I used to always hate sleep, it was boring.  What if my baby brother needed me?  I can't help him when I'm sleeping. I can't do anything that matters when I'm sleeping.  Astral projection, reality shifting, lucid dreaming, you name it.  I would try anything I needed to, just to make sleeping less insufferable.  For a long time I had trouble sleeping because of this, but not anymore.  Not since that first night.

I was lucid dreaming, in my mind scape, I looked over old memories.  I remembered my mother.  If I didn't have Gideon, I don't know how I would've coped with losing her.  Dad always used my gift and forced me into being his show pony.  Whenever the pressure was too much, my mother I knew I could run to.  Whenever I heard my parents were having another baby, I was scared.  I thought he'd have to go through all the things I did.  But I got to spend so much time with mom taking care of her, it gave me a sense of nurturing.  Then it came the day my baby brother was born.  When the doctor told me, she was gone.  I was only 10 at the time.  But, Gideon was all I had left of her.  I dedicated my life to taking care of him, keeping him happy and raising him as if he were my own son.  That kid is my everything. 

"Woah talk about obsessed!"
An obnoxious laugh sounded through my mind.  It sounded like a man, but something was... oddly inhuman about it.  I tried to follow the voice, it intrigued me, drew me in.  But when I turned the corner he wasn't there.

"BOO!"

He tried to scare me I guess, but I was never a jumpy person.  I turned around and was met with the sight of... a golden triangle.  It had one eye, two arms and legs, and it was adorned in a top hat, bow tie, and a cane. 
"Aww nothing really?"
It spoke in a disappointed tone.
"Excuse my asking but, who... what exactly are you?"
"The name's Bill Cipher!  I'm a demon!  You seem to have a real talent, Orlaith!"
Ah, so it is a he.
"A demon huh... how fascinating, what do you mean exactly?  And how do you know my name, Bill?"
"Oh don't play dumb with me kid!  You're a medium!  You've got a talented, special mind!  Your brain was incredibly easy to access!  But onto business, let's say you do me a little favor!"

"A favor for a demon you say?  What exactly did you have in mind?"
I was intrigued to say the least.  A real life demon, a once in a lifetime experience.  I wanted to please him.  The approval of a non human being, the danger and taboos around the whole idea.  It made me shiver from excitement.
"Well aren't you eager?  Your little brother has a book see?"
The triangle snapped his fingers and showed her what it looked like. 
"There are three of them, I have a feeling Mr.Mystery down at the local shack, you know the one, knows a thing or two about what's keeping me locked out of your dimension!  But I need all three books together to get into your dimension with my own body.  The details aren't important but, I need you to work at the mystery shack and gain the trust of the workers there, see what you can find out!  In exchange I'll owe you as long as I help you out!"
Bill explained. 
"So, lil ghost?  Whaddya say?"
He held his hand out to me with blue flames engulfing it.  I could feel my eyes lit up as I reached for his hand.  Suddenly I woke up as the sound of his laughter echoed in my ears.  I could still feel the tingle from the flames on my hands, I loved it.

"Orlaith!"
It was my baby brother.  He looked scared. 
"Oh Gideon what's a matter?  Nightmare?"
"I dreamt you were taken away from me!  I couldn't find you!"
He cried as he hugged me. 
"Aw you know I'll never go anywhere lil bro, it's you and me against the world."
I smiled softly as I stroked the top of his head.

That demon better not hurt him.