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Chapter Two: Our New Life

Fakir was still staring out the window when Mytho clapped him on the back.

"Come on, Fakir! To celebrate Ahiru becoming human again, I'll treat you all! Let's go out somewhere!" Mytho said.

Fakir laughed. "All right then. It's on you! Let's go!"

They walked back to town together. Rue let Fakir and Mytho walk ahead of them and stayed behind them with Ahiru. They watched the two best friends talk and joke around and walked behind them.

"Hey Ahiru…how's it like living with Fakir?"

"It's okay. Fakir's really nice to me, even when I was a duck. He always called me 'stupid duck' though." Ahiru laughed. "It's fine, I'm used to it. You could say it's his pet name for me."

"That's good, but what I meant was…do you like it?"

"Yeah, I do. It's lots of fun and…I like it where we live.

"Ahiru…do you like Fakir?"

Ahiru blushed and said, "Well Rue, it's funny you should ask that. The thing is, sometimes I feel like he's my brother, and sometimes my best friend, but sometimes…I feel something more than that. It's really confusing."

"Maybe you should think about what you want to feel about him. Then maybe you'll know. You see Ahiru, sometimes it really is confusing. But it's all up to your own choice."

"You're right, Rue. Actually, I meant to tell you that even before. My feelings for Fakir, I mean. I thought maybe you could help me figure it out. I'm glad you asked."

"No problem, Ahiru."

Rue smiled to herself as they continued walking behind the two guys. She was thinking of what she could do to bring them together. She knew that they felt something for one another. The next thing was, how would she get them to tell one another? Then she suddenly got an idea.

"Hey, you two!" Rue ran to catch up with Mytho and Fakir. "Where are we going to eat? I'm getting hungry…"

Mytho and Fakir looked at one another. "Well, I think Ahiru should decide. This celebration is for her, after all." Mytho finally said.

"Hey, this isn't fair. Mytho, you should decide! You're the one who's treating us! You decide! Besides, I haven't been out in a while. I have no idea if the cafes that we used to go to are still open! It has been a long time. And you know that I've been a duck all that time, so you decide, okay?" Ahiru argued.

"Oh come on, Ahiru!" Rue said. "Yeah, you really should decide." Mytho said.

Ahiru looked at Fakir. For some odd reason he was keeping silent. Mytho and Rue noticed it as well. They were all looking at him now, and he didn't even take notice. He seemed to be wrapped in his own world.

"Fakir? A-are you okay?" Ahiru timidly asked him.

"Fakir? Fakir? FAKIR!" Mytho yelled at him.

"What in the world's wrong with him?" Rue asked. "Hey Fakir, wake up!" she waved a hand in front of his face.

Fakir jumped and shook his head. "I'm okay. I must have spaced out there."

Mytho felt his forehead. "You don't seem to have a fever. Are you sure you're okay?"

"No, really, I'm fine. I'm sorry to have caused so much trouble." Fakir said.

"I'm sure Fakir was just thinking about – " Rue was cut off by Fakir's extremely scary glare that clearly said, don't you dare say it! " – something."

"Uh, yeah, that was it! I was just thinking." Fakir replied.

Ahiru sighed in relief and said, "Well, I'm glad to see you're okay. Are you sure you'll be fine going out? We could go back home if you like!" Ahiru didn't notice Rue's giggles over her concern.

"No, seriously. I'm okay! Besides, Mytho's taking us out to enjoy!" Fakir smiled at Ahiru. "Thanks for the concern anyway, you guys. Now come on, let's go!"

The friends laughed and continued walking. In a short while, they were at the town. They resumed their argument of who would decide where to eat.

"I know! We could go eat at that new restaurant, The Blue Tile! I hear it's pretty good there. You wanna go try it out?" Mytho suggested to the others.

"I guess we should, to avoid any more arguments." Fakir laughed.

"All right! Let's go!" Rue said.

Ahiru laughed and said, "Thanks, Mytho. I'm glad I didn't have to decide where we were going to eat!"

"Well anyway, we should go now. It's still a little way up the street." Mytho said.

When they were finally inside The Blue Tile, they were amazed. It really was a nice restaurant. It was the perfect place for friends. There were other groups of people their age who were already there, talking, eating and laughing. It was pretty full.

"Mytho, this place is great!" Rue, Ahiru and Fakir exclaimed.

"There are even sound barriers so that each table can't be heard by the one beside it. Isn't that cool? We could talk about anything and no one except ourselves would hear!" Mytho told them. "Maybe we should go get a table now."

"Hello, would you like to sit down now?" A waitress smiled at them. "There's an empty table for four over there." She led Mytho's group over to the table. They sat down and the waitress handed each of them a menu. "Take your time to choose, okay? There's plenty of great food to choose from!"

"We'll have spaghetti with meatballs, roast chicken, and four mango shakes." Mytho said. "Is that okay with you guys?"

The others nodded. With their approval, the waitress took down their orders. "It'll be here in a little while. We're sorry for the wait, but we're full today."

"That's alright, we can wait a while." Fakir said.

"Thank you." the waitress said.

The waitress left them at their table. Looking around at where they were, Ahiru was suddenly hit by the fact that everything was so different from the way it used to be. The fact that the four of them were even eating together was a surprise.

Ahiru's POV

Wow. Has it really been that long since we were in the story of the Prince and the Raven? I know we're still in the story, but it's so different from before. I used to dislike Fakir so much! And now we even live in the same house, and Rue and Mytho are married!

Well, if you think about it everything's really changed. And it's all changed for the better. I'm glad I'm human again. Now there's actually a chance for Fakir and I to…to be together, just like Mytho and Rue.

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Their food finally arrived. They started eating the delicious food. It really was good, just like Mytho said it would be. They laughed and joked with one another while eating.

"Hey Fakir, how's your writing going?" Rue asked him.

"It's going fine. I've written a lot of stories now, have you noticed?" Fakir remarked.

"Yup, I've read some of them. They're good, you know. And they all have happy endings." Mytho grinned at Fakir. "Don't go becoming like Drosselmeyer and start writing tragedies, or else I'll cut off your hands!"

"Try it if you can, Mytho!" Fakir countered.

"Oh come on, you guys." Ahiru laughed.

"Hey Ahiru, how's it like being human again?" Mytho asked.

"Do you still become a duck again when you quack?" Rue asked.

Ahiru giggled. "Well, I haven't yet. I didn't become a girl by becoming wet. In fact, all that happened was a transformed into a girl again, and I still have this red pendant from before when – when I was…Princess Tutu.

The group fell silent as all of them started thinking about the past. Suddenly, Ahiru floated into the air as though she was a marionette, hanging by her strings in midair.

"What?! What's happening? Help me!" Ahiru screamed.

"Ahiru!"

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A/N hey you guys, hope you enjoyed the next part of Destiny and Fate! there'll be a lot more to come…read and review alright? Thanks very much to soraluver234 and Princess-tutu-007 for the reviews!