Narrator's POV

"Don't worry, kid, I got this~" Bill Cipher says to you in a soothing tone while gripping on your arm so you don't try to run from the gnomes. First of all, you were frustrated that he just called you 'kid' again. Second, you're afraid of what Bill might do to take-care-of-things. How did dream demons do it? You weren't sure, but you were about to find out.

Jeff and the other gnomes appeared in the form of a giant, red monster with razor sharp teeth. Jeff was stunned to see this blonde hair boy standing next to you, coming out of no where. "Y/N- oh, wow. Is this?-Is this your boyfriend? Ha, wow, did not see that coming."

"Oh no, no no no no no! This is NOT my boyfriend! I would be caught dead before he-" you start to argue before Bill rudely cuts you off.

"Look, Small Stack, let's cut to the chase. See, Star here is my toy and I don't like people messing with my toys."

"Your to-" you start to argue before getting cut off by Jeff now.

"Exactly who do you think you are, Blondey? This Princess here is going to be our next Queen and no one is going to take her from us!"

Bill starts to chuckle softly under his breathe before it soon turns into a hysterical laugh that would belong to someone from an asylum. "Oh man, do you even know who you are talking to?"

Jeff and the other gnomes share glances to one another for none of them knew who this teenage boy was. The boy took a step closer to them as they took a step back, "I'm your greatest nightmare, the one who created the word fear. The true ruler of this pathetic world that you Meatsacks live on. The one who would have freed you from this stupid society by releasing the weirdness if it weren't for a pair of twins. Have you gotten my hint yet? Need another clue?!" By now, his hair was turning blood red with his shirt the same color and his pants a pale white color, same for his shoes. His eye was turning pitch black with a white slit in the middle, he continues without even noticing the change in his attire, "I'm the all seeing EYE! A powerful being with no weaknesses! No one, not even Sixer, can stop me!! I AM BILL CIPHER!!!" By now his whole body was in flames and he started throwing fire at the gnomes, breaking their horrific, monster-size form.

All the gnomes scattered in different directions, none of them knowing exactly where they were headed. Some were on fire, others were able to make it to the stream. Jeff just stood in the middle of all this chaos in shock and in denial. Bill's little show that he performed made him believe only a tad bit but he did watch as both Grunkles and the twins erased Bill Cipher from existence. He's even passed the statue of the triangular demon multiple occasions and never once saw a difference. So how exactly could this boy be the all knowing and all powerful dream demon?

"Okay, Demon, you may have won this time but just know: Y/n will be our Queen and you won't always be there to protect her!" Jeff yells before finally disappearing into the wilderness and joining the others.

Bill looks down at his attire and sees that it has fully changed. He sits down on the ground and tries to regain his energy. Even just using the smallest amount of the little power he has left weakens him and brings him closer to the grave. You watch as his clothing slowly changes into it's usual yellow and black look. You stand there trying to think of something to say. What were you to say to this demon who you never wanted to see again yet he did just save you from a gang of psychopath gnomes?

"I didn't need your help, I had everything under control."

Bill darted his eye toward you and tried to contain himself from laughing. "Oh please, I don't think it's healthy to be lying to yourself, Star."

You cross your arms at him and look at him disgusted, "What are you talking about? I'm not lying to myself, I could've handled it all on my own without your help."

"Please, you need me. If it wasn't for me, you would have turned into the Gnome Queen for the rest of eternity. So, a 'thank you' would be implied right about now." Bill says smirking at you.

"How about, no. Like I said, I had everything under control and if I remember correctly, I never wanted to see you again." You start to walk off until you realize that you are lost once again. 'I have got to get better at this before the end of the summer.' you say to yourself.

"Believe me, you won't, kid." Bill snickers at you after reading your mind.

"I'm not a kid." you mumble to yourself.

"Look, I can either 'get lost' just like you want me to...or I could help you get to the Mystery Shack before Pinetree starts to worry again." You frantically turn around to face him. You had no idea he knew that you were getting help from the Pines.

