MIKAELA2015 PRESENTS…

DP MULAN 2

In the middle of the temple of the house of the Manson Family the voice of Izzy Manson announced, "Oh saviour of China, you have ennobled the house of Manson. In gratitude we honour you, oh veneration to you oh mighty…"

"Say it. Say my name" Dora encourage and with great disdain and annoyance Izzy finished, "Dora"

A light then shone down on the small dragon who was lying on a small couch in the middle of the room. She then smiled and said, "Now that's what I'm talking about! Hey Izzy thanks for the intro"

Izzy groaned in annoyance. Ever since Sam had saved China last month, Dora had been made officially Sam's guardian and practically made them give her special treatment.

Dora then said, "And now I'd like to visit my beloved pedestal"

All the ancestors groaned but then created a staircase out of their bodies that led up to her pedestal. Dora smiled as she hopped off the couch and then ordered, "Ceremonial Robe of Honour please"

One of Sam's ancestors then placed a small dark blue robe on her and started climbing up the stairs to her pedestal. Izzy groaned and muttered under his breath to another fellow ancestor, "Samantha saves China one time and now she thinks she's the Empress or something"

Once Dora reached the top of the pedestal, she then said with a smile, "Now please begin the Ceremonial Bath of Honour"

A small bath then appeared on the pedestal, she removed the robe and jumped straight in and sighed in relaxation as she said to the ancestors, "Well you better take a deep breath because I ain't leaving my pedestal for the next thousand years"

All the ancestors then groaned with emotional pain as they realised they would have to put up with Dora for all eternity and do nothing but serve her everything she wanted. She then snapped her fingers and they all knew what that meant. Four of them then used straws and started blowing air into the bath water which made it like a spa for her, Dora once again sighed in bliss.

Meanwhile in the house Ida Manson, Sam's grandmother was placing money on a chart for a bet that she had made about Sam. For the past month Sam and Danny had been dating since the war ended and they all had a feeling that Danny will eventually propose to Sam.

Pamela paced back and forth across the room while Jeremy sat at the table and poured himself a cup of tea. Ida smiled and said, "Relax child. The ancestors tell me that Danny will arrive and propose to Sam before the sun sets and if you want there is still time to get in the pool to bet when he will propose"

Jeremy's eyes widened as Pamela scolded, "Mother!"

Jeremy then said, "A wise man once said that gambling is like playing majhong with blank tiles. No one really wins"

Pamela smiled at her husband and then walked out of the room, Jeremy smirked and winked at Ida as he handed her a stack of coins for the bet. Ida smiled and quickly grabbed the coins and hid them in her jacket as Pamela entered the room.

"I'll go and pray for a bit" Jeremy said as he walked out of the room.

Ida and Pamela then heard a knock at the front door. Pamela opened the door and saw it was Box Lunch at the front door holding a stick with a bucket at each end.

"Hello Box Lunch" Pamela greeted with a smile.

Box Lunch bowed in respect and then asked, "Is Sam Manson here?"

"She's out in the field doing her chores" Pamela answered. Box Lunch nodded and said, "Okay. I'll go and help her. Thank you"

Pamela giggled as she watched Box Lunch head for the field. She closed the door and said, "Ah the children all love Sam"

"And why not? She's strong, she's brave, she's beautiful and she's a chip off the old block" Ida said.

Meanwhile in the field, Sam had finished her chores and was now practicing her fighting skills she learned while training in the army with her rake and in her training uniform she had kept. Cujo watched as she spun the rake in her hands and then leapt into the air and delivered a kick.

Box Lunch watched her from the hill in excitement and then dropped her buckets and started running down the hill with her stick, more girls then came out of the field and watched Sam practice.

"HIYA!" Sam shouted as she delivered another strike and then stopped as she heard multiple voices shout, "HIYA!"

She turned and saw all the girls standing behind her. She smiled and said, "Hi. Uh…What's going on?"

"We wanna be like you Sam! Can you please teach us how to fight?" Box Lunch asked.

"Um…I'm still kind of learning myself" Sam said.

