Chapter 3

Dean kept watching his girls. They appeared so normal. He hoped the next few weeks would not be eventful. He hoped the wedding and transformation would go off without a hitch, but he knew they were Winchesters, which meant fate never gave them a break.

They had exactly six days to prepare for the transformation and the wedding. Alex's emotions were up and down. She was normally so level headed but with the stress of the two events, she was irritated one minute and crying the next. Her emotions were so volatile. Nessie told everyone this was normal for one so close to her time. She told them to be patient with Alex because she did not have control over what she was saying or doing. She was already beginning her change.

Alex was spending almost all her time with her mom and aunt. As a consequence Dean and Gunner were left alone, which made them more irritable especially Dean. Nessie did not have time for him right now. Dean was further frustrated because he had no idea what they were doing. Nessie would give him lists of things to purchase without an explanation of what they were or the purpose.

With five days left, Nessie had Dean drive her, Alex and Beth to a bridal shop in town. Dean made Sam come with him. He was not going to be stuck with three women all afternoon. Nessie had given him a dirty look, but did not object to Sam coming with them.

When they got to the bridal shop, Ellen and Jo Harvelle pulled up. Jo was the only girl Alex knew outside of the enclave. They were not exactly friends. Alex knew Jo wanted her father, but she knew no one else to be a bridesmaid and Jo had agreed. When Dean saw them pull up, he groaned and looked at Nessie. "Did you know Ellen and Jo were going to be here?"

"Dean, you know they're coming to the wedding. Don't upset your daughter. She asked Jo to be her maid of honor."

Dean looked at her daughter and smiled. He knew Alex really did not have anyone else to ask. He just wished they had someone that did not have a crush on him. Dean remembered their first meeting with the Harvelles.

Flashback to first meeting of the Harvelles (After Nessie and Dean became life-mates)

Sam looked in the back seat to the two sleeping girls. "Dean, are you sure it's a good idea for us all to show up at the Roadhouse? I could get the intel. There's no need for everyone to go in."

"Sam, I want a beer. I'm tired. I've been driving for eight straight hours. I want to unwind a little. Why are you acting so weird about this?"

"Well, you know Jo has a huge crush on you and Nessie can be a tad jealous."

"What? Jo does not have a crush on me."

"Yes, she does and Nessie won't like it in the least."

"Whatever Sam. We're all going in. We'll get a few beers and something to eat. I want Ellen to meet Nessie and Alex. She never thought I would settle down. I want her to see that I'm sort of married."

"Okay, Dean, but you might have to stay between Nessie and Jo. Nessie will want to break her in two."

Dean just chuckled at that. He knew the little elf in the backseat could be jealous, but he also knew she was more apt to scare Jo rather than hurt her. Nessie went out of her way to not hurt people.

Dean had told Nessie about Ellen and Jo. Nessie was excited to meet people that met a lot to Dean and Sam. She adored Bobby so she hoped she would like the Harvelles as well. She was a little bit concerned because Sam seemed to react whenever Jo was mentioned. Dean seemed to just ignore Sam's reaction.

When they got to the Roadhouse, Nessie suddenly felt kind of shy and held back when she got out of the car. Dean turned around. "Come on babe. I want you to meet some people and get a beer."

"Dean, what if they don't like me? I've been working on my human face, but I still don't get my eyes exactly right. Hunters will know I'm not your human wife. Alex looks very human, but I don't. Maybe I should wait in the car. Alex could go in."

"Nessie, your human face is much better. I love the way your eyes look. Most people who meet you cannot tell any difference. They just think you have exotic looks. Besides these are good people, you can trust these women just like you trust Bobby. I swear. Now come on."

"Okay, Dean. I'll try not to embarrass you."

Dean kissed her quick. "You NEVER embarrass me."

Dean took her hand and led her toward the door. Alex grabbed Sam's hand. Sam smiled down at her.

