The Ballet of the Swans

Prelude

Hi everyone! This time around, I asked a friend of mine, Marchenhope to lend me this story, which she had stopped posting, to upload on my profile, of course giving her due credit. So this is for you, my friend! Please Rate&Review!

Remember the end of the Prince and the Raven? How almost everyone had their happy ending, the prince found his princess and they were happy.

But what of the fallen heroine, Princess Tutu? She had fought her fate of turning into a speck of light,but had returned to be the duck as she once was. Now in her real form, she lives with the story writer, Drosselmeyer's descendant; Fakir. With Kinkan Town restored, both could enjoy life in the company of each other, awhile getting letters and visits from Mytho and Rue.

But, the happy ending she fought for was now to be taken away in a single night...

From a foggy lake, a lone figure watched a young couple dance a pas de deux; so much warmth from the two as they floated upon the water, flowing into his cold body. But he couldn't take his eyes off the smiling face of the girl, her bright sapphire eyes shined beautifully in the eyes of her partner's emerald ones.

The figure placed his left hand over his heart. "My sweet swan, my beautiful Ahiru..." he whispered placing his right hand over the other one. Just then, the dancers vanished and he is left alone once more "I hope you will listen, just like you always have..." then he pulled a dark blue ocarina from his cloak.

Placing the tip in his mouth, he began to play a sorrowful melody; both the lake and trees became still as nature listened to the lonely boy's song. 'My swan... I shall let a new story be born, a story, where you can be human again. Because your happiness, is my happiness...' The melody continued to play even after the boy vanished, leaving a soft, scarlet feather in his place.

Somewhere else, old, rusty gears of different shapes and sizes began to return to their original state. Watching from his chair, the old man laughed heartily. "Hohoho! So a new story is being born? What will it be about? Who is the main character?" He laughed as the gears began to turn.

A little girl appeared next to the old man, pounding her drum. "A new story-zura? Ohhh!" she said watching the gears. "Yes, yes! Now show me this story! Let me hear the music play! I hope to enjoy this! Hohohohoho!" The old man's voice echoed throughout the darkness, one by one, the old gears beginning to turn.