Whoo! I'm back! With a Supernatural fanfiction! I swear, i'll go back to 'Let's Skip to the Good Part' eventually. For now enjoy this story instead. x)))))
22 years ago...
"Why, thank you Mr. Prince. Would you like to dance?"
Karoline Van Allen moved her princess barbie doll as she made it talk, to the prince doll in her other hand.
"It'd be my pleasure." A giggle escaped her lips as she made them bow, before moving them in a dance only a three year old would make up.
Her mother, Hannah, smiled lovingly at her daughter as she watched her play with her new princess barbie set that she had gotten for her birthday.
The sound of a child crying filled her ears, alerting her that her younger daughter, Alayna Van Allen, was awake.
"Kare, I'll be right back okay?" Karoline nodded not really paying her any mind as she was lost in her world of imagination.
When Hannah found it okay to leave her daughter alone she bounded up the steps. Her feet padding against the fuzzy carpet.
The light at the top of the stairs flickered, and Hannah had to remind herself to breathe. She'd been safe from that life for 10 years now.
That thought went out the window when she laid eyes on a stranger hovering over her daughters bed. Her bright blue eyes widened as she came to a stop in the doorway of the nursery.
"Hey! Leave her alone!" She shouted. The man turned to face her, his yellow eyes glinting in the moonlight and a sick smirk pulling at his lips.
Downstairs Thomas Van Allen had just entered the house, setting his work bag on the small coffee table by the door. Karoline looked up at his entrance and a wide smile took over her freckled cheeks.
"Daddy!" She giggled running into his arms. A deep chuckle escaped his lips as he swung her up into his arms.
"Hey there, you playing with your dolls?" He asked.
She nodded excitedly, holding up the two dolls. "They were dancing at the ball."
'Ahhhhh!" A loud, ear shattering scream filled the house and everything grew still. Karoline looked around fearfully as she clutched at her dads T-shirt.
"Kare-bear, stay here." He set her down on the couch before running up the stairs. His feet pounded against the floor and his heart raced a mile a minute in his chest.
Only for it to go dead still and his blood to run cold at the sight before him. His wife was pinned to the ceiling, blood spreading a crossed her stomach and staining her pink shirt.
"Hannah! No!" He shouted, starring up at his wife in despair. In a second she lit up in flames and the sound of a baby crying filled his ears.
His frantic eyes snapped to the crib where his youngest daughter laid. "Alayna..." He ran over to her, scooping up his infant into his arms gently.
His hand flew up to shield the two of them as the flames reached out for him. Almost as if it were alive and he was its target.
With one last look at his wife he ran for his life, holding Alayna close to him. Reaching the living room a hysterical Karoline was screaming incoherent words. Without a word he scooped her into his arms as well and bolted out the door and over to his white 1966 Buick Rivera which he just so happened to park a crossed the street.
He spun around, hugging his daughters close as he watched the flames break through the window and lick up the side of the house.
He hid his daughters in the back seat of the car and called the police. Soon ambulance, fire fighters and police officers swarmed the yard trying to tame the flames. Neighbors had exited out into the street to see what all the commotion was.
But Thomas didn't pay it any mind as he held his cell phone to his ear. "I know, I know, there's no need to for the I told you so." He snapped at the person on the other end of the call.
He sighed, rubbing at his eyes; exhausted. "Yeah... Okay... See you soon John."
With that he hung up the phone and turned to look at his two daughters. Still visibly shaken Karoline sat trying to cheer up a crying Alayna with her barbie doll. He shook his head at a complete loss for words on how to explain it all to the two for them.
Present Day
"Kare," Karoline was shaken from her thoughts when her younger sister called her name. She looked up from filling her white 1966 Buick Rivera with gas to her sister who sat in the passenger seat.
She had her brown hair tied back into a high ponytail and her aviators over her chocolate brown eyes as she scanned the newspaper in her hands. She met Karoline's blue eyes, lifting her sunglasses onto her head, "come check this out."
Karoline quickly hooked the gas pump back up and climbed into the drivers seat of the car. She leant over the glove box in the center and scanned the news article Alayna had highlighted.
She smiled widely, her freckled cheek tinting pink at the action, "Well, looks like we're going to Black ridge."
She straightened in her seat and pulled her seat belt a crossed herself quickly, fixing her wavy blonde hair. With a smirk she revved the engine to a start. She shared a look with her sister who was folding up the news paper and pulled out of the gas station.
