The Prophecy
Taylor Swift
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𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆
𝑰𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒔
𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒄𝒚

𝑪𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒍 𝒂𝒌𝒂 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓!
𝑺𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 10 : 𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒅𝒆 9
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅

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Sat inside the library inside the bunker, Jovi was leant over the table her eyes narrowed in concentration with a subtle pout on her face. She held one of her dad's hands in hers working on his nails, the teen had filed them and was now painting them with a clear varnish. How did she get Dean to comply? Puppy eyes and a tv show that was older than both of them, she also likes to think he couldn't say no to her even if he wanted to.

Sam walked into the room carrying two plates that had grilled cheese sandwiches on them, a small smirk was on his face as he saw his brother willingly letting his daughter pamper him. Dean threw his head back as he laughed at the scene playing on the computer screen "what're you laughing at?" Sam asked strolling towards them, Jovi didn't look up from her work while Dean glanced over his shoulder at him "oh, hey, hang on. It's a — this is a classic" Dean used his free hand to rewind the scene "I'm glad you're feeling better" Sam responded "oh, better than ever"

Sam scoffed "yeah, I can see that" his eyes landed on where Jovi was putting another coat onto Deans thumb "he needed a mani bad" the girl commented making her uncle laugh, he then put the two plates down. Dean immediately reached for his one which also caused him to snatch his hand from Jovi's "oh, hello beautiful"

"uh, excuse me? I wasn't done" the teen said glaring at her father "uh, sorry, sorry. Five minutes Jov" she rolled her eyes before shrugging putting the brush back in the bottle before taking her own sandwich "was hungry anyway, thanks Sammy" Jovi smiled up at her uncle while Dean was humming in satisfaction while eating his own sandwich "you want some alone time with that thing?" Sam questioned raising a amused brow "no, I'm good"

"You sure?"

"Yeah, yeah, watch this" Dean pressed play on the screen the three watching the guy turn a pipe causing water to rush out. Dean laughed which made Sam and Jovi smile. The girl was just happy to see him being happy and carefree for once. She looked back at the screen taking another bite of her sandwich and smile on her face.

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"This is why you called us? This is your emergency?" Dean questioned as the three stood opposite Cas who'd called them for help but hadn't given them the reason. Now they were outside of a restaurant where Jimmy Novaks daughter Claire had made a runner after Cas got her out of the group home she was put in "yes" Cas responded in almost a offended tone, Dean shook his head "no, Cas. An emergency is a dead body, okay? Or — or a wigged out angel or the apocalypse take 3. Some chick bolting on you is not an emergency that's...that's every Friday night for Sam"

Jovi snorted while Sam sent Dean a look "dude"

"This isn't just some chick, I'm responsible for her" Cas responded, Dean furrowed his brows "since when? You met her once...how many years ago?"

"Look, Cas, even if we do find Claire, then what?" Sam added to Deans point, Jovi glanced up at him with disappointment eyes. If she thought anyone would help Cas it'd be Sam, her dad was just stubborn but hey if they wouldn't help she would

"She rolled you and then she ran, okay? Its pretty clear she doesn't want to play house"

"I understand but I need to know that Claire is safe and I need your help"

Jovi shrugged "well I'll help" she moved standing beside Cas sending her dad and Sam a challenging look, her eyes squinting daring them to tell her no "all right, uh, why don't we go ask around at the group home?" Sam said taking his nieces side, Dean then reached into his pocket for the impala keys "uh, you know what? We're gonna stick here in case she circles back, you two go ahead"

"Thank you" Cas told them all, Jovi followed after her uncle.

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After Jovi and Sam had spoken to the boss at the group home finding out about a boy who might know where Claire was which lead them to a hot dog joint in town. Her and her dad both went inside getting food while Cas and Sam waited outside for the kid, when the two approached Cas had the boy Dustin pinned to a wall "...and you're gonna tell me where Claire Novak is" Cas raised the boy in a chokehold "now"

"I'd do what he says" Dean said with a mouth full of food, Sam glanced at Dean and Jovi raising a brow at them looking at the food. The two both gave a thumbs up in approval of the hot dogs.

