I'm back! =D

Okay, I'm really sorry it's been so long but there were a lot of things going on. My dad was in the hospital (he's fine now), I got really sick (I'm fine now too), my birthday, finals and life in general. But I'm going to try and get back to a more regular updating schedule now that summer is mostly here. Glad to be back, I missed this.

IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ THIS FIRST!

This is a direct continuation of the last one-shot, so there are some spoilers for Supernatural and very tiny (barely at all) spoilers of Age of Ultron. If you're past season 5 then you'll be good, it's not super big but I just wanted to tell you in case you weren't there yet. I don't think it would ruin anything but it might give away someone's identity before you're ready.

Okay, got that out of the way. There will be another note at the end just to explain somethings. Please let me know what you think, I tried really hard to keep everyone in character. I made it SUPER long to make up for no updates for such a long time. Hope you all like it! =D

The next day I woke up and for second I freaked out, this was not my Asgardian bedroom. And I was not in my way too big bed with the green and gold blanket. But then I remembered the previous day's events, I was back on earth.

I was with Sam, Dean and Cas. Two hunter and an honest to goodness angel, they were a little intimidating but I liked them. There was something about them, the understanding when I told them about Peter and Steve. They knew what loss was like, and didn't pity me like many others had.

I smiled and got ready to go out of the room they'd provided me with. I hadn't felt this light for such a long time, feeling needed was something I needed.

After doing my best to straighten the room, I headed out to the main area in search of the two brothers and the angel.

Finally finding the kitchen, I spotted Sam reading a book at the table and Dean starting the coffee maker.

"Mornin sunshine, hungry?"

I smiled at Dean, and started rifling through the fridge, looking for breakfast making materials. To my surprise it was full of usable things, this would work perfect.

"Actually I was gonna ask you the same thing. I make a pretty mean breakfast, I thought I'd show my appreciation for letting my stay the night."

Sam and Dean exchanged a glance and then smiled.

"Go for it Anna, it's been a while since we've had something other than the grease bombs Dean brings back."

Glaring at his brother, Dean rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, well it's better than all the rabbit food you try and force on me."

I grinned, ah I was back in my element. Breaking up petty arguments was something I thrived on.

"Boys, boys, that's enough! I think you'll both be fine. By the way where is Cas?"

I felt a whoosh of air behind me and the faint sound of wings.

"I am right here."

I jumped and almost dropped the bowl I had started to crack eggs into. Whirling around, I nearly bumped into the trench coated angel. He moved forward and put a hand on my shoulder to steady me, his large ebony wings curled around me protectively.

"Ah!"

Recovering from my fright, I frowned at him.

"Cas you startled me, don't do that."

Both Sam and Dean were doing a very bad job of holding back their laughs. Cas took a step back and his wings almost seemed to droop at my admonishment. Had I hurt his feelings? Maybe for all his outward stoniness Castiel wore his emotions on his wings.

"Ya know Sam, that is pretty funny when it's not happening to you."

I looked over at Dean and narrowed my eyes at him.

"Yeah keep talking, I will have no problem eating all of this bacon. And don't think I don't see you snickering over there Sam."

Cas frowned at me, while Dean looked affronted that I would ever do something so cruel as to keep him from bacon.

"I am sorry if I caused you distress Anna, my deepest apologies."

I turned away from the brothers, and smiled at him.

"It's alright Cas, no big deal. You weren't trying to scare me."

He brightened and the black feathers once again reached out to me, forming a sort of wall between me and the amused brothers.

On my tiptoes to see over the feathery barrier, I glared at Sam, who was still holding back a laugh.

"Thank you Cas, at least one of you has manners."

Sam rolled his eyes.

"Oh of course you'd say that, you've never seen him in a bad mood."

I scoffed, and smiled at Cas.

"Whatever Sam, Cas is better at being nice. You guys are jerks."

Then they both started laughing in earnest.

Ignoring them, I went back to making breakfast. As I pored the eggs into a skillet, I looked back at Cas.

I was still in a state of shock at how beautiful his wings were, I mean he was an angel but dang! Every different shade of black and dark grey was present, all blending together make it look like the color was shifting somehow. The white at the tips seemed to shine, it was almost breathtaking. I wonder if all angels' wings looked like this, or if they all looked different. They seemed too unique to be standard.

I turned around to face him, letting the eggs cook.

"Why do you do that?"

He furrowed his brows.

"Do what?"

I glanced at the midnight wings that were still loosely wrapped around me, mostly blocking Sam and Dean from my view. Although they could still see me, because they couldn't see Cas's wings.

"That, with your wings."

He quickly looked down and with an audible whoosh the wings were back behind him, away from me. I snorted as a burst of wind hit Dean in the face and Sam's book flipped to a different page. They both looked startled and then were grabbing for weapons. I rolled my eyes.

"Hey calm down it was just Cas."

Sam looked at me funny.

"Oh yeah that's right, you can see angel wings."

Then he frowned at Cas.

"Cut it out man, it's too early for this crap."

Sighing, Sam went back to his book. Dean just rolled his eyes and resumed fixing his coffee.

I looked up at Cas with a smile.

"What was that about?"

He looked uncomfortable but answered me anyways.

"I momentarily forgot you could see them, I apologize if I bothered you."

I laughed and pulled the now finished eggs off of the stove.

"You weren't bothering me, I was just curious why you were doing that. It's kinda sweet actually, it's like you were protecting me. Like in the alley last night, I thought those two trigger happy jerks were gonna attack me. You made me feel safe Cas, so thanks."

He looked back at me surprised, like he couldn't believe what I was saying.

"Really?"

I grinned at him, paying no mind to Sam and Dean, who were now listening to our conversation with interest.

"Really. Big bad angel, who wouldn't feel safe with you?"

It was an instant reaction, he seemed to puff up at my words. His wings quivered with what I'm assuming was pride and he grinned at me. I smirked as he sat down next to Dean, who just crossed his arms and drank his coffee. Obviously Cas never really got the appreciation he craved, so seeing happy like that was nice.

