"Well look what the catfish dragged in!" Crowley smiled down at Castiel who was admiring his new legs. "Look at ya! There's something different. Don't tell me - I got it. It's your hairdo, right? You've been using the dinglehopper, right? No? No huh, well let me see. New seashells? No new seashells. I gotta admit I can't put my foot on it right now, but if I just stand here long enough I know that I'll-"

"HE'S GOT LEGS, YOU IDIOT! He traded his voice to the sea witch and got legs. Jeez, man!" Becky yelled, making Crowley feel stupid.

"Castiel been turned into a human. He's gotta make the prince fall in love with him, and he's gotta ki- he's gotta kiss him..." Meg was shaky and kind of upset... But she'd always support her friend.

He tried to get up a few times, but ended up falling and just started playing with his toes. He had this grin on his face as he did so. After a minute or two he got up again, and shakily tried to walk.

"And he's only got three days. Just look at him. On legs. On human legs! My nerves are shot. This is a catastrophe! What would her father say? I'll tell you what his father'd say, he'd say he's gonna kill himself a crab, that's what his father'd say! I'm gonna march meself straight home right now and tell him just like I shoulda done the minute-" Castiel grabbed Becky, shaking his head as if to shush her. "And don't you shake your head at me, young man. Maybe there's still time. If we could get that witch to give you back your voice, you could go home with all the normal fish, and just be...just be...just be miserable for the rest of your life.... All right, all right... I'll try to help you find that prince. Boy. What a soft-shell I'm turning out to be."

~•~

Riot, Sam's dog, was sniffing around on the beach. He had taken a peculiar liking to Dean, so decided to follow him out here. But then he smelled this wonderful creature and got excited.

"Riot? What is it buddy?"

The dog saw the unclothed human walking up from the water shakily, and he ran over to him. He ended up chasing him up onto a rock. Castiel was scared and that's the only way he could get away from the dog.

"Riot... Quiet Riot! What's gotten into you fella?" He leaned over to pet the dog and then he saw Castiel on top of the rock. "Oh I see... Are you okay, sir? I'm sorry if this knucklehead scared you. He's harmless, really.... You seem very familiar to me. Have we met? We have met?" He scratched at his neck and closed his eyes trying not to sound awkward. "Y-you're the one that saved me... W-what's your name?"

Castiel tried to mouth out his name but nothing happened.

"What's wrong? What is it? You can't speak?"

He shook his head with a frown.

Dean's mood changed. "Oh then you can't be who I thought you were... The person that saved me had the most beautiful singing voice. I don't even know if it was a man or a woman, but it was beautiful. You have their eyes..."

He tried to spell some things out with his hands, but it just confused everyone more.

"What is it? Are you hurt?"

He tried to stand up to get off the rock but ended up falling into the strong prince's arms. He was blushing darkly.

"Whoa, whoa, careful - careful - easy. Gee, you must have really been through something." He put the man down and tried not to stare at his beautiful body. He had semi-wide shoulders and the bluest eyes... Most amazing raven black hair. He was toned and tanned. This was the beautiful person that saved him. "Don't worry, I'll help you. Come on...Come on, you'll be okay." He draped his jacket around his shoulders so he wouldn't get cold, and tied some cloth hr found on the beach around his waist so no one would look at his parts.

Dean had told Sammy about the encounter and how he was going to help the strange man, but was still looking for the thing that saved him. He decided to call it a girl so there would be less trouble. He was gonna find this singing creature! But for now he had to focus on his new mute friend.

"Oh, Dean, be reasonable. Nice young ladies just don't - swim around rescuing people in the middle of the ocean and then - flutter off into oblivion, like some -"

"I'm tellin' you, Sam, she was REAL! I'm gonna find that girl - and I'm gonna marry her."

Castiel was led out by one of the servant ladies. He was wearing a suit and had an elegant trenchcoat wrapped around his shoulders. Dean thought his heart was going to stop. He was beautiful. He licked his lips and his mouth was suddenly dry.

"Whoa. You clean up nice." Sam chuckled when he saw him.

Dean didn't even bother to hide how kinda gay he was. "You look wonderful."

Sam helped him sit down and start eating. There was silver wear set out as well. Castiel's eyes lit up and he grabbed the 'fork' and started to comb his hair. Hr got a couple weird looks and he grew embarrassed. But then he saw a pipe and decided to test it out as well... To see if it really made music. He blew on it and the contents flew out and onto Sam.

The prince just laughed and he couldn't stop laughing. Sammy was disgusted and wiped his face. But he was happy to see that his brother was smiling. He hadn't seen his brother smile in weeks.

"You know, Dean,  perhaps our young guest might enjoy seeing some of the sights of the kingdom. Something in the way of a tour?" Sammy suggested.

Dean wasn't paying attention. He  was staring at the man's eyes. "I'm sorry, what was that?"

"You can't spend all your time moping about, you need to get out. Do something, have a life. Get your mind-"

"Hey stop!" Dean frowned.

Castiel quickly  gasped and helped Becky hide. The dumb crab was in there food!

"Its not a bad idea if he wants a tour... Well - whaddaya say? Would you like to join me on a tour of my kingdom tomorrow?" Dean asked with a smile. Castiel nodded vigorously.

~•~

Castiel was standing over a balcony, watching Dean, Sam, and Riot play. He got embarassd when Dean looked up and waved at him. So he went back inside. Becky decided to scramble out of hiding and give a lecture. Castiel ended up falling asleep through it. It was something boring about the kiss... Probably wasn't a big deal.