Disclaimers: I Do Not own Gravity Falls

Author's Notes: Now for those of you who haven't read "Dipper and Mabel and the Curse of the Time Pirates Treasure" Axolotl explains to them that they will never remember meeting him, so because they never remember meeting him I decided that it's only fitting that they ask him the same questions that did in the book. You know since they don't remember the answers.

With that said please enjoy.

(Back with Dipper...)

The anticipation alone could have killed him…and for good reason.

Axolotl could very well tell them how to win this war, but was knowing actually a good thing? Or was it better to just let fate take hold? Dipper would like to say he'd blindly follow his fate anywhere but to do that would mean that all the bad things happened for the reason.

Ford trusting Bill was fates design there for it was Axolotl's. Ford getting trapped between dimensions, Stan bringing him back and in return giving Bill his chance to enter their realm was planned by Axolotl! Even the deal Dipper made with Bill that allowed the dream demon to regain power after his defeat was all Axolotl's intent.

Dipper being born a Star Child would also be his doing, sure Time Baby made the Star Children, but if Axolotl was truly the master of fate than it would be him who would have chosen which humans would be gifted with such power.

And knowing all of this was hard for Dipper, after all were all these bad things really necessary? Did all this really have to happen in order to insure their victory?

Did Bill really have to become an insane, selfishly unstable demon in order to save them all?

According to Axolotl yes, yes, he did.

Dipper however couldn't see it that way.

And he wasn't the only one, Bill was also having a hard time understanding why things had to play out this way.

Why was his mother a Star Child? Why allow the mother of a demon will such power?

Why let Bill live in the first place?

After all it wasn't like the fate of the multiverse depended on his existence…right?

RIGHT!

"You seek my council?" Mekhi asked in her usual raspy sand papery voice.

"We wish to speak with Axolotl." Dipper requested bluntly.

There is a pause as if Mekhi is waiting for an answer to his request.

"Look lady if he doesn't want us to royally screw this up, he'll speak with me NOW!" Bill snapped more demandingly.

Mekhi nodded at this. "There are many ways to speak with him." She said, "But since you are here, we can do it the less stressful way."

"What does she mean?" Mabel asked.

"The dreamscape." Bill answered. "She wants me to take us to his mindscape."

"Are you…able." Dipper asked unsure.

Usually Bill would be insulted that a mere mortal would dare ask him such a question. Was he able? How dare he imply that he was weak and unfit for the task.

However, Dipper was no mere mortal, in fact at the moment the child could very well be more powerful than him. So, he ignored the instinct to lash out and nodded. "I'll manage." He assured him.

Strange, it was almost as if he saw the kid as something worth his time.

His demon side reasoned that of course he was; Pine Tree was his ticket back to power.

However, his human side saw him differently this kid saved his life, brought him back from the brink of death. And what did Bill do to deserve such mercy?

Nothing!

Bill used him, forced him to kill all those people, heck he may have even tanted him forever.

And as much as Bill hated to admit it Malia's words were having an effect on him. He never apologized to Dipper, hell he didn't even thank him for saving his life.

"Bill?" Dipper asked.

Bill's eyes meet his and he instantly hates it.

'How can he look at me like that?' He wondered. 'With eyes full of concern and worry.' It just didn't make since to him. Pine Tree should hate him, shouldn't even be able to bare the site of him!

And yet…

"Let's get this over with." Bill snapped.

"Bill…" Malia whispered.

He ignores her, focusing on the task at hand.

"He waits for you to make the connection." Mekhi tells him. "His mind is open to you."

Bill nods and grabs Dipper by the hand.

A small spark of electricity accompanies the touch and Dipper can feel his cheeks heating up for reasons he can't quite explain. He does his best to ignore it as he takes Mabel's hand into his, and his sister in turn grabs Malia's.

They all closed their eyes.

Bill reaches out mentally, He knows entering the mindscape should be impossible for him at this state, but Axolotl is reaching out to him, calling him, so it should be easy.

Should be being the key word.

Bill growled angerly and stopped his foot. "Why isn't this…" He gasped as he opens his eyes. "Working?" He was suddenly alone in a great space filled with stars and clouds.

Had he done it?

Was this Axolotl's mindscape?

If so, Bill had to say he was surprised, he thought a being as powerful as Axolotl would have a more complexed mind.

The dream demon suddenly feels a powerful presence behind him.

"Hello Cipher." A voice says softly.

