Author's Notes: Another Chapter? Yes, and it's about time! I know this one is especially slower than most when it comes to updates but seeing how this is my first requested fanfic, I want the story to be perfect in the requester's eyes. Of Course, This means Mademoiselle-Star2018 has to read and edit every chapter. Which does take longer. Also, I want this story to feel fresh and new and not like I just copied and pasted the Gravity Falls Characters into the Star Vs Show.
Anyway, with that said thanks for reading and please review.
(Location: Earth Realm; Gravity Falls Oregon)
A part of him had always been expecting the call…
And yet the other part had hoped it would never come.
Stanford Filbrick "Ford" Pines sighed heavily as he hung up his mirror phone, the phone was a device that allowed communication between multiple dimensions. And the news he had just received from it was troubling to say the least.
The six fingered scientist got up from his desk at once and took action, not allowing time to even catch his breath. And for good reason; being a man of the supernatural Ford knew that the world was not ready for this. Even a town as accustomed to the strange and unexplained as this one was not ready for the chaos that was about to ensue.
Ford sped down the hall from his study towards an elevator, that led him deeper into the belly of the basement. Since most of the world saw the supernatural as fairy tales Ford and the rest of his family had to keep their real work a secret.
If anyone asked him his profession, he would say he was a scientist. And his twin brother Stanley would say that he sold nick knacks and novelty items. However, their real job; the one they kept secret from all except for family (and a hand full of close friends) had more of a paranormal nature. While some would call them Paranormal Investigators, or some cheap version of the Ghost Busters. The truth was; there was no name for the job. In fact, it had started off as a research project, after graduating from college Ford had come to Gravity Falls. His hope was to study the weird and strange phenomenons that both tourist and locals have reported seeing in the small town.
However, he had never expected that Gravity Falls would be such a hot-spot for the Supernatural. Creatures such as Eyeball bats, Gnomes, and fairies made their home in the forest. Strange doors appeared out of nowhere leading into random dimensions. Vampire bats the size of pick-up trucks ruled the night. Yes, the town was very weird indeed, and while trying to make sense of these wondrous things Ford soon found himself spending his days saving the locals from these other worldly things that made no sense to them.
Over time, others like his twin brother Stan and an old family friend; Fiddleford Mcgucket had joined him on his quest. Since it was only the three of them; Stan had often joked about how lucky they were that nothing seriously threatening ever happened.
Until it did.
14 years ago, an unspeakable evil had befallen their mysterious town; and it was this evil that allowed Ford the…honor of meeting Hannibal Cipher.
Of course, he used the word honor very loosely. The truth was he didn't much care for the demon king. This greatly had to do with his first impressions of the man. During their first meeting he found him overzealous and cruel. And even though the demon's character had improved greatly over their time together Ford still found himself weary of him, and for good reason.
The Cipher's had power that other supernatural creatures couldn't even begin to fathom. Power that could engulf the world in flames, or bend time and space. Power that could alter reality if they saw fit; and such power in something as conically evil as a demon well…let's just say Ford found his paranoia of the subject well justified.
With that thought fresh on his mind Ford exited the elevator and entered sub level 3 of the basement. It was here that the twins stored any supernatural or mysterious artifacts they had come across during their investigations. Said objects were stored in bullet proof glass cases all around him as far as the eye could see.
Objects like infinity dice, an alien spy drone; and a pot of leprechaun's gold as well as others housed in cases to his left and right as he made his way over to a large oak desk. Ford leaned over it for support as he took this moment to finally allow himself a breather.
"Problem?" Stan asked.
Ford looked up to see his twin brother hunched over another desk which had another pot of gold. "Are you still fooling around with that?" He asked rather annoyed.
"We've got all this gold." Stan said sounding rather annoyed. "There's got to be a way to bypass this." And as a way to describe what "this" was Stan touched the gold with a fork. The fork instantly turned to gold.
"I told you Stan, that's what happens when you touch a leprechaun's gold. Unless he gives it to you willingly, which he didn't. You'll turn into gold if you touch it."
"Greedy little dwarfs." Stan muttered under his breath. "Anyway, what's bugging you?"
Ford sighed. "It's time." He said plainly before punching in a code on a nearby keypad.
Stan's eyes widen as he saw the code that was typed in. 666999 as a conveyor belt beside the desk came to life; moments later a large black briefcase was carried to him. Ford picked it up off the conveyor belt with an obvious amount of effort. "You've got to be kidding me."
"Afraid so." Ford revealed.
"I told you they'd want some kind of favor from us." Stan said the obvious. "Demons nothing but trouble; they were the cause of that mess 14 years ago and now they're starting trouble again."
