Sam is 7. Jo is 5. Anna is 3.

Michael laughed as he watched Anna try to do Sam's hair in the back of the car. She was having trouble though since Sam's hair was only long enough to make little tiny ponytails. Sam was starting to look like a mad scientist with his hair caught up in little ponytails all over his head. Michael winced in sympathy as Anna gave a particularly hard pull on Sam's hair, but Sam just smiled. In the year since Anna had come to live with them, Sam had been the perfect older brother. He would play with Anna whenever she asked even though Michael knew Sam thought tea parties were too girly for a seven year old boy.

It had taken the small family a while to adjust to having a little girl around, but eventually their lives normalized. Anna had pretty much immediately warmed up to Sam, but it took her longer to accept Michael. Anna had had nightmares the first few months she was with the family but Sam had always let her crawl into bed with him and held her until she fell asleep again. She was clingy in the beginning, but Sam never complained. Whenever Michael took the two to the park, Sammy would always proudly tell the other boys that 'yes he would rather play make believe with his sister than soccer with them.'

Michael was glad that Sam had taken to Anna so well. He was a big help with her since, as it turned out, raising a completely human little girl was a lot different from raising a half angel little boy. Anna had eventually warmed up to Michael about a four months after he had adopted her, one month after the nightmares had started to die down. The first time she had called him Daddy was about seven months after she had come to live with them and Michael had almost cried. Anna may not have been his biological daughter, but she had been his little sister as an angel, and as a human she needed a father; Michael was more than happy to fill the role.

Michael had taken a hiatus from hunting after finding Anna so she could settle in. He had called Bobby and Ellen to explain what happened and settled in a small town in New York. Initially, Bobby hadn't been to happy about the idea of Michael bringing another child into the hunting life, but he'd warmed up to the idea once Michael had explained. Obviously Michael had neglected to tell Bobby that she was a fallen angel, but he did tell him that demons were looking for Anna. Being with Michael was the safest place for her, besides Michael had already decided that he wouldn't force Anna to hunt if she didn't want to. Ellen had reacted pretty much the same way as Bobby had, and had made Michael promise to bring Anna to visit when she had settled.

Michael had taken her up on her offer after they left the town in New York; they had remained in New York for nine months. It wasn't as long a he would have liked, but even nine months was pushing it. Michael knew that the addition of Anna to his little family would be noted by everyone. The hunting community would be easiest to appease. To them Anna was just a girl he had saved on a hunt who had nowhere else to go. After a few years passed, Michael was sure that most people would forget that she was even adopted.

The wild cards were the demons. One of the demons who had killed Anna's parents had escaped, and everything depended on what he had observed and who he had worked for. Michael was of the opinion to always assume the worst possible scenario, so Michael was acting under the assumption that yellow-eyes knew what had happened. He just hoped yellow-eyes would keep that information to himself. So far Michael had found that most of yellow-eyes' people knew very little about the big picture of his plans, or if they did, they weren't talking. The one good thing was that Michael was sure he had never met the demon that had escaped, so there was little to no chance of the demons figuring out that the angel who saved Anna was actually the hunter known as Michael Dangé.

When the Dangé family finally got to the Roadhouse, Sam was excited for Jo to meet his new sister. Though Sammy was a great brother, he was worried that he couldn't teach Anna the 'girl code'. Apparently he had heard some girls in his class talking about it and he was scared that Anna didn't have any one to teach it to her. He was hoping that Jo could help him out with this serious lack of knowledge. Michael couldn't help thinking that he might actually have to ask the same thing of Ellen when Anna was older. He'd been the parent of a little girl for nine months, and already people were wishing him good luck for when she started dating.

Michael was surprised to see that not only were Ellen and Bill waiting for him, but Bobby as well. After the typical hugs and greeting during which Anna very shyly met the new adults and won Ellen's heart, Michael sent the three children off to play while the adults talked. He turned to Bobby as Sam and Jo's excited chatter entered the backyard.

"Michael, its good to see you."

"You too, Bobby. What are you doing here?"

