Prologue

Once upon a time, in a faraway land, a young prince lived in a shining castle. Although he had everything his heart desired, the prince was spoiled, selfish, and unkind. But then, one winter's night, an old beggar woman came to the castle and offered him a single rose in return for shelter from the bitter cold. Repulsed by her haggard appearance, the prince sneered at the gift and turned the old woman away, but she warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within.

And when he dismissed her again, the old woman's ugliness melted away to reveal a beautiful enchantress. The prince tried to apologize, but it was too late, for she had seen that there was no love in his heart, and as punishment, she transformed him into a hideous beast, and placed a powerful spell on the castle, and all who lived there. Ashamed of his monstrous form, the beast concealed himself inside his castle, with a magic mirror as his only window to the outside world.

The rose she had offered was truly an enchanted rose, which would bloom until his twenty-first year. If he could learn to love another, and earn her love in return by the time the last petal fell, then the spell would be broken. If not, he would be doomed to remain a beast for all time. As the years passed, he fell into despair, and lost all hope, for who could ever learn to love a beast?

"For who could ever learn to love a beast? God, I just love that line so much, don't you, Blaine?" Kurt asked the younger male walking along beside him in the crowded halls of McKinley.

Blaine gave no indication that he had even heard his lover in the first place though as the music blaring from the headphones in the junior's ears could be heard from where Kurt had been standing next to the younger male. The slightly taller male found himself rolling his eyes in amusement as he shut the book he had been reading and reached out with his free hand to gently pull the headphones out of Blaine's ears without a moment's hesitation.

"Honestly, Blaine. What am I going to do with you?" Kurt teased his boyfriend playfully which earned an all but innocent look from Blaine as he playfully bumped one of Kurt's hips with his own.

"Uh, still be trying to find your perfect soul mate?" Blaine teased right back as he leaned over and stole a quick kiss to Kurt's lips.

That was just one of the many things that Kurt had come to love about the younger male since the day that they first met for Blaine always seemed to be full of surprises. Not only that but it seemed that no matter what hardships were constantly being thrown at them and testing the strength of their relationship, the pair always seemed to overcome it all just like the book Kurt had fallen in love with ever since he was a little boy.

"Oh you tease. Why must you constantly remind me of how cruel you are to me?" Kurt sighed dramatically as he took Beauty and the Beast and shoved it into his shoulder bag before bringing the hand up to wave in front of him dramatically.

If there was one out of many things that Kurt was good at, it was having a flair for the dramatics and Blaine brought a hand up to pinch the bridge of his nose in his thumb and forefinger. Ever since transferring from Dalton Academy, Blaine's life had never been the same although meeting Kurt had definitely been the greatest thing to come into his life. Still, there were times where Kurt's tendency to get overly excited could grate on Blaine's nerves but at the end of the day, there was nothing that the younger male would change about his boyfriend.

"If I'm cruel to you then I would hate to see what your definition of love is." Blaine retorted casually before he turned his gaze towards the hallway before them.

Kurt smirked, not at all surprised with his boyfriend's quick retort although the smirk slowly vanished from his face when suddenly, out of nowhere, there appeared a locker door as he and Blaine turned the corner. Before Kurt could react, his head came into contact with the locker causing him to see not only stars but blood as well. The warm substance slowly trailed down the middle of his face as Kurt stumbled backwards but luckily, before he could hit the floor, Blaine managed to catch him in his arms preventing Kurt from hurting himself even more.

"Kurt!" Why did everything sound as though it was underwater? More importantly though, why did Blaine look as though his face was all wavy and disoriented?

Kurt struggled to see past his blurred vision but to no avail. It felt as though that he could pass out at any moment and falling unconscious was not something Kurt Hummel wanted to do right at that particular time. Struggling to sit up, Kurt's strength left him almost instantly and he found himself falling right back into Blaine's arms as the world around him spun out of control.

"Bl-Blaine…" Kurt whimpered softly as he started reaching up towards the younger male with a shaking hand before finally, unconsciousness overcame him and his hand fell limp on his stomach.

The last thing that Kurt remembered before passing out was the look of horror and concern upon his lover's face and that all too familiar disgusting face of Sebastian Smythe glaring over him. Eyes rolling up into the back of his head then, Kurt's body fell limp in Blaine's arms as his mind once again replayed that favorite old line from his favorite book.

'For who could ever learn to love…a beast?'

To be continued…

A/N: Alright so this is my first Klaine Glee story so please be kind if you review. Thank you. And unfortunately, I don't own the show nor the characters nor the book or musical, Beauty and the Beast.