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They'd found Claire at a convenience store where Cas had gone inside to get her leaving the Winchesters leaning against the bonnet of Baby, it wasn't long before Cas came out with Claire in his grip "screw you!" The blonde girl yelled pulling away from Cas in anger, the Winchesters all stood up "whoa, hey, Miley Cyrus settle" Dean told her, Claire scoffed mockingly "eat me Hasselhoff" Jovi snorted hiding her giggles behind her hand she quickly shut up when Dean nudged her telling her to quit it "Claire, wait a second. Look my names-"

"Sam" Claire cut him off before she looked at the father daughter duo "and you're Dean and Jovi. We've met remember?" Her blue eyes fell into a glare as she looked between the three almost like she was accusing them of something, Jovi knew she was partly blaming them for what happened to her dad "Claire, you were going to rob that convenience store?"

"Gnarly" Jovi muttered with a smirk earning a glare from both her dad and Cas who was clearly trying to get his point across to the other girl - Sam had just learnt to ignore her comments...just like Deans. "So?" Claire said carelessly as she shrugged "so? So...its...wrong" Cas told her Jovi hide her smirk of amusement as Cas was trying to find his words but the teen knew full well it wasn't going to work on Claire - from one teen to another "you wanna talk to me about wrong? You killed my dad, is that wrong enough for you?"

"No, I didn't"

"really? Because without you, he'd still be here and my mom would still be around"

"Damn, mommy and daddy issues" Jovi muttered without thinking luckily Claire didn't hear it but Sam and Dean did "Jovi" Sam scolded her

"Claire, I'm—" Cas took steps forward when Claire pulled a gun on him, no one moved knowing full well Cas would be fine, the angel just looked at her empathetically  "that won't hurt me"

"Fine" she pointed the gun at the Winchesters, Dean moving in front of Jovi protectively "whoa! Hey, come on"

"Hold on a second"

"Take it easy, Hannah Montana"

"Why? Like you don't have it coming?" Claire said her gaze darting between the three "you stood there while this monster took my dad" the three didn't respond to Claire who then turned to Cas with tears in her eyes, betrayal written on her face "I used to pray to you, Castiel. Every night I would beg you to bring him home safe"

"I know" Cas responded, Jovi's eyes widened slightly. Damn, maybe part of her was on Claire's side...

"You know? My father was a good man, in what messed up world does he have to die and you get to live?"

"I'm sorry"

"No, you feel guilty. There's a difference"

"So what, now you run back to Randy? The guy you steal for?" Sam asked her slight judgement in his tone, Claire narrowed her eyes at them "how do you know about that?"

"Dustin"

"Claire. That man is using you" Cas told her regaining her attention "he was there for me when things got bad — and they got real damn bad, he was there when no one else was. He's my family...and you're just" she took a shaky breath scoffing as she glanced at the Winchesters before looking back at Cas "you can go to hell" she then walked away leaving them in the alley, Jovi breathed outward eyes darting between her dad and uncle "well...she seems nice".

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After their run in with Claire, the Winchesters and Cas headed to the closest bar. Cas had attempted to order but Dean quickly finished for him "three whiskeys and a coke" he told the bartender who wore a Hawaiian shirt which earns a grimace from the teen, she always hated Hawaiian shirts. Don't ask her why but she just did, the girl took a seat on a stall between Cas and her dad "Cas, don't beat yourself up, man. Claire was-"

"Right" Cas said cutting Sam off "she was right. Who am I to tell her how to live her life?" Jovi felt sympathy for the Angel, it was clear to her that he was trying his best and only wanted to help Claire but she knew the other teen girl was going to hold a grudge against the Angel for as long as she lived and rightly so but Jovi wished Claire would just give Cas a chance

"Well, somebody needs to. Its not like we're talking about mother Teresa here, the girl just about knocked over a Gas 'n Sip" Dean told Cas glancing across his daughter and to the angel

