(A/N): First of all, thank you so much for all of your reviews! Secondly, I can't believe this story is almost up to 200. I mean, gah. Thank you so much once again!
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Rating: M
Warnings: M/M, Language, Multiple Partners, Violence. AU!
Disclaimer: I do not own Glee or any of the characters.
Of Magic and Dragon Scales
A Little History (Part 1)
The next morning Kurt felt better considering he didn't feel like his body was on fire. Thankfully his head wasn't pounding either, making it a bit easier to roll over to face the other bed in his room. He was surprised to see it already made with Jeff sitting on top of it, his back pressed against the wall as he typed on the laptop that rested on his lap. His brow furrowed as his gaze traveled further down the blonds bare chest and legs, extremely thankful when he noticed the dark blue boxers.
"Oh, you're up already?" Jeff asked before closing the lid of his laptop. He grinned as he watched Kurt's cheeks redden. "You should probably get a bit more sleep you know." he said quietly, rolling his eyes when the Sorcerer sat up anyway. "Are you always so stubborn?"
"Are you always so annoying in the morning?" Kurt grumbled as he swung his long legs over the side of his bed. He glanced around the room once he had rubbed at his eyes a bit.
"Morning?" Jeff asked, giving the other boy an amused look. "I am a morning person, but I think it's a bit late to be calling me out on that quirk."
Kurt looked at the dragon again, trying to understand what he was saying. He had never been a bright and cheery person in the morning, in fact it was the whole reason why he had the only other en-suite bathroom in the house. Finn had happily given it up because it hadn't been too hard to remember how mean and snappy Kurt had been in the mornings when they had shared a bathroom for that short amount of time before the new house had been bought. Kurt looked around again once he had woken up a bit more, frowning when he couldn't find the other two dragons. "Where are the other two?"
"Downstairs cooking lunch I think." Jeff said with a shrug. "I'm not allowed to help, I tend to cause explosions when I'm around the stove."
"Wait, lunch?" Kurt asked confusedly, finally noticing the amount of light shinning through his window. He frowned, quickly glancing at the little alarm on his nightstand. His eyes widened at the little neon green numbers before he looked back at Jeff again. "You let me sleep until one-thirty?" he asked, noticing his phone wasn't where he had placed it last night. "We have school today!"
"Calm down, Kurt." Jeff said softly before placing his laptop on the bed next to him. He reached over to the chair beside the bed, grabbing a pair of blue-green pajama pants that were draped against the back of it before standing up to slip them on. "Do you remember what happened last night?" he asked, walking over to the dresser to steal one of Blaine's shirts.
"Yes, but how does it give anyone the right to turn off my alarm?" Kurt snapped, standing up from the bed only to have the world around him swirl in front of his eyes. "Oh." he whispered, feeling himself fall forward. He closed his eyes, quickly pushing his hands in front of him to avoid hitting the floor face first. Surprisingly he didn't hit the floor at all. Instead a pair of warm arms wrapped around his chest, catching him before he fell.
Now a normal person would have been freaked out about how fast the other had made it across the room, but unfortunately Kurt was beginning to accept he really wasn't normal in any department. That and the fact that the bare chest he was currently leaning against was warm and toned, so it distracted him for a moment. "I, um, what?" he asked, feeling his cheeks heat up. He blinked a few times trying to clear his mind as Jeff laughed softly behind him, making Kurt's face flush even more as the dragons warm skin continued to press against his.
"Careful, your body is still kind of in shock." Jeff whispered in Kurt's ear, barely resting the urge to roll his tongue across the side of the Sorcerer's neck.
"I thought that was fixed last night when Blaine licked me…" Kurt mumbled, finally trying to pull away from the blonds arms.
"You can't just expect your body to be back to normal with the amount of magic that was pumping through it last night." Jeff said, slowly removing his arms and pushing Kurt backwards to sit on his bed again. "Can I put a shirt on now or will you try to stand again?" he asked, grinning when the teen only huffed in return.
