Opening GrimmFall Database

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Opening File: Bill Cipher

Trillions of years ago, Bill Cipher originated from the second dimension. Bill despised living there, describing it as a dimension of 'flat minds in a flat world with flat dreams.' He 'liberated' his dimension by plunging it into burning chaos, along with everyone he'd ever known, including his own parents. He eventually took over a boiling, shifting intergalactic foam between dimensions: a lawless, unstable crawlspace known as the Nightmare Realm.

However, due to the Nightmare Realm's lawlessness and lack of any consistent physics or rules, it was fated to collapse into itself eventually. After coming to learn of a prophecy that stated he would merge the Nightmare Realm with the third dimension, Bill started coming into contact with humans to accomplish this. Without a physical form however, Bill could only access the dreams of the third dimension's beings. In order to make his dealings with mortals easier, he took on the name 'Bill Cipher' as his real name would 'evaporate one with an expression of horror and ecstasy on their face'.

Among his targets were the natives who lived in what would become the town of Gravity Falls, Oregon. Bill once asked a local shaman named Modoc to build an interdimensional gateway to the Nightmare Realm, but the result was made out of twigs. When Modoc learned of the prophecy that foretold of an apocalyptic event that would stem from interactions with Bill Cipher, he lit himself on fire in an effort to avert it. The natives eventually discovered a way to defeat Bill by using a zodiac with ten symbols.

They left behind elaborate cave paintings about their encounter with the demon, including how to summon him, and more importantly, a warning never to read the incantation that would summon Bill aloud. The valley was deemed a 'cursed land' by the natives, who evacuated around 1000 AD and even the Grimm would avoid it. The area would eventually be rediscovered by Quentin Trembley and repopulated by pioneers, giving rise to the town of Gravity Falls. Despite Bill's ruling in the Nightmare Realm he was not without enemies.

As centuries passed by and the people of the third dimension struggled against the Grimm Bill would try to influence many desperate people to build him a portal but his schemes earned the attention of a being powerful known as the Owl who would shield the minds of the third dimension from Bill. Later studies labelled the Owl as the Golden Guardian of Dreams and Desire, a figure and member of another legend known as the Six-Founding-Spiral. The Owl and Bill are considered eternal enemies in a war of madness against compassion, both able to influence the minds of the third dimension but Bill is known to be a liar and trickster while the Owl is a messenger who delivers visions of warnings, especially in matters involving Bill.

Despite the Owl's interference he does not interfere with the free will of third dimension denizens so when the Blind Eye began worshiping Bill he did not interfere, seeing their worship of him as their own choice.

Xxx

Instead of TOM being the one to appear at the end of the opening file, a pair of glowing eyes opened and simply stared out the audience(you). "…Whispers in the dark."

Xxx

He had awakened in darkness.

A door opened and he watched as…something entered. It looked to be a human male but its skin was pale with black and purple veins traveling down its skin, red luminous hair traveling down to the neck and red eyes with black sclera staring at him.

"Welcome to my home, Hoss Degaldo." It spoke, its voice surprisingly human.

"What are you?" The bewildered man said, standing up and seeing his chainsaw still attached to his right arm.

"What I am is a man welcoming you into my home." It spoke, not even blinking at the rude hostility in his voice.

"No…You're something else." Hoss narrowed his eye, pointing his chainsaw at it. "Some kind of supernatural freak."

"And what constitutes your idea of 'human', Mr. Delgado?" It spoke, pacing slightly. "I speak, I reason, I feel and I understand the feelings of others. Is that human enough?"

"Humans are not contaminated with supernatural filth!" Delgado growled.

It stopped, looking amused at him. "So, not just me? But also Faunus and Mobians as well? My, my, what did they all do to earn you ire? Is it because we're all different or it because a Love God tricked you into lying with a trickster goddess?"

Hoss narrowed his eye dangerously. "All of you, contaminating this planet and ruining it with your filth! I am the exterminator who is going to clean it all up!"

He lunged forward with a yell, swinging his chainsaw at the smirking creature but the creature dodged, spinning to the side and kicked Hoss in the knee. The rogue Hunter fell forward and the creature grabbed his saw arm and pinned it down before elbowing Hoss in the face. Hoss fell back, stumbling to his feet while trying to get some breathing room. The creature moved forward, grappling with Hoss before he could try another attack and then head-butted the surprised rogue, knocking him into the wall.

He then kicked the chainsaw arm, smashing the saw into pieces and finished with a final punch to Delgado's face.

"You are strong willed." It said as Hoss fell to the ground. "But you are no true Hunter nor an exterminator. But you might have the chance to be those. I have proposition for you."