"She's got issues because of me" Cas replied

"Well, you are wearing her old man's meatsuit, probably didn't help" Sam subtly shook his head at his brother silently telling him to take it down a notch "I thought I could make it up to her" Cas told them his eyes focused ahead with a sadness in them "I don't think you can. I mean, Jimmy was her father and to some people that's...that's everything, you know?" Sam said which resulted in a glare from his niece, Jovi could've thought of a hundred other ways to put that "no. I don't. I never knew my father, he was distant to say the least" Cas responded  looking between the three, Jovi blinked was he really talking about god? In her opinion the man was a dick like why put her family through hell and not once give them a win, even better why make monsters in the first place? All questions she'd love the answer to

Cas turned to Dean "what about you? Did you love your father? It's clear Jovi loves you" Jovi smiled small looking over at her dad who sent her a small thankful smile before he thought over Cas's question "with everything I had" Dean answered, Sam nodded in agreement "yeah. Yeah, I mean, it wasn't always easy but yeah" Jovi had mixed feelings on John Winchester, a part of her loved him because he was her blood - her grandfather. But that large other part of her despised him...hated him because of how he treated her, her dad and Sam to the fights he'd have with Dean over her. Majority were blurry but she remembers the yelling and how Dean would sometimes take her to a nearby diner for ice cream or pie to cheer her up especially if he knew she'd overheard the argument. Even her last few memories of John wasn't all pleasant, he used to dig her out every chance he got. Wether it be him having a go at her for getting in the way or being a normal kid, the girl never really felt comfortable being around him

"I mean, look, John Winchesters not gonna win any 'number one dad' awards, you know? But you know, damn if he wasn't there when we needed him" Dean told Cas necking his whiskey meanwhile Jovi sipped her coke staying silent "hey uh..." Sam chuckled fondly "tell him about that time in New York" Jovi tilted her head in curiosity "what time in New York?" She asked looking back at her father "oh, yeah" Dean paused thinking the story over "yeah, so uh, we were working this haunting in Long Island. This was before you came along" Dean said looking at his daughter who mimed a small oh "me and Sam begged the old man to let us go to the city for once" Dean continued with the story, Sam cut in "he had this thing about New York, right? Too big, too loud, too dirty."

"Yeah, and he hated the Yankees"

"big time, yeah."

"Somehow we convinced him to let us go, so we all go. We all, you know, see all the sights and, uh, ride the subway, way too much pizza, the whole nine. Well, by about midnight, Sam and dad are zonked and I figure, screw it. I'm going to CBGB"

Jovi shouldn't have been surprised by her dads want to go there out of all the places in New York, it made sense "so CBGB is..." Sam was swiftly cut off by Cas saying "I know, it's where the Ramones and Blondie got their start" the three Winchesters all pulled a confused face as to how Cas was suddenly so up to date with pop culture references "right"

"Well, anyways. He was way underage at the time" Sam added looking between Cas and his niece who was already grinning thinking of ways she would be able to hold this over her dads head when the time came "yeah, so I get there, I sneak in, and it is nuts. I mean, people are drinking and smoking and they're — they're snortin' whatever. There's a 500 pound guy on stage with a Mohawk just screamin' and uh, my mind is blown. I don't even know what to do, then this girl walks up and she says 'hey, why don't you come over and sit down with my friends at our table?'" Dean blew air out reenacting his story "all right"

"Yeah, and they get him drunk. First time" Sam adds which makes Jovi giggle, Dean looks between his daughter and Cas "Not even the fun drunk, I'm not quite sure what was in that stuff but the room start to spin and I feel like I'm gonna puke, forever and right about that time, I hear him 'Dean Winchester'" Dean mimicked his dads stern voice which made Sam smile "my old man. I don't know how, but he found me and now I'm really freaking out 'cause he's just standing there, not saying anything. I look around. Everybody else is freaking out too, in fact, nobody's even looking him in the eye and finally, this one guy with like...a safety pin through his nose and a — a kill everything tattoo looks up and he says 'sorry sir'"

Cas starts to smile almost in respect for John Winchester, even Jovi smiled widely but she was more amused by hearing about her dads story's from when he was around her age - that was something rare and honestly she thinks he probably doesn't want her to know what he got up to in his youth. Well, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know, he ended up with her at 21

"To John friggin' Winchester" Dean finished taking another shot of whiskey  Sam and Cas joining him, Jovi just took another sip of her own drink not really wanting to drink to John of all people, man she hated him. Cas put down his shot glass "he saved you"

Dean nodded "yeah, and you know what he got for that? Me whining about how much he embarrassed me, me telling him that I hate him but then he stopped, he turned around, looked at me and said 'son, you don't like me? That's fine, it's not my job to be liked'"

Well, he succeeded in that. Jovi thought to herself

"It's my job to raise you right" Sam finished for Dean once again smiling, Dean hummed "yeah, and he did" he took another shot. Cas stared ahead of him "you think Claire is in trouble?"