"When will I be back to normal then?" Kurt asked impatiently, trying to decide if he wanted to attempt standing again when Jeff walked up to the dresser to pick up the shirt he had dropped. He was about to try again but thought better about it when Jeff called out to him again.
"Really, Kurt." Jeff said, throwing the shirt he had picked originally back into the draw. "I would love to catch you all day, but we both know you would be better off just sitting there for a second."
Kurt glared at the blonds back, staring at the intricate dragon tattoo that was splayed across Jeff's skin. He had only caught a small glimpse of it the first day he had met the three dragons so he hadn't had time to study it before.
"If you want to look, you can just ask." Jeff said, pushing his arms through the arm holes of the pale green shirt he had chosen.
Kurt looked away quickly. "I don't want to look!" he said quickly, glancing at the others back again when Jeff laughed. He watched the material of the shirt stretch over the dragon's back, thinking it really should be against the law for a shirt to fit that right.
"Hungry?" Jeff asked as he turned around, smiling when he noticed that Kurt's face was still flushed a dark red.
"I…" Kurt whispered, staring at Jeff's face with wide eyes before quickly shaking his head to clear it of the image of the blonds bare back. "I guess so." he said, trying to stand but Jeff had somehow made it across the room in the blink of an eye again. The next thing he knew he was being carried out of his room and down the stairs before he could say no. When he finally wrapped his mind about what was happening Jeff was already walking across the living towards the kitchen. "Hey! Put me down!" he shouted, kicking his feet in the air.
"You really think you could of walked down the stairs without killing yourself?" Jeff asked with a sigh, using his shoulder to push open the kitchen door.
Kurt could feel his face heating up once again but he stopped kicking the air. "No, I guess not." he said, looking up to Jeff's face. He was surprised by the smile the blond was wearing, even more shocked when the other's face titled towards his own.
Jeff caught himself and pulled his head back up, gritting his teeth for a moment. "Sorry." he whispered, stopping at the island and using his foot to pull out a breakfast stool that had been pushed against it. He gently sat Kurt down on it before sitting in the one beside the Sorcerer.
Had Jeff been about to kiss him just then? Why? Kurt shook his head, reaching up to rub at his eyes again. "It's okay." he said softly, reaching out to touch the dragon's shoulder. He wasn't sure why he had done it, or why the bright smile Jeff gave him in return made his stomach flutter.
"You couldn't get him to sleep a little longer?" Nick ask, eyeing Kurt carefully. He looked at Jeff when the other dragon snorted.
"Like he would listen to me." Jeff said with a shrug, stealing a piece of fajita chicken from the plate in front of him. He scowled when Nick smacked him with the end of the spatula he was using. "Ouch." he mumbled, looking away as he pouted.
Kurt's jaw had dropped when he had watched Nick smack Jeff with the hot and greasy spatula. "Why on earth would you do that?" he asked, giving Nick a look before turning in his seat and pulling Jeff's arm closer to him so he could inspect the damage. "What?" Kurt asked, his eyebrows knitting together as he looked over Jeff's unharmed arm. "But I saw him…" he said, finally noticing a small trail of grease that had been smeared against Jeff's skin. Had the grease not been hot after all? He slowly reached out with his free hand to test it himself when another hand caught his own.
"Don't." Jeff said quietly, smiling when Kurt gave him a confused look. "It'll burn your fingers." he said before slowly pushing Kurt's hand back to the Sorcerer's lap.
"How-" Kurt began but was quickly cut off.
"It takes a lot more to hurt a dragon, Kurt." Nick explained quietly, looking at Kurt with an apologetic expression. "I shouldn't have done that in front of you since you didn't understand." he began, shaking his head as he stirred the chicken in the pan again. "I'm sorry."
Kurt glanced from Nick to Jeff's arm a few times before sighing. "I swear." he whispered, reaching over and grabbing the towel that was sitting next to Nick's elbow. "At least wipe it off, doesn't it burn even a little?" he asked before reaching over to gently wipe the hot grease from Jeff's arm, oblivious to the loving smiles the dragons were giving him.
