"When was the last time you got a good night's sleep pine tree?"
"Or, when was the last time you didn't wake up screaming from the memories?"
"You know there is a way out pine tree, just let me in. Let me in and I will take all that fear and all those scary memories away. All you have to do is let me in, let me in pine tree or…"
Dipper's eyes shot open, his lips parted, his vocal cords strained with the scream that resounded though the small Californian apartment. The door to his room flew open and a man who looked like an older version of Dipper and woman who looked like an older version of Mabel soared though the opening. "Dipper its okay you're home, you're safe stop screaming" the man clamped his hand over Dippers still open mouth "Stanley stop your going to stop the flow of dark forces from escaping his body".The woman rushed over, pulled Dipper from the man and wrapped her arms around his shivering body. The man looked down and to the side "sorry, I guess that's what my father would have done and I…" the man trailed off and looked over to the other bed where a blob of shaking pink wool sat "hey star its okay, Dips will be okay he's just going though some stuff right now". The pink mass that was Mabel poked her tear streaked face looked at her fathers than shifted to see her mother holding her brother softly whispering lyrics from some old song form the 70s into his ear. "I…I'm sorry for waking you up" Dipper sniffed "its okay son. It must have been some nightmare, you where screaming like a demon was after you" Dippers eyes went down and he buried his face in his mothers shoulder.
"Well if there was a demon about, the juniper leaves that I put on your window ceil would keep them out". The man looked over from comforting his daughter to the window "oh, come on Lily I thought that we talked about leaving that kind of stuff around the house" "hush, it will keep them safe and give me peace of mind" the man rolled his eyes. "You okay over there, shooting star?" the woman asked Mabel. This brought a sudden whimper from Mabel and caused Dipper to pull his legs in towards his chest "what did I say, I'm sorry oh it's okay star".
After a few more words of comfort, Stanley and Lily Pines kissed the heads of each of their kids, Lily rearranged the leaves, Stanley checked that the widow was locked securely, and then they left. "I think that it was a mistake to send the twins to Stanford. Who knows what they saw, Stanford was worried that they had met Bill and…" "Bill! How could you not tell me, what happens if he comes for them, what happens if he is already coming for them? We need to protect the kids I'll go to the Falls and get Stanford to give me one of the books and you start to get things packed". Lily was reaching for her coat when she felt a strong hand gently rest on her shoulder "that won't be necessary. They beat him, well almost, with the help of Soos" the woman started "Stanford told me that Bill had gotten into his mind somehow, he thought he was going to have to fight, when Dipper and Mabel came in. He told me that, much like with other dream related phenomena, he doesn't remember much but he knows that Dipper and Mabel almost defeated Bill only using the power of their minds". Lily brushed her hair back "what does that mean" Stanley reached forward and pulled her into a comforting hug "it means that we have some pretty special kids in there, and I think that they can fend for themselves, but just incase they run into something that they can't handle we will be there to save them".
Tears streamed down Lily's cheeks "we should tell them" "No, we can't. I'd wish away everything of mine to tell them but you remember what happened to McGucket. If we want to help our kids the best way is to stay hidden, and help from the shadows". Lily looked up at her husband "I know" she addressed him, then she looked down the hall to the twin's room "I'm sorry" she whispered". Stanley brushed his hair back and turned to look out the small, thin widow next to the door "listen, Lily I know you won't want to but... I think the twins need to back, just so they can settle their demons. I think they need to go back for a second season.