A/N: So here we are! Sorry for the wait, I was gone in some days… So are you all ready for the sequel? Let's take the information first, shall we? For all new readers, I am a girl from Denmark so English isn't my mother-language so there will be some spelling-mistakes. Please forgive for that.

And if you hadn't read my story 'Behind The Golden Eyes' then I will suggest you to do it. If not then you probably won't understand anything of this.

This chapter will start about some of my OC's (yes people, Lu Chu and Piao is back!), but there will be about Tigress and the other characters in the end of this chapter and the rest of the story will be about them. You'll find out.

Just if you didn't understand the chapter completely; the four 'happenings' is on different places and time. Not years, just about some weeks. Not that it is so important.

Nope, I still don't own Kung Fu Panda.

The Search For Golden Times, Prologue

Listening to other peoples' conversation had never been a thing she enjoyed to do. But now it just happened. The mountain cat had been walking through the halls, ordered to bring one of the masters in the Dragon Palace a cup of tea. But on her way while passing a door she heard a name being mentioned. Tigress' name.

It had been faint, but Lu Chu was sure that she had heard right. Without making any sounds she had opened the door and sneaked inside. Now she was hiding behind a pillar, unseen for the masters' eyes.

"It is absolutely insane!"

"The dragons leave us with no choice. There must be a Dragon Queen."

"But her?"

"There are no other options. The traditions are clear."

"You can't mean we will have to serve her. She will ruin the Dragon City. Everything we have fought for will be destroyed."

"Are you disobeying our masters?" The voice was louder than the others and the entire hall became silent. Lu Chu held back her breath, knowing she would be punished if they found her.

"You should be ashamed. The dragons have chosen her and we will gladly follow their orders. If not, then we will bring shame over ourselves."

"But how will we convince her? I trained her in the time she was here, and one thing I learned was that she is even more stubborn than her mother. How will you make her listen?"

"I will make sure that she will receive a letter that will explain the situation. If she refuses, then we'll have to force her."

"And how will you do that?"

"I know her weak spot. She will do what we say."

"We have our decision then. Master Tigress will be our next Dragon Queen. Meeting is over."

A loud murmuring told Lu Chu that the masters were starting to leave the hall. Before they would notice her she quickly sneaked back out of the door. Just as she had taken a deep breath, the door flung open and the masters came out. The mountain cat quickly bowed for them, keeping her glance on the ground. Her heart started to beat faster as Master Lynx stopped in front of her.

"I see our tea has come. Thank you, servant." With that he and the others took the cups and disappeared. Lu Chu watched them go, stunned over the fact that no one knew about her lack of discipline. Though, Tigress was her friend and friends helped each other. Of course she had listened even though it could be dangerous for her.

But now she understood that it was Tigress who was in danger. She had to warn her before it was too late. The mountain hurried down the halls and soon she found the person she was looking after.

"Piao!" The antelope turned around when he heard someone call his name.

"Why the hurry?" He asked when he saw the running servant. But he soon understood that it was more serious than he thought.

"Problems," Lu Chu shortly said, her green eyes big. "We need to send a letter to Master Tigress now!"

"You got to be kidding me!"

"Are you insane?"

"This is madness!"

"Silence!" Wang thundered and the many Shadow Warriors immediately fell quiet. "The decision has already been made. Not by me, but Jiao-Long. It was his last wish that his daughter should become our next leader."

One of the warriors stood up. "I refuse! We promised to follow Jiao-Long and not some girl that suddenly appears." A murmuring told Wang that there was some agreement about it.

"And by not accepting his daughter then you have broken that promise," a new voice sounded from the crowd. "I say that we should tell her about her father's decision. Then she can choose what she would do."

"Maybe she will just stay at the Jade Palace. What then?"

"What about not telling her about it? She will probably just refuse anyway."

Suddenly, a warrior stepped forward. "I just received new information from our spies. The masters of the Dragon Palace have decided to make Master Tigress their new Dragon Queen."

The entire crowd became silent. Wang entered his position on a high rock so everyone could see him. "Then the choice has been made. We cannot allow her to serve them. They will force her to do what they want and then she will be a great threat to us. I suggest that we will follow Master Jiao-Long's last orders. Any other ideas?"

But no one said a word. Wang continued, "Alright then. I'll send a letter that will inform Enlai about the situation. Then he can tell her and bring her here."

The Shadow Warriors slowly started to leave the meeting, returning to the things they had left when Wang had called them. Some were satisfied, some were angry, though they were all nervous for what would happen now.

The leopard sent the spy a cold glance. "You wished my attention?"

"Yes, Master. I have been travelling a long way to bring you important news," the hooded figure told him.

"I see… So what have you of information?" The leopard studied him closely with his yellow eyes.

His servant bowed deeply once again. "Master Tigress of the Jade Palace had been chosen for the leader of both the Elders and the Shadow Warriors."

"So the next Dragon Queen is on the same time the leader of their enemy?" The leopard threw his head back and laughed darkly. "How interesting."

"Indeed, Master."

"But how about the tigress herself? Does she know about her new titles?" The leopard left his throne and walked closer to his spy.

The person shook his hooded head. "I haven't heard so, Master. Though, I haven't been close enough to the Valley of Peace to see if it had happened. I chose travelling towards you instead," he explained, hoping that his master wouldn't see it as a mistake.

"But her acknowledge won't last long. I'll make sure of that."

The spy looked up from the floor. "May I ask you what your plan is, Master?"

