Act 13 [Swan Lake]
13.AKT
~Schwanensee~
Once upon a time...
...there lived a prince who fell in love with a beautiful white swan.
However, the prince...
...fell into a cowardly trap set by a black swan...
...and betrayed the white swan whom he loved.
The prince swore his love to the black swan.
But the white swan still casts her own self aside...
...and tries to protect the prince whom she loves.
This is the time when her love will be truly tested.
Ahiru If I can become a girl and be by Mytho-senpai's side...
Then someday... someday, I might be able to bring back his smile...
And if I could do that...
...I'd hope for nothing else.
Drossel If she speaks her love, she will disappear in a flash of light...
That is princess Tutu's fate!
But... to save the prince, she must speak of her love!
Now there is but one path for you to choose!
Speak of your love splendidly...
...and let us hear the exceptional tragedy of this chapter, Ahiru-chan!
Kraehe When our whispers are filled with emotion...
...whose words will they be pulled to?
If the piece chooses you, Tutu...
...I will return the prince and this piece to you.
But even if I would like to return it...
...you'd be nothing but a flash of light, wouldn't you?
Tutu Disappear...
I'm going to disappear?
Really?
I'm scared of that...
But...
Kraehe If you truly love the prince, there is no reason to be confused, is there?
Tutu Hey, why do we have to fight like this?
Aren't we...
Kraehe That's your fault.
Because you returned the prince's heart to him...
Returning the prince's heart to him sets the story in motion once again.
The story of the prince and the raven...
Everything began to move in accordance with their fates in the story.
The knight shall one day be rent in twain.
Princess Tutu shall disappear in a flash of light.
And for the prince, the days of painful fighting shall return.
We continue down the path towards destiny...
...for that is the fate decided for us.
You are the one who set the story in motion!
Even though no one wished for that...
Isn't that right, Fakir?
Tutu That time he tried to break apart Mytho's heart...
Fakir It's all right now.
You don't have to suffer anymore.
I'll break your heart apart for you once again.
Tutu For Mytho's sake...
What I was doing was... in the end...
Fakir That was definitely what I had thought beforehand.
Now, however, Mytho wishes for his heart to be returned.
I feel the same way.
You're the only one left who doesn't wish for that!
Too bad, isn't it, Kraehe?
Kraehe My, that certainly is too bad.
Isn't it, my prince?
Just when you had been returned to being a fool again, too...
When I pulled that piece of heart out of him...
...it seems that all of his feelings went to sleep again.
Tutu That can't be! Mytho!
Kraehe It's useless, Tutu.
There is nothing left to talk about.
Prince, take your sword.
Tutu What are you doing?
Kraehe Hey prince...
It seems that princess Tutu doesn't think your feeling of love is worth protecting.
So, let's go ahead and break it now!
Smash it to pieces, so that it can never be whole again!
Tutu Don't!
Kraehe Stop!
There is no other path for you to choose.
Now, let me see you disappear!
Tutu Mytho... This is all I can do now, isn't it?
I understand.
In exchange for that, when I disappear...
...don't do any more cruel things to Mytho, okay?
Kraehe I was wondering what you would say!
Fakir You...
Tutu Please, Kraehe.
Kraehe That's fine. I'll love him even more than I have 'til now.
Enough to make him forget about you.
Tutu Okay.
Mytho, goodbye.
Fakir Wait.
Why would you do something pointless like that?
Are you an idiot?
Tutu Idiot...?
Fakir Don't trust what that raven says.
If you disappear, who would return Mytho's heart to him?
Didn't you want to see Mytho's smile after you had returned all of his feelings to him?
There is no one else who can accept princess Tutu's fate with a smile.
So... you can't disappear!
This fate... I will change it!
Kraehe Such a foolish knight!
You can't even get close to me!
Even if you die in vain, you cannot change fate!
Fakir We'll see about that!
Tutu Fakir!
Kraehe You just sit back and watch.
Tutu Fakir...
Fakir I will not be scared any longer!
Give Mytho back!
Kraehe No.
Tutu Fakir!
Fakir!
Kraehe It seems that he couldn't go against his fate after all, doesn't it?
Now, it's your turn next.
Princess Tutu.
Tutu Fakir...
Fakir!!!
Fakir!
Fakir...
Fakir How's that?
My body is still in one piece.
Kraehe But in that state, you can't even scratch me!
Fakir Mytho, forgive me!
Kraehe What are you...?
Fakir Now you can no longer break apart the piece of heart.
Princess Tutu...
You... Mytho's future is...
Tutu Fakir!
Kraehe What a stupid knight.
Tutu Fakir...
I won't give up!
I'll definitely... definitely...
I'll protect Mytho!
