KK! Basic summary time!- When Ahiru starts her first year at Hogwarts she gains friends, a princely crush, a beautiful idol and a cold jerk for company as well as some unknown power and a lot of dangerous times ahead... In this story some of the Harry Potter story line will have to be changed or ignored to give way for the Princess Tutu cast and roles- but each year will have the same general problems...The first year will probably be a lot like the first PT series but there are some major differences... I do not own Princess Tutu or Harry Potter although it would be nice... One more thing-Fakir is the oldest in the year group, he would have been in his second year if he were born a day or two earlier, Rue and Mytho are in the middle where as Ahiru is the youngest only just making this year by a day or two, so sorry to all those who like the characters to stay at there original ages but the story works better this way.
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Visions/Dreams and flashbacks etc.,
"talking"
~thinking~
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Sorcerer's Heart ~ chapter 1~ 9 and...er...4/5?
A small yellow duck floated over the still water of a small pond, her large blue eyes looked sadly at the images shown in the mysterious gears of the dark forest surrounding the pond. Unlike any ordinary duck, her eyes sparkled with emotion and a single feather stuck out from the top of her head. As she watched the image of a white haired boy dancing gracefully through the air like a bird flying in the sky. The duck quacked sadly at the boy's sad, empty eyes and gazed longingly at the images of a tall castle crowded with many smiling people in black robes with red, yellow, blue or green designs.
~If only...~ she thought sadly ~If only I could help him smile! If only I could see that place!...but...~ the duck looked down at her reflection ~I am just a duck...~
The duck sighed and watched the images fade away before she felt the air turn cold. Unearthly laughter could be heard echoing from every direction as an old grandfather clock appeared behind the duck without her notice.
The door of the clock opened to reveal a face with malicious orange eyes peering out of the shadows above a crazed grin. The duck quacked in alarm as a larger image of the face appeared over the surface of the water.
"QUA-QUACK!Quack qua quack quack!"(W-WHA-!What are you doing here!) her quacks lowered as she turned to face the figure with some sign of fear in her eyes.
"Why my dear ! Do I need a reason to visit my little god-duck?" a mocking voice chuckled.
The figure emerged out of the grandfather clock revealing a white-haired old man with large eyes grinning at the duck, he wore a large hat which had coloured quills as decoration along with a long red cape embroidered with a giant green lizard.
"But of course I could always just leave you in the wild if you do not wish to see me?" the man questioned.
The duck shook her head rapidly gulping down her fears.
(I'm sorry!So sorry!I did not mean to be rude!I want to stay!Really!I owe you everything god-father!Please forgive me!) she quacked in panic
~God-father is the only one who wants to help me, I should be grateful...~ she thought silently ~but I'm still scared ...~
"That's great news, wonderful news!" the man smiled wickedly "Then I shall grant you your wish-IF- you wish for it..."
The duck was confused until a pendant was placed around her neck, she watched in amazement and terror as it glowed red.
"But of course! Everything has a price dear duck! Hahahaha!"The man's voice boomed as the little duck fell into darkness...
"QUA-" THUMP!
Ahiru groaned as she picked herself up off the floor back onto her bed. The morning sun dimly lit up the room through the old curtains of The Leaky Cauldron Inn, making Ahiru's long plat and untamed cow lick of orange hair seem to glow slightly.
There was a loud tapping at the window joined by the flutter of wings, Ahiru yawned loudly walking across the room towards the window, almost falling flat on her face as she tripped over her overly large night gown. She picked up a big tray full of bird seed before opening the window- leading to a swarm of birds attacking her all at once.
"WAH! Slow down there's enough for every one!"she sighed placing the tray on the swarm moved onto the tray revealing a dishevelled Ahiru as well as her shining red pendant with gold chain.~Some things never change-even after I moved in here~ Ahiru thought to her self with a smile, her huge blue eyes sparkling with happiness. Her face was then covered with a confused look ~but what was that dream about...~
Ahiru jumped and landed on her butt as her alarm rang loudly interrupting her thoughts completely, she quickly hurried towards the clock panicking when she noticed the time."PIKE! LILLIE! WHY DIDN'T YOU WAKE ME UP! I'M GONNA BE LATE! I'LL NEVER MAKE IT IN TIME!" she yelled as she put on some clothes, grabbed a suit case and ran out the room within three seconds.