Hoss groaned, looking up at the creature's red eyes.

"I have gone by many names through the centuries. However you can simply call me Sammael." The man offered a handshake to Hoss but the rogue remained still so he simply retracted it. "And I have a job that seemingly suits you."

Xxx

"Uh, just one puppet? Fine!" Dipper reached out and shook Bill's hand. "So what puppet are you gonna pick, anyway?"

"Hmm, let's see. Eenie meenie mynie..." Bill's voice turned low and echoed. "YOU!"

With a single pull an astral image of Dipper was torn from the body causing Hoagie to cry out in surprise.

"Huh?" Dipper found himself floating transparently, putting his hand through his stomach. "This can't be happening! What did you do to my body?!"

Dipper's body stood up, opening its eyes but they were different. They resembled Bill's one single eye.

"Sorry, kid but you're MY puppet, now! AAHAHAHA!" Bill Cipher in Dipper's body computer to floor and stomped on it. "AHAHAHA!"

Dipper could only watch helplessly. "Oh my gosh, this can't be happening. This can't be happening!"

Bill stumbled around, cackling. He stopped in front of a mirror while a horrified Dipper watched.

"Man, it has been so long since I've inhabited a body." He slapped himself in the face. "Woo!" He slapped the other cheek. "Woo! Haha! Pain is hilarious! And two eyes? This thing's deluxe!" Bill examined his eyes and pulled down his lip to look inside his mouth.

"Bill?" Hoagie hesitantly asked.

Bill spun around, smiling at the frightened kid. "Hey, Hoags! Enjoying Gravity Falls?"

"What have you done?" Hoagie pointed at Bill. "Why have you possessed him?"

"Yeah! I don't understand! Why are you doing this?! I thought we had a deal!"

"Look kids, little Dipper's been getting way too close to figuring out some major answers. I've got big plans comin' and I don't need you gettin' in my way. Destroying that laptop was a cinch. Now I just need to destroy your journal." Bill grinned maniacally. "Race ya to the bottom of the stairs!"

Bill tipped backward and tumbled down the stairs.

"Dipper!" Hoagie ran down the stairs.

Dipper gasped and zoomed down through the floor and landed in the living room.

He steadied himself and flew through the wall into the hall. "Hey!"

Bill was the kitchen, taking a can of Pitt cola from the fridge. "Human soda! I'm gonna drink it like a person!" He poured it into his mouth and over his face, laughing. "Where do you keep that journal anyway?"

Bill opened a drawer and reached in and then to Hoagie and Dipper's horror he slammed the drawer on his arm repeatedly. "It's gotta be around here somewhere."

He continued slamming drawer, occasionally wincing. "Boy, these arms are durable."

"Stop that!" Hoagie said, unable to believe what he was seeing.

"I've hidden it!" Dipper said.

Bill stopped and stroked his chin thoughtfully, forks stuck in his arm.

"Somewhere you'll never find it in a million years!"

"Hey Dipper!" Mable called from the doorway. "I borrowed your journal to use as a prop in the show I hope you don't mind I'm gonna go before you process this sentence okay BYEE!"

Mable ran off, leaving Bill as he looked at Dipper, then grins. "Sure, sounds great, sister! I'll see you at the show!"

"Wait! No, Mabel, don't listen to him! That's not me!" Dipper flew after Mabel as she got in Grunkle Stan's car. "You've gotta hear me!"

He flew in front of the car. "No, no! Wait! Stop!"

The car drove through him, much to his shock.

"Heh! Welcome to the mindscape, kid! Without a vessel to possess, you're basically a ghost!" Bill laughed, stepping out of the house as Hoagie came out, running after the car.

"Mabel wa-" Hoagie tried to say but Bill grabbed his arm.

"Oh no you don't. We have a deal, Hoags." Bill's eyes flashed. "Remember, you help me and I help you find who killed your father."

"Wait, what?" Dipper stopped to listen.

"I didn't sign up for this!" Hoagie struggled to break free. "Why are you doing this?"

"Don't be so dramatic. You didn't complain when I brainwashed your family into bringing you here. What? You think a stupid contest would simply bring you all here?" Bill rolled his eyes. "You let me in, Hoags. You let me into your life and family's minds when you took the deal. All because you wanted to know who blew up Hoagie Senior. And it's not a good idea to back out of a deal with me."

"I don't care! I am not letting you hurt Dipper or my friends!" Hoagie said, pulling his arm free. "I'm helping Dipper get his body back."

"You really shouldn't have said that." Bill's eyes flashed and Hoagie suddenly felt lighter.

