I just started watching Princess Tutu recently online, and I feel stupid for not watching it sooner… :(
It's so beautiful, although I don't like how Ahiru turned back into a duck in the end and couldn't live happily with Fakir (as a girl)!
…Anyway, I felt like I just HAD to make a Princess Tutu fanfic after watching several parts of the series, and falling head over heels over Mytho~! Hopefully my new fanfiction, Bless the White Prince & Silver Maiden, turns out all right! :3
I also ended up doing a modern Epic Hero project in my World Literature class, where we had to do a wiki page for our selected hero. I chose to do one about Princess Tutu, mainly because I wanted to do something different that everyone else chose (Spiderman, Wolverine, Batman, James Bond, etc.); turns out, I was only one of two people in my class who chose to do an anime hero!
My teacher really loved the pictures I found and the YouTube videos I used, as well as giving a thorough explanation throughout my project! One of the clips I used for my Princess Tutu wiki page was one from episode 12, where Ahiru turns into a duck to search for a way out for Fakir and herself, and Fakir realizes that Ahiru was the same duck that saw him cry…the whole class loved that clip, especially when Ahiru turned back into a human in front of Fakir~!
But it sucks that I've been busy and under a lot of stress, not good for me…
Theme Songs for my OC, Helena:
"Xion's Theme" sung by 【Lizz】
"Once Upon a December" sung by Liz Callaway
"Dark Waltz" sung by Hayley Westenra
Once upon a time, there was a man who died.
The man's work was to write and tell stories, but he could not defy death.
The man's last story was about a brave and handsome prince, who vanquishes a crafty raven.
But now, their battle will go on for eternity with no end.
"I'm sick and tired of this!" cried the raven.
"I'm sick and tired of this!" cried the brave prince as well.
The raven escaped from within the story and the prince, in pursuit of the raven, did as well.
Then, the prince took out his own heart and sealed the raven away by using a forbidden power.
Just then, from somewhere, "This is great," murmured the man, who was supposed to have died.
Chapter 01: The Imbroglio's Inception
Thick, heavy masses of grey and white fog surrounded the desolate and lamentable swamp I found myself in. When I woke up, I found myself here; the curly and wavy ends of my buttercup yellow hair was now straight and I wore nothing but a short-sleeved, white dress that ended above my ankles. My body floated above the wetland's murky waters as my feet barely made contact with the lake below me.
Suddenly, two blurred figures emerged from the mist – a boy with pale hair and a light-haired girl – and they were dancing together. The couple seemed so happy, enjoying every moment of their romantic pas de deux, until… the maiden paused, only to be attacked by a large group of ravens and became engulfed in a cocoon of deep black. The ravens eventually disappeared, leaving hundreds of onyx feathers at the scene, but the girl was nowhere to be found; she was taken from her beloved prince. Saddened, a lone tear fell from the prince's eye but he then continued to dance by himself, desperately hoping his lover would return to his arms.
The tragic scene struck a chord in my heart. For some reason, seeing the boy lonely and upset made me feel depressed as well, and I wanted to comfort him. I want him to laugh and to smile. But… But why?
"Heh, heh, heh…" A deranged, male voice chuckled, "Oh, what to do? What to do? Whatever will you do, little girl…? Do you really care for the prince?"
Okay, NOW I'm scared! Whoever said that is officially creeping the bloody hell out of me! Wait – when did the whole scene turn pitch black?! …Hold on, where did that creepy voice go? … I turned around only to immediately regret that decision as a Cheshire Cat-like grin appeared; followed by huge amber eyes and eventually, the form of a crazy old man dressed in red and green robes, AND hanging upside-down, became visible.
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The whole world became deathly silent and my eyes widened in shock. My face slowly turned white as a ghost as I stared at the deranged lunatic until I screamed a shrill shriek that would put even a banshee to shame, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
(Helena's POV)
I nearly jumped out of my skin after experiencing that bizarre dream, but instead, I ended up slipping out of my bed and having my face painfully saying hello to the floor beneath me. I muttered an "Ow," and started to lift myself up until someone yelled, "Monster", and again, I was back on the floor… Only with my bubbly roommate/best friend, Ahiru, lying on top of me this time! That's such a grand way to start a new day!
"Oh no, Helena-chan!" Ahiru exclaimed, "Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I guess…" I groaned as I sat back up, unconsciously rubbing my now sore back. "But never mind that. Let's just get dressed for today." Getting ourselves back on our feet, Ahiru and I both got into our school uniform; a collared, white and gray dress with blue trimming at the bottom along with a matching, long-sleeved jacket. We also wore white socks and high-heeled shoes (though hers were black and mine were a dark brown). While a rose brooch was underneath the collar of my uniform, Ahiru wore a ruby red pendant around her neck.
Ahiru had big blue eyes that sparkled with joy and vigor, and light freckles over her face; her peach-colored hair was tied into a long braid with the exception of a large cowlick that stuck in the air like a feather. Funny thing was, she and I were the same height! Though she was talkative and a scatterbrain at heart, the girl was a lot of fun to be around with.
