Disclaimer: I don't own Glee, though I wish I did :) I do own Johannes Schuester and Peter Pillsbury.
Chapter 1: Prologue
On the 21st of November 1620, the Mayflower approached the coast of what is now called the Cape Cod after a long journey of 66 days across the Atlantic Ocean. Among all the passengers, most of them English, were Johannes Schuester and Peter Pillsbury. The first one was Dutch, formerly living in Den Haag, while the second fled his native Scotland for The Netherlands a few years before. Both had come with their wife and children hoping to find a peaceful land where they could finally be free.
A few months after their arrival on that promised land, Johannes passed away in mysterious circumstances. Some said it was a strange disease, others thought he had been killed by a discovery he had made the week before. However, one thing was for sure, it was not natural... Because he had been present when Johannes discovered the small chest, Peter made sure the treasure was kept safe from anyone who would want to steal it. And for him, that meant burrying it in a very unlikely place. What he didn't know was that among the passengers of the vessel, some had allied their forces in a secret group, the Mayflower Brethern, whose sole purpose was to find where the treasure had been hidden and obtain its power.
The next winter, on a cold and icy day, the body of Peter Pillsbury was found behind his house by his wife, Mary. His cause of death remained unclear and the burial took place the next day.
There were some rumors in the community that he had been murdered by Indians from the local tribe, but nobody ever confirmed it. The treasure remained hidden.
Through the centuries, the Mayflower Brethern survived, mostly because the founders had initiated their progeny into the group and for the next generations, only the eldest children were to enter the secret organization. The members spread across the country but would gather every year in Plimoth, which was now Plymouth, where the treasure was supposedly still burried. However, the members of the Schuester and Pillsbury family were unaware of the existence of such a group and such a quest until one of the Mayflower Brethern discovered by accident a document that stated that a Schuester was to unite with a Pillsbury in order to be able to find the long lost and forgotten chest.
On August the 28th 2006, first day of the school year, a new guidance counselor entered the building of Mc Kinley High School, in Lima, Ohio. Her name was Emma Pillsbury, from the same Pillsbury family who came on the Mayflower. Maybe it was fate, maybe it was something stronger, but the first member of the staff she met, aside from the principal, was William Schuester, Spanish teacher. Neither was aware of the dark past that united them, nor knew any of them what they were meant to accomplish.