Happy Ending?

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Once upon a time....

In a land far away, lived a beautiful and brave girl. Now in that time, women were shunned, looked down upon. That is why she pretended to be a man when she left her house.

Before you say anything about it, yes it seems like I am trailing down the road of Mulan but I am not going to rewrite that story.

This girl grew up brave, strong, and determined to finish any goal. And eventually while training, she let her secret spill. The pun she was taken to the generals to figure out her punishment.

"This woman is braver then any man I had ever seen," stated the top general, "let her continue to lead her army to the victory she promised."

Just like that, she was still fighting for want she believed in.

Now the backstory is done. On with the real tale.

Well this particular girl thought that she could complete one small mission on her own. All she had to do was go into the mine shaft and follow it through, then steal back their banner which the enemies have stolen. She decided to do this without an army to help her though.

Late at night she snuck out to retrieve her tribe's banner. In the mineshaft, there was a cross road. No one had told her about it. Yet somehow she got the feeling that if she chose the wrong one, she wouldn't be successful.

Left, right. Left right. Left. Right. The decision had to be made soon.

She lost patience with her conscience and ran down the left tunnel.

A guard stood there and they fought each other. But alas, even the best warriors fall. The opposing warrior hit the brave woman into a weak beam sending a falling ceiling to crash into them both, suffocating them to their death.

As the woman took her final breath, she saw an angel come up to her.

"Could I have had a happy ending?"she asked.

The angel nodded solemnly.

"If only you had chosen the right way."

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