A Note From Your Friendly Neighborhood Glitter-Pixie:

I originally decided to write this journal in the hopes that it might someday help future generations of Hunters the way John's journal helped us. That being said, I think I need to make it clear that this isn't a how-to on how to gank a ghost, this is the story of our lives. After so many years, so much has been twisted, I think people now have a distorted view of who we are and why we've done the things we've done. I want to help, yes, but I also want to set the record straight about everything once and for all.

Now, I was going to move straight from the utter destruction of Sammy's entire life in California to our gig in Colorado, but that would leave so much out that really needs to be included, otherwise you're really not getting an accurate account of the way things happened.

That being said, this story isn't like the last. For one thing, it's much smaller in scope, and for another, there is no monster to fight and no plot of any kind. If demon-fighting info is what you're after, then you're going to want to skip this one. If, however, you find yourself curious to know the people behind the stories, then you'll definitely want to check this one out, as it's all about how Dean and I turned a corner to go from 'Omfg you're such a bitch/asshole' to...more than that. And I personally find it really funny, so there's that

A word of warning, I think: In 'Woman in White', I sat down and wrote out everything I remembered before going to the boys and pestering them with a million questions. Then, I took their input and cleaned everything up, edited it, had other people look it over, etc… Turned it into a real story, you know? (Or at least tried to, I have no delusions that I'm any kind of real writer, but at the very least I have to say, it's great therapy.)

This time, however, I'm doing things just a bit differently. This time, I've conscripted a bit of help so you'll get everything straight from the horses' mouths, so to speak. Does that make it messier and more annoying to read? Probably, but I think you'll deal. Or not. It's not like anybody's forcing you to read this.

...and so without further gilding the lily and with no more ado, I present to you my husband, the infamous Dean Winchester.

~ Tink

Okay. So. Hi, I guess. No idea what I'm really supposed to do here. Last time, Tink just asked me a few questions and then sat down and wrote some shit out but this time she somehow talked me into sitting down and typing this shit out myself because she wants it 'directly from my point of view'. I am not a writer. I barely qualify as a reader (Liar, liar, pants on fire. Dude reads almost as much as I do. ~Tink) so I don't know what she's expecting but she's got a nice ass and I was promised pie, so I'll give it a shot.

- Dean

Thanks to my beta Emmyllou! Her work can be found on FFNet and Ao3. (Skye may not be editing this one, but I sure as hell am.)

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