So, last chapter. I hope you like the end.
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Kurt opened his eyes slowly. He felt disoriented and dizzy, his whole body was sore as if he was hit by a truck. He was lying on his back in a small hospital room and as he turned his head, he could see Blaine sitting beside him on an uncomfortable looking chair, asleep.
Kurt frowned and sat up. He needed a few minutes to recall his memories from earlier and he gasped when he remembered everything that had happened to him. He looked down at his chest, searching for injuries but there was nothing. He was completely fine but he had no idea how it was possible. He had been pretty sure that he had been dying before losing consciousness but if it wasn't a cruel game of hell, he was at home. Well, on Earth at least.
He reached out and shook Blaine's shoulders. He hated that he had to wake him up but he needed answers, immediately. Blaine jumped up, looking at him with wide eyes, but when he realised that Kurt was awake, he smiled and put his arms around him.
"Oh, my God! You're awake!" Blaine muttered, pressing soft kisses along Kurt's neck.
"What happened?" Kurt asked as he pulled away.
"I'm so, so sorry, Kurt" Blaine said in worry. "It was all my fault. I shouldn't have brought you to that building, it was dangerous and you could have died and..."
"Blaine, what are you talking about?" Kurt frowned.
"Don't you remember?" Blaine asked. "You must have hit your head pretty badly. Doctor Hudson said you could be disoriented for a while."
"I don't understand" Kurt said, still in confusion.
"Last night, I brought you to that building where we had our first real date" Blaine explained. "I asked you to marry me. You said yes, by the way, but it turned out the building was in a dangerous state. A brick fall down and hit you in the head. I had to bring you into hospital."
Kurt looked at Blaine as if he had grown a second head. That was absolutely not how he remembered the past.
The door opened suddenly and a new person stepped inside. To Kurt's surprise, it was Finn.
"Ah, I see our patient is awake" Finn smiled as he stepped forward. "How are you feeling?"
"Do you really not remember?" Kurt asked with wide eyes. "We saved the world last night!"
Blaine looked at Finn in worry but the man just smiled.
"It's okay, Mr Hummel" Finn said. "You have a minor concussion but it will go away soon. If everything goes well, you can go home today."
Kurt shook his head. What the hell was going on here? Why didn't they remember anything?
"No, you don't understand" Kurt said and despite of Blaine's protest, he got out of the bed. "There was a demon, Sue. She wanted to use me to open the gates to the Earth, to destroy humans. I think she's dead but we need to talk to Will to be sure we closed the gates."
"Who's Will, honey?" Blaine asked carefully.
"Will is a Chosen, just like you. Well, he was, before he died" Kurt explained. "He and Finn and Elliott helped you to find me when Sue kidnapped me and then we fought against the demons when the gates opened and-and I think we succeeded but I was stabbed in my chest and I thought I was dying but now I'm here and I have no such injuries. I have no idea how it happened. And-And you don't remember anything!"
Blaine looked scared as he turned to Finn.
"Doctor Hudson, do you think it's because of his head injury?" he asked quietly, eyeing Kurt in worry.
"Yes. It can be because of it and don't forget the medicines we gave him. They could cause strange dreams and now Kurt thinks they were real" Finn answered.
"It wasn't a dream! Why don't you believe me?" Kurt asked desperately.
"Honey, there aren't demons and gates between worlds. It was just a dream" Blaine said patiently.
"No. It wasn't!" Kurt said. "It started five years ago when you, Sam and Puck went to the Carpathians and you found the Jala Vatah, you got those special powers and freed a dozen dangerous demons. I was your seer, I helped you to find the demons with my visions."
"Wow, you certainly had an interesting dream" Blaine muttered.
Kurt looked at Finn pleadingly. Somehow, Blaine didn't remember anything, but Kurt knew it wasn't just a dream. Maybe if Finn could tell Blaine that Kurt was right...
"We should run a few tests before letting you go home" Finn said finally, making Kurt want to cry. "I know it must be overwhelming for you, Mr Hummel, but trust me. Nothing of what you told us happened to you. It was just a dream."
And Kurt had to accept it. He knew he was right, he felt it deep inside, but it was clear that none of the others remembered it. So he had to act like they were right, so he could get out of here and find out what was going on.
~ o ~
Kurt could leave hospital the next day, after agreeing that what he had talked about the previous day was a dream, nothing more. He knew, of course, that he was right but he had to get out of there. Blaine was still worried about his state, so he decided to spend the day at home with Kurt. He asked Sam and Puck to bring his work home, giving Kurt the opportunity to talk to them.
It was afternoon, they were sitting in the living room, working on a new project. Kurt pretended like he was reading Vogue but he kept his eyes on the others and when Blaine went out to get some coffee, he turned to the others, smiling.
"Sam, could you help me for a second?" he asked.
"Sure, dude" Sam answered.
Kurt got up from the couch and went back to the bedroom. When Sam followed him, he stepped to the wardrobe.
"I think a little rearrangement would be good for this room. Could you move the wardrobe from here to the window?" Kurt asked.
