Ten symbols placed around a wheel
Hand in hand they'll bond the seal
But break the chain and pay the cost
The prophecy will all be lost

Y/N's POV

Everyone from the wheel stood in a group before me. That wheel that I've seen for ten years and here they all are, proving to me that it's not just a stupid dream. The Pine Tree symbol is the sweaty nerd known as Dipper Pines, the Shooting Star belongs to the cheerful and boy-crazed Mabel Pines, the Bag of Ice is dedicated to the cool under pressure even if she actually isn't Wendy Corduroy. The Star symbol is oddly familiar to the one at the top of the Tent-of-Telepathy with the star of the show Gideon Gleeful, the Llama seems to be a symbol for the rich girl with blonde hair Pacifica Northwest, and the Heart would belong to the emo boy (also my cousin's ex) Robbie Valentino. The Glasses belongs to the crazy old man who was once a genius that goes by the name Fiddleford McGucket, the Question Mark goes to the man who has dedicated his life to help at the Mystery Shack Soos, and the strange symbol that I never knew what to call it goes to the Man of Mystery (or at least use to be since Soos got the job) Stanley Pines.

The tenth symbol...the tenth symbol is the Six-Fingered Hand. That symbol went to my dad, my hero, Stanford Pines. The man I just witnessed killed only to protect me. Stan and I talked and he believed that I could replace Ford. Why? Well, it's not exactly normal to have six fingers so he was called a freak. I've been called a freak just because I dreamed about this wheel. He believes that if I take Ford's place then it should still be able to work; the symbols weren't actually made for one specific person but for whoever resembled to the symbol. I'm a freak and for once I'm proud to be it.

So here we are, at 11:30 p.m. All of us lined up, ready to resurface and head to the Fearamid. To be honest, my heart is beating so fast right now out of nervousness. What if something goes wrong? What if I can't replace Ford and everything fails because I'm not him and he's no longer here?! I'm freaking out too much, I know, but I can't help it!

I suddenly feel a hand on my shoulder as I turn to see Wendy with her warrior paint on her face and a part of her shirt being used as a headband. My outfit consists of my hair up in a high ponytail, a sleeveless sweatshirt, ripped jeans, leather black boots, and black leather biker gloves. I clench my fists as we soon begin to walk out; Pyronica is coming with us but Keyhole is staying behind to keep an eye out on homebase.

As we resurface, many gasps escape the others' lips. Everything is in flames, everything is corrupted, everything is gone. That's what we're here for though, right? To save the world. We won't stop at nothing until the demons are defeated or we will die trying.

We start to walk around, trying to stay as hidden as possible. I see Banshee walking in the deserted town; he's probably on his way to the Fearamid. Once he leaves, we head to the Fearamid ourselves. Now, we already have a plan to get inside. Dipper took out his flashlight which held a crystal from the Height Altering Crystals. The place Bill had originally asked me out...I shook my head and focused on our mission.

Dipper shrunk everyone including Pyronica but she was left a bit taller than the rest of us. We all grabbed onto her and held on while she flew us up to the pyramid in the sky. Once we made it up, she used her fire ability to create a small hole for a mouse to fit through. In this case, we are the mouse. We crawl through it as Dipper changes everyone back to their normal size. We continue to walk through the endless amount of hallways, hiding at times from the demons that would pass, until we finally have reached the throne room. The room has been left empty which gives Robbie the perfect opportunity to start spray painting the wheel on the ground.

I look down as I hug my arms close to me. I feel someone hug me as I look to see Dipper. "Hey Dip. You ready for this?"

He nods his head but sighs, "Look...umm, Y/n, if we die here today I want to tell you something I've never told anyone. You're like family to me so I'd like you to know before we quite possibly die."

"O-Okay..."

Dipper takes a deep breath in while avoiding eye contact, "My real name is...

...

Mason, Mason Pines. 'Dipper' is just a nickname because of the birthmark on my forehead which I try to hide. Look, if we actually do survive, please don't tell anyone."

My eyes widen, Dipper trusts me enough to tell me his real name! Mason...I love it. "Dude, that's an awesome name!"

"Yeah, not really. It's stupid.."

"Well, if we survive, I'll continue to call you Dipper."

Dipper looks up at me and smiles, "Thanks." I smile back while playfully punching his arm. "No problem, bro...By the way, I kissed Bill."

"Wait, wha-"

"Okay everyone! Listen up, we got one chance to do this so let's make it count. It's almost midnight meaning all the demons should be here." Stan yells loudly, enough to cut Dipper off.

All of us walk up to the circle, standing around it. Dipper was the first to step on his symbol. Slowly, everyone stood on top of their symbol leaving me last. They all grabbed each other's hands and ended up having a blue light come off of them. "Alright, come on, kid. Let's end this." Stan encourages me as I gulp. I can't mess this up, I have to do this and stop this chaos before it gets even more out of hand. I just hope I can; my right foot steps on the six fingered symbol then-

"Star! Wait!"

