Chapter Notes

Disclaimers: I don't own Gravity Falls

Author's Notes: The next chapter is up please enjoy!

Oh and incase you haven't figured it out yet this series is an alternate version of my other series The Devil's Pine Tree. So a lot of these characters in this chapter are going to sound very familiar.

(Somewhere in the dreamscape…)

He knew he was dreaming before the first flash of imagery filled his eyes…

He sees a darken sky, and watches as a single star begins to fall, images of a dark figure murdering a boy flash before him.

Screams fill the air around him.

And suddenly he is standing in a pool of blood before a pile of dead bodies." You must save him."

He turns to see an old hag dressed in rags it is the Oracle Mekhi! "Save him?" he asked.

"The final Star Child is falling, you must save him before it's too late!" The Oracle Mekhi rasped.

"But I don't know where to find him!" He cried over the screams. "I've been searching in vain for 13 years now!"

"You have not found him, because it was not time for him to be found!" the Oracle Mekhi hissed. "Please tell me where to go."He begged.

"Go to the land where the gravity falls." the Oracle Mekhi told him. "You will find him there."

"But where does the gravity fall?" he yelled, as the screams around him became louder.

"Go to your father, he will know of this land that I speak of!" the Oracle Mekhi assured him. "Now stop wasting time and go! GO NOW!"

(Somewhere in Colombia, SC...)

Michel jumped up out of his bed, feeling like his heart was going to beat right out of his chest. It was Time!

He had waited 13 years for this moment, but he knew he couldn't do it alone!

"Go to your father, he will know of this land that I speak of!"

He shivered at those words, he and his father didn't actually see eye to eye; and as terrible as it sounded he really didn't want to see the old man. There were several facts that played into this reasoning; one of them being the fact that his father was raising his sons. Michel puled on his clothes, and boots with a sigh. Ever since the Oracle Mekhi had told them the prophecy of the last Star Child he and his father had been at odds.

"Tonight the rain returns, our hope is a new at the sight of the falling Dipper's bright light. But alas this joy will not last. His birth shall mark a time of serenity and a world of darkness. A deal will be struck with the king of dreams, gravity shall fall and earth will become sky, fear the beast with just one eye. As soon as the sky turns red, a broken promise shall cause the world's end. But the love of a brother will save us all. And Upon the day the mark is revealed, a resurfaced destiny shall bring the fall of a false god and the rise of what was once forgotten."

Those words had been the prophecy of the last Star Child, the last hope to mankind; but instead of bringing them hope it brought them despair. And for good reason the Oracle Mekhi had told them that as hard as they try the fate of the Big Dipper did not rest in their hands, but in that of a demon's.

When his father Ivan had heard of this he left the Guardians of the Star Children, a brotherhood that his bloodline had lead since the first star child was born. He said that if the Big Dipper's fate was in the hands of a demon than he was already lost to us since no demon would ever make the right decision for mankind. So he left the brotherhood, and ordered his son to do the same.

Michel had refused, he chose to lead the brotherhood in his place instead, and that's when the dispute started. His father told him he was stupid, and foolish; and that if he wanted to risk his life for nothing then so be it! But Michel was determined to keep the brotherhood together, Mekhi had told them the Prince of darkness would save the Big Dipper, and Mekhi had never been wrong before. Michel knew he would most likely die, the leader always did die soon after the current Star Child showed up. Yes he knew his death was an unchanging fact, that's why he had his two twin sons leave with his father; for their protection.

Michel picked up a picture from his night stand, two smiling 10 year old twin chestnut haired boys smiled back at him. Benjamin, the one on the right side of the photo was the oldest by eleven minutes, and was the brainy one of the two; but it wasn't his intelligence that made him stand out. Benjamin or Ben as he was more commonly called had a rare birth defect, and was born with six fingers on each hand. Michel smiled and looked to the boy next to Ben, Oliver or Ollie for short was more of bronze than a brain, and had a knack for conning everyone he met at least once.

Michel suddenly frowned, he didn't see his boys very often now due to his work. He knew it was safer this way, but at the same time he could not manage to see them enough even though they only lived 30 minutes away. He missed them both dearly, and talked to them both on the phone regularly; but it wasn't the same. He sighed it wouldn't be easy to get his father to help him out, and with the kids around it was going to be even harder to talk. The boys had no idea about their true heritage, and as far as they knew magic, and demons weren't real.

