yet, give me a second to look through this thing." Dipper said reading the journal.

"Alright." Bill said taking a deep breath. He glanced up and chuckled faintly. Mabel had followed them out here and was trying to talk. 'Really Pine-Tree? I told you already he can't hear you.' He thought to himself.

Mabel floated around trying to get the attention of her brother. 'Dip! Dipper! Come on you gotta hear me! You-' She stopped when she saw what page Dipper was looking at in the journal. Possession and Mind-control.

'A being who possess a foreign body requires a high level of focus and concentration to keep connection with said body. The more use to the body the being is, the less focus is needed to keep its connection. The most effective method for breaking the connection is to wear them out, or more specifically the body, out. The more strained and tired the being is, the more likely it is to lose its focus and thus be ejected from the body.'

Dipper closed the journal after reading that. 'Wear 'em out huh? I bet I can do that.' He was about to do something when he stopped himself. He had been so convinced Bill had possessed Mabel but now he felt alittle unsure. Dipper sighed and rubbed his head, he was ninety-five present sure he was right, but that last five present was bothering him. Then he thought of something that would assure him if he was right or not. Dipper turned to ... her... him... whatever he'd find out in a minute, with a plan in mind. "Uh hey... Mable, can I ask you a question?"

Bill unaware to his plan just played along. "Ya sure, what is it?"

Dipper was quiet for just a second. "...What's my Real, name?" Mabel was one of the few people who knew the answer to that question. The only other person who knew it here in Gravity Falls was Ford. And even a good number of people back home didn't know it.

Bill froze. 'Did I not restore all his memories? No, I know I did.' He thought, then he got what Dipper was trying to do and sighed, his expression hardening as he stepped back, no point in trying to trick him anymore. "Alright Shooting-Star, you're a lot more clever than I give you credit for."

Dipper clenched his fist. "I just know my sister a lot better than you. And I Am, going to stop you." Dipper lunged but Bill easily moved out of the way.

Bill laughed and looked at him with a smirk. "What are you going to? I'm an Immortal being of Pure energy with No Weaknesses!" He said tackling Dipper to the snowy ground.

Dipper just chuckled and smirked. "That might be true, but you seem to be forgetting something. You're in Mabel's body, and I know All her weaknesses." He said with a grin before tickling Bill. "Tickle tickle." He said with a smirk.

This caused Bill to fall back into a fit of laughter as Dipper jumped up and grinned. "Hehehahaha Ahhh! You Little Punk!" He yelled jumping up and chasing after him.

Dipper laughed and kept his distance as Bill started to slow down and take deep breaths. "What wrong Bill, getting alittle tired? I'm willing to bet Mabel didn't get Any sleep last night, that might have something to do with it." He said running around in a circle as bill Tried to give chase.

Suddenly Bill stopped, taking deep breaths. "Uhgg! Stupid human bodies! Getting... Tired... Can't... keep... focus..." He said before collapsing and losing his concentration. 'Ahh Whoa Whoa Hey!' Bill once more in his spiritual form was knocked back.

And Mabel didn't wast a second getting back to her body. It took a second for her to realize how she felt but she winced when it hit her. Dipper grabbed her arm and helped her up. "Mabel... you alright?" He asked, he knew it was her.

Mabel took a deep breath and nodded. "Yeah... yeah I'm fine." She said looking up at him and rubbed her head.

Dipper gave a little sigh of relief. "Good, what the Heck were you thinking making a deal with Bill? That Was So-... dangerous. You Could Of Gotten Hurt." He tried his best to keep the anger out of his voice. Dipper was a pretty good natured person, it took a lot to make him angry, especially when it came to Mabel. He had a lot of patients with her, but something about this just hit the wrong buttons with him. Most likely because she had risked Everything doing this. She risked everyone's safety at the Museum, she risked Bill finding the rift and with that she also risked Literally Everyone's Lives! But Most importantly she risked HER life, all just to get his memory back.

"What other choice did I have?" She started, turning away from him. "There was no other way." She said quietly.

Dipper stepped towards her and went to grab her arm. "Geez Mabel I know I lost my memory and all but-"

"It's Wasn't Because You Just Lost Your Memory!" She snapped, pulling her arm away.

Dipper jumped back slightly. Whatever remnants of anger that were left in him at that point disappeared and was replaced with fear and worry. "Wh- what do you mean Sis?" He asked dreading the answer.

"Dipper it's not... it's not that you lost your memory. If that was it, I would of- I would have still been alittle upset but I... We would of gotten through it and I wouldn't have done any of This! It's just..." Mabel rubbed her head and took several shallow breaths. She didn't wanna say it.

Dipper hesitantly stepped towards her and genitally grabbed her shoulder, she was shaking. "Deep breaths Mabel, you can do it." He said quietly.

Mabel sniffled and rubbed her eye with her sleeve. "...You weren't acting like you." Her voice was weak.

