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Jeffrey pulled himself into a sitting position. The man, who spoke above him, gave Jeffrey and the demon a questioning look and waited for his question to be answered. The man's face was littered with blood red scars, some looked old, some new. The demon saluted.
"My lord," Jeffrey looked from the demon to the other man, before he realized who he was sitting in front of.
"You're Lucifer? I thought he passed away," Jeffrey said, as he stood up. Lucifer stared at him with a glare.
"That's what everyone believes. But, I was brought here when I fell into the river and drowned. Now, I'm guessing you're here for a reason. No demon was left on Earth after I came here, and yet, here I am staring at one," Jeffrey held up the demon seal. Upon seeing it, Lucifer's eyes widened and yanked it from Jeffrey's hands. He looked it over, running his hands over the details, and checked it for any marks or scratches.
"How did you get this?" Lucifer asked, looking back up at the pair. Jeffrey thought for a second, before he answered.
"After the siege and every demon disappeared, I was running out of the palace before I got caught, and found it. I remembered when you were commanding us and planning the siege, I saw you holding it. So, I figured it was important and that it possibly the only connection to…" Jeffrey trailed off, as he flushed and looked at the demon standing beside him. Lucifer didn't seem to notice, before he demanded one more thing.
"Something has happened. I knew it, I could feel it. Tell me everything," Both the demon's and Lucifer's eyes were on Jeffrey.
"I don't know what happened. Before the demon came out of the seal, I was watching these people in the ballroom of the old Singer palace, two, I think, were brothers and the other just randomly showed up out of nowhere. I couldn't hear what they were talking about, but they keep pointing at the various portraits of the family and the dead prince. And then, randomly, one of the brothers shouted something about 'presenting Prince James Singer', and then the seal came alive and released him," Jeffrey explained and pointed at the demon. Lucifer frowned the entire time Jeffrey spoke.
"But, that can't be correct, could it? All the Singers are dead," Lucifer placed the seal down on the table, and shook his head, turning away from Jeffrey and the Demon.
"No…that little brat James escaped with my father as my hoard was killing the others. I almost had the little brat, but the ice covering the river cracked and James kicked me in the face, making me go under. And because the command wasn't fully done before my death, I am stuck in this cage, my power taken from me, having lost my seal," Lucifer turned back to his companions, a malicious smirk on his face, as he held the seal up.
"But with this, I can continue my curse and destroy that brat. And ruin my father once and for all," Jeffrey watched as the older male whisper a spell, causing the seal to glow brightly. He closed his eyes for a second, and when he opened them, there were 10 new demons in the room with them.
"Your job is not done. Go back to the surface, and finish what we started," Each eye gleamed black as they nodded. In a puff of smoke, every demon was gone, leaving Jeffrey alone with Lucifer. Lucifer paid no attention to him, as he grabbed some chalk from the nearby desk and began to draw a sigil on the wall. Lucifer muttered another spell. The sigil glowed faintly causing part of the wall to vanish and show the world above, more specifically the two brothers and Prince James getting ready to leave the palace.
"Let the show begin,"
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Castiel gave the car in front of them a confused look. Sam and Dean walked past him to place their bags in the trunk. Sam got into the front seat, as Dean stood next to the driver's side door, looking at Castiel.
"What have you never seen a car before?"
"I have…But, I am confused as to why you have named your car 'Baby'" Dean snorted.
"Because the car was given to me by my father. I've fixed her all on my own. She deserved a name, so I just went with Baby," Castiel still looked a bit confused, but got into the backseat nonetheless. Sam opened his map and pointed at a small point, showing it to Castiel.
"We're catching the boat here, and it'll take us to the harbor of Sioux Falls," Dean took the map from Sam to see what route he had to take, as Sam put his seatbelt on. Castiel just sat back and watched the brothers quietly and petted the sleeping Crowley. He was slightly in shock that he was actually doing this; he was actually going after his dreams. He jumped slightly as the car engine revved up and they were on their way.
"I'm going through the back streets. It'll take forever to get through the city if we use the main roads," Dean told his brother. Sam silently agreed as he opened one of his books and began to study. Dean looked over at his brother, a ghost of a smile on his face. With the reward for returning the prince, Sam could finally go back to school. Dean looked through the rearview mirror at their other passenger. Castiel was looking through the window, watching the buildings go by as he petted the snoozing dog. Castiel looked up into the rearview mirror, and stared back at Dean. They stared at each other for a second, before Dean looked back at the road. The edge of the city came up quicker than Dean thought.
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"Sam, when does the boat leave again?" Dean asked, not looking away from the road in front of them. It was starting to get dark after driving for a couple of hours. Sam closed his book for a second and pulled the boat tickets out of the sun visor.
"It leaves in two days, at 5 P.M., meaning we should arrive at Sioux Falls in a day or two after that," Sam read off the ticket, before putting them back and opened his book again. Before he went back to reading, he looked into the backseat to check on Castiel, who was leaning against the window next to him, fast asleep. He had wrapped his trench coat around him and draped part of it on the little dog next to him. Sam smiled before going back to his book.
"I know we don't have much money, but we do need to get Castiel some new clothes. There's no way the Grand Duke would even believe him if he show up in rags,"
"Yeah well, we still have to fill his head with enough knowledge about the Royal Family to impress Gabriel," Dean said, looking at his brother for a second. Sam gave him one of his looks, before going back to his back.
"Who's Gabriel?" A groggy voice asked from the backseat. Sam looked back and found Castiel awake and rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. The brothers looked at each other for a second. Sam sighed and turned around in his seat so he could tell Castiel the truth.
