Chapter Notes
Disclaimers: I do not own Gravity Falls
Author's Notes: Okay guys I'm warning you now these next few chapters are probably the most important chapters of this story! Why may you ask? Well let's just say that Lara, and Dipper have a little something in common! What is it you may ask? Well you'll have to read to find out. But I'm warning you now these next 2 chapters are pretty much the foundation of both part two, and three of this series. SO PAY VERY CLOSE ATTENTION!
(Hours Later; Just outside of Cali...)
If she had known what she was getting into then she probably wouldn't have found herself in this situation; or at least she'd liked to think that she wouldn't.
Sadly she wasn't sure of the answer…
Lara sighed, it had been a long drive to California, and even though she was happy to be starting her new life she was regretting the fact that she left her mother…ALONE!
Lucas stopped the car in front of a luxurious apartment building, and rolled his eyes as Lara's thoughts rang in loud and clear. "Geesh Lara, will you stop thinking about your mom it's depressing!" he growled.
"Depressing? My mother just disowned me, Lucas! My father is dead! It's supposed to be depressing!" Lara yelled back.
"We're here." Lucas snapped right back at her.
Lara watched him get out of the car with her anger fuming! 'I bet you did it, not Will…' It wasn't the first time she had thought that Lucas was really responsible for her father's death. No, she had been thinking it the whole ride over here.
Lucas chuckled inwardly, because in a way he was responsible. After all they'd probably still be stuck at that man's house if Lucas hadn't enraged Brian so much to finally tick William off.
'Speaking of Will…' Lucas rounded the car; and opened Will's door.
Will looks at his father sleepily, he hated long car rides; they were far too constricting. He reaches up for his father to pick him up out of his car seat. Lucas rarely held his son, and for good reason. In order for William became a full fledge demon all sources of humanity, and their emotions had to be ripped away from him.
"Don't you dare touch him you monster!" Lara snapped as she snatched Will out of his father arms.
Of course that included Lara!
"Put him down Lara." Lucas demanded softly.
"Why so you can do to me what you did to my father!" Lara snapped.
"No cause the boy has two feet, and he can walk on his own!" Lucas snapped. "And as for your father I did not kill him!"
"Liar! You expect me to believe that my William would kill his own-"
"But I did do it mommy, Papa was going to take us away from daddy." Will cried, he hated when his family argued. He's also used to it by now, Will yawned again, and decided to take a nap.
"Well now I'm taking you away from Daddy, and he will never see you again-" Lara stopped midsentence as Lucas levitated her into the air in broad daylight. "Lucas what are you-"
"No one is taking away my son!" Lucas growled his eyes glowing red. "I put up with you, and your family because I have enemies that would just love to cut down my heir before he's strong enough to defend himself!"
"Heir?" Lara asked.
"Oh did I forget to mention that I'm the King of all demon kind?" Lucas cackled. "Oops how irresponsible of me to leave that out!"
"You monster!" Lara screamed. "You only made that deal with me so-"
"I could have an heir to take my throne in the event of my death?" Lucas cut in. "Yes, Lara that's exactly what I told you. William here is my legacy," Lucas explained as he levitated William, who was now fast asleep away from his mother. "And now that he's finally tapped into his inner demon, he no longer needs you as protection!"
"Protection!" Lara screamed. "You had enemies searching for Will, and you expected me to protect him! Are you crazy; I'm only human?"
"Exactly," Lucas smiled as Lara gave him a confused look. "No one would ever expect the prince of the demons to be in the care of a human; it's the perfect cover. Or it was, however now that William's demon side has fully awoken it's useless. There is no place he can hide that other demons will not be able to sense from a thousand universes away. And once they realize that royal blood runs through his veins it will only be a matter of time, but here I have many friends to help protect Will."
"You planed this from the beginning, you wanted us to come here." Lara realized a little too late.
Lucas smiled a wide inhuman smile; and cackled wickedly. "Now you're getting it, you are no longer of any use to me." He mused.
Lara watched in horror as the shadows around them began to bend, and twist like thick black tentacles. The shadows then lunched towards her, and wrapped themselves around her neck. "Please-" Lara tried to scream. "He needs his- mother-"
"Not anymore he doesn't." Lucas snapped. "Don't you get it? You're dead weight! If I keep you around the enemy will use you to their advantage." He levitated Lara upside down, wanting to watch the blood drain to her head when he suddenly froze.
Lara coughed as the shadows around her neck gave way she then watched helplessly as she floated towards Lucas, who looked at her as if hypnotized.