"I don't think it's my size" Sam said uncertainly.
"You're stronger than you seem" Kurt smiled. "Please. I know you can do it."
Sam shrugged but stepped closer to the wardrobe. He pressed his hands to its side and tried to move him as Kurt watched him nervously. Sam gritted his teeth as he pushed the wardrobe away from the wall but he could only manage to move it a few inches away from its original place.
"I'm sorry but it's too heavy for me. I'm gonna ask Puck to help me" Sam said and walked out of the room, with Kurt looking after him with wide eyes. Sam's power was gone and Kurt was sure it was the same with the others.
Later that day, when the three men finished their work, Kurt sat down beside them again, with a new plan forming in his mind.
"I think we should go on holiday" he said, taking, Blaine's hand. "With all of this work lately, you may be really exhausted."
"Where do you want to go?" Blaine asked.
"To Europe" Kurt answered. "I always wanted to see the Carpathians. You were there once, right? In your college years."
"No, honey" Blaine smiled. "I was in Paris and London but that's all I've seen from Europe."
"He's right" Sam said. "We wanted to go on a tour once but we didn't have enough money. So we stayed here."
Kurt bit his lip and nodded, trying to hide how worried he was. For some reason, he was the only one who remembered their unusual past and he had no idea how to find out what had happened.
~ o ~
Weeks passed, but Kurt hadn't gotten closer the answers he needed. He had tried everything to make Blaine and his friends remember the previous years but it seemed like they had had a completely different past. In Blaine's version, they had met back in Lima when they had gotten home for the holidays and Blaine had bumped into Kurt, spilling his coffee all over the man's jacket. They had started dating when they had gotten back to New York and had lived happily since then. Blaine remembered nothing demon related and Kurt couldn't make him to use his power, even if he tried so hard. He was close to give up and accept that there was somethinh wrong with his own head.
One day, when he was walking down the street, he stopped in front of the library. He didn't know why but he felt like he had to go in there. And so he did.
He walked around the library aimlessly, reading a few titles, watching people. He had no idea why he was there but he still felt like he was in the right place. There was something he needed, he just had to find it.
"Looking for something?"
Kurt turned around and almost threw his arms around the man when he saw him. Finally, somebody who could help him.
"Elliott! I'm so happy to see you" he said. Although he had never met Elliott, he had had several visions about him and it felt like they were good friends.
"Wow. Hello, darling" Elliott said, putting his hands somewhere he shouldn't have. Kurt jumped back immediately, slapping the man. "Hey! I thought you're happy to see me!"
"But not touch me, you pervent" Kurt said, rolling his eyes. "Do you know who I am?"
"Uhm... No. But I guess we didn't have sex or else I would remember you" Elliott winked.
"This is pointless" Kurt sighed, turning away. Elliott was like the others. He didn't remember anything. So he couldn't help Kurt.
"What are you searching for?" Elliott asked and smiled when Kurt turned around sharply. "You seem pretty desperate for me. Maybe I can help you."
"I don't think so" Kurt smiled sadly. "It's really..."
"Complicated" Elliott finished his sentence. "Don't worry. I believe in everything paranormal, so you can't say anything new."
Kurt took a deep breath, considering if he should talk. But he was here for something and the worst thing that could happen was Elliott thinking that he was crazy.
"Okay" Kurt nodded. "Let's say you wake up one day with memories none of your loved ones have. They remember completely differently. What would you do?"
"I would decide if I was crazy or something happened to them" Elliott answered.
"Yeah, that's what I've done for the last few weeks" Kurt sighed.
"Then talk to someone how can help you. There are dozens of people in this city who have connection to other worlds" Elliott replied.
"Wait. You mean there are others knowing about... You know. Complicated things" Kurt said, looking around nervously.
Elliott smiled and handed him a small card with only a name and a phone number.
"Call her. She can help you."
~ o ~
Kurt stepped out of the cab and looked up at the house nervously. He was in the middle of the worst area of the city, all alone, because he couldn't tell Blaine where he was going. He knew that Blaine would have thought that he was crazy but it wasn't the case. And hopefully with the help of Britanny S. Pierce, Kurt could prove Blaine and the others that he was right.
"Kurt Hummel?"
Kurt looked up and saw a smiling blond girl walking down the stairs. She stopped in front of him and hugged him, making Kurt gasp in surprise.
"I've been waiting for you for weeks! Come in!"
Kurt nodded and followed the girl inside of the house, into a small room. He tried to hide his disgusted grimance as he looked around in the dark, dirty place but luckily, Britanny didn't pay attention. She was sitting on the couch with a fat cat in her hands.
"This is Lord Tubbington" Britanny said. "He's happy to finally meet you."
"How did you know that I was coming?" Kurt asked and chose a less dirty looking chair to sit down.
"Will told me" Britanny shrugged.
"Will?" Kurt asked hopefully. "Do you know how I can talk to him? It's important."
"He left this powder the last time. He said you would know how to use it" Britanny said and pressed a small sack into Kurt's hand.
The man looked down at it in confusion. He wasn't a wizard, he had no idea how these things worked. Will should have known.
