3 Silver Feathers.
Chapter Two.
Castiel stares at the feather… at first he thinks he's seeing things as this just could not be. There were no other angel's here… no reason for it to have fallen out. He had met two hunters not another angel. Castiel blinks and it is still lying there, he swallows hard and steps forward, leans down and picks it up. It is real, it is one of his sliver feathers and that is when is the young angel panic's and calls for his older brother.
"Gabriel !" he cries out in fear.
Moments later he hears wings and the Archangel is at his side.
"Cassie… what's wrong ?" he asks.
Castiel holds up the feather "It fell out".
Gabriel smiles "That's great" he looks around but does not sense any other angel's "But uh where's your mate ?".
Castiel shakes his head "It should not have come out… I was assisting two hunters… no other angel was here Gabriel… why did it fall ?".
The Archangel looks stunned but finally says "Your sure you were the only angel here ?".
Castiel nods "Yes I am".
Gabriel shakes his head as he has no idea why the feather would have fallen out with no other angel around unless…
'No, he wouldn't… would he ?' thinks Gabriel.
"You said two hunters… did you react oddly to either ?" asks Gabriel to test his theory.
Castiel blushes and plays with the feather in his hand "I uh did yes… the older one, Dean" admits Castiel.
"Show me what happened Cassie" says Gabriel.
Castiel nods and places two fingers on his brothers forehead and shows him the event.
When the younger angel removes his fingers the Archangel smiles and nods then turns around and searches the ground over where the witch had died.
"Uh huh" he exclaims as he leans down to pick something up.
Gabriel comes back to Castiel and holds up a single silver hair.
"You found your mate Cassie… this is yours and you have to go give your feather to this Dean" says Gabriel.
Castiel looks horrified "But he's human… I can't be mated to a human… the witch must have done something Gabriel".
The Archangel shakes his head "She was too busy trying to heal after your mate shot her Cassie… and from what I saw your feather fell when you laid eyes on him… I don't know why Father has paired you with a human Cassie but there must be a good reason".
Castiel sighs deeply and looks down at the feather in his hand… he had wanted so badly to find his mate… to feel the love his brothers and sisters feel. Perhaps that is why their Father had done this to him… he had been selfish.
"Should I come with you and explain this to him ?" asks Gabriel.
Castiel shakes his head.
"It won't matter Gabe… he won't want me" mumbles Castiel.
"And why wouldn't he ? Your very attractive Cassie and one of our best warriors… why wouldn't he want you ?" Gabriel replies with a frown.
"He's male…" Castiel shrugs.
The Archangel rolled his eyes.
"Not all humans care about gender Cassie… besides you know you have to at least tell him… this is his hair and if Father has made him compatible with an angel he will start to get ill without you and you know it… you both will" Gabriel says.
Castiel looks so sad Gabriel just has to put his arm around his little bother and hug him.
"I know… please come with me… I don't think I can do this on my own" replies Castiel.
Gabriel nods "Of course I will… here give me that… I'll hold both until we have told your hunter what's happening then the two of you can exchange them properly" he says as he holds out his hand.
The younger angel gives him the silver feather and he puts it and the hair in his pocket.
"Lets do this" he smiles as he squeezes Castiel a little.
Castiel smiles back it is half hearted and Gabriel can see the fear and sadness in his eyes.
Sam sits at the small table in their room, laptop open looking for their next hunt while Dean lays on his bed watching Dr Sexy when they hear a sound like rustling wings and suddenly two men stand in the room with them. Both hunters immediately go for guns but Dean stops when he see's one of them is the seriously hot angel from the witch hunt.
"Relax Sammy… it's Cas" says the older hunter as he puts his gun back under his pillow.
"Hey Cas… what's up ?" asks Dean with a smile.
'Oh he so has nothing to worry about… that boy wants him already' thinks Gabriel as he grins.
Castiel smiles back and blushes a little.
"So these are the Winchester's ? Mixing the bloodlines works well I see… right then boys I'm the Archangel Gabriel and I need to talk to Dean about something big" says Gabriel.
"Archangel ?" gasps Sam "Wow".
Gabriel grins at him and winks.
"Me… uh what did I do ?" asks Dean with a frown.
Gabriel grins more "Nothing… yet. Can we go outside for a moment ?".
Dean sighs and nods as he gets up off the bed "Yeah sure".
Castiel gives Gabriel a look that says be gentle and the Archangel nods slightly and walks to the door knowing Dean would follow him.
Once the older two are outside Sam asks "Any idea what that's about ?".
Castiel nods.
"Yes… but I would rather they talk before I say anything" replies Castiel.
Sam frowns "Oh ok".
"Sorry Sam" says Castiel.
Sam shrugs "It's cool… as long as it's nothing bad".
"I hope not" says Castiel with a sigh.
"Dean what do you know about angel's ?" Gabriel asks when they are outside.
The hunter shrugs "Nothing… til an hour ago I didn't even think you were real".
Gabriel rolls his eyes.
"Right well there are two main things you need to know about angel's… one, we mate for life… two, we have a unique way of telling who our one true mate is. Our wings are all one colour except for three of the feathers. Those three indicate an angel's mate, the first falls out when they meet for the first time and those are exchanged. The second falls out when the angel accepts the other completely as mate and is again exchanged. The third feather can only be pulled out by the one true mate during the first claiming sex between the pair and is kept" says Gabriel.
Dean's eyes go very wide "Uh… why the hell would I need to know that ?".
"Because Castiel lost his first feather when the two of you met and you…" the Archangel reaches into his pocket "Lost this" he holds up a single silver hair.
The hunter stares at the short silver hair and reaches for his head unconsciously.
"Castiel is worried you won't want him… that his gender will be an issue for you… I am very fond of my little brother, Dean as I'm sure you can understand… I'd hate to see him get hurt" says Gabriel.
Dean is just staring… stunned.
Gabriel snaps his fingers in front of the humans face.
Dean starts and looks up at the Archangel… his eyes had been glued to the hair.
"Well ?" asks Gabriel.
"Uh… um… fuck… your serious ?" stutters the hunter.
"Yes… I am" replies Gabriel.
Dean smiles slowly.
"Well at least I'm not going to hell" he replies.
Gabriel frowns.
"What ?" he asks.
The hunter grins then.
"I was having some pretty impure thoughts about Cas…" Dean admits.
Gabriel laughs.
"Oh… right ok. Well no your not going to hell for that… apparently Father wants you having those about Cassie" grins Gabriel.
"So… mated for life huh ?" asks Dean.
The Archangel nods.
The hunter smiles.
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