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Chapter 43 - A Duck Calls To The Swan

Alisah is dropped into a giant lake and gasps for air. Her strawberry pink hair shimmers in the moonlight. Duck is observing from the sky.

Duck: Ugh, stop flaunting your beauty!

Alisah: What are you on about-

Duck starts to rotate in the air and dives bill first into the water. Alisah attempts to swim to shore. Duck lands her hit on Alisah. 

Alisah: Ow!

Duck emerges from the water

Duck: I'm gonna bruise dat pretty face of yours till it's bloated and ugly.

Alisah: Why are you so bothered by my appearance?

Duck: Gals like ya make me sick! Actin' all perf and propa. Gets da looks of 'very guy. 

Alisah: You just met me. Are you that quick towards the path of jealousy?

Duck: I dunno what yer sayin' but I do know dat I always git pushed to da side when girls of yer beauty appear. Makes me so… So… Angry!

Duck rapidly swims toward Alisah and lands a few hits before tossing her up into the air with her bill.

Alisah: (Thinks to herself: Now's my chance). 

Alisah grabs and plays her flute to summon wind spirits who create small twisters for her to land on top of. Duck emerges from the water. She blows her duck whistle. The ugly call changes her appearance to resemble a harpy. 

Duck: (Sighs) Even yer music is pretty compared to mine.

Alisah plays her flute aggressively to order her spirits to attack. The spirits dance across the water with gusts of wind picking up. Razor sharp wind projectiles fly at their target. Duck swiftly dodges the wind attacks in the air.

Duck: Yer aim sucks lady!

Duck submerges into the water once more.

Alisah: (Thinks to herself: Where's she gonna attack from?).

The water starts to disrupt with small waves and bubbles across the perimeter of the lake. Alisah launches more wind spirits across the lake. Alisah scans the lake with her eyes. She plays a different song to create a wind barrier. Duck keeps swimming rapidly.

Duck: (Thinks to herself) That wall won't save ya missy.

Waves expand… Larger… And larger… Until Alisah is knocked off balance into the water.

Duck: (Thinks to herself: Found ya).

Duck jets through the clear water directly at Alisah. The blow knocks the flute away from Alisa's grasp. Alisah gasps for air above water. Duck shoots up into the sky.

Duck: (Laughs) What's the princess gon' do now witout her precious music?!