Chapter 4:
A Secret To Keep.
Hello again. This is a short chapter, but I would say it´s interesting. Enjoy. :) Oh yes, and thanks alot to: tough spirit, gore, mulan fan, baby le, and my sister for reviewing.:)
Late at night, Mulan went to the lake to take a bath. She had been looking foward for a bath since she had sweat like crazy that day. Bathing there made her relax and forget about her worries. Mulan got into the warm water, it felt so comfortable. She closed her eyes and simply thought about Shang; she felt so lucky now that she knew he loved her. Just when she thought she would never honor her family the way every other girl was brought up to, Shang told her about his feelings. Mulan felt relieved, she was going to get married after all. Mulan wanted to spend every single moment with the young general, but for the moment, he was asleep.Minutes later, Mulan got dressed in her training clothes.
As she headed to her tent, Mulan heard someone calling her name. She turned around, and saw the stubborn little recruit she had met earlier in the afternoon.
"Come here," Lynn whisperend.
Mulan looked puzzled at the recruit; Tung Ma had said he wasn´t able to talk, and there he was whispering her name, and his voice sounded rather girlish. Anyway, Mulan decided to listen to Lynn.
"What do you want?" Mulan asked," Besides, weren´t you supposed to be mute?"
"Exactly!" Lynn exclaimed," You said the word supposed!" Lynn confirmed Mulan´s doubts about her being a woman. For a moment Mulan couldn´t believe it.
"Who are you?"
"My name is Lynn and I´m the emperor´s daughter," Lynn went on," and I need your help."
So what exactly was Mulan supposed to do? Not even in her wildest dreams, she´d thought this could happen; and for some reason she felt guilty about this whole thing; true, she had been the one who started it when she joined the Imperial Army to save her father. Mulan was concious that she couldn´t just ignore Lynn; because she knew she had to help her out. Mulan had gone through this before, but she couldn´t stand lying to Shang again.
"What do you want from me?" demmanded Mulan.
The answer was just too obvious. Lynn narrowed her eyes at Mulan and said," Look we are both women her at camp, so I just want you to keep my secret and help me out if there´s any trouble, please."
Mulan bit her lips, feeling some pity for Lynn. She wondered which could be the reason, she was after all the emperor´s daughter for heavens´ sake!" Maybe she ran away to have some real adventure.
"Why are you here?" asked Mulan.
Lynn found herself smiling and answered," My fiancé is here, and if something happens to him, I want to be by his side."
Mulan nodded. She would certainly do the same for Shang. Anyway, she had more experience than Lynn. Mulan spoke up," But it is very dangerous."
Lynn crossed her arms to her chest and replied," Fa Mulan, don´t tell me this is a dangerous place for a young lady because so are you."
"I know but..."
"Yes, I can see you are obviously wondering how can I survive a battle without being trained how to fire the cannons, that´s why I need you to teach me a couple of things , but I´m as good as you at archery, martial arts, and swords skills."
Mulan nodded quietly. This girl sounded so presumtuos; she was sort of a pain in the neck with her bragging. Mulan forgot about the pity she felt for her at the start, maybe she felt a little jelous of her; since Lynn succeeded in a match versus the general just a few moments after she arrived to Camp Wu Zhong, when Mulan had a hard time fitting in with the rest of the soldiers.
"So, are you helping me?" asked Lynn.
Mulan stayed thoughtful for a moment. True, it was sort of an obligation for her to keep Lynn´s secret. She could keep a secret just like she did once with herself, but what about Shang? Mulan had promised herself she would never lie to him again, so he could trust her enough, which he had already done. Somehow, something inside Mulan told her she had to help Lynn even if she was the emperor´s spoiled daughter.
"Alright," was all Mulan said.
"Thank you," replied Lynn.
So both girls headed back to their tents.
Mulan found it hard to sleep that night. All she could think of was she was going to lie to Shang again, now that he trusted her so much. Still, she couldn´t acuse Lynn, it would be so hypocrite from her part because she was also a girl dressed like a warrior. Maybe she could tell Shang and make him understand, and Lynn could stay, but what if he kicked both girls out. Rules were rules. Mulan thought that Lynn was probably taking advantage of her.
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The next morning,while everyone was packing their stuff and preparing to leave, Mulan was fast asleep. Now that Mushu wasn´t there to wake her, she could sleep long enough until...
Shang entered inside her tent. The first thing he noticed was that Mulan had a complete disaster in there: her armor was everywhere, her shoes, her socks were scattered around the place, while she slept peacefully.
Shang approached to Mulan, he really didn´t want to wake her up but he had to. Mulan looked so harmless, so innocent. Shang knelt next to her. First, he gently touched her face and removed the locks of dark black hair that covered her beautiful face. Then, he leaned foward to kiss her lips. Mulan opened her eyes and Shang pulled away from her. "Time to go, sleeping beauty." His words only drew a smile on her features, and reminded her about her dear guardian, Mushu. " What are you doing here?"
"Nothing, nothing. I just got here a few seconds ago to wake you up," Shang said standing up and walking out of the tent," I´ll just let you get dressed." Then, he was gone.
Mulan shook her head and smirked. She could get used to Shang´s way of waking her up...though it was unpropper, who cares anyway?
Mulan stretched her arms and kicked the blankets to prepare herself to leave. "Oh,no, he saw me like this...my hair´s a mess,"thought Mulan as she put on her socks and shoes. Then she put her robe on and wrapped the ribbon around her waist. Finally, she wore her armor.
Mulan had completely forgot about Lynn´s secret, but she remembered it as soon as she walked out of her tent and saw her standing next to Tung Ma. Mulan felt her guilty concience torturing her once again.