I smiled at them and went back to coking the bacon, it wasn't going to take all that long. But since I wasn't paying enough attention to what I was doing a rather large spot of hot grease popped up and got me on the arm.

"Ah, oh crap that hurts!"

All three of them jerked around to look at me jumping around in pain, clutching at my arm.

"Burn yourself?"

I glared at Sam, biting my lip to keep from yelling again.

"What do you think Sam? Of course, I just love to jump around and yell in pain!"

Cas furrowed his brow and got up.

"Let me heal it for you."

I shook my head and let go of my arm, the pain already starting to fade.

"No, it's fine, it'll be gone in a second anyways."

This got Dean's attention, he narrowed his eyes and set the coffee mug down.

"What do you mean, it'll be gone?"

I sighed and looked down at the burn mark, it had slowly started to disappear. From so much time spent in Asgard, I had absorbed residual Tesseract energy making my healing factor faster. Over time I'm sure it would slow down again, but for now it was still abnormally fast.

Sam stood up and came over and grabbed my arm, inspecting it. The burn was now totally gone. He looked at me, shocked and suspicious.

"How did you do that?"

I looked up at all of them, I had hoped this conversation could wait.

"It's a really long story guys, let me finish breakfast first then I'll tell you whatever you want to know."

Somewhat appeased, Sam nodded and sat back down while Dean warily went back to the table as well. But Cas stayed next to me, looking at me like I was a puzzle he couldn't solve.

As I very carefully finished the bacon, I turned around to see all of them looking at me expectantly. Sighing again I set everything on the table and sat down as everyone stated to eat.

Just as Sam started to ask me something I held up a hand.

"Wait, before you get all question happy I just want to say something first."

Sam and Dean exchanged a glance and then nodded.

"Shoot Anna."

I smiled softly at them.

"I just…my story is kinda hard to believe."

They looked at me amused and Dean rolled his eyes.

"If anyone would, it'd be us. The unbelievable is our business sweetheart."

I raised a brow and frowned at him.

"I'm not your sweetheart Dean."

I wasn't ready to be anyone's sweetheart, not yet. Softening, I bit my lip and smiled.

"And you haven't heard unbelievable yet, you just think you have. Okay Sam you look like you're about to lose it, ask away."

He looked back at my now perfectly normal arm.

"How did you do that?"

I clenched my fist and frowned.

"Like I said, long story. But the short version is this: I'm cursed."

At the alarmed looks I was getting, I held up a hand.

"Whoa, calm down, figure of speech guys. Not really a curse, a blessing in disguise that feels like a cures sometimes. But not a real curse."

I looked down at my bracelet and traced a finger over the carved runes.

"This bracelet was given to me as a gift a very long time ago, I don't really remember a lot about it. But it changed my life forever..."

Sam cleared his throat, making me look up at him.

"What does it do Anna?"

Cas's wings fluttered in the edge of my vision, instantly making me feel a bit better. I wonder if it was because he was angel of if his wings had some type of mesmerizing calming property.

"Ah, it takes me where I'm needed. Whether it's a lonely little boy who needs a friend, a battle zone to nurse the dying, or to someone who just needs…needs to be loved. I jump throughout time and space, pulled where the universe decides I'm needed most."

I had successfully avoided the question of abnormally fast healing and hopefully it wouldn't come up again until it was back to normal.

There was a beat of silence and then Dean frowned.

"So you just get pulled away without notice?"

I laughed.

"Yeah, when you found me in that alley it had been over four years since my last jump. It was harder on me because of that."

Sam furrowed his brow and looked hard at the bracelet before meeting my eyes.

"So where were you before you came here?"

I faltered before realizing I said I'd answer whatever they wanted to know.

"I was living in Asgard. I did say my best friend was a Norse god didn't I? Actually it's been more than six months since I've been back on earth."

Before Sam could ask anything else, I grinned.

"Now it's my turn. What's your last name?"

Dean barked out a laugh.

"Really, that's what you want to know? Out of everything you could have asked you want to know our last name?"

I frowned at him.

"Yeah, I told you mine."

Sam smiled, even though he still looked a little shocked at what I'd told them so far.

"It's Winchester, Sam and Dean Winchester."

I smiled at him and stuck my hand out.

"Nice to meet you Sam Winchester."

He grabbed my hand and shook it, a smile teasing at his lips.

"You too Anna, now where did you get that necklace? Some of those sigils I've never even seen before."

My hand wandered up to touch it, playing with the stone filled with carved protection runes.

"My best friend Loki made it for me, he said every protection spell, sigil, and rune ever invented was on it. Nothing out there could be able to find me or get past it. We're very close and he's very protective of me."

Dean glared at nothing in particular at the mention of Loki.

"This Loki didn't happen to be short and have golden eyes did he?"

I looked at him confusedly.

"Um no, Loki is just as tall as you and he has green eyes. Why do ask that?"

He huffed and went back to shoveling bacon in his mouth.

"Nothin, forget I said anything."

Before I could ask more, Cas shot another question at me.

"Have you been in contact with your family in the time you've been in Asgard?"

I winced and looked down.

"Yes and no. I would go back for Christmas and…the anniversary but other than that not really. Things are still rocky with everyone, last time I was with my brother…it was hard. I thought distance would help, so I haven't talked to him in a while."

Sam and Dean looked at each other again, understanding in their eyes.

"But I try my best to keep in contact with my dad, he kinda disappeared and it's hard to track him down. It's been forever since I've seen him."

Another shared glance passed between the brothers.

I looked down at my lap, trying not to cry. I really missed my dad, I missed all of them. Sucking it up I looked back up a fake smile on my face.

"So, my turn again. Where are we? Like are we even still in the U.S.?"

I know they could probably see I was trying to change the subject and I was glad they didn't say anything about it.

"Kansas, that good enough for you?"

I smiled at Dean.

"Yeah, not New York but I can work with that."

I'm pretty sure Clint and Laura's farm was somewhere in the smack in the middle of America, no one really knew exactly where it was for safety reasons. It had been so long since I'd seen them, I bet the kids had grown like weeds.

"So you mentioned you had a large family, mind telling us about them?"

I snapped back to attention and looked at Sam.

