Mulan's PoV

We were getting to the end of the battle, I could feel it. I pinned Shan Yu down with my sword just as Mushu began to shoot the rocket. I smiled, he wasn't getting out, the sword was nearly going through the roof, and his cape would not release it no matter how hard he tugged at it. It wasn't so long before I died, too, I realised, so I left Shan Yu and went running the exact opposite direction.

"Get off the roof, get off the roof, get off the roof!" I muttered, trying to speed myself up even more, faster than I had even ran when I set off the avalanche during the battle.

Before I could get off, and before Shan Yu even got hit, I suddenly began to levitate. I was floating upwards, and I couldn't stop myself. I looked around me, seeing the wounded Shang and the furious Shan Yu also being levitated. I couldn't believe what was happening, it defined all logic! This surely couldn't be real! I tried to get out, but I seemed almost paralysed. I didn't understand, was I dead? Were we all dead? Send my father my blessing, I whispered, hoping my ancestors would hear me. Only, this feeling of floating was very, very real. So, if I wasn't dead, what was happening?

Suddenly, a hovercraft appeared above us, a large, metal one. It's shape was similar to a cup laid upside down on a coaster. I blinked my eyes in confusion, is this where you went when you died? This surely defied all legends of what happened. So I won't visit my ancestors after all, I thought, very disappointed with everything. The bottom of the aircraft opened up, and we were all sucked into it, similar to a whirlpool.

I was soon thrown onto the floor, in some sort of cage. A large cage, but I was not alone. I was with many others, most wearing gowns, some even wearing tiaras. One even was lying on the floor, part fish, a strange creature. She was sobbing her eyes out, trying to dry her bright red hair, which was soaking. Seeing her, I felt even more frightened than when I first met Mushu. One with short, black hair, fashioned into a neat bob, came towards me. Her dress was very colourful, including blue, red, yellow and white.

"Why hello there," she smiled, "I am Snow White."

Was it her who was behind this? Seeing the immediate chance to escape I leapt up at her like a lion and held throat, driving her right against the cage bars. All of the others stared at me with large, wide eyes, gasping in horror, but not daring to object.

"Let me out." I could feel my breath bouncing off her cheek, I was so close to her. "Let me out, or you die. It'll be easy, let me remind you."

Tears began running out of her cheeks. "What did I do? How can I help? Did I do something wrong?"

These tears were definitely real, and I let go of her straight away, she wasn't responsible for this. Villains don't respong in this way, no villain ever those. They either try to fight back or reluctantly accept death, but never cry. Snow White rushed to the other end of the cage, knelt down and started wailing even louder. I felt a little bad, I suppose I shouldn't have assumed she was responsible right away when she had only said six words to me. All of the others started backing away from me cautiously, already making me feel similar to an outcast. Eventually, another girl approached me, this one with long brown hair and a yellow gown.

"Stop being so rude to her, everyone." she said to the others. "All she wants is an explanation." she turned to me. "Don't you?"

I let my head droop, she had gotten straight down to the bottom of me. "Yes." I admitted.

"Well, I'd be happy to tell you everything I know. I was the first to be swallowed by this flying saucer." she said. "Each of our arch enemies all grouped together before each of us got what we wanted. It all started when one of them Lady Tremaine, her name is, got her hands on the Fairy Godmother's magic wand. She saw the future, and saw how each one of us would get a happy ending, so she grouped all of the villains to discuss. As each of our stories was about to end, when either one of us ruled triumphant, this hovercraft picked us up. I'm afraid that's all I know."

I grinned at her ever so slightly in satisfaction. It wasn't all the information, but it was much more than I had before I was dropped in the cage.

"Thanks." I said. "Oh and also, I don't think I ever caught your name."

She smiled back. "Belle. And you?"

"Mulan. Fa Mulan."

The sobbing fish woman began to speak. "I just wanted to be with Eric! That was all! Why did Ursula have to take him from me?"

I leapt up in terror and went into a frenzy of panic. "She talks! The fish lady talks!"

