AN: Prepare for a long AN. Whoo, wow, okay, so the Review thing still isn't fix, HOWEVER, you guys have been awesome and here are some answers to the questions that were asked in the reviews that entered my email.

1. Most of you asked: How did the curse affect Rachel? After all if the curse was supposed to affect Quinn and make her as ugly on the outside as she is inside then how could it happen to Rachel?

Wah! and Eep! Good question. When I started writing this story all I honestly thought about was making Rachel the cursed one as that rarely happens and I figured that it'd be an interesting take to the tale as opposed to going for the obvious and making Quinn the beast. Also, I thought to myself, 'Hey, curses gone wrong has happened before, this could be interesting,'
Because of this I set out the story plan already (I usually always have a plan - so please bear with a very mean Quinn, she will change eventually - for example); and I figured, good, I have my template and my plan, I got this - all I need to do now is revolve the story around said plans.

What I didn't think about is what you guys had pointed out...HOW?! So I hum and I harred and I've come up with an answer in the story and I hope that it's okay.

2. If Brittany wants to be Rachel's friend, where was she when Rachel needed her?

Good question. I have been operating from the point of view that Brittany was unsure of her powers at an earlier age, the crew are only around 15-16 years old, which was the age most were (character wise) when they were going to Nationals in New York. So I will work around that in this chapter as well. As to where she was for Rachel, refer to the answer in question 3.

3. How can Brittany still be friends with Quinn and Santana?

I think sometimes we stay friends with some people because we believe that they will change and a part of us gets scared to leave them because it's all we know and we're afraid that we'll be left alone and have no one. It's not a good excuse by any means at all, but it does happen.
But whether Brittany continues a type of friendship with the two remains to be seen.

Also, just to let you know, Quinn and Santana will take a while before they get even a little bit close to being in Rachel's good books, at least that's what I was aiming for in this story.

4. How is Rachel so forgiving?

There are some people in this world (and I've met a few of them) who are among the most forgiving people I've ever seen regardless of their upbringing and their current predicament. They are not door mat people by any means, but they choose their wars and they have said before, 'Why should I stay in a cage someone else tries to put me in,' or something like that. In the long run though, forgiving is not forgetting and while Rachel is a forgiving person it doesn't mean that she'll necessarily allow anyone to get too close to her just yet.

I hope that this answers your questions for now, please bear with the story as it progresses remember that this is only early days and only day two of the world in this story itself and is only up to four chapters; I will however state that there will be one more thing Quinn tries to do to be mean, but as to whether or not she'll be able to carry out said mean thing will remain to be seen by you all when I write and post things up.

Oh, and before I forget, Brittany's mother is my head canon version - meaning just imagine an older version of Brittany and that's what she'll look like. To me anyway.

Enjoy.

Chapter 4:

As Brittany walked away from Rachel to retrieve some items from her locker she was filled with a sense of dread and she wasn't quite sure as to why until she opened her locker door and the bell rang.

"Oh no," she said out loud to herself as she started to move as quickly as she could. Most important thing to do was make sure she had a magical case for the rose so that even if it got knocked about the petals wouldn't get damaged. Brittany knew that if the petals had gotten damaged then the spell would stick regardless of whether Rachel turned 21 or not. She retrieved the glass case as quickly as possible from her locker and placed the flower inside and cast a spell on it so that it wouldn't break as she put the rose into her bag and retrieved a few books she'd need for her homework tonight.

As she hurried as quickly as she could passed the students who were rustling in the hallways she managed to catch the tale end of the conversation.

"Now Finn will never look at you Man Hands, in fact, now you'll die alone," Quinn laughed too as she snapped her fingers for someone else to throw a slushy into Rachel's face.

Brittany watched as The jock who happened to be walking passed gave it no thought as he hurled the cold beverage into Rachel's face making her gasp and jump a bit before the tall blonde could do or say anything.

She ran up to Rachel as the brunette put her face in her hands and cried and gave her a hug.

"Brittany, the hell do you think you're doing?" Santana asked with an annoyed tone.

"Get out," Brittany hissed making the two look at her.

"What?"

"Get, Out,"

"What?"

"I SAID GET OUT, GET OUT OF HERE, GO AWAY," Brittany screamed as Santana stumbled back and looked at her in shock, "Just go away, both of you, get the hell away from her and go away,"

"B, you can't be..."

"GO AWAY!"

Not knowing how to react Santana just walked briskly away as Quinn just looked at Brittany.

"Are you deaf?" Brittany asked angrily, "I said go away,"

"What are you..." Quinn started.

"I Said Go Away! Don't make me ask you again," Brittany hissed as Quinn just rolled her eyes and walked away.

Rachel looked up stunned as she saw the tall blonde breathing hard and huffing.

