Kurt turned around and he was suddenly in a spectacular ballroom filled with people. There is colorful lanterns hanging from the ceiling, flowers of every color decorated the surroundings. A string orchestra played beautiful melodies while people were scattered around in their best suits and dresses dancing. It was the most magnificent view Kurt had ever seen. He felt a tap on his shoulder and turned around to find Blaine in a fitting black tux and a flower pinned over his heart that was neither grey, blue or green, instead of his usual pink flower. His hand was extended and he had a smile on his face.

"May I have this dance?"

The sound of Kurt's alarm clock for school buzzed loudly waking him up from his sleep. He hit the snooze button and procrastinated waking up and having to go to school and get bullied and tormented just like everyday.

He noticed his bed was extra soft and comfortable this morning. Then it all rushed back to him and he felt like he just got hit in the face.

Kurt was the Prince of Tangella, if he excepted.

Tulip, his kitten, jumped on him purring, demanding attention. He stroked her as images from his dream came back to his memory. He wondered if the dream meant anything. But one thing he did know for certain was that Blaine looked good in a tuxedo.

He heard a soft knock on the door and then saw it creep open slowly. Blaine popped his head through the door and looked around. Once he saw Kurt he stepped fully in.

"Good, I was checking to make sure you were up. Breakfast is in a half hour, I will meet you so we can walk down together," Blaine said happily.

He was just about to leave and then he remembered something, "oh, dress casual, we're going into town."

He left and was closing the door when Kurt yelled, "Blaine!"

He popped his head back in with a smile, "yeah?"

"How is the weather in Tangella? Is it cold outside?"

"No, it's really nice right now. Pants and a shirt should be fine," he nodded to himself and left.

Kurt got out of bed fast and got to work getting ready seeing as he had only a little time left when Blaine would be back.

He picked out his moisturizers and went through his clothes to find the perfect outfit to wear. Before he knew it there was a knock on the door and his name being called. He checked his hair one more time in the mirror to make sure every strand was in its rightful place and walked out of the bathroom.

He found Blaine sitting in a chair with Tulip on his lap. He was petting her and she was rubbing against his touch.

"Hey," Kurt said and Blaine looked up.

"Morning, ready?"

"Yeah, you must be special. Tulip doesn't like most people," he said walking over and petting Tulip in Blaine's lap.

"You're right," Blaine teased. "I am very special."

Kurt snorted, "don't flatter yourself. Let's go." He shooed Tulip off Blaine and they walked to breakfast.

Breakfast was served in the same room that dinner was in last night and the food was already spread out on the table and people were digging in.

Coral and Kelp smiled when they saw Blaine and Kurt enter and they motioned for them to take the same seats they had last night.

"Good morning!" Kelp said. "I hope you had a great sleep."

"Morning and yes I did, thank you," Kurt replied.

Kurt put fruit on his plate and poured himself juice.

"Kurt sweetie," Coral said, "your father said you are into fashion. Maybe sometime you would like to meet my stylist, Carole. She is very talented and does all my clothes. I'm sure you too will get a long great."

"Oh, I'd love that. I've always wanted to see how a professional stylist works," Kurt said, excited.

"I will tell her about you," Coral said with a wink.

"So what are you boys doing today?" Kelp asked.

"I am going to take Kurt into town. Show him the real Tangerines," Blaine said.

"That sounds like a good idea. Show him how true Tangerines are."

"Yes sir, that's what I intend."

"Oh," Kelp said, "would you mind picking me up some jellybeans. I'm afraid I ate my last one."

"Sure, no problem," Blaine said.

They ate the rest of their breakfast and people scattered off when they were finished to start the day. The King and Queen excused themselves and Kurt waited for Blaine to finish eating his eggs.

"So we are just going to walk around the town, lay low. Maybe we will be able to catch a few shows," Blaine said as he was finishing up.

"What kind of shows?"

"There is a bunch of different shows. People like to perform in the streets," Blaine said.

"That sounds interesting."

"It really is. I wish I could go out more to see them, but i'm stuck in here. Ready to go?"

"Yes, I am very excited to see outside of the castle." Kurt really was, he loved the castle but the mysteriousness of outside the castle interested him.

They got up and Blaine led them to the front of the castle where Puck and a larger girl were waiting.

"Kurt, this is Lauren. She is also part of security. They will be joining us and watching off to the side just in case anything happens."

Lauren extended her hand and shook Kurt's hand firmly.

