My Home Is Always With You {11}

Chapter 8: "Just My Imagination"

Liz is sound asleepwhen she feels someone staring at her and she opens her eyes and shines a lightin her room, but she sees no one. Liz finds it odd, but she shrugs it off,probably just seeing things. Liz grabs her phone to see what time it is andit's 6:00am. Liz sighs and thinks that since she's already up that she'll headto the kitchen for breakfast. As Liz leaves her room, someone follows behindher and when Liz walks into the kitchen, she turns on the lights and looks overat the table to see a bunch of sweet food including her favorite snack as kid,Pickled Oreos. Liz says, "What the hell?" Liz senses someone behindher and they say, "Hiya, Lizzie." Liz grabs the unknown person andflips them over her shoulder, and she looks down to see an unknown familiarface and she says, "Who are you?!" The person smiles and says,"It's Sully!" Liz is confused and says, "What?" Sully says,"You remember me, right? I-I made all your favorite snacks. We werefriends. Like, best friends. You remember?" Liz remembers she had animaginary friend named Sully when she was a little girl. Liz says,"Sully." Sully nods and Liz shakes her head and says, "No.You're not real." Sully says, "Well, how'd you flip me over...then?" Liz looks at Sully curiously and she helps him stand up and feelshow real he is. Liz says, "This can't be happening." Dean walks inand sees Liz acting weird and he says, "Liz." Liz looks over at Deanand Dean says, "Who are you talking to?" Liz looks at Sully and says,"Him." Dean looks where Liz is looking to see no one and he looksback at Liz and says, "Are you having a stroke? Do you smell toast?"Sully says, "He can't see me unless I want him to." Dean walks moreinto the kitchen and looks over at all the junk on the table and he says,"What is all of this crap? When'd you start eating this stuff? Is thatpickles inside of Oreos?" Liz says, "This wasn't me." Sullyappears so Dean can see, and he smiles and says, "It was me. And those aredelicious." Liz looks at Dean's facial expression staring at Sully, andshe says, "Wait. Can you see him?" Dean nods and says,"Uh-huh." Liz says, "Dean, this is... I think this... Sully, myfriend from when I was a little girl." Dean says, "You mean Mork fromOrk here is your dumbass imaginary friend Sully?" Liz softly smiles andsays, "Yeah." Sully's offended by Dean's comment and he says, "Uh,I'm not dumb or ass." Dean says, "I'm gonna get my gun." As Deanturns away, Sully walks forward and says, "No, please." Dean turns toSully getting ready to fight him if necessary. Sully puts his hands up andsays, "Someone killed my friend." Dean says, "You mean yourimaginary imaginary friend?" Sully says, "First off, "Imaginaryfriend" is more of a descriptive term. How you just said it? That was alittle... offensive, just to be honest. Secondly, we're Zanna. Me and... Me andthe victim were Zanna." Liz is just as confused as Dean is and Sully says,"We help kids. We're the good guys." Sully looks at Liz and says,"Lizzie, tell him." Liz softly says, "Yeah, okay. Um... You knowwhat? I'm still trying to wrap my head around this whole you being real thing."Sully says, "Aw! Yeah, no, no, of course. No, that's okay. That's okay.This is all really unexpected." Dean says, "Yeah, that's one word forit." Sully says, "Just... I need your help. All right, you'rehunters. That's what you do, right? I mean, you help people, too." Deansays, "Yeah. Yeah, people. You are not that." Liz says, "Dean,come on." Dean looks at Liz with disbelief that she's actually agreeingwith Sully, and he says, "Come on? Are you kidding-- look... This--mother-- you and me, library, right now." Dean angrily ties up his ropeand Dean points his finger towards the library and angrily says, "Comeon!" Liz shakes her head at Dean, and she walks into the library with Deanhuffing behind her. As Liz goes over to the file cabinet to find the book onZanna, Dean says, "You're not actually buying this crap, are you?"Liz says, "Dean, when I was 7 years old, you know what I wanted more thananything? Pickles with Oreos. You know the only person I told was..." Deansays, "Sully." Liz says, "Exactly." Dean says, "Idon't know, Liz. I-- Hey, you know, maybe this is just one of yourvisions." Liz walks over to the bookshelf and grabs the book about Zanna, andshe says, "Yeah, except we're both seeing it. And it doesn't involve thecage or Lucifer or me having to talk to Lucifer in the cage. Look at this.Here." Liz places the book down about Zanna and she continues to say,"In Romanian lore, Zanna are creatures who guide and protect lostchildren. Zanna intentionally appear as figments of a child's imagination,allowing the child to move on with confidence once guidance is no longernecessary. I think Sully's telling the truth." Dean says, "Okay, saybozo is legit. Right? Which, you know..." Dean snorts and continues tosay, "Hello, crazy town, but okay. How is this our problem?" Lizsays, "Because someone's dead." Dean says, "No, something is dead. A fairy godmother getting capped? Thatain't our beat." Liz says, "I know that, but Sully helped me as kidand if you don't want help that's fine, but I'm going." Dean sighsreluctant to go, but he's only going for Liz's sake