It was still early, so the bar was empty. The only other person in the bar was Ash sleeping on a pool table. Dean walked in first with Sam coming in next. Nessie stood right behind Dean and Alex was behind Sam. Ellen looked up as she heard the door open. "Hey boys, how ya doing?"

Dean and Sam walked into the bar with the girls still hiding behind them. "Hey Ellen, how about a couple beers and I wanted you to meet two very important people."

Ellen stopped wiping the glass and came around the side of the bar to stand in front of Dean and Sam. Ellen saw the girls but rather than say anything, she just waited expectedly.

Dean pulled Nessie around to stand in front of him. He put his hands on her shoulders. "Ellen, this is Nessie, my wife. Nessie, this is Ellen, a family friend."

Nessie put her hand out and Ellen shook it. Before Ellen could say anything, Dean pulled Alex away from Sam. "And Ellen this is Alex, my daughter. Before you ask because everyone does, she is my biological daughter. She was born when I was a teenager."

Ellen looked from Alex to Dean and she could tell Alex had her father's eyes. She definitely agreed Alex was his. She had so many questions, but Jo picked that moment to come in with the new case of beer. She saw Dean and her thoughts were flooded with her fantasies of Dean. She did not see the small woman standing in front of Dean. Nessie tensed and readied to jump. Dean put his arms around her to restrain her. Dean whispered in her ear. "Nessie, please calm down. Jo is not a threat to you. She's just a friend. RELAX. NOW!"

Nessie tried to relax. She started breathing slowly. Dean was relieved. "That's my girl. Keep breathing."

Ellen saw the entire exchange and knew something was up with Nessie. Ellen scrutinized her face and something was slightly off about her face. She was definitely beautiful, but something was not right. "Dean, what's going on? I'm getting an impression that Nessie isn't exactly human. Am I right and don't lie to me boy."

Dean signed and looked down at Nessie who had tears in her eyes. She knew she had made a mistake again. "You're right Ellen. Nessie isn't exactly human, but she isn't evil. If you want us to leave, we will."

"I didn't say anything about you leaving, but I want to know the story behind this. You know you can trust me, Dean. Anything you tell me will not leave my lips. Why don't we sit down? Jo, bring everyone a beer."

"Ellen, Nessie and Alex can't drink beer. Could you bring them soft drinks?"

"Sure thing sweetie. Jo makes sure two of those are soft drinks."

Jo brought the drinks to the table. She handed the guy beers and soft drinks to the girls. Jo made a point of forcibly setting a soft drink in front of Nessie. Nessie leaned her head to the left and watched Jo. "I will not drink this." Nessie pushed the drink toward where Jo was sitting.

Jo glared at her. "What is your problem?"

"I have two problems currently: one you want to fuck, my husband. Grant you, he's an amazing piece of ass and many women and some men want the same thing, but they usually stop when they find he's taken. You do not stop. He doesn't want you. My second problem is you spit in my drink."

Sam and Dean were shocked to hear Nessie swear. She rarely spoke using those words.

"Joanna Beth, did you spit in her drink and don't lie?"

"Fine, I'll get her another drink."

Jo got her a drink and sat it in front of Nessie spilling some of the soda. Nessie put her hand over the top of the glass. "Thank you, Jo, for the clean soda." Jo just glared at her.

Dean was furious. "Jo, what's wrong with you? You spit in my wife's drink. You're sick. Man, am I glad we never hooked up if this is what you do when you're jealous of someone."

Sam could see Ellen was getting angry with Dean and Dean was furious. He had to stop this before they were all thrown out of the bar. "Dean, Ellen, why don't we all calm down? We'll tell you about Nessie and then you can kick us out if you want."

Dean nodded at Sam. "Okay, well, you're right Nessie's not a human woman, but it doesn't matter what she is because I love her and we are together forever." Dean took a breath and took Nessie's hand in his. "Nessie's an elf."

