//------------------------------// // Chapter 7: The Origins of Bill // Story: Age of Wizardry // by Doodle Note //------------------------------// The sun has risen, and the travelers finally arrived at the island they need to be on. They walked for minutes and haven't arrived at the castle yet. Three more minutes passed, and they finally arrived at a giant castle guarded with a force field. Kenny turned and saw a cockatrice looking at him, then saw him get eletrocuted. "Who goes there?!" A voice shouted. The travelers turned and saw a griffon with gold eyes holding a bow and an arrow standing on the roof of the entrance. The griffon turned and noticed Pixal, Silver Spoon, Gumball, and Kenny. "Pixal? Silver Spoon? Gumball? Kenny?" "It's a pleasure to see you again, Gilda!" Pixal called. "Wow! I can't believe it's you guys!" The griffon known as Gilda exclaimed joyfully making a gesture at the travelers. "Come inside!" The travelers went inside the castle following Gilda. "It's been so long since we've seen you guys." Gilda said. "So tell me. What's new?" Pixal frowned. "Bill came to Stellari Kombar and put every wizard and witch in his grasp. He turned the rulers into stone. Then he came to the Mainland and took the king. Then came to Fishtopia and took Cheese Sandwich. And I'm afraid that Suri is next on his list." Gilda wore a shocked face. The travelers kept following Gilda up some stairs until they reached the throne room. All but Pixal, Silver Spoon, Gumball, and Kenny were tired. "That....was a lot....of stairs." Rainbow panted. "Now my feet...are starting.....to hurt." Sandy replied in a tired tone. Dipper turned and saw a pink earth pony with a purple mane with a bright yellow hairband and brown eyes wearing a blue jewel and a bright blue cape talking to three little girls. One had red hair with a red bow and pink eyes wearing a pink dress, gold bracelets on both her wrists, black flats, and a pink gem. The second one had blonde hair put into pigtails and blue eyes wearing a blue dress, a silver gauntlet on her right arm, black flats, and a blue gem. And the third one had black hair and green eyes wearing a green dress, a silver tiara with a three emeralds in front, black flats, and a green gem. Dipper turned to Silver Spoon pointing to the pink wizard pony. "Silver Spoon, is that Suri?" Silver Spoon nodded. "But who are those girls she's talking to?" Dipper asked. "Those are Suri's three proteges. The pink one is Blossom, the blue one is Bubbles, and the green one is Buttercup." Silver Spoon answered. Pixal took a deep breath and walked up to Suri with her proteges, Kenny, and Dipper following her. "Easy, girls." The pony known as Suri Polomare said. "Everything is going to be-" She turned and saw Pixal. "Pixal. What an unexpecting surprise. Came here for more lessons for your students?" Suri turned to Pixal's students noticing Kenny. "Kenny? But you're dead. How are you still alive?" Kenny muffled the reason he's still alive. Suri wore a shocked face. "You were saved?" Kenny nodded. "That explains why your crystal is slightly cracked." Suri said. "But what brings you here?" "We have the Pine Tree." Pixal said. "We found him in the Mainland. We even found the Elements of Harmony. And their friends. We came here so Dipper would know the origins of Bill." Suri wore a shocked face. "So, does this mean no lesson?" Pixal shook her head. Suri sighed. "Who is the next Pine Tree?" Dipper walked up to Suri. "That would be me." Suri turned to Pixal. "What's his name?" "His name is Dipper Pines." Pixal answered. "The crystal chose him." Suri turned back to Dipper. "Dipper, come with me to the library." Dipper followed Suri to the library. Kai turned to Coloratura. "I hope this isn't some vision quest or something." He said with a shudder. Suri's students walked up to Kenny. "Long time, no see." Blossom said. "We thought you died when you fell off the ship." Bubbles said. "Who saved you?" Kenny pointed to Fluttershy and Zane. Suri's students walk up to Fluttershy and Zane. Zane saw the look on Fluttershy's face. "Are you okay, my winged friend?" "I'm just worried about King Meep." Fluttershy said. "What does Bill want with the king anyway?" "I don't know." Zane replied. He turned and saw Suri's students in front. Bubbles flew in front of Zane's face. "You and your pony saved Kenny?" Zane nodded wearing a shocked face. "Can I have your autograph?" Bubbles asked pointing to her gauntlet. "Sign here." Zane grabbed a quill out of an ink bottle and wrote his name on Bubbles' gauntlet. Buttercup stared at Fluttershy holding her right bottom eyelid. "Look into the eyes of Buttercup the Great. Suri might be our mentor, but I am the tough one. Don't forget it." "I...can see that." Fluttershy looked scared. Blossom turned and saw Diamond Tiara. She gasped and flew to Diamond Tiara startling her. "Diamond Tiara? Heiress of the Diamond Dust Company? I'm your biggest fan!" Diamond Tiara