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The following morning.
"Harry? What are you doing?" Hermione asked as she came into the kitchen
"Hey Mia, sorry about this, I cook when I'm worri- I mean nervous" Harry giggled awkwardly as he tipped the eggs onto a plate
"What's worrying you?" Hermione asked, putting an arm around the smaller boy comfortingly
"It's nothing, don't worry 'bout it" he said, his accent slipping into American in his anxious State
"What's with the accent? And it's obviously not nothing if it's got you this worked up" Hermione said as the rest of the family and Ron walked in
Harry sighed, resigning himself to the fact that she would not let this drop, especially with her family present "I have family in America, there's a… problem" he finally finished as she guided him into a chair at the table
"What sort of 'problem'?" Ron asked as he sat on Harry's other side and took his boyfriend's hand
"Three of my Uncles have gone missing, I mean we're not a close knit family, far from it, but" he paused, tears welling up in his emerald eyes "Met, Mike and Lu are the oldest, the three most important for keeping the family together, and what with that traitorous, witch! Out there, trying to kill off the entire family…" he buried his face in Hermione's shoulder
"Start again, what's this about family State-side?" Hermione asked, rubbing the tears from his pale cheeks
"Do you know what happens if a child is conceived when one of the parents is under Polyjuice potion?" Harry asked her
"Yes, it was in the book we used in second year. If two people conceive a child while one of them is polyjuiced, it results in the child having three parents; the two who were actually involved in the act and whoever the genetic material in the potion came from" Hermione looked shocked as she looked down at him
"My Father was polyjuiced when I was conceived, I have two dads" Harry smiled a watery smile as he sat up "Apparently my parents, then aurors, where in America looking for a dark wizard. While there they ran into a man who had previously worked for the American magical government called John Winchester. Mum and dad had to go undercover in a bar but the wizard they were after knew what my dad looked like so John agreed to lend my dad a hair for a polyjuice potion, while they were undercover, they ended up… Well, you get the idea, and thus, I began" Harry explained
"So this, John Winchester? He's your Father?" Ron asked
"Technically yes, but James Potter is also my Father. I got a letter when I was eight from my Mother explaining to me what had happened and telling me to go to a place called Singer Salvage Yard, in Sioux Falls South Dakota. When I was there the letter said to ask the man there; Bobby Singer, if he could contact John. The rest is sorta history" Harry's accent had slipped back into American again
"Holy cow" Ron laughed weakly
"Tell me about it, I spent that whole summer travelling around with John and his two older boys; Dean and Sam, and went back to the Dursley's in time for the school year. Not that my dad and brothers wanted me to go, they thought I was being bullied at school when they spotted the marks and such" Harry added
"Marks and such?" Jean asked, concerned
"Harry's Aunt and Uncle abused him all his life, he's covered in scars, bruises and burns" Hermione hugged him
"That's it! I am calling the police" Daniel went to stand up but Harry grabbed his arm
"They don't anymore so it doesn't matter. But like I said, the Winchesters thought I was being bullied and I let the believe that, I didn't care about what the Dursleys did and I needed to stay in England so I could find out what happened to my parents" Harry explained
"Ok, so these three uncles who've gone missing, are they John's brothers?" Jean asked
"No, their actually my great uncles. My mum isn't really Aunt Petunia's sister, she was found on their doorstep as a five year old with a note pinned to her coat. My grandmother had had to give her up because of a family feud between Uncle Mike and Uncle Lu, it basically led to a lot of our family being killed off-"
"What!" Hermione interrupted
"The war of heaven of course, Michael versus Lucifer" Hesper piped up, reminding them all of her presence
"Exactly, my mum was sent to earth by her Mother to protect her from the war. The point is the war is over now, Uncle Lucifer has been reconciled with God and Angels and Demons now work together against a new foe who would see heaven and hell both destroyed and all of humanity with it" Harry explained
"Who?" Ron asked
