Angel-chan: I'm so so so sorry that I haven't updated this story you guys
Fakir: What the hell Angel! You left your readers waiting for six months! SIX MONTHS
Ahiru: Hold on Fakir she was planning to update a week after her last update.
Fakir: *rolls eyes* yeah well that didn't happen now did it
Angel-chan: *hits Fakir on the head* I know that! I said I was sorry now didn't I!
Fakir: *rubs his head* Ow~…Who cares I still don't accept it plus you shouldn't ask me to forgive you ask your readers *points towards you all*
Angel-chan: *turns towards all of you and bows down to you all.* I'm so so so sorry to have kept you all wait for this chapter I never meant for it to happen and I will try with all my will power to never let it happen again if it ever happens again then I will allow one of you to decide what you want the next chapter to happen whether or not it follows the story I'll make it work out. So please forgive me.
Ahiru: Alright then on with the story xXxStrawberryAngelxXx does not own Princess Tutu or Shugo Chara!
Angel-chan: Enjoy *small smiles*
Recap:
"If her love wouldn't be requited in this world then she would be reborn and see it fulfilled then…However, her fiancé never came and the maiden took another to the world of the dead instead. This is the maiden tragic story within the story. Here in this town there was a maiden who met the exact same fate. As in the story she fell in love and just as in the story she lost hope and just as in the story she took her own life and then…"Her words faded into the misty fog that started to consume the stage as Ahiru stare at Miss Edel with sadden eyes.
"Is the story going to become real?"Ahiru asked.
"The story will become real in this town where reality and stories intermingle."Just as Miss Edel finished saying her sentences, a church bell was heard.
"Just as in the story Mytho will be taken in that man's place…"Ahiru said softly.
"I won't let that happen."Said Rue with a confident voice.
"It's started…"Miss Edel said as she pointed towards a direction making the girls look towards where she was pointing. Just as they were about to turn the red velvet curtains drew down cutting the viewer's off from what were the girl's about to see.
End of Recap
The students quickly went into action as soon as the curtain fell and started to change the scene of the play within three minutes the scene was transformed. The three actresses stood there as they were changing the scene when finishing the set ups the three actresses changed their positions'. When in placed the red velvet curtain started to rise into the dark shadows to reveal the change upon the stage.
The girls were facing towards where Miss Edel was pointing towards only to see an opening from where they saw Mytho walking to see a tree line path and a Mansion towards the end.
"The dead end…" said Ahiru
"A mansion…?" Rue said in surprise.
"The maiden's soul has settled in the mansion courtyard…She has been waiting." Miss Edel spoke in a calm tone.
"Let's go Rue!" Ahiru called out towards Rue as she started towards the path.
"Ah- Yes." Rue quickly followed Ahiru on her heels. They ran and ran with all their might to reach the mansion. When having the mansion in sight they saw that the great stone building was falling apart pillars broken, the roof of the build having holes, the trees were lifeless, and the green vines were growing as they please where they pleased. Once making it in front of the great big house the girls looked at the crumbling build when they silently heard footsteps a few feet away from them. Ahiru was the first one to turn and see it was in fact Mytho.
"Mytho!" She called out towards him; this made Rue turn her attentions towards where Ahiru was.
"I'm that man…?" Mytho spoke out. "If you say it is true then perhaps I am…" Mytho continued as he spoke towards the open stone window. When doing that a maiden ghost flew passed by.
"Mytho who are you talking to?" Rue called out in a worried voice as she was seeing Mytho in front of her. Soon the stage was covered in thick fog hiding the actors only showing their shadows. Just than a few more shadows appeared from the fog, when the fog started to lighten up it showed that seven maiden's surrounded Mytho they giggled as they encircled the expressionless Mytho.
"What's going on…?" Rue asked with confusion in her voice while Ahiru was astonished at what was going on. The maidens then bowed down within the circle as a rectangle shape door on the ground in front of Mytho started to lift open revealing the maiden's soul. Her face show grief and despair not a glimpse of happiness in her expression.
"Is she the maiden…then…?" Ahiru said as she stared at the maiden just then her ruby pendent started to glow. Ahiru touched her pendent, "The pendent!" Ahiru thought as she glances back towards the maiden. The maiden then started to dance with such grace 'Giselle' Mytho stared at the maiden that danced 'Giselle'
"So you that were calling to me all this time…" Mytho said aloud, just then the dancing maiden gestured for Mytho to come closer. When he did, the maiden took a leap forwarded and presented the Rose Mary. Just as Rue saw the flower, her eyes widen.
"AH! The Rose Mary of Giselle! You mustn't take it!" Cried out Rue as she ran towards where Mytho was standing.
"No Rue!" Ahiru cried out towards the running Rue.
"You'll be taken away to the world of the dead," Rue claimed as she herself started to dance "Come over here." She said as she gave a graceful stance. Mytho looked over towards where Rue was standing. The maiden then redrew the flower and started to dance against Rue.
