I am so sorry I haven't updated in a while. I have already graduated from my program and hopefully have more time to work on my writing. It has been really hard since my mom died. Please review and enjoy this chapter.

Chapter 7

Every five seconds Melody kept looking back up at the tent and to then to her bracelet as the Doctor operated on her. Shang paced nervously outside. Melody wanted to be by his side but Yoa put his arm around her.

The guys looked nervous and Melody knew exactly how they felt. She shivered and the cold only made her feel worse.

If I only had healed her when I had the chance. She though hard as she watched Shang paced. Now they are going to find out she's a girl and kill her.

She leaned against Khan as the horse whined sadly. Mushu and Cricket had crawled out earlier and were by the tent hoping to see if Mulan would live. Melody wished things would be all right.

Then the Doctor came out and spoke to a very worried Shang. Shang took a step back looking shocked and rushed right inside. The Doctor went right to Chi-Fu. Melody got up and trudge to the tent slowly.

She heard Chi-Fu say, "So it's true!"

"Shang!" She heard yelled from inside. Shang came out looking mad and Melody knew there was going to be trouble.

The rest of the soldiers had return from scavenging from the remains of they're burned carriages as the scene unfolded.

Chi-Fu came out yanking Mulan by the arm. She had her pants on and a blanket to cover her bandage chest. She looked terrible and it broke Melody's heart.

"I knew there was something wrong with you!" Chi-Fu yelled out, then he ripped of her hair bun letting it fall down. "A woman!"

There were lots of gasps and whispers among the soldiers. Chi-Fu threw her to the ground and yelled, "Treacherous snake!"

Mulan fell down on the snow hard and looked back up and sneered at Chi-Fu, "My name is Mulan."

She looked at Shang and pleadingly said, "I did it to save my father."

"High treason!" Chi-Fu yelled to the other soldiers.

"I didn't mean for it to go this far!" Mulan begged.

"Ultimate dishonor!" Chi-Fu barked at her face.

"It was the only way!" She said, "Please, believe me!"

Shang turned back with a serious look on his face. Melody just stood there in the cold along with the rest of the soldiers as the scene went on.

Chi-Fu sneered at her again and looked at Shang and said, "Captain?"

Melody shivered. She gripped her bracelet tightly as Shang walk past her and to Khan.

Please don't kill her! Melody begged deeply that everything was going to be ok.

Then Shang pulled out Mulan sword from Khan and started towards her.

Khan reared back but Chi-Fu held up his hand and said, "Restrain him"

Melody could feel her heart beat in her ears as Shang approach Mulan slowly. She couldn't take it. She didn't know what came over her.

"NO, Don't hurt her!" Melody screamed then started running towards her. But Chi-Fu stopped her holding her by the coat and said directly to her face, "If you know what's good for you-"

Melody cut him off by spitting in his face. He released her and she kicked him to the ground. All the soldiers gasped and where really surprised at what happened next.

Melody didn't know what came over her but she was not going to let them hurt Mulan.

Melody held Chi-Fu down by the wrist hold. It was one of the moves she learned from Mulan. It was so easy considering he was a total wuss.

"Captain, make her stop," Chi-Fu yelled slamming his other arm into the snow, "She breaking my wrist."

Captain approached and grabbed Melody by her collar of her jacket and she release Chi-Fu. Only then did it make matters worse. During the entire thing her clothes she had on where becoming loose and when Shang pulled her off her whole outfit came apart.

After a minute to pick her-self up she was only wearing the cream karate suite Mulan gave her.

"Why are you wearing one of our uniforms?" Shang said sounding dangerously mad, "And hold did you pull off that move, only my soldiers know that?"

Melody didn't say anything at first. She felt completely exposed and knew she was going to die.

Then Shang grabbed her by the collar of her shirt and yelled, "ANSWER ME!"

"I…I…I been with you guys since she enlisted." Melody stammered she didn't know what else to say but the truth. "I only pretended to be found in that burned village! I'm sorry."

Shang released her and she quickly went over to Mulan crouching down by her side. There were a few gasps and whisperers among the soldiers. Like they couldn't believe a little girl had been hiding in the royal army.

The only one who wasn't shocked was Chi-Fu who was beyond furious.

"Captain, I demand you execute these two at once!" Chi-Fu yelled. Melody didn't know if he was mad from being taken down by a twelve year old girl or had been hiding among the royal army.

Mulan took hold of Melody as the Captain starred at them for a moment. Then he approached them with Mulan sword still in hand.

