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Epilogue
"I can't believe it's been almost a year since we changed! I mean there was so much going on: our powers, Sebastian…" Blaine babbled. Since he and Kurt became boyfriends, some months had passed and many things happened: Quinn's accident, the cancelled Finchel wedding, his brother Cooper visiting Blaine in Lima, the glee club winning Nationals… Thanks to the money of their victory and a generous donation from Rachel's dad and Mr. Schue to the glee club account, the glee club teacher could send the NDs to a two week trip to Florida to the same resort as last year because he was so proud of them. Unfortunately, he couldn't accompany them as he already had plans for a vacation with Ms. Pillsbury. Sugar also rejected the offer because she was on vacation in Hawaii with her rich parents, so did Joe as he was one of the tutors in a christian camp. Rory had to return to Ireland at the end of the term and couldn't come either. However, Sam and Quinn, who didn't take part at the trip last time, where in on it this time. Currently, Kurt and Blaine where having a picnic at the moonpool. Blaine was holding on to the edge of the moonpool and his tail was floating behind him in the water. Kurt sat cross-legged on the edge and fed his boyfriend with chocolate-covered strawberries. "Our relationship…I regretted that I didn't find the courage to ask you out earlier. After you and Sebastian became boyfriends, I realized how stupid I was to let that happen. But on the other hand, I wasn't really ready to be with someone, I had to deal with so many things like hiding that enormous secret, having control over my powers and getting into NYADA..." "Stop thinking about the past, okay?", Blaine cut him off. " We are here to have a date, remember? Here, by the moonpool where everything began. What do you think, would all of this have happened if I hadn't fallen down the hole? Or if I hadn't accidently dropped my ancestor's watch?" Kurt gnawed on his lower lip. "Yeah, about that…Actually, there is something I need to tell you…"
"You think it was your fault that we changed?", Blaine asked incredulously after Kurt had told him everything. Kurt nodded. "Yes. I'm so sorry I dragged you into this whole mess, Blaine. Why did I even have to drag you along to that dumb midnight hike?", he berated himself. To his surprise, Blaine started laughing. " Just for the record: Rachel dragged us all to the midnight hike. And you think it was your fault? I was the one who fell down that hole and dropped the watch! You were just trying to help me because you thought that I would drown. I don't blame you for anything, Kurt. Hell, I don't even blame myself because that's the most exciting thing that happened in my life so far! Being a merman definitely has its perks, even you have to agree, right?", he smirked. Kurt slowly nodded. "Yes, maybe…" "- So stop blaming yourself. As I said earlier, we are here to celebrate our almost anniversary, not to mop around. The full moon will pass by the volcano any moment, we have to enjoy it." Blaine looked up the volcano. The sky was covered with so many glittering stars, it was beautiful. He sighed contentedly. Kurt, on the other hand, looked scared. "But Blaine…What if we lose our powers while we are inside during a full moon? Just like it happened to Sebastian?", he asked. Blaine shook his head. "Gwen explained to us that all planets have to be in a line or something like that. You know this only happens every fifty to sixty years, right? And last time, it happened some months ago, when Sebastian fell in." Kurt still looked doubtful. "Yes, but…" "-Oh my gosh, its time! Quick, get into the water!", Blaine said excitedly. "I don't know, Blaine…Hey, why did you just splash me?" Kurt incuriously looked down his now wet clothes. Blaine just laughed. "You know you want it too, don't deny it. I can see it in your eyes!" Kurt could already feel his legs getting weaker. He sighed. "Why did I agree to meet you here again?" Blaine smiled innocently. "Because you love me! Now get in before you grow a tail on land." Kurt jumped in and surfaced after some seconds. He flicked his tail, feigning annoyance. "I freaking hate you, Blaine Devon Anderson!", he said, seemingly sullen, but couldn't hide his fascination as the water started bubbling. Blaine smirked. "I know babe, I know…" Kurt cut him off. "-Hold up. Why does the moon turn red all of a sudden?" He bewilderedly looked up the now red full moon. Blaine cocked his eyebrows. "I don't know…is it bad? Did Gwen mention anything like that?" "No, I don't think so…I think, we have to-" Kurt trailed away. He thought he heard something crumbling. "-do you hear that? Voices!", Blaine called out. Kurt panicked. Someone else was near them? What if they discovered their secret? Blaine took his hand. "Come on, let's get out of here before whoever that is, sees us! If you hold on to me, I can turn both of us invisible!" With that, they both disappeared from sight, submerged and sped away from the moonpool into the ocean.
