DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own ANYTHING Supernatural nor the characters from it. I do NOT do this for money. I do this for YOU the readers. :D Makes me happy when I make you happy. The only thing I own (and even then that's partly as Random came up with the idea first lol) is Celeste and other original content as it comes up. This is a mostly Sam fic as he is my second to Castiel which will be a later fic I come to make once I get all that sorted in my head lol
Nor do I own Black Butler, but I am loosely using Sebastian and Claude in the story. Not the actual characters but close enough I don't want to be banned. For that matter I do not own anything that is already copywrited as I plan to have some fun cameos from famous characters and again I don't want to be banned.
Also, the chapter titles are names from songs so I do not own those nor the respective bands. They're there for irony and to give a small taste of what to possibly expect. Mostly this is revolved around the Nine Inch Nails album The Fragile. This is my all time fav album by them so yeah seriously check it out. :D
So the main female character in this story is Celeste St Croix, she's a linguist and spends all of her time reading new books, learning dead languages and keeping OFF the hunter radar. She has ash blonde hair with a blue eyes and red eye though she always has blue contacts in she doesn't need anyone knowing her little secret she keeps from everyone. She is 5'7" and 130 lbs. She dresses modestly generally no low cut shirts or short skirts. She lives on her own in mansion in South Boston where she lives off of her family's trust fund and jobs she occasionally takes for hunters that earn her respect. She is very distrusting of anyone especially after she receives her "gift" or "blessing" however you want to call it. She has the same supernatural abilities most demon's have except they're blocked from her being able to use them at this point in time as she hasn't fully awakened. It'll be awesome in time, trust me. It starts out slowly but it'll pick up. This is also starting midway through Season 2 and onward so all kinds of fun stuff to happen :D
Chapter Two:
Celeste sat in the backseat of the Winchester's Impala quietly s they drove to their next destination. She was reading a book while the brother's were talking quietly to themselves. She looked outside her window watching Boston pass her by as she left this fine city of history and majesty. She sighed as they hit I-90 heading south west to the hotel. She had never really been outside the city before; sure she'd gone out of her house to get food and just to get out of that place but never really one to go venturing outside of the city. It had been her life the sounds and smells. She loved going to a particular bar, if you could call it a bar.
It was called Café on the Rocks. It was a simple establishment for the outcasts of normal bars. This place was for misfits and geeks. You could get a damn good mixed drink and read you book in peace and not deal with the shitty bar music. This place had mental, rock, classic rock and international rock along with bands that would come and place. She'd meet all kinds of people there. It was almost a safe place even for supernatural beings like vampires. She didn't make friends there aside from the bartender, Red De Tarus. He was an interesting person. She'd met him on a walk through the park, he was writing a floor plan out for his establishment talking with another person who after a few heated words shook his head and left him by himself. She helped him open that bar by buying the property for him and he'd just pay her back in what he could afford to. She wasn't sure where exactly all her money came from and to be honest she didn't really care too much. She had what she needed. Her thoughts were disturbed when Sam twisted around to look over at her.
"Can I ask you a question?"
Celeste raised an eye brow at him. "Go on." She said to him.
Sam took a moment before he started talking again."You said you met our dad, how?" He asked her his green eyes hinting at a deep seated pain mentioning his father so casually.
Celeste looked at him and smiled warmly. "He helped me a great deal" She started. "I was raised in the mansion you met me in. I wasn't born there I know that much, but I was raised there and I was unable to leave the premises until Lillian met her untimely end and I got my two dogs. I was about 13 or 14 when I first met him he was hunting, of course, and I saw what he was fighting and knew from the café I go to that he was harmless so I called out to stop except something stopped me." She paused. "Another vampire except this time I knew he was dangerous because I had been warned about him and his friends. Luckily your father heard me as he saw the vampire he was about to kill get angry that someone was attacking me. See, I have been known to help in my own way, so they worked together to get this other vamp off of me and dealt with." She paused seeing Dean's eye brow raise. "Yes, unfortunately my fanged friend was also beheaded which led me into a rage as he was harmless. Of course your father told me that eventually he'd have human blood and it'd be all downhill from there and he's not going to let that rest on his conscious." She sighed. "Anyway, continuing on, he had stayed in the area for awhile I let him stay at my house as he well wouldn't leave. He said it wasn't safe for a young girl to be alone. In which case I told him I wasn't along and then Claude and Sebastian showed up, they had been out visiting family. After that he left but called every so often. Until those two hunters came along, brothers you see, very rough and just rude, I called him up and asked him if he could deal with them and he did being on another hunt in the area he also decided to let them know that I was with him, for whatever reason, and they never crossed my path again." Again she paused. "He was a good man. He spoke of you two highly." She said softly.
