I looked at Eve a last time before heading for the door, the snow and wind met my face, as I opened it up. As what I was now I felt the cold, I felt how it affected my skin.
You looked at me, almost like you could sense how I was, now I was half human. "Maybe you should put on a jacket" You gave me a little smile.
I ran inside and took the nearest and warm looking jacket I could find, I put it on, and then rushed outside again. I lit my finger with fire, and started to draw on the door, etching a mark on it.
You looked at the mark I was making, with recognition in your eyes.
"Ah yes...just protection against dreams, so Eve can't escape..." I looked at you and then out in the dark forest.
You looked out at the forest as well, "You ready? "you turned to me.
"Yup lets go." I waited for you to go first, probably best now I was partly human. I was glad my sight hadn't gone to the worse from being part human.
You started to walk into the dark, the snow flying all around you. A beautiful sight, you were like a light in the dark, lighting the snow around you up, but only faintly. Almost like a thousand small white fireflies, flowing with the wind.
As I followed you through the blizzard, I felt the cold for the first time actually hurt. I could never have imagined how it hurt, but it was not like it was so hurtful I couldn't bear it, more like annoying pain. "Never thought snow and winter would be so...cold." I looked around, trying to see if I could sense anything unnatural.
You looked up at the treetops, they were bending violently as the blizzard had picked up. "How bad is it?" You kept moving forward, with me right behind you.
I looked in your direction, making sure to keep an eye on my surroundings though. "I'm not sure...but it's like small needles in the skin prickling you." I looked to the left, downhill was a big frozen lake. I felt some strange energies come from there, like something pulsating, and...growing.
You looked down at the lake as well, your face showing some concern. "Yes I feel it as well."
I got with some trouble down the hill, mostly sliding and partly running. I ended up sliding a bit out on the ice. I looked around before walking slowly further out on the ice, to see if it could hold up my weight.
You managed to go down the hill a bit more elegantly. It was a bit like a faint beacon of light, sliding between trees, lighting them up in the process. You knelt by the ice, feeling on it with your hand. A slightly light was reflected from you in the ice. "The ice is thick... should hold up." You looked at me.
I nodded at you, amazed by your light, it had to be the human part of me, looking at you that way. "Man...Humans have it hard, I can't really feel some parts of my body anymore, I think it's the cold." My fingers, toes, nose and ears felt numb.
You walked out on the ice as well, catching up with me. "Yea, as soon as the storm has subsided, we need to get some warmer clothes for you and Eve." As we reached the middle of the lake, right above the strange energies, you stopped and looked down.
I looked down as well, it was like the energies had stopped expanding, but instead was...open? "Do you hear that?" It was like a muffled shrieking sound from under the ice. And then the energies just disappeared completely.
You squinted you eyes in concentration. "I sensed it... something is off though..." A small light started to emit from under the ice.
"Please tell me that isn't under us, and it's just my human eyes tricking me." Not that my eyes was affected by the now human part of me, I just hoped my gut feeling wasn't not about to come true.
The ice under started to crack, and the light disappeared. "We might have a problem..." You managed to say, before the ice splintered and we both fell into the very dark, and very cold water.
I gasped for air, while I was still above with my head. I felt the ice cold water drag my clothed down. My body was going into shock, not moving enough to keeping myself above water surface.
You spoke to me in my mind: "Evelyn... Evelyn you got to stay up."you looked around, but you couldn't see me.
I tried to stay above the water, my skin was protesting, my body was protesting against moving. Everything was dark around me. And my lungs, that never had needed oxygen, but had just breathed, now craved it. I managed to reach a hand up above the water surface, hoping you would see it.
You saw a hand reach above the water surface, you swam over as fast as you could, to grab it. You took hold of it and pulled the person up. "What..." You looked confused at the person you had pulled up, it wasn't me...it was Sam. "Sam?"
I struggled to get my jacket off, so it didn't drag me down further. I tried to reach for the surface again, I managed to take in a little air as I fought my way up. My body felt so stiff, like it just wanted to give up.