"Nice to meet ya. Sorry I wasn't here yesterday to welcome you I was away on official business."

"Oh, that's fine, nice to meet you too," Kurt said surprised at how strong she was.

Blaine whispered in Kurt's ear, "the official business was finding a new video game that had not been released yet."

"Ohh," Kurt nodded.

Blaine, Lauren and Puck started to unpin the light pink flower that was over their hearts. Blaine noticed Kurt's confused look and answered his unspoken question.

"We don't want to draw any attention to us and these flowers will since they represent working for royalty."

"Well, that makes sense," Kurt said.

Puck opened the tall wooden doors and they exited the castle. The sun shone brightly making Kurt squint till his eyes adjusted and there was a light breeze that danced across his face. There was a pathway that was lined with pink and purple flowers that led to a driveway. The path continued on into green grass and trees.

"We can take this path and it leads to the gates which will take us into town," Blaine said. "This is the scenic route, it is quite beautiful," he said looking at Kurt.

They walked along the path with Kurt and Blaine up front and Puck and Lauren a little behind.

Kurt turned around to see Puck and Lauren holding hands and laughing at something. Despite how odd the both of them together looked Kurt couldn't help but think they looked cute.

Blaine noticed Kurt looking. "Lauren is the only one who can beat Puck at video games, so naturally they would be together."

"They go good together," Kurt said.

"Yeah, they are lucky to find each other," Blaine said. Kurt wondered what he meant by that but he felt he shouldn't press further. He actually wanted to know more about Blaine.

"So what did you do before I got here?" he asked.

"Well, I was like an assistant to Kipper. Helped him with his duties as Prince and was a friend when he needed one. And after he died," he had a flash of sadness in his eyes, "I really had nothing to do, just sit and wait for you to arrive."

"How old was he when he died?"

Blaine had a forlorn look in his eyes, "he would of been thirty."

"He was ten years younger than my mom then."

"It must be strange to suddenly find out you have an uncle and grandparents."

"You have no idea how strange it feels to also find out they are a King and Queen."

"I can't imagine. But I'm sure you will fit in just fine. Everyone already loves you and your father."

"Really?"

"Yeah, the country will love you too."

Kurt wondered if they still would love him if they knew that he gets bullied and why he gets bullied.

"What's wrong?" Blaine asked, "you look worried."

"Nothing," Kurt said quickly.

Blaine is one of the most perceptive people Kurt knows. He is going to have to start hiding his feelings better because Blaine doesn't miss any of them.

Kurt enjoyed the scenery around them. They were under shade from the trees around them blocking out the sun. The grass was the greenest Kurt had ever seen. The pathway crossed over a bridge and Kurt noticed there was a moat that went around the whole castle. There were lilly pads floating around with frogs hopping on them. They crossed the bridge and were brought to even bigger wooden doors. Kurt had to crane his neck to look at the very top. There were two guards posted and they nodded and opened one of the doors for them.

They were brought out into a road. "We can take this down to the Main Square," Blaine said.

"What's Main Square?" Kurt asked.

"It's a market place where all the shops are set up in a big square. Anything you can imagine is sold there."

Kurt wished he remembered to bring his money with him, but he didn't think they had the same currency.

"What currency do you use?" Kurt asked.

Blaine stuck his hand in his pocket and pulled out a wallet. He pulled out different colored paper that was half the length of American dollars.

"It's called Tangelos." Some where pink, purple and green.

"Tangelos."

This placed was filled with weird names; Tangerines, Kipper, Kelp, now Tangelos.

"Yep," Blaine said putting the wallet back in his pocket. "You will learn all that stuff with Mr. Shue."

They walked further and Kurt could see a bunch of people and shops off in the distance. The shops were all painted different colors. Some were inside, some people had stands set up outside.

"I'm guessing that's the Main Square," Kurt said.

"That's right."

They walked in the square and were surrounded by people walking in and out of shops and carrying purchases. Everyone seemed to be happy, they had smiles on their faces and apologized if they bumped into Kurt.

Kurt and Blaine went into shops and looked around while Puck and Lauren followed behind, also looking at things.

Blaine was right, there was everything here. Food, clothes, and everything was handmade, furniture, linens.

"I got you this," Blaine said holding out a flower that had many petals and its color was a combined grey, blue, and green.

He took out a pin and pinned it to Kurt's shirt, over his heart. "I got it a while back but I had to wait till we left the man's shop because it is rude to pick someone's flowers. But I had to."

