Chapter 3- Little Miss Dolly
Dean stepped out of the impala and took in a deep lungful of air, "Ahh, do you smell that guys?" He looked around to his two companions who also took a sniff of the air.
"It smells like…a pile of vomit right over there" Castiel said while pointing off to his left. Sam suppressed a chuckle in a cough and looked to Dean for his reaction.
"Ugh Cas, always with the positive side of life huh?" he said while walking through the parking lot of Dollywood towards a tram station.
"I did not realize that vomit was a very positive thing" Castiel replied looking about confused.
They hopped on a tram and listened to the driver tell them that they were at tram stop B for butterfly, that if they needed any car assistance it would be provided free of charge, and if they chose to walk to their car later instead of taking a tram and decided they didn't want to continue their walk halfway there that they were basically outta luck because the tram would not stop for them. Dean was literally giggling along to all the drivers' dumb jokes as if this were the best part of the whole park. Sam rolled his eyes. Castiel looked on in indifference.
When the tram dropped them off at the ticket booths Sam went to get in line pulling out his wallet but Dean held his hand out in front of him, "Oh no Sam, Dolly's friends do not pay for things here. I was told to meet her just over here." He walked towards a door at the ticket booths and knocked looking behind him excitedly to beam at Sam and Castiel. The door opened and there she was Dolly friggin' Parton. Sam expected some kind of theatrics out of Dean but was shocked into utter silence when Dean let out a squeal and did a few little bounces before pointing at Dolly then turned to look at Sam and Cas then to turn and point back at Dolly…this went on for an uncomfortable amount of time.
Dolly smiled her big southern smile and put her hands on her hips until Dean could gain some control over himself. When he finally did she held her arms out to gesture to the looming park behind her and said, "Welcome to Dollywood y'all! I am so glad you are here! Where would we like to get started first? I have my horse and buggy all ready to tour the park with my special VIPs."
Dean turned to Sam and grabbed his arms while leaning into him, "A horse and friggin buggy Sammy! With Dolly!" Sam merely rolled his eyes at Dean and turned his attention to the owner of the park.
"Umm Mrs. Parton I don't want to sound ungrateful, but we are truly here just to help you sort out whatever problem it is you may have, not to ride rides and play games" Sam could see out of the corner of his eye that Dean was giving him the worst death glare he could muster.
Dolly frowned at Sam and took a more serious tone with him, "Well nothing happens until night time, whatever it is don't come out durin' the day so why not enjoy your time here?" she gave Dean a knowing smile.
"Sam I think it would be wise to have a very extensive look around the park for any clues as to what may be residing here. And what if one of those clues is found on a ride?" Castiel said as if stating something so simple.
"Yes what the shy little fella there said!" replied Dolly returning to her happy demeanor, "Now if you boys will follow me I will give you a tour and then leave you to your own devices whether it be work…or play"
Dean all but skipped to the buggy behind Dolly and, after helping Dolly up jumped in and claimed the seat next to her while motioning to the other bench seat across from them indicating that Cas and Sam should join. Sam rolled his eyes and sat across from Dean.
Castiel sat next to Sam and looked over to Dolly quizzically, "Do you not own a car? Is that why we must return to this primitive form of travel with a very depressed horse pulling us along?"
Dolly just looked at Castiel for a second and then leaned into Dean, "I had a special uncle a lot like him, you are good people for letting him come along with you. But is it really safe considering why you're here?"
Dean barked out a laugh and leaned over to pat Cas' knee, "oh it would be more dangerous to leave him to his own devices ma'am."
Cas looked between the two not understanding, "What are you implying when you say 'special'?"
Dolly leaned forward and gave him a gentle little pat on the cheek, "Don't you worry about it sweetheart God made you perfect."
"Why yes, that is something God would say of all his children." Cas responded.
