#and he becomes the Most helpful little camping buddy. doesn’t let dean see how freaked he is

[samdeancrimespree]

idk whose post this is originally and i know this moment was kinda played for laughs in-show but like. they are good enough at hunting animals to find and kill food to eat on a new fucking planet.

they are …. So calm in this situation. they each have their tasks and jobs and they complete them in an orderly fashion, barely even having to talk, like they have a routine for being alone in the middle of the woods. we don’t ever see them doing this, but they must’ve done it before.

at which age do you think john winchester decided his sons needed to learn how to fend for themselves in the Real World and left them in the woods with bows and arrows and knives and said “i’ll be back in 4 days.” cause i’m gonna say 10 and 14? dean might’ve been out on his own before that, with the vague excuse of “training” given to sam to explain his brothers 2 day absence. it was a semi-frequent, maybe quarterly thing throughout their childhoods. obviously not on a Schedule so they never knew when to expect it, but they were always kind of waiting for it. it was just A Thing They Did, just like everything else. a way to prove they were retaining all their training. this was the winchester version of a camping trip. for the first couple years, sam didn’t even know this wasn’t what camping normally meant. he just knew he really hated camping.

one time, john got distracted by a hunt and left them in the alaskan wilderness in october for almost two weeks. one time, john forgot it was sam’s birthday and dean spent any spare time he had looking for cool rocks and leaves to give sam, and promised he’d give him his real presents when they got back. one time, dean got attacked by a goddamn cougar in colorado and sam patched him up and wondered what the tentative friends he had made last week were learning in their tenth grade class. and he hated john but almost cried with relief when he came to get them. dean did almost all the hunting because the very first camping trip, sammy shot a rabbit in the leg and sobbed as it slowly bled to death, and dean never wanted to see that type of anguish again. he hated killing the animals too, but he could do it, because sammy had to eat. he knew john would question it if sam hadn’t improved his skills, so they would set up makeshift archery ranges to practice. and in his reports to john, dean would always give half the kills to sam.

over time, as they got more skilled, john would give them less and less supplies, until at the end they only had a couple weapons each, rope, matches, and a first aid kit. and bobby thought when the boys spent one summer building a fort but refusing the tools he offered them, they were finally being regular kids.

[irresistiibles]

so uh, this is a whole monstrosity, but beneath the cut is a plotting call for the event! i have included all of my characters, sorted by location, with blurbs about what they will be doing and possible plots for them. they are just some ideas i came up with and are absolutely not limited to what i put down! anyway, toss this a like and i will hit you up to plot! 

washington dc

asami sato / legend of korra / aware

recently aware and lowkey thankful cause she has more fighting memories from her real life. not actively running out and looking for a fight against these ridiculous creatures but she’s got a taser, real decent martial arts training, and a history of handling herself against much stronger enemies. she’ll be fine, probably looking for a place to bunker down and grabbing anyone who seems like they’re in danger as she goes. worried about korra cause she doesn’t have her memories so she doesn’t know if she can defend herself

plots: could help people. could bunker down with people. could fight monsters with people. could try and build some quick tnt to throw at monsters with people. could try and steal and hotwire a car to get away from monsters with people. lots of opportunities here it’s a party.

blue sargent / the raven cycle / aware

trying to keep out of the way. she doesn’t know if her powers will make the monsters more powerful, but she knows there’s a pretty solid chance and though she is feral enough to fight she doesn’t want to risk it. has a pocket knife and spite for defense but she is under five feet tall and absolutely should not try to take anything on. probably using the chaos as an excuse to steal convenience store tea

plots: someone trying to keep her out of fights. someone she’s bunkered down with. maybe someone with powers she can enhance who’s fighting or something that she helps. 

ciel phantomhive / black butler / aware

he’s tiny and has asthma this is not an ideal situation for him. he does also have a gun but ciel isn’t stupid (most of the time) and definitely knows how to pick his battles. intelligence battles he can handle on his own but strength? absolutely not. will be trying to run and bunker down and potentially find someone who looks bigger and stronger than him to play the pity card of ‘i’m young and tiny and only have one eye’ to try and get some protection.

plots: we aren’t built for fighting so we’re running and bunkering down crew. ciel will be faking some kindness in this event because there’s powers in numbers and if it comes down to it he can trip someone else while running from a monster. someone protecting him like mentioned above. maybe someone who comes and saves his ungrateful ass. legit anything

donna benviento / resident evil / aware

girl is not a fighter. in the game she relies on illusions to fight ethan, which she will be using with any of the monsters possible in order to create escape routes for herself. will be searching for someone familiar since all the people she knows here can be fighters and she hopes like her enough to help her out.

