4 Lost In Memories

     Weeks go by and the two girls grew close almost like siblings, Peiling has grown to calling Mei her big sister which caused Mei to be a bit distressed but allowed it and took it upon herself to make Peiling her younger sister and with this they were happy. Mei slowly went back to her old self though she would still show signs of hostility towards Lei and Bingwen she tried to best to push it aside. Mei and Lei both had their moments where Peiling reminded them of Longwei when she punched the dummy Lei used to train children into the wall with the same force she and Longwei did when they were young, which made Lei become stern and closed himself off while Mei for Peiling's sake pushed her own feelings aside to comfort her "It's alright...he's just not...a very open person yet but he's proud of you" Peiling gave her a small smile but vowed to strive to gain Lei's approval by bettering herself in Kung Fu and becoming a strong and dedicated student. Mei was a little taken back by this but smiled and ruffled her hair "I know you will now come on let's get to training" Peiling nodded determined to get better as they began furthering her skills. As night rolled in Peiling was slowly becoming tired Mei decided that it was time for bed for the little Pei, she picked her up and carried Peiling to her room Peiling protested as she was drifting off Mei chuckled as she brought her to their room tucking Peiling into bed. Not feeling tired as of yet Mei decided to do a bit of meditating before heading to bed she quietly left the room careful not to wake up her little sister, as she closed the door behind her she left the temple and went to the Peach Tree of Heavenly Wisdom, she sat under the tree watching the night sky and feeling the cool breeze on her skin. Mei got into her meditation position and began meditating.

     As she meditated she found herself in a dark empty void she looked around and saw something in the distance she ran towards the figure but as she got closer to the figure she stopped a few feet away from it, the figure she saw it was her big brother he was standing there smiling at her with arms wide open. She stared at him shocked, tears started to roll down her face as she smiled she ran to him throwing herself at him hugging him tightly as she cried "Big brother!...I...I missed you so much!" He did not say anything as a red aura started to surround her brother's body. When he said nothing she opened her tear stained eyes to see the aura surrounding his arm she looked up to see her brothers looking down at her with blood red eyes and a evil smirk. She quickly pushed him away as far as she could, as her brother regained his balance he chuckled darkly as he looked at her she stood there in shock and fear of her brother he slowly walked towards her showing his fangs as he smirked evilly at her. Mei couldn't move her body wouldn't let her all she could do was stare at her brother as he walked towards her.

     As he kept walking he slowly turned into her as he got closer still having the same blood red eyes and the red aura surrounding the body, as she got to Mei the dark version of her just stood there staring at her and laughing "You know can't get rid of me..don't you...you know one day it'll be to much for you and you won't be able to hide me any longer" she said chuckling darkly as she gets closer "You are your brothers twin if he can cause so much destruction imagine what you will cause..come on...don't you want to see your big brother again...break him out and you two can go and have fun like you use to...all you have to do is...set me free...let me take control and I will rid the world of the people who separated the two of you" Mei's eyes widened in disbelief that's not what she wanted she never wanted any of that all she wanted was the brother she grew up with back a tear slid down her face once again as she bit her lip to keep herself from crying the dark version of her growled as she put he face closer to Mei's she shouted "DO YOU NOT REMEMBER THE PAIN YOU FELT!! THE DAY THAT WITHERING OLD MAN NOT ONLY REJECTED YOU BUT YOUR BROTHER TO BE THE DRAGON WARRIOR!! YOU BOTH TRAINED SO HARD HOW MANY BONES DID YOU AND YOUR BROTHER BREAK EVERYDAY JUST TO PLEASE THEM!! TO BE PERFECT AT EVERYTHING!! and what did they do they squander your potential they throw all your hard work in your face...remember how your brothers face looked when they rejected him the title he was so distraught all those years of training and for what..so you can follow someone else's orders how long are you going to live under them telling you what you can and can't do" Mei shut her eyes tightly trying to block out her words "No...they're my family...he didn't choose us for a reason...Grandpa Bingwen knows what's best...my brother failed to see the reason but I see it clearly..THIS WAS THE REASON I WASN'T CHOSEN BECAUSE IF MY BROTHER CAN TURN OUT THAT WAY SO CAN I!! but I won't...I'll prove that I'm strong...that I won't fall for your tricks...Grandpa Bingwen and Father Lei they are my family I'll never harm them..." the dark version of herself began to laugh "Ha! oh really just like when you thought the villagers would never hurt you" She whispered in Mei's ear "Don't you remember what they did to you when they saw you return..remember what they called you" disembodied voices of the villagers started yelling through the darkness "BRUTE!!" "SAVAGE!!" "BEAST!!" the voices get louder as they focused on one word "MONSTER!! MONSTER!! MONSTER!! MONSTER!! MONSTER!!" Mei held her hands over her ears to block out the shouting "stop...stop stop..." she falls to her knees begging for the screams to stop as tears fall down her face.

     The dark version of her sits on the tips of her feet in front of her arms crossed in amusement "Heh this so called valley resorted to violence as soon as they saw you the ones that loved you as a child they all hate you now..you really think they're ever gonna think any differently no matter what you do you will always be a monster to them" her darker self stood up holding out her paw to Mei "So why don't we show them what a true monster looks like" a smirk playing across his lip baring her fangs "What do you say?" Mei knew what she said was true could she ever expect them to treat her the same way they use to could she ever be happy in this so called valley when the only true peace was for her to never leave the temple. If she went to free her brother she could be by his side again she could finally be whole once more, they could once again fight together side by side like old times but doing that would come at a cost, the lives of the people of the valley, her father, her grandfather, her sister. She wiped the tears away anger displayed from her face she looked up her to her dark self as she swatted her paw away as she stood up "No I won't do this they might hate me but I won't destroy my home...I won't destroy their home" Mei took a step closer to her "I won't let them down, I won't let my father down, I won't let Grandpa Bingwen down, and...I won't let my little sister down" her darker self took a step back as she growled "Fine but you can't just forget about me no matter what you do I am apart of you there's no escape from me you can't outrun yourself" she says as she laughs maniacally disappearing in her fiery aura.