This was a girl next to the statue.

Now thirteen, Dipper and Mabel had arrived early to Gravity Falls. School had gone out only yesterday. The Grunkles were back to running the Shack for the summer. The spring had been cold, the chill entering the early summer.

Dipper had gotten up early, wanting to the check on the statue. And that was when he had found her.

She was blonde. Not golden blonde like Pacifica, but a light shade that was almost platinum, some pulled in a side ponytail. Dressed in a blue dress with a white belt that matched her white boots, her folded hands behind her back revealed bell sleeves. A shoulder cape that matched her dress had a high collar. She was staring at the statue.

"Hello?" He called.

She turned. "Hello." The girl looked young, around nineteen, but had an air of eternity around her. One of her blue eyes was covered by her hair.

She looked familiar.

"Have we met before?"

The girl shook her head. "No, we haven't." She turned her gaze back to Bill. "Just think of me as a random stranger."

Dipper nodded. "Okay."

They stood in silence for a bit.

"Did you know him?" Grunkle Ford had said Bill had conned billions of people before his death. Maybe she had been a customer of his.

"Yes. But not in the way you're thinking." She looked around the clearing. "I can why he liked this town."

"I do too." Dipper said. Not sure why, he continued. "There's a lot of-"

"Magic?" She finished. "I know."

"You aren't human, are you?"

She shook her head. Before he could ask her more questions, a loud tell of "Dipper!" rang through the woods. Mabel was looking for him.

He looked up to see her sorrowful smile. "You should go. I was a sister once too."

Dipper nodded, turning to leave. He glanced back to see her still gazing at the statue. Then he was gone, running into his sister. The twins laughed as they headed home together.

In the clearing, the girl smiled. It faded a few seconds later as she pulled out a blue rose. She set it in front of Bill.

Good to see you again, little Jill.

"Hello William."

The shadows reached for her. I like the look. Maybe you could-

"No."

There was silence. She turned.

Little sister...!

But she walked away, soon disappearing.

Like she was never there.