Okay guys, another long-ish chapter here for you. Allie realises a very important truth she didn't remember before and it's revealed to Zoe too. Sorry, spoilers, whoops. Anyway this is a lot more into the Allie and Zoe original storyline, finally! It's slow again after this though. Anyway, hope you enjoy and please don't hold back on reveiwing! Tell me what you like, tell me what you don't like. I'll try to fix it, but of course, i won't if it's too against my story plan. Constructive criticism welcome but so is kindness, i write most of these in a rush or the middle of the night so i hope you'll forgive me for any stupid mistakes. Anyway, enjoy the chapter as usual before i rant on anymore.

-Alix


Allie's POV

It was one of those rare occasions when, with a little begging, okay, a lot of begging, Dean put Bon Jovi on in the car and Allie was fully taking her opportunity. She sang loudly, eventually encouraging Zoe to join in until they even drowned out Dean, who glared at them in the rear-view mirror for almost the whole ride. Both girls grinned widely as 'dead or alive' finished and 'livin' on a prayer' started up.

"Yay!" They cheered, earning another glare from the driver. But Allie could swear she saw him smile slightly as they sang happily, though he'd never admit it.

"Can I turn this off now?" Dean asked, reaching for the stereo once the song had ended. Allie nodded.

"Yeah, that was the last one" She nodded, watching him switch on the radio and changed the channels incessantly for a moment. Allie glanced out the window in time to see them pass a sign that said 'Welcome to Pennsylvania'. Her eyes widened and she turned to Zoe, about to start talking about the current episode. Dean sighed, sounding slightly irritated and interrupting her thought. This made her think for another second and realise that she shouldn't talk about it in front of the boys. Zoe continued staring out her window, oblivious to Allie's internal debate.

"The radio around here sucks" Dean complained. Allie looked up expectantly but Dean cut her off before she even began speaking. "No I am not turning it back on." He looked up into the rear-view mirror and Allie glared light-heartedly at him. Zoe smiled to herself at this exchange.

"Can't blame you for trying" She said quietly to Allie, who smiled back. Dean turned back to his brother after watching the exchange quietly.

"Come on man. Jobs don't get much sweeter than this, you know?" He tried to explain. "Dead vic with a gnawed on neck, body drained of blood and a witness who swears up and down it was a vampire."

"No I agree, it's a hell of a case" Sam replied in a tired voice. The girls exchanged a glance in the backseat.

"A little more gusto please" Dean huffed.

"It's just" Sam started, stopping suddenly with a sigh. "The world is coming to an end. Things are a little complicated, you know?"

"Yeah well, we can't save the world" Dean began with a shrug. "Not today anyway. But what we can do is chop off some vamps' heads" Zoe glanced at her friend slightly worriedly and she shook her head, reassuring her that they didn't have to fight in this particular case. Dean glanced in the rear-view mirror, taking the exchange into consideration. Zoe shouldn't have to fight if she didn't want to. He was ready to send her home right now if that's what she wanted. If only he knew how.

"Come on man" Dean continued, giving his brother a small nudge. "It's like the good old days, an honest-to-goodness monster hunt. It's about time the Winchesters got back to tackling a straightforward, black and white case. Allie had to try her best to hold in laughter at these words, remembering the black and white movie effect added onto the whole episode. She suddenly wondered to herself if back at home the series would change including her and Zoe. Her mind then continued on this path wondering who would play them both and how different her universe would be with her gone.

Probably no different at all she thought. It's not like she had anything scheduled for the coming months until she had told her family she was coming home. Her and Zoe had been on a long time road trip around the country Winchester style right down to the greasy diner food, the towns they stopped in and the Impala she drove. It was like playing hunters without the actual hunts. But now they were really playing hunters, and now there was real danger. Allie subconsciously glanced over at Zoe, hoping to god that she could protect her. Protecting your friend from normal everyday things was easy, but everyday hunter things was going to be a lot more difficult and no way was she going to lose the one friend she had known since grade five.

But Allie knew they'd be fine. They had to be. At least, that's what she tried to tell herself.

