Chapter Notes
Chapter 12! Here we go...
PS. An old friend from book 1 finally resurfaces!
(Back with Bill...)
He wasn't sure how she would take this… Would she be happy to see him?
Would she even recognize him now? He wasn't so sure…
Bill Cipher cleared his uh…throat? Yes, he cleared his throat and pulled out a whistle that he kept hidden in his hat.
'Just in case you need me for anything.' He sighed remembering his old friend's words.
'I don't need it.' He had told them.
'Some day you will…'
Malia, the princess of the mermaids, Bill had long ago cut off tides with her, but now he needed her help. He was trapped in the mindscape, so going to the Library of Knowledge was not an option for him, however Malia had given him this whistle to summon her. 'That doesn't mean she'll help you.' His conscience warned him.
'And who's going to help you? Certainly not those demotic fools who rode off your cocktails, and have obviously left you for dead.'
Yes, Teeth and the others had betrayed him, by thinking him so weak that he would die that easily. No they were not worth his time, and certainly would not be riding off his coattails this time around. No this time he was a one demon show, with one loyal puppet, who didn't even
know he was still a pawn in his game!
Bill sighed, as he floated up to the large lake that stood in the middle of town. Would she even hear the whistle? He was stuck in the mindscape after all. 'If she hears it I'll appear to her in a dream, that is if she hears it!' He reminded himself. 'Well here goes nothing.' He thought before blowing the whistle.
At first nothing happened, causing Bill to really feel like he was alone in this, man it was really hard to scheme with only one chess piece left on the board, but suddenly just when he thought this was pointless a splashing sound came from the lake just out of his view. The dream demon turned slightly to see a flash of a green tail fin, moments later a young woman emerging from the lake.
Bill knows it must be her, because unlike most Merpeople Malia had the power to shape shift into a human form thanks to her mother being a purebred.
"Will?" The woman says, furthering his suspicions of her identity, "Are you there?"
Bill swings into action, and suddenly the world goes colorless as he pulls Malia into a day dream. "Well, well, well look what the cat drug in."
Malia turns to see a floating gold...Triangle?! "Will?" She asked unsure.
"Windsnap I am hurt how could you not recognize me?" Bill said pretending to be hurt.
"Can you blame me?" She said, obviously still unsure. "You don't exactly look like yourself."
"Yeah well unfortunately my father was right when he said the demon side would take over eventually." Bill explained.
"That's still not proof." Malia warned, her eyes narrowed.
"Is this proof enough." Bill held up the whistle. "You said I'd need to get in touch with you one day and man were you right!" he exclaimed using the old charm.
"Wow it really is you." Malia said, finally convicted. "Sorry about not believing you its just hard to trust a demon you understand."
"Why of course I do." Bill assured her, brushing the matter a side. "Anyway what do you need?" Malia asked.
"Well I was hoping you could do me a solid." Bill went on. "Okay..." She said, looking unsure.
"Well you see I'm stuck in the Nightmare Realm like every other demon." Bill began. "And I hear an unsettling rumor."
"Really?" Malia asked. "What did you hear?"
"Well according to some demons another Star Child is in our mist right here in Gravity Falls." Bill told her.
"Will please tell me you're joking." Malia looked really serious now.
Bill on the other hand was trying to resist the urge to correct her on his name, it was Bill now; but Bill was afraid that Malia may have heard about Weirdmageddon and the demon responsible.
Malia already knew he was a dream demon, and telling her his new name might send her running;
especially if she connected the dots. So he ignored the urge and went on. "Oh, I wish I was." he lied. "But alas it's true, and with Time Baby gone I fear that what happened with my mother could be repeated."
"Yeah the last thing we need is another Bill Cipher!" Malia agreed, her words only assured Bill that she really had no idea she's talking to the very demon she's speaking so poorly of; his confidence grows.
"Exactly, so I was hoping you could help me out." he continued. "Anything just asked." She assured him.
"Well before we get too worked up I first want to make sure the rumor is true. I was so sure my mother was the last one, but if we ignore this and it turns out the rumor is true-"
"Then it could be a disaster!" Malia cut in.
"Right, and there's only one book I can think of that could help us out here."
"The book of knowledge?" Malia asked. "But it's locked away in the Library of Infinite Knowledge." she told him.
"That's my problem." Bill said. "I'm stuck in the mindscape I need your help. Just go get the book for me, before it falls in the wrong hands so I can confirm, or better yet debunk this rumor all together."
