"No I'm not going."
"Dean."
"Not without my brother."
"Boss, he is not a guardian. He cannot be present at the meeting."
"Yet you can."
"I'm your closest advisor."
"So is Sam. He's close to me. He's family. Cas is family to."
Crowley raises his hand.
"And me?"
Dean turns his back to him and continues begging the Arch Elf. The demon's smile drops.
"Ouch." Rowena says
"They are coming." Dean folds his arms. "Thought you had to do anything I say?"
"This is not your choice. This is a guardian meeting. You can't bring your guys with you."
"Fine." Dean sits on the bed. "We'll let Christmas be ruined."
"Dean."
Dean gives his brother a play along look.
Wait for it. Bernard will change his mind.
Bernard sighs.
"Alright. If Mother Nature wants your friends and brother out. They got to stay out. Mother Nature is the head guardian. Oh and um...we need to take the body."
The body rises in the air and goes into a body bag. Then the bag shrinks down to Lego size. Bernard picks the tiny bag up.
"There we are." He places it in his pocket. He frowns at the others reactions. "What, saves carrying it. Useful when it comes to carrying luggage for the Summer."
"Santa goes on Holiday?" Dean says.
Bernard smirks and gets out a hand-held mirror. He places it on the ground.
"What are you doing with that?" Sam asks.
"Our way in, to the guardian hall."
"How do we fit in that?" Dean asks.
Bernard quickly mutters something under his breath. The mirror glows red and suddenly grows into a full size mirror. Then it dims down and returns to normal.
"Is that it?" Crowley says looking disappointed.
"No that is not it." Bernard answered with an eye roll. He points at the mirror. "Look."
They all crowd round the mirror. In the mirror was a magnificent golden palace with golden steps that lead to the large double doors.
In the front, the garden is split into four sections.
The first part is bright green grass, a range of flowers, rabbits, butterflies, birds tweeting in harmony adding to the soothing atmosphere and a rainbow.
The second part is golden sand, a few sandcastle, a mini ocean with fish jumping out of it and deck chairs.
The third part was full of leaves colours brown, red and yellow scattered across the ground, acorns, and squirrels climbing up and down the trees.
The final part was covered in snow and ice. On the ice rink was some children wrapped up in scarfs, gloves and coats ice staking.
"That's my favourite part." Bernard says smiling at the children.
"Let me guess. The four seasons?"
Bernard nods.
"Correct Sam. Every season deserves recognition. Even Winter, although Jack Frost has..." His voice trails off. Pain in his eyes.
"Sorry for your loss." Sam says.
"Its fine." The smile returns to the Arch Elf's face again. "Got to move on. Hey we have a new Santa now." He grins at Dean. 'You go first boss because you have to."
"Uh what do I do?"
"Step in. We do this ONE at a time." Dean nods and looks at the mirror feeling cautious. He felt naked without his weapons. "Boss. Its okay. Nothing will happen to you."
Bernard puts on an encouraging smile.
Dean looks at his brother.
"See you on the other side."
Then the hunter steps in.
"Next." Bernard shouts out. Sam was about to step in. Bernard raises his finger. "Uh uh." He smiles at the witch."Ladies first."
"She's not exactly a lady." Crowley mutters under his breath.
"Such a gentleman." Rowena purrs at the Arch Elf.
She then steps in. Bernard looks at the witch's ass as she stepped in.
"Ahem."
Bernard snaps out of it and glares at the demon.
"What?"
"You know what I'm talking about." Crowley answers glaring back at the Arch Elf.
"Um..." Bernard blushes pink becoming embarrassed "See ya in a minute."
Then he jumps through the mirror. Sam takes a deep breath and steps through.
The angel and demon are the remaining ones left.
Crowley was about to go through but gets brushed past by the angel. Cas hides his amusement at the King's pissed off expression.
"Oh you think your funny Cassie."
The demon quickly joins Cas and they both go into the mirror together.
Dean looks round awestruck. Seeing the scenery up close was much different than seeing it through the mirror. It was more vivid and beautiful. The place looked like something out of a fairy tale.
"Wow." Sam says as he joins his brother's side.
