A/N: If I owned FMA, Ling and Lan Fan would be together and happy. And I really don't own Disney.
The original idea of mixing Disney movies with other stuff belongs to Chellerbelle, who did this with X-men characters :D.
I only own this interpretation xD. Just for fun.
Enjoy:
"We're under attack!" shouted the guardian. "Light the signal!"
Wrath reached the top of the great Chinese Wall. The guardian took a torch and threw it in the cauldron, lighting a large fire. The Hun watched as fires lighted all along the wall.
"Now all China know you're here." Said the same guardian.
"Perfect." Smirked the man with one yellow eye, as he threw the Chinese flag into the fire.
…
General Fu bowed in front of the great emperor, Alex Louis Armstrong.
"Your majesty, the Huns have crossed the Northern border. "
"Impossible!" exclaimed Armstrong. "No one can get through the Great Wall!"
"Wrath is leading them" insisted general Li. "We'll set up defenses around your place immediately."
"No! Send your troops to protect my people!" said the emperor, who was a wise, still kind man. "Deliver conscription notices throughout all the provinces. Call up reserves and as many new recruits as possible."
"Forgive me, your majesty, but I believe my troops can stop them"
"I wont take any chances, General. A single grain of rice can tip the scale. One man may be the difference between victory and defeat."
….
Riza was so not ready for this. Why did she have to go through with this stupid tradition? Still, she had to do her best. She couldn't let her family down.
"Quiet and demure…graceful…polite…delicate, refined, poised…punctual" she wrote on her arm.
There was no way in hell she would remember all that stuff. So she'd better have a backup plan.
"Black Hayate!" she called looking for the dog, "Black Hayate! Black Ha…oh there you are! Who's the smartest doggie in the world? Come on, smart boy, can you help me with the chores today?"
Riza really wasn't someone you could call lazy. But she was a very practical person. And if letting Black Hayate do the chores meant leaving in time, she would do that.
She tied a sack of grains on Black Hayate's back, and the dog started running around, letting grains behind him. The hens started eating.
Meanwhile, Master Hawkeye was praying in their small temple.
"Ancestors, please help Riza impress the matchmaker today"
Suddenly, the small dog entered the praying place, leaving grains everywhere, followed closely by the hens.
"Please, PLEASE help her!" he insisted looking at the ancestors' statues.
Riza entered the temple with a teapot and cup in her hand.
"Father, I brought you…whoop!" she bumped into Master Hawkeye, dropping and crushing the cup. Her father caught the teapot in time.
"I brought a spare!" Riza said giving him another cup.
"Riza." Mumbled her father.
"Remember, the doctor said three cups of tea in the morning…"
"Riza."
"…And three at night!"
"Riza, you should already be in town! We're counting on you to up…"
"…uphold the family honor. Don't worry father. I won't let you down. Wish me luck." She said and left.
Master Hawkeye sighed.
"Hurry!" her father said, than turned to the temple. "I'm going to...pray some more"
…..
Riza's mother, along with grandma Pinako were waiting in town.
"Of all days to be late" her mother sighed. "I should have prayed to the ancestors for luck"
"How lucky can they be? They're dead." Pointed out Pinako." Besides I've got all the luck we'll need"
She was holding a cricked in a cage.
"This is your chance to prove yourself" she told the cricket, and begun walking in the middle of a full street.
"Grandma, no!" exclaimed Riza's mother.
She arrived on the other side of the road, with no scratches. On the other hand, all the carts and horses were lumped into a huge pile.
"Yep, this cricket's a lucky one" Pinako said with a smile.
Right then Riza arrived on her horse. She jumped off it and joined her mother.
"I'm here!" here mother gave her a stern look. "What? But mama, I had to…"
"None of your excuses! Now let's get you cleaned up."
Riza's mother, along with some women helped her bathe and dress.
She seemed to be the least thrilled of them.
"There, you're ready" said one of the ladies, after what seemed to be interminable hours.
"Not yet!" exclaimed Pinako. "An apple for serenity, a pendant for balance, beads of jade for beauty and a cricket for luck, and even you can't blow it!"
Riza sighed and walked along with the other ladies that went to the matchmaker that day.
"Ancestors, hear my plea, help me not to make a fool of me, and to not uproot my fam'ly tree, keep my father standing tall" she mumbled, despair clear in her voice.
A very make-upped woman opened the door.
"Hawkeye Riza!" she shouted, and Riza jumped and raised her hand.
"Present!"
"Speaking without permission" the woman mumbled writing something down.
"Oops." Mumbled Riza following the woman inside.
What was the point of this anyway? Why did she need a matchmaker for? She could do very well on her own.
She anyway didn't want someone to treat her like an object.
She knew to obey orders, but she had her pride.
And her own brain.
"Hum, hmm, too skinny" the matchmaker mumbled.