"Okay, but it's going to take me some Time Will." She warned him. "That place is huge, and one book is like trying to find a needle in a haystack."
"How long?" Bill asked.
"Maybe a week." Malia admitted.
Bill pretended to look uneasy, but actually a week would work well with his plans to lay low. "Okay but hurry, and speak none of this to anyone!"
"Okay I understand!" Malia shouts, and then she awakes on the ground by the lake shore where she imminently jumps back into the lake and begins to swim off to her destination.
Bill waves goodbye patting himself on the back for a job well done, now all he had to do was lay low and wait for Malia to come back with the book, then he'd ask it a few questions and find out for sure if there was really another star child.
With that said the dream demon made his leave, retreating further into the mindscape in hopes of finding a good spot to watch his prey from a far. He couldn't risk returning to the shack until the enemy was sure he was not around. So he'd have to sit and wait...for now anyway.
But he knew that soon it would all come together he just had to be patience!
(Back with Dipper and Mabel...)
The week flew by like a speeding bullet for Dipper, and to his relief it was uneventful, no nightmares, no waking up to bloody, and best of all no scary monster taunting him! He could feel the anxiety melting away.
And with every day he was feeling, more and more like his old self.
And School? Well Dipper never thought it was possible but he was actually the popular kid! Of course it was because everyone in Gravity Falls knew him as the Kid who set the wheels in motion to defeating Bill! He was a hero to his new teachers and classmates a like!
And as for friends, well Mabel was defiantly right about that! There old friends had joined up with them at their new bus stop on their second day back and clued them in on everything about their new school, and even showed them around. They even had several classes together and best of all no bullies!
Even Pacifica had declared a cease fire, and was now a part of Mabel's circle of friends, even more surprising was the fact that Gideon has stuck to his promise about being a norm kid, and to Dipper's amazement he and the younger boy had a lot in common, or at least enough to hold a conversation with one another.
Yes, everything was going right for him, and Mabel Finally! "Now class remember your group projects are due next Monday."
Dipper smiled up at his teacher Mrs. Maier's, she was a sweet elderly lady who happened to have the whole gang in her class. Sadly though, due to a limit on team members the group had been divided in two.
Naturally Mabel, Pacifica, Grenada, and Candy were in a group, leaving Dipper, Gideon and two other boys in his group. The boys had introduced themselves to Dipper on his first day and just started hanging out with him. Their names, Austin, and Kaleb, and to Dipper's surprise in four short days the three had become inseparable. They went on hikes in the woods together, and did study group after school. It amazed Dipper so much that he was almost dumb founded, he had never made friends back at home; but now between him and his sister they had six, and 14 if you counted Wendy Robbie and their gang, and of course there was Soos!
Dipper had made more friends here than in his whole life back at home, no wonder he was feeling better, heck he was even hopeful of the days to come!
Suddenly the bell rings, cutting off his train of thought.
"Man we are so going to beat those girls." Austin bragged as they made their way out of the class.
They all had Mrs. Maier for seventh period, which was the last class of the day so naturally the boys were headed to the bus ramp where they'd be taken home so they could finish their project!
"Unlikely!" Pacifica teased as the girls brought up the rear. "Yeah our project is so cool!" Mabel agreed.
"Not as cool as ours!" Austin argued, pushing his black hair out of his face. Austin unfortunately had to be cursed with the worse hair cut ever, it was a bowl cut that had grown out over his eyes causing the boy to constantly have to move his hair out of his line of vision.
"Yeah it is so better than any girly project." Kaleb agreed as he offered Austin some hair gel from his pocket. "Try this man."
"Thanks." Austin takes the gel and starts to try and fix his hair as they're walking. "Oh come on I am sure we will all due great." Candy assured them all.
Dipper smiled somehow or another the class projects had turned into a big competition for the group; Girls vs. Guys, and both sides were eager to out due the other.
"But ours will be better!" Mabel teased.
Dipper laughed. "If the prize is using the most glitter than maybe."
The group joins in laughing as they step outside onto the bus ramp, and load onto the bus. "I call sitting with Mabel!" Pacifica and Gideon shout at the same time.
Dipper rolled his eyes, they always fought about who got to sit in the seat with Mabel, because
neither one of them wanted to sit in the seat across from her, because they thought it felt too far away. Naturally Pacifica wins, but Gideon doesn't allow it to spoil the mood he takes his seat across from her and everyone starts chatting again.
