Author's Note's: So here's the next chapter, I hope you guys like it.


(Back at the meadow...)

Will took a deep breath…

He wasn't sure he like this idea.

Malia on the other hand was 100% sure that she hated this idea, but she had to admit something drastic had to be done in order to unlock Will's powers.

Suddenly the world turned gray around them as Icarus took over William's mind in order to allow them to enter the mindscape; since the prince still could not do it on his own. Once they were in Icarus released his control.

"This is where we will unlock your abilities." Icarus explained. "Somewhere in here is the source of fear that's keeping your abilities locked away."

Will looked around, unsure. "How is this supposed to help?" he asked.

"We're in your mind Will." Malia explained. "Your fears have locked your abilities away somewhere here in here."

"So we're going to search the vastness of your mind to find that source of fear." Icarus finished. "and then you will face it, and once you overcome this fear it will no longer have a hold on you."

Malia turned to Icarus scowling. "This is dangerous you know!"

"Dangerous?" Will asked.

Icarus nodded his agreement. "Dream demons can invade other's minds without a problem, but to invade your own mind is tricky. You could get lost within your own thoughts, lost in a happy family moment that you wished would never end. Perhaps a memory of a more peaceful time. Or even end up running into one of the monsters of your scariest nightmares!" Icarus explained. "That's why we're here with you, to keep you from getting lost in here."

"Or hurt!" Malia snapped. "We could get hurt! After all it's not like he's in our mind! We're in his and we could get hurt especially since he can't control himself."

"Don't worry." Icarus said, trying to assure her, and more importantly Will! "Once he faces his fear, we'll be fine!"

Malia shook her head, but kept her mouth shout; the last thing she wanted to do was risk all their lives by scaring Will even more.

The three children started forward into the void until they came to a single door… "Wow…" Icarus was surprised.

"What is it?" Will asked.

"Nothing it's just I thought a dream demon's mind would be more chaotic, not a calm void." Icarus answered.

Will blushed despite himself, "Well maybe I'm just different." He snapped and opened the door.

Will gasped as the door opened to a maze of doors full of the strangest things, things like dancing hotdogs, and flying eyeball's, and floating colorful bubbles of madness.

"Oh yeah your different all right!" Icarus teased.

Will turned another shade of red, "Let's just get this over with!" he snapped forcing himself to enter the maze that was his mind.

'There's no way this is my head.' He thought.

"Uh Will what are these bubbles?" Malia asked reaching for a bubble.

"Don't touch those!" Will exclaimed.

"Why not?" Malia asked.

"Those are my bubbles of madness." Will explained.

"Bubbles of what?" Malia asked.

"I told you my father teaches me a lot about demons and other dimensions, well after I learned about all these different worlds my father told me that a dream demon needs to have a strong imagination. So he told me to practice, and I do, I drawl things that come to my mind, and exercise my creativity. And one day I created bubbles that give people a glimpse of other dimensions. Unfortunately my father said most people would go mad for experiencing even 1 second of another dimension. So I dubbed them 'My Bubbles of Pure Madness!'" Will answered happily.

"And you still think he's stable." Icarus whispered to Malia.

"He's more stable them you!" Malia argued.

"He's a dream demon none of them are stable!" Icarus snapped.

"You know I'm right here!" Will yelled at him.

"Whatever!" Icarus snapped. "Let's just find the door labeled fears and get out of here!"

"Fine…" Will said and took the lead.

They walked through the maze of doors in silence for several minutes, but as always the silenced didn't last long.

"No offense but do you know where you're going?" Malia asked.

"Sure…" Will answered. "I mean this is my mind so shouldn't I know where my fears are located?"

"Actually the best thing to do is go towards the direction that gives you the worst uneasy feeling." Icarus told him.

"Okay." Will closed his eyes trying to decide where his feelings of uneasiness WERE COMING from. Unfortunately for him Malia and Icarus kept moving forward not realizing that Will had turned around into a different direction of the Maze.

Several minute go by before Malia freezes in a panic making Icarus smack into her. "Hey why'd you stop?" Icarus yelled.

"Where's Will!" She exclaimed.

Icarus turned around to see nothing. "Oh no!"

"You idiot!" Malia screamed. "If we lose him!"

"He couldn't have gone far!" Icarus said running towards the way they had come.

"Will!" Malia yelled. "Will!"

No answer.

