Angel Carols
It was snowing and of course the three little angels now living at Bobby's wanted to go out into the cold. It was their first Christmas with the humans and they wanted to do everything. Gabriel and Sam were making snow angels in the fluffy stuff now covering the ground and Balthazar was helping Bobby put the lights up on the house. It was a lot easier now that he had an angel to fly the lights up to the higher points of the house. Then there was Dean and Cas. The two were building a snowman. Cas sat on top of the giant snowball that would soon become the snowman's bottom. Dean was rolling it in the snow and Cas looked like a little hamster running on the top of the ball of snow. A laugh burst from Dean's lips and Cas smiled up at him, speeding up his run a little. His foot slipped on some ice that got rolled into the ball and the little angel fell into the snow. Dean held back another laugh as Cas completely vanished into the snow.
"Cas, you ok?" Dean called. The little angel's head popped out of the snow, a pout on his lips when he looked up at Dean.
"Not funny," he grumbled. Dean just let out a chuckle and started to dig the angel out of the snow. There was so much snow now that it piled up to Sammy's waist, but the angels didn't let that hold them back. When he finally pulled Cas from his snowy trap the angel started to shiver.
"Want to go inside for some coco?" Cas shook his head, and pointed at the snowman. Dean rolled his eyes, pulling his scarf from his neck and wrapping it around Castiel. The angel nuzzled into its warm. "Better?" Dean questioned as the shivering slowly disappeared. Cas nodded, putting his mitten covered hands on the snowball and started pushing. Dean helped him move it. It was twice the angel's size after all. They had just started the middle half of the snowman when a group of carolers started coming up the drive. Everyone halted and stared at the people singing Silent Night. The little angels watched the singers silently before Balthazar asked,
"What are they doing?"
"They're Christmas Carolers, Idjit. They go to house to house singing," Bobby told him, handing another string of lights to the angel. The singers finished their song and Dean handed one of the carolers a donation. The singers all gave a quick thank you before turning back down the road singing Jingle Bells.
"Hey guys!" Everyone looked up to see that the carolers had stopped walking and now one of them was running towards them. He was some Asian kid dressed in an overly puffy coat and…
"Kevin!" Sam and Dean shouted, embracing the prophet.
"It's good to see you guys," Kevin sighed, smiling up at the hunters. Bobby made his way down the ladder to join them, Balthazar sitting on his shoulders. Gabriel let his wings sneak out of the slits in his jacket, flying over to sit next to Cas. Kevin marveled at Gabriel's wings with wide eyes and then noticed the familiar blue eyes of one of the baby angels.
"Is that Castiel?!" Kevin gasped. Dean mentally slapped himself and told Kevin about the witch they had run into and how she cursed the three angels. Kevin kneeled down to look at Castiel and Gabriel. The little angels both tilted their heads to the side, staring at the prophet in curiosity then glanced at the group of carolers waiting patiently a ways away.
"Can we go sing with Kevwin?" Cas asked, big pleading eyes burrowing into Dean and Sam. Kevin frowned at the w added to his name, but didn't say anything. Dean glanced at Kevin.
"If that's alright with Kevin," he stated. Kevin smiled and nodded. Gabriel and Castiel squealed with delight, jumping up from where they had been sitting. Gabriel's wings flew out and he flew to sit on Kevin's shoulder. Cas tried couldn't get his wings out of his coat and ended up back in the deep snow.
"Dwean!" Cas whined, struggling in the snow. Kevin chuckled and pulled the angel from the snow and handed him to Dean.
"Come on, Balthy, we're going caroling!" Gabriel called to their brother. Balthazar quickly threw the lights up to where Bobby wanted them and flew over to Sam, landing in the hunter's arms.
"What are we waiting for?!" Balthazar exclaimed. Kevin chuckled at the angels and led them to the other carolers. Kevin introduced the Winchester and their little "brothers" to the group. One of the singers handed the angels a book with music and songs before starting off down the road again. The angels waved farewell to Bobby as the old man went waved from the house and started singing Jingle Bells.
They've been singing for a good hour now in town. Sam and Dean constantly muttered softly about Cas, Gabriel, and Balthazar's angelic singing. They didn't sound like the usual three and up slurs that human children made when they sang. The angels were down right harmonic. Even the other carolers looked awed by their singing. Once or twice they allowed the little angels to sing solos. At the moment they were standing outside of an old woman's house. She stood in the doorway singing along, while her husband handed out cups of hot chocolate to the lovely singers. The old man made sure to sneak a candy cane into the angels' hands and extra marshmallows into their cups. "Oh star of Wonder, star of night, Star with royal beauty bright, Westward leading, still proceeding, Guide us to thy perfect light…" they all sang when leaving the house. Once they were passed the house the leader of their group silenced them with a wave of her hand.