Dipper takes this time to pull out his journal, it took some time but with Fords help he had finally
restored all three books and was now starting one the fourth! There was no new discovery's in it yet, no right now it was more like a diary the doctor had said writing about his anxieties might help ease the stress, and Dipper was starting to think he may be right, because it seemed to be working; life was defiantly better for them all.
"Okay Pines this is yall's lot!" The bus driver said as he stopped at their bus stop. The Six got up and raced off the bus running towards the shack!
Ford peaked through the blinds of the cabin widow and watched their approach. "Are they here?" Stan asked from behind him.
"Yep." Ford answered nervously.
"Then it is time." Michel cut in, as he got up from the table.
Ford sighed, the brotherhood had showed up moments after the kids had left that morning saying they finally had everything they needed to awaken Dipper's abilities. Ford bit his lip, obviously nervous; he knew this was coming, but it only now started to feel real.
"He'll be fine." Stan assured him. "You'll see."
Ford knew he was trying to stay strong, but he could see through Stan's calm domineer; he was scared, they both were.
Could Dipper really defeat Bill?
They would love to say yes, but even last time Dipper needed help from the rest of them. Could he really be strong enough alone?
"Don't worry." Michel said as if he was reading their minds. "Once his powers are awoken he
will be strong enough.
The Stan twins weren't so sure.
"Stan, Ford we're home!" Mabel exclaimed as they entered the Shack, and walked into the kitchen. She freezes as she notices Michel. "Oh sorry I didn't know you had a guest." She
apologized.
"Oh it's fine." Ford assured her as they all came failing in. "Actually Doctor Wormwood is here to check in on Dipper." He lied.
"Really?" Dipper asked looking at the man more closely.
"Awe yes you must be Dipper." Michel said following the ruse. "Come sit with me at the table this won't take long."
Dipper thought it was strange that the doctor would come to see him, but he guessed small towns could afford doctors who did house calls. Plus they probably thought he'd be more at ease at the shack then a hospital he never been in. "Ok." Dipper shrugs and sits with the doctor.
"Mabel why don't you guys go on upstairs and finish your projects Dipper will be up shortly." Ford assured the others.
"Okay Team let's go!" Mabel declared and led their friends upstairs. "Okay Dipper how are you feeling today?" Michel asked.
"Fine, I fell much better actually." Dipper admitted.
"Good, very good." Michel seemed to look him over, he pushed his hair back from his forehead as if he was feeling for a fever, but in reality he was examining the birth mark. "Well you don't feel warm." He said, taking a thermometer out of his shirt pocket. He puts in in his mouth, and moments later it beeps. "Good no fever." He states. "Now how about sleep? Do you feel like you are you getting enough?"
Dipper nodded as the doctor seems to check for bags under his eyes, there is none. Michel seems please so far there seems to be no sign that the dream demon Bill had been at work here.
"Have you had any episodes of anxiety, or nightmares?" he asked.
Dipper stops, pausing before answering. He hadn't told Ford about the monster, and the dreams, and more importantly how the murders were tied into them. No he wanted it all to go away, and it had! "No." he lied. "No nightmares." He assured him.
"Good, good." Michel said standing. "I think that's all for now I'll be back in a week to check on him again." He says speaking to the Stan twins now.
"Thanks Doc we appreciate it." Ford said shaking his hand.
"I'll see you out." Stan said leading Michel out the kitchen and towards the front door only to allow him to sneak through the door behind the vending machine where the other brothers were waiting down in Ford's Study.
"Okay well you can go now Dipper." Ford assured him trying to sound up beat. "Okay!" Dipper jumps up from the table and races up the stairs.
Ford hurries towards his study, there is not a moment to lose the awakening was happening to night, everything had to be ready for the Oracles arrival.
Dipper takes the stairs two at a time, and as bad as it sounds he is glade to put the only remaining thing of the gruesome past events behind him. That part of his life was over now, the monster was
gone, and now he was someone else's problem. He knew that was a selfish thought, but Dipper tried not to think of the fact that the beast could still be killing innocent souls in his home town while he was safe in Gravity Falls.
"It's not my problem anymore." He whispered as he opened the attic door to see his friends waiting.
However little did he know this was his problem,
And just like every problem this one was about to get a lot worse!
Chapter End Notes
Thanks for reading chapter 13 will be up soon. Until then this is...
Emily signing off :)