They stopped at a hotel just outside town to change into their FBI suits and Allie and Zoe were told to stay in the hotel because while they had thought to buy their own FBI outfits they didn't have any badges. Zoe agreed and turned the TV on while Allie began grumbling to herself and sat down at the table with Sam's laptop. Zoe smiled to herself, shaking her head at her friend as she settled on the music channel.

They sat I almost silence for a while, the only sound coming from the TV as Zoe watched and changed the channel every once and a while. Allie smiled to herself most of the time, randomly surfing the internet to entertain herself. She laughed after a while and again after a minute. Zoe glanced over, having eventually been bored by the show she was watching.

"What're you looking at?" She asked, turning the TV off. Allie looked up, grinning again and motioned towards the bed closer to her, picking up the laptop. She settled herself against the headboard as Zoe sat down beside her.

"You've got to be kidding me" Zoe muttered. Shaking her head at the screen. Allie grinned again.

"Once obsessed always obsessed" She muttered in response, scrolling down a 'Supernatural' book fan page. "Look what some of these people are writing" Not a single fan seemed completely satisfied with the story. At least, not there. Or it could be the fact that the site she was looking at was created by a reader pointing out the series' flaws.

"I think I'd rather take the bad TV" Zoe muttered. But she didn't move, continuing to read through the posts with her friend. They read on until they heard the ever familiar rumble of the Impala's engine outside. They glanced at each other wide eyed and Allie quickly exited the page, opened up the browser history and deleted that and the other pages she had found. The boys didn't have to know about this yet. Not until later. The girls had just forced themselves to stop laughing as the door opened and they brothers stepped in Sam looking slightly irritated, most likely by his brother.

Dean glanced up at the girls with a big cocky grin on his face, which quickly disappeared when Sam whispered something to him, grinning himself. Dean glared at his brother as he took his bag into the bathroom, closing the door without a second glance. The girls sat and watched this exchange smiling to themselves.

"What'd Sammy say?" Allie asked, grinning. Dean glared at her and she and Zoe laughed as he sat down and turned on the TV childishly.

The next day Dean got a call about another weird incident last night in town, reported by a young woman who claimed a werewolf killed her boyfriend. Dean had of course told the girls to stay behind but it resulted in Zoe muttering non-stop about not getting breakfast and Allie bringing up the same fact over and over again until Sam persuaded him to agree. Allie had a strange feeling though that Sam had only agreed in the first place to shut them up. The deal had resulted in Dean giving Allie some cash and to have breakfast in the same diner at a different booth away from them.

They pulled up at the diner and Zoe and Allie jumped out straight away, heading inside while the brothers sorted out their badges first. They found a booth reasonably far from what looked like Anna-Marie, the girl whose boyfriend was killed. They sat down and a waitress walked over only a moment later, giving them the menu's and a smile before leaving again.

"So while they're busy, what exactly are we going to be telling them?" Zoe asked, not taking her eyes off the menu. Allie shrugged, seeing the brothers enter and glance over at them before moving over to the girl sitting alone, Anna-Marie.

"I've been thinking about that but they're too many chain reactions to figure out with a big event" She sighed. "Plus every plot-point in the later seasons is triggered by the season before it. So if we stop one we stop the rest, but most of the time what they choose is the least harmful choice. We might just have to watch some things play out." Zoe didn't look too happy at this idea, glancing up with a raised eyebrow. Allie shrugged again.

Both being slightly unnerved by the topic, the girls remained silent while they chose their meals. The waitress came over and they both ended up ordering chocolate chip pancakes and coffee. Allie laughed slightly as they began eating and Zoe looked at her with a slightly confused expression.

"What's so funny?" Allie looked up at her and laughed again before regaining her composure.

"Remember my Grandma's birthday so-many years ago, the chocolate chip pancakes that make you feel like throwing up if you eat like three-quarters of it" Zoe was laughing too by then, recalling the event.

"And the year after" She added, grinning. Allie nodded, taking a bite of her pancakes. Her eyes widened as she stared at her plate. Zoe did the same a moment later and they both looked up at each other.

"Bad idea" Allie laughed. "How would Dean react do you think if I threw up in his car?" Zoe snorted and laughed again.