Sam watching her the entire time watching her talk, she didn't use her hands often but when she did he noticed they were small and frail, she looked to breakable to him. She looked like a porcelain doll that was alive, it was however her eyes that really intrigued him. One was blue while the other red like an albino's eyes would be. As he listened her he noticed she spoke of her dogs, and that reminded him about something.
"So who is going to take care of your dogs?" He asked her.
Celeste grinned sadly. "They can take care of themselves." Was all she said about the topic of them shifting in her seat a little bit. "Is there anything else you'd like to know?" She asked him.
"Your eyes…" He trailed off seeing her reaction.
Celeste sighed. "I don't know honestly. It's just how I was born. Though knowing that it is strange I generally have contacts on for that reason. I don't like large amounts of attention, it makes me very uncomfortable." She told him shifting again. "Even a little bit gets me nervous, I'm not used to it." She said looking over at Dean who was quietly driving.
Sam taking the hint backed off. "Well if there's anything you want to know let us know we'll answer to the best of our ability." He told her smiling briefly.
After a 3 hour drive they finally got to their destination, the Piepoint Inn, immediately she could tell something was going on, the air around her seemed stagnant and dead. Dead and Sam were looking around and found the hoodoo on the various pots for the plants.
Celeste walked inside with Sam and Dean to the check in booth. When inside her grabbed onto Sam's arm as she started gasping for breath.
"Celeste!" Sam said as he noticed the weight on him and she was gasping for breath. "What's wrong?" He asked her as he kept her up right and looked over at Dean. "Ideas?"
"Allergies to the unnatural?" Dean asked sarcastically.
Celeste could see them all. They were all looking at her. They knew she wasn't normal but didn't say anything. Blank dead eyes stared at her. Men, women and even children all looking at her, scrutinizing her to the point of her anxiety kicking into effect. She looked around and saw two little girls on the stair case one of them looked normal the other one looked strange, like she didn't belong. She looked paler than normal almost a bluish tint to her skin as if she was water logged.
Sam shook her gently to get her attention while she heard the voice of another woman.
"Oh my gosh, is your friend OK?" The older woman asked.
Celeste was able to nod her head and finally say something. "I'll be fine, thank you. We'd like a room please, two twins if you don't mind." She said still hanging onto Sam.
She looked over at Sam. "I'll explain later." She said to him before turning her attention to the owner of the mansion. "You have a lovely establishment. I've been meaning to come here for a few years now I've just never had the time to come out. It's a shame you're selling." She said sadly. "From what I understand it's been in your family for awhile now yes?" She placed her credit card down on the counter to be swipped.
"Yes it has been Miss…" She paused to look at the name on the card. "Oh, Doctor, it's nice to actually see the face to the name." She said straightening up. "Please allow this on the house." She said with a sweet smile.
"You need it revenue, I don't mind one bit." Celeste said to Susan. "In fact I'd like to know some of the history when I'm feeling better if that's alright with you. I might even be interested in buying." She paused looking up at the stair case to see the other girl glaring at her. "Of course I'd be more than willing to allow you and your family to stay here if I do decided I'm interested in buying." She said looking at Susan again.
Susan didn't know what to do or say. "Sure I'd be happy to tell you about the place when you're feeling better. Perhaps you, your boyfriend and his friend would like to join me and Tyler for dinner tonight?"
Celeste blushed a deep crimson when Susan mentioned that Sam was her boyfriend. "Oh… No,,, It's nothing like that." She said nervously. "We're just friends, nothing more." She laughbed nervously rubbing the back of her neck.