"Gabriel Novak is the Grand Duke's cousin. Technically, you have to get through an interview with him before you can see the Grand Duke. Gabriel asks about the Singer family history and what Prince James did when he was little," Castiel sat there silently for a second, before looking at Dean.
"Please, pull over the car," Dean gave him a confused look, but pulled over to the side of the road. Castiel pulled on his coat got out of the car, and began walking in the direction from which they came. The Winchesters looked wide-eyed at each other; Dean took off his seat belt and got out of the car.
"I'll talk to him," Sam nodded and watched his brother follow after Castiel. The puppy Castiel had brought with him growled a little at Sam, who just petted it in response.
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"Cas, wait up," Castiel looked over his shoulder at the older Winchester. He fastened his steps a bit, but stopped when a hand grabbed his shoulder.
"What do you want, Dean?" Castiel asked, looking up at Dean. Dean let go of Castiel's shoulder.
"Where are you going?"
"You misplaced my trust, Dean. You never told me that I had to prove I was the Prince. I cannot lie to this Gabriel, just because I have the looks of the prince, doesn't mean I could actually be him,"
"But you don't know if it's a lie, what if it was actually true?" Dean asked in defense. Castiel stared at Dean for a few seconds and tugged on the sleeve of his trench coat.
"I cannot guarantee your plan will work. But, I will try," Castiel said, looking back up. Dean let himself smile for a couple of seconds.
"Ok then. How well can you read? Sam has a couple of books on the family history, as for what Prince James did when he was little, me and Sam will help you out with that one," Castiel gave him a questioning look, but went to walk towards the car, Dean following after him.
"I can read very well. I used to read to the younger children at the home. Though, it is a bit dark to read right now,"
"Doesn't stop Sammy," Castiel smiled at that.
"I have been wondering, Dean. Why are you and your brother trying to return the lost prince?" Dean knew he could not tell Castiel the truth about needing the reward money, so he told a half-lie.
"Me and Sam know what it's like to have missing family. We just want to help the Grand Duke out," Dean said quickly, quickening his pace and got back into the driver's seat of the car. Sam raised an eyebrow at his story, while Castiel got back into the backseat and hushed the growling Crowley. Sam handed Castiel one of the books on the Singer Family and told him to read the bookmarked section. Castiel thanked him, but did not start reading for the sun was almost done setting and he did not have much light left to read with.
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They thought it was smooth sailing from there. Sam and Castiel decided to get some sleep, leaving Dean the only one awake. He grimaced when Crowley began to bark at the window.
"Cas, can you quiet him?" Dean asked, temporarily forgetting that Castiel was asleep. He moved his right hand to the backseat to tap Castiel and only took his gaze from the road for a second. Crowley started barking at something outside frantically. Dean looked back up and spotted something, no someone in his headlights. He slammed down on his brakes, waking Sam and Castiel.
"Dean?" Sam questioned sleepily. Dean hushed him and looked back out the window and noticed that the person was crumpled on the ground. Sam and Dean both exited the car quickly to go help the person as Castiel watched from the backseat. Upon sight, they found the person to be a woman.
"Ma'am, are you alright?" Sam asked, as he touched her shoulder. Her hand grabbed his, and he found himself being flipped over. The woman stood above him and smirked.
"You fell for that too easily," She said, as her eyes turned black. She kicked Dean in the stomach, making him fall over. The rest of her group came out of the woods surrounding them.
"He's in the car," She told them. One opened the backseat door and was attacked by Crowley, but Castiel wasn't in the car. Sam and Dean got off the ground, pulling knives they had hidden in their boots. The woman turned back to them.
"Where is he?"
"Why should we tell a demon like you?" Dean asked, gripping her knife tight. He knew a normal knife wouldn't work on the demons, he watched his father try during the siege of the palace. He spotted a hand coming from under the car, recognizing the tan trench coat. The woman demon turned back to her companion.
"Kill them. Find the boy," The group moved away from the car to attack, none noticed Castiel rolling from underneath. Castiel breathed nervously, trying to remember the lesson a pastor had taught him and the older children in case of another demon attack.
"Exorcizamus te, omnis immundus spiritus," He held his hand out towards the group; Sam and Dean were holding their own against them.
"omnis satanica potestas, omnis incursio infernalis adversarii, omnis legio, omnis congregatio et secta diabolica," The leader demon turned and spotted him, her eyes widened as she realized what he was saying. Castiel stumbled, trying to remember the next passage.
"You fools," She yelled at her group.
"Grab him before he finishes the exorcism!" Two demons ran towards the car, but Castiel finished before they could reach him.
"Ergo, draco maledicte. Ecclesiam tuam securi tibi facias libertate servire, te rogamus, audi nos."
The demons disappeared in a puff of black smoke; Sam and Dean sat down in the dirt to catch their breath, while Castiel fell to his knees shakingly.
"What the hell did they teach you in those orphanages?" Dean asked, jokingly. Everyone let out a nervous laugh. Crowley limped his way over to Castiel, who patted his head thankfully. Dean stood up and stretched.
"Come on you two. Let's get the hell outta Dodge," Castiel tilted his head in confusion.
"I do not understand that reference," Dean rolled his eyes.
"You can recite an entire exorcism and you don't…Never mind, I mean, let's get out of her, before any more of the demons pop back up,"
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Lucifer cursed loudly as he watched his first plan fall through. Jeffrey jumped in shock and watched his leader. Lucifer watched the Winchesters and the prince drive off again. A thought came into his head and he smirked, but he shall wait to put the plan into motion. He will give the little prince the day to rest and learn, but his boat ride will be glorious.
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A/N: Sorry for the late update. I had been worrying about school, but now I'm on summer break and shall put a lot of time into this fic! And the end of the chapter was going to go a bit different, but I just didn't know how to word it...
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