Ellen shook her head. "I thought you were going to be honest with us. Dean, everyone knows elves are myths or legends. They don't exist."

"Yes, they do. Ellen, I swear Nessie is an elf. There are more of them out there than you can image. They've learned to hide their true face. They could be walking down the street and you would never know." Ellen still didn't look convinced and Jo was giggling. "Okay, Nessie, I guess you're going to have to show them your true face."

Nessie wasn't happy about revealing herself in front of Jo. "I will only do this if the young one will promise to not tell other hunters about us, even when she's drunk. I trust Ellen, but I do not trust the young one."

Dean looked at Jo. "You heard her. Either you promise and mean it because she'll know if you mean it or not or she won't show you."

"Fine, I promise to not tell anyone that Dean's married to an elf."

Nessie studied her. She turned her head to the left and seemed to look into Jo's soul. Jo was uncomfortable. "Okay, I will show you."

Nessie let the change happen slowly so they could easily see the difference. She closed her eyes. Her eyes usually were the most frightening to humans. Her ears lengthened into a point. Her eyebrows moved upward to a higher arch. Her chin and cheek bones became more angular. Her fangs elongated. She slowly opened her eyes. The pupils had elongated to resemble the eyes of a cat.

Ellen watched the change without saying a word. She had seen a lot of supernatural creatures. Ellen sucked in her breath. Nessie as a human was beautiful, but Nessie as an elf was the most exotic looking creature she had ever seen.

"Nessie, my God, you you're beautiful, amazing. It must be true. I believe you."

Nessie smiled at Ellen. She liked the older woman. Her face turned back to a human. "Thank you. Now we'll tell you how we met. We did meet in high school. Elves have hunter groups that go out and hunt other supernatural creatures like werewolves, vampires, and demons. We do not hunt other elves, fairies, or nymphs. We're related to those creatures and we cannot hunt them."

Ellen looked surprised, but she nodded for Nessie to continue.

I was sent out with one of our hunting groups because of my special gifts. I'm an empath. I can take an injury or illness from someone into myself and my body self heals. It's a fairly rare gift. I was sent with the group that's mission was to hunt the most dangerous creatures. The hunting groups will set up in an area for awhile and kill everything in the surrounding area. To keep up appearances, those of us that can pass as high school students were enrolled in human public schools. It was to help us with our human faces. I've always had trouble with my eyes."

Dean cupped her cheeks. "Your eyes are beautiful. I was drawn to them even back then." Dean started kissing her.

Sam rolled his eyes. "Sorry, they tend to get lost in each other. DEAN, let her finish."

Dean smirked at Sam and then looked down. "Sorry, Ellen. Nessie, please continue. I'll try to be good."

Nessie laughed. Ellen thought she had a musical laugh. Ellen knew Nessie was good for Dean. "I doubt that, but Nessie please continue."

"We happened to be in the same town as the Winchesters. Our people knew of John Winchester. They hate him. He has actually killed several of our people. Our people sent two members to follow him. John Winchester was good, but he did not catch the tail."

"You never told me you had tails on my dad?"

"Well, we had to."

"Do the elves still have elves following our dad?"

"Not as far as I know. If he found out that elves were in town, then we feared he would kill us all. There was a witch in town that was hurting people and we could not leave until she was dealt with. John had left town to hunt down a black dog and left his two sons alone in town. Five of us went to the high school to act like students. We were strictly forbidden to associate with John Winchester's sons. We promised the Hunt Master to not speak to them or have anything to do with them. I fully intended to stay away from Dean and Sam. We were made to dress in a manner to make other students stay away from us. We all had jet black hair and ridiculous haircuts. I wore black makeup on my eyes, lips, and nails. We were dressed in black. We had tattoos and piercings, some were fake and some were real.

