A/N: Story is kind of AU, doesn't entirely follow the storyline exactly but just imagine it's set around the series 5 sort of time period. ^.^ I apologise if any of the characters from the TV show seem OOC, I tried my best! Haha. Couples are mainly Raphael/OFC, but may be slight Dean/Cas 'bromance' in the future. I have been editing this for so long, it's like my baby :') be gentle with it! Enjoy! :D

Prologue

Now, I'm not going to start this story with a 'once upon a time' spiel because unfortunately, this isn't a fairytale where a prince, and his trusty steed, rescue a damsel in distress after defeating the dragon, oh no. This story is about two princes, two men and an Angel saving the world one evil bastard at a time. I'll leave it up to you to decide who the damsel of distress of this story is, as well as the task to identify the dragon. One thing I am sure of though, is that this story has one hell of a steed… a Chevrolet Impala to be exact…

A fair distance up in the sky, there is a place amongst the clouds.

No seriously there is, somewhere, a place which many of us believe to be real and existing. (Although a lot of us believe it to be ridiculous, and to put it bluntly, a load of crap.) Religious or not though, all of humanity hope for a place to go to after death and Heaven, a Kingdom within the clouds, is such a place. But, it's thought to be a sanctuary only for the Believers; the good people, the religious ones. We can't prove that such a place exists nor can we prove it doesn't, so what we do is hope and pray. Which, to be brutally honest, is the only thing we can do.However, Heaven isn't all its cracked up to be. The Angels we expect to be: caring, gentle, loving souls sent to guide us, are really Soldiers of Heaven. Unfeeling, almighty beings that are so powerful they're kind of scary; or in the words of the Messiah, Dean Winchester, Angels are "dicks."

God is our almighty creator, the artist of the universe, and the King of Heaven. The Angels were his first creation, and the first batch of these supernatural hatchlings were called Archangels; the most powerful of all Heavenly creatures. Made from the purest grace. These particular Angels were born leaders, and soon became Superiors to all of the lower Angels and lowly creatures. (There is a point to all of this, it's just need-to-know background information. Bear with me.) Even though these 'super' beings were outstanding in power, compared to their counterparts, a similar trait all Angels shared was a slight birth defect. They didn't have a gender. Although despite this, some angels seemed more masculine, naturally strong; hence they were dubbed the term 'male' and, some of the others fell under the category, 'female.' Michael was the first Archangel and therefore the oldest of his brethren. He was then closely followed by Lucifer and his brothers, Raphael and Gabriel whilst many of the others arrived later.

Michael and Lucifer, as the oldest, were positioned in charge to manage Heaven as well as their own, shared, Garrison; which was their own squadron of Angels.Heaven is large and almighty, it needs order, and these Garrisons help to control all of Heaven's creatures.As well as Michael and Lucifer's Garrison there were three others groups. These were controlled by their brothers, Raphael, Gabriel and another Archangel called Zachariah. Every time an Angel was created, the small cherub was given to the most available Angel at present so it could be looked after, as God's too busy to look after every single baby. This Hierarchy made Angel life simpler, and also indicates where Castiel comes into the story… Ahem.

For a time Heaven was good, until God created the Earth and all its inhabitants which included us, the humans. Upon the birth, God ordered all of Heaven to love the humans more than they loved him, which was a lot… if you didn't know. Many obeyed obediently but some however, did not. Lucifer was the first one to disobey, he was outraged at the thought of worshipping the human things more than his Father. So he refused. To keep things stable and under control, Michael confronted his brother and soon enough, nearly all of Heaven had turned against each other, brother against brother. Many Angels joined in with Lucifer's revolt, much to the protest of the rest of the Garrisons, and many tried to stop the terrible events from unfurling any further. Still, nothing could, or would, stop Lucifer's rage. Therefore the War of Heaven began not long after. Michael decided that enough was enough and Lucifer had, by this time, abused his post on Earth and condemned human souls to the downstairs place called Hell. These ex-humans became the first of the wicked Demons we all fear, and the most alarming thing was even some of the Angels who had joined Lucifer became demons themselves! So, Michael demanded that his brother face him and so Lucifer did, he called out his sinful plan before the battle commenced, like some kind of sick twisted soliloquy constructed of foul words by a sharp tongue. It seemed determined 'ol Lucy wanted to let all of Heaven know they were the ones in the wrong, and he was right all along.With the first clash of Michael and Lucifer's swords, the raging war began.

Many Angels, Archangels, Cherubs and Demons were fatally injured and destroyed during just the first day of war. Amongst these lost ones were a couple of the most powerful and well known Archangels that we've heard of even within today's society. The mass amount of Angelic, and human, deaths wounded God like it would any other Father, so he commanded Michael to strike Lucifer down to the very Earth he despised. Michael couldn't disobey. So like a good soldier, he struck his brother off his plateau of pride and with a sound familiar to thunder, Lucifer fell and was cast out away from the love of his Father to be stored in a box. A cage. So that he could never, ever, bring harm and start havoc again on the beloved Earth where the human's God loved so dearly lived and breathed.

So, my fellow reader, this is where we begin. Our tale unravelling word by word, as we focus on Heaven's part to play in the hellish Apocalypse that will no doubt end life on Earth as we know it.

Unless a certain pair of brothers step in…