Chapter 1: Lesson Number One:
Mulan's POV:
My name is Hua Mulan. You're not going to believe this, but I fought the dead. Well, there was this plague that turned dead people into monsters that hibernate in the heat and come out when it's cold. They can turn people into monsters or kill them, but either way, I'm immune. Don't ask me why. Anyway, I'm practicing my kung fu as well as my taekwondo, but then I found a group of little girls were copying me.
"I did not see you there," I said.
"Hua Mulan, you can teach us!"
"Well, I'm still learning myself," I said, "but I guess I could give you some pointers. You must learn balance, to be tough and soft."
"How can you be tough and soft?"
"We wanna be tough!"
"Here's Lesson Number One," I said.
Mulan: Earth, sky
Day, night
Sound and silence
Dark and light
One alone is not enough
You need both together
Winter, summer
Moon and sun
Lesson Number One
Farmer's Children: Wow!
Mulan: Like a rock (Chorus: Huh huh)
You must be hard! (Chorus: Huh huh)
Like an oak (Chorus: Mmmha)
You must stand firm!
Come quick
Like my blade
Think fast (Chorus: Huh huh)
Unafraid
Children: Like a rock (Chorus: Huh huh)
You must be hard! (Chorus: Huh huh)
Like an oak (Chorus: Mmmha)
You must stand firm!
Come quick
Like my blade
Think fast (Chorus: Huh huh)
Unafraid
Sha-Ron: Okay Mulan, I'm ready!
Mulan: Uh-huh, but you're still out of balance. You're only half way there.
Like a cloud
You are soft
Like bamboo
You bend in the wind
Creeping slow
You're in peace because you know
It's ok to be afraid
Children: Like a cloud
You are soft
Like bamboo
You bend in the wind
Creeping slow
You're in peace because you know
It's ok to be afraid
Mulan and Children (in three part round): One alone is not enough
You need both together
Winter, summer
Moon and sun
Lesson Number One
Children: Like a rock (Chorus: Huh huh)
You must be hard! (Chorus: Huh huh)
Like an oak (Chorus: Mmmha)
You must stand firm!
Come quick
Like my blade
Think fast (Chorus: Huh huh)
Unafraid
Like a cloud
You are soft
Like bamboo
You bend in the wind
Creeping slow
You're in peace because you know
It's ok to be afraid
Mulan as she and the children leap into the air with the bamboo sticks: You can fly
You have begun
Children: Lesson Number One!
Lesson Number One!
Lesson Number One!
Then Lee Chang came... I mean Chan Honghui. The former Prince. He gave the throne to a baby that's... technically not really related to the family. It's a thing. "I have something to ask you," says Honghui, "in private."
. . .
In case you're wondering... he proposed to me.
To Be Continued
In the next chapter, Mushu's having the time of his life.