~Chapter 1~
Once upon a time, a single tear of light fell from the heavens and from this drop grew an enchanted golden flower that held the remarkable ability to heal anyone who sings to it. The night the light fell upon the land, a bitter old man watched as it descended, the old man named Lucifer approached the newly formed flower and discovered its properties, he sang the flowers incantation.
Flower gleam and glow, let your power shine
make the clock reverse, bring back what once was mine
what once was mine.
And immediately he was young and handsome again, the power of the flower turned him into a very greedy and twisted man, so he hid the flower from the rest of the world.
Centuries passed and a new kingdom was built, and there lived a beloved king and queen, the royal family was easy to recognize by their large and beautiful wings, the people of this kingdom were kind and happy and were very excited for their newest arrival from the queen who was due any day now, but everyone grew nervous as the queens health took a turn for the worst, her illness grew more severe by each passing day. Scared and desperate, the king and everyone who lived in the kingdom looked to find anything, anything at all, to save their beloved queen and her unborn child.
Despite Lucifer's best efforts to hide the flower, the kingdom found it and returned with haste, eager to try out anything the kingdom could find, the queen drank water that the flower had purified, but the flower was destroyed in the process, nevertheless, the queen was cured in an instant, the kingdom rejoiced and rejoiced once more when their beautiful prince was born, what was more captivating than his deep blue eyes, where the golden wings protruding from his back, the king and queen named him Castiel, the kingdom celebrated the night he was born and lit the skies with floating paper lanterns to symbolize the golden flowers light which had saved him and the queen, everything was at peace. Until one night before the princes very first birthday, Lucifer who was older now, blinded by rage and vengeance, snuck into Castiels nursery and produced a knife from his cloak, planning to take the life that destroyed his beloved flower, the noise stirred the baby from his sleep slightly, Lucifer panicked and sang the flowers incantation softly to lull the young prince, to his utter amazement, the princes wings glowed bright with golden light and made Lucifer younger again, Lucifer was so happy, his flower wasn't completely lost after all. He plucked a feather from one of Castiels wings and was about to make a quick exit, until he noticed that not only did his feather turn black in his hand, but so did the entire wing which he had plucked it from, angered and desperate, Lucifer formed a genius but cruel plan, he took the baby right out of his crib and made for the window, the baby had woken up and started crying from the abrupt contact.
Soon the castle was after him, then the entire city was after him, but Lucifer hopped on his horse and fled for many days and nights, navigating the thick woods that the kingdom didn't recognize, Lucifer had the perfect hiding spot, locked away in deepest corner of the woods, was a hidden tower where Lucifer raised the young prince as his own, putting on the façade that he was a loving and caring father, when Castiel was around the age of seven, he had once asked Lucifer with curious blue eyes. "Father, why can't I go outside the tower?"
Lucifer would only smile gently at him, "Because the world is filled with vile and selfish people who would want to use your abilities for their own cruelty and destroy your powers, like they did to your other wing before I saved you. Do you understand flower?"
Castiel stroked the one black wing of his while his father pampered his golden one. "Yes papa."
The king and queen searched and searched but they could never find their lost prince, every year on the princes birthday, the entire city would light lanterns into the night sky, as a shining beacon of hope for their long lost prince to return and every night on Castiels birthday, he would sneak out of his room In the tower to watch the beautiful lights from his window, knowing deep in his heart that they are somehow meant for him and would hope that one day he would find out what they mean.