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(A/N; I'm so excited! I finally have MULAN 2! And I love it! I watched twice the night I got it. Thats how much I liked it. Srry it took me so long to update, lots of homework, and it don't help that i'm failing half my classes. Anyway. It's a new chapter. I hope you like. Its accually sort of long this time. Well here you go.)

Chapter 2: The Escort

"Mulan, what exactly do you mean when its from the Emperor?" asked Fa Li, taking a seat at the dinning table.

"I mean, the Emperor needs me at the palace. He says its urgent. And that I need to come as soon as possible." She said handing the letter to her mother so she could read it.

"Fa Li, let me see." Said Granny Fa, sitting next to her daughter-in-law.

"Mulan, if the Emperor needs you there at the palace, and that its urgent, than you should probably go get your stuff packed." Said her father.

"But I just got home a month ago. I just can't leave again." Mulan said complaining to her father.

"Mulan, I bet the emperor needs you, because of that captain friend of yours." Said Granny Fa.

"Granny. If the Emperor needed me because of Shang, then he wouldn't of said that its urgent." She said turning to her grandmother.

"That's what you think, my dear." Granny Fa said giving the letter back to her granddaughter.

"but, its so… so,"

"So what?" asked her mother.

"Weird." answered Mulan.

"How?" asked Granny.

"Well, I just got home, right. Then the Emperor sends a message saying that its urgent, and he won't tell me why, then I just think, I don't know" explained Mulan, getting fusterated.

"Mulan please calm down. You don't need to get fusterated. Just go pack your things, get Khan's things ready to go, come have dinner. Then go straight to bed." Fa Zhou said to her putting his hand on her shoulder.

"Okay. Mama do you want me to help you get dinner ready" she asked Fa Li before she went to her to pack her things.

"No. You just pack. Thanks for the offer though. Now go."

"Okay." Mulan said leaving the room.

"What do you thing the Emporer wants with Mulan" asked Granny Fa, putting the letter in a safe place.

"I don't know. I just hope it isn't anything really big. I don't want my only daughter getting into danger." Fa Li said gathering the ingredents she needed to make tonights dinner.

"The girl was in danger the minute she entered the army." Fa Zhou said leaning on his cain for more support.

"I hope it has nothing to do with Captain Li Shang. I like him. And I think Mulan might to." Granny said helping Fa Li.

"I hope not to." Fa Zhou said to the two of them. "I'm going to go help Mulan, are you sure you don't need my assistence"

"Yes Zhou, we never needed it before. But thanks for asking." Fa Li answered his question with a look saying 'Why-are-you-asking-all-of-a-sudden'.

"Okay then, you know where I am if you need me." he said leaving the room to.

"Okay." Fa Li answered back.

Knocking on her door Fa Zhou asked "Mulan, do you think I could help"

"Um, yeah Baba. Can you go into the bathroom and get me my toothbrush, hairbrush, and some soap please."

"Sure." he said going into the bathroom and grapping the 3 things Mulan asked him to get.

"Thanks." Taking the things from him, she asked Fa Zhou a question. "Baba, can you come with me? To the palace"

"Oh Mulan, I would like to, but I can't, not in this condition. And your Mother and Grandmother need me here." Fa Zhou answered her question with a heavy heart at the pleading tone his daughter had in her voice.

"I know, but I don't want to go alone." she said packing the rest of her things.

"Mulan, I'm sure the Emporer will have someone waiting for you tomorrow, I sent a message to the him before I came in here, saying that you'll be ready to go tomorrow. So you shouldn't be going alone." he said sitting at the end of her bed.

"Thanks Baba. By the way, did you ask him what he needed me for in the message you sent to him" she asked sitting down next to him with sarcasm in her voice.

Chuckling he answered "My dear Mulan, there are so many surprise about you. No, I didn't. When you get to the palace, he will tell you what you need to know. It is not my business to find out for you. Yes, I'm going to worry about you very day, but I know that you can do anything you put your mind to. You do when you train. I've seen you."

"You mean, you've watched me train" she asked with a strange look on her face.

"Yes, I have. And your getting better." he said to her.

"I'm still learning."

"Yes you are." he said with a smile on his face.

Knocking on the door, Fa Li said"Hey, you two coming, dinners ready."

