First of all, I would like to say that I got the title for this story thanks to Angela Kuo.
Many thanks!
Second, I do not own Ling, Yao, Chien-Po, or anything else from Mulan. They belong to Disney. WAA!
Thirdly, the new character descriptions are as follows:
Lee: dark brown hair in a messy bun, short, scrawny, clothing: purplish-blue pants and shirt (the shirt has embroidery on the side), brown shoes.
Shuai: silky-black hair (very long) in a neat bun, with a green and blue dangling flower hair piece, medium height, a little pudgy, very pretty, clothes: green dress with an aqua flower pattern, aqua belt, pale green Capri-like pants underneath, light brown sandals.
E Liu: brown-black hair in a neat bun with light brown hair sticks (like knitting needles), gold earrings, tall, skinny, somewhat pretty, clothes: pale orange dress, yellow belt, light brown sandals.
Fourth, I would like to thank my friends for helping me.
And lastly, yes, this story was deleted before, because it 'apparently' has nothing to do with Mulan, but although the first chapter does not contain the original characters, the second chapter DOES.
Also, I know that some of you are mad about this being in script format, but I can't help it! Sorry!
Fade in to a house with a fence (similar to Mulan's). A man on a horse rides up to the gate.
Horseman: Lady Kuang!
E Liu and her mother, an elderly woman with a limp, come out to the gate, E Liu stays inside, but peeks around the corner.
Mother: Yes?
The horseman steps down and hands her a helmet.
Horseman: I'm sorry.
She takes the helmet and stares, gasping at it for a moment.
Mother: No….
She falls to her knees and begins to weep.
E Liu spins around to lean on the wall, and tears begin to form in her eyes.
E Liu: Shen….
She runs crying to her family's shrine.
Back outside- Lee and Shuai walk by. Lee sees E Liu's mother crying, and crouches down.
Lee: What's wrong?
She then sees the helmet, as does Shuai.
Shuai: Oh no, poor Shen.
Lee stands back up and looks over in the direction of E Liu's family shrine.
Lee: Poor E Liu.
E Liu's mother begins to cry even louder. The horseman kneels down so as to comfort her.
Lee: (to Shuai) C'mon. We'd better go.
They begin to walk off.
Shuai: (To E Liu's mother) Sorry for your loss.
Back to E Liu.
She sits on the floor of her family shrine, crying.
E Liu: (crying) WHY! Why…? First you take my father from me, and now my brother!
Why….?
She leans down into a praying position and pounds the floor slightly as she sobs.
A green light begins to emit from one of the tablets.
E Liu raises her head.
In the tombstone is an image of her brother, in some sort of wooden cabin.
E Liu: Shen?
The figure groans slightly.
Shen: E Liu?
The figure fades away.
E Liu: No! NONONO! Come back! Please…. come back. (sniffles)
She then realizes something.
E Liu: He-he's alive!
She jumps up, laughing, and runs out the gate, past her mother crying, down the road, and over to the docks.
Shuai is sitting on the dock with her feet hanging over the side facing E Liu. Lee is standing on the other side, and is apparently practicing her balancing (I.E- she's standing on one foot).
E Liu: (running up) Shuai! Lee!
They look over.
E Liu: My brother is alive!
There is a pause.
Shuai: (skeptically) Uh-huh….
E Liu: Really!
Shuai: And you know this, how, E Liu?
E Liu: The ancestors showed him to me!
Another pause. Lee and Shuai look at each other for a moment with that 'this-girl-is-crazy' look.
They then burst out laughing.
E Liu's smile turns into a frown.
E Liu: (insistent) It's true!
Shuai: (sarcastic) Yeah, sure E Liu, and one day men will walk on the moon!
Lee laughs so hard that she falls off the dock, and into a small fishing boat. She continues laughing, then stands in the boat and looks over the edge of the dock at E Liu.
Lee: E Liu, what have we told you about eating the moldy rice?
Shuai laughs hysterically at this.
E Liu frowns and then stomps off into the forest.
Shuai and Lee stop laughing.
Shuai: (to Lee) Now you've done it.
Lee sighs, the attempts to climb onto the dock, only to fall back and land in the water.
Shuai laughs at her once again.
Lee comes up with a lily pad and a frog on her head.
She squirts water out of her mouth.
Lee: (flatly) Hahaha. Very funny.
Frog: (croaks)
Cut to E Liu in the forest, pacing, with her arms crossed. She's obviously pretty miffed.
Shuai and (a dripping wet) Lee run up behind her.
Shuai: E Liu?
E Liu:(spins to face them) I don't wanna' hear it!
Lee: But…
E Liu: I'm tired of you guys thinking I'm crazy, and laughing at me, and (to Lee) why are you all wet?
Shuai: We're sorry E Liu.
Lee: But ya' gotta' admit, when you say that you've been hearing things, it sounds just a little bit strange.
E Liu: (To Lee) No, seriously, why are you all wet?
Lee: Forget that! (Clears throat) Now, what exactly do you think you heard?
E Liu: Saw.
Lee: Huh?
Shuai: You heard a saw?
E Liu: What? No! I SAW my brother. He looked like he was badly hurt, but he WAS alive.
Shuai: You sure?
E Liu: Positive.
Lee: (claps hands together) Okay then, let's get going.
E Liu: Where?
Lee: To find your brother, of course!
Shuai: Are you serious?
E Liu: She's right; we have to find him.
Shuai gasps.
E Liu: What is it?
Shuai: You just said Lee was right!
E Liu gasps.
Shuai and E Liu giggle at Lee.
Lee: (flatly) Funny, funny, funny. Are we gonna' go or not?
Shuai: What'll we tell our parents?
E Liu: Yea, my mother's upset enough already.
Lee:( thinks) Hmm….
Cut to inside of E Liu's home.
Mother:(To Eliu) You're getting married!
E Liu nods and smiles.
Mother: When did this happen? Who is he?
E Liu: (nervous) Ummm….. just….now. Yea, the matchmaker came up to me outside and said she finally found a boy worthy of me.
Mother: Who is he?
A pause
E Liu: You know, in all this excitement, I forgot his name!
Mother: Well where is he? Surely you didn't forget that. I want to meet this boy.
E Liu: NO! (clears throat) I mean, he's so far away.
Mother: Far away?
E Liu: Yes, and I must travel to meet him.
Mother: Then I will accompany you.
E Liu: Uhh, but it's such a long journey, and with your leg mother…
Mother: But you can't go alone!
E Liu: Lee and Shuai will be with me.
Mother:(Groans) Meng Lee? Oh, E Liu…
E Liu: Mama, not again.
Mother: That girl's a bad influence, all this nonsense about 'women's rights', as if we had any.
E Liu: Please Mama?
A pause.
Mother:Oh, all right. But be careful.
E Liu: Don't worry, I will.
E Liu begins to head into her room.
Mother: And you'll have to bring this boy home sometime.
E Liu: Don't worry Mama, I'll be bringing a boy home all right.
I hope you liked it peeps! Please R+ R! Remember, next chapter, there WILL be characters originally in Mulan.