A/N: I do not own Kung Fu Panda. I only own the movie and Marie. That is it. XD The story idea came to me while I was sick. I wasn't sleeping too well, and got maybe two hours of sleep when I had a weird dream that I was in their world and met Shifu. I woke up from my delirious sleep and thought of doing a fanfiction. So here it is! In the future I may redo this chapter since I was really sick while doing it, but for now it will go up the way it is.

Chapter One

The day started out like any normal day at the college campus. Students rushing to or from class, some taking a break to have a quick lunch or snack, and even doing their homework in the library. Except Marie, who was hiding out in the corner of the student's lounge area with her laptop in her lap, watching Kung Fu Panda for the thousandth time. She had already finished her homework for her classes that day, and was simply waiting for her pottery class later on in the evening. The class wouldn't start for a few hours still, and if she really had wanted to she could have gone home for those few hours then come back. However she stayed so to save gas for her little old car, and she figured she could watch a movie on her laptop to pass the time.

Marie was so absorbed in her movie that she didn't see her best friend sneaking up on her, not even when she was inches from Marie's ear.

"Hey, Marie!" Marie's eyed widened as she jumped, her head whipping around to face her overly cheerful friend, her hand reaching up to clutch at her heart.

"God Trisha, are you trying to give me a heart attack?!" Marie asked, terribly startled by her friends sudden appearance. Trisha has been her best friend since high school; she was the one that kept Marie sane during the horrible teasing and the bullying there. Trisha was everything Marie wasn't in her opinion, a beautiful, popular girl with long dark hair and pretty hazel eyes.

Trisha, noticing Marie's attention starting to waver lightly tapped her on the head to grab her attention. "You know I have to give you a good scare every now and then!" Trisha paused to look at Marie's laptop screen, resisting the urge to roll her eyes. "Watching that movie AGAIN? I've never seen you so obsessed with a movie before! I mean yeah, I like the movie too and don't mind watching it, but you watch it constantly over and over again."

Marie was unable to stop the sheepish smile from coming across her face as she stopped the movie and shut her laptop down, a bit embarrassed that Trisha claimed her to be obsessed, which is mostly true. "I can't help it, I just love the characters! I think Master Shifu is the best though." She releases a soft giggle at the look Trisha gives her, half exasperation and half amusement. "What can I say?" Marie began, putting her laptop away in her backpack, suddenly remembering the promise she made to Trisha to help her with her homework today. "It's the ears." Trisha startes to laugh, throwing her arm over Marie's shoulder when she stands as they make their way out of the lounge area towards the library.

"You're impossible!" Trisha teases gently, insistently tugging Marie to move faster, wanting to get to the library as fast as possible. "Anyway, getting away from the subject of imaginary characters, you wouldn't believe the romantic restaurant my boyfriend took me to last night, I was so shocked-" As Trisha started to ramble on about her perfect date Marie was only half-listening, smiling and nodding at the right times, and even saying 'Oh wow!' It wasn't that Marie wasn't happy for Trisha, she was glad her best friend found a decent boyfriend.

It was just whenever Trisha started to talk about dating a feeling of loneliness pierced her heart. While Trisha had a few boyfriends during her high school years, Marie had none. No one ever asked her out, or gave her a second glance as they passed her, or even tried to get to know her. Marie didn't consider herself ugly, but she didn't consider herself attractive either, just in between. Marie had extremely short sandy brown hair, kind of a pixie style, short enough for her to spike and style it anyway she chose to. A few girls had suggested a few times that maybe if she grew her hair out maybe guys would start to ask her out.

Marie refused.

If a guy can't accept her for who she was then he's obviously not the right guy for her. She was not going to change herself to impress people, it wasn't her way. She could have maybe become popular if she took the advice of the snobby popular girls by growing her hair out and become impossibly skinny, but she didn't. She liked herself the way she was, even if others didn't. She doesn't have the gorgeous features like Trisha and other pretty girls did, but she liked her features well enough. What she really liked about herself though was her eyes. Her eyes are grey-blue in color, mostly grey then blue, but if you were to look in her eyes you would see she had flecks of brown hiding among the grey.

Marie had thought that maybe once she got into college maybe the guys would have grown up a little and try to see past her average features and see her personality, but so far no one has stopped to talk to her or get to know her. She finally shook her head to discourage her depressing thoughts to focus on what Trisha was saying, still rambling on, though a bit more quietly now that they have reached the enormous library.

