The Runt of the Litter

Something Will Grow, You Know

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MAJOR SPOILERS for episode 14.13 "Lebanon" AKA episode 300.

This chapter is for maggir253, who wanted a rendition of the episode "Lebanon" with Anna in it. I made some changes in writing this in terms of the episode placement and therefore the characters involved. This is set in season 10 (about midway through) and instead of wishing for Michael out of his head, Dean is wishing for the Mark off his arm. Bam, we get John instead. The other details of the episode remain much the same, except that there is, of course, no Mary because she has not returned from the dead yet.

Any recognizable dialogue or plot is obviously from the show, and I stake no claim to it. There are some scenes in the episode that I didn't include despite that they were powerful and important in the episode because I didn't want to write scenes from the show down verbatim. I only included scenes that changed significantly with Anna in the story. Quite the opposite of my usual, this chapter turned out shorter than I anticipated (but it's still over 11k words, so it's not really short, per-say).

You'll be able to see what's different and what's the same, but I wanted to throw these things out there so nobody thinks I just didn't watch the episode lol.

I hope you all enjoy this, and maggir253, I hope it's what you envisioned, or at least that you love it (I'm sorry that it took me three weeks to get it done)! Expect some happy and a healthy dose of sad. Anna is sixteen.

Something Will Grow, You Know

"I can't believe you're infiltrating a shop in Lebanon. This is the most boring place on the planet." With a sudden burst of energy, Anna perked up in her seat. "Can I go?"

"No," came two unimpressed voices from the front of the car.

She slumped. "Lame." Outside the car windows, a cool February morning was unfolding. It was a small town without much to do, and the streets were mostly empty. Anna recognized three teens on the bench as kids in her grade, but she didn't really know them, so she paid them no mind. Most of the kids in her classes at school were convinced that her family worked for the CIA or something, and she tended to just let people believe whatever they wanted.

In the school parking lot, Anna smirked at the emptiness that her brothers failed to notice-- though surely they would have seen it if they hadn't been preoccupied with their case, being world-class hunters as they were. It was February 7... AKA Skip Day to the students of Lebanon High. Only a gaggle of Freshmen would attend classes, and they would catch on pretty quickly to what was going on and ditch before the day was out.

Keeping up appearances, Anna made sure to look annoyed as she closed the back door to the Impala and slung her backpack over her shoulder. As the car roared away, she grinned slyly and walked around the back of the school building to where Kate was waiting for her.

"Hey," Kate greeted and grinned. "Best day of the year!" she said and fist-pumped.

"I know. Where we goin'?" Anna asked. "Café? I've only had one cup of coffee today."

"Well, yeah, then. You're scary on low caffeine."

"Sweet. I stole twenty bucks from Dean's wallet, so I'll cover you."

Kate shook her head. "I can't believe you sometimes."

"He woulda given it to me anyway. I just didn't want to make it obvious that we weren't going to school today. They somehow still don't know about Skip Day."