plots: not the type to necessarily help anyone since she’s focused on helping herself, but could give some encouragement to someone else struggling. maybe someone who gets caught in a hallucination she intended for a monster just cause that would be wild. 

entrapta / she-ra / unaware

she’s doing fine. this is the sort of woman who can make explosives on the go. not actively trying to fight monsters but not actively hiding either. she’s curious to an extreme fault and will be interested in all the weird things running around washington. though she knows it isn’t safe she desperately wants a sample and will be trying to find monster corpses or even something she can sneak up on to get one.

plots: someone trying to get her away from danger. someone hanging around her because even though she isn’t hiding she can blow up the monsters and seem safe. someone fighting monsters she’s latched onto planning to get a sample after they kill something

jaskier / the witcher / unaware

lmao he is not doing fine. even if he had his memories mans was a bard and though i think jaskier has a feral side that’s more for like bar fights than monsters. he’ll be working on hiding though he’s a little shit and won’t be able to stop himself from peaking out to try and get a story for a song from all of this. lowkey think he’ll run into a monster from the witcher and trigger some memories because i am ready to know some stuff if not everything.

plots: if anyone wants to offer this man any defense that would be cool. anyone he bunkers down with. someone stuck hearing his song ideas because he’ll probably be composing as he goes like an absolute fool. anyone who witnesses him get caught by a monster and have to stick with the defense of attempting to punch it in the face and run lol. i’m cool with whatever

karolina dean / marvel’s runaways / unaware

though she is unaware karolina is luckily aware of her powers and will be using them to get herself through this. her powers aren’t reallysomething she uses often and they do cause her to become exhausted after extended use so that’s definitely a possible problem.

plots: asdfaldsfkj

lavender brown / harry potter / aware 

just thinking about the last time monsters came to life in the city and is very unhappy about it. mostly trying to hide she did not fuck with this the last time it happened and she does not fuck with it now. knows a little bit of fighting magic if it really comes down to it. will follow people to where they bunker down

plots: someone she gets stuck fighting a monster with despite wanting to dip (could develop into reluctant fighting pals). hiding buddies.  someone who helps her if she panics and just trying to hide in a dark street. legit whatever

lily evans / harry potter / unaware

she is without magic or a wand or memories and doing her best with pepper spray and a decent chunk of anger. will be trying to help people despite her lack of defenses cause she’s foolish. very well may be dying in this because i want her memories back and this feels like an opportunity (considering the other ideas i have had are all awful)  

plots: anyone she helps. anyone who helps her/drags her away from danger when she attempts to run right in. if anyone wants something big she could die trying to protect someone i’m open to options

river song / doctor who / semi-aware

let’s be real this is not the most dangerous situation river has ever been in. i would love to say she’s using her competence to help people but unfortunately she’s probably using the chaos as an excuse to rob high end stores. may help someone in a real casual aloof way where she’s passing by and shoots and monster but it’s not really a moral obligation thing rip. a little worried about where her mom is cause she just found out she definitely has a mom, so she can’t just lose her.

plots: someone she casually helps and then tries to dip from immediately. anyone interested in theft. may go to some fighting for the fun of it so if anyone wants to join she will be down

michiru kaioh / sailor moon / aware

very unhappy about the situation. mostly wants to find haruka considering the last real bad situation in washington had her seeing her dead body so. may provide a little protection along the way but she’s definitely on the colder side and is not meant to be a full time protector for anyone. will probably be transformed in her sailor neptune form to be able to handle the situation as best as possible

plots: someone she helps but tries to ditch. someone who asks her for help who she refuses. maybe someone who sees her fighting and comes by to join only for her to be like ‘oh you got this? i’m out then thanks for handling it.’ 

pansy parkinson / harry potter / aware

planning on following her successful plan that she carried out during jumanji, raiding a liquor store and finding a place to hide. will not be as easy as it was during the storm of course, but i think she’ll still kinda manage it. may get in a fight or two on the way there but that’s about it. maybe she could get injured or something lol whatever works

plots: drinking assholes buddies baby! if she does get a little injured someone for that thread (where she would probably be stupid enough to try and clean out an injury with her drinks). could save someone by accident. someone who witnesses theft lmao and has whatever reaction you want.

quinn fabray / glee / aware

uuuh quinn has many skills but none of them are made for this situation. i guess she can run kinda fast from cheerleading so that’s her best hope. it’s her one and only plan and she will be attempting to just run and hide. is not making an attempt to fight because she’s not stupid and knows anything out there could snap her in half.

plots: someone who offers some protection/saves her from a monster. bunker buddies. some regular human she’s camping out hiding with where they’re both like ‘what the actual fuck is going on in this city???’

