In the village, a chicken could be seen running away, past the surprised villagers. Running footstep chase after the chicken. It reveals a little girl with straight black hair, wearing a long sleeve turquoise kimono with light brown pants and dark green shoes. She was determined to get it as she rushed after it.
"Xiuying, be careful!" her father called.
Despite this, she paid no attention to anything else because she was so absorbed in chasing the bird. In the courtyard, little Xiuying dashed through the crowd, making many victims fall over. Soon, behind her, there was a trail of sprawled people, upset bins, and tangled laundry, with everyone shouting and yelling. All of this went unnoticed by her. That runaway bird was all she could see. She pursued the hen even when it ran into the village shrine. As a result, she accidentally broke the shrine statue, which was a great shame to her.
Nevertheless, she didn't give up. Upon jumping onto the roof, the hen landed on the balcony of the tulou. As fast as she could, little Xiuying climbed up as well. Running along the slanted roof, she chased after the chicken. However, the bird jumped off the roof, took flight down into the courtyard, and waddled toward the coop just as she was about to grab it. As a result, her mother closed it up.
Little Xiuying was trapped on the roof. A worried looking father rushed toward her below.
"Climb down, slowly!"
After trying to follow his instructions, she slipped with her very first step, scaring the crowd! Her fall was prevented by wedgeing a stick she was holding into the balcony and using it to break her fall. Somehow, she was able to twist in the air and land on her feet safely and spins a stick like a staff in her dramatic pose. Xiuying's skill amazed everyone, including her parents. She looked at her father who gave her a proud smile. They expect nonetheless from her as her skills are just like their certain hero who brought honor to her family, despite the mess she made. Although some wasn't too happy with the mess she left, as she quickly apologized and helped clean it up with the help of her father.
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Before she knew it, she's playing around in the forest as she practicing her sword fight with her wooden stick pretending to be a warrior. Her parents allow her to play as long as she get back home before sunset. She had always dreamed of becoming a warrior where she can be more independent on herself like her hero Fa Mulan. She had heard legends about her and wouldn't stop geeking about it. Needless to say, she's a fan of her. She would've been a girl that wants to get married or be a sewing maker or other girly things, but that's not her calling because... she opens her mouth and starts singing.
I wanna be like other girls
Climb up a tree like other girls can
Just to be free like other girls
Get to be
She starts climbing up the tree and swings herself down from the branch and landed gracefully on the ground before she start running.
... To slouch when I sit
To eat a whole cake
Feel the sun on my feet
Xiuying rolls herself on the ground full of dirt and laughs before getting up.
... Get dirty
Act silly
Be anything I want to be
To dance around
In my underwear
She then runs around the trees and jumps around.
... To run really fast
To get rid of this fan
To eat a whole cake
Get crazy
With frosting
... No escorts
No manners
No nursemaids
No worries
No hands folded perfect,
Like holding a lily
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Heart of a Warrior (Rewrite 2023)
FanfictionThere is a story about Fa Mulan, who's the hero and the warrior, died tragically from the battle against the Lady Bone Demon that her and her friends manage to defeat. But that's not the end, a new hope comes. The reincarnation where it will change...
