Giving Into Your Demons - Bipper

-Chapter 4-

•Bill•
Your mind is mine, Dipper.

I burst into a fit of laughter "Oh my gosh, oh my gosh- I gotta pee!" I groan as I clutch my side, trying hard to stop laughing. This was just too much fun! Dipper is so easy to mess with. He's the only one of the Pines family that's still been holding onto me for this long, I mean obviously Ford is too, but it's no fun to mess with him anymore. He's gotten used to it.
Dipper tried to buck up to me, so I thought I'd make this a little game. First invade his dreams, then who knows what next? If I can get out of this stupid human body, then I can have some real fun.

"Dipper, Dipper, Dipper. Always trying to be the hero..." I say, my words trailing off as I hear footsteps above me. I can hear a little of a muffled conversation between two men, then some laughing. "He went to check on them.. what a sweet boy" I chuckle as I push myself up on the couch. I sigh, and fall back onto the couch. I want to go scare him some more, but I can't. "Gah! This is stupid. I'm a demon after all and I can't even leave this stupid room!" I groan, remembering how I got stuck here...

~•~

I was on top. Gravity Falls had become nothing, it was a ruinous wasteland. I had built my throne. All that was left to do was take over Fords mind and find a way out of Gravity Falls. "Alright Ford, Times up! I've got the kids!! I think I'm gonna kill one of them now.. just for the heck of it!" I look at the kids trapped in my hand "Eeny, meeny, miny... YOU!" I shout as I go to snap my fingers.. "WAIT!" Fords voice rings through the air. "I surrender."

"Good Choice." I say as I drop the kids. I chuckle as Stan and Ford bicker back and forth about his decision. "Oh.. Even when your about to die you Pines twins just can't get along". I start to extend my hand towards him and he knocks it away. Pointing at me, he says "My only condition is that you let my brother and the kids go!" I'll probably just kill them later anyways. "No! Gruncle Ford, don't trust him!!" Dipper. Being a pain as always.

I turn to Ford and extend my hand "It's a... DEAL!" He shakes it and instantly I abandon my demon form, a statue of my excellence staying as I enter Fords mind. There's white walls everywhere and a single door, if I could grin I would. It's a perfect. Calm. Orderly void. "I have to admit Ford..." I start. I reach for the door handle "You really know how to-" I open the door to only find Stan, lounging in a chair.

I've been tricked.

"Welcome to my mind! I'm surprised you didn't recognize it" he chuckled and I feel something... is it fear? I'm not supposed to feel anything, I'm not alive! I turn to leave and the door slams shut. Everything turns to flames. Ford is destroying me.

"You idiot! Don't you realize your destroying your own mind!?" He shrugs "It's not like I was using this space for much anyway." I try to escape, but my powers are gone. Everything's being ripped from me. I try to plead with Stan, offer him any and everything. Riches, fame, a galaxy.. but suddenly my body is on fire. It hurts.

What is happening to me?

I feel every form of myself come out, trying to escape from this burning reality but I can't... and then there's nothing. Suddenly everything stops and I'm floating in a void of complete darkness that has no beginning and no end. I call out for something, anything. But there's no reply. I don't know why I thought there would be.

Hours pass, maybe even an entire day, I can't tell anymore. But, I see a spark. A light shines from across the emptiness, and I run towards it. Then there were more sparks, a cascade of light starts to flood through the darkness and little orbs filled with... with memories, start to appear. I walk towards one and examine it closely. There was a child, short and skinny, he had scruffy brown hair and bright brown eyes. He was looking at a shelf of nicknacks and oddities, and picked up a blue and white hat with a little pine tree on it, then placed it on his head, smiling. Dipper. I grabbed the orb and it felt warm.. it radiated. Then a spark within myself emerged, and I realized my power was returning to me. I realized where I was... I realized what I had to do. I looked at the orb in my hands one last time, and closed my eyes. My lips parted and I took a deep breath.

"Restore Stans Memory."

*Snap*

-

I groaned as I blinked my eyes, my vision slowly adjusting to the harsh sun. I squinted, trying to shade myself. I put my hand up, only to notice, I HAD a hand. I jumped, startled. 'Hands... human hands.' I thought and then I heard a thumping, it was loud and fast. I jumped to my feet and looked around, my head darting back and forth trying to figure out where it was coming from. Then it hit me, a heart beat. MY heartbeat. I put my hand on my chest and I could feel it beating. I'm alive.

I'm human.

A grayish blur in the distance catches my eye. I look to see a statue, hidden within the woods. I go to it and I see myself. Not a reflection of myself... the old me. The demon me. What I left behind before I entered Stans mind. I crouch beside it, mentally cursing at myself for being so stupid, and wishing I could have it all back again.

I hear a rustle and I run to hide behind a tree, careful not to make too much noise. A moment passes and I can sense someone else is here now. I creep around to see who, and my eyes widen. My heart beginning to race. "I know what you did for my brother..." he starts "... I know that you're back. You'll never truly be gone. My sensors have already detected that you're around, but I don't have the heart to tell my family, or the rest of Gravity Falls. They believe they're safe, and from the looks of it... They are. Your powers are weak. You're weak." He looks back and we make eye contact. I gasp and start to back away, I trip and fall onto my back. Knocking the air out of myself, I gasp. 

Ford is standing right above me now. He holds his hand out to me "Bill, I know you're scared. I know you're confused. Help me... help you. We can figure this out together." I swallow the lump in my throat and pick myself up, brushing the leaves and dirt off of me. He watches and extends his hand further towards me. I look at it, then back to him. A sincere look spreading across his face. I grab his hand, a small blue flame sparking between us.

"It's a deal."

~•~

My thoughts are interrupted by the sound of footsteps creeping down the stairs. A grin slips onto my face and I creep over to the wall and flip the lights off. I crouch behind the door wait. "Oh, this is gonna be fun~"