Of Disney Songs and Dreams

A/N: Hello. Another chapter? Yes, yes it is. And let me just say, if you have requests; feel free to ask/tell me of them. So, yeah, implied swearing, various pairings, and alcohol. Oh, and our favorite Bloodlines/VA guys. Hooray! Song: "A Girl Worth Fighting For" – Disney's Mulan, and companion to "I Won't Say I'm In Love". Both go together, and occur at around the same time.

And because I routinely forget this, Disclaimer: I don't own anything, except the plot bunny. That's it.

After the raid on the Warriors of the Light compound, the guys had reached an uneasy sort of truce, a truce where the Moroi and dhamphirs pretended not to know that Trey was a Warrior and Trey pretended that he didn't know the dhamphirs were dhamphirs. There wasn't much anyone could do about the whole, recognizes a Moroi as a Moroi thing, but Adrian did offer to put a Compulsion on him or try his hand at erasing memories. (Trey went paler than a sheet and politely declined; both were impressive feats.) And so,the Monthly Male Poker Night was born, established after Julia and Kristin had established Girl's Night Out at the school. So on the nights that Kristin and Julia dragged Sydney and invariably Jill, and thus Angeline) to go to the latest club or "hot guy hotspot" (their exact words, Eddie swears), the guys get together at Clarence's place and play poker. Nothing too big, matchsticks mostly, every now and again beer bottle caps or actual beers if they're feeling frisky. Generally, they used the time to do basic guy stuff, instead of having huge amounts of responsibility to shoulder. But once in a while, someone had one too many (read: Trey, Eddie and Dmitri abstained on principle, and Adrian's tolerance of alcohol was too high), and the topic got around to girls. Like tonight.

"Dudes, you know what would tot-ta-ly make all this s*** worthwhile? "Trey's words slightly slurred together; Dmitri went and put a lock on the ice chest with the beers in it, he would be drunk by the time he hit the bottom of the current bottle.

Adrian took a long pull off his beer, "You not being a lightweight?"

Eddie shot, "Or you not sucking at poker?"

Trey ignored the h*** out of their responses, "Having a chick. You know, to be the damsel and s*** like that. The dude always gets the chick in the movies." Apparently, Trey was drunker than they thought, they were going to have to pour him into a cab by the looks of it.

For a long time we've been marching off to battle
In our thundering herd
We feel a lot like cattle
Like the pounding beat
Our aching feet aren't easy to ignore
Hey, think of instead
A girl worth fighting for
Huh?
That's what I said
A girl worth fighting for

Dmitri cleared his throat, "Trey, the guy does not always get the girl in real life. That is just the movies. "

Adrian chimed in, jaw working as he mulled over his cards, "Yeah, sometimes the girl doesn't chose the dude." An embarrassed look crossed his face as enlightenment dawned, "Look Dmitri – I know that is not what you meant, and I totally wasn't referring to that event. Plus, that's the past. Totally forgot."

Dmitri and Eddie looked at him as if calling him on his bulls***. Adrian sighed, "I fold."

Trey continued on as if all this hadn't occurred. "I know! I know - *hic* - what we should do! We – We- *hic* - we should describe our- *hic*- our ideal girl!" Eddie reached out and grabbed Trey's beer and then poured it into the ficus. It was past time to cut him off. They dealt a new hand.

He started to describe his ideal girl in great detail about her looks, very exotic and mildly erotic. It sounded suspiciously like Jill, and the three non-humans shared a look betwixt themselves as if to decide who was going to beat him into a pulp for fantasizing about Jailbait in that manner. "I raise."

I want her paler than the Moon

With eyes that shine like stars

Trey, long cleaned out, leaned over onto Dmitri, breathing breath that smelt strongly of alcohol, "So what about you, comrade? *Hic*" So he was going door-to-door, there was no way to get out of this then.

Dmitri sighed exasperatedly, "I do not need to fantasize about an ideal girl, Trey. Fantasizing indicates that I will never find such a woman, when in fact I have. But for a ridiculous drunk, you are insatiable. This I know. So, I will humor you and describe my dearest Roza." And he did, but not just her looks (all of five seconds spent on looks, Trey mouthed to Eddie and Adrian "Whipped."), but her abilities as a Guardian and her loyalty (Adrian turned as if to check the time on the clock, winced), and would have probably been able to keep going in order to spare Eddie and Adrian, but Trey cut him off. Call.

"Okay, okay. *Hic* We know you've practically gotten married to this chick. When's the wedding by the way, need to save the date. *hic* On to Eddie, you are up * hic* my man."