I whip my head around to see the demon I once loved. I froze and tensed at seeing him. The one who killed Ford is back and I bet I'm next.

"Star, please, just take a step back." Bill says with his arms up in defense.

"No! It's over, this chaos is coming to an end whether you like it or not, Cipher!" I spat at him. My left foot steps on the symbol and it starts to glow brighter. Is that a good sign? Eh, I'll take it as one.

"Just listen to-"

"You? You want me to listen to you after what you did? After betraying me? After betraying your friends?After killing Ford?!"

I grab Robbie's hand, maybe a little to tight but I don't even care. I just feel betrayed and broken. I feel like I might break down any minute. I go to grab Stan's hand until I hear something I never thought I'd hear,

"Sixer is still alive! I didn't kill him, he's here, safe and alive."

My eyes widen as I feel tears start to fall down on my dirt face leaving trails behind. Stanford, still alive? How?! I watched him die! I cried over his corpse! I have his glasses in my pocket at this very moment; Stan had given them back to me thinking I needed them more than him. He can't be alive! This is another trick, I know it!

"Y/n, I'm not lying. He's alive and I'll bring you to him now."

"Why the change in heart? How do I know you won't just kill me?!"

"I couldn't even if I wanted to. Please, trust me!"

I snicker, "Look who's begging now."

I turn around to see his eye widen. He looks at the ground before doing something I never thought he'd do; Bill Cipher goes down on his knees with his hands in the air and looking at me with his singular golden eye. "Please, Y/n, I'm begging you to trust me." Bill whispers, never breaking eye contact. My heart sinks as I stand there speechless. He's really going as far as to begging me to just follow him? What game is he playing? What if Ford is alive and in this Fearamid? If he is alive then I have to get him!...but if he isn't...

I turn back around to face everyone, I'm either going to disappoint Bill and send him and all other demons to the Nightmare Realm or I'm going to end up betraying my friends to try and find a man I believed dead. It's all up to me; I lower my head, "I'm sorry..."

I let go of Robbie's hand and step out of the circle. Everyone is calling out my name but I have put them all to mute. I walk back over to Bill who has stood back up and has reached his hand out to me. I can't figure out what expression he has on his face but I ignore it. Hesitantly, I lift my right hand up and bring it down on one of his many new hands. His soft hands, the ones that have held me close; I feel them again and I can't stop my thoughts of him from entering my mind. Bill. Just him. He wasn't always like this, a monster. That's because I was tricked, power and greed took over him and he brushed me off like a grain of sand.

I blink and the next thing I know is that I'm in the endless hallways once again. Bill is still holding my hand while leading me to where supposedly Ford is to be still alive. I hope he's not lying about this...

"I suppose you're mad at me for saying I was going to kill you. Well, Kaden noticed you got away and punished me for it." Bill said, breaking the dreadful silence. I look over at him and my eyes widen as I just noticed that he has five arms now. It looks as though his lower right arm is no longer there. I wonder, does that hurt him at all to lose an arm? Stupid, it probably does but then again he probably enjoyed the pain.

"I actually hated it, for your information."

"Oh great! You're reading my mind, once again." I said with a hint of annoyance.

"Well anyways, I'm kind of glad he didn't find out about me faking Fordsy's death."

"Yeah, here's a question, why would you fake his death if what you say is true? Is there something you want from him? Are you going to torture him? Are you bringing me down here to torture me?"

I heard him sigh as he brought his top right hand to the back of his neck. I look over at him to see that he's been staring at me, "You still like to bombard me with questions I see. I get it, I lied to you and I don't deserve your trust or love for me anymore but I'm trying to make everything up. I promise, I'll fix this."

"Wait, but...I-I don't understand..."

"I'll explain everything, soon. Come on, we're here."

We have walked the entire hallway to the last door. Bill snaps his fingers and unlocks it while dragging me inside. It looks like a prison with cages to hold animals. Except it looks like they're holding people and other creatures as well. Wait--is that Several Timez?!

"Hey girl."

"Yo girl!"

"Waddup, girl?"

I just quickened my pace; to be fair that band has always creeped me out yet Mabel loves it so much. I'll stick to my own bands, thank you. We continue to walk until we get to the end where there is an empty cell. I look inside and frown as I see no Ford. Wait, is Bill putting me in here?! I hear him chuckle and whip my head around with fear in my eyes. "Star, do you mind giving me time to remove the cloaking spell before you start to create theories?"

