Five

Dean was led through the forest and into the denser parts that reminded him of the mountains he'd hunted in with Sam when they'd gone after that Wendigo after their dad had died. It was an uneasy feeling, but no unbearable. Dean could handle fighting the monsters of his past, but fighting The Basket Woman was going to prove to be difficult. The fairies he was now following into the deeper depths of Somewhere only referred to her as an ogress. He doubted that they even knew the reality of what they were dealing with. Despite all of that Dean was having a harder time believing the fact that he was being led off somewhere by fairies. He didn't even know they existed. Also he'd had it in his head that they were a hell of a lot smaller.

"We are," Puck turned around with a smile on his face. His sister, Lily, walked ahead of both of them looking around and smiling at everything. "Well we can be smaller if we so desire. We can change size and shape anytime we need to and yes we can read minds, but only male fairies can do that."

"So your sister doesn't know what I'm thinking or you," Dean asked for personal clarification. "But you do."

"Exactly," Puck nodded. "So don't go thinking anything nasty about her and I won't have to mess with you ok pretty boy?"

"Speak for yourself," Dean replied with a huff. "You're prettier than me any day."

"That's the way we're going to keep it." Puck hopped over a log that Dean carefully stepped over and got just a bit ahead of the hunter. Dean decided that Puck had some nerve saying that to him when he was here to save all of their asses and the children's, but then again it was his sister that Dean couldn't help but stare at so he understand where the fairy was coming from at the same time. He was in no trying to cross his boundaries here, but at the same time he needed as many vital sources of information and allies that he could get.

"We're almost there." Lily spoke up. "Be sure to watch out for playing children and tricky fae."

"None of which are as tricky as me." Puck's smile gleamed with mischief and Dean swallowed hard.

Dean looked above and saw a rather higher swing attached to two trees and on the swing was an elf like creature rocking and back forth. Puck and Lily passed underneath him as though he wasn't even there, but Dean stopped for a moment and looked up at him. The elf like creature smiled and waved at Dean before continuing to stare off into the distance and swing. Lily giggled and motioned for Dean to keep following her and her brother. Dean, with a parting glance, looked back the elf and continued walking forward. Eventually they reached a real path made of sand and pine. Tiny rocks lined the edges of it and soft giggling could be heard all around. Dean anxiously looked around expecting to step on something alive or worse a smaller fairy that hadn't become full sized yet. Dean couldn't help but stare in amazement though at what was happening around him.

Tiny fairies were fluttering about here and there and throughout the air. Even the air itself was different. Dean closed his eyes and sniffed and it smelled like peaches and flowers. It was also lighter. It was a delightful combination. He reopened his eyes and stepped forward; following the footsteps the two siblings had left in the sand. He saw that the flower opened up as he passed and dipped a bit as if they were bowing and then closed back up. There were even a few tiny fairies that passed right in front of Dean's nose and waved at him before making circles with their bodies in the air and flying off. Dean waved back and broke into a small smile.

Once they reached the center of the forest Dean came upon the most incredible sight he'd ever laid on eyes on. It was a giant tree, bigger than a redwood tree in California even and its branches stretched out the length of American football fields. All of the branches were thick and healthy and attached to each of them were small wooden tree houses. Some of them were lit up on the inside with some of kind of white fairy light and a few others were dark and unoccupied. There was also white rope hammocks that hung from branch to sturdy branch and in some of those were sleeping fairies. Dean swallowed hard and hoped if he was given a place to sleep for the night here that it wasn't one of those or it was a tree house closer to the base of the tree. He couldn't stand the thought of being up that high without much protection from falling.

In the center of the tree was an opening that was taller than a skyscraper and was clearly carved by dainty hands because it was done perfectly. Dean looked up and around him once again as they entered the carved opening and he felt smaller than an ant under a magnifying glass.

"Geez human," Puck rolled his eyes. "You think everything is amazing."

"We have nothing like this in our world," Dean explained. "So yeah I'm just a bit amazed."

"Of course," Puck mumbled something. "The King will want to meet you forthwith. Come on now, he's in here."

Dean followed Puck and Lily into the center of the enormous tree and was greeted immediately with abuzz of energy and productivity. Fairies the size of the siblings were milling about and carrying baskets of the light up mushrooms and various other fruits and flowers. One female fairy was talking to a group of children who looked terrified and like they'd been crying. There were two boys and one girl and the girl looked awfully familiar. It was Sierra, Miranda's daughter.

Dean wanted to call out her name even though he knew she wouldn't know who he was, but he couldn't get the words to come out. He put his hand on the stuffed patchwork dog and debated tossing it to her, but he found he also couldn't get his arms to move in the right direction or start the action. The female fairy, before Dean could decide what to do she led the children away and outside of the tree and Dean sighed in defeat. He followed Puck and Lily a bit deeper before they reached a nicer part. This part had gold everywhere and Dean felt a sewer rat caught in the nicest part of New York.

"Welcome to the Fairy Kingdom," Lily smiled and stopped next to Dean as Puck kept walking until he reached the base of a set of stairs leading to two thrones. She watched Dean staring in pure awe and her face was a bit flustered when he smiled at her. "Do you like it, being a human?"

"It's amazing," Dean's words came out like honey. His usual gruffness was almost gone from his voice as if simply being around the fairies was changing it. "Thank you for, bringing me."

"Well I couldn't just let you be eaten could I?" she chuckled nervously.

"Father," Puck bowed to an older fairy evident by his white hair. The older fairy wore a robe made of the same material as Puck's vest, but it was a flowery purple and he had a silver crown atop his head with flowers sprigging from it. The symbol of royalty, Dean gulped then immediately knelt down and bowed his head. "We have done as you asked. We got the newest child, but there's something different about this one."

Puck took a step back and motioned for Dean to take one forward. Lily nudged Dean on the shoulder, her heart fluttering from the sudden contact with him, and Dean stood up shakily and walked up to the foot of the stairs. The white haired man, who Dean assumed was their King, was joined by a woman with dark brown hair and deep blue eyes. She smiled at Dean then looked to the King. She wore a similar robe colored purple and a smaller flowery crown on top of her head. She turned her attention back to Dean as well. Dean looked around him, all of the fairies seemed greatly intrigued by him and what it looked like the King was about to declare.

"My brothers and sisters," Dean's head begun to spin, there was no possible way they were all related that closely was there? "The Great Prophecy has come to pass. My son Puck and my daughter Lily have brought us many fine children, but this one is held higher than all of them. He is our savior! He is the chosen one and he is your future King!"

"Wait," Dean's eyes went wide with fear. "What?!"

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