"He'd make you walk" Zoe said without a doubt. Allie nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, he would" They ate in silence, trading small smiles or grins randomly until Allie glanced up and saw Dean walking up behind Zoe. She absolutely never going to get used to these guys.

"Hey" He said as he reached them, making Zoe jump. She swallowed her food and turned, glaring at him.

"Don't do that" She scowled. He grinned at her reaction before continuing.

"Sammy and I are going to the morgue to check out the dead boyfriend. We'll be back in a bit so just stay here"

"Okay then, we'll be here" Allie nodded. He left then but she was sure she heard him mutter something along the lines of 'You better be'. She shook her head at him, going back to her food.

The brothers returned just as the girls had finished eating and had a coffee refill. They slid into the booth beside the girls and began to fill them in on the case.

"So this is Dracula meets Wolf man?" Zoe frowned, looking between the other three. Sam shrugged and Allie nodded.

"Looks like it" Dean agreed. "But werewolves don't grow wolf hair, that's just a myth"

"Yeah" Sam agreed, looking almost lost in thought.

"So what? We've got a vampire and a werewolf monster mashing in this town?" Dean speculated. He went quiet as their waitress, Jamie, brought over another round of beers for the brothers.

"Looks like you guys are staying for a while" She began with a smile. "I heard about Rick Deacon"

"Yeah this case just got weird enough for our department" Dean smiled back, tacking a sip from his drink. Jamie glanced up at Zoe, who sat beside Dean, as if she just noticed they were at the same table.

"The Maverick has a girlfriend" She commented, though it sounded more like a question. Zoe's eyes widened and she shook her head. Dean glanced back at her and laughed slightly.

"Oh no, we're just travelling together. She's my, uh, sister" She smiled. Allie's eyes widened as she watched the exchange and she became glad Jamie was staring at Dean and didn't see Zoe's startled expression at being called his sister.

"Oh" Jamie nodded, looking thoroughly relieved. "Well, beers are on me and, just so you know, I get off at midnight tonight"

"Oh, it's not another girl's night out?" he asked, brows raised.

"Doesn't have to be" She replied

"Okay then, I'll see you tonight" Dean grinned

"Okay then" Jamie left with a smile, taking the empty bottle with her. Dean grinned to himself, taking a sip of his beer as he watched her leave. He turned back to the others, startled at the same questioning expression hey all wore.

"What?" He asked, genuinely confused.

"Sister?" Zoe reminded him. "Why am I your sister?" Dean shrugged innocently.

"What, I needed her to believe we weren't dating. It was the first thing that came to mind" At the mention of Jamie he glanced over at her again. "Hey do you think this Dracula could turn into a bat?" Dean asked sounding almost curious. "That would be cool" Allie exchanged a glance with her friend, both shaking their heads in disbelief.

The four of them returned to the hotel room and ended up researching until Dean got another call, more freaky incidents at the museum. After Dean's now routine warning of 'stay put' they left in their FBI suits and the girls were left alone with the laptop to research or entertain themselves. Allie had thought about looking up the supernatural book sites again but decided against it, instead researching until she became too tired to see straight. Allie cursed under her breath before suddenly remembering something and making her way over to her bag and finding her leather jacket. She opened it up and began digging through the pockets she had sewn inside them and finding her glasses case.

She smiled to herself tiredly as she pulled out her long black-framed glasses. She turned see Zoe staring at her, eyebrow raised.

"What?" Allie frowned. Zoe just shook her head at her and turned the laptop towards herself, continuing where Allie had left off. Allie rolled her eyes turning and putting her glasses away seeing as she wouldn't need them because Zoe had stolen the laptop. Should really get one of my own she thought to herself. Allie stood where she was for a moment, looking at the bed and contemplating weather or not she should try for a nap. She had no nightmare she could remember last night, even had a full-night's sleep. She'd be fine more likely than not. She sighed, running her hands through her hair, still surprising herself at the way it stopped just below the shoulder as she had cut her hair only recently before the dimension-jump had occurred. She shook her head, deciding what the hell?