"Oh Rue!" Cried out Ahiru. Rue kept on dancing however the longer she kept on dancing her expression turned more painful.
"I don't have the stamina to dance Giselle till the end…if only I had done more basic training." Rue thought as she panted, and just as she finished her thought, he legs gave out and she fell to the floor. Ahiru ran over towards Rue's side.
"Rue!" However, Ahiru stopped midway as both Rue and her saw the continuation of the ceremony of Giselle. Rue's eyes widen as she found the strength to push herself off the ground and run over towards Mytho.
"No! Don't!" However, to her dismay she was blocked off by two of the "brides maid ballerinas."
"Ah!" Rue once again fell to the ground.
"Oh no!" Ahiru said aloud.
"Well, well at this rate the prince will be entering an eternal slumber, is that okay with Princess Tutu?"
Asked the narrator as Ahiru ran towards a tree and hid behind it as she decided to help and transform into Princess Tutu. As she was, finishing transforming Princess Tutu jumped into the stage and landed into a graceful pose.
"My Prince stop you mustn't take it." When she spoke out all the actors on stage gave her their full attention. Rue that was still lying on the ground became stun and widen eye when she saw Princess Tutu in front of her eyes.
The maiden appeared in front of Princess Tutu with a sorrow expression. "Why, why do you interfere? Who are you?" Asked the maiden towards Princess Tutu.
"My name is Princess Tutu, just like you…I'm fated never to be with the one whom I love." Upon hearing, Princess Tutu's answer the maiden was left surprised.
"Please come and dance with me." The Maiden was hesitant but accepted Tutu's offer and the two together started to dance 'The Rose Mary of Giselle'. Rue seeing all this was amazed at Princess Tutu.
"Amazing, she's still keeping up with her."
"If you share the same fate as I then why is your dancing not lighten with sorrow?" Asked the maiden.
"Because of the many other emotions in my heart they won't give in to the sorrow." Tutu said with a smile as they both continue to dance.
"Ah…" The maiden was amazed by the answer that Tutu just gave her.
"Even if you take Mytho, it won't dispel the sorrow will it? Because the sorrow that resides within you is not how you truly feel," Tutu stood in front of the maiden as she took hold of her hands within hers. "I cannot know how much nor how long you have suffered but I know that whatever your story is you have grieved enough in your heart. Therefore, you can sleep with peace now. Yes you needn't to grieve anymore." The maiden fell the her knees as Tutu bet down enough to hold her into an embrace as the two started to cry in silent with a small smile graced upon both Tutu and the maiden's lips. The maiden's maid's disappeared leaving only Mytho, Tutu, and the maiden. However just as the maiden moved away from Tutu's embrace she started to glow red and transformed into a red looking prince Mytho. As soon as the prince appeared, he dissolved into sparkles and formed into a shard. Tutu took then shard into her hands and took it to Mytho.
"This is a shard of your heart called sorrow and it makes people suffer," Tutu extended her arms a bit more. "But it's still an important emotion to have." The shard floated towards Mytho's chest and faded into his heart. Once inside Mytho closed his eyes as tears started to appear in his eyes.
Rue's eyes widen. "Princess Tutu…"
Tutu gave Mytho a small bow as she ran off stage leaving Mytho standing there and Rue still sitting on the ground as the scene behind them faded back to the original set.
"The emotions returning to the prince are loneliness and sorrow feeling people have no desire for, my dear Princess Tutu do you think this will bring your Prince happiness?"
.:The Curse to Find True Love:.
"Oh, I…I'm sorry but I'm afraid this will be the last time." Said Princess Tutu towards the Prince taking him by surprise.
"huh…?" Tutu smiled sadly.
"I promise to never appear before you again," Tutu said as she avoids eye contact with Mytho. "So don't worry."
Silence fell upon them both as Mytho took in Tutu's words. "Well…Goodbye."
"Wait!" Yelled out Mytho earning Tutu to stop in her tracks.
"I understand a little of what I'm feeling right now." He said upon hearing this Tutu was surprise to hear it coming from the Prince.
"What…"
"This is the feeling of loneliness and the feeling of sorrow," Tutu face showed that of pain when hearing Mytho's words. "I don't want you to just disappear."
"But I… I haven't brought anything but pain."
"I don't care," Tutu became widen eyes as she looked over her shoulder. "Even if it hurts when I think you, I can feel a small light coming to life in my heart.
"So…So can I." By this point Tutu turned her body in a 90-degree angle towards Mytho.
"If you were to disappear I feel that if you were to disappear then that light would be snuffed out and vanished along with you that's what I fear."
Tutu turned her whole body to face Mytho with a flabbergasted expression. "I want you to restore my heart, Tutu." A faint blush crept onto Tutu's cream like cheeks as Mytho started to walk over towards her.