Bill turned to see the large pink salamander, it's gills like that of a lion's mane.

Of Course, he knew the being was more than a large lizard, but his appearance did not help his image. In fact, Bill knew that the opposite was true. Many powerful beings' demon or otherwise failed to take Axolotl seriously because all they saw was a lizard.

Even Bill had made the same conclusion.

And now that he was in front of the all-knowing pest Bill had to admit his first instinct was to scream at him. To demand what the hell was going on? For him to stop giving him riddles and just tell him what to do.

But unlike Dipper, Bill understood the need. He knew Axolotl didn't just tell people the future because knowing a clear picture of future event could ruin the desired outcome. Take Dipper for example, if Dipper knew exactly how to save them and being the nerd, he was; the kid would over analyze the whole thing and miss his moment. Or worse he may think he knows a better way to save them and chose something differently entirely.

Either way would ruin their chances.

So yes, Bill understood the need to be cryptic and unclear and why wouldn't he? He was a Cypher after all being cryptic and unclear was how he had fooled humans into making deals with him for years.

So rather than scream his head off at the entity before him, Bill surprised himself by asking in a very calm manner.

"What do you want me to do."

(Back with Dipper…)

At first, he feared it hadn't worked, that they were all still standing in front of Mekhi looking like a bunch of idiots.

Thankfully that was not the case.

"Dipper look!" Mabel said as she shakes him.

Dipper opens his eyes to see a vast pace of clouds and stars. "Where are we?" He asked.

"You are in the time and space, between time and space." Another worldly voice boomed.

Suddenly Axolotl appears before them.

"Cool a salamander!" Mabel exclaimed.

"Mabel that's Axolotl." Dipper whispered slightly embarrassed by her outburst.

"He's a lizard?" Mabel asked. "How come you didn't tell me he was a lizard?"

In all honestly Dipper couldn't answer her, because he hadn't known. However, now that Axolotl was standing before them, he just…knew. Maybe it was his abilities as a Star Child that allowed this to be, he wasn't sure.

One thing he was sure of was that Mabel was being a little to carefree in the presence of a sentient being who could litterly change the fate of the Multiverse with a single blink of his eyes.

"I am Axolotl" Axolotl said. "Forgive me for our time is short, you may ask one question each."

"One question?" Mabel asked. Why only one?"

"Mabel!" Dipper warned her.

Too late.

"There is not enough time for more." Axolotl said. "And that was your question." He then turns to Dipper. "What about you boy?"

A thousand possible questions swirled through his mind; how could he just pick one when there was so much left unanswered. It was simple really, he'd just have to choose a question that mattered the most to him.

"What do you know about Bill Cipher" he asked.

Yes, that was it, he could of asked, how do we win this war, or why the lizard allowed this madness to happen in the first place, but for some reason he knew those questions would willed no answers.

Axolotl ponders the question for a moment and then answers:

"Sixty degrees that come in threes.

Watches from within birch trees.

Saw his own dimension burn.

Misses home and can't return.

Says he's happy. He's a liar.

Blame the arson for the fire.

If he wants to shirk the blame,

He'll have to invoke my name.

One way to absolve his crime.

A different form, a different time."

Dipper is stunned. "What is that supposed to mean?"

'SHH Dipper it's Poetry." Mabel said. "I like it, but it is a bit wordy."

"Wordy?" Dipper snapped. "How does this help us?"

Axolotl looks nods. "You are young Star Child, the youngest Star Child the Multiverse has ever known."

"Hey how come he gets two questions?" Mabel complained.

"Mabel!" Dipper insisted.

"With age comes Wisdom." Axolotl assured him.

Dipper still looks unsure. "I wasted my question, didn't I?" He asked.

"You are cursed with thought." Axolotl answers. "To win this war you must learn to follow your heart."

"Maybe Malia can tell us what the poem means." Mabel suggested. "She has known Bill the longest."

Dipper looked to Axolotl and the lizard nodded.

"Okay that's technically three questions." Mabel pointed out, but this time Dipper ignored her.

"Thank you." He said to Axolotl.

Axolotl smiles. "No Thank you." He said.

"For what?" Dipper asked but stopped as he realized. "Right knowledge takes time." He reminded himself.

Axolotl nodded and with a flick of one of his gills the twins vanished.

(Back with Bill…)

He had tried to be civil, he really did, but what Axolotl told him sent him into a fit of rage.

