Kurt didn't know what to say, he just sat there staring at the woman who called herself his grandmother. Kurt thought back to his childhood and realized that he never knew his grandparents from his mother's side; he didn't know his father's parents but he knew they died. He remembered going to his grandma Hummel's funeral.
It was that moment that Kurt decided to speak. "I am sorry Ms. De Terra but how do I know this is true?" Just because there was a possibility doesn't mean he believed her.
"I thought it might take some evidence for you to believe me." Amanda opened her purse and pulled out two pictures and handed them to the young man in the hospital bed. "This is all I have now but if you need a DNA test done then I am happy to do so."
Kurt looked at the images in front of him. One was of a younger version of Amanda in her twenties holding a little baby wrapped in a pink blanket. The other was with Amanda older, in her fifties sitting beside the person that is always on his mind, the person that he tries to make proud of him every day; it was his mother. His mother had long brown hair with the most beautiful blue eyes; it was like they were glowing. He then noticed it; his mother was holding a little baby, this baby was wrapped in blue.
"That is you the day we brought you home." Amanda noticed what Kurt was looking at.
Tears started to form in his eyes; this woman was a connection to his mother. Could he get close to this woman? He still had a lot of questions, like where was he and when could he see his family and Blaine? And what happened on his street? It might even be better to be here right now, it would keep everyone safe, he was dangerous. "I still have some questions."
"Of course, could my grandson and I have a few minutes alone please?" Amanda asked in a sweet tone but the room knew it was more a command then a question.
The rest of the occupants in the room including Elora and Rhys bowed a little and left all but Sebastian. "I am sorry Ma'am but I think..."
"You will do well to know you place Lord Ignis." Then it looked like Amanda and Sebastian were engaging in a staring contest. It seemed like they were communicating somehow.
"I am sorry for my insolence, it will never happen again." Sebastian then bowed and turned to Kurt. "I am sorry I am not able to be here for this, I promised that I will be jsut outside the room if you need me."
Kurt still didn't know how to deal with the new Sebastian but he decided to be nice for now. "It's okay, I think me and my...grandmother should talk in private." Sebastian nodded and left the room.
Amanda sat down on the end of the bed. "I know this has been a troubling time for you so I am going to explain all I can." Kurt nodded.
"Do you remember what happened earlier tonight on your street and how air shot out from you and destroyed some things?" Amanda asked.
"Ya" Kurt bowed his head in shame, he still felt guilty for what he did even though he didn't know how he did it. "I got really angry at my father first, he wouldn't explain to me what was going on. I started to get this pressure in my chest, my hand then moved on its own and somehow he flew right into a tree. He is okay right, I was told he was but no one tells me the truth anymore, I just hope he is alright..."
"Burt was not injured, and he has been released by the healers after an extensive check up." Amanda interrupted her grandson. "I also want you not to blame yourself for what happened, if anything, blame me. I should have realized that you were powerful, your mother and father were too."
"What do you mean powerful? So I have powers now?" Kurt was confused.
"Yes, we are what humans might call Elemental but the word we use is Magi." Amanda explained. "Our race is able to control the elements Earth, Air, Water and Fire. There are others but those are the basic ones."
"So I am not even human." Again the IV was working hard not letting Kurt get angry. He couldn't believe it, he wasn't even human. Kurt never thought there were other beings out there, it was just so impossible to imagine. He was a Magi, he could control air he guessed from what he did earlier. Then he couldn't stop thinking of all the times the kids bullied him for being different, for being gay. Now this was just something else they could torment him with. "I guess the kids were right, I am a freak."
Amanda stood straight up, the ground shook a little but it stopped after she closed her eyes. When she opened them they were blazing green. "Do not ever say that again young one. You are not a freak; you come from a long line of powerful Magi, do not be ashamed. You are Prince Kurt Hocking Aeris Mangus and don't you forget it."
Fear was one emotion that the IV let him feel and it was rolling off him in waves. This nice woman turned from a kind grandmother to Amazon-like woman who could kill you with one look. Amanda saw the fear and she calmed down. "I apologise Kurt, as you can see our emotions affect our powers. I am not angry at you, I am just angry at what you had to go through with the humans."
"I understand, I figured that is why I am hooked up to this IV, it is stopping me from getting angry." It finally seemed like he was getting some answers, even if the answers he was getting changed his whole reality.
"When a Magi turn eighteen they are given a ring, that ring is used to access their powers. Once the ring is put on it will show a symbol that will tell us what element the user has control over." Amanda lifted her right hand; on her middle finger was a ring that looked like the ring that Kurt had gotten in the mail. The only difference was there was a symbol on the face where Kurt's was blank. The symbol was a circle with an upside down triangle with a line going through the centre. What really caught Kurt's attention, was that it glowed green. "The symbol states that I control the element Earth or De Terra. Sometimes when a Magi is powerful enough he or she won't need a ring to use their powers when their emotions and strong. Your mother and father were such cases and now you. We have you on a low dosage of Alprazolam, it reduces the chemicals that cause anxiety and anger. We would have had someone use their abilities to calm you but I thought you wouldn't understand without us talking first."
Before he could think about how even here in a different race he was different he remembered something that his grandmother said, did she just call him a prince? "I think I understand what you are saying but why did you call me prince?"
"I really did not want to get into this tonight but I see I am going to have to explain." Amanda sat back down and sighed, this was a huge burden that she was placing on her grandson, which is why wanted to wait to the last possible moment. "Here in Natura and other Magi cities across the world we do not follow Human laws. We are a Monarchy, and in this system I am Queen."
"So my mother was a Princess?" Kurt's eyes winded in realization.
"Yes, and therefore you are a Prince and Heir to the throne." Amanda took her grandson's hands again in hers. "I didn't want to put this on you so soon, it can be a hard life sometimes, and your mother left and took you because of it."
"So Sebastian is a real Lord?" Kurt remembered that they call the Warbler Lord.
"You know the sword that Sebastian is carrying on his back." Kurt nodded at the Queen's question. "Well tonight his father died and since his family is Nobility and the head of Domun Ignis or the House of Fire the title of Lord transferred to Sebastian. The title comes with a decorative sword."
Thinking of Sebastian's father made him think of his. "What about my father, why isn't he here, you said he was powerful, why isn't he the one to explain everything?" Kurt didn't see why this was kept from him; his father had eighteen years to tell him.
The Queen, still holding his hands closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "I do not know how to say this Kurt but Burt Hummel is not your father."