Ford rolled his eyes; his brother could be trying at times. However, Ford could hardly blame him for being sour. The chaos that had brought the Ciphers and Pines together all those years ago had resulted in their Friend Fiddleford's untimely demise. Not to mention back then working with Hannibal was like choosing to side with a lesser evil. The demon king was known for his shady ways. And he had no problem with risking the lives of his human allies as long as he came out on top.
Again, the King had sworn they helped him see the error of his ways; that he had turned over a new leaf, and so on and so forth. Stan, however, didn't believe him as far as he could throw him. And why should he? Every religion in the world pegged demons as evil, and deceitful and that alone was good enough reasoning for him.
Ford couldn't agree more. However, They owed the demon a great deal after all without his aid Earth Realm would almost surely cease to exist. "This is nothing like 14 years ago." He assured him. "At least…I don't think it will be."
"Great." Stan exclaimed in fake enthusiasm. "And what none end of the world peril did our good friends have in mind for us."
"It's their son." Ford said as he opened the case to reveal a black cane. "His powers have emerged and well…" he trailed off.
"Oh no we are not babysitting some demonic spawn!" Stan cut him off.
"We have to." Ford snapped. "He's a class five demon, who can bend reality with a single thought." He reasoned. "Earth is the only place he'd be safe to learn."
Stan sighed, knowing his brother was right. Due to reasons unknown, Some realms were almost impossible to perform magic in, Earth being the hardest. This of course, was the reason why most mortals here didn't think it exists. Still, the thought of having some demonic brat around his great niece and nephew made his hair stand on end. However, it was becoming pretty obvious he wasn't going to have a say in the matter.
Not that Ford did either. No, The Ciphers had a bad habit of doing whatever they wanted whether you liked it or not. So, he thought it be best to just go with it. Besides, powers like William's could not be ignored. If he was not nurtured properly than they might very well have another unstoppable threat on their hands. One that would make the battle 14 years ago look like child's play.
Stan realizing this too reluctantly nodded his agreement. "Alright when are they dropping him off."
"He'll be at the school close to the final bell." Ford said casually.
"They're dropping him off at the school?" Stan exclaimed. "Are they mad?"
"No." Ford assured him. "I told them to."
"Are you mad?" Stan shouted even louder.
"Dipper can handle it." Ford assured him. "Besides it gives me enough time to finish this." He held up the cane as he spoke.
"How's a cane gonna help?" Stan asked. "We gonna whack him with it?"
"No." Ford said giving him a cross look. "There's a spell old warlocks and wizards used to use. When teaching the next generation, they would assign them wands at a given age. These wands would be enchanted with a spell. The wand would than become a regulator of sorts." Ford went on. "A device that would bear the weight of the child's magic until they learned to wield it on their own."
"Say what now?" Stan asked obviously confused.
Ford sighed "Once it's enchanted with the spell and Bill touches it, all of his powers will be sucked into it. He won't be able to use his powers without it. Also, what he can and cannot do will be limited. However, the more he practices, and the more control he gains. Slowly his powers will flow out of the cane and into him. Eventually allowing him full control over his power."
"Well, why didn't you just say that?" Stan asked.
Ford was about to scream "I DID!" When Stan cut him off.
"Why a cane anyways?"
"Luisa says her son is a bit classier than most kids his age, besides with power like this a tiny old wand isn't going to do us much good." He explained. "Besides now that I think of it there's a lot of symbolism in a cane. It will give him balance the same way it would give the elderly or the cripple…" he began to lecture.
"And I'm gone." Stan said, as he finally abandoned the gold for a hasty escape. Hoping to avoid the long-winded explanation while he still had the chance.
Ford laughed under his breath he knew if he rambled on long enough his brother would head for the hills. And now, that he was finally alone he could get some much-needed work done.
Until then he could only hope the twins could manage the demon teen without him.
(Back with Bill…)
He couldn't believe his rotten luck, okay scratch that; Bill had known for some time that that the elder Gods hated him. Still, sending him away to some strange dimension just because he didn't have control of his powers wasn't exactly like something his parents would do. No usually his father liked to solve his own problems not push them aside to someone else.
"You can't be serious..." Bill said. "You're sending me away?"
His mother, who had been conversing over the phone with an unknown stranger by the name of…Ford? (Seriously, what kind of name was that?) hung up her mirror phone and ordered a servant to begin packing Bill's things.
"It's for your own good William." Hannibal reasoned. "Just look at this place!" He gestured around the palace.
Bill winces as he took in his surroundings, fallen debris and rubble were scattered around them. While several of the servants struggled to help the injured guests from Bill's ceremony. Luckily, Axolotl had placed a temporary isolation bubble around Bill. The isolation bubble was a simple spell that could cancel out Bill's powers for a short time.
"And that's just from a couple of hours!" Hannibal went on.
"Can't I just stay in this?" Bill asked gesturing to the bubble.