"Eve, as in Adam and Eve. She is raising monsters to try and wipe out her 'traitorous son's filthy offspring' she believes that all humans are scum and seeks to destroy them in vengeance for her youngest son; Abel, who was killed by his older brother; Cain. All humans on earth are descended from him and she plans to destroy heaven and hell because she feels it is God and Lucifer's fault her son died because God was the one who cast her and Adam out of Eden and Lucifer created the snake which tempted her to eat the apple which caused the whole mess in the first place" Harry explained
"So you think 'Eve' has kidnapped your uncles?" Hermione asked
"We're certain of it. I think she plans to open the Gate of Acheron so as to resurrect her dead son" Harry's eyes flashed furiously
"How would she do that?" Ron asked, deciding to go along with this biblical thing Harry was going on about
"The Gate of Acheron seals the souls of the dead so that they can't be resurrected unless God decrees it so. The gate can only be opened by using the wing blood of seven Angels, seven powerful Angels" Harry explained
"The seven archangels?" Hermione asked, a hint of sarcasm in her voice
"No, only two archangels are required; Michael and Gabriel, the two most powerful archangels. The scribe of God; Metatron, who's already missing, Lucifer; the Angel in charge of hell, An Angel who absorbed the souls of purgatory and an Angel who fell but redeemed themselves" Harry corrected her
"That's only six" Ron said, Harry bit his lip
"It also requires an Angel with the blood of the Archangel of death, thought not actually the Archangel of death herself" Harry finished
"The blood of the Archangel of death? So what, her daughter or something?" Jean asked
"No, her daughter died years ago. I mean her grandson" Harry explained
"Who's her grandson?" Ron looked worried
"I am"
There was silence for a few moments.
"So this 'Eve' basically needs to kill you?" Daniel asked, Harry nodded
"Pretty much yeah, which is why I need to get to America as soon as possible" he said
"What! But you'd be walking into a trap" Hermione said
"I have to go, for starters, if I don't, she'll come here and I can't run the risk of anyone else getting hurt, and more importantly; I'm the only one who can find out where she's holding the others and stop her from casting the gate open" Harry said standing up
"We're coming with you" Daniel said suddenly
"Mr. Granger-"
"No, Harry, I haven't had anything to do with the lifestyle since it claimed my parents, my sister still hunts and even though I'm out of practice it won't take long to get my eye in again" Daniel looked up at them pulled open his shirt to reveal a small tattoo over his heart, a small black pentagram
"An anti-possession tattoo? You're from a hunting family?" Harry looked stunned
"Yes, Hermione knows my family was American but I came to England to go to university, met Jean and stayed here, my little sister Ellen married another hunter and continued our parents' legacy" Daniel explained
"Ellen? Ellen Harvelle?"
"Her married name yes" Daniel Granger looked surprised that Harry knew her name
"I stayed with her at the roadhouse in Nebraska sometimes, we worked on cases together sometimes since she's an old pal of my Father's" Harry explained
"Well regardless, I'm not letting my daughter's best friend go off to face something like this alone" Daniel's brown eyes boring into Harry's green ones
"Well, alright but the rest of you-"
"Do you really think that after everything we've been through together in the last four years Hermione and I are going to let you go and get yourself killed?" Ron interrupted him
"But I-"
"No, Harry, Ron's right, you need us. We're not going to let you do this without us so either you take us too or you stay here!" Hermione overrode him
Harry hesitated, then nodded "Alright, but Mrs. Granger, I insist that you and Hesper stay here" he said, turning to the older woman with the little girl in her arms
"I agree with Harry on that one. I know Hermione can hold her own and I'm sure the boys can if what Hermione's told us is true but you two really ought to stay here" Daniel agreed
"I wouldn't expect anything less; I just wish you'd told me about this before dear. You're not the only one who lost family to the lifestyle. My older brother was a hunter, his entire family were killed" Jean explained
"I'm sorry Jeanie I never knew" Daniel said sadly, "Now Hesper, you look after mummy while me and your sister are away ok?
"Ok daddy" Hesper smiled up at her Father "Moriel?" Hesper asked, looking up at Harry and addressing him by his Angel name
"Yes child?"