It's funny but the Hunt Master was correct, no one wanted anything to do with us. We walked into the school as a force. I was confident. I could feel all the feelings of the humans around me. Most thought we were just a family of weirdos, so I felt safe. If someone thought of picking on us or starting a fight, then because I was an empath I could deflect the tension to keep us safe. As I walked into my first class, all my confidence died. I saw the most beautiful human male I had ever seen. He was smiling and flirting with a bottle blond cheerleader. I knew immediately this boy was Dean Winchester and I was completely in love with him. I had not been prepared for my reaction to the sight of him. He locked eyes with me and smiled a small smile and then turned back to the cheerleader.

I had Dean in three classes. It was torture. I sat right behind him and he did not even speak to me.

Dean took her hand and kissed it. "I was an ass. In high school, I always went after the cheerleader types or slutty types, as Sam used to call them. I never paid attention to someone with the tattoos and body piercing. Of course, I found out later some of them were fake, but not all of them. Go ahead Nessie. It's interesting to hear from your point of view."

Jo was realizing as Nessie spoke that Dean and Nessie were soul mates. Nessie smiled at Jo and she smiled back. "Okay, I lost my place. Oh yes, I remember. Dean completely ignored me. He was busy trying to get into Amber's pants, the cheerleader. Luckily for me, she made a mistake. She wanted Dean to meet her parents. Dean freaked. He got caught on purpose kissing her best friend in the broom closet. I used the opportunity to be seen by Dean. It worked and he looked past my appearance. We became close very quickly. I had defied my family and would be punished when they found out I was in love with Dean Winchester.

Sam got in a fight with a bully. The bully broke his back. He was paralyzed. John Winchester was going to send Sam to live with a Pastor Jim. I knew I could save Sam, but it would mean I was defying my family, again. I fixed Sam. I had Dean leave me in my front yard and had him leave town with Sam before my family figured out what had happened. I had pulled Sam's entire beating into me even the superficial injuries. I wanted to look like I had been found and beaten. I hid my true thoughts from the telepaths. My family seemed to believe the story. We left town and I was never punished.

Elves age differently from human. On our tenth birthday, we have to have our virginity taken and we transform into our adult self. We go from looking 16 or 17 to 24 and 25. For our first time, our parents try to negotiate for the most desirable male. Malcolm, our number one telepath was selected for me. He has a dark side and likes to hurt females. I was afraid and enlisted the help of my sister. A month before I was to be deflowered, we ran. I found Dean and Sam because I'd fixed Sam I had a connection to him and could find them. My sister and I told Dean and Sam what would happen to me. I begged Dean to do be my first so Malcolm would not want me. Dean complied. We used protection but it failed and I conceived Alex. We left the next morning and went back to the elf enclave. Dean had no idea that I was pregnant.

The elfin counsel found out that I was no longer a virgin. The transformation ceremony was off. My father paid a man in secret to complete the transformation so I would not revert back to a child. It was humiliating. I knew I would be punished but I didn't realize how bad it would get. I was placed in a small windowless cell. They found out I was pregnant and tried everything to abort her, but they weren't able to end her life. My mother thought I had a hidden ability to keep Alex safe. She was born and once she took her first breath, the elfin council could not harm her.

As the council watched her grow, they realized if I could have such an extraordinary child with a mere human, then I was put in the breeding program. Elfin females go into heat every 6 months. I was raped repeatedly during my heats, but I produced no more children. The council wanted to know who the human father was of Alex. They beat me over and over. They didn't worry about how much they hurt me because I was self-healing. They gave me drugs to try to get me to divulge the name of the father, but I never told them. I hid his name in my head. They tried to use telepaths to steal the name from my mind, but I didn't let the name up. I knew if they knew Dean Winchester was the father, then they would hunt him down and kill him. I could not be the cause of Dean's death.

As Alex got older, I had to get her out. My sister helped us escape. She was killed. I was shot with poison pellets and almost died, but Dean and Sam found us and saved me. We have been together ever since."

Nessie looked at Ellen and Jo. "Do you believe me?"

