Twisted Falls AU

So, you're Shooting Star?

3 years ago...

Ford groaned, starting to gain consciousness. He sat up and rubbed his head, trying to remember everything that had happened.

Stan. Stan had shoved him through the portal and now...

Ford's eyes shot open, it all coming back to him. Gaping, he took in his surroundings. Purple fire and hard orange dirt surrounded him. The sky was a mix of all sorts of colors. Strange creatures flew overhead, giant eyes with bat wings along with some beasts that had the head of a shark and the pancreas of a lizard.

Stumbling to his feet, he raised an eyebrow at the sights. "Weird." That was the only word he could use to describe it. Nothing else quite fit.

He gasped to himself as he remembered something. "Dipper!" Ford slapped his forehead. "I have to get back! I have to warn him about-"

"About what, Sixer?" an all to familiar voice said from behind the man.

Ford spun around, glaring. "Bill."

The yellow triangle spun his cane. "The one and only." Bill floated circles around Ford, and if he had a mouth, he would certainly be smirking.

Ford stomped forward, stopping the triangle. "What do you want!" Ford narrowed his eyes and adjusted his glasses.

Bill rolled his eye. "Relax, Sixer! Loosen up a bit! Would it really hurt you to smile?" The two stared at each other. Bill shrugged. "Ugh, hope the Pine Tree isn't as stiff as you Fordsy."

Hands balled into fists, Ford burst, "Don't you dare touch my son!"

Bill let out a chuckle. "Who's going to stop me? You?" The demon put his arm around the man's shoulder, making him flinch. Bill put a finger on Ford's chest. "Look, Fordsy, you're on my turf now. And without you to protect the kid, he's all mine. So you still want to pick a fight with me?"

The triangle then floated ahead of the man, Ford trying to keep up. "What do you plan to do with him?"

Without so much as a glance back, Bill explained, "You know. Just slowly crush his soul and anything else he loves and holds dear. Might use him as a tool a bit. Depends how I feel by that time."

Ford's eyes widened and he ran quicker after the demon. "Bill! Wait! Tell me what you want! Just leave Dipper alone."

Bill spun around, stopping the man in his tracks. "A deal, eh? Well, you know how much I love those... but nah. I think I'll just stick with my original plan. It's more fun."

Ford balled his hands into fists. "You're terrible!"

"Eh, I prefer the term 'visionary psychopath'."

Ford shut his eyes, trying to think of something. "I-I'll stop you! I'll fight anything you've got to stop you!" He pointed a finger at him, but Bill just chuckled.

"Oh, come on Fordsy. I thought you were supposed to be smart!" He wiped tears of laughter from his eye. "You. Are. Stuck. Here." He let the words sink in.

Ford took a step back and looked around at the horrible land he was in. It was complete chaos. "No," he said under his breath.

The triangle did his form of a nod and smiled with his eye. "And with you trapped in this dimension, I can roam the mind space without you 'warning' anybody. Guess you should've told the kid sooner." Bill shrugged, in a joyful mood.

Ford bit his lip, the gravity of the situation weighing down on him. He had to get home. He had to get back to his own dimension and as soon as possible. Before Bill could do anything to Dipper. Before it was too late.