"Huh?" two voices sounded from next door as it opened revealing a girl with pink hair tied in a bun leaving one thick loose strand of her fringe and a another with blonde hair tied in two bushy pigtails."We have plenty of time" said the pink one
"Oh Ahiru's so cute when she's panicking!" said the other in a joyous voice
The pink haired girl- Pike -gave the girl with a tired look.
"Did you set Ahiru's alarm two hours early Lillie?" she asked
"No way would I do such a thing!" Lillie giggled
Ahiru slumped in front of her breakfast after sprinting around the area three times before realising the time-and the fact she had no idea where the train station was.
Pike and Lillie sat beside her chatting and gushing at how cute she had acted this morning as well as almost crushing her to death with hugs.
["Lilies fault of course..." "No Way!" "¬-¬..."]
As Ahiru was being abused by her friends-
["HEY!" "it's true though..." "she has a point Lillie" "YOU LIE!"]
-a large looming figure entered through the back door. Ahiru's eyes immediately lit up with recognition
"Hagrid!" she greeted the giant hairy man smiling widely. Hagrid turned round and beamed hugely, his kind eyes twinkling with mirth.
"Mornin' Ahiru! Ready for your first day at Hogwarts? Try not t'miss the train-" he chuckled "wouldn' be wantin' that now would we?"
Ahiru puffed up her cheeks in a defensive way but her blush showed her embarrassment.
Ahiru really enjoyed Hagrid's company, he was kind and had a great love for animals which they both shared, but he did have a tendency to prefer more dangerous animals and she feared this might one day cause problems.
They had met when Ahiru needed to be taken to The Leaky Cauldron after her godfather had entered her into Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, Hagrid had apparently been sent to fetch some other new student but wasn't aloud to tell who, they had quickly become friends- when he learned that 'Ahiru' meant 'Duck' in Japanese he almost crushed her with hugs- and he had told her many wonderful and unnerving things about Hogwarts mostly to do with either a Professor Dumb-bly-whatsit and the four houses of the school; Griffindor, Ravenclaw, Slitherin and Hufflepuff.
Hagrid turned to look at someone beside him. "Come 'n' meet Ahiru, Harry!" A boy about the same age as Ahiru with messy black hair and bright green eyes behind a sello-taped pair of round glasses- that where staring curiously at the loose strand of hair on Ahiru's head as it continued to defy gravity-came out from behind the giant, on closer inspection Ahiru noticed a lightening scar on his forehead ~I wonder how he got that...~
"OH MY GOD! You're Harry Potter!" Ahiru yelped at Pike's sudden outburst.
"The boy who lived? Oh how wonderful! Now we can watch the tragic life of a celebrity throughout our school life! Oh the tears of sorrow from fame's loneliness! But don't worry, we will be there to listen to all your woes-"Lillie cheerfully carried on with her tragic predictions while the others decided to ignore her for now.
"Anyways best be off now. See'ya at the train station- don't be late!" he waved with a smile as both he and Harry walked away.
Ahiru was too confused about her friend's sudden outburst to take notice of the statement directed at her. "Do you know him guys?" she asked curiously, which she instantly regretted.
The two girls froze to stare at her, Pike in shock and Lillie in (sadistic) adoration, within seconds Ahiru was receiving a bone breaking hug.
"AWWW~No need to worry Ahiru! We will help you learn simple magical history and then you can cry on our shoulders at how out of touch you are with the world!" The blonde squealed as the other attempted to pry her off of the suffocating Ahiru.
Pike sighed "You sure have a lot to learn even if you grew up in the wizarding world".
The two then explained the story of the famous Harry Potter and of course 'You Know Who' or 'The Dark Lord'. Ahiru was very unnerved by the end and felt even more embarrassed for not knowing Harry.
Ahiru had never known much about the world of witches and wizards until she was picked up by Hagrid. She knew that magic existed and that she had half magical blood but apart from that it was a whole knew world to her...
Godfather was an author and had many books, Ahiru asked if she could read his stories once but was told that this was unnecessary. Ahiru had never been aloud to read anything except tragic fictions at home so never learned any history, magical or otherwise. Godfather had told her that history books were far too boring and never had a good enough ending, a good ending has to be utterly tragic in his opinion.
Ahiru's mind lingered on this for a while ~now that I think about it...why can't I remember what life was like when I was younger?...I remember where I lived and the people nearby but that's it...and why didn't I know something so important? Surely Godfather would have told her if he knew...right?~she quickly shrugged off the thought assuming that she was just a bit tired, soon forgetting the thought all together.
Ahiru and the others had arrived in time at the train station dressed in her usual yellow jumper and brown shorts, but of course she was immediate separated, leaving her alone with her large suitcase in a mass crowd with no clue where to go.