tessa gray / the infernal devices / unaware

so she technically has magic but does she know how to use it? absolutely the fuck not. might use a tiny bit in self defense because she’s understandably very freaked out by all of this. like she knows there’s some supernatural stuff but she’s never prepared for this level of things. kinda stuck between wanting to save herself and feeling like she should help people but not knowing how so she does neither as a result. her main plan of defense is stabbing someone despite having no idea how to do so

plots: some sort of help for this victorian woman trying to survive. someone around if she accidentally uses magic to defend herself with no idea how. someone she helps get to safety. 

toph beifong / avatar the last airbender / aware

lets be real she’s having a blast. loves to fight and loves fighting in a situation where she doesn’t have to worry about morals and wow should you hurt this person?? obviously monsters can be hurt so she’s in the clear and will be throwing boulders without any hesitation. lowkey thriving and running into chaos headfirst. 

plots: though it wouldn’t be out of kindness she could help people or shield them or whatever. fighting buddies. someone who decides to stick by her cause she can clearly take out monsters. anything.

zagreus / hades / aware

honestly has spent the most recent part of his life fighting his way out of the underworld so this is not too crazy for him. he’s also died a lot so his concern for his own life is minimum. will be fighting and trying to help because he is a well meaning boy who doesn’t think people should be involved in this stuff if they don’t want to be. though earth was supposed to be better than this and is kinda thrown off and maybe a little sad.

plots: anyone he helps by saving from a monster or leading to safety. could steal a weapon off of someone lol. someone he starts questioning mid battle about whether or not this a common thing on earth

zhongli / genshin impact / aware

this man is very difficult to kill. he can summon meteors and shield himself from damage lmao. probably trying to take out as many monsters as possible but like in a for the greater good to save the people sort of way. reasons killing things is more helpful in the long term than slowly saving on person after another. 

plots: could shield someone from an attack last minute. battle buddies. someone he accidentally frightens by calling down a whole ass meteor and handling that. will save people if they get stuck in combat just not helping people to safety or anything, so there’s options. 

the island

albedo / genshin impact / aware

not gonna lie albedo is not nearly as worried as he should be. the man is bad at having emotional reactions to anything. if anything he’s really intrigued to be on a new location and will be trying to get plant and soil samples despite everything else going on.

plots: someone trying to get him to safety would be funny since it would be a very difficult task.  maybe someone also just vibing with him. a research partner who he just pulls in by accident because he’s like ‘hey get me some of those flowers over there’ and they’re thrown off or whatever to the point where they just do it. 

alec lightwood / shadowhunters / aware

a nervous man trying not to come off as nervous. will mostly be looking for magnus/issy, and turn out to subsequently be very unhappy when he realizes they aren’t there/are in washington (if one of them texts him). from there it’ll be about helping people and trying to keep people safe. this isn’t the sort of dangerous situation he’s used to dealing with (turns out you can’t fight the weather with a bow and arrow) but he’s heavily trained and will manage well enough himself and feels semi obligated to help regular humans survive

plots: any people he’s helping try to keep out of danger. someone aware of his concerns about his people back in washington. uuh literally anything he will be working real hard to play it cool but it’s hard when the people you care about are who knows how far aware and cell service is hard to get in a monsoon or lightning storm (he may try and find the tallest areas to scale just to try and get a text out so if anyone wants to join him they’re welcome to) 

esther mckinnon / harry potter / aware

mentally cursing magic and all of the nonsense that comes with it that refuses to leave her alone so she can chill. luckily, though she’s not amazing with much magic she was always slightly better with defensive stuff or charms rather than straight up attack battle magic. luckily she’s been keeping her wand on her more often than usual cause dying will do that to a person. trying to find/contact her family and survive

plots: sort of survival crew sort of deal. she’s probably half tempted to see if she can swim back to washington so someone should talk her down

gerry keay / the magnus archives / aware

similar to esther is real tired of magic stuff or cult stuff or whatever it is and is kinda pissed to still be a part of it. he’s kinda concerned this has something to do with the entities and will be running around a bit looking for answers at the start before deciding that isn’t happening and just being tired of it. also pretty sure he’s survived worse so don’t be surprised to see him smoking a cigarette through a storm somehow acting like things are chill. is nice and wants to help people even if he doesn’t seem like it so will probably move into action the second he sees anyone struggling.

plots: if your character is tired of this shit and wants to share a cigarette they are more than welcome. he will help people in whatever way he can. someone needs to tell him you can’t fight the weather with arson because that’s the only move he’s got.