"-I actually think that he may be my soul mate, Marie! I have never felt this way before with any of the other guys before. I feel… whole, complete. Whenever I'm near him my heart races, and when he's not around my heart aches." They sat at the table nearest to the large windows, the view overlooking a large pond at the back of the college. As Trisha pulled out her math book she turned to look at Marie who was beside her, watching her pull out her own math book to use it as a reference to help Trisha with her homework. "Do you believe that there's a soul mate for everyone out there somewhere?" Trisha asked curiously as she opened up her book, wanting to hear Marie's answer.

Marie blinked at her friend, taken aback by the odd question. Did she believe in soul mates? She honestly asked herself, leaning back into her chair as she pondered the question. Instead of thinking she decided to listen to her feelings, trying to pull the answer from her heart and soul. Without even thinking, she answered. "Yes," Marie started, surprised at how strongly she felt about her answer. "I do believe that there is someone out there for everyone. There has to be, or else I don't think there would be happiness in the world."

Trisha smiled at her friend, satisfied with her answer before she turned to her book. "Now I was having trouble with this section, the way the book explains it confuses me…" The next two hours Marie helped Trisha work on math problems by retelling what the book had told her, but differently worded and did example problems to help her overcome what she had difficulties in. After Marie had helped Trisha she ended the lesson and headed to her pottery class, which lasted for another hour before she was finally able to leave. After making sure she had everything with her she headed out onto the college parking lot, the skies extremely dark since it was close to ten in the evening.

Marie was a tad tired, irritably rubbing her face as she unlocked her 1993 Mercury Topaz and got in, throwing her bag in the back before buckling up and starting her car. For a moment or two she rested her forehead against the wheel, closing her eyes and she focused on her breathing only. Her mind returned to the conversation she had with Trisha, loneliness creeping up in her heart once again, causing her to shudder at how empty she felt. Soul mates… Did she really even have one? She did believe that there had to be someone out there for everyone, but she couldn't help but wonder…

Maybe she was destined to not have one. She tried to scold herself when that thought entered her head. She was only twenty years old, there was still time in her life that she may come across her soul mate, someone that will love her for who she is. It just may take some time to come across the one who completed her. Marie turned her attention to the night sky through her windshield, looking at the many stars that dotted the sky. As she stared at the sky a sudden flash of light that streaked the sky caught her attention, and a memory surfaced and tickled the back of her mind.

***Flash Back***

Marie was sitting outside with her Grandfather many years ago when she was around eight years old, watching a meteorite shower around three in the morning. Marie was wide awake, watching the skies excitably as the pretty light continued to streak the sky.

"It's so pretty, it's like watching falling stars!" Marie turned and smiled widely at him, her eyes expressing showing how much she loved watching the night sky light up. Her Grandfather turned and smiled kindly at her, lightly ruffling her hair. He was a tall and slightly heavy set man, but he was a kind, gentle man that anyone would like to call a friend.

"They are like falling stars, hun. They even have the same special power as falling stars you know." Her Grandfather chuckled when Marie gave him a questioning look.

"What do you mean, Grandpa?" She eagerly questioned him, her curiosity getting the best of her.

"What, you don't know? Honestly, I thought that daughter of mine would have told you about it. Shame on her." He laughed softly, turning back to the night sky. "They say that if you wish on a falling star, that the universe will grant those who deserve it their wish. I always found it a comforting thought when I was your age."

"Wow, really?! If you wish on a falling star your wish may come true?!" Marie started to think about the toys she could wish for, starting to smile widely at the thought of maybe getting the dollhouse she wanted. Her Grandfather seemed to know what she was thinking and lightly tapped her shoulder in order to gain her attention.

"Yes, it is true. But it has to be a wish that you have wanted to come true for a long time, so it can't be about wanting a certain toy. It has to be a special wish, so don't waste on something as silly as toys when you know your Grandpa will get them for you. So promise me you will make a wish that is really something important, something your heart and soul really wants."

Marie smiled at her Grandpa, and while she didn't understand everything he said at the time she agreed anyways. "Ok Grandpa, I promise I will only wish for important things!"

***End Flash Back***

Marie blinked as she came out of her trance, watching the falling star continue to streak across the sky until it disappeared over the horizon. Encouraged by the memory of her Grandpa she decided to do be silly and actually make a wish.

