HP/SPN: Touched by an Angel (Harry/Castiel)
Title: Touched by an Angel (XVII)
Author: nilitara
Fandom: HP, SPN
Rating: PG
Charaters: Harry, Castiel
Summary: Harry confides in Hermione and Luna to find what happened to Castiel.
For: crossovers100
Prompt: 021. Friends.
Disclaimer: The characters are the property of their respective creator. I own nothing.
Touched by an Angel - Main entry
021. Friends.
Once Hogwarts began again, more difficult than the year before with all the rumors about him, the rumors and Umbridge, the new Defense teacher, Harry began his search for an answer. He began to spend more and more time in the library to Ron’s utter confusion and Harry’s explanation wasn’t all that good to begin with. Hermione seemed happy with that new development tough, if a little surprised.
Yet, he wasn’t having much success. There was simply way too many books and no way of finding what he wanted. He just wasn’t used to it and he needed help. He knew he had to be careful about who he would talk to and, while he wanted to share everything with Ron, the redhead would never understand. The wizarding world was simply not the right place to talk about theology, God and the like. Thankfully, Hermione, her, grew up in the muggle world like him.
He cornered her one night before she could go to sleep. He made sure to tell her to come back once everyone was sound asleep so they could talk. He told her he needed her help with something that had to stay a total secret. She couldn’t tell anyone, not even Ron. Needless to say, she was surprised but she agreed. Of course, she had been telling Harry for years he could talk to her whenever he needed someone. She wasn’t going to tell him no once he finally took her up on her offer.
That was how they found themselves alone in the common room at one in the morning.
“So, Harry, what did you want to tell me?” She asked, curious.
Harry decided that the best way to get her up to speed was to explain everything from start. He told her all about Castiel, how they met, how the angel had always been there for him in the past and she let him. She seemed disbelieving at first but, the more he talked, the more she realized that it all made sense. He was telling the true and a lot of things she had been wondering about Harry’s life were explained by the continuous presence of his guardian angel at his side.
“The problem, Hermione, is that something happened this summer. I mean, there was this dream…. It was so strange.”
“Was it bad?” she asked, knowing he was often subject to nightmares and visions.
Harry shook his head.
“No. It was… wonderful. It’s the only world to describe it. I mean, it began as a nightmare but I can’t really remember the details. All I know is, in the middle of it, it changed totally. There was this beautiful place. I don’t even know how to describe it. It was… Heaven, literally I think. I don’t know how I could ever have imagined something so beautiful myself.”
“Maybe it was,” Hermione said. “Maybe Castiel did something to you, something to show you Heaven. So you could get out of your nightmare. You didn’t ask him?”
“That’s just the thing. Since I’ve had this dream, I’ve never seen him again. I called him, called him so many times. And I know he would never ignore me so…”
Hermione nodded. She could understand what he was thinking and she was kind of agreeing with his assessment of the situation. Whatever Castiel did, he couldn’t see Harry anymore.
“You think he was punished for doing this.”
Harry nodded.
“Do you think it’s possible?”
“It seems so, yes. But I can’t say for sure. I’m sure there must be something about it in the library that could say whether it’s likely to be the true or not. That’s why you spend so much time there lately. You were looking for an answer,” she continued, talking more to herself than Harry. “Yes, it’s logical. Now why don’t we go to bed. I will try to find something tomorrow, alright Harry.”
He nodded and got up, intending to go to his dormitory when she called him back.
“Thank you for trusting me.”
He smiled to her, letting it convey the message that he would always trust her and then went to sleep, more at ease than since the beginning of the term. He knew that if someone could find the information he needed, it would be Hermione.
She didn’t let him down. Like promised, Hermione went to search for an answer and was way more successful than he had been. Unfortunately, the punishment was looking like the most likely solution and now Harry couldn’t help feeling not only guilty but also worried. What kind of punishment would Castiel have received?
He was wandering through the hallways, reflecting on it, worry etched on his face, when he heard a dreamy voice.
“There is a way you know, Harry.”
The young wizard turned round to face Luna Lovegood, the young witch he had met on the train. She seemed more present than before but there was still an ethereal look about her.
“Know what?”
“What happened to your friend,” she said, pointing to the pendant he was still wearing, pendant that no one else had ever been able to see since the day he put in on.
Yet Luna had always seemed to evolve outside of this world so maybe that was the reason she could see it. Because she wasn’t bound by the same law than everyone else. He didn’t need to know how she was aware of Castiel, though, all he wanted was to know the way he could learn what had happened.
“How?”
“There is a ritual that you can use. You won’t be able to talk to the one you look for but you can talk to another angel if you summon them. It’s in a very ancient book, a book you won’t find in the library but that will come to you in the room where everything can be found.”
Before he was able to ask more, she disappeared and did not talk about that subject anymore, no matter how many times he asked her. He had almost lost all hope to find his answer until the moment Dobby showed him the Room of Requirement and Luna’s message become clear.
The first time he entered the room alone, intending to find his answer, the book she had been talking about appeared and he immerged himself into the scriptures, not losing any time before beginning the ritual.
Yet, maybe he would have been better off not knowing because at least there was still the shadow of a hope. However, once the angel Uriel appeared to him, summoned by the ritual - and not really happy about it - he was told of Castiel’s punishment, Castiel’s interdiction to watch or interact with him until the day he died.
Blinking back tears of sadness, Harry thanked Uriel for the information, not able to conceal the relief he felt that Castiel’s punishment hadn’t been worse. Seeing this human boy relieved to have such an heart wrenching new announced to him because he was thinking about the angel first, about how it could have been worse for Castiel, Uriel finally realized what his fellow angel had tried to tell him all along.