Someone reached down and pulled me up. My lungs stung from the cold air, and the little water I had swallowed.
It was Dean who had pulled me up, he looked at me: "Son of a bitch..."
I gasped for air, looking at him in surprise. My body was only moving minimally, not used to be handicapped by being human senses and feelings.
You looked over at me and Dean, Castiel had joined Sam on land. "Evelyn!" you seemed happy to see that I was more or less alright. You swam over to us, and started to pull us over to land.
I was cramping of cold and I couldn't comprehend what I felt. I couldn't speak, my jaw was shut and were too stiff to open. I didn't know what to do, I didn't know why my body reacted like it did.
As we came up on land you put me on the ground, where I just sat and cramped. You looked at me and tried to get my attention "Hey Evelyn... Hey... are you okay?"
I looked up at you, seeing your faint light a bit like hope. I felt fear, I had never felt fear like this before. It was so consuming, but I also found comfort in your voice.
You looked me into the eyes: "You are gonna be alright..." You looked to Sam and Dean, there were shaking and cramping just as much as I did. You stood up and looked at Castiel "We need to get them somewhere warm." Cas nodded. You put a hand on my shoulder and waited for Cas to get Dean and Sam. "Follow me" you zapped us to the cabin, though outside, as the sigil on the door didn't permit me to pass.
I looked up at the mark I had etched into the door, it disappeared, like it had never been there.
You took a good hold of me and helped me inside through the main entrance. You put me on the floor and went to find blankets, and a couple of pillows. You also brought towels and some fresh clothes "Here we need to get you warmed up slowly." Castiel came in with Sam and Dean.
I took a blanket and put it around me tightly, I held on to it, like it depended on my life. I didn't like to be partly human, sure I had feelings now, but also the bad ones, and my body felt pain differently. "F-f-f-f...f...f-f-uu..." I tried to get words out, but my jaw was shaking too much.
You tilted you head and looked into my mind, to see what I meant.
My thoughts was confusing, but some words came through: "Fucking...Humans..."
You smiled slightly at my words, you gave me another blanket before standing up and looking at Cas. "Feel free to use the blankets we have. I'm gonna go make some hot chocolate for these three..."
Castiel nodded: "Thank you..."
You nodded once and looked down at me "Don't worry... you'll be fine." you walked over to the kitchen, to make hot chocolate.
I looked up at Cas, nodding as much as I now could nod at him, then looked at Sam and Dean
Eve slowly walked into the room and looking surprised at Castiel, Dean and Sam.
Castiel looked at Eve and tiled his head.
Dean and Sam, both covered in blankets looking between me and Eve. You looked at Eve, seemingly unsure what to do, or say.
"L-l-long s-s-st-story s-s-short...w-w-we s-s-spli-it." I just shook in my blanker and sent Eve a suspicious glare.
You walked over to us with three big cups. "Here... this should help" You handed me, Sam and Dean a cup each. Sam took his up and muttered a thank you. Dean took his cup and warmed his hands on it, also muttering a thank you. You went to the kitchen again, to make a cup for Eve.
I took the cup and looked at it, I really didn't know what to do with it... I didn't know what the warm feeling in my hands was either, but it felt good.
Castiel noticed how confused I seemed, "drink it... it'll make you feel better..."
You went over to Eve with another cup, you had just poured up.
Eve mumbled a thanks to you, but it was clear she made sure to stay a bit away from the rest of us.
I looked down at the cup, the brown fluid was giving off heat. I took a sip and was surprised over the sweet, yet bitter taste. "T-thanks.."
You nodded and smiled "If you want to... I think it's okay to come into the living room now."
Eve stepped a bit forwards, but still kept her distance from us.
I drank the chocolate quite quickly, and felt my body being warmed up. I could see Dean and Sam was still cold, but I was only part human after all.
You helped me up and into the living room, where you put me on one of the couches. "How are you feeling?" You had a sincere look in your eyes.
