Chapter 5: The Escape

The coronation was going to be on Christmas Eve on Earth. It was in less then a week and all of the leaders were going insane trying to prepare. All of these people kept telling me how happy they were and asking me how I felt and if I was happy. I didn't lie. I told them I didn't want it and as far as I was concerned they could take my powers and do whatever they wanted with them as long as I got to go home.

They had found someone to give my powers to. But I didn't accept it. I mean it had been a baby, someone child. Their name was Elizabeth. But I couldn't let someone's child be taken away from them, or have that poor little girl be subjected to this life when she hadn't even had a chance to learn what life was.

I had rewritten the spell, since the coronation was moved up I had to think of anyway possible to open the portal before it was time to. With the words I had chosen I think it would work. I mean apparently I was the most powerful being here, if that was the case then I could do whatever the hell I wanted.

There were still a lot of hushed whispers about something that I still hadn't gotten all the news about. But apparently something evil was trying to break into this world and was getting close. Hey, maybe if they got in I could use there way in to get out.

I was desperate. I was sad. I missed home, and I wanted my family and my life back.

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(Gabi's POV)

Even more time had past and it was almost Christmas time. Dean and John were supposed to come back but they were on the verge of finding something they had been looking for and didn't want to stop when they were this close.

I had gotten the job with Chanel and I was working my ass off. The good thing was it became a permanent thing so I was able to get out of school. Sam only had three more months and then we would be set. Thankfully my paycheck alone could pay all of our bills plus. So now Sam didn't have to work anymore and could just focus on finishing school.

Life was alright. It was busy, but it was okay.

I was excited about Christmas though. Not for me, but for Ellie. Sam and I both were. The kid wasn't even old enough to remember it and we had already gotten her more stuff then she would ever need and would probably grow out of in two months. But we were excited for her.

Three days before Christmas I was sitting in the living room sketching when Sam walked in with some random guy and they were carrying a Christmas tree. He looked at me with this huge goofy grin. I laughed at him and stood up.

"And just what are you doing?" I asked him still laughing.

"Hey, I thought why not give it a shot. I mean last year Christmas was bad, if I remember correctly Dean sat around drinking all day and we had to take care of him. This year is different. So why not make it right?" He said.

The found a place to put it and we set it all up. Then Ellie started to cry.

"I'll get her!" Sam exclaimed. Sometimes I had to fight to actually take care of my own daughter. Within seconds he was back in the living room with her in his arms. I smiled and walked over to them.

"Hey there pretty girl." I whispered before kissing her forehead. She giggled a little and reached for me. I looked up and stuck my tongue out at Sam. "Ha-ha she really does like me better." I teased.

He laughed and handed her to me. We both played with her for a while before she had to go back to bed. Taking care of her wasn't as hard as either of us thought it would be. She didn't cry very often and wasn't clingy. She was perfect… ok so no one was perfect. But I couldn't help but think that she was the closest thing to it.

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(Sam's POV)

Late that night I couldn't go to sleep. Gabi didn't have that problem. She was crashed out next to me. As I looked at her I thought about everything we have been through and how we got to where we are now. Even though we weren't hunting life never slowed down with her. She was always bright and always energetic, no matter what. She kept life interesting and I loved her for it. I loved her for everything she was.

For a while we had both been scared that with Ellie everything would change, but really it hadn't. Our lives might have been busier, but our feelings hadn't changed at all. We were still more in love then ever.

I couldn't help but smile as I looked at her. But that wasn't helping me get sleep and I had my final midterm tomorrow. So I got up and went in to check on Ellie.

She looked exactly like Gabi when she was sleeping. I smiled as I put my hand in her crib and gently grabbed hers. Her small fingers found there way around one of mine and she absent mindedly held on. I laughed a little.

"And your mom thinks you like her better." I joked quietly. Then, suddenly bad memories started clouding my mind.

They were the ones that Dean and Dad had told me about the night my mom had died. Sure I was to young to remember, but I had seen it happen to Jess and now I found myself constantly looking up on the ceiling to make sure Gabi wasn't there.