"Possessing this river is most likely my desire for knowledge. Please…return it to my heart."
Unknown to both Tutu and Mytho they were being watched from a far by someone. It was Rue alongside her was a crow with glowing red eyes.
"But…" Spoke out Tutu just then the shard resurfaced before them in human form.
"I see who I am now…So I am you." Mytho looked over his shoulder to see the shard in it's form while Tutu stared at him.
"Are you really sure?" She asked once more to make sure he wouldn't regret his decision later.
"Yes." He answered.
When hearing his answer Rue's eye were filled with rage and hazed over with a purple light as she watched Princess Tutu take the shard into her hand and about to place it back into Mytho's heart. Just when that is about to happen the crow standing alongside Rue eyes glowed a brighter red as it spread its wings and flew into the night sky. Causing a strong ominous black wind to blow; the wind directed towards Tutu's making her knees buckle her back arch and her arms the extend longer. However, as Tutu had her eyes shut tight during this she didn't notice that someone had taken the heard shard from her hands. Then winds settle down as Tutu started to look around to see if the heart shard was somewhere in sight.
"Ah…The heart shard…" Soon a flutter could be heard descending down from the dark ceiling. There spinning down was a breathe taking black swan or should I say Black crow. Landing with such grace the Black swan gave an elegant pose while her eyes were still shut.
"Who are you?" Asked Princess Tutu.
The black swan opened her eyes and gazed at Princess Tutu. "Princess Kraehe." She said without hesitates in her voice.
Upon hearing her name, Tutu was taken aback by the name. "Princess…Kraehe…?"
Kraehe then let her hands down, took what was in her hand, and lift it up to take a better glance at it with the moonlight. "Hm…What is this?" She asked as she stared at the red shrad.
"Give it back!" Called out Tutu
"No way!" Kraehe quickly responded.
"Ah…"
Kraehe gave a dark chuckle as she softly closed her eyes and reopened them to show her crimson red eyes hazed over with a purple subtends. "I will give you nothingI will let you do nothing."
Upon hearing her response Tutu's figure started to tremble. "Wh-what…"
Emitting another dark chuckle Kraehe lifted her hand and swiped it across figure horizontally creating another ominous dark wind with crow feather allow with it towards Princess Tutu and Mytho.
"Stay away from the Prince." She said as she gave out a laugh. Soon Rue regained control over her body "Who…who am I?" she asked herself in thought. The wind grew heavier only to dismissed and fade into the night air to reveal that Princess Kraehe had gone along with it. However, Kraehe was not the only one gone she had also taken Mytho along with her leaving Princess Tutu alone.
"Mytho…?" Tutu looked around her surrounding only to see he was nowhere to be seen. "Mytho!"
With Ahiru saying, the last line the curtains drew down concealing Ahiru as she stayed in her transformation. All the students were still pondered on how she was about to change on stage without the audience noticing. Heck then didn't even know how she's changing as well. Once the red velvet curtains the Tutu started to walk off stage but not before, she heard the voice of one of her classmates.
"We will be having a two hour intermission please feel free to go enjoy the rest of the festival during this time thank you." When hearing the announcement you were able to hear the whines and groans of the audience that wanted to see more of the story. Reluctantly they left their seats and went to enjoy themselves with the rest of the festival. As for the people in the back of the stage were running back in forth to gather everything that will be need for the next couple of scenes that were to come. As for the main actors, they were in their respective dressing rooms. Tutu sat on her chair as she stared blankly at the mirror in from of her. She was recalling the event that had just happen on stage.
"…Princess Kraehe…" She whispered into the empty room. "…Just who are you Princess Kraehe…"
.:The Curse to Find True Love:.
There sitting in the audience's seats sat Angel Moon who stared at the long velvet curtains that enclosed the stage. She gave out a heavy sigh as she leaded her head back allowing it to rest on the headrest. "The story has finally reaching it's climax. That only thing to do is to wait and see how this story will end for both the Swan and the Raven…" She closed her eyes as thoughts swarmed within her head. A single tear slid down from the corner of her left eye.
"I just hope that it doesn't end with the same fate as does before her." Her voice held grief as she spoke those words.
It is said that throughout the life of the cursed ugly duckling the duckling either was killed by the raven princess or was rejected by the man who she thought had loved. Only once was there a time where the Swan princess decided to fight back to gain her freedom from this retched curse, however despite her effort in the end the Swan princess was no match for the Raven princess and fell to only continue on living a new life with the curse still latched onto her.
Angel-chan: *Cheers* Yay! I finally finished this chapter.
Ahiru: I think it was worth the wait right guys *looks at everyone*
Angel-chan: I really hope you guys like it and I'm really sorry it took so long again.
Fakir: So R&R everyone and tell this stupid writer what you think of this chapter
Angel-chan: Well until next time ja ne