Kurt looked down at the flower, it looked simple but he had a feeling it meant much more.

"Thank you," he smiled.

Blaine brought them into his favorite shop which was the pet store. He acted like a little kid and wanted to pet every animal. Kurt laughed when the puppy Blaine was holding decided to attack him when his tongue. Blaine looked cute anyway but a fluffy puppy licking his face made him even more adorable.

Kurt was looking at the colorful birds when Blaine came up behind him holding a bag.

"I bought this for Tulip," he said holding up a toy with a fish attached to a string.

"She'll love that! Thank you."

Blaine looked proud of himself, "you're welcome. I have to give it to her first though, so she'll think I'm better than her owner."

"Tulip is smart. She will see right through your antics."

"We'll see about that," Blaine said.

Kurt snorted. "Anyway, are you hungry?"

"Yeah, I was going to ask you that. I know this great place that sells corn," Blaine said.

"Corn?"

"You don't like corn?" Blaine asked as they were walking out the pet shop.

"Well, yeah, but I've never just went to a restaurant to get corn."

"It's a stand and it is delicious, you'll love it." Blaine took his hand and led them through the crowd of people.

Kurt felt a shiver from his hand when Blaine grabbed it. Blaine seemed to know Kurt very well for meeting him only yesterday.

They reached a stand that read 'Corn!' and Blaine walked up and said, "two please." Blaine paid for the corn seeing as Kurt had no Tangelos and received two ears of corn on sticks.

"Corn!" Puck and Lauren came from wherever they were and had hungry eyes on the corn Blaine and Kurt were holding.

Puck was just about to grab Blaine's when Blaine hit his hand away. "Get your own," Blaine said.

"Just let me get a bite," Puck whined.

"You can get a bite when you buy your own."

"Fine," Puck huffed and he bought two for him and Lauren.

Kurt and Blaine sat on a bench away from the crowd.

Kurt took a bite of his corn and his mouth watered instantly from the flavor.

"Mmmm," he said with his mouth full.

"Told you," was all Blaine said.

"So you all seem pretty close," Kurt said once he chewed and swallowed.

"We are. We have all been friends since we can remember. We are like brother and sisters…. Well, except for Puck and Lauren… and Finn and Rachel… and maybe Santana and Brittany… then again, maybe not brother and sisters, we are just really close.

Kurt nodded, he didn't know there were other people dating in the castle. He wondered if Blaine was with anyone. Before he could stop himself he asked, "are you with anyone?" Talk about prying in one's personal life.

"Nope," Blaine said casually. Oh, well that answers a question and makes a lot more questions unanswered.

"What about you?" Blaine asked.

Blaine slapped his forehead. "I am sorry, I completely forgot one is not suppose to ask royalty personal questions. You don't have to answer that."

"Well," Kurt said, "seeing as I haven't accepted yet you are forgiven, I don't mind. No, I am not with anyone."

Blaine seemed to breath a sigh of relief. "Okay."

Blaine took a bite of his corn and chewed. "So would you mind if I asked you a few more personal questions then? Nothing serious."

"Go ahead," Kurt said.

"I want to know about your life back in America. Do you like it?"

Kurt didn't know why but he wanted to be honest with Blaine. So he told him the truth.

"No I don't like my life, I am not happy."

"Oh… why?"

Kurt took a deep breath and began to talk. "Everyday is the same, I would wake up and go to school. And everyday at school I would get pushed around and called names. No one cared and I didn't have friends to help me." Kurt had no idea why he was telling Blaine this but it felt good to tell someone.

Kurt could see Blaine's grip on his corn tighten, his brows tighten down and his face become tense.

"Why would they do that to you?" he practically yelled.

"Because I am different."

"Different how? You don't look different," Blaine said, trying to control his anger.

"Different because…" it was now or never that Kurt confess, "I'm gay."

There was a moment of silence.

"…What's… gay?" he said looking confused.

How did Blaine not know what gay meant? Is there not any homosexuals in Tangella? This made Kurt even more scared than confessing to Blaine.

"…Gay is when males like other males."

"Oh." Blaine said realizing what Kurt was talking about. "There's a word for that?"

"Do Tangerines have-" he was trying to find the right word, "labels for sexualities?"

Blaine looked pensive. "No. We don't. If a boy likes a girl is, that's fine. If that boy is attracted to boys instead, that's fine too. The same with girls. It's none of out business to interfere with who people love."

