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Mushu will be in this story, but not as a dragon. Sorry, trying to make it as real as possible. :(

Disclaimer I don't own Mulan or the other characters in the movie, Disney does.

Chapter 2

Shang ordered the village guards to sound the drums. Everyone came rushing out to hear the news. "The Huns have invaded China. By order of the Emperor, one man for every family must serve in the Imperial army. Step forward to accept your notices." Shang looked around the village and thought, "None of these people are in shape to even train. This is going to be more work than I thought." As people came and got their notices, he noticed a familiar face. "Great Fa Zhou, do you remember me?"

"Well of course Captain Shang, it's not every day that I save a General's son," Fa Zhou replied.

"Captain Shang, please my father shouldn't have to serve. Please sir, my father has already done his duty," a voice cried out. He then saw a girl running toward them. "I know that girl," Shang thought to himself, "that's the girl from the lake. She wasn't the prettiest of girls that he had seen, but she had a way of carrying herself that made up for it. Her eyes was a golden brown and she was atleast 5'7. Something is different about her, but what?"

Mulan ran toward her father, not caring if she dishonored the Fa family name by speaking out loud without permission. "Sir, please, if he goes he won't come back."

One of the guards spoke up and said, "It is his duty to go. Maybe you should learn yours."

"Mulan, you dishonored me once again, go inside, now. Captain Shang, I would be glad to join your troops," Fa Zhou said," "I will see you tomorrow at the Wu Zong camp."

Mulan turned and ran to the large Stone Dragon in her yard. She heard someone approach and looked up. "How do you always show up whenever I need you," Mulan asked.

Her best friend, Mushu, said in reply, "I saw what happened and figured you needed someone to talk to. Mulan, don't worry about your father. He's a great soldier."

"Don't you think I know that? He is the one who taught me how to fight, who saved that no good Captain Shang. But he's not as healthy as he was back then, and he didn't have the wound in his leg." Mulan saw that Mushu had a notice, "Please say that you're not going to."

"I have to Mulan, it's my duty as a son, I have to go pack. I'll write," Mushu said hurriedly and left.

Mulan yelled at him, "Traitor!" She watched him run out the gate. Feeling tried she went inside, hearing a thud she ran to her father's room. She looked in and saw her father's sword out and him lying on the floor, withering in pain. That's when Mulan made her decision. She waited until everyone was asleep and went and stole her father's armor. She went to saddle Khan, when she saw her grandma. Her grandma was a short woman but she was very wise.

"Turn around, let me cut your hair. With that much hair there's no way you'll fit as a guy."

"Why are you helping me? You should be running to tell my father about what I'm doing," Mulan said

"I don't want my son to die. You have a chance at surviving, he doesn't," Grandma said while she was cutting Mulan's hair, "There, now hurry up and go before you get caught." Mulan mounted Khan, and rode into the night.

Shang couldn't get Fa Zhou's daughter out of his mind. She was unlike all the girls he met, she wasn't afraid to speak out of turn. "What did she do to dishonor Fa Zhou the first time," he contemplated, "after the war, I plan to find out." He looked up and saw he arrived at the camp. Shang saw the people he would have to train.

His father rode up next to him and said, "Good luck Captain, you have one pitiful lot to train," the General left.

"Gee thanks for the vote of confidence Father," Shang muttered to himself. "Soldiers, new recruits are coming in tomorrow, so you can rest today," he yelled. All around camp, the soldiers where proclaiming, "Pretty boy has a heart." "They really get on my nerves," Shang thought as he entered his tent.