My girl will marvel at my strength,

Adore my battle scars

Eddie took a sip from his soda can, mulling over the question (read: trying to waste enough time that Trey would get distracted) When it became apparent that Trey wasn't letting go tonight, he began to speak, ever careful. He slowly described a person that any girl could fit. The only great surprise came when Eddie expressed his wish that his ideal girl could cook. "What? Getting good eats is important. Dmitri would totally understand if he ever had to eat something that Rose made by herself. I call." New hand.

I couldn't care less what she wears or what she looks like
It all depends on what she cooks like
Beef, pork, chicken
Mmm

Dmitri raised an eyebrow, "Actually, Rose has learned to cook." His eyes closed halfway, "My mother and grandmother taught her some, I taught her some. She's figured out a lot on her own."

Eddie looked amused, and surprised. "Remind me to come around one day and try something. Last thing I ate that she made… I think I had to get my stomach pumped." Horrified shudders.

Trey seemed to be crashing, finally. He was babbling – way too drunk to successfully sneak onto campus alone, Sydney was going to have to help out which was going to totally make her night. It sounded like he was alternating between talking at Adrian (nursing his beer, nursing his cards) and talking about himself, hiccupping in between words. It would have been comical to record, but no one thought to. Too low a blow.

Bet the local girls thought you were quite the charmer
And I'll bet the ladies love a man in armor
You can guess what we have missed the most
Since we went off to war
What do we want?
A girl worth fighting for

He walked around the table to lean behind Adrian, "So how about *hic* you, Vampy Boy? *Hic*" Adrian's silence was taken as a sign to give him a pep talk, inspire him to be honest and just spit it out, and he actually got Dmitri and Eddie to (half-heartedly) prompt Adrian as well.

My girl will think I have no faults
That I'm a major find

Adrian chose to speak, but quietly. Trey was too drunk to be able to remember anything coherently about tonight, Eddie would keep his lips shut because otherwise things could get messy, and Dmitri, Dmitri knew his pain and couldn't judge him too harshly, and thus wouldn't say anything to anyone. He began, voice getting stronger as he spoke more, "I don't need to fantasize either, Trey. Trust me on that, it's a fact. She's the most beautiful creature I have ever known, she is singlehandedly the brightest star in the universe, she is amazing and makes me want to be more than what you see before you. She is intelligent, quick as lightning, unique and captivating. She is bold, rare, unusual, curious, intriguing, undaunted, daring, dynamic, strong, unwavering, genuine, and brave. She is fantastic and awe inspiring, and doesn't pull any punches. She believes in the good in me, and in my ability to be better than what I am. She is my universe; she holds my heart forever and always." He looked every guy – man – at that table in the eye, then said, "And we can never be together because of what we are, she told me that in so many words. Moroi and Alchemist."

How 'bout a girl who's got a brain
Who always speaks her mind?

Eddie and Dmitri's faces read,'s***', loud and clear. Adrian took a long swallow off the beer bottle, wishing that it was something stronger. Like moonshine, or vodka. (Clarence didn't have anything stronger than scotch, d***it.) Trey, completely missing the gravity of Adrian's announcement, scoffed. "C'mon man. Nothing better?"

Nah!
My manly ways and turn of
phrase are sure to thrill her

Eddie threw a matchstick at Trey, "Dude, you are such a d*****."

He thinks he's such a lady killer

Clarence toddled over from his seat by the fireplace, a half full glass of whiskey (Adrian cursed violently in his head, where the h*** did he get that?), clearly not all there. "Ah, talking about our lady friends? I remember the old days, with my Matilda …." They all pretended to listen, humoring the old man.

Eddie whispered furtively, "You mean, he's not married to Dorothy?"

I've a girl back home who's
unlike any other

Yeah, the only girl who'd
love him is his mother

The night was pretty much ruined at this point. Eddie hurriedly said his goodbyes and thanked Clarence before pouring Trey into Clarence's car. Trey left still babbling about the topic they had left off on. Dmitri, melted into the night, and Adrian, well, Adrian stayed at the poker table, staring at the last hand he had been dealt. Royal Flush.

But when we come home
in victory they'll line up
at the door
What do we want?
A girl worth fighting for
Wish that I had
A girl worth fighting for
A girl worth fighting

A/N: Okay, Chapter 2! Two updates in a day! Record! So, I'm thinking about expanding this from a two-shot into many different songs. I still don't know if I'll continue with this plot. Oh, and I was thinking of writing a couple of pieces expanding on the Rules Julia refers to (The Rules of Breaking Up, The Rules of Getting Over Breaking Up, The Rules of Friendship) in the last chapter that everyone seems to know except Sydney. Good idea or not? If you have any suggestions, feel free to tell me. Oh, and again, review if you feel like it. See you next song, XD.

P.S.- of someone can please explain how to put in indents at the beginning of a paragraph, that would be much appreciated! :)