♠️Scarecrow♠️

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Bill's POV

"I am hungry, what is something you desire backwards after you are stressed?"

"W-What?"

"Desserts!" Bursting into laughter, I hug my stomach letting out a dying growl for nosh. Pizza, hot dogs, pie, souls, sweets, fruits...a deluxe buffet is what I need! I turn to look at Wirt,"Feed me."I command.

The gnome continues to saunter calmly down the long extended grey desert. The walls seem to almost swallow his lantern's flame, it flickers.

Out of nowhere, the lantern flickers more. Wirt glares at it then the end of the tunnel, what's he thinking? We halt as he stares with a grim face at the darkness. I kick his leg, "I said, feed me!" Did he not hear my desperate plead?! I yell.

"Keep moving or I'll leave you."He threats.

"That's not good enough for me to leave, why don't you just kill me if I won't?"I smirk.

"Because killing isn't the worst fear, it's being left behind."Wirt continues with Finn.

"Wow you are depressing."I smirk. To be completely honest I do want to stab him in the throat and spill his vocal cords on the floor, but I'm not stupid. If I can get help from these two then it's worth a shot....I want to shoot Finn. I skip next to Wirt with a glittering smile. My perfection is to blame for him having a face so glum!

There's puddles of dark liquid on the floor. I hop into every single one of them while my two acquaintances stroll over and around them. Wirt squints and looks at them suspicious.

"I-I see light!"Finn shouts.

"Shut up fried fish!"I comment.

Indeed, there is a glimmering light at the end of the dark mulky tunnel. The bright light seems to take away the thick brick of darkness, luring us further deep. I have a bad feeling about this. Or it may just be old superstition. I shrug, avoiding my thoughts,"Let's go!" I hollar nudging Finn's elbow.

With my brightest smile, I sprint down the large tunnel with Finn behind me. I glance at him quickly before turning away,"Couldn't get enough of me could you?"I tease.

"Sh-Shut up!"

Once at the end, the blinding light fades. I rub my eyes and focus on the energy pouring out of my sockets. When I adjust my sight, I stare at a giant tree in front of me. It's orange petals float down with peaches hanging from its branches. It's glowing. Specs of dust dwindle down from it's bark.

"Wow how disappointing. "I cross my arms.

Finn stops next to me, breathing slowly with a hanging tounge,"W-What is that?"he huffs. I sweep my legs under his feet. "Ah!"he falls on his back.

I bend over and smile mischievously as he stares at me clueless. I cock my head sideways,"Take a good seat, it's about to start."

"W-W-What is?"

"Shut your tiny nonexistent mouth, damn you sound like a car turning on but it won't. "I wave at him.

"W-W-What's a c-c-car?"Finn asks while Wirt comes up behind us. He hides his lantern in his coat and quietly saunters towards us.

"A story if you would twigs."I demand.

"What are you babbling about now?" The tree boy eyes Finn with a disgusted look.

"I don't know kid, but whenever there's a beauty like that, and as gorgeous as my misleading eye, something is about to happen."I state,"A character motivation thingy."I wink at the sky.

"You're stupid."Wirt states a lie.

I shrug casually. He makes his way to the tree, stopping in front of it. He then puts his palm gently on the tree's bark. Goosebumps crawl up my spine, he's never been that gentle with anyone. I wince as he glances back at us. To my surprise, his eyes seem to fade away almost dark grey. His natural glow is gone.

"It's a Hollow willow tree, these radiant plants are some of the beauties in this world. They foretell of heroes, past or present, maybe future whom are destined for greatness."Wirt explains.

"Those who are heroes, can see the trees. The trees show themselves to you."

Finn, and I look at eachother perplexed. "Are you one of those things Branches?"

"A hero? Nah, I was, but that ship has sailed since the Beast claimed me." Wirt let's his hand now hover over the bark,"But do tell, why can you two see them?"

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No POV***

In the deep ends of the Unknown, a general ponders in his silver steel ship. The plane hovers over a large plain of grey land. "Have you traced their power?"General Iron asked the small soldier holding a clipboard below him.

"Yes sir, the old man appeared to be right, but not quite. They've fallen down the canyon, but they appear to be alive. We didn't find their bodies. They must have walked off."the soldier informed.

"I see."

The soldier wanted to laugh, but kept his cool. "Should we look further?"

"Sent the whole army down there. They will have no escape routes this time. How far does the canyon stretch?"

"We're looking into that sir. We can't look for them on satellite because all the ones we sent were lost. This realm's atmosphere is toxic. But on the ground we were able to trace their aura signatures."

"I'll go in there myself then."

Beep Beep! Iron turns around to face a large wide screen in front of him. A complex writing system was displayed in black bold letters. A bright smile was plastered on the general's face. The atmosphere was eerie,"That witch sended a living monster to help us."he says to himself.

"Let's go now. Overrun the canyon,overrun it all!"Iron commands his soldier.