"Maybe just a little, I think I got some on my face too." Jeff said, surprised when Kurt's hand gently touched his face. He hadn't really expected Kurt to believe him, but he wasn't about to tell him otherwise since the Sorcerer's soft skin was touching him now. He slowly turned his head in Kurt's hand, pressing his nose against the teen's wrist before breathing in the sweet scent the other had to offer.
"I don't see any." Kurt said, still looking over Jeff's face, jumping when a hand suddenly hit the back of the blonds head.
'Really, Jeff?" Blaine growled, sighing when Kurt gave him a dark look. "He was lying."
"That doesn't give you the right to hit him like that." Kurt said, shaking his head when Jeff gave out a soft whimper. "How hard did he hit you?" he asked Jeff worriedly, frowning when the dragon sighed softly.
"It didn't hurt so much, I guess it just surprised me is all." Jeff said, milking his current situation for all it was worth. He grinned at the other two when Kurt finally pulled his hand away from his face, ignoring the dangerous looks they sent his way when their Sorcerer began to talk.
"So, when will I not be an invalid?" Kurt mumbled, sipping at the cup of tea Nick had sat in front of him. Blaine opened his mouth to speak but two mages entered before he could start.
"A good meal and another nap should get you back on your feet." Wes said, taking a seat on the stool on the other side of Kurt while David took the one next to Jeff.
"Though if you keep ignoring what the other three tell you, you'll work yourself up again." David continued for Wes, happily accepting his own cup of tea from Nick.
Kurt scowled down at his cup as he listened but nodded slowly, glancing up to catch the gentle kiss Blaine pressed against Nick's temple. He watched as Nick smiled in return, walking around the island to place Kurt and Jeff's plates in front of them before kissing the top of the blonds head. He noticed the longing look the green-eyed dragon sent him before returning behind the island to continue plating food while Blaine poured another cup of tea for Wes. Had Nick wanted to kiss him too? Why would he?
Kurt quickly shook his head, noticing with some amusement that Blaine and Jeff both chose milk instead of the hot tea that he and the other two mages and dragon were drinking. He looked to his plate, surprised when he finally realized what they were going to be eating. "Fajita salad?"
Nick nodded slightly, a worried look crossing his face. "You like it right?" he asked, reaching over to sprinkle a little bit of shredded cheese over Kurt's salad. "Mercedes said it was one of your favorites." he continued, smiling when Kurt took a bite. "Carole seems to be out of the things to make Chicken Parmesan."
"It's amazing." Kurt said in a surprised tone after he had swallowed his bite. "Wait, how do you know Mercedes?" he asked, raising an eyebrow when Blaine shifted from foot to foot nervously.
"She kept calling this morning to check up on you so we finally answered." Blaine said, holding up a hand when Kurt opened his mouth. "We told her you passed out again and Burt made you stay home, so she told us to take care of you."
"Like we didn't know that already." Nick mumbled, a soft grunt of agreement coming from Jeff as well.
"Right." Blaine began, shooting the other two dragons a look before continuing. "We figured you would be out until at least two so we asked her what you liked to eat." he continued, gesturing to the food.
Kurt glanced at his plate again before looking up at Blaine once more. "So you're the one who took my phone?" he asked, crossing his arms over his chest as he continued to watch Blaine fidget.
"Yes, but only because you seem to have a backup alarm on it." Blaine said quickly. "We didn't know the password to it so I had to take it out of the room before it woke you up." he said, turning around to pick up Kurt's iphone from the counter. He handed it over to Kurt who tried to power it on.
"You let the alarm keep ringing even though you could of woken me up for the password?" Kurt asked, placing the phone next to his plate.
"We couldn't wake you since you really needed the rest." Nick answered, leaning against the counter before taking a bite of his own salad. "Besides you would have ignored our concerns and try to make it to school one way or the other if we did." he said after he had swallowed his bite.
