The next thing Pacifica can remember after blacking out is laying in an empty white void. She tries to sit up, she wants to sit up, but she does not have the energy to do so. It is hard to keep her eyes open, her mind clouded and unable to come up with consistent thought. Her eyes are itchy, probably from all that eye makeup she has on.

Get...up.

She keeps telling herself she can't just lay here, but no matter how hard she tries...

"Hey Paz, it's okay. Just relax."

Pacifica blinks, seeing Bill float over her. Her eyes grow wide, opening her mouth to speak but Bill cuts her off.

"Don't ask questions," he says. "Both you and Gideon really over did it tonight. You two need to rest up."

Pacifica stares at him, seeing that his blue glow is extremely thin and pale.

"...But-"

"Shhhh... Do I really need to repeat myself, Paz?"

He places his entire hand over her mouth, preventing her from speaking anymore. It looks like she is about to bite off his hand, however her teeth go right through like air. Bill rolls his eye at that.

"Charming as ever! What is with you and Gideon and doing weird things when you're unconscious? Gid mutters in his sleep about white lights, you always trying to bite something… Seriously, what is up with that?"

He continues to rant and ramble on, though his tone still seem playful. Normally, Pacifica would be annoyed by this, but in her tire state, Bill's words don't seem to register.

As if under some kind of spell, she shuts up and does not question him. For some reason, she feels very relaxed, warm memories coming to mind as she feels herself slipping from consciousness. A sense of security comes over her, falling into a deep sleep with Bill watching over her.

When she finally gains the strength to wake up, Pacifica slowly opens her eyes to find herself in her bedroom, tucked into her bed. She stares blankly at her wall, where she then realizes that she is not wearing her pajamas, but still her sweaty, smelly clothes from the party. Her eyes grow wide, jumping out of her bed and grabbing her cell phone, which is on her dresser. She speed-dials Gideon's house, her heart pounding in her chest. It rings a couple of times, when eventually there is an answer.

"Hello?" the scratchy voice of Mrs. Gleeful says.

"Mrs. Gleeful," Pacifica replies, trying her best to keep her voice steady. "It's Pacifica. I was calling to see if Gideon was around."

It takes a moment for Mrs. Gleeful to reply, as she goes into a small coughing fit.

"I'll pass the phone to him," finally came her answer. "He should still be in his room, asleep."

She can hear her walk down the hallway on the other end.

"Just what were you doing last night to become passed out on our doorstep?"

Pacifica blinks, Mrs. Gleeful's question catching her off guard.

"…Huh? What do you mean?"

"Around midnight, the doorbell rang and Bud gets up to see it's you two on our doorstep."

Mrs. Gleeful pauses, letting out a harsh cough.

"He ended up taking you home while I got Gideon to bed. Do you have any idea how scared we were to find you two like this? Going to a party is fine, but passing out like that is unacceptable!"

She goes into a short rant, saying that she was worried if either of them had been drugged or under the influence of alcohol. Pacifica barely listens to her, for the last thing she can remember before passing out is seeing Old Man McGucket coming towards her and Gideon.

If they were placed at the Gleefuls' doorstep, then McGucket must have carried her and Gideon out of the forest before the Pines Twins, or worse, found them. She can hardly believe that. Old, crazy McGucket, saving them!? Why would he help them, when before he…?

"…Pacifica? Dear, are you still there?"

The worried tone in Mrs. Gleeful's voice snaps Pacifica out her thoughts. She tightens her grip on her cell phone.

"…Sorry, Mrs. Gleeful," she apologizes. "Gideon and I just got super tired and…we got a ride home. That's all."

"And they left you there? Unconsciousness and in the dark?!"

"…Mrs. Gleeful, me and Gideon can explain later. Right now, I really need to talk to him."

"Now you li-"

Mrs. Gleeful is cut off as she goes into an uncontrollable coughing fit. She sounds like she is choking, and Pacifica can barely pick up Mr. Gleeful asking his wife if she is okay. Mrs. Gleeful gives a very raspy reply, claiming repeatedly that she is all right.

"…I will pass the phone over. But I will want an explanation out of you, Pacifica."

She takes a deep breath of air.

"You may not be my daughter, but I won't let any friend of my son bring herself down. You understand?"

"I…"

She hesitates.

"…I do, Mrs. Gleeful."

"Good."

She takes the phone away before Pacifica can reply. Guilt forms like a heavy stone in her stomach, however she does not have time to dwell on it when Gideon answers the phone.

"I guess ma told you about what happened?"

He just goes straight to the point, in which Pacifica nods to herself.

"Yeah," she replies, "and I think I know who brought us home. Before I fainted, I saw McGucket approach us. It must have been him!"

