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Return of the Dragon Slayer.

Chapter Seven.

Finn turned "Sam, give Amos the keys to the Impala, he'll take it back to Mickey's, trust me, it'll be safer there"

"I'll get our bags" said Sam and he went with Amos to the back shed.

"Nate, we're gonna need one of your horses. I only have Picasso and Bull. You can ride back with Amos"

He nodded "I'll clean him up" and he took the horse towards the side of the cabin.

"Come on, Caleb" she led him back into the house and took him to his room "We can't take everything, so you pick two toys okay?" he nodded as Finn went and grabbed a duffel bag and started packing his clothes.

"Hey…"

She looked up as Dean came in "Hey"

Dean looked around the boy's room, there were dragons everywhere. Dragon bedspread and pillows, dragon posters, dragons hanging from the ceiling, their wings moving slowly and dragon toys scattered over the floor. He saw the painting of him, done by the Ancient 'Mages' millennia ago, it still freaked him out. He looked over and saw Caleb going through his toys trying to pick some. He walked over and crouched next to the boy…no, not 'the boy', his son.

"You…aahh…need a hand?" asked Dean.

Caleb shook his head "Mamma said I can only take two"

"Well I got room in my bag if you want to take some more" he said.

"No, Mamma said only two"

"If Dean has room and you can't decide…it's up to you" She watched as Caleb studied Dean; he nodded and turned back to his toys. He picked up a toy car and then went to his desk and got paper and pencils and passed them to Dean. He went and got his toy dragon and a book and gave them to Finn and she put them in his bag. "Alright, come on kiddo" and she threw his bag over her shoulder while Caleb went to his cupboard and took out his sword.

"You have your own sword?" asked Dean.

"Of course" and he put it over his back "Mamma's teaching me" and he walked out.

Dean rose and looked at Finn "He hates me"

She shook her head "He doesn't hate you, he just doesn't know where he stands with you. Look at his room, Dean. He doesn't love dragons because they're a magnificent animals, he loves them because of you" and she turned and followed her son.

Dean looked around the room...dragons, Caleb was obsessed with them. With them or ...he shook his head and went over to the desk and looked at the painting again; he still didn't wear his hair that long but who knew how far into the future the 'Mage' had seen this. His eyes dropped to the desk and saw one of Caleb's drawings, it was remarkably good for a kid his age. He must get that from Finn 'cause he sucked as an artist. The drawing was that of a dragon in flight and it was being ridden by a man and boy; he knew who it was supposed to be. Dean put the car and pencils down, picked up the drawing, folded it carefully and put it in his pocket. He picked up Caleb's stuff, grabbed a toy wolf and another car and walked out.

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Sam was talking to Caleb outside and had left their bags at the door. Dean went to his bag, moved some of his gear out of the way and put Caleb's stuff in. He stood and went to Finn's room. She was finishing up packing her gear and had changed into her leathers. She went to her closet and came back with his leathers "You should wear them, you'll stand out less. We can organise some for Sam when we get there"

"Thanks" she nodded and went back to her bag, putting in the prophecy books with her weapons "Can I ask you something?"

"Sure" she turned and sat on her bed, slipping her boots on.

"Were you ever gonna tell me about Caleb?"

She sighed "I wanted to, Dean. But with you having no memory of me...how could I? You'd have thought I was some kind of lunatic" she stood "I didn't plan on getting pregnant, I swear… but I don't regret it. Caleb's the best thing that ever happened to me" she went and got her swords and put them over her back, grabbed her coat and her bag "Just give him a chance" and she went to walk out.

Dean put a hand on her arm "Finn…" she stopped and looked at him "I believe you about the pregnancy thing…but you still should have told me"

"I know…but I panicked. If I'd known taking your memories would do that to you…I'd never have done it. I …the last thing I wanted to do was…hurt you" she shook her head and walked out.

Dean watched her go then turned back to the bed, the bed they'd spent so much time in all those years ago. He shook his head as he stripped, he didn't want to think about that…he couldn't let those feeling resurface, it was too dangerous. He understood Finn panicking, he'd started to panic too, only for a different reason. After killing Baba Yaga, he'd sent Sam back to Mickey's and told him to pick him up in a couple of days, then rung him and said a week..then two and that was when he'd started to panic…when he'd started to realise he could be happy. He shook his head again, he was Dean Winchester, he wasn't allowed to be happy.