~OH NO! I'M LATE AND LOST!-NO-calm down which platform was it? 1 and 5/8? 7 and 4/10?10 and 1/2?OH PIKE! LILLIE! WHERE ARE YOU!~ The duck-like girls head screamed as she walked past each gate.
"This way to 9 and 3/4- there are so many Muggles today! Make sure you keep close Ginny in c- NO SPELLS IN PUBLIC GEORGE!" a woman's voice screeched
"I'm Fred not George!" "And you call yourself our mother!" two mocking voices replied.
Ahiru turned to see a large group of red headed people-one woman with a younger girl, a worried-looking boy about Ahiru's age, two older twin boys and an even older serious-looking boy.
Realising what the woman had just said and noticing the large amount of luggage she quickly followed them, almost loosing them in the crowd.
She watched in amazement as all the boys-including to Ahiru's surprise Harry Potter- run through a brick wall.
"Are you all right dear?"
Ahiru jumped slightly at the sound of the red haired woman's voice, not noticing that she had been fidgeting with worry.
"E-eh?Oh I'm ok I'm just not used to this kinda thing- not that I don't know about it, I lived with it all my life- but everything's a bit new to me and I don't know if I can run into a wall-" Ahiru paused in her rambling for a second when she noticed the confused look on the woman's face.
She blushed and quickly started to wave her hands in front of her face.
"I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! I know I'm strange-everyone says I'm strange! Oh no now I'm rambling and wasting your time!I'm sorry!So sorry" she bowed low and stopped talking still red with embarrassment.
The woman smiled sweetly and giggled slightly at Ahiru's flustered expression.
"No need to worry dear- it was Ron's first time as well". She turned to point at the strange brick wall the two boys had just disappeared through, "just run straight through- best not to think about it too much" she nodded as if agreeing to her own statement.
Others had been walking past them as Ahiru had prepared her self, hoping that she wouldn't somehow manage to trip and hit a magical solid wall
[...one of the many talents Ahiru possesses is the ability to do the mentally impossible so I could actually see this as possible for her...so yeah, sorry if that sentence made no sense O.o]
and so did not notice a familiar white-haired boy.
~OK-I can do this-I CAN do this-I CAN DO THIS!~ Ahiru took a deep breath and raced forward, eyes closed and her suitcase trailing behind her, opening her eyes just as she merged into the brick wall.
Her sky blue orbs lit up with delight before she tripped on her own feet. Every thing seemed to go in slow motion as Ahiru flew through the air closing her eyes ready for impact, only to have two arms safely catch her.
Ahiru's eyes opened slowly before widening at the pair of amber eyes that greeted her.
"M-M-M-M-M-M-M-Mytho!" Ahiru yelped flipping out of the boy's arms her face burning with embarrassment. At the mention of the boys name a crowd of girls appeared around the two staring at their 'prince' with adoration and Ahiru in jealousy.
"I'msosorryI'-butyouprobablydon'twanttoknowaboutthat-I'msorry-I'mstrange-youprobablythinkI'mstrangeandnowI'mwastingyourtimeI'msosorry!"
[if you can't read this she is basically apologising for everything]
The white-haired prince simply blinked his sad doe eyes after Ahiru's rambling before replying, "Not really"in a monotone voice.
Ahiru blushed three more shades of red at this obviously not being used to people thinking of her as normal...-ish.
This was short lived however when another more irritated voice halted her train of thought.
"Mytho! What are you doing?"
The crowd of fan girls parted whispering in disappointment and/or in excitement.
Ahiru looked up and jumped as she recognised the tall green haired figure.
"Fakir...my foot..." Mytho said plainly looking up at the older boy
"That's what happens when you do useless things moron" Fakir sighed
"I'm sorry! It's all my fault- Mytho was just trying to help me and-" Ahiru was interrupted by Fakir's harsh glare.
"That's exactly why I said it was useless, let's go Mytho" Fakir roughly grabbed the frail boy's arm and dragged him off towards the train leaving Ahiru pouting on the floor.
~Jerk~
"AHIRUUUUUU!"suddenly Ahiru was struggling to breath.
"We were looking all over for you- and here you were flirting with 'Prince' Mytho! How scandalous and pitiful!" Lilie squealed into her ear as Pique patted her head.
"It's ok Ahiru as long as your not a Fakir-lover then we'll support you all the way"
"-and comfort you when you fail!" the blonde added cheerfully.