Yes, Harry James Potter was unique.
Author: nilitara
Fandom: HP, SPN
Rating: PG
Charaters: Harry, Castiel
Summary: Harry confides in Hermione and Luna to find what happened to Castiel.
For: crossovers100
Prompt: 021. Friends.
Disclaimer: The characters are the property of their respective creator. I own nothing.
Touched by an Angel - Main entry
021. Friends.
Once Hogwarts began again, more difficult than the year before with all the rumors about him, the rumors and Umbridge, the new Defense teacher, Harry began his search for an answer. He began to spend more and more time in the library to Ron’s utter confusion and Harry’s explanation wasn’t all that good to begin with. Hermione seemed happy with that new development tough, if a little surprised.
Yet, he wasn’t having much success. There was simply way too many books and no way of finding what he wanted. He just wasn’t used to it and he needed help. He knew he had to be careful about who he would talk to and, while he wanted to share everything with Ron, the redhead would never understand. The wizarding world was simply not the right place to talk about theology, God and the like. Thankfully, Hermione, her, grew up in the muggle world like him.
He cornered her one night before she could go to sleep. He made sure to tell her to come back once everyone was sound asleep so they could talk. He told her he needed her help with something that had to stay a total secret. She couldn’t tell anyone, not even Ron. Needless to say, she was surprised but she agreed. Of course, she had been telling Harry for years he could talk to her whenever he needed someone. She wasn’t going to tell him no once he finally took her up on her offer.
That was how they found themselves alone in the common room at one in the morning.
“So, Harry, what did you want to tell me?” She asked, curious.
Harry decided that the best way to get her up to speed was to explain everything from start. He told her all about Castiel, how they met, how the angel had always been there for him in the past and she let him. She seemed disbelieving at first but, the more he talked, the more she realized that it all made sense. He was telling the true and a lot of things she had been wondering about Harry’s life were explained by the continuous presence of his guardian angel at his side.
“The problem, Hermione, is that something happened this summer. I mean, there was this dream…. It was so strange.”
“Was it bad?” she asked, knowing he was often subject to nightmares and visions.
Harry shook his head.
“No. It was… wonderful. It’s the only world to describe it. I mean, it began as a nightmare but I can’t really remember the details. All I know is, in the middle of it, it changed totally. There was this beautiful place. I don’t even know how to describe it. It was… Heaven, literally I think. I don’t know how I could ever have imagined something so beautiful myself.”
“Maybe it was,” Hermione said. “Maybe Castiel did something to you, something to show you Heaven. So you could get out of your nightmare. You didn’t ask him?”
“That’s just the thing. Since I’ve had this dream, I’ve never seen him again. I called him, called him so many times. And I know he would never ignore me so…”
Hermione nodded. She could understand what he was thinking and she was kind of agreeing with his assessment of the situation. Whatever Castiel did, he couldn’t see Harry anymore.
“You think he was punished for doing this.”
Harry nodded.
“Do you think it’s possible?”
“It seems so, yes. But I can’t say for sure. I’m sure there must be something about it in the library that could say whether it’s likely to be the true or not. That’s why you spend so much time there lately. You were looking for an answer,” she continued, talking more to herself than Harry. “Yes, it’s logical. Now why don’t we go to bed. I will try to find something tomorrow, alright Harry.”
He nodded and got up, intending to go to his dormitory when she called him back.
“Thank you for trusting me.”
He smiled to her, letting it convey the message that he would always trust her and then went to sleep, more at ease than since the beginning of the term. He knew that if someone could find the information he needed, it would be Hermione.
She didn’t let him down. Like promised, Hermione went to search for an answer and was way more successful than he had been. Unfortunately, the punishment was looking like the most likely solution and now Harry couldn’t help feeling not only guilty but also worried. What kind of punishment would Castiel have received?
He was wandering through the hallways, reflecting on it, worry etched on his face, when he heard a dreamy voice.
“There is a way you know, Harry.”
The young wizard turned round to face Luna Lovegood, the young witch he had met on the train. She seemed more present than before but there was still an ethereal look about her.
“Know what?”
“What happened to your friend,” she said, pointing to the pendant he was still wearing, pendant that no one else had ever been able to see since the day he put in on.
Yet Luna had always seemed to evolve outside of this world so maybe that was the reason she could see it. Because she wasn’t bound by the same law than everyone else. He didn’t need to know how she was aware of Castiel, though, all he wanted was to know the way he could learn what had happened.
“How?”
“There is a ritual that you can use. You won’t be able to talk to the one you look for but you can talk to another angel if you summon them. It’s in a very ancient book, a book you won’t find in the library but that will come to you in the room where everything can be found.”
Before he was able to ask more, she disappeared and did not talk about that subject anymore, no matter how many times he asked her. He had almost lost all hope to find his answer until the moment Dobby showed him the Room of Requirement and Luna’s message become clear.
The first time he entered the room alone, intending to find his answer, the book she had been talking about appeared and he immerged himself into the scriptures, not losing any time before beginning the ritual.
Yet, maybe he would have been better off not knowing because at least there was still the shadow of a hope. However, once the angel Uriel appeared to him, summoned by the ritual - and not really happy about it - he was told of Castiel’s punishment, Castiel’s interdiction to watch or interact with him until the day he died.
Blinking back tears of sadness, Harry thanked Uriel for the information, not able to conceal the relief he felt that Castiel’s punishment hadn’t been worse. Seeing this human boy relieved to have such an heart wrenching new announced to him because he was thinking about the angel first, about how it could have been worse for Castiel, Uriel finally realized what his fellow angel had tried to tell him all along.
Yes, Harry James Potter was unique.