Once upon a time, there was man who died. The man's work was the writing and the telling of stories. But he could not defy death. The last story he was working on was about a brave and handsome prince and his ever loyal love, the Muse, who vanquishes a crafty raven who wished to take the muse for himself. But now, it seems their battle will go on for eternity.
"I'm sick and tired of this!" cried the Raven.
"I'm sick and tired of this!" cried the prince as well. The Raven escaped from the pages of the story and the prince and his muse pursued the foul creature. In the end, the prince and the muse took out their own hearts and sealed the raven away using a forbidden then, a murmur came from somewhere.
"This is great!" said the old man who was supposed to have died.
Anita P.O.V
I awoke to Rue shaking my shoulder.
"Come now, my little muse. We have to get ready for school." she said in a clam voice. I nodded my head. I get up slowly as make my way over to my dresser. I grab my purple leotard, white tights and ballet shoes. I put it all on and then start to get my school uniform on over it.
I look over at the clock as it says 5:45. I usually meet Mytho in the dance room before school. Rue comes over and guides to to the mirror and chair to do my hair. She takes my black hair and puts it in a tight and firm bun atop my head.
"Thank you." I say quietly. She smiles at me. I grab my book bag before making my way over to the dance hall. Unsurprisingly, I see Mytho already there. I walk up to him without saying a word and we both enter the dance hall.
I walk into the girl's changing room while he goes to the boys. I put my uniform and books in my locker and go to the dance room. Mytho joins me as I put on the piano recording. We both get into positions and start to dance.
We do a simple pas de deux. As we start dancing I don't notice as a young girl enters the room. As the tempo of the music rises, we both leap into the air.
It was the that we noticed a small girl standing by the doorway. She is wearing her leotard too. She has orange spiky hair and is wearing a red pendant around her neck.
"Oh, I-I'm sorry, I-I uh, well, a-am I disturbing you? I'm disturbing you. Of course I am, aren't I, aren't I?" she stammers. We both just stare at her blankly.
"Uh, please excuse me. I'm leaving right away. If only my body weren't so jumbled up. I'm going to trip, I'm gonna trip! My feet, my feet, my feet!" she exclaims. At the same time, Mytho and I run to the girl before she can fall. I grab her legs while he grabs her upper body. We both land on our ankles.
"Senior Mytho, Miss Anita." the girl exclaims.
"Kakakakakakkakaka, hie, ho, he ro, hin, ma, ka, me, so….Huh! I'm sorry, I'm sorry about bothering you, huh! I'm really such a scatter brain and I'm just so bad about things like everything. And at the top, I'm always to hasty! And Pike and Lillie say I talk like a duck, so I'm weird! I mean , don't you think I'm weird? Shoot even I think I'm weird." she says. We only stare at her.
"We don't." I say quietly. "You don't think I'm weird?" she asks us, sounding surprised.
"We don't." Mytho says. She gasps.
"I can't believe that, no one has ever said that to me." she breathes in sweet delight. Then the door opens and Fakir walks in, his face clearly showing his anger.
"Hey." he says to us. We both stare at him.
"Fakir." we say together.
"Senior Fakir!" The girl exclaims.
"Did I not tell you two to inform me when you go out?" he asks.
"Yes." we say.
"We're going. Stand up." he demanded. Mytho and I shared a look.
"Um." Mytho said.
"What's wrong?" he asked, concerned.
"My foot." we both said. Fakir seemed angry, but not at us.
"Foot? Did you twist it?" He asked us.
"Yes." The girl from before looked at us with remorse in her eyes. "Idiot."
"Huh, what?" Fakir glanced over at the girl. He had a slight sneer on his face.
"Um, um, it was my fault. They saved me when I tripped and-" the girl tried to explain to Fakir before he cut her off.
"What were you two thinking? Doing such a pointless thing?" Fakir asked us.
"So, like I said they were protecting me." the girl exclaimed frantically.
"That's why I said pointless." he sneered as he grabbed both of our hands.
"Stand up, we are going back." He then pulled us up roughly and made us stand on our hurt feet. We didn't argue with Fakir though. We know he means well. But the girl seems to think otherwise.
"You don't have to be so rough with them!" The girl yelled.
"Quiet!" Fakir said as he led us out. Fakir then lead us back to the locker room's where we both changed back into our school uniforms and went to our dorms to bndage out feet. T wasn't that bad. I could still dance.
Duck P.O.V
"My bud, if you had just taken the time to look at the clock." Lille said.
"I was panicked, ok?" I exclaimed as I kept stretching. "And that's what makes you so cute."
"Always be out clumsy, scatterbrained Duck." Lille exclaimed in a high sign like voice.
"But hey, you had the great honorof talking with Fakir so it's ok." Pike said as she suddenly leaned on me, making me stretch my leg so much I thought it was going to tear!
"He isn't a very nice person!" I said in a strained voice.
"What'd you say? You know Fakir is the best." she said as she pushed harder on me, stretching my leg to the max!
"No, the best is Senior Mytho and Miss Anita!" I almost screamed.
"Oh Duck, the wonderful Mytho and Anita are already together." Lille said in a dreamy voice. My face fell a little.
"A doomed love, a duck destined for heartbreak. How cute." Pike and Lille said together.
-Time Skip-
"Alright, we will now observe a performance by the special class. Members of the special class, on enter." said Neko sensei.
The doors opened and in stepped in 6 girls, Rue and Anita in the middle. Both of them were wearing different leotards than the rest of the girls. Rue's was a dark red with matching shoes while Anita's was purple with purple shoes.
