A/N: Heh. I meant to post this yesterday, since it's kinda on the short side. But instead, you're getting it today. So that means I'll have to post the next chapter Sunday. Whoopsies.
Also, two guests reviewed. So time to reply to them.

/d0td0td0t: (Chapter 3) I'm really liking what you're saying. Why don't you create an account so we can actually talk over these things? you seem like you have a lot of interesting things to say. And yeah, Steven's behavior can be elusive and confusing, especially to psychopaths like Bill. And yeah, Lars isn't really a bad person, but he isn't necessarily a wholesome person either. And yeah, you're right about actions. So many people like to say "actions speak louder than words", but what if those actions were lies and were only hiding what the person truly is inside? good, philosophical stuff here.

/Ahkhang: (previous chapter) Thank you so much!~ I'm glad you like my works. But this one I can't actually take all the credit for. So I'm going to cut this cake in half and give the other half to Ace. Thank you so much~

Anyways, time for Chapter Fifteen! it's a little short, but it's quite whammy. Of course, not to the same degree as Chapter Ten, but it involves the introduction of a new character nonetheless. I hope you enjoy!

A Triangle in the Stars
Chapter Fifteen: Welcome to The Mindscape

At the end of the hallway Steven was rushing down, there was a faint yellow glow, coming from a room. If the boy had visited the chemistry room, he would know that room was it. The boy's eyes widened when he saw this. He slowed down a little bit, becoming a little more cautious. He wondered what that was, and ran, carefully, towards it. The yellow soon changed to a pink color, and increased in intensity.

Steven developed stars in his eyes. He murmured, "Woah..." and slowed his run to a slight trot.

The pink shimmered and pulsed, patient. It almost looked like Steven's gem when it was activated. The boy slowly approached this pink glow, eyebrows raised and his eye still stars, "What are you...?"

He was reminded of Bill just then, what with the gold glow around the statue just before the guy replaced it. Was this perhaps another? another statue coming to life? he was giddy with excitement and anticipation.

The glow faded, and revealed a pink star, with a closed eye in the center, and little arms and legs extending from its body. The eye opened slowly, and stared at Steven curiously.

The stars in the boy's eyes somehow managed to get even bigger, "Woah..." and then Steven grinned, clasping his hands together, "this is awesome!"

He seemed to forget about the Gem Monster, as well as the happenings at this school, or, at least, it was all now in the back of his mind.

"Hello there. Who might you be?" asked the star, floating close to Steven, circling around him, inspecting him.

"My name's Steven!" he giddily introduced himself, and then the boy was puzzled a little, following the star guy's movement, getting a little dizzy himself. Shouldn't he have already known, like Bill did? he quirked an eyebrow.

"Nice to meet you, Steven. My name's Gabriel. But you can call me Gay or Gabe. Whatever you would prefer is fine," the star finally stopped spinning, and zoomed back to the place where he initially was, where he had appeared.

Steven followed him, running. He shouted, cupping his hands, "Gabriel is a nice name!"

Gabriel soon stopped, suddenly. "Steven..." he turned to the boy. "You've encountered a being like me before, correct? maybe... a yellow triangle guy?"

Steven's eyes widened and he nodded vigorously, smiling slightly, "Yeah! I have!"

"Oh, no... this is not good at all..." he shook himself, almost miserably. He looked back up at Steven. "Tell me his name wasn't Bill Cipher."

The smile slightly faded, but it was still there, and he shook his head. Before he then shrugged. And then he nodded, smiling almost nervously. The triangle's name was, in fact, Bill Cipher.

"Of course," he held a hand to his now closed eye, and sighed heavily.

Steven tilted his head, confused, "Why? what's wrong?"

"Kid..." he began, staring at Steven sadly, "Bill's the one who messed up this place. Other than the Gem Monster, but he saw that, and let it stay anyway. You're trying to fix what happened here, right? well, you can't do it on his side."

Steven's eyes widened, "He did?" he could hardly believe it though, and yet he could. All the bad things, after all, happened a day after they left, and things were absolutely fine beforehand. And the triangle guy had been pretty mean too. But he didn't believe that Bill couldn't be brought around. The boy then sighed, shaking his head, "What if I tried to reason with him? maybe then he'll turn things back to normal!"

The demon shook himself, frowning. "Reasoning with him is a bad idea. I've tried. You know what happened? he stole my soul, and then threw me into another dimension for a trillion years. The same fate might be brought upon you... or worse,"—the boy gasped—"You should let me talk to him," he held out a hand, covered in hot pink, almost red, flames.

Steven watched these flames, his eyes wide with uncertainty. The boy took in all these words, and was again terrified of Bill now. However, he, ever since Bill had washed up here, had been reasoning with the guy, and he actually listened! why would now be any different? he looked back up at Gabriel, tilting his head and then shaking it again, "But I can! he's stayed with me for a day and a quarter. Or more. And reasoning with him was kinda all I did. And it kinda worked!"

He grinned, ever so optimistic that he could do something. An uneasy silence then fell... before...

"I guess I have no choice then," Gabriel's entire form was wreathed in flames now, and he leapt at Steven, pushing him right out of his body, and the boy yelped. His body grinned and looked around with burning, bright pink eyes, laughing.

Steven looked down at himself, and he saw that he was pink in color, and floating a few feet off the ground. He chuckled for a while, before he realized what this meant. His eyes widened, and he looked at his body, where his soul was meant to be. He freaked out a little, hands clasping the sides of his head, "Wha? no! what is this?!"

The possessed boy grinned at Steven's soul. He proceeded to explain, rather vaguely however, "Welcome to the mindscape, kid! without a vessel to possess, you're basically a ghost!" and then Steven's body started running, to where Gabriel knew Bill would be.

Steven floated after him for a while, shouting. This was worse, he decided, than what Gabriel said Bill would have done, and what made this matter even worse was that Bill hadn't even tried to punish him for a "crime" that he had time and time again committed, the fact that the triangle was currently weak notwithstanding.

This didn't quite label the star guy as an enemy, but it was quite close to it. However, Steven held no grudges. He kept after him, but soon stopped, realizing it wouldn't be much of a use. His mind was now brought back onto the matters at hand. That Gem Monster, and the demons rampaging the school. So he began looking for them once more, at least to try and get solid locations.

A/N: And so Gabriel, Ace's OC, enters the scene. I took Steven for this chapter. I hope I portrayed him well. X3
Also, we tossed two references in there. XD They shouldn't be too hard to spot. I hope you enjoyed this, and I'll see you Sunday if you don't have any reviews to leave me! X3