Previously on The Dark Swan
Rue said "Hey she left her bracelet behind." Picking it up, memories rushed into her as she fainted. "RUE!" Her caring husband yelled before she blacked out into the dream world.
Normal P.O.V (A/N The memories are mostly from short parts of episodes with Rue watching this time.)
'Ugh. Where am I?' the raven princess questioned as she woke up inside the dream world.
She noticed she was at a pond and saw a small little duck hiding in the grass. Then a puppet appeared out of no where saying "My name is Edel. You are in The Dream World Of Memories. Random memories will play in. Here, you feel everything that Ahiru felt." And with that she disappeared into the fog.
"Ahiru! Its me! Rue." she whispered to the small duck but the yellow duckling did not notice her for she was watching something. Rue looked towards the direction she was staring at and gasped.
'They look…so happy. I want to come join them, but I can only watch, that's all I've able to only do. Sit and watch.' She looked at her small friend with sorrow. She felt the emotions she was feeling. Angst. Hurt. Sorrow.
"Ahiru, you didn't watch. You've helped us get a better life when you've sacrificed everything you had. Your humanity, your friends, family, love of ballet. Everything for the town while they forgot you." As she finished speaking she was teleported in another memory.
Swoosh!
Memory 2
'Where am I now?'
"FAKIR!" a voice screeched in horror. The swan Princess cried when he did not surface after the fight with the ravens and the prince. Rue felt a pang of heartbreak mixed with deep depression, she also felt tears welling in her eyes. She saw the look of despair that Princess Tutu had. The swan was looking down at the water crying the tears didn't stop in both princesses eyes.
Swoosh!
Memory 3
Rue noticed Fakir walking towards the small sleeping duck.
"Hey…Hey." The knight said waking the duckling.
"QUACK! QUACK! QUACK!" The duck woke up freaking out. The Raven Princess felt frantic.
'Oh no! I must've fallen asleep when I was walking!' the yellow duck felt panicked as ever.
"You're that duck from the other day."
'The pendant!' Ahiru thought when she noticed the gleam of her necklace.
"What is it? Have you taken a liking to this?"
She tugged at the pendant
"I do envy you sometimes." He said as he walked away.
"Quack? Quack!" This time 'Kraehe' felt a little mad and impatient.
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Memory 4
The duck was stuck in deep thought until her friends shook her out of it.
"Today is the day Fakir comes back from suspension!"
"Oh really?" questioned the duckling.
"Hold on, don't tell me you're a fakir fan girl too." the maroon-hair girl asked
"No I'm telling you, Fakir and I aren't anything like that!" The swan princess announced.
"Its okay you're my friend and Ill support you." Pike continued.
"Me too! I'll support you with everything I got!" stated the (sadistic) blond.
"FIRST STEP THE LOVE CONFESSION!" The two friends said in union.
Both princess felt a blush rising up and a little grumpy that they did not understand when no means no.
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Memory 5
"Eh this is kind of creepy. Where does the town have a forest like this? " Rue can barely see her dear friend in the fog, then she heard what sounded kike a horse running, "The ghost knight its coming this way! NO!" Both felt fear once again.
'Is that him?' Rue noticed a gleam on her necklace.
"Hold on, there's a heart shard."
"Duck is that you there!" Both looked towards the direction in which the voice was coming from.
Awhile later
"If we end up dying on each others swords just leave me where I lie."
The duck felt worry and chased after her knight. She began to freak out when she saw both knights fighting with one another.
"STOP!" Rue looked around and saw three figures. She ran towards them and saw the princess walking towards the brute knight. The Ghost knight was ready to attack Tutu when a hand grabbed her waist pulling her down. The Raven Princess felt warm for a second in her heart.
"What the hell are you doing!"
"Please Fakir do not fight." and she disappeared into the fog of the forest.
She walked up to the ghost knight as he prepared to slice her.
"Please come and dance with me." He swung his sword as she gracefully dodged. The Raven princess felt fear but yet determination.
When Tutu was cut with the blade her friend yelled out "AHIRU!" as she cried in pain along with her. She was full of slits everywhere along with Rue. Duck walked up to him once again and hugged him as he released his weapon.
"That's right. Your battle has been over for a long time." As she delivered the heart to the prince and fell down on the gound as her necklace slipped off.
"Oh god Ahiru." she cried for her battered friend on the floor. The knight walked up to the little duckling as he carried her in his hands.
'Fakir can I go to sleep for a bit….'
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Memory 6
"You pathetic fool!" Rue was startled with fear. She looked toward the old man who was thought to be dead.
"I transform you into a human and you lose an effortless chance to steal a heart!" He slapped her across the face as tears welled up in both their eyes. "Ahiru you don't deserve this abuse." she whispered as she held her own cheek.
"I-I'm s-sorry." the 'raven' heard her barely whisper.
"Sorry is not enough for losing a chance to steal a heart! It's a much greater price!" He grabbed a knife as she slowly backed away until she hit the wall. "AHIRU! AHIRU!" The princess yelled out for her friend as she stood still watching in horror.
"Please Drosselmeyer! I'm sorry! He was in the way! I'm Sorry!" He twisted her arm and they began to cry as it made a sickening crunch. He clutched her wrists his nails punctured through their skin and slit it with the knife as the blood flowed out from the giant gashes. (A/N Rue feels what Ahiru felt during the memories remember that info.)
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Outside of the Dream World of Memories
"AHIRU! AHIRU!" The girl cried out in her sleep. She was gripping tightly in the bracelet.
"Fakir go find Ahiru now! Rue!" He yelled when he saw slits, cuts, bruises, and he heard a crunch. Tears flowed out of the princess as the knight left to go find the swan.
Memory 7
"Hey I'm at the pond again…Ahiru I had no idea of what you went through… I'm sorry."
"its been seven months since the battle but three since he broke his promise."
"I feel so depress and I'm crying." Rue quietly whispered as she touch her cheek.
"Its beautiful!"
Both girls felt startled and hid.
"I'm glad you love it."
'Fakir?'
Swoosh!
The Prima Donna ballerina woke up panting and gasping for air and in front of her stood Swan Rima/Ahiru.
"All you had to do was remove the freaking bracelet. Is that so hard to do?" she sarcastically asked.
"Why did you even picked it up in the first place?" She look towards Rue and she just stood shocked.
"Which memories did you see! Tell me now."
"Ahiru-"
"Hakucho."
"You didn't sit and watch. You helped us. I'm sorry we didn't know the pain you went through until now. Why didn't you tell us that Drosselmeyer abused you! Why!" she cried.
"I have my reasons." and with that she left taking the garnet bracelet along with her.