No One's POV
"Castiel." Genesis recognizes her Little Duck, surprise clear in her expression.
"Well, hiya Castiel!" Gabriel pipes in, his voice cheerful as he greets his younger brother.
"Gen?" Castiel tilts his head in confusion, his gaze immediately zeroing in on the stranger cuddling under his surrogate mother's broad wings.
"Who the fuck is this guy now?" Damon asks, flailing his arms around to gesture to the newcomer.
"Little Duck." Genesis immediately calms, her voice pitching low as she steps forward to offer her arms to Castiel.
Finn follows Genesis, growling a little at the intruder as if he senses competition.
"Oh boy…" Gabriel mutters, watching the impending confrontation with some sense of dread and amusement all in one; he told Genesis this would happen, but did his sister listen, no. "Here we go…"
"What?" Damon questions, clearly clueless.
Castiel gets a look in his gaze, his puppy eyes coming out full force as he looks at Genesis, like a wounded baby animal or an abandon kitten that just got shoved into the pouring rain, before his gaze switches to this- this interloper to Genesis' affections.
"Little Duck." Genesis sooths with small tones.
"You really think that's gonna help, Gen?" Gabriel comments, holding back a laugh; he should be filming this for the records.
"Well, you're certainly not helping, Gabe." Genesis deadpans, shooting her brother a look.
"Little Duck, no." Genesis warns, wings fluffing a little.
Castiel gets a mulish look on his face, his jaw set firmly as he tilts his head at this new intruder, clearly sizing him up; he was nothing special, no angel, an Original vampire, he was nothing like Castiel, and he would be easily gotten rid of.
Castiel would always be first, he'd make sure of it; Balthazar and Gadreel both knew it, they knew their place, sure Balthazar was Genesis' Wily Little Fox, and Gadreel, Genesis' Loyal Little Bear, but they had more than once been booted out of bed and out of line when they had gotten too close to Genesis. Castiel would forever been her Little Duck, and this trespasser was not taking his place.
Castiel's angel blade flashed in the air without warning, Genesis leaping into action with the elegance millenniums of battles and training afforded her.
"Castiel, no!" Genesis reprimands, their blades clashing together, metal on metal, and striking together with a harsh clang; Finn cowering a little behind Genesis.
Genesis had centuries on Castiel of battle and training experience, disarming Castiel was fledgling's play, and he had no hopes of battling her and actually winning; his blade skittered across the street out of his grasp within moments, Castiel practically dancing away from his elder sister as if playing a game of chase.
"Castiel." Genesis warns again.
Genesis recognizes the look in Castiel's eyes, the slightly mischievous look he had inherited from Gabriel, and the scheming one he had learned from Lucifer; like a child who just learned the word, no, and was going to use it, consequences be damned.
"Don't even think about it, Castiel." Genesis warns, now speaking in Enochian, her gaze narrowing at her Little Duck as he stands a few feet away from her, her own wings fluttering once again in warning.
Gabriel recognizes the words Genesis is speaking, scoffing a little at his sister's attempts to stop Castiel. His sister's Little Duck was as stubborn as her most of the time; she had mentored and raised him, after all. It should come as no surprise, while Castiel spent millenniums in Heaven tottering after Genesis and hanging on her every word as if she had hung all the stars and created the universes (she had created some worlds and hung many of the Heaven's stars, but that was beside the point), he had also picked up many of her mannerisms. When it came down to it, Castiel would be just as stubborn as her, it was why he and his brothers left Castiel to Genesis, they didn't want a small temper tantrum on their hands that would take out half of the Holy City's citadel or Heaven's halls (it never ended well otherwise).
Castiel gets a stubborn, defiant look on his face as his brows come together with concentration, and his eyes getting this sort of look to them, bringing his thumb and middle finger together in a snap as his entire stance broadens as if just looking for a fight; not that he could overpower her or win in a fight against her.
"Don't you dare, Little Duck!" Genesis deepens her own look at Castiel. "Don't you do it!" She takes a step towards him, ready to physically tackle Castiel to the ground if needed and force him into submission.
Castiel simply smirks, a sort of gleeful expression to his eyes, snapping his fingers; in the distance, a blast of grace explodes the Mikaelson mansion, flattening it to its foundation and rumbling the ground. The wards and sigils Genesis had placed had been easily recognizable to Castiel, who had spent millenniums learning and following after Genesis in Heaven.
Niklaus and Elijah finally understand what was happening, of course not understanding Enochian, the language of angels, both looking on with object horror; Niklaus, having great pride in what he had built, looking like what happened was perhaps the worst possible thing to happen, while Elijah was simply realizing that they may have another enemy after their family, one that they had no hopes of going up against.
"CASTIEL!" Genesis screams her voice echoing with authority, a vein in her temple throbbing a little.
Castiel looks unrepentant at his older sister, eyes flashing with his grace as he sort of dances away from her reach like a toddler running away from their mother when they know they've done something wrong.
"Come back here, you little-!" Genesis screams in Enochian flashing after Castiel, disappearing in a flash, only to reappear, Castiel pinned under her weight, Genesis actually sitting on him, his wings flapping a little in vain before resting on the ground.
"Sorry, Gen." Castiel offers, the exact opposite of not.
"No, you're not. You brat." Genesis huffs lightly, her broader wings fluffed a little in a display of her authority and power over the lower ranking Seraph.
"Fix it, Castiel." Genesis commands, fixing Castiel with a look.
Castiel grumbles a little, getting another sulky and mulish look on his face.
"Castiel." Genesis repeats, hand pressing down on one of Castiel's raven wings.
"Fine." Castiel mumbles, his wing stilling under Genesis' hands.
"Good." Genesis lets him up. "Now, be a good Little Duck. And play nice with the other kids." Genesis warns as she cuffs him with her own wings.
Gabriel chokes a little and laughs, nearly rolling on the floor as Castiel merely glares at his older brother, sulking more and fluffing his wings in irritation.
Genesis simply sighs, snapping her fingers, the Town Square disappearing around the group and Mikaelson mansion, or what was left of it, appearing in front of the Mikaelsons, Gabriel, Genesis, and Castiel.
Niklaus chokes, making a small wounded noise, which he would deny to his dying day or the ends of the universe (whichever came first), as he stares in horror at the broken foundations of his masterpiece, pieces of rebar and broken concrete the only standing pieces of the Mikaelson mansion.
"You'll… Have to excuse Castiel, Niklaus." Genesis offers somewhat abashed at Castiel's behavior. "I evidently never taught him manners." At that she sighs.
"No." Gabriel cackles gleefully. "Cassie here is perfectly polite. What you didn't teach him… Is how to share mommy. Cassie has been the favorite child for a few millenniums or so. I don't think he enjoys the fact you brought home a new baby…" Gabriel tattles, all too happy to tease his brother, Castiel sulking like a two year old.
"You know, you're really not helpful, Gabe." Genesis glares at her brother, cuffing Gabriel over the head with a raven wing.
Castiel glares at his older brother again, petulance in ever line of his body as he looks on at the rubble and wreckage he created, and smugly shooting the Originals a look as Genesis looks away.
"Fix it, Castiel." Genesis commands, turning back to Castiel.
"Fine." Castiel sulks, his wings ruffling with abashed embarrassment and annoyance at his brother before raising his fingers to snap the mansion back together from the broken pieces.
The chapter you've been waiting for you is finally here!
And yes... It's fair to say jealousy and competition between Finn and Castiel is going to be a thing... Lols.
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