"Can you repeat that?" I asked again, watching as the old man paced in the stark white room. The furniture was an eggshell white and the one painting in the room was a portrait of the man talking to me.

"You have three choices," He said slowly, like he was explaining the simplest of things to a petulant child.

"I'm not actually five, not that it seems like that to you," I said, watching Zachariah closely. "Considering you're such an old man"

"Really, because you don't seem to act like it." Zachariah answered, turning to glare at me

"Three choices, was it?" I asked, giving Zach my best innocent smile.

"You join Lucifer and Michael in the cage," Zach said

"How terrifying," I remarked, looking down at my nails

"You join Gadreel in heaven's jail." Zachariah said through gritted teeth.

"The poor guy could use some company." I said, glancing at Zachariah with an amused smile.

"Or you do your duty as an Angel of the Lord and follow your orders." His face was red and I couldn't help but let out a small breath of a laugh as I stood up.

In just a few steps I was in Zachariah's face, forcing him to make eye contact.

"Surely you have not forgotten who I am, Brother." I hissed, "it has only been a few millennia since we last met, I can't be that forgettable. I am, after all, your sister. And don't you treasure family so much, little Zachy."

"C-" Zachariah started before I shushed him.

"It's okay, brother of mine, I will follow this order. If only to keep you from making the mistakes you will make." I took a step back, "I have seen all of time, brother. Do not forget that."

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath before I felt the void wrapping itself around me. It was the moments when I was transporting that I felt the calmest. I had spent so many years in the void, just watching, that it was almost uncomfortable to be back in heaven.

It wasn't until Castiel, my youngest brother, had joined up with the Winchesters against heaven that I knew it had been long enough. I had spent too much time not running interference and that needed to change.

There was a war and the humans needed help. They needed God's trump card, for that is what I am.

"Look upon my creation, Cassiel, do you see in them what I see?" God spoke as we watched the unfolding of all time in the void

"They are truly magnificent, father." I breathed, watching as Gadreel let sin run among them

"I need you to watch over them" My Father said, turning to face me, "as all things have their time so do I. I must step down, but you will find me again when you read"

"Yes father," I replied. My faith in God was stronger than that of all of my siblings. I had seen his plan. I had seen all of time, it was terrifying and glorious, and I believed in the beauty of all creations.

Suddenly I was alone, there was no one with me any longer, but still I watched. I watched as Noah built the ark, as Moses parted the Red Sea. I watched as Lucifer fell, as Cain became the first Knight of Hell. I watched as Columbus discovered America. I cried as Hitler, a mere human, tried to destroy the creations of God that I loved so much. I watched as John Winchester and Mary Campbell fell in love, as was depicted by God.

I watched and watched and watched and suddenly I couldn't take it anymore.

I was certain I had been forgotten, I had practically disappeared at the same time as our Father, but then Gabriel had prayed to me, asking for my help.

That was shortly after the rising of Lucifer.

And so I returned.

"Why did you leave?" I turned around to see Gabriel watching me, his grace shining throughout his vessel "why did you abandon heaven? Why did you abandon me?"

"I was given a task, brother," I explained "I cannot disobey the request of our Father"

"Our absent Father" Gabriel quipped

I watched as Gabriel swallowed hard at the force of the fury I was feeling. I had to force myself to calm down, I had no vessel and therefore my grace was not currently being controlled as properly as it should be.

"Brother, you forget that I have seen all of time, he is absent now but he will return," I smiled, well as much of a smile as a ball of energy could give.

"I am glad you are back, Sister," Gabriel said, "it has not been the same with just Raphael for company"

"I am sorry for not being there for you, brother," I said before adding sheepishly, "but I need your help"

"Anything, sister," Gabriel said

"You do know what my name is, right?" I asked, my only reply was a raising of an eyebrow, "sorry."

"What do you need help with?" Gabriel asked with a sigh.