-Earlier that day-
"Finn, baby, have you seen Kurt? I want to borrow his orange scarf for our date tomorrow.", Rachel said. She was standing next to her boyfriend on the beach who was lying on his sunbed and busy reading a comic. He looked up and shook his head. "Nope, haven't seen him in a while. Him and Blaine are always heading to the beach and then they just disappear to god know where.", he answered, furrowing his eyebrows. Mercedes, who was just passing them, drinks in hand, stopped in her tracks. "Are you talking about that weird behavior of my white boy? God, I thought I was the only one noticing it. Since that sleepover back then, I noticed that something is very wrong with boo", she sighed. "Mercedes, have you seen Kurt? I really need that scarf, you know…" "I can't believe it! ", Mercedes exclaimed, put the drinks down and put her hands on her hips. "We are worrying about Kurt and all you worry about is his damn scarf?!", she ranted. Rachel bashfully bowed her head. "Sorry…I mean I care about Kurt a lot, but maybe it's because he didn't get into NYADA. Maybe he didn't get over it as quickly as we thought. I think we need to give him some space.", she reasoned. Mercedes just shook her head. "You see, Kurt and his boyfriend started acting like that long before San, Britt and I joined the Troubletones. I doubt that NYADA is the reason for his odd behavior." Finn sighed. "If we only knew where Kurt and Blaine are now!" "You want to know where Klaine is at the moment? Maybe we can help.", Puck, who was lying next to Finn, took his sunglasses off and turned to the trio. "Jeez, Puck, you scared the crap out of us! I thought you were sleeping!", Finn startled. Puck shook his head. "Nah, I was just watching the ladies getting out of the water", he smirked. Mercedes rolled her eyes. "What were you talking about, Noah?" , Rachel asked him impatiently. Puck propped himself up with his elbows. "Artie and I created a dope app where you can track down all of your friends' phones in no time, without them noticing. I knew that one day, our bro time would pay off!" he said proudly. Mercedes did not look thrilled. "Sorry, you did WHAT? That's creepy, Puck! We can't just invade Kurt's privacy!" "Mercedes, do you want to find out why Kurt acts so strange?", Rachel asked her. "Yes, I do, but that's morally incorrect!", Mercedes protested. Finn sighed deeply. "We have no other choice. I mean I tried to talk to him twice or so, but he always lied to me. I could tell that he was hiding something, though." "Dolphin is hiding something? What?", Brittany, who just got out of the water, asked her friends. Rachel shrugged. "If we only knew, Brittany…" "That's why we have to track him and Anderson down now before they come back! Maybe we can even find our answers. How does that sound to you?", Puck suggested. Finn nodded. "I say let's give this a try!"
"You know, according to my laptop, Kurt and Blaine are both on that island where we did that midnight hiking last year.", Artie said. Finn sent a text into the brand-new ND's WhatsApp group (he didn't add Kurt and Blaine, though) and told them to come to the lobby asap. Now, him, Puck, Artie, Mercedes, Rachel and Brittany where gathered in the lobby around Arties laptop. "But why?", Rachel wondered. Finn shrugged. "I say let's find out! Gather your stuff, we're heading to that island again. Get Mike, he is the only one here who is allowed to drive a boat.", he commanded his peers. Santana just joined the friends, drink in hand, when Brittany cornered her. "Santana? Rachel, Mercedes, Finn, Puck, Artie and Mike are going to a rescue mission to find Kurtsie and his hobbit boyfriend. Can we join them?", she asked her girlfriend. Santana cocked her eyebrows. "Why do you have to save Lady Lips? Where do you even want to go?", she wanted to know. "To that creepy island where we did that hiking." , Artie answered. Santana almost dropped her drink. "Are you guys serious? That island is dangerous!", she called out. "But we tracked Klaine, they are there at this very moment.", Puck retorted. "Mercedes, there is no way you are going to this island alone, I'm coming with you! Someone has to protect my babe from all this alligators and snakes lurking around…" Sam, who just joined them, proudly said. Mercedes pecked him on the cheek. "That's so cute of you, Sam!" Brittany imitated Blaine's puppy eyes. "Come on, San, it will be a lot of fun!" Santana cocked her head to the side. "Fun? You are kidding me, right, Britt? We were damn lucky we didn't die last time, I for one do not want to tempt fate. On the other hand…" She trailed off. She knew Britt. If the blonde wanted to do something, nothing could stop her. So, the Latina sighed. " …I would never forgive myself if something happened to you. Alright, I'm coming." Brittany excitedly hugged her girlfriend. "That will be a lot of fun, you will see!", she beamed.