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"Were you heroes too?"Wirt asks the two boys who sat on the ground in shock. Their faces were frozen.

Finn quietly nods while Bill doesn't answer,"I-I-I..." The ice prince's throat was clogged with a thick wall of ice. I was a hero right? Me and him...how could I forget? That stupid role.

"That word is distasteful. It's strange sounding, almost too weird for my liking."Bill admits glaring deep into Wirt's eyes.

Suddenly a sniff came from Finn, the demon turns confused to his business partner. The ice prince starts to tear up, and sob uncontrollably. "What's gotten into you?"Bill sneers. Finn's twinkling blue eyes shimmer as he tries weakly to brush off his tears.

"W-What are-are-are you doing to me-me-me W-W-Wirt?"Finn cries.

Wirt simply ticks his head,"You're neglecting your role Finn. You are neglecting the past."he hisses with wide eyes to emphasize his point,"Just stop it, it's like neglecting your crown. You were a hero, the tree knows. It won't let you neglect it. It knows the truth. If you keep telling it lies, it will carve a permanent scar on your mind. You'll lose your mind...like me..in this forsaken world...!"His voice turns shaky.

"GAH!" Finn grabs the sides of his head with his hands like claws. He shakes his head,"The crown says that's a lie!"he shouts.

"Stop letting it lie to you...like I let the lantern stop lying to me."Wirt's eyes blink back tears.

"What the hell is going on?!"Bill shouts.

"It'll take time...I'll t-take my time..."Wirt smiles.

"Something's wrong..."Bill says under his breath. The golden tree behind them glows brighter. The yellow strings connected to the golden branches shimmer. Wirt slowly walks back to them, taking heavy steps. His body moves like a robot, one foot in front of the other lazily.

"You're acting weird Branches."Bill takes steps back.

"Stop t-telling m-me I'm a hero! T-T-That name tag ha-has died, I-I killed so m-many inn-innocents for that title to c-c-co-omeback!"Finn slams his head on the ground.

Suddenly flashes of yellow slap Bill in the face, he drops to the ground on his knees. His breath slows down,"W-What are you doing?"he says in a haze.

"Helping you remember dearest pal."Wirt stops in front of Bill with the biggest smile. He kicks the demon in the face. Bill coughs loudly.

More flashes blind Bill's mind. He can't see,"What are you.."

"HELLO DEMON, THERE YOU ARE!" Time Baby stands before Bill. Bill looks down and observes his hands, they're not his. They're not Dipper's.

"Snap out of it."Wirt kicks Bill in the face again, turning the demon over on his back to cough. "You know exactly who you are."

"GAH!"Bill winces as Wirt kicks him again.

"Come home to me...you belong next no me. Our home is gone, we can finally go home." A young boy with blond hair smiles at him from above as fire burns in the background. The blond boy's eyes flash yellow then blue.

"AH!"Bill shakes his head, holding on to his hair for dear life. Wirt chuckles above,"You know, you are going to know where and what you did to get here...you monster..."

"Bill join me. We will rule side by side together as one. Come dear brother, let us rejoice this as one."The blond boy welcomes with open arms at Bill's sight.

"NO you're crazy!"Bill shouts. His golden eyes glow poor gold. Tears pour out of his sides.

Finn starts to hyperventilate next to him. Wirt kicks the ice prince in the face as well,"Just relax. It will be over soon--"his smile is interrupted by a silver machete being thrown at his face. The blade cut through between his eyes.

"If you think...that you can kill me by drowning me in a puddle while I'm not looking ahead will actually kill me would work....."a heavy voice shouts from the dark tunnel.

"THEN YOU'RE DAMN WRONG!" In the blink of an eye, another Wirt sprints from the dark corridor to his clone. He jabs in the long knife into his imposter's skull.

The smiling clone collapses on the ground while the real Wirt stands tall in front of him holding his red cone, and lantern in hand. His hair is wet, face powered with black coal on his cheeks and forehead, and his coat dripped in black goo. He looks down at Bill and Finn who stare up at the black cealing,"....I..."Wirt sighs not knowing what to say.

Crack! Wirt glances back at his clone. It's forehead drips black blood out of the stabbed in blade.

The clone trembles uncontrollably. Its legs crack broken then stretch five feet long along with his arms. His neck snaps with a devilish grin, its neck and head stretch long as well.

The golden tree starts to crumble. Its strings turn into dust along with its branches and trunk. Soon the golden light fades out. Wirt grabs frozen Finn and Bill by the arms and his weapon from the clone's head. Everything is dark.

Wirt takes out his lantern. He carries his peers behind on his back. He turns around to shed light on his clone. It's gone. Wirt turns around to be face to face with a smiling scarecrow. Its head snaps crooked upside down. "Shit!" Wirt bolts down the opposite way, further into the tunnel.

The giant scarecrow unleashes a bloodcurdling cry.


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