Chapter Four
A battle raged in Hannah Winchester's head. A battle between herself and her former self. A large part of Hannah understood and believed who she was but another part of her was still questioning why.
Why me? After all of this crap why did this have to happen to me? How could I be angel, an important angel at that, I mean I've broken like what all of the ten commandments! I'm not good, I'm not righteous, I'm just a kid that has had a very messed up childhood.
Bu who was she kidding, Hannah knew what she was. Hannah remembered her past, her childhood in Heaven where she was showered in love and adoration. Hannah remembered Gabriel and Raphael. She remembered Lucifer and Michael. Hannah recalled all the times when her brothers used to show her the Earth and all of God's creation, when they used to tease her and play with her. She remembered the never-ending joy that always enthralled her whenever she was in the presence of the Archangels. But Hannah remembered the hurt- the betrayal. Hannah remembered every single time when she had been let down or ridiculed by the four. When Gabriel and Lucifer left Heaven for good. When Raphael decided to play bad cop and shout at her for every single little thing. And lastly she remembered when Michael changed. When Michael became distant and then virtually never there. Her last ally gone and she left alone to fend for herself. When Michael abandoned her and caused her to fall. Hannah blamed all of her brothers. But in truth it was mostly Michael. But Hannah still loved them, she loved them all.
Stop it, Hannah screamed mentally.
Hannah stood up and sighed, what was she going to do? Pamela had left a couple of hours ago, she had repeatedly apologised to Hannah saying that she couldn't be in the presence of an angel- even if that angel was Hannah Winchester. For now she was alone in Bobby's and with that she was alone with her thoughts. Sam and Dean had called a half hour ago and told her what had gone done with Anna and the Angels. They were screwed. More than anything Hannah wanted to go home, she wanted to crawl into Michael's arms and stay there for the rest of eternity. But Hannah was pissed. How could she just go home and act like nothing had happened. How could she stay in Heaven under the watchful eyes of hundreds of siblings that had all left her for 1400 years. And what about Sam and Dean. Sam and Dean were her family and she hated saying this, but at this moment in time she'd rather spend the rest of her days on Earth in the comfort of her two human brothers than live for the rest of time without them.
Sam and Dean drove into Bobby's lot when a terrified looking Hannah ran out to them, her long brown hair flying backwards as she reared around the car. The brothers jumped out , running towards their distraught sister.
"OksoyouknowhowAnnaknewmeandshewasanangelsoiaskedpa-"
"Han", Dean said placing his hands on his little sister's shoulders, "Slow down. Just tell us what happened."
Hannah looked into her brother's eyes, what she was going to say was basically going to ruin his life. "Ok so Anna said that I wasn't right right. She said that I had grace on me right and then she turned out to be an angel and that got me thinking so I went to Pamela and I asked her, I asked her t-"
"Ariel"
The three Winchesters turned and saw a very good looking guy around nineteen years old walking towards them with his arms out and hands turned up.
"Who are you?", Sam asked sternly, seeing the colour drain out of Hannah's face.
"Ariel", the golden haired teen repeated coming close to the girl.
"Michael", she exclaimed stumbling backwards.
Sam and Dean couldn't understand why a random teenage boy had put so much fear in their usually hardy little sister. But what they didn't know was that their sister could see something much much different to them. She could see him, the real him. Hannah could see his true form and it was beautiful.
"Ariel, you do not understand how much I've missed you little sister", Michael whispered with a smile as big as Father's realm on his face.
"Alright buddy, I don't know who you are but you better explain yourself in the next three seconds or all you're gonna be missing is your brain without a hole in it", Dean growled, standing protectively around his sister.
"Of course, you don't know", Michael said sadly. "I am her brother, her real brother. I am Michael, the Archangel."
For once Sam and Dean Winchester were stuck for words. "Wait, what?!"
"I can explain", Hannah said with a sigh. Of course this would happen now.
"Arie-"
"Just shut up for a minute Michael", Hannah snapped. "Ok so you found me in a comet, like I fell from the sky, like I fell from up above; from Heaven. I used to be called Ariel, I mean you guys know that, but I was Ariel, raised by the Archangels. I mean I'm an angel; an Angel of the Lord."