"Well, I wanted to meet that daughter of yours, and I knew you'd take a while to get up to my place. Besides it's been a while since I saw Ellen and Bill, here." Bobby sent a grin to the Harvelle's as he spoke.

"So," Ellen started, "How are you Michael? Has having two kids run you to the ground yet?" Michael gave her a wry smile.

"It's been different that's for sure, but Sam's been a huge help. He's the only one that can get her to sleep on some nights."

"Well that's good," Ellen said in all her motherly wisdom, "If you're determined to raise her in the hunting life, she's gonna need a brother to rely on. And, you know, I think it'll do that boy of yours some good. Kids need other kids you know." Michael gave a small smile at that.

"Yes, I know. Sam loves being a brother. And yes, I am determined to keep her; she's safer with me. Those demons were after her, and if I had let her go into the system they would have eventually found her. I can keep her hidden. Besides that little girl needs love, and that's what I'm going to give her. As far as I'm concerned she's mine just as much as Sammy is." Michael didn't really mean to come off so defensive, and maybe he had gotten a little soft in his years playing human, but Michael meant every word he said.

"Okay, Michael. We understand," Bobby placated, "but how are you so sure that she's the little girl those demons were after? They killed lots a kids before you caught them. What makes Anna so special?" Luckily, Michael had known he might have to explain, so he already had a believable story planned.

"Bobby, when I got there the parents were already dead, and those demons were trying to leave with her. Anna was the only kid they tried to kidnap instead of kill. I have no idea what makes Anna so special that they wanted to kidnap her, but there is no question that they are after her." Ellen jumped in as soon as Michael ended.

"Well, don't you doubt that we'll do everything we can to keep them from getting her. No matter why the demons want her, that little girl is family now, and we protect our own." Michael nodded in thanks. It amazed him how the human friends he had made on earth felt more like family to him than some of his actual brothers.

Meanwhile in the backyard, the three children were playing. Currently Sam was holding a small stick while Jo ran next to him with a slightly longer one. Anna was waving at them from behind a bush, calling out directions that would have made no sense to someone not playing their imaginary game. To any one who was allowed entry to their world, Jo was playing the valiant knight, while Sam was a powerful sorcerer. They were fighting a fierce dragon to free the princess, Anna. Suddenly Jo jumped forward and stabbed the bush next to Anna.

"Die!" She turned to Anna and bowed, "I've rescued you!" Anna laughed and told Jo that Sammy had helped. Suddenly Sammy slipped out of nowhere and started to tickle Jo. After a few minutes of trying to tickle Sammy back, during which Anna joined the fray to help her older brother, Jo gave up.

"Okay! Okay! I give up! Sam the really powerful wizard helped to!" Sammy gave an authoritative nod while smiling at his little sister. Once the children caught their breath, Anna started to drop off to sleep on the padded porch seat. Over the past few months, Sammy had discovered that he had quite the talent for tiring out his little sister. Once she was completely out, Sammy and Jo sat next to each other on the swing bench.

"I like your new sister, Sammy. I'm glad your dad found her." Sammy nodded in agreement.

"Me too. Daddy says it's my job to protect her cause I'm the older brother. When I grow up, I'm gonna be a hunter and protect Anna from demons."

"Me too. We're gonna be great hunters someday, Sammy."

"Yeah, I'm gonna be just as good as my dad." Jo gave him a sly look.

"You know Sammy some hunters hunt in teams. We could be a team. You, me, and Dean." Sam gave her a funny look.

"Who's Dean?"

"He's awesome! His mom and dad are hunters, and they come here sometimes. His mom and mamma are really good friends. He's really old, like eleven, and his daddy started teaching him how to hunt this year!" She lowered her voice to a whisper, "He said he'd teach me some when Mamma wasn't looking." Sammy made a little humph.

"He sounds really cool."

"Don't worry, Sammy, you're still my favorite. You'd like Dean, don't worry." Sammy trusted Jo, so he nodded.

"Maybe I'll meet him sometimes. I'll have to if we're gonna be a team someday." Jo laughed and gave Sam a little shove.

"Yeah, We're gonna be the best."

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