Strange Times, Stranger Places

Chapter 4: RUN!

Steven's POV
In my dream, it turned very different. A grey, strange looking room was around me. I looked around. It still looked like my usual dreams, just grey. A small, yellow triangle thing was looking around.

"Hello?"

It turned. It looked like a flat pyramid, with an eye and a bow tie, and hat. I stared.

"Oh! Hello! Nice to meet you! My name is Bill Cipher!"

I didn't know what he was talking from. It seemed he was something completely different from gems, and worried me slightly.

"Hi. I'm Steven."

"I know that already. But I'm going to call you Gem Boy! I know you're going to ask what I am too, or at least what your thinking. I'm a dream demon! And boy do I have a deal for you!"

I was confused. A deal?

"I know your confused. What I ask is that you let me help you, by giving you even more power!"

I didn't trust this guy. He seemed too... Weird. He didn't seem right. I thought of Connie. What would she do? Pearl?

"Uhhh... Sorry. I think I'm fine. Thanks for the offer though."

This guy gave me the chills.

"You sure kid? I mean, a lot of these monsters look mean and scary..."

"I'm okay. I have Connie and the others. We can figure something out."

He seemed to get angry. "Come on kid."

"Uhhhh... Sorry." I started to walk away.

I woke up, to Connie shaking my shoulder.

"Steven! Are you okay?"

"Huh?"

"You were mumbling in your sleep. And it sounded really weird."

I sat up. "O-Oh." I laughed. "I'm okay. I just had a really weird dream."

Dipper perked up. It looked like I was the last to wake up. "Weird dream?"

"Yea. It was all grey, and had a weird triangle guy trying to make a deal."

He looked at me in horror. "Please tell me you didn't say yes."

"I said no. Why?"

He looked away. "N-Nothing. Don't worry about it."

I looked at him with worry. Something seemed to bother him. Connie took my shoulder. "Don't worry Steven. He'll tell us when he's ready." She was always so smart, and had something to say.

We all went downstairs, and walked out. We went to Grillby's again, and Sans joined us. I loved his jokes, and laughed. He was a cool guy. He walked with us through the snow, and moved ahead of us. "Papyrus is probably waiting in the snow. I know you'll be alright."

Usually, I used my shield to avoid the attacks, since it was easier than having everyone dodge. Of course, Frisk was the greatest at dodging, so I didn't worry nearly as much.

Papyrus met with us on the other side of a small snowstorm. He seemed, regretful that he had to capture us for a moment. Of course, we ran around him, playing. He couldn't exactly attack us if we confused him, could he?

"HUMANS! YOUR GOOD AT MAKING ME DIZZY..." He fell over, eyes spinning. We laughed, and sat next to him. He seemed sad.

"BOO HOO HOO... I CAN'T EVEN CATCH A HUMAN..."

Mabel answered. "It's okay! We can all be friends with you!" The skeleton looked really happy, and suprised.

"REALLY?"