glinda upland / wicked / aware

lowkey a little pissed she was not given a warning about all of this so she could at least show up in a proper beach outfit. real tempted to just hide in her bubble and float in that until this is over but isn’t sure if that would actually help. also has bad memories when it comes to extreme weather conditions. can use some magic to try and help herself with but glinda is not built for thinking under pressure so big rip

plots: someone offering her some help she needs it. someone who witnesses her attempting to keep her hair styled throughout all of this. literally whatever.

haruhi fujioka / ouran high school host club / aware

a little too confident and bad at accepting help. will be doing their best to get through this on their own, and probably semi managing but not as good as they could with some help, especially considering they are human and so many others are not. will offer others help even though their biggest and best plan is to hide however possible

plots: reluctantly accepted help. maybe the opposite of someone trying to offer help and haruhi adamantly refusing. a hiding crew of sort, where haruhi would stick with someone else under the assumption that more eyes in better and she’s still mostly handling herself.

jin ling / the untamed / unaware

stubborn like haruhi, but will recognize his limits much faster. kinda overconfident with a habbit of running headfirst into things and them directly going to shit. lowkey thinking he could get injured and get some flashes of his memories back but not become completely aware, just a sense of things. hoping his dog is safe back home

plots: please someone help this boy dear god. if i do go with an injury maybe someone pulling him out of whatever shit he gets himself into. any sort of group safety or help that can deal with him being a little mean because that’s just how he is unfortunately. 

kyoshi / avatar the last airbender / unaware

‘let kyoshi bend a meteor’ an admin said to me as a joke but you know what? she could so why not! will be attempting to utilize the bending she barely understands to get through the weather and will probably be semi successful considering she’s best at bending giant amounts of elements rather than precise bending. will be keeping herself safe but nervous about anyone being near her due to not feeling in control

plots: someone she saves with her bending. someone that could get hurt from her bending something into them accidentally (though probably not too seriously). someone hanging around her to stay safe but it’s just making her nervous but she doesn’t want to tell them to leave her alone so it’s a struggle all around

namaari / and the last dragon / aware

is used to surviving in difficult weather situations. not this bad but like, it’s not so far out of her comfort zone that she’s absolutely screwed. probably has a good instinct for it. doesn’t trust super easily so will not be super jazzed about joining a group but could go with a person or two.

plots: someone she impulsively helps. someone who helps her and she gets stuck feeling like she has to thank them and hangs around till she gets a chance to repay them (or she ditches them to save her own skin). working together but she’s clearly hesitant with them

pearl / steven universe / aware

she’ll be good. i mean very confused and concerned about how she got out of the city, but interested in finding out how it all works. will be trying to do some research around the horrible weather. is also a very fast builder and could probably manage some shelter. if she decides there’s nothing to find may try and establish a place to just stay at and deal with the weather. does have a moral compass and will attempt to help people.

plots: someone she helps/saves. any people interested in looking for answers with her that don’t have enough concern about the weather situation. can try and build some protection structures for people.

rita skeeter / harry potter / aware

real tempted to turn into a bug and just bury in the dirt until this is all over. may start that way even until earthquake kicks in and that doesn’t feel safe either. will be a beetle for some of it though. luckily most of her magic skill is in defense (she has always prepared for the day someone snaps and tries to punch her) so she’ll kinda manage, but is a selfish bitch only out for herself so do not expect much from her in terms of help. will try and start doing interviews on the island despite the craziness to prep for the article she’s gonna write after

plots: someone she starts trying to interview mid chaos. someone who pulls her out of danger while she’s filming something. lmao if someone wants to see her turn out of a bug for the laughs (or discovering she’s an illegal animagus) that could happen i’m down for whatever

victor nikiforov / yuri on ice / aware

sir is absolutely not built for this. nothing in his career has built him for this, it’s just made him a charismatic egomaniac with bad knees and ankles. probably makes a snapchat story along the lines of ‘someone come save me i’m a national treasure.’

plots: will cling onto people for help so anyone stuck with him. could offer money in return for people with any form of protection/support. making unfortunate snapchat stories/instagram posts as it goes. let him pull some people into the wildest selfies ever.

[littledarlinwrites]

Everything’s Not Alright

Part of the That’s the Spirit writing challenge coordinated and created by the wonderful @hardertobreatheat-night ​

Song: Drown by Bring Me The Horizon

Word Count: 4,056

��So why are we going to Maine?” I pipe up from the back seat.

“Well sleeping beauty, Bobby called, apparently a contact of his in Maine asked him if he knew of any hunters who could swing by the area and check things out. Bobby knew we were already in Virginia and therefore the closest and best hunters for the job.” Dean replied to me.