Finally being freed from Lilie's killer affections, Pike looked at her quizzically before asking
"How do you know about Mytho and Fakir anyway? We never saw you in Kinkan town, did you live near by?"
Ahiru rubbed the back of her head laughing awkwardly.
"You could say that, I never went out much so you probably wouldn't have noticed me" she answered sheepishly
Pike's eyebrows raised in surprise but asked no further.
Ahiru let out a relieved sigh. It was true that they had never met Ahiru in Kinkan, the first time they had encountered each other was in Diagon Alley in the wand shop where Ahiru received her one-of-a-kind duck feather in oak wand- this obviously received a glomping from a squealing Lillie and interrogation from Pike.
Godfather had asked her to keep her home address a secret for now, he lived at the very edge of Kinkan town and only let Ahiru go into town with Edel when they were running low on supplies, even then they had to keep a low profile. Edel said that her guardian liked his privacy and wanted her to be kept safe before going to school-well that's what Ahiru thought she meant anyway- but every now and then Ahiru would sneak out and watch people dance, no one noticed her and her godfather liked to stay in his study writing all day.
Pike herself was of mixed blood- a wizard father and muggle mother, her hair had been blue at the time and when Ahiru had asked about this she laughed and her hair turned a beautiful purple colour stunning Ahiru into a [more] senseless wreck. Pike called herself a 'Metamorphmagus' meaning she could change her appearance but she also said that she didn't really know how to control it yet. Ahiru had told her that she suited purple and Pike's eyes seemed to light up at the time as she exclaimed she would never change hair colour again.
Lillie on the other hand was not a mix but from a completely [sadistic] magical family, she was not able to change her hair colour but -unfortunately for Ahiru- was unusually strong for her age due to some of her magical talent as well as unusual speed. Lillie seemed to love how Ahiru was so clumsy and in her words 'like a cute clueless duckling~'...this obviously disturbed Ahiru ever so [much] slightly.
"Hurry up Ahiru! You'll miss the train!"
Instantly Ahiru woke from her day dreaming, running towards the train just before the doors closed.
"Are you ok?"
She stood by the door for a moment hands on her knee's catching her breath before standing straight suddenly realising she had lost Pique and Lillie for the second time this evening and was now in the company of a stunning, dark haired girl with ruby red eyes.
"Rue!"
Ahiru stumbled back in shock, she had never talked to the girl but knew she was a truly talented dancer and witch. Rue looked a bit shocked and confused at her outburst but composed herself quickly before asking. "Have we met before?"
Ahiru blushed slightly in embarrassment before stuttering weakly
"N-no! I just-er-seen you dance once in Kinkan before but you probably wouldn't have noticed I don't go out much..." she continued to mumble under her breath as Rue smiled gently at her.
The train's whistle blew as it began to move, Rue turned to the window waving to someone before looking curiously at the blue eyed girl beside her.
"Don't you want to wave good bye...em?" she asked not quite sure if she had been told her name
Ahiru smiled and shook her head, answering her question.
"Ahiru, no I came on my own today my God-father's too busy and Miss Edel lives near the school so she doesn't need to come"
Rue raised an eyebrow at this ~so she's an orphan?~ she thought before deciding to let it go.
Ahiru was not able to find her friends so decided to try to find a free seat without causing too much bother and of course- as luck would have it- the first door she opens happens to be the very carraige that Fakir was just leaving and that Mytho and Rue where sitting in.
Ahiru almost quacked as she bumped into the taller boy who looked down in irritation before shutting the door behind him briskly.
"What do you want, moron?" he sighed standing as a barrier to Ahiru.
The shorter orange-haired girl's cheeks puffed up in annoyance ~Jerk~
"I was just looking for a seat, I didn't know this was your cabin or Mytho's" she huffed back.
Fakir's eyes narrowed at this ~this is that brat from earlier, how does she know our names?~
-"How do you know about Mytho? I've never seen you before" he stated coldly
Ahiru swallowed nervously looking down at her feet feeling all confidence disappear under his penetrating stare.
"I-I don't really, I just live on the edge of Kinkan and saw the people dancing and his name was mentioned when I saw him so..." Ahiru was unable to come up with any better excuse
Fakir stared at her for a bit longer before closing his eyes ~she must be one of his new fans~ he decided.
Before Fakir could send her away Rue opened the door peering around the green haired boy to talk to Ahiru.
"Are you looking for a seat? There is plenty of room in here if you want" she said sending an annoyed glance at Fakir before moving to let Ahiru in.
