AU: So, this is a Snowbarry AU to one of my favorite book series: Shadow Wings by May Deitrick. Seriously, this series is amazing. I recommend it to anyone who likes YA fantasy fiction. It's on Amazon in case anyone is interested. I tried putting in a link, but it didn't work. Just look up Shadow Wings and the author's name. Basically, in the story, Zadkiel is an archangel who is enslaved by the evil King Ozur and sent to capture Kateria Ross, a young woman with magic powers she was born with who is known as the Destroyer because she has the ability to kill immortals. But along the way, Zadkiel ends up falling in love with Kateria and decides to help her fight Ozur instead. It's a great story and I ended up thinking of a couple of my OTPs when I thought about it: Zutara and Snowbarry. So, I started with the Snowbarry AU to it with Barry as Zadkiel and Caitlin as Kateria. I hope everyone enjoys it.

Warning: there's a torture scene in the beginning of this where Eobard is torturing Barry like how Ozur tortured Zadkiel. It's not very graphic, but if that's not your thing, all you really need to know is that Eobard breaks him and makes him work for him.

It started to seem like Barry couldn't even remember a time before pain. Eobard's whip continued to slam down on his back, on his wings, until he could no longer think straight, until he would try to focus on a spot in the room, only to horrifically fail as his vision blurred. The whip Eobard used was lined with Infernal Steel, something that could easily harm Barry, just like it harmed other angels and demons. He'd been torturing him for so long… Barry was starting to wonder if it was ever going to end.

It was centuries ago when Eobard had first risen to power on Earth. The evil man had sold his soul to the devil in exchange for ultimate power and eternal life. Now, Eobard had powerful magic, an army of demons, and he was immortal. Even if Barry managed to get free, he wouldn't be able to kill him. And he wouldn't be able to flee, either, for Barry was one of the seven archangels of Heaven and Eobard had summoned him and bound him with his halo. That meant that as long as Eobard lived, Barry would have to serve him. He was to be his slave for the rest of eternity.

He wished that Eobard would slip up and kill him by mistake.

Suddenly, Eobard gripped Barry by his chin, forcing him to look up at him.

"What is your name?" he demanded.

Barry did nothing but bare his teeth at Eobard Thawne, the Demon King. A low growl elicited in the back of his throat, sounding remarkably like a tiger.

He was rewarded with the whip slapping him across the face. Barry hissed in pain, trying to shy away from Eobard, but the chains binding him to the ground and the hooks embedded in his wings, attaching them to the wall, prevented him from doing so successfully.

"Tell me! NOW!" Eobard yelled. "Or I'll use the whip on you again and I won't stop until you can't remember your name!"

Blood leaked from Barry's mouth from internal injuries. His eyes darted around the room unseeingly, as if trying to find some means of escape. He had no choice. Besides, what could Eobard really do with his name? He'd already bound him; Barry couldn't escape no matter what he did.

"My father named me Bartholomew," he rasped.

Eobard laughed cruelly. "Your father? You mean God? Tell me, where is Daddy now?"

Barry glowered at him, resisting the urge to growl again.

Eobard grabbed him by his throat. "You belong to me now; do you understand that? There is no God here. There is only me. I rule you."

"No," Barry shook his head. Eobard may have used spells to bind him, but that didn't make Barry an obedient dog who would do whatever he was told. He would fight Eobard until the end of his days.

Eobard realized this. He realized his new slave wasn't broken yet, even after weeks of torture. Sighing, he did what had to be done.

Eobard lifted the whip up and strode around behind Barry. He struck his wings over and over again until he lost consciousness. Then, he doused him with water to rouse him, not allowing him any rest. He repeated this process until Barry was nothing but a whimpering mess in the pentagram he was chained inside.

Eobard crouched in front of him, tilting his head up so he would look at him. "Who do you belong to?" he demanded, his voice firm, but not a yell.

Barry wanted to resist, wanted to say he didn't belong to Eobard, but he couldn't. He knew that that would only reward him with more pain and would continue to do so until he gave in. He wasn't created to give up, but he had little choice.

"You," he whispered. "I belong to you."

Eobard smiled wickedly. After all this time and energy, he had finally broken an angel.

Several years later, Eobard received a prophecy from an old soothsayer named Gypsy. She informed him that despite his immortality, he was going to die soon at the hands of a powerful young sorceress who would be known to the world as the Destroyer. This young woman was pure of heart and she possessed powerful magic that she was born with. She would be his end.

Desperate, Eobard sent Barry out to locate this young woman. Of course, Barry would be happy to see Eobard's demise, so he didn't even try in the beginning. Eobard realized this, so he made a threat: if you don't find her for me, I'll kill you. But Barry remembered nights where he was being tortured, knowing he would never be free and would be forced to do Eobard's grotesque bidding for the rest of eternity. Why would he fear death at this point? Eobard quickly realized this as well and in his desperation, instead of a threat, he made a promise: bring me the girl, and I'll set you free. Finally, Barry had some motivation. Even if he didn't want to be responsible for this young woman's death, even if he did want Eobard defeated, the prospect of freedom tempted him. He was angel of freedom after all, as well as angel of mercy.

So, Barry searched for the Destroyer, even if a part of him hoped he would never find her. But that hope was futile, for he would find her in the form of a young woman living in a place known as Central Village named Caitlin Snow.

AN: Well, I hope everyone enjoyed the first chapter of this. If you're interested in potentially seeing more of Barry and Caitlin in this AU, leave me a review to tell me what you think. I'm hoping the future chapters will be much longer than this one; I just wanted to write the first chapter as fast as possible before having to go to class. Also, this story is going to be similar to Shadow Wings, but there are probably going to be some areas where I make it different, especially since Shadow Wings is a series and only the first two books are out. I want to end it in one story, which will be hard to do if I follow the books to a 't'. So, it'll be a bit different even if it is based on it. Plus, I don't want to give too many spoilers away for the books, because I really want the Shadow Wings fandom to grow.

-DragonsintheMoonlight :D