Thank you williewildcat for your review!! :D hehe, I must admit, I've never read Heart Of Darkness. ;) I already have another story ready to post, but you never know .... maybe I'll attempt a Heart of Darkness style story in the future!! ;) :D
EPILOGUE.
Sam wasn't able to tell us what had happened to him while he was held captive actually inside the tree, although he could remember a little of the Horseman himself, from the little he'd seen of him prior to being knocked unconscious soon after he was taken from my side.
He remembered the majority of the body-sitting upright on the Horse itself, looking as though he could actually see despite the lack of a head sitting upon his shoulders. The head itself was placed upon the back of the horse's saddle, still seemingly aware, judging by the blinking of the head's eyes, and the movement of the lips. The skin was a deathly pallor, the teeth were sharp points and the eyes were a smoky red that glowed through the darkness at Sam.
We'd all shuddered at the description, even Cas and I who had fought the thing,
At least we knew that the ghost had been destroyed along with his own tree, the source of his power. According to Bobby, the headless horseman was once a Hessian soldier, who was beheaded by a cannonball during the Revolutionary war. His head had later been found by the foot of the tree we now were standing at the foot of, and buried there, to rot away into bones, explaining why he always returned to this particular tree with his victims. Not being able to recover his own head, he attempted to take the heads of his victims. No longer would he darken the earth with his presence, no longer would he take the lives and the heads of people who had done nothing wrong bar staying in the wrong place at the wrong time.
All too soon, it was time for Bobby to go on his way once again, and he left us, the four of us, to decide what to do next.
Sam and Dean decided to hit the road once again, but I chose to stay with Cas, at least for a while, promising the brothers Winchester that I would catch them up somewhere down the road ahead. They both looked at Castiel, as I went to him, putting one arm around his waist. Castiel looked down on me with such tenderness in his eyes, I almost cried, as he wrapped one arm about my shoulders. I stared into those dark blue eyes and smiled wistfully at him, before he leant down and kissed me gently.
Both Dean and Sam made their soft goodbyes, respecting the fact that I had to be with the one I loved, at least for a time, before they both left on silent feet, leaving me with the Angel Castiel, my soul mate, my love ...