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Summary: Kurt is enchanted. A fairy gift gone wrong has made him a danger to himself and others. When his father remarries due to necessity things quickly spiral down - the only thing Kurt can hold onto is his friendship with the Prince of Dalton - Blaine - but even that could end in tragedy if the wrong people find out about his curse. Based off of Ella Enchanted.

19. Happily Ever After

"Kurt," Blaine breathed when he spotted him. He didn't even seem to notice that Kurt who had been previously dressed in a suit was now in rags and covered in soot and cinders. He stepped forward, "oh, it is you."

"Tell him it's not," Quinn demanded, "tell him your name isn't Kurt."

"My name isn't Kurt."

"No, that is our servant boy," Lady Terry said, "but can we help you with anything, your highness?"

Kurt was crying again. Blaine had come for him. Blaine had left his ball to chase after him despite how much Kurt had hurt him already. If he hadn't loved Blaine before, he would have surely loved him then. But still, nothing could come of it. Maybe Quinn and Terry might save him without knowing it.

"I'm not Kurt."

It hurt to say. It pained him to even think of hurting Blaine again.

"But you are!" Blaine almost shouted, "you are and I don't know why you're lying or what they've done to you, but you are my Kurt – you are – and whatever happened to you, all you have to do is tell me."

"Go back to your room."

Kurt started to move.

"No, Stay. Kurt, don't do this to me."

Quinn got up close to the Prince. She looked like a cat that wanted to rub up against him.

"You don't want a servant boy, Blaine," she said, "he's nothing. The person you want is me."

Blaine pushed her away and this time he rushed forward to grab Kurt's hands. "Please," he pleaded. He stared up at Kurt for a long time and then in a whisper he asked, "tell me, do you love me?"

It was an order and a request all at once. He tried to fight it, but the words wanted to burst out anyway.

"Yes."

Blaine laughed. "Yes?" he asked, "oh, Kurt, you don't know what that means."

But Kurt was crying. Tears were rolling down his face and there was nothing that could change the fact that it didn't matter how much he loved Blaine. Blaine didn't seem to take the tears as a bad sign.

"Marry me," he said instead. Another order.

"Yes."

Kurt cried harder.

"No, you won't!" Quinn yelled, "you won't marry him."

It was an opening. Kurt was surprised, but maybe Quinn would save him and save Blaine even if she didn't know it.

"I can't," he said, "I can't marry you. I'm sorry, Blaine, but—"

Lady Terry cut him off. "But, Quinn, wouldn't you like for your brother to marry the Prince and give you anything you want."

Even though Blaine must have heard her, he was more interested in making sure that Kurt was alright and questioning why he was saying no. He wouldn't have understood the significance anyway. He didn't know about the curse.

"Marry him," Terry said, "marry him, Kurt."

It was already beginning. Already he was being used – already his stepfamily could see how advantageous it would be for Kurt to marry Blaine. Kurt couldn't do it. He wouldn't. This was what he'd been trying to avoid.

The curse told him to say yes. His heart exclaimed at the possibility of being with Blaine anyway. Only some parts of him protested and argued back. He couldn't hurt Blaine – he couldn't do this to the person he loved. Blaine was too important. The kingdom was too important.

Marry him. No. Marry him. No. I won't. It was an internal battle and the curse pushed and pushed.

Quinn was half crying and half grinning, Terry kept nodding. Rachel wasn't even there anymore and Carole looked like she wanted to do something, but couldn't.

Blaine, only held his hands, love shinning from his eyes. Blaine who was so kind and so amazing and didn't understand. He didn't deserve this. Kurt couldn't do this to him.

"You shouldn't worry," Brittany said, speaking up for the first time, "Kurt will marry you. He does everything he's told to do."

Blaine's brow furrowed. "He won't marry me if he doesn't want to. I won't force him."

Kurt sobbed louder. The curse pushed. The words were on the tip of his tongue, but somehow he fought back. Somehow knowing that he had to save Blaine and loving him so much that he couldn't let himself go through with it made it possible to shout, "No!"

Memories rushed around him. Sugar giving him the gift, the first time he'd taken an order from someone knowingly, standing still for the men in the woods, letting Terry and Quinn take his mother's things, letting Carole boss him around the kitchen, letting Rachel give him her chores, staying out of the way while Blaine talked to Quinn.

Blaine was enough. Blaine and Kurt's love for him.

"No!" he shouted again. "I won't marry you! I won't!"

"You will," Terry said, "you will, I command you to."

"You won't?" Blaine asked.

He was overcome with joy. He was laughing, he was jumping. He was so giddy that he had even pulled Blaine into a hug and kissed him quickly right on the lips before he was running to hug Carole.

"But you love me?" Blaine asked.

Kurt couldn't even pay attention to him. Instead he was hugging Brittany and then going to Quinn and taking the necklace she had around her neck – one of his mother's. He put it around his own even though it was meant for a woman. He didn't care. Kurt was happier than he had ever been and it was all because of Blaine.

Blaine made him strong enough to break the curse. For Blaine he would do anything and to protect him the curse had just broken.

He rounded back to Blaine and he grabbed the Prince's hands without hesitation. "I love you," he told him, finally. "I love you."

"But you won't marry me?"

Kurt laughed. He dropped Blaine's hands and his arms went around his neck. "I was under a curse," he told him, "but I think I reserve a right to change my mind."

"So," Blaine said, "will you marry me?"

There was no ring because Blaine hadn't planned a proposal or known that he would find or talk to Kurt, but they didn't need that proof.

"Yes," Kurt said and this time the yes wasn't forced. It was full of feeling. "Yes. Yes. Yes."

Blaine pulled him ever closer by the waist and this time when they kissed it was slow and sweet and they felt it down to their toes. When that kiss was over there was another and another.

Quinn was shouting and crying and the guards that had come with Blaine were leading them away. Rachel had returned. She was with the tall knight from before and it was only then that Kurt knew who he was. He was Carole's son, Finn. Kurt had only met him once but he should have known it was him. Their hands were linked.

But the commotion around them didn't bother Kurt or Blaine even a little. They were too lost in each other. It was different to see Blaine as Kurt after three nights of seeing him through the mask and Kurt couldn't help but just stare at him and take him in. And after months without seeing Kurt and months of heartbreak for Blaine it was the most amazing thing to have this boy in his arms and to know that he was loved in return.

Later they would figure out what to do with Kurt's stepfamily, and how to announce their engagement. Later they would talk about Kurt's curse and everything that had happened to him. Later they would deal with everything that came at them together. But the moment they were happy to be together.

Blaine kissed him again and this time followed it with a whispered, "I love you."

Kurt rubbed their noses together. "I love you too."

They lived happily ever after.

Author's Note: Hope you liked it. And yes, it has come to an end. I never planned on an epilogue. I like where this finishes. But I do know what happens next which is pretty much a big wedding.

Please review, and thank you for reading. You can find me on tumblr: emquin.

-Erika