Allie pulled off her denim jacket and dumped her bag on the floor beside the bed, dropping the jacket on top. She pulled the covers back and kicked her shoes off, almost as a second thought, before she climbed in under the covers.

"What're you doing?" Zoe asked from the table.

"Square dancing" Allie replied sarcastically. She smiled to herself, imaging the way her friend no doubt rolled her eyes as she burrowed further down into the covers and drifted off to sleep, hopefully a good dream or none.

Allie opened her eyes to the ever-familiar hallway and frowned when she realised something. That presence she always felt behind her at the beginning, it was there but it was different. She frowned slightly, pausing a moment and trying to figure it out. Different but still… Familiar.

"Cas?" She muttered to herself, turning. She was surprised to find she was right. Castiel stood several feet from her, head tilted slightly as he watched her curiously. Almost the only way she had ever seen him look at her, like she was something so confusing and complex he had to try quite hard to understand her every reaction.

"You knew it was me" He said evenly and Allie was honestly unsure if it was a question or a comment. She paused a moment, trying to figure out what to say. Castiel said nothing more, leaving the two in silence for a minute or so.

"No Uriel?" Allie asked quietly. He shook his head, as if realising what he was going to say, as if realising time was moving at all.

"I told you I would convince them, and I did. My superiors have agreed to work from a different approach. They're… unsettled at not knowing anything. Especially if what they don't know about is as involved as you are" He explained. Allie blinked.

"Involved? How am I involved?"

"Your relationship with Sam and Dean Winchester, they seem to have the need to watch you and your friend as closely as them, seeing as how you seem to be getting close to them. They also believe that, working with us, you would a valuable asset" Asset? Allie didn't speak for another minute, trying to process what was being said.

"So this different approach" She began, remembering further back in the conversation. "That is?"

"It's become obvious you were unaware of not being human, meaning we're going to have to figure it out ourselves" He shifted at this point, as if uncomfortable by what he was saying. "My superiors believe you have a certain amount of trust in me, that it'd be best to set me this task" He watched her closely for a moment as if trying to gauge her reaction. Allie nodded slowly

"Okay" She glanced around then, suddenly realising their surroundings had changed recently. Castiel seemed to be doing the same.

"Where is this?" He asked suddenly, making Allie realise that this was actually somewhere, she'd been here before. They stood on a large grassy area, overlooking the sand and beach below with a small rocky outcrop off to the side. At the sight of the place Allie smiled, momentarily forgetting the worrying and confusing facts she had just been told.

"It's a beach I went to when I was younger, back in Australia" She recalled. "We stayed in a caravan park nearby, basically a miniature theme park nearby, this giant maze and ropes course. We came down to the beach before we left the last day, I'd only been to this part of the beach once but I loved it" She gestured to the red rocks off to the side, under the water and stretching above.

"That's why. I spent most the time on the rocks, checking out the shells and climbing, or at least trying to" She laughed to herself at the memory. It had been a good day. She glanced at the angel beside her, realising that he suddenly looked surprised.

"What?" Allie asked, hoping nothing was wrong. He shook his head slightly.

"Nothing it's just, I couldn't see into your mind when I saw you. Everyone else I could see perfectly, know everything about them in one glance but you…" He trailed off, as if searching for the right words. "I couldn't see anything with you, but just now, I saw something" Allie frowned

"Saw what?"

"The maze you referred to, a large wooden maze. You got lost trying to find the yellow flag" He tilted his head, what looked like a confused frown settling onto his face. "You climbed over the wall, you cheated" He accused lightly. Allie's eyes widened at that comment. If he couldn't see any of her memories then how did he see that? "The swing at the caravan park" He continued. "You spent hours on, that chess board, the gift shop and your camera" He frowned slightly at the end. "But it's gone now"

"Gone?"

"I could see those memories, not much more and it was like your mind opened up partially, only for a moment" He just watched her again and this time Allie understood. He was confused by her, he had to try and figure her out on his own, and he was just so used to knowing everything about everyone it was confusing for him. Allie thought back to what he had said earlier. He was set the task of figuring her out, it wasn't his own curiosity or just wanting to know more about her, he was told to. It was his job to find out what she was and that made her heart sink a little for reasons she couldn't figure. What was so disappointing about it? She should have known, all he would do at this point is follow orders, that's who he was. He didn't know any other option. He didn't even consider free will yet, no curiosity of his own, so it made sense.