"Well, I thought I made it very clear that I was the all seeing eye but if you want me to perform my little act once agai-"

"Nope, that's alright. I'll pass. *sighs deeply* Can you help me get to the Mystery Shack?"

He grin at you deviously and says, "Sure, but it'll cost you~"

"What could you possibly want from little ol' me?" You ask walking over to the seated demon who still looks exhausted. "Oh, who said I wanted anything from you?~" He grabs your arm, jerks you down to his level, and whispers in your ear, "I'll bring you to that hoax of a mystery shack and you let me come with you to pay a little visit to the Pines. Since you can't speak a word about me, you'll have to come up with a lie; some short background story that we just met and that I know about your nightmares. Speaking of nightmares, if you don't do this I'll just have to break our little deal from earlier. Do you understand, my little Star?" Bill finishes by letting go of your arm aggressively and throwing you to the ground.

You sit up and stare at him through your (h/c) hair that now covers your entire face. You move your hair to both sides of your face and he grins at the sight of fear in your eyes. How could you not have fear creeping into your eyes? He scared you as if he were the devil himself. Bill smirked at your thought which sent shivers down your spine. You gulp and slowly start to nod your head while whispering, "I-I understand. Just help me get to the Mystery Shack."

You get the courage to stand up; you look at Bill who seems to be using all the energy he just gained from sitting to stand up. "Come on, we're losing daylight. Don't want Sixer and Pinetree sending out search parties just to find you." He chuckles his maniacal laugh at the end and begins to start walking. You walk behind him but soon enough catch up to him. You look everywhere except at Bill Cipher. You didn't know why you wouldn't just break the deal with him, be smart for once, but on the inside you never wanted to face that wheel again. It starts to get too quiet, it was almost too awkward for you. You murmur something under your breathe so you can bring some sound into the silent woods.

"What?" Bill asks sounding annoyed but curious at the same time.

You sigh louder than you intended to and say, "I said thank you. Okay? You did save me back there which you really didn't have to do. You could've just let the gnomes take me as their Queen and be trapped there for the rest of my life. You could've been the demon you are and just watch and laugh as I get taken away. Except-" you turn and face him to see the confusion written all over his face, "you didn't."

He starts to rub the back of his neck as you quickly face the dirtied path once again. Bill looks down at you and smirks but you don't notice it. He drops his arm down to his side and looks forward once again; he says, "A little late than never I suppose. Are you always this late in thanking someone? Besides, I wouldn't have saved you if I still didn't need you for my plans. Also, I hate it when people play with my toys so Small Stack deserved it." You smirk and continue to walk beside him, never making eye contact.

*Time Skip*

Y/N's POV

I enter the gift shop with Bill now behind me and I see the cashier with a magazine titled "Avoid Eye Contact Monthly" in front of her face.

"Sup Red, you get paid to do this all day?" I say to her in a teasing tone. Wendy brings down the magazine to reveal her face and a wide smile grows on it as she sees me. "Dude, what's up? I honestly didn't think you'd make it on time today."

I fist bump her as she turns her direction to Bill Cipher. "So who's the boy?"

Oh no, I have to think of a name. Name, name, name... I look at the shelf behind Wendy and I find a jar that says 'Mysterious Salmons from the Deep...not fake at all and won't give you rashes! $20' with the '0' taped next to the two. This gave me an idea for the name, "Simon, he's someone I met in the woods earlier today." That was close; apparently 'Salmon' reminds me of 'Simon'. Don't know exactly why, just does. I heard in the back of my head a voice that sounded just like Bill's say, 'Really? That's the best you can do for a fake name?' Yup, definitely Bill; I shook it off and continued my attention towards Wendy.

"Sup Simon, names Wendy. So why exactly were you in the woods, Y/n?"

"Oh, you know, just about to be forced into a Gnome Queen. If it weren't for Simon though, I wouldn't have made it here on time." I say laughing

"Gnomes?" I hear a male say. I turn to see Ford, Mabel, and Dipper walking into the gift shop from behind the old blanket that hung over the doorway. Ford looks concerned about the gnome situation but when his eyes dart toward Bill, he is definitely no longer worried about the gnomes.