Ellen took Nessie's hand. "I think you have suffered so much in your short life. I can see you and Dean truly love each other. I'm glad you found each other. Your daughter is absolutely beautiful. She has your eyes, Dean."

"Yeah, she does. I was shocked to find out I was a dad, but it's been a wonderful thing. Alex is super and I could not ask for any better daughter." Dean looked over at Alex. Alex grinned and blushed.

Jo was so jealous, but she was realizing Dean was off limits. Dean seemed to only have eyes for the elf. The elf apparently really loved Dean. "I'm sorry, Nessie. I hope you can forgive me for wanting to take Dean and spitting in your drink."

"Of course, I forgive you. I don't hold grudges."

End of Flash Back.

Alex needed to pick out her dress that Dean was required to pay for. The lady at the boutique seemed to know her stuff. She listened to what Alex thought she wanted. Dean looked around the shop. Sam and Dean found chairs set up to view the girls as they came out in their gowns. The lady at the boutique gave Sam and Dean some coffees and little cakes.

Dean watched Alex and her mom discussing dresses. Dean wondered if Nessie regretted not having a traditional human wedding. Alex seemed so ecstatic to be moving among the dresses. They carried several gowns to the dressing room. Nessie looked at the sashes and found the perfect one. She squealed and ran to the dressing room.

Dean looked at Sam. "What do you think that was about?"

Sam only shrugged.

Alex had the perfect dress and veil. Nessie had found the perfect sash. The sales lady tried to tell them the sash was a gag gift, but they wanted it. Nessie stuck her head out of the dressing room. "Okay, Dean and Sam close your eyes. I'll tell you when you can open them."

Dean looked at Sam. "She promised me a big reward for doing this and it better be huge."

They covered their eyes and waited. Nessie got Alex all set up with the veil and the sash. "Okay, open your eyes."

Dean and Sam opened their eyes. The sight brought tears to Dean's eyes. His daughter looked like a fairytale princess. She looked so grown up and he had never seen her so beautiful. Alex looked radiant. Dean started hyperventilating. Sam rubbed him on the back. "Come on man, breath."

"Dad, dad, look at me." Alex held her dress and twirled. "Look, Dad, we even found a camouflage sash. Gunner will love it."

Dean chuckled at that. He stood up and walked to Alex. "You're so amazing and so beautiful. Gunner better know how lucky he is to be getting you for his wife."

Alex just giggled and spun away from her father. "Wait till you see Mom in her dress."

"What?"

"Mom has to wear a mother of the bride dress."

"Nessie's going to dress like an old lady."

Before Alex could say anything, Nessie walked out of the dressing room. She had on a green dress that was the same color as her eyes. The dress was form fitting and came to just above her knees with a split in the side. The bodice was almost a corset that pushed her breasts up. Dean could only stare with his mouth open. He had never seen Nessie look more amazing. Nessie slowly walked to him. "So do I look like some old lady?"

Dean shook his head and pulled her into a passionate kiss. His Nessie was the most beautiful creature on the planet. Alex was giggling. She looked at Sam. "Uncle Sam, I told mom if she chose that dress, dad would forget his name. Do you like my dress?"

"Yes, Alex, I have no doubt Gunner will be acting just like your dad is when he sees you in your dress. You're gorgeous."

Jo walked out of the dressing rooms in a light green dress matched to colors of the camo sash. Jo was beautiful and Sam told her she was, but he thought he was bias because to him Alex and Nessie were the most beautiful creatures.

Nessie pulled away from Dean. "I have to change back into my jeans and you need to pay the good lady."

Tomorrow Sam, Dean, Bobby, and Gunner were going to rent the tuxes. Dean didn't really understand all these costumes, but after the wedding, he planned to have Nessie wear the dress whenever he could. He had to think about little old ladies to keep from have a tent in his pants. Nessie promised to take care of him when they got back home.