The man moved towards the mansion on the hill, being careful to avoid notice from the manors inhabitants. He needn't have bothered, although Gravity Falls could not be considered a safe place, unlike where the man had been, it wasn't dangerous physically (usually). He was curious about what was going on inside the manor, however, and didn't want to alert anyone before he had to.

Six fingers pulled back a leafy branch so bespectacled eyes could get a better view. Ford sighed, thinking he probably should have told Dipper and Mabel what he knew. They were too much like Stanley and himself, curious and impulsive. Continuing his careful movements, Ford hoped he could stop the younger twins from coming to the same end the older ones had.

"And I never expected to be summoning you," Dipper was nervous and trying to cover it up. "But I need to get into Preston Northwest's mind, and you are going to help me do it."

"Oh really?" Bill Cipher drawled, swinging his cane as he zoomed up close to Dipper. "And why should I do that Pine Tree?"

"Because I will help you with whatever you are planning if you help me with this."

"Dipper, No!" Mabel shouted, any hint of her normally silly demeanor gone, replaced by genuine fear. "What are you doing?"

Pacifica seemed stunned, her jaw dropped open. Though whether or not it was because of his foolishness, the fact a floating triangle with a top hat was talking, or because of what Dipper was doing for her father, Dipper wasn't sure.

"I asked you to trust me Mabel," Dipper winced at the thought of what this would cost his sister, "Please."

Bill simply watched the scene with amusement, and Dipper turned back to him. "All I ask is that I am able to share a drink with my sister before we go, and that you help me inside the mind of Preston Northwest."

"Hmmmm," Bill Cipher's arms moved at strange right angles as the demon seemed to think, his bricks flashing through colors and images. "Well kid, I have to admit I thought you were smarter than this. But I think I can take this deal."

"One final condition," Dipper said as he put his hand forward. "We don't leave Preston Northwest's mind until I have the information I need."

"Deal."

For the second time this summer, Dipper accepted the blue-fire handshake of Bill Cipher.

Instead of letting go, Bill simply shouted "Hold on kid, here we go!" and yanked Dipper into Preston Northwest's head.

So I said that this chapter might be longer... it wasn't. And i said it might have started to earn its M, and it didn't. Was busy with school and work and family, so i never got around to it. And now that i have i don't have the motivation, so it became two chapters. So sue me. Also, i had to use google translate for the end bit of this. Fuck it, i dont care. This one says "Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it" just in case the Latin is screwed up by google.

Numquam aperuerit ianuam introibo ad minus malum, semper fugere alia maiora in eo