Santana already regretted joining their friends to the trip to that dumb island." Where are they?", she whined. All of the NDs ,minus Kurt and Blaine of course, were following Puck and Artie. It was getting darker now, which made the "rescue-mission" a little bit more difficult. Artie, having difficulties to move his wheelchair in the woods, furrowed his eyebrows. "We are getting closer. The signal is faint, but we still have a location. Now we have to…" "Watch out, Artie!", Mercedes suddenly screamed and pointed to the crumbling ground next to the boy. Puck, who was next to Artie, quickly pulled the other boy out of the wheelchair, before the ground crumbled completely and the wheelchair fell down the edge. "Oh my gosh! Where the heck is Artie's wheelchair?", Rachel gasped. Mike looked down the edge "It fell down that waterfall!", he realized. The teenagers were just blindly following the signal, not realizing they were nearing the edge or the waterfall. Artie paled. "Holy crap, I really owe you big time, Puck. You saved my life!", he gasped. Puck smiled faintly. "That's what friends are there for, right? That's an awesome turn on for girls, now, that I think about it-" "Puck! Don't ruin your heroic moment by thinking about how to get into girl's pants! Let's focus on busting Klaine instead, I want to go back to our resort and more importantly, to my spa! Why exactly did I join you in the first place?", Quinn sighed exasperatedly. Brittany pouted. "Because you and Santana are my best friends and you love me?" The former head cheerio groaned. "I say we end that stupid 'rescue mission'. Artie needs a new wheelchair and it's dark now! Who knows which dangerous animals lurk behind those trees -" "Guys! Do you see that cave over there? I swear I didn't notice it last time we were here!", Finn cut her off, sounding excited. Santana rolled her eyes. "As if you would remember every detail of that island after we stayed there for one or two hours only, Frankenteen. You are way too dumb for that." Artie looked up from his phone. "Santana, I think, Finn is right! The signal is getting stronger, we are only a few steps away now!" Quinn looked really pissed. "Great! Can we go now?" "No! We enter, confront them with their secret and THEN we go, okay?", Rachel ordered, grabbed Finn's hand and marched right into the cave, head held high. Santana rolled her eyes. "Fine, do what you have to do! I'm staying here until you're done." "Come on, Sanny, we have to join them. And you too, Quinnie!", Brittany begged, taking Quinn's and Santana's hands and dragging them inside the cave, with all the others reluctantly following. Quinn groaned. "Gosh, next time if I have a choice, I'm choosing a spa day instead of this kindergarten adventure." "Didn't it occur to you that those two want to be alone, maybe make out or even have sex without others disturbing them?", Tina wondered. Santana rolled her eyes. "Who are you kidding, Tina? Sex on a dirty ground AND on a dangerous island?" "Guys? Come over here!", Sam shouted from one corner of the large cave, sounding excited. Mercedes was standing next to him with eyes wide open. "What is it now, Aretha and Trout Mouth?", Santana groaned. "Those walls are…sparkling bright blue in the dark! How is that even possible?" Mercedes gasped. She tentatively touched the bright blue pattern and backed away when it shone even brighter. Quinn sighed. "I don't know, and I don't care. Obviously, our very own gay couple is not here, so let's get out of here now!" Artie shook his head. "But according to my phone, they are right here!" "But I only see stone walls and this creepy sparkling over here! Maybe your app was not working in the first place.", Mike thought out loud. "So, this was a wrong trace? You wasted our time for nothing!? I'm sure they are in their warm hotel room now, safe and sound and making gay love. Now you made auntie Snixx angry, and you don't want an angry auntie Snixx, do you?" "Guys…", Brittany mumbled, but everyone just ignored her. "Chill, Santana, Puck and I even tested that App, its working, of that I'm sure!", Artie defended himself. "Guys…", Brittany said again. "Oh, shut up, Abrams! I should have known this whole thing was a waste of time…" "GUYS! The ground is making a weird noise!", Brittany interrupted her girlfriend. "What is it? An earthquake? That's impossible!", Rachel said, sounding panicked. "Whatever it is, let's get out of here!", Finn shouted. But it was too late. Suddenly, the ground started shaking even harder, until it started crumbling and gave in completely. The group of eleven then fell down, right into the moonpool. After everyone had resurfaced, the gleeks started to process what just happened to them. "Oh my gosh, how did we land in the water?" I don't know, nothing makes sense now…" "Why is the water bubbling?" "What is this place?" "I think they never mentioned anything about this place in all those pamphlets I have read…" "Yay, we discovered a new place! Can I name it?", Brittany was the only one who was excited. Santana spotted a deserted picnic basket on the shore. "Look over here! Someone had a picnic…Looks like someone discovered this place before us!", she reasoned as she eyed the bright blue scarf next to the basket. "Let's get out of here, guys, it's getting late!", Quinn said while getting out of the water. "But what about Kurt and Blaine?", Mercedes asked. "We can't do anything about it anymore, my phone is definitely broken after it fell into the water. We have to find out another day…", Artie, who was holding on to Puck, sighed. "Fine, but without me, I'm out. If we hadn't landed in the water, we could have been dead, are you aware of that?", Quinn complained. Rachel shook her head. She was getting a headache now because Quinn couldn't stop whining. "Let's just get out, okay?"
