A/N: Hello! I'm back after a ridiculously long hiatus. I was messaged recently by the lovely @Mickeylover46 , saying they had a few ideas for me so I could bring this little book back from the dead! So you can attribute many of the ideas in this chapter (and possibly future chapters) to them! And a nice little note, I have gotten much better at writing and I hope it's going to be a bit less choppy than it was before!

It had been a few days. There wasn't much you could do. You had centered your entire life around drawing. And your life was practically stripped away from you by a cartoon demon.

You had dug through your old books to pull out the stack of how-to-draw books. All ranging from your manga/anime phase to when you began to take yourself seriously. You were sprawled out on the hardwood floor of your office, books open while you tried to copy the techniques mentioned in each book.

A familiar, echoey laugh rang through your head. It held such a high air of pride, you could almost mistake it for sick pity. "Well if it isn't the hero of our story~!" he sang. You could feel the sense of accomplishment he boasted filling your skull. The arrogance nearly gave you a headache. "Trying to get our art skills back in the matter of a few weeks, are we? You might want to give up on that. You and I both know it took you years to get at the pathetic level you already were."

You frowned, having heard his "witty" quips every now and then for the past few days. You slammed the now minuscule pencil down to the floor. "And if it isn't the bastard of the chapter!" you snapped back. "You're supposed to not be a bother!"

Bill simply chuckled, anger lacing his unbothered attitude, "To Alex, maybe. You should know by now I take deals very literally, and find many loopholes." Memories flashed through your head. Memories of Gravity Falls episodes, particularly Sock Opera.

Wonderful. He could mess with your memories.

"You know what I love about deals that require people to give me their memories?" Bill hummed, the image of him laying back in his nonexistent recliner clear as if it were in front of you. You remained silent. "They can't break deals like that so easily. In fact, the only way to break a deal like that would be if you or someone else was a dream demon! Or I possibly break it. It's a shame I quite like to watch you suffer."

The eraser, more of a nub at this point, sat in front of you innocently. While Bill went on with his incessant, self-appreciative monologue, you were boiling with rage. You couldn't describe what you wanted to do to that sentient corn chip. He ruined everything. And all he could think about was his own shining image of self glory. Not a hint of remorse.

Then again, why would there be remorse? You knew what he was like. Everyone knew what he was like. That was his downfall. He wanted to be known by every being in the multiverse. And now, at least for sad, magic-less Earth, millions of people knew exactly who he was and what he was like. Many might not have believed he existed, and no one but Alex probably knew his true intentions, but everyone knew who he was.

You sat and scratched your pencil into the floor, waiting for Bill's rambling to end.

Soon, it did. After he said some long winded goodbye that ended in a rather harsh note of, "I own you now. Scream, and no one but me will know," he finally left you in silence.

You sighed and stood up, dragging yourself to the kitchen for a coffee. Narcissists really were draining.

A/N: Sorry for another short chapter. I'm just tired and I keep forgetting to write this so I thought to put a new one out as soon as possible. Also, little note to anyone who wishes to write stories and things (also just general advice), I strongly suggest you get the Merriam-Webster Dictionary app. Has a thesaurus feature and is very helpful! Plus, word of the day! Warms this little nerd's heart. I'll have another chapter out within the next couple days because I won't be writing it in the middle of the night again, haha. I think the ideas Mickeylover had might last a few more chapters than I thought!