Welcome to the New World


I begin to come to, Sam is standing over me, before helping me up. I look around and see what appears to be an old abandoned town. I wipe down my now dirtied white dress and blue jean jacket. We begin to look around trying to see where we are,and how did we get here. We begin to walk deeper into town and hear a creaking noise nearby. Sam grabs a piece of wood and I pull my knife out of my back pocket. Yes I always keep it one me, score one for the prepared hunter. Then suddenly out pops a man about maybe an inch or two taller than me brown hair and brown eyes.

"Andy," my brother calls out somehow knowing the man before us.

"Sam! What are you doing here? Who is she," Andy asks as he looks me over for the last question.

"This is my sister, Ariel. We don't know"

"What am I doing here," Andy asked, beginning to get freaked out.

"I don't know," Sam answered again.

"Where are we," Andy was now freaked and really looking for some kind of answer.

"Look, Andy right? I need you to calm down," I said, getting annoyed with the questions.

"I can't calm down! I just woke up in freaking Frontierland, lady. What I don't understand is how are you and boy genius not freaking out," he exclaimed.

"What's the last thing you remember," Sam asked, looking for something to give us some kind of answer.

"Honestly? My fourth bong load. It was weird. All of a sudden, there was this really intense smell. Like, uh...," Andy stops his story, pausing as if to look for the right word.

"Like sulfur," I questioned.

"How did she know that," Andy asked, which goes ignored when Sam and I begin to get an idea of how we got here.

"Dean," Sam said out loud.

"Your, your brother – is he here," Andy asked, hopeful that the older sibling was here.

"I don't know where he is. I don't know if he's," suddenly Sam is cut off by a woman screaming from far away. We run towards another deserted building that appears to be locked from the inside. Her screams become yells for help along with her banging on the door. Sam being Sam tries helping her out. I grab a decent size rock from the ground before handing it over to Sam. Something about this town is putting me on edge. I should have never gone into the diner with Sam. No more twin outings, next time Dean and I are going, or Sam and Dean. The woman behind the door continues to beg for someone to let her out. Finally Sam breaks the lock and lets the woman, he seems to know, out.

She begins sobbing into his chest as she hugs him tightly. I get a weird vibe from her, one that makes me anxious and worried.

"So, I guess you guys know each other," Andy asks.

"Yeah, I guess they do," I tell him answering for my brother.

"How did you—I mean, how did you—," Ava begins to question my brother, genuinely wondering how he got here.

"Ava, have you been here this whole time," he asked. This time a look of confusion comes across my face. How long had she been missing?

"What whole time? I just woke up in there, like, a half an hour ago," she tells him. I could feel the lie coming from her lips, and it set me further on edge.

"Well, you've been gone for five months. My brother and I have been looking for you everywhere," he explains.

"Okay, that's impossible, because I saw you two days ago," she tells him. She's lying again.

'Sam, Sam,' nothing. That's strange, usually he answers me when I try to talk to him. Something isn't right here. I looked over to the rock Sam had dropped earlier and mentally tried to move it over. Not only did it move like I wanted it too, I would lift it up in the air like it was a feather in the wind. Well that still works, but why can't I talk to Sam.

A new voice breaks through my thought, it out some ways away.

"Hello? Is anybody there," the voice calls out.

"Maybe more than four," Sam says. We run to the sound and see African American man dressed in camo looking like he just got home from a war zone and a blonde girl with green eyes.

"Hello? Hey! Hey, you guys all right," Sam asked the pair.

"I think so," the man answered

"I'm Sam, this is my sister Ariel," Sam said pointing over towards me.

"I'm Jake," the man answered

"Lily," said the blonde woman.

"Are there any more of you," I asked.

"Naw," Jake answered.

"How did we even get here? A minute ago, I was in San Diego," Lilly said confused as to what was going on.

"Well, if it makes you feel any better, I went to sleep last night in Afghanistan," Jake supplied. It really didn't make me feel better.

"Let me take a wild guess: you two are both twenty-three? We all are. And we all have abilities," Sam questioned.

"What," Jake asked.

"It started a little over a year ago? You found you could do things? Things you didn't think were possible," Sam questioned. They both nod, "I have visions. I see things before they happen".

"Yeah. Me, too," Ava informed.

"Yeah, and I can put thoughts into people's heads. Like, make them do stuff. But don't worry, it, I don't think it works on you guys. Oh, but get this –- I've been practicing. Training my brain, like meditation. So now, it's not just thoughts I can beam out, but images, too. Like, anything I want. Bam! People, they see it. This one guy I know – total dick, right? I used it on him: gay porn. All hours of the day. It was just like ... you should have seen the look on his face," Andy said laughing. The five of us didn't look as amused, I even looked kinda disgusted at the thought.

"Uh...okay," Andy said, feeling the looks.

"So, you go, "Simon says, "give me your wallet", and they do," Lilly askes Andy, before looking over at Sam, "You have visions? That's great! I'd kill for something like that".

"Lily, listen, it's okay—," I begin to talk to her.

