Unknown Happen Stance

Chapter 11: Musa Learns Unknown Chinese Culture Rules

Evie was standing next to Doug, Dopey's son and her boyfriend, holding hands with each other when Mal and Ben entered Auradon Prep with Musa.
"You must be Musa, what a gorgeous outfit!" She exclaimed enthusiastically. "Welcome to Auradon Prep."
"Musa, this is Evie my best friend from the Isle and her boyfriend a son of one of the Dwarves from Snow White's story. The dorm hall is up the stairs on the right. Doug can you give her the secondary key for the dorm room."
Doug dug around in his pocket and found it and gave it to Musa.
"Library closes at 8:00 Musa." Mal told her. "And curfew is at 10:00 p. m. which means 9:30 p. m. lights need to be put out or turnt off unless we have a black out. And 100% no magic spells anywhere in the school building. Magic has been forbidden for years now I haven't been able to change it but I want to."
Lonnie had been watching Musa's tour from the balcony. For so long she had been the only Chinese student since Mulan and Li Shang and unlike the rest of the good guys her family had nothing to do with frivolous royalty privileges. They were purely highly respected commoners not a Prince and Princess. They were Captain and Captainness of Minglania one of the state realms of Auradon. Both Lonnie's parents worked in their duties to train the next generation of defense in sword fighting skills but their classes were not limited to one area. Mulan would never have that being her personality was more open minded and the attitude of a very mischievous monkey as that was Mulan's Chinese zodiac sign and Li Shang's was a snake sign.
She was writing a letter home to her Mom and decided to mention how pretty the student she would be rooming with this year was and how excited she was to be sharing her room with her. Her phone beeped it was Chad's Baby sister, Chloe Charming daughter of Cinderella and Charming being his public name but his first name is Henri actually. A cricket stood on the window.
"Hey, take this to Mom and Dad at Knight Training. After I greet my roommate and have tea with her then it will be time for my training session with Chloe Charming for the auditioning of the Swords and Shields' team since Lonnie was Captain of the Auradon team thanks to Jay she had rewritten a new codebook allowing girls to enter the sport. Boys aside from Chad seemed to be having second thoughts about competing in fencing competitions. She gave the scroll to her cricket friend the same bug who stayed with Mulan during those epic war days. Yes it was the lucky cricket. The cricket flew off with the paper towards her realm.
The door swung open to reveal Musa and Mal.
"Lonnie this is your new roommate, Musa Melodia Musique. Musa, this is Lonnie daughter of Mulan and Captain Li Shang she'll be your instructive for Sword-fighting classes, Musa. Good luck, I hope you both become friends very soon."
"Come on in, Musa, I prepared tea for us let's get to know each other a bit. I'm 100% Chinese, you are?"
"Half Chinese and half Japanese." Musa replied unsure what else to say.
"I thought so those distinctly angled eyebrows give it away." said Lonnie. "You're out of your comfort zone, trust me that's normal. I'm consistently out of my comfort zone both my parents work full time and I'm one of very few commoners that was important enough to be invited into this Academy. I'm guessing you are a commoner too."
"Yes, I am Lonnie. I'm glad everybody here isn't a Princess."
"I will never be called a Princess I have no royalty ties neither one of my parents are royals they are just your everyday ordinary traditional oriented ancient Ming citizens." replied.
"Um I don't know much about Chinese Ming culture could you teach me, please, Lonnie?" inquired Musa while Lonnie took a sip of tea daintily from her teacup at the very low table with low stools in the common area of their dorm room that you had to walk in front of to get to Lonnie's desk and sliding open door onto the balcony view overlooking the Auradon Campus grounds as the Music fairy sat down to join her.

"Certainly, women always care for their home, manage the household finances. Make meals and care for children, and find jobs for their kids once out of school. We currently live under a 12th emperor and we have at least one other Woman warrior leader in our realm just like my Mom she was my Mother's inspiration. You? What were your parent's goals?"
"My parents were good at creating operas my Mother always sang only Opera songs. But sadly she passed away and my Father never got remarried or touched music again unfortunately."
Lonnie met Musa's gaze with direct sympathy just as she did with Mal, Evie, Jay and Carlos in the kitchen when she told the story of how her Mom made chocolate chip cookies when she was feeling so sad.
"I'm so sorry, I know it must be really hard for others to understand that pain you've. I don't understand it completely myself but my Mother would especially with what happened 3 emperors ago she nearly lost her injured Father in a war where she boldly chose to take his place if she hadn't who knows what my Grandparents and great Grandmother would've been like towards Mulan they only had one man to carry the family for them. The VKs the reformed Villain kids here can also help you to Mal daughter of Malificent, Evie daughter of the Evil Queen, Jay son of Jafar and Carlos son of Cruella Deville. They have had some of the very worst traumatic childhoods anyone can have themselves it would mean the world to them to know that they were never alone in the world, Musa. Maybe this is something we can work on tomorrow. You should also come home with me on the weekend to visit my Mom and Dad they'd love to help you straighten out your path, Musa,"
"Okay, I will." answered Musa agreeing to Lonnie's invite for her to visit her own realm. "What does an Empathy Mapping look like?"

Lonnie got out a piece of paper wrote down Musa's Empathy Mapping
And she created a chart bubble. 1. Who are you, Musa?
Name: Musa
Demographics consist of age, gender & jobs: 21 years old, female, and professional job: musician composer and singer.
Background: Your Mom was an opera singer who has now been lately deceased, your Father has had anger management issues ever since she passed and took it out on not just his instruments but you too. He frightened you away with anger. Your boyfriend broke up with you because of Your anger implanted in you by being raised by your dad. You never had the opportunity to act or choose for yourself until you headed into a school outside of your realm at 16 years old and that was 5 years ago.

Lonnie made other chart boxes connected to the First Box by lines much like a brainstorm bubble chart only these boxes were lined in a counter clockwise circle
#2. What do You Think and Feel
Your Primary Thoughts:
Your Feelings:

#3 . What Do You Hear?
Family, Friendship & Colleagues Influences What Are They?:
What is Your Current Environment:

#4. What Do You See?
What Are Your Visuals:
What are Your Opportunities:

#5. What Do You Say & Do?
What are Your Actions:
What is Your Dialogue:

#6. What are Your Own Pains?
What are Your Challenges:
What are Your Fears:

#7, What are Your Gains?
What are Your Goals:
What are Your Positives:

Do you know any of these answers?"

"No, I don't expect I guess my fear is fear of being sad all the time." Musa said sobbing. Lonnie pulled out a tissue and said. "Take it you need it more than me roomie, honestly."
Musa accepted the tissue and went back to sipping the rest of the tea Lonnie had prepared just for the two of them together.