Of course they were kept from the truth in order to protect them from the supernatural world, but Michel was finding it harder and harder to lie to them. They had been born 2 years after the announcement of the Big Dipper's birth and there mother Kara had looked out for them with in the brotherhood, but after she grew ill, and died of bone cancer; Michel had no choice but to send them off to his father to be raised. Of course the fact that he still sees the boys often makes the

twins wonder why they don't just live with him. Their reasoning is Michel travels too much due to his job, and two growing boys need a stable environment to grow up in.

The lie seemed to be working for now, but Michel knew that sooner or later his boys would start tearing holes into it as they got older; until they found out the truth. His only hope was that they didn't get hurt in the process. He sighed once more and pulled out his phone, choosing his father's number from the twelve that were listed.

It rang twice. "Hello?"

"Hey dad I'm coming over." Michel stated getting right to the point. "It's not the third Saturday yet." His father's voice snapped.

"I know, but it's important, something's come up at work, something she says only you can help me with." Michel reasoned.

"She being Mekhi?" his father whispered harshly. "Dad please." Michel urged.

There's a deep sigh on the other line. "Fine but you're the one that's coming up with the lie when the twins ask."

"Deal." Michel couldn't help but smile, he loved his father very much, and despite their differences he knew his father felt the same. "Thank you, you won't be sorry."

The line goes dead. Michel sighs yet again.

It was going to be a long day!

(Sumter, SC)

Ivan Wormwood hung up the phone with a sigh, explaining this one to the kids wasn't going to be easy.

"Grandfather who was on the phone?" Ben asked from the table.

Ivan swore under his breathe, but answered none the less. "It's your father." he said trying to keep

the bitterness out of his voice. "He's having trouble at work, he'll be coming home sooner this month."

"How soon?" Ollie asked. "Today." Ivan told him.

"Really? Sweet!" Ollie jumped up from the table happily, he always loved when dad came home. He always took them out on trips to the movie theater, or the mall; he even took the time to take them out to eat.

Ben on the other hand was anything but pleased. He resented his father for never being home. "What's so great about it?" he snapped. "He won't be staying long."

Ivan couldn't help but flinch at his words, sometimes he blamed himself for Ben's feeling towards his father. "Ben your dad loves you very much, and the work he does puts food on this table." Of course those words were true, Ivan never could hold down a job for long, people would say he's too old to keep up with the younger employees.

"I don't care!" Ben argued. "I'd rather starve if it meant he'd be home more." He got up from the table and ran upstairs to his room, slamming the door behind him.

Ivan sighed.

"I'll go talk to him." Ollie said, walking up the stairs.

Ivan watched him go shaking his head, they couldn't keep lying to them like this much longer.

It took his son about 40 minutes to pull up into his drive way, and as always his hands where full of gifts.

"Dad!" Ollie came bounding down the stairs excitingly, and jumped up into his father's arms. Michael dropped the gifts instinctively and caught him, hugging him close.

"I missed you." Ollie said.

"I missed you too." Michael told his son, he than looked over his shoulder and noticed Ben standing at the bottom of the stairs. "Benny." he reached out an arm to him, but Ben did not move to hug him.

"Your not staying are you?" Ben asked.

Pain struck him deep at his words. "Ben you know how my job is."

"I don't care about your stupid job!" Ben snapped. "I just want you to be home, for once!" "This is important, one day you will understand." Michael yelled, pulling away from Ollie. "No I won't!" Ben vowed. "Go see if I care!" he raced up the stairs than.

"Benny wait!" Michael begged.

"You're never going to change are you?" Ollie asked. "Is it really so important? What's more important then your sons?"

"Ollie please go check on your brother." Ivan cut in. "You're father and I need to talk."

"Fine!" Ollie stomped up the stairs, not even bothering to look back.

"He's right you know." Ivan began with the usual lecture. "There is nothing more important than your kids."

"We're talking about the end of the world here!" Michael argued. "Time Baby is gone the only protection we have now is the Big Dipper."

"Who's fate is in the hands of a demon!" Ivan whispered harshly. "He's already lost to us! ITS OVER!"

"If that's the case than why would Mekhi call upon me to save him!" Michael went on. "Hu? Why ask me to go to the land where the gravity falls and save him if he was already lost to us!"

Ivan froze, some what shocked by his words. "Is that really what she told you?" he asked gravely. "Yes." Michael nodded. "She told me you would know of this land."

Ivan nodded. "Gravity Falls, Oregon." he said in a sinister whisper. "The supernatural capital of Earth Realm."

