When Lucy came to. she was standing in a line of men, as straight as a board. This is the first time I haven't woken up in a bed... She thought wearily.
"Alright, the time has come. We were ordered by the General to head to the front!" Shouted a familiar voice. Natsu?
Lucy could see him in her peripheral vision, wearing a black suit of armor.
"Let's head out, men!" He said, a look of confidence on his face. Does he already know where we are...?
Lucy marched along with the other men, who called her Ping. Battle, General, Armor, and Ping... Is it... Mulan?
Looking at herself in the reflection of her sword, she noticed she didn't look like a girl, but like a man. Yep, Mulan. Lucy smiled, this was one of her favorite stories. As she and some other soldiers threw snowballs at each other, Natsu kept marching on, not really knowing what was going on. Sure, he knew where they were, but he didn't know who Lucy was.
They came across the burned down village, and spread out to find any survivors. To which, not to Lucy's surprise, were none. WHile Natsu was at his father's grave, Lucy came up behind him.
"Natsu?"
"Luce?!" He spun around, looking hopeful, but frowned just as quickly. "Do I know you?"
"Natsu, it's me." Lucy took off her helmet.
"Luce!" Natsu grinned, hugging her.
"Natsu, we need to leave here to face the Huns." Lucy said. The cold air was chilling her to the bone. She also knew what came next. Fortunately, Natsu didn't, and she wasn't about to tell him.
"Right. I know we're in Mulan, but I've only seen the first part and the part where they save China." Natsu said, walking towards the army with Lucy, who had put her helmet back on.
"Not much else happens." Lucy lied.
"That's good, then." Natsu rallied everyone up, and they began their journey into the canyon.
An eruption came from Lucy's cart. Mushu!
"Ping, what happened?" Natsu came up to her, but an arrow caught him in his shoulder, knocking him from his horse.
"Nat- er, I mean Shang, are you okay?" Lucy asked, helping him up.
"Yeah. Everybody, we might need those cannons! Get them, quickly!" Natsu shouted. All of the men quickly did as he said, and Lucy freed her horse, running away from the exploding cart.
Everybody sat behind a boulder as the Huns came into view. There were thousands, and Lucy wondered if they could actually do this.
"Ready, aim, fire!" Natsu screamed as the Huns came down the mountain.
Before the last cannon could be fired, Lucy grabbed it, running towards the oncoming army.
"Luce!" Natsu shouted from behind.
He tried to run after her, but the men held him back. This was Lucy's part to save the day. She knelt in the cold snow, adjusting the cannon so it'd hit the mountaintop. She fumbled with the matches as the Huns got closer and closer.
"Hurry!" Mushu cried.
So, Lucy grabbed him, squeezing him hard. FIre shot out of his mouth, lighting the cannon. It shot towards the mountain, Mushu screaming about how she missed. But, in fact, her aim was perfect. The Hun stopped in front of her, watching the damage. His entire army was now covered in snow from the avalanche.
Lucy smirked, but quickly screamed out in pain. The Hun before her slashed her side with his sword, causing Natsu to scream at him. Lucy got up, stumbling towards her comrades as the avalanche came down towards them.
"Luce! Hurry!" Natsu screamed.
Unlike the tale, everybody was able to fit behind the boulder, so the avalanche didn't hurt them When it was over, everybody stood up, Lucy crying out as she did.
"Ping?" somebody asked.
Lucy touched her side, and her hand came away bloody.
"He's hurt! He needs a doctor!" Shouted someone.
"It'll be okay. I promise." Natsu's fading voice said. Everything went black for Lucy as she fell into the snow, turning it crimson.
~Later~
Lucy woke up in a tent, a doctor examining her. He left the tent, and the Emperor's scribe came in, pulling her up and out of the tent, the pain shooting throughout her body.
"I knew something was wrong! She's a woman!" He took her hair out of the bun it was in.
Lucy tried to hide her exposed body from everybody, keeping a blanket she had grabbed over her chest. Everybody gasped, and she was thrown into the cold snow.
"You know the rules." Said the scribe, tossing Natsu his sword.
"No..." Natsu's eyes widened, and his hands became unsteady.
