Title: Eh, not sure about this. It's in the works still
Rating: K+
Characters: Ahiru, mentioned Mytho, Fakir and Rue
Summary: The true origins of Ahiru
So I'm pretty sure it's too cheesy, but I wanted it to have the feeling of a fairy tale. Not quite sure I succeeded with that :P Let me know what you think!
Once upon a time, as all good stories start, there lived a princess in a kingdom to the north. Her parents’ only child, she was beloved of them and the kingdom’s people. But tragedy struck the life of this carefree child, in the form of a usurper to the throne. He claimed rule to the kingdom, killing the princess’s parents. The princess, forgotten in the midst of the take-over, fled the palace and its city. Overcome by what she had seen and losing all faith in humanity, the girl turned into a duck. Just a simple duck, the most humble bird she knew of. The princess quickly lost herself to the form, locking away any and all human memories to save her from the pain of losing parents, kingdom, and self all in the midst of a day. But despite her attempts, the one thing she could never forfeit was her human heart, which, although she lacked all memory of being human, kept her from being just a simple duck.
And one day, as princesses are wont to do, she fell in love with a sad-eyed prince. A sorcerer noticed her longing and for his own amusement turned her into a girl, and a princess. He thought it due to the skill of his craft that this transformation, which seemed so against nature, was so easy to perform. But in fact he had only revealed her true nature, which is far easier to do.
To his chagrin, this girl-duck he believed to have created resisted him, defying his hold on her. The man’s evil deeds were reversed, and the prince was able to claim his happy ending with his princess. But without the man’s sorcery and no memory of her human life, the girl became a duck once more.
But all was not lost, for by the duck’s side remained a brave knight, with the same powers of the sorcerer, but a far kinder heart. In their last moments together as girl and boy, he had promised to stay with her, regardless of her form. And so they lived, neither aware of the true origins of the duck. That is, until the boy began trying to use his powers to restore the duck’s human form.