My Little Tutu: A Princess Tutu AU

Duck, who had pondered about the shards and legends, it was starting to become scary for her. Two times since she became Princess Tutu, the shards would show as people she's seen in her dimension. Not knowing the connection between the shards and her, she also was concerned as to why she's seen them now.

"Why the long face, Duck?" Pinkie asked.

"I'm just thinking."

"About what?"

"Some pony..."

"Aw, cheer up. Why, I bet you that you'll meet him again soon. I guarantee it!"

"You think so?"

"Absolutely!"

"Thanks Pinkie..."

While she smiled and hopped along to their destination, Duck glanced at the side.

'Though I don't think it's possible. He's in a different world and I'm stuck here. It's not like he'll be here to meet me.'

"Hey, Applejack!" Pinkie called out.

When she glanced at the earth pony, Duck smiled a bit and recalled what happened the other day.

"Princess Tutu?" Spiraling Night mentioned.

"She's just a legend: a mere princess who never can love another pony. It is told that when she confesses her feelings to him, she would lose her ability to be an alicorn and die." Breeze remarked.

'That's what legends say. Tutu isn't real to other ponies...' Duck protested to herself, 'but then again, that's what I said when I was in my other world. Who cares? All I'm doing is getting pieces of Wing's heart and return home. I'm not thinking about being with him or confessing.'

Since she made her mind clearly, both Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Duck started to help making apple pies, but realized that she didn't need to allow her depression get in the way of true friendship. Meanwhile, when both Wing and Breeze were sitting in the gazebo, enjoying the view, Wing started to hear voices.

"Is something the matter, Wing?"

"I don't understand..."

"Of what?"

"This feeling...of seeing some pony smile...is this loneliness?"

"Wing!" Night called from a distant.

"Return home. I need to speak with Breeze." "Okay."

When he was out of sight, Night glared at Breeze carefully.

"Are you this pony that's helping him think of these 'emotions'?"

"You believe I would do such a thing?"

"Then who, might I ask?"

"Maybe it was that Princess Tutu that the legend proclaimed. If that's the case, then Starswirl knew that she'd return again."

"If you truly believe that so much, then stay away from Wing."

"You cannot tell me what to do."

While she and Night glared at each other, they both knew for certain that Wing was certainly changing for the better. Later that night, Duck was putting away some apple pies she earned from Applejack. Though it had been a while for her to be hear things from Twilight, she knew that nothing will change her heart of being able to see Fakir again. Suddenly, she noticed her window breezing so heavily. When Duck started to lock the windows tightly, she noticed Wing standing between his and her home.

'What's he doing?'

She got out from her home to find out what he was doing, but when Duck did so, Wing started to speak.

"Where are you?"

"Who are you talking to?" Duck whispered.

At that exact moment, wind started to blow so hard that Duck tried to hold the door before her and the door flew away. However, when the wind died down, she realized that Wing was gone.

"Where did he go?"

She ran towards the middle of the road to find Wing, but nothing was there. However, when she turned aside, Breeze was coming near her path.

"What are you doing?"

"I... I saw Wing coming through this area."

"I didn't see some pony."

"Really? That's strange?"

"Wait a minute." Breeze recalled, "you were that mare that screamed when I was trying to land lightly towards the ground during my dancing practice."

"Oh. About that, I-"

"Do you know how hard it is to be able to take such time to be able to perfect a landing with grace?"

"Look, I'm sorry about that, but I need to find Wing. He's acting strange. See ya."

Duck started to trot as fast as she could to the opposite direction to find Wing, leaving poor Breeze behind.

"Hold on. Come back here!"

Ruby Breeze went to chase after Duck, but her wings couldn't fly as fast as Duck's speed. While they were in downtown Ponyville, Duck started to figure out why Wing was speaking with something. Though it wasn't normal for a pony like him to disappear, she had to ensure that nothing should happen to him.

"Wait..." Breeze called out in a tired tone. "You're...Duck...right? You...run...so fast..."

"Oh. Sorry about that."

"Don't mock me. I'm trying to calm down."

"Oh. Okay."

While they started to walk about the town, Duck tried to find Wing while Breeze tried to relax her wings. She's never been so tired before. Duck felt terrible for running and wounding Breeze this way.

"You know, we could go our separate ways and see if we can find Wing."

"That may be. It would be strange for an earth pony, like yourself be walking with a mare with such standards."

"Standards? Uh, okay. Then, I'll go there and you go there. We'll meet at a certain spot and time, to see if there are clues to Wing's whereabouts."

"You know what's better?"

"What?"

"Being able to work together. It would be easier and faster."

"Oh. I guess I never thought of that before. Then, we'll find Wing together."

They continued to walk towards town to find him all throughout the night.

"May I ask you something?"

"What is it?"

"Have you and Wing been friends for a long time?"

"Why do you keep calling him Wing? He would prefer it if you call him Angelic Wing."

"Yeah, but he told me that I can call him Wing."

"Also, I'd prefer if you call me Ruby Breeze. It's unprofessional to call me by my last name."

