Chapter 1: ONE eye in a triangle

Dim moonlight shone through the metal window bars. A cold jail cell took host to a young white haired boy. He sat against the brick wall under the window with his pale, freckled face cupped in his hands. Mumbled whispers uttered from his lips as he spat gibberish remarks.

"Out of the deal... how to get out. How to get out." Strange markings and symbols were etched into the stone walls all around the room. The young boy's concentrated eyes traced every symbol through the walls of the room, leading up to a large drawing above his unkept bed. He glared in hatred at the three corners of the triangle drawing. A lone eye sat at the center of the triangle with arms reaching out. Frustrated, the boy dug his fingers into his hair and clenched into his scalp.

One month earlier, he'd made a deal with a dream demon. A deal that would change his life forever. The deal would've made all of his lil' old dreams come true, however, those twins had gotten in the way. The whole Pines family had ruined his life. He could have had everything, but instead, he sat alone in a cold jail cell in debt to a demon who had an unimaginable fate in store for him. There had to be a way out! He needed those journals. More than that, he wanted his revenge. He swore that day that he would see the Pines family suffer for all they'd taken from him.

Before he was thrown into prison, he'd summoned the demon, Bill Cipher, to search Stan's mind for the code to the vault in order to obtain the deed to the Mystery Shack. Eager for the deal, he shook the demon's flaming hand, sealing a deal without knowing the price he would have to pay. When the tricky demon was defeated in finding the code by the Pines twins, Gideon had backed out of the deal. After stealing the deed and ejecting the Pines family by force, Gideon realized his mistake. Bill appeared to him, revealing that in fact he had retrieved the code, but tricked the twins, intending to reveal it to Gideon later. Because Bill had successfully gotten the code, Gideon's unknown end of the bargain had to be met. Gideon clenched his fists at the memory. There had to be another way! Gideon admitted his fear to himself as a tear trailed his cheek and splashed onto his orange clothing.

He was smart, and he'd come up with a plan. He would outsmart the demon and take Gravity Falls by force. No one could stop him now. He once again studied the markings in his room. Before he was defeated and arrested, Gideon had realized his fate, and memorized the clues in the journal that would allow him to defeat Bill before Bill would come to collect his payment. Bill's deal, was to possess Gideon's soul eternally. Gideon refused to meet this fate, and had devised a plan to stop Bill... but how does one defeat an immortal being of energy that cannot be killed?

Gideon picked up his chalk and continued to etch markings into the wall, piecing his plan together in a way only he would understand. To anyone else, it looked like the scribbles of an insane man. To Gideon, it was the work of genius. He traced his plan over intensely. He would use a gem, called the "creator gem" to turn Bill into a human form. This gem was used to turn inanimate objects or animals into humans, matching the characteristics of what they originally were. Simply turning him human wouldn't be enough. His father, Bud Gleeful, part of the Blind eye, had a machine to tamper with memories in his possession. Though his father hid his mysterious secret society well, Gideon was still able to find out about it. Gideon could move mountains to get what he wanted, and he planned to. He needed to tamper with Bill's human mind, erasing any evidence of who he was or what he used to be. The last problem, was what to do with him after that? Gideon couldn't kill him, or lock him away without fear of his solitude allowing suspicion. Perhaps Gideon could allow him to be a citizen of Gravity Falls? Yes, that's what he would do. He was going to get out of this deal one way or another, and with his release from prison being tomorrow, Gideon knew exactly what his destiny was. With Bill out of the way, the Pines family was next.