A/N: So I said the last sibling trio was my last, but there lingering in the shadows a little idea poked it's head up and well, a new story took shape. This one presented itself completely different than my other stories, I had an ending and a middle, I just had to create a story around that to link it all together and that was the hard part. I hope you enjoy the journey I have started and will follow me along for the ride. Much thanks to all the readers who read the other stories of the sibling trio and hope you will find this one as enjoyable. Enough words from me, on with the read.

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Chapter 1

The sun was just peeking over the trees as John rolled over and whispered a prayer. He waited patiently for his uncle to appear.

"Hey kid, what's happening?" Gabriel asked his nephew. "Easy girl, just me." he told Phoebe who growled at him.

"Uncle Gabe, come play with me." John begged sitting up in his bed looking pitiful.

"Well, you know your Mom doesn't like it when we go off to play."

"She's sleeping, please Uncle."

"Damn kid, you know I can't say no to you." Gabriel sighed looking at his sad face. "Come on, where do you wanna go this time?"

"The beach." John clapped happily getting up and bouncing to him. Phoebe sidled up to them being sure to keep contact with John. This wasn't the first time she had gone with them on an adventure and she was not going to be left behind this time either.

Gabriel took the child's hand and snapped his fingers causing all of them to disappear with a whisper of feathers and a displacement of air ruffling the curtains.

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Castiel was preparing breakfast for his family when he heard his wife yell his name in a tone he didn't like to hear. One that meant she was pissed at somebody and he hoped it wasn't him. Being pregnant and pissed did not make good bedfellows. Aurora's emotions were all over the place; she could cry at the drop of a hat or be mad in the blink of an eye. Even if she wasn't mad long, her emotions were on a roller coaster ride with this pregnancy.

"Angel!" Oree called madly. "He's done it again."

"Done what? Who are you talking about?" Castiel asked walking into the living room to meet her halfway.

"Gabe has run off with John again without telling us." she fussed walking out of John's bedroom throwing her hands up frustrated.

"You know I've talked to him about that, but you know how he is. He can't say no to his nephew. How are you feeling today?"

"Fat." she sighed rubbing her aching back as she carefully made her way to the kitchen.

"Well, you are carrying a little one around in there." Castiel told her lovingly rubbing her swollen stomach.

"I know, and she would not be still last night. She twisted and kicked and turned trying to decide what position she wanted to be in. I swear I have bruises from the kicking."

"At least she's active, remember the doctor said she didn't have much room anymore and it will get worse the closer your due date gets."

"I know only another month, but I'm thinking this little rascal is going to decide she wants to arrive early. Have you heard from my brothers?"

"No, they were looking into some mysterious deaths in a town north of here."

"I'll try calling later, right now I need food to feed this hungry little scamp." she giggled straightening one of Sam's tee shirts over her stomach and patting it gently.

"I've got oatmeal, fruit, eggs, toast and juice ready for you." Castiel replied helping her onto a stool. "I'll go find our son and bring him back for breakfast."

"Tell Gabe he's on my shit list."

"Awe Sis, it wasn't me who wanted to go play." Gabriel whined as all three appeared in the kitchen.

"Sure, I know how hard you protested the trip." she told him rolling her eyes just like her brothers.

"Uncle Gabe took me to beach; we played in water and picked up shells." John cried holding out shells to his mother.

"Hey sweetie, thank you they're lovely, now go let Daddy help you wash up for breakfast while I talk to Uncle Gabe." Aurora smiled giving him a kiss on the head and glaring angrily at Gabe.

"Ok." he grinned happily skipping to his father.

"Now don't start, I know I should of told you, but you were asleep and I didn't want to wake ya." Gabe explained trying to head off the tongue lashing from Aurora.

"Oh I was probably awake, she was active last night." she replied. "Next time at least leave a note, you know you could of let Angel know."

"How's my niece doing?" Gabe asked laying a hand on her stomach to be awarded with a kick from her.

"Ready to be born and it won't be soon enough for me."

"I'm off, need to check some things out somewhere." he teased wiggling his eyebrows at her knowingly.

"I better not catch you taking John on any of those trips." she cautioned him.

"Please, I would never do that to the tike." he scoffed before disappearing.

"Hungry Momma."

"Well get up here, Daddy fixed some good food for us." she smiled as Castiel set his son by Aurora. Aurora was seeing more of Castiel in John's features every day, but he had Sam's dimples and Dean's sandy blonde hair.

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"Find anything?" Dean asked as Sam examined the latest body in a string of murders.

"Yeah." Sam replied holding up a hex bag.

"Damn, it would be a witch, I hate witches." Dean muttered in disgust.

