Chapter 2

Sam offered the little girl a seat on the small cushioned chair near the fireplace and she sat down in it willingly. She had stopped shivering and Sam lay a blanket on her just to be safe.

"So….uh….what's your name?" Sam asked.

"Cora" she answered shyly.

"I'm Sam" Sam told her as he smiled a little to show her he wasn't a threat.

"My mommy said you and that other one are my brothers" she said.

"Well, that's right Cora; can I just ask you how old you were when you met John?" Sam pulled up another chair and sat down in front of her.

"I was six that was when I first saw him. He looked kinda mad at first, but then he seemed nicer when he talked to me more and one day he just left" she explained.

"Oh, well I'm sorry" Sam said.

"Do you know where he is?" Cora asked. Sam got really quiet for a moment and he sighed and cast his hazel eyes down at the ground.

"He uh… went on a trip" Sam lied, he didn't have the heart to tell the kid that his father had been killed by the yellow eyed demon that the boys had let escape by accident. Sam still remembered the sound of glass shattering and tires screeching as the Impala was rammed by the demon's semi- truck. All three of them had landed in the hospital and he had almost lost Dean.

"When is he coming back?" she asked, her light green eyes brightening as the fire reflected in them.

"Not for a while, but don't worry you'll see him again one day" Sam explained. For the most part Sam believed it, he had always hoped there was life after death, some kind of light at the end of this dark supernatural tunnel. He knew Dean didn't believe in it, all Dean saw was the end of the world and death.

"Oh, well I hope I do" Cora said as she opened up to her brother, "When I met daddy he took me to the carnival and one me all kinds of prizes! He even got me some cotton candy, I'd wanna go back again" she said happily.

"You will don't worry" Sam said with a reassuring smile.

"Wanna see what he got me?" she asked happily, no more of the shy little girl remaining.

"Sure" Sam answered as he knelt towards her and watched as she leaned over the chair and picked up a purple unicorn wearing a tiara.

"Her name is Angel" Cora said as she held up the fluffy unicorn proudly for Sam to see.

"That's a great name!" Sam replied as enthusiastically as he could, maybe a little overly enthusiastic. But what was he supposed to say? He'd never had a little sibling before. "Why'd you name her that?" he asked. Cora got really quiet and she whispered over to Sam,

"It's a secret, you can't tell anyone."

"I won't" Sam replied trying to suppress his urge to laugh at how serious she had become.

"Ok I'll tell you" Cora breathed, "You know how angels are 'upposed to heal people?" she asked.

"Yeah" Sam answered.

"Well unicorns are just like angels, they can heal people too" she said as if she was revealing some trade secret.

"No way" Sam replied, "How would they even do that?" he teased.

"Yes they can!" Cora exclaimed, "They just touch you with their magic horn and then all the sickness goes away."

"Wow, I don't know if I could believe that" Sam said.

"I can prove it!" Cora told him.

"Ok, show me" Sam countered.

"See this cut?" Cora asked as she held out her finger. There was a small cut upon it and Sam nodded. "I was reading the other day and I cut my finger on the page, so I got Angel and put her horn on it and then it just stopped hurting!"

"That's pretty amazing" Sam said sincerely, "Maybe she is magic after all."

"I told you so" she giggled as she hugged the unicorn tight around its stomach. The door opened loudly and Cora instantly ran over to Sam and hid behind him as Dean walked in.

"I called Bobby" Dean said. "He says dad was out in Montana when he came by a girl named Amy Noble."

"That's my mommy" Cora said instantly, forgetting her fear as she stepped up beside Sam. Dean ignored the comment and continued,

"It's all true Sam, dad slept with some other girl while he was still married to mom."

"What?" Sam asked shocked, "He wouldn't have!"

"Dad was unfaithful Sam!" Dean shouted, "Even though mom was the best wife and mother that she could be! He still slept with that skank!"

"Don't call my mommy that!" Cora spoke up as she stepped towards Dean with her fists clenched. Although Cora was only eight, even she understood what that meant, there was only so long a kid remained innocent in this world. The look of shock registered across Sam's face but Cora's words didn't faze Dean.

"You don't even know what that means what are you four?" Dean taunted.

"I'm eight!" Cora shouted back at him, her cheeks reddening.

"What kind of eight year old carries around stuffed animals still?" Dean teased, "I thought only babies did that."

"Dean knock it off!" Sam snapped. Cora's eyes filled with tears, she dropped Angel on the ground and she ran into one of the empty room's slamming the door behind her. "Real nice Dean, what the hell's wrong with you?"

"I'm not talking about this Sam" Dean replied as he grabbed his jacket to leave.

"I know you're upset Dean, but if you're gonna be mad at someone be mad at dad not Cora" Sam explained.

"Why are you defending her Sam?" Dean questioned as he turned to face his brother, "She's just a reminder of dad's unfaithfulness, she's not even our full on sister!"

"She's still half of us Dean, she's still a Winchester whether you like it or not" Sam replied.

"No Sam, you're the only sibling I have and ever will have" Dean replied bitterly.

"She's gonna be staying with us Dean, you need to accept her, spend time with her, you haven't even talked to her once without screaming at her" Sam stated.

"I won't be responsible for dad's mistake Sam" Dean replied.

"Listen Dean, she didn't do anything to you" Sam said angry now as he tried to get his brother to listen to him, "Dad just wasn't the man we thought he was."

This hit Dean hard and his eyes flooded with anger, he shoved Sam hard against the wall and held him there.

"Don't you dare even try to say that" Dean snapped, "He was a better man than both of us Sam, he saved more people's lives than any hunter out there!"

"You said it yourself Dean, he cheated on mom!" Sam replied as he shoved Dean hard off of him, "You call that a 'better man than both of us'?"

"No Sam! I won't remember him that way!" Dean finally admitted, "Not after all he's done to protect us." The room got eerily quiet and Sam put a hand on Dean's shoulder.

"Remember him however you want, but don't blame the kid for his mistakes" Sam replied. And with that Sam picked up Angel and walked into the spare room Cora had disappeared into.

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