Brittany had made everyone a great breakfast, but a few of them couldn't eat much. Kurt was too worried to eat, Burt was too engrossed in his own head, Blaine was too weak to eat much, and Halle felt slightly sick at the thought of food.
But Tyler and Finn had eaten like starved wolves. Kurt had watched them , a mixture of amusement and disgust across his face. But they had both just grinned at him and continued eating while he rolled his eyes and pushed his own plate away.
"I guess we are going to get attacked when we got back, again." Finn said and Kurt nodded.
"Yeah, we should be prepared for that."
Burt stood and turned his thoughtful eyes to them.
"I'm going to use Brittany's mirror to speak to the council," He said with a frown, "they have to be informed."
Finn and Kurt both watched him go back to his own private room, and then turned to each other.
"I guess you should keep Tyler close to you, what with Blaine needing more recovery time." Kurt told him and his brother nodded with a smile.
"I can do that." Finn agreed.
"Good, I need to talk to Blaine about strategies too." Kurt said as he stood and Finn nodded.
"Anything in particular you want me to do?" He asked and Kurt stopped in the doorway, pausing fro a moment before turning to stare at his brother.
"Protect them." he said quietly as he stared at Finn's face, his brother's face looked a little worried before he nodded again.
As Kurt walked through to the Blaine was in, he spied Burt coming back out of his own room, a little frown on his face and Kurt stopped to regard him.
His father only had a frown when he was worried, or had been told bad news.
"Dad?"
Burt looked up at him, a little surprised and tried to give him a small smile in greeting but Kurt's serious face as he stared him down, quickly diminished it. He sighed as he stood next to him.
"The castle has been completely destroyed." He told him.
Kurt tilted his head in confusion.
"Colgar and Selvia confirmed it, I've spoken to both of them to up security on their own homes, we'll be travelling to Selvia's soon."
"Blaine's still-"
"I know but we have to move very soon." Burt explained and Kurt nodded thoughtfully.
"Ok."
"I've asked them to meet us on the way, just in case we run into any trouble."
Burt patted his son's back as he passed him and walked very solemnly back to Finn in the living area. Kurt frowned deeply, but steeled his emotions a little as he walked in Blaine's room, where Halle and Blaine were still talking quietly.
She seemed sad, but she had a small smile while talking to Blaine, and Kurt was relieved. Seems like his husband can be a miracle worker when he wanted to be.
"Halle, could I talk to Blaine for a minute sweetheart." he said as he walked in and she nodded before giving Blaine one last hug and walked out.
Kurt sighed as he sat down on the bed, Blaine was watching him worriedly, but Kurt smiled a little and took his hand.
They really needed to go over their strategies if there was any chance of any of them making it Selvia's in one piece.
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It was another few days, before Blaine was healed enough to travel. Kurt was worried that he might be over doing it but Blaine reassured him that h was fine.
Brittany was going to lead them out a different way, as they were heading in a different direction, they needed guidance through this magical forest of hers. Tyler and Halle were quiet as everyone walked along. Kurt was keeping watch on everything surrounding them, but he was very nervous, Blaine wasn't up for battle, so they had to keep their wits about them.
Finn was sticking close to the kids with Burt for now, as per Kurt's wishes, and Brittany was in front of them all.
It took some time before they reached a clearing that was halfway on their journey, and Blaine had to rest. Kurt could see it, even though he was trying to tell everyone that he was fine, Kurt knew he wasn't.
He made him rest. Smirking a little at the pout Blaine gave him as he sat him down next to a tree.
He left him there, Brittany sitting beside him as he went to chat with Finn.
"Hey," Kurt said as he interrupted Finn and Burt talking, "what do you say to casting a cloaking spell?"
"Now?" Finn asked nervously.
Kurt knew he was asking a lot of his brother, he would have to use a lot of magic for that particular spell, but Kurt knew he could do it, if he had help.
"Yeah, please...I'll help you." He pleaded a little and Finn stood giving him a smile and a nod.
"Ok."
They walked a little way away from the group, through the trees in the direction they were headed and Kurt chewed on his bottom lip as he walked behind his brother.
"Finn?" He started and his brother came to a stop, putting his hands out on a nearby tree and pausing.
