Title: Football Games

Pairing: Mulan/Aurora (Sleeping Warrior), some Ruby/Belle (Red Beauty), and some Emma/Regina (Swan Queen)

Summary: While at Storybrooke University, Mulan sees a beautiful mystery girl that catches her attention. Forced to go to a football game, Mulan meets the girl.

A College AU for Day 1 of Sleeping Warrior Week.

A/N: I am accepting prompts for this verse if anyone has any. You can send me a message on or on Tumblr. I hope you enjoy :)

Studying in the library, Mulan rolled her eyes when a group of jocks disrupted the quiet tone the library previously had. All Mulan had wanted to do was study in peace, but now that seemed nearly impossible.

Hearing an annoyed sigh, Mulan looked up from her textbook. Mulan saw that apparently she was not the only one bothered by the disruptive guys when she noticed a girl sitting at a table a couple rows over in a similar state as Mulan, hunched over her notes.

Mulan soon found herself staring at the girl. She was so beautiful. She had gorgeous auburn colored hair that looked as though it would even be perfect after just waking up. She had a natural beauty to her that Mulan had never seen before.

Mulan looked away before she could be caught staring. She would seem like a creep if the girl saw her.

Obviously still frustrated by the annoying guys who were now throwing a football around, the girl stood up, grabbed her books, and left the library to finish her work somewhere else presumably.

Soon after the mystery girl left, so did Mulan. Mulan wondered if she would ever see that girl again. Doubtful.

"Come on, Mulan!" Ruby and Emma whined in unison.

"I already told you. I have work to get done, so I can't go to this one," Mulan told her friends as she flipped through pages of her textbook.

"You haven't gone to any of the games," Ruby said to Mulan matter-of-factly.

"Go to one for once!" Emma said, enunciating every word.

"And hey, maybe you'll meet someone," Ruby said slyly with a wink.

"Just because you both have girlfriends, doesn't mean I'm looking for one," Mulan said slightly annoyed. That was not exactly the truth. Mulan was looking for a girl. Well, not exactly looking, just hoping to cross paths with that mystery girl from the library. That girl is the only one Mulan is evenly moderately interested in possibly having a relationship with.

"Hah. Okay. Sure," her friends said disbelieving.

"I'm serious!" Mulan said defensively. "I have to focus on my studies, which brings me back to why I'm not going to that stupid football game tonight."

"But Mulan! It's college! You're supposed to let loose and have fun which you obviously don't know how to do," Emma stated.

"Please Mulan. If you go we promise never to bug you again. Well, not about the games anyway," Ruby said in an attempt to persuade her.

Sighing, Mulan acquiesced, "Fine. But only this time, and both of you will stop pestering me. Okay?"

"Yes!" they Ruby and Emma cheered, high-fiving each other.

That night Mulan, Ruby, Belle, Emma, and Regina went to Storybrooke University's football game. Looking around, Mulan did not see the appeal. It was not even the sport itself that Mulan did not like. Mulan actually enjoyed sports, but she would much rather be playing them than watching them. This was just a bunch of people she did not know or want to know sitting way too close to each other on cold metal benches watching a group of amateur football players that they probably did not even know.

"Hey, Mulan, you'll have fun. Don't worry," Belle comforted knowing that her friend had no interest in coming to the game. In a lowered voice, Belle continued, "Truthfully, I don't even like football. At all. Can hardly stand it really."

"So, why do you go?" Mulan asked.

"Well, Ruby always drags me here, for one. But, I also am one of the writers for the school newspaper, so I'm kind of stuck showing up," Belle laughed. Then, a sudden realization came over Belle. "Hey! I know someone you could talk to here. Her name's Dawn and she is another writer for the newspaper. She's really nice, smart, and—"

"Woah! Is this another set up by Ruby for me to get a girlfriend, cause I already told Ruby and Emma that I'm not interested," Mulan sighed.

"This wasn't Ruby's idea, but I think you should really talk to Dawn. You two would hit it off. At the least you would get to avoid Ruby and Emma acting crazy over the game," Belle persuaded. Grabbing Mulan by the arm, Belle dragged her with her.

"Trust me, Mulan. You do not want to be near the two of them if we lose," Regina muttered.

Reaching Belle's destination, Mulan saw a girl looking down at her notepad, hair cloaking her face.

"Hey, Dawn." Belle greeted.

Hearing her friend, Dawn looked up and smiled, "Hey, Belle."

Seeing the girl's face, Mulan immediately recognized her. She was the mystery girl from the library. Mulan honestly did not think she would ever see her again, but now that she has, she was relieved.

"This is my friend, Mulan. She doesn't want to be around Ruby and Emma during the game," Belle explained.

With a nod of understanding, Dawn said, "I get it. They can act really crazy. They get way too invested in these games."

"Well, I'm gonna go back but I'll see you later," Belle said as she started to leave to give the two time to chat.

"Good luck, Belle!" Dawn laughed. "So, uh, it's nice to meet you Mulan."

"You too. So, what brings you here?" Mulan asked awkwardly.

Dawn lifted her notepad and said, "Newspaper."

Mulan cursed at herself inwardly. She knew she was writing for the newspaper. That was a stupid question.

Dawn continued, "I'm writing an article on tonight's game. Fingers crossed we win. How come you're here? I don't think I've seen you around before?"

"Ruby and Emma kind of dragged me here," Mulan laughed.

"Sounds like them," Dawn laughed knowing the nature of the two. "When I'm not here to write, it's because my boyfriend is playing so I have to show up and support him. Not that I don't want to anyway, but I'm just not so interested in football."

Boyfriend. She had a boyfriend. Of course she had a boyfriend. Why wouldn't a beautiful girl like her have one? It kind of stings though. Mulan didn't even know her though so it shouldn't have even been a big deal. But it was. Ever since the other day at the library, Mulan hadn't been able to stop thinking about the girl.

Stopping her train of thought, Mulan replied, "Yeah. I'm not really into football either. That's why I was so hesitant when my friends asked me to come."

"I'm sure we'll figure out a way to enjoy the night," Dawn said, thinking positively.

So, the rest of the night Mulan and Dawn talked. The night was not as bad as Mulan had expected. The two had soon become friends.

When Mulan got to her dorm, all she could think of was Dawn. Mulan fell hard.