A/N- Methinks I am not very good at writing action scenes. I know some people picture the scene in their minds and transcribe it, so I tried that, but the only thing that my mind could come up with was in the form of one of those cheesy comedy love mangas, with the over-exaggerated fight scenes between the not-yet couple where the girl's beating up the dude with an over-exaggerated expression of anger while the guy goes all the way up into the sky with the force of the blow with a too-swollen cheek. ... Did that make sense? Point is, if there are any huge, glaring mistakes, like, "With one hand, Castiel held Dean down, and with the other, he clamped his hand on Dean's mouth. Without releasing his grip on Dean, he stabbed his sword into Dean's heart, using both hands to drive it in", please tell me, because I don't want to accidentally make Cas into an octopus. I doubt it'll get that bad, though. *pauses* Oh crap, I jinxed it. *knocks on wood*

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The third Dean should have lived. The third Dean tells Cas he forgives him.

Dean's eyes light up when he sees Castiel. (Dean, run) "Cas, it's you," he sighs in relief. (No, it's not) "Where've you been, man? I've been praying!" (I know)

Castiel does not say anything, but raises his hand to strike Dean down.

"Cas?" Dean asks suspiciously. "Something up?"

Castiel's reply comes in the form of a swift blow to the gut, sending Dean tumbling to the ground with a surprised cry. He's back up in a second, though, drawing out his weapon, and Castiel strikes him down again. (That's how it always was with the Winchesters, though, wasn't it?) Dean scrambles to his feet instinctively and blindly moves to attack. (Smash them into the ground, only to have them pop back up?)

"Cas-" Dean manages to get out as Castiel's fist collides with his nose. (Dean Winchester always refused to stay down)

Castiel pulls out his sword then, ready to kill, when Dean speaks.

"It's okay, Cas," he mumbles, no longer trying to fight. "It's okay. I- I know this isn't you. Not really. And I just wanted you to know that I'll be okay. Don't worry, Cas. I forgive you."

And just like that, Castiel remembers.

(Dean Winchester is the righteous man)

(I gripped him tight and raised him from perdition)

(He loves Sam and women and pie)

(He faced down angels and demons and walked away victorious)

(He taught me emotions and he taught me freedom)

(I gave everything for him)

(I fell because he asked)

(I faced down an archangel to give him a fighting chance)

(He has surprised me at every turn)

(He stopped the apocalypse)

(He takes impossible odds and twists them in his favor)

(He would call for me, and me alone)

(And I would always come)

(He called me family)

(He forgave me for things that do not deserve forgiveness)

(He tore through Purgatory to find me)

Castiel's sword clatters to the ground. "Dean," he breathes. (He's so bloody, so broken) He reaches out to touch him, to heal him (Was that me?), when Dean collapses. "Dean!"

Castiel wakes up in a white room.

A/N- I feel like this was a little premature, but I feel like Castiel would've broken free early. Did Dean seem OOC in this one? But then, one could say that because this isn't the real Dean, but a clone Naomi whipped up to test Cas, so he would be bound to be a bit off. And one could also say that that's a terrible excuse. But seriously, did he?

In other news, I'm at a point where I have way too many ongoing stories going on that I seriously need to update, but I keep getting ideas for new fics. *sigh* With this attention span, there's a pretty good chance I'm a half-blood. In any case, when I finish one of my stories, I'm thinking of starting up a Twilight crossover fic in which Andy (from Season 2) wakes up to find himself in the Twilight-verse with no memory of how he got there, a book filled with every detail imaginable about the Cullens, and a mysterious note telling him to go nuts. It would be a crack fic, obviously, in which Andy hunts the Cullen family (including Bella and Renesmee). Thoughts? (But then again, I wanted to write another crossover fic, and I also wanted to write something for Adamandriel, and I also wanted to write an alternate season seven, and I also wanted to write a Destiel AU, and I also wanted to start a series of crossovers. Bleh.)