The look on her brother's faces was enough to break Hannah's heart ten times over. She had let them down and they all knew it. She gave them a sad smile and turned back to Michael, rage written all over her face.
"And you", she sneered, "you think you're so righteous just floating down here with open arms. What do you think I am your lap dog, I don't follow your every command. Not anymore anyway."
"Ari please"
"Stop Michael, please. You abandoned me, you left me alone and I fell. I fell all the way to Heaven and do you know whose fault it was. Yours. It was your fault Michael. I trusted you so much and you left me to fall. You let me down"
Michael dropped his head, his glassy blue eyes filling with tears. She was so angry, so scared and she was right, it was his fault.
"Please leave Michael and please stay away from me", his baby sister whispered shakily, her voice barely audible as if she was trying not to cry.
"Ok", and with that Michael turned and walked slowly to the edge of Bobby's lot. "And I suppose... ifit's my last chance to say it... Ari, I love you." And with that Michael fluttered out, away from the little girl who he had loved and missed for such a long time.
When Michael was gone and the three siblings left alone Hannah let out a choked sob and fell to the ground, leaning onto the Impala for support. Despite their anger and confusion at that moment in time the two Winchester boys fell to their knees to help their sister. Sam carried the unconscious girl into Bobby's house and laid her on the couch.
For hours Hannah slept, her brothers keeping constant watch on her. Sam and Dean had made the decision prior that no matter who- what their sister was they would care of her. They had raised her and just because she was an angel didn't change that. During their life the Winchesters had learnt thing- Family didn't just mean blood.
It was dusk when Hannah woke up. Sam and Dean were sitting in the corner by the fire. Both looked exhausted, both looked scared.
"Sam...", Hannah struggled, still half asleep. The two brothers hurried to their sister's side.
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry"
Dean sighed and held his sister's hand, "Han, listen to me right now. No matter what you are still our sister. You will always be our sister"
"Thank you", Hannah uttered groggily folding into her brother's embrace.
The sun was low and the day near its end when the distraught Archangel returned to his home in Heaven and met with his brother. Raphael was waiting in his garden when Michael landed ungracefully, his wings shaking with upset. Raphael took one look at his eldest brother and embraced him in his large wings. "Brother, what has happened? What has gotten you so distraught?"
Michael looked his brother in the eye and told him the story of Ariel's recovery and loss. To say the Archangel was stunned was quite the understatement. Raphael was caught between a state of happiness and shock. Raphael had always shunned himself for becoming stricter and angrier at the little girl before she fell. He had taken out his pain of losing Luci and Gabe on her. And now she blamed him.
"We must find her, we must bring her home Mickey. She is young and she is confused. We must bring her back"
And Michael contemplated. All he wanted was his baby sister, that was all that he had wanted for centuries. But Michael had never thought about what Ariel had wanted, she had a new family new, a new life, new brothers . It wasn't his place to cause her more unhappiness and upset. They had to let her go.
"We will leave her in the care of the Winchesters for now", Michael finally said, his voice full of regret, "But she will come home soon"
(I understand that this is very out of the time of the episode but yeah it's my story)
The Winchester's spent the next few months just travelling around taking normal, well as normal as they got, cases. To say the least, the siblings acted like nothing had happened that fateful day in Bobby's. Basically, they all went out of their say not to bring it up. And they were all ok with that. For three months it went back to normal. The old trio back together salting and burning, exorcising, the old routine. But then one day it all went south. The Winchesters and Bobby had been working an average case when Bobby had been possessed and stabbed. Dean had never seen something so heroic before- Bobby had taken control of his possessed body and stabbed himself to kill the demon. And now he was in the hospital, living with paralysis. Sam, Dean and Hannah stood at the door to Bobby's room when Castiel popped up behind them. "The angels are looking for you", Castiel stated causing the three Winchesters to jump
"Jesus Cas can't you just act look a normal person rather than a freaking Psycho", Dean growled earning a death stare from Castiel and his sister.
"You'll think better than taking the Lord's name in vain Dean", Hannah said outraged at her eldest brother's outburst.
