author's note: last short for the meantime (or forever, who knows?) i apologize for the weird style of this short, but i had fun making these. hope you have fun reading, too! as always, i love you guys. can't wait for season 2! warning: images might be too large and it might hurt ur eyes. the only thing i didn't modify was the one with the big dipper.

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SHORTS 10: Revisiting the Pages [Takes place after "After All These Years"]

As soon as they got their hands on the third journal, Y/n wanted to re-read the pages. She even drew the journals to her chest in an embarrassing embrace. She was acting strangely, and she was aware of it, even smelling the parchment and ink. She dragged her fingers across the pages, feeling his handwriting indents.

She initially skimmed the pages, observing Ford's slow descent into insanity. She noticed changes in his writing, such as entries about Bill torturing his mind and even taking advantage of him in his sleep. She shook her head and decided to read them again another time.

Her gaze was drawn to the page where Ford talked about himself. Her sketch of him. But her intricate drawing was marred by red ink, which smudged his face to the point where his features were indistinguishable. Her brow furrowed at this image. Ford had to have done this after being betrayed by the demon and not feeling safe. She fumbled her way to the next page, where her face was supposed to be.

Her frown deepened as she imagined what Ford had gone through. She couldn't believe she hadn't noticed the warning signs sooner. How could she be so naive?

Rifling through the journal, she just noticed that all of her names were scribbled by black ink. It's like he wanted to erase her.

Half of the journal was empty, and she was about to close it when she noticed blue ink on one of the pages. She flipped to the next page and noticed Dipper's handwriting. He described the moment he discovered the journal. He introduced himself and listed some facts about himself.

So Stan wasn't lying about the birthmark. Dipper himself hadn't shown her that yet.

She went to the next page, and saw... a drawing of her.

After reading the final line, her hand went to her necklace, which was still in good condition after many years. Ford gave her the jewelry in the first place- it had to have been written in the journal– and she only added magical properties for it to become indestructible.

But she didn't expect Dipper to write about her.

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