Eyecatch
Kraehe Come on out, oh piece of my beloved Mytho's heart.
Good boy.
Now, princess Tutu...
...speak your love to your heart's content.
So you've finally made the decision to disappear, huh?
Tutu No, I will not disappear.
Kraehe What?
Tutu I cannot speak of my love for you, but...
...I have the ability to dance.
Surely this can convey my feelings!
Kraehe By passing up words and conveying your love through dance...
...you're saying that you won't disappear, huh?
How interesting.
Whose dance will draw the piece of heart to her?
You cannot win against me.
First of all, you're just borrowing princess Tutu's power.
You're just playing at being a princess, Ahiru.
Ahiru I'm just a duck.
Even when I become a girl, I'm always a terrible student... having to stay after class...
Pique Ahiru, if you keep this up, you'll fall back into the apprentice class again!
Lilie You'll keep rising and falling your whole life! How cute!
Neko Ahiru-san, why can't you do this simple thing?
You wouldn't be trying to fail on purpose, would you?
I won't forgive you for messing up on purpose in order to marry me!
Tutu I...
Kraehe You've realized what your true form is, haven't you?
Your pitiful form, even in the academy...
Tutu Who is dancing now? Tutu?
Ahiru?
Or maybe... just a bird?
Kraehe Yes, I am your princess.
Feeling You are my princess.
Tutu Wait!
Kraehe Give it up. It is already over, princess Tutu.
I will put you to sleep forever in the darkness.
I'll make it so you never awaken, no matter who tries to interfere.
Feeling Okay.
Tutu That's...
Mytho Return my heart to me, Tutu!
How you feel about me...
I want to know.
Fakir Princess Tutu...
You... Mytho's future is...
Tutu Fakir...
...I won't give up!
My feelings...
...are my own, so...
Right now, I am princess Tutu!
I won't give up.
I would just turn back into a duck.
Kraehe Hmph, doing that now...
She's dancing a pas de deux by herself...
She couldn't be doing that...
Tutu I want you to be here.
I want you to show me your smile.
I want you to dance with me.
I want you to support me, firmly, yet gently...
Kraehe Dancing a pas de deux by yourself suits your pitiful state right now.
But what will you do about the parts that you can't dance by yourself?
Tutu The real me is just a powerless duck.
But with you here, I can change!
Kraehe What a powerful jump!
That beauty...
Look at me.
There's no need for you to watch her dance.
Tutu The feeling I get when I see you is what turns me into princess Tutu.
I want to protect you!
I'm sure that you never wanted to lose your heart.
Smiling, crying, loving someone...
In order to protect someone's happiness...
...you threw all of that away.
When you had such a kind heart...
...that was the real you.
I love you that way.
Mytho I am right here, princess Tutu.
Tutu Mytho!
Kraehe The victory is yours.
Why can't my feelings reach him?
Tutu Kraehe...
Mytho Tutu, my heart...
This feeling...
This mysterious feeling that is boiling up...
This is...
Tutu The lake...
Mytho It was just an illusion.
Anyway, let's escape!
Tutu Yes!
It's pitch black...
Edel This way.
Tutu A light?
Mytho Let's go look.
Tutu Okay.
Mytho Tutu!
Tutu Fakir!
Fakir...
Thank goodness.
Fakir Mytho...
I see, Tutu... you saved Mytho...
Thank you.
Tutu I was able to be strong because of you, Fakir.
Fakir Me? Why?
Tutu Edel-san...
Fakir The one who saved me...
Mytho You're the one who guided us here?
Tutu Why?
Edel I'm just a puppet.
I just wanted to try imitating having a human heart.
Tutu Edel-san...
Edel Really crying, getting mad, laughing...
I may have always been envious of that.
But I have no regrets.
So don't cry!
Tutu That's impossible!
My tears won't stop.
Edel I want to see the prince and Tutu dance at the end.
Tutu The end...?!
Edel Please. Dance a pas de deux with the prince.
Mytho Princess Tutu.
Let's dance.
And so the princess's deep love...
...triumphed over the evil magic.
The prince got his feeling of love back...
...and the two put their love into...
...a dance that continued forever and ever.
They wished for this happiness to last eternally.
Drossel Ah, what wonderful love.
Although in overcoming your assigned role...
...and going against your fate...
...there was pain and suffering awaiting you.
Everyone knew that.
Not knowing your place and overcoming that... you did your best, Ahiru-chan!
However, perhaps that was the fate that was decided for you as well!
Now then...
...stories don't end on their own, you know!
New music for Act 13
Peter Ilytch Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" Op. 20
Camille Saint-Saëns "Carnival of the Animals"
Richard Wagner "Lohengrin" Op. 35