"We'll be right there Li." Fa Zhou said looking over at his wife.

"Okay, don't take to long, it'll get cold." she said leaving the two of them to go back to the dinning room.

"She's right, we should probably go to dinner." he said standing up with difficulty.

Helping him up she said "Right, we should."

"No, no, no. NO" Mulan screamed sitting up in her bed. She had had that dream again, she had had the same dream everynight since she had gotten back from war. She doesn't know what it means, no one does. (A/N: Hint; the feeling.) Breathing heavly she laid back down, It was the dream again, what does it mean? Closing her eyes she fell asleep again.
"Morning sunshine. Get up, you need to get ready to leave. They should be here soon." Fa Li said going into Mulan's room. Fa Li looked at Mulan who still wasn't moving. Pulling the covers off her, Mulan pulled her legs up to keep warm, Fa Li said"Mulan! Get out of bed"

Sitting up, stretching, and yawning Mulan answered"Okay, okay, I'm up. I'm just so tired."

"Why? You went to bed pretty early last night." Fa Li said opening the curtains.

"I had that dream again Mama." Mulan said standing up and making her bed.

"Again? You've had that dream every night since you've gotten home." Fa Li said getting Mulan's clothes.

"Yes, I know, but I still don't know what it means." she answered, Fa Li helping here into the dress and tieing the sash.

"Well, we'll figure it out. But you need to eat, your father got a message from the Emporer saying that an escort will be here to get you for the journey to the palace." Fa Li said leaving the room with Mulan right behind her.

"She's up! Good! Fill up" Granny said bombarding Mulan the minute she heard her voice.

"Granny" Fa Zhou said from behind the short woman.

"What" she said shrugging her shoulders and going back into the dinning room.

"Baba, do you know who's coming" Mulan asked sitting down and pouring the tea.

"No. I don't, he said an escort will be here to get you." Fa Zhou answered.

"I bet your escort is captian Li Shang." Granny said grabbing her food first. Followed by Fa Zhou, Fa Li, and finally Mulan.

"Granny, I think he's now General. That's what I heard in town." Mulan corrected her.

"Oh right, but I'll bet he's your escort." she said with a misgievious grin.

"Mother."

"What?"

"That's the second time today." Fa Zhou said to his mother.

"So what. I like him. Mulan you should marry him." Granny said laughing at the faces she was getting.

Mulan had a horrified look on her face, Fa Li almost choked on her food, snd Fa Zhou was shaking his head.

"Granny." both Fa Li and Mulan said together.

Laughing she finished her breakfast.

"You know, she's right." Fa Zhou said after giving the idea a little thought.

"What" Granny, Mulan, and Fi Li said at the sametime.

"Granny's right. Li Shang is an honorable man. I wouldn't be surprised if he asked you Mulan." he said finishing his rice and eggs.

Mulan sat there with a horrified look on her face. "Baba, how can you say that? It sounds to weird coming from your mouth."

"If you'll excuse me, I'm going you go pray." Fa Zhou said getting up. "Mulan if your done, you should go put your things on Khan."

"Yes Baba. Mama, do you want me to help clear the table" she asked after her father left for the family shrine.

"No, no. You just go get Khan's and your things on him. Okay" Fa Li said clearing the table with Granny's help.

"Yes mama." Mulan answered leaving to go get the things she had packed the night before. On her way into her room she had thought about her dream again. What can it mean? Why do I keep having the same dream every night? I need to figure it out soon, or. Mulan thought putting the bags on Khan's back. Or I have a feeling something bad is going to happen.

"Hey Khan. Good boy. Here you go." she said handing him a carrot, because he was standing still while she put the heavy bags on his back. Khan nickered after enjoying the carrot Mulan had just given to him.

Petting him on the nose, she said to him"Hey you ready for another long trip Khan" He nudged his nose into her hand as a yes.

Mulan was about to say something before there was a knock on the front gate.

"I'll get it Mama." she said seeing her mother come outside to get the door.

Opening the door to greet who ever it was when she saw that it was...

Oooo, big cliffy. Sorry but i have to end the chapter there. I'll update as soon as possible. So review. Who do you think her escort is? Tell me what you think. I'm sighing out, Mess531y.

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