After making an excuse about running an errand, Idina was in the car on her way round to castiel's, his house was your average detached house, with big garden and his car on the drive. She sat idling for a few minutes outside thinking, did she really want to find out the truth, was her theory about him right if so, would it freak her out hearing him say it, would she help or run, her dreams well they were exactly that, if they were suddenly real, then that terror the fear on castiel's face was real could she handle seeing that look on his features in reality. A rap on her window made her jump and scream, turning she saw Castiel stood there his arms crossed his arm surprisingly was no longer in a sling, he was looking impatient. Switching the engine off she climbed out "what the heck were you doing" "nothing just thinking".
"you want a drink" Idina positioned herself on the kitchen sides "cut the act Castiel, spill, what the hell happened last night, my head is all over the place and don't lie to me ok I know what I saw" Castiel walked over to her and looked at her "I will, if you promise not to run please" he was actually begging her "I promise Castiel I just I need know if I'm going crazy that's all" "going?" he smiled gently at her, it took her by surprise she had never seen such a gentle smile from him "very funny" she chuckled.
"so let me get this right, a curse was put on your family centuries ago" yep" "which caused every male descendent to turn into a horse rather than a man on their sixteenth birthday" Idina was still sat on castiel's kitchen surface he was stood in front of her, his hands either side of her, whether it was to stop her from bolting she didn't know "yeah" "and you only turn when the sun sets and then back to you at sunrise?" "yep" "So you're a sort of were – horse" Castiel chuckled "I guess so" he let out a sigh of relief and tipped his head forward so it was resting on her stomach, Idina made a little oh noise she hadn't expected that "you don't understand how good it feels to finally be able to tell someone" Idina couldn't help herself she felt sorry for the poor guy having to have this secret for 2 years, she stroked his red hair for a few moments "Castiel" "um" he lifted his head her hands fell onto his shoulders "thanks for trusting me with this and I promise I'll help you, but there's something I need to ask you" he stood up straight causing her hands to fall to her sides, his face looked worried "do you remember anything when you're the stallion" relief washed through his face "not usually, I tend to just wake up in my backyard not knowing how I got there or why I have no clothes on" at this Idina blushed she remembered finding him last night, Castiel chuckled but carried on "I do however remember you rescuing me from those two riders the other night, I don't know why, I just did, I remember you telling me to run and so I did but it wasn't my animal instinct that kept me running", " so do you not know who those two riders were" Castiel shook his head his red hair swishing "why do you?" Idina didn't think telling Castiel that one of them was Nathaniel was a good idea "err no they took off before I could get a good look" she felt guilty not telling him.
"how's your arm" Idina was playing with demon, castiel's dog "oh aside from having a bullet graze it, its fine now, how's your face" "fine it looks worse than what it is" "what did you tell your parents" "oh that I fell out a tree" "and they believed you?" Castiel raised an eyebrow, Idina stood up "you'll be surprised how often I do that" Castiel chuckled "does not surprise me" Idina was about to smack him when her phone buzzed 'you up, if you're feeling better where all at the café if you wanna come but castiel's not gonna be here ' Idina rolled her eyes "what's up" "it's just iris, everyone's at the café, she wants to know if I would like to join them" "oh" Idina couldn't help but notice Castiel was disappointed "you wanna come, I'll drive and I'll make sure to get you back before the sunsets" she smiled at him "thanks but I'll pass" "why" "cause you should have fun rather than be tied down with me" "Castiel" she placed a hand on his arm, she felt his muscle tense "it's my secret to bear now as well ok and I will help you, so come on enjoy yourself for a few hours" she pouted her lip, Castiel laughed "fine, I really hate when you pout your lip like that, I can never win " Idina laughed and walked towards the door "you love it really".
