"Mabel, now is not the time to fooling around." Dipper says to his twin sister, who smiled brightly at him.

Mabel shakes her head. "I'm being serious here Bro Bro. Trust me on this please. I have this strong gut feeling that your Bill's Balance Partner!" She says and held her stomach. "It's never wrong and you know that."

Dipper facepalmed and shook his head, he sat on the floor and looked at the collar and chain attached to each other holding him around the neck. 'I wish this would just disappear.' He thought sadly.

Everyone continue to suggest ideas, but no one notice his sighs and sadden look.

What he didn't know was a thousand miles away a certain demon had sensed his sadness.

Did you know the strongest of partners can Sense each other's feelings?

+California: Currently with Bill+

"PineTree?" Bill mumbled to himself stopping mid action from your torturing a poor soul. The yellow demon flicked his flame off and floated away from the terrified man.

Bill could sense his possession sadden by something and it was starting to bother him to no end.

"Hmm~" The triangle hummed.

Then Pyronica came over to him with a scared woman in her hand. "What's the problem Bill? Already tired of scaring the humans?" She laughed.

"Pfft please! Like I could ever get tired of torturing puny meatsacks!" He answered. "Just got the feeling PineTree go sadden by something."

"Awe~ The poor Kid. Why not bring him a present to cheer him up?" The pink demon suggested throwing the woman she was hold up in the air who screamed. Pyronica caught her while the lady started to cry.

Bill seemed to have brighten up by the idea. "Great mind Pyronica!" He floated away from her in a hurry to get somewhere.

"Anytime Bill!" Pyronica shouted watching him go, then went back to scarring the lady she is holding.

The yellow demon searched among the broken houses searching for something. It took awhile, but he found it. PineTree and Shooting Star's house. He changed into his human form and walked straight up to the front door and knocked on it. The door carefully opened up to show a brunette woman who looked like Shooting Star only her hair went up to her shoulders. When she saw Bill the lady quickly opened the door and pulled him in locking the door behind him.

Bill looked at the house, inside were humans from probably around the neighborhood hiding out here. Candles lit the room to visibly see. He caught sight of a brunet man kinda resembling PineTree too.

"Who are you?" One of the hiding people asked.

Bill smiled kindly at them. "The name is Bill. I was searching for some people."

"Your lucky you weren't caught by those monsters while searching. They've been torturing anyone in sight of them." Another human said.

The humans kept speaking to one another. Bill waited for an opportunity to jump on them.

"I just hope Mabel and Dipper are okay..." Mrs. Pines said hopeful and broke down crying.

Mr, Pines patted her on the back and gave her a hug. "I'm sure they're safe dear. We can only hope and believe at the moment. I know their Great Uncle Stan is protecting them." He says.

This was Bill's time to jump in. "Wait you know Dipper and Mabel?" He asked using the twins real name.

Mr and Mrs Pines looked at him in surprise. "How do you know them?"

"I'm a traveling magician and just so happened to stumble upon them for a magic show in Gravity Falls. Good Kids you have by the way." Bill lied with ease seeing the people in the home easily starting to trust him. "I know a fast way to get to them. I can guarantee your safety from all this madness and weirdness that's happening. Even everyone in this house gets safety too. You can see them again, your kids I mean." Bill says smiling.

Mrs. Pines walked over to him with hope in her eyes. "Really? You can do that?"

Bill nodded and stuck out both his gloved hands. "All you have to do in return is cheer up Dipper and Mabel up when they feel down. Do we have a deal?" He asked.

Mr. Pines appeared behind his wife and took her hand in his, using their free hand, both of them shook Bill's hand.

Bill crackled with loud laughter shocking and surprising the group. Blue flames appearing with each hand shake. The blond man let go of their hands and encased the group in a big transparent bubble. The roof on the house was destroyed when the bubble flew up.

"What's going on? Bill?!" Mr. Pines panicked.

Bill laughed again and floated up to them. "Thanks for making a deal with me you stupid meatsacks!" The blond transformed his form into a yellow triangle with one eye. With a black top hat, bow, arms and leg, and cane in one hand. "Here let me introduce myself again! The name is Bill Cipher! A Powerful Demon and Master of the Mind! Plus the new ruler of the entire world!"