Dolly just smiled assuming he actually meant people as Gods children and not angels. As the buggy rolled on the crowd would part for it with people looking up in awe and pointing to their companions and taking pictures. Dean didn't even notice because he could only look around at the rides already coming into view. His mouth was almost to the floor as he swiveled his head from left to right. Dolly was a gracious host telling them what each ride was, how old it was, the repairs made to it, and how long it had been there. They were climbing a small hill when she pointed to what looked like an ordinary small red building, "and here is one of the oldest and my most cherished rides, Blazing Fury!" She looked to Sam and Castiel to not even a hint of excitement before turning to Dean.
"I. Love. Blazing. Fury. I always had a crush on Molly as she was about to jump off the burning roof. I had a thing for blondes for the longest time because of her." He looked to Dolly who just raised her eyebrow at him and smiled. Dean suddenly had a little blush on his cheeks and pointed in the other direction, "And what's over that way?"
"Oh Dare Devil Falls is over there." She said sounding unimpressed.
"Dare Devil Falls?" Sam swallowed, "that's the only ride I've ever been on here." He said looking a little nauseous just thinking about the ride.
"That's the ride you got sick on? You're kidding me! That ride is awesome, Sammy! You gotta give it another try!" Dean said with excitement in his eyes.
Dolly glanced at Sam's face steadily turning green and patted his knee, "I don't care for that ride either honey." She said sympathetically.
Feeling embarrassed Sam lead the conversation back towards business much to Dean's annoyance. "So Mrs. Parton what exactly has been happening around here for you to think you need our help?"
Dolly pursed her lips and looked to the carriage driver to make sure he wasn't listening before speaking, " Okay starting last year we now do fireworks at the end of most nights-"
"Like Disneyland does?" Castiel spoke up.
Dolly just glared at him for a second before turning back to Sam, "So since we've started this, there are obviously guests and workers in the park at night now. Ever since we started staying open later we have had a lot of disappearances among the staff as well as with visitors. We've never had to deal with missing persons reports before and now I have stacks of them piled up on my desk. If this keeps up word'll get out and people will think it ain't safe here and stop coming. And as you can imagine that's a big problem for me."
Sam nodded his head, "Okay so other than the disappearances anything else we need to know?" he saw Dolly give him a confused look and added, "Like do you have anyone suspicious working for you? Any remarkable cold spots around the park? Any blood found?"
Dolly didn't really seem fazed by these questions and answered them all, "No I ain't felt or been reported to of any cold spots. There hasn't been anything of the missing people found. And half the people that work here are my kin and don't you dare accuse my family of anything." She said while giving Sam a hard stare.
"Well can we at least go through the missing persons reports? Maybe we can find a connection between them to help establish what we're up against here." Sam asked as politely as he could.
Dolly's big cheerful smile returned and she shook her head, "How about we all meet up in my offices for dinner and discuss business there? Give the place a good look over, ride some rides, listen to some music, and have some good food all on me of course." Dean was nodding vigorously beside her as she leaned forward to her driver and said something to him beyond Sam's hearing, but Castiel let out a hardy laugh and that worried Sam. A few minutes later the carriage stopped just outside of Dare Devil Falls and Dolly gave them all a big smile, except for Sam whom she just smirked at and said, "Until dinner time then boys, enjoy your day." And with that she was off meandering through the crowded streets in her buggy and out of sight.
Dean just started laughing and Cas even had a pretty big smile on his face. "Well Sammy you somehow pissed off the nicest southerner in existence and now you're penitence is to ride this ride." He grabbed Sam by the arm and started to drag him forward; Cas even grabbed his other arm and held him still as they waited in line.
**A/N- Okay so a few things here: First I'm not totally caught up to the latest season of supernatural so I will not be making any references to any major events from the show or really any characters outside of the trio. Yes they live in the bunker in this story but that's as far into details as I will get on that front.
Also there will obviously be a lot of references to different rides of Dollywood in this story. I frequent the park at least once a year since childhood so most of what I say here is true to the park, well other than the freaky stuff that'll happen later. But I will also Google just about everything I mention to make sure I'm staying true to details. And if you've ever seen Dolly Parton on a commercial you'll see that I've depicted her quiet well I think.
Thank you to everyone giving this story a chance and providing all the good feedback! The next chapter might just be a short chapter of all the fun and shenanigans the trio get into around the park. **