Kurt awoke and glanced to the clock. 9.30 am. He wanted to reach for Blaine next to him but frowned when he found that the place was empty. Normally, Blaine wasn't up before he got up. Kurt stretched his arms, got up and went to the bathroom. "Morning, Blaine!", he said happily. Blaine, completely ignoring his boyfriend, was sitting on the floor, staring at something. Kurt frowned. "Blaine? Are you okay?", he worriedly asked. Blaine silently pointed to the towel in front of him. Kurt turned to the towel and yelped. "Blaine, darling, have you done that?", he called out. The towel was frozen to an ice block. Kurt smiled faintly. That had happened to him a lot back then when he hadn't had a grasp on his powers. "I just wanted to dry that towel, but I made a wrong movement with my hands, then this happened instead.", Blaine finally spoke. Kurt cocked his head to the side. "So you can freeze things now? Just like me?", he wondered. Blaine nodded slowly. "I guess so. But why?", he frowned. Kurt pulled his boyfriend to his feet. "We will figure that out. But first, you need to control your new ability. I will even show you. That's somehow exciting, isn't it?", Kurt said delightedly and excitedly balled his fists. Suddenly, the stack of towels next to him burst into flames. Kurt yelped. "Did I do that?", he asked anxiously. Blaine's eyes went wide. "It wasn't me, so yes.", he answered. The smoke of the fire caused the water sprinklers on the wall to spread water to the whole bathroom. Kurt rolled his eyes as he and Blaine fell down with their tails. "Great", he muttered. Blaine eyed the burnt towels. "I think we should test our new powers somewhere else before we blow up the whole resort,", he suggested. Kurt nodded. "How about the moonpool?", he offered.
"Blaine, I didn't even finish my cappuccino, why do we have to go now?", Kurt pouted while Blaine dragged him along the shore, cup in hand, carefully avoiding the water and some rocks. "Sorry, but I just can't wait anymore. We have to find out why our powers are like this and what this full moon yesterday was about…" Blaine gave Kurt his cup back and excitedly rubbed his hands. "I think we are far enough now; nobody can see -" "Hobbit? Porcelain? What are you doing here?" The boys got startled when they heard that familiar voice. "Jeez, Santana, you scared the crap out of us…why did you follow us?", Blaine asked. "You better tell me why you were sneaking out lately? Did you want to have sex on the beach? Puck and I tried once, it's not as dope as many think it is. It's just…sandy…and hard…and…" "Stop it right here, Satan, we don't want to know those smutty details of your sex life! Will you just leave us alone?", Kurt said, trying to sound calm. "NO! I want answers, and I want them now! We didn't get them when the New Direction gang and I were freaking stalking you yesterday and fell into that creepy, blue lake! I'm beyond pissed because of that-" "- Hold up! You guys were following us?", Blaine interrupted her. "Yeah, that's what I just said. And… Wait… Did you wear that scarf yesterday too, Sissy Boy?" Santana pointed at Kurt's bright blue scarf. "This masterpiece of Marc Jacobs? Of course, I did! It's the one Blaine gave to me on my eighteenth birthday. Why are you asking?", Kurt asked. "Funny because I saw that exact scarf in that weird cave where we landed in that even weirder lake! That leads me to the conclusion that you and Hobbit were there too, am I right? So, Abrams did say the truth! Dammit, I owe that guy an apology…why are you so quiet all of a sudden? I caught you, didn't I?" Santana started grinning evilly while Kurt and Blaine exchanged nervous glances. "Santana! There you are, I heard some shouting. Everything all right?" Brittany appeared behind a large rock and looked confused. "Britt, that's cute you were worrying about me, but I have to ask Gay and Gayest one question: What the hell are you hiding? Manhands, Frankenteen and Aretha were wondering