He wasn't ready for that yet.

"Allie, are you awake?" She heard this but her mind wouldn't register that she was being spoken to. "Allie" He said again, more urgent. "Wake up!" Her eyes flickered open to see a mildly frustrated Sam standing a few feet away.

"What?" She huffed. Shuffling into a sitting position and throwing the covers off her. Sam came and stood in front of her, looking rushed.

"We have Dracula, wolf man and now a mummy killing people, you can't tell me this wasn't in one of those episodes or whatever" He explained, watching her expectantly. She thought for a moment, clearing her still sleep fogged mind.

"Uhh… yeah. Yeah, it was" She realised nodding. She rubbed her eyes with a tired sight before continuing. "It's a shifter, I think. Someone from the bar as far as I can remember. Dean called?" Sam nodded at the last part.

"Yeah, just now. He was attacked by Dracula with some pretty weird stuff to say apparently" He summed up. "You couldn't by any chance tell us who the shifter is?" He tried, hopefully. Allie shook her head, too tired to think still.

"Not at the moment no" She paused seeing Sam's expression fall, nodding as he turned to go. "But I'll call if I remember" She added as he got to the door. He nodded again.

"Thanks" He called half-heartedly over his shoulder. The hotel room was silent now and Allie considered going but to sleep but she was just now waking up fully. Instead she got up and headed over to the desk where Zoe sat, tapping the computer keys.

"What're you doing?" Allie asked curiously. Zoe glanced up and smiled.

"Games" She answered truthfully. They both laughed for a moment before they were once again surrounded by silence. Zoe glanced up once or twice before closing the laptop awkwardly and Allie got the feeling she was going to try and talk about her dreams again.

"So, you seemed to sleep fine" Nailed it Allie glanced at her, managing to keep her frustration to herself.

"Yeah, I did" She replied, thinking back to it. She suddenly thought of something, sand, water. She had dreamed of a beach? She didn't even notice she had changed to staring blankly at the ugly carpeted floor until Zoe interrupted her thoughts.

"You woke up too" She continued, making everything that happened last time stick in her mind. Allie was startled to think she might have remembered something else. Bad wallpaper, countless doors. She was suddenly startled by a sharp pain in her temple, like someone was tearing through her head from the inside out. She gasped, both hands holding her head tightly and having no idea what was happening. She dimly realised Zoe had jumped out of her seat and come to stand in front of her, shocked and unaware of what was happening. All of a sudden there was this feeling, like something being torn down in her head and then she began to wonder if that's what had actually happened.

Because she remembered.

Long hallway, millions of doors, Uriel, her memories, concrete walls and the beach. Allie's eyes widened as she realised the beach. The last dream, why she hadn't had any nightmares it was the beach, it was him. That's when she came to realise Castiel had been in her head. But he still couldn't see anything except for that one time, he could still see the beach though, the memories she was in. Did that mean angels could still see her memories if she was thinking about them? That couldn't be right, according to What Castiel had said he couldn't see anything, not even her current thoughts so why could he see that one memory?

Then Allie realised for the first time in horror. She wasn't human. That is what the angels had been telling her, what they had been confused about, then what was she? She remembered Zoe in front of her and realised she had frozen in thought, both hands still on her head as she stared at the ground below her feet. She looked up, slowly at first to see her friend standing just above where she sat. She looked scared and confused as hell and Allie realised she probably looked relatively the same. She wanted to tell her but how are you supposed to tell your best friend you weren't human?

"Are you okay?" Zoe asked, seeming to realise Allie wasn't planning to talk anytime soon. Allie looked down at her feet again, trying to find words for what she needed to tell her. She nodded slightly, words for a first sentence finally coming together in her mind.

"Don't tell the guys"

Sam ran the last few steps out of the movie theatre, realising how embarrassing mistakes like that were in his particular line of work. He was just getting out of the car at the bar when his phone rang. He glanced at it and felt himself relax somewhat seeing Allie's name flash on the screen.