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Dean walked out to the porch, Finn was strapping his and Sam's shields to the pack-horse, next to their bags. He came over with his clothes and put them in his bag, grabbed his swords and put them over his back. He turned when he heard laughter.

"Oh, dude…dig the leather" said Sam.

Dean grinned "Shut the fuck up"

"Dean" she pointed to Caleb.

"S'Alright Mamma, I learn all my swear words from you" he grinned at her.

Finn shook her head with a smile "Lovely"

"I learn…" started Caleb.

"Nah-ah" she finished strapping Sam's shield to the horse "You keep those words to yourself…stop laughing, Sam"

Dean turned when he heard the Impala rumble to life "Tell me they know how to drive"

"She'll be fine, Dean. Amos'll look after her and if the car's left here…they'll destroy it. Nate's taking mine to Mickey's as well"

The Impala came round the front of the cabin and Amos pulled it up next to Finn's Charger, getting out with a huge grin on his face "Alright, love the car"

Dean went over and opened the trunk, he took out his daggers, hunting knives and some pistols. He reached into the far back and removed his leather coat and slipped it on. He put the daggers in his boots and took the rest of the weapons to his bag.

Finn was talking quietly to Amos and Nate and he walked over to them "We about ready to go?" he pointed to Wolf who was circling the horses nervously "Wolf doesn't look happy"

Finn nodded and turned to Amos "When you find Seth, tell him to get to us as soon as possible"

Amos nodded "Darius Waymen, Tom Fielding and Zach Neilson will meet you at 'The Crossing', you see anyone else there …" she nodded "You sure you don't want us to take Caleb with us?"

"No, he stays with me"

Amos nodded "We'll be back as soon as we can, ma'am"

Finn smiled "Amos…this 'ma'am' shit has got to stop"

He laughed "Come on, Nate"

"Amos" the man turned to Dean "You take care of my baby or there'll be hell to pay"

Amos smiled "Won't put a scratch on her" and he and Nate went to the cars, gunned the engines and sped off the property.

Dean turned to Finn "There gonna race them all the way to Mickey's aren't they?"

Finn gave him a small smile "They don't get to drive often" she laughed when Dean groaned. She walked over to the horses and tied the pack-horse to Bull's saddle "Caleb!" he turned from his wrestling with Sam "You ride with me on Bull"

He ran over "I want to ride with Uncle Sam"

"No, you ride with me" she said.

"I want to ride with Uncle Sam, Mamma…pleeeeease" he begged.

"I don't mind" said Sam with a grin "Besides, I'd prefer to ride with a saddle"

"See? Please Mamma? Please?"

Sam picked up Caleb, put him in the saddle and swung up behind the boy. He turned and grinned at Finn "All organised" and Caleb clapped.

"Wonderful" muttered Finn under her breath. She went to Picasso, grabbed his mane and swung up. She turned to Dean "Lets get moving"

Dean looked at Sam and mouthed 'asshole' before walking over and jumping up behind Finn, ignoring Sam's laughter. Finn kicked at the horse's flanks and Dean put an arm, somewhat reluctantly, around Finn's waist as they trotted out of the property.

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Sam and Caleb rode behind Dean and Finn, Sam's laughter and Caleb's giggling in stark contrast to the awkward silence that surrounded Dean and Finn; and the further they travelled, the more uncomfortable it became.

Dean finally broke the silence "I thought you couldn't go home?"

"I'm not allowed home. If I'm caught, they'll kill me, Caleb and Gideon"

"So why the hell are we going?" asked Dean incredulously.

"Because they're planning on killing Gideon anyway and Caleb goes where I go" she shifted on the horse and turned to Dean "And you've got work to do. I need to take you back"

Dean was slightly distracted by the movement; sitting behind Finn without a saddle…and the leather…he cursed Sam again "The aahh…incantation…the one Amos gave you…"

She nodded "Can't use mine. Amos gave me a safe one, they won't know I'm back…hopefully" she looked at him "You kept the coat"

"Yeah…only ever wore it when I was killing 'Wrong Ones'. Didn't know I was doing that though, just …forget it" she nodded and shifted back, distracting him again.

"We're almost there" she said.