"No. It's not. I touch people? Their hearts stop. I can barely leave my house. My life's not exactly improved. So, screw you. I just wanna go home," Lilly says annoyed with everything.

"And what, we don't," Jake asked annoyed with the girl. I couldn't really blame her though, I would be out of my mind with worry had I not been trained my own life for things like this.

"You know what, don't talk to me like that, not right—," Lilly bites back.

"Hey, guys, please. Look, whether we like it or not, we're all here, and so we all have to deal with this," Sam says trying to be the peacemaker.

"Who brought us here," Andy asked.

"It's less of a "who". It's ... more of a "what," Sam begins to explain.

"What does that mean," Ava askes concerned with what the answer would be. Sam pauses.

"It's....it's a demon.," I explain. Lilly lets out a sigh of disgust and rolls her eyes. Great, this is going to be a complete blast.

"The one thing that doesn't fit is me being here," I ask Sam.

"You're right," he says thinking about it.

"What does she mean," Jake questioned.

"Well she's my twin so she's the right age, but she's been able to do things since as long as I can remember," Sam explains.

"Maybe I was with you at the wrong time, it wasn't planned for me to be here. I say next time Dean goes and gets the food," I tell Sam. After a while we begin discussing what Sam knows about what is going on.

"So, we're soldiers in a demon war to bring on the Apocalypse," Jake asks in complete shock.

"When you put it like that—," Sam begins.

"And, and we've been picked," Jake asks again. Lucky them, well us, I'm in this mess as well.

"Yes," Sam says.

"Why us," Jake asks. Well that the million dollar question.

"I'm not sure, okay? But look, I just know," Sam begins before getting cut off. They really need to let this boy speak

"Sam, I'm sorry. Psychics and spoon-bending is one thing, but demons," Ava explains.

"Look, I know it sounds crazy, but," Sam starts to defend.

"It doesn't just sound it," Jake says

"I don't really care what you think, okay? We are trying to get everyone out of here as safely as we can. We still don't know what is here besides us. If you are all gathered here together, then that means it's starting and that we've gotta," I start saying annoyed that they aren't listening and taking this seriously.

"The only thing I've gotta do is stay away from wackjobs, okay? I've heard enough. I'm better off on my own. FYI, so are you," Jake says walking off alone into town.

Suddenly a screeching sound comes from within the school house. Sam and I begin running. I grab my knife out, it's an iron based knife, preparing for whatever may be near. Sam makes it into the school house first with me close on his tail. There is a young girl in the room with Jake. Sam has an Iron poker and hits the girl with it. She quickly turns into black cloud of smoke as the others join us in the room.

"And that my dear friends, that was a demon. I have a feeling this will not be the last one we see during our stay," I explain looking back at the four horrified faces.

"Now, that thing – I'm not sure, but I think it was an Acheri. A demon that disguises itself as a little girl. That still doesn't tell us where we are. Andy, are you with me or what," Sam explains, the now slightly calm group.

"Give me a minute. I'm still working through, "Demons are real"," Andy says still shaken from what just happened. We walk out of the school house and around the town stopping in front of a large wooden building with a rusty bell hanging from it. Like an old town church. No, we couldn't be here, right. I look over at my brother who looks down at me confirming my fears. I really Hope Dean and Bobby can get us out of this mess.

"Ariel and I have seen that bell before. I think I know where we are now: Cold Oak, South Dakota. A town so haunted, every single resident fled," Sam said knowing what I was thinking.

"Swell. Good to know we're somewhere so historical," Ava said. Historical, right, but not for good reasons, and I can see that in full force now.

"Why in the world would that demon or whatever put us here," Lilly asked, still annoyed with this whole thing.

"I'm wondering the same thing," Sam told her, "Air any ideas".

"None, sorry Sammy," I tell him. I was really stuck without an answer. If I can't reach Sam I doubt I could reach anyone else out there.

"You know what? It doesn't matter. Clearly, the only sane thing to do here is get the hell out of Dodge," Lilly says getting ready to leave.

"Wait, hold on. Lily, the only way out is through miles of woods. It's probably safer here then out there use your head on this," I tell her. She's really beginning to work my nerves.

"Beats hanging out with demons," she sasses back.

"Lily, look, we don't know what's going on yet. I mean, we don't even know how many of them are out there right now," Sam says hoping to calm her down.

"Yeah, he's right. We should," Jake tries to help us explain before she cuts him off.

"Don't say "we"! I'm not part of "we". I have nothing in common with any of you," Lily says back, now getting angry.

"Okay, look, I know," Sam tries to level with her.

"You don't know anything," She yells out before pausing and getting softer, "I accidentally touched my girlfriend".

We all became shocked, but honestly Sam and I had lost so many people, I could sympathize with her, but I never killed someone I loved, even by accident.

"I'm sorry," Sam says.

"Whatever. I feel like I'm in a nightmare, and it just keeps getting worse and worse," Lily explains.

"I have a feeling it's going to get a lot worse before it starts to get better," I began telling her.