"Brittany?" she started.

"I'm so sorry, I'm an idiot, I shouldn't have left you alone," Brittany said as she looked at Rachel, "I should've told you to come with me, I am a naive fool,"

"Brittany..."

"No Rachel, no, you shouldn't be calm about this,"

Rachel just shrugged as she stood up and wiped her tears.

Brittany looked at her sadly and sighed as she took the girl by the hand, "Let's get you cleaned up, I'm taking you back home with me and then I'll take you home,"

Rachel physically shuddered at that.

"Or you can stay with me," Brittany offered.

"No, no, I'll uh, I'll go home, I'll have to face my fathers like this sooner or later I might as well do it now and get it over with," Rachel sniffed as the two entered the bathroom.

Brittany just nodded her head as she helped Rachel clean up.

"Why me?" Rachel muttered more to herself than to Brittany, "And how?"

"I don't know Rachel," Brittany said, "I don't even know how, I shouldn't have cast that stupid spell but I was so sure I could do it right, I was just, I was tired of watching you get hurt and not doing anything about it any more that I just wanted to do something and I got too confident, I'm..."

"Don't say sorry any more Brittany, what's done is done and there's nothing we can do about it," Rachel cut the tall blonde off.

Brittany just nodded her head at that.

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The drive back to Brittany's home was a quiet one and slightly tense on Brittany's part.

The tall blonde wondered how she was going to explain all of this to her mother. She knew that she was going to be punished for this mishap, she knew that and she accepted it. It was her fault that this happened. But she mainly worried about Rachel. How was she going to help the brunette with her predicament? After all love just couldn't be forced it had to be nurtured and the tall blonde worried that it wouldn't happen at all.

That thought frustrated her and made her angry. Rachel had never done anything more than be herself and she was being punished for it. Crappy fathers who loved their image and money more than their child, (Brittany often wondered why they bothered having a kid at all), a school full of useless teachers who did nothing for her, and school peers who either ignored her, hurt her, or just watched as she was hurt.

Brittany sighed again as she pulled into the driveway of her house.

When she got out she let out another sigh as she opened the door to her home.

"Mama?" Brittany called out as she opened the door to her home, "I'm home,"

"I'm in the kitchen Brittany," her mother called back.

Brittany waved or Rachel to follow her into the house as the brunette obliged and followed Brittany to the kitchen.

"Mama, I did something bad," Brittany said straight away.

"I'm sure it's not bad," her mother, Susan Pierce, said as she shut the oven door and turned around.

"Trust me, it's bad,"

Susan Pierce wondered what was going on until Rachel walked into the kitchen slowly, her head looking down.

"Oh my dear god," Susan breathed out, "Brittany?"

"I wanted to curse Quinn and it backfired, Mama, help me please, help me fix her," Brittany begged.

"Brittany, you have to tell me exactly what you did and how," Susan said before she looked at Rachel and said, "As for you dear, please, take a seat, you must be tired, being cursed on can do that, and I'm also going to bet that you're hungry,"

Rachel just nodded her head before saying, "I'm uh, may I just have water?"

"You don't want anything else?"

"I have certain dietry needs so I'm not..."

"She's a Vegan," Brittany said as Susan let out a sound of understanding.

"I only have fruit at the moment I'm afraid," she said, "Here, some strawberries,"

"Thank you," Rachel said as she took them with a glass of water.

"Now Brittany, explain," Susan said as she looked strongly at her daughter.

Rachel sat down at the kitchen table as Brittany started her story, about how she was tired of seeing Rachel hurt, about how she wanted to do something but let popularity and fear get in the way, about how Quinn and Santana were in the school, and how everyone treated Rachel, and how in the end Brittany was so sure of her powers that she wanted to teach Quinn a lesson but it had backfired.

Needless to say, Susan Pierce was horrified at all this as she glanced between Rachel, who just shrugged her shoulders at her, and Brittany who was looking more guilty by the minute.

"Why didn't you tell someone?" she finally asked her daughter.

"Because the teachers won't do anything, they're all scared of Coach Sue and in the end they don't like Rachel because she dreams bigger than they can teach," Brittany answered.

"And why didn't you do something for Rachel earlier? Why are you even friends with those two girls if they're so mean?"

"I always believed that they could change Mama, I really wanted them to, I even tried to persuade them that Rachel was a loving soul who needed friendship when it was just us three but they never did listen to me, so I figured that I was going to step away and reach out to her,"

"And why now?"