Kurt rubbed his thumb over the end of his fork as he thought. So they had suffered through the loud and annoying alarm clock and Mercedes' calls all morning just so he could get some sleep? He felt that odd fluttering his stomach again but quickly put it off to hunger before stuffing another bite in his mouth.
"Since you are clearly still on the rebound from the overdose of magic that Blaine subjected you to yesterday, we can't really start your lessons today." Wes said, happily munching on the fresh baked bread Nick had made, glancing at the Sorcerer when a soft sound of agreement came from him.
"I actually wanted to ask you some questions…" Kurt began, setting down his fork and abandoning his half eaten salad to look at Wes.
"You really should eat, Kurt." David spoke up, taking a sip of his tea as the Sorcerer ignored him in favor of staring at Wes.
"What would you like to ask?" Wes asked, noticing the worried looks the three dragons were sending Kurt.
"My mother…" Kurt trailed off for a moment, continuing when he had his questions through a bit more. "I want to know more about her."
David sighed and shook his head. "Kurt we shouldn't speak about her unless your father is present."
"Yes, your father would be very upset if we started to explain certain things without him." Wes said, looking at Kurt's face. A sad smile tugged at his lips when a very familiar determined look crossed the Sorcerer's face, almost the same as the one Elizabeth had used so many times before.
"But she was my mother too!" Kurt said, hands gripping the edge of the island. "I should have the right to know about her even if my dad isn't around, right?" he ignored his plate when Jeff scooted it against his arm.
Wes sighed before leaning back to look at David who only nodded. "Alright, perhaps we could tell you a few things for now, but for a price." he said, grinning when Kurt gave him a confused look.
"A price?" Kurt asked. "I have to pay to know about my own mother?" he snapped. Almost shoving the plate Jeff kept pushing against his arm to the floor. Wes's chuckle distracted him from the thought though, causing him to give the Asian Mage another dark look.
"Not that kind of price." Wes said before leaning over and cutting another slice from the warm loaf of bread Nick had made earlier. "I only ask that you eat." he said, placing the piece of bread on Kurt's plate after he had slathered it with a good amount of butter.
Kurt glanced at his food before nodding. If that was all he had to do to get information he would gladly jog an extra mile to loose a few more calories. "Okay." he said before taking a bite of his salad, not even noticing the relieved looks the three dragons sent him. "How did she meet my dad in the first place if he was a human?" he waited for an answer, rolling his eyes when Wes shot another look at his food. He took another bite, chewing slowly as he looked at the Mage pointedly.
"Elizabeth had been trying for years with her own dragons to produce a child." Wes began as he watched Kurt continue to chew. "Every spell and potion she tried didn't work, so she had to do the alternative."
Kurt swallowed his bite, tiling his head as he thought. "My dad?" he asked, sending the other mage another confused look. "Why couldn't she, um…" He trialed off, knowing his cheeks must have been gaining color again. "Why didn't it work with her dragons?"
"Sometimes not even the most powerful Mages and Sorcerer's know how things work, Kurt." David said, smiling when the teen turned on his stool to face him. "We still aren't sure why some Sorceress's need humans to be able to concieve."
"So my dad was just her sperm doner?" Kurt asked, looking down at his plate when a chil traveled up his spine. He heard Wes sigh and resisted the urge to glance in his direction.
"It was supposed to be that way, yes." Wes began, taking another sip of his tea. "It was that way in the beginning but…" Wes closed his eyes as Elizabeth's smiling face flashed in his memory. "She fell in love."
"Love?" Kurt asked, finally looking at Wes again. His mother had fallen in love with his father after all? "What about her dragons?"
"Funny creatures, Dragons are." David spoke up softly, pushing the remaining food around his plate with his fork as Elizabeth's laughter rung in his ears. "They will do anything for their Sorcerer or Sorceress, be it death or allow them to love another." he continued. "They had planned to happily wait for your father's eventual death since he is no more than a human."