"Alright, Gang. The orphanage is having a Christmas party tonight. When we get there I want these three musical angels to sing the main verses while the rest of us sing the chorus." Castiel raised his hand high above his head and the woman pointed to him, smiling cheerily. "Yes, Love?"
"What song are we singing?" he asked. "Drummer Boy?"
"Do you hear what I hear?" Balthazar offered. "Or Decks the Halls maybe?" The woman shook her head. The angels looked at her, puzzled.
"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree?" Gabriel attempted, face in a frown as he tried to remember some other songs. The woman smiled pleasantly at them all and opened her book up to a certain page.
"Angels We Have Heard on High!" she squealed excitedly. "You three sound like little angels together. It's just perfect!" all three angel's tried to hide their frowns, but Kevin, Sam, and Dean could see it in their eyes.
"Wouldn't have been my choice either if I were an angel," Dean muttered under his breath.
"They've probably heard that one more than enough," Kevin whispered. Sam simply just chuckled. The group leader didn't seem to notice the angel's discomfort for the song and lead the way to the orphanage.
"Damn. That song is soooo over sung and boring!" Gabe swore. "Remember when we first sang it in heaven?" Balthazar let out a loud fake snore in demonstration, causing both Gabriel and Cas to burst out laughing.
"Remember, Luci? He forgets da words and started singing Oh Christmas tree!" Cas giggled. The angels giggled along with him. "Oh well, it's for da orphans," Cas sighed, looking at his brothers expectantly. They simply nodded in agreement and started singing Grandma Got Ran Over by a Reindeer.
The orphans were all outside that night under a big tent filled with food and hundreds of people. A fake Santa sat in a chair with children piled on his lap and people fed some reindeer with corn. When the carolers were all lined up everyone went silent.
"Angels we have heard on high"
"Sweetly singing over the plains"
"And the mountains in reply"
"Echoing their joyous strains…" The angels sung together in perfect harmony. The chorus began singing right after the angels sang Gloria in Excelsis Deo. Everyone was silent as they sang. Once the song finally came to toward the end though the angel's added one extra surprise. The little angels allowed their wings to gently push out from their heavy coats. The snow and lights glinted against them, making the soft down glisten. Everyone stared in awe of the wings while the hunters and Kevin began to panic. The crowd erupted in cheers and the angels folded their wings back into their coats. Dean stepped over to holler at the angels, but the leader of their team jumped to them first.
"Oh that was amazing boys! Those fake wings are beautiful! Where did you get them from they added to the song beautifully!" The boys glanced at each other and smirked.
"No tellin'!" Cas giggled. "Secret," he told her, pressing a finger to his lips. She just laughed, pressing her own fingers to her lips and giving the angel a wink before joining the other carolers now visiting with the orphans.
"Nice one, Cassie," Balthazar said, slapping his little brother playfully on the back. Cas proudly stood straighter, wings rustling under his coat.
"Hello," a small voice called then. The angels turned to look at the little girl that had walked over to them. She had a tray of cookies in her hands. She had long blond curls and bright blue eyes that were almost as bright as Castiel's. "I liked your singing," she said softly. The boys each blushed, and Dean elbowed Sam and Kevin in the ribs as they watched. Each angel took a cookie from her, muttering a thank you. She smiled cutely at them again and then said,
"Tell my mommy and daddy in heaven that I love them for me?" she asked. The boys froze, staring wide eyed at her. The hunters and prophet of the lord did the same, but the girl only continued to smile innocently. "They went to heaven last Christmas. I just wanted them to know I'm alright," the girl explained. The angels snapped out of their surprised stupor and smiled at her gently, looking more like full grown guardian angels in that moment then baby angels.
"We will, child. You have our word," Gabriel said, suddenly sounding like his old self. Well, a less douche older self. Tears burned in the girl's eyes and she wrapped her arms around all three angels. They held her back, wings wiggling softly in their coats like they wanted to wrap around the girl for comfort. Finally, she pulled away and ran back towards the orphanage, a smile on her face.
"Thank you, Angels!" she called back before disappearing completely. The angels watched her go and Dean walked up behind the angels.
"Ready to go home? Bet bobby made us some hot chocolate," Dean told them. The angels turned, excitement in their eyes and nodded quickly. Dean laughed, scooping up all three and began walking towards Bobby's. "Going to join us, Kevin?" He asked, turning his head towards the prophet. Kevin nodded, falling into step with the two Winchesters. As they walked Dean glanced down in his arms to see that the little angels were now wrapped in each other's wings. Their eyes were closed and they were whispering a soft prayer.
"Dwean?" Dean looked down again to see that the angels had stopped praying. "We still have to finish our snowman."
Merry Christmas and a Happy New year everyone! Hope you all enjoy todays chapter and your Holiday!