Once a Winchester, Always a Winchester

Disclaimer:I do not own any of the Supernatural as they are the property of Eric Kripke. I do, however, own any characters introduced within the story as they are sole property of my mind.

Summary:Life is always full of wonders and surprises. Life is also always full of truths and lies. For 16 year old Eris Lily Winchester, she's about to get a taste of both sides of the track. Raised by only her mother in a small little town in California, Eris seems to live a normal life of working at the town's local library and hanging out with her friends. Living the life of a typical teenager. But that all changes when she begins showing signs of psychic ability and weird things begin to happen to her town. It doesn't help matters when her mother suddenly disappears into thin air, leaving Eris in the hands of two strangers who are in search of their father. What she doesn't know is that these two brothers are connected to her in more ways than she will ever know. How far is she willing to rely on the brothers when secrets and lies of her family put her into severe danger? Can the brothers keep their baby sister safe from the evil that lurks in the Simms family heritage while trying to find their father?

Author's Note: Hey everyone. I know I'm still in the middle of finishing the last chapter or so of Slightest Touchbut I couldn't help but get this story posted that I've been agonizing over that last couple of days. I've been thinking about this story for a couple of days and I think it's another one that you will absolutely enjoy. It does follow the episode sequence starting with the "Pilot," but there will be a lot of different things in this story that will make it so much more different than the trilogy I'm working on at the moment. So I hope you enjoy this story as much as you do my other one, which I'm on the verge of finishing and will be up very soon (there is so much detail that has to go into it at the moment to make it excellent). Reviews and criticism are welcomed because it only makes me a better author. So enjoy!

Prologue

"I'm not going to let the son of a bitch get away if I can get a trail on him! I don't need him coming for my family a second time! I don't see what is so hard to understand about this!"

"You're not thinking clearly about this, John! You can't keep dragging those boys from motel room to motel room across the states! They should be in a consistent schooling system and home cooked meals instead of fast food and stuff that comes in cans! And Eris may only be a week old, but she needs a father in her life! Not some guy who comes and goes with his sons!"

"I understand your concerns, Natalie, but I don't want this stupid son of a bitch coming after my little girl and killing her mother like he did Mary! Now I'm sorry if you don't understand this, but it's for the best!"

"No! It's not for the best, John! It's not the best for anyone, especially Eris! I won't have you putting her through the same thing you are putting Dean and Sam through right now! It's not fair to her!"

"Until this demon is gone for good, Natalie, it's going to continue to hurt other families and possibly you and Eris! When she's old enough to understand, I want her to know what's out there hiding in the dark! She…."

"She is only a week old and has many years to go before she will be able to understand anything that you're putting your boys through. I don't want any of this for her and I will not let you corrupt her into the world of hunting. I want her to grow up like a normal little girl who likes dolls and tea parties. Who wants to wear make-up and date boys when she reaches her teenage years. I don't want her to know how to throw knives or shoot guns. I don't want her to be afraid of werewolves and spirits and things that can hurt you. I won't allow it to happen." John Winchester stood with an angry expression upon his face as Natalie Simms glared at him from across the island in the kitchen where they had been arguing for the past half hour. He couldn't believe that this woman was arguing with him over something that had harmed his family once and could possibly do it again now that the newest member of the family had arrived just a week ago.

"This is not up for negotiation, Natalie. This…."

"Like hell it isn't! This is my daughter you're talking about subjecting to this bullshit!"

"It's my daughter as well, Natalie! I won't…." But the yelling ceased as strong cries erupted from the moment sitting nearby on a counter, signaling that the youngest member of the family was awake. With a sigh, Natalie Simms pushed herself away from the counter and headed upstairs to the nursery. Pushing the door open, she froze in slight fear when she saw a figure in the rocking chair gently rocking back and forth as the sounds of her daughter were becoming nothing more than slight whimpers.

"Shh…it's alright. Big brother Dean is here." The whimpers of the infant were barely there as she quietly leaned against the bedroom door and watched as John's 10 oldest son gently rocked his baby sister back to sleep.

"There's nothing to be afraid of. Big brother Dean is going to take care of you and protect you just like I do with Sammy. I won't let anything bad hurt you. I promise." Leaning against the wall outside of the nursery, Natalie let out a sigh and shut her eyes as the words from both Winchesters floated through her mind. She knew that John Winchester was not going to stick around for long no matter what valuable item or person was sitting right in front of his eyes. He was on a mission and not even an innocent little girl was going to keep him grounded.

"How I fell for him I will never know," she thought as she let out another sigh. Soft singing from within the nursery reached her ears and she held back tears threatening to spill. She couldn't do this. She couldn't subject her daughter to the cruel and harsh reality that John was putting his boys through every day. She couldn't. She had enough on her hands with her own family heritage and worrying about her daughter being apart of it. But she wouldn't tell John that. No. She wasn't going to put her daughter through it. Looking back into the nursery, she watched as Dean gently kissed the top of Eris' head before placing her into the bassinet.

"I can't do this," she murmured before she turned and walked toward her bedroom. No. She wasn't going to put her daughter through it no matter how much John or Dean or even Sam could protect her. Her own family was enough and the life of a hunter was just not how she wanted her life to go. Not for her and definitely not for Eris. She was going to leave as soon as John left with the boys and hope that he didn't try to find her because if he did, she was going to fight him tooth and nail for the normality of their daughter that he wouldn't give his sons. Looking out the bedroom window to the dark figure that she could make out as John Winchester, she sighed.

"I'm sorry John. This is for the best," she whispered before pulling away and walking toward the closet to pack. She was going to keep her daughter safe and raise the best she could by herself in a good environment. Normality was an understatement and she knew it, but she would be damned if she didn't try.

No matter what the cost was.