"I wish," She started, her heart fluttering oddly in her chest as she stared at the sky. "I wish to find someone to love me for who I really am. Someone to hold me gently, to kiss me, to tell me they love me. I want someone to complete me, my soul mate that I'm destined to be with. It doesn't have to be now, but someday, please let me meet him. Please." As her wish ended her voice had taken a bit of a desperate tone to it, clutching the steering wheel tightly as she tried to reign in her emotions.

She felt extremely foolish suddenly. Wish upon a star and your dreams may come true? It was only a fairy tale, something to tell little children so that they had something to hope for. She was twenty, not seven, not a little girl, but an adult that has felt her share of disappointments. After sitting there for a few more minutes she finally pulled the car out of the parking lot and started the long drive home, only taking the back roads to avoid hitting the construction on the highway. She spent the first few minutes in silence in the car as she carefully weaved through the country roads, keeping an eye out for deer that like to pop out on the road.

Finally she turned on her CD player, watching the roads as her disc player randomly chose a song from the disc already loaded into it. Techno music started to play and Marie visibly winced, wondering if it was fate messing with her by choosing this song to play first.

'You are my light in the dark

You are the beating in my heart

That is not enough, will I ever be by your side?'

Marie grimaced as she looked down at her CD player and pressed the next button, turning her attention back on the road. Suddenly movement on the right side of the road caught her eye before something suddenly darted across the road. A deer, Marie realized as she felt fear pulse through her entire body. She stomped on the brakes and swerved the car towards to avoid hitting the deer, the screeching of the brakes filling her ears before she felt the car go air born, heading down a steep hill towards a bunch of trees.

She felt the car first crash to the ground, landing on its side and rolling over several times, the world only a blur around her as her belongings inside her car flew around her. A horrible, loud crunch echoed in her ears as her car slammed into the trees, glass shattering all around her.

She found herself slumped against the seat, wondering what had happened as her dazed mind tried to catch up with what happened. Her airbag didn't employ, was her first thought as she blearily stared at the steering wheel, her seatbelt the only thing saving her from bashing her nose in onto the steering wheel. Her head was pounding and something warm was trickling down the side of her head as she shakily reached up to touch her head and pull her fingers away.

Blood.

Blood was pouring from the side of her head, her pounding head and the blood trickling down her face making it hard for her to think. She managed to unbuckle her seat belt, the task itself hard as she found it nearly impossible to focus on anything. She tried to open her door but see's that her door is blocked by a tree. She turned to look at the other door, only to find that door was also blocked by a tree. Her front end was also crushed by a tree, and while the front window was broken she couldn't climb through it since the tree and the crumbled up hood blocked that way also.

Marie whimpered softly in fear at the thought of being stuck in her car, helpless to get herself out. She tried to reign in her terror as she turned to look towards the back of her car, and she's unable to stop the sob of relief that escapes her throat. The back window was smashed up like the others, but there was no tree blocking her way out.

She pulled herself out of her seat and started the painstaking task of trying to crawl her way out towards the back, unable to avoid the pieces of the smashed windows as they dug painfully into her hands, but didn't cut her. She finally managed to pull herself through the back window and across the back of her trunk, slipping off of the car and onto the hard, unforgiving ground. Marie laid there on the ground for a long time, concentrating on breathing and calming down her racing heart until she was able to flip over onto her back, her eyes half-way closed as she watched the night sky. Her entire body ached and her head pounded, blood still trickling down the side of her face.

She felt light-headed and sleepy, warnings popping up in the back of her mind that she barely registered, warning for her to not fall asleep, that she may have a concussion. She didn't care though, she was just so sleepy… As her eyes started to drift closed a strange light was suddenly above her, glowing and twinkling as it shifted above her. Was she dying was her last question before she slowly slipped into unconsciousness, the last thing she was aware of was her body becoming really light, and then… Nothing.

A/N: Ok, so there wasn't too much Kung Fu Panda in the first chapter, I'm sorry! D:!! I had to introduce the character, and think of how she would end up in their universe. I do plan on the couple Shifu/Marie, since there are not that many fanfictions with Shifu coupled with someone. Now please be nice to me, this is my first actual fanfic, and I'm really nervous about posting it on . I wouldn't mind reviews, just no flames please. I'll try to keep posting whether or not I get reviews. Oh, and the small song quote is called 'Angel in the Night' by Basshunter.