She glared up at me, rather offended. "I am what you call a mermaid. I prefer to be called my real name, Ariel. And yes, of course I talk. Though for a while I couldn't, all because of that monster."

Belle saw me staring in confusion. "We all have a reason to be here. Ariel sacrificed her voice for a human life, only if she did not kiss the man she loved in three days, she would give her soul as well. To Ursula. Then Ursula offered a deal with her Dad, the king of the sea, that she'd set her free if he gave the crown to her. And he said yes, to protect her."

It just seemed wrong to me. "So you sacrificed living in the ocean, something very few people get to do, for a life on land? You left everyone back at your home for it? You should have known that that deal was such an unfair one!"

Ariel scowled. "Tell me your tale, if it's any better than mine!"

I scowled back. "I sacrificed my life to save my father, I volunteered for the army!" I cried. "Seemed as though you sacrificed your father's life to save yourself."

We could not argue any longer, for I saw Shan Yu approach our cage, along with many other people, which I assumed to be the other villains. One wore a crown, and a purple gown, she was beautiful but stern. Another was some sort of octopus woman, with six tentacles, two arms, purple skin and a triumphant smile. Another held a snake stick, accompanied by a parrot. Another had black hair in a ponytail, male, with large muscles. There were many, many different ones, only one I recognised.

The octopus lady unfortunately also spoke. "It feels so nice, having all of you here! All in one place! Especially you, little mermaid!" she smiled at Ariel. "I laughed so hard when I saw you sobbing!"

Ariel frowned. "Ursula, you evil... you beast!"

Ursula cackled. "Listen up! You all are very lucky that we haven't killed any of you yet! Well, we are not going to be the ones to kill you!"

Belled shook the bars. "What are you saying! Get to the point!"

"You may have noticed that we did not only take you! We also took your princey-winceys!" her smile doubled, which I didn't think was possible. "Send them in!"

A pretty standard looking lady with a red gown and grey hair handed her a golden trident. She pointed it upwards and suddenly another cage appeared, this one holding different guys! Some wore cowns, some carried swords, but there was only one I had my eyes on.

"Shang!" I cried, banging against the bars.

"Mulan!" he responded.

I wasn't the only one crying to him, all of the others were replying to what I assumed to be their "princey-winceys". However I didn't understand why Ursula called him a prince. He was a captain, one day a general, but never a prince.

"Eric!"

"Beast!"

"Aladdin!"

"Prince Charming!"

"Florian!"

"Eugene!"

"Naveen!"

"Phillip!"

"Wee Devils!"

I turned to a red head with frizzy hair, calling their so-called prince, "Wee devils". I was confused, until I noticed that there were three little boys in the cage, each having similar face features and the same red hair. They were her brothers. Why brothers? Maybe she didn't have a prince, that was the most likely explanation.

"Silence!" another villain called out, this one held a scepter and had a raven on her shoulder. Her skin was pale green and she wore a black coat and black horns. "However, we are in the use for some, entertainment. So, we are going to throw all of you princesses into an arena, to fight to the death, so only one comes out living! Whoever wins gets to have their happy ending! However if you lose, not only do you die, but your princey dies too!"

Ursula looked down at Ariel, stranded on the floor, her tail soon due to dry out. "I could watch you lie down there all day. But don't you think I don't believe in fair play."

She pointed her trident at Ariel, causing her to lose her tail, and grow legs. I tried hard to look away, this meant that all she was wearing was a purple shell bra. Even after this, Ariel refused to give in.

"You never believed in fair play." she snarled. "You never did, you were the one who hypnotised Eric. You were the one who turned my father into one of your creatures."

She turned back to face her. "You're the one who was the spoilt brat. I was banished and exiled from court, I was the one who was really suffering. You had everything, but you still wanted more. You killed Flotsam and Jetsam, my only friends. Consider this what you deserve."

She pointed her trident at us, and our cage was taken into a different room, where we would be escorted into the arena. The other princesses were wailing, only I had a look of determination.

I had to save Shang.

I had to win these games.