Hello my Otters I'm back! I'm finally on summer break, I apologize for the sporadic updates but they should be more often know that I have time to write. Enjoy this chapter and don't forget to review! If you flame it will be ignored unless it's in pig latin. I own nothing!

He heard whispering all around him causing his eyes to fly open. He was laying in the clearing from his last dream. He quickly stood and got into a defensive stance his eyes scanning the treeline. He heard a voice come from the forest shrill with fear.

"Dipper! Dipper help! Please!" It sounded like Mabel. Before any rational thought could enter his mind he ran into the woods desperately calling out to her.

"Mabel! Mabel where are you?!" He was quickly getting lost, every tree blending together into a green film that took over everything.

"Dipper! Come on man! Help!" He heard a different voice slightly lower, Wendy.

"Dipper please! Help!" He heard Mabel's voice from the other side of the forest. He spun around as both voices called out in panic. Suddenly Ford walked out from behind a tree and approached him.

"You know you can't help them both. You're weak, useless, you can't save them." There was a cruel glint in his eyes. This wasn't the Ford that Dipper knew. In panic, Dipper slapped his hands over his ears. "This isn't real!" He yelled. "You are made by Bill and you don't control me!" He opened his eyes to see empty air where Ford was.

The forest fell silent as the cries ceased, the resulting silence pushing in on his ears. He slid through the trees silently not wanting to get caught off guard again. The color of the forest slowly drained to a dull monochrome. He felt his skin prickle as he heard the voice of Bill.

"Wow Pinetree you're getting good at this!" He said loudly, his voice was high pitched and annoying as ever.

"Why are you doing this Bill? What do you have to gain?" Dipper asked angrily.

"Oh you already know the answer to that kid." He floated so he was right in front of the teen.

"I want you and your family dead, and I might as well start by destroying the weakest link." Dipper grit his teeth.

"None of us are weak, you won't ever be able to beat us Bill!" He knew that if they stuck together then they would always come out on top. "You can't win!"

Bill floated up appearing to think.

"Oh I don't know about that one Pinetree but your relentless determination is amusing." Dipper glared at Bill.

"Don't forget Bill, you're still in my mind." He imagined an energy gun and began shooting at Bill. "I have ultimate control!"

"You keep telling yourself that Pinetree. Oh by the way you're going to be late." Bill disappeared and Dipper woke with a yell. He heard banging on his door.

"Dipper Pines get up right now! You are going to be late." It was his mom, he took deep breaths.

"Y-yeah coming mom." He answered tiredly. He quickly got dressed and pulled all of his stuff together. His body felt heavy, almost impossible to maneuver. It was a slow ride that left Dipper and Mabel racing to get to their first hours in time. He slid into his seat with less than a minute to spare. His head hit the desk, he was exhausted. During the lesson he struggled to stay awake as his teacher talked about how the first unit was going to go. He had gotten enough sleep but he felt like he had been up for days. When the bell rang he ran to a bathroom to find a mirror. He looked like a zombie, he was pale and had bags under his eyes.

"Bill…" he whispered softly. The dream demon was making sure he didn't really sleep, he was going to drive him insane. In his next hour he actually fell asleep, however the nap was short lived. His math teacher slammed a ruler on his desk loudly.

"Dipper Pines this is Algebra not nap hour!." She barked at him, he rubbed his eyes and went back to working on his assignment with bleary eyes.

For the next three weeks he fell into a pattern. Do homework, search for a way to block Bill's nightmares, sleep, be tormented all night, wake up feeling dead, and repeat. However about a week ago his trip to the library showed results. He read a book that said you can build dreamcatchers that work as barriers against nightmares. He had finally finished and he was eager to put it to the test. He got ready for bed and hung the dream catcher above his pillow before settling down to sleep.

He had a few hours of peaceful dreamless sleep before he was awoken by screaming, it was Mabel. He jumped out of bed and ran down the hallway. Mabel was still asleep but she was flailing around violently and screaming. Their mom was trying desperately to wake her up obviously scared for Mabel. He felt horrible, he should have known if Bill couldn't torture him he would go for his twin. He gently rested a hand on his mom's shoulder.

"Mom I know what to do." he said as he approached Mabel. He placed a hand on her forehead and thought really hard. He had found out they had a tiny bit of twin telepathy and he was relying on that right now.

"Mabel remember he can't hurt you, you have the power in your mind." Mabel gasped and sat up quickly crying. She saw Dipper and hugged him tightly.

"He said he was going to kill you." She sobbed out. He rubbed her back.

"I'm not going anywhere Mabes and you won't have anymore nightmares. I blocked his access to my mind so he attacked you." He admitted quietly. They had forgotten their mom was in the room until she spoke up.

"What are you two going on about?" She looked scared mostly for her children. Dipper didn't want to worry their mother with Bill so he thought up a quick lie.

"Just a game we play! The main villain is really terrifying so I can see how Mabel got nightmares nothing to worry about mom." He said with a smile, Mabel nodded in agreement. Their mom shook her head.

"Well then I'm going to go back to bed call if you need anything." They smiled at her and said in unison.

"Okay mom!" Dipper faced Mabel after she left.

"Did he hurt you? Are you okay?" She nodded.

"All he really did was threaten me and told me that he was going to kill the entire Pines family. But we're stronger than him right Dip Dip?" She said with a smile. He nodded and looked at the ground; to be honest he didn't know what they were going to do without their Grunkles.

Dipper gave Mabel his dream catcher and went to bed knowing that Bill was going to be back. But if it meant protecting Mabel he would suffer anything.