Supernatural High [Destiel and Sabriel High School AU]

Chapter 1

            Cas followed his brothers and sisters as they filed into the front doors of the school. No matter how hard he tried, he could not suppress the feelings of anxiety that were beginning to rise up inside him. He had lived a relatively happy and safe life for a long time, but now he had to venture out into a different world – a crueler world. Out here, the comforting walls of Heaven could not protect him. He felt almost exposed as he walked crossed the threshold into the building where he would be spending the majority of the next four years of his life. He knew that his brothers and sisters were all around him, but that didn't change the fact that they were not only going to a school with other supernatural beings, but demons.

            Castiel had never met a demon before, and he wasn't exactly eager two. His older brothers, Michael, Lucifer, Raphael, and Gabriel had already spent three years at the school, and knew plenty of demons. However, none of them ever shed much light on them. Michael rarely even looked at demons – he considered himself too high-and-mighty to do something like that. Raphael copied his older brother, and had long ago adopted a similar attitude. Lucifer, on the other hand, seemed to adore the demons. He made friends with them, sat with them at lunch, went to parties with them – and all the demons seemed to adore him. They treated him like he was some kind of king. Or at least that was what Castiel heard. But even with that bit of information, it still didn't tell him much about how demons actually acted. The only one he could ever go to for useful information was Gabriel, but even he seemed to have sealed lips on the matter. "Just wait until you meet, them, Cassie," he had told his younger brother when he'd asked about the demons. "You can come to your own conclusions then."

            Gabriel was the kindest, and most reliable out of all of Castiel's siblings. It was because of this that Gabriel was the one Castiel was closest to. Castiel loved all of his siblings – even the pompous Michael, and the occasionally cruel Lucifer – but Gabriel was the one he found himself getting along with the best. Balthazar, however, was a close second. The three of them were very close-knit, the same way Anna and Uriel stayed together, and how Michael, Raphael, and Lucifer kept to their own little group despite Lucifer's fascination with demons. They each loved one another, but they spent the most time with those they were most compatible with, or at least that is what Gabriel had told Castiel when he asked about it. However, that explanation did little to answer the younger angel's question. Michael and Lucifer could hardly stand each other anymore – every time they were within a ten-foot radius of each other, they would end up having some kind of argument, or they'd try to rip the other's throat out.

            As Castiel stepped into the main hallway of the school, he watched as his siblings parted. Everyone seemed to know where they were going – everyone except him. Castiel stood there, looking around doe-eyed at his new surroundings. There were people his age everywhere – humans, shape-shifters, werewolves, vampires, skin-walkers, demons, etc. – hustling and bustling about. Most stood at their assigned lockers putting backpacks in and taking books out.

            "Cassie."

            The angel looked up to see Gabriel standing there. His older wore a white polo shirt and a pair of khaki pants. Castiel had to admit that he looked rather sophisticated, even though he had heard Lucifer teasing him about his look earlier that morning. "You're just trying to impress Kali, aren't you?" the other archangel had sneered. Gabriel had waved him off, but Castiel had a feeling that Lucifer had hit the nail on the head.

            "You're gonna be late, kiddo," Gabriel informed him, his eyes snapping to the clock that hung on a nearby wall. "Better get to your locker and start unpacking."

            Castiel nodded numbly. How was he supposed to find anything in this place? "Do you know where mine is?" he asked, feeling foolish. He should have to ask his big brother for help!