Hey guys!
It's time for my first ever musical recreation! And as I said before, it's from Mulan!
Now if you don't know who Mulan is, she's basically the Chinese version of Joan of Arc and if you don't know who Joan of Arc is… Well you, my friends, have been living under a rock!
And if you haven't seen Mulan… Well go see it! Because you're missing out!
Reflection
It was a bright and sunny day for a small village in China, everyone going about their business as usual and enjoying the day. Well, except for one young woman…
Jewel.
She has just failed at impressing the matchmaker for the village, a tradition that would have ensured her a husband in the future and now that was not to be. Deeply sadden and knowing that her father would be most disappointed because she has not brought honor to her family, she went back home, leading her black horse to his pen.
As Jewel arrived back home, her father, Eduardo came out, walking with his cane as he smiled at Jewel. Jewel took one look at her father and turned away, hiding her face behind her horse's head. This in turn caused Eduardo's smile to fade. Jewel, meanwhile, took off her horse's reins, her horse taking a drink of water as Jewel looked at her reflection and sighed.
Look at me
I will never pass for a perfect bride, or a perfect daughter.
Jewel started singing as she took off her jewelry and saw her mother come home as well, Eduardo still outside as the adults than held wings and quietly sighed inside.
Can it be,
I'm not meant to play this part?
Jewel then went to her home's garden, first letting the lucky cricket given to her by her grandmother onto a bamboo plant. The cricket also felt bad for Jewel as he gave a sad sigh.
Now I see, that if I were truly to be myself,
I would break my family's heart.
As Jewel walked about, she came across a small stone bridge, jumping up and balancing herself on the stone railing before coming back down again. Jewel then came upon a stone dragon by the water's edge, leaning against it.
Who is that girl I see, staring straight back at me?
Why is my reflection someone I don't know?
As Jewel continued singing, the cricket has followed her, rowing himself across the garden pond on a lily pad, then jumping up on stone steps that led to the ancestors shrine, where Jewel was going.
Somehow I cannot hide
Who I am, though I've tried.
Jewel looked at the names of all her ancestors on stone tablets, seeing her reflection on them as she stopped before a certain one and bowed down.
When will my reflection show, who I am, inside?
As Jewel put her head back up, she looked at her reflection, then wiping off her makeup, but only half of it, looking at her image again before finishing the job.
When will my reflection show, who I am, inside?
As she turned to see her image on all the other stone tablets, she then undid her hair tie, letting her head feathers loose. Then getting up, she waked out of the shrine, to sit down on a stone bench by a cherry blossom tree. As she sat there, she heard her father clear his throat, alerting her to his presence. He had a smile, but Jewel turned away, ashamed to look at her father. Eduardo just simply sat down next to her.
"My, my." Eduardo began. "What beautiful blossoms we have this year." Eduardo commented on the flowers of the cherry blossom tree.
Jewel still was turned away from her father, but what her father said next made her start to turn around.
"But, look, this one's late." Eduardo noticing that one of the blossoms didn't bloom yet. "But I'll bet that when it blooms…"
Jewel then halfway to facing her father as Eduardo took Jewel's hair tie from her lap and fixed it again to her head feathers.
"It will be the most beautiful of all." Eduardo finished as now Jewel's smile once again returned as Eduardo smiled back.
And then the distant sound of drums could be heard…
Little did Jewel know that this moment would mark a great and risky change in her life…
And you guys can imagine what happens next and throughout the movie!
Now I was thinking of doing "I'll Make A Man Out Of You", but this one seemed better and easier to do!
Sorry if it was a little short, but I hope you guys did enjoy it still!