A young snow leopard woman walked in the rain to find a place. A place with a family to raise her 3-day-old son, who was in her arms wrapped a blanket. She didn't have enough money to keep her little cub happy and healthy in his life, so she had no choice but to find somewhere she can give him and make sure he was in a safe place.
She didn't want to give him to the Bao Gu Orphanage. She had very little trust with Orphanages, seeing as she had a friend who was raised and abused in one. She wouldn't take that chance with her son. There had to be somewhere where her son can be raised properly.
A noodles shop she was passing almost went unnoticed by her until she stopped and looked. It hit her soon enough as she remembered the people owned this noodles shop, the Pings. Mr. Ping was able to take in a panda several years ago, from an infant to the 17-year-old Dragon Warrior. If either of them took in her son, she would know he's in good hands.
She walked to the shop entrance and kneeled down. She took the basket she had on her back off to place her son in it. Before she set him down, she put a little necklace around the little cub's neck. It was really just a strong rope going through a rock she carved herself to look like a heart. She gave the cub one more hug and kiss on the forehead before placing him the basket and placing the top on it so her son won't get wetter than he already getting.
"I love you..."
That was the last thing she ever said to the little cub before walking home, knowing she'll never see him again.
Inside the shop, the Dragon Warrior, Po, was able to stay the night with his adopted goose father, and noodles shop owner, Mr. Ping. Po was getting on his rain clothes to go out a let out the rain catcher on the roof. Mr. Ping got tired of cleaning the rain water of the tables and floors and the moldy smell left behind, so he had Po put in a rain catcher to prevent rain from getting in.
Po walked out and reached up to grab the rain catcher. He pulled the catcher while walking to the entrance. To make sure the catcher held there, Po placed the holes of the catcher around the small hooks that were of the wall.
"There, that should be able to-"
Lightning flashed as Po was talking, and afterward was the sound of an infant crying. Po, with a confused look, looked out to see where it was coming from. He looked down and saw a basket that was shaking and crying.
Po gasped and looked around again before grabbing the basket and going back to his room. He opened the basket and to his surprise, there was a snow leopard cub crying.
The cub had light gray fur with black-ringed, brown spots and a white underbelly. There were three big spots on it's head and face, one mounting on it's head and the other two on each of it's cheeks. It also had white spots around it's eyes that connected to it's white muzzle. It had a rock necklace around it's neck.
The cub opened his dark gray eyes and looked up at Po.
"Uh...hey, little..." Po stopped and removed some of the blanket to see the gender. "...guy."
The cub giggled and reached for Po.
'A baby snow leopard. What are the odd?' Po thought to himself, refering to the time when he defeated Tai Lung.
"Ya hungry, little felia?"
The cub giggled again.
Since it was clear that the cub wasn't old enough to talk, Po decided to take it as a yes.
He took the basket and walked into the kitchen. While Po prepared a bottle for the cub, said infant was trying to get out of the basket and explore the room.
The cub was only able to turn on his stomach. He reach out of the basket to grab something to sink his gums on. When the cub grab something, he pulled it in and tried to bite it with gum.
"Ok little guy," Po said when the bottle was done. "open u-"
Po turned and walked to the basket to see the little cub trying to bite something green. Po looked closer at it, figuring out that it was a Hélándòu (snow pea). Po did remember he was suppose to put those up but forgot earlier.
"Ya like Hélándòus, don't ya?" Po asked while putting away the Hélándòus. "I think I got a good name for you too. Hélándòu, ya like that?"
The cub smiled cutely around the Hélándòu. Po chuckled and took the snow pea out of his mouth. Before Hélándòu started to cry, Po put the bottle in his mouth to feed him. Po watched gladly as the infant sucked on the bottle. He walked back to his room and sat Hélándòu and the bottle on his bed. He looked in his drawers for his baby pants and pulled out a small version of his usual pants.
Po turned and laughed when he saw Hélándòu was trying to drink out of the bottle, but failing. Po stopped Hélándòu from moving and put the pants on him. He continued to feed the little cub until he was ready to go to sleep. Po tucked to the now sleeping Hélándòu next to him and stared at him.
He couldn't beleve he was doing this, but it looks like he was going to be a father to a snow leopard. Though, his dad decided to take in a panda. Po tucked himself in bed beside his 'son' and fell asleep, thinking about how his father and friends would react.