"I need my vessel." I said, "you see, I asked dad to make a vessel for me that was just a body so that when I needed it I wouldn't have to ruin some poor human's life but the problem is I don't know where it went, it was with me in the void until Luci fell and now I can't find it and-"

"Cassiel," Gabriel said, shaking his head, "You had me take it,"

"Oh, yeah." I said sheepishly, "um… Do you think I can get it? I have some uses for it now."

"Of course, Cassiel." Gabriel said before transporting us.

The string of events that led up to Lucifer being banished to the pit by God had started with the drop of a pin. Literally. I had been hemming a dress, a task I had taken up after watching a Chinese servant create an exquisite gown for the daughter of an emperor in some century, it was hard to keep track.

"Sister." a voice said behind me, a voice I recognized as one of my favorite younger brothers.

"Lucifer." I said, turning around to face him, letting my hand drop from the dress, "It's been a few millennia since I last saw you."

"I've been… busy" Lucifer said distractedly.

"Lucifer, oh dear brother, you are not the current Lucifer," I said, watching his grace, "Your grace has been tainted."

"I know, sister," Lucifer said, his voice sad, "I was cast away from Heaven by Michael."

I felt the pin I was hold drop from my hand. I had seen this happen. I knew it would happen, and I couldn't stop it. In a fraction of a second that felt like centuries, and honestly could have been centuries, the pin was back in my hand.

"Oh brother, you understand why he did it, yes?" I asked sadly, Lucifer nodded, "Then you understand that, while I wish I could, there is no way for me to help you, I cannot risk crossing Michael, I am no where near as strong or loving as you."

"I- I have to go." Lucifer said, his voice clouded by disappointment.

"Lucifer." I said before he got the chance to disappear for many millenium, "If it's any consolation, although I doubt it will be, I do still love you. I believe that this situation was handled poorly and I would do my utmost to fix it however I believe that it will be a good experience for you. I have seen what you will do with this and I-"

"Cassiel," Lucifer said, "Everything you have seen I have already done."

"I know, Luci," I said, "I just want to thank you, you have created the path for our youngest brother to rise."

"Cassiel?" Gabriel said, watching me closely as I fingered the cloth of the dress on my vessel's, my own, body, "What is wrong, sister?"

"Memories, Gabe," I said, swinging my legs over the bed, "of the time I created this dress."

"It is beautiful," Gabriel said, "How did your conversation with Zachariah go?"

I gave Gabriel a small smile, "he seems to have forgotten that I am an archangel."

"You have shrouded your grace well, sister. If I didn't know you like I do I would think you were just another part of the garrison." Gabriel said, "And why did you have to time travel for that?"

"Thank you," I said, giving him a small curtsy. "And Gabe, Zachy needed to believe I was on his side, even though I wasn't going to be involved with that crap at all"

"What exactly is it that you are going to do on earth?" Gabriel asked curiously

"There is a prophet," I said,

"What's a prophet?" Gabe asked sarcastically

"Brother, I have little patience-"

"That is probably the biggest lie I have ever heard," Gabriel said with a smirk, "You cannot say you have little patience when you have sat in the void long enough to see all of time."

"Twice, Gabe, I saw all of time twice." I gave him a smile, "Which is why I am going to earth now. The prophet, Kevin Tran, does not have a protector. Now, in what I saw Raphael had been assigned to him. But well, our brother is no longer with us. I have decided to protect him, and to do so I need to be on earth as a low level angel, because I do not trust Metatron and he cannot know that I am protecting Kevin."

"God's scribe?" Gabriel asked, his mouth dropping open, "Metatron?"

"Yes brother, I know I did not stutter." I patted him on the shoulder, "Have you talked to Castiel recently?"

"He believes I am dead," Gabriel said quietly, "I have not seen him in months."

"I am sorry, Gabriel, I know how important he is to you." I said, giving him a smile.

"Thank you." Gabriel said before his eyes widened as he came upon a realization "Sister? Have you ever met Castiel?"

"I have not met him, he believes I am a legend created to scare the younger angels." I said, "An angelic bedtime story. All of the garrison angels believe the same."

"He has gotten better recently but he did grow up as part of the garrison, the poor kid, do not hold it against him." Gabriel said smirking. "Goodluck, sister, I must go pretend to care about what the pagan gods think."

