It was the next summer. Mabel and Dipper had begged their parents so that they could go back to Gravity Falls. Their parents were fine with their request but at the same time confused, as what child would want to stay in a remote town all summer. But here they were, back at the mystery shack. They already made their greetings with Soos, Wendy and their Grunkle Stan, who decided to take a break from the Stan 'O' War II, sadly Ford was too busy conducting research in the Antarctic circle. They were happy and ready to begin their mystery filled summer.

His body hurt, everything hurt. His vision was blurry but slowly restored itself from the darkness it once resided in. He remembered now, his failure, his ridicule, his banishment. He stood up and took a few shaky steps, to his surprise he didn't fail miserably. he looked at his body to see his form remained pure, relief was bestowed upon him as he hadn't become one of them, maybe the King had mercy on him. he followed his plan and made his way back to Gravity Falls.

Dipper kept true to his natural habits and awoke at 5:00 am. He crept past Mabel and went down to the lounge room, he was going to watch some TV to relax before starting the day. To his surprise he met Soos, who was sitting on the couch. alerted to his presence, he said to dipper "Hey dude bro, why are you up so early".
Dipper answered with "Well since its a Sunday i might as well catch up on some TV. But anyway, why are you up?"
Soos continued by saying "I've finished my errands for the day dude, can i watch TV with you?" Dipper agreed, and he sat down on the couch. They started flicking through the channels, but in the midst of the switching colours, one caught both of their attention.

He had been traversing the foliage for hours now, his odd shape made even passing the sparsest foliage a challenge. The sun was only now cracking over the surrounding hills, this trip gave him time to think, and plot his new plan. He remembered being defeated by a cohort of children and old men, his plan was only inches from completion when the daft Stanley burned him to nothing. He was returned back to the 4th dimension where the King sentenced him to banishment, he remembered that the King was a good friend but even being royalty, he couldn't stop his fate. At least he gave him a second chance to complete his mission, at least he let him keep his body and only temporarily drained his powers, at least he let him call in a friend to help. The stakes had never been higher for him before, as if he failed he would lose the name of Bill Cipher.

Soos and Dipper changed the channel back to the advertisement. The advertisement promoted a gaming tournament in the high school gym, it would begin at 3:00 in the afternoon, but the best bit is that the winning team wins a golden trophy as well as a one-off copy of "Drawl of Shooting". Soos immediately perked up, Dipper looked at him and asked "Do you wanna go?" Soos nodded and dipper went up to wake up the others. Within an hour the four went out to the high school, Mabel only went to hang with Dipper while Grunkle Stan was tricked with a "Money prize", and Wendy couldn't make it due to family matter.

Bill trailed down a hiking track until he saw a saying stating "Welcome to Gravity Falls. Nothing to here folks". Bill resented the town, the townsfolk, the Pines, But now he had to test a theory. He moved one foot near the edge of the border of the town, he shifted his foot closer until. "Viola!" Bill shouted, Bill thought to himself "with the magic barrier out of the way, next time the rift is broken there will be no stopping me!". He suddenly realised that he had been talking aloud, and a squirrel was curiously watching him. It tilted it's head sideways, Bill snapped "Scram! Foul fur bag". Now all he had too do was meet his Friend.

The gym was sparsely packed, the crowd varied from children to men with stereotypically large glasses and skin deprived skin. Mabel was disappointed as she would never find a summer romance here, Dipper sensed this and reassured her by saying "It's only the beginning of summer, anyway whats wrong with this batch", he added sarcastically. Mabel smiled. Grunkle Stan exclaimed "Being around all these nerds, it hurts my head". suddenly Toby Determined showed up and said to Stan "Do you want to play Craftmine with us". Stan screamed "Stay back you basement dweller, the power of Stan repels you!" Grunkle Stan pulled out his cane and started fending of Toby Determined and his hordes of Craftminers "Kids tell me when you get the money, i'm gonna hold up in the car". And like that Grunkle Stan was gone, Soos shrugged and left for the arcade machines placed in the back corner of the gym. Dipper's eyes were drawn to a large stage in the center of the room, it was lined with two desks on either side, each desk with four computers on them. Dipper collected Mabel, who was chanting behind Soos, and Soos who was versing the final boss in Morio. Although with much protest Soos decided to finish his game and tag along. On the way to the stage Mabel asked Dipper "Is Sev'ral Timez playing here Bro-Bro?" Dipper replied grouchily "No, Mabel this is the 14th and FINAL time i will tell you. This is not a concert, it is a gaming tournament". Mabel was disappointed but fell behind and started joking around with Soos. Dipper approached a man wearing a black t-shirt with the word "SECURITY" printed on it in white ink, he had a scar across his face which unnerved Dipper even further. Dipper questioned the man with "What is this stage here for?" Dipper tried to sound as casual as possible.
The man Gruffly said "Sev'ral Timez is playing here." Mabel jumped up and held back a choked scream. the man swiftly inturrupted "No, fool the game tournament is taking place here." Mabel's held back scream slowly deflated. The man added "Now are you here to sign up, or do you want to pick dandelions in the paddock?"
Mabel and Soos slowly said "ooooooooooh dandelions" in unison.
Dipper Bitterly said "Ok how do we sign up to play?"
The man said "You and three other people have to sign up here." The man presented a white slip with 4 blank boxes.
Dipper confidently signed his name and handed the sheet to Soos and Mabel, both of which signed the sheet and handed it back forward. Dipper proudly handed the sheet back without checking. Suddenly the man said "Yo fool, i said you and THREE other people need to sign. Also since when does a unicorn count as a signature, albeit it's a good unicorn for such a small amount of-."
"What if we don't have a fourth friend?' Dipper said cutting of the man.
The man plainly said "No Friends. No Play."
In sync the group gasped. Dipper pleaded "Please dude it our friend's life goal to win that trophy."
The man repeated "No Friends. No Play."
Dippers mind was racing trying to think of someone to fill the fourth spot, but no one could. Suddenly as if planned by mythic forces a hand extended in front of Dipper. The boy looked at the figure to see a kid his age, with curly brown hair and hazel eyes. The boy greeted himself with "Hi there i'm Luc, trust me its french. Don't worry about introducing yourself i know you all already, Mabel, Soos, Dipper. I know everything about you, well the important stuff anyway. It seems that you guys are in a bit of a pickle mind if i join your team?" Dipper glanced sideways at his twin who was entranced in his good looks. Dipper thought to himself "oh boy another failed summer romance." But Dipper went back to reality and processed the new character, he made a decision "Sure welcome to the team."
Luc rejoiced "Thanks Dude." He signed the waver quickly as the group walked to the waiting area. "Not much patience." he thought to himself.
As he left the Man said to himself "That kids either a stalker or an extra-dimensional being of unbridled power, either way their all fools."

Bill camped near the shrubbery around the Mystery Shack, the S still lied on the ground. Bill was to lay low until his friend rendezvoused with him. Bill tried to entertain himself by entering the minds of the nearby townsfolk but he remembered losing his powers. In the corner of his eye he saw a short and pudgy meat sack sneaking around the shack, Bill thought the figure was a gnome, until he saw the hair. Bill upon realisation shouted at Gideon "Hey Gideon, thought you gave up trying to cheat Shooting Star's heart."
Gideon fell to the ground trying to comprehend Bill walking over to him. Gideon stammered "I-It can't be, You'r DEAD." Bill erupted into maniacal laughter as his hands went alight with blue flames, which sadly was his only current ability. Gideon fell for the trick and ran away screaming, Bill laughed, well now he's entertained.