Hey! Chapter 2! Well, just a warning, from here on, this is mostly a repetition of the original story in reversed roles until about chapter 7. That's when things change. But uh, I really do urge you to read the story! I tried to make the characters' personalities unique to themselves instead of just copying the persona of the original role.... if that makes any sense. ._. So uh here it is!Oh and yes, I understand that swans don't quack...I think they honk -.- but I dunno, in my opinion, honking kinda ruins the gracefulness of the animal in this context so thus, it quacks. ^_^;

I do not own Princess Tutu or the premise used in episode 1 of the anime o.o


Princess Tutu: Chapter of Repetition

Act two: Role Reversal

Once upon a time, there was a man who died. His work was creating stories to tell other people. In defiance of his death, in his last story was a brave and beautiful princess who was supposed to defeat the Raven. However, now there would never be a conclusion to their endless fight.

"I hate this!" So screamed the Raven.
"I hate this!" So screamed the brave Princess.

The Raven flew out of the story and the Princess ran after it. And then, the Princess took out her own heart. Using a forbidden power she sealed away the Raven. At the same time, "...Dark..." came the mutter from somewhere by the man who should have been dead.


In a pond, shrouded in mist, floated a little white swan. It was only a fledgling, but was still rather small compared to others.

A figure, dancing on the water, caught his attention. It was a girl with salmon coloured hair. The swan floated there, staring at the girl with longing.

"I want to dance with her too...with the princess." As the princess danced gracefully on the water, the swan continued. "But I'm just a bird. Just an odd little swan. I can't dance with her...or hold her hand." The swan stared at the princess' eyes. Something in them...didn't seem right.

"Her eyes..they always look so lonely." The swan decided to try to call out to her, somehow. "Hey, why won't you smile? I don't like seeing you so unhappy like this. Princess..." As he watched her, though, her image faded away until she was no longer there. The swan quacked sadly.

"Hey, hey. You're worried about her, aren't you?" came the voice of an old man. The little swan looked around, quacking, searching for the owner of the voice. "You, a tiny little...swan." As he said that, the gray atmosphere that the mist provided turned black. A pair of eyes appeared from the darkness, sneaking up on the little bird. As the swan turned its head to face them, the face and body that the eyes belonged to had appeared as well, surprising the swan.

"Ah!" A white haired boy gasped as he shot up from his pillow. He panted and ran his hand through his hair. "What a dream..."


After getting changed into his school uniform, Mytho, the white haired boy, walked over to his window, and opened it. A yellow canary landed on the windowsill. "Ah, hello there. I'm sorry but I don't seem to have any birdseed." As he said this, something caught his eye across the yard at the girls' dorm. A cloud of birds had crowded at one of the windows. When it opened, they all swarmed in. Mytho recognized that room to be the one that Ahiru slept in.

"Hmm, there's always birds out there in the mornings." Turning his attention back to the canary he said, "Why don't you try going over there? I bet all those birds are there for birdseed." The canary, seeming to understand, flew away, right into the open window of Ahiru's room. Mytho sighed.

"That was kind of a nice dream. It's rather odd that I'm always a swan in those dreams though. And her being a princess.." Mytho chuckled. "I think I have an over active imagination."

As he saw the birds fly out and Ahiru come to the window to close it, Mytho greeted her. "Good morning, Ahiru." Mytho closed his window as well once he heard the class bell ring. "Ah, better get to class." Mytho grabbed his stuff and ran out of his room towards ballet class.

As he got ready in the change room, he heard someone burst into the class room saying, "Sorry I'm late..." This he found odd since he had gotten to class at his usual time, when no one was around. Finishing up he walked into the class. Upon entering he found that music was playing and someone was dancing. That someone was Ahiru. It was graceful and beautiful, something Mytho couldn't do.

"Ahiru..." As she jumped Mytho had begun leaning back and ended up closing the class room door with a loud bang. Ahiru's focus seemed to have momentarily been broken as she was unable to land properly and fell to the ground in front of him.

"Ah! Ahiru! I'm sorry! I must have bothered you! Are you okay?" Mytho knelt down in front of her and offered his hand. When she simply looked up at him, he nearly gasped. Her eyes...why? Why are they always lonely?

Suddenly, the door opened behind him and Rue, Ahiru's roommate walked in. "Hey, I thought I told you to tell me whenever you're going out." Mytho stiffened when she entered the room. Ahiru only responded with a quiet, "I know."

"C'mon, get up. We're going."
"Um...I can't really..."
"Why not?"
"My ankle is.."
"Is it twisted?"
"Yeah."
Rue sighed. "Um, I'm really sorry." Mytho apologized out of the blue. He hadn't known that her ankle was twisted. On top of that, it was his fault for being careless. "It was my fault that her ankle is twisted. I distracted her by accident when she was dancing and-"

Rue sighed again and turned to Mytho. Her eyes narrowed at him. "I see. As a dancer, I think you'd know how important concentration is. Be more careful next time." Turning back to Ahiru she extended her hand. "Come on. I'll take you back." Ahiru nodded and took Rue's hand. They quickly exited the room, leaving Mytho alone. He sighed and began stretching, waiting for everyone else in the class to come.


It wasn't long before the classroom was filled with students stretching and warming up. Not only that, the teacher walked through the doors and to Mytho's surprise, it was a cat. Everyone stood at attention.

"Okay everyone, please be quiet...if you don't be quiet.." Neko-sensei's calm tone quickly turned into a darker one. "...if you don't be quiet I will have you MARRY MEEEEE!!!!" Since no one seemed phased by his threat, he cleared his throat.

