Hello. I apologize for my lack of updates, but I have been crazy busy what with SATs and tests and a final exam. Anyway, I shall try to update a little more frequently. Please read and review.

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Warning: Mild mention of drugs? It's not horrible, but, I thought I'd mention it, just in case.

Chapter 6

Bean Stock Forest

"Is this really the safest option?" Castiel asked as he followed Dean through the dark, truthfully freaky looking, forest of bean stocks.

"Yeah. If we took the road we'd have been caught by now. Besides, this place is deserted," Dean replied. Cas frowned doubtfully but didn't argue. They passed by a statue of a young boy, the name 'Jack' was the only visible part of the plaque; the rest was covered in moss and had been worn away by time. Dean had detected Cas' doubt and began explaining about the giants and the stocks. After a few moments he froze. Cas' scent had diminished. Dean looked around and growled.

"Cas, please don't tell me you took the Troll King's Magic Shoes?" he mumbled. He scented the air and took off.

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Cas pushed through some bushes and paused by a tree. There was a crackling sound, almost like something short-circuiting, and suddenly a spiral of golden dust floated down around him, making him visible once more.

"Found you!" Cas yelped and spun around, hands coming up in fists. Dean chuckled. "Those shoes weren't properly recharged." Cas frowned and stepped out of them. He picked them up.

"How did you find me any way?" Castiel asked.

"You have a very distinctive scent," Dean leered. He then snatched the shoes away and put tucked them into his leather jacket.

"Hey!" Cas exclaimed, reaching for the shoes. Dean grabbed his hands and pinned them back against the tree. After a moment he let go.

"Let's get going. The place may be abandoned, but that doesn't mean the Trolls won't come looking through here," Dean said. Cas gave an indignant huff, but followed him regardless.

After a few minutes of walking the sharp barks of hounds reached their ears.

"Damn! The Trolls are after us! Come on," Dean growled. He grabbed Cas' hand and dragged him towards a bean stock.

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The Troll King led the way with his most trusted hounds. He was thoroughly pissed off with his idiot children. Troll henchmen with their own hounds took off in other directions, hoping to flush the fugitive out. Harry, Maggie, and Ed were the last in the group. Maggie looked around sneakily and stopped her brothers.

"Hey, guys, guess what I've got!" Maggie said excitedly.

"What?" grumped Ed.

"Magic Mushrooms," Maggie said, pulling out a leaf and unrolling it for them to see.

"Nicey-nice!" Harry exclaimed.

"I took this once before and I saw fairies for three days!" Maggie told them. They snickered and began snorting the powdered mushrooms before hurrying after their father and the hounds.

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Dean sighed in relief when the trolls left.

"Good, for a minute there, I was actually worried," Dean muttered. Cas turned a glare on him and was about to snap when he saw something that made him pause.

"What is that?" he asked warily, gesturing. Dean looked down and smirked.

"That? That's just my tail," he said. The large, fluffy grey-brown tail wagged happily. "You can touch it if you want." Cas stared for a moment, considering, then he reached over and stroked the tail. Dean had to fight back a moan.

Snow White Memorial Prison…

Gabriel had managed to get the key the Tooth Fairy had made to Sam; however, he had gotten caught and was punished with multiple lashes with a whip made from a bean stock. He grumbled and pushed open the door to his cell. And froze. Acorn and Clayface turned from the tunnel in the wall behind the poster of Prince Dean and Prince Sam that all cells had.

"You guy's found a way out!" Gabriel cried out joyously.

"Oh great, now we'll have to kill him," Acorn growled.

"What!" Gabriel exclaimed.

"No. He's my friend. I believe we can trust him," Clayface replied mildly. He walked up to Gabriel and held out his hand. In it was the carving the goblin had been working on. It was a little stone depiction of what, surprisingly, looked like himself, Cas, Dean, and a Great Dane. The inscription on the bottom said "Team Free Will; the Four Who Saved the 9 Kingdoms".

"Here," Clayface said.

"Thanks," replied Gabriel, taking the carving and putting it in his pocket. Acorn and Clayface climbed into the tunnel and quickly disappeared. Gabriel grinned and followed.