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Dean thought it was odd Castiel didn't seem too franticly in need of a rescue. But then Castiel did seem odd and he didn't seem like the kind of guy to get frantic. As he sat on the shore drawing in the sand with a stick Dean wondered what went on in that head covered in dark hair. He flopped down next to his "friend" in the sand. "Hello Dean." Castiel said smiling over at Dean.
"What is that?" Dean asked looking at the drawing in the sand.
"It is a mountain. There are a lot of them where I come from." Castiel said.
"What is a mountain?" Dean asked curiously eyeing the picture.
"It's like a very tall hill. Taller than all the trees in the forest." Castiel mused.
"But I thought you didn't like heights." Dean frowned.
"I've never been up one but they're nice to look at." Castiel said smiling.
"I see." Dean said still frowning.
"Do you think I'll ever go back?" Castiel asked looking at Dean with big round eyes.
"You don't seem interested in going back." Dean said as he stood and walked through Castiel's sand drawing to stare out at the water. He didn't want Cas to go back.
"Neither do you but you still stare out at the water like you're waiting for them to come for you." Castiel smiled.
"I look for ships. Like yours. I try to warn them. The rocks." Dean grumbled as he turned back to the forest. Castiel was skeptical but said nothing as he continued to stare out at the water.
"What to the wolves of the water look like?" He asked.
"Like normal wolves. Just made out of water." Dean said.
"Like that?" Castiel asked pointing out at the water where some figures were emerging. There were five wolves as clear and blue as the water but as big as a boulder. They were running at the shore like a rushing wave. On their backs rode an older merman, a younger merman, an older mermaid and a younger mermaid. The wolves came crashing to shore in a spray of water. Castiel was yanked back by Dean who was snarling.
"Be gone little human." Snarled the biggest wolf. No one moved, Castiel actually couldn't. He was being held in place by Dean's fist clutching his arm.
"Dean." Bellowed the elder Merman as he slipped off the wolf and landed on the sand. As he'd left the wolf his tail had turned to legs.
"John." Dean said in a hoarse voice.
"Yes son." He bellowed as he clapped Dean over the shoulder.
"We've searched for you for years." Said the younger merman as he too slipped off the wolf before giving Dean a big hug.
"I'm sure." Dean snarled.
"Cas, this is John. My father." Dean said waving at the elder merman. "And my younger brother Sam." Dean said nodding at the younger merman.
"Oh Dean we've missed you so much! I can't believe we've finally found you!" Said the elder mermaid as she mimicked Sam's movements, hugging her long lost son.
"This is Mary. My mother." Dean said as he did not reciprocate their overwhelming joy.
"Who's this?" John asked eyeing Castiel.
"He was shipwrecked here." Dean growled. John nodded.
"Ah I see... We can amend this problem." John said. "Sam and Jessica can ride together. We can have a wolf return this...human to his land while we return to ours." John said.
"No!" Dean shouted. "I don't want to go back with you. You left me. I don't want you to take Cas. I love him." Dean shouted as he bolted off to the forest, leaving Castiel as stunned as Dean's family.
"With a human?" John murmured. Sam seemed to recover the quickest and he approached Castiel curiously.
"I've never met a human before. It's an honor. I've been told you don't exist but I've always believed in you." Sam said enthusiastically.
"Yes thank you." Castiel said as he turned and walked into the forest. He grabbed his knife from his camp on his way.