I looked around the room, like I was seeing it with a pair of other eyes. "Strange...really strange, but not cold anymore. I'm not completely human after all.." But being a half one had turned my world upside down.
You looked at me a bit "yea..." You then looked at my empty cup "want some more?"
"No..." I looked to Sam, Dean and Castiel "how the hell did you come here?"
Dean slowly walked in and sat in the other couch, followed by Sam. They were still both shivering, but not as much as before. "W-we were hun-hunting a spirit..." Dean took another sip from his cup "a lake spirit... th-then we fell into the wa-water... ended up i-in th-that lake..." Sam nodded a bit and warmed his hands on his cup. Castiel stood next to them.
I looked up at you "woops..." That might have been our fault, not our intention though.
"that might have something to do with us" you gave the boys an apologizing look.
All three of them looked at you for an answer. "Eh... yea... " You took the empty cups, except for the one I was holding, and walked over to the sink to wash them. "The fight... it kind of made a rift between the dimensions... we figured it out" You gestured at Eve, that still kept a distance to us, "about one and a half year ago, when monsters started showing up in this dimension... and me still having powers... the rifts must be in the waters."
Eve nodded slightly, moving a bit closer. Her expression was a bit empty, it gave me an uneasy feeling inside.
"Yeah...sorry we made a mess of your dimension." I cuddled in the blanket I had over me, it felt so comforting, like someone was keeping me safe.
"So...how do we get back?" Sam had a worried tone in his voice.
"No idea.." I felt like there was a black hole in my stomach, it didn't feel right that we didn't know how to get them back.
Eve slowly turned around, and put her empty cup in the kitchen, then walked to the bedroom. Without uttering a word.
You looked at Eve, with a worried and apologizing look. Maybe you were still sorry about what you did to her. You cleaned up the cups and walked back over to us.
"So... how have you guys been, except from we made a rift in your dimension." Curiosity, also a new feeling for me, but one I could better understand.
Sam looked at me, not shaking anymore from freezing. "Well... there hasn't really been that much to do. we've only had a couple cases..." Dean nodded and took over "The only big problem we have at the moment is this stupid ass witch."
I suddenly just dropped my cup, my now beating heart beating faster than I thought a heart could. "witch?" I was surprised over my own reaction.
You watched me with some concern. Sam seemed confused, but answered me "yeah... witch..."
I disappeared from sight, reappearing behind Dean, putting my hand on his shoulder. I forced him into a sleep in a second, to explore his mind, to see which witch...
Dean and Sam walked down a long hallway in a fancy hotel. They see three women, one in a pink leather jacket and short pink skirt, another in a short leopard dress and a brown fur jacket. and the last one... a woman with long red hair, she was wearing a long black dress... they didn't know the first two girls... but the third one... Crowley's mother... Rowena...
I let go of Dean and mumbled a sorry.
Dean clearly wasn't amused "what the hell man... you could've just asked!"
"I'm...sorry..." I looked down at Dean then went back to sit on the couch.
You gave me a concerned, and suspicious looks "you sure that you are okay?"
"No...I'm not.. I'm partly human! I have half a soul within my now fragile body!" I felt warm in my stomach, like some flames had been ignited down there.
Castiel looked at me with curiosity and maybe some concern, not like Sam and Dean who just looked at me in confusion. "Sorry... what?" Dean gave me a questioning look.
I blinked and looked at all of them, then remembered they didn't know. "Eve...the human girl, merged with me again after I recovered...somehow a witch has given her a spell which is used to exorcize demons from humans...but since we were merged...we split into two, I'm now partly human ,and she is now partly what I used to be...a dream creature that has consumed demon essence."
Dean blinked a couple of times in disbelief. Dream creatures merging with a human was something he had never heard of, hell he hadn't even heard of dream creatures "yeah... okay..."
I tilted my head a bit at Dean "What... you thought I was fully demon?" It amused me that I was confusing my counterpart.
Dean shrugged his shoulders. "Maybe... I don't know... you could be a god damn puff of smoke for all I know."
