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It is dark outside, and a figure is walking through the wooded area between her school and the cast-iron gates. She speaks in voiceover as she walks toward the entrance.
"When we're young, we're taught the distinction between a hero and a villain." A girl's voiceover said.
'Hope.' Was the first thought that came to Dean's mind.
"Good and evil. A savior and a lost cause. But what if the only real difference is who's telling the story? My name is Hope Winchester. I come from a long line of the villains in the tales you've heard about vampires, werewolves, witches, and everything in-between. The school behind these gates protects the secrets of people like me. And tonight, under the light of the full moon, we will be opening our doors to someone new." Revealing the girl the voice belongs to.
"Winchester?" John asked as he looked at his boys.
"Uh yeah, I have a daughter. She's a good kid." Dean smiled, remembering his little girl.
"Yes she is." Mary smiles at his oldest son.
"Well let's just Hope she isn't as reckless as her father." Gwen joked.
"Haha, funny." Dean said as he took a sip of his beer.
All Saint's Church - Atlanta, Georgia
Two boys are walking down the street toward the Catholic church in their neighborhood.
"Rafael! Seriously, it's not right." The curly haired boy said to the other boy.
"It is what it is, Landon." The other replied.
"You're not Catholic! You shouldn't have to confess your sins." Landon told him.
"I tossed a lawnmower through the patio doors, bruh! If apologizing to God gets Hector and Maria off my back, so be it." Rafael said.
"Sounds like a demon possession." Christian said.
The two walk into the church, where their foster parents, Hector and Maria, are standing at the sacristy with their priest. Rafael, looking nervous, greets them
"Buenas tardes, Father Pietro." Rafael greeted. [Spanish: "Good evening, Father Pietro."]
"Buenas tardes, Rafael. Por favor, pray with me." Father Pietro said.
Landon takes a deep breath and drops down on his knees in front of the priest, and their foster parents turn toward Landon, who looks confused by the scene in front of him.
"Landon, you can leave now. It's okay, we can take it from here." Hector told him.
"I'm good, Hector." Landon replied.
"Landon, this is between your foster brother and God, okay?"
Maria walks over to Landon and speaks to him in a soft voice.
"He doesn't want to leave his foster brother. That's sweet." Millie said.
"He's either brave or stupid." Samuel commented.
"Or both." Dean said.
"Hey, I got it, bro. Just wait outside." Rafael told Landon sensing his apprehension.
Landon sighs and reluctantly does as he's told, walking out the door toward the stairs at the entrance while Hector and Maria follow after him. Once he's outside, Landon sits on the steps, put in his earbuds, and begins listening to "Love is Madness" by Thirty Seconds to Mars, pulling out a small journal from his coat pocket and beginning to write.
Once he's distracted by his writing and his music, Hector begins wrapping chains around the interior door handles, locking them with a padlock while Maria watches anxiously and holds a rosary in her hands.
Back inside, Father Pietro begins the ritual in Latin, with both himself and Rafael making the sign of the cross before they begin to pray.
"In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sanctus..." Father Pietro chanted. [Latin: "In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit"]
"Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst--" Rafael begun to pray.
Father Pietro pours some holy water onto his fingers and anoints Rafael's forehead with it. Rafael suddenly becomes uneasy, not recognizing this part of the prayer.
"Deus, cui próprium et miseréri semper et párcere..." Father Pietro continued. [Latin: "God, whose nature is ever merciful and forgiving..."]
Father Pietro holds up a wooden cross in front of Rafael's face, making it very clear that this is less of a prayer and more of an exorcism.
"Súscipe deprecatiónem nostram; ut hunc fámulum tuum contentus abit!" Father Pietro continued. [Latin: "Accept our prayer that this servant of yours departs!"]
"What's going on here?" Rafael asked uneasily.
"Poor boy, he have no clue what is happening to him." Mary said sadly.
"Yeah, most people possess by a demon usually don't." Deanna agreed.
"Súscipe deprecatiónem nostram; ut hunc fámulum tuum contentus abit!" Father Pietro repeated.
Suddenly, Hector and Maria grab Rafael by the shoulders and hold him in place while the priest continues the exorcism.
"Súscipe deprecatiónem nostram; ut hunc fámulum tuum contentus abit! Súscipe deprecatiónem nostram; ut hunc fámulum tuum contentus abit!"
"What? What are you doing???" Rafael asked scared.
"Et impius discedite!" Father Pietro finishes. [Latin: "Then impious one, DEPART!"]
Rafael is in the middle of using all of his strength to try to break free from his foster parents' hold when his bones start breaking and reforming under his skin. Scared, Hector and Maria let go of him as he drops on all fours and begins to transform. The priest continues to speak even as Hector and Maria let go of Rafael, unsure of what is happening
"Maledicte diabole!" Father Pietro repeated. [Latin: "Accursed one, DEPART DEMON!"]
All of the sudden, Rafael's eyes turn black with gold irises, and his teeth begin to lengthen into fangs, revealing he is a newly-triggered werewolf.
