Username: evergreen.
Name: Chevron, Chevy for short
Gender: female
Story: (word count: 942 words)
I groaned and slowly cracked open my eyes, a throbbing pain in my skull, body aching all over. Raising my head a little, I glanced around cautiously. I was lying in the middle of a grey, bleak forest. There was no one in sight.
Wincing, I stood up and stretched a little, joints protesting after lying for who knows how long on the hard, cold ground. I closed my eyes as my head spun a little, swaying on my paws. How much had I had to drink last night?!
CHEVY! the echo of frantic voices suddenly flashed across my mind, and my eyes flew open as memories came flooding back.
My two adopted brothers and I, as well as Castiel, were going after Dick Roman, owner of a gazillion random businesses as well as the leader of the Leviathans, monsters with big chompers they used to eat people, oozy black goo instead of blood, and a weakness to, of all things, laundry soap.
Except the plan had gone awry and I ended up stabbing Dick with the bone alone as he pummeled me with fists, trying to knock me away. There was a flash of light, and the last thing I remember is the sound of Sam and Dean shouting my name.
A sudden noise snapped my back to my senses and I spun around, teeth bared. I was gonna find out where I was, and no one was gonna stop me.
Before my hackles could rise, a group of what looked like vamps burst out of the trees, hissing and snarling as they bounded towards me. My eyes widened briefly, then narrowed in determination. I dodged the first and took down another with that surprise, but there were still three left. I smiled grimly as the first came at me.
A few frenzied minutes later, I had the last one pinned under my paws.
"Where am I?" I snarled, digging my claws into his shoulders.
"Purgatory," the vamp sneered maliciously through jagged teeth. "The place all us monsters go when we die."
I kept my face emotionless, though an internal chorus of cursing was running through my head.
"And how do I get out?" I asked fiercely.
He smiled.
A few minutes later, he wasn't still smiling.
"How. Do. I. Get. Out?" I repeated through gritted teeth.
"A portal," he gasped. "Through he trees to the right there's a river, follow it downstream and you'll find a waterfall. It's at the top..."
I smiled in triumph.
I'm coming, boys.
The days faded into a blur of endless padding over brittle leaves and sharp debris to the soundtrack of the river's rushing and explosive, brief, frequent fights. My fur was matted and bloody, countless cuts covering my body. But I kept going. For my boys.
When their father, John, knew he was going to die by trading his life for his son's, he cast a spell that transformed me into a plumerian like them, and gave me the task of protecting them for the rest of their lives. Sam and Dean were shocked at first, to say the least. But over time I've become almost like an older sister to them, a protector and caretaker. We fight together, and I'd do anything for them.
Dean decided he couldn't keep calling me 'Baby', so he and Sam helped me choose a name for myself.
It ended up being Chevron, which can be a symbol used in heraldry, used to indicate military rank, or sometimes to indicate sharp bends in a road. It's also a gas company and a natural nickname for it is Chevy.
After I lost count of the days, I finally heard the roar of the falls, and somehow found the strength to quicken my pace.
Of course, a group of leviathans were suddenly on my tail. I drive my exhausted limbs faster as I scrambled to the top of the falls, where I could see a bluish portal opening on top of a large rock. I swear I could feel the hot, rotting breath on my tail before I jumped through.
I tumbled to the ground in a forest, but this one was green and lush and smelled like life and I could hears birds and insects. I sprang upright, breathing in the clean, fresh air and grinned wildly. I was almost there.
Making my way out of the woods without being attacked by anything was possibly the best feeling in the world. Seeing a road was even better. Finding that first town and guzzling down water from the first water fountain I saw was great as well. Other plumies stared at me, but I didn't care. I managed to get some change from some people I asked and used it to call Dean's cell on a pay phone.
"Hello?" He asked, in that familiar, comforting rumble.
"Hey, Dean," I said, smiling.
"Wait," he said cautiously. "Is this-"
"Yours truly, Chevy Winchester," I said grandly.
"Chevy! We thought you were dead!" He said, and I could hear the happiness in his voice, then a brief scuffle and Sam's voice in the background saying something about 'put it on speaker dean'. He must have succeeded, because I heard him and Dean next, exclaiming over each other and asking questions.
"Boys!" I said loudly. They quieted. "Where are you guys?" I asked. They gave me the location. It wasn't far.
"I'll be there in three days," I said cheerfully. "Stay put and don't die, ok? Bya, boys!"
I hung up and smiled again before setting out on the road again, ready to go to where I belonged- with my family.