"questions are going to be asked when we walk in you know" Castiel and Idina were walking towards the café "what do you mean" "well we've both be absent from school, and were both walking in together, they're going to think we skipped school to spend time together" "just say we bumped into each other in town" Castiel shrugged his shoulders as he opened the door for Idina. "IDINA OVER…." Idina looked over to see her sister in mid wave as she took in Castiel and Idina together, she rolled her eyes, she was never going to hear the end of this. The two of them sat down, the group looking at them both, Idina noticed Nathaniel was here and immediately tensed "you ok" Castiel whispered to her "huh oh yeah". She continued to glare at Nathaniel for quite a while, knowing what she did now, she couldn't believe that Nathaniel would hunt his own classmate, even he wouldn't sink that low it was practically murder. Idina stood up suddenly make a few people jump "Nathaniel can I have a word please outside" she pointed to the door, before shimming out the booth not bothering to check if he was following.
"what is it Idina" she could hear the frustration in his voice "what do you know about the stallion, what has your father told you" "this again Idina, I told you to stay out of this" "and I told you I'm not going to, now what do you know" "why does it matter" "because that stallion is important to me now tell me" Idina was getting angry now "forget it I'm going back in" Nathaniel went to open the door but Idina grabbed him by the lapel of his jacket and slammed him against the window of the café, she could see the customers looking at them "tell me" she snarled, everyone knew Idina had a temper but no one had ever witnessed it except iris. Nathaniel looked afraid for a moment "fine I'll tell you, just let go of me" Idina did as he asked "my father told me that, that animal is cursed, no matter how many times my ancestors have killed it, it keeps coming back, we have to keep killing it till the animal finally dies for good, that's why we hunt it" Idina frowned this didn't make sense, it didn't match castiel's version, one of them was lying, 'it can't be Castiel he has no reason too, but maybe Nathaniel's telling the truth and his dad has fed him a bunch of lies' "and that's all you know" "yes, can I go back in now please" "yeah", she followed him in and sat down next to Castiel "what was that all about" he asked "I'll tell you later" "you can tell me now, I've got to get going" he nodded to the sun outside it was starting to sink low, Idina nodded "I'm going to get going" she stood up and Castiel did the same "me too mind giving me a lift" she just nodded before leaving.
"so you going to tell me what that was all about with Nathaniel", "yes only if you don't interrupt me till I'm finished promise" "ok, I promise" Idina took a deep breath as she braked at traffic lights "I lied earlier when I said that I didn't see who your pursers where" Castiel raised an eyebrow but let her carry on "one of them is Nathaniel" "WHAT" Castiel roared making Idina jump and stall the car "let me finish" she said restarting the car "it was him and his dad, ah let me finish, earlier I made him tell me what he knew about you, he said his dad told him that it's just the one horse which keeps coming back and therefore his family have always hunted and killed it for generations, by the sounds of things he doesn't know it's you, he's just going off what his dad has told him" "is this you sticking up for him" Castiel looked at Idina angrily "no I don't condone what he's doing, all I'm saying is that he doesn't know it's you maybe if he did he would stop hunting you" "you are not to tell him ok besides it doesn't make a difference, his father won't stop, he's killed my kind before" "what" Idina slammed on the brakes earning her a few looks and a couple of hand gestures from other drivers, she apologised and drove on again "what do you mean" "well it's obvious he must of killed my dad, my mom said he left us when I was young and I always believed her but then when I changed and started getting hunted every night I realised what really must of happened, I told my mom everything and she couldn't take it, that's why she left, that's why I'm glad you didn't leave" Idina smiled "I would never leave not now" she jumped Castiel had placed his hand on hers.
Idina switched off the engine outside castiel's "go home Di" "what no I told you I'm gonna help you cas" "please I don't want you to see me transform, go home I'll see you tomorrow in school" "and what if I don't what if something happens to you tonight I wouldn't be able to live with myself" "I'll text you tomorrow morning as soon as I'm back promise" she still looked reluctant to go "di I've avoided them for 2 years I'll be fine go" reluctantly she nodded and started the car again, she drove off leaving the red head looking longingly after her.