They arrived in Black ridge the next morning, having already been in Illinois for another hunt.
Karoline pulled into a parking space just outside the camping grounds, cutting the engine. The field in front of them stretched out far and into a large dark Forrest. Just in front of them was a cabin, which Karoline assumed was the check-in where all the rangers hung out in.
She smirked as she stepped out of the car, "bingo." That's when the car beside her caught her eye, a 1967 Impala in mint condition. She tilted her head at this strange twinge of deja vu but shrugged it off.
"So this is the place?" She asked as she walked in step by her younger sister as they made their way towards the cabin.
Alayna scanned her eyes over the surroundings and nodded, "Black ridge. Local girl insists that her older brother and his friends went missing. Rangers say he wasn't due back for another three days."
"So why is the sister so sure he's missing?" Karoline looked over at Alayna who shrugged.
"That's what we're about to find out."
The bell above the door chimed as they pushed open the door to the cabin. It was the basic set up, posters and articles pinned to the bulletin boards that lined the walls.
Two guys were in the far end of the room talking about a picture of large bear that one of the rangers caught a while back. The one with a stupid grin on his face was short with chiseled features and spiky brown hair. The other was tall with a mop of dark brown hair.
They shared a look as a ranger walked up to the two boys and asked them what they were up to. Though their lie was a good one, it was way too obvious.
"You're with that Hallie chick aren't you?" He asked, catching both girls attention.
Karoline looked over at her younger sister who nodded in confirmation. That was the girl in the news article. Subtly, as not to draw attention to themselves, they migrated over to the desk their eyes trained on the papers scattered on the desk but their attention on the boys conversation.
"Yes, we are..." Chiseled chest responded hesitantly. "ranger... Wilkinson." Karoline shared a look with her sister who nodded, both knowing they were obviously lying, what they couldn't tell was why they were.
"Well I'm gonna tell you what I told her, her brother filled out a back country permit saying he wouldn't be back until the 24th. Not exactly a missing persons now is it?" Chiseled chest nodded in agreement. "You tell that girl to quit worrying."
"So what do you think?" Alayna asked quietly, looking over at her blonde sister.
"I don't know..." Kate shook her head. "I think we should have a talk with Hailie about brother dearest."
"Do you think I could get a copy of that back country permit, so she could, uh... see her brothers return date." Both Van Allen sisters looked up as the shorter of the two boys spoke.
"And I think we just found our ticket in." Karoline smirked fist bumping her sister.
They followed subtly as the two boys left the cabin and headed for the Impala parked out front, talking about finding their dad.
Suddenly chiseled chest paused mid-sentence peeking out of the corner of his eyes at the two girls who busied themselves with unlocking their car doors.
"What?" Sasquatch looked from his brother to the two girls as well then back to his brother.
"Can we help you sweetheart?" He asked, resting against the frame of his car.
Karoline looked up with a dazzling smile, "Nope, just getting to my car, which you are blocking." She gave a pointed look to sasquatch. He side stepped allowing her access to her car door, in turn he got a thankful smile.
"Don't think I didn't notice you eavesdropping back there, so what is it? Family friends... Relatives... what?"
Alayna shook her head, her brown ponytail shaking with her as she rested against the car roof quirking an eyebrow. "Actually where just here on a hunt, wanted to get a feel for what's out there." She spoke her words with a certain undertone to them, watching their reactions closely. Both boys seemed to go rigid for a moment, quick to hide it, but neither girl missed it.
Sasquatch cleared his throat, "And what exactly are you hunting?"
Karoline quirked an eyebrow, her hand sliding off the door handle as she turned to the two boys. "A grizzly, what else?" She laughed, both boys laughing awkwardly along with her.
"Right, of course. We'll leave you to that." Dean nodded, his hand barely touched the hot metal of the car door when Karoline continued.
"Of course after that we'll be sure to figure out what really took those three boys, won't we 'Layna?" She turned back to her sister who nodded, before turning to the two boys and gave a bright smile.
"I'm sorry, could you repeat that for me." Dean grinned sarcastically, tilting his ear towards the girl.
"Oh, no need to play dumb. Your obviously not friends with Hailie, you're hunters right?" Karoline questioned, tilting her head tauntingly.
"Not just any hunters, you're Winchesters, ain't ya?" Alayna asked, walking around the front of their car to stand beside her sister.
"Yeah, I can see the John in them, can't you?" Karoline tapped her chin as she looked them up and down, Alayna nodding in agreement.