“Bobby said his buddy told him too many people have gone missing in the same area for it to be anything but supernatural and that he owed this guy one from back in the day and the guy has good instinct.” Sam added, his nose in a book.

“So how much longer ‘til we hit Maine then?” I ask.

“About five hours, you were passed out cold there for a bit.” Dean spoke up again.

“Well one of us has to get some beauty sleep in order to mingle with people to get information.” I sassed at him. Dean cracked a smile at my response that I saw through the review mirror. “So, do we get to meet with this buddy of Bobby’s?” I ask.

“We’re meeting up with him at a diner once we get there.”

“Okie dokie then.” I say as I pull out my headphones and plug them into my phone so I could listen to music and try to get my head in the game. I could tell that I was distracted, distractions lead to mistakes, and mistakes can mean life or death. If it were only my ass on the line I wouldn’t feel as much pressure about it, but I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if Sam or Dean got hurt, or worse killed, because of me. There was enough blood on my hands… What doesn’t destroy you, leaves you broken instead.

Walking into diner, I could immediately spot Bobby’s friend. On my game or not, I know a hunter, or ex hunter when I see one. He was the same height and build as Bobby, but his hair had more salt and pepper to it, and he had a long scar on his cheek.

“You must be the hunters Bobby sent up, you’re exactly how he described.”

“Thanks, I think.” I say with a half-smile, and the older man chuckles.

“Yes, it’s a good thing, sit, have a seat. M’names Marvin, helped Bobby out back in the day. I’d look into this myself but I’ve been out of the game for a while, mainly just help out other hunters with information on how to get the job done.”

“Well, what makes you think this is supernatural, besides disappearances I mean.” I asked Marvin, happy that he could get out and live to tell the tale.

“These parts of Maine, it’s not normal to get as many disappearances as this, and they are always at night, never during the day. And just yesterday there was a group of 3 kids that had gone camping, only two of them came back, word is they say their buddies were taken away in the night by a monster. That’s what made me call Bobby, I had been keeping an eye on it, hoping it was just bad luck, lost campers, but once I heard that I had to have it checked out.” Marvin spoke softly.

“How long has this been going on for?” Sam questioned.

“Since they opened up a new campground about two weeks ago. The land used to be owned by the state but there was no trespassing, on rare occasion a trespasser would either get lost, but most assumed they were just that, lost, maybe attacked by a wild animal after they hadn’t turned up, but every night someone goes up there, someone doesn’t come back.”

“Well sounds like we need to make a visit to those kids, and find out more about this campground.” Dean spoke up. Back in the Impala Dean’s driving to a motel to check in and freshen up, Sam’s looking in their dad’s journal with what little information we have in order to get some ideas in mind, and I’m in the back trying to ignore the hole in my soul growing deeper. I didn’t even notice we were pulled in front of the motel until Dean gently shook my shoulder while calling my name to get my attention.

“Huh, what, sorry.” I mumble out getting out and taking my duffle that Dean had in his hand. If I wouldn’t have kept my head down maybe I would have noticed the concerned look that crossed Dean’s face. I walk up to the room with the door cracked open and head towards the couch to set my duffle down and shake myself out of my thoughts. I sit down on the couch and hug my knees to my chest.

“So, what’s the game plan?” I ask the boys as Dean shuts the door behind him.

“I figured we change into suits and two of us go to interview the kids and the other goes and finds out more information about this new campground.”

“I’ll investigate the campground.” Sam answered.

“That leaves us with interviewing.” Dean said to me.

“Dibs on bathroom!” I exclaimed jumping up to get to the bathroom first. Back in the Impala, we’re on our way to interview the two kids Marvin mentioned earlier.

“So, the two kids are 21 and 19, high school sweethearts, presumably shared the same tent then because of that, and their names are Ethan and Melanie. Then there’s James King, also 21, and he was in a separate tent just a few feet away.” I tell Dean after getting off the phone with the park rangers to get the information.

“And this is where Ethan lives according to the park rangers.” Dean replies pulling up to the house.

“Alright, let’s do this.” I say getting out of the car. I walk across the street and up to the door, giving it a loud and quick knock. A tall guy, about 6’, athletic build, and dark brown hair answers the door.

“Ethan Manns?” I ask questioningly, although sure he’s the guy I’m looking for.

“Yes ma’am, and you are?”

“I’m Agent Matthews and this is Agent Fogerty. We’re investigating the disappearance of your friend James. We were hoping to ask you a few questions.” I told him.

“Mind if we come in?”

“Uhm, yeah, sure, this way.” Ethan directs us towards the living room. After he offers us a drink we all sit down to begin talking. “Has James been camping before?” I begin.

