Disclaimer: I don't own Princess Tutu and I don't own the song To the moon and back by Savage Garden. I wanted to make a songfic chapter this time. You will see more of those x3

Act 2: Wish

Mytho! Quack!"

The young man was slowly shaking his head. He had the same eyes and white hair just as Mytho. He wore a white shirt and black pants and his skin was white. His body was slim and he was just as short as Mytho.

"I'm sorry. I'm not Mytho. But we do look like the same though, even if we are different. My hair is straighter than his. "

When she mentioned Mytho's name Ahiru saw that the young man's eyes where filled with anger. His eyes where so cold, so dark How could he know Mytho? Perhaps the are siblings or related somehow…

"Oh! Sorry. My brother and I, we don't get along pretty well. I admire my brother very much. But everyone seems to compare him with me. My name is Engelbrekt. But you can call me Engel. You are Ahiru-chan?"

Engel was smiling to Ahiru. She didn't know that Mytho had a brother, he never told her anything. But Mytho was in pain and couldn't tell about his life in general. Ahiru only knew that part when he sacrificed his own heart to keep the raven sealed. In the end Ahiru didn't know Mytho that well enough. But it didn't matter to her, because she still cared about him.

Engel started to dance next to lake. His moves weren't as good as Mytho's, but he was still an excellent ballet dancer with grace and beauty. He had his own aura when he danced. He had an aura that was filled with secrets and mystery.

"Ballet was never my thing, Music is what my heart longs for." Engel said softly.

So Engel started to sing while he danced.

She's taking time making up the reasons
To justify all the hurt inside
Guess she knows from the smiles and the look in their eyes
Everyone's got a theory about the bitter one
They're saying, "Mama never loved her much"
And, "Daddy never keeps in touch
That's why she shies away from human affection"
But somewhere in a private place
She packs her bags for outer space
And now she's waiting for the right kind of pilot to come
And she'll say to him
She's saying

To whom was Engel singing for? Was it for her? She couldn't believe that every word, every sweet melody is for an old duck like her. Why would he sing about her? But deep inside Ahiru felt that the song he sang was for her. Did she wait for someone, someone to take her away from the lake? Somehow it felt like he knew somehow that she was hurt. Hurt for not being able to be with the people she loved. Hurt for not being able to tell her feelings for Fakir with words. She had Fakir by her side, yet she couldn't tell what she really feels about him. That made her heart ache. Engel continued to sing and dance:

I would fly to the moon and back if you be…

If you be my baby
I've got a ticket for a world where we, we belong
So would you be my baby?

Does a duck really have the right to have dreams? Ahiru dreamed of something more than being just a duck. She promised Fakir that she would be her true self, yet she wasn't happy. She still couldn't tell Fakir that she loved him the way Rue loved Mytho. The way she loved him. It made her so sad. She wanted to belong to the human world once more.

She can't remember a time when she felt needed
If love was red then she was color blind
All her friends, well they've been trialled for treason
And crimes that were never defined
She's saying, "Love is like a barren place,
And reaching out for human faith
It's like a journey I just don't have a map for"
So baby's gonna take a dive and
Push the shift to overdrive
Send a signal that she's hanging
All her hopes on the stars
What a pleasant dream
She's saying

"Is it fair? You made their wishes come true. Yet you're standing here, miserable, not being able to tell your love about your feelings." Engel said.

Engel was dancing towards to Ahiru. He gently put his feet in the water.

"Take my hand. Dance with me, Ahiru. Sing for me with your heart."

" I can't sing, quack! Fakir told me to stay here and wait for him." Ahiru said.

"Come on…sing for me!" Engel said.

"I can't"…she said.

I would fly to the moon and back if you be…
If you be my baby
I've got a ticket for a world where we,we belong
So would you be my baby?

Hold on, hold on …

"I don't need anything in return. I just want my friends to be happy!" Ahiru said while she danced with Engel,

"I know. You're the most unselfish creature I've ever known. Yet I can see the way you dance your pas de deux with me that your sadness is deep"

"I'm not that sad. I'm just a duck. That is the me I'm suppose to be!" Ahiru said trying to convince herself at the same time.

Engel's eyes were looking deeply into Ahiru's big duck eyes. Ahiru felt like he could read her soul like a book. It was a strange feeling, yet she wasn't afraid of him.

"If this is the you that you're suppose to be, then why is your heart crying for the deepest love?"

Mama never loved her much
And, Daddy never keeps in touch
That's why she shies away from human affection
But somewhere in a private place
She packs her bags for outer space
And now she's waiting for the right kind of pilot to come
And she'll say to him
She's saying

" My heart is crying? How can you see my tears? I'm a duck, I can't cry the way humans do" said the duck while she was dancing with Mytho's brother.

"Because even though, you're not human. Even though you can't express yourself with words, your dance is telling me your story. Your eyes are filled with the tears of sorrow. " Engel said.

I would fly to the moon and back if you be…
If you be my baby
I've got a ticket for a world where we, we belong
So would you be my baby?
yeaaaah …

"Would you become a human again, Ahiru, my dear? Would you become Princess Tutu once again?"

Engel touched the duck's head gently and Ahiru felt that she was blushing.

" I…want to be human again. But I don't know what to do! I can't be princess Tutu anymore." Quacked Ahiru

"Sing for me! Tell me about your deepest dream, your deepest desire" Engel said.

Engel carried the small duck's body and lift it up to the sky. Ahiru's duck tears fell from her eyes and suddenly she started to sing. She sang about unrequited love, she sang about being rejected, and she sang about her dreams that could never come true, just because she was a bird, with no voice that could tell Fakir what she really felt about him.

With pain in her voice, the duck screamed for Fakir's name.

" Interesting, it seems like that little duck will not just be able to dance, but sing as well? And she's screaming for Fakir's name? I wonder how he would react, especially since this beautiful young man named Engel is here. He happens to be the brother of the prince. Will Fakir be able to catch Ahiru's heart? I guess we have to wait and see until the next time. " Drosselmeyer said as he watched behind the scene.