"She's hanging out with a guy named Randy, she's in trouble" Dean told him raising his hand to the bartender, Jovi looked up at him "what would you do if I went to a club and got drunk?" Dean scoffed smirking at her "grounded for life, but don't worry that's never happening as long as I'm around" she narrowed her eyes in annoyance "I'm going to go to a club at some point" she responded folding her arms over her chest "not on my watch. And don't even think of sneaking out" Jovi only laughed, she knew full well that once her dad and Sam were asleep there was no waking them so to her sneaking out would be a piece of piss. "Whatever you say" Jovi said picking her drink back up.

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They arrived at a small home out in the woods which belonged to Randy, the three Winchesters stood behind Cas who held a hand up at the door. Seconds later the door flew open and Cas sent the closest guy flying down the hallways, the Winchesters all pointed their guns at the guys in the living room. The one who stood close to them backed up holding his hands up in surrender, the guy they were guessing was Randy sat in a chair with another guy behind him "where's the girl?" Cas demanded before they heard screaming coming from up the stairs, the angel rushed up there leaving the three keeping the guys in place.

They heard some fighting and then a couple minutes later Cas came back down the stairs with Claire who looked shaken up and betrayed, she looked at Randy with tears in her eyes "Randy" she spoke while the man could barely look at her, Jovi shook her head scoffing at the pathetic man before her "get her outta here" Dean said glancing back at Cas and Claire "yeah, go, come on" Sam gently moved Jovi behind him making sure she, Cas and Claire were out "go" Dean said turning to them going to follow when the men in the room moved towards him causing him to point his gun back at them "back up!"

Jovi climbed into the back of the impala along with Cas and Claire while Sam climbed into the passenger seat, Claire was shaking on the verge of breaking down "are you okay?" Cas asked her, Claire nodded practically crumbling into Cas's arms "yeah"

Jovi looked out of the window noticing her dad wasn't there "Sam, where's dad?" Sam's eyes darted to the house cursing, they all got out of the car rushing back to the house where they found Dean on his knees in the centre of the living room which had been totally trashed where a fight had gone down. The guys that was left in the house with Dean were now covered in blood all having met their fate at the hands of the Mark of Cain - it was a bloodbath.

Jovi's heart started to race, her palms becoming sweaty. A chill went down her spine at the sight of the scene before her - her father now covered in blood looking pretty out of it, a knife clutched tightly in his hand. She didn't know wether she was scared of him or scared for him

Claire let out a loud scream, Cas quickly pulling her to his chest shielding her from the scene in front of them "Dean? Dean, hey" Sam walked towards him kneeling in front of him, Jovi moved to join him deciding she wasn't scared of her dad and she wouldn't let herself be but Cas caught her arm shaking his head at her. Sam placed his hands on Dean's face "tell me you had to do this"

"I-I didn't, I didn't mean to, no" Dean muttered his eyes watery clearly in shock from his own actions, Jovi's heart sank for him

"Tell me it was them or you!" Dean didn't respond, Cas turned taking Claire out of the house he tried bringing Jovi with him but she pulled out of his grip instead moving towards her dad being careful not to step in the pools of blood. She knelt beside her uncle her eyes found the knife he was still holding, she gently put her hand over his and the other on the knife "dad, it's okay" she told him softly, Dean looked at her green eyes finding a sense of comfort in his daughters. Knowing she was there was enough to calm him down, he didn't want to hurt her which is why he let her take the knife from his hand placing it on the floor beside them. She held his hand tightly hoping to god that they find a way to get the Mark of Cain off of her dad before things could get worse.

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Might add another flashback chapter for the next one...I'm thinking of the episode 'dead man's blood' from season