“Yeah, he was actually really excited about the new campground, it was our first night there, but he’s been camping plant of times elsewhere.”

“Did James have any enemies?” Dean jumped in.

“No way, he was the nicest guy around.”

“Did you notice anything strange before his disappearance, him, your surroundings, anything?” I ask.

“James was his normal self, just stoked about the new camping grounds, and the only thing that seemed out of the ordinary I noticed was this ball of light. I woke up and noticed this light and figured it was just his flashlight and he woke up to go to take a leak or something and I fell back asleep. Then I woke up not long after and heard this gnawing sound, figured it was just an animal a little way away, I didn’t think it had anything to do with James ‘til the morning when I woke up and saw his tent collapsed and a bit of blood.” Ethan continued on to say,

“Melanie was totally freaked, we’d been hearing rumors that the woods were haunted, some said it was a ghost, others a witch, I think I even heard someone say there was a werewolf.”

“That should be all Ethan, thanks so much for your time.” I wrap up the conversation. He nods zoned out, but gets up to lead us out. I turn around and stop the door from closing,

“It isn’t your fault Ethan, you couldn’t have known.”

Ethan has a look in his eyes of guilt, but wanting to believe my words. Instead of agreeing or denying he just says, “Find him, please.” I nod and start walking to the Impala.

“Melanie next?” I ask Dean.

“Yeah, I’m getting the feeling those rumors aren’t just rumors, but I need more to go on, hopefully Melanie has that for us.”

“Hopefully,” I whisper. An hour later we’re back at the motel and walking straight into the bathroom to change into something more comfortable. Dean changes right after me and we all sit down to eat and discuss our findings. Dean and I tell Sam what we discovered from interviewing Ethan and Melanie.

“Well according to the park rangers working there, like Marvin said, there’s been a disappearance every night this week, and the park opened two weeks ago. There’s never been an attack or disappearance during the day, which leads them to believe it’s some kind of animal that likes to move around at night. But one interesting fact is that there used to be Native Americans who lived there, it wasn’t for long before they moved to Canada. They were part of the Wabanaki tribe. Now I’ve looked into the lore and get this, the Wabanaki tribe believed in a legend about the Skadegamutc (skuh-da-goo-much). An undead vampiric creature also known as a ghost-witch. It is believed that the Skadegamutc are wicked people or witch’s that become this ghost-witch creature when they ‘die’. They don’t stay dead but must feed on human flesh and drink their blood. They can also shape shift into a ball of light in order to scour out the area and find their prey more quickly. They can only attack at night and are vulnerable to sunlight, once dawn breaks they are nothing but corpses.”

“That’s gotta be it considering the ‘ball of light’ Ethan saw.” I said confirming Sam’s conclusion of our monster of the week.

“Dad’s journal say how to kill the sonuvabitch?”

“Yeah, gotta find the corpse during daylight hours and torch it. They’re supposedly immune to normal weapons, have superhuman strength, and can hex or curse people” Sam replied in a tone of finality.

“Well, it’s only midday, we could go out and start searching, maybe we’ll get lucky and find the SOB, or at least James.” I say hopefully.

“Couldn’t hurt, but we gotta get out of there by dark, no good to James or any others if we become this things Scooby Snack.” Dean stated. After we all changed into more appropriate attire to hike in the woods in we drove to the new campgrounds.

“So, I figured we could get a map once we get to the campgrounds and plan a path to search from there.” Sam declared.

“Sounds like a plan.” I say as we pull into the campgrounds. We all get out of the car, get a map, and start hiking.

“So according to Ethan, they were all camping here.” I say pointing to a spot on the map that we were heading towards.

“And according to the park rangers, it looked as if James was dragged north until the tracks disappear out of nowhere.” Sam points out on the map after me.

“Well, let’s head that way and see what we find.” I declare as we trudge on ahead. After walking around a few hours, checking other disappearance areas and finding nothing, we decide to turn around and come back when dawn breaks tomorrow. The sun is setting as we climb up a hill, I’m not horribly far behind the boys but not as close behind as I should be as it gets darker. While climbing up the hill trying to pick up the pace I trip on a root that I didn’t see. I try to catch my balance but instead I fall forward and hit my head on a rock. I remember the sensation of sliding down the hill before everything goes black. 

Dean’s POV

We reach the top of the hill and I look behind me to check on Sammy and Y/N. I swear I feel my heart stop and drop into my stomach when I don’t see Y/N behind Sammy where she was minutes ago when I last looked behind me halfway up the hill. Sammy reaches the top and looks up at me and notices that something must be wrong and looks behind him.

