Destiny and Fate

By akaiihana

Disclaimer: I don't own anything of Princess Tutu…wish I did, though!

Chapter One: After the Wedding

Mytho confessed his great love for Rue and asked her to become his princess. Rue started to cry with happiness. She held the little duck close to her.

"I love you, Ahiru."

Fakir and Ahiru smiled at each other as they watched the new princess and prince kiss. Then they flew away on a flying carriage pulled by swans.

"Thank you so much."

They said their goodbyes to one another. Fakir and Ahiru watched them fly away into the skies, to their new home, to a new life together.

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Fakir and Ahiru lived together in a small house by the lake. Although Ahiru was a duck now and no longer a girl, Fakir still loved her very much. Ahiru had no idea, though. Fakir had always been good at hiding his emotions.

Fakir, after his first story about the Prince and the Raven, now wrote stories for a living. Like his ancestor Drosselmeyer, the stories he wrote came true, although he did not write tragedies. He only wrote stories that made people happy.

One day, he thought of writing another story but couldn't seem to think of what to write about. His eyes roved over the landscape of their home, and they suddenly settled on Ahiru, swimming in the lake. He suddenly got the idea of writing a story about her.

"Ahiru, would you like to become human again?" he asked Ahiru.

"Quack!" Ahiru answered, jumping up and down.

"I'll take that as a yes." Fakir laughed. He went inside to get more paper and pens. When he came back outside, he also had a chair with him.

"Quack?" (You're going to write outside?) Ahiru asked.

"Stupid duck, I can't understand you." he smiled. He sat down on the chair and started his new story. He wanted to finish it as soon as possible.

Once upon a time, there was a princess by the name of Princess Tutu. She was a princess only because she had a special pendant that could turn her into Princess Tutu. Without it, she was only a mere duck. She was only a character in a storybook. But one day, this storybook became reality. All the characters in it became true people. So she became real as well.

In that story, she was destined to live in misery and despair forever. But she chose to have hope. And she changed the entire story, literally. She made the ending become happy for everyone, all because she had hope. She even changed her own destiny. In the story, she was meant to disappear forever. But instead, she fell in love with

Fakir couldn't continue. He couldn't just write that Ahiru had fallen in love with him, no matter how much he wanted to. It would have been just like he controlled her. She would only have loved him because that was the story. Fakir didn't want that at all. He wanted her to love him for what he was. He loved her very much, but he couldn't tell her. So he crumpled up the story that he had begun. He decided to change the story to something better, something that would enable them to be together.

Once upon a time, there was a little duck by the name of Ahiru. She wanted to become a real girl. She had been a real girl once, but she had become a duck again. So she had asked help from a writer. Why a writer? Well, this writer wrote stories that always came true. So Ahiru wanted to ask him to write a story about her so that she could become human again. So that is what that writer did. So Ahiru became a real girl once again because of the writer's story. When she became human again, she was wearing the red pendant that she had worn during the days that she was a real girl, in the past.

Fakir sighed and put down his pen.

"I'm only doing this because this is what I want."

He couldn't think of anything else to write. He decided that it was enough for the moment and stood up to return to the house.

Suddenly there was a brilliant flash of light and he heard a scream behind him. When he turned around, he got a faceful of water in his face.

"Don't look! Don't look!" Ahiru screamed.

. "Huh? Why are you speaking? Are you…" He said, coughing and wiping water out of his eyes. He suddenly understood what happened. His story had already taken effect even though he hadn't finished it yet. Ahiru had become human again.

"F-fakir, would y-you mind g-getting me some c-clothes?" Ahiru asked him, shivering.

"Oh right! I'm so sorry." He removed the long jacket he was wearing. "Put this on so you won't catch cold. I'll get some clothes for you to wear." He went inside and got some clothes, remembering too late that since Ahiru was a duck, she didn't have any clothes.

"I'm sorry, Ahiru, you'll have to wear some of…my clothes for now. We can probably get you some proper clothes later on." Fakir blushed and turned around.

"Thank you. Um…you can turn around now." Ahiru said, after putting on the clothes.

Fakir turned around and almost laughed out loud. The clothes that he had given Ahiru were much too big for her. The sleeves of her shirt were too long and so were the pant legs. She was rolling them up because she could hardly move in them.

Ahiru saw him smirking and shouted, "What are you laughing at? It isn't my fault that your clothes are so big!"

They smell really nice though…wait, what am I thinking?! Ahiru covered her mouth just in time to muffle her quack at the thought.

"Ahiru, I was just kidding. You do look a bit funny though." Fakir laughed.

Ahiru looked up at him with surprise. She'd never heard him laugh before, and he'd rarely smiled, even these days. He didn't go around with a permanent frown anymore, though, which could only be an improvement.

"In the first place, how did I even become human? Is it because of the pendant? How did I even get it back?" she asked.

"Oh. It's because I was writing a story about…well…you." Fakir blushed. "It isn't finished though. I'll probably continue it based on what's going to happen from now on."

"Oh… Fakir…why were you writing a story – about me?"

"Because…because…"

Suddenly they heard footsteps coming closer.

"Ahiru, go inside!" Fakir whispered. "It'll get awkward if they start asking questions about you. I'll try to explain everything later."

Ahiru obeyed Fakir and ran inside the house. She went to the second floor so no one would see her.

The footsteps came nearer and nearer and suddenly stopped. When Fakir turned around, he saw Mytho and Rue behind them. They were holding hands and smiling at him.

"Oh, it's you two! How have you been?" Fakir said in relief and surprise.

"Thanks, we've been fine." Mytho replied. Fakir opened the door so that they could come in. He looked around for Ahiru and was about to call her when Rue said, "Fakir, where's Ahiru?"

"She's probably upstairs. I'll call her." Fakir replied.

Too late. Ahiru came tumbling down the stairs after tripping on her pants. She landed right at Mytho and Rue's feet.

"Hi, you guys! How are you? We weren't expecting you! But it's really nice to see you again, we've missed you a lot!" Ahiru said, beaming happily.

"Ahiru…you're…a…human? But - but how?" Rue asked.

"I wrote a story." Fakir answered.

"Oh I see!" Mytho said. "Fakir's stories always come out true."

"That's right." Fakir said.

"Wait a minute…" Rue thought for a moment and whispered to Fakir, "Why are you writing stories about Ahiru, huh?" she giggled.

Ahiru and Mytho had no idea what was going on. Sweatdrops appeared on their heads as Rue laughed and Fakir blushed.

"What's so funny, Rue?" Ahiru asked.

"Hey Fakir, you're blushing! How come?" Mytho asked.

Fakir whispered to Rue, "Do you mind if we…kept this to ourselves?"

"Sure! Fakir…do you plan on telling her?" Rue asked.

"Well…I guess I will. Just…not anytime soon, I guess." Fakir answered.

Fakir walked to the window and stared outside. With a few strokes of his pen, he had changed their lives. Nothing would ever be the same again.

"I just wonder…if I did the right thing."

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A/N Hey readers! Hope you enjoyed the first chapter of Destiny and Fate! Review me please… that way I can improve the story, okay? I'm planning on making this a really long one. So look forward to many, many chapters more to come! Review review review!