Princess Tutu
An Unofficial Secret Love Story
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Prologue
"No, you must understand. I can't take you with me. If you watch me die, you'd be even sadder. I don't want that, please…Stop crying…I'll be back. I PROMISE." A boy with white hair stood drenched to the bone hugging a young girl with long black hair, which reached her waist. He let go of her and got up to leave.
"N-NO! DON'T LEAVE ME!! NO!! BIG BROTHER!! DON'T ABONDON ME ALONE HERE!! PLEASE!! Big Brother, no…" The sobbing young girl clung on to Siegfried shirt, begging him not to go. Her voice trailed off as she finally fell to the floor, unconscious after crying her heart out to her only living relative for an hour straight.
She was left alone in a storm. In a dark alley, left all alone. Guess who that pitiful girl is, why don't you? If you guessed Rue, you're WRONG. Ahiru, that's also WRONG. That poor young girl was going to turn 9 years old in 2 days. You'll find out soon.
Siegfried turned his back on her and said quietly, his voice breaking, "I'm sorry, Sakura. I really am. I can't get you killed along side me when I fight the monster raven." He started to walk away. He stopped abruptly. He took off his necklace of a character in Swan Lake and dropped in her open palm and closed it.
Siegfried took out scissors and cut the girl's hair off until she looked like a boy. He set her against a wall and covered her eyes and closed his eyes. She fell to the floor once more after he erased her memory. (Like how Hatori Sohma erases people's memories in Fruits Basket. But not exactly erase, just stop them from coming back.)
Tears started to roll down his soft skin and plopped onto the cobbled street. He got up from his kneeling position and ran away. After he ran a good distance away from the girl, he looked up at the sky. Siegfied remembered all those times they had so much fun living together. He would never forget. But she would. Her memories wouldn't be coming back anytime soon…
Siegfried realized he had wasted enough time and took off towards the outskirts of town, where the monster raven was waiting to kill him.
He would never, ever forget her. But, would he be able to go back to her as he promised?
He knew one thing. Without a doubt. He would never forget her.
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Or would he?
