We Are One Chapter 1: We Write The Story, a glee fanfic

"Will, a package for you," Emma said as she handed her husband a packing envelope addressed to him and sat down on the couch next to him. Ever since New Directions had fought for their redemption and won the regional competition, he had been trying to come up with ideas for how to get the kids fired up for nationals – especially now with Brittany graduated early and Ryder having left the group, he needed something to bring them together.

"It must be the CD I ordered," he replied as he opened the envelope and retrieved the contents, he had ordered a CD online he had hoped would inspire him. The cover showed the image of a butterfly with multicolored wings on a blue background, and as he put the first disc on the stereo, Emma picked up the case while the first song started to play, slid out the book and flipped through it – it was the official album of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest.

"Some of these songs and artists look interesting," Emma said as Will sat back down. "I didn't know you had an interest in this kind of thing." It was true, his interest had developed a few years ago when he started watching old contest clips online, which then escalated to him watching the old contests in full. He watched the full final of the 2012 contest and enjoyed it, he felt it was a great way to discover new music even if he didn't understand some of the languages. Some of the songs could possibly translate well to glee club.

"It's like a glee club competition for a whole continent," he replied, "countries sending their best songs and artists and enjoying the experience. I bought this album in the hopes that it will get me inspired as I help get the kids ready for nationals, maybe they will be inspired too." As another song started to play, Emma put the CD case down on the table and began to speak.

"Maybe this can," she said. "Finn told me while you were away in Washington that they had done a superhero-themed duet assignment, it sounded like quite the success from what he said. I remember you saying to the kids many times that they're strongest when they are together, so why not do something like that? You could even use this music, with a group number at the end of the week to drive that message home." A light bulb popped on in Will's mind, Emma's idea sounded like a good one.

"I think you helped me find my inspiration, Em," he said to his wife. Let's keep listening."

The glee kids looked on with interest as Will wrote the words "TOGETHER WE'RE ONE" on the whiteboard. A couple of them looked curiously at the CDs they had found on their chairs when they arrived for their usual meeting – their teacher had ripped and burned ten copies of the album he had received, 20 blank discs in all. It had took him most of the weekend to make all those CDs, but it had been worth it.

"What's up with all this, Mr. Schue?" Sam asked as he looked at the cover of his CD.

"It's your assignment," Will replied. "Do you know why you took advantage of that second chance after the Warbler scandal and won regionals? Not just because you wanted it so badly, but you performed as a solid unit. Yes, you all have your individual strengths and talents, but you are at your best when you are together – that's New Directions' biggest asset when compared to some of the other teams out there. " Some of the kids were starting to get it, and Will continued explaining the assignment.

"The message 'Together We're One' that I wrote on the board was the concept of the Swiss representatives at this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden," he explained. "The CDs you have contain all the songs from the show, and as a warm-up for nationals I wanted to do an assignment using that music and really drive home the fact that together we are indeed one. Emma told me about the superhero-themed duet week you did with Finn while I was away, so for this assignment you are going to pair up and perform a song of your choice from the CDs. We'll do a big group number at the end of the week." He pulled out some sheet music from his bag, then opened a case on top of the piano as Marley raised her hand.

"I'm really liking the theme of this assignment," she said, "we all did come together to win regionals. I think we definitely need to pull together more than ever if we're going to do well at nationals." People around her agreed.

"Exactly, Marley," Will said with a nod, noticing the band at the ready, "so if you guys don't mind, I'd like to demonstrate exactly what I mean. Blaine, can you come and help me out with this one?" He gestured to the empty stool to his right and gave Blaine the sheet music when he came over, his left hand grasping the neck of his ukulele.

"So what do you want me to do, Mr. Schue?" he asked as he sat down on the stool.

"Start on the second part of the first verse," Will replied, "then join me on the chorus." Blaine nodded, and Will began to play.

(Will) Whoah... oh...
Whoah... oh...

His name is Jeremy, working in IT
Never questions why he has always been
An extra careful guy, sensitive and shy
Risk assessment is his investment in a life of no surprise
Till she walked into his life

The band joined in as Blaine began to sing.

(Blaine) She, spontaneous indeed, uncertainty's her creed
She has always been neither black or white
Just a curious delight
She threw affection in his direction, a collection of her smiles
And to his surprise, whoah...

(Both) She's like tomorrow, oh so distant
She just wants to play
Like tomorrow, she is always one day away
All the time she slips away, it's close but yet so far
It's time to follow her tomorrow, whoah... oh...
Time to follow her tomorrow, whoah... oh...

The kids started clapping along.

(Blaine) He fell for her too fast, we all thought it wouldn't last
'Cause good ol' Jeremy likes his rigorous routine
(Will) 'Cause he only thinks today but tomorrow is her way
So find a new direction and you will be okay

(Will) Time to follow her tomorrow, oh... oh...
(Blaine) Time to follow her tomorrow, oh... oh...
(Both)Time to follow her tomorrow, oh... oh...

(Both) She's like tomorrow, oh so distant, she just wants to play
Like tomorrow, she is always one day away
(Will)One day away (Blaine)(One day away)
(Will) One day away (Blaine) (One day away)

(Both)And all the time she slips away, it's close but yet so far
(Will) It's time to follow her tomorrow (Oh... oh...)
(Blaine) It's time to follow her tomorrow (Oh... oh...)
(Both) It's time to follow her tomorrow

The room erupted into cheers and applause as Will and Blaine high-fived each other, obviously pleased with the demonstration they had just given. Will couldn't wait to see what the kids came up with.

Notes: I just had to do another fic with Eurovision songs, and this year's contest had so many good songs. The Will and Blaine duet was inspired by the video of Darren jamming with Matt during Matt's tour rehearsals back in 2011.

Song is "Tomorrow" by Gianluca Bezzina (Malta)