"Will you look after Mini and daddy for me?" the small child put her hands together and closed her eyes as she spoke, praying to him even though he was right there in front of her
"I swear, on my honour as an Angel of the Lord and as a gentleman, that I will watch over and protect not just your Father and sister but you and your Mother also. As God is my witness and upon my blood, my halo and highest of all my wings do I so swear it and may it be so" Harry spoke the words of the Angel's oath as he bowed to her, his halo and wings appearing as he spoke
"Wow!" Ron looked stunned at the mass of shining silver feathers that stretched from Harry's shoulder blades and the ring of silvery gold light that glowed above his head
"Impressive huh?" Harry smiled as the wings furled in to hide beneath his skin once more and his halo faded
"You really are an Angel" Hermione squeaked from behind him
"We ought to get packing, Castiel will be here soon to take us to Bobby's, quicker than getting a plane and then a train to the nearest town and then renting a car or getting a taxi to Bobby's" Harry smiled as he hugged her
"Quite right, let's get going" Daniel said and the four of them went upstairs to pack their things
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Half an hour later, Dr Granger, Harry, Ron and Hermione stood in the kitchen, the things they'd need packed into backpacks.
A sudden rush of air sent the curtains at the window aflutter.
"Hello Castiel" Harry said simply and they turned to see a blue eyed man in a grubby trench coat standing near the front door
"Hello Harry, are you ready to go?" Castiel said
"Yes, this is Doctor Granger, he's Ellen Harvelle's older brother, and these are his daughter Hermione and our friend Ron. The three of them will be coming with us to Bobby's" Harry nodded
"Very well, if you would all join hands" he said, they did so and Castiel touched two fingers to Harry's forehead. They felt themselves flying through the air for a moment and when they looked up they were in an old house.
The room had deep red walls with waist high wood panelling. A battered leather sofa sat beneath a set of bay windows from which the paint was peeling. A desk sat between them and the fireplace and a door opposite led through to the kitchen.
"You took yer damn time idjits" came a rough voice from the other doorway in the room
"Sorry Bobby but some friends of mine insisted on tagging along, wouldn't take no for an answer" Harry said, his accent mimicking the man's
"Great, just what we need; tag-alongs" the man grumbled
"This is doc Granger, Ellen's brother, and his daughter Hermione and our friend Ron. I told you about Ron and Hermione before didn't I" Harry said with a smirk as Bobby rummaged around the desk "looking for this oh dear Uncle of mine?" Harry pulled a bottle of cheep whiskey from behind his back
"Real amusin' idjit, ok so the doc and his girl can most likely handle 'emselves but what about tall, pale and ginger there?" Bobby asked, holding his hand out for the bottle.
Harry smirked and, a blink later, both Ron and the bottle had vanished from when they had previously been. Ron was now behind Bobby and tapped him on the shoulder and held out the bottle
"He's one of mine" Harry smirked as Bobby took the bottle from Ron.
"Ok so he can hold his own, well welcome to Team Free Will idjits" Bobby toasted them with the bottle
"Or Team Free Love depending on whether or not Gabriel is present at the time" Harry chuckled
"Which I am, naturally, since I wouldn't Miss the chance to show my older brothers that I'm not just a pretty face" a voice chirped from the stairs
"Who's not just a pretty face?" Harry asked as a blond man skipped, yes skipped, into the room
"Me of course" the man, presumably Gabriel, chirped (never was a man more aptly named)
"You're not even that are you?" Harry said derisively
"Why you little-!" Gabriel launched himself at Harry only to find himself pinned to the floor, Ron's knee in the small of his back and his arm twisted behind him, he smirked
"Well hello there" the Archangel smirked and flipped them so that he was sat on Ron's stomach and pinned his arms to the floor above his head.
Harry rolled his eyes and raised a flat palm skywards and Gabriel suddenly found himself pinned once more. To the ceiling.
"He's spoken for Gabe" Harry narrowed his eyes at the older Angel
"Damn! Story of my immortal life. Who's the lucky girl?" Gabriel huffed
"Guy. And that would be yours truly" the younger Angel pulled Ron to his feet and kissed him passionately, letting his hand fall and Gabriel with it.
"You cross-breds have all the luck. I remember when Lilly first hooked your old man. It was clear she took after her own Father with how she led him on and led him on before finally conceding" Gabriel picked himself up with a grin
"What's a cross-bred?" Hermione asked
"The correct term is 'Tainted Angel', and we're not very common, my Mother was the first of her kind not to be cast into hell as soon as she was out and breathing" Harry grumbled
"Why?"