'Oh Will.' She thought. 'Where are you?'...


(Back with Will...)

Will continued to walk forward with his eyes closed until he ran smack into something… hard! "Owe!" he yelled and opened his eyes to see a door labeled FEAR! "Hey guys I found it!" Will said happily as he turned towards where he had come. "Guys?" he asked realizing that no one was there.

The door suddenly creaked open by itself… "Hello?" Will asked fearfully.

No one answered and despite his fears Will's curiosity soon got the best of him and he enters the open door.

"Hello?" He asked again, but only silence greeted him. Silence and at least 12 dozen doors.

'Wow am I really scared of this many things?' Will asked himself. 'How am I ever going to find out which one is the right fear?'

'It's got to be the one that scares you the most.' Will said answering his own question. 'Just closes your eyes and follow the feeling of dread.' He advised himself, remembering what Icarus had said.

The young demon walked down the hallway blindly, following that sick feeling of dread as it got closer and closer, until finally he ran into another door at the end of the hall.

It was a metal door, and it was chained closed with the words DO NOT OPEN EVER! Written in blood!

Will gulped, he had a bad feeling about this; but he reached for the door and as soon as he touched it the chains fell, and the door opens. "Hello?" he asked.

Nothing…

'It's really dark in here.' Will thought, walking in. 'MMMM this place isn't so bad, and there's no way my greatest fear is the dark.'

"It's not the dark void of this room you're afraid of kid." A voice said behind him. "It's what's in the dark void that scares you senseless."

Will jumped and whorled around. "Who's there!" he demanded.

"Who or what kid?" the voice asked.

Will screamed as a dark shape flew past him.

"Well aren't we a jumpy one." The voice whispered in his ear.

That was it, Will couldn't take it anymore; he raced for the open door to escape, only to have it slam closed in his face.

"Not so fast kid I've been waiting an eternity to have a chat face to face with you." The voice laughed.

Will shivered as that laugh sent a chill down his back, but he refused to be beaten so easily. "Show yourself!" he demanded.

"Make me!" the voice challenged.

"Fine!" Will snapped his fingers and the room was engulfed with light.

"Not bad kid, I'm impressed."

Will whorled around towards the voice and froze as he saw,

A floating yellow…

"Triangle?" Will asked in disbelief. "I'm afraid of a floating triangle!"

"The names Cipher, Bill Cipher and I'm more than just a floating triangle kid." The Tringle's eye curved as if suggesting a smile.

Will watched as a golden cane appeared in the triangle's hand, then with a snap of his fingers a black top hat and bow tie appeared.

"You know I usually don't get any visitors, it's nice to dress up for a change." The triangle…well Bill said.

"Who are you?" Will asked still very confused.

"I told you I'm Bill!" Bill exclaimed. "The all-powerful, merciless, God of Chaos!"

"Yeah I get that!" Will snapped. "I mean who are you to me? Why are you my greatest fear?!"

"Really? Is it that difficult for you to see?" Bill asked.

"See what?" Will asked.

"OH My Gods seriously!" Bill yelled. "I'm your inner demon wise guy!"

"What?" Will asked backing away slowly.

"You know your true demon instinct, the one you pushed away after the fire incident with our grandfather." Bill said creeping closer.

"No you can't be me!" Will exclaimed. "I'm not you!"

"Yet!" Bill corrected him. "But if you ever want to stop daddy, and protect mommy then you and I are going to have to make peace." Bill explained. "Because without me kid your nothing but human. Keep suppressing me, and we will be powerless against father! Yep, you can kiss mommy goodbye."

"NO!" Will screamed. "I won't let him."

"Then let me out of this place man!" Bill exclaimed. "Do you know how boring it is in here? Nothing to do but stare into an empty void and plot."

"Plot?" Will asked with a gulp.

"Yeah I was going to destroy the pathetic human me for putting me in here, but now I realize you have no idea that you locked me up. It was a subconscious decision, and I can learn to forgive it." Bill assured him. "As long as you make the right conscious decision this time around of course.

"So what you're telling me is that if I ever want my powers back I have to let you out?" Will asked.

"Oh no letting me out is only the beginning." Bill told him. "We're going to have to work together. Kid you've suppressed me for so long that were practically two different people instead of the same like nature intended."

"And that's bad?" Will asked.

"No a split personality is totally healthy." Bill joke sarcastically

"Really?" Will asked.

