Chapter 4: Witches

A/N: So, this story is coming along a lot faster than I would have ever thought. Please remember to review, constructive criticism is always appreciated! Anyway, forward!

Dean was getting excited now. Cas could understand them! Which means they could get somewhere with finding out how to change the angel back!

"Do you know what did this to you, Cas?" Dean asked quickly. The tiny angel nodded his head. Dean smiled, happy to finally be getting somewhere.

"Was it a witch?" Dean asked. Another nod. Dean was getting really excited now. Sam and Gabriel both stood back and watched him, trying not to laugh.

"Do you know where to find her?" At that, Cas whimpered and shook his head, then he started to cry. Dean switched into concerned-parent mode immediately.

"No, Cas, no. Shh." Dean soothed, moving Cas onto his shoulder and rubbing his back gently. When Cas had quieted down Dean spoke.

"Well, Sammy, you were right about the witch." He said, still rocking Cas gently. Sam nodded.

"Yeah, but we still don't know who she is or where to find her. Or if it's even a her." Sam replied. Dean nodded.

"Okay so new plan. Gabriel, you go back and look for any more clues. Sam, work your magic on that symbol. See if you can find anything about it." Gabriel nodded and was gone. Sam immediately went to his laptop and was absorbed within minutes. Dean looked at Cas.

"Are you hungry?" Cas nodded. Dean walked into the kitchen and began to prepare a bottle. When it was finished he transferred Cas from his shoulder and cradled him. Cas accepted the bottle without complaint this time. Dean started to walk around the kitchen as he was feeding him.

"Ah, Cas, how the hell did you get yourself into this?" Dean whispered. Cas shrugged and continued to suck down the contents of his bottle. Dean shook his head.

"You probably didn't even realize you did anything wrong. At least, until you woke up like this." Dean gestured to the little body. "I bet you're regretting it now." Little Cas stayed silent, probably ignoring Dean, who just sighed and shook his head.

Cas finished the bottle in record time. In what seemed like no time at all, Dean was rinsing out the bottle and burping him. Dean had just decided that a diaper change was in order and was halfway through when he heard Sam yell.

"I found it!" Dean quickly finished what he was doing and half-ran into the living room.

"You found it?" he clarified, moving to look over Sam's shoulder. Cas leaned a little so he could see, as well. Sam nodded.

"It's a symbol from a coven in Wisconsin. They call themselves 'White Thorn.'" Sam said, showing Dean. "I have their website pulled up." Dean smiled and clapped his brother on the back.

"Good work, Sammy." He said. Cas was showing his excitement by wiggling and making cooing noises. Dean almost dropped him.

"Calm down, Cas!" he said, repositioning the baby. Then he looked back at Sam. "Call Gabriel. We need to get to Wisconsin ASAP." Sam frowned.

"Why do I have to call him? Why can't you?" Dean smiled and held Cas out.

"I've already got my angel. Now it's time for you to call yours." Sam gave Dean his ultimate bitch-face.

"He's not my angel." He grumbled, but nonetheless he prayed.

"Umm, Gabe, we have a situation. Kindly report immediately….umm…" Sam paused, "over?" Dean burst out laughing as Gabriel appeared.

"That was kind of formal, don't you think, Sammy?" Gabriel asked, grinning and nudging Sam. Sam bitch-faced Gabriel as well and turned away from both of them. Dean was still laughing in the background.

"So what's the situation?" Gabriel asked, looking at Dean first but it was apparent that Dean was going to be incapable of speech for the time being. Gabriel turned towards Sam, who sighed.

"I found the symbol. It's from a coven in Wisconsin. They call themselves 'White Thorn.' And they supposedly have a knack for age spells." Sam said, causing Dean to stop laughing and glare at Sam.

"You didn't tell me that." Dean said, looking at his little brother. Sam raised an eyebrow.

"You didn't give me a chance to." He replied, staring right back at Dean. A silence stretched on only to be broken by Gabriel.

"So, ladies, what's our game plan?" He asked, and both brothers looked at him. Dean cleared his throat.

"We go to Wisconsin, find the bitch that did this to Cas, and we make her reverse it. Simple as that." Sam shook his head.

"Dean, we are going to have to scope the place out first. We don't know what we are up against. You don't really want to go in blind with guns blazing, do you?" Dean didn't speak because yes, that was exactly what he wanted. He wanted to get his best friend back and that was the quickest way to do it.

"No, I guess not." Dean said, grudgingly. He adjusted Cas.

"Good. So how about we go to Wisconsin, we get a hotel, and we stake the place out for a couple of days? We can do the whole FBI thing and see if we can't find out more about what we're up against." Dean nodded.

"Fine. But be ready to go in 10 minutes. It's a long drive to Wisconsin." Gabriel snorted.

"What am I, chopped liver?"