"Have faith brother, God has not abandoned us." I said with a small smile.

"Thank you." Gabriel said before disappearing.

"You're welcome," I said with a sigh before moving over to the mirror in the room.

The vessel I was in was conventionally pretty, according to human standards. Dark brown curly hair that fell just passed my shoulder blades, nearly to the waist. Almond shaped light brown eyes, dark skin, wide nose, large mouth, freckles. My favorite facial feature was the beauty mark right on the edge of my right eye.

I smoothed the dress and gave myself a smile, which I quickly noticed was slightly crooked but I liked it that way. I'd always found the flaws of humans to be endearing and knowing that I had some was a source of pride for me.

I loved this vessel. It was time to protect the prophet. It was time to save my brethren from themselves.

I watched as two men entered the warehouse. The shorter one was carrying a large briefcase, the taller one following close behind carrying a duffel bag. I knew who they were, the infamous brothers, the righteous one and the boy king of hell. Dean and Sam Winchester.

"That's a lot of fuss over a caveman lego." Dean said as he set the tablet on the table.

I could feel the power moving through it. The angel tablet, the thing of legends was in the hands of two brothers notorious for screwing things up.

And I was surprisingly okay with that.

"Yeah." Sam said, handing his brother a hammer.

"Well, whatever Dick wants is bricked up inside that." Dean said, taking the hammer from Sam.

He placed the hammer on the outer shell that was protecting the tablet before raising the hammer and bringing it down. I felt the jolt from the tablet and couldn't help but cringe as the lightning flashed around the building.

He brought the hammer up again and the crack of the hammer on the clay brought on more lightning.

"All right." Dean said after the fourth strike, turning to face Sam"that sound like somebody saying, "no, wait - stop" to you?"

"Uh,Yeah." Sam said, "Yeah."

"Yeah" Dean agreed before raising the hammer again with a shrug, "Oh, well."

Soon the tablet was free and I chose that moment to reveal myself.

"What'cha got there?" I asked, moving from the shadows to stand next to Sam.

The brother's swung around quickly, scrambling for their weapons. I let out a chuckle at the surprised look on their faces.

"Sorry 'bout that, I love dramatic entrances," I explained, raising my hands to show that I didn't have any weapons, "I haven't done anything this fun since Gabriel and I had a prank war with Raphael and Michael."

"Who are you?" Dean asked, raising his gun to point it at me.

"What are you?" Sam asked, stepping back to stand next to his brother, the tablet in his hand.

"Guess." I said with a smile.

"Angel?" Dean said, not lowering the gun.

"Well, I understand that I do look heavenly but I'm so much better than an angel," I said, my smile widening into a grin. "And you guys thought my brothers were bad enough,"

"You're an archangel, aren't you?" Sam said, his eyes widening.

"Well, I guess… But I kinda have to keep that a secret. You see, only a select few people know I exist." I explained, "Okay, seriously, aren't your arms sore yet? Your gun will do nothing to me, I'm a fucking archangel for crying out loud."

Dean stared for a few more seconds before lowering the gun. I gave him a small nod before snapping. Behind the boys two chairs appeared. I gestured to them as I sat down in the chair that had appeared behind me.

"Do you guys know what that is?" I asked, pointing to the tablet, "Any clue at all?"

"A tablet" Dean said with a smirk.

"I knew there was a reason I liked you, Dean Winchester." I said with a smirk of my own as he started to preen, puffing out his chest, "You're such a little shit, it's honestly quite adorable."

I grinned as Dean deflated and Sam guffawed.

"Okay, really though, you guys have the Word of God right there." I said, leaning forward, "With that tablet the gates to purgatory can be closed. Without that tablet they can still be closed but only an angel of a higher power can do that."

"So you could?" Sam asked

"I have the necessary power, yes. But I have no desire to banish my brethren from their home. If I were to close the gates to purgatory I'd have to close the gates to both Heaven and Hell. The chaos that would create here on earth would not be worth it." I explained, "not that I've been to heaven recently, I tend to prefer the void"

"The void?" Dean asked

"The in between space of the universe," I explained, "when you travel with an angel you travel through the void"

"Which archangel are you?" Sam asked.