"He wasn't possessed." Mark said as everyone in the room gasped.
"No, he's a werewolf." Dean said, thinking of his daughter.
Mary and Sam both notice the look on Dean's face and gave him a soft smile.
Terrified, Hector and Maria back off, but the priest continues holding up his cross and shouting at the top of his voice.
Meanwhile, an old-looking SUV speeds down the road and comes to a screeching halt in front of the church. A petite figure steps out of the vehicle first, revealing it to be Hope.
"Hey look, it's your offspring." Christian said to Dean.
"Looked like she tracked down the werewolf." Bobby said.
"You taught your daughter to be a hunter." John said.
"Not exactly." Dean said.
Hope and Alaric Salzman waste no time getting out and heading toward the church's entrance, with Alaric carrying a loaded crossbow and a bag full of chains. Hope is too focused on the mission to pay attention to anything else, but Landon sees her and yanks out his earbuds in shock.
"Landon..." Hope stops walking and smiles weakly when she recognizes him.
"Hope?" Landon said incredulously.
"You two know each other?" Alaric frowned.
"Long story..." Hope told him.
"Aw young love. How sweet." Christian taunted making Dean growl.
"How sweet indeed." The women agreed.
"Let it go man. There's nothing you can do about it now." Sam told his brother.
"I've doubt that Sammy. Never say never." Dean smirked at his brother.
Sam rolled his eyes at his brother's overprotectiveness.
Their conversation is interrupted by the sound of glass breaking and Rafael screaming in agony. Landon, whose music was drowning out the sounds of the exorcism inside until now, looks alarmed and turns toward the door. Hope, also, looks concerned by what is happening inside the church.
"Dr. Saltzman..." Hope said.
"Yeah, I'm on it." Alaric told her.
Alaric moves his gear into one hand so he can open the door to the church with the other, but he quickly realizes that they're chained shut.
"Doors are locked." He said.
"Dissera portus!" Hope holds both hands in the air with her palms toward the doors and yanks them away from each other as she uses her magic to break through the chains.
"Did she just-" Gwen asked.
"She can do magic?" Henry asked.
Everyone in the room erupt with questions and statements about Hope being a witch.
"Yes. She can do magic. Anyone else have something to say anything about my granddaughter?" Mary asked looking around the room, sternly.
"Nope." They all shook their head.
Dean gave his mother a thankful nod.
The doors fly open as the chains holding them closed break into a half-dozen pieces. Landon looks as though he doesn't believe what he's seeing, but Hope and Alaric are too focused on helping Rafael to explain what is happening.
"You're gonna want to stay out here, Landon. Trust me." Hope told him.
Despite this warning, Landon follows Alaric and Hope as they walk toward the sacristy where Rafael, who has been fighting the pain of his transformation, is laying on all fours on the floor as the priest continues to shout at him in Latin.
"Should have listened to her." Sam and Dean both said.
"Idgit." Bobby muttered.
"Maledicte diabolo! Et impius discedite!" Father Pietro chant.
"Shut down the exorcist, would you?" Alaric said to Hope.
"Silencio!" Hope raises her right hand and shouts an incantation as she squeezes her hand into a fist.
A patch of skin appears that covers Father Pietro's mouth and prevents him from speaking. He reaches up and grabs his throat as though he's choking until Hope casts her next spell.
"Ad somnum!" Hope once again raises both hands flat in the air, but this time she thrusts them downward.
Father Pietro, Hector, and Maria all suddenly fall asleep and fall onto the floor. Rafael, who is on his hands and knees with his face against the wooden floor, looks at the three desperately
"Please... help me... What's happening...?" Rafael begged desperately.
Rafael's bones start to crack and reform once again as his transformation fully gets underway. Landon, still in disbelief about everything he's seen thus far, looks horrified.
"My God..." Landon said horrified.
"Help me..." Rafael begged.
"Is it bad that I feel bad for the boy?" Millie asked.
A chorus of yes’ and no’s were heard.
"No. No it doesn’t." Dean smiled at her, remembering when he watched his daughter’s first transition as a werewolf.
He remembered feeling so proud of her. He’s just sad that her mother couldn’t be there to see it.
Rafael's fingers lengthen into claws, his ears begin to lengthen and become pointed, and his joints all pop out of socket as they transform into his wolf form. Meanwhile, Hope and Alaric are in the middle of drilling carabiners into the floor of the sacristy, attaching chains to all four of the hooks in a square.
Rafael's claws make deep scratches in the wood floor just as Alaric quickly fastens a reinforced collar around his neck.
"Easy does it, easy does it..." Alaric said.
By the time they have finished, Rafael has fully transformed into a large wolf with black and dark brown fur and glowing gold eyes. He snarls at the bystanders as Landon looks at him with a terrified expression. Hope looks sympathetically at Rafael, remembering her own first painful transformation.
"That is a big wolf." Deanna said making the people around the room nod in agreement.