"A 'Tainted Angel'" Gabriel smirked "is half Angel and half Demon"
"Say what now?"
"But Lilleana was special, when Father looked at her, he could see her Grace was pure as the driven snow" Gabriel did the stereotypical Angel pose, palms together and eyes rolled skyward
"Shut up Gabe, yeah, my grandfather was a Demon. He was an Incubus, hence the vampire thing" Harry explained
"Holy cow, oops" Ron said before remembering that there were Angels in the room
"Don't worry, the big guy doesn't actually care about that sort of thing" Harry laughed
Just then a woman with long brown hair walked in.
"Hey Ellen" Daniel said awkwardly
"Danny? What are you doing here?" Ellen asked, looking awkwardly at the others in the room
"Seems your little niece is a friend of Harry's" Bobby said
"Wait, your friend Hermione is my niece Hermione?" Ellen looked horrified, Harry nodded, "and your friend Harry is Harry Winchester?" she looked at Hermione, who also nodded
"That's right Ells, your sweet and lovely niece has a Tainted for a best friend" Gabriel threw his arm around her shoulder only to find a gun shoved in his face.
"Mom?" a blonde woman walked in next, presumably Ellen's daughter
"In here Jo, Harry's here and your Uncle Dan and cousin Mimi are with him" Ellen said
"Mimi?" Ron looked at Hermione
"Only my parents call me Hermione" she rolled her eyes at him
"Oh, don't tell me-" Jo face palmed
"Yep, he is and she is" Ellen buried her face in the shoulder of the closest person, unfortunately that just happened to be Castiel, the Angel looked shocked
"Um, help? Someone? Anyone?" he looked around, panicked
"Chill out Ellen, I swear I never did anything to her" Harry pulled her off and sat her on the couch
"What do you mean, you never 'did anything to me'?" Hermione asked
"Long story" Harry said guiltily
"Not that long" Jo smirked, Harry pulled a face
"Was I drunk or somethin'?" he asked, confused, "Because if you know that from experience then I must have been because I wouldn't dare if I was in my right mind"
"Of course not dumbass, remember Cassidy Sinclair?" Jo asked, laughing
"Cassidy Sinclair, Cassidy Sinclair. Nope, not ringing a bell"
"Well you rang hers, three times in one night if I remember what she said correctly" Jo quirked an eyebrow
"Oh, that Cassidy Sinclair" Harry grimaced and petted Ellen on the head
"Who's Cassidy Sinclair?" Ron asked
"One of Harry's, how many is it now Gabriel?" Jo said, the Archangel pulled out a small pink book with red hearts on the cover
"Including the red haired blood sucker over there, currently two hundred and sixty five" he said, flicking to a page near the back of the book
"265, relationships. We say relationships because some were long term, some were on again off again but most were one-nighters" Jo explained
"What the hell? When were you going to mention this?" Ron looked at Harry, shock etched into his face
"Ok, as far as those one night stands go, forget about them, as far as you and I are concerned, they didn't happen. The on again off agains? Over, history, nothing. And the long termers, either I ditched them or they ditched me. They don't matter either" Harry put his arms around the taller wizard's neck.
"You know I'm going to have to punish you for this don't you?" the red head glared down at him
"I look forward to it" Harry pressed a kiss to his lover's lips.
"Jerk" came a voice from the hallway
"Bitch" another voice answered
"Sammy! Dean!" Harry called out as two men walked into the room. The taller of the two had long brown hair and green eyes while the shorter of the two was blond with the same green eyes
"Hey short bus" the shorter of the two chuckled and ruffled Harry's black hair
"Dean don't call him that" the taller man, clearly Sammy, admonished
"Hey Sam" Harry hugged him and laughed when the brunet tickled him
"There you two are, we were getting worried" Jo put an arm around Sam and kissed his cheek*
"Sorry babe, the impala got a flat and since we didn't have a spare we had to push her all the way back" Sam kissed her back
"Why didn't you call me? I could have brought you the spare tire" Castiel put his arms around the shorter man, Dean.