"NO YOU IDIOT OF COURSE IT'S A PROBLEM!" Bill screamed. "Geesh it's like I'm talking to a toddler."

"I am a toddler!" Will snapped.

"Whatever do we have a deal or what kid?" Bill asked.

"A deal?" Will asked. "If you're me than why do we need to make a deal?"

"What part of split personalities do you not understand? Right now your human, you want our power back you got to make a deal." Bill explained.

"Fine I let you out, and you help me." Will yelled. "There, there's the deal!"

"No, you let me out for GOOD! Then I help." Bill corrected, holding out a fiery blue hand. "Deal?"

Will bit his lip unsure, after all his subconscious probably locked Bill away for a reason, and letting him out could be a really bad idea.

"Tick, Tock Kid!" Bill said, his eye turned into a clock that started ticking. "Times a wasting!"

Will gulped, but forced himself to reach for the flaming blue hand. "Fine, but father better get what's coming to him."

"Oh trust me he won't know what hit him, he thinks we're weak; well he's got another thing coming!"

"And you have to stick to my plan, and honor our deal with Icarus." Will went on.

"Kid your plan is genius! Using father's men against him brilliant!" Bill assured him. "As for Icarus… well you know what they say about keeping your enemies closer."

"He's not my enemy." Will snapped.

"He will be." Bill warned. "Trust me I know his type, he's with you as long as you prove useful; but the moment you lose your value. BAM! A knife to the back!"

"Whatever do we have a deal or not?" Will snapped. Feeling a little impatience.

"Deal!" Bill agreed and the two shook hands.

Their blue flames mixed until Bill's flames engulfed him entirely.

Will screamed as the pain engulfed him, and then he was swallowed by an abyss of darkness.


(Back with Malia...)

Malia jumped as a scream suddenly filled the air…

"Did you hear that?" Icarus asked.

"Will!" Malia yelled, running towards the scream.

"William!" Icarus called out for him as well as they ran through the maze of doors. Finally they found him lying on the floor of a large metal door.

"Will!" Malia was by his side in moments shaking him awake.

Will groaned and opened his eyes. "Guys when did you get here?" he asked.

"Just now." Icarus told him.

"Are you okay?" Malia asked.

"Yeah I'm fine." Will admitted, and it was true; he felt fine.

"So what was in there?" Icarus asked as Malia helped Will up.

"My greatest fear?" Will asked.

"Yeah what was it?" Icarus urged.

Will opened his mouth to answer, but something stopped him.

'Careful kid! You're the master mind here not him! The less he knows the better.''

Bill?' Will asked.

'No it's the Easter Bunny! OF COURSE IT'S ME YOU DOPE!'

'I don't like your tone very much!' Will snapped back.

'Well get used to it!' Bill snapped.

'So are we one in the same now?' Will asked, deciding to ignore his attitude problem.

'No not yet, I'll take some time for use to get on the same page since we're still part human.' Bill informed him.

'But I want to stay part human.' Will complained.

'Do that and Mommy is dead, father is a full blown demon, no half breed is going to stand a chance!'

Will winced at his words, he didn't like the sound of that, but if it was the only way then so be it.

"Will?" Malia asked bringing him out of his thoughts.

"It was empty." Will answered. "I guess I was scared of nothing after all."

"So your powers are back?" Malia asked.

Will waved his hand and Malia began to float in midair. "Does that answer your question?" he asked.

"Great now all you need is practice!" Malia exclaimed as she slowly floated back down.

Icarus looked suspicious, but he didn't press him for answers. "Then let's get out of here." He advised. "Before our luck runs out."

The other two agreed and Will snapped his fingers once more, and the world around them vanished.

And suddenly they were back in the meadow.

"It's late!" Malia realized looking around, it was dark; probably past midnight.

"Mom is going to kill me!" Will whispered.

"I highly doubt that!" Icarus assured him. "Now let's go!"

Will nodded and he and Malia followed Icarus home. 'Your letting him take the lead?' Bill snapped.

'He knows the way, and I don't!' Will told him.

'Oh no this is not going to fly!' Bill yelled.

'You don't have a say in the matter!' Will reminded him of the obvious.

'Is that so?' Bill thought to himself as Will continued to follow his friends. 'Well we'll see about that.' he said with a slight chuckle.

'We will see about that...'


Chapter End Notes

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