a blessing or a curse

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Everyone was worried about Mei

Ming: is everything okay?

Jia: was the water too hot?

Ming: Are you sick? Is it a fever? A stomach ache? Chills? Constipation?

Mei: No!

Ming: Wait. Is it that? Did the red peony bloom?

Jin walked away

Mei: no! Maybe?

Jia: but I didn't get it yet!

Ming: exactly! It's to soon! Don't worry Mei Mei. I'll get everything you need. Mommy's here. Jin. Jin! It's happening! Jia comfort your sister. I'll be right back!

She went to get everything Mei needed

Jia: Mei everything is going to be ok I promise.

Ming went inside the bathroom with pads and Jia waited outside the bathroom but could hear Mei yelling. Suddenly everyone smelled the breakfast burning so ming and Jia went to put it out

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The next day ming dropped off Mei and Jia at school. Mei was wearing her normal outfit and a hat to cover her hair.

Ming: I know it feels strange Mei but I promise no one will notice a thing

Mei: Thank you for your concern Mother. But I'll be fine

Jia: what are you talking about

Ming: Mei got her-

Jia: ok never mind bye!

Jia got out of the car and went inside the school.

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Mei followed her sister in school soon after that

Miriam: hey Mei! Hey Jia!

Jia: hi guys!

Mei: Hey girlfriends. What is up?

Miriam: what's with the hat?

Mei: Uh... Bad hair day.

Miriam: Mei we gotta talk. Tyler's been telling everyone about the Daisy Mart

Jia: what did he say?

Abby: He said your mom went nuts.

Priya: And that Mei is kind of a perv.

Mei: I am not a-! Tyler is an insecure jerk. Words were exchanged. Slightly uncomfortable secrets were revealed. End of story

Jia: that's very mature of you mei

Mei: thank you Jia.

Suddenly Mei saw one of her drawings or her and Devon on the walls. Mei immediately took it down and ripped it apart. The girls saw Tyler putting up more drawings

Miriam: Tyler keeps putting these up. Knock it off butthead!

Abby: Not funny Tyler!

Tyler: Devon my precious manly man!

Miriam: literally go away!

Jia: leave my sister alone!

Tyler: see you later dorks!

He ran off

Miriam: that's what I thought

Jia: don't mess with us again!

The bell rang and everyone went to class

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Mei sat at her desk and Jia sat next to her

Jia: are you ok? You can't let a bully like Tyler get to you.

Mei: it's fine. I'm fine. Everything is fine.

Jia: if you say so but mom is outside.

Mei looked out the window to see her mom outside

Ming: the teacher you forgot your pads!

She took out pads from her purse. Then Mei because a giant red panda and ran back home. Ming and Jia followed her

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Ming and Jia found red panda Mei crying in her room

Jia: what's going on?

Panda Mei: don't look at me! Stay back!

Ming: Sweetie it's okay. We're all here.

Panda Mei: what's happening to me?!

Jin ram in the room and saw Mei as a red panda

Jin: this happened already?

Mei: ...what did you say?

Jia: what are you not telling us?

Jin: ming it's time

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Ming and jin took their daughters to their families temple. Mei was still a red panda

Ming: As you know our ancestor Sun Yee had a mystical connection with red pandas. I'm fact she loved them so much that she asked the gods to turn her into one. It was wartime. The men were all gone. Sun Yee was desperate for a way to protect herself and her daughters. Then one night during a red moon the gods granted her wish. They gave her the ability to harness her emotions to transform into a powerful mystical beast. She was able to fend off bandits protect her village and save her family from ruin. Sun Yee passed this gift to her daughters for when they came of age. And they passed it to theirs. But over time our family chose to come to a new world. And what was a blessing became... an inconvenience.

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