"Uh, sure I guess it wouldn't hurt."

I smiled as I thought of my family, no matter how much it hurt sometimes I would always think fondly of them.

"Well you know about Tony, he was-"

I was cut off by my phone ringing, it started to blare AC/DC. Slowly I pulled it out of my pocket, I felt the blood drain from my face and I dropped the phone in shock.

Tony, speak of the devil. Why would he be calling me now? For all he knew I was still on Asgard.

Lucky for me Cas had quick reflexes and caught the phone before it hit the ground. He looked down at me and his wings fluttered around me showing his concern.

"Are you okay?"

I didn't answer him, I just kept thinking of why Tony would be calling me. How did he know I was back? Was he in trouble?

As the song continued to play, I felt eyes on me. Looking up I saw all three of them staring at me.

"Well, aren't you going to answer that?"

I looked up at Dean, not really knowing what to do.

"It's Tony…I haven't spoken with him in almost a year. Like I said, I thought distance would be good for us."

I felt a hand on my shoulder and glanced up to see Dean smiling sadly.

"Answer it. Avoiding him isn't going to make things better, I promise you."

I nodded and got up from the table.

"Alright, maybe save me something for later."

Slightly afraid of what he would say, I stepped out of the kitchen and tapped the green answer call button.

"Hey T."

We all watched as she walked out, only as soon as I was sure she couldn't see me I started to follow her.

"Dean wait."

I looked back at Sam to tell him to shove it, but stopped short when he stood up and moved to go with me. He rolled his eyes and started to go out the door.

"What, you think you're the only one curious about her? I wanna know more about her. Anna seems like a nice girl but its weird how she just seems to trust us. Maybe this will give us some insight."

I nodded and motioned to follow her, Cas reluctantly bringing up the rear.

"I don't like this Dean, Anna is harmless."

I stopped and looked at him.

"What makes you so sure? You were all for zapping her at first, what made you so protective of her all of the sudden?"

Cas looked in the direction Anna had wandered off in.

"I'm bound to protect her, since her actual guardian is not here to do it I must. And…I like her, she has known pain but still carries a pure innocent soul."

I rolled my eyes and kept going, but he was right. Anna was like a breath of fresh air, Sam and me hadn't smiled like this in a long time.

But that didn't mean I trusted her just yet.

As we all came around the corner I spotted her in the library sitting on top of one of the tables. Looking back at Sam, I put a finger to my lips and crept closer, being careful to keep out of her sight.

Keeping behind one of the bookshelves, we got close enough to hear what she was saying. Sounds like we missed out on the opening pleasantries.

"Hold on Tony, I'm gonna put you on speaker phone the sound is making a weird buzzing noise. There that's better."

I could see Sam smiling, lucky us, now we could hear both sides.

"So how did you know I was back?"

A whiney male voice that must be the one and only Tony Stark came through the air.

"Thor told me, I asked him to tell me if you jumped again. Are you okay Lisey?"

Huh, Lisey must be a family nickname. Fits her pretty well actually.

"I'm fine, it was harder on me since it's been so long but I'm okay. You know I always land on my feet."

"Yeah you seem to do that pretty well. Where are you?"

Anna sighed and as I risked a peak over the shelf she looked unsure.

"I'm in Kanas, not sure exactly where though. But it's nice, I feel safe here."

Something about the way she said that made me think it was us she felt safe with and I liked that for some reason.

Tony sounded wary though.

"Who are you with? Are they good people? Do you want me to come get you? Cause I can, Pepper misses you. She'd love to see you again."

By this time Sam and Cas were next to me, all of us watching her. She frowned and looked sad.

"Is Pepper the only one who wants to see me again?"

There was a moment of silence.

"You know that she's not."

She just sighed.

"Sometimes I'm not sure Tony."

I almost jumped at the anger in his voice, almost.

"I hate this! We used to be so close! What do I have to do to fix this Lisey?"

Anna smiled sadly.

"You don't have to do anything T, this was my fault. It just took me a while to realize it I guess. I shouldn't have pushed you away, any of you. I miss you, so much. Can you ever forgive me?"

I glanced over at Sam, maybe this girl could relate to us a bit more than I thought she could.

"Of course I can sis, it's about time you came home. Now you never answered me, what kind of people did you land with this time? Gimme some names."

I smirked, sounds like this guy like chick-flick moments just as much as I did.

Anna laughed, a look of happiness that hadn't been there before taking over her face.

"Tony, I told you I'm fine."

"I don't care, I want names."

She sighed but looked fondly at the phone in her hand.

"Alright, I met a pair of brothers named Sam and Dean Winchester. And a-"

He didn't give her a chance to finish.

"Hear that JARVIS? You know what to do."

Then a metallic sounding British voice filled the air.

"Yes sir, running a background check now."

Sam looked at me a bit worried, we didn't have the cleanest past. Charlie had done her best to hide it but this was Tony Stark. I'm not sure he would like what he'd find.

Anna brought our attention back to the conversation with a scoff.

"You don't need to do that Tony, you know I'm a good judge of people and Sam and Dean are good people."

I felt a smile on my face, it was nice to hear someone say that. Looking over at Sam, I could tell he felt the same.

"Wait did you say Winchester? Lisey they have a rap sheet a mile long, and it looks like someone was trying to hide it and they did a pretty good job. Not as good as me of course, but still not bad. What I'm looking at says both of them died years ago, you need to get as far away from them as possible. Those two are dangerous."

The smiles fell off of both of our faces, he wasn't wrong. We were dangerous. Anna's reaction was unexpected though, she glared at the phone and looked downright scary.

"Now you listen to me Tony Stark! Everyone I've ever been close to is dangerous, my family has been comprised of superheroes, assassins, hormonal teenagers and idiot overprotective brothers for as long as I can remember and if that isn't a deadly combination then I don't know what is."

Tony sighed and I could hear shuffling through the phone.

"Guess you're right, you've never really made a bad call on anyone yet."

The glare melted off of her face at his chastised tone.

"No I haven't. I don't want you to worry about me, that's my job, to worry about you."

"I can try, that's the best you're gonna get. Now what do you want me to do with what I found?"