I cock an eyebrow at him as he once again snaps his fingers. I look back at the cage and watch as a wall starts to disintegrate and reveal who is really in the cell I am standing in front of. I can tell that someone is in the back left corner but I can't see any details for a shadow is covering the figure's form. Is it actually him? I go down on my knees with my hands gripping onto the rusty bars. Tears start to form in my eyes as it seems to be a natural thing that occurs to me now.

"F-Ford?" is the only thing I can manage to escape my lips.

The figure moves slightly as if it is waking up. I see the figure try to stand up quickly but falls down miserably at the failed attempt. The figure then starts to slowly crawl to the bars and as he comes out of the shadows, a smile creeps onto my lips as I let all my tears pool out over joy. He's alive! Stanford Pines is alive! The beige trench coat, the red turtle neck sweater, the grey hair, and the six fingers. He grips tight onto the bars with his left hand and brings his right hand up so he can bring it through the bars to be placed on my cheek.

"Y-Y/n, y-you're okay!"

"And you're alive!" I exclaim, holding his right hand. He's okay, he's alive and he's here with me. My dad, the only man who ever worried about me and wanted to help me with my past nightmares that everyone considered me a freak for.

I turn to Bill who has a warm smile placed on his lips with all his hands placed behind his back.

"Star, my little Star, I'm sorry for lying to you. I needed to know of Psyche's plans and I needed to make it believable for me to accept his offer and join him. If you had the slightest thought of me tricking him, Kaden would have killed the both of us at that moment and there would've been no hope for us. When he told me that the only way he would trust me was to kill you two, I had planned on faking both of yours' death but sadly you had already escaped.

"I'm sorry for lying once again and like I said, I don't deserve your trust or love for me. Just understand that I never meant to bring any harm to you. I love you, my beautiful Star, and I'll never stop. I could be faced with death itself but I'll never stop my love for you. I'm sorry, I don't know how I could ever make up the pain I have caused you."

I stare speechless at him as I try to find the right words to say. Nothing enters my mind; I watch as he looks at the ground and tenses up. I look back at Ford who nods at me before letting me go. I stand up and walk towards Bill before engulfing him into a hug. All of his arms wrap around me tightly as if he never wanted to let me go again.

"I've missed this." Bill mumbles with his head burying into the crook of my neck. I hold onto him tighter before he pulls back a little. His top right hand grabs my face and starts to caress my cheek. My e/c eyes are trapped in the hold of his golden one.

He slowly comes closer before both our lips crash into each other. I missed him, I'll admit it, no matter how much I hated him I still love him after everything. Ford trusts him and I trust him. He could've done as Psyche said and killed us but instead he kept Ford safe and hidden from him. My boyfriend is truly a mischievous liar and trickster but he is also my hero and my protector. We release the kiss as he continues to hold me close to him while stroking my hair; that caring smile never leaving his face. He starts to chuckle before picking me up and twirling me around.

"I could have all the power and fame I ever wanted but nothing could compare to you. You are my everything and the reason my heart continues to keep beating to this day. My everything, my love, my true power, my Star."

I smile and hug him tighter; if I squeezed any harder I might cut his lungs off from oxygen.

That's when we both hear slow clapping. All three of us turn our direction to see Kaden and Markus just behind him at the other end of the hall. That mischievousness never leaving Psyche's eyes, "Bravo, Cipher, so this was your true plan? You really have turned soft, haven't you? Doesn't matter, for now you have brought Miss Y/n right into my grasp."

"Not in a million years." Bill growls through gritted teeth. My back is now up against his chest as I stare in fear at the purple demon.

Bill grabs my necklace with one of his hands but doesn't move it. Instead, I feel the necklace start to heat up as if Bill was burning it; what exactly is he doing to my star necklace? He then uses one of his other hands to place something in my left hand quickly. I look down, why did he give me a tape measure? Before I can consider why he gave it to me, he pulls the tape and stops it at a certain length. Wait, this is the time machine he told me about! Bill's sending me away! No, he can't, he's working too fast for me to catch up with what exactly he's about to do. I'm freaking out! Is he actually about to send me away from this time so I can be as far away from Psyche as possible?

"Wait, Bill-"

"For once, your theories are right. I love you, Star."

He releases it before I can say anything and realize that I'm dissolving from this time and being sent some time else. How far did Bill send me back? Days? Weeks? Months? Years?! I blink and find myself in a different scenery. Snow. That's all I see. It seems to be a blizzard. Where am I?! Better question: When? Everyone I love and care about are still in the nightmare Kaden created and yet I've been sent away so I can no longer help.

I pick up the time machine only to realize that it's broken. I'm stranded here, I can't go back. I feel myself become numb from the cold as I start to lose consciousness. I hadn't gotten any sleep all day nor have I had any food. Before I pass out, I see a silhouette of a figure far off in the distance. Ally or enemy?