"Ah, Sammy Sammy Sammy," I said, "asking the real questions."

We sat there in silence for a few moments Sam and Dean looking at me expectantly as I glanced around the warehouse. I glanced at Dean when he cleared his throat, giving him a small smile.

"oh!" I said, leaning forward, "You guys were actually expecting me to tell you, weren't you?"

Sam and Dean shared a look and I couldn't help but giggle.

"I'm sure you guys will figure it out, you're actually pretty smart. So before I leave I'm gonna have to impart two things to you two" I looked at both of them pointedly, "first, no one else is to know I'm an archangel, I'm in hiding. And second, if you two doofuses lose that tablet to the leviathan or Crowley I will know and I will be very displeased."

I stood then, waiting for the brothers to stand before snapping the chairs back to the furniture store I had gotten them from.

"You can call me Elle, by the way" I said, giving them a wave before going back to the void.

Kevin grabbed his head as he sat up with a groan. He was surrounded by glass and covered in water and he felt downright miserable.

He glanced around the room and was met with the devastating sight of his cello on its side with the neck broken and the stings detached. Kevin quickly moved to his cello before a loud beeping stopped him in his tracks. He glanced at his phone before sighing and picking it up to check the voicemail.

"Kevin, it's mom." Mrs. Tran said, "I know you're at school already, about to take the test. And I know all your hard work will net the results we've discussed but like Dr. Ender said, don't obsess on the perfect."

"No." Kevin said in a panic as the message continued to play, "No. No!"

"That's just a nice feather in our cap, if we get it. Now, Kevin, we're about to finish up our last seminar. My flight's confirmed for 7:00, so I'll see you at breakfast tomorrow. Love you, honey."

Kevin slipped the phone into his pocket and was quickly out the door, rushing to get out of the house and to his moms car.

He didn't know why but he needed to take the car.

Transporting with a vessel was strange. It took longer to do, not by much though, but longer. I was no longer travelling from one place to the next with literally no time in between. Now there was time.

I opened my eyes to be greeted by the sight of a demon next to my youngest brother who was occupying a hospital bed. I shook my head slightly at him before looking at the demon who was staring at me in mild shock.

"Oh sorry, I didn't realize he wouldn't be alone." I said, giving the demon a small smile, "It is difficult for me to judge the timeline correctly, it took me a good five seconds to even find the right century."

"Who are you?" The demon asked, standing up slowly, "What are you doing here?"

"Fear not, for I come bearing the word of heaven itself." I said sarcastically, "Wait no, the word of god… damnit, the word of god, Meg."

"And what is that?" Meg asked, raising her eyebrow, "More importantly, who are you?"

"Call me Elle, I'm Castiel's sister or whatever." I said, giving Castiel a small smile as he stared at me. "I'm here to help."

"I don't have a sister named Elle." Cas said simply.

"I know, love, it's a nickname." I said, stepping past the demon and standing in front of Castiel, "I'd show you my grace but it's a bit difficult and I'm supposed to be in hiding."

"It's alright, Elle, I believe you." Castiel said with a smile.

"Thank you, Castiel." I said before turning to Meg. "Don't tell Dean and Sam until tomorrow, we need to give them time to rest."

"Okay?" Meg said, "Can you explain what is happening?"

"Um, not really?" I said with a shrug, "I'm pretty much here to stop a mess that's gonna happen and uh… yeah, just… call the Winchester's tomorrow, I'll be back then."

"Mrs. Tran?" I asked the woman who answered the door, "I'm here for the neighborhood Sheriff's office to ask you a few more questions for our search for your son."

"Yeah, sure, come in, please, please come in." Linda said, opening the door wider for me to enter, "Can I get you anything Ms?"

"Just call me Elle," I said with a small smile. "And some water would be nice, if it's not too much trouble"

"Of course not, I'll be one second." Linda said before bustling off to the kitchen.

