Title: I'll make a man out of you
Author: Scout Graham
Pairing: Ping/OC
Rating: No idea yet
Disclaimer: I do not own Mulan... technically Disney doesn't either and Mulan is actually a legend, so sorry ancient legend people but I'm just tweaking the story a little. Don't sue me!!
Summary- Mulan with a Trans twist... if you don't like stuff like this don't read it. 3

Chapter Three- "No your grand-daughter had to be a cross dresser!"

The First Ancestor knew all. Yet somehow this young and eager member of his family had surprised him with the path she had chosen. He knew that somehow Mulan had always been off, she seemed to be unique like a person with two spirits, but the correct one was trapped in the wrong body. She definitely didn't conform to most of her gender expectations, but he hadn't expected her to steal away in the night to save her father by dressing as a man. He could see great honor in her future if she or should he say "he" made it out of the war alive. The first ancestor would not deny the newest generation of Fas happiness with honor on top of it but this young Fa was going to need a lot of help. He needed a plan, he needed:

"Mushu, awaken!"

The First Ancestor watched in a somewhat amused and somewhat annoyed manner as the puny dragon made a dramatic entrance. Mushu would be perfect for his plan; but he couldn't let the lizard like creature, which was now showboating around like an all-powerful guardian, know that. So after kindly deflating the little dragon's guardian dreams and making him wake the ancestors, the First Ancestor put his plan to work. The ancestors seemed to be cranky after being disturbed from their nap and as usual an argument was quick to follow.

"No, your granddaughter had to be a cross-dresser!" yelled a very upset ancestor. The First Ancestor chuckled to himself at her mistake, however wrong she was; she was the closest to being right out of all of them.

"Let a guardian bring her back!" Yet another ancestor suggested. This was the opportunity that the First Ancestor had been waiting for. He listened as fighting broke out over which guardian to send and interjected at the perfect moment:

"Silence! We must send the most powerful of all."

As Mushu misinterpreted this statement and volunteered for the job the First Ancestor knew this plan was going to be very, very possible. He then insulted Mushu and told him to awaken the great Stone Dragon, the spirit of which had left the family's service many moons before, but this small fact was only known to the First Ancestor.

After a few minutes of letting Mushu struggle with the Herculean task he had been sent upon, the First Ancestor checked on him. Mushu's reply almost made the First Ancestor laugh, but he could not betray his plan and sent Mushu away with the words:

"Go, the fate of the Fa family rests in your claws."

In the clearing next to the river Mulan was adjusting to her new appearance and working on letting herself become fully masculine. At the moment she was having a little bit of trouble, after keeping the male part of her hidden for so long it was hard to just turn her hidden personality back on. The armor and short hair helped a lot, but she still didn't feel fully free yet. In her state of confusion and unhappiness she mumbled:

"It's going to take a miracle to get me into the army." Little did she know a small lizard-looking dragon and a "lucky" cricket had been watching her for what seemed to them to be hours but was probably in reality only a few minutes. The two silent figures finally seized this opportunity to talk to Mulan.

"Did I hear someone ask for a miracle!? Let me hear you say aye!!!" Mushu yelled trying to make yet another showy entrance.

"AHHH!" Mulan yelped as she dashed behind a rock and hid.

"That's close enough." Mushu yelled unfazed.

"A ghost." Mulan murmured from her hiding place behind the rock.

"Get ready Mulan for your serpentine salvation is at hand. For I have been sent by your ancestors to guide you through your masquerade," there was a pause and what sounded like whispers, "Heed my word, 'cause if the army finds out that you are a girl, the penalty is death!!" For dramatic effect flames shot from behind Mushu's rock.

"Who are you?" Mulan intoned curiously.

"Who am I? Who am I?? I am the guardian of lost souls. I am the powerful, the pleasurable, the indestructible Mushu!" He said finally revealing himself.

"Ah, my ancestors sent a little lizard to help me?" Mulan asked still confused by the appearance of this new creature. Obviously she had no idea how much that would set off the little guy. When he started talking about dishonor, Mulan cut him off.

"Stop! I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm just nervous. I've never done this before." This apology seemed to appease the little dragon and now Mulan had two new members of her little traveling group. They decided to camp there on the river for the night and head in to Wu Shu camp, where Mulan would have to pass for the first time. This would be the first obstacle during her quest, having people believe that she was a boy. Mulan hoped that it would come naturally; being a girl hadn't so maybe being a boy would be easier. She was still nervous, and when they all climbed into their tent to sleep Mulan laid for hours staring at the canvas ceiling, too anxious to sleep. Finally after counting concubines into the hundreds she drifted off into an uneasy sleep with dreams about failure and death penalties, but most of all dreams about finally feeling right as a boy.