AU-John and Dean are summoned to a small town in California by a woman with a request. Her son had been a serial killer who had murdered Mary Winchester when Dean was only four years old. He then went on to kill for another four and a half years before getting killed himself during a police standoff where he had been torturing then stabbed a small child after killing the child's mother in front of him. The child's grandmother is left to raise him until she starts to get sick. Knowing her time is almost up, she calls the Winchesters to repay what her son had taken from them-a life.

This is a birthday present for my loving sister Ginnylove9990. Happy belated Birthday Little Sister!

As usual, I don't own Supernatural or any of its characters, just the OCs starting with the wonderful woman named Adell Wallace.

Becoming a Winchester

Chapter One-The Beginning

Adell Wallace looked outside where her grandson was sitting in the garden. Like usual, Sam was dressed in grey with sunglasses on and his sleeves surrounding his hands. Even though it was a bright, sunny, warm day, he was wearing a hoody, jeans and shoes. Ever since he had gotten out of the hospital, Sam hid himself from the world. Most of the reason why was because of the scars on his body that had been inflicted by his father. The rest were the psychological scars Adell's son had inflicted on his baby.

Jeffery Wallace had been mean to his brothers and sisters when they were growing up. He was the school yard bully that would beat little kids up for their lunch money and at home, Jeffery would beat up his siblings. Jeffery drank, used drugs and screwed anything he wanted when he wanted. He was suspected of killing the neighborhood pets and setting fires but nothing could be proven. When he was twenty five, he ended up getting a sixteen year old girl pregnant. Instead of charges being pressed, her parents asked that the child be taken care of monetarily and Adell readily agreed since she didn't want a scandal but Jeffery had gotten very angry. He knew he couldn't take it out on the girl herself or the baby as long as Adell was keeping an eye on them so he started to take his anger out on other women. At first, he would just beat the hell out of them then he graduated to rape. Finally, when his child was just six months old, he started to kill them with one of the first being Mary Winchester. Mary with her long, blonde hair and hazel eyes could have been the now seventeen year old's sister and that was her undoing. Jeffery waited until her husband had left for a few hours then he quietly entered the house.

What happened next was horrific and it set a pattern. Jeffery tied up Mary and locked her four year old in his room after tying and gagging the child. Then Jeffery tortured Mary for two hours, letting her screams echo in the house so her baby would hear them. After he was tired of his games, it was thought that Jeffery nailed her to the ceiling and slashed her stomach. He splashed gasoline around the room and lit it on fire before leaving the crime scene. It was only due to her husband, John's, arrival soon after the fire was set that the child had been saved.

Jeffery went on to kill forty nine more women, the last being the mother of his own child. Jeffery had kidnapped her and the little boy, who was five at the time. This time, instead of putting the child bound in another room, he actually tied the boy to a chair and made him watch as Jeffery tortured and killed his mother. The Jeffery turned the knife on the child, cutting him very badly. Some of the cuts were on the bottom of the child's feet and on his palms. Jeffery also tried his hand at skinning the child's stomach and back. When the police broke into the room, having been alerted by a neighbor about screams coming from the abandoned house, Jeffery had actually stabbed the child three times before the police opened fire and mortally wounded him but even that didn't stop him. Eyes flashing yellow, Jeffery flung his arms wide open and, opening his mouth, had a cloud of black smoke fly out his mouth before he dropped to the floor, dead.

Sam spent six months in the hospital before going home with Adell. For years afterward, Sam went to counselors who tried to get him to talk about that night. But the boy refused. He also refused to go to school after being bullied the first time he went. Adell was horrified to see bruises on her grandson's body because others wanted to punish him for the deeds of his father. After that, she hired a full-time teacher to homeschool her grandson.

Another manifestation of Sam's ordeal was the nightmares he had. They had gotten so bad that Sam now had to be drugged to soften them. But the drugs never really stopped the nightmares and, now Sam was stuck in them since the medications wouldn't allow him to fully wake up. Because of the nightmares, Sam had withdrawn even further into himself and Adell made a note to talk to his doctors about it. As much as she hated to hear him scream, she hated the fact that now he was stuck reliving everything that her son had done to him and his mother.

