The Viper And the Dragon
A/N Here's my new KFP fic in a very, very long time. I felt inspired to write an new one by my new snake Pandora bead. It reminded me of Viper who's my favourite female master in the Furious Five and I love her story in Secrets of the Furious Five and I imagined there being an new prophecy and an new warrior coming to the Jade Temple/Palace but this fic also has to do with my love of dragons especially Chinese ones like my Chinese starsign, the dragon. I hope you like.
Early morning sun rose over the Valley of Peace but Shifu was worried.
While meditating, he'd found an new prophecy involving an new warrior to save the Valley.
He wondered what the prophecy meant but Oog-way had told him that inner strength would be the new warrior's greatest power.
"Hmm...... I wonder what Fate will bring to the Jade Temple?
Maybe this warrior it speaks of will be stronger, even stronger than Po.
I wonder......" the red panda master mused smiling a little seeing the Furious Five arrive in the court yard as well as Po.
They wondered why Shifu had a far off look in his eyes but dared not ask.
"You have students to teach.
Make me proud to call you my students." he said seeing them go off to their charges......
But Tigress noticed that Viper was very quiet later at lunch which meant something was wrong with her. Viper was always quiet when something was wrong or when she was sad but she didn't feel like telling. Lately she'd been having dreams to do with a prophecy and in her last dream, Master Oog-way had told her that she would find the new warrior under the Peach Tree of Heavenly Wisdom. She wondered what was going on.
"Viper you okay?
You haven't said a word." Po said to her at dinner that night.
"I'm okay guys honestly.
I was just thinking...... about something." Viper answered softly.
"Probably about a boy!" Monkey teased as Mantis joined him but a look from Tigress made them quiet.
But Tigress and the others saw Viper leave the room.
"What's wrong with her?
I hope nothing's wrong" Tigress thought....
But that night in the bunkhouse, Viper was woken by a sound from outside and was curious.
It was the sound of tears and was coming from under the Peach Tree of Heavenly Wisdom. She gasped in awe at what she saw. Sitting under the tree was a medium sized dragon with beauitful jade green scales, beauitful wings, hazel eyes and a powerful tail that was hiding behind the dragon's legs.
Viper saw big silvery tears fall from the dragon's eyes.
Viper felt sorry to see somebody like this upset. But she had a strange feeling that this..... could be who Oog-way had told her about in her dream but she wasn't sure. But she wanted to help the dragon feel better.
She knew how it felt to be sad.
"Hello." Viper said softly making the dragon look up.
There were red rims around it's hazel eyes.
"You're...... one of the Furious Five!
But why be with me?
I don't belong here or in the Valley.
I'm too much of a burden." the female dragon said sadly.
"I'm Viper.
I don't think you're a burden." the dragon heard the tree green snake say.
"I-I'm Rose-Ling.
I was adopted as a baby by an old man who had nobody but as I grew up, the other villagers were afraid of me because of what I am and the damage they think I can do but I can't." the female dragon told her.
"Why not Rose?" Viper asked her encouraging her.
"I was born without fire breath so I can't breath fire.
I'm the only thirteen year old dragon in all this valley who can't.
Maybe that's why my real parents left me.
Because they didn't want the honour of our family tainted." Rose said looking away, expecting Viper to be mean like all the other kids in the village who didn't accept her.
"Rose I know how you feel." Viper told her.
"You do?
How?" the female dragon teen asked.
"I was born without any venom but I learned to be strong and fight without it by learning Viper style and a little thing called courage, I found I could fight without venom and my family are very proud of me.
Maybe it's the....... same with you." Viper explained seeing a strange mark on Rose's left scaly paw.
Rose wondered what was wrong.
"Come with me!
I need to let somebody see this mark." Viper answered as Rose followed her into the Jade Palace........
But in the cave near the prison far away from the Valley of Peace, somebody had been watching Rose-Ling.
It was a wolf named Dai.
He was Tai-Lung's adopted son and had been told from birth that he was destined to take over the Valley but knew that Shifu wouldn't be happy along with his precious Furious Five and the Dragon Warrior.
He growled thinking of what they'd done to his father Tai-Lung.
But they'd heard of an new prophecy.
"It doesn't matter because the Valley will be mine!" he howled as Tai-Lung smiled.
Nothing would stand in their way, not even Shifu......