"Oh, I think you should throw it over your head" Britanny advised.
"I don't know" Kurt said uncertainly. He opened the sack and poured some of the powder into his hand, watching it with a frown. He was about to try Britanny's idea when the powder started moving around him and Britanny, making them cough. Then a bright blue light appeared around them, making Kurt close his eyes.
He opened his eyes seconds later, blinking carefully. The blue light was gone, so he could look around – and he sighed in relief when he noticed Will, standing in the middle of the garden, smiling at him.
"Will!" he shouted and ran to the man to hug him while Britanny stayed back, watching the place in awe.
"Are we in heaven?" Britanny asked.
"Not quite, but something similar" Will answered.
"I want to stay here" Britanny muttered as she realised a small castle of ice in the garden. "Is it from Frozen?"
"It is" Kurt smiled and turned back to Will. "I'm so happy that I finally found you. I was looking for you for weeks."
"I wasn't sure if you want me to disturb your life" Will replied.
"What do you mean?" Kurt frowned. "Something is wrong with the others. They don't remember anything. Like Elliott and Finn. As if they forgot everything."
"There's nothing wrong with them" Will laughed. "Don't you remember? That's what you wanted."
"I... I don't understand" Kurt said.
"Kurt, you wanted Blaine and the others to be happy. The only way giving it them was changing their memories" Will explained.
"How did you do it? And what happened to me? How did I get back home without injuries?" Kurt asked.
"I didn't do anything" Will said. "It was mostly your work. You closed the gates and brought everybody home. And it was you who changed the boys' memories, so now they can live happily. The elders were really grateful for your sacrifice and they wanted to give you something in return. That's how you survived it."
"The elders?" Kurt frowned. His head was spinning and he still didn't understand anything.
"Don't ask" Will sighed, rubbing his forehead.
"But... what am I supposed to do now?" Kurt asked.
"Go home" Will said. "You have a chance to live a whole, happy life with your fiancé and friends. Just take it. Don't search for answers."
Kurt was about to tell Will that it wasn't that simple but he closed his mouth again as he thought about the possibility of living with Blaine without fears, where they didn't fight against demons and he wasn't bothered by visions. The life normal people had. And what they had always wanted. They could finally have it.
"Thank you" he said and hugged Will again. "How can I get out of here? I have to be quick."
"Patience, my son" Will smiled.
"Britanny!" Kurt called out for the girl he couldn't see anywhere.
"Kurt, can we bring this home?" Britanny asked as she walked out from behind the castle.
"I don't think there's enough place in your home for that" Kurt said slowly.
"Such a shame" the girl sighed.
"Here, take this" Will said as he stepped forward, pushing something into Britanny's hand. As Kurt stepped closer, he could see that it was the miniature of the castle.
"I have my own Frozen castle!" Britanny said happily.
"Britanny, can we go now, please? There's something I need to tell someone" Kurt said impatiently.
"Calm down, Kurt, he loves you, no matter what" Britanny said, not looking up from her castle.
"She's right" Will said, waving towards them. The blue light appeared again, swimming around Kurt and Britanny. "Remember, Kurt. Don't worry about the past. Enjoy the future."
And with that, Will disappeared from their eyes and Kurt was back in Britanny's room.
~ o ~
Blaine started getting worried. Kurt had left hours ago, telling him that he needed some fresh air and a walk but he hadn't answered his calls or texts since then and Blaine was afraid that something had happened to his fiancé.
He was getting ready to go after Kurt when the front door opened. He rushed out of the bedroom to see who it was and sighed in relief when he saw Kurt.
"God, where have you been?" he asked, throwing his arms around the man he loved. "I was so worried about you."
"I'm sorry" Kurt said and pressed a soft kiss on Blaine's lips. "There was something I had to take care of."
"Is everything alright?" Blaine asked in concern.
"Yes" Kurt said. "More than alright. Everything is perfect."
"It's good to hear that" Blaine smiled.
"There is something we need to talk about" Kurt said and pulled his fiancé into the living room.
"What is it?" Blaine asked a she joined Kurt on the couch.
"I want to marry you" Kurt smiled.
"I know" Blaine laughed. "You said yes when I proposed."
"No, you don't understand" Kurt said. "I want to marry you as soon as I can. If we were in Vegas, I would ask you to marry me immediately."
"Eager so much?" Blaine smiled.
"I love you, Blaine, and I can't wait to spend the rest of my life as your husband" Kurt said.
"I will talk to the wedding planner tomorrow" Blaine said, kissing his fiancé.
"Find a new date. Very soon, if I may ask" Kurt said as he jumped into Blaine's lap, unbuttoning his shirt quickly.
"All that you want" Blaine replied and with a low growl, he grabbed Kurt's waist and lifted the man into the air, rushing with him into the bedroom.
That night, for the first time since forever, Kurt didn't have to worry about the future. With the demons gone from their life, they could finally live for their dreams and didn't have to worry about anything.
And he knew very well how he wanted to spent those years. Together with Blaine, as a family, happily.