All the girls then put on their best puppy dog eyes and begged, "Please! / pretty please Sam/ please teach us"

"Okay. Okay" Sam caved in. "I guess I can show you a few moves I already know"

They all cheered as Box Lunch then exclaimed in excitement, "Sam's gonna teach us how to kick butt!"

"Okay everyone calm down" Sam said and they all stopped. "That is lesson number two. The very first and most important lesson to learn is to be gentle at the same time when being tough"

"But how can you be tough and gentle?" Dani asked confused. "That doesn't make any sense"

"I know it sounds funny but the world is full of opposites and so are you" Sam explained. "To be a good warrior you must learn to bring it all into balance"

All the girls looked at Sam in confusion and didn't understood what Sam had meant. Sam's eyes furrowed as she tried to think of a way to explain it to them better, she then smiled as she thought of something.

She kneeled down to their level and started showing them examples, "For example. Earth, sky. Day, night. Sound and silence. Dark and light"

All the girls smiled as Sam stood up and started understanding what she was talking about.

SAM

One alone is not enough

You need both together

Winter, summer, moon and sun

Sam then grabbed her rake and leapt in the air and delivered a strike with it, she then landed on the ground and delivered another one which knocked the rake part off the stick.

Lesson number one

"Wow!" All the girls awed at Sam's skills.

Box Lunch then handed them all bamboo sticks and they all stood in straight lines ready to learn their lesson.

Like a rock, you must be hard

Like an oak, you must stand firm

Sam began to show them how to fight with the stick starting with the first part of the lesson, the girls continued to watch Sam in awe as she delivered some powerful strikes to the air.

Come quick like my blade

Think fast unafraid

All the girls then started repeating Sam's movement that she had shown them and Sam was impressed on how quickly they were learning. One girl was having trouble keeping a stance, but Sam helped her and she smiled that was now in a correct fighting stance.

GIRLS

Like a rock, I must be hard

Like an oak, I must stand firm

A girl's fringe covered her eyes and she almost hit the girls with her stick as she was blind, she lifted her fringe and giggled nervously as the two girls glared at her.

Come quick like my blade

Think fast unafraid.

"Okay Sam I'm ready" Box Lunch said with determination as she took a stance.

Sam laughed a little and said as she tipped her over gently, "Uh huh but you're still out of balance. You're only halfway there"

Sam then took them to meditate as part of the second part of the lesson which was being gentle at the same time. She then did some tai chi and moved like the bamboo that was bending in the wind.

SAM

Like a cloud, you are soft

Like bamboo, you bend in the wind

Creeping slow, you're at peace because you know

It's okay to be afraid

Cujo came up happily panting at Dani, she cringed and started to shake feeling afraid but then Sam gently grabbed her hand and guided it to Cujo's head. She then started patting it, she then smiled and stopped being afraid of Cujo.

All the girls then started meditating and then started doing tai chi just like Sam showed them, which demonstrated they were starting to understand about how to be gentle at the same time when being tough.

GIRLS

Like a cloud, I am soft

Like bamboo, I bend in the wind

Creeping slow, I'm at peace because I know

It's okay to be afraid

The girls then followed Sam and mimicked her moves across a hill and over a creek, one of the girls' accidently fell into the water but laughed as Cujo started licking her face as she emerged.

SAM AND THE GIRLS

One alone is not enough (One alone is not enough)

You need both together (You need both together)

Winter, summer, moon and sun (Winter, summer, moon and sun)

Lesson number one

Half the girls then practiced tai chi while the other half practiced with the bamboo sticks. The groups then swapped and Sam smiled at them now they had finally learned about balance.

GIRLS

Like a rock, I must be hard (Like a cloud, I am soft)

Like an oak, I must stand firm (Like bamboo, I bend in the wind)

SAM

You can fly

GIRLS

Come quick like my blade (Creeping slow, I'm at peace because I know)

Think fast unafraid (It's okay to be afraid)

SAM

You have begun

GIRLS

Lesson number

Lesson number

Lesson number

Lesson number

SAM AND THE GIRLS

Lesson number one

They all leapt in the air and then delivered one final strike with their sticks before landing on the ground and taking a finishing stance.

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