Her response was instant.

"Delete it, if you can find it so can someone else."

I glanced over at Sam, his mouth had fallen open in shock. Why would she do that?

"Trouble with the law is the last thing these boys need, the kind of good they do isn't always understood or taken well. I wan-"

Panic could be clearly heard in his voice as he interrupted her.

"You haven't made friends with a psycho hitman again have you?"

Anna smirked at that.

"Wade isn't that bad, you just have to get to know him first. He did save my life remember?"

Tony's voice hardened.

"Yeah, after he kidnapped you first! But you're right, he kept you alive long enough to save you. I guess I'll just have to trust you this time, it's not like I can stop you."

This chick was just full of surprises, sounds like she had some interesting stories to tell.

She smiled fondly.

"I guess so Tony. Now I want you to obliterate any trace of the name Winchester from the police database."

Sam elbowed me and I looked over to see he was just as shocked as I was. We hadn't even known Anna for two days and she was potentially saving us a lot of trouble. He leaned over, keeping his voice down so Anna wouldn't hear us.

"Did she really just do that?"

I just nodded and turned back to watch her. Any distrust of her I had melted away, someone with bad intentions wouldn't do something like that.

"Alright, done. I took the liberty of erasing them from every database, local and federal. I hope you know what you're doing Lisey, these two have a nasty history. When are you coming home?"

She paused for a second.

"I think I'm gonna stay here for a while, if I can anyways. If they kick me out, I'll head to the tower. I have some questions that need answering and I'm sure they still have some for me. Plus, I like them Tony."

She paused and looked over in the direction of where we were but I don't think she saw us.

"You'd like Dean I think, his car is beautiful. It's a black 67 Impala, in great condition too. And I think Dad and Sam would get along, from what I can tell he's research nerd too."

Yeah, I like her. Anyone who calls baby beautiful is okay in my book. From the look on his face I couldn't tell if Sam took that as a complement or an insult.

Tony started to laugh.

"Yeah, we'll see about that. I don't really like anyone you hang out with. Huh, you always were a sucker for a nice car Lisey. But really, are you okay?"

Anna smiled.

"It's been a long time since I've felt this okay T. I think I'm gonna be just fine, finally moving on so to speak. So how is everyone?"

Anna hopped off the table and started walking in a circle.

"Uh, I've been trying to talk Bruce into coming back, he's thinking about it. Nat's been in and out missions keep her away a lot, but she still hangs out with Pepper sometimes. And Katniss hasn't been around much, family keeps him busy. And you'd know more about what Thor's up to than any of us. Everybody misses you though."

Her hand wandered up to mess with the dog tags around her neck.

"Oh that's good, sounds like things are normal again. I miss you all too. Tony?"

"Yeah, what is it?"

She paused her pacing.

"I love you and I'm so sorry I let what happened get in the way of that."

I smiled, it was nice to hear her patch up things with her brother.

"Of course Lisey, I'm sorry to-"

A loud explosion stopped him from whatever it was he was going to say.

"Oh crap! JARVIS FIRE EXTINGUSHER NOW! Uh I've got to go, call you later sis!"

Uh oh, we needed to get back to the kitchen before she realized we were listening to her conversation. I shoved Sam and looked over to see that Cas had already disappeared.

Bitch, not like we could have used the help.

When we got back, Cas was already there sitting at the table like nothing had happened.

"Thanks for nothing Cas."

He just ignored me, but there was a smirk on his face. Little shit, picked up on a lot during his stint as a human.

"Shut up Dean, she's coming back."

Looking back at Sam, he was sitting back at the table reading his book like he'd never left. So I grabbed my now lukewarm coffee and pretended to look busy with something. Seconds later Anna walked in, smiling like she'd just won the lottery.

"Hey guys, sorry about that."

I glanced at her nonchalantly, trying to give off the vibe I'd been here the whole time.

"Nothing to be sorry about. So how'd it go, with your brother I mean?"

She grinned and sat down next to me.

"It went great! I think me and Tony are gonna be okay, you were right distance wasn't the answer."

I smirked at her.

"I usually am."

Sam looked up from his book and rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, no, you're not. So Anna, before you left you were gonna tell us about your family."

She looked over at him and smiled.

"Oh yeah, I was wasn't I? Well I say family but I'm not actually related by blood to any of them, but if I've learned anything over the years, you don't have to be blood to be family."

Well if that wasn't our damm life story! I'm starting to like her more and more.

"I kinda found my own family, my real one died a long time ago. Genius scientist for a dad, queen of Asgard for a mom, a couple of kickass sisters, and a bunch of overprotective brother figures. Even a few nieces and nephews along the way. Most of them I can see pretty regularly but for some our time is over. Memories are all I have left."

I frowned. We knew that that was like, memories were mostly all we had.

"I love to add on though, family is something I can never have enough of. Ah, I was wondering…"

I had a feeling I knew what she was gonna ask, but to keep the pretense of not knowing I asked anyways.

"Wondering what?"

She looked down and started messing with the dog tags again, must be a nervous habit of hers.

"If I could stay here, just for a little while maybe get to know you guys a bit better. But if you want me to go I will."

I wanted her to stay. Anna was something we hadn't had in a long time, I wasn't quite sure what that was but I wanted her to stick around so I could find out. I glanced at Sam and I could tell he was thinking the same thing I was, we both wanted her to stay.

But before Sam or I could say something, Cas beat us to it.

"No! You have to stay."

All of us looked at him surprised at his outburst. Anna looked up at him cautiously.

"Really?"

Poor guy, if I didn't know better I'd say he was embarrassed.

"I…I need to help you find your guardian."

He tried to give some lame ass excuse, but I saw right through that. Cas liked Anna. Maybe it had something to do with her being able to see his wings, or maybe the little dork just liked her.

Anna looked at me and then at Sam. Wow and I thought Sammy could do the puppy dog eyes.

"Is that alright with you guys too?"

I laughed. Damm it, how could someone look so freaking adorable. I'm a badass hunter, I don't think people are adorable. What is wrong with me?

"Sure why not? Whadaya think Sam?"