smiled. "Um, hello." Meanwhile, Suri and Dipper were now at the library. Dipper was sitting at a table while Suri was looking for the book. He couldn't stand the messiness of the library. "I'm really sorry about the mess." Suri said. "I had many people come in here and try to steal information about Bill. And I had to take care of that problem." "I can see that." Dipper replied. Suri shuffled through the books and found a brown book titled 'The Origins of Bill Cipher'. She takes the book. "Here it is." She walks to the table as she opens the book and placed it on the table. Suri looked at the page and read it carefully. "In the land of Sparkario, a young filly had trouble trying to study about wizardry. She couldn't focus on any of it. But that's when she found a cave with a pyramid-shaped jewel inside. On the walls, it told her not to open, but she was curious. So she opened the crystal anyway taking her mind to a dimension in the crystal. The dimension she was in was strange. But that's when she met a triangular creature named Bill Cipher. He helped her with her studies, played with her, and favored her to created a contraption that could change the world. They became great friends. But one day after she finished the contraption, her closest friend, Coco Pommel, saw what Bill was planning. That filly came back to Bill's dimension saying that he lied to her. Bill said that once he come's to the real world, he and his boys will party once again. So she closed the crystal shut and destroyed the contraption. But when she grew up, she was going to the cave where she met Bill, and found the crystal in pieces. She found a hole in the ceiling and found Bill in the sky. She knew that day would come. That pony regretted building that contraption." Suri closed the book. "And that pony was me." "What?" Dipper asked wearing a shocked face. "I trusted Bill." Suri explained. "Did what he wanted, helped him with what he needed, everything he wanted me to do. And every wizard said that it wasn't my fault. They said that I didn't notice until now." "I'm sorry." Dipper said feeling pity for Suri. "Do your students know?" "I told them. And they didn't think I was to blame." Suri replied. "I was so blind of what I thought of Bill." Back at the throne room, the travelers were waiting for Dipper and Suri to come back from the library. Bubbles looked up at the sky and wore a scared face. The others turned to Bubbles. "Bubbles, what is it?" Kai asked. "It's him." Bubbles said in a tone of fear. "He's here." "Who is here?" Spike asked. "Can you be more specific?" "BRACE FOR IMPACT!" Bubbles yelled pointing to the sky. "IT'S BILL!" "WHAT?!" The others asked in unison. Bill was outside the castle seeing the force field. He pulled out a bubble releasing all his Cipherlings. "All of you break that force field. None of you want an impatient master." The Cipherlings flew to the force field and started trying to break the force field with spears. The travelers felt the rumble from above. "Who knew the force field was connected to the ground?" Rainbow said. "You had to asked that now, Rainbow?!" Lloyd yelled. Back at the library, Dipper and Suri felt the rumble. "What's going on?" Dipper asked. "Bill. He's here." Suri said getting up from the table. "We have to get out of here." She ran out of the library with Dipper following her. Back at the throne room, everyone remained in the throne room seeing Suri and Dipper come in. "You all have to get out of here." Suri demanded. "It's the only way to avoid getting into Bill's grasp." "What about you?" Buttercup asked. "I have to stay." Suri said. "It's me he wants." "We're not leaving without you!" Blossom yelled. "Please. Bill is only after me." Suri said. Dipper grabbed Blossom's arm. "Blossom, we have to go!" Blossom turned to Dipper and nodded. The travelers ran out of the throne room with Suri's proteges following them. Suri turned to Gilda. "Gilda, go out there and stop them from breaking in." Gilda nodded and flew out of an open window of the castle. The travelers and Suri's students ran out of the castle seeing the force field crack and shatter. They saw the Cipherlings fly to the castle and saw Gilda fighting them with all her might. Bill turned and saw the travelers as he turned to five Cipherlings. "All of you, destroy them." The five Cipherling flew to the travelers. The travelers turned and saw five Cipherlings pulling out swords. Coloratura pulled out her sword and started to fight one of the Cipherlings. "Foolish pony!" The Cipherling said. "You don't have the strength to fight our master!" "I don't care if I'm not strong enough!" Coloratura yelled block all of the Cipherling's attacks. "You're not going anywhere with Suri!" Dipper created a ball of magic and shot it at the Cipherling Coloratura was fighting. Twilight pounced on one of the other Cipherlings and blasted magic at him. Nya saw the third Cipherling flying up to her as she punched