Kurt sat there gaping at Blaine. His whole world had just been turned upside down. There is actually a place where people do not judge you on who you are attracted too? He could walk hand and hand with a boy he liked and not have insulting names be thrown at him or evil stares? He stared at Blaine with his jaw slack trying to process what he just heard.

"Wait, I'm still confused," Blaine said. "I still don't understand why people are hurting you."

Kurt was surprised at how much Blaine cared about him. His eyes looked tainted, he was truly hurt at the thought of Kurt being hurt.

Kurt took another deep breath. "Where I come from," he said sadly. "People liking the same gender is not acceptable."

Blaine's face went from confused back to anger and his voice rose slightly. "That's absurd! Why do they even care! It's not like we have a choice of who we are attracted too!" Heat was rising in Blaine's cheeks and his hands were clenched in tight fists. It was a complete opposite of his usual calm and happy self. Kurt had never seen Blaine get upset.

Kurt sat and watched the people of Tangella walk by, smiles on there faces. There were little kids chasing each other, some were holding balloons. If he chose this life there would be no more being pushed around. He could turn the corner without wondering if there is someone lurking on the other side.

He wouldn't be punched because of what he was wearing. His personal items would not get stolen because his voice was a bit too high for people's standards. He felt like he had just taken of a suit made of lead off. Relief and the feeling of finally being safe washed over his whole body. His muscles in his back and shoulders finally relaxed, they had been tense for too long now. And then it clicked inside is brain. The thing he had been thinking about for the past two days.

He knew his decision.

They sat on the bench finishing their corn and watching the crowd. Blaine would occasionally mutter something under his breath but he seemed to calm down and go back to his usual self.

"Attention!" someone yelled.

Kurt turned to the center of the square where a man was standing on a small podium. Everyone stopped and turned their attention to the man.

"I just adopted a puppy that I always wanted!" the man shouted.

Everyone clapped and cheered and when he stepped down people gave him pats on the back and said congratulations. Even Blaine was clapping loud.

"That's great!" Blaine said.

"What was that about?" Kurt asked clearly confused.

"That's a podium for anyone who wants to announce something," Blaine said completely back to his normal self at the mention of a puppy.

"So will everyone stop and listen when you are on it?" Kurt asked.

"Yes, it's nice to share your happiness with other people. It just spreads more happiness."

"That's a good idea," Kurt said. He was starting to really love Tangerines.

A tall, good looking man walked past them sitting on the bench. He was smiling at Kurt and Kurt saw his eyes drift down to the flower Kurt was wearing. The man's smile faded and he continued walking.

That was weird.

He turned to Blaine to find him finishing up his corn. Blaine also seemed a little closing to Kurt on the bench. He hadn't realized when Blaine shifted closer.

"Ready?" Blaine said suddenly.

"Uh, yeah."

They got up and threw the ears of the corn in a nearby trashcan.

"I want to show you one last thing," Blaine said.

"Okay," Kurt said.

"Oh, I almost forgot. I have to get jellybeans."

They walked over to a stand that had an assortment of candy everywhere.

Blaine grabbed a bag and just as he was about to pay someone yelled, "attention!"

Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked up to see a man of asian decent on the podium.

"My girlfriend just said she loves me! And I love her back!" The asian man jumped down and kissed the girl with long black hair that was giggling next to him.

Everyone cheered and clapped then went back to what they were doing.

"That's wonderful," Blaine said as he payed for the jellybeans. The man took the money and nodded his head in agreement with Blaine.

He put the beans in his bag with Tulip's toy and Blaine took Kurt's hand leading him away from the crowd. Kurt tried to not think too much about Blaine holding his hand because he saw other people holding hands casually. Tangerines must do it with their friends and it means nothing more.

Blaine brought them out of Main Square and into a patch of woods.

"May I ask where we are going?" Kurt said as he carefully stepped over a log on the ground.

"You'll see. Almost there," Blaine answered.

Kurt heard the unmistakable sound of running water and it got louder the further they walked.

The walked past a few more trees and were suddenly in front of a big lake with a magnificent waterfall flowing into it from the top of a cliff.

"Wow…" Kurt said.

Blaine was watching Kurt's expression. "Beautiful isn't it?"

"Yeah."

Blaine sat down on the grass and motioned for Kurt to sit next to him.

"I found this place and I used to come here before I started working in the castle."

