Disclaimer: I don't own Supernatural, just borrowing for fun.
"Mommy, look at me!" A little girl yelled excitedly, as her father pushed her higher on the swings in the local park. She was approximately seven years old, with long, raven-black hair, startling cobalt blue eyes, and dimples in her cheeks. Her father was a tall man, who was only about twenty-seven or twenty-eight; his daughter had obviously inherited her physical traits from him.
The girl's mother, a young woman who appeared to be the same age as her husband, was helping her seven-year-old son climb across the monkey bars. The little boy had also inherited his father's black hair and dimples, but instead received his mother's beautiful, deep green eyes.
"Good job, Jade!" The mother praised, offering a smile. She helped her son get down from the monkey bars, and he scurried over to his sister. Jade hopped off the swing and ran toward a large slide.
"C'mon, Dean!" she encouraged, motioning for her twin brother to follow. She started to climb up the ladder of the slide, and Dean was immediately behind her, making sure she didn't fall. The proud parents watched their children, smiling.
"They're so cute, aren't they, Oliver?" The young woman asked. The man nodded, grinning, and placed his arm lovingly around her shoulder…
I jolted awake suddenly, and found myself lying on the couch, buried in the homework that I was trying to catch up on. It was the middle of the afternoon on a Friday. Dad had let me stay home this week, since Kylie's funeral had just been a few days ago, and I still needed time to recover from her loss. To tell you the truth, I wasn't looking forward to going back to school. I glanced over to see Dad sitting in a chair, watching some crappy daytime television show.
"Why didn't you wake me up?" I complained. "I have so much work…" I groaned, attempting to push books and binders off me.
"'Cause, I'm an awesome father," he replied. "Do want something to eat?"
"No," I answered, half-yawning. "Not hungry."
"You're still having nightmares, aren't you?" I shrugged.
"Sort of," I don't think you could count the latest dream as a nightmare, although seeing myself married to Oliver with our kids was kind of weird. I climbed off the couch and started for the door, grabbing my jean jacket and car keys. "I'm going over to Missouri's." I informed him, "Be back in a little while."It was nice to finally be able to drive myself places in my own car, instead of bugging Dad or Sam to cart me everywhere. When I parked in the driveway, Missouri was waiting for me at the door.
"Oh, Alyx, how good to see you!" she greeted warmly, as I followed her inside. Her tone of voice changed drastically, however, when she read my thoughts. "I'm so sorry about your friend, honey. She was a sweet girl, too." Missouri hadn't been able to make it to Kylie's funeral, because she was out of town visiting relatives.
We took a seat on the couch, and I was reluctantly debating with myself. I had come here for a specific reason—to find out details about Oliver. However, I wasn't so sure if I wanted to know the truth about him. I had this bad feeling…
"You've come here for answers about a certain boy," the psychic stated. "And I'm going to give them to you, but I can't guarantee that you're going to like all of what I say." That bad feeling in the pit of my stomach instantly got worse.
"Okay."
"As a psychic, I know the two of you are 'meant to be' as they say. Even you know it, from that dream you had about you and Oliver in the future with your children. I understand that may be hard to believe, especially after seeing that other vision of Oliver holding you captive." She paused, letting this sink in. Oliver and I together? Married with kids? Yeah, I had a crush on him—maybe a little more than a crush, to be completely honest—but spending the rest of my life with him seemed a little…far-fetched. "But, getting to that point won't be that simple."
I shifted my position on the couch and motioned for Missouri to continue. She said it was best to start at the beginning. "Oliver's mother, Lily, and I have been friends for a very long time. I knew her since she was about ten years old. Her parents were hunters, so, naturally, she became one as well. Your mother, Jo, was friends with her also." The mention of my mom made me pay attention even more. "About seventeen years ago, Lily met this man, and they hit it off immediately; they fell madly in love with each other. I remember Lily being so happy—she'd go on and on about how sweet and romantic he was. They ended up having a child together, but didn't get married."
So, Oliver was a 'love child'…
"Oliver was only a year old when Lily found out that the supposed 'love of her life' wasn't the man she thought he was. He had been a complete lie all along. He had a secret double life. He was a demon, who had somehow acquired the power to walk around as a mortal, with no need of possession at all. He looked, sounded, and acted like a regular human, but he had extraordinary, demonic abilities." I gawked at her, shocked.
