Melody sat at a table, emerged in her coloring book, when a nine year old Shawn Spencer sat across from her. It had been a month since the Winchesters left her, and she had been closing in more and more on herself each day. The seven year old looked up and tilted her head, her thick blond hair falling to the side.

"Hi," he said, glancing back at his mother and father, who were on the other side of the park.

"Hi," she whispered, looking down at her lap.

"You come here a lot... I've seen you around..." he said. She nodded.

"Miss Maggie takes me, she says it's good for me to get out," she mumbled. Shawn nodded.

"Is she your babysitter?" he asked. She shook her head no.

"Nuh-uh. She's the lady at the orphanage," Melody's voice was laced with sadness.

"Oh... Wanna play?" he asked. She shrugged. He stood and took her hand.

"Come on, it'll be fun!"

The two kids played at the park together for weeks. Henry and Madeleine quickly fell in love with the shy child and were happy Shawn had made a good friend. One day they asked about her parents and were unprepared for her tears.

"My mommy died. My daddy left. I love St the orphanage with Miss Maggie," she pointed to the woman who smiled and waved. Tears slowly fell from Melody's eyes. Henry, Madeleine, and Shawn all shared a glance.

It only took the couple a week to come to the decision they wanted to adopt her. They fostered her for a few weeks while they went through the process. With Henry being head detective at the SBPD, they were able to get it done and accepted quickly. It was then that Melody slowly began to get better, happier, back to her old self.

Little did she know, it wouldn't last. Years went by. She grew up with that family. She didn't ever think she'd see her brothers again but, boy, was she wrong.