"It was bad enough that you had to go pick Harry up, I'm not risking Eve getting her hands on you, you stay inside the protections, got it?" Dean kissed Castiel tenderly*
"Fine, but I'm going to get pretty bored stuck in the house all the time" Castiel smiled
"Oh I'm sure I can find something to keep you entertained" Dean smirked and kissed the Angel
"Get a room guys" a little voice squealed, a small girl, no more than five, walked into the room. She had deep blue eyes and thick black curls and a white pearl necklace around her neck from which hung a deep pink pendant
"Hey there Clarissa" Harry smiled down at her
"DADDY!" she screamed and threw herself at him, the two of them toppling over to land painfully on the floor
"Daddy?" Ron asked, looking shocked
"She's not actually my daughter; it's just that I'm the one who found her in a flea market in Louisiana. I sort of took her in since she didn't have anyone to look after her and the Lady who ran the stall had been trying to get rid of her for ages" Harry smiled as he picked himself up, Clarissa perched in his arms
"Get rid of her? That's awful, why would someone do that?" Hermione looked horrified
"Well she was having trouble selling little Clarissa because of her chequered past" Harry explained
"Sell her? What kind of person tries to sell and child?" Ron clenched his fist in anger, Harry chuckled
"Sorry, I should have explained. Clarissa is a living doll"
"A living doll? Like Chucky from Child's Play?" Hermione looked worried
"More like his older cousin who picked on him and thought his evil ways were cute" Dean pitched in
"Dean!" Sam said disapprovingly
"Kinda, she was brought to life by a witch who sent her to a relative in the hopes that Clarissa would kill them so that she could claim her inheritance. Clarissa unfortunately developed a taste for killing over the years but now that she has an owner who she actually likes she's on her best behaviour. She likes to eat spoons, metal or plastic, doesn't matter" Harry laughed as Ron and Grangers flinched
"Not wooden spoons though. Splinters" Clarissa smiled; she had an innocent smile with two rows of perfect white teeth
"So she's a china doll?" Hermione asked
"How dare you. I am a Eugene Barrois 36 inch glazed porcelain doll" Clarissa turned up her nose and crossed her arms looking scandalised
"Sorry, didn't mean to upset you" Hermione said hurriedly
"That's ok" Clarissa smiled and Harry laughed
Just then there was a great racket as someone began pounding on the front door. Harry, Sam, Dean, Castiel and Gabriel pulled what looked like swords from seemingly nowhere while Ellen, Jo and Bobby drew guns from their belts. Harry walked to the door.
"Who goes there?" he asked
"Anna! It's me, Anna!" a woman's voice called out, there was a sudden noise of dogs barking and Harry threw open the door and pulled the woman who was stood outside in. She fell to the floor and Castiel and Gabriel ran forwards to pull her to her feet as Harry slammed the door, though not before they saw that half a dozen dogs that were almost as big as Fluffy had been were bearing down on the house.
"Anna, are you alright? I thought you were staying with the others and Father?" Castiel asked as they heard whimpering outside and a sound like something electrical short circuiting
"I was, but something pulled me from heaven, it was like something had latched onto my Grace and was pulling me down to earth" she sobbed into Castiel's coat
"An Angel summoning, not a nice piece of magic" Harry growled as he petted the red head kindly
"Thank you, I was certain that if I made it to Bobby's I'd be safe" Anna sniffed and dried her eyes
"Well you'll have to stay here now, we have protections up so that nothing can get in unless it's human, Angel or Demon" Dean explained, a white wing from his back curling protectively around the other Angel**
"Right, and don't worry, we're going to stop Eve from opening the Gate of Acheron" Harry smiled at his Aunt
"Thank you Harry. I can't help but worry about Michael, Lucifer and Metatron though. Where do you think she's holding them?"