"He used her to breed a demonic child?" I asked, my eyes growing wide. Missouri nodded sadly.
"Lily took Oliver and left him immediately. They've been running from him ever since, but they can't escape him for long…he's got demons everywhere tracking them down. His plan is to get Oliver to join him, eventually," she explained. "Now, Oliver is a different type of demon. He was born an ordinary mortal, but he started developing demonic abilities at age thirteen. These powers are going to get stronger as he gets older. His behavior is also changing; he can become violent and angry at any given time. He's a threat, Alyx. He can harm you, even when he doesn't want to. He won't have control over his own body or actions as this progresses, because his father is the one with the control over him now."
Wait…the guy I'm going to end up marrying is a demon? No way in hell (no pun intended) was that going to happen! No wonder he beats me up—he's evil! And Dad and Sam knew this; that's why they were acting all weird around him…
It was all starting to make sense.
But …why/how did I see myself married to him? I mean, seriously, think about it. The inevitable 'Sweetie, Daddy is part demon and so are you' conversation with the kids…they'd be…
Well, rather confused. Not to mention a little freaked out. Considering, I'm a hunter, and I have my own special abilities.
Missouri continued again. "Oliver didn't want you to get hurt, Alyx, even though he had the same premonition of the future as you did. He knows you two are supposed to end up together, but he doesn't want to take that chance. I've tried to convince him otherwise, but—"
"Convince him otherwise? Missouri, I can't marry a demon! It's bad enough I still have a crush on the guy! Dad and Sam, they'll disown me!" I yelled, standing up.
"I you feel that way already, you're not going to like the next detail I tell you," she warned. "You may want to sit down, Alyx." Slowly, I sunk back down onto the couch.
This didn't sound good.
"What is it?" I questioned, afraid.
"Alyxandria," she sighed, "Oliver's father is the yellow-eyed demon."
What? No. No, no, no…no! There was no possible way. None. At all. I had to get my hearing checked, because I couldn't have heard her correctly. Finding out about Oliver being a demon, that much I could barely handle. But this? This was insane. Oliver couldn't be the offspring of something so diabolical. The thought of marrying him was enough to make me pass out. Dad and Sam would kill me for sure. This premonition of mine was definitely not going to come true. Not if I could help it.
"How was he walking around like a normal human when I saw him the other night, and he was just this…black, shadowy figure?"
"This demon is evolving; growing even stronger," Missouri explained. "He's gained Shapeshifter-like abilities. He can become any creature he wants to now."
"His father killed my grandparents, my mother, Kylie! I can't…I won't marry him!"
"Yes, but Oliver didn't do those things, Alyx. Lily raised him to be hunter. I know that doesn't make much a difference to you, but he's as much a victim of his father as Kylie or your mother. You and Oliver met for a reason, and your job is to save him."
"Me? Save him? From what?"
"From becoming like his father."
"But I thought you said he was being controlled by his father, the yellow-eyed demon. How can I help him if this whole thing has already started?"
"You have to stick by him. Help him fight it the best he can. The only way to completely save him is to destroy his father."
"This is…this is crazy, Missouri. I don't know. Helping him is one thing, marrying him is another."
"Well, we will have to cross that bridge when we get to it, now won't we?" she suggested. "I'm sure, once you get to spend a little more time together, you two will become inseparable."
Yeah right. When pigs fly. I don't know what the woman was thinking. Me, a Winchester, help the yellow-eyed demon's son? I think not.
"This isn't right." I protested. Missouri sighed.
"Alyxandria, give that boy a chance. Deep down, he is a good person. If I can see that, you can. He didn't ask to become like this. It wasn't his fault the yellow-eyed demon used his mother," she told me. "Talk to him, Alyx. Please. He needs your help."
"All right," I replied. "But I'm not guaranteeing anything."
This so-called 'job' of mine was nuts. I couldn't help a demon; I'm a hunter…we hunt things like him, not fall in love with them. The last thing I wanted to do was spend time with the guy after learning about who he really was. However, this little crush I had on him wasn't going away as quickly as I thought it would…
"Oh, and one last thing, before you go, Alyx," Missouri said. "I advise you to not let your father and Sam know about this."
Keeping this from them…that wasn't going to be so easy.
Life just got a whole lot more complicated.