"Because I'm tired of them Mama, I tried really hard but nothing is changing for Rachel and I think it sucks, I wanted there to be change,"

Brittany's mother just shook her head for a moment before saying, "I don't understand how you could like, let alone love, that Latina girl, I've seen her and she's horrible, as for that Quinn girl, her parents are so good and so loving of all people that it makes me wonder why her and her sister are so bad,"

"Quinn just needs to learn a lesson, that's all, she needs to change her perspective and attitudes, it's why I wanted to curse her, as for Santana, there is good in her Mama, I see the good in her, but she's afraid of being seen as weak,"

"That gives her no excuse,"

"I'm still trying to think of a way to help her learn a lesson but I can't think of anything,"

"Brittany, stop," Susan as she looked strongly at her daughter, "Clearly your powers just aren't good enough, I'm not saying that as a mean thing but as a reality, you are still learning, what were you thinking?"

"I just wanted to help Rachel and teach those two a lesson, starting with Quinn,"

"You should have talked to me,"

Brittany just looked away. Rachel had stopped eating and drinking and was wondering what she should do about the situation as she looked between the mother and daughter.

"I'm sorry, I know now that I should have, but I was so sure that I would get it right, I don't even understand how Rachel could even be cursed," Brittany said as she looked back up at her mother.

"I am going to go on a whim and say that it is probably because in the end you are still young and still not fully in control..." Susan started.

"Does that mean perhaps I am also ugly on the inside?" Rachel interjected.

Susan looked at her for a moment before saying, "No, I don't think so, I can see ugly people and I don't see that in you,"

"You were never ugly Rachel," Brittany added, "To me you were always so beautiful, you were like this flower that bloomed in adversity but no one ever stopped to appreciate it because to them you're just a flower, they don't see anything they don't want to see,"

"Thank you Brittany, I don't think anyone's ever called me beautiful," Rachel thanked.

"It's the truth, I have a long way to go in showing you how sorry I am that you had to endure all this pain, even before the curse, but I promise you now that I will do my best,"

Rachel just gave her a small smile.

Susan just smiled at Rachel before her eyes became sad, "I think you are cursed Rachel because the magic wanted this to happen after Brittany had that mishap,"

"How? Why?" Rachel asked.

"Magic isn't just incantations, spells, sorcery, whatever the world thinks it is, it is more than that, magic is a flow of energy, of power, it is ethereal, and it is very much alive and mysterious, some people call it fate or fates, others destiny, whatever it truly is it also has a will of its' own, sometimes it can seem completely crazy that when something goes wrong that the magic allows this to happen but here we are, there is always a reason behind the madness and perhaps this is a storm you will have to wait out and be patient with, it is not fair by any means but it has happened and there is nothing that can change this curse,"

"But you won't have to go through this storm alone, I promise you that," Brittany said.

"It doesn't make me feel any better," Rachel said.

"And I don't mean it to," Susan said, "But it is a possible explanation for now,"

Rachel just nodded her head as Susan turned to look at Brittany.

"As for you young lady, I am thinking of a punishment for you right now," Susan said strictly as Brittany just gulped.

In the end Brittany was punished by means of her magic being sealed for two weeks. Meaning she wasn't allowed to cast anything, learn any more magic, and have anything to do with the world of magic; she also wasn't allowed to consult on the matter of magic with her fellow witch Tina Cohen-Chang either, that revelation made Rachel's jaw drop but she couldn't say anything as Susan Pierce still wasn't done punishing her daughter. On top of the magical ban, Brittany also had to do extra chores around the house and was banned from seeing Santana and Quinn outside of Cheerios (not that she minded that one too much), and she had her cellphone taken away which would be returned at a later date.

A fair enough punishment in the Cheerio's eyes and she admitted to Rachel on the drive back to the brunette's house that she had expected far worse.

"What could be far worse than all of that?" Rachel asked.

"The Elders could come in and take my powers away all together," Brittany said.

"Oh, I see,"

And as the two fell into a small silence, Rachel broke it again by saying, "I can't believe Tina has powers too, why hasn't she ever done anything?"

"She has, remember the time when Coach Sue had never ending balls crashing into her wherever she went and when she went to her office and opened drawers and all that?"

"Tina did that? Wow, so why hasn't she done anything else?"

"Because unlike me, she knows her limits and she won't test it,"

Rachel just nodded her head as Brittany pulled up to her house.

"You want me to be there with you?" Brittany asked.

"No, I must do this alone," Rachel said strongly.

"If you're sure,"

"I am, thank you Brittany, at least I have a friend out of this now,"

Brittany just gave her a small smile, "If you need anything, call my house, okay,"

Rachel just nodded her head as she exited the car and watched Brittany drive away.

She took a deep breath as she turned around and entered the house only to be greeted by, "What the devil happened to you?"

AN 2: And we'll end things here. I hope you found this chapter enjoyable, until next time team. Next chapter we'll meet her fathers properly.