I stood up to dump out my now cold coffee, not waiting for his answer. I already knew what he'd say anyway. Leaning against the counter I watched as Anna turned to him and smiled real big, Sam just rolled his eyes playfully.

"Fine with me, I don't see a problem with it."

She jumped up with a grin on her face.

"Thank you so much!"

Since Anna was so short compared to Sam, she came up behind him while he was still sitting down and gently draped her arms around his neck, hugging him. Her nose scrunched up as Sam's hippy hair tickled it and a real smile appeared on her face. Sam froze for a second but then he softened letting her hug him.

Then she let go and turned towards Cas.

"Come here feathers."

Obviously Anna was a touchy feely person, cause she threw her arms around him. I tried not to laugh as Cas awkwardly hugged her back, patting her back and quickly escaped her grasp. She laughed at him as he backed away, then looked at me with a grin.

"You too tough guy."

I raised a brow at her.

"No way princess."

She just laughed and moving faster than I thought she could, almost tackled me, wrapping her arms around me.

"Get used to it Winchester, I'm a hugger."

Looking down at the tiny girl, I smiled and slowly put my arms around her too. She had her eyes closed, holding onto me like I was a long lost friend, somebody she really cared about and it…it felt nice. Like it reminded me of my mom, what I could remember at least. Not in a creepy way but the same feeling of warmth I remembered from her, I got the same thing from Anna.

She opened her eyes and looked up at me, a smile tugging at her lips.

"You give nice hugs Dean. Sam's lucky to have you as a big brother."

Her words from earlier echoed in my head as she pulled away.

"I love to add on though, family is something I can never have enough of."

Instantly I realized what it was she had, the piece of the puzzle our messed up little family didn't have.

It was simple and uncomplicated love.

Everything was complicated with us, but for all the craziness that came along with her, all the crap she'd gone through, Anna was straightforward, a case of what you see is what you get. Something we hadn't come across in a very long time.

She was as simple as a good piece of pie.

Me, Sam and Cas, we'd gone through heaven, hell and everything in between. Something simple like Anna, maybe that was just our hand finally playing out right.

I smiled at her.

"Whatever you say. Now, what do you say to a tour? If you're gonna stay here you should at least know your way around the place."

She just laughed.

"Sure, but I'll find a way to get lost. Bad habit of mine."

I rolled my eyes, should have known. She looked like the type. Heading out, I motioned for her to follow me. Smiling to myself I glanced back at her, the carefree laugh on her face had me thinking that things were looking up for us if it was even just a little bit.

It had been a little over two months since I'd started staying with Sam and Dean, Cas wasn't there all the time but he popped in and out pretty frequently. Even though Cas really wanted to track down my supposed guardian angel, the boys convinced him to hold off until we knew who it was. So Cas declared he would be my stand in protector, whenever the boys were off on a hunt Cas would check up on me. It was sweet, but he still scared the crap out of me when he'd just appear out of nowhere. But I'd get used to it, eventually.

Over that time, Tony and talked on the phone pretty regularly. And as soon as he let it slip I was back, I started getting calls from Pepper and Aunt may as well. But it was the day I got a call from my dad that I felt whole again, my family was, piece by piece putting itself back together. And I finally let go of Peter and Steve, finished the process of moving on. Staying in the past wasn't what I wanted so it's not what is did.

I adjusted pretty fast to living with Sam and Dean, but they were wary at first. Like they didn't want to get too close, for fear of losing someone else. But after about two weeks, I could tell they started to let their guard down. Dean would let me hug him without protesting and Sam started asking me to go with him on his morning runs, a habit I'd grudgingly picked up in Asgard and was happy to continue with him.

I'd never really had big brothers, I was always the big sister even if they were older than me, as weird as that sounds that's how it'd been. So it was a new thing for me, letting them take that role, even if they didn't realize they were.

Sometimes Dean and I would go in the garage and he'd throw me a sponge and we'd wash the Impala together, singing to obnoxiously loud rock music and talking about whatever crossed our minds. And the occasional water fight that I might or might not initiate, always ending with both of us soaking wet and laughing. Although, if I thought Tony was overprotective, Dean was a close tie. Anytime I went out with them, celebrating over a case well done or whatever Dean wouldn't let anyone other than himself, Sam or Cas get within five feet of me. He tried to downplay it but I could see the dirty looks he would shoot at anyone who even looked at me.

It was new for Sam too, he'd always been Deans little brother so at first he was really awkward around me, not knowing how to act around me while Dean already knew how to be an older sibling. But I wasn't having any of that, so I asked him to teach me how to play poker. And as it turns out, I suck at poker but Sam wouldn't give up on me so we had poker night once a week. And when they weren't off taking down monsters, I'd meet him in the library and he'd quiz me on Latin and I'd fill in some of the blanks about magic, it wasn't all evil. We bonded over books and teaming up to prank Dean, and in a short time we were thick as thieves.

And Cas was a constant in my day to day, he insisted it was only because he was 'bound to protect me' but I didn't believe him. When the boys were away and he wasn't busy, he would zap in and stay with me. I never got tired of having his beautiful black wings near me, and Cas seemed to crave the attention. So I made it a habit to run my fingers through the soft feathers whenever possible. But my favorite thing was when the boys were gone, me and Cas would have movie night, something I'd insisted upon after realizing he was utterly clueless in everything pop culture related. It took some convincing but he would always give in and sit next to me on the couch, and more times than not I would fall asleep curled up under his wings. He was usually gone when I woke up, making me laugh at the thought of him trying to get way without waking me up.

But I hadn't laughed as hard as the day Dean wanted to show me how to use a gun, just in case he claimed. Of course being trained by the world's best marksman off and on for over two years I had pretty good aim, nowhere near as good as Clint but still pretty darn good. But why tell them that? So the looks on their faces was priceless when after watching Dean's demonstration carefully, I emptied a cartridge into the target hitting near the center every time. I just smirked and walked out, leaving two shocked hunters in my wake. That night we played another game of twenty questions.