"Which makes you Dean," Alayna pointed to chiseled chest before moving over to Sasquatch. "And you're Samuel."
Dean's eyes darkened as he reached behind himself, resting his hands against the cold metal of the pistol. "So you know who we are, who the hell are you? And what the hell are you doing here?"
"Mm, we're on a hunt. I do believe I've already said that, didn't I?" Karoline turned to her sister mockingly, Alayna nodded, just as tauntingly.
Dean smirked sarcastically, "well, sorry Barbie, we got this one covered. So why don't you hop on in your little Scooby doo van, and leave this to the big boys, yeah?"
Karoline quirked an eyebrow letting out an amused chuckle, "one, don't call me barbie. Two, how about instead, we go visit Hailie together and in return we'll help you find your dad."
"You know where our dad is?" Sam asked, his eyes wide with hope.
"Bull." Dean spat, his eyes flashing dangerously.
Alayna merely nodded pulling a folded paper from her wallet. Unfolding it, she revealed a picture of two men, John Winchester and Thomas Van Allen. She tapped her finger against the picture as she held it up to Sam and Dean. "This is your father, no?"
Sam was the one to take the photo, his brows furrowed in confusion as he looked over the photo. "That's dad with Tom, like what? 15 years ago, what about it."
"Oh my, God..." Dean whispered catching his younger brothers attention. Dean dropping his grip on the pistol and ran a hand down his face.
"I think it clicked in that pretty little head of his." Karoline mocked, tilting her head with a wide smirk.
Sam looked between the two confused. "What? What am I missing?"
"Sammy meet Tom's daughters Karoline and Alayna." Dean gestured to the two with irritation in his voice.
"You know them?" Sam asked in disbelief.
"Well, I never had the pleasure of meeting Alayna," Dean smiled sarcastically when Alayna waved at the mention of her name. "But Karoline I met a couple of times while hunting with dad."
"Oh, no need to be so formal Dean-o, we're all friends here you can call me Kare." she placed a hand on her chest mockingly.
Dean scowled, "friends is a bit of a strong word."
"So, about the offer?" Alayna clapped her hands together with a wide smile. Sam and Dean shared a look before sighing in defeat.
"Daddy, are we almost there, yet?" A 15 year old Karoline questioned, following her father as he led the way through the forest.
She had only been on a hunt two other times. But this one, Tom said was special, they were meeting up with one of Tom's friends and his son for the hunt. The hunt being a werewolf terrorizing a small town in Minnesota.
"We're almost there, relax sweetheart." Tom chuckled as they rounded a corner, standing in the clearing loading some guns was John Winchester. Karoline had met him only one time before, well only one time she could remember. Tom had told her, he used to hang around a lot when she was younger.
Beside him was a boy who looked to be her age, maybe a year older. She assumed that was Dean Winchester, according to her dad she had met him when she was two, but obviously she didn't remember.
"About time you got here, what took you so long?" John asked, pushing a shot gun loaded with silver bullets into his hands.
Tom chuckled deeply, "Traffic?" He offered and John rolled his eyes at his excuse.
"Dean, help Karoline load up her gun while Tom and I scout the area." John ordered and Dean gave a firm nod. He was hesitant to approach the girl as his dad and Tom left, but Karoline didn't seem bothered.
"You must be Dean, I'm Karoline." She smiled widely, politely, like her dad had always taught her.
"You're a hunter?" He asked skeptically, looking her up and down.
"What's that supposed to mean?" She snapped, her once friendly approach disappearing into thin air at his skeptical tone.
"Nothing, its just you're... A little girl." He replied like that explained it all.
Karoline scowled, her blue eyes narrowing dangerously, "so what? Just because I'm a girl that means I can't be just as good a hunter as a boy."
"Well, yeah," Dean responded easily, filling up her gun and cocking it for her. "Its just science that boys are stronger than girls."
Karoline snatched the gun from him with a heated glare, she opened her mouth to respond, but was cut off by her dad and John returning.
"You two ready?" Tom asked with a grin. Dean and Karoline shared a look, both glaring.
"Yeah." Karoline responded shoving passed the older boy and over to her dad and John.
The four soon arrived at Hallie's place, Dean and Sam in the Impala and Karoline and Alayna in their Buick not too far behind.
"So this is the place?" Karoline asked, her nose crunched up in disgust as her eyes traveled a crossed the dingy trailer.
"Expecting some Barbie Dream House, Kare-bear?" Dean asked sarcastically causing Karoline to scowl.