"That." Axolotl said. "Is an isolation bubble and it won't last much longer." He said as a matter of fact.
Bill rolled his eyes; he was never a fan of the pink salamander. Axolotl always seem to be the source of endless lectures. He was a killjoy and seemed to take pleasure in ruining all of Bill's fun. " So, where in the multi-verse are you sending me?" he asked as he started to realize he wasn't going to have any choice.
"Gravity Falls." Hannibal answered.
"Gravity Falls?'' Bill repeated.
"A Small town." Hannibal explained. "in a realm called Earth We have an… associate there who specializes in the weird and unexplained."
"A human?" Bill asked. " You're passing me off to some worthless insolent human?" his eyes glowed red with annoyance. Of course, he had heard of this Earth Realm through his studies with Axolotl. Earth was a realm polluted by humans; an insolent species of idiots who thought magic was nothing more than a fantasy.
"Bill humans are not worthless."Luisa said. "True, a lot of them are oblivious to our ways, but the Pines family aren't they can help you. After all they helped your father."
Bill gave Hannibal a look of surprise. " Grandfather sent you away?" He asked, not believing it.
"No" His father answered plainly. "We had a common enemy, the Pines and I." He explained. "And we reluctantly banded together to thwart his evil plan."
"You sided with humans?" Bill asked, even more shocked than before.
"Yes." Hannibal admitted. "And they taught me a great deal."
"Yeah, well just because they taught you something doesn't mean I'll learn anything." Bill muttered. "You and I are nothing alike."
Hannibal sighed. "William, as hard as you might believe it to be true, I too once struggled in my adolescence." He assured his son as he led him and his mother out of the palace to an awaiting carriage.
Bill rolled his eyes once more. "But I don't want to go to some boring dimension where people are too stupid to believe in magic." He whined. "Besides all my friends are here." He insisted. "Isn't there like another option?"
"Well…" His father said looking somewhat mischievous. "We can always send you to St. Hugo's Reform School!"
Bill's eyes narrowed. "Don't even joke like that." He warned. His father knew good and well how he felt about rules and regulations. And a school that enforced them on a daily basis was just asking to be blown into smithereens.
"Who said I'm joking?" Hannibal warned as they started getting into the carriage.
Bill couldn't help but shiver at those words. He had heard horror stories about St H. How monsters of all races went there and never came back the same. Going from a creative spark to a dull one in a million flame. No, not him, he'd never step foot in that place, not in a million years.
"No one is sending you there." Luisa assured her son.
"Yet." Hannibal cut in causing his wife to give him one of her famous warning looks. Luisa could be downright scary when she wanted to be. Bill stepped forward towards their ride, and as he did the bubble around him popped.
"Just say the word Boss and we'll bust you out of there." Teeth said. He and the rest of the Henchmaniacs were standing off to the side waiting to say their goodbyes.
"Thanks Guys." Bill said halfheartedly as he looked to his friends, they were all there…well minus one.
"Do you want to tell her you're leaving?" Amorphous Shape asked.
"Who Py?" Hector asked, only to immediately regret it.
Bill growled in annoyance.
"Sorry." Amorphous Shape said looking sheepish. "Forget I asked." She said.
But that was the problem; once he thought about her, he couldn't stop. Pyronica or Py, was Bill's very loud and all too controlling ex-girlfriend. As a fire demon and a known mischief maker; some would say that Pyronica was even more chaotic than Bill himself. The two used to be inseparable. That is until Bill finally had enough of her obsessive and controlling nature after she had flipped out because another girl was "Hitting on him."
Needless to say, her temper tantrum resulted in the breakup and now the two were no longer on speaking terms. Well Bill wasn't speaking to her, Pyronica however was doing all in her power to try to get back together with him. Which was becoming downright annoying, which explained why Bill didn't want her to know where he was going. At least this way he'd finally get a break from her.
"It's fine." Bill finally said as he got in the carriage.
"Good luck." Hector advised. "I hear the place is real dull man."
"Don't have too much fun while I'm gone." Bill warned.
"We'll bust you out as soon as we can." Paci-Fire assured him as the carriage began to be pulled away by two skeleton horses. A servant walked in front of the carriage and pulled out a pair of dimensional scissors. He cut the air in front of him, which opened a portal that would take Bill to Earth.
Bill sighed as they entered the portal and moments later, they were on Earth. The carriage continued to pull along a dirt road where tall pine trees surrounded them.
Sensing her son's wariness Luisa smiled. "Trust me darling, I know it may look dull." She said. "But give this place a chance and you'll see."
"Oh yeah." Bill said sarcastically. "I can already feel the impending excitement of adventure." He joked halfheartedly.
Not knowing that the word adventure wasn't nearly enough to describe the escapades that were sure to ensue.
-To Be Continued