"It can't be-" Lucas rasped, but there it was right in the middle of Lara's forehead. It was an arrangement of dots, a birthmark in the shape of the constellation of- "Aries" Lucas whispered as he traced the birthmark.
"Who?" Lara asked confused. 'Why did he stop trying to kill me?'
"How long have you had this?" Lucas asked suddenly as he continued to trace the birthmark with his hand.
"You mean the birthmark? I had it since I was born." Lara answered and gave him a weird look as she began to realize that Lucas was shaking ever so slightly. "Lucas is there something wrong?"
"No," Lucas whispered still somewhat entranced by the mark. "It's just that it's an exact replica of the star constellation Aries."
And it was true, Aries was clearly visible, not a single blemish, or break in the skin ruined the arrangement of Stars. It was Aries no doubt about it.
"Oh that" Lara stuttered "Uh yeah I've always had it have you just now seen it?"
"This explains everything." Lucas whispered.
"It does?" Lara asked more confused now than ever before.
Yes, it did! Since the very beginning Lucas had been drawn to Lara. No just any humane had the strength to survive through the birth of a supernatural being. Only beings that possessed an impressive amount of magic could give birth to a demon spawn. Which explained why it took so long for another demon to be born. But Lucas never realized how she possessed such magic; until now!
"A Star Child..." he whispered. "I thought they were all gone."
"What's a Star Child?" Lara asked.
"What?" Lucas blinked finally falling out of the trance.
"You said Star Child" Lara exclaimed. "What is it?"
"Have you ever done something you couldn't explain?" Lucas ask as he suddenly flipped her right side up.
"No why?" Lara asked still confused as she was slowly eased onto the ground. She watched as William slowly floated down onto her lap, he was fast asleep. 'Which means he saw none of this!' Lara shook her head, and eyed Lucas with a questioning look.
'Maybe she's just a late bloomer.' Lucas told himself as he paced back, and forth in front of Lara, and his son. 'Or maybe you've mistaken, there's no way she's a Star Child they've all been absorbed!' he argued with himself. 'You don't know that! You need to apologies and keep her alive long enough to figure this out, otherwise you could miss out on the greatest power boost ever!'
"Uh hello Earth to Lucas!" Lara snapped interrupting his thoughts.
"MMMM?" Lucas looked down on her somewhat confused.
"Aren't you going to explain why you didn't kill me? Or at least apologies for trying?" Lara screamed.
Lucas sighed. "You're right I'm sorry Lara." He said helping her to her feet.
"Wait what?" Lara was really confused now, Lucas was apologizing?! He never apologized!
"I said I'm sorry okay." Lucas said trying not to lose his temper. "It's just that I hate being accused of something I didn't do, and Will was asleep, so I had no reason to hold back my temper." Lucas explained.
"So you don't really want to kill me?" Lara asked not quite sure if she should believe him.
"No I don't" Lucas smiled. 'Not anymore' he forced himself not to laugh. If this girl was a Star Child, then he had really hit the jack pot this time. The last thing he needed was for her to make things more complicated by running away.
"But you really are a king?" Lara asked somewhat curiously.
Lucas sighed "Yes I am."
"So Will really is in danger now?" Lara asked holding her son tight.
Lucas saw the moment of opportunity as if it was the flashing glow of the apocalypse. "Yes," he whispered as wrapped his arms around her. "But I have friends here that can protect both of you." He assured her.
"Why protect me hu? Is it because Will still needs me? Are you going to kill me when he doesn't?" Lara snapped.
"No Lara I didn't mean any of that." Lucas lied as he held her tighter. "I'm sorry okay I was just angry. Please you've got to trust me, my enemies could already be here, and I can't protect you on my own."
Lara was shocked by Lucas' reaction, the demon sounded so sincere she was finding it hard not to believe him. "Fine," she sighed. "I'll go with you, but only because I want William to be safe." Lara glared at Lucas waiting for his famous grin to show up, and prove to her that she was making a mistake; but to her surprise it never came. Instead Lucas kissed her forehead, and sighed in relief.
"Thank you, Lara, and don't you worry I'll protect you both. And I'll earn back every ounce of your trust." Lucas assured her.
"Really?" Lara was shocked. Lucas had never showed her affection before; so why now?
"Come on babe we live in the penthouse on the top floor." Lucas explained as he gestured to the apartment building before them.
'Babe? Penthouse?' Now Lara was really confused. Yeah, Lucas called her babe before, but only because he knew it drove her father crazy; and now that he was out of the picture Lara saw no need for it to continue. 'And since when did Lucas have enough money to afford a penthouse?!'
Lucas couldn't stop the smile from forming on his face as he opened the door for her. "I'm a king remember?" he said answering her question as if she had said it out loud.