It only took him looking down at his body to realize what was going on. "Wha?!"

"You think I'd made a deal and not protect myself from being double-crossed?" Bill laughed. "Like I said, you let me into your life and I can remove your mind from your body. You love the feeling of pride that science gives you, just like your dad did. So as punishment I am sending you to a place where science can't help you."

Bill snapped his fingers and Hoagie was pulled into a vortex that appeared above him. "HEEEELLLLLLLLLLPPPP MMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

"Hoagie!" Dipper screamed as the vortex vanished.

"Now to get that book."

As Bill was picked up by Wendy and Soos a pair of eyes peeked out from behind a tree, watching as the car drove off. The person stepped out and walked over to Hoagie's body that had been dumped into the bushes.

"Hoagie…" Nyx knelt down and placed her hand on Hoagie's cheek and then on his forehead. "…Look for the Owl. The Beginning and the End, Life and Death, Creation and Destruction, come together and take your place…In the Spiral."

Xxx

June and Monroe were following the direction June's bracelet was pointing, telling them where the source of supernatural activity was coming from. The bracelet started flashing faster and more urgent and as a car passed them it stopped and glowed, blinding June for a second before resuming the previous flashing like a beeper.

"Great Scott! It passed us!" Monroe spun around, looking at the car that had just passed. "Come on, lass! We got to follow that car."

"Fine!" June picked up Monroe and ran in the direction that car went.

Xxx

Bill narrowed his eyes, sensing a very annoying presence. 'Great, those guardian wannabees are trying to crash my party. I don't think so.'

Xxx

Hoagie couldn't remember when he had stopped screaming.

He couldn't remember if he had blacked out or had simply been staring into the infinite dark abyss Bill had cast him into.

"Dad…." Hoagie whispered mournfully. "I just wanted answers…I wanted to find out who killed you and why they did it…Mom's been sad ever since that day even if she has Tommy and me. Even Grandma is sad…As much as she can be.

Why did you have to die? Who did it? And will I ever find who did it?"

He felt as if he had fallen from the sky and hit the ground so hard he should have been nothing but a pile of meat.

"Please, someone help me. Dad, Mom, Grandma, Nyx, Dipper, Mabel, Wally, Nigel, Abby, anyone!" Hoagie called out.

His voice echoed in the void, not heard by anyone…

At least that's what he thought.

The dark void around him suddenly changed, lit up by stars appearing and circling around him as a great shape took form before him. Hoagie helped, floating back as it grew, sprouting wings and let out a screech.

It was an owl.

Or at least looked like an owl.

Its body was large and had no fur but was seemingly made of the light of the stars reflecting off its form, giving off a bright golden light and eyes glowing like the sun staring at him. Hoagie did not know what it was but he felt an overwhelming feeling of pure awe.

"What are you?" He finally whispered.

"…The Owl."

Hoagie wasn't sure what kind of an answer that was but given its appearance he didn't press. "Why are you here?"

"You called me." The Owl answered simply. "You made a deal with the trickster."

"Trickster? Bill!" Hoage exclaimed, remembering why he was here. "You have to help me!"

"I take no sides in this, kid. He offered, you accepted."

"But I didn't know! I just wanted to know why my father died!"

"He has his place, kid. As do you. I only warn against making deals with the trickster. Any choice you and the others make is your own."

"Warn? You never warned us of anything! I never even saw you before!" Hoagie shouted, feeling angry now. "Where were you when Bill first showed up?!"

"Here. I've always been here, just as the one you call Bill has always been there." The Owl pointed forward.

Hoagie followed the Owl's pointed feather and saw a dark flaming portal. "What is that?"

"The Nightmare Realm…A place where order and reason do not exist. It is destined to fall apart one day but the trickster has made it his home after he burned his world to nothing."

"Burned…his world?"

"The trickster watched his world burn and came here, seeking to avoid suffering for his crime. But the Nightmare realm is unstable and cannot last. He will either burn or take a new form in a new world, given to him by you or by his sibling."

Hoagie's eyes widened in understanding. "My world."

"A new reality, a new illusion to tear down."

"I need to get back! I need to stop him!" Hoagie faced the Owl. "Tell me how to get back!"

"You already know how."

"What?"

"There is only you and there is only what you believe you can do."

"What is that supposed to mean?!" Hoagie shouted. "How can I get back?! Bill tossed me out where...Wherever here is!"

"You look for a clear answer in a scientific and reasonable way but the trickster is none of those. You must pull back, using the thread that he has left you." The Owl started to fade. "Do not rely on what you think you know to be true but what you believe."

"But-Wait!" Hoagie shouted but the Owl vanished. "What thread?!"