My relationship with all of them was so different but I found myself calling all three of them my brothers, if only in my head. I didn't want to freak them out, so I held off on that. But there was a time or two when they were introducing me to other hunters that they almost called me their little sister, always just catching themselves. I never said anything but it made me smile.

Even after proving I could handle myself, the boys were still vehemently against me going on hunts with them and I was fine with that. I really didn't have much of a desire to go out and kill monsters, but I did what I could to help out around the bunker. Since I was already pretty well versed in the supernatural, I helped them research cases and figure out what they were up against.

I also did my best to keep the place clean, it was a disaster when I first got there. And when the mood struck, I'd take care of making food, goodness knows home cooked food was a nice change for them. It was nice, the place was starting to feel like somewhere I could call home.

Right now they were on the way back from a run of the mill poltergeist hunt and I was in the library jotting down notes for another potential case I'd found for them. I jumped up when I heard the door slam open, they must be back early.

"Anna, we're back!"

I grinned and headed toward the sound of Sam's voice. Walking into the kitchen I saw a tired but relatively okay looking Sam and Dean. I sighed in relief, last time they got pretty beat up by the wendigo they'd been after. After scanning them for injuries and finding none, I smiled.

"How'd it go? You guys got back earlier than I thought you would."

Dean laughed.

"Piece of cake, son of bitch went down easy. Figured we'd just head back instead of staying the night."

Sam smirked.

"What he means, is he was hoping you would make good on that promise of pie."

I looked over at Dean, who was now glaring at Sam.

"No, I just didn't want to stay in that dump of a motel any longer than we had to."

Sam just rolled his eyes and collapsed in one of the chairs.

"Whatever Dean."

Dean just crossed his arms and sat across from his brother and started muttering about bitchy little narcs.

I moved over to the counter and pulled out a container.

"Well, it's not pie but I got bored and made some muffins. We had some old bananas so I figured instead of letting them go bad I'd make something out of them."

I tried my best not to laugh at the horrified look on Dean's face, and Sam's triumphant grin.

"Sorry Dean, pie next time okay?"

He just huffed and glared at the pile of muffins.

"Ugly cupcakes, that's all they are."

Sam smiled and grabbed a couple, smiling at me.

"Well I like muffins just fine Anna, thanks."

I hid a smile as Dean continued to glower, his hate for the healthier things in life evident on his face.

"No problem, you want some milk? Me and Cas went out shopping while you guys were gone."

Not waiting for him to answer, I got the milk out and poured him a glass.

Glancing back at the brothers, I frowned.

"Where is Cas by the way, he disappeared yesterday without saying anything."

Just as Sam was about to answer, there was a light fluttering sound behind me.

"I'm here."

I whirled around, startled by Cas's deep gravelly voice. Unfortunately in doing so I spilled milk all down my shirt. Like always his wings were instantly by my side, steadying me.

I narrowed my eyes at the two brothers who were barely holding in a laugh.

"Not funny guys! Cas, I thought we talked about this."

He backed away, he let wings stay around me though.

"Personal space, right. Sorry."

I really couldn't stay mad at him, he always looked so genuinely sorry. I smiled at him.

"It's alright Cas, I'll be right back I need to go get cleaned up or this is gonna get all sticky."

As I started to go back to the little room I had claimed as mine, Sam stopped me.

"Hey Anna, do you mind if I take a look at your necklace? I've been meaning to ask you, I'll give it back, I just want to copy down some of the warding symbols."

I glanced down at the stone covered in rune, symbols and sigils, I hadn't taken it off sine Loki had given it to me. But what could it hurt, Dean said this placed was the safest place they knew of. I shrugged and slowly took it off.

"Sure thing Sam, I'll be back in a little bit."

I tossed it his way and headed to go take a shower, I was already starting to feel sticky and gross.

After taking a quick shower I just put on one of the many plaid shirts the boys had laying around and a pair of shorts. Throwing my now somewhat dry hair into a loose bun I walked back toward the kitchen, but stopped when I heard a voice I didn't recognize.

"As much as I hate to say this…I need your help."

Whoever it was, they sounded upset. Obviously asking for help wasn't something they did often, at least not from the Winchesters anyway.

Dean started laughing, not a nice laugh but a 'you've got to be kidding me' laugh.

"Why would we do that? And why would you come to us in the first place?"

Peaking around the corner, I couldn't see who the new voice belonged to but I could see Sam. He looked tense, when he looked in my direction his eyes widened and ever so slightly as he saw me. Then he glanced to my necklace, still in his hand and then back to me, frustration clear on his face.

I don't know what he figured out but whatever it was he wasn't happy about it. I started to come closer but he shook his head, telling me to stay out of sight. I frowned and leaned against the wall trying to see into the room, I could hear Sam and Dean but where was Cas? Maybe he left before this new person got here.

Part of me wanted to go in and see who was there but something about the look on Sam's face made me do as he wanted. But I stayed where I was, so I could still see Sam.

An exasperated sigh came from someone, I'm assuming the stranger.

"Look, I helped you muttonheads save the world. I think you owe me one."

Sam frowned.

"He's right Dean, we couldn't have done it without him."

There was a beat of silence before Dean growled out a response.

"For what it's worth I still want to shove a stake through you, but Sammy's got a point. What do you want?"

Wow Dean must really hate this guy.

The unknown person chuckled.

"That's more like it. Now, I need help finding someone."

Dean scoffed while Sam shot me a worried look.

"So what do you want us to do about it?"

Seeming to ignore Dean the sarcastic voice continued on.

"I tracked them to this general location, Deano. But the wards around this place are keeping me from finding the exact location."

Now I could see Dean, well his back. He had moved closer to Sam and now I could see both of them.

"Well I don't know what to tell you, it's just us here."

The other voice turned hard.

"It's not a good idea to lie to me. I won't b-"

Whatever he was going to say was cut off by a shriek.

My shriek.

I had been so busy paying attention to what was going on in the kitchen that it wasn't until the spider was halfway up my leg did I even realize it was there. Now I like to consider myself pretty tough but spiders freak me out and seeing one crawling on me was where I drew the line. In an effort to get it off of me I screeched and lost my balance, almost falling right on my face, only bracing myself with my hands at the last second. Better I scrape up my hands than mess up my face I suppose.

