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(A/N; Hi, hi, hi! What a beautiful day, the sun is shining, the birds are chirping. What am i talking about, its so damn cold. There's snow melting everywhere, and mud. i hate mud. But it won't stop me from getting this chapter to you. And in chapter 3, it's Majan, but i couldn't remember the name of it so i simply called it bingo.)

Chapter 4: The Dream

Last Time:

Where is he? Wait. Why do I keep wanting to know where he is? Thats the question I should ask. She thought laying down on her mat. Because I think you might actually care about him. A voice in the back of her head said to her. Do I? Do I care about him? Once again the little voice said to her, Of course you do! Heck, I think you might love him. Rolling over, her eyes became droopy. Closing them all the way, she fell into a deep sleep. Soon she saw the same stairway, with the door at the top, reaching a hand out...

Reaching her hand out to turn the doorknob, she saw the fimiliar dragon imprint on the front of the door. Turning the knob, and pushing the door open with some force, she was in the room with the big fireplace and the burned out log in it. A chair was in the middle of the room. It was dark. There were no windows or candles. (A/N; candles- the lighbulb)

Moving over to the chair, she heard a noise. It was coming from the fireplace. There it was again. Moving toward the fireplace, she heard another noise. Again, but this time it was someone saying her name. Turning around to find the owner of the voice but found no one. Instead there was a mirror. At first she saw herself, then it started to swirl around. Forming into Shang.

"Shang" she said reaching out to touch him, but the mirror started to swirl around again.

It was starting to form into a village. She looked closer, it was her village. Soon she saw it started to burn.

"No" she cried out.

It swirled again. This time she saw someone murder the emperor. She gasped. The figure in the mirror turned to see her. This time he started to come after her.

"NOOOOOO" she screamed sitting up in her bed. Breathing heavily she looked around her, it was still dark out. Laying back down, still breathing heavily, she thought of the Emporer, then she started to reconize the killer's face.

"No, it couldn't be. Could it" Closing her eyes again she feel asleep.

The next morning she woke to the noise of a horse. Getting up and leaving her tent, she saw Chi Fu come up to her on a horse. (A/N; Hehe, i got you there!)

"Fa Mulan, we need you at the palace right now" Chi Fu said with a disgusted face. He would rather be talking to scum, then talk to her.

"Why? What happened" She asked him, hearing the others start to shift around in their tents too.

His face turned from disgust to pure horror. "The Emperor... was... he was..."

"Chi Fu? What are you doing here" Ling asked looking at Chi Fu with disgust now. He didn't like him to much. No one likes him. They all thought he was to selfish.

"The Emperor... was murdered." Chi Fu said, his face turning pale.

"What" Mulan, Yao, Ling and Chien Po said together.

"That can't be! When" Mulan asked, then she thought about the dream.

"Last night. His ladies in waiting found him this morning." (A/N; is that what they are for men?)

Realizing what it meant, Mulan got on Khan as fast as she could and road home. She could hear the others behind her yelling for her to come back. But she ignored them. She was going home to see if her town had burned just as the dream had showed her.

"Just over the hill Khan, come on" Mulan kicked into Khan's side to make him go faster. "Almost there..." Gasping at the site that met her eyes scared her. The whole town was burning. "Mama, Baba"

Riding down the hill to find her burning house, she could see some of the families from the village, most of them had made it out. She just had to find her own family, to make sure that they were one of them. Seeing Granny with a group of young children, she rode over to her and asked"Granny, where is Mama and Baba"

Granny looked up at her granddaughter. She couldn't believe what was happening.

Mulan got off of Khan and asked Granny again"Where is Mama and Baba"

Granny pointed her short old finger to the burning village.

Mulan couldn't believe it, the dream had showed her what was going to happen. But what did Shang have to do with it? Why was he in the mirror?

Mulan turned around, she could hear aloud scream, then saw something collapse. "No." she whispered, shaking her head in disblief. She hoped that wasn't her mother's scream, but it sounded to much like her mother's scream.

She felt a hand on her arm, she looked down and saw Granny crying.

Going down onto her knees Mulan asked"Granny? Did you see who started the fire"

Looking into her grandmother's eyes, Mulan could see horror and disbelief. Just looking into them, she could get a clue to who had started it, but she asked the question again"Who started it"

After a long silence she answered, "Chi Fu."

Looking up and pulling Granny into a hug, Mulan had said to herself, "Traitor!"

She rode in silence back to the campsite. Granny had stayed to help the other families find the missing. She sat on Khan in silence, thinking to herself. Wanting to know what this all meant. Wanting to know where Shang came into this. She was almost back to the campsite when she heard something rumbling around in the back napsack. She reached in and pulled out a small looking lizard.

"Mushu"

"Hey baby." He said looking up into her eyes. He could see that she had been crying.

"What are you doing here" she asked him.

"Oh I'm so sorry." he said crying like a baby, totally ignoring her question.