"Ariel and I, we've lost people, too. We have a brother out there right now that could be dead, for all we know. We're all in bad shape. But I'm telling you, the best way out of this is to stick together," Sam tells her.

"Fine," She says, sounding defeated. Sam nods his head, and we begin walking into town again.

"We're looking for iron, silver, salt –- any kind of weapon," Sam explains.

"Salt is a weapon," Andy asks, surprised by the list.

"It's a brave new world, with new rules that make sense at times and doesn't," I tell him chucking towards the end.

"Well, hopefully there's food in your world, because I'm frickin' starving," Andy tells us. I nod my head in agreement, it's been a while since Sam and I last ate. We begin weaving in and out of the old abandoned homes, my hair on my neck sticking up with the feeling something is out there. I had Andy and Jake with me as we searched the rooms in the house. My knife is ready to attack if the need arises.

"So Ariel, how long have you and Sam been in the business," Jake asks.

"Longer than I would ever consider being in it. It's what my father did after my mom died. The demon Sam and I were talking about had set fire to the house we lived in, and she died. After that our dad became obsessed with the demon, taking us across the country more times than I could count trying to find it and kill it. Sam and I got out one day to pursue different careers, then our older brother came looking for us because our dad was missing. He wasn't missing, he just didn't want us around anymore. When we found him the last time, we all got into a terrible wreck. Sam and I were in comas with no signs of ever waking up. Our dad traded his soul for ours, and when we finally woke up he passed. I don't think that there isn't anyone on earth that wants the demon dead more than my brothers and me," I explain my story briefly.

Jake nods his head understanding and Andy looks uncomfortable with the story. I can't blame them, my story was filled with death, abandonment, heartbreak, and disappointment more times than anyone could handle.

Andy went off into a corner.

"You guys! I found something," he says out loud. Sam and Ava join us in the room, as Andy lifts two bags. 'Salt' written across it.

"Salt," Andy says, proud of his find.

"That's great, Andy. Now, we all can...where's Lily," Sam says looking around the room.

"Lily," Ava questioned.

"Lily," Sam and I yell out concerned she went out alone. Suddenly a giggle from a small girl is heard nearby. Sam and I share a look of horror, before quickly walking outside before being joined by three others. Lily is hanging from a noose at the top of a water town, skin is ashened in color and lips are blue from lack of Oxygen. She's dead, clearly this place is out to get us.

"Oh, my God! Okay, that's officially—Sam, she's dead! She's dead! You said we were chosen for a reason. That is not chosen! That's killed! Okay, we have to get out of here," Ava yells out, freaked about what just happened.

"Stop," I yell at her, "This isn't helping things".

"Yeah, I second that motion," Andy says, raising his hand to agree.

"Not sure that's an option," Jake explains.

"What," Ava asks.

"Lily was trying to leave. The demon's not gonna let us get away that easy. We've gotta gear up for the next attack," Sam explains as calmly as possible.

"Oh, gear up," Ava retorts. This can't end well, bad choice of words there Sammy.

"Okay, well, I'm not a soldier. I can't do that," Ava explains.

"Well, if you wanna stay alive, you're gonna have to. Let's go," I tell her.

"I'll get her down," Jake tells us, before walking off to cut her down.

"You know, I was just thinking about how much Dean would help right now. I'd give my arm for a working phone," Sam lets out a noise of defeat. Andy's face lit up, like a child on Christmas.

"You know, you may not need one. I've never tried it long-distance before, but do you have anything of Dean's on you? Like, something he touched," he asks. Sam and I search our pockets, I come up empty in my search, while Sam finds a receipt.

"Uh...I've got a receipt. Would that work," Sam asks hoping it could work.

"Yeah," Andy tells him, he looks at the receipt and sees the signature on the receipt, "D. Hasselhoff"?

"Yeah, that's Dean's signature," Sam tells him, "It's hard to explain".

"All right," Andy explains. Sam and Jake go off into a barn while Ava, Jake, and I search the house next to it. We find an old Iron Ax, and some more salt.

After we finish searching the house and finding nothing more useful, we search for another house that seems more together. Andy and I begin lining the windows with Salt while Ava and Sam do the doors.

"I hope your brother got the message," Andy tells me.

"I hope so too, I also hope my stash of food is still in the car. I'm starving, and I'll share until we get somewhere with food," I tell him seeing the look of hunger flash across his face.

When night fall hits we decide to take turns taking watch, we each pick a spot to get some rest. I sat next to Sam off in a corner and let my head rest on his shoulder, like we used to do as kids during the long drives. Jake takes first watch, but I can feel Sam trying to keep his eyes open beside me. I fall asleep within moments, and towards the end I feel Sam's head resting on mine.

I open my eyes from my dream to see that I'm in the house alone. Salt still all over, but not a person in sight and I can't feel them.

"Sam," I call out, "Sam".

I get louder this time, "SAM".

"You're brother is not here," A familiar voice calls out, "Nor the others, you are dreaming".

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