Dipper turned alittle pale at that comment. She was right, in the time he had lost his memory he had been acting different. He was quiet and very introverted, he didn't have his usual goofy reaction to everything, he a completely different person. Dipper had a bad feeling as to where this conversation was about to go.

"It felt like I was talking to a stranger. And I was worried just telling you about stuff we did wouldn't bring YOU back." She said rubbing her eye. "I didn't know what to do, I was worried what would happen when we got home and..." She sniffled and looked down, trying to hold back tears. "I was scared I lost you for good. I don't know what I'd do if that happened."

That was the straw that broke the Dipper's heart. "Come here." He said before pulling her into a gental hug and felt Mabel sob a few times. "Hey hey, it's alright. I'm here, it's okay." He said trying to keep his voice from cracking. They held the embrace for a minute before both him and Mabel calmed down. Dipper pulled back and looked at her.

Mabel rubbed her eye and looked down, her breathing was still alittle shakey. "I... I'm sorry." She said rubbing her arm. "I put us all in a lot of people in danger."

Dipper put his arm around her, holding her close. "Don't worry about it, it's alright." He said quietly rubbing her back. "I would've done the same. Look, lets just head back to the museum, we'll talk more there." He said starting to walk back.

Mabel followed but kept her gaze down. "What about Grunkle Ford? What are we going to tell him?" She asked.

Dipper hadn't thought about that. In all honesty, they could probably get away with not telling him at all. Ford knew something was up, but Dipper seriously doubted he would accuse Mabel of making a deal with Bill. But this really wasn't something they should keep from him. Dipper took a deep breath and sighed. "Look, when we get back I want you to go upstairs. Just let me deal with it." He said.

"Are you sure you can handle it alone? He's probably going to be angry." Mabel said looking up at him.

Dipper grabbed her shoulders and turned to face her, giving that signature goofy grin of his. Partly to ease her mind, and partly to show her that he was back. "Hey, don't worry about it, I got it."

Mabel gave a faint smile. "Thanks Dip." She said quietly.

"No prob' Sis, now let's go home. I'm getting cold." He said with a chuckle.

Mabel glanced at him and smiled. "You should of warn a coat."

Dipper smirked and rubbed her arm, holding her close. "I wasn't worried about being cold at the time silly."

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When they got back to the museum Mabel went upstairs like Dipper said. Ford didn't take long to go up and talk to Dipper, and Dipper explained everything. Naturally Ford didn't take it too well. "WHAT?!" He snapped.

Dipper jumped alittle, he had a feeling Ford be mad. After all this was a big deal. Regardless he had to calm him down. "Look, I understand why your mad. But nothing bad happened, Bill is gone now."

"I'm going up to talk to her." Ford said starting to walk.

Dipper stood his ground, blocking the steps upstairs. "No, I'm not letting that happen." He said sternly, Mabel was in no condition to be yelled at right now.

Ford attempted to keep himself calm, though not doing a very good job at it. "Look, Dipper. She put a lot of people in danger. I am going to talk to her. Now Move." Dipper didn't change his position. Instead he just shook his head.

Ford grumbled and was about to push him out of the way when Stan grabbed his arm, pulling him away slightly. "What in the name of Lorenzo do you think your doing Ford? Your acting like a total lunatic." He asked in a somewhat hushed voice.

Ford pulled his arm back. "You Heard What She Did. She made a deal with Bill, She Put Us ALL in Danger!"

"And you think she doesn't know that or feel bad about it?" Stan asked quickly.

Ford look down for a second, his expression softening alittle. "Well no, in fact she's probably beating her self up about it while being way to hard on herself and- ...B-but She Should Know Better." He said angrily again.

"She's also a kid who had to deal with the concept of losing her brother and best friend. Just because she's done alot of dangerous and impressive stuff doesn't mean she's incapable of making a mistake. And what do you think yelling at her gonna do anyway?" Stan asked.

Ford gave a deep sigh and rubbed his head. "Al-alright fine, you have a point." He said before turning back to Dipper. "Okay, I'm not going to yell at her. There's no point, it's not going to help."

"Good." Dipper said with a nod. "Now I, am gonna go up and talk to her. You guys stay down here." He said starting to walk up the steps.

"Hey Kid." Stan said getting his attention. "You think she's gonna be alright?" He asked with a note of concern in his voice.

Dipper just grinned and walked up the steps backwards. "Don't Worry About It!" Dipper said in an enthusiastic tone. "No One is better at cheering Mabel up than This Guy!" He smiled and pointed to himself before turning around walking up the steps rubbing his head, his expression fading to a look of worry. Dipper got up the steps and stood outside the room for a second. He took a deep breath before smiling and opening the door.

