Mei's Courage-A Lion King Story

Of Tests and Dreams

Now, Rani had been having a lot of mysterious dreams lately too. I could hear my uncle Joshua call her down for breakfast. He is a kind slender man with South Asian skin, long dark wavy hair and brown eyes. He also has a goatee beard. With him was my other uncle Vic. He is a slender yet strong man with black curly hair, pale skin clean shaven, and piercing blue eyes just like Loki from the Marvel movies.

I felt someone's fingers run through my curly hair. I opened my eyes to see Anakin Skywalker; he is a strong built man with fair skin, light brown tousled wavy hair and cerulean blue eyes.

"Morning, Ani!" I smiled.

"Hey, kiddo. Your uncle's got breakfast ready. Are you hungry?" Anakin asked.

"I sure am!" I giggled as I got out of bed. My moms had already went straight to work; Mama Bridget was doing self defense classes for women and girls that morning, and my mom went to the Beck Center for teaching voice lessons. I greeted my older sister Ruby with a hug.

"Hey, Mei-Mei!" Ruby smiled as she hugged me.

"Hi, Rubes!" I giggled as well, hugging her back. She gives the greatest hugs.

Ruby is a 9 year old girl with Down syndrome, and she loves hugs and Disney Princesses. She has beautiful fair skin with freckles and blue eyes. Mama Bridget had her to start a family with my mom through IVF, and my mom had me in the same way.

At 7 years old, I could definitely pull my curly hair up into a half bun ponytail, a braid, a ponytail or a high ponytail, a high bun. I couldn't do a Dutch braid but my older cousins Jamie, Jocelyn and Jessie can; so could my uncle Joshua.

Jamie is the eldest of uncle Joshua and Vic with pale skin, black wavy hair and green eyes, adopted from London. She and I knew each other in Victorian Era London as Mirai Sakamoto Barker and Jillian Barker, two adopted sisters at the time. Jamie is my eldest cousin who loves vampires, mermaids and witches. Jocelyn is another one of my cousins with biracial skin, beautiful locs for braids and brown eyes, also adopted. She is into Christina Aguilera, Gwen Stefani of No Doubt and wears preppy hats. Jessica or Jessie, is a beautiful girl with my light Asian complexion, bone straight black hair and brown eyes. She is mildly autistic and she was adopted from Japan. She is into Disney movies and Star Wars and her favorite character is Anakin Skywalker. Heck, she could name all of the planets and stars from in the solar system. The younger ones are three years younger than Jamie, Jocelyn and Jessie; and they are twin girls. Alex or Lexi is a girl with Down syndrome with South Asian skin, black hair and brown eyes. She loves hugs, Disney Princesses and crocheting. Adrienne is a girl with mild autism with South Asian skin, dark brown hair and eyes. Adri is good at maps and where to go. The twins were adopted from India.

I came downstairs and greeted the younger cousins who are quintuplet girls, born via IVF. Rani is the youngest one. With her were four other girls. Kimyia or Kimmie is the eldest of the 5 with my Asian skin, black hair and brown eyes. She wears eye glasses to help her see. She loves to study animals and her dream is to become a zookeeper.

The second girl is Kamala or Mala for short. She is a South Asian girl with wavy dark brown hair and hazel eyes. She believes in good and bad karma and wants to become a fortune teller.

The third girl is Katya or Kat for short. She is a girl with Jewish and Palestinian roots with fair skin, dark brown wavy hair and blue eyes. She wants to become an archeologist when she grows up and to learn more about her heritage.

The fourth girl is the feistiest of the quints and she is a tomboy at heart. Her name is Krishna. She is a biracial girl with freckles, light brown wavy hair in a high ponytail and brown eyes. And Rani is the youngest out of all of them.