At exactly the moment all three of us exploded, screaming at Cas, who was currently rigid with an expression that had quickly changed from his usual calm facade to a look of pure shock and terror. I doubt he had ever seen any of us act in this manner before but as they say, desperate times call for desperate measures; and this was a desperate time.

While Sam and Dean were shouting questions about the fact a shape shifter was coming, I was screeching about the shape-shifter. All I knew about this mystery person was that they were a shape-shifter and went by the name of Leah, but it was enough for me to connect the dots and come to an end conclusion. A conclusion I was hoping to not confront for years to come.

"CAS!" I yelled over the racket, making all three of them turn to face me. "What the fuck do you mean, that this person is a shape-shifter?! How could you not tell us before?" I asked, summing up both Sam and Dean's questions in one.

"I thought it wasn't very important..." He mumbled, shifting feet under my intense glare.

"NOT IMPORTANT! So it's not important that I might know this shape-shifter from past experience? Cas, what is the shape-shifter's last name?" I snapped.

"Yes, she has a name so stop calling her 'shape-shifter' and her full name is Leah Clearwater," he said innocently, his voice calm while his expression and stance showed otherwise.

Did he not understand my past or had he just not seen it from his perch in 'heaven' or where ever the hell he'd been. Did he not care about the fact that I have been running from my past for the past two years or is he just plain stupid?

I think I'll go with stupid. This one thing, this person, could ruin everything I've built over the past two years!

"She's from La-Push isn't she?" I asked my voice quiet and haunted.

"Yes?" He answered, stating the word as a question, showing his confusion through his facial features. My head suddenly felt light while my body felt heavy. I felt faint as though I was not entirely here. Everything was changing... It had started.

"Bella!" I heard someone try and shout but it sounded so far off in my ears, so distant. I felt a pair of arms wrap around my waist and I leant into them for support.

"Dean... Help me..." I whispered as the darkness took over.

Dean POV (one off, never again)

She was the little sister I'd always wanted. She was strong, beautiful and clever. She always got the job done and hardly ever came back injured. We knew everything about her but her time in Forks was always vague. She had never liked talking about her stay there, especially after Charlie died. Now we have no way of finding out what happened because, for the first time in years, she fainted.

The last thing she said was for me to help me but I don't know how. I can't help her without knowing what happened, so until I understood I held her in my arms watching her expression.

"Castiel?" I asked, not looking up from Bella but seeing him hovering in the corner of my eye. "Cas, what happened to her? Why did she faint and do what happened in her past that would make this happen?!"

"I don't know," He answered sounding miserable. "I didn't need to watch over her before and I didn't have permission. By the time I had permission it was too late, the damage was done and she'd changed."

"What do you mean?! What made her change?" Sam demanded.

"I wish I knew..." He muttered, a tear escaping his eye. "I honestly wish I knew."

What the hell is going on here?!

Bella POV

As I regained consciousness I realised I wasn't in Kansas anymore. 'Kansas' to me was any place I felt comfortable, and my new life was my Kansas but my life had just changed, with all but one piece of information.

I was reverting back to the scared child I was back in Forks. I was losing my nerve, and dredging up old emotions and memories and as I opened my eyes to reveal a worried looking Dean whose arms were wrapped around my waist and by the look in his eyes I knew I had some explaining to do about it as well.

"I'm sorry..." I mumbled under my breath, trying to keep the whimpers at bay and the tears, that were threatening to escape, in my eyes.

"Bella, please tell me what's wrong. I need to protect my little sister and I can't do that without your help," He pleaded.

"I can't Dean, I just can't..." I whimpered, my voice cracking in all the wrong places. "Please..."

"Let it out Baby girl, just let it out," He said while sitting down and cradling me to his chest as Sam and Castiel sat down either side of us.

Sam put his arms around my waist, keeping a firm hand on me as though I was going to run away but as Castiel moved forward to place a comforting hand on my knee I shied away from his touch. The realisation of my feelings put an invisible barrier between us and it would take a while to break it.

But it wouldn't take long to break Cas' heart, for me to lose him forever. I caught his eye before he turned away and saw an unmistakable and agonising pain in his eyes. I was hurting him, but I would just hurt him more he got too close.

Castiel, I love you, was my last thought until I fell into unconsciousness, allowing sleep to take me to realms I wanted to keep myself away from; the realms of memories.

Okay, I was going to cut it off before Dean's POV but it was far too short and I needed to update. I know this is quite a boring chapter and some of it can be quite tedious but hey, give me a break, I can admit that this is quite a bad chapter. I will make up for it in the next chapter, I hope! Also look forward to seeing Leah in a chapter or two.

But anyway, show me the love and review!

Love Kate (fight-the-fire)