Chapter 8

When Ahiru turned back to being human she found Mr. Cat looking around his tail twitching unhappily. She watched him looked really distracted and scared. "Mr. Cat?" She tapped is shoulder.

"Ms. Ahiru thank goodness!" Mr. Cat jumped and looking her surprised.

"What's wrong?" Ahiru asked, watching him twitch and look about

"The bus is fixed, thankfully." He licked the back of his paw intensely "But, I and others are having a hard time rounding up the students."

"Can I help?" she offered seeing how worried he was.

"No, but….. Well?" He ear flicked trying to decide "If you happen to Mr. Corvin and James or Ms. Yara, please tell them to get them to go to the meeting area."

"I saw Corvin a while ago." She stated "I can go and get him." She spun in the direction that she last saw him

"Quickly I don't want to send another after teacher after you." Mr. Cat yowled as Ahiru ran off to find Corvin. As Ahiru poked and searched around, she felt the weird sensation that the world was growing dark but when she looked around one more it was still bright outside, after a few times of reevaluating the light she saw a distinct cloak run toward a corn field.

"James!" she shouted run to him.

"Ahiru?!" he looked out her shocked anger flooding his face.

"What are you doing?" she stopped in his place.

"Ahiru, stop trying to get involved." James whispered leering down at her "You can't help me."

"Bu-." She tried to explain herself as James's face flushed in a red color.

"I said stop!" He screamed, pulling his sword out the air swing it down at her.

"Eke!" Ahiru shrieked falling on her back, flinching at the pain.

When she opened her eyes, she was relieved to see James had ran off, patting herself down, she sighed happy to see that James blade hadn't sliced her. Getting to her feet, she became fearful of James wandering around with the sword the next person he ran into might not be as lucky as her. She slowly follows the track left by James, until she reached a massive corn field. The foot prints turn onto a narrow path that cut through the field and turned sharply into the distance she followed a path as the turns got more compacted and maze like, the corn seemed to grow taller when she tried to peer over.

"Still so sad?" A soothing voice asked.

"N-no." A timid voice piped up.

'Yara and Corvin?' Ahiru's blue eye widen in recognition.

"Yes you are, I see it in your eyes" Corvin said as Ahiru track down the voices.

"My eyes are always like that." Yara stated blankly.

"If you want I can make those eyes shine with happiness." Corvins voice got louder.

'I must be getting close.' She thought as peak in-between a row of thin corn stocks. Ahiru was Yara standing look like she'd collapse at any second.

"How?" Yara piped up to the shadowy outline of Corvin

"Wear this necklace and promise to be my Princess." Corvin held out the silver locket with eagerness. But, before Yara could react a golden flash erupted between them.

"She will not!" James voice boomed as swung his sword pushing Yara to the ground.

"You dare attack me while unarmed?" Corvin dodges James's sword effortlessly.

"Monster, you are never unarmed!" James growl slicing upward at him, Corvin spins away look almost bored. James slashes became wilder and deadly, Ahiru grew worried and scared for Corvin as she was unable to help. Taking a sept back, she noticed her pendent was glowing earnestly the light engulfed as she transforms into Princess Tutu.

"Please don't fight." Tutu appeared between Corvin and his attacker.

"Tutu!" James halted I shock

"Princess, pleas flee!" Corvin pleaded gripping his locket, in his palm.

"Watch out!" Yaras weak voice shouted and Tutu turned just enough for James sword to barely miss her side "Stop fighting no more pleas no more" Yara cried collapsing.

"Why are you stopping me?" Corvin caught James attention once more "All I want is a happy ending and I mean no harm be this." James growled and rushed him readying to stab him

"James don't!" Tutu got between the two once more, James kept his aim steady.

"Stop it!" A voice erupted as a bright light engulfed Yara's fallen form.

"Butterfly I knew that girl is where you hide." James stopped in annoyance

"Silence!" Butterfly sat up anger glowing in her eyes "I shan't let you two create chaos." She leaped to her feet and rushed James and Corvin with startling speed snatching up the golden sword and silver locket. She glared at the two young men as she made the locket and swords shatter into thousands of jewel tone butterfly fly off to every corner of the sky.

"Dam you Butterfly!" James growled bluntly running off, but Corvin stood shell shocked.

"Why…" his deep blue eyes began to water, then suddenly erupted into tears of rage "Why did you!" He shrieked, as crows darted from their hiding places shrouding him in a cloud of black feathers before disappearing completely.

"Butterfly." Tutu looked over at a suddenly collapsed Butterfly.

"Do not take my actions as one of a villain." She sobbed covering her face "I wish them both happiness."

"Then why do actions speak other wises." Tutu looked down at a Lady Butterfly that seemed be extremely different from the time before

"They both can't have the ending they wish. Unless Siegfried dies." Butterfly continued to sob

"Is there no other way?" Tutu refused to believe that any life had to be lost.

"Not the way they are now." The Lady Butterfly looked up at her "I'm sorry but it seems that going to fade away again." Butterfly's from fading and wavered "Tutu the girl Yara that can only exist when I do not she's a clue to…." Her voice faded along with her body, leaving an unconscious Yara.

Moments later Ahiru had managed to carry Yara out of the maze on her back.

"Um Ahiru?" Yara groaned confused

"You fell asleep in the corn maze." Ahiru look at her and smiled

"Oh." Yara looked back at the field seeing nothing "You can let go of me." She asked get of Ahiru looking embarrass "Um Ahiru."

"Yeah?" she looked back at the silver eyed girl.

"Do you ever feel like you've just shown up?" Yara's lavender eyes softened.

"Sometimes." Ahiru emitted

"How do you do it?" Yara asked

"Do what?" she tiled her head

"Stay so positive." Yara looked honestly interested

"I just am." Ahiru smiled, Yara didn't responded as the two girls entered the bus. As Ahiru moved to her set she saw Corvin huddled in his set sad blue eyes made contact with her, she felt awful she went to help him but she didn't want Mytho to get hurt.

"What's wrong with him?" She sat behind Pike and Lille.

"We don't." Lille shrugged

"It's so unnatural to see him like that." Pike whispered and shuttered.

"I think it's kind of cute." Lille squealed

"Lille!" Ahiru jumped between the two "He can here you."

"It's true" Lille shrugged

Meanwhile miles away Fakir dropped his head on his desk quill dropping from his hand.

"Done-zura?" Uzura betted her drum

"Done." Fakir replied and the doll like girl grabbed the pile of papers leaving him.

"Ahiru, I'm doing everything I can just stay in there." Fakir looked up at the sunset through the window "I'm doing this for you."

Drosselmeyer laughed at the misery of Fakir howling like a monkey unaware he was being watched by an old scruffy owl a minuscule gear clenched in its beak.

(AN: OKAY! Question who your fav James is or Corvin? This will affect the story choose honestly.)