Summary: Laurel Lance had the year from Hell after Sara and Oliver died. It was courtesy of a demon named Ruby, but this story isn't about her. This story is about Laurel's life afterward and how far she'll go to protect those she loves.

Featuring: Laurel Lance, Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Thea Queen, Tommy Merlyn, Oliver Queen, Felicity Smoak. Mentions of John Diggle, Charlie Bradbury, Roy Harper, and a few others.

Setting: AU for Arrow and Supernatural. Mentions of Canon season three Supernatural.

Notes: So I've been wanting to write a Dean/Laurel story for a while now and the muse finally hit me. I'm kind of proud of this one. I hope the formatting is okay.

Her sister was dead. Her parents were hopeful that there was still a chance that Sara could have survived, but even they had begun to accept the tragic truth. Her tears stung at her light blue eyes as she left Starling City. Her little sister was dead and never coming back. Laurel couldn't even muster the energy to grieve over her cheating dead boyfriend Oliver Queen. She stopped at the first bar she saw on the outskirts of nowhere. It was attached to a little dingy motel. The grieving blonde made her way inside making a beeline for the bar oblivious to anyone else around her. She drowned her sorrows in alcohol that night. The hangover the next morning made her heavily regret that decision and she spent most of the day in bed. The black cloud of smoke slipped in through the open motel room window. It crept over to the bed where she lay prone and shoved itself toward her face causing Laurel to suddenly sit up with a gasp. That was all it took for the black cloud to enter her body. Her once blue eyes turned into deep black pools of despair.

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Detective Quentin Lance wrapped his arms protectively around his eldest daughter's waist as she tried in vain to get back into the crumbling building. She had just survived a massive earthquake, but the only thing on her mind was saving her good friend Tommy Merlyn. Her blue eyes widened as the building continued to fall apart unable to do anything except to watch. Through the smoke, the green hooded vigilante appeared with an unconscious body in his arms. It was Tommy's body. Paramedics quickly got to work putting him on a stretcher and all Laurel could do was look at the green hood. Before she could say anything, the blonde lawyer was escorted into the ambulance to be taken into the hospital with Tommy.

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It was an odd feeling being unable to control her body. This...thing...walking around in her body was evil. She could just feel in her bones. It called itself Ruby and was obsessed with this tall handsome man named Sam Winchester. Laurel may have been trapped within her own body, but that didn't mean she wasn't paying attention. Sam had an older brother named Dean who only had a year left to live. She understood how he felt. She would have done whatever it took to save Sara even if it had meant losing herself in the process.

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Laurel was scratched and bruised though otherwise uninjured. Oliver, his younger sister Thea, Sara, and her dad were all in the waiting room when she walked out. She was momentarily squished in a group hug between her father and sister. When they finally gave her air, she hugged the Queen siblings before asking the important question.

"I'm fine. Really. Now how's Tommy?"

Oliver sighed knowing that question was coming, "He's heavily sedated with pain medication right now, but he should be okay. Doctors said he had some internal bleeding, severely bruised ribs, and a minor concussion. Tommy's a fighter, though, he'll live."

"Good." She sighed in relief as she pulled her phone out to check in with Joanna.

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Criminals were one thing. She could handle that. Monsters? Demons? Ghosts? Laurel would have thought that was all crazy talk if she hadn't seen it with her very own eyes. All she wanted to do was scream out warning these boys that Ruby was nothing but trouble. It wasn't until the brothers were on a case involving witches that Laurel finally broke through. It was only long enough to save Dean's life with Ruby's magic potion thing. She wanted so bad to warn him or ask for help. The words just wouldn't come out. Her body just walked away. It was only later that night when she broke through again. Her words were a hidden warning that went unheeded.

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Oliver and his family's company had graciously donated a hefty sum to help the rebuilding process after the earthquake. Tommy recuperated at the Queen's mansion at the insistence of Oliver and Thea. It gave her some much needed time to bond with her new found half brother. They were still adjusting to that particular bit of news. It was toward the end of his recuperation that Tommy had invited everyone over to the Queen's mansion to thank them for taking care of him. They all sat around telling stories and laughing as they ate Thai takeout. It was only when Laurel was helping to clean up that Thea noticed the stark black ink that stood out from Laurel's pale complexion.

Her eyes widened in disbelief, "Laurel has a tattoo?!"

"What? No! I mean, it's nothing." The blonde hastily shoved her sleeve down covering the image of the anti possession sigil.

Before anyone could say anything else, Laurel had made a quick retreat into the kitchen to dispose of the takeout garbage.

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She was trapped. Literally. In a Devil's Trap. She could hear Ruby swearing in her head. That anger quickly transitioned into pure fear though Laurel didn't quite understand why until the white hot burning light overtook her body. It wasn't Ruby anymore. This was something even more powerful. It was something even more evil than Ruby. Of course it wasn't long before her body caught up with the Winchester brothers. She fought as hard as she could, but this thing inside her was far too strong. Laurel could only watch in horror as those creatures they called Hell Hounds tore through Dean's body dragging his tattered soul straight down into Hell. It was then that this thing within her turned its attention to Sam. The room filled with the same white hot burning light that had taken Ruby out of her, but this time she felt genuine fear. This thing was scared of Sam. It fled her body leaving her to drop unconscious onto the floor right beside Dean. She would awake two days later only known as Jane Doe. Sam would test her with Holy Water only to find that she was no demon. It was gone and she was free to be Laurel again.

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The tattoo on her inner left wrist was a small constant reminder of her year from Hell. She had never mentioned it to anyone in Starling City. Who would believe her? The all too familiar sound of a 1967 Chevy Impala's engine revving had pulled her out of her thoughts. She had to have been hearing things. There was no way they would be here of all places. It was only when she heard that deep gravelly voice that she knew it wasn't just in her head. Laurel was back in the living room before she realized what she was doing and found him in a stare down with Oliver. Those two would never get along.

"Dean?"