"Yeah, gnomes but don't worry. Simon and I took care of it." 'More like I took care of it. Liar~' Bill says once again in my head.

Bill walks up to Ford and says, "Stanford Pines, correct? I've heard a lot about you. You could say that I've also been doing some research of my own on the mysteries and anomalies of this town." He extends his hand out towards Ford who doesn't take it. He looks at him and observes him up and down; from his golden locks to his cat-like eye, from his yellow t-shirt to his black jeans and black shoes. Did he know? Are Bill and I going to get caught? I feel bad about lying to Ford and all of the Pines, really, since they are the ones doing everything they can for me but what am I suppose to do? This demon who loves pain can do anything he pleases if I mess up and I'd be to helpless to defend myself. He might as well kill me, I'm sure he would enjoy that. How does a person end a deal with a demon anyways? Is it even possible? Ford finally takes Bill's hand and shakes it. Phew.

"Nice to meet you, Simon. I would like to thank you for helping Y/n; if you don't mind, it's time for her shift so you are free to go now." Ford says.

Bill turns and glares at me; as he slowly exits the gift shop, his voice rings in my head again, 'Fix this or our deal is off!' I gulp and turn to Ford who is about to leave and enter the living room, "A-Actually, Ford, he can stay!" Ford and Bill turn to face me and now that I have their attention, I continue, "Simon overheard me say something about my nightmares in the woods so I had to explain everything to him. Since he has been doing a lot of research, Simon says that he thinks he can help you figure out what Bill wants from me." I bite my bottom lip as I see Ford look from me to Bill then back to me again. He's considering it, I can see that. Mabel is basically staring/drooling over Bill and Dipper just looks unsure about my proposal of him staying. My eyes widen, my teeth still biting my lip, pleading for Ford to say "okay" so I don't have to deal with crimson red Bill.

Ford sighs and says, "Simon can stay then if he wants to, he will probably be more of help to me to uncover what is exactly going on with you and the wheel. Let's just not tell everyone in town about this, okay Y/n?" I nod my head and both Bill and Ford enter the living room before Dipper, Mabel, and I. 'Nice work, Star. Guess you can do something right after all~'

I start to follow them before Dipper grabs onto my arm, "Are you sure we can trust him?"

I stay quiet for probably a little too long before I answer, "Of course, I think we need all the help we can get honestly."

"IS HE THE WERECAT FROM THE DINER?!?!" Mabel screams in my face. Please tell me Bill did not hear that...

"First: yes, he is the boy from the diner. Second: no, I asked and he is not a werecat. They are just contacts he likes to wear to freak people out." Mabel frowns and murmurs, "It would've been better if he was a werecat." You laugh and watch as Mabel leaves to the living room. You hear the bell ring to the front door indicating that someone arrived. Soos and another girl came in with Soos now wearing a suit like Stan and his fez. He walks over to Wendy and says, "Yo, Mr. Pines called earlier saying that you were going to be busy at this exact time. Melody and I got the shop for the rest of the day, sound good?"

"Great! Thanks Soos, you too Melody. I owe you guys." Wendy says getting off of the stool. She walks over to Dipper and I and we head into the living room.

Stan is sitting on the yellow chair with his white shirt and blue and white stripe shorts drinking a Pitt Cola. Ford is in the corner getting his yellow notepad ready while adjusting his glasses. Mabel was already seated in front of the TV watching reruns of Ductective while Bill was just standing as far away from Ford as possible it seemed. I walked over to Bill and sat down next to where he was standing which so happened to be next to the strange fish tank. Dipper and Wendy went over to the table near Ford and sat down. Now that everybody was settled, Ford came over to me and said, "Okay, let's begin."

A/n: 2660 words! Wow, did not plan that. Well, if you have read this far you win a medal that I can't really give you! Congrats!

Will update later, don't know when but I will!! Enjoy part 2 of Chapter 12 for now!!