A/N: Here's chapter 2! :D I hope you enjoy! :D I don't own KFP.
Chapter 2 – A nightmare and heading out
It's a beautiful night in the Valley of Peace, the lights are all out, the stars are twinkling with a bright full moon shining down on the Valley below, it's a beautiful sight. Up in the Jade Palace barracks, everyone's fast asleep, Monkey and Mantis snore loudly while the others sleep peacefully, but Tigress had a little bit of a rough time going to sleep, but what she doesn't know is that she's not the one who had the most trouble. In his room, Po is smiling as he sleeps, but it would soon turn into something horrible.
Po's dreamscape
Po is walking alongside Tigress by the lake, Tigress wears a black one piece swimsuit and Po wears some light blue swim trunks. They both admired the beauty of the pointy mountains pointing to the golden sky above, golden clouds are in the sky as well, and the lake is surrounded by lush green land with beautiful green trees. Po and Tigress stopped looking and both looked into one another's eyes, to Po, the beauty of this landscape pales in comparison to Tigress' beauty.
"Isn't this a great place?" Po asked with a smile.
"Yeah, it's beautiful," Tigress said with a warm smile, "Thanks for bringing me here. Best vacation ever."
"I told you I'd make it your best one," Po said.
Tigress smiled again before she pulled Po into a kiss, he kissed her passionately as the sun began setting in the background. He wanted to ask her something, something that would change both of their lives. When they broke apart they both looked into each other's eyes with dreamy looks.
"This place is beautiful, but it's not as beautiful as you, my tiger lily," Po said in a sincere loving tone. Tigress smiled as she blushed, then Po said, "You know, Tigress, I love you with all of my heart, and I'd do anything for you. I can't imagine life without you."
Tigress closed her eyes as she held back tears of joy and happiness, she looked at Po in the eyes and said, "I love you with all of my heart too, Po." Po smiled warmly and said, "I'm so happy to hear that. I have a question to ask you though."
"Okay..." Tigress said as her heart began to race a little.
Po smiled warmly, he got down on one knee, Tigress' eyes widened, Po pulled out a little black box, Tigress gasped as she covered her mouth with one paw. Po showed her the beautiful golden ring with a tiger and a jade dragon in the form of yin and yang.
"Tigress," Po said, taking her hand, "You are the love of my life, and I'd do anything for you. Even give up being Dragon Warrior. Will you do the honor and privilege of becoming my wife?"
Tigress has never been so shocked in her life, Po is giving up being the Dragon Warrior for her? Tears streamed down her eyes, a million thoughts are going through her mind, she didn't know he'd love her this much to give up Dragon Warrior.
"Po...I...I..." Tigress stammered as she tried to compose herself. Po waited for her answer, if she didn't answer, he'd give her more time to think about it. Then they heard a deep rumbling sound, the ground beneath them began shaking, rocks began clattering. Then…RUUMMMMMMBLLLLLEEEE! Earthquake!
"No! No, no, no, no!" Po shouted in a horrified tone, "I thought nothing would go wrong!"
"Po! Let's run!" Tigress shouted over the noise.
The sky began turning a deep red, the clouds became black, Po began crying some, he didn't want anything to go wrong! The ground began opening up as the mountains crumbled into oblivion. All of the beauty gone. The ground cracked open some more and then Tigress tripped!
"TIGRESS!" Po shouted in a horrified tone.
The ground beneath Tigress opened up, Po grabbed her arm before she fell into the deep abyss!
"Hold on!" Po shouted in a horrified tone.
"Po! The ground won't hold us both!" Tigress shouted.
"It has to! I won't lose you!" Po shouted as he began crying, Tigress shook her head and said, "I'm sorry, Po..." Then she fell out of his grip!
"TIGRESSSSSS!" Po shouted in a horrified sad tone.
Po heard roaring water, he looked to see a tsunami heading right towards him! He began running, he dropped the ring by mistake but kept running before the tsunami swallowed him up.
End of dreamscape
Po jolted upright on his bed, screaming "Tigress". He fell out of his bed, he looked around to see it was just a dream. A sense of relief came over him, he placed his hand on his head and sat up right. He's sweating as he tries to control his breathing, he looked up and let some tears slip out of his eyes. He hates having nightmares! His sweat made the room feel cold, he shook in fear hoping it was just a nightmare, but it all felt so real. He remembered something, he looked underneath his bed and pulled out a small black box. He opened it to see the same tiger and dragon ring that was in his dream, a sad look and a form of dread overcame him, he closed his eyes in fear and sadness. Yes, he's really gonna ask Tigress to marry him on their vacation. Now, he fears that another earthquake may hit during a happy vacation. He didn't know how to tell Tigress, he didn't know what she'd say if she found out that he's afraid as well. He put the ring in his pocket.
"Gods...please don't let something go wrong on this vacation..." Po prayed to the gods above.
Po loved Tigress with all of his heart and he didn't want anything to happen to her, sure she's a warrior, but he knows they can't take the risk of more danger in China. He's not only had this nightmare, but also others, and he still is afraid of telling Tigress. Being Po, he stood up and snuck out of his room. He slowly opened the door and tried to be as quiet as he could with the creaking boards under his feet, he opened Tigress door a bit to see her sleeping with her training clothes on, he sighed out of relief he whispered "Good night, Tigress" before he closed the door softly and went back into his room.
Four hours later, Po had barely gotten any sleep, he knew Tigress was okay, but he just didn't wanna have another nightmare. He heard soft footsteps in the hall, and even more came, he knew that Shifu has woken up his friends. Shifu opened up the door to Po's room.
"Morning Master..." Po mumbled in a tired tone.
Shifu was surprised to hear Po awake, he rubbed his temples and asked, "Po? You're awake?"
"Yeah..." