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Marco cried into his arms. They were terrible, heart wrenching sobs. In his fist, he held a now crumpled picture of her.

Suddenly, the room went all grey, like the color had been washed out of it. He wiped his eyes on the sleeve of his red hoodie, which seemed to still have it's color.

There was a white flash which momentarily blinded Marco. He blinked the spots out of his eyes. There, in the middle of her room, was a floating triangle with a single eye, arms, legs, a bow tie, and a top hat. "Well, well, well" said the triangle, even though it didn't have a mouth, in a super annoying voice. "If it isn't ol' Beauty Mark."

"B-beauty Mark?" Marco asked, sitting up on Star's bed. "The name's Marco. And who the heck are you?"

The triangle floated up to Marco. "The name's Bill Cipher."

"What are you?" Marco asked.

"I'm a dream demon," the triangle said.

Marco rolled his eyes. "Not another one! Please tell me you're nothing like Tom."

Bill shrugged. "Eh, Tom's nice enough, but he can be sort of a jerk."

"Tell me about it," Marco said. Then he shook his head, clearing it. "But, why are you here?"

"I heard your princess went missing."

Marco winced, his gaze sliding down to the crumpled picture. "Maybe."

"Oh, please, you can't hide anything from me. I know lots of things! So, want to know how to get her back?"

Marco glanced up at the Dream demon. "How can I trust you?"

Bill shrugged. A cane appeared out of midair and he swung it around his finger. "Well, let's just say that if you say no, your Princess is as good as gone."

Marco bit his lip.

"Trust me, with my infinite knowledge and your lost friend's wand, we'll be unstoppable!" Bill cleared his throat. "But first you have to get me these three journals from this kid that wears a Pine Tree hat. And in return, I'll let you use my dimension portal. All you need to do, is go to Oregon, swipe some stolen journals, and you'll have your Princess back in no time!"

"You're telling me there's a portal in Oregon that can bring her back?"

"Oh course, Beauty Mark!"

"What's the catch?" Marco asked warily.

"The catch is, you're Princess will be stuck in that dimention forever, unless you save her."

Marco looked down at Star's picture again. The last thing we did was fight, he thought sadly.

"So," the triangle said. "We have a deal?" He held out one black arm and engulfed it in flames.

Marco swallowed, wiped his sweaty palms on his pants, and shook the demon's hand.

~
When Marco opened his eyes, he was staring at a sky full of stars that was so clear, he knew he had to be in the middle of nowhere. He sat up and was face to face with a goat. He jumped back in surprise. The goat had been chewing on his sweatshirt.

He went to rub his head, but caught a sight of ink in his hands. Welcome to Oregon! -Bill. P.S. look at your other hand. Marco did so. Ha! Made you look!

Marco sighed and sat up. He seemed to be lying in front of a huge tourist trap named the Mystery hack. There was a missing letter, so he guessed it was supposed to say Shack or Thack or something like that. All the lights were off, except for one on the very top floor which was shining through a yellow window with a triangle design on it. It reminded him of Bill. This must be where the journals are. Now I need to break in, steal some journals, then voila! I'll have Star back home in no time!

Marco went to the back and found a porch. He slowly opened the door and snuck in. As soon as he was in, he noticed how little he knew where he was going. Marco swallows and tiptoed up the stairs. When he made it to the top of the stairs, he heard two kids talking.

"Dipper! Turn your light off! You've been through that journal a thousand times!"

"I know," came another voice or a boy. His voice cracked so much, Marco guessed he was still in junior high or younger. "But there's just something I don't get! Why is this town so weird?"

"Just go to sleep," the girl grumbled. "You can go through it again in the morning."

Dipper sighed. "Fine." The light went out. "Night Dipper!" The girl said.

"Goodnight Mabel," the boy said.

Marco waited several minutes. When he was sure that they were asleep, he slowly opened the door. There were two beds on either side of the room. The one on the left held a boy with brown hair and was sleeping as if he was having a nightmare and in the one on the right, there was a girl that mirrored the boy's image and she was hugging a unicorn toy, looking like she was having the best dream in the world. Marco snuck up to the boy's bedside table and grabbed a red book with a gold, six fingered hand on it and a three. He held his breath as he picked the book up and he turned to leave...

...and found himself face to face with an angry old man.

The man grabbed Marco by the front of the shirt. "What the jeckel are you doing here you creep?" The man said, practically yelling.

The two kids shot up from their sleep. "You don't understand!" Marco said quickly. "I need this book to save my friend!"

The journal was torn out of Marco's hands by the boy. He was a whole head shorter then Marco, but the man holding him was a truly terrifying sight.

"What are you up to?" The older man asked. "Stealing?"