Susan looked at Sam and Dean. "Oh I see then. Well, it'd still be nice to have you all for dinner and I can tell you a bit of the history of this masion." She said with a smile taking a key out. "Sherwin, could you see our guests to the wedding suite?" She asked the elderly man as she looked over at the three. "I'm sorry, with selling this is the only room that's fitted for a few people." She paused giving the key to Sherwin. "Thanks." She said to him looking back over to Celeste. "Does seven o'clock sound good for you?"
Celeste nodded loosely holding onto Sam's sleeve in case she had another episode going up the stairs looking up she saw both girls were gone. Blinking she saw briefly as he eyes were close a gruesome scene of bodies hanging and drowned when she opened her eyes there was a linger picture of the second little girl glaring at her with a sadistic smile on her face. Celeste did nothing for a reaction as they went up the stairs she noticed Sam gripped her firmly as they went up.
Sherwin went on about some of the history of the house until they got to their door in which case he opened it and gave Dean their bags and held out his hand which before Dean could do anything Celeste dropped five hundred dollar bills in his hand. "Thank you for your assistance." She said with a smile on her face. "Don't spend it all in one place." She teased as she went into the room immediately letting go of Sam and sitting on the bed.
Dean and Sherwin looked at each other for a moment before Sherwin smiled brightly. "Thank you Doctor." He said. " I hope you have a wonderful stay." He said leaving them.
Dean closing the door looked at Celeste. "Now are you going to tell us what the hell just happened?" He asked her. "One minute you were fine next minute you looked like you needed life support."
Celeste looked at Dean and Sam and took a moment to collect her thoughts. "I, as cliché as this sounds, can see dead things, not just people but also animals. It doesn't happen often only in places of much death." She said taking in their faces. Dean looked dumbfounded while Sam looked as always intrigued. "And well, after hearing the history from Susan I may buy this house. It seems like there is a little girl who hasn't passed onto the next world." She said. "When I said something about buying she looked at me as if she wanted to kill me but loosened up once I stated the family could stay."
"There were no cold spots though." Dean argued.
"True, but," Celeste said holding up a finger. "She could be able to control that. It can be done it just takes a lot of focus." She told him sighing. "I thought I was going to pass out. So many eyes on me it was suffocating." She said looking over at Sam. "Sorry to for using you to keep my balance if I didn't I'd have fallen and likely gotten myself hurt."
Sam nodded. "No problem, I'd rather you have done that than fall over. That'd would have been bad. Now she called your Doctor and was taken aback by that. What are you known for around here?"
Celeste sighed again falling onto the bed covering her eyes with her arm. "I have a doctorate in language and history. I had communicated an interest in seeing this place but didn't have the time to actual go out and see it for myself until you two came around and now here we are." She said to them sitting back up. "I can take the chair or floor." She offered.
"No." The brother's said at the same time.
Celeste laughed, truly laughed at their unison. "Well then, who gets the floor?"
"Sammy and I will take care of it with a best out of three rock, paper and scissors game." Dean said with a wink.
Celeste rolled her eyes. "How every clever." She said to them as she watched Dean lose miserably to his little brother. She observed their closeness and grew envious momentarily. She had only ever had that amount of closeness with Sebastian and Claude as she had no siblings and didn't even know her real parents. She gently rubbed the figures on the necklace and she could feel in her being the comforting nudges they were giving her. How she wished she could bring them out but she knew that'd be bad as he already told her that hunters don't like them and it was a miracle that John Winchester didn't try to kill them.
Sam being the more emotionally intact of the two looked over at Celeste once his and Dean's little game was over and he sat down next to her. "What's on your mind?" He asked her.
Dean looked at her when Sam went to talk with her. She was cute, not his type, but still at least he could look at without being sick. He noticed that Sam took a liking to her and hoped he didn't get attached as when this was all over with Yellow Eye's it'd be goodbye to her.