He saw Mabel sitting on the bed, Waddles next to her seeming like he was trying get her to look at him. Though Mabel's gaze was kept firmly on the floor with a blank expression on her face. Dipper gave a faint smile and walked up to her. "Hey Sis..." He said before sitting down next to her on the bed. "How ya feeling?" He asked in a soft tone.

Mabel's expression didn't change. "I don't know Dip. I feel like I messed up." She said rubbing her arm.

"No one got hurt though. Everyone's okay." Dipper said putting his arm around her.

Mabel shrugged and looked away. "But it could of gone wrong so easily. What if Bill got the rift, or hurt you guys?"

"But he didn't." Dipper said quickly.

Mabel glanced at him and rubbed her arm. "But he could of and-"

"But he didn't." He said again.

Mabel paused for a second. "But, he, Could, of-"

"But He Didn't." He said louder with a grin a crossed his face.

Mabel looked at him and smirked alittle. "Okay if you say that One more time-"

"But He Didn't But He Didn't But He Didn't!" Dipper said smiling as he poked her a bunch of times. He very rarely ever lost these types of arguments.

Mabel laughed and tried to push his hands away. "Ahh Dipper! Stop cut it out!" She said with a smile.

Dipper smirked and put her in a head-lock, giving her a noggi. "Not Until You Say It!" He said grinning.

Mabel winced alittle but still laughed. "Alright Alright! But He Didn't!" Dipper did as he promised at let her go, still grinning all the while. Mabel chuckled alittle and rubbed her head. "You're such a jerk." She said pushing him lightly.

Dipper laughed and rubbed her arm. "Yeah maybe I am. But I still made you laugh." He said with a grin.

Mabel sighed and rolled he eyes. "Yeah, you did." She said with a faint smile. Dipper was always good at that. It didn't matter how angry, worried, or upset Mabel was at the time, Dipper could always do or say something to make her laugh.

Dipper still chuckled alittle then looked back at her. "Grunkle Ford isn't mad by the way, well, anymore that is." He said.

"Really?" Mabel asked looking up.

Dipper smiled and nodded. "Yeah, Stan talked to him and stuff and... they get it, alright? You were scared and you didn't know what to do. It was just a mistake."

"Oh, alright... good." Mabel looked down and rubbed her eye, yawning alittle. She didn't realize how tired she was until now.

"Ya getting sleepy Sis?" Dipper had a feeling she didn't sleep much last night. Suddenly he grinned and looked back at her. "Hey Mabes, you wanna sleep together tonight?" He asked.

Mabel smiled shyly and rubbed her arm. "Maybe..." She said quietly.

Dipper laughed and ruffled her hair before jumping off the bed. "Alright move over." He said as he grabbed his pillow and walked back to her side of the room. Mabel smiled and pushed her pillow to the side as Dipper sat back down on the bed. "Oh wait, I almost forgot something." Dipper said with a grin.

"What-" Before she could even finish Dipper practically tackled her gripping her in a tight hug.

"Thank You Thank You Thank You!" He said smiling.

Mabel laughed alittle. "What's that for?" She asked.

"For getting me back silly." He said with a chuckle. With all the talking and comforting Dipper had almost forgotten that Mabel Risked Her Life to get his memory back. And while that was still an incredibility dangerous and reckless thing to do, she at least deserved a 'Thank you', or two or three.

Mabel gave a weak chuckle. "Well I'm just glad to have you back Dip."

Dipper grinned and rubbed her back. "Same here, and don't worry. You're not gonna lose me, I promise. G'night Sis." He said turning off the light before laying down.

Mabel smiled faintly and laid down next to him. "Goodnight Bro."

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And That, is why Dipper needed to lose his memory. I needed a good reason for Mabel to make a deal with Bill. The Show had a Great reason, a chance to figure out who the author is. (Side note, it's really easy for me to forget just how big of a deal finding finding the author of the journals was, seeing as how they Found the author and... the show didn't end.) Yeah I couldn't do that. Ironically the aspect of mystery isn't as prevalent in my story as it was in Gravity Falls (or at least Dipper and Mabel aren't trying to solve it), that might be a fail on my part but what are you gonna do? So basically I had to boil down Sock Opera to it's essence; 'What's something that would stress Mabel and keep her up at night, something that would make her make a rash decision?' Very quickly it became apparent that something would have to happen to Dipper. I didn't know WHAT was going to happen to him but something was going to happen.

Now don't get me wrong, I LOVE the finally to Gravity Falls. But I always felt it was alittle... Disney Cliched(Not going to say what happened cause a friend of mine reads this and they still haven't watched the show. Get. On. That.), and as a result I think about different ways they could of dealt with it. AANNDD then this happened.

It ain't perfect but Man do I love this chapter! This has probably got some of my favorite dialog so far in the story. Oh and, thanks to Mat-Pat from Game/Film Theory for teaching me how memory works. If I can't make Ford sound smart I can at least make Bill sound smart. Alright See You Guys Next Time!

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