The humans looked at him wide eye while gaping at him.

"What do you want with us?!" One of the humans asked.

"I thought you meatsacks would make a lovely present to my PineTree. He seems to have gotten sad and he needs some cheering up. But I have business to attend to so your all gonna have to stay by my side for awile until I go back to my castle." Bill explained. If the demon had a mouth at the moment, he would be smirking.

+Bill's Castle: Gravity Room+

"Before we can deem Dipper Bill's Balance Partner we have to run through some tests." Ford says.

Dipper snapped his fingers and some paper on a clipboard and a pen appear in his Grunkle's hand.

"Thanks Dipper." Ford said smiling at his nephew.

Dipper smiled back. "No problem."

"Of course we have to do experiment on them when Bill comes back though."

Dipper shook his head at the thought of Bill coming back. "You won't be able see me for awhile guys. I'm being sent back to Bill's chambers until further notice. The reason why I'm here now is because of my birthday wish."

Everyone frowned at the idea of not seeing Dipper anymore.

"But you can use you Magic to send stuff to us right?" Mabel asked hoping it was an option.

Dipper thought about it. "Probably, but I have to do it when Bill's not with me." He says.

Everyone began to one another shouting out more suggestions on what to do. Mabel hung close to her twin tiredly.

Man were the three days long.

*time skip*

+Bill's Castle: Gravity Falls Room+

Everyone was eating breakfast provided by the harpies. The group had managed to plan out an escape out of the castle, but when they plan to was not confirmed. Dipper had gotten better in everyone's presence during the past three days. Mabel had also been brightened up in her attitude after see her brother after all that drama.

But today was the day that Bill come back and takes Dipper away again.

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"I'm Back!" A familiar echoey high pitch voice exclaimed.

In a flash Bill appeared in his triangle form with a big bubble behind him. "I also brought back a present."

'Please let it not be something scary or disgusting.' Everyone thought, except Dipper who had actually been immune to seeing stuff like that after the first few weeks in the castle with Bill.

Bill moved away to reveal people in a bubble that landed to the ground and opened.

"Mom! Dad!" Mabel exclaimed seeing her parents and ran up to them. The two parents ran up to her and cry, embracing her tightly.

"Mabel! Thank goodness your okay!" Mrs. Pines says happily and relived.

Mr. Pines looked around. "Where's your brother Mabel?" He asked.

Before Mabel could tell them what was going on they heard Bill laugh. Everyone in the room looked at him. He had gone back into his human form and hugged Dipper possessively. "I'm back PineTree! You know it was really boring during the three days I was apart from you? Next time I'll take you with me and you can help me deal with some business."

Gravity Falls noticed Dipper's mask slip back into his face when Dipper smiled happily at the blond demon. "Okay Bill! I missed you too ya know." He hugged the the demon back.

Bill thought for a moment. "Hey PineTree why were you sad on the first day after awhile when I left?" He ask curiously.

Ford perked up when he heard Bill say that.

"Huh?" Dipper tiled his head looking confused at the demon.

"I sensed you were sad awhile after I left you? Are you alright now?" Bill asked in a caring tone.

Ford's suspicion was confirmed, he'll have to tell the group one Bill was gone.

Dipper smiled at him again. "I'm fine now Bill, don't worry about it." The teen answered him calmly.

Bill grinned and looked back at the staring humans looking at them. "It's rude to stare."

Everyone seemed to snap out of the trance they were in.

"Well I have some catching up to do with PineTree! See ya later!" Bill exclaimed and carried Dipper out of the room.

"Wait! Give Dipper back to us!" Mr. Pines exclaimed, but was ignored as the door slammed shut behind the demon and his son.

"James, Maysly. We're gonna have a long talk and your gonna have to believe us." Stan said to Mr. And Mrs. Pines who looked back at him.

Ford was right next to him ready to tell them their story way back when.

What was Ford's suspicion? Did have to do with as to being Bill's Balance Partner?
Mission Complete: Plan to escape castle clear
Main Goal, Quest, and Question- Active

New pawns have been set,
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