Reviewer: IHeartSam (Signed) · Date: 17/09/09 03:59 PM · On: Chapter 4

cool story :) interesting and well written. nice job x

Author's Response: I am glad that you enjoyed this one. I really had a lot of fun with it and tried to make it as original and out there as I could. Thanks for taking the time to read and let me know how you felt about it.

Reviewer: zuimar (Signed) · Date: 07/09/09 10:51 AM · On: Chapter 4

Hi, sorry to see this story coming to an end, it was an awesome story! Great last chapter, loved the Navajo mystics!

Author's Response:

I'm glad that you have enjoyed this story. It was nice being able to go back and rewrite it the way I had originally intended it to be and know that someone wasn't going to change it to how they waned it to be.

I'm glad that you enjoyed the Navajo lore. I really had a good time doing all the research on them for this story, trying to make it as accurate as I could, and it makes it worth all the hours of work put behind it when my readers enjoy it.

Thanks for taking the time to read and letting me know what you thought. It means a lot.

Reviewer: Primrose (Signed) · Date: 06/09/09 10:08 PM · On: Chapter 4

Wonderful!  This is a good solid story, with the right level of scary and excitement, just the right touch of angst, and a satisfying ending.  I don't know what they were thinking to change it, because it's great just as it is.  Hooray!

Author's Response:

Thanks Julie. I never would've posted it if it weren't for you encouragement to do so. I can't even begin to tell you how nice it was to be able to go back and change it back to how I had originally planned for it to be. I no longer hate this story so much, if at all.

I'm glad that you've enjoyed it, and the ending. Being able to get everything in just the way I wanted to made it worth it for me to go back and try writing the ending again.

Thanks as always for reading, and for taking the time to tell me what you think. And a big thanks again.

Reviewer: bia1007 (Signed) · Date: 06/09/09 08:48 AM · On: Chapter 3

Ch. 4:

Just let me say this final chapter fulfilled all my hopes and it is my favourite one in this great story.

I hope I told you this before, you write beautifully and Sam's desperate fight for Dean's life was heartbreaking, his thoughts and actions so clearly expressing their special bond. Dean's 'As long as I'm around, nothing bad is gonna happen to you' pushing Sam faster, later Dean's love for his brother his only reason to hold on - 'He bit his lower lip but smiled down at his brother, hating himself for putting Dean through this. He could see the wetness in his brother's eyes, the pain etched on his face, the silent plea for Sam to just let him go. But Sam wasn't going to do it. "Please try, Dean."

Loved what Dean's Navajo name meant, it so fits and another thing that just made me smile was when the brothers left Josh and Dezba, 'their steps in sync with each other. Dean leading the way, Sam on his wing, their shoulders just brushing' (as we know there is a time coming where they have to find that harmony again).

Couldn't think of a better way to end this review as with Sam's 'Guess having faith in something really does pay off sometimes' - it sure does!  I LOVE this story and wished I could write like you!!!

Author's Response:

Thanks Sabine. I'm glad that you have enjoyed this story so much. I'm finally at the point where I don't hate it, or where it feels as though it were no longer mine. Being able to go back and change everything back to how I wanted it to be has made me feel so much better about it.

The way the brothers bond with each other has always been so important to me, and one of the main things that draws me into the show. With this story I took them back to their roots, back when things had come between them, and I really enjoyed that. So I'm glad you enjoyed Sam's fight to save Dean's life and Dean's love, obviously, the only thing keeping him from falling over the edge.

I'm glad you enjoyed the Navajo name for Dean as well. I was so excited when I was doing the research for this story and came upon bine'na'ada, it just fit Dean perfectly, so  I knew I had to use it.

Thanks so much for reading, and always letting me know what you thought. I don't think I would've kept posting if I didn't have anyone enjoying it. It means a lot.

Reviewer: Oceane (Signed) · Date: 01/09/09 08:55 PM · On: Chapter 3

Gripping chapter. No!The demon attacked Dean and poisoned him. Least than five minutes to save Dean, what's going to happen now, can't wait to know. Candace, awesome work so far, I'm looking forward to your last part. 

Author's Response:

I'm glad you enjoyed the last chapter. I promise I won't let anything permanent happen to Dean - you know me. :)

I hope you enjoy the last part as well. Thanks as always for sticking with me. And for the review.

Reviewer: bia1007 (Signed) · Date: 01/09/09 02:08 PM · On: Chapter 3

Can't tell how glad I am you didn't throw this away, what a shame it would have been, it's such a fantastic story! Nightmarish scenes here when Sam and Dean found the victims the soul taker's creature (enjoyed Dean calling it "demon jr.") had stored and later when they together with Josh cut the dead man from the tree (loved the thought by burning the bodies the souls would be saved though!) and fascinating ones as Dezba was practising the old magic, preparing for binding the soul taker again; the blood sacrifice, the rabbit's dying scream and it's echoes that lasted for several moments seemed like a foreboding of the evil ahead. Josh calling Dean - reverently if I'm not mistaken - "bine'na'ada" has a special meaning I think, used for a special person and will I hope help to save Dean whose life and soul after the creature's attack are at stake, his "It's bad, Sammy" an alarming sign!

Anxious to know how this ends, hope you will be able to update soon!

Author's Response:

Even if only one person had enjoyed it, it would have been worth posting it for me. I love to write, but I write for my readers. As frustrating as it was to go back and remember how much they'd changed this story for the VS, being able to rewrite it to the way I had intended it to be was such a nice treat. So I'm glad you've liked it.