"The key sites would be my best guess" he sat her on the couch
"Can't be, the host has all seven under surveillance, she can't have gotten them in" Anna explained
"Then she must be holding them somewhere until she has the first key, then she'll bleed each in turn and sneak in somehow and pour the blood into the sigils" Harry said
"That makes sense" Anna said
"First key? But she already has three" Ron said
"There is a specific order in which the seven keys are to be placed. In order to begin the ritual, the Angel who absorbed the souls of purgatory has to go first. Naturally Eve's plan is essentially already scuppered because she can't get at him" Harry smirked
"I take it that that's Castiel?" Hermione said
"Bingo" Harry said "then the redeemed fallen Angel; Anna, then the scribe of God; Metatron, followed by Gabriel, Lucifer and Michael is that order and then the blood of Azrael" Harry coughed awkwardly
"So as long as she doesn't get you or Castiel she can't do the ritual?" Ron said
"Pretty much, not that that matters. She'll do her damndest to get the full set" Harry said
"Well we'd better all get some rest soon, 'specially Anna" Bobby said, Dean nodded
"Come on little sis, let's get you off to Dreamland" Gabriel smiled and pulled Anna gently to her feet
"Huh, not like Gabe to be so kind and gentle" Dean said
"He is when family's involved" Castiel smiled and pulled Dean upstairs after the retreating Angels.
"I guess we ought to get some rest too" Hermione said
"Ok, you can share with Jo, doc, you'll be in with John when him and Adam get here, Adam will be in with you Harry and your other half can share with Sam" Bobby said
"Thanks Bobby, really appreciate you opening your place to everybody like this" Harry said
"Hey, you Winchester boys are family to me, all I got left without Karen, so I like havin' you idjits around" Bobby said
"Aww, Bobby" Harry said and hugged the older man
"Yeah, yeah just go get some rest you idjit" Bobby smiled and patted the teen on the head
"So who's Adam?" Ron asked "I mean, he's not the Adam is he?"
"Oh God no. Adam Milligan-Winchester***, he's my older half brother by a year" Harry laughed as they climbed the stairs
"So there are four of you? Sam, Dean Adam and you?" Hermione asked
"Nope, there are four of us but if you were going for age order it's Dean, Sam, Adam and then me" Harry said
"Dean's older than Sam?"
"Yeah, I know its crazy right?" Harry laughed as he led the way to a door on the first floor "This is you Mia" he knocked
"Come in" Jo said as Harry pushed the door open
"Hey Jo, Hermione's gonna bunk with you" he said
"No prob, just be warned, Sam Winchester sleepwalks" Jo laughed
"Why would that bother me?" Hermione asked
"Because he usually ends up going to sleep with Jo so if you hear things go bump in the night just get up and leave the room to give them some privacy" Harry patted his friend's shoulder and left the room
"Is Harry always like this when he's with his brothers?" Hermione asked her cousin as she shut the door, noticing as she did so that there was a piece of tape along the threshold under which was what appeared to be a line of salt, she looked over at Jo and pointed to it
"Protection from all things mean and nasty; ghosts, Demons etcetera. And yeah, he is, you just wait until Adam gets here, those four are a menace when they get together in one place" Jo laughed as her cousin sat down on the bed opposite
"I don't mind, it's nice to see him enjoying himself, he always seems so depressed and tired of the world when we're in England" Hermione sighed
"Really? Poor kid must be those unhappy memories you know. His folks dying, being bullied at school before he went to that magic school where he met you. Hey, do me a favour 'k? We all get through this, you look after that boy, make sure he's safe at that school. Although from what I hear it's not like he needs it so much, pretty boring and mundane life he leads at that school from what he's said" Jo smiled and lay back
"What? What about all the stuff that he's done?" Hermione looked surprised
"What stuff?"
"First year; faced off against the man who killed his parents in order to save the philosopher's stone. Second year; almost died saving Ron's little sister from a basilisk and then last year, we both almost lost our souls to a horde of dementors in order to save his godfather who had been wrongly accused of murder" Hermione reeled off
"WHAT!" Jo screeched, leaping off of the bed
"Didn't, didn't he ever tell any of you?" Hermione asked "I mean, I know he always let you guys believe that all those scars and bruises and burns were bullies when it was really his Aunt and Uncle but-"
"Whoa, hold the phone, rewind and freeze! First off, no he never said a word about all that stuff that happened at school and secondly, what do you mean all those marks were his Aunt and Uncle's doing?" Jo was gasping for breath as if she had just run a marathon
"His Aunt and Uncle pretty much beat the crap out of him all his life and yeah, he's almost died three times in as many years but I-" Hermione said but Jo had already stormed out of the room
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Meanwhile, elsewhere in the house.