"Oh. Ruby...Breeze?"

"What? Is it that hard for you to say my name?"

"Well, saying your full name isn't easy, but you prefer to not be called as Breeze, so may I call you Rue?"

"Rue?"

"Yeah. It shortens your name, it's cuter, and we've been friends for long enough."

'Cuter?'

"Then Rue it is! No Wing though, right Rue?"

With such distraught, Breeze continued onward as both her and Duck continued looking for Wing. Darkness started to devour the town that the two mares were concerned of Wing's whereabouts. However, they heard bats flying towards the Everfree Forest. When they glanced upward, the two noticed Wing flying with the bats also.

"Where's he going?"

"To the underworld..." answered a voice.

The two heard a ghastly voice that they stood there scared. When they turned around, however, it was a bright blue pegasus with rainbow colored mane and Fluttershy glancing at the bat migration.

"Fluttershy?"

"Hello, Ruby Breeze. Good evening, Duck."

"Evening, Fluttershy. Rainbow Dash."

"What did you mean, he's going to the underworld, Rainbow?"

"There was a tale where a count and a mare fell in love. However, the count was betrothed by another." Fluttershy explained.

"Then what happened?"

"Devastated, his maiden ended her life by becoming a bat pony. If she cannot love him as a mare, then she could be with him as a bat. However, the count died due to sickness and she was never able to return as a mare. She waits for her love to come and bring happiness."

"How tragic."

"Within this world, another mare fell in love, but as in the story, their love could never be together, but unlike that story, the mare dies of a broken heart."

"Are you saying that this story may be real in this world?"

"It has and will be."

The Ponyville Tower started to ring, thinking that they may be too late.

"We have to go, Rue. If we stay here, then Wing will become a bat pony."

"Yes, I can't let that happen."

When they ran towards the Everfree, Wing stood at the empty castle, glancing towards the window.

"Have you called me?"

The wind blew lightly.

"Then come to me and I shall be yours."

"Wing?"

"Who are you speaking with?"

Within one moment, the bats started to form all around Wing, allowing the bat pony maiden to appear. While the two glanced upward, Duck could sense her amulet glowing. It had to come from the bat pony who was depressed and lonely. The bat pony flew all around him to possess him as her prey. When she was close to his neck, he closed his eyes to prepare to become a bat pony himself.

"You must resist!" Breeze called.

"Rue, no!"

"You'll become a bat pony for all eternity. Come with me."

In such distress, both Breeze and the bat pony maiden started to fly around to determine who will take him by their side. While he glanced at the two, the bats started to protect him. However, Breeze knew that her wings started to ache terribly. Though she hasn't flown this long before, Breeze knew that this wasn't going to last. With their last flap, Breeze fell towards the ground due to having wing cramps.

"Rue!" Duck cried.

While they glanced carefully, the bat pony maiden slowly walked towards Wing again to take his life.

"No, don't!"

When she started to run towards him, the bat started to attack the mare defenseless.

"Oh no."

"Oh yes," Drosselmeyer replied in a distant. "The prince will become a bat pony for all of his days and shall never return as a stallion with a heart. Will you have that, Princess Tutu?"

Her amulet started to glow bright as the sun, allowing the mare to change into Princess Tutu. The cape, which hid her tail, started to change into a tutu. Her wings and horn started to appear as well, making herself become an alicorn. When her transformation was completed, Princess Tutu started to fly towards Angelic Wing as fast as she could.

"Stop! You mustn't resist the dark, my prince." Princess Tutu assured.

Both Wing and Breeze glanced at Princess Tutu with her beauty. With such hatred and distress, the bat pony maiden walked towards the Princess in defense. Princess Tutu used her horn to understand her language and feeling.

'Who are you? Why do you want him to not be with me?'

"I am Princess Tutu. Just like you, I have been selected to never love a stallion."

'Never love?'

"Come dance with me, please?"

For a few moments, both the bat pony maiden and Princess Tutu flew all around the sky, dancing the night away with hope and love. Breeze couldn't believe her eyes. An alicorn who was deemed a legend would be able to stay in sync with the maiden.

'How come you are not sad and depressed as I if we both share the same destiny?'

"Because there are other feelings that would not give in to depression."

'Other feelings?'

"You remember when you loved the count? He brought you happiness and laughter. That is what you truly felt. However, when he never came after you were turned into a bat pony, you lost that laughter in your heart and gave in to the sorrow. Be at peace, dear maiden. You mustn't grieve anymore."

'Thank you.'

The beast then started to disappear, allowing a shard of a familiar figure appear in front of her eyes: Lillie. When the bat pony maiden disappeared, both her and the bats were gone from sight.

"Here, my prince. The feeling of laughter. Though this is joy in pony's life, it also can contain sorrow. It's still an important item to receive."

Her horn levitated the shard towards Wing, allowing another piece of his cutie mark to be restored. Tears started to fall towards the ground as he started to cry with joy. With a smile on her face, she used her magic to teleport from their location, leaving the two ponies in the middle of the Everfree forest.