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They got to the field and Dean saw the strange group of trees again and his heart started to race…he was going back, back to Larten Vola, back to a place he'd missed for six years and this time, he'd be able to share it with his brother.

Sam and Caleb rode up next to them and Sam smiled at Finn "I'm looking, but there's not a blue-field in sight" he grinned "Although …is that a magic-mushroom?" he pointed to a small group of field mushrooms.

Dean laughed, Sam was about to be shocked out of his ever-lovin' pants and Dean was gonna enjoy every minute of it "Just wait, Sammy. Give him the speech, Finn"

"Yeah, thanks Dean" she turned to Sam "Listen carefully, you ride behind me and Dean, do not get ahead of us" Sam nodded "Do not reign in Bull, no matter what you see; he's done it before and he'll lead you through"

"Okay" said Sam, a confused smile on his face.

"You ride straight and fast and once we're through, you stay close to me and you speak to no-one unless I say it's safe, okay?"

"Okay"

"If I tell you to run, you ride straight through, go past the lakes and take the second track on your left; follow it up the mountain until you get to green cabin; you and Caleb will be safe there. Understand?"

"Yeah, okay"

She nodded "Swords. Not you, Caleb, you hold onto Bull"

"'Kay…Wolf coming too" and the boy tightened his grip on Bull's mane as Sam, Dean and Finn drew their swords.

"Alright, Dean…you know what to expect so, umm…hold on" said Finn. She felt Dean's arm go round her waist again and Picasso started to stomp his hooves and throw his head about, Bull and the pack-horse following suit. Finn looked over her shoulder at Dean "Ready?"

Dean grinned "I've been waiting six years, Finn. Get going already"

She kicked at Picasso's flanks and the horse reared, Dean's arm tightening round Finn's waist. The horse's hooves slammed back to earth and he took off toward the trees. Finn raised her sword and started to yell in the Ancient language, she could hear Bull close behind her and glanced back quickly and saw Caleb holding onto Bull, a grin splitting his face as he galloped after her. She turned back as she continued to yell. She saw the trees start to blur around the edges and start to bend out of shape as they approached, a light-blue light emanating from them as the last words left her lips.

Dean held fast to Finn, his heart racing in time with the horse. He was moments from being back in Larten Vola, back…he'd almost said 'home' but he didn't have to ponder that as the horse leapt into the light and he felt the long forgotten rush of cold air wash over him and the breath sucked from his lungs; he tightened his hold on Finn as they burst back into the blue fields.

Sam watched Finn and Dean, a smile of amusement on his lips. He and Caleb had decided they would ride together, forcing Dean and Finn onto the same horse and all the laughter and giggling had been at their expense. And now they were racing towards a pretty innocuous strand of trees that those two believed…hell, he didn't know what was gonna happen but if they believed he was being led to another world, then they were both clearly insane.

He watched as the trees started to blur…bend and then when Finn finished yelling a blue-light came from the trees and Dean and Finn leapt into it and…disappeared. He heard Caleb yell 'Cool!" and then his horse leapt into the light and he was hit by a burst of frigid air and the breath was sucked from his lungs. Before he had a chance to register much of anything else, the horse landed and raced into a sea of blue-fields covered in purple flowers.

"Fuck me…" he reigned Bull in and heard Caleb giggling. He looked at the boy "Don't you tell your Mom I said that"

"Promise" said Caleb.

Sam looked around, it was just as Dean had described. The blue-fields, the pink and orange sky, enormous trees with dark red leaves, the same dark red of the snow-capped mountains in the distance. What Dean couldn't get across was just how beautiful it was here. He looked around in wonderment…he was in another world. He grinned, he'd slipped through the 'looking-glass' and he loved it.

Dean and Finn trotted over, both of them smiling at the goofy-grin on Sam's face.

"Think I'm crazy now, dude?"

Sam shook his head, still grinning "But I can see why you were pissed every time I woke you" he looked at Finn "This is awesome"

She laughed "Yeah, I've missed it" she looked at Caleb "But that doesn't matter does it?"

Caleb shook his head and smiled "No. You love me more than home"

She smiled "You bet I do"

They looked up as a roar ripped through the sky…a roar that was joined by many more; a roar that echoed through the realm; a roar that heralded the return of the Dragon Slayer.

To be continued…