Chapter 1: Reality

It had been a month since the defeat of Lord Shen. The Gong rang at 7am just like any other morning. The Five swung their doors open, stepped out into the hallway, and all said at once, "Good Morning, Master." Shifo walked down the hall and stopped in front of Po's door. "Panda!"

Po woke up right before the Gong with a gloomy and cloudy feeling, which was normal for him. He tried to sit up and walk over to the door and say 'Good Morning, Master' with the Five, but feel back onto his bed when he heard the Gong ring, and the Five all say at once, "Good Morning, Master." He could also hear, seconds later, Shifo right outside his door yell, "Panda!"

Po sat up, yet dizzy, and limped over to his doors to open them and say to Shifo, "Good Morning, Master," but he was just a few seconds too late. Shifo threw his bedroom doors open while shouting, "PANDA!"

"Uh, Good Morning, Master."

Shifo's ear twitched with anger. "Everyone, to the Training Hall."

"Yes, Master." Everyone said, then the Five made their way to the Training Hall.

"I have different orders for you. Come with me."

Po followed his master, questioning himself inside his head. When they were approaching the Jade Palace, Po finally spoke up.

"Where exactly are we going?"

Shifo didn't answer nor did he say anything until he stopped in front of the Thousand Steps.

"I want you to go down to your dad's noodle shop to get 7 secret ingredient soups and 7 orders of Dumplings."

"So, what's gonna' be for breakfast?"

Shifo's ear twitched in annoyance.

"Oh, right. Sorry, Master." Po bowed with respect.

"Just go do what I told you to."

"Yes, Master."

Shifo then headed towards the Training Hall.

Po sighed, then stared his way down the Thousand Steps.

IN THE TRAINING HALL

"Uh, where's Po?" Tigress asked while training with concern.

"I'm pretty sure Master Shifo had an order for him." Viper answered while getting off her training equipment "Why?"

"Oh, no reason." Tigress said while getting off her training equipment.

"No, there's a reason."

"No, there's NOT!"

"Tigress, I know-"

"VIPER! FOR THE LAST TIME!"

"D-Do you what to talk pr-privately?"

Tigress sighed heavily. "Fine!"she shouted and turned around to see a short red panda staring at her.

"I thought you were ordering Po to do something for you." Tigress said.

"I was." Shifo answered.

"What was it?"

"I just told him to pick up a few things."

"Like what?" Viper asked.

"Just breakfast."

"Any reason he isn't cooking?" asked Tigress and then crossed her arms.

"I just thought he doesn't have to cook all the time."

"So, why didn't you have one of the Five go down to the village to get breakfast?"

"Because, I know that whenever he goes down to village, he always gets quite a lot of attention. Now! All of you! Back to training!"

"Yes, master." Said the five, then went back to training.

WITH PO

When he reached the bottom of the Thousand Steps he sighed. He knew he was hungry, but he also knew that it would be AT LEAST an hour before he could eat. Po sighed again, shook his head, walked into the village. Since it was only 7:30 in the morning, hardly anyone was awake. Thankfully Mr. Ping was. Po entered the noodle shop and walked as slowly and quietly as he possible.

Mr. Ping could hear someone come into his noodle shop. "Yes, how can I-PO!" the goose cried as he jumped over the counter to hug Po.

"Hi dad."

"What brought you here?" Mr. Ping said as he broke the hug.

"Master Shifo told me to come here to here to get some food for everyone."

"Oh, then what did Shifo want you to get here?"

"7 secret ingredient soups and 7 orders of dumplings."

"Well, lucky for you, that's all I have ready to go." Po chuckled softly and entered the kitchen.

"So, how much will all of that cost?"

"$8.40"

"Alright, well here's-" Po reached into his pocket but found nothing. He reached into the other one but found nothing as well. "Great. I left my wallet at the Jade Palace." He sighed in disappointment. "Sorry dad."

"It's fine-I'll just send Zeng up to the Jade Palace later to get the money."

"Thanks dad!"

"No problem, Po."

"So, where's the soup and dumplings?"

"Oh, right." Mr. Ping handed Po 7 secret ingredient soups and 7 orders of dumplings to go.

"Thanks again dad."

"No problem Po. See you on Saturday!"

"Bye, dad!"

"Bye, son!"