“Y/N!” Sammy yells out into the woods. I don’t even think before my feet are running back down the hill we just climbed. I feel sick to my stomach when I reach the bottom and notice a fresh bloodstain on the trunk of a tree.

“Y/N!” I shout with every ounce of air in my lungs. I hear Sam coming up behind me, he has a rock in his hands that also has fresh blood on it.

“She must have tripped and fell back down the hill.” Sam explains with his discovery.

“We’ve gotta find her Sam…” I say with resolve, but guilt and desperation was laced through my soul..

“We will Dean, we will.”

“Where’s the map?”

“Here.” Sam says as he pulls it out of his back pocket and opens it up.

“You got a pen?”

“Uh, yeah, here.”

“Alright, we are here,” I say as I mark down the spot on the map.

“James got abducted here,” I mark down the next spot, “and then the other abductions were thought to happen, here, here, and here.” I said under my breath while marking down the spots. The pattern or trail I was hoping to find didn’t exist.

“Damn it!” I shouted in frustration.

“Dean, they said they never recovered any bodies or remains, which means the Skadegamutc had to take them somewhere.”

“Somewhere like a cave or something, something they would think an animal would hide in.”

“Here.” Sam said pointing to the map, “there’s a cave here, let’s check it out and if they aren’t there we’ll check others. We’ll find her Dean.”

“Let’s get moving”

Reader’s POV

When I finally came to a bit later, I was somewhere, dark, cold, and damp. Where ever I was there was a hole at the top letting the full moon’s light in. The movement of my head brought crashing down the memory of my little trip earlier. Through the little amount of light entering the space I’m stuck in I see a shadow moving, I try to get up but I can’t move. I instantly start to panic. Why. Cant. I. MOVE!? Then, what I assume to be the Skadegamutc, appears in front of me. It had long black straggly hair, grey wrinkly and cracked skin, and its eyes were completely black. The last thing I noticed about the monster were its sharp and pointy teeth before it lunged at me, digging its teeth into the crook of my neck. I let out a blood curdling scream hoping Sam or Dean would hear me. Slowly, I lose consciousness, whether it’s from blood loss, shock, or pain I’ll never know. What doesn’t kill you, makes you wish you were dead. I come to again and try to move again but to no avail. I lean my head backwards against the cold stone I’m propped against. Stuck with nothing but my thoughts for company, suddenly unconsciousness looks like a blessing. Once again, I screwed up, hopefully it’s only my ass that gets hurt because of it. It comes in waves, I close my eyes, hold my breath, and let it bury me. I’m not OK and it’s not alright. My mind goes back to that fateful night, the night I couldn’t save her. She was my responsibility. It was just a stupid, little old witch. Because I couldn’t fight hard enough, I couldn’t save my little sister from her. I couldn’t take it anymore. The guilt, the weight of the of the world’s getting harder to hold up, all those times I wished I could have taken her place and had her live the life she deserved and I can’t trade places with her.

One more moment of this silence The loneliness is haunting me And the weight of the worlds getting harder to hold up

“Ugh” I hear a soft groaning coming a few feet away from me.

“James?” I croak out.

“Yeah, who wants to know?”

“Oh, thank God. You’re friends, Ethan and Melanie, their torn up about you. My friends and I were trying to find you and potentially save you, but I screwed up. Got hurt. Now I’m here.”

“What is that thing?”

“Trust me when I say you do not want to know. Can you move?”

“No, haven’t been able to since I woke up down here.”

“Great…” I say under my breath. I heard a rustling sound coming a few feet away and saw the shadow flicker in the light.

“I think it’s coming to finish me off.” James said, panic rising in his voice.

“Not if I can help it.” I try to reassure him. I see the shadow moving towards James, and prepare myself.

“Hey fugly!” I shout at it, getting it to at least stop in its tracks.

“Yeah you, you piece of shit. Bet you can’t drink me ‘til I pass out without killing me!” I try taunting it. It didn’t really move towards me but it must have used a hex on me because I felt like every nerve in my body was on fire, causing my to let out such a loud scream that my voice broke. When I opened my eyes that I didn’t realize I screwed shut from the pain, the monster was in front of me, staring at me curiously. I took my opportunity to piss it off and spat in its face. Needless to say, it worked. The monster was feeding on me instead of James, and I let unconsciousness take me in its sweet embrace.

Dean’s POV

I heard a scream for the second time and this time it was closer, the first to caves turn out to be a bust, but we were heading in the right direction. I started running as fast as I could will my legs to carry me, until her voice cut off mid-scream. Sam came to a sudden stop behind me and pulled out the map.