Sam was very thin, painfully so. Before, he had been a beautifully healthy child that had some baby fat still on him but after Jeffery was done with him, he quit eating to the point the doctors had to put a tube down his throat to get him to eat. Now, Adell was feeding him protein drinks just to keep his weight stable. He usually only ate enough to keep his stomach from protesting too much but he really needed to eat more. Sam's last checkup showed that he was still underweight and the doctors had warned Adell that if he didn't start to gain some more, he would have to be hospitalized and force fed again.

With all of Sam's problems, Adell was very worried. Her doctors had given her the news that she had an aggressive form of cancer that they weren't able to cure. Because it was spreading fast, the doctors only gave her six months to live. Adell wasn't afraid for herself but for her beloved grandson. None of her other children were willing to take the poor orphan and she had been going a bit crazy herself until a friend, Missouri Mosley, came up with a solution. Missouri suggested that she give custody of Sam to a man who had lost his wife to Jeffery. Sort of a life for a life. At first, Adell was concerned that the man would abuse her Sam but Missouri assure her that John Winchester, as rough as he was, would love and protect Sam just as he did his own son, Dean. So Adell asked Missouri to call the Winchesters and ask them to visit her so she could get a feel of them. She had vowed that she wouldn't leave Sam with anyone who would hurt him.

When Missouri called Adell back with the news that the Winchesters agreed to meet with her and she would be coming with them to help smooth the way. Adell was glad. She really didn't have the strength to meet with the Winchesters on her own.

WWWWWWWWWWWW

When John Winchester first met Missouri Mosley, his world had just been destroyed. Mary had been killed by a man who also tried to kill their son. Missouri told John that the man had been possessed by a demon with yellow eyes, someone high up in the demon hierarchy. With her help, he had gotten in contact with other Hunters who had trained him and taught him about the supernatural. He became deadly and, in the course of time, taught his son how to Hunt. They hunted all kinds of evil creatures but always kept an ear out for any clue to the yellow-eyed bastard who killed Mary.

It wasn't until a few years later that they heard the demon had been spotted by some cops who rescued a little boy from being slaughtered like his mother had been right in front of the child. When John got there, the sulfur confirmed that the man had indeed been possessed. He talked to the cops who had witnessed the demon leaving but since there was nothing else he could do, he collected his son from the motel room they were staying in and left. There had been sporadic signs since then but nothing concrete and John was starting to wonder if he would ever catch and kill the demon.

He was worried about Dean. Ever since the night Mary was murdered, Dean had become very clingy and introverted. It was like a piece of him was missing and John could guess what that was. Mary, before she died, told her guys that she was pregnant and Dean had been looking forward to being an older brother. John never told his son that the demon had cut the baby out of Mary before she died. He didn't think his son could take such news. That burden was one that John carried by himself. The coroner had been able to tell him that the baby had been a little boy too.

Now, Missouri sat in the front seat of the Impala as John drove to Adell Wallace's home. When she called him, all Missouri said was that a missing piece to his family was going to be found. She told him that he would find out more about Mary which would help with Dean. John knew what she was talking about, Dean's powers. Soon after Mary was murdered, Dean started to develop the power of empathy. It took John a while to figure out why Dean was either so angry or so sad whenever John was around him but when he did, he went to Missouri to ask if she could help Dean control it. Since Dean had the potential to develop other powers, Missouri gave him tools to control them when they came in the future. She also helped John control his feelings around his son since they affected Dean so much that he reflected them back to John. It made life very interesting sometimes, very loud other times.

"Missouri, tell me again why I'm doing this," John asked wearily.

"Honey, you're doing this for the good of your family of course. I already told you that," Missouri answered patiently.

"But why does Adell Wallace of all people want to see me?" John wondered aloud.

Before she answered, Missouri turned to look at Dean. She knew he was asleep but she wanted to look at the boy who was going to save someone from a life of loneliness. The boy was a protector that had lost his charge. Making up her mind as to what she was going to tell him, Missouri began, "Adell has a grandson who will be alone very soon since she is dying. She wants you to raise him and, to make sure he won't be a burden on you or Dean, she is leaving you a hefty sum of money. She wants you, John, not some stranger to raise Sam. What I'm going to tell you is a very sensitive subject for Adell and her grandson so I need your promise not to bring it up unless one of them does. Please?"

Missouri wasn't one to ask for a favor so John knew it was serious and he gave his promise, "Okay, I promise not to bring up whatever you are going to tell me."

She smiled then got serious again, "You know that when a demon comes to this plane of existence, they need to possess someone in order to physically affect us. Well, Adell's son Jeffery…"

"Wait, not Jeffery Wallace? The serial killer?"