As Neko-sensei began the lesson, Mytho's thoughts wandered off to the dream he had. Her eyes...I have to know why they're always so sad and lonely. I wonder if there's something wrong? Miraculously, it wasn't Mytho who had been caught not paying attention. He had managed to keep up with the directions, although his form wasn't the best. The person who had been caught was a blonde-haired girl named Lilie. She had been gossiping with her friend Pique, who tried to ignore her so as not to get caught.

Once the lessons were over with, Neko-sensei announced that the special class would be dancing for them. As they danced, Mytho couldn't help but have his mind wander. I still need to apologize to Ahiru about this morning. It was my fault after all. I guess I'll go after class.


After class, Mytho raced off to the girls' dorm to say sorry to Ahiru. However, he paused in front of the hedge archway in front of the dorm. After a few moments he started walking again. As he reached for the door handle a voice behind him said, "Just so you know, she's not here." Mytho whirled around. It was Rue. She walked past Mytho and opened the door.

"So where is she?"
"Just go away." she said as she was about to close the door behind her. However, Mytho's foot in the door kept it from closing.
"Please, how is she?"
"She's fine. Now go away."
"But, I have to apologize-ah!" Rue had kicked his foot to make him take it out. Once he removed it, she closed the door in his face. Mytho sighed and rubbed his foot.

Up in Ahiru's room, Rue had entered. The sight that welcomed her made her stop in her tracks. Ahiru was sprawled on the floor with a chair turned over beside her and the tablecloth from the table on her other side was piled on top of her. Rue sighed and rushed to help her.

"I thought I told you to get some rest." At least with you sleeping, you won't hurt yourself more, thought Rue.
"I know, but I got up to open the window...and then I tripped over the chair." Ahiru explained in a monotone.
Rue sighed. "You're way too clumsy, y'know that? How's your ankle?"
Ahiru sat on her bed. "I don't know."
Rue closed her eyes and shook her head. "That's why you should only listen to what I say. You won't get hurt as much that way."
"Okay."

Back at Mytho's room, Mytho sat at his windowsill. He sighed. "It looks like I didn't get to apologize. I just hope that she's okay." Mytho gazed out the window at nothing in particular. "I wonder why your eyes are so lonely. If only someone like me could do something for her. If I could..I would. I'd do anything....." Just then, Mytho spotted a dark figure down by the fountain in between the two dorms. "What-?" Mytho ran outside but once he was out by the fountain, the man was gone. "Hmmm...that's...weird." Mytho gave up and went back into his dorm.

Drosselmeyer was there, Mytho just couldn't see him. "Hmhmhm, I wonder, do you remember, Prince? I wonder how this story will turn out...this time. Hehehehe."


The next morning, after everyone had left for school, Mytho stayed behind to go apologize to Ahiru. He was hiding behind a hedge, about to go make his move when he noticed the little yellow canary he'd seen yesterday up on the roof nearby Ahiru's window. With it, were two other canaries that seemed to be its offspring. The mama canary took off and one of the little ones followed.

"Ah, I guess the babies are getting ready to leave the nest." Mytho watched as the last one got ready to take flight. It started to flap it's wings and teetered on the edge of the roof. It steadied itself. "Oh no. Looks like that one's having trouble." Mytho, instinctively, got up to run over and help the little bird before it fell but stopped when he saw Ahiru at her window. She opened it up and stood on the windowsill. Mytho gasped.

"Oh no! She's going to hurt herself!" Ahiru just stood there in her night gown, watching the little bird as if to make sure it was okay. However, a raven flew by to make sure that it wasn't. It attacked the mother canary, making her change directions. Once the mother was out of the way, it swooped down at the baby canary and caused it to fall. Ahiru reacted immediately and jumped out her window to catch the bird. Mytho immediately ran towards Ahiru once he saw that she was falling.

"Oh my", said Drosselmeyer from behind the scenes. "Doesn't this seem familiar. This time the 'Princess' is falling." This time, Mytho seemed to be able to hear Drosselmeyer, as he kept echoing him.

"The princess?"
"But the main character will die!"
"Die?"
" I do believe I know how this will turn out. But why don't we just wait and see. I wonder who will save the Princess? Hehehe."

"I will save Ahiru!"
"Oh? Do you remember who you are?"
"I am..." As Mytho said this, a ring with a red jewel set in it, began to glow. "...Prince Siegfried!"

Mytho transformed. His hair turned from white to blonde, and wore the princely outfit that he, unknowingly, had worn before. A blue longsleeve shirt with the striped ringlets at the shoulders and white tights. He wore his gold crown atop his hair and a sword hid in its sheath at his waist. As he ran, a cloud of pink flowers lifted him off the ground to where Ahiru was falling. Once he had caught her, the cloud of flowers descended to the ground slowly. When he set her down, she opened up her cupped hands to reveal the canary. It chirped and flew away.

"Me, saving Ahiru...it's like dream." Mytho mumbled to himself.
"Who are you? How do you know my name?" Ahiru inquired.
" I am-"
Drosselmeyer cut in. "Yes, who are you?" This simple question stunned Mytho. "Ah, have you remembered? You are a swan. Just a bird!"

Mytho's poise disappeared and he caught himself before he could quack. Mytho gave her a clumsy bow and ran off, leaving Ahiru standing there alone and confused.

Out near the lake from his dreams, Mytho collapsed, a swan once again. His ring slipped off as he fell to the ground. "I'm...a bird."

Drosselmeyer chuckled. "Yes that's right! In this story, you are a swan! Hehehehe."

to be continued.......


Yes I know! Prince Siegfried, really? But you try to think of something better! _ Please comment!