Castiel stared at Hannah what a knowing smile. "Welcome back Ariel"
"Castiel", Ariel replied lifting her head to great her brother. "You must mark us. You have to hide me. Please Cassy"
Castiel turned his head to stare at Sam and Dean. "It will hurt though. You are human now".
Hannah smiled sadly and nodded, "Until it is time", she whispered in Enochian.
Castiel placed one hand on dean's chest, the other on Sam's and afterwards on his sister's. The Winchesters hissed at the sharp stabbing pain.
"What the hell was that?", Dean screamed.
"An Enochian sigil. It'll hide you from every Angel in creation, including Michael and Raphael."
"What, did you just brand us with it?"
"No. He carved it into our ribs" Hannah answered awkwardly.
"Thank you Castiel"
"Goodbye Ariel, hopefully we shall see each other soon"
Sam, Dean and Hannah had driven all night and by the time they had reached Cheyenne they were worn out. All Hannah wanted to do was get something to eat and then catch a little hay. Dean unlocked the door and they spilled into the room.
"Ah, home crappy home."
Sam flipped the lights.
Dean groaned as no other than Uriel and Cas stood before them
"Winchester, Winchester and dearest Ariel"
"Oh come on", Hannah groaned looking from her brothers to her brothers.
"You are needed.", Uriel announced his voice sombre as ever. "We raised you out of hell for our purposes and now it is time."
"Yeah, what were those again? What exactly did you want from me?"
"Dean, we know this is difficult to understand." Castiel said looking Dean in the eye.
"And we don't care. Now, seven angels have been murdered, all of them from our garrison. The last one was killed tonight."
"No", Hannah cried, stumbling backwards, "Who?" she whispered her voice starting to shake. Every angel in Heaven was loved deeply by Ariel and even the thought oflosing seven of them would crush the girl's soul.
Uriel frowned and Dean smirked, it was the first time Uriel had ever shown emotion. "Ambriel, Barachiel, Hashmal, Jerahmeel, Jophiel, Muriel and Sariel.
Silent tears fell down Hannah's face as she clung to Sam's side
"Demons? How they doing it?", Dean said quickly trying to change the subject
"We don't know.", Uriel confessed.
"I'm sorry, but what do you want us to do about it? I mean, a demon with the juice to ice angels has to be out of our league, right?", Hannah said point blank still shaking silently.
"We can handle the demons, thank you very much. We have Alastair. But he won't talk. Alastair's will is very strong. We've arrived at an impasse."
"Yeah, well, he's like a black belt in torture. I mean, you guys are out of your league.", Dean said gruffly his eyes filled with sadness and repressed memories coming to light.
Sam gave Hannah a pained knowing look. They had both figured out what the angels were getting at.
"That's why we've come to his student. You happen to be the most qualified interrogator we've got."
"No. No way. You can't ask me to do this, Cas. Not this." Dean whispered.
"Please no, Cassy, Uri, you cannot do this. Please it's not right", Hannah pleaded.
"Who said anything about asking?", Uriel smirked, "If we took something you cared about then I think you would happily comply"
"You son of a bitch wha-"
"No" Hannah whispered "Don't do it Dean, don't let them win"
"Han, what are you-", Dean stopped short. In a flutter of wings Uriel and Hannah were gone.
Hannah screamed as she wrapped her arms around Uriel. He flew higher and higher and with each couple of meters Hannah got one step closer to throwing up.
"Let me down! Let me down! Jesus Christ Uriel let me down or I will stick a blade into your side", Hannah screamed as Uriel crossed the threshold to Heaven and threw her to the ground, "Do not ever say the Lord's name in vain ever little sister" he shouted his face dangerously close to hers.
"I'm sorry brother, I was just scared is all", Hannah whispered cowering at her brother's fury. Uriel smiled reassuringly as Hannah gazed at her surroundings. Heaven. She was home. But if Hannah was home why did she feel like such a prisoner.
Hannah heard many flutters of wings as sound that was so accustomed in Heaven that Hannah didn't think anything of it. She turned slowly.
"Hello Ariel", Michael and Raphael said in union, wings open wide ready to welcome their unwilling sister home.