Heart still racing from my fright with the eight legged monster, I hastily stood up and glared at Sam and Dean, completely forgetting there was someone else there.

"You guys really need to exterminate! I freaking hate spiders, and that is the fourth time one of them invaded my personal space."

Before either of them could say anything, Cas appeared right in front of me, wings flaring up protectively around me, blocking the kitchen from my view.

"Are you alright? I felt your distress."

He grabbed my hand, frowning at the scratches. Even though they were already starting to fade, I could tell they upset him. He closed his eyes as I ran my other hand through his black feathers, giggling as they quivered under my touch.

"See, I'm fine Cas."

He just hummed contentedly.

Opening his eyes, he looked at me with a serious face.

"You need to be more careful."

In many ways Castiel was like a little kid, but at the same time he was a warrior of heaven. It could be confusing sometimes.

I grinned at him and reluctantly removed my hand from the soft feathers.

"I'll try my best."

The sound of someone clearing their throat made me remember what had been going on before my little adventure with the spider. I looked over at Sam and Dean, who were both looking at me funny and shrugged.

"What? Cas is a sweetheart, unlike some people who refuse to de-bug their place of living."

I could feel Cas's wings move away to a more relaxed position, and then I walked over to the brothers.

Just as I was about to say something, behind me someone drew in a ragged breath. Finally remembering that someone else was here, I turned around to see who it was that Dean wanted to stab.

Standing on the opposite side of the kitchen was a man, shorter than Sam, Dean and Cas but still taller than me. He had darkish blonde hair and wide golden eyes that were staring right at me. But that wasn't what caught my attention.

He was an angel.

If I thought Castiel's wings were mesmerizing then the strangers were absolutely spellbinding. First off he didn't just have one set, there were three. One set was bigger than the other two, splayed out above his head. The other two sets spread out from his middle and lower back, only slightly smaller. It's shocking that I didn't notice them right away, they were huge, easily twice the size of Cas's.

And the color! I was right in thinking that all angel wings were unique, because there was no way what I was seeing could ever be copied.

His wings were a mix of yellows, oranges, reds, and every shade of gold imaginable. All coming together to make the most amazing fiery gold I'd ever seen.

Without realizing it the whole time I'd been looking at him, I had walked closer until I was standing right in front of him. Close enough to touch the soft looking feathers.

I looked up into his amber colored eyes, something about him felt so familiar and…right. Like I'd known him all my life, even though I know for a fact that I've never seen him before. His eyes searched my face for something, what it was I'm not sure.

He must have found what he was looking for, because he grinned at me.

"It's you, you're really here!"

Then he lunged forward and threw his arms around me hugging tightly to him like I would disappear if he let go. At first I froze, but ever so hesitantly put my arms around him. As I relaxed into his embrace, he sighed in contentment, wings wrapping around the both of us, almost like he was shielding us from anything that might come between the two of us.

His jacket smelled like strawberries and chocolate, my two favorite flavors.

I could hear Dean yelling something but the sound of feathers fluttering all around me drowned him out. I pulled away just enough so that I could look at him, as our eyes met he smiled. And of course being the eloquent person that I am I blurted out the first thing that came to mind.

"Gold is my favorite color."

As his smile turned into an amused smirk, I was mentally kicking myself. Why did I say that? Why do I ever say anything, I'd be better off not speaking all I ever do is put my foot in my mouth.

"Really?"

I just nodded, hoping my face wasn't as red as it felt.

It was at that moment that Dean had enough and decided to do something. Just as I was about to ask him what his name was, I felt a hand grab my arm, pulling me away from the golden winged man. Now instead of mischievous amber, I was looking into worried green. Dean's eyes flited over me, checking to see if I was alright.

"You okay? Your face is really red."

I groaned, of course it was. Before I could tell him I was fine, Dean pushed me into Sam arms and glared viciously at the angel whose name I still didn't know. This reminded me of the time we are out, and this really drunk guy tried to hit on me, he only got so far as touching my arm before Dean lost it. Let's just say that guy won't be coming back to that bar ever again.

"What the hell man?! Keep your hands off of her!"

Sam in turn handed me off to Cas, moving to stand next to his brother. Instantly black feathers pulled me closer, until my back rested against his chest. But for some reason, as safe as Cas made me feel, I wanted to go back to the amber eyed angel.

An audible growl could be heard and the playful smirk that had been there only seconds ago, was replaced by a deadly looking stare. I felt a thrill of fear as his striking golden wings stretched out, showing just how angry he was as they trembled with fury. Dean just fixed him with a very similar look and held his ground. Then again he couldn't see them, if he could then he might have backed down a bit. But this was Dean, so probably not.

I looked up at Cas and furrowed my brows.

"What's going on? Who is that? Why is Dean so mad?"

He didn't answer, and as the room started to shake I made a snap decision. Seeing things were about to get out of hand, I jerked out of Cas's hold and walked between the two very pissed off looking men.

"Hey! All of you stop it right now!"

The death glares softened and Dean rubbed the back of his neck, while angel boy looked abashed. I glanced at Sam who seemed to be the only one who might be willing to give me any answers.

"Can someone tell me what is going on here?"

Before Sam had a chance to answer me Cas spoke up.

"This is my brother…and your guardian."

Taking a step towards the angel who was supposed to be my 'guardian', I ignored Dean's protests to stay where I was. Still entranced by the gold wings, I found myself smiling just by looking at them…at him.

"Take a picture it'll last longer."

I quickly averted my eyes, feeling my face grow hot at being caught staring…again.

"What's your name?"

He chuckled and brushed my arm with the tips of his feathers, making me meet his eyes.

"They call me Gabriel."

I had to hold back a gasp. Gabriel? Wasn't he one of the four archangels? Like heavens deadliest weapons, all wrapped up with a halo? Oh dear…

A hand on my shoulder made me break eye contact, I looked behind me to see Dean frowning.

"Or trickster mega-douche. Take your pick."

