The Knight and the Duck

~12~

"So, there's another Duck?"

"You were awfully accepting of the fact I came up to you."

"Well, it's not my first rodeo of strange things happening. Also, Fakir, you're different I think."

Was he different? Fakir contemplated this. Sure he was slightly kinder to Duck but was he nicer to other people?

He thought about this "New" Duck. She and Ahiru we're similar. Fluffy orange hair and freckled face. The Other Duck wasn't looking to hold his hand, or be excited to talk to him about her day.

She was more like Tutu, but with Duck's bouncyness

It was strange, she was more like a teen and less like a duck.

"What's your Fakir like?" He asked

Duck gave him a strange look. "Well we certainly are people that talk to each other sometimes. I talk to Mytho more though."

"Are you and Mytho uh," Fakir couldn't picture his friend with anyone else, only Rue. Rue had been with Mytho since the beginning. "Ahem uh you know like, "lovey-dovey""

Duck laughed uncomfortably "When you see me do you see your Duck?"

"That's not what I asked Idiot. You were going to tell me what life is like for you."

"And you asked if I was dating Mytho. So"

"Ugh. What's the point I'd have more luck finding Ahiru myself at this point." Fakir sat down at a nearby bench.

"Okay look, life for me," Other Duck sat down on the bench as well and crossed her legs. "See, do you want like big occurances?"

"Do you have a Drosslemyer too? And a Raven, and did Mythos heart shatter? Are you Tutu?" Fakir was exhausted. He just wanted to find Duck and now he had to figure out this whole strange thing.

"Oh. Well, I was Tutu."

"Was?" Fakir questioned. "And you're not a duck?"

"No, I confessed my love to Mytho when we were fighting the Raven who coincidentally turned out to be this shop keeper who was also using Rue to do her dirty work but-"

"Hold on did you said Her? and You confessed your love?"

Duck nodded. "There was this shopkeeper, who had a beautiful dress anyhow she gave me this egg pendant with little wings. Her name was Miss Edel."

"Miss Edel." Fakir thought about that. So it wasn't the Miss Edel from their story.

"You know her!?" Duck seemed concerned.

"Yeah why?"

"Well she turned out to be The Raven." Duck kicked her feet. "She's not coming back though so don't look so scared."

"Right." Fakir took that in. So Miss Edel gave this Duck her necklace, and she also turned out to be the bad guy.
"You confessed your love to Mytho and yet,, you're still here?"

"Of course I'm still here. Where else would I be?" Duck meant the question.

"In my world, Duck turns into a Duck when she quacks." Fakir regretted telling Duck this, but it was the only way. "And to answer your question, I don't see my Duck when I look at you. You two are different in small ways."

"So your Duck really is a duck then. Does she usually quack alot? is that, just a Duck thing?"

"I think it's just a nervous habit of hers." Fakir thought about his sweet, but idiot and clumsy and yet courageous Duck. "She's also quite stupid of course the moment she turns back she gets herself into a mess." Fakir grumbled this under his breath but Duck heard and let out a small laugh.

"You and the Fakir in my world aren't so different after all."

"Huh??"

"Princess Tutu isn't me, even if she is. I think she's more like a representation of my courage maybe? And my wants. Or at least I thought because of what The Raven told me. But when she confessed, I turned back into me, normal Duck. Rue and everyone knows I was Tutu though."

"Even me?" Fakir asked.

"Even Fakir." Duck tapped her chin. "I wonder how they are faring right now"

"What do you mean!?" Fakir got up. "You saw them!?"

"Uh, no, I mean, if I came here, then this world's Duck must have went to my world."

"Right." Fakir slumped back onto the bench, bringing his knees up to his chest. "I hope she's able to deal with me."

Duck smiled. "On the contrary, if the Rue and Mytho of this world we're dating, I'm sure she's dealing with things there."

"Do you know how you got here?" Fakir asked suddenly. "I should've asked that first thing!"

But Duck shook her head. "One minute I was on the dock at the pond, feeding the ducks, thinking, and the next I heard this faint voice say 'who are you?' or something I think?? I responded, saying me, Ahiru Arima, and suddenly I was snapped into the water I think?" She smiled. "It felt similar to falling asleep. But when I woke up I was still on the dock. So things were the same to my knowledge until you bothered me."

Fakir noted that his Duck and the Other Duck talked the same when asked questions.

"So if we go back to the bridge? We can get her back?"

"If you push me in I will hurt you.😑" Duck said back as Fakir got up quickly.

"I'll do whatever is necessary to bring her back." Fakir said back.