Starstruck II: Saruman's Curse

Spooky Happenings (Fake Relationship/Finding Bigfoot AU)

AN: There are two endings for this story!

The Spooky Happenings bookstore was Steve's favorite place in the world. It was the one place in his small town where people regularly gathered to talk about supernatural happenings and general myths and legends concerning the town. Steve lived in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, a small tourist town just outside Smoky Mountain national park. At the bookstore, it was Steve's job to make sure the shelves were always stocked. The shelves were full of classic horror books like Frankenstein and Dracula. The bookstore was decorated to look like it was always Halloween- spider webs littered the shelves and fake skeletons hung from nooses in the bathroom. It looked like a goth kids bedroom, which it essentially was.

The bookstore was the number one destination for the goths of the town. Every Wednesday, a group of them would gather around a low table in the "Supernatural Novels" section of the library to talk about any spooky new tales they had heard. This group was named Team Free Will by its leader, Dean Winchester, who will swear on his life he once turned into a demon and went to a bar with the king of Hell. Also in Team Free Will was Dean's brother, Sam, who was known to tell people he was once possessed by Lucifer and he had helped open the gates of Hell and started the apocalypse. Another member of this group was Castiel, who claims to be an actual angel of God, but he doesn't have any wings. The other members of this group included Charlie the "hunter," Ezri the "spirit guide," Kevin the "prophet," and Harry the "wizard."

Steve didn't believe a word that came out of any of these people's mouths. Dean once told a story about how he and Sam had encountered a giant, talking, suicidal teddy bear. They also claimed to have been tricked by the angel Gabriel, who caused them to live in a television show called Dr. Sexy. Steve's personal favorite story was the one where Sam claimed to live over a hundred consecutive Tuesdays. It was all complete bullshit, of course. There was no way a teddy bear could be suicidal, they're too happy.

However crazy this group's stories got, Steve never complained when Wednesday rolled around. It was always entertaining to listen to the goth's tales. That all changed drastically one day, when the group introduced a new member.

Steve was putting the newest book by Carver Edlund in the shelves when he overheard Dean introducing him to the group.

"Everyone, this is Larry. Larry, this is everyone."

Team Free Will gave Larry halfhearted hellos.

Dean continued his speech. "Larry was out hiking in the mountains when he came across his first supernatural happening. Why don't you tell the group what happened?"

"Well, alright," Larry said. He looked like he was basically the goth version of a dudebro. "I was out hiking, heading out to see the Laurel Falls. It was pretty early in the morning, so I was the only one on the trail, which was unusual. When I got to the top of the trail I stood on the bridge which sits above the stream of water that eventually turns into the waterfall. I stood on that bridge, looking out at the falls. It was kind of foggy, so I'm not one hundred percent sure what I was seeing. But at the base of the falls, standing in a pool of water, was a man. He looked like he must have been eight feet tall, and he was completely covered in hair. He was staring up at me, and he wasn't moving. I tried to get a picture, but I wasn't able to get a clear shot." He held up his phone for the group to see. Steve couldn't see it from where he was standing.

"What do you think it is?" Ezri asked, looking at Sam, who was the groups lore expert.

"Well, if I had to guess, I'd say it was a Bigfoot," Sam said.

Larry nodded. "That's what I thought at first. Then I decided to climb down the falls to get a closer look. It isn't a very hard climb, so I was able to easily get to the bottom of the falls where the creature stood. However, when I reached where it had stood, it was gone! I looked around for any sign it had been there, foot prints, tufts of hair, feces, anything! But there was no sign it had been there at all."