Chapter 2! I can't dedicate this chapter to any one person; you all give me such nice reviews!
Drew: Just get on with the story, amv4eva.
Me: Screw you!
May: GO AMV4EVA!
Drew: Shut up. Anyway, amv4eva doesn't own Mulan, Pokemon, or the Reflections song from the last chapter.
Me: Which sucks.
Chapter 2
During dinner, the ancestors in the temple were having a field day.
"I can't believe it!" An old, stooping woman was saying, "Thirteen visits to the matchmaker and she still can't get someone!"
"I heard that she's never to see the matchmaker again," a bearded man wheezed, "The lady got sick of her."
"She'll never get married?" A young woman covered in pockmarks (she died of smallpox) cut in, "She'll never find love? That's terrible!"
"Yeah!" A small dark blue dragon agreed.
"Shut up, Max and Casey!" The woman said.
"No!" Max the dragon said loudly, "I can't believe that matchmaker lady would just give up on her like that! Why don't they feel bad for her?" he asked Casey.
"They've given up on May, too." Casey replied grimly.
…L…
A few days later, a horseman from the army arrived in Petalberg. The village gathered in the town square as he read:
"Harley the Hun has passed the Great Wall into China. A new army will be under the lead of one of our generals. The following men need to step forward to receive their instructions." He held up a sack of about ten scrolls. He picked up one: "Akito Hayama!"
A blonde haired young man stepped forward and accepted the scroll without a word. As he pulled out more, May got more and more nervous that her father would be called. Apparently, the ancestors weren't on her side, for he lifted the last scroll and called "Norman Haruka!"
May covered her mouth with her hands to stop herself from crying out. Norman walked over, leaning heavily on his walking stick. "Thank you. I am honored to help the emperor." He walked back to their house.
"No" May said softly.
…L…
"Dad, you can't go to war!" May cried as soon as she got home, "You're still recovering from your fever!"
Norman smiled bitterly. "I know, May. But it's for the sake of China, so I have to go. To uphold our family honor."
"Family honor?" May said incredously, "Who cares about family honor?! You might get yourself killed! What will we do then?"
"You'll keep living life as usual" Norman said. May bit her lip to keep from crying.
"How can you say that like it's no big deal?" May asked.
"May, I'm sorry, but I'm going." Norman said firmly.
"But-"
"I'm going, May" Norman said, raising his voice a bit. May looked into his eyes and ran out of the room.
…L…
That night, May was sitting up on her bed. Rain was pouring outside her window and thunder was crashing, but she hardly noticed. She was too deep in thought. There had to be some way to stop Norman from going to war. May thought hard (she was sure Ms. Hitoshi would be impressed), and suddenly, a crazy, brilliant idea came to her. But it was seriously dangerous, and if she was caught… but it was for her father, so she'd do it.
May slid out of the room and went to check on her parents. They were sound asleep. May sighed, and tip toed to the room her father kept his armor.
I can't believe I'm actually doing this, May thought as she opened the door and snatched it. She put on the under armor, which was actually kind of comfortable. She would put on the hard junk in a few minutes.
May knew one serious flaw in her plan: her hair. It went down to her mid-back and would get her caught immediately. There was one solution. May pulled her father's sword out of its scabbard, and held it up. She saw her face reflected in the silver blade, pale but determined. May grabbed her hair and sliced it to the top of her neck.
May still needed one thing. She crept back into her parent's room. She walked over to their bedside table and saw the scrolls. May snatched them and left her red and white comb in their place. She looked at her parent's faces, knowing this could be the last time she ever saw them.
May put the rest of the armor on, and it was a little bulky. She swung a brown sack on her back and ran to the stable. Their horse, Eevee, reared when May entered. After calming her down, May swung up onto her back and said "We're going to war", and charged out of the gates with a bang.
Norman heard a bang outside, and woke up. He turned to look his scrolls, and what he saw made his heart stop. The scrolls were gone; in their place was May's comb.
"She can't have" Norman muttered to himself, rushing to check his armor. It was gone. He ran to the gates and saw them swinging in the wind What May had done suddenly became clear.
"MAY!" Norman called out to the rain, his heart full of worry.
"What's she thinking?" Caroline, who had woken up as well, cried, "She could get killed!"
"If we tell about her," Norman said gravely, "She will be. We can only hope."
Dun dun dun! What will happen next chapter?
Drew: When do I come in?
Me: Eventually. –winks at all of you-