Disclaimer:I do not own Supernatural or any of the recognisable people in it. I only own Judith (who is me). Supernatural belongs to Eric Kripke, and The CW (and anyone else I've missed).
A/N: This is just a series of short stories in which human Castiel has to battle with everyday human things. Was going to have Castiel vs. The Common Cold as the first chapter, but I haven't finished with that one yet, so this is the first chapter instead. These stories have been unbeta-ed, I was too eager to get this series up to wait for my Beta Reader to finish her school work.
Slight AU, Castiel never became an angel again at the end of Swan Song. And Sam never said yes to Lucifer and anything else that happened in that episode that might not work in this story. All these stories are going to be chapters in this series, thought it would take up less space when all these short stories are under the title Castiel's Battles.
These stories take place between Two Minutes to Midnight, Swan Song and post season 5, unless otherwise stated. May have a few spoilers for these two episodes, so beware.
This series is a spinoff of my other series Renegade and holds a few spoilers for that series, but I've only started First Day of My Life (season 1). You don't really need to read any of Renegade to understand these stories, if there's anything you want explained, please feel free to ask. Judith is half vampire, half angel. I'll explain how that happened (or how it will happen) if you want.
Castiel vs. Arachnophobia.
Lying on the couch in the latest dingy motel, trying to get my usual two hours sleep, I hear a crash in the bathroom, followed, barely a second later, by a blood curdling scream.
"What the hell?" I mutter to myself, getting up off the couch and head to the bathroom. "What is that man up to now?"
"JUDITH!" Running to the bathroom and kicking the door open, I see a strange sight; Castiel sitting on the closed toilet with both knees drawn up and staring wide eyed at something on the floor. Looking down, I can see what he was screaming at.
There is a large, hairy black spider, about the size of a small tarantula, standing stock still in the middle of the bathroom floor.
"Cas? You Okay?" I ask, carefully avoiding the spider. Castiel looks away from the spider, turns wide scared blue eyes on me and gulps.
"Get rid of it!" He says, pointing one shaking finger at the offending arachnid. I can't help but laugh at his predicament. A former Angel of the Lord is afraid of spiders. What would Daddy say?
"You're afraid of spiders Cas?" I ask him, holding my sides. My huge wings hit off the ceiling with every chuckle. I really shouldn't be laughing, considering I have arachnophobia myself.
"Only since becoming human!" Castiel gulps, and shudders when the spider twitches. "I never liked spiders when I was an angel, but I was never afraid of them before."
"Want me to kill it?" I ask, edging past the spider and broken glass that was clearly a bottle of Sam's favourite cologne.
"NO!" Castiel shouts. "Don't kill it! My Father created it!"
"Yeah, I know that!" I say, taking an instinctive step backwards when the spider inches slowly towards Castiel, who shrieks. "But, what the hell was He thinking when He created them?"
"I never asked!" The former angel replies, now hunkered on his feet on the toilet lid.
The huge spider then takes off closer to Castiel and his eyes show all white. Poor guy, I'm not that bad. He starts screaming again when the spider is less than half a foot away.
At that precise moment, the motel door bursts open, and Sam and Dean run into the bathroom.
"What happened? We heard screaming!" Sam demands, looking around for the threat. Dean actually has his ivory hilted gun out and has it aimed in front of him. Castiel says nothing, but points to the floor, where the spider is now motionless again.
"What the hell?" Dean demands, lowering his gun and looking furious.
"Cas has discovered that he has a fear of spiders." I explain, pulling my wings as far behind me as I can to make room for the boys. I really shouldn't have stood so close to Anna when she got her Grace back, and I shouldn't have drank Castiel's blood when he was still an angel. It's kind of annoying having a pair of gigantic wings coming out of your shoulder blades.
"That's what this is about?" Dean shouts, looking back and forth between Castiel and me. I just shrug.
"Please just get rid of it!" Castiel's voice is cracked and childlike now. Tears well up in his eyes as he looks at me.
"Oh, uh-uh." I say, shaking my head. "I don't let spiders live."
"I'll get it." Sam says, pushing past Dean, and standing in front of the spider. Castiel follows his every move. Sam squats on the floor and coaxes the spider onto his hand. Both Castiel and I shudder at this.
"Don't kill it." Castiel pleads his voice still childlike and shaky. He cowers backwards when Sam straightens up with the spider crawling over both hands.
"Don't worry, I won't." Sam reassures him. He walks towards the door and I clutch Dean's arm as Sam passes me. He then disappears and I let out a breath I didn't even know I was holding. It takes Castiel a minute or two to calm down enough to put his feet back on the floor.
"You two are unbelievable!" Dean says, rolling his eyes. "Now, I can understand Judith being afraid of spiders, but you Cas."
"Hey!" Castiel protests, while I give Dean a dirty look. "I don't like the way they move!"
"Me neither Cas." I say, walking towards him and helping him off the toilet. I pull him into a tight hug, and wrap my wings around him as well as my arms. We walk back towards the main motel room and I steer Castiel to one of the beds. Sam walks in at that moment, completely spider free.
"I put it outside." He says to Castiel, who's giving him a questioning look.
"That's good." Castiel replies, sitting down on the bed. I pull back the covers to reveal an even bigger spider than the one in the bathroom. Castiel screams again.
Oh not again!
The End.
A/N: Yeah, sorry that was so short, but I was thinking of this being round one. I may write another spider story sometime. Poor Castiel. Sorry, but I found human Cas more fun to play with than angel Cas. Can't really poke fun at angel Cas while trying to keep him in character.
Other stories in this series (not really in any order):-
Castiel vs. The Common Cold.
Castiel vs. Personal Hygiene.
Castiel vs. Food.
Castiel vs. Shaving.
Anyone else got any ideas, I'm all ears. Just try to keep it clean people. XD.