“I don’t get it Dean, it sounds like we’re right on top of her but there’s nothing he-“

“What, what do you see?” I question him quickly.

“The map has this spot marked but it doesn’t say why.” Sam said looking around.

“Dean look, to your left, the tree.” I looked where Sam was directing me and immediately saw what he was pointing out, a tree and right in front of it, a hole in the ground.

“Get ready, that thing is down there and it’s strong.” I say to Sam quietly. I quickly and quietly walk over to the hole, listening for any signs of the Skadegamutc. On the edge, I jumped down the hole prepared to torch anything in front of me with Sammy behind me.

“She needs help.” I male voice croaked out. Looking towards where the sound came from I saw him nod his head forward.

“Sammy.” I whisper nodding my head to who must be James. While I looked towards where he directed, quickly dropping to my knees in front of Y/N.

“Hey.” I say under my breath, caressing her battered face gently in my rough, calloused hands. “Hey there pretty girl.” I scoop Y/N up in my arms and turn around to pass her to Sam.

“We need to get them out of here, can you two manage?”

“No, Dean, the Skadegamutc must have hexed them with a paralyzing curse or something.” I set Y/N down beside James and boost Sam up through the hole.

“Alright, up you go, James.” I whisper to myself. I bend over to pick up Y/N when I heard a rustling sound, quick to the draw I point and start using the mini flamethrower on the monster before it knocks it out of my hands. It chomps down on my shoulder faster than I could blink.

“Sonuvabitch!”

“DEAN!” Sammy shouts, jumping down into the hole and spraying the monster with the flamethrower. The Skadegamutc the released its jaw from my shoulder, and bellowed a ear-piercing screech.

“Dean?” Sam called to me once the monster was gone.

“I’m fine, Y/N?” I called out, hoping that with the monster destroyed, Y/N would wake.

“Y/N!?” I scramble to Y/N, and check her over and checking her pulse.

“Sammy, she’s lost a lot of blood, her pulse is there, but it’s weak.”

“C’mon,” Sam says to me, getting ready to boost me up,

“James?” Sam shouted.

“Yeah?” I need you to help my brother pull Y/N up!”

“Got ya, I’m ready.” James replies, Sam boosts me up and James helps me up with my busted shoulder. Then Sammy starts boosting Y/N through the hole, and James helped me grab onto her and pull her up through the hole. I get Y/N to the side and I instruct James to put pressure on her wound. I then give Sam my good arm to pull him through the hole. Quickly regaining my composure, I move to Y/N and pick her up and start carrying her to help.

Reader’s POV

When I wake up I hear a steady beeping sound to my right, and can already see the bright, white light through my closed eyelids. The smell of cleaning supplies permeates my nose and makes my face scrunch up.

“Hey sleeping beauty.” Those words, are music to my ears, but also a disappointment. Disappointment in the way that I have to continue on with this guilt with no redemption in sight. I felt like I was drowning, with no hope of ever breaking the surface. I open my eyes to see bright green one with a dust of freckles between them.

“Hey.” I croak out, my voice breaking. Dean reaches with his right hand for the styrofoam cup of what I assume to be water, and brings it to my lips. I slowly sip the water through the straw, quenching my dry, sore throat.

“Thank you.” I rasp out, scrunching up my face once more, this time in confusion.

“You damaged your vocal chords, lost a lot of blood, got yourself a concussion, but the doctor says you should make a full recovery. James also told us what you did for him.” Dean explained. I nodded my head and sat with him in the silence. I take in his figure, noting his left shoulder in a sling. Before I can ask about it though Dean speaks up again.

“You know I can read you like an open book Y/N. And I’ve noticed you’ve been off your game lately, rushing it, making rookie mistakes, and for a minute I couldn’t figure it out. Then I remembered a conversation from a long time ago. This is around the time your little sister passed about two years ago.” Dean took a pause before he started speaking again, staring at me like he could see into my soul, and he very well could have. I stared down at the hospital floor, suddenly fascinated with the specs against the off-white background.

“It’s not your fault. And I know that you feel like it is, trust me, I get it, I really do. But I can tell you for a fact that she wouldn’t want you living this way, she would want you to live for her and she’d only feel resentment if you didn’t. I will help you fix yourself, dive in when you’re down, save you from yourself, and I won’t let you drown in those thoughts that tell you to give up and drown in your misery, and I will spur your fight to be here, I’ll drag you out alive, if you let me.” Dean spoke softly. I felt the water behind my eyes threaten to spill over.

“Do you really believe all that’s possible Dean?”

“Just because everything’s not alright now, doesn’t mean it will be forever.” Dean whispered to me before kissing my forehead, and for once I drowned myself in something good.