him in the eye and shattered him with a punch. Diamond Tiara got out her Diamond Dust sword and got out a bottle of white dust labeled 'Ice' and placed it into her sword. She pointed her sword at three incoming Cipherlings and shot the white dust at them freezing them in ice. Suri's students joined hands creating a ball of magic and shot it at the last two Cipherlings. Gilda roughed up lots of Cipherlings making Bill angry. "You stupid pest!" Bill yelled slapping Gilda to a tree back first and land on the ground in pain. "GILDA!" Suri's students yelled running to the griffon. The traveler looked at the sky seeing two Cipherlings carrying Suri. "Bill." Suri said angrily. "Suri! It's been so long!" Bill exclaimed joyfully. "You just won a ticket to my bubble!" Bill shot Suri putting her in a bubble and threw her into the big bubble. "Well, boys, let's go back to Stellari Kombar and celebrate!" All the Cipherling cheered and followed Bill. Suri pounded on the bubble. "You'll never get away with this, Bill!" The travelers turned to Suri's students, who were looking at the weakened Gilda. They run up to the girls and joined them. "I couldn't...fight a guy....that strong." Gilda said weakly. "I only....got his boys." "Please don't die." Blossom begged. "You have so much to live for." Gilda coughed. "It has been an honor....to protect you girls. But...it's about time...I go into the light." "Don't say that!" Buttercup yelled. Bubbles held Gilda's claw. "You were the greatest griffon we have ever known, Gilda." Gilda turned to Dipper. "Hey, kid. I know..you might not look like....the strongest Pine Tree, but...you can do this. I-" Gilda coughed again. "I know....you can do this. You're strong....on the inside. I know you are." Gilda took out a purple gem. "Take this gem. It protected me, now...it will protect you." Dipper took the gem and slid it into his pocket. "Go to Stellari Kombar." Gilda said. "Save wizard kind." Gilda closed her eyes and her claw fell from Bubbles' hand to the ground. Life left her. Everyone wore sad faces. "What made Gilda the best griffon ever?" Mabel asked. "Gilda was the only one who could protect us." Bubbles answered. "Now with her gone and Suri in Bill's grasp, we don't have anyone to protect us from all of the danger on this island." "We can't stay here. Even when we're by ourselves." Blossom added. Diamond Tiara looked at Gilda. "Maybe if we surrender, Bill might leave us alone." Mabel wore a shocked face and turned to Diamond Tiara. "Have you lost your mind, Diamond Tiara? We lost our king. Fishtopia lost Cheese Sandwich. Gilda is dead. And Bill has Suri! Now you're just going to give up?" "Darling, please leave Diamond Tiara out of this." Rarity said calmly. "Did I do something to you?" Diamond Tiara asked. "Calling Dipper a pathetic human, that's one of them!" Mabel yelled. "At least I said I was sorry." Diamond Tiara started to get annoyed. "It's not my fault that you lost your brother once." "Well I'm not the one holding that stupid sword!" Mabel yelled. The others gasped. "You take that back." Diamond Tiara growled. "Can't. Wouldn't." Mabel said with her arms crossed. "You know, I hold this sword because I know how to fight." Diamond Tiara said angrily. "But that doesn't mean I know how to run away." "Your ways of combat don't scare me. Neither does the way you act." Mabel shot back. "Oh boy." Spike said. Diamond Tiara turned to Dipper. "Dipper, your sister is being very sour." Dipper got very annoyed. "Will you two be quiet?! Holy mother of pearl, both of you all acting like little kids!" "I know my brother well than you do." Mabel said angrily to Diamond Tiara. "He has been in a cell in Plankton's castle for the rest of his days. And the king might be dead because of you!" "You're pushing this too far, Mabel." Cole said with a tone of concern. "You know what, why don't I just leave and let you people save wizard kind and the king without me?" Diamond Tiara asked angrily. "You can't leave! It's dangerous out there!" Applejack yelled in concern. "Applejack is right. It's too dangerous for a kid to go alone." Kai agreed. "Even for an heiress like you." "Let her leave if she wants to leave." Mabel grumbled. Diamond Tiara started to walk away. Dipper shook his head. "You're not going anywhere." Diamond Tiara stopped and turned to Dipper. Mabel wore a shocked face. "Dipper-" "That's enough. We're on the same side now." Coloratura demanded. "Diamond Tiara is staying." Mabel crossed her arms. The travelers walked back to the boat trying to forget about Bill. Dipper looked at Diamond Tiara and saw the look on her face. "I'm sorry about Mabel. She just gets very angry when people want to give up." "It's okay." Diamond Tiara said. "It's not your fault." The travelers went back to the boat and went away from the island. Pixal said that now that Dipper controlled his magic and learned Bill's origins, they have to go to Stellari Kombar to stop Bill.