Chapter Two

A/N I only own Esther. I do not own the show or the characters or any song mentioned. I am also writing this for fun and am not being paid. Sorry if anything is confusing, but all will be revealed in its time


"Dean! Dean, let her go! We need to clean her wounds!" Sam said as he got back to his brother and Esther. Dean grabbed Esther's duffel and used it as a pillow as he laid her down on the cold ground. Once Dean laid her down, he realized how warm she had felt. He place the back of his hand on her burning forehead.

"Son of a bitch! Give me the thermometer, Sam!" Sam hastily opened up the thermometer and handed it to Dean. Dean placed the thermometer in her ear and waited for the beep.

"103.2. Dammit! The wound is infected!" Dean yelled. "You clean the wound, I'll get Cas!"

"Wait! Dean, Cas is gone. He flew off." Sam said as Dean stood up.

"Goddammit Cas! Fine, we'll have to get her to a motel. Grab her bag." Dean reached down and picked Esther up bridal-style and took her to the car. Sam grabbed the first aid kit and Esther's duffel bag and ran back. Sam opened the door and hopped in the back so he could sit with Esther. Dean placed Esther in Sam's lap and he jumped in the front seat and drove off.


"Estheriel? Estheriel?" The voice called out. The voice saw the angel playing in the garden with the younger fledglings. As the voice approached the group, Estheriel quickly dropped to her knees and bowed her head. The other fledging quickly followed suit.

"Archangel Gabriel. It is an honor." Estheriel said staring at the ground.

"Please, just call me Gabe. Stand up. No need for all the formalities." Gabriel said with a smirk.

"Yes, sir." Estheriel stood up, but kept her head bowed.

"Don't call me sir, either. Just call me Gabe or Gabriel." Gabriel sighed.

"Yes, Gabriel. What could I do to help you?"

"Come with me. Mikey... I mean Michael... needs to see you." Gabriel grabbed the young angel's hand and flew her to the section of Heaven where Michael was. When they arrived, Michael was holding a bundle of pure white blankets.

Upon seeing the eldest archangel, Estheriel quickly bowed her head and dropped to her knees, shaking. "A-Archangel Michael. I-It's an honor." Estheriel felt a soothing hand on her shoulder, sending a warmth through her body. She knew it was Gabriel, but she didn't dare look up in the presence of the Archangel Michael.

"Estheriel. Please, stand up." Michael said. Estheriel quickly stood with her head still bowed. "I would like to introduce you to the newest fledgling, Castiel." Michael held out the bundle of blankets and Estheriel looked up, still avoiding eye contact with the eldest archangel. She took a shaky step forward to look into the blankets. The first thing she noticed were the deep black onyx wings contrasting the bright sapphire blue eyes. The fledging was beautiful. Michael handed the fledgling to Estheriel and she took him into her arms. She couldn't stop staring at his bright blue eyes as a smile spread across her face. "He will be your charge, and you will be his guardian angel." Michael said.

Estheriel was confused. "With all due respect, Archangel Michael, but don't angels normally get human charges?"

"Yes." Michael chuckled. "But Father has big plans for Castiel, and he will need all the help he can get. You will raise him until he is old enough to be a soldier in Father's Army. This a big responsibility, Estheriel. Father is placing a lot of trust in you. Do you accept your charge." Michael asked.

Estheriel looked away from the fledging to make eye contact with Michael. "Yes, Archangel Michael. I accept my charge." With that, Gabriel flew her to her new nest, where she would raise her charge, Castiel.


"Dean, her fever's gone up! 105.8. She needs to cool down now!" Sam and Dean were in the motel room, trying to get Esther's fever down. They managed to clean, stitch, and bandage all of her wounds, but the infection was still running its course.

"I'll grab some ice. You fill up the bath." Dean said, running out of the room.

A few minutes later, Sam and Dean were picking up Esther and laying her into the bath of icy cold water. Immediately her body started to shiver, but she wouldn't wake up.

"Why isn't she waking up? She needs to wake up!" Dean yelled after she had been laying in the water for a minute.

"Dean, we need to pull her out. She'll get hypothermia and frostbite if left in there too long." Sam looked to Dean. Dean nodded and grabbed some towels. Sam picked Esther up while Dean tried to dry to her off. They wrapped her in the towels and laid her back in the bed.

"Dean, you need to call Cas. Maybe he can heal her. I don't know what else to do except take her to a hos-"

"No, Sam. No hospitals." Dean cut him off. "There's a reason she called us instead of going to a hospital. I'll call Cas." Dean grabbed his phone and called Cas.

"Hello, Dean."

"Cas! What the hell! You left us there when you knew Esther was hurt! Now she has a fever that won't break and she won't wake up. Get your feathery ass down here!" Dean yelled into the phone.

"Yes, Dean. Where are you?"

"Knights Inn Motel. Room 8."


Estheriel looked down at the frightened fledgling hiding behind her leg. "Come on, Castiel! It's fun!" Esther jumped up and flew in a circle above Castiel's head before landing right back where she was. "Just jump up and let your wings do the rest!"

The fledgling looked up into Estheriel's eyes. "But I'm scared that I wil fall!" Castiel's eyes started to water with the thought of falling.

Estheriel leaned down to match her height with the fledgling's. "Don't worry, Castiel. I'll be right here to catch you if you fall." Esther smiled.

"You promise, Esther?" Castiel said, using the nickname he gave her when he was younger and couldn't say her full name. Even though he could say her name now, the nickname stuck.

"Yes, Cassie, I promise! I'll always be there."


Castiel appeared inside the room at the door. "Hello, Dean. Where is she?"

Dean pointed to the bed. "What's wrong with her?" Dean said as Cas walked toward the bed. Cas placed two fingers on her forehead, but yelped when her forehead burnt his fingers. "Cas? What just happened?" Dean asked. Castiel stared at Esther, not seeming to notice the older Winchester. "Cas! Castiel!" Dean yelled. At the use of his full name, Castiel jumped and looked away from Esther. "What happened?" Dean asked again.

"I... I don't know."