I guess you could call it paranoia. I knew the demon was dead and I knew it wasn't coming after us anymore. But I couldn't help it. Remembering what happened to Jess and the things that Dean and dad told me made me angry and upset. I never wanted anything like that to happen again and it scared me… because I knew what was out there.

"Things are going to be different for you." I whispered as I looked at Ellie. "You won't have to know about demons, or spirits or anything like that. If anything it is my goal to make sure you get to grow up right."

I knew she couldn't hear me, hell she couldn't even understand me. But I wanted to tell her.

"Your going to go to school and finish it, and then college and then someday, and that day is far, far away, you are going to have your own life and you will be fine. You won't ever have to worry about the things I had to. Or see the things that your uncle and grandpa and mom and I saw. I will make sure of it. You are going to be okay, always."

"Sam?" I heard Gabi say from behind me. She came up behind me and wrapped her arms around me. "That was really sweet, but you know she can't hear you." I laughed a little.

"Yeah I know, but I just had to say it out loud." I said as I turned to face her. She smiled and tip toed up to kiss me.

"You are right though, she will be okay. And she won't ever have to see any of that." She told me.

I pulled her into my arms and held her.

"So after all this we are still doing pretty good at being normal." I told her. She smirked.

"Normal? Us? Are you crazy? Please, no matter how hard we try we will never be normal. Plus, normal is boring. We however are extraordinary." She joked.

"Oh we are now?" I teased. She nodded.

"Yep, I mean think about it, first we both got into really good schools right out of high school. Then we fought evil for a long time and kicked its ass. And now, we have a beautiful daughter, a nice place to live, and are about to get our dream jobs. They might as well call us perfection." She replied.

"Yeah, we are pretty good aren't we?" I asked. She nodded.

"Now if I remember correctly, you have a midterm tomorrow and I have one more day of work before Christmas vacation. Plus I want to do more shopping so I think we need to get to sleep." She told me.

I agreed and we went back to bed. This time we didn't have any trouble falling asleep.

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(Annie's POV)

It was here. And I quickly learned what it was.

This thing took your mind and found out what you were most afraid of and in your head made it true. They called him Memorian. Everything else stayed the same, but that one misguided remembrance could haunt you forever.

I didn't know how it got in, but I had to get out before it found me.

Unfortunately this was the same day as the coronation. I was already in my dress which weighed a million pounds and was running around like a mad woman with spells clutched in my hand.

I had found the gate some weeks ago and now I was trying to get to it without being seen. All of the guards were off trying to get rid of this thing… apparently it had a human form. There were sounds of crashing glass and screams all around me. Part of me wanted to help these people, the other half didn't care if this evil son of a bitch corrupted all of them as long as I got out. Then I saw it.

The gate was no more then one hundred feet away from me and there was no one around. I picked up my speed but right then, Memorian found me.

With out warning he grabbed me from behind and threw me to the ground.

"Just let me go, I won't try and stop you if you just let me go…" I pleaded.

"You can go… when I'm finished…" He replied. With out any time to escape he held his hands to my head.

That's when it all happened. I could feel the vibes going into my head.

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My worst fear was that Dean had forgotten me and that he wouldn't love me. And now, I believed it was true. I had been gone to long, he must have moved on… I can almost assure he was angry with me. And even though I wanted him to love me, I couldn't always count on it. But I was wrong, I didn't just want him to love me, I needed it. I needed him. I needed his smile, his kiss, his touch. Everything. I loved him… But Dean Winchester didn't love me anymore.

After Memorian was done he got up laughing.

"Now you can leave…" He said.

Even if Dean didn't love me I still wanted to go home. I wanted to see Gabi and Sam and be me again. I wanted my life back, or as much of it that I could have.

I got up and ran to the gate.

"Vel sententia vicis est mane permissum is prodigium exsisto publicus nisi quis eram nunquam vilis ut exsisto huic universitas."

The wind picked up and the gates slowly opened. It had worked! So I stepping into the light and prepared myself for going home.