They held each other tightly as he was above them. Melody held her bracelet tightly. Shang raised the sword having a harsh look on his face.

Please don't kill us! She though and closed her eyes. Mulan gripped her tightly.

Then she opened her eyes and saw the sword land in the snow. Both Mulan and Melody looked up shocked at what happened.

"A life for a life," He said with a stern look on his face. "My debt if repaid."

He turn back and yelled, "Move out!"

Chi-FU completely shocked at what just happened walked up to him and said, "But you can't just-"

Shang cut him off with, "I said, 'move out.'

Chi-Fu looked back one last time and said, "But what about the little girl?"

Shang grabbed Chi-Fu hard and angrily said something so low that Melody couldn't hear him but it was probably something like they weren't going to kill an innocent little girl.

When he let go Chi-Fu looked back them and to the Captain and back the look on his face never changing. Then he got on his horse and followed the soldiers.

The army then left sadly down the mountain pass. Melody took a deep breath and felt relieved that they were alive. All that was left was Mulan, Khan, Mushu, Cricket and herself.

After a while they didn't do much they just sat in the snow as night approached. Melody went back to the destroyed wagon she found her bag half burned buried in the snow. She took out her old clothes and pressed them too her face. They smelled burned from the explosion.

She stuff them back in and went back to the group.

Mulan had changed into her uniform sat down on the snow. Khan had placed a blanket around her for warmth. For supplies all they had a bag full of dumplings and her soldiers outfit. Mulan sat gloomy as she clutched the blanket

Cricket tried to make a small fire out of some twigs. Melody took out the trident stuck it into the snow and said, "Heat!"

Then the trident gave off a red glowed as it dispersed heat. Melody let it go and smiled. Mulan still sulked in misery.

Melody frowned and sat down next to her.

Mushu kept pacing and said, "I was this close, this close, to impressing the ancestors, getting the top shelf, in entourage…man."

He took a broken burned arrow stuck a dumpling on it and sat down.

"All my fine work." Then roasted his food by the trident.

Mulan said, "I should have never have left home."

"Don't say that." Melody said putting her hand on her shoulder.

"Hey C'mon, you wanted to save your fathers life." Mushu said, Melody nodded, "Who knew you'd end up shaming him, disgracing your ancestors and losing all your friends." Melody sulked down at the words.

"Y'know, you just gotta...just gotta learn to let these things go." His dumpling caught on fire and his smothered it in the snow as he started to cry.

"Maybe I didn't go just for my father." Mulan said, "Maybe what I really wanted was to prove that I could do things right, so that when I looked in the mirror," She picked up her helmet and looked in the reflection, "I'd see someone worthwhile.

Melody watched as she saw a tear roll down Mulan's face and she said, "But I was wrong, I see nothing." She tossed the helmet aside.

Melody could already feel the tears rolled down her face. It broke her heart to see Mulan like this.

Mushu tried to help. "Hey, that's cause this needs a little spit, that's all." He spat on the helmet and rubbed it, "Let me shine it up for you."

He held it up and cheerfully said, "I can see you. Look at you, you look so pretty!"

Mulan looked away even more depressed than before.

Seeing that this didn't help Mushu dropped the smile.

"Truth is we are both frauds, your ancestors didn't send me; they don't even like me."

Mulan and Melody both looked up in surprise.

"I mean, you risked your life to help people you love, I risked my life to help myself." Mushu said, "At least you had good intention."

That made Mulan smiled a little.

Cricket then started to cry.

"What." Mushu said, "What do you mean, you're not lucky."

He grabbed Cricket. "You… lied to me?"

Cricket nodded sadly. Mushu then turn to Khan and said, "And what are you, a sheep?"

Khan grumbles annoyed at Mushu.

He then turned to Melody while tossing Cricket aside and said, "And let me guess you're a princess."

Melody just looked at him, signed, and said, "Yes."

Mulan, Mushu, Cricket and Khan looked at her shockingly. Melody looked away from them and to the valley.

"You're kidding, right?" Mushu asked.

Melody shook her head no as she got up clutching her jacket tightly. She took the trident out of the snow and it stopped emitting heat. She started pacing letting the trident drag in the snow.

"Melody…" Mulan started.

"On the day of my twelfth birthday party," She cut off Mulan. "I was swimming outside my castle when I found this golden locket deep underwater."

"I always loved the sea. But my mother though it was too dangerous so she built a wall separating it from my castle."

"My only friends where a crab name Sebastian and a seagull name Scuttle. Ever since I was little, they were their watching me."

