I tried to run away from the tavern, away from Mulan. It had become somewhat dark, already and the streets were filled with people and horse drawn carriages, but I ran into the middle of all the commotion not thinking about anything other than Mulan with another woman. I could hear Mulan calling after me, but I ignored her calls. She was shrieking then suddenly, a horse rider came quickly in front of me, but they weren't stopping. I closed my eyes and looked away, hoping somehow it would hurt me less if I did that. But then I felt my whole body being pushed away quite harshly. I opened my eyes to see Mulan in front of me, then all of a sudden I watched her disappear.
I was beginning to catch up to Aurora. She was clearly running away from me. I knew immediately she must have seen me inside, but why was she angry with me? I saw her run straight into the dimly-lit streets of the village, and then I saw a carriage heading straight toward her. I tried to call for her, but she wasn't listening. I saw her stop from shock and look away ready to be hit. I ran toward Aurora stepping in front and grabbing her away. I saw her peek from under her eyelids to check who had grabbed her and heaved her away. Then the impact of the carriage hit me, I was ripped away from Aurora and skidded across the dirt ground. I could barely see from the dust and dirt, I heard people yelling for the horse rider to stop as a crowd looked at me if I were crazy. I coughed out with pain, I felt my chest hurt from the impact. I saw Aurora run toward me first asking if I were alright. But everything sounded blurred and faded. I felt my eyes begin to close out of whim. I looked around the crowd, only to see Red emerge from the crowd giving me her sad countenance. Then everything went black.
I awoke in an startle trying to get up, but as soon as I tried to move my frantic body I felt a shooting pain everywhere. Every muscle seemed as though it had been aching for days. "uhhhg." I groaned out loudly, "Mulan!" I heard Aurora's voice call out from behind me. "Don't move," Red spoke out beside me, her gentle hand was upon my bare shoulder trying to lay me back down. I noticed I was wearing bandages and wraps around my body, but thankfully some sort of clothing to cover me. I felt my sword scrape across the bed knowing someone had to strip me. I had to wonder, who was the one who saw me bare? "Mulan..." Aurora began to say, but she was interrupted. "You're finally up." I sighed out a bit annoyed and happy at the same time. I was relieved Aurora was fine, but Red being here made things difficult...
Red was prone to become furious and over-protective, especially with me. She wasn't hostile, just trouble. I looked at Aurora seeing the confusion in her eyes, and knew this was bound to happen. I tried to stand, aside from all the pain, I wanted to be left alone. "Mulan, you need to rest." Aurora softly spoke out grabbing my arm. As soon as Aurora grabbed me Red's eyes flashed yellow and she began to stand erect. I intervened by standing in front of Aurora straightening my posture to tell Red not to even think about it. I shook my head once, sternly, looking into her eyes. I mouthed to Red, "Go outside." Red huffed out and stormed out the door. "Who is she?" Aurora asked immediately as Red left.