As for me, I had long, wavy blond hair but I usually had it straight with ringlets at the end of each strand, including my side bangs. My eyes were akin to that of lilacs. Originally, I was raised in England but I soon ended up in the small community of Gold Crown Town, and eventually transferred to the Gold Crown Academy – a school that focused on both ballet and the arts – since I enjoyed ballet and singing.
"To the girls' dormitory at Gold Crown Academy," Ahiru began to sing as a flock of birds surrounded our window, "it's come, it's come again today, the morning has… The dream I had, the weird dream…" Sometimes Ahiru sings the most random things every now and then, but that was one of the perks that made her an interesting friend of mine. While straightening my wavy locks of hair (and leaving the ends curly), I noticed Ahiru stopped singing in order to let the birds inside our room, and greeted them all good morning.
In the end, the swarm nearly mauled my roommate for first dibs of the food she had in her possession. "Wait, wait!" The blue-eyed girl cried, trying to get the birds away from her, "I said, wait!"
Shaking my head, I went over to Ahiru and helped her out of her predicament by grabbing the bowl of bird food and setting it down near the open window. Thankfully, the winged animals backed away from the happy-go-lucky girl, leaving her lying in a pile of feathers. Ahiru smiled, thanking me, and began making chit-chat with all of the birds perched around the window (sometimes she reminded me of either Snow White, Aurora or Cinderella whenever she talked to birds every morning). One bird, however, stood on top of her head and began pecking at her cowlick.
(Ahiru's POV)
"Oh, Java, your leg is all better." I commented to one bird as I patted down my ensemble, only to turn around and scold another one, "Hey, Tiel, you're not allowed to gobble it all up." A yellow canary, whom I dubbed 'Canary Mom', soon came to me and I held a hand out to her so she could sit on my knuckles. I remembered her babies would be leaving her nest soon for the first time, and I suggested that she bring them with her the next time she pays me a visit.
"By the way," I whispered to Canary Mom as a rosy blush covered my face, "what was Mytho-senpai doing?" The bird tilted her head to the side before flying off. Ah, I was so happy; I had another wonderful yet bizarre dream last night! It sucked being a duck, but at least I got to see Mytho-senpai. The fact that he was the prince was more than I could ever hope for!
Suddenly, I heard a bell ringing from the distance. My face turned white, realizing why the bell was ringing… OH NO! It was the school bell! "This is terrible," I cried, grabbing my textbooks in one hand and Helena-chan in the other. "Oh, why didn't you wake us up?!" As I speeded out of the dormitory with my roommate/best friend in tow, I called out to my other friends, Pike and Lilie, for being meanies and not waking us up like they usually do. Helena-chan kept yelled at me to let her go, but I was too busy racing to the ballet studio to hear her cries of protest.
I ended up hastily pulling my hair into a bun and getting dressed in my dancing outfit, which consisted of a white leotard with a dark blue sash and pink ballet flats, before coming into class with Helena-chan at my side. Her blond hair was now pulled into a wavy ponytail thanks to a pink ribbon while her side bangs were braided into her hairdo; it was her usual style for our ballet classes. A silver and light blue leotard, white tights and silver ballet shoes served as her dancing outfit.
After opening the door to the dance studio, I bowed, apologizing for being late to class. However, Helena-chan and I were greeted with silence. Turns out, not a single soul was inside this room besides us. As I wondered about how this could've happened, my blond friend closed the door behind us, but then, suddenly, the piano/record player soon surprised us by springing its gears to life – playing "Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy", a melody from Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker. A lean figure slowly stood up to dance to the music filling up the once quiet room, and to our astonishment, the boy who was currently dancing was a familiar face. Indeed, it was the heartthrob of our much beloved academy, Mytho!
(Helena's POV)
To say I was surprised Ahiru and I stumbled upon seeing Mytho dancing was a tad bit of an understatement, but Ahiru was in complete awe as she continued to watch him dance. The pale, albino-haired boy had his eyes shut the entire time he was dancing by himself (his frowny-faced 'bodyguard', whom I wasn't fond of, was nowhere in sight).
He wore a short-sleeved white shirt that was tucked into his dark pants, and light-colored socks with matching ballet shoes. Mytho was indeed an excellent ballet dancer, I admit, but the way he danced… Though graceful and refined, it was like he was practically a living doll. No emotions, no passion, nada.
"Mytho-senpai…" My friend whispered in admiration; her face became covered in a light red blush while we both went on to watch the handsome boy move with the lovely tune still playing. It soon became apparent that the peach-haired girl was in Lala Land when she began leaning forward, still in awe when Mytho suddenly jumped. Upon landing and seeing us though, he stopped dancing. Thus, this brought Ahiru in another one of her panicked episodes!
"Oh, I'm sorry! I… um… well…" She stuttered as Mytho's blank amber eyes stared at us before rambling, "Am I dis.. disturbing you? I am disturbing you, aren't I? Aren't I? Aren't I? Aren't I? "
I stared at her wide-eyed. Oh hell, she's in one of THOSE episodes?! If that was the case, this wasn't going to end very well! "Ahiru, please calm down-"
"Please excuse me! I will leave right away!" Ahiru's face was now a rosy red in the embarrassing state she now found herself in as she scrambled back and forth. "My body's like all jumbled up… Rather, like I'm going to trip… Helena-chan, please help me! My feet, my feet, my feet!" …Only to ram into me after she soon slipped, thus sending us both tumbling down in slow motion.