"I don't recognize these symbols, let's go back to the motel and check it out."

"We may need to call Oree, see if she knows what they mean."

"I was going to call her tonight anyway, see how she's doing."

"Last I talked to Cas he said she was really big and uncomfortable."

"You did tell him not to say that to her didn't you?" Sam chuckled imaging his sister's reaction if Cas made the mistake of telling her she was fat.

"Naw thought he could figure it out himself or I'm sure our sister will explain it to him." he snickered.

"Oh, you're mean." Sam chastised Dean. "Wish I had thought of it."

"That's why I'm still the champ."

"So ya say."

"Well I am, remember the itching powder?"

"Don't remind me." Sam grumbled as he slid into the passenger side of the Impala already imaging the powder put in his briefs and shifted in the seat. "Yeah, but the super glue was better." he grinned.

"Right, lost half the skin on my palm 'cause of that." he grumbled rubbing his palm absently.

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Aurora was sitting in the swing enjoying the cool evening while Castiel gave John a bath. She used her foot to set the swing in motion finding that her daughter seemed to enjoy the gentle swaying and had quieted down. She heard her cell ringing, but didn't even bother trying to get up. She knew there was no way she could get to it before it went to voice mail.

"Aurora, Sam's on the phone for you." Castiel told her bringing the cell to her.

"Thanks, where's John?"

"Watching Ice Age again."

"Make sure he gets in bed in an hour."

"Of course, do you need anything?"

"Hot tea."

"I'll be right back." he told her kissing her head and handing her the cell.

"Hey big bro, what's happening?"

"Not much, how're you doin'"

"Wanting this month to go by fast, she's already a hand full and not even here yet." she giggled. "She loves to kick me in the bladder right when I get to sleep. Needless to say, not much sleep happening that's for sure."

"Hoping you can help us with a hex bag."

"Hex bag, where'd you get it?"

"Off a dead body, pretty sure that's what caused his death. I'm going to send ya pics of the symbols and contents, if you could look at it for us."

"No problem, I'll check it out and get back to ya. Good to talk to ya Sammy, you guys comin' by after this hunt?"

"Yeah planned on it. Ok, the pictures are sent. Call me when ya know something."

"I will, tell Dee hello, love you guys."

"Love ya too and take care of our niece." Sam replied before hanging up.

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Oree carefully got her feet planted before pulling herself up off the swing. She headed back inside to transfer the pictures Sam had sent to her laptop to get a better view of them. She paused just inside the entry way and watched Castiel sitting on the couch with John watching Ice Age. Both were glued to the screen in deep concentration even thought they had seen it probably six or seven times. She smiled at her two boys memorizing the scene. He looked up when she came in pointing to the table where her tea sat cooling. She mouthed thank you and waddled to the table where her laptop sat.

It only took Aurora a few minutes to download the pictures to her laptop and brought up each picture one by one studying every aspect. She frowned deeply as she studied the symbols before turning to Castiel.

"Angel, can you go to our bedroom and get me the two books on the bottom shelve of the bookcase?"

"Of course."

Castiel returned with the books and laid them by her laptop, pausing to look at the pictures she had been studying.

"Is this what Sam wanted you to look at?"

"Yes, they're dealing with a witch killing people. I'm trying to determine what kind of spell or hex this bag was for."

"Daddy! Come watch movie-e-e-e." John whined pathetically.

"I'll be right there son." Castiel told him turning back to Aurora. "Do you need anything else?"

"No I'm good, go appease our son." Aurora smiled glancing over to her son who had stopped the movie and was waiting for his father to return.

She was still amazed at how intelligent and grown up he was for a boy nearly four. Most who met him thought he had the mentality of an eight or nine year old. John could count to one hundred, knew his ABC's, colors, shapes, was doing simple math and could read from the books Castiel and Aurora read to him. He could transport himself with ease now and could read most human's thoughts. He did this to his Uncle Dean when they played games and always won. His Uncle Sam was another story and caught on to what he was doing and blocked him from reading his much to John's dismay. Castiel, with the help of Gabriel, had been training John since he was two to help him understand his abilities and what he could do. They wanted to begin preparing him for adulthood and the human world. Aurora had already explained to him about being different from other kids and to not use his talents around others because they might not understand. He took everything in stride and was a well rounded toddler. He had the love and support of a huge family that would protect him from the evils of the world, along with Heaven and Hell. He had the guardianship of an archangel who was his best friend and the protection from the King of Hell, who was also his godfather.

Aurora and Castiel tried to give John as normal a life as he could have, but made sure he knew about his powers and how to use them. They wanted him prepared for whatever life would throw at them.