How is it going so far? Please review. :)
A Secret To Keep.
Hello again. This is a short chapter, but I would say it´s interesting. Enjoy. :) Oh yes, and thanks alot to: tough spirit, gore, mulan fan, baby le, and my sister for reviewing.:)
Late at night, Mulan went to the lake to take a bath. She had been looking foward for a bath since she had sweat like crazy that day. Bathing there made her relax and forget about her worries. Mulan got into the warm water, it felt so comfortable. She closed her eyes and simply thought about Shang; she felt so lucky now that she knew he loved her. Just when she thought she would never honor her family the way every other girl was brought up to, Shang told her about his feelings. Mulan felt relieved, she was going to get married after all. Mulan wanted to spend every single moment with the young general, but for the moment, he was asleep.Minutes later, Mulan got dressed in her training clothes.
As she headed to her tent, Mulan heard someone calling her name. She turned around, and saw the stubborn little recruit she had met earlier in the afternoon.
"Come here," Lynn whisperend.
Mulan looked puzzled at the recruit; Tung Ma had said he wasn´t able to talk, and there he was whispering her name, and his voice sounded rather girlish. Anyway, Mulan decided to listen to Lynn.
"What do you want?" Mulan asked," Besides, weren´t you supposed to be mute?"
"Exactly!" Lynn exclaimed," You said the word supposed!" Lynn confirmed Mulan´s doubts about her being a woman. For a moment Mulan couldn´t believe it.
"Who are you?"
"My name is Lynn and I´m the emperor´s daughter," Lynn went on," and I need your help."
So what exactly was Mulan supposed to do? Not even in her wildest dreams, she´d thought this could happen; and for some reason she felt guilty about this whole thing; true, she had been the one who started it when she joined the Imperial Army to save her father. Mulan was concious that she couldn´t just ignore Lynn; because she knew she had to help her out. Mulan had gone through this before, but she couldn´t stand lying to Shang again.
"What do you want from me?" demmanded Mulan.
The answer was just too obvious. Lynn narrowed her eyes at Mulan and said," Look we are both women her at camp, so I just want you to keep my secret and help me out if there´s any trouble, please."
Mulan bit her lips, feeling some pity for Lynn. She wondered which could be the reason, she was after all the emperor´s daughter for heavens´ sake!" Maybe she ran away to have some real adventure.
"Why are you here?" asked Mulan.
Lynn found herself smiling and answered," My fiancé is here, and if something happens to him, I want to be by his side."
Mulan nodded. She would certainly do the same for Shang. Anyway, she had more experience than Lynn. Mulan spoke up," But it is very dangerous."
Lynn crossed her arms to her chest and replied," Fa Mulan, don´t tell me this is a dangerous place for a young lady because so are you."
"I know but..."
"Yes, I can see you are obviously wondering how can I survive a battle without being trained how to fire the cannons, that´s why I need you to teach me a couple of things , but I´m as good as you at archery, martial arts, and swords skills."
Mulan nodded quietly. This girl sounded so presumtuos; she was sort of a pain in the neck with her bragging. Mulan forgot about the pity she felt for her at the start, maybe she felt a little jelous of her; since Lynn succeeded in a match versus the general just a few moments after she arrived to Camp Wu Zhong, when Mulan had a hard time fitting in with the rest of the soldiers.
"So, are you helping me?" asked Lynn.
Mulan stayed thoughtful for a moment. True, it was sort of an obligation for her to keep Lynn´s secret. She could keep a secret just like she did once with herself, but what about Shang? Mulan had promised herself she would never lie to him again, so he could trust her enough, which he had already done. Somehow, something inside Mulan told her she had to help Lynn even if she was the emperor´s spoiled daughter.
"Alright," was all Mulan said.
"Thank you," replied Lynn.
So both girls headed back to their tents.
Mulan found it hard to sleep that night. All she could think of was she was going to lie to Shang again, now that he trusted her so much. Still, she couldn´t acuse Lynn, it would be so hypocrite from her part because she was also a girl dressed like a warrior. Maybe she could tell Shang and make him understand, and Lynn could stay, but what if he kicked both girls out. Rules were rules. Mulan thought that Lynn was probably taking advantage of her.
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The next morning,while everyone was packing their stuff and preparing to leave, Mulan was fast asleep. Now that Mushu wasn´t there to wake her, she could sleep long enough until...
Shang entered inside her tent. The first thing he noticed was that Mulan had a complete disaster in there: her armor was everywhere, her shoes, her socks were scattered around the place, while she slept peacefully.
Shang approached to Mulan, he really didn´t want to wake her up but he had to. Mulan looked so harmless, so innocent. Shang knelt next to her. First, he gently touched her face and removed the locks of dark black hair that covered her beautiful face. Then, he leaned foward to kiss her lips. Mulan opened her eyes and Shang pulled away from her. "Time to go, sleeping beauty." His words only drew a smile on her features, and reminded her about her dear guardian, Mushu. " What are you doing here?"
"Nothing, nothing. I just got here a few seconds ago to wake you up," Shang said standing up and walking out of the tent," I´ll just let you get dressed." Then, he was gone.
Mulan shook her head and smirked. She could get used to Shang´s way of waking her up...though it was unpropper, who cares anyway?
Mulan stretched her arms and kicked the blankets to prepare herself to leave. "Oh,no, he saw me like this...my hair´s a mess,"thought Mulan as she put on her socks and shoes. Then she put her robe on and wrapped the ribbon around her waist. Finally, she wore her armor.
Mulan had completely forgot about Lynn´s secret, but she remembered it as soon as she walked out of her tent and saw her standing next to Tung Ma. Mulan felt her guilty concience torturing her once again.
How is it going so far? Please review. :)