"But I don't want to go Bill." I lowered my head to face my shoes which currently were on fire.

"I'm sorry Dipper but as I explained before, you have too. That's the arrangement I made with your parents. You're old enough to control you own powers now, you need to visit your family." I turned up to look at Bill, he practically towered over me at this point being 6 feet tall where as I'm only 4 ½ feet.

"I don't have anything in common with them though, they're just normal humans. What if I accidentally hurt them?" Bill smirked, his face stretching into its usual toothy smirk.

"You? Hurt a human?" He stopped to laugh, big air-gulping breaths, I turned away embarased. "Dipper, you couldn't hurt a human if you tried. It'll be fine."

Bill could be annoying sometimes, okay a majority of the time. He's like the big brother that you love to hate or hate to love, it varies from moment to moment. He may have raised me but he still acts like my more… human… tendencies surprise him.

Bill finally stopped laughing and wiped a tear from his eye. Taking a few breaths he regained composure. "But seriously, in the mortal realm your powers are dulled and you don't need to worry."

"How long do I have to stay again?" I dragged my hand in frustration.

"A summer, give or take a few days."

"Good morning Mr. and Mrs. Pines." Bill bowed deeply removing his black top hat. Dressed up for the occasion Bill had donned a yellow and black suit jacket with a yellow brick patterned vest underneath and black dress pants. Mrs. Pines giggled.

"Hello Bill, it's a pleasure to see you again. How has Dipper been getting along?" She questioned a pleasant smile settling on her face. She was probably in her early 40's with chocolate colored hair that fell behind her shoulders and warm brown eyes.

"Why don't you ask him yourself?" Bill moved back from the doorway where I stood behind him. Dying of heat stroke in a suit of my own, all black with the exception of my golden tie. It's California in the summer! What lunatic decided that I should wear a suit? I looked up at Bill's Cheshire like grin, oh yeah, that lunatic.

"Dipper! This is a surprise." Mr. Pines, my father stammered. Mrs. Pines lost her words entirely and ran slack jawed at me, wrapping me up in a hug. I pushed her arms away after a few seconds.

"It's too hot for hugs."

"Right, right. Sorry. Why don't you both come in?" She ushered us inside and we sat down in the living room, a quaint space with two small sofas, a TV, and an ascending staircase lined with pictures of a brightly dressed girl.

My parents took a seat on one couch as I sat on the other with Bill. We just sort of starred around aimlessly for a moment.

"You're looking good, Dipper. Getting enough to eat?" My father tried to make some small talk.

"Yeah. I guess." I looked at Bill and projected by thoughts to him. "Do they know we don't eat?"

Bill merely replied in a smirk. He then stood and threw his hands into the air gesturing to the home. "Well I can bet you both have guessed why we've come today. When I took guardianship of Dipper as a baby I promised that I would return him to your care when he was old enough to properly control himself."

My parents nodded, mother slightly more eager than father. But return me to their care? He's going to leave me here forever?

"What the hell Bill?" I once again projected my thoughts to him, though he pretended not to hear.

"Since Dipper can now control his powers I am ready to return him."

"He'll stay with us from now on?" Mother questioned, I desperately tried to build a mask to hide my anger at Bill. He can't just leave me here. I won't stay, he should know that by now. My hands gripped the couch and I felt them heat up.

"Boy, calm down. You'll burn a hole in their couch. Let me finish." He turned to show me a slight smirk.

"A summer. We'll start with that for now." Mother and Father visibly deflated.

"We understand, I suppose you would know better about these things than us." Father put his arm around Mother and put on a smile.

"Don't worry Pines, I've done this many times over my long life, Dipper is not my first charge. If anything goes wrong or you have any questions you know how to reach me. Dipper why don't you come see me out?" Bill dramatically swept a deep bow to my parents and I followed him back to the door.

"Be good Dipper. Try not to set the house on fire. Remember, there are worse things than having to spend a summer with your family." Bill's voice sounded in my head, his tone starting out jovial then taking a sharp turn becoming threatening. I shivered despite the heat.

"Goodbye, Bill."

"Bye, Dipper. I'll see you around folks."

"Goodbye Bill, thank you again." Mother and Father waved from the couch as I shut the door and felt Bill's presence fade. Mother rose and gestured to the stairs. "Why don't we go and introduce you to Mabel."

I followed her up the stair taking in the images on the walls. A girl about my height with chocolate hair dominated them, but others showed her progression from child to pre-teen. School pictures, colorful stickers, and sweaters were a commonality among them no matter what her age.

Mother led me to a door at the end of the hall upstairs. "This will be your room. We didn't really decorate it, we figured you'd want to decorate yourself." She looked me over again. "Oh, you didn't bring a bag with you. Do we need to go shopping and get you somethings?"

"I've got it." I conjured a small suitcase that I had stored in the mindscape. "This has all the things I need."

I opened the door and found my room to have basic baby blue walls, a bed in one corner with a bedside table, desk with chair, and dresser. "It looks nice, thank you." I sat the suitcase down and began to unpack my few possessions as Mother watched from the background.

I turned to look at her. "Can I have some privacy to change real quick?"

"Of course." She shut the door slowly her eyes lingering on my face as they disappeared. I breathed a sigh of relief and used my powers to put away my few items then stripped out of the stuffy suit. I changed into a pair of shorts with a red shirt and blue vest. Knowing Mother was waiting I braced myself and opened the door.

Mother was conversing in a hushed tone to the girl I had seen photos of downstairs. She looked around Mother locking eyes on me and squealing with apparent excitement.

"Hello, bro bro." She rocketed forward and had me wrapped in a hug before I could even blink.

"You must be Mabel."

This is a new (old) idea I had for a transcendence au. Tune in next time to figure out what the heck is going on. What powers is Bill referring to? Why was Dipper with Bill in the first place? All these questions and more will be answered next time on Demon Falls.