Author's note: This story comes from my daydreaming, so nothing is culturally accurate. DON'T GET OFFENDED!! Another thing that I want to put out is that this is my first fanfic. It doesn't make much sense, but eventually, I'll make sense. Anyway, the characters Mulan, Shang, Fa Zhou, Ting-ting don't belong to me. Chapter will be more interesting, I promise. Please leave reviews, but no hate, please. Anyway I hope you enjoy my story.
Summary: Shang learns a bit about Mulan's dark past.
The imperial army finally defeated the Mongols, and we're ready to head back to the imperial city. General Fa, one of the generals from the imperial army, was eager to see his biggest prize possession. His beautiful daughter, Mulan. Mulan was an 18-year-old girl. She was very timid, calm, and quiet. Which is why most girls would always treat her differently. Especially one girl in particular, her name was Ting-ting. Ting-ting was in the same group as Mulan in dance. She would always make Mulan feel insecure about herself(changing subjects back to Mulan). Mulan was Fa Zhou's only child; even though she wasn't a son, he still loved her very much. He would even say that he'd rather have her than a son. Mulan was the most beautiful girl in most villages in China, yet she wasn't married. Fa Zhou has been missing his daughter ever since he left 6 months ago. Fa Zhou sighed. "Just one more hour till I get to see my beautiful blossom," he said to himself.
Li Shang, a very handsome 20-year-old Captain of the imperial army, was right by General Fa. He was on his white horse stallion. Since he was friends with General Fa because his father was close friends with general Fa, he got to know a bit about his personal life. He heard of Mulan before, since Fa Zhou would sometimes talk about her. Every time Fa Zhou would talk about her, the more Shang wanted to meet her.
"Sir, may I ask you a question?" Asked The young, handsome captain.
"Of course, captain Li, what is it?" Said Fa Zhou. At first, Shang was a bit hesitant to ask. He didn't want Fa Zhou to know that he wanted to meet his daughter, but he really did want to meet her. "So um… your daughter Mulan will be at the banquet?" Shang asked timidly. "Ah, yes she'll be there in fact, she will be dancing since she is part of the gypsy group" said Fa Zhou with confidence.
"Wait, so your daughter is a gypsy dancer? I never knew that." Said Shang. "She must be a good dancer, then." He muttered. He was impressed to know that Mulan was a gypsy, since there are no gypsies in China. Finding a gypsy in China was very rare, since the type of dance doesn't originate from China. Now Shang really wanted to meet her.
When Fa Zhou heard Shang muttering saying that she must be a good dancer, he laughed. 'He must be interested in meeting her' Fa Zhou thought. But then his smile disappeared right away. Shang noticed, 'Did I say anything wrong?' He thought.
Fa Zhou sighed, "I just remembered something that will happen tonight after the banquet" he said. He looked worried. "What do you mean?" Asked Shang.
Fa Zhou started, "Since the men haven't been with any women these past months, the emperor is letting the soldiers sleep with the dancers. Mulan, my daughter has never slept with anyone, and knowing what she went through, she clearly isn't prepared." Explain Fa Zhou. Shang wondered what he meant when he said, "and knowing what she went through". 'Was she raped? I don't want her to be afraid of me if that's what happened to her,' He thought. But didn't dare to ask. Instead, he stayed quiet.
Fa Zhou noticed that Shang didn't say anything else after; Fa Zhou answered his unanswered question, "I'm just glad no one has ever violated her when they took her away". "She was kidnapped? Oh I-I I'm sorry, I don't mean to be intrusive in your personal life" Shang said lowering his head. Fa Zhou turned to him, and he put his hand on Shang's shoulder. "You don't need to apologize, I understand that you are curious. Besides, I think you should know why she is like how she acts. So, when you meet her, you know how to treat her".
Fa Zhou took a deep breath before he started, "When she was 12, she lost her mother. She died from an unknown disease; a few weeks later she was kidnapped." He took another deep breath, his voice starting to shake, he continued "She was kidnapped by Shan yu, she was beaten for weeks. We found her 5 weeks later in the mountains. They must have dumped her a few hours before we found her. When I first saw her, she almost looked dead. Her skin was blue, her clothes torn, bruises all over her body, wounds everywhere. It broke my heart to see her. At first, she feared me because of all the beatings she would get from Shan yu. She thought I was going to beat her whenever she made a mistake in the house. When she would make a mistake, she would cry and drop to her knees and beg me to not hit her, even though I have never beaten her for her mistakes." A tear fell from Fa Zhou, but he wiped it quickly.
Shang on the other hand was feeling dread for both Fa Zhou and Mulan, but especially Mulan. He felt rage rising. ' How could someone hurt an innocent woman? Especially at a young age?' Shang thought.
"For that reason, she is very shy, easily frightened, serious, and very sensitive. But besides that, she is a very sweet, caring, lovely girl." Said Fa Zhou. Shang smiled, he wanted to ask Fa Zhou if he could have her for the night. And no, not to do any sexual activity with her, but to take her out, so she wouldn't have to sleep with a random soldier that night. Of course, he would have to get to know her, make her feel completely with him. He wants to let her know that he wasn't going to hurt her. And hopefully then he could take her out.
"Looks like we made it to the imperial city, Captain Li Shang" announced Fa Zhou.
