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He points back in the direction of the Shack. "I don't want to trust you, but I don't have a choice.." He states. "Go."

I quickly pick up the blade I had dropped and sprint back to the Mystery Shack, for the first time since meeting him, I was glad to be going back to Ford, though part of me was suspicious. I had started to connect the dots, but the answer still wasn't clear.

How exactly do Bill and Ford know each other? And why does there seem to be so much hatred between the two of them??

Even without those questions answered, I was glad that I finally knew how to break the barrier.. I hid the blade in my vest, and as soon as I could, briefed Mabel about our new situation and about my future course of action, keeping Ford within my field of vision at all times.

- - - - - - -

Mabel and I both happily spoke to Ford, after I apologized for running off, and after we apologized for our earlier behavior. We told him about our lives and he told us about his adventures in the many dimensions he traveled through

Eventually, night fell, and I entered our old attic room and "fell asleep". Mabel, who had drank an entire blender full of her freakish Mabel Juice concoction, was way too hyper to fall asleep and instead went downstairs and spoke to Ford some more

Once I felt I had waited long enough for suspicion to fade, I climbed out of our window with the blade and my UV light hidden inside my vest, and with a small shovel in my hand. I climbed my way to the roof, and found the first of the crystals. Very quietly, I slashed the crystal into pieces, which was a lot easier than I thought. With the blade, the crystal felt like jelly and was very easy to cut through

Once I had completed that task, it was time to move on to the rest

When I made it to the first crystal, Bill was waiting for me, on his side of the barrier. Will was standing next to him, with a paranoid look on his face

"Hello Will.. Good to see you again.." I smile a bit to him.

"Sure, ignore me.." Bill rolls his eyes. 

I turn my UV light on and hold it over the grass as I walk along the barrier, Will and Bill following my path on their side of the barrier, their forms glowing a bit in their own colors

"Let's see....." I scan the grass, and find the first marked spot. I kneel down and dig around the marked spot, and remove the top layer of grass so it's still intact. I set that aside and dig in the marked area, until i find another crystal and slice it up, then push the soil back and recover the exposed area with the same patch of grass, and try to make it look as inconspicuous as possible.

I continue to walk the perimeter of the barrier, following the same actions with every single marked area

"How have you been??" I ask Will as I continue to walk

"I--"

Bill interrupts. "He's been cowering in mirrors as usual.."

Will sighs. "Why do you hate me so much?"

"Why do you hate him so much..?" I glance at Bill 

"Because he's a sniveling coward." Bill rolls his eye

"At least he's not you." I snicker

"And what is that supposed to mean?" BIll glares 

"You're aggressive and no one really likes you." I laugh slightly. "But everyone likes Will, because he's nice.. And you are not."

"Careful what you say, Pinetree." Bill glares. "I already have motivations to kill you, you don't want to make it worse."

"Leave him alone Bill." Will looks at his brother

"Why would I...?" Bill looks at Will. 

"Amanda wouldn't like it if you were threatening him." Will states

"Fine." Bill rolls his eye

"Good." He nods

I move on to the fifth crystal. "How many of these are there...?"

"Around fifty." Bill states

"What?!" I look back at him

Bill laughs. "No, I'm kidding.. I have no idea how many there are.."

"Stop messing with him." Will states

Bill's eyebrow twitches. "Why are you even here here?" He glares

"You asked me to come." Will blinks

"Yeah, but why are you being so annoying?!" Bill glares

"And by annoying you mean reminding you not to be mean to Amanda's friends." Will raises an eyebrow

"He is hardly a friend!" Bill glares

"I can hear you insulting me, you know." I glare at Bill

"Shut up you." He glares back at me

I roll my eyes and continue digging. "Listen, I'm sorry I kissed Amanda. Can you please let it go?" I look at him. "No one needs to be that overprotective."

"No way." Bill glares. "In that moment you reminded me too much of that Gleeful kid from the last book."

"Book..?" I blink in confusion

"The fourth wall has had enough!!" a distant frustrated Mason scream echos from somewhere else

"No it hasn't!" a Firo yell protests from the same distance away

"Who was that..?" Will in confused

"Ignore it and move on this is the first and last time we're doing cross references or fourth wall breaks." Bill states

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Anyway

"Well.. When you put it that way, it's kinda understandable why you don't like me.... But you should at least give me a chance! I'm nothing like that creep!" I protest

"No way kid." Bill states

"That is so unfair!" I glare at him. "I'm nothing like Dipper Gleeful, and that guy isn't even around anymore! He's back in Will's dimension! A whole reality away!"

"His grudge will stay until you die, no point in protesting." Will looks at me

I sigh in annoyance and dig up the eleventh crystal and move on to the next one, digging it up, and finding cut remains of a crystal. I blink in confusion. "What...?"

"You made it all the way around, genius." Bill states as he steps over me and walks foreward

I quickly cover the hole and stand, looking at Bill as he storms away angrilly

"Please don't do anything brash!!" Will quickly follows. 

"Shut up you paranoid little coward!!" Bill glares. "I've got a score to settle!!"

I quickly run after them as Bill blows the door to the shack up and storms inside, leaving a trail of footprints burned into the ground behind him

Maybe this wasn't such a good idea