When Dean was born, all was right with the world, or so it seemed. He was a happy and healthy baby boy born to Mary and John Winchester. His mother stayed at home and his father, a retired Marine, worked as a wealthy senator of Kansas, until the accident happened. The Winchesters welcomed a second baby boy into the world four years later by the name of Sam Winchester. They were a close knit family, despite their dad's occupation, until the accident happened. One night Sam's nursery somehow caught on fire, killing Mary, but somehow Sam managed to survive it. The cause of the fire went undetermined even though they had the best people on the case. Shortly after, John resigned from his job, unable to focus on the problems at hand in his state when the problems of his wife's death haunted him.
From there, he bounced around with his two kids from state to state, on buisness, or so he said. John began to train the boys in hand to hand combat, as well as weaponry, which the kids didn't understand. They just found it to be totally cool, but they had to keep it a secret. It wasn't until they got older that their dad finally told him what he was doing and why they were being trained. Their dad was hunting mutants down and preparing the kids for emergencies and to hunt them down as well. Both boys didn't think it was right, afterall mutants were just humans, only more evolved with these extrodinary powers. But their dad didn't view them that way. "They're the scum of the Earth," John once said, "They're the reason your mother is dead." Which the kids believed, afterall a mutant would have motive and opportunity to kill a senator's wife and attempt to kill one of their sons.
But when Dean turned 13, everything changed for him. The two brothers were sitting in front of the television one night, watching a western movie when someone burst through the locked door so hard, it put a hole in the wall where the door hit it. A man with black eyes and spikes protruding off his head entered in the motel room. He grinned, "So you must be the hunter's boys," he sneered out. The boys just froze as a spike shot off the man's head and towards them. Dean shielded Sam with his own body, but the spike had missed. The man shot two more out, but they dissolved into their air before it reached the kids. The mutant frowned and sent more spikes, but the same thing happened to them. Then the table started ripping a part, atom by atom it disappeared before their very eyes. Dean opened his eyes and looked at the man who was now coming towards them with a knife and he went wide eyed for a moment before they were in Bobby's living room. The familliar smell of old books made Sam sit up as Dean let go of him, the two boys stared at each other. Bobby came walking in and dropped his coffee mug on the floor, breaking it when he saw the two, not expecting them. They had been in a motel at least a few hours away.
And that's how it all started. Sam and Bobby promised never to tell John, especially with his hatred of mutants. Bobby helped Dean learn how to use and control his powers, mainly so he didn't have an episode in front of his dad, which really came in handy. Dean learned he had telekinesis, pyrokinesis, telepathy, matter manipulation, and teleportation.
One night, Sam and Dean were playing cards at the table when their dad stumbled in, drunk and ranting about things that didn't make any sense. Dean was 18 and Sam only 14 years old. Their dad started in on Sam in a drunk rampage. "You don't care," John screamed, "You don't care for ANYTHING I've done for you."
Sam's anger built up until he finally exploded, "What you've done for me? For Dean? You've NEVER done ANYTHING for us. We've done it all for ourselves."
John hauled off and smacked Sam so hard, he fell out of the chair he was sitting in. The air was so tense, you could cut it with a knife afte that. Sam just stared at his father, John threw the chair out of the way and yanked Sam up by the shirt and went to hit him again when Dean grabbed him. John let go of Sam and threw Dean off of him, then Dean pinned him against the wall with his powers before he could hurt his little brother. Rage boiled in the eldest Winchester brother's eyes. "Dean, no!," Sam had said in a panic, not knowing what their dad would do. The youngest ran over and grabbed Dean's arm, "Dean, it's okay," he whispered. Dean let his hold on their father go, and the former senator stared at him with such digust and a twinge of fear in his eyes. "You...get outta here...you...you freak," John sneered at his boy. I'll go, but if you ever touch Sam again, I'll wipe your existance off the face of this Earth, I'll be watching. As an added effect, he made the deck of cards split apart, molecule by molecule, floating away into the air until they disappered. He disappered in a wisp of black smoke that was gone almost as quickly as he was.
Dean stayed in touch with Sam after that, visiting frequently or having telepathic conversations with him when he couldn't be there in person. He made sure his little brother was safe, all the way up until Sam went off to Standford to study law.