"Don't call me that." She hissed, it was a nickname that her dad always used, and Alayna on rare occasions. No one else. Dean merely smirked back at her as he walked up to the door, Karoline following with a scowl on her face. Alayna and Sam shared an exasperated look before following the two.
"You must be Hailie Collins," Dean spoke as she opened the door, but left the screen door shut. "I'm Dean, and this is Sam. We're ranger's with the park service. Ranger Wilkinson sent us over. We wanted to ask you some questions about your brother, Tommy."
"Who are they?" She asked, jerking her chin at Alayna and Karoline.
"Karoline and Alayna. Rangers in training. You don't mind do you?" He asked with a charming smile and Hailie narrowed her eyes reluctantly
"Let me see some I.D." She didn't trust them, that much was obvious. Dean was the one to rummaged through his pockets for a minute before smiling and holding his card up to the screen.
"There you go," He told her as she scrutinized the false I.D. Finally, Dean took away the card, and, with one last mistrusting look she caved.
"Come on in," She opened the screen door for the four of them.
"Thanks," Dean answered as they followed her inside.
"That yours?" Hailie asked, catching sight of the Impala.
"Yeah," He replied with a hint of pride that made Karoline roll her eyes.
"Nice car," Was all she said as she turned and led them through the house. Dean walked in first, turning back to Sam to with a "dude, this chick is hot' look, causing Sam and Karoline to roll their eyes and Alayna to stifle her laughter.
"So, if Tommy's not due back for a while, how do you know something's wrong?" Sam questioned, cutting straight to the case.
"He checks in every day by cell," Hailie explained while bringing her little brother his food. "He emails photos, stupid little videos. But we haven't heard anything for three days now,"
"Well, maybe he can't get cell reception." Sam suggested. Hailie just shook her head.
"He's got a satellite phone, too," She told them, frowning in concern.
"Could it be he's just having fun and forgot to check in," Dean offered, making Hailie's little brother slam his fork and knife down in anger.
"He wouldn't do that," He snapped.
"Our parents are gone. It's just my two brothers and me," Hailie explained, noticing the fours confused faces. "We all keep pretty close tabs on each other." The younger brother rolled his eyes at the fact that they and to explain themselves and left to the kitchen
"You said he sent you pictures?" Alayna asked her, and she nodded, still looking concerned. "Can we see them?" They followed her as she walked over to the computer and pulled up his videos, flipping through them until finally she landed on one. A video.
"Hey, Hailie. Day six. We're still out near Black Water Ridge," Tommy spoke from the video diary, "We're fine, keeping safe, so don't worry, okay?"
"Don't worry. We're heading out to Black Water Ridge first thing," Dean tried to comfort her, but she seemed indifferent towards it.
"Then maybe I'll see you there." She smirked.
Karoline's eyes moved from studying the pictures to Hailie and quirked an eyebrow in questioning, yet said nothing.
"Look, I can't sit around here anymore, so I hired a guide. I'm heading out in the morning, and I'm gonna find Tommy myself." She spoke determinedly, and Alayna and Karoline shared a look knowing there was no way to change her mind.
"I think I know how you feel," Dean told her.
"Hey, you mind forwarding these to me?" Karoline asked, pointing to the laptop. "For research and training, you know?" She further explained at the girls hesitant look.
"Sure," She replied hesitantly. Alayna met Karoline's eyes and the latter nodded as if conveying a secret message.
"Well, that's all, so we'll just be out of your hair then," Alayna smiled widely, her hands clasped together. "And I guess we'll see you tomorrow. Too-da-loo."
She waved as she followed her sister out of the house,Sam and Dean slowly following them out.
"Alright," Dean started when they reached the two cars. "We talked to the girl. You got what you wanted, so why don't you tell us wherever it is our dad's are and we can part ways, and hopefully never see each other again." Dean wore a shit eating grin, his hands in his coat pockets.
Alayna and Karoline shared a look, before turning to the two boys and shook their heads. "I don't think so," Karoline shook her head. "No, you see, we are going to work this case together, find that poor girls brother, and then we are going to go find your dad, together. Make sense in that tiny little brain of yours, yet?"
Dean groaned in annoyance, earning a nudge from Sam. He turned to the girls with a smile that was obviously fake. "We'll see you tomorrow then?"
"Right." Alayna smiled as she climbed into the passenger seat. Karoline smirked at the two boys flipping her hair over her shoulder as she turned and headed for her car.