Rachel Enchanted

Disclaimer: I don't own Glee or Ella Enchanted. All rights go to RIB and Miramax Films.

A/N: I know I've done a lot of these Finchel movie based fanfics lately but gleek4480 suggested this as a story and I really love the movie so I thought I'd write it as a Finchel version.

Summary: Rachel of Frell was cursed as a baby. She was given the gift of obedience and she has to do as she's told no matter how horrible the order is. What will happen when she meets and falls in love with the charming prince Finn Hudson? AU story.

Chapter 1: The Gift

I never got the chance to live a normal life. That choice was taken away from me when I was just a baby. How you may ask? I was given a gift by a fairy godmother. A gift that turned out to be a curse. My story starts twenty one years ago when I was just a baby. The day I was given the gift.

Twenty one years earlier

"Rachel don't worry, Mama's here" Shelby Corcoran said rocking her crying little baby girl.

"She probably just hungry" Shelby's house fairy Emma says. She uses her magic to get Rachel's bottle but it ends up smacking her in the face.

"I've really got to work on that" Emma says ruefully, handing Shelby the bottle.

Shelby feeds Rachel and she quietens down immediately. Outside the house they hear something that resembles an earthquake. There's only one fairy that makes that noise.

"Terri" Shelby and Emma say simultaneously with horrified looks on their faces.

"We have to hide the baby. Terri gives the worst gifts" Shelby says looking around for places to hide Rachel. She spots the closet and after murmuring "sorry" to her little girl hides her in there.

Terri lands on Rachel's changing table crushing it. She gets drunkenly to her feet and stands in front of the two women. "Terri here. The best fairy in all of Frell" she says.

Both Shelby and Emma have to stop themselves snorting at that. Terri is widely known for being the most useless fairy godmother around.

"Now where's that beautiful baby girl of yours?" Terri asks.

Emma steps back against the closet. "She's at her grandmother's" she says.

At the same time Shelby says "She's out walking"

"She's walking at her grandmother's" Emma says hoping that Terri is dumb enough to fall for it, after all Rachel can't actually walk yet.

"Either way, as you can see she's not here" Shelby says hoping that this will make Terri leave.

Just at the wrong moment, the closet door swings open to reveal little baby Rachel to Terri.

"Oh look, she's back" Emma says awkwardly, running her hands through her flaming red hair.

Terri walks over and picks up Rachel. "What shall we give this beautiful little child today? What's her name again?" she asks Shelby.

"Her name's Rachel" Shelby says.

"Ahh Rachel of Frell. She's not a very well behaved little stinker is she? Quiet please" Terri says as Rachel is bawling her head off.

"Rachel of Frell, I give you the gift of obedience" she says. "Now go to sleep" she says and Rachel immediately shuts her eyes. "Now wake up" she says and Rachel opens her eyes.

"Isn't it wonderful?" Terri says clapping her hands.

"No. It's terrible. It's a terrible gift to have to do what you're told. Take it back" Emma begs.

"I have a no return policy. If you're going to be ungrateful, I can always turn her into a squirrel instead" Terri says.

"No obedience is a lovely gift" Shelby quickly says.

"You should be thanking me. I just gave you the perfect child" Terri says handing Rachel back to Shelby. Terri disappears and Shelby and Emma share a horrified look. This was exactly why they hadn't wanted Terri to give Rachel a gift. She was going to be stuck being obedient for the rest of her life.

8 years later

It was on my 8th birthday that I realised something was wrong with me. Emma had made this amazing triple chocolate cake. She told me to dig in and stuff my face so of course I had to. I couldn't stop even when I started to feel sick. I only stopped when my mom told me to and then I threw up. It was the most humiliating birthday ever.

"I always knew something was wrong with me. Can't you take the spell back? You're a fairy" I said to Emma later that night when she and my mom explained the curse to me.

"I'm only a household fairy honey" Emma says sadly.

"Besides according to fairy law only the fairy who gave you the gift can take it back. We've begged her to but she just won't" Mom says.

"She said she'd turn your mother into a squirell and take away my eternal youth if we ever asked her again" Emma says.

"It's not fair" I moan.

"I know darling" my mom says stroking my hair the way she always did when I was upset.

1 year later

My mother had been sick for some time now. I knew what no one else was telling me. She was dying. One day she would just go to sleep and never wake up again. Still I sat by her bedside every night praying for her to get better.

"Please get well Mom. I need you" I said to her on the night she died.

"Listen to me Rachel. Only Emma and I know about the gift. We've never even told your father. You must never tell anyone. People might try to use it against you" Mom says.

"Mom please" I beg knowing it's no use.

"Remember no matter what anyone says or tells you to do, look to yourself Ella. What's in your heart is stronger than any spell" my mom says gasping for air.

She lifts something out from under her night clothes. "Take this. Then I will always be close to your heart" she says handing me a silver necklace with a heart shaped pendant. I attach it around my neck.

"I love you Mom" I say.

"I love you too sweetheart" she says. With that she shuts her eyes and she is simply gone. For days I just sit there and cry unable to accept or admit that my mother, the most wonderful person in my life is no longer here.

A/N: I know this chapter was exactly the same as the film but the next chapter will be Shelby's funeral- I'm not going to skip straight from her mom's death to when she's older like the film did. Let me know what you guys think of this. Finn will appear in the next chapter. I also wanted to remind everyone that submissions for my syoc close in 2 days- that's 4th September so if you want to submit then please submit now.

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