I'm glad that you've enjoyed the Dean's snark in this story, the brotherly relationship, and the back story - as well as the lore for the spider demon. I really enjoyed doing this and being able to change it back to where it was at the end of this chapter, was so nice. And yes you'll find out what the Navajos are calling Dean and why they call him that. It was so fun to find that in the Navajo language book, I knew I had to use it. Hope you enjoy the end. Thanks as always for sticking with me, and for the review.

Reviewer: Wunjo (Signed) · Date: 31/08/09 10:28 PM · On: Chapter 3

This is really turning into an excellent story! Well written and original.

Author's Response: I'm glad that you have enjoyed it so far. This was quite a ride for me to get back on to try and fix it the way I had intended it to be in the first place. I hope you enjoy the ending. Thanks for the review.

Reviewer: bia1007 (Signed) · Date: 26/08/09 02:43 PM · On: Chapter 2

Just wow, the spider demon is an awesome idea, receiving souls as an offering from his creature - the background story is absolutely fascinating and horrifying and there is something else I do enjoy endlessly: this story is a bit different from your other ones and what Dean and Sam mean to each other is expressed here much more through their actions and gestures and I really love how you make me think and find the prove of it (and it's so there!!). Don't even know if this was your intention, as for my part I have the greatest time, thank you!!

Author's Response:

Most people find spiders creepy, scary, or just disgusting so I figured...hey why not? I'm glad you enjoyed the background story for it - I'd spent about six months writing this four part story and I really tried to dive deep into what I wanted this creature to be and what its background would be.

I also know that Dean and Sam act different in this story - and that was intentional. I wanted them to be like they were in the first season before a lot of things changed - I'm so happy you're enjoying that aspect. I had such a good time on this until the VS  script team changed 95% of it and then I really hated it because it wasn't mine anymore. So while I'm still having hard feelings trying to work on it, I was able to end part three where I had intended it to end in the first place before it was changed, so hopefully part four will be exactly what I want it to be. If I'm lucky I'll have it posted by the end of the week. Thanks for the review.

Reviewer: Primrose (Signed) · Date: 24/08/09 09:40 AM · On: Chapter 2

*shudder*  Yeah, okay, this thing is REALLY CREEPY.  I am not a fan of spiders to begin with, and you've got it all....EWWWW.. :)

Author's Response: I don't mind spiders but most people do find them scary so I thought...hey why not? :) Things are going to get rough in the next bit but I'm working on four so hopefully I'll get it up by the end of the week. Thanks for the reviews.

Reviewer: moira4eku (Signed) · Date: 23/08/09 04:00 PM · On: Chapter 2

Yikes, this creature sounds like one mean son of a b@#$#! I hope Dean and Sam can lure it to the cave. I'm still highly curious as to what the elderly Navajo man saw in Dean. Looking forward to part 3!

Author's Response: This demon certainly is a mean one. Dean and Sam definitely have their work cut out for them. I know where I want this to go and how I want it to work out, but I'm still having trouble working on it with the hard feelings but I'll do my best to get part four up soon so you can find out what the elder Navajo saw in Dean. Thanks for the review.

Reviewer: bia1007 (Signed) · Date: 22/08/09 03:37 PM · On: Chapter 1

You sure are on to something great with this story, loved the beginning! Very mysterious and scary background to their hunt (the reservation the perfect setting!) and with Josh a fascinating character at their side. Still trying to figure out in which season this takes place, the way Sam and Dean banter would indicate it's before Dean's time in hell but I'm really not sure here; when the old man stared at Dean it sure didn't mean something good and somehow was connected with his fate I believe, the last lines proving it will be a desperate and life-endangering fight for our boys - "It feeds on your soul - it takes it away."/"Your soul?" Sam asked, shifting a little closer to his brother absent-mindedly..."He takes the souls to hell." Marvellous start!

Author's Response:

I'm glad you enjoyed the beginning. I'm not quite sure which "season" it is in because it is just an episode for the VS script season 3. I was told I could write them however I wanted and I wanted the playful banter back. So I wrote them more laid back like how they were in the first season because that's how I love them best.

The old man stared at Dean for a reason, and what he called him has a special meaning in the Navajo language - I did a lot of research when I wrote this story, including books on Navajo language at the library. When I found this I ws really excited - but it won't be revealed until the fourth part, which I want to rewrite since they changed it so much when I turned it in to the team.

A lot happens in between then so I hope you continue to enjoy it - like I said I was never planning on posting it, I don't really have the best feelings towards this story because of what happened with the team, so we'll see what happens when I work on parts three and four. Thanks for taking the time to read and review.

Reviewer: usaexpat (Signed) · Date: 20/08/09 06:42 AM · On: Chapter 1

hmm what did the old man see in Dean...good start to a story!

Author's Response: I'm glad you enjoyed the first part. I promise that what the old man saw in Dean will be revealed, but it won't be until part four. A lot happens in between then so I hope you continue to enjoy it. Thanks for taking the time to read and review.

Reviewer: zuimar (Signed) · Date: 19/08/09 11:05 AM · On: Chapter 1

Oh, new story! Great, the first chapter was already very promising!

Author's Response: I'm glad you enjoyed part one, like I said I was never planning on posting this story because I'm not too thrilled with it after all the changes were made to it when they put it in the VS script season 3. But I'll work on changing it back to the way I wanted it to be, like this part was, and I'll try to post as often as possible. Thanks for taking the time to read and review.