"Wow!" we exclaimed.
"Anita and Rue." I said. The Swan Lake music started to play as all of the girls started to dance in a line in the order they walked in. Each girls dance was beautiful but especially Anita's and Rue's. They somehow seemed more graceful and beautiful than the others. While Rue had a small smile on her face as she dance, Anita's was much like Mytho's. Her face was blank and somehow looked lonely.
"Wow, so pretty." I sighed as I watched Anita perform the dance.
"Yeah, unlike Duck." Lille said which instantly darkened my mood.
"Now she's depressed." Pike sighed
"Oh no, she really got depressed. Oh how cute." Now it seems like everything I did to Lille was cute.
The class continued to watch in awe as the dance went on perfectly.
For Senior Mytho it'd have to be someone like Anita to make a good match. So sad. I thought as my dream of some day dancing with Mytho were crushed.
Anita P.O.V
After I performed with Rue and the rest of the class, I made my way over to Fakir and Mytho's room. I softly knocked on the door and Mytho opened it. He stood aside for me to come in. He then sat down on the window seat, and looked over at me, blankly.
I walk over and sit by him as he makes room for me. As I laid my head on his shoulder, Mytho sighed. We both looked out the window when his door opened again.
"Mytho, Anita." we heard Fakir say as he walked over to us.
"Fakir." we say.
"I told you to stay in bed. Anita, you shouldn't have gone to class." he sighed.
"Sorry." we said together
"Is you feet hurting?" he asked us hesitantly. We looked down at our wrapped feet.
"I don't know." we said. Fakir scoffed.
"What wretches you both are. You're far too slow and utterly useless." he said with a angry look on his face. "As for helping others, you both would do best to forget such notions."
"Yes." we say.
"All you need to do is listen to what I tell you." he says as he looks in our eyes.
"Yes." we say again.
I ended up falling asleep in Mytho's and Fakir's dorm. I slept on the same bed as Mytho but he didn't seem to mind and neither did Fakir. We woke to see Fakir getting ready for school.
"I'm going. On my way back, I'll borrow some books for you two from the library." he said to us as he walked to the door.
"Don't read any except for the ones I bring you." he said.
"Okay, thank you." we say.
"Don't give me cause to worry, you idiots." Fakir said as he turned and left. Mytho looked at the window. He then got up and looked outside.
He then turned away and sat down again on the bed.
A few minutes later we head birds chirping outside. It kept getting louder and louder, so we decided to investigate.
Duck's P.O.V
As Lille and Pike left me alone, I then turned my attention onto the dorms.
"I have to do it for real this time." I said determinedly. Chirping made me turn to the sky. I saw canaries flying.
"Canary Mom's kids leave the nest today." I said with a small smile. They were adorable and it was kind of sad to see them leave the nest.
One of the chicks flew with no problem but the second one had a harder time, falling almost always. She chirped loudly.
"Ah!" I gasped, scared for her.
The I saw Lady Anita look through the window. She opened the door and looked at the chick. Mytho stood behind her. She then got up on the window sill as the wind got stronger.
"Huh? Be careful!" I yelled to her, but it seemed she didn't hear me. She looked at the chick and reached her had for it. Mytho stood behind her, holding her waist. A shadow fell over me and I saw a raven circling in the sky. It then dove for the chick, but Canary Mom moved in front blocking it.
The raven tried again and sooked the chick, having it fall from the rafters. Anita then sprung from the window sill, reaching for the chick.
"No!" I screamed as she caught her.
But now she was falling, Mytho behind her, circling round her protectively.
"Oh no!" I screamed and ran to help.
Oh dear, the prince and his muse are going to die. said a scary male voice.
"The prince and muse?" I gasped.
Our heroes meet their deaths.
"Death!" I cried.
What's going to happen in this story. Please you have to tell me what happens next. The voice said as i kept running.
Is the young prince and muse going to make it? Who in the world is going to save them?
"But who?"
Yes, I wonder who.
"I'll-"
Do you care for them, little Duck?
"What?" I asked.
Do you want to be of help to the poor, young prince and muse?
"What?"
Are you saying that you're going to tell me this story?
"What?"
Very well.
"That's right. I will save them. I-"
Now do you remember who you are?
"Yes I do. I am Princess Tutu!" I cried as a bright red light encircled me. I felt as if I was coming out of a shell and I knew I had transformed into Princess Tutu.
"Flower waltz!" I cried. I turned and tuned, creating a tornado of flowers. I watched as Mytho and Anita landed in the soft flowers, unscathed. I elegantly walked over to them and pulled them out of the pink flowers.
I smiled as Aniat opened hr hand to reveal the chick, unharmed. The bird flew away, but I still held their hands.
"And to think, I was able to save you, Mytho and Anita. It's like a dream" I said in a gentle voice.
"How do you know our names?" Mytho asked.
"And you, who are you?" Anita asked.
"I am-" I was about to say, but the man's voice cut me off.
Who indeed?
"I am-" I tired again, but somehow I couldn't say it.
You remember now little Duck? Yes, you are a duck. Just a bird called duck.
"Quack!" I cover my mouth with my hand, surprised. Then I remembered.
I then ran and ran away from them.
I-Quack, quack. I returned to my duck for, falling face first into the dirt by the pond.
So I was a duck. I thought.
Well, well Princess Tutu has gone back to being a duck. The story has just begun, what to do now? The man asked as he mechanically laughed.