"I told you, I had to!" Marco said desperately. "MyfriendisstuckinanalternetdimentionandthistriangledreamdemonthingsaidshewasintroubleandthathewouldinlyheloifIgavehimtherejournalsand-"

"Woah, woah," the old man said. "Slow down. Explain, slowly."

Marco took a deep breath and told them the whole story.

~
"Okay," said Dipper, pinching the bridge of his nose. "So you made a deal will Bill Cipher to safe your friend, who happens to be a magical princess from another dimention?"

Marco nodded. "I know it sounds crazy," he dug Star's wand out of his pocket.

Mabel squealed and grabbed it out of Marco's hands. "Dipper! Look at this! It's an actual magic wand!"

Dipper grabbed the wand from her. "You're going to poke someone's eye out with that!" He gave the wand back to Marco.

Marco took it. "So, since Star got kidnapped, her scissors broke and she dropped her wand, I've been trying to find a way to save her."

"So you made a deal with Bill?" Dipper asked. "Are you insane?"

Marco held op his hands. "Hey, I didn't know what he was capable of. You'd probably done the same thing if you were in my shoes."

Dipper sighed. "Yeah. Probably."

"So..." Mabel said. "What now?"

There was an awkward silence. They were all exhausted. Marco hadn't gotten much sleep for two days, but he had to stay on his feet for Star.

"So," Stan said. "Who's up for some Stancakes?"

Mabel and Dipper groaned. "You made us those yesterday," Mabel complained.

Marco's stomach grumbled and he smiled shyly as everyone looked at him and laughed. "Maybe someone wants some, Grunkle Stan," Mabel said with a smile.

~
"Doesn't that book say anything about interdimensional portals or anything?" Marco asked.

Dipper flipped through the journal. "I don't know. I haven't seen anything on it."

"What about the other journals?" Marco asked.

Dipper looked at him, confused. "Other journals?"

"Well, Bill said there were more than one, unless I heard him wrong. I mean, why else would there be a three on the cover?"

Dipper closed the book and looked at his reflection. "This is the only book I have."

"So, in other words, this whole thing it doomed."

Dipper sighed. "I don't know. I really want to help you but..."

He was interrupted by a sudden rumbling. It shook the ground. Marco and Dipper glanced at each other. Dipper shrugged.

Something rose out from under the earth, a carriage and horse of some sort. The door opened and flames licked out of it. Marco jumped up from the tree they were sitting at. "Tom? Seriously?"

The three eyed demon stepped out of the carriage with a cruel smile. "Hello, Marco. I'm here for Star."

Marco rolled his eyes. "Oh, please. She'll never go out with you again. Besides, she's not here anyway."

"She's not?" Tom asked. "She's always hanging out with you. What happened to her?"

"She got kidnapped, and now she's stuck in a different dimention without her wand or dimension scissors. Not like you care."

"Hold up," Dipper said. "Who's he?"

"This is Tom," Marco said. "Star's demon ex."

"Woah, like Bill demon or-"

"Ugh, Bill," Tom said. "He's so full of himself. He can be so annoying."

Dipper blinked. "Um, okay."

"Why are you here?" Marco asked.

"The same reason you're here," the demon said. "To save Star."

"Nope," Marco said. "I don't need your help. Just go away. She doesn't want anything to do with you."

"Hold up," Dipper said again. "So if you're a demon, why do you look more like a human? Do different types of demons have different forms or-"

"Um, who's this?" Tom asked Marco. "You babysitting or..."

Dipper blushed. "Hey! I've defeated Bill twice and been possessed by him one of those times. And if you demons are at all the same, I know some things that'll work on you."

Tom blinked his three eyes and laughed. "Aren't you adorable." He ruffled Dipper's hair, setting it alight. Dipper yelped and patted it down, red in the face. "Shut up, man," he said.

"Leave him alone, Tom," Marco said. "He's trying to help me find Star."

"Help us," Tom said.

Marco took Star's wand out of his pocket and laser beamed Tom in his third eye. Tom yelped. "Go back to the underworld or wherever you live."

"This isn't over," Tom said with a snarl. "Star will end up with me one way or another." And with that, he got back in his carriage and disappeared in a column of flames.

Dipper glanced up at Marco. "So is he like a fire demon or..."

"Don't know, don't care," Marco said. "I just want to focus on finding Star."

Dipper nodded. "Alright. Maybe we can ask Stan."

Marco shivered slightly. "I don't know...he's kinda, scary."

Dipper shrugged. "You get used to it."

"Great..." Marco said under his breath. He stuck Star's wand back in his pocket and his hand grazed the picture of her. Swallowing, he nodded. "Okay. Let's go find your uncle."

Might make a part 2...

This took place before Not Who He Seems, btw, so they don't know about the portal yet