Heyo! This is my first kfp story so I might suck dealing with something with this much action. Description of movement isn't my forte so I'll try to do my best.

Tai lee looked around at the four angry faces looking at him. He gulped keeping his defensive stance as he constantly turned trying to keep the four in vision.

"You won't get out of this unscathed." Po proclaimed making small advances. Mantis stood on Monkey's head ready to leap at a moment's notice. Shifu glared holding his staff tightly before the silent command was given as all of them attacked at once. Tai lee dodged every blow, but more than a few were close calls. He knew that if he was going to get out he would have to attack them. As soon as Shifu had attacked with the staff Tai lee grabbed the end and swept in a large arc causing all of them to back off and Shifu to flip off. He spun the staff around steeling his resolve as he held it behind him holding his hand out, his body bladed.

After they recovered they resumed their assault. Tai lee blocked and dodged their attacks, but returned them in turn hitting main joints enough to hear the pop of them falling out of place. One by one, they had to retreat; Monkey was the first, followed by Po, then Mantis was flung back, hitting his head falling unconscious. The last one was Shifu, but before the blow could be dealt a blinding pain shot through Tai lee's head causing him to fall to his knees gripping his head with both hands, the staff falling with a clatter. Shifu didn't waste time and dealt a blow to his neck, knocking him unconscious.

Pain, pain was all he felt, all he knew at the moment. He wanted to know where the pain came from, but could not tell. He thought to the past to try and think of how the pain got there. His journey began but a few hours ago, and in such a strange manner.

William, His name was William. That was where his memory begun. He was lying in his bed during a very heavy storm. He couldn't sleep so he get up and walked to the window watching the rain and lightning. It always made him calm, the rain that is, but when lightning was there he was fascinated with it. He always wished that he could control the lightning, and see it any time he wanted. He continued to watch, but something strange was going on, a strange phenomenon that he had only heard about. The lightning ball descended from the clouds and entered his room through the closed window and began to fly around near the ceiling. If this wasn't enough a second ball flew through his window, but this one was black. (1) They both flew in a circle around his room, circling each other. William Considered getting a camera, but the balls began to get closer to each other spinning faster as they got closer. Eventually they merged into a single ball spinning, resembling the Taoism yin-yang symbol.

Truly astonished he reached up toward it, but as his hand made contact the orb shot into his body, being absorbed into his skin. A searing pain shot through his body as darkness bit at his vision and his mind dulled. Accepting the darkness and numbness he fell into the bleakness, but this pain was not the pain he felt now. The pain had faded to the back of his mind as he was thinking about what it was, searching through his memory. The next thing that he remembered was lying on a cold, hard stone floor, everything hurting, even the sound. He willed it to be softer, and the sounds became suddenly quieter, as something pressed against his head.

He was suddenly picked up and was lying against something large and furry as he began to move. He was carried into a building, noted by the sudden change in temperature, as well as the lack of wind. He could feel the arms lay him on a weaved floor as there were some words exchanged between some people, as a small figure, like a bug, hopped onto his chest, as a sharp pain popped through his torso. He winced, but the pain was just starting as several more sharp stings came along. Soon he felt the stings stop, and the pain soon receded, but his previous pain was fading as well. He slowly began to feel the item on his head come off as his hearing returned finally making out voices.

"- came from?" a male voice asked, just hearing the end of the sentence.

"No idea, he was just lying there when we went out to train." A female voice said near his ear.

"Well hopefully he has some answers when he wakes up." A male voice said high above him. Interested to see who had taken him in and were talking about him. He tentatively opened his eyes with a flutter and looked around at them. A panda, crane, snake, tiger and praying mantis were standing around him talking to each other. He reached up and rubbed his eyes looking back at them still shocked.

"Oh look he's awake." The snake said as everyone looked at him. He gulped looking at them all fear coming through his being as he sat up backing away from them.

"S-stay back. D-don't hurt me!" He exclaimed backing into the wall of the room holding his arms over his face. Everyone looked at him like he was crazy before Tigris stepped forward and kneeled next to him placing a hand on his shoulder.

"Listen, we aren't going to hurt you. If we were we would have used you as a punching bag." She said jokingly, but only a slight chuckle escaped from the rest of the group. He put his arms down looking at her, still scared stiff.

"T-talking animals… Talking, standing animals." He mumbled looking at them all still frightened as he tried to rub his eyes to clear his sight again, but then he realized his arms were different. He looked at them in complete shock as he noted that his arms were covered with Black and white stripped fur, his hands, or paws as it were, were padded on the palm and his fingers ended with deadly looking claws. His look of terror and confusion reached a whole new height as the realization came over him, that he too was an animal.

His mind was to the point of overload as the sound of a door opening drew his attention. Through the opening stepped in a short old, lemur looking person, whom all the others bowed to reverently.

"I see that the young tiger is awake. Why does he look like a frightened bunny standing before the maw of a tiger?" He asked walking over to stand in front of him.