"You must."
"But.. why?" Natsu asked, staring at Lucy's half-naked body.
"It's the rules. If you don't do it, I'll find someone who will!" The scribe sneered.
"Just leave me here." Lucy spoke up.
"Shut up, snake." The scribe went to slap her, but Natsu caught his hand.
"Don't you dare touch her." Natsu threatened.
The scribe squeaked, pulling his hand away.
"Natsu, just leave me. That's how the tale goes. Trust me." Lucy said, a weak smile on her face.
"Luce... I'm sorry I couldn't protect you." Natsu's eyes glistened with tears.
"You can by leaving me here. I'll see you in a bit, okay?"
"... Okay." Natsu threw the sword to the ground. "We will spare her." He proclaimed, causing everyone, but the scribe, to cheer.
~Later~
Lucy helped everyone break into the Emperor's castle to save him from the Huns. Three soldiers constricted three Huns as Natsu and Lucy ran into the room that held the Emperor prisoner.
"Hey, Hunny Buns!" Natsu shouted, getting a slight giggle from Lucy.
"How?" The Hun turned around, an evil glare fixed on his face.
"Bring it on!" Natsu shouted as Lucy took the Emperor to safety.
The three soldiers came in and Lucy instructed them to take the Emperor to safety, which entailed ziplining down a string of lights. Just as Lucy was about to follow them, Natsu was hit in the back of the head, falling to the ground. The Hun came over to Lucy, who cut the rope.
"No!" The Hun yelled as the people of China cheered.
"You!" He said, walking over to Natsu, who was obviously not in any condition to fight.
"No, me. I'm the one who took your victory." Lucy said, holding her hair up in a bun.
"The soldier from the mountains..." The Hun decided to go after her, instead.
Lucy ran from the room and up to the roof, the Hun close behind. Lucy looked towards the fireworks tower.
"Mushu!"
"On it!" He scrambled off of her shoulder and towards the fireworks.
Lucy faced the Hun, who had his sword drawn. Lucy panicked, remembering she didn't have a sword. SHe felt around her waist, pulling out a fan.
"It seems you're out of options." The Hun charged, sword aimed straight for Lucy's heart.
She instinctively held up the fan, catching the sword in it. She twisted the fan, causing the sword to become Lucy's new weapon. She stabbed his pants, nailing him onto the roof.
"Mushu!" Lucy yelled.
He appeared at the other end of the roof, a firework strapped onto his back. He lit it, and Lucy ducked out of the way as he collided with the Hun, sending him straight into the firework tower.
"Get off the roof, get off the roof." Lucy said to herself, ziplining down a string of lights, landing on Natsu.
"Luce! Are you okay?" Natsu asked, helping her up.
"Yeah." Lucy smiled, making Natsu's heart skip a beat.
"Luce..."
"Are you Mulan?" The Emperor came up to Lucy, Natsu and the three soldiers. The scribe was by his side.
"Yes, sir." Lucy bowed her head in respect.
"I've heard a great deal about you. You stole your father's armor, impersonated a soldier, destroyed my palace, and saved us all."
The scribe gasped.
"See to it that this girl is made part of my council." The Emperor turned towards the scribe.
"B-but your majesty, there are no positions open."
"Fine, then she can have your job." Lucy giggled as the scribe fainted.
"With all due respect, sir, I think it's about time I returned home." Lucy said.
"Very well. Take this, so your family knows what you've done for me." He handed her his medallion. "And take this, so the World knows what you've done for China." He then handed her the sword from the Hun.
~Later~
"Would you like to stay for dinner?" Lucy asked Natsu, a smile on her face.
"Would you like to stay forever?" Asked her grandma.
"Dinner would be great." Natsu said, smiling.
Lucy's heart skipped a beat as Natsu pulled her into a hug.
"By the way, Luce, don't ever do something so reckless again." He whispered in her ear as the golden light surrounded them once again.
Hi there! This chapter sucked, I know. It was really bad, and I'm sorry. I'm, like, super tired, and wanna pass out. But I wrote this because I didn't update yesterday. If I feel like it, I'll post another chapter later.
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~StarCrusader~