"You never hold the door for me!" Lara pointed out. "Why now?"
"Because I'm trying to earn your trust back" Lucas answered honestly. "Besides your hands are full of Will." He pointed out.
Lara gave him 'The Look' marching passed him, and into the building. "Well don't you think for one second that earning back my trust is going to be easy." She snapped.
"I always loved a challenge." Lucas joked as he led her to an elevator.
Lara couldn't help but bush 'So much for Prince Charmless' she joked inwardly.
Lucas smiled too. 'She's a helpless romantic, no wonder that jerk of a meatsack was able to play her so well. This is going to be easy.'
The demon's smile grew wider as the elevator door opened to the penthouse floor, and Lara gasped taking in her surroundings. The room was massive, decorated in shades of golds and black. It was so big, and open with a nice living room space with extravagant furniture, and a dining room with a wooden table and chairs. She also noticed stairs that probably led to the rooms.
"This place it amazing." Lara said breathlessly.
"I told you that I'd take good care you" Lucas smiled even wider. "Now my servant should be bringing up your things." He assured her.
"Servant?" Lara asked, but was interrupted by the ding of the elevator door opening once more.
She watched the door open to a young man in a black suit, who was holding several of her bags. He had dark hair, and even darker features. In fact he looked like he was ready to go to a funeral with all the black he was wearing.
"Awe yes Lara this is my most trusted servant, and right-hand Shinigami" Lucas said introducing the young man. "Shinigami this is Lara, William's mother."
The servant, Shinigami bowed respectfully. "Shinigami, demon of death at your service."
"Wait a demon of death!" Lara freaked out and held her son tighter. "Get him away from us are crazy?!" she shouted.
"Calm down ma'am I assure you you're not going to die, you're not even on the list." Shinigami assured her. "Or at least I don't think you are."
"Wait the list? What list?" Lara snapped.
"The death list." Shinigami explained as he pulled out a list miles long. "It's a list of everyone's name, and when they are to die. Once their death is close to coming to pass their name appears on my list, and once the assigned day comes, I appear to make sure everything goes according to plan."
"Plan?" Lara asked.
"Yes, you see the list clearly states how you're going to die, and the exact second it will happen. It's important that it happens the way it's supposed to other wise time itself could cease to exist."
"So you sit, and watch people die?" Lara asked. "No wonder you look like that."
"You don't understand I must watch, if I don't; and someone cheats their death it could alter the very future in ways you cannot even imagine. Just like if someone were to die before they were suppose too it could have disastrous consequences. Imagine If Albert Enstine died before he could create electricity? It would be a much darker world today!" Shinigami snapped. "No pun intended."
Lara smiled getting the pun right off the back.
Lucas on the other hand shook his head in annoyance. "Shinigami the bags aren't going to unpack themselves." He snapped.
Shinigami stiffened. "Yes master." He bowed.
"Now wait just a minute!" Lara snapped. "That's a lot of work even if he's a demon."
"It really is no trouble." Shinigami tried to assure her. "I can handle it."
"None sense you bring the rest of the bags up, and I'll start unpacking once I put Will to bed." Lara ordered heading up the stairs.
Shinigami looked to his master unsure.
"Well you heard her," Lucas growled. "Go get the rest of her things, and make sure she stays here." Lucas ordered as he entered the elevator with his servant.
"Where are you going?" Shinigami dared to ask.
"To the Library of Knowledge, I need to check something there." Lucas explained. "Just tell Lara I went to patrol the area for any sign of the enemy."
"Yes Master." Shinigami answered respectfully wondering what the king could possibly want to find out in the Library of Knowledge.
"That's for me to know and for you to keep to yourself!" Lucas snapped as his human nails grew into long claws.
Shinigami watched as his master tore a rift into the space, and stepped in leaving his meat sack behind.
"Keep my body warm too, and out of Lara's sight" The shadowy demon ordered. "I don't know how she'd take if she figured out that the real human father was already dead!" Lucas chuckled as the rift slowly closed behind him, leaving Shinigami alone in the elevator with a dead body.
Anyone else would panic at this current situation, but for Shinigami this was simply another day in the office. 'That poor girl she has no idea what she's gotten into.'
And it was true Lara was clueless, and sadly she wouldn't catch on until it was too late.
Far too late indeed…
Chapter End Notes
End Notes: So Dipper and Lara both have birth marks that appear to be in the shape of two famous constellations. Did you ever wonder why Dipper's birthmark looked like the Big Dipper? Well this story explores my theory about why this is so. Anyway I hope you enjoyed; the next chapter will be up soon so until then…
This is Emily signing off :)