why you were acting so weird since our last trip to this place, even I noticed it by now. Spill or else…well, you don't want to know!" "You want the truth, Satan?!", Kurt snapped. "Whoa there, Lady Lips, chillax! But you have a point: I want to know every detail. Spill!", Santana ordered. "As you wish! You know, last year, Blaine and I turned into mermen when we accidently fell into that 'creepy lake' as you like to call it-" "- well, not quite accidently -" "- Not helping, Blaine! Anyway, we tried to hide it by avoiding touching water in public, but then Sebastian found out and then… well, that's another long story actually and I'm so not in the mood right now. Short version: he also became a merman and thanks to him, I almost drowned in his freaking pool -" "- you did not, actually -" "- That's not the point, Blaine! So, there was a big, epic fight in the end, but luckily, the good ones won, and Sebastian lost all of his powers. That leads us to now: Blaine and I wanted to have a date where we changed. Are you happy now, Lopez?" Kurt took a deep breath after his rushed summary and glared at Santana. Brittany, clearly excited, bounced up and down and clapped her hands. "Oh my gosh, that's so exciting! My two dolphins are actually mermaids!" "Britt, I love you dearly, you know that, but will you just stop? And you two, ARE you fucking KIDDING ME?! Who do you two douchebags think you are that you tell me such a fucking unconvincing fairytale? You could at LEAST try to tell me a believable LIE, but apparently, that's too hard for two fucking idiots like you! Your friends were trying to track you down because they were worried about your behavior, taking risks and following you to this dangerous island, Artie even lost his wheelchair because it fell down a fucking waterfall! And what do we get? A fucking FAIRYTALE my abuela read to me when I was six?!", Santana ranted. "Sorry Santana, but that's the truth! And when all of the New Directions fell into the moon pool, then they will be affected too!", Blaine tried to calm her, failing miserably. the Latina glared daggers at Blaine. "What do you wanna say, Hobbit, that I'm a mermaid now?!" "…well, probably?" Blaine, not being used to be on the receiving end of Santana's wrath, looked down, clearly intimidated. "Oh, shut the fuck up, you two! I can't believe you're not man enough to tell me the fucking truth! I hate lies more than everything AND I'M SO GONNA GO ALL LIMA HEIGHTS ADJACENT ON YOUR ASSES RIGHT N-" Santana yelped as Kurt splashed the content of his Cappuccino cup all over the Latina. "Kurt, babe, why did you spill your Cappuccino all over her?", Blaine asked, amused. Kurt blushed. "Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry, but I couldn't bear to hear her rantings any longer!" Santana looked very pissed. "You have a fucking death wish, Hummel, do you know that?! This was a Calvin Klein Bikini and now it smells of coffee! I think I'm gonna-" Once again, the Latina yelped as she suddenly fell backwards into the water. "AY DIOS MIO! Where the heck ARE MY LEGS?! I CAN'T FEEL MY LEGS! LADY LIPS?! HOBBIT?!", Santana screamed as she horrifiedly stared at her newly acquired tailfin which was shimmering bright orange. Kurt and Blaine once again exchanged worried glances, whereas Brittany's eyes lit up like a Christmas tree. "Oh my gosh, Santana, you are a mermaid! Are you related to Ariel the mermaid? That's soo cool! Why didn't you tell me?", she squealed delightedly. The newly turned mermaid struggled to keep afloat with her new body part. "Not now Britt, I'm kind of freaking out right now! I turned into a freaking fish!" "So, Santana… you believe us now? Mermaids do exist!", Kurt smirked.
To be continued...
A/N: What a cliffhanger! Don't worry, I'm already working on a sequel which will be called "Mermaids Do Exist". This story will feature the rest of the NDs more, but will still be Klaine-centric. Bye for now...and stay tuned for my sequel ;)