….
After a too long time, with a few incidents, including a cricket in the matchmaker's tea, ink on her hands and face AND setting the same woman on fire, Riza was outside.
"You are a disgrace! You may look like a bride, but you will never bring your family honor!" the matchmaker shouted, and shut the door behind her.
Riza sighed and took of on her horse, ashamed.
…..
She arrived home, to see her father's hoping and smiling face.
She turned away from his smile, feeling like she had betrayed him.
Master Hawkeye and his wife were holding hands.
They had sad looks on their faces. She had done it again. She had dishonored them.
She walked in the garden, letting her hair free. She didn't dislike it held up, but all those accessories in her hair were just too much.
She looked at her reflection.
Riza didn't recognize herself anymore.
"Somehow I can not hide who I really am, though I tried. When will my reflection show who I am inside?" she said for herself, looking in the water.
The girl sat on a bench, under her favorite blossom tree.
"My my, what beautiful blossoms we have this year" her father said sitting near her.
Riza sighed. Here comes the Zen-smart-and-old-and-mighty-alchemist-talk.
"But look. This one's late. But I'll bet that when it blossoms, it will be the most beautiful of all"
That was…unexpected. She smiled when he patted her head. He still loved her, even though he was disappointed.
They heard drums.
Master Hawkeye stood at once.
"Riza, stay inside" he said as he walked in the street.
His daughter, obviously, didn't listen.
Pinako coughed to catch Riza's attention, and gestured towards the roof.
The young girl caught the hint and climbed on it, watching what was going on the street from there.
"Citizens, I am Yoki and I bring you a proclamation from the imperial city: the Huns have invaded China!"
"No!" exclaimed someone.
„By order of the Emperor, one man from every family must serve in the Imperial Army. The Xiao family" said the skinny man named Yoki.
A man approached and took the conscription.
„The Yi family" he continued, and a young man took the roll. "The Hawkeye family"
"No." said Riza and got off the roof. She ran out to her father, who was about to take the roll.
"Father, you can't go!"
"Riza!"
"Please, my father has already fought bravely…"
"Silence!" said Yoki. "You would do well to teach your daughter to hold her tongue in a man's presence!"
Riza was about to shout a few things at the skinny man, the nicest line flowing in her head being 'misogynistic bastard with a dick in your ass'. But she was cut out by her father.
"Riza, you dishonor me."
She took a step back. WHAT? She let grandma Pinako guide her back inside the court yard.
"Report tomorrow at the Why Shu camp."
"Yes, sir" responded master Hawkeye.
"The Chu family." Continued Yoki, "The Fan family. The Eagle family. The Roger family…"
…
That night, Berthold Hawkeye took his old sword out. He practiced some old moves. His bones were a bit rusty, but he remembered the moves.
He suddenly felt dizzy and fell on the floor.
He spitted some blood. Damn, that hurt. He was in no position to fight. He knew he'd die. He had to.
What he didn't know was that his daughter was watching him from the shadows.
She saw him practice, saw him fall. Saw how bad the situation was.
There was no way she would let him go fight.
…..
"You shouldn't have to go!" Riza suddenly snapped at dinner, slamming her tea cup on the table.
"Riza!" her mother reproved her.
"There are plenty of young men to fight for China." She insisted.
"It is an honor to protect my country and family" responded Berthold.
"So you'll die for honor!" said his daughter.
"I will die doing what's right!"
"But if you…"
"I learnt my place. It is time you learnt yours." Said Master Hawkeye harshly.
Riza sat up and left the room.
….
Out, in the rain, she let her tears fall.
It was one of those rare moments when she cried. She was not the sobbing type.
But this situation was critical.
Her father was going to die!
He had fought quite a time ago, and he fought well. He used his flame alchemy in the battle, and did a great job. He had a huge reputation out there.
So why did he have to go again?
She decided, than and there.
She had to take his place.
It was the only choice. She would pretend to be a male. She wasn't that feminine anyway.
She could cut her hair and…
Yes, it's settled.
She went to her parents' room and took the conscription, replacing it with her comb. It was a special gift from her father, but she couldn't use it now, if she cut her hair.
Riza threw her beloved parents one last look and left.
In the room where she saw her father practice with the sword was also his armor. The girl took it, along with the sword, with which she cut her hair.
It was now short, but she would keep it tight anyway.
"Will you come with me, Black Hayate?" she asked the dog, who barked at her.
"Good boy" she said taking that as a 'yes'.
She jumped on her horse, with Black Hayate running after her, keeping up well.
She left her house, in the dark and rainy weather.
She couldn't come back.
Not before she made them proud.
I hope you enjoyed reading as much as I enjoyed writing xD.
Don't worry, Roy will make an appearance soon.
I decided not to make in all in one chapter, because it's way too long.
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Should I continue?
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