Wow, Dean really does not like him. I wonder what happened to make him hate Gabriel so much. His grip on my shoulder was starting to get uncomfortably tight and the hard glint in Gabriel's eye made it obvious that he'd noticed. Shrugging Dean off, I returned my gaze to Gabriel.

"Like the archangel Gabriel? That Gabriel? You're my guardian angel?!"

He laughed and snapped his fingers, causing a sucker to appear. I blinked stupidly, as he carelessly threw the wrapper on the ground and popped it in his mouth.

"The one and only babe! You're stuck with me now, not gonna lose you again."

I frowned, unsure of what he meant.

"Again? What do you mean?"

He sighed and smiled sadly.

"You and me kiddo, we've been together since the beginning. I thought you were lost forever, but here you are."

I wrinkled my nose in confusion.

"You keep talking about me like we know each other. But I've never met you before, I think I'd remember that."

I motioned to his wings, amazement clear in my eyes.

Smirking, he laughed.

"You'd think so, but it's new for you every time around. Your soul is bound to that trinket attached to your wrist, has been since time began practically, and I've been bound to you since then too. Power like that, what you've got, has to be protected and it was just luck of the draw really. You could have gotten stuck with one of my big brothers instead. Consider yourself lucky, they are such a drag. But reincarnation is kinda like bleach to the brain, so you know me you just can't remember me. Believe me, we were close."

Okay, that is a lot to take in. I took a deep breath, trying not to be overwhelmed by all this.

"You keep saying lost. What happened?"

Gabriel frowned, a deep sadness taking over his face.

"I never found out what happened or who did it, but someone thought the power of the bracelet was too much for this world. So it was cast out, you with it, sent somewhere I couldn't follow. It was like a part of my grace was torn out too, I thought I was dying and when I realized what happened I almost wished I had. But I tore heaven and earth apart looking for you, Cassie can attest to that."

Turning around both me and the brothers looked at 'Cassie'. He seemed uncomfortable having everyone's attention on him, his wings were tucked behind him making them look smaller.

"Yes, it was a terrible time for us all. I was still very young but I remember it. Gabriel, how would you put it Dean? Lost his shit, I believe is how you would say it. I just thought you were mad at Michael again but now it all makes sense, you were in pain. Overall a very tumultuous time on both heaven and earth."

Dean cracked a smile at that, Sam was trying and failing hiding a laugh. Jerks, it was obviously very upsetting for Gabriel they shouldn't laugh.

I turned my back on them and smiled shyly at Gabriel.

"So, I meant that much to you?"

His eyes lit up with an emotion I couldn't quite identify and the wing that had been hovering next to me tugged me closer to him.

"You have no idea sugar. Us angels get real protective of our charges, and I was just dumb enough to get attached too."

The way he was looking at me, it was like I was the most important thing in the room. I blushed and looked back at my feet.

Dean groaned, and grabbed my arm, making me look up at him.

"Please tell me you want him to leave. Cause the second you say that we're kicking his feathered ass out of here."

Smiling sheepishly, I shook my head and glanced back at Gabriel.

"Sorry Dean, I don't want him to go. I can leave for a little while if h-"

I was cut off by both Winchesters.

"No!"

Sam glared at Gabriel for a split second and then smiled at me.

"You don't have to go anywhere, we'll just get over it. Right Dean?"

Dean sighed exasperatedly and threw his hands up in the air.

"Sure we'll just leave our little si…just leave her with the psycho sugar addict, nothing to worry about there! Fine, just don't come crying to me when he traps you in Gilligan's Island re-runs."

Then he stalked out towards the garage, muttering about holy fire and deep fried wings as he left.

Sam rubbed the bridge of his nose and rolled his eyes.

"I'll go after him, he's not mad. Dean just has a funny way of showing he cares."

With a warning glare at Gabriel, Sam rushed after his brother. Leaving me, Cas, and Gabriel in the kitchen. Cas came over to me, still wary of his big brother standing behind me. Hesitantly the tips of his feathers brushed against me, a lot like the way someone would gently touch your face. Tender and caring, but one look at his brother and he pulled away.

"I...I have to go for now. I will be back later, call me if you need me."

Before I could say anything, he disappeared with a flap of his black wings. Gulping down my sudden nervousness, I slowly turned around to face the gold wings and amber eyes.

"So…Uh, hi."

He just chuckled and snapped himself another sucker cause he'd finished the first one.

"Hi yourself. Now that all that's out of the way how about you tell me your name?"

I grinned up at him, there was just something about him that put me at ease.

"I'm Annalise, but call me Anna."

He smiled and threw an arm around me, while at the same time gently draping his wings around the two of us.

"Well then Anna, we have a lot of catching up to do. I want to know everything, come on."

I let him lead me to the library, as he chattered all the way there. Thinking to myself that perhaps I had made my little family just a bit bigger today.

Okay, just to explain a bit more.

Gabe is so happy to see her because they were bound in a very intimate way, his grace was tied to her soul. So losing that connection would be very painful and traumatic for him. Naturally angels are VERY protective of those they guard and Gabe even more so due to his relationship with her in the past. He's loved her in a platonic way and a romantic way, it varied from reincarnation to reincarnation. I left it open, so I might continue this AU later on. But I have other ideas for SPN that don't have such a sad backstory.

As for Dean, I hope he isn't TOO our of character, but I can see him really getting into the idea of a little sister. Sam too, he'd be a great big brother he just never had the chance. I can give you hundreds of reasons why I think those boys need a little more love, so Anna seemed to fit perfectly.

I left it open for more and didn't YET make any romantic parings. One because Anna isn't quite ready for that (I mean she lost Steve only two and a half years ago), two I'm much better at platonic relationships, and three not sure who it'd be in the first place.

I'm all for playing with the different pairings out there, I personally think Anna and Sherlock together would be interesting. Of course Steve and Anna will always win out in the main story. The next chapter of TTAD is halfway done and I'll try to have it out soon.

I love crossovers, so expect to see more of them down the road.

Ideas and requests are always welcome, just message me or leave it in a review. Enjoy! =)

OH...And Happy Mother's Day. If any moms out there are reading this, you guys are the real superheroes! Love mine to pieces and would be lost without her.