"Tch" Fakir gave Ahiru another glare before walking past her and murmuring so that only she could hear "Stay away from Mytho from now on".
Ahiru felt a chill go up her spine at Fakir's words, although there had been no threat mentioned the look in his eyes was enough for her to know she was not trusted.
She then turned to face Rue once more "Is it ok if I come in?"
Rue nodded turning back to Mytho and sitting beside him holding his arm, Mytho did not react in any way to Rue's gesture simply looking out of the window blankly.
Ahiru walked in shutting the door and sitting down opposite them, feeling very awkward with the situation choosing to stare at her hands instead of the couple's closeness.
The silence was almost unbearable for Ahiru but she could not think of anything that they could talk about in this atmosphere without showing herself as a complete idiot.
As Ahiru was debating in her head about what to say, Fakir strolled back in, Ahiru froze, glancing up at him slowly. The older boy simply ignored her as he sat, eyes-closed, opposite Mytho and as far away from the girl as he could without sitting in the corner, Ahiru realised that conversation was impossible with him- not that she wanted it.
Sighing she decided that staring out the window was the only thing to avoid boredom. As she did this her large blue orbs clouded over in thought ~Mytho and Rue...they look good together but...why won't he smile...i wish...~ her last thoughts were lost as she drifted to sleep.
She was in a carriage taking her to where she was being picked up to start her new life at school. Opposite her was a tall thin lady with pale green hair and a face similar to that of a porcelain doll.
"Miss Edel?"
The lady's kind eyes landed on large blue ones.
"Yes Ahiru? Do you have questions you wish to ask, or perhaps a way to ask them?"
Ahiru was confused by this for a second before shaking it off.
"Well...I was wondering why God-father never wanted me to go into town or deal with magic before now?" she mumbled sheepishly ~why do I have to ask stupid questions!~
Edel was quiet for a moment as if listening to something else apart from Ahiru's words
"Some things are clear to those who are avoiding them, others are clouded to those seeking them but many go unnoticed to avoid terrible truths. If you do not understand the question Ahiru you will not understand the answer"
Ahiru blinked for a moment before sighing, she could never understand Edel's wise but cryptic answers so she gave up to look out at the dark rainy scenery of Kinkan...
Ahiru woke up with a start before hitting her head on something and wincing in pain.
"AH!Watch yourself, moron!"
The girl twitched, ignoring the pain as soon as she heard the voice, and looked up to see a very annoyed Fakir holding his now injured jaw that had collided with Ahirus head.
The duck like girl pouted, deciding to ignore him for now before noticing that Mytho and Rue were no longer in the carriage. Before she could ask anything, Fakir answered her question.
"Mytho and Rue have gone to change into their robes, if you want to get off in time I sugest that you do too" As soon as he was finished he walked out with his uniform under his arm.
Ahiru sighed, locking the cabin door before opening her suit case, inside were: her robes, her school books along with quills and ink, a small bag of bird seed-with tray of course, a hair brush, a duck-shaped pillow and a pair of old ballet shoes. Ahiru didn't have many personal items, the only memento she had of her parents was the old faded pillow which didn't tell her much about what they were like.
She was soon changed into her new uniform. Because she hadn't wished to spend too much of her godfather's money she had asked if the robes could be slightly bigger so that she could grow into them-Pike and Lillie had both chuckled at this, commenting on how unlikely her having any kind of growth spurt was, so her sleeves covered most of her hands and the rim of the robes lightly scraped on the floor.
Ahiru walked out of the cabin to find her friends as the train began to close in to their destination.
Ahiru couldn't speak, for once in her life she was completely silent. ~...a...A CASTLE!~ Ahiru had been told that Hogwarts was a big place but this was huge! The castle was so beautiful that she almost missed Hagrid waving to her. At the moment she did notice him, she ran up, flapping her arms in panic.
"Hagrid! You never said that Hogwarts was a castle! What if I get lost? Oh no I-" unfortunately for Ahiru her rambling was interrupted by gravity, causing her to land face first in front of a now laughing giant-and a crowd of laughing school kids.
Ahiru believed that she could never be more embarrassed than at that moment for the rest of her life.
YAY! Chapter one done! Sorry nothing much happened but next is the sorting hat! So far Ahiru and Fakir hate each other and Mytho is oblivious of Ahiru's blushing and Rue's affections, nothing out of the ordinary-for now! Some of these scenes are very similar to Princess Tutu but they fitted with the other scenes so I hope it's ok.