Celeste looked at him and shook her head. "It's nothing important." She said. "What's more important is finding out what's up with this place. So I suggest I have a sit down with Susan's daughter and maybe I can find out more about the potential ghost I saw by her earlier. You two check out the rest of the place, I'll likely be able to get more access because this is one of my specialties." She told them getting up. "I know she said seven, but I'm feeling better." She lied to them as she felt awful. She was still weak and in a bit of discomfort. "I'll let you know what I find out." She said as she closed the door leaving the brother's alone.
Dean looked at Sam. "What was that about?"
"What?" Sam asked innocently.
"Oh you know." Dean said. "Don't get attached. She's gone once we're done with Yellow Eyes." He told him.
Sam looked down. "Yeah I know." He said to him quietly. "But do you think she'll be OK?" He asked. "I mean we deal with something pretty messed up stuff." He said. "I'd worry about her."
Dean rolled his eyes. "That's the first attractive woman you've seen since I came for you at college when Dad went missing. Of course you're going to worry about her."
"Hey, I have seen many attractive women since then, she's just" He paused. "different."
"Just don't forget what I said. Done." He told him. "Now let's get to work."
Celeste met with Susan down stairs. "I'm feeling better now." She said disrupted the quiet space. "May I talk to your daughter please? And how is your mother doing? I heard she wasn't in good health, this saddened me greatly I was hoping to talk with her as well. I'd still like to see her if I could."
Susan startled by Celeste's re-entrance nodded. "Sure, she's in her play room and Rose, I'm not sure. She hasn't been able to talk since her stroke it will be difficult but I suppose if they are yes and no questions she might handle them better. " She said to her as she led her to Tyler's room.
Inside the room was filled with porcelain dolls, which Celeste always adored. They were like her in some cases, fragile and easily broken but also majestic and well crafted. She saw the life like doll house with the little figures scattered around it and smiled. How she wished she could have had something like this when she was growing up, but it was books upon books upon books of occult, history and language.
"Tyler, Dr. St Croix is here to talk to you. Please be respectful and answer her questions. " Susan said. "I'll be in the other room if you need me, let me know and I'll show you up to Rose then."
Celeste nodded. "Thank you Susan." She then turned her attention to Tyler which what stood behind her was a frightening image of a little girl throwing a silent temper tantrum. She could see into the girls rage. The skin from her skull peel back to show her skull her aura was red all around her and licks of flames around her in her rage.
"What do you want to know?" Tyler asked her sweetly.
Celeste crouched in front of her. "Who's your friend?" She asked her.
Tyler looked over at Maggie who was now putting on the nice face. "Her name is Maggie. She plays with me." Tyler said happily. "She's said we're moving though. She says she doesn't want me to leave her."
Celeste looked at Tyler. "What if I could help you stay here so that you and Maggie can play all the time?"
Maggie and Tyler both lit up. "You'd do that?" Tyler asked her happily and then turned around to Maggie. "Did you hear that? We might be able to stay!"
Celeste laughed sweetly. "Of course, I just need to speak with your grandmother first though and then I'll talk to your mother about buying the property so that way you can all stay." She said getting up and poking her head out to see Sam and Dean outside the door.
"So?" Dean asked impatiently.
Celeste looked at him. "Patience." She told him.
Sam snickered before getting elbowed in the rib cage by Dean. "Ow.."
Celeste shook her head and moved pasted them to talk with Susan who quickly showed her upstairs as the brother's looked at each other and shrugged. "Bar?" Asked Dean.
Sam nodded. "Bar."
Susan showed Celeste up to the mostly empty room where Rose sat in her chair. "Mom," Susan said. "Dr. St. Croix is here to see you." She said as she left the room.
Celeste looked at the old woman. She looked tired. "Hello Rose." Celeste said taking an old hand in her own. "Does Maggie frighten you?" She asked her. "All you have to do is squeeze my hand once for yes and twice for no." She stated as her hand was gently squeezed once. "Will she hurt the rest of the family if they can't stay here?" Again another gentle squeeze on her hand. "If I buy the property in all in contents will she be sastisfied?" Again another squeeze. "Right then, I hope your suffering comes to a quiet end. You've lived a wholesome life and have done all you can, but you can't protect everyone forever. But you can watch over them from the great beyond." She said as she got up to see Maggie looking at her.
