The Swan Princess

By HyogasLadySwan

Genre: Romance

Category: Princess Tutu

Pairing: Ahiru and Fakir

Rating: T

Disclaimer: I don't own Princess Tutu if I did the second season would have ended better then it did ;

AN: This story was partially inspired by the 1994 movie "The Swan Princess" (well duh). This is the first fan fic I have written in seven years. I use to write a lot of crossovers, but I haven't been really writing any of my stories down until now, so since this is my first fic in a while, I would prefer to have no flamers, eventually they will be okay, once I get back in the swing of writing. Read AN at the end for update details!

Prologue – Once Upon A Time . . .

Once upon a time there was a little girl who loved birds. She loved birds so much; she wished she could just fly away with them. One day while wondering out in the woods, she came upon a wizard who could see into her heart and granted her a wish and turned her into a duckling, which would one day turn into a beautiful swan. The young Maiden at first was happy, but she found that she was unable to fly away.

Unbeknownst to the girl another spell placed on her home town prevented her from leaving. Unable to fly freely the girl begged the wizard to turn her back. The witch laughed and declared that the girl could only change back, when the one she loved made a vow of unconditional love to her. Until then she would remain a duck forever and her tragedy amused the wizard.

The girl did not know that the man was not really a wizard but the man she had heard about only in bed time stories her parents had told her. He was the story spinner, who could bring his stories to life. However, he had been so evil that the people of the village chopped off his hands so he could never write again. Unable to write with ink, the man continued to write using his own blood for ink. The story he wrote was a story that allowed him to continue his story even after death. His story continued with the entire village as his characters, and the little duck, having been given this gift by the story teller, had unknowing changed her roll in the story forever.

Still in duck form and unable to talk, she watched her family everyday, as the mourned their missing daughter.

One day the town became overrun with ravens. The poor little duck could only hide and watch helplessly as the ravens attacked and killed her family. As she flew away terrified and filled with grief, she noticed that the ravens all seemed to be heading in the same direction. She followed them and watched as they attacked a young boy. The duck had known the young boy when she was a girl. He was mean to her, always calling her names and picking on her, but she felt sorry for him as he to, lost his family to the ravens. Still the duck wondered why all the ravens had chosen to attack him at the same time. Unable to bear it any longer the duck flew into the woods.

With nothing to tie her to the human world anymore, the little duck found a small lake and with each passing day became more like a duck and could recall less of being a human, until nothing remained of her human life. The only trace that she had once been human was her ability to feel, to love, and to hurt.

The story spinner continued to watch the girl as she began to forget herself all together. He smiled, it was just as he planned, and for what good was a perfect heroine? There would be no happy ending for the duck, for she was now nothing more then a duck . . .

. . . and who could ever truly love a duck?

AN: I will update this once I get 1 review. I just don't want to be writing this in vain if no one is reading it, I already have the next chapter done, so once I get that one review, I will post chapter 1. If possible the more review the better though! .

Thanx,

HyogasLadySwan