Once Bitten (a Billdip story, vampire AU)

REAL Chapter 13

(Enjoy the music from Dracula while you read this. Muhahahahaha!)

Mabel was back in Gideon's house, staring out the window in deep thought.

A huge wave of attacks had happened last night due to the hunger of the army and vampire slaves, the population now dwindling severely. The once sleepy but bustling town of Gravity Falls now seemed like a ghost town with hardly anybody outside.
Everyone stayed indoors in fear of getting caught and bitten, a few of the public buildings like the library and pool had been shut down, the roads in and out of Gravity Falls had been closed off in order to prevent anyone coming in and meeting the same fate as the poor souls before them, but it also prevented the vampires from getting out and spreading the curse worldwide; the gates had crucifixes hammered on there for good measure, stakes stuck in the ground either side of the barricades.

She snapped out of her dream and sharpened her silver dagger, checking her ammo at the same time.
Gideon looked at his tracking device he had made, which looked very futuristic.

"No more Miss Nice Guy" Mabel growled to herself. She stroked her crucifix subconsciously before taking out a photo of her and Dipper when they were twelve.

Mabel smiled softly, feeling tears brim in her eyes, rapidly blinking them away after a few seconds, her steely focus reappearing once again.

She tucked the picture back inside her coat pocket then walked to where Gideon was standing.

"Everything ready?" she asked Gideon, who nodded once.
"All set. By tomorrow morning, this will all seem like a bad dream. I promise, Mabel, we WILL get your brother and your great uncle Ford back" he declared, before kissing her softly and sweetly.

Mabel blushed scarlet, unaware he was going to do that.

Gideon chuckled at this; seeing Mabel shy rather than cold and angered was refreshing, almost appealing, he thought.

The brunette snapped out of her daze and looked at Gideon, somewhat lovingly instead of showing irritation or fear like she had once before, her heart beat 100 miles an hour within her rib cage.

"Gideon?" she asked tentatively, a little surprised at how shy she sounded.

Gideon glanced at her, silently encouraging her to say what she had to say.

"I'm happy you're helping me find my brother and Grunkle Ford. If only I had had you by my side when Stan was killed, God bless his soul-" she made the sign of the cross on her head and chest, Gideon doing the same. "-But what happened to your family? Are you trying to save them too?"

The male Gleeful gulped, visions of his mother and father were in his mind, his mother having been taken and murdered by the vampires and thrown to the wolves. His father getting drunk and cursing his own son out, sometimes his anger rising even to the point where Gideon Gleeful was beaten outright, the bruises hidden from the public and small arrangement of staff.

It was only when Gideon got the confidence without his amulet to stand up to Bud Gleeful he could feel the intimidation people had felt when he had the amulet in his possession as well as a sense of courage to do the right thing.

He shuddered. All this happened when he was twelve, and he was nearly fifteen now.

"I don't like to remember it at all. My family....fell apart at the seams a few years ago and from then on that man -but by God, he's no man or father, only a drunken coward- is  dead." he looked forlorn as he murmured this sentence which struck Mabel like a knife, making her audibly wince.

"Did he hurt you?" she whispered.

"I said I don't wanna think about it!" he growled sharply, the girl flinched.

"Sorry, I didn' mean to snap at ya. It's just...too painful for me to talk about. Please forgive me" he apologised.

Mabel nodded.

"Ok, I won't bring up the subject any more, can you forgive me?"

"Course I can, mah princess."

They shared another tender kiss before both of them went to meet with the townsfolk who were all waiting with weapons.

Once everyone was gathered, the mob made their way to the dark castle on Northwest Hill, ready to take on the vampire army and restore their town to its formal glory.