Home again

Dipper's POV

I woke up with a dull ache in my back and neck. Bill was watching me with a nervous look on his face. I was confused... why were we already home? We were just at the vets. "Oh, you're awake. How do you feel?" Bill asked in a worried tone.

"Very sore," I responded drily. "What happened while I was out?" Bill looked a little upset. "Um, promise me you won't hate me for this?" He asked gently. I nodded.

Bill's POV

I carried pine tree to my bathroom and set him in front of the mirror. I then snapped up a smaller one, took off pine tree's shirt, and showed him. He looked scared and upset, I had to explain. "Pine tree, I had to do this. If someone came here, and you didn't have my mark, they could take you, do the same thing, and I would never get you back. This is the only way I can protect against that. I'm so sorry..... and-and I'll tell you what I wanted with your journal....