The next day

Bill's POV

Pine tree was curled in a ball in the corner of his cage. Poor thing must be terrified. I brought his cage over to my stone throne. Which arguably made it worse. He trembled a lot, I don't think that's normal.

I picked him up and cuddled him close, he relaxed a bit. "Why?" He asked fearfully. I responded softly. "I'm going to let them all go when it's safe. I promise, nothing bad is going to happen." He kept asking questions. "Who is the guy you turned into gold?" I sighed. "That," I said. "Is your great uncle Ford, the author of the journals."

"Is that why grunkle Stan needed the portal?" I nodded and petted him some more. He fell asleep happily, and I kept petting and cuddling him. I turned to my friends. "We own this universe now!" I yelled. "Go and spread your weirdness!" They cheered and went out of the fearamid. I went back to petting Pine tree. "World domination," I said. "I could get used to-" I was cut off by the sound of my friends hitting a shield around gravity falls. "WHAT!" I yelled, accidentally waking Pine tree. He looked up at me sleepily. "Sorry" I said as I petted him. He went back to sleep. I put him back in the cage with a warm fluffy blanket.

Then I went outside and touched whatever was keeping us in. It rippled like water, but I couldn't push through. "Hmmmm," I muttered. "This might be more complicated than I originally thought." "I think I broke something." Said one of my friends. "WALK IT OFF!" I yelled angrily.