I took this time to look around the room. The Tran house was nice, extremely neat and the decorations were all tasteful. It's the kind of house that seemed very common in the suburbs. Or so I gathered from the last five millennia of study on the way humans works so that I'd maybe, just maybe, have a chance at fitting in.

Elle? I need you. The voice I heard belonged to Castiel, I couldn't leave my brother alone, not right now.

"Linda?" I called, walking into the kitchen, "There's been a call about a robbery a few blocks away and I'm the closest officer and I need to go. I tried to see if someone else could take it but apparently they're stretched too thin to let me do my job."

"Oh," Linda said trying to hide her disappointment, "Okay,"

"If there are any changes I'll be sure to stop by, okay?" I gave her a quick smile before moving to the door, "I'm sorry, Mrs. Tran, I know you're worried. Kevin will be fine."

"Thank you." Linda said.

The scene I returned to was strange. Cas and Meg were sitting tailor style on the bed just staring at eachother with three feet of space and a chess board between them.

"Knight to E5," I said, causing the pair to look at me. "What's up, brother?"

"Elle," Cas said, giving me a large smile, "Do you want to play cards?"

I glanced at Meg who just gave me a stiff shouldered shrug. I let out a huff of air before walking over to Cas, laying a hand gently on his shoulder.

"Brother, I do have responsibilities. I would love to play cards but please resist any more urges you have to call me unless it is a true emergency." It is a very good thing that I have an extremely high tolerance for things that would aggravate any other person.

"Let's play BS?" Cas asked

Giving a small smile I moved to sit next to Castiel and Meg on the bed, "Let's play BS."

During the course of this game I discovered two things: I liked Meg, and Cas had a terrible poker face. But that was probably since I could see his grace and it changed hues when he lied. His grace went from a brilliant white to a slightly off white that is easiest to describe as a clam's pearl.

Three hours later found us playing candyland on the floor of the hospital room. Meg was about to win when Cas suddenly stood up, displacing some of the pieces.

"What's wrong Cas?" I asked, watching my brother closely. "Oh, it's that time already, Meg, would you call the Winchesters while I check in on something?"

"Uh… sure?" Meg replied as I disappeared from the hospital room.

Kevin was still on the road when I found him. I could sense how freaked the new prophet was already so I decided not to intervene. I simply gave him reinforcement on his already concrete instructions to find the Word of God.

I wish that I could have done this differently, I wish I could have taken Kevin and ran. But it was depicted that Kevin Tran would be the last prophet. He had to become the prophet. But it was not foretold how he would die.

My mission was to protect Kevin Tran from the Winchesters and the curse that seemed to follow them everywhere.

After making sure Kevin was on track for Indiana my next stop was the Tran household. I just needed to make sure Linda was alright. The leviathan was in her house but there was nothing I could do without alerting the Leviathan to my presence on earth. There was a time and a place for that and it was not here nor now.

I decided I needed to talk to Gabe again.

"Sister, you called?" Gabriel said beside me as we both looked at the Tran household.

"Gabe, am I doing the right thing? Changing God's plans all because of one man?" I asked, turning to look at my brother.

"Why do you care so much about the prophet?" Gabe asked.

"When I was watching the first time I didn't care about him at all until after he was dead. He's the reason I really saw in the humans what our Father sees." I explained, "The second time watching I found myself looking forward to his appearance. 'Kevin Tran from advance placement.' I couldn't understand how such a puny freaked out human could change so much. He-"

"Sister, you're doing the right thing." Gabriel said, "Kevin does not deserve this life but he has to live with it. He might as well have a guardian angel by his side. A guardian that actually cares."

"Thank you, Gabriel." I said, patting him on the shoulder before flying off to the hospital to be there when Dean and Sam arrived.

A/N: So yeah, I know you guys are gonna be like "But Ryn, what about your other stories?" Don't worry, I'm still working on them. I'm almost done with the next chapter for both stories but I couldn't wait to post this one. I love it so Much. I'll have the next chapter up by Sunday at the latest. Have a good rest of the week!