"Hey Sam, Ron's sharing with you ok?" Harry smiled at his older brother
"Sure thing kid, come on in" Sam gestured to the other bed.
Just then they heard raised voices, Jo's in particular, coming from elsewhere in the house.
"Are those two arguing already?" Harry laughed just then they heard Jo screech
"HARRY WINCHESTER!"
"What did you do now?" Sam asked
"I have no idea" Harry said just as the blonde hunter stormed around the corner
"What were you thinking?" she demanded, grabbing him by the front of his shirt
"Er, you're gonna have to gimme a hint here Jo, what exactly did I do?" he gulped as she let him go, tears in her eyes
"You lied to us, you let us all believe you were just being bullied and that you were in the process of dealing with it when really it was your own family that was beating the crap out of you and had been all your life!" Jo buried her face in Sam's shoulder, the older Winchester looking concerned at both the way Jo was behaving and what she had said
"Harry? Is that true?" Sam put his hand on Harry's shoulder but his little brother shook it off
"Yes, but I let you guys believe it was just school bullies because I needed to be able to go back to England to find out what happened to my parents" Harry refused to look at his older brother as he spoke, Dean and Castiel had arrived in time to hear all this as they had heard the racket and come to see what was up
"Harry you know the family could tell you anything you need to know, there was no need for you to return to that house" Castiel said as Gabriel wrapped his arms around the younger Angel and Anna looked on with tears in her eyes
"They don't hurt me anymore anyway, they're too scared I'll turn them into frogs or something" Harry smiled
"I can't believe you lot didn't know about this" Ron shook his head "I mean, two years ago me and my brothers had to full on wrench a set of bars off his bedroom window in order to rescue him from that place"
"Son of a bitch!" Dean punched the wall in anger
"And we haven't even got onto what happens at that school yet" Jo sobbed, rubbing her eyes
"What do you mean Joanna?" Gabriel asked
"Apparently in his first year he faced off against the man who offed his mom and dad, a year later he almost gets eaten by a basilisk-" Jo explained
"Hold up! Eaten by a basilisk?" Sam said as if he couldn't believe what he was hearing
"I wasn't eaten, I just got bit" Harry rolled his eyes as if this wasn't important
"How the hell're you still alive if you got bit by a basilisk?" Bobby said coming up behind them with Ellen
"My headmaster's pet phoenix healed the wound with its tears" Harry shrugged
"And what about last year? Almost losing your soul to dementors while protecting your godfather who was wrongly accused?" Jo said
"Me and Hermione went back in time later and I realised that it hadn't been my dad I'd seen casting the patronus charm but myself. I cast the charm and saved our past selves and Sirius" Harry said "I'm sorry I lied to you guys but this is the best chance I have at finding out what happened to my family"
"Idjit" Bobby said and hugged the teen
"You know dad's gonna totally flip out when he finds out right?" Dean said
"I know, I'm sorry"
"Don't sweat kid, but no more secrets ok?" the oldest Winchester brother knelt and sat his youngest brother on his knee, Harry nodded
"Ok Dean" he hugged his brother.
Author's notes; ok between starting this chapter and now this story has gained 5 more followers. You guys are amazing.
Onto more important matters, plot related notes;
* In this story, after Dean and Castiel finally realised they liked each other, Sam hooked up with Jo. In this story they've been dating for four years. Dean and Castiel have been married for five years.
** Yes, this is a wingfic. My head cannon is that Dean and Sam both said yes to Michael and Lucifer but Harry stood between the two at the big final showdown. Harry used his considerable power as an Angel/Demon hybrid (he's ranked among the Powers, which means he out-ranks the archangels and the Guardians) to force Michael and Lucifer out of Dean and Sam but a small piece of the Angels' Grace was left inside the brothers and they became Angels as a result. Dean and Sam are both Seraphs, Gabriel and Michael are archangels, Castiel and Anna are both Guardian Angels and Lucifer and Harry are Powers.
*** I know that John was dead by the time the boys met Adam but in my head cannon just as Adam was brought back from the dead, so was John. Adam and John travel as a hunting pair in the same way as Sam and Dean do and occasionally the five Winchesters team up. Adam changed his last name to Winchester so that he fit in with the family better.