"Yeah?" He replied, as he started mumbling a protection spell, an invisible shield started spreading over the tree he was touching and then he and Kurt started walking around the clearing, Finn's cloaking spell wrapping over every tree they walked past in a huge circle.
"Do you think we'll be alright?" Kurt asked as he placed a hand on his brother's shoulder, spreading his own magic into Finn as the spell continued.
Finn paused in his step and his mumbling to look back at him.
"What? The 'Great Kurt Hummel', getting scared or something?" Finn asked and then went back to mumbling his spell as they continued walking around.
Kurt couldn't answer.
He knew there were rumours about him. His fierceness, temper, cold battle hardened mind and heart, his stubborn nature, his determination. But what a lot of people didn't realize now, was that he was actually terrified.
He was scared, it was bone deep.
As they continued walking, without a sound emitted from either of them, apart from Finn's mumbled incantation, Kurt began to get a very solid, cold feeling in his chest.
Finn paused again, when they were halfway around the clearing and looked back at him.
"Kurt?"
"I'm terrified, Finn." He whispered and looked up at his brother, blue eyes filling with tears, and body closing in on himself, feeling vulnerable and outnumbered.
Finn's eyes widened as he looked down at him.
"Oh Kurt, I didn't mean anything by it...you know people are always-"
"I know what people say about me," Kurt interrupted him, voice still quiet, and Finn continued along his way, Kurt's hand on his shoulder as he followed, closing the huge circle around them, "lack of emotions and all that. But the thing is...I'm actually afraid."
As they walked back to the starting point, Kurt took his hand off of Finn's shoulder, as his brother finished the spell, the invisible shield now lifting itself and covering up and over, connecting with all of it's boundaries, creating a big bubble like structure. Finn took his hand off of the tree when the spell closed itself, and then turned to look at Kurt with worry.
Kurt was looking down at his feet, his confidence evaporated, the vulnerability in his face making Finn's heart clench painfully. He reached out and placed his hand on Kurt's head.
"I'm here, to help, in any way you want me to," Finn told him, as he glided his fingers through the bangs in Kurt's hair, "forever."
Kurt lifted his head, and their eyes locked.
For a moment Kurt just stared. His goofy, mammoth of a brother, someone he had heard whining and groaning about how unfair his life was, when they were kids. Somebody who never wanted to be serious until the war started. Someone who he knew had trouble admitting he was wrong.
Someone who now stood before him, a man, a strong comforting presence. A guardian.
He smiled.
Finn's eyes widened as Kurt gave him the first real smile he had seen in over 100 years.
"Thank you, Finn," Kurt said as his eyes sparkled a little and Finn remained frozen watching the smile on his brother's face, "it means a lot."
"That's ok."
On their walk back, Kurt had a strange feeling come over him. It made him hot, he could feel the tingling in his skin, he gasped and leaned against a tree as pleasure shot down his spine. Finn stopped and looked at him, reaching out a hand in worry.
"Kurt are you ok?"
As he was about to reply, he felt another burst of pleasure and he let out a gasp followed by a breathy groan, and his flushed bright red. His pants tightened as his arousal spiked from nowhere, and Finn was watching him like he was crazy.
"What's going on?" Finn asked, getting a little uncomfortable, he recognized some of the noises coming out of Kurt's mouth, usually they were ones he liked to block out at home.
"I don't- Ah!" Kurt nearly screamed at the tingling feeling spreading everywhere, it felt like- like-
"Blaine!"
They both ran back into the clearing and Blaine had a sheepish smile on his face as Kurt's red face glared at him from where he and Finn walked back through the trees. Brittany was giggling to herself as she sat next to him, and Krut glared at both of them.
Finn coughed uncomfortably, and went back to sit with Burt and the kids, red faced too.
Kurt stalked over to Blaine, who was still sitting against the tree. Brittany moved away as he came closer, and he shot her a glare before turning to his husband.
"If you don't want me to castrate you," Kurt warned him, and Blaine's eyes widened a little, "you will never do that again...got it?"
Blaine nodded and apologized quickly and Kurt shook his head as he tried to cool himself down.
His husband really did have the worst timing ever sometimes.