I took a deep breath, it took time to transform now half human, but my figure began to blur, and I became a cloud of black smoke, with a slight glow of blue.
Dean seemed shocked, but maybe it was also too much for him "okay, okay, I get it... " Sam just stared at me in disbelief, though Cas seemed to find this form of me interesting, especially as he could sense the half soul I carried.
I floated down next to Dean, just to sit there and make him uncomfortable.
Dean scooted a bit away from me. And you talked to me in my mind: "I think he has had enough now, you can stop now."
I slowly transformed back. "Aww...So cute Dean, scooting away from a cloud."
Outside the wind picked up again and the snow turned to looked out of the window "I don't think we'll be leaving this cabin for some time... the blizzard seems to be sticking around for the time being." You turned to the boys "You are of course welcome to stay... if you want to... but I'm afraid there's only the couches left."
I looked at the couches, then felt a horrible sensation inside my head, I sprinted to the bedroom.
You looked after me in concern "Evelyn?" Then slowly walked to the bedroom.
Eve was mumbling with closed eyes in the corner, I went over to her and slapped her. She opened her eyes in surprise, but she looked very guilty. My response was not kind, and my tone was harsh "Don't, dare speak with that witch."
You were standing in the doorframe, looking confused. Your eyes squinted and head with a tilt.
I took Eve by the collar of her shirt and picked her up and dragged her into the living room, dropping her on the floor. I eyed her furiously, what more could she be trying to hide?!
You were right behind us "Evelyn, calm down... what's going on?"
"She was talking to the witch! I might be separated from you Eve, but I can still -feel- your head!" I felt the flames from before, now ignited again, but also something warm in my head.
Eve was looking scared, but also guilty.
You looked at Eve with disappointment.
I put my hands on Eve's shoulder, forcing her into a deep sleep. Glad she hadn't learned to control any of the powers she had now gotten from me. But as she fell asleep my head was filled with images.
A cloud, sickly yellow, and there was a hint of magic over it, probably witch magic...Then there was me and Eve, we were dark cloud with a slight blue glow...and then...a white cloud?...
I let go of her shoulders, gasping as a reaction to what I had just seen.
Dean looked at Eve, then up at me "What the hell?..."
You looked at me in concern "are you alright?" It was like you could sense my surprise.
"So, there is only three of us...well...two and two halves." I stared into the air, letting the thoughts sink in.
You looked at me in confusion "Three what?"
"Dreams, what I am...or was. Once we were thousands, now we are only so few."
You looked down at the floor in thought, then back up at me, with a serious look "Are they good or bad?"
"I am the most "evil" I guess...as I took demon essence instead of human, one have taken witch essence it seems.. I'm not sure about the third though." The thought of the white cloud was still bugging me.
You sighed in relief "So, what do we do now? I mean..." You looked over at the boys "We need to get them home to their dimension.. but... if you want to find the others.." Her words trailed off as she looked at me.
"I don't know" I eyed the boys "We should probably get them home first, however we do that."
You nodded. Dean and Sam yawned some, but they tried to hide it. But you were not the be fooled. "But right now, I'm gonna get you some covers and pillows so that you can sleep."
"Yeah" I picked up Eve and put her into the bed, in the bedroom. Making sure she stayed in her forced sleep.
You went to find some pillows and blankets for the boys.
"I'm letting you wake up in the morning Eve...dare not to speak with that witch again." I gave her a cold stare before I went into the living room again. I looked at Cas. "By the way Cas.. didn't get a chance to say thank you, for keeping your word."
Castiel smiled a little "It was no problem really, I'm just happy to help."
I smiled at him then looked at Dean and Sam "Sorry again for the rift and lake thing..." I felt heavy around my heart, maybe this was the way humans felt guilt.
Dean stood up, his clothes till wet from the lake "yeah well... nothing to do about it now."
Sam stood up as well, he smiled a little, but looked tired "We'll just have to work together to find a way back, tomorrow."
You came back with pillows and blankets, putting them in one of the couches. "I hope these will be enough" You nodded at Dean and Sam.