"What do you mean I already know what to do?" Bill snapped. "If I knew I'd obviously wouldn't be asking you!"

"I showed you all you need to know." Axolotl assured him.

"Seriously?" Bill snapped. "That vision was malarkey!" He hissed. "All I felt was power."

"Do you not like power?" Axolotl asked.

"Showing me what I want to see is not showing me what I need to see!" Bill argued.

"You are avoiding the question." Axolotl snapped, despite his usually calm demeanor. "Do you not like power."

"Yes!" Bill screamed. "I mean no! I mean I don't know!"

"And there lies the problem." Axolotl revealed. "How can you know they future when you do not know they self."

"I know who I am!" Bill screamed.

"Do you?" Axolotl asked. "Who is Bill Cypher?"

Silence.

"Do you know?" Axolotl demanded.

Oh, he knew; he knew all too well.

"Nothing…" Bill whispered. "I'm nothing…"

Axolotl shook his head. "You are more than nothing, so much more."

Bill shook his head. "You could have chosen anyone." He yelled. "Why me?"

"I did not choose you." Axolotl revealed.

"What?" Bill asked confused.

"The creator chose you." Axolotl explained.

"Creator?" Bill asked. He had heard of this creator, some mysterious being who was responsible for the creation of Axolotl. And more importantly the multiverse. Bill however had never seen this creator before and seeing was believing when it came to him.

"You have already seen him." Axolotl told him.

"What?" Bill looks confused.

"He gave you life just as he gave me." Axolotl explained. "His blood saved you from death and gave you this chance."

Bill's eyes widen "Pine Tree?" He gasped.

Dipper Pines was the creator of Axolotl, of the Multiverse?!

But How?

"The creator chose you, and now you must do the same." Axolotl continued. "To consume or to bond, only you can decide."

"Wait!" Bill screamed, but it was too late.

With a flick of Axolotl gills he was gone.

(Back to Malia…)

She had met many powerful beings in her life, nut none as powerful as him.

"Axolotl…" She whispered as he appeared before her.

"Malia Windsnap." Axolotl says. "Queen of the Oceans and seven seas." His words echoed around them. "How may I ease your mind."

Malia stepped forwards with shaking legs. "Be honest." She said. "Can we trust him?"

"He had betrayed you before." Axolotl answers. "He is selfish and full of pride."

"I knew it." Malia cried. "He's going to…"

"He will do what demons do." Axolotl told her. "He will cease the opportunity to claim power."

"That backstabbing…"

"And it will be our salvation." Axolotl finished.

"Wait what?" Malia asked confused.

"The King knows what he's doing." Axolotl assured her.

"King?" Malia gasped. So, Lucas was right, Bill does become King of the Multiverse. "But what about Dipper!" She cried. "What will become of him?"

"Do not threat." Axolotl soothed her. "All is well…all will become clear in time."

She wanted to believe him, she really did, but Bill had let her down before.

"Everything happens for a reason." Axolotl told her. "Do you still believe that?"

"Yes." Malia said, and it was true, she did believe it.

"Then do not lose faith now, it is almost over." Axolotl replied. "Soon all that is meant to be will come to past."

"And then?" Malia asked.

Axolotl looks confused for a moment and then answers. "I don not know." He admitted.

"But you know everything." Malia reasoned.

"I know enough to fulfill my purpose." Axolotl rationalized. "I must lead the creator to his destiny. By guiding you all to your fate I show him the way to his own."

"I don't understand." Malia admitted.

"No." Axolotl agrees. "But you will, the Big Dipper will seek your council soon." He tells her.

"Dipper?" Malia asked.

"I have given him something to think about, only you can help him see it for what it is."

Malia nodded. "I wish…you would be clearer." She admitted.

"And I wish my creator did not make me so complex that I can only speak in riddles." Axolotl admitted. "But somethings are out of our control."

Malia smiled. "I guess you're right." She admitted. "Goodbye."

"We will see each other again." Axolotl assured her.

"When?" Malia asked.

"Oh, you'll never know it was me." Axolotl answered. "But I will know."

And with one final flick of his gills she was gone.

"I have done it creator." Axolotl says to no one in particular. "The rest is up to you."

For a moment nothing happens, and then a shadow appears along the clouds before him.

A shadow that is unmistakably in the shape of a triangle and beside it another shadow mysteriously in the shape of a pine tree!

Chapter End Notes

Thanks for reading, the next chapter will be up soon.

Until then this is...

Emily signing off :)