"Hey" He greeted. "Hope you got something cause-"

"It's not Ed" She interrupted Sam faltered, frowning slightly.

"That's what I was just about to say" He replied, thinking that maybe she was, annoyingly, more like Dean than he thought. She muttered something under her breath and he heard her shout and a muffle before a different voice came on.

"Hey Sam" Zoe greeted nicely.

"Hi, now about Ed? If it's not him who could it be?" He heard another rustle in the speaker and Zoe spoke quietly to someone else. Allie spoke slightly louder, obviously frustrated. They muttered and bickered for another moment or so before Zoe came back on the line, her voice laced with more urgency than before.

"Sam it's Lucy, she's got Dean and I'm not entirely sure where she is but you'd better hurry" Sam froze, taking in the scene of the broken glass and the napkin covered with lipstick sitting on the counter. She was right.

"Right, thanks" Sam said hurriedly, hanging up the phone and racing back to the car. Now he just needed to find where they were.

Zoe's POV

Zoe sat on the edge of her bed, trying to think, trying to take in what she had just been told. How are you meant to process in your mind that your best friend, practically your sister since grade five, wasn't human? Allie didn't even seem to process it properly herself. Zoe could barely think, but one thing was for sure.

"We can't tell the guys" Zoe repeated, thinking back to Allie's first statement, she agreed completely. They hadn't even known them that long, they might try to kill her without even thinking to find out what she was. Then again, the angels didn't know what she was, they might not know how to kill her. And on top of that what if they decide she'd known she wasn't human this whole time? What if they think it was all some elaborate trick to get close to them? What if they think Zoe was in on it, human or not? Zoe could feel her head spinning as she quickly became dizzy with all the thoughts running through her head.

Zoe glanced over to see Allie in a similar position, sitting on the edge of her bed, hunched over with her elbows on her knees and her face in her hands, covering her mouth and nose as she stared blankly at the wall. Zoe suddenly realised something, sure it was hard realising your best friend wasn't human but what about realising you weren't human? She quickly pushed away the more confusing and concerning thoughts and tried to focus on something else, how to talk to her friend. She wouldn't go into shock or anything would she? Zoe sure hoped she wouldn't, how could she explain that one to the boys?

It's okay, she's just freaked out cuz she realised she's not human. In fact she might just be a monster, why not just kill her now. Zoe sighed, realising the dark turn her thoughts had now taken. Allie glanced up at her and Zoe was suddenly afraid she could read her thoughts, oh god how she wished she couldn't read her thoughts, she'd have seen the horrible things she was thinking right now. Allie? A monster? That just didn't sound right, but it seemed like the only truth left. Allie's eyes bored into hers as she asked the silent question 'What do we do now?' Zoe tried to think but her mind just wasn't having it, too much thinking or too many thoughts at once she wasn't sure, but she did know she couldn't add anything to that pile. She had to figure out what to say, help her friend. Allie should no-doubt be having a worse time with this than she was.

"Cas said he had to figure out what you were right?" She found herself saying, although she didn't miss the flinch when she had said the word what. It's not like she was used to being called a thing. Allie looked away, back at the wall like it was the most interesting thing in the world. Or maybe like it was offering her comfort, better than Zoe was managing now. Allie nodded slightly, waiting for her to go on. Zoe took a deep breath and continued.

"So if he's working to figure out, and we work to figure out, we should find out soon enough right?" She tried, feeling as if her words were just making things worse. Allie dropped her hands from her face and sighed, turning to look at her again. She smiled, but it looked incredibly forced, like she was trying to prove she was fine while being far from it.

"Yeah" Allie agreed. "Yeah, we'll find out" She seemed to be trying to shake herself awake suddenly. "In the meantime" She continued, voice slightly brighter. "We have to act completely normal or the boys will find out on their own. They are monster hunters anyway" She said the last part quieter, like she was talking to herself, like she thought they were going to kill her. But, worst of all,

Like she thought she deserved it.


Yaasssss! You like? I like. Anyway, once again tell me what you like and what you don't, i love to hear from readers because i'm starting to think i just click on my story too much and no one else is reading. :'(

-Alix