"Yeah you can say that again." Dean says.
Bernard brushes the Autumn leaves out of Rowena's hair. The witch frowns at him. The Arch Elf blushed bright red and steps away.
"Nothing um...lovely hair."
Rowena beams at him and goes back to looking at the palace.
There was the sound of groans and moans. Everyone turns round. Crowley and Cas come through both coughing and clutching to their chests.
"Argh." Cas straightens up. "Hell of a ride that was." He rubs his neck. "Bloody Hell."
Something was strange. Cas's voice sounded less gruff. Dean could have sworn the angel spoke with a British accent.
"Cas."
"Yes Dean."
Dean looks over at Crowley who just responded to him. The demon looked puzzled. His eyes are squinted, eyebrows pushed down in deep confusion. It was an expression that was so familiar to Dean.
Cas looks at the demon. His eyes widen.
"What the bloody hell?"
Crowley's eyes widen at the angel.
"Why am I looking at my vessel?"
"Vessel? Why the bloody hell are you wearing my meat suit? The angel snaps. His face darkens. "What are you?"
"Whoa whoa." Dean does a stop sign. They both stop and look at the hunter. Dean looks back and forth at them. He looks at the demon. "Cas?"
"Yes Dean."
Dean's eyes widen.
"What is going on?" Rowena asks.
"Wait." Sam says. He eyes the demon up and down. "So if that's Cas. That means..."
Both brothers look at the angel.
"Crowley."
"What?" Crowley says now starting to look annoyed.
Dean steps back in shock.
"Oh my..."
"They swapped bodies." Bernard says.
"What!" Crowley looks at his meat suit. He then looks down at himself. He was wearing Jimmy Novak. The trench coat, shoes. He had everything on. Crowley shakes his head. "Not possible."
"I don't understand." Cas looks at down and sees his wearing the King's black suit.
"You both went through the mirror at the same time didn't you." The Arch Elf snaps. He glares at them. "Did you not hear me back there. I said ONE AT A TIME. Going in together can sometimes interfere with the transportation and causes things like this!"
"You didn't say this was going to happen." The King snaps. His eyes flash a white \ blue colour.
Cas whips round. His eyes turn red.
"HEY." Dean yells.
They stop. Their eyes return to normal.
"Oh yes." Bernard looks at the pair. "They definitely swapped. Including their angel and demon abilities."
Rowena's eyes go as wide as saucers. Her mouth drops open.
"So are you saying that my son...IS AN ANGEL?"
Bernard nods.
"Yes Rowena. Fergus is an angel. Castiel is a demon."
"What?" Dean looks at his angel turned demon friend. "Can you fix this?"
"You will have to ask the guardians." Bernard answers. "It might not be in their best interests because after all those two are the idiots who did this to themselves."
"A demon." Cas spat out the word like venom. "I am the angel of the Lord. I have led angel armies. I can't be cast down and become an abomination."
"Excuse me." Crowley glares at daggers at his former meat suit. "You know this abomination is standing right here in your feathery ass vessel."
"My son is an angel." Rowena repeats. She shakes her head. "That means he has...wings...grace..."
"Rowena." Bernard places his hand on her shoulder.
The witch goes speechless.
"Oh...wow."
"Why don't we go inside." Bernard keeps the witch close to him. "All of us."
"I want to be King again." Crowley yells.
"This better get sorted." Dean says to his brother.
Dean looks at Crowley pulling expressions that looked so wrong on Cas's face. Cas's confusion on Crowley's face looked just as weird.
"Tell me about it." Sam says.
First my brother becomes Santa now Cas and Crowley have got themselves into a Freaky Friday situation. Could it get even more messed up.
"You alright Cas?" Dean asks.
"Do I look like I am okay?" The angel turned demon answers.
"Uh...no sorry. Stupid question." Dean says.
"Hello we got a meeting." Bernard yells from the top of the stairs. The witch still by his side.
The Winchesters go up followed by Cas and Crowley. Bernard knocks on the door. A screen with a print of a hand comes out of a hole.
"Santa if you please." Bernard says.
Dean hesitates but presses his hand on to the scanner. The light goes green and the doors open.
They all walk in.