The Final Showdown

Chapter 1: The Deal

Dippers POV

I walked through the empty streets of downtown gravity falls.

It hasn't changed in the four years I've been gone.

But I shouldn't be going down memory lane. I have serious business to attend to. Business I've been preparing for 4 years for.

But I can't help but remember how this all started…

It began with Bill Cipher. He was causing mischief again within gravity falls. In fact, his goal went along the lines of trying to destroy gravity falls and later the world. But I didn't let him get that far. Back then all I knew was that he was up to no good, and that was good enough for me to mess up his plans. Through those last few summers here, I followed Bill wherever I could find him and foiled his plans. But I didn't realize that upsetting a demon from hell, was the worse thing I could have done.

After the last time I messed with him, he finally lost his temper and was done dealing with me. I returned back to the shack and had dinner with Mabel, Grunkle Stan, Grunkle Ford, Soos, Wendy, and Pacifica. We were having one of our weekly friend and family dinners and everyone was enjoying themselves. At least until Bill materialized, red in anger with fire bursting from his hands, calling me out. Seeing Bill in rage scared everyone in the shack, even Stanley and Stanford. But they still tried to keep themselves in between me and Bill to protect their precious nephew. But I pushed them aside. Bill was after me and I wasn't gonna let him release his anger on those close to me.

"I'm here Bill! What do you want?" I shouted showing no fear to the demon spawn that was throwing a ferocious tantrum.

"Pine Tree! You! You have messed with my plans for the last time! I am done letting you off the hook. I used to like you, but you've angered me to the point where my Demon blood boils and demands your soul."

"Not if we have anything to say about it!" shouted Stanford as he grabbed his futuristic gun and got in front of me.

Stanley joined his twin brother holding his trusty bat looking ready for a fight.

Mabel, Wendy, Pacifica and Soos also ran to me and held me tight showing that Bill would have to go through them too.

"I won't let you touch my bro-bro!" screamed Mabel.

"It's ok Mabel, if I know Bill, he doesn't plan on doing anything…Yet" I reassured her.

"What do you mean?" asked Pacifica.

"If he wanted to kill me right now he would have done it a long time ago. He's just announcing what he plans to do." I stated calmly as I pushed my way back to the front.

Bill had calmed down and turned back to his golden pyramid triangle-self. But I could tell he was still annoyed.

"No matter how much I despise Pine Tree knowing so much about me, he's right. I don't plan on killing him… yet. It would be too easy to just kill you when you sleep or when your friends and families backs are turned. So I've come to make a deal."

"I'm listening…" I said

" I want you to have a chance to defend yourself to make killing you more fun! So here's my offer. I will give you four more years until I claim your life! During that time, you can go on with your normal life or try to figure out how to stop me or whatever. But four years from now you have to go deep into the forest to the clearing inside to meet with me."

"And if I refuse?" I asked

"Then four years from now I will torture and kill everyone defending you now before I finally hunt you down and end your life."

I glared at Bill with disgust. He knew I would never risk their lives.

"I have one condition… As long as I show up four years from now, you can't ever bother or harm any of my friends or family."

"Dipper don't do it!" yelled Wendy

I looked back to everyone behind me who all had worried faces. Concerned and disapproving of the deal I was about to make.

I looked back to Bill…

"It's my life you're after. Not theirs… Deal?"

"Deal" Bill said without hesitating as he quickly grasped and shook my hand. Because it was true, he was after Pine Tree, not those close to him.

"Dipper No!" Mabel screamed

The deal was done. But before he left, Bill said, "Just remember what will happen to them if you don't show up Pine Tree…"

Bill then disappeared before our eyes.

Of course everybody was now worried. The night was now ruined as everyone tried to figure out what I should do or what they could do to help. This went on till Stanford noticed what time it was and sent everyone home.

I didn't say a word since Bill left.

Mabel said goodnight to our Grunkles and then gave me a big hug that must have lasted a few minutes. When it was finally over she called me an idiot then ran upstairs without another word.

Stanley also went to bed. He wanted to put this awful day behind him.

This left me and Stanford together.