"For what" she asked him, forgetting about wanting to know why he was here.

"For your loss." he said giving her a hug.

"You mean. They didn't make it... did they" she asked holding the tears back, and forgetting the hope she had that they were still alive.

With a sad look on his face, Mushu answered"No. They didn't. The collapse killed them instantly."

"So it was her scream. Wasn't it" she asked the tiny dragon, tears falling down her cheek.

"Yes, it was." Mushu answered. Crawling up her arm, and whipping her tears away.

Looking at the jade bracelet with the gold trim on her wrist Mulan thought about what her mother had told her before she left. "Always hold hope. No matter what happens. And also, remember that we will always be with you, no matter where you are" (A/N; hey, so thats what Fa Li whispered it to her before she left.)

"Hey, your mother's bracelet." Mushu said looking down at Mulan's wrist.

"No." she paused"My bracelet. She said it had always been mine." Another tear fell down her cheek.

"Hey, cheer up. I don't like to see you cry. It hurts me to much when your unhappy or hurt." Mushu said to her, putting his claws on her face.

Smiling she said to him"You care about me so much. You are my mosting trusting friend Mushu, (A/N; where have i heard that?) and you are always there when I need you the most. Thanks."

Whipping a tear from his own eye, Mushu gave her another hug.

"Mulan! Where have you been" Chien Po asked when he saw her.

Looking into her eyes, he could also see that she had been crying. "What's wrong" he asked, taking Khan's reins after she had gotten off him.

"My village, it... it was... distroyed." she said, the shock just now hitting her.

"What" Yao and Ling said at the sametime. They had come over from talking to Chi Fu when they heard Chien Po say her name.

"What happened" Ling asked.

"It was set on fire." She answered, trying to put together all the events that happened.

"What, who would do such a thing" Yao asked looking at her with concern.

Chi Fu was sitting by the fire, shifting uncomfortably. He got up and started to head toward his horse slowly so they would see them.

To late, Mulan saw him, pointed a finger at him and said"Him"

Chien Po, Yao, and Ling turned to see Chi Fu running for his horse.

"Get him" they yelled going after him to stop him from escaping.

"He killed the Emperor too." she said walking over to them. Yao, Ling and Chien Po had gotten to him before he had gotten to his horse. Now they had a tight hold on him.

"Isn't that right Chi Fu" Mulan said looking him straight in the eyes. Now, instead of being filled with sadness and tears, she was filled with anger and hate. Hate for him being a traitor to China, him killing her family, and him killing the Emperor.

"You killed my family too, didn't you" she said to him, her blood starting to boil.

He didn't answer her. He sat there with a smirk on his face.

"DIDN'T YOU!" she yelled at him, she was starting to lose it. She couldn't stand him just sitting there with his stupid smirk on his face. Her blood was really starting to boil now. Before she knew it, he was on the ground unconscious. Sometime between her yelling at him and him hitting the ground, she had pulled her arm back and punched him square in the face.

"Wow" Yao said, after they had dropped him.

"Put him on a horse. We leave for the palace." She said going back to Khan.

Mushu was watching all of this from on top of him. When Mulan reached him he asked"Why are we going to the palace, the Emperor is gone."

"Because, they'll need the murder." she said getting back on Khan. "Alright. You ready? Let's go." she said leading the way to the palace.

WOW! i really got you. to think that it was Chi Fu. You know, i never planed it to be him, but in to end it was him. I was going to have be Shang, but hey this makes it more exciting! I also brought him in just to make you squirm. Well, not really.but what do you think? What about bring Ting Ting, Mei, and Su into the story? I know Chi Fu is a traitor in alot of stories, but hey, thats how my plot goes. Please, please, please review. Thanks. Signing out, Mess531y.

pepe,ok: Maybe he is, maybe he isn't, you'll have to wait. Thanks, i think i'm going to write on then. Oh, i have another story, but it's not a mulan fic, its harry potter.

hawaiiangurl361: your right, thanks for clearing that up for me. srry for the cliff hanger. there will be alot more cliff hangers to come, so be aware. :D

Angel452: Questions, so many questions, where do i start? Thanks, so many feed backs about a story after Mulan II. Thanks, for the review, and the idea about the Huns coming to attack China again.

Dragon Spirit Fighter: Its okay. Thanks. Yeah, i like what you got there. Hey, what do you think about bring Ting Ting, Mei, and Su into the story?

Anna: Thanks for reviewing, your answer is in the next chapter, i think.

Canadarulz: Thanks for reviewing. Shang is, well, you'll find out.

colorguardbaby23: I liked the bowing to. It was even funnier while i was writing it, cuz i could see it playing inmy head. Thanks for reviewing.

Mickey Mouse 100: I don't know-sly smile- Thanks for reviewing.

rockfreak2003: i don't know, you'll have to wait till the next chapter. Thanks for reviewing.