As Castiel finished putting the car seats in he placed Dean and Sam in them and started driving home.
Looking in the rearview mirror Castiel's heart melted when he saw Sam and Dean both hugging their new stuffed animals (Sam got a moose and Dean got a dog). He would never understand why Sam got a moose but when Dean told him he got a dog because he always wanted a loyal best friend and a dog was just that, he couldn't see how this sweet little boy could grow up to be the man that he was.
The drive home was quiet and peaceful so when they pulled up to the house Castiel asked what the boys wanted for lunch. Lucky charms, of course, but he wasn't going to argue and soon had them sitting at the dinning room table eating while he went upstairs and put the new clothes away.
When he came back to the kitchen Sam and Dean were still in the same spot and just as he was about to ask something, his cell phone rang.
"Hello?" Castiel asked quickly.
"It's Bobby. How're the boys?"
"They're fine. Eating, just got back from shopping." It came out harsher than he wanted.
"Look, I'm sorry that I just up and left without a good-bye but this hunt… trust me you'll be glad I did it. I gotta go though, take care of my boys and don't burn my house down."
"Okay Bobby but –"was all Castiel got out before Bobby hung up. Castiel huffed and sat down at the table.
"So…" He had no idea what to talk about.
"I wanna color…" Dean whined, but when Castiel looked at Sam, Sam just shrugged.
"Okay, coloring it is, after you put your bowls in the sink of course." After saying that both boys slid off their chairs and ran to the sink.
He got paper and crayons out that he bought at the store and handed them to Dean and then turned to Sam.
"Sam, do you wanna watch TV or something?" Sam slowly nodded and so Castiel turned the TV on and handed Sam the remote.
After 5 minutes of channel surfing Sam finally stopped on Law & Order and Castiel couldn't keep the smile off of his face. He pretended to be interested but really he was watching Dean and Sam closely. Every time Sam said "Casteel did ya see that?" he would nod and indulge the small boy in his excitement. Sam and he never really had a close bond and so he enjoyed his small amount of interaction with Sam as much as possible while still watching Dean and Sam.
By the time Dean had drawn 4 pictures and Sam had watched 2 episodes of Law & Order Castiel decided it was nap time. So he put the boys down in their room and started doing research to see if he could find anything that may explain what kind of curse it was.
After about 30 minutes of research his phone rang again.
"Castiel, Im on my way home but you need to keep Sam and Dean up stairs. Im 30 minutes away and Im gonna need your help. –click-"
Castiel was in such a state of shock and fear that he didn't move for ten minutes. Bobby never needed his help. Bobby wouldn't bring something dangerous here. Why did Sam and Dean have to stay in their room? What is going on?
When he finally moved he tucked the boys in tight and rushed down stairs in time to see Bobby pull up and drag something out of his car.
Castiel rushed outside to help but all Bobby wanted was for him to make a clear path to the panic room and as soon as Bobby got the, what Castiel now realized was a limp body, into the panic room he cuffed it down every way he knew how.
"Bobby, what is this?" Castiel couldn't even think logically from fear of harm coming to his Winchesters.
"This, Cas, is the answer."
"The answer to what?"
"How to get Dean and Sam back. This witch use to be in that coven you killed, and she knows how to get them back to normal. She knows the reversal spell and were gonna force it out of her." Castiel didn't like the sound of that at all.
"So... were gonna torture her?"
"No, when I say force I mean we have to recite this" Bobby said while holding up a piece of paper, "and the curse will literally be lifted by forcing some magic out of the witch."
"That kinda sounds like torture to me, if she's not willing that is.
"Oh, she's willing, I told her I'd kill her otherwise." Bobby said it with sadness in his eyes and Castiel knew he did this out of selfishness more than wanting Sam and Dean back, and Castiel understood and didn't judge him for it because if he was Bobby, he'd do the same too.
"Well then, lets get started." Castiel said that with a little more enthusiasm than he meant for because Bobby gave him a strange look, "Hey, I love little Dean and Sam but I don't do well with kids. Its been a little awkward today." Bobby laughed at that and started preparing something on the table, "Go get Sam and Dean." Was all he said.
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Sam and Dean didn't understand why they had to stand holding hands directly in front of a body with a bag on its head, but Bobby soon started speaking and Dean and Sam forgot what they were thinking a second ago and started staring at the body that was now levitating in front of them. Castiel had told them not to scream or even move until told to do so, and they listened.
Bobby recited the incantation and then looked at Castiel and nodded, then Castiel took the bag off of the witches head and poured a lime green colored liquid down her throat.
A few seconds passed with an eerie silence encompassing the room when all of a sudden the witches' body moved to where it was standing in front of Dean and Sam.
She put one hand on Dean's shoulder and the other on Sam's. Dean dared to look at her and saw that the witches' eyes were the same color as the liquid that was poured down her throat but that was all Dean got to process before his face was being tilted up by some invisible force and a golden mist was flowing into his and Sam's mouth.
When the mist stopped flowing the witch crumpled to the floor and Castiel locked eyes with Dean and Sam to warn them not to move while Bobby said a few more things neither boy understood and then it happened in the blink of an eye. Sam started shooting up to his great height and Dean started to fill out and by the time 5 seconds had passed both boys were back to their older selves.
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After a few minutes of just staring at each other Dean finally thanked Bobby and said he'd take the witch back to Bobby's car so he could drop her off at home 'cause Dean knew she wouldn't remember anything. Sam just stared absently, still in shock from the great height difference he had to get use to in 5 seconds.
Castiel helped Dean with the body and Bobby somehow managed to get Sam up the stairs and into a chair in the kitchen. Bobby put coffee on hoping that'd help Sam.
When Dean and Castiel came back to the kitchen Sam had at least relaxed into his chair.
"So…. How'd you know that'd work, Bobby?" Dean asked.
"I didn't I just guessed and hoped and when I threatened her so told me."
"Well thank god for that." Dean was grateful to be back in his old body, Sam was too even though he still wore the face of someone who had just witnessed something terrifying.
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After two days of staying at Bobby's to make sure everything worked they finally decided to leave. Sam became Sam again a couple hours after they became adults and Dean was glad Sam did 'cause catatonic Sammy kind of freaked him out.
As Dean was putting the last thing into the duffle bag and Castiel and Sam were down at the car waiting, he saw the little dog he picked out and picked him up. He looked at it for a few seconds then hugged it and stuffed it into the bottom of his duffle bag.
A/N: So I know it's kinda a terrible ending and I wish I could have written a much better one but even if I tried I don't think I could. Thanks for all the reviews, I send much love to anyone who reviews this or even reads it.