"You can see me." She said to her. "Why do you care what happens to the people here? I'm honestly curious." She said to her.
Celeste looked at her for a moment before speaking. "They're family, they should be able to remain as such. I've never had one and I find joy in other people with their families. It's not much to ask for, besides I think Rose will be joining you soon, her condition is bad no thanks to you I suppose." She said with a knowing grin.
Maggie looked at her innocently. "I have no idea what you're talking about." She said to her with a giggle.
"It wasn't a nice thing to do, but you drove the point across. I want to buy this place because I want that little girl to have the childhood I wished I had. I want her to grow up being thankful for the things she has. Everything could have been taken from her had I not come about with the other two. So please, stop your mischief and let them be a family. You can still play with Tyler but nothing dangerous, alright? Fair enough?" Celeste asked Maggie.
Maggie looked at her for a good long time before she said anything. "Deal." Was all she said before disappearing. "I'll leave you guys alone tonight, but once it's settled I'd like you to leave which I think you will be anyway, and don't sell the place under us or I'll kill them all." The disembodied voice said.
"It's a deal then." Celeste said as she went over to Rose grasping her hands gently. "It's over, she won't hurt anyone as long as you all can stay here and I'm sure once you pass you'll be able to play until the end of time." She said with a smile she looked into the old woman's eyes and saw tears forming her in eyes and falling down her face. Celeste gently wiped them from her face. "Thank you for your time Rose. You have a beautiful family both in life and death." She said as she left to go back downstairs to speak with Susan.
Sam and Dean were drinking with Sherwin when Celeste came to join them. "Do you have scotch?" She asked the older man.
Sherwin looked at her and smile. "Yes we do, on the rocks?"
"Please." Celeste smiled sweetly.
"So what'd you find out?" Dean asked her.
Celeste looked over at the two and saw they were well on their way to having a good time especially Sam who didn't look like he ingested much liquor. "I'll tell you when we go up to the room which from the way Sam looks might want to be sooner than later." She said. "I'll take him up if need be. I'm feeling much better." She told him.
Sam looked at her. "I can walk myself up to our room. I feel fine." He said as he got up and promptly fell down onto his seat. "Or maybe not."
Celeste laughed helping him up. "Hold the scotch, I'll be back for it." She said. "And if not, Dean, it's yours." She told Dean as she lifted up Sam up as much as she could as he was much taller than she was. "Up we go. Just don't puke on me."
Sam groaned. "Never doing this again…" He muttered as they slowly walked up to their room.
Celeste was able to fish the key out of her pocket while keeping an arm on Sam to keep him up right. "Now look who's helping who." She said with a raised eye brow. "In we go." She said opening the door and his first visit was the bathroom the puke up his contents.
Celeste stayed with him. "So I'm buying the place. The little girl is a ghost, Maggie is her name. She said once I finish buying the place to go on my way which I planned on doing anyway. So just shows you that sometimes if you work with what's doing the chaos you can come out with a pleasing result." She told her getting him some water. "Drink this, slowly, it should help."
Sam crawled to the one bed and got on it. "Dean's so bossy… Just giving you a heads up. He's bossy and short." He laughed. "You're short too, but at least you're cute." He told her in his drunken state.
Celeste laughed. "You're drunk Sam."
"You know Azazel gave me some of his blood so I'm all like demon like which is creepy cause now I have these weird demon like powers." He told her. "Why am I telling you all this?" He asked her.
Celeste patted him on his head. "Get some rest." She laughed laying down on the other bed to sleep the rest of the night.
The next day papers were signed and the place was sold to Celeste St Croix. On their way out Celeste looked up at the window to see Maggie and Rose holding hands as Rose had passed during the night.
Getting into the car she laid down in the back of the car and rolled on her side away from the boys. "Good night gentlemen, wake me up when we get to where we're going next."
A/N: Wow that was long ha-ha I like long chapters btw… And sorry for the late update and the rushed ending. Wasn't getting a good flow but it turned out alright. As always R&R please. :D
And to Randomnormality THANK YOU for being an awesome friend and writing buddy! :D Guys seriously read her stuff it is awesome! ^_^