"Goodnight Sam, Dean...I'll go stand somewhere else in the cabin, so I don't just stand here while you sleep..." I wouldn't want to make them feel unwelcome, by being a strange stalker.
Sam smiled a bit, nodding at me as thanks.
You nodded at them both ,also saying your goodnights, leaving the living room to them.
I went into the bedroom where Eve is forced sleeping, hopefully till I would wake her up.
You and Castiel following troop. Cas looked at Eve: "Is she alright?"
"She won't be if she talks to that witch again." I sent the sleeping Eve a deadly cold stare, and felt something heavy in my stomach.
You eyed me, with a serious look in your eyes. "You are part human now... there's a lot we need to figure out. Right now we know you can feel emotion, and the cold. You might also need to sleep and eat too.
I shrugged, I didn't care really. If that had to be, it would not be right now. "Maybe"
You nodded once at me "Guess we will have to find out as we go."
"I guess so." I began to eye Castiel, I had never really looked at him, other than him being a being of light...and an angel and all that.
He looked back at me "I'm sensing awkwardness..."
I was just staring at him, the room suddenly seeming less clear, also darker.
Cas looked at you for answer, you just looked at me then at Cas, confused.
I smiled at Castiel, he had some nice blue eyes...
Castiel eyes squinted in confusion "what... what is it?"
The room became less and less clearer, I didn't understand what was happening. My eyes felt so heavy. I think I spaced out, but I wasn't entirely sure, I just smiled at Cas.
You just watched me with confusion, you had that look where you tried to sense if anything was wrong.
I felt, heavy, so heavy. My eyelids were fighting my mind to close. I didn't understand Iit.
You laughed a little, then realized it. "She is tired!"
Castiel smiled a bit, as he also realized it. "Oh, by the way, I need to talk to you Rhamiel."
I nodded a bit, my head wanted to go downwards...so strange. My eyelids were half closed, but I didn't like the feeling, so I fought to be awake.
You looked at me and then went over to me, tried to make me sit in the bed, next to Eve. "Ok Evelyn, you clearly need to sleep."
"No...no.." I would defy you to end...
"Evelyn... you need to sleep. Please, for your own sake." You voice was so calming, like the light had been around you in the snow...
"I don't need to sleep... I don't sleep.. .I'm a freaking dre- dream" I still looked at Castiel, especially his eyes.
"May I remind you, that you are part human now? That part needs to sleep" Your voice was still calm, but also...with authority.
You sighed as I still tried to fight you. "I'll make sure she stays asleep, I promise."
I mumbled a bit, very low, almost no sound out of my mouth. "I wonder what color...my eyes is..."
Castiel cleared his throat: "They are green." You looked at him in confusion, probably didn't hear or see what I said. "And you really need to sleep, you are exhausted" he smiled at me a little.
"Oh, green" I smiled a little, Eve's eyes were green, of course mine was too...I think the sensation of being tired, was finally winning.
"Sleep is over rated..." I fell backwards, my eyes closed, but my ears was still listening.
Castiel smiled at me, then looked to you. "Can we talk now?"
You nodded "Sure"
Cas' voice became serious: "This dimension... there's something off about it."
You tilted your head, or so I imagined. "How so?"
Cas looked out the window, or so my ears told me, I could hear his footsteps go towards the window. "The angels..."
You were slightly confused, or so your voice told me. "What about them?"
Cas looked you into the eyes, I could see it as I tried to open my eyes again, just to only feel them close once more. "They are gone, I don't feel any angel present in this dimension... well except for you of course." His voice was with concern.
I don't know where you were looking at, but you were silent, so I guessed the floor.
Cas were silent for a moment as well, then asked: "I...just wanted to hear the explanation for this."
Your voice betrayed you, it cracked a bit, and I could imagine the tears start to grow in your eyes. "It... it's a very long story."
I couldn't hold off sleep any longer, but I managed to put out a single word of a mumble. "War"
(To be continued)
-"Please tell me that isn't under us, and it's just my human eyes tricking me."
