Part III
Now, we travel from Shang's hometown, to Mulan's
village. It was another bright sunny day, Mulan had
just woken up from a long night's sleep. She
sat up in bed thinking about last night the night that Shang
stayed for dinner. She really hoped that he would
visit again someday soon, she really enjoyed he's
company, and also, she was in love... But little
did she know that a great dilemma that she had never had
to face in her young sixteen years, was about
to occur...
Wang Wei was riding into a small village that
he had heard was the famous Mulan's village. He had been
sent by the emperor to fetch Mulan. Wei was probably
around twenty-one or twenty-two, he was nice
looking, smart, but a bit of a snob. He thought
he was all that because he worked as the emperor's
messenger...
"Mulan, will go to the market and get me some
fruit and vegetables for dinner?" Fa Li asked. "Of course,
Mother," Mulan answered obediently (that is how
most Chinese girl are brought up), yet a little annoyed.
So Mulan set off on foot to the market, there
she was spotted by Wei (the new guy). He liked the way she
looked and the way she talked to people in her
special un-lady-like manner, so he approached her.
"Excuse me, miss, but, uh, I was wondering if
you could help me," Wei asked Mulan. "Um, well, I'm in a
bit of a hurry, but how can I help?" answered
Mulan. "Well, could please tell me if this is the village
where I can find a girl named, Mulan?" he asked
arrogantly, as if he thought he was too high-class to talk
to a poor young country girl (even though he
didn't feel that way). "Sir, I, um, have to go, sorry..." Mulan
replied quickly, for she had lingered too long,
and her mother would be worried, besides, why should she
waste her time talking to a snobby guy when she
had dinner to prepare?
Part IV
Mulan rushed home carrying her basket of fruits
and veggies, but she accidently tripped on a rock and
spilled all the food on Wei. "Hey, I know you,
you're that girl that ran off when I was asking you
something..." Wei said. "Oh, I'm so sorry, Sir!"
Mulan cried apologetically. "Well, sorry isn't enough, do
you have any idea how much this silk cost? Now
you got beggars food all over it, how do you suppose I'm
to get the stains out?" Wei asked angrily. "I
said I was sorry, but I'll pay for a new one, I promise," Mulan
said indignantly. "Ha! Poor folks like you can't
afford fine things like this, but I suppose I could use an
extra servent or something..." Wei answered.
"You think you're all that, but guess what? You're not, my
father, Fa Zhou, would never let any member of
his family stoop to a slave's level, besides, our family is
fairly well off..." Mulan said with her black
eyes flashing angrily. " "Did you say your father was Fa
Zhou? Would that make you the legendary...Fa
Mulan?" Wang Wei gasped nervously. "Of course that
would make me Mulan, who else would I be?" Mulan
answered annoyed...
"Ohhh Shang! You're sooo funny! I think you're
the handsomest man in the world!" Gwan Taoyen
squealed. "Uh, thanks," mumbled a very annoyed
Captain Li Shang. "You're sooo brave, I would've
fainted at the sight of war battle! How did you
ever survive?" Taoyen asked with her fake eyelashes
blinking like an idiot. "I, um, just...did, I
guess?" answered Shang. "Eek! My eyelash just fell in my tea,
eew!" shrieked Taoyen. Seeing this as a good
time to escape, Shang quickly dashed off into another room.
That night, Shang hadn't changed into his pajamas,
he decided to run away from home, even though the
idea was childish, it still excited him. He would
slip away in the middle of the night when everyone else
was asleep, then he would ride for the remainder
of the night to Mulan's, the woman he loved, village.
There, he would propose, and *sigh* just thinking
of her made his heart beat faster. But he quickly
returned to reality, how would he explain to
his stepmother about his refusal of marrying the ditzy
Taoyen? Well, he'll just quickly marry his beloved
Mulan and then, it's worry-free happy days for the rest
of his life. Yeah, that's what he'd do...