"John, please let me finish then I'll answer any question you have. As I was saying, Adell's son Jeffery was possessed by the yellow eyed demon. Jeffery was the possessed man who killed Mary and tried to kill Dean. He went on to kill forty eight other women before he killed Sam's mother. Her name was Melissa Caldwell. John, Melissa was Mary's much younger sister…"

"What! Mary was an only child!" John said harshly.

"I checked with the Caldwells. Deanna Campbell was Dora Caldwell's sister. When Melissa was born, she was a month early and her lungs were underdeveloped. Because of that, she had many problems physically and her parents decided to give her to Dora to raise since they were hunting. The whole family was heartbroken and would visit every chance they got until Samuel and Deanna were killed.

"When Melissa was sixteen, she started to go out with Jeffery and subsequently became pregnant. Melissa's parents went to Adell and asked that Jeffery support Melissa and her son. Adell said yes then asked Melissa to move in with her so she could take care of both of them. Jeffery got angry and disappeared for a while. That's when I believe he became possessed. We found out later that the demon targeted the Campbells and, by extension, Mary and Melissa's children. Mary was his first kill in this generation. Melissa was the last.

"You know what happened with Dean. That he had been tied up in his room and left there when the demon started the fire. Now you need to be warned about what it did to Sam. Dean had to hear is mother's torture but Sam, poor boy, was tied up and made to watch his mother being butchered," Missouri had to take a breath and wipe tears out of her eyes. John pulled over to the shoulder then held the woman who came to mean so much to him and his son. They stayed that way for a few minutes then Missouri backed away. "You may want to stay here for a couple of minutes. John, that little boy was only five years old when his daddy kidnapped him and his mother then tortured her to death in front of him. When she was dead…he…turned his 'talents' on the baby. Before the police got there, he had used the knife that killed Melissa on Sam even going so far as to trying to skin his stomach and back. When the police entered the room, the demon stabbed him three times before leaving Jeffery to be shot by the police. Sam spent six months in the hospital and he's now living with Adell."

John was quiet for a few minutes then asked, "How did the police find them?"

"A neighbor heard the screams but, John, that room was almost soundproofed. There was no way for anyone to hear anything that happened in there. Adell told me, and I've confirmed it, Sam is gifted, just like Dean. Sam's first gift was telepathy. He was able to project his agony so he could be rescued," Missouri said finishing her story.

A muscle ticked in John's cheek. "God, that poor kid. Hey, if Dean's gifted and Sam is too, doesn't that mean that it ran in the family?"

"Yes, Melissa and Mary were gifted. Deanna's side was heavily gifted and so was Samuel's. Adell asked me to look into the history of the families involved and I found a pattern. The families had a history of Hunting. I found that, as far as the 1500s, these families hunted together along with the Singers, Murphys, Reeves, Harvelles, Martins and Winchesters. I also found out that Adell comes from the Winchester part of that group. Her granddaddy was Thomas Winchester, who was kept out of the Hunting world, just like you were when you were growing up," Missouri revealed.

John was floored by the information that Missouri had given him then one thing really bugged him and he had to ask, "Missy, why was I kept out of it? If I had known, maybe I could have protected Mary."

"John, one thing all the families did was to keep some of their members ignorant of the supernatural. They wanted to let them grow up normal so they could keep the family name alive just in case everyone else was killed during a Hunt. You, Bobby, Caleb, Joshua and Jim were all kept out of it but then the supernatural bit you all in the collective ass and dragged you in. I think that the demons are finally trying to wipe out the families who are the best in the Hunting world," she said.

"What do I do, Missy? How can I raise two damaged children? I'm already over my head with Dean," John asked, overwhelmed by what had been revealed and what was being asked.

"John, all I can say is that the boys will be better off with you as their father than a stranger. You love Dean and I know that you will love Sam. Because of you, these two children will be safe," Missouri said. John smiled slightly, and then leaned over to give Missouri a kiss before getting back on the road again.

A/N-I started writing this before season 8 and the history of the Winchesters had been revealed. Though this story can mesh easily with season eight since Henry would have been kept away from the Hunting world. His side of the Winchester Family was part of the Men Of Letters even if John wasn't aware of it since Abaddon massacred them in 1958. Haven't decided whether I want to bring Henry into this story yet...hmmm.