"We don't know master. As soon as he woke up he started acting like this, terrified out of his mind." Viper said looking concerned about him.

"Well, it is understandable for a man in his position." A glimmer of knowledge flashed across Shifu's eyes as he looked over the frightened tiger. "Mantis, remove the needles before he stabs one into his heart. Once you are done all of you return to the training hall, me and this young tiger have some words to share. Direct him to the kitchen as you leave." He said walking out of the room and down the hall. Everyone bowed once again before they walked out except for the bug named 'Mantis' who proceeded to remove the acupuncture needles from his torso.

He finished his task and jumped off of William. He stood up shakily still struggling to comprehend everything, as well as keep his fear from making him run as far away as he can. Mantis began to walk off out the door as he followed. He glanced around at his surroundings, noting the Chinese letters and artwork, and the fact that the whole building was made of wood, and weaved grass. Putting two and two together he came to the conclusion that he was in an old Chinese type place. He tried to remember how he had gotten there, but the last thing he remembered was being home, human, and the ball of lighting.

That was it, he was in some type of delusion of being shocked, and this was his mind coping with the situation, some type of fantasy to do while his mind was fixing itself, but something told him it wasn't that, that this was real, and that he had work to do here. He shook his head and decided to let his mind do its work as he settled on going along with this fantasy.

Mantis led him to the kitchen before leaping off. William looked into the room where Shifu was standing in a chair looking at him, a bowl of noodles on the table. He looked at Shifu and back to the noodles before the feint of not being hungry was given up by his stomach's growl of impatience, and he dove into the bowl. Shifu watched him thinking back to what the soothsayer had foretold when they saved China.

The air was still as she had looked into the bowl.

"Are you sure you wish for this to be known?" She said moving the powder in her hand looking at him over her glasses.

"Yes, I want to know the next event that could destroy China." Shifu proclaimed standing in front of the bowl, anticipation writhing in his stomach, but keeping his regal demeanor.

"Very well then." She said tossing the powder into the bowl, with the piece of cloth and fur from the red panda. The concoction sizzled and popped before a large cloud of smoke ascended into the air. "A great tragedy will fall upon the nation, as the one who trained under the feared will arise." She said as a Figure came across the cloud setting the nation on fire, bowing to a large, purple figure with black spots over its body, Shifu assumed to be Tai lung. He shuddered at the thought but continued to listen as the soothsayer continued with her trance.

"But a warrior not from here will rise to fight the feared student." She said as a black and white striped figure flipped across the cloud to face the first figure. "However, a word of caution to this tale. This warrior is like a coin, with a head and a tail. Until he fights the battle inside he will flip from good to bad, and he will join the feared to take over the world." She said forebodingly as the striped figure clutched its head as the stripes became inverted and it grinned fiendishly as it joined with the first jumping out of the cloud as it dispersed.

Shifu gasped and rubbed his chin with a worried hand.

"But this warrior, when will he come?" He asked nearly pleading in fright.

"He will come soon, that is all I know." She said with a sigh, feeling drained form such a long premonition. Shifu sighed and looked to the skies, seeing the black clouds roll in. They had saved China before and they will do it again. He was sure of it.

Shifu shook the memory from his head as the young warrior finished, looking much calmer than before, but still looking like a frightened kitten before a rhino.

"Was the meal to your liking?" Shifu asked watching him. He nodded and glanced around nervously. "So tell me, what is your name?" He inquired, wanting some answers. The tiger looked shocked, and then looked as if he was thinking before he mumbled something. Even with his hearing Shifu couldn't make out the boy. "Speak up." He said commandingly.

"T-tai lee." He stuttered out. He looked as if he was hiding something, but Shifu let it slide.

"Good, now Tai lee, where do you come from?" Shifu asked, intending to get as much information as he could.

"U-um, w-well you see. I-I don't really know how to put this, but I can't tell you." Tai lee said looking nervous.

"Very well, I understand your securities about where you come from. Now how much training have you had in kung-Fu?" He inquired looking at him interested.

"N-none." He said fearing disappointing the master. There was a span where Shifu's heart stopped and anger flooded his being, before the past memory about his training with Po returned, and all was settled.

"That's alright; we can prepare you to fight." He said calmly.

"F-fight? Fight who?" Tai lee asked fear creeping into his voice.

"Oh that's not important right now; you will be ready for anyone." Shifu said positively, "How about we go and meet the others?" He said hopping off walking out. Tai lee followed hesitantly steeling his nerves. This is going to be a long dream isn't it? He asked himself. With a sigh he answered his own question as affirmative.

Well, that was a lot. Anyone get lost? I know I might have, I don't know. Anyways it was fun writing this.

Both of these are true phenomenon. Ball lightning is just as it sounds, lightning in a balled shape. And the same with black lightning, except that it's only on photos, but for the purpose of this story its black. Besides, wouldn't it be cool to see black lightning in contrast to a white strike? That would be awesome.