"I tripped," The clumsy teen weakly whispered, clinging to my shoulders as my back was about to meet the floor for the second time this morning. At least, that's what I thought, until I felt someone catch me with little to no effort.
Ignoring Ahiru's shivers, I looked up only to find Mytho's gentle, honey-colored irises gazing at me; it was weird, I always thought that he was stoic and indifferent to the world around him, and yet, how could I not notice… {His eyes look so sad and lonely.} I thought, {I wonder why?}
Wait a minute… "AH!" My whole face turned pink when I realized my position; I was being held by a boy – a boy, a boy, a boy, a boy, a boy, A BOY! OH, CRIPES! Thankfully, Ahiru's sudden and incoherent gibberish broke me out of my stupor, and the two of us slid out of the white-haired boy's hold.
"I'm so sorry, Helena-chan!" Ahiru babbled. Then she turned to the boy next to us, still a blushing mess when she rambled, "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry! I've troubled you so terribly much! I'm really a scatterbrain and I'm so bad about things, and I'm always too hasty, and Pike and Lilie say I sound like a duck, so I'm weird! I'm weird, aren't I?!"
I sweat dropped after she was done talking and called herself weird again, "Ahiru, you're not – "
"Not really."
…Wait a minute, did he…?
Me and Ahiru simultaneously turned our attention back to Mytho. He..he actually talked for the first time (well, to us, anyways)?! Mytho was usually silent, so to hear him talking, it was really bizarre!
"What? I'm not weird?" My talkative friend asked incredulously.
"Not really."
Hearing that, Ahiru fell to the floor and held her hands together; her face turned cherry red again, and she looked like she would die happily right on the spot. I tried to shake her shoulders several times and bring her back to reality, but she didn't respond to me. "No one besides Helena has ever said that to me." Ahiru noted.
Just then, the doors opened and guess who it is. It was my least favorite person here, Mr. Frowny Face himself! The olive-toned boy wore a blue and white jacket over his shirt with an ascof tie, white pants and matching high-heeled shoes. His dark green hair was in a low ponytail and his emerald green eyes stared harshly at Mytho.
"Hey." Mr. Frowny Face addressed to Mytho.
The albino's only reply was, "Fakir." I guess it makes sense for him to not be a man of many words, since he's quiet most of the time…
"I told you to let me know when you go out, didn't I?" Mr. Frowny Face aka Fakir asked rather stonily, his hands were on his hips.
"I know."
That right there was one good reason why I called him 'Mr. Frowny Face'. Not only does Fakir NEVER smile, but he also tends to boss Mytho around, like, twenty-four seven, around the clock! I soon found myself frowning, and using one hand to make the yack yack motion while shaking my head. Apparently, my peach-haired friend saw what I was doing and she had to cover her mouth to prevent herself from laughing.
But that was short-lived when Fakir told Mytho that the two of them would be leaving. He told the pale boy to stand up, but Mytho hadn't even budged an inch. When Fakir asked dryly what was wrong, the honey-eyed teen said something about his foot.
"Foot?" Fakir inquired, "Did you twist it?"
"Yes."
"You idiot."
His foot? My face started to turn blue with dread. Don't tell me Mytho injured his foot when he caught Ahiru and me!? I let out a gasp, only to have Fakir's penetrating gaze glare at me instead.
"That was really our fault," I blurted out, "you see, my friend and I were about to fall when he caught us, and – "
Fakir interrupted me before I could even finish my sentence and chastised his so-called friend for 'doing something pointless'.
"So like Helena-chan said," Ahiru piped in, "he was protecting us…"
"That's why I said it was pointless." Fakir said to Ahiru.
My eyebrow lightly twitched in annoyance at the rude comment directed towards my dear friend. Mr. Frowny Face then grabbed Mytho by his wrist and forced him to stand up, declaring that the two of them were going back to the boy's dormitory. Again, my eyebrow twitched in displeasure. …Oh, that's it!! Screw being polite to this bloomy wanker! I stepped in between Fakir and Mytho, and basically told the forest green-haired boy off, telling him that what Mytho needed right now was to see a nurse. Of course, Fakir tried to rebuff me, but I wasn't going to have it!
As I slipped one of the white-haired boy's arms around my neck, I turned to Ahiru and asked, "If I'm not in class before the new teacher shows up, can you tell him I'm helping a student to the Nurse's office?" She seemed surprised but nodded.
And, that's the first chapter of Bless the White Prince & Silver Maiden!
Feel free to review, too! :) They are much appreciated!
To all of my readers of my fanfiction, Wings of a Butterfly, I apologize for not posting the next chapter!
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I've been under a lot of stress since last semester of classes; I'm retaking a class I failed that I ABSOLUTELY need to for my degree (though I don't see how it has anything to do with what I want to do for a living), and I'm deeply worried about a close relative of mine. She almost died on two occasions, and I honestly don't know how to help her… :(