"Thank you father." Michael said full of gratitude. "That is all I need to know!"

"No." Ivan said. "There is more." he sat down at the table and pulled out his address book. "There is a man, a scientist there by the name of Stanford Pines."

Michael sat down at the table along with his father. "And he's important because?"

"Almost 31 years ago he came to Gravity Falls to study the supernatural, he wanted to know why these things where there. Needless to say he got desperate and went looking to the wrong sort of being for answers." Ivan explained.

"A demon." Michael said, it was not a question; but a statement.

"Not just any demon." Ivan said gravely. "A dream demon, fortunately he caught the beast in a lie before he could get free, however a portal had already been successfully built, and the monstrous demon was doing anything he could to sway Stanford into finish the job. Finally he turned to me for help. Of course I told him the only thing he could do was tear the portal down and burn his work. He refused, so I decided to do the next best thing I put a metal plate in his head to keep the demon from taking over Stanford against his will."

"HE LET THAT THING IN HIS MIND!" Michael was stunned, and rightfully so.

"He was desperate for answers, I remember when you were once the same way!" Ivan lectured him.

"He could have caused the end of the world!" Michael, then suddenly his eyes widen. "He did didn't he?" he asked. "He's the one that we heard about that allowed "you know who" to get out?!"

"Yes" Ivan admitted.

"That fool!" Michael yelled.

"Watch your mouth!" Ivan warned. "That fool and his family are the reason why Bill is dead!"

"Dead?" Michael couldn't believe his words.

"They destroyed him inside Stanford's brother's mind when he was at his weakest. He's gone!" Ivan told him.

"How do you know this?" Michael asked. "Not even the Time police will tell told us how Bill was defeated, just that the problem had been neutralized!"

"Stanford and I are still in contact, and have been ever since Bill's death." Ivan told him. "Why?" Michael asked.

"I see promise in him and his family, I think they could be a great addition to the cause." Ivan said.

"You mean you think they'd be great to replace our family!" Michael argued. "Their bloodline was not born into the brotherhood leave them out of this; no one should be forced to live this curse!"

"I lost my grandfather to this cause." Ivan said gravely. "And my father, and your mother, and my five brothers!" he struggled to keep the tears out of his eyes. "I cannot afford to lose you and the boys too!"

"If it is my destiny to die than so be it!" Michael yelled.

"Fine go!" Ivan said softly. "But please see Stanford when you get there, he knows that town better than anyone, along with all the monsters in it. If there's another demon out there that would target the Big Dipper he will know of them."

"Fine." Michael answered, forcing himself to calm down. He could see his father's fear for his safety, he was angry because his son was throwing himself at death carelessly; and Michael could understand that. However he knew this was something he had to do, no matter what the cost. "Does he know about the Star Children?"

"He may." Ivan admitted. "But I have told him nothing of the Big Dipper, we both know that information is top secret, we can't share it with just anyone! We erased the Big Dipper from all forms of documented history to protect him."

"Then I must rally the entire brotherhood." Michael said. "If I am going to ask for his help than he must be cleansed and become a brother himself."

"Are you sure you want to curse his family bloodline with such a burden?" Ivan asked. "After all you said it yourself no one should be forced to live this curse!"

"You said he's the only inside man I'll have there" Michael sighed. "I cannot waste time tracking down the beast myself. If a new demon is lurking in Gravity Falls I need to find it, and stop it before it even gets a whiff of the Star Child's sent."

Ivan nodded, ripping a page out of his address book. "This is his address and number." he held the page out to his son, but before he could take it Ivan pulled it away. "If you take this paper, if you go to Gravity falls you will die." he warned him. "The head of our family has died every single time a new Star Child has appeared."

Michael bit his lip. "I know, but I can't turn away." he said. "Mekhi showed me what was coming, this beast will leave several innocence dead, and it will destroy our last chance at peace. It will

ruin the child!"

Ivan gave him the paper. "Then go, tell the boys goodbye and leave." Michael took the paper and headed towards the door.

"Michael you go up there and you tell them goodbye now!" Ivan yelled.

"I can't." He said. "I just can't dad I'm sorry for everything." And with those final words he left, closing the door behind him; walking out on them for the last time.

Ivan finally allowed the tears to flow from his eyes, for he feared that he already knew the truth; the next time he saw his son he could already be dead...

Chapter End Notes

Thanks for reading, the next chapter will be up soon. Until then this is...

Emily signing off :)