((A/N: Ack! I mean to pdate earlier today but lotsa stuff happened and… T.T Mou… Gomen mina-san!
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Heartless
Nagare
Mukashi, mukashi…
There was once a girl with no home.
She wondered endlessly with nowhere to rest.
One day she heard that a prince was holding a ball, curious about it she wished desperately that she could go.
But no one would let a girl dressed in rags into the beautiful ballroom.
Without any way for her wish to be fulfilled in time for the ball, the girl sat by a pond and questioned the water.
"What should I do?"
But the water would not answer.
The girl was left without hope and she was unable to attend the ball.
"What should I do?" she murmured to herself.
It would be impossible to make her pretty in time for the ball…
But perhaps she could make herself clean in time for the next ball…?
...
The lunch bell rang.
Kaethe was satisfied with her work thus far for the day, three people had asked which course she was in(they all got different answers, she couldn't wait for people to realize she wasn't even enrolled. Oh, the sweet chaos), she'd written four stories(all with hilarious endings and with the help of her new found little friend), and to top it all off she'd even managed to find herself some food.
Food was precious. It was one of her few pet-peeves to watch people throw away perfectly good food.
Ah, but she didn't have pet-peeves. She had no character development.
She couldn't afford character development. Not in this town.
She was Kaethe. She liked chaos.
That was all there was to know.
She had no age.
She smiled gleefully as she trotted through the hall, paying mild attention to the students as they passed…
Sea green eyes met malicious purple.
Time seemed to freeze for Kaethe. It was hard to breathe.
The other people didn't matter anymore.
The purple eyes widened and Kaethe was surprised to see the owner…
…was human…
'No.' her jaw clenched, 'No, he's not.'
"Drago…"
She couldn't stop the words before they tumbled out of her mouth.
He seemed to snap out of the daze and began to pass her.
Ravens minded their business and she minded hers.
That old chant.
She couldn't say anything.
He was almost past her.
"'Fruity' mentioned something about seeing you."
The names a seven year old comes up with.
She nodded and continued walking.
Ravens mind their business and she minded hers!
"Ah, tell him I said hi." Those were her last words to him before they passed each other entirely.
She collapsed when they were completely out of sight of each other.
Drago was in a human form.
...
Neko-sensei was disturbed.
Not only had Elsie, one of his best students, and a quite punctual one, arrived late twice in a row now but this time she was acting extraordinarily odd.
Like when one of her classmates tried to sit next to her she shooed them away saying the seat was taken. Considering how friendly she normally was, it was… troubling.
And she seemed to have taken to talking to herself. She was very good at keeping it quiet, so quiet that her classmates wouldn't notice, but she couldn't hide her lips moving.
And then, to Neko-sensei's surprise and even more troubling thoughts, Freya, who was usually very silent and paid plenty of attention, was asking questions every few seconds. Not just on how something was done or what it was but she would ask why it was even done that way!
To top it all off, Fakir was absent.
It was going to be a long, deflating day. Of this much Neko-sensei was positive.
...
Jaegar sent another glance at Elsie.
She was definitely acting strangely.
It didn't matter to him in the least how inquisitive Freya was being, in his opinion it was probably something to do with her home life. But Elsie…
…was talking to herself.
Unless the girl had gone completely insane, Jaegar was positive she had an imaginary friend.
It wouldn't normally matter to him whether or not someone had a little imaginary friend. That their mental illness. None of his business.
But considering a heart had shattered just a day earlier…
'Could she be possessed by a heart shard?'
He would look into it later.
For now his thoughts rested on another matter.
Fakir played hooky.
It was none of his business, yes, but it was possibly the only interesting thing about class to annoy the overly stiff male.
Now the guy had taken away his amusement…
...
He'd lied.
He glared at the bustling girls setting up for a dress rehearsal.
Fruity said no such thing. Like he would even if he saw her.
Fruity had always had a sort of twisted sense of humor. He would find it infinitely amusing to see what would happen if he said nothing.
Kaethe knew this.
She could see through his lie easily.
Would she try to?
What was she even doing in Kinkan?
It was infuriating.
She should still be in Dresdin, the same as always. Still visiting the libraries. Still talking to the remaining ravens…
Why was she in Kinkan?
He had to take a calming breath when he was called on stage for his part of the dress rehearsal. It wouldn't do to show the bumbling females how entirely upset he was.
Angry. He was angry. Not upset.
Angry at what…?
...
"Love, love-zura!" Uzura skipped happily around campus. Kaethe was right, whatever this 'chaos' was, it was fun!
Especially how red people's faces would turn!