"They don't have places like this in Ohio. If there was, it would be filled with trash," Kurt said.

"Remind me to never visit Ohio."

They sat in the grass and listened to the water falling into the lake. It was very peaceful here and Kurt wouldn't mind taking a nap right now.

"You look sleepy, we should head back," Blaine said.

Once again, Blaine was reading Kurt far too well.

"Okay," Kurt said still not wanting to leave this wonderful place.

Blaine got up first and pulled Kurt up after. "Thanks," Kurt said.

They walked back to the castle talking and laughing. They had become very good friends from todays trip. Kurt was comfortable with Blaine and trusted him.

They waited at the castle gates for Puck and Lauren to catch up and they all walked up to the castle together.

"So how did you like the town?" Blaine asked when they were making their way up to their bedrooms.

"I loved it, everyone is very nice."

"That's good."

They reached the third floor.

"I have to give Tulip her toy," Blaine said.

"Here comes the true test of who she likes more. Her owner who loves her unconditionally or some stranger that just came in her life."

"A special stranger with a toy," Blaine corrected.

Kurt laughed and opened his door. Tulip pounced on the bed and ran over to Kurt's feet, curling around between them. Kurt picked her up and brought her over to his big bed and sat down. Blaine came over and sat next to him and brought out the toy. Tulip saw the toy and jumped over to Blaine demanding his attention with the toy.

"She likes it," Blaine said. He was moving the toy around and Tulip was pouncing on it. Blaine moved the fish just before Tulip caught it and she tumbled and did a front flip causing the boys to laugh.

"You're probably tired of being with me today so I will leave you alone." Blaine stood up off the bed. Kurt wanted to argue with him but he was already walking to the door. "Dinner is in an hour. Do you remember how to get there?"

"Yeah," Kurt said.

"Okay," Blaine smiled, "I'll see you then," and he left.

Kurt fell back on the pillows and breathed out a deep breath.

Today was one of the best days in his life.

He relaxed and played with Tulip in the comfort of his large bedroom until he got bored. He wondered what his dad was doing so he went across the hall to see if he was in his room.

"Dad?" No one answered.

He decided to wander around the castle. The castle was so big that it felt empty because he saw no one in the hallway but he knew they were all off working or doing something else.

He was walking down one hallway when he heard soft music playing. It was coming from the music room. Kurt walked closer and saw the door was open just a little bit. He peeked in to see the back of Blaine sitting in a chair. He was playing the guitar and singing softly. It sounded so emotional that Kurt felt bad for eavesdropping but it sounded so beautiful that he couldn't walk away. It was a song Kurt had never heard before, Blaine might have even wrote it himself. The song ended and Kurt took that as his chance to leave before someone caught him staring creepily at Blaine.

Kurt continued his adventure of walking randomly around the huge castle and passed one door and heard a crash then a yell. The yell kind of sounded like his dad so he peaked in the door. He saw his dad and he was with Kelp. And also they were in a bowling alley.

"Dad?"

Burt turned around, "Kurt! Look, they have a bowling alley."

"I can see."

There was three lanes and a rack of bowling balls.

"Hey, Kurt. Your father is very good at bowling." Kelp said.

"Yeah, he used to be on a team back when he was younger."

"What are you talking about. I am still young," Burt protested.

"Okay… sure."

Kelp laughed, "Wanna play?"

"Oh yeah, so I can show my dad how to really bowl," Kurt said.

They played a game of bowling until it was time to go to dinner. They went to dinner and waited for everyone to arrive until the food was brought out. Blaine took his normal seat next to Kurt and dinner was served. They talked about their days and what they did in town. When everyone finished eating Kurt said he had something to say. Everyone turned to look at him and he suddenly felt self conscious.

"I made my decision about staying in Tangella," Kurt said.

It became suddenly very quiet and no one was blinking. Blaine was staring at Kurt with eyes filled with hope.

"… I am… staying."

There was clapping and cheering. "Great!" Kelp said. "Wonderful!" Coral said. "Thank goodness," Burt said.

Blaine patted his shoulder and smiled at him. "Your going to be a great Prince."

"Thank you." Kurt was relieved that everyone wanted him to stay.

This was it. From this moment onward Kurt's life is going to change. It is time from a new beginning.

A/N: If you live in Ohio or like Ohio I'm sorry for insulting it. I don't mean to offend anyone. I like Ohio myself. Kurt just has pent up anger.