"I didn't make much real friends considering all the other kids thought I was weird for talking to fish."

"During my birthday party when I was dancing with a prince. I didn't know but when I was putting my dress on I accidently got Sebastian caught in."

"Before I new it Sebastian had grabbed his finger, next thing I knew there was chaos and all the other kids laughed at me for taking to a crab."

"I ran to my room in tears and after a while my Mom came in to comfort me."

She kept pacing feeling her anxiety rising.

"While she was trying to make me feel better I clear some of the dirt off showing my name, I opened it revealing a magical image of Atlantica and playing a song I know I heard before."

"I asked my mother about it and she got mad that I went into the sea. I know she was hiding something from me."

"So what did you do about it?" Mushu asked her.

"I ran away from home." Melody answered, "I took a rowboat out to sea and went looking for answers."

She went on about meeting Undertow and bringing her to Morgana, making her a mermaid, then her quest for the stolen trident, meeting Tip the penguin and Dash the walrus, then going to Atlantica, getting the trident but losing her necklace, and returning to the Morgana lair.

"When we got back Tip and Dash got scared by Undertow and swam away because they thought he was a shark."

"I figure I could catch up to them later after Morgana made me a mermaid permanently."

"When I swam in I had this weird feeling something was not right with this picture."

She stopped pacing and faced her friends.

"Just when I was about to give Morgana the trident my mom swam in telling me to stop."

"She was a mermaid and she had a fish name Flounder with her. I was so shocked and mad that she was a mermaid that I almost gave Morgana the trident."

"But you didn't right?" Mulan asked.

Melody nodded and said, "It wasn't the creepy glare Morgana had on her face or the scared panic look my Mom made it was something inside me that said neither of them."

"Then I made the trident give off a small blast pushing them both back and swam away."

"Both of them chased after me but I scared them back with the power of trident."

"I didn't trust either of them and all I wanted was to be a thousand miles away from them."

She held out the trident. "And to have someone I trust."

She saw Mulan smile at that.

"All my life I wanted to be a mermaid cause I thought it would be better then being a girl."

She looked at her friends for a moment then at the trident. Then she tossed the trident to the ground.

"Now I don't even now what I want anymore." She said sadly slumping down into the snow.

She felt sadder than before. She could feel cold tears go down her face. She then heard the sound of snow crunching and saw Mulan over her. She had understanding mixed with caring all over her face. She knelt down and hugged Melody hard. Melody felt happy

"I think its time for us go home." Mulan said getting up. "I'll have to face my father sooner or later."

"Yeah this ain't gonna be pretty," Mushu said, "but don't you two worry, okay?"

"Things will work out, we started this thing together and that's how we'll finish it. I promise."

Mushu, Mulan and Melody all came in for one big hug. Melody felt happy that no matter what she had her friends with her.

As they packed Mulan said, "After we get back we will eventually have to figure out how to send you back."

Melody sighed and said, "Ok."

She changed back into her cream karate uniform but kept the boots and oversized coat on. Melody was a little excitedly that she was going to meet Mulan parents and her grandmother. She went over and took the trident out of the snow.

She shrunk it back to bracelet form.

"Rrrrrrraaaaaaaaahhh!"

A screamed shocked both Melody and Mulan as it echoed across the mountain. They looked at each other and then ran over to the cliffs.

They were shocked to see Shan-Yu rise up and out of the snow. He over looked his army buried. Then five of his warriors came out of the snow looking meaner and looking fiercer then before. They joined Shan-Yu as a falcon landed on his arm.

He over looked his remaining soldiers and turned towards the Imperial City. It glowed with activity but Melody could feel her fear rising in the pit of her stomach as the Huns marched down.

She looked towards Mulan. She took one look at the army and quickly turned back grabbing her sword out of the snow. Melody and Mushu raced to her as she climbed onto Khan. She turned towards the Huns and Melody realized what she was going to do.

"Uh, home is that way." Mushu said pointing the other way.

"I have to do something!" She said. Melody nodded in agreement as Mulan helped her up onto Khan

Mushu on the other hand said, "Did you two see those Huns? They popped out of the snow! LIKE DAISES!"

"Are we in this together or not?" Mulan asked sternly.

Mushu looked guilty for a moment and then said, "Lets go kick some Hunny Buns!"

Both he and Cricket jumped onto Khan. Melody held onto Mulan as she clutched her bracelet tightly as they rode down the hill towards the Imperial City. Melody felt bravery as they raced down.

I hope you guys enjoy this chapter and the next one will be of Mulan instead. Please review and tell me what you think.