"My plan is simple. Why waste time on finding her when I can make her come to me?" The leopard started to walk back and forth, his mind in deep thoughts. "This is absolutely perfect. What more could I ask for? Two titles by killing one simple master."

"But… But you must not forget, Master, that she is a skilled kung fu warrior, trained by Master Shifu himself!"

The leopard simple waved with his paw as if he blew the facts away. "Of course I know that. I know more about her than she self does. She won't be a problem."

"I don't understand. What will you make her do?" The spy would have said more but when the leopard's massive form was just in front of him he became silent.

"Don't destroy your little head by worrying about that. My plan can't go wrong." The leopard turned around to face his throne. "But tell me, spy, how fast are you at spreading rumors?"

"Enlai!" Tigress roared as the male tiger jumped at her, destroying her balance so the both rolled down at the hill like a ball of fur. When they finally stopped, Tigress was lying with her back on the ground with the world spinning around in front of her eyes. Enlai was on the top of her, forcing her down.

"Wasn't that funny?" he panted, his eyes sparkling.

But Tigress wasn't exactly enjoying his surprise. "You are acting like a kitten!"

"Why not make sparring fun?" Enlai grinned at her. But suddenly his smile disappeared.

Maybe Tigress didn't like playing games like a cub, but one thing was sure; she wouldn't lose to Enlai. In a flash they had shifted places. Now Tigress was pushing him down while he only could look up at her. "I win." She was silent in a second before adding, "Again."

Enlai just smiled mockingly at her. "Who is now the kitten?"

"I am not…" Tigress couldn't say more because it was too late. Enlai had done the same movement like her, and now she was lying on her back.

"Just make her angry and she'll lose her focus," Enlai teased her, while pushing her down in the grass.

Tigress rolled her eyes. "How unbeatable you are."

"I am, aren't I? Strong, fast, charming, good…" Once again the roles had been shifted. Tigress was now pinning him down, triumph visible in her golden eyes.

"And just make him talk about himself and he will forget all about his surroundings." None of them had forgotten their sharp tongues in the three months that had went since she had arrived in the Jade Palace.

Enlai didn't seem like her comment had hurt him. "Yeah, I'm… Oh! Hi, Master Shifu."

Tigress immediately froze and turned her head around to try and spot her master. But there was no one to see. In that same second she realized that, Enlai made his move.

"Just mention her master's name and she'll be so scared that she will freeze." He had a strong grip on her arms, making sure that she couldn't escape this time.

"I am not scared!" Tigress hissed at the male tiger, but then removed her focus from him. Her eyes first glanced on the sky for then to finally look at something behind him.

Enlai shook his striped head. "Oh no. I know what you are trying to do. You are trying to trick me to look back so you can win, but that won't happen."

"Enlai, look!" Tigress tried, but he only pushed her down harder.

"I told you, Tigress, it won't work."

Tigress sneered at him. "Just look. There is a messenger!"

"You are a terrible liar, Tigress. Did you really think that I would…? Oh, who am I kidding?" He quickly looked over his back, not able to control his curiosity. "See? There is no…. Wait! There is actually a messenger! Who would have thought that?"

The female tiger lost her patience and roughly shoved him of her. "Idiot!" Tigress murmured while they both turned to the black goose that was waiting for them on a nearby rock. The goose coughed, a sign to Enlai that he should come closer.

"Private business," he quickly murmured before leaving Tigress so he could talk with the messenger alone.

Tigress completely understood what he meant. When he said 'private business', he really said 'it's something about the Shadow Warriors'. It was like when she had gotten a day off and she told Shifu that she 'would go down to the village' and he would answer 'be careful'. The real conversation was actually; 'I will go down and visit Enlai no matter how much you are against it' and then the answer 'keep him on a safe distance, and if you are not home be dinner I will personally come and drag you out of his hut'. But with using the first sentences, the student and the master both avoided too many words and the argument that would probably come if they used the second method.

"Argh! Did you really have to stop now? It was so fun watching!"

"Mantis!" Viper hissed while they slithered closer. "But have to admit they are cut together."

Tigress' ears flattened against her skull. "You have no idea of what you are saying."

"Come on, Tigress!" Po exclaimed as he along with the rest of the Five walked towards her. "We all saw you two playing like sweet, cute, soft kitties!"

"Do you dare say that again, panda?" Tigress asked him, taking one step closer to him.

Po quickly stepped back. "Probably not."

"Good," Tigress said before turning away from him.

Mantis jumped up on her shoulder. "So what's going on? Who's the messenger?"

"Someone who brings news from the Shadow Warriors," Tigress simply answered. Though, she could feel how she began to be nervous. There was something about the situation that wasn't right. She liked when everything was calm, when Enlai was in the Valley of Peace and she didn't heard anything about the Shadow Warriors or the Dragon Palace. The painful memories kept haunting her.

"Do you think something is wrong?" Viper asked, feeling how tense her tiger friend was.

"I guess we finds out now," Crane said, pointing at Enlai with his beak. The male tiger was walking towards them and by the serious look on his face Tigress understood that something wasn't right.

Being the first to face him, Tigress was of course the first who could ask him about the thing they all were wondering about. "What did he say?" she asked, briefly glancing at the goose who now was flying away from the Jade Palace's grounds.

Enlai held two letters up in front of her. "We have problems."

A/N: Done! Sorry for the shortness, it's a prologue. The next chapter will be longer. And before anyone can ask; yes, there will be more of the Five and Po and this story, and yes, there will be Tigress/Enlai romance. Don't worry, it will all come. Thanks for reading.