Supernatural isn't mine, only spelling errors....and short chapters.

Chapter 11. Witchy Ruby

Try as they might, they soon lost Sam's trail.

Or, at least Dean hoped it was Sam. The prints were certainly bigger than the average wolf's, like Sam, but it could've just as easily been some other unusually large wolf. At any rate, the tracks had vanished, so he would never find out.

He looked at his watch. 5:30. "Almost done there, Bobby?"

Bobby stood up, brushing his hands together. "Yeah. That ought to do it." The two of them looked down at the large cage, set up and baited. "Now Sam just needs to go for it."

"Yeah.…" He still hated the idea of caging his brother, but it was better than getting shot.

Bobby clapped him on the shoulder in support. "Come on. Help me cover this thing up."

Together, they gathered leafy branches and grasses and camouflaged the cage, disguising its true intent, but making sure that it would still close once something, hopefully Sam, went inside.

"Hey Bobby?" Dean asked as they worked.

"Yeah?"

"I was thinking..."

"About?"

"I mean, I don't know…but it could be our only option…."

Bobby straightened up. "Just get to the point, Dean."

Dean thought he'd never say it, he didn't want to say it, but he didn't know if they could do anything else. "Ruby."

"Uh? That demon Sam trusts? What about her?"

Dean licked his lips. "Well, she once said that she was a witch, at least when he she was human. Maybe she can reverse the spell."

Bobby gave a minute shake of his head. "I don't know, Dean. I don't like her…"

"And you think I do?" Dean said, sounding angrier than he'd meant to. He took a deep breath. "Look, she's helped us before, and I know she'll do anything for Sam." He tried to repress a shudder. Anything. "It's worth a try."

Bobby tugged at his short beard in thought. "Maybe. But if she doesn't help, I'm shooting her."

Dean grinned at that. "Go right ahead."

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His paws pounded the forest floor. Run, run! Pepper was gone, he was alone, and most of all, he was confused. He felt conflicted. He had since he'd first stepped foot into the forest. But why?

He ran on. No matter. Nothing mattered. He had lost everything he had come to know and care for. There was nothing left to lose.

Except his life.

I know a lot of people don't like Ruby, especially after the season finale, but I already had plans to bring her in when I started writing this story in November. Sorry, but she's a key character.