Kurt blinked, taking another bite of his bread when Wes had cleared his throat. Her dragons had been willing to wait that long for his mother to love them again? What did that even mean? Would they have liked him even though he wasn't their son? He looked at Wes once again, noticing the small frown on his face. He then remembered that he and David had been close friends with his mother so it must have been just as hard for them to talk about her as it was for him. "Did the stay with her?"
"Of course." Wes said automatically. "She was their's, completely and always." he continued, sitting up straighter on the stool. "I'm sure your mother still loved them as deeply as she had your father, but you took precedence."
"Me?" Kurt asked confusedly, shoveling another forkfull of salad in his mouth when Wes had glanced down to his plate.
"Yes, you." David spoke again, smiling when Kurt sent him another curious glance. "You were very important to her and her dragons."
"Wait, they would of liked me even though I wasn't their's?" Kurt interrupted, looking up at Blaine when the dragon chuckled.
"Even if our Sorcerer or Sorceress is unfaithful or needs another for a child we still view it as our own, Kurt." Blaine whispered, smiling as Nick filled Kurt's cup with more tea.
"Oh." Kurt said simply, mind going blank on what to ask next. He knew what he really wanted to ask, how his mother had died, but somehow he thought it would be too much of a push for the two Mages.
"Of course, Markus didn't like the idea of her living so far away from him with a human." Wes continued, watching as Kurt reluctantly took another bite of bread as he listened. "He didn't like Burt at all and had tried to convience your mother several times to come home, though she never listened."
"Which in the end resulted in her death." David continued when Wes had stopped talking. "We were away that week on business for Elizabeth when the poachers came." he said quietly, not looking Kurt in the eye when he looked at him. "They were out numbered greatly and actually managed to kill Elizabeth's dragons who had fought to their death to protect you."
Kurt stopped chewing his current bite of food as he continued to listen, looking down at his nearly empty plate. They had fought so hard for him and he had never even known they had existed? Why hadn't he ever seen them or heard of them from his mother? It just didn't make sense. "How come I never knew them?"
"You did, your mother altered her memory when she sealed your magic, I'm sure your memories will come back eventually." Wes said, smiling when a small smile tugged at Kurt's lips. "Dominick, Trey, and Allison were amazing dragons."
"She had a girl dragon too?" Kurt asked surprised, leaning his elbow on top of the island as he glanced back at the Mage as he spoke.
"Yes, it's quite normal to have mixed gender dragons. Same sex dragons are a bit rarer." He said, smiling when Kurt groaned.
"Of course it it." Kurt said with a sigh, thinking quietly for the next few moments. "The name Markus sounds so familiar…"
"It should." David said, ignoring the noise of protest the other Mage gave him. "He is the king of Sorcerers and Sorcererss's." he continued, frowning when Kurt gave him a confused look.
"Then why would he try to keep my mother from my dad?" he asked, shaking his head. "It makes no sense that the king would want anything to do with her."
"Well Markus was Elizabeth's father." Wes said, knowing the cat was already out of the bag when David had spoke earlier.
Kurt's eyes widened as he looked at Wes with a shocked expression. "Then that would make Markus my…"
"Grandfather."
Questions
From NiffLover396:
Elizabeth's dragons: Yes, they are dead.
Do we get to know them?: Possibly ;)
From CanAnyoneHearMe?:
Can the dragons actually take on a dragon form?: Yes. : )
When does it happen?: You'll have to wait and see.
Can they change into their dragon form at will?: Most of the time, the reasons as to not will not be explained until later.
(A/N): A bit longer than usual but I don't think anyone will complain right? I know it kind of ended on a cliffhanger but for some reason I've been leaving them a lot in all my fics. Sorry about that!
So what do you guys think about Kurt's lineage? Surprising or were you all expecting it because of the hints I gave in earlier chapters? : )
We got a bit more of Jeff this chapter!
Thanks for reading and all your amazing reviews!