Of Mice and Dragons ch.14
I OWN AND REGRET NOTHING!
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Mcgucket sighed as he watched his former pupil sulk. "finally went too far, did you?"
Stan groaned. "What was I thinking?!" He exclaimed. "I nearly got that poor mouse killed! And my pupils...They've completely lost all respect for me!...And I can't really blame them...
Mcgucket sighed. "See now what your drive for revenge has cost you?"
Stan groaned. Fine! Alright, yes! My desire to kill Gideon almost killed an innocent person today! It was stupid and wrong! There! Is that enough of a shmaltzy revelation moment for you!?"
Mcgucket again sighed. "It's not ideal, but it'll do."
Stan groaned. "Where dose this leave me now? If Gideon comes...What do I do?"
Mcgucket looks at him. "Fight him of course! He's still a bloodthirsty monster! Coming to destroy a peaceful village! All you need to do is change your reason to fight! Fight for the innocent...not yourself."
Stan sighed. "You make it sound so easy..."
Stan sat down and Meditated. He thought on how things used to be. How he and his twin brother Stanley trained together under Mcgucket. How he went the path of the body while Stanley went the path of the mind. Even at a young age, Stanley was a greater prodigy than him.
At the age of five he became the only person to unlock the mystery of the secret scroll. At six he'd invented Pruning and became one of the few people who knew how an abacus worked.
But following the path of the mind came great sacrifice. Stanley needed to keep himself locked in a box to meditate constantly...And then along came Gideon.
Abandoned as a child. This boy seemed like the perfect pupil. Stanley taught him all the secrets of Kung-fu. And he absorbed them like a sponge. The whole village felt that he was a shoe-in for the position of Dragon Warrior!
But when Mcgucket turned him away...Things got nasty. Tears stained Stans cheeks as he remembered finding the jade palace in ruins...and Stanley's mangled corpse.
It didn't even look like he fought back at all. Stan chuckled. That was always Stanley, A man of peace and knowledge even to the bitter end...And he; more then anyone would've been horrified at his actions today...
Mcgucket smiled. He'd finally gotten it.
Suddenly, the wind picked up and the cherry blossoms began to flow.
Mcgucket groaned. Well, that's inconvenient.
He turns to Stan. "Well, it seems fate has decided that I'll ascend now. Which is unfortunate, if necessary."
Stan almost got whiplash. "Wait, what?"
"Promise me you'll train the mouse."
What? But I-
-Promise me!
After a moments hesitation, Stan nodded.
And like that, Mcgucket was gone-
Stan just stares at where his beloved mentor used to be in disbelief
Thump!
He looks around to see that Zheng had returned!
"Ah, Zehng! Great! You've no idea how much I need some good news right now!"
Zehng turns deathly pale. "Uh..."
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The Furious Five(minus Wendy) were trying very hard to not laugh at Dipper's predicament. Wendy's obliviousness however, was not helping things!
"That's what male genitals look like?" She asked incredulously. "Are they all that tiny, scrawny, weird, and useless looking?" She asks sincerely.
The Five couldn't help it, they burst out laughing after that.
"You know, I can hear you all right?" Asks an irritated Dipper as he lays on the table while a laughing Lee tries to reattach his genitals.
The five tell him their sorry(in between laughing fits), and promise to make it up to him.
Wendy(the only one not laughing) is especially repentant-
SLAM!
Stan runs into the room. "Guys! We have-" Stan gawps in horror at the sight of Dipper.
"Uh...I'll come back..." Says Stan awkwardly as he slowly backs out of the room...
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