"'…McGucket?'" Gideon hesitates. "…You sure it was him?"

"Positive. With the really tall hat and beard? It has to be him!"

She could sense that he is having a hard time believing her, and if she were in his position, Pacifica would be doing the same. But she knows what she saw, and she could have Bill back her up with that, since he probably saw the whole thing happen. If he is able to remember it. And speaking of him…

"…Hey Gideon, have you heard or seen Bill today?" Pacifica asks, her eyes moving around the room. "I haven't heard from him at all and he usually comes and bugs me when I oversleep."

"Oh, he's here," Gideon answers. "We were actually talking before ya called. He even said you were going to."

He pauses.

"…Also, Bill wants me to tell you he says 'hi.'"

Pacifica rolls her eyes.

"…Hi Bill."

She knows for a fact he will continue to pester Gideon unless she says hi back, and he probably said it to annoy her too. Though it is good to hear he is doing okay, not seemingly traumatized from last night's events. Knowing that Bill could easily listen in to their conversation, and probably is, she decides not to question Gideon on how he is doing but rather change the subject.

"Now that we broke into the Pines Twins' house, we'll have to be extra careful from now on," Pacifica says. "I don't think they'll try to harm us if we are in town with lots of people, but we can't go into the woods without being together or knowing that Bill is with us. To continue our search for the gnomes, I think-"

"I think we need to destroy the journal."

Gideon's blunt statement throws Pacifica off her guard. Her mouth hangs open, however Gideon quickly comes back in before she can reply.

"We can't risk Dipper and Mabel getting their hands on that book, or anyone really. It's dangerous and the right thing to do is to destroy them as soon as possible. We've got one of them right now, we can get rid of it now and then all we would have to worry about is what the Pines Twins have. When they're gone, Gravity Falls is safe we won't have anything else to worry about."

He lets out a soft sigh.

"Look, I know you're gonna argue with me about it, but Pacifica, if that thing can summon something like Bill, who knows what it can do?! Same thing with the twins' journal. We're gonna have to get rid of them sooner or later, so might as well do it now before you or even me gets too attached to the thing. I know it's hard, but please…"

His voice cracks as he pleads with her. But they can't just cast it aside, at least not that easily.

"…I get where you are coming from," Pacifica answers, "but there is a good chance that their journal might have something that can be used against us. My journal has a lot of notes on spells and magical objects, not just monsters. There is a good chance Dipper might find a spell or something to come after us, so we may need my journal in order to defend ourselves. We can't just get rid of the journal…at least not until we get both of them."

There is a long pause, Pacifica waiting for Gideon to argue with her and try to get her to see 'reason.' But by seeing the wrathful look in Dipper's eyes during their sing off…she knows that he will not let this go.

Whether they like it or not, Pacifica has dragged her and Gideon into a fight they can't back out of.

"…Bill seems to agree with you on that," Gideon finally says after a long silence, "and for his sake, I won't argue. But I don't think you should keep it all the time, Pacifica. We'll take shifts on keeping the journal, in case Dipper or Mabel find out where we live."

"We won't have to worry about that," Pacifica replies. "My mansion is heavily guarded. It will be impossible for them to get in. It'll be safe."

"Even from monsters and spells?"

There is a short pause.

"…It's better than your place," she replies. "Your house wouldn't stand a chance against an attack from the twins. It's a risk, but I'm willing to take it."

Gideon sighs heavily over the phone.

"…We'll argue over this later. Ma and Dad are really worried about us so I better go talk to them. They'll wonder why we're on the phone for so long. So see ya later."

He hangs up the phone, Pacifica doing the same. She sets the cell phone down and walks over to her desk, taking out the journal from one of the drawers and skimming through the pages. She is looking for something that may help defend themselves from whatever the twins may throw at them. A spell, a magical item, or even a mythical creature they could train… Something, just something that they can use!

She goes through a couple more pages till she sees something that catches her eye. It is a drawing of what looks like an amulet with a bright light blue stone in it. It has a supernatural beauty to it, where in the notes, it says that this stone grants the user a strong telepathic powers. Pacifica's eyes grow wide, seeing that the power is strong enough to lift someone up into the air for long periods of time.

A stone that grants the user powers like any wizard… Now that is something that can be used against the mad Pines Twins.

Author's Note:

In case you were to able to read my previous author's note, I had just started college and it has taken a lot of my writing time. Because of it, and the fact I want to spend more time on my first novel, updates for this story are going to be much slower and take more time. So even if it does take awhile for me to get the next chapter up, do not fret, as it will be on the way eventually.

Anyways, hope you enjoyed the chapter and please review!