One Tail at a Time

My One Quality

I have been on this mountain so long, that its hard for me to imagine leaving, in fact, I have become so used to all my new brothers, that I know so much about each one now.  Like Shanhu who loves to paint, and Die Feng who likes creating weapons, while Zi Lan writes poetry and Cheng Bao is super fussy about dust, so he has a soft cloth in his pocket at all times so he can remove it if he sees any.  And then there is Chang Shan who loves creating new recipes and Ming who is the Mountains prankster.  Even Fu Yu has something special.  He can sing.  Like really sing for real and we only found out after he got locked up in the music room for being naughty again and not only did he play on the flutes, but he sang a Qing Qiu song which we could all hear.

His voice when its not all screechy and stupid, is actually lovely when he sings, its pure and rich and even Shifu liked to listen to him sing, so Shifu is now helping Fu Yu with voice lessons to enhance his singing which he reckons will help to settle down his fiesty temperament.

All my new brothers have something special about them, where as I am just the youngest and a girl, so I don't think thats all that special, because I cant make weapons, paint, write poems or cook, much less sing and that has Shifu teaching me new things to find my special quality.

So far, I have tried my hand at music and dance, and though I have good rhythm, my feet like to do their own thing, which Shifu thinks is funny to watch, but its not exactly dancing.  So then we try writing.  I have a head full of ideas, Shifu said so, but they're not exactly fit for story telling either and nor can I really say what goes on in my head because Shifu would definitely punish me.

Its not until we turn to weapons training that I finally find my one good quality and that is sword training which Shifu said I could become a great swords woman with lots of practice and plenty of attention.  And we only turned to sword training, because Shifu thinks my happy feet dance is more suited to sword training and thats because my Zhen Zhen taught it to me.  He's a clever brother like that!

So today, Shifu is taking me to the armoury to find my special sword of which he has many and the best thing, is I can keep the one that calls to me!  I don't know what that means, but Shifu is even going to allow Fu Yu to choose a small dagger seeing as he is going to be my companion and protector in the future, though I reckon its because Shifu feels sorry for my poor sprite because he gets growled every day.  Shifu thinks he just needs something to damper his high energy and overactive mind with something more useful rather than ripping open bellies and stomping on guts.

So pretty me in my pretty dress is hurrying out the door towards the armoury where Shifu is waiting for me, while Fu Yu flips in the air, all the way to the big warehouse behind the main temple.  There are many entrances to take, because Shifu said his men need to access the wepons quickly no matter where they are should we ever be under attack.

Now I don't know about that, because I really dont think anyone is capable of attacking this mountain, because for one, they would need to be able to ride a cloud and two, they would have to know the secret spell to pass through the barrier.  Not even I know it yet, but Shanhu said that when Im a big girl and come back as a grown up Disciple, then I will get given the spell and a special pin with my name and rank on it.

Shanhu even said that seventeenth place has already been saved for me, so that will make me Seventeenth Disciple of the War God Mo Yuan.  Its a very long title, but it makes me feel very special, especially now that I am being given a sword of my very own, one that will be way better than the one that Zhen Zhen gave me and Shifu even said that I choose it myself, so I am super excited as I race towards Shifu with Fu Yu twirling dizzily in the air and just as excited as I am.

"Good.  You're here." Shifu says smiling at me and frowning at Fu Yu who completely ignores him and races on ahead towards the dagger section which is just inside the door.