The Owl was gone and the void had gone dark again.

"What thread?" Hoagie looked around, trying to understand what the Owl had told him. "Is it metaphorical? How is something metaphorical going to help me?! Why can't I just grasp a thread in my hands?!"

To his surprise a glowing thread literally appeared in his hands.

"Say whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?" Hoagie gaped, staring at the thread. "Is this real? I am only dreaming this up. I got to be only dreaming this up."

"Shut up and pull." The Owl's voice echoed. "There is only you and only the Spiral."

Hoagie looked down at the thread and pulled, yelping as the thread pulled him forward and he screamed as there was a flash of bright light.

Xxx

Hoagie's eyes shot open and he sat up, screaming for a moment.

Luckily no was there to hear him in the middle of the night, most of them at Mabel's puppet show.

Xxx

"You are troubled." Sammael spoke dryly, seeing the shadowed form of Moloch sulking in the corner. "Why does this not surprise me?"

"Did you feel that just now?" Moloch's voice sounded subdued.

"Yes, it was from Gravity Falls. Someone else is keeping a close watch on that place as well." Sammael answered.

"You know who it is. Someone has invoked the ancient ritual for calling out to the Guardians that form the Spiral." Moloch stepped forward. "Why do we wait?"

"You fear interference of the Guardians but they departed long ago. We could grow strong enough to crush them and still they can do nothing." Sammael paced around the room.

"You cannot take them lightly. The Owl has been an enemy of Bill Cipher's from the beginning."

"He can only spread warnings to counter the threat of Cipher's deals." Sammael looked out the window. "I have already sent the spectral exterminator to Gravity Falls. He'll cause trouble for the Blind Eye and give the Levin time to infiltrate their lair."

"We should wipe that town off the face of the planet."

Sammael stopped and looked at Moloch. "I don't condone unnecessary overkill. Destroying a town would accomplish nothing. Let Cipher continue playing his game and we will watch. This might give us the clue we've been looking for."

Xxx

Skulker grunted as Dracon created another dent in his suit. The fight had been going on for half a day now and both had exhausted their strength and equipment. Skulker had already been damaged in his earlier fights and he was literally running on fumes now. The so-called Gundam was damaged as well, Skulker having destroyed most of its weapons.

But it was still not enough.

'I am going to need a full retrofit when this is over.' Dracon thought, running a self-diagnostic. 'I haven't had a fight this tough since Skarr.'

The sound of movement, picked up by their audio-sensors made both cybernetic beings stop their fight and just in time. Dracon turned around and spotted legions of large beetle shaped creatures heading straight for them. "Oh great."

"What are those?" Skulker asked, taking a step back.

"Destroyers."

They were Destroyer class Beatle Grimm, a type of Grimm that were considered extremely dangerous, especially in large numbers. They crawled on land like actual insects but they could also stand up on two legs. They could travel in great speed on both land and air. They were armed with four powerful scythes attached to their body as legs and large pincers.

Their eyes were red and possessed a toothy mouth along with large pincers, all of them opening to let out a horrific screech. In sufficient numbers they could be a threat to even the strongest Huntsmen, especially when taking the orders from a Fallen.

'Is a Fallen directing this attack or is it just coincidence? I've read reports that Destroyer Beatles are high in number in or near the Darklands. Is it him?' Dracon wondered as the Destroyers surrounded him and Skulker.

Xxx

"Joseph Matthews. He's a persistent one." Sammael remarked, sensing his Destroyers cornering the Gundam and spectral hunter. "He's even fought our kind before."

"He's a wind-up toy whose batteries should have been removed long ago." Moloch scoffed. "Tear them both apart and be done with it."

"Matthews will go but we will let Dr. Kriegar examine the spirit once he has been brought back here. I do not waste potential." Sammael retorted.

"If Matthews sees the connection and captures Van Kleiss they will discover our plans."

"Assuming they don't already know. Tam Sung has no doubt informed the ones under his care of us and what our plans might be and so far all attempts to find his temple have failed. We can't do anything so as long as Xialon Temple remains hidden." Sammael turned away, looking out the window. "If Van Kleiss' lab is destroyed we will have lost…nothing."

Xxx

In a dark room a robed man approached a circle of figures, all of them wearing the same kind of robe as him. "Our God has called upon us. The heretics seek to thwart his plans. We will not allow that to happen. We will terminate these infidels."

"Who shall be given the honor?" One of the robed beings asked.

"You two will go." He pointed to two members of the circle. "Terminate the Te Xuan Ze infidel in the name of our God. Unsee you later."

"Unsee you later." The circle echoed.