Disclaimer: Well, the winter break is almost over, I finished a story I started in 2017, and the GFA sequel is going along nicely. And of course, I finally got time to post here... this is a good time.
ultima-owner: It does, doesn't it?
Luckygurrl12: Especially in season one, are there new parts. The first 10 or so chapters are really different. A fair amount of Bill's and Elaine's interactions have changed in season 2, and 70-75 are finally updated.
CureCaligraphy (five times): Gail is pretty sweet. Elaine is lucky to have her as a sister. And yes, we know who Sam is. I love crossing my stories over, and since HOPE already has Hope's dimension and Sans' dimension interacting, I just had to do this.
"Speaking"
Thinking
"You two... I swear, you and your sister are the absolute worst danger-magnets in the multiverse." Dipper squirmed under my heated gaze, clutching the journal tighter to his chest. That demon... he's gonna get it this time. Possessing my kid? S-sure. Sure, demons were known to do that. But under an angel's watch? Under my watch!? When everyone higher up knows how ridiculous my decision to take Dipper under my wing was possibly suicidal? Bill was not going to get away with it.
"I know," he mumbled, head dropping a little. "I should've known better than to trust him, especially after what you told us about him last time."
I did not fully explain the demon's past, as that went against several over rules we followed, but I did stress that Bill was not to be trusted. Never, no matter what. Dipper was smart though, and while he had messed up this time, it did not amount to what Ford had accomplished. Back to the matter at hand, I paced back and forth, letting my white dress shoes click against the dusty floorboards. "He's determined that he won't let you, or Mabel, stop his plans. Dipper, it's clear he's planning something huge. Something, that... it will threaten everyone, and everything you hold dear."
He straightened up, resting the journal beside him. The Pines boy had written a lot in there over the course of the summer. Did he write of me? Pfft, obviously. Only once, when I finally made my presence known to him after they secured the Shack back from the Gleeful child. I had woken him up in the middle of the night, while his twin slept soundly across the room. Stunned, he was, and confused. Dipper had so many questions, and I could only answer them vaguely.
Really, how often was it that you got to see a guardian angel? And one with my wing color at that? "So... I'm in danger then." I nodded at his summary of my words. "Me, and everyone else in this town."
"Possibly the rest of reality too, but Gravity Falls will be struck down first. In a lot of Earth dimensions, this one is pretty high in magic and supernatural stuff." I didn't know that for certain. It was a comment Cipher had mentioned weeks ago. Gotta admit, some of what he says is a little interesting. "Onto another matter. How are you feeling, anyway?"
Dipper was thankful for the change in topic, and gripped a bandaged hand. Speckles of red decorated the white cloth, where the possessed boy jammed his arm inside the utensil drawer. Forks were stabbed in the skin, which he happily pulled out with such a manic grin it sent chills down my spine. Bill knew I was there, and maybe he was doing it for his own twisted thrills or to mock me for not being able to properly watch over Dipper, but whatever the reason, he got the right reaction from the both of us. Both, meaning Dipper and myself.
He was booted into the Mindscape, and I had to personally guide him to the theater to hunt down the triangular demon to get his corporeal form back. Guardian angels existed in the mental state, and in the state the child lived in. What a shock it was when I found him just seconds after the deal was made, hand through his torso and feeling the lack of any organs. Living, yet not living at all. I reacted in a very similar way when I became an angel, although... my memory of that-of the few years of adjusting-was vague.
But the reason why I was just seconds off-just missing this horrible disaster-was because of him and Mabel fighting. This time, over his obsession with the laptop and how it was affecting him over the past week. I was supposed to make him behave nicely. Make him a good person. However, with how the summer was going so far, I was much more focused on keeping him alive and in one piece. Why couldn't I have been assigned to him before he arrived to Gravity Falls?
"Sore. I have a bit of a headache, and my hand hurts. I'm just glad Mabel stopped him before anything else happened." He smiled, and I froze as his hand wrapped around my own, stopping me in my pacing. "Thanks, Elaine."
Guardian angels never did physical contact unless we couldn't help it. Bill liked breaking my personal bubble, and getting reactions out of it. I had never expected him, a human, to reach out. To... try and calm me down. Someone who was supposed to protect him. "... no problem, kid." I moved to his side, and sat down next to him on the window seat. My wings stretched up, blocking the triangle in the glass. Don't need him watching.
"What are you going to do next? He's not going to be happy this didn't go the way he planned." What, indeed. I tapped a finger to my chin, eyes closed in deep thought. I did say I wasn't going to make things easy for him, in his plans. He already stepped over that line, personally attacking Dipper and Mabel.
"It's very simple, Dipper." I lowered my hand, and fully faced him. My halo lit up my almost murderous expression, and I could only wonder right now if my wings had darkened from the past few hours. Never a fallen angel. As long as I can keep my kid safe, then I will not fall. I won't fail. "We prepare for a fight."
So, unfortunately, I'll be ending the anthology series. This collection of small stories was to help fill the void between the first and the second big story. Now that GFA 2 is posted, and the next school term is starting, I don't have time to focus on this anymore. I might post here again once the sequel ends, but for now, this side project is over.
Also, while it is a little delayed, happy new year! Until next time!
Angel