Uzura beat on her drum and looked about, "Ohh?" she blinked, "Where's Kaethe-zura?" she ran off, still beating on her drum, in a hurry to find the girl.
Mikhail stared after the small puppet with a certain amount of shock.
...
Elsie smiled at Tutu while they walked to the gates, according to the dancing girl the heart shard could be found at the bottom of a lake just outside of town.
It was long after classes, they would have left sooner but she had to stay after class to have a rather long talk with Neko-sensei(she shivered at the memory).
"So… what's this Ahiru girl like?"
"Duck." Princess Tutu corrected.
Elsie scrunched her brows, "Eh?"
"Ahiru is a duck."
Well, it wasn't that surprising considering her name literally meant duck, but the way Tutu had talked about her earlier really made her sound like a girl.
"Really? So what's she like?"
Tutu smiled fondly, "Clumsy. Very clumsy." She paused a moment for thought, "But very sweet. She was always thinking of how she could help the Prince and…" a light blush dusted Tutu's cheeks and she stopped speaking.
"And…?" Elsie was interested; it was odd to see Tutu blush. She was so elegant and calm that it almost seemed out of character.
The look in Tutu's was one of someone who wanted to get out of saying what they knew they'd be forced to, a glance at Elsie's prying expression and she sighed in defeat, "And… the Knight."
"The Knight?" Tutu nodded and Elsie's curiosity grew, she'd heard an abridged version of Princess Tutu collecting the Prince's heart from the princess herself but she hadn't heard anything about a knight.
Tutu attempted to suppress her blush without results and spoke, "He… was also trying to protect the Prince. At first, he wouldn't accept my—our help but eventually he allowed Ahiru and me to save the Prince. He was… very supportive."
Elsie nodded; taking note that Tutu seemed to be leaving out quite a bit, "Ne… you said you and Ahiru helped the Prince together… as one or something like that… so you were in duck form or something?"
Tutu chuckled and shook her head, "No… Ahiru became human to save the Prince."
It came out before she thought of any of the consequences it might have, "Did she love him?"
Tutu paused slightly before answering, "…in a way."
Elsie didn't press further.
It wasn't much longer before they arrived at the gate. Elsie moved to open it but Tutu stopped her.
"It won't open… will you wait here for me?" Elsie nodded but seemed worried, something about leaving Tutu alone made her feel uneasy.
...
She clenched her eyes shut, no! She didn't have character depth! Not in this town!
Not where it would cost her life!
Kaethe. Her name was Kaethe. She loved chaos because it scared her when things stopped movin—
'No!'
She had no fears! She was a shallow character!
There was a moment of silence before she heard a slow chuckle.
That was it.
He knew she had a personality.
He would try to control her.
It was a fight now…
"…ne, Drosselmyer-kun."
Fakir glared darkly at Muse-chan, "I've hardly appeared at all in this chapter! And you haven't even taken the first step to fix Ahiru!"
Musette chuckled nervously, "A-actually, you haven't appeared at all…" she laughed again, this time it sounded a bit too high pitched, "F-funny, ne?"
The glint of Fakir's blade was her first sign to run.
"I'm sorry! I'll fix Ahiru-chan soon! I'm too evil to die! WAAAAAH!"
((Ending Notes: XD Fun stuff, ne?
Anywho, to some of my fantastic anonymous reviewers(I love just as much as my other reviewers) I have some replies that must give!
Duo: Thank you very much for the suggestion! :3
notanothercircle: XD lol 'I find this 'Fish Head The 3rd & Co.' X3 lol, fate! It must be fate! XD lol, funny story, that's happened to me once before as well XD Thank you very much for complimenting my story! I'm really happy you like it so much! I looked at your dA account! XD I love your art style! Kawaii! :3 draw stuff for us? Really? –star eyes- sugoi!
Willa: I understand how confusing I can get -.-' I'm horrible with description… so! XD
OC's:
Name: Mikhail
Age: 17
Class: Fencing
Hair: Red
Eye: Blue
Name: Kaethe
Age: 12
Class: None :3
Hair: Purple
Eye: Green
Name: Jaegar
Age: 16
Class: Ballet
Hair: Orange
Eye: Yellow
Name: Heidi
Age: 14
Class: Ballet
Hair: Black
Eye: Red
Name: Drago
Age: 14
Class: Drama
Hair: Black
Eye: Purple
I probably missed someone XD lol. Ah well. I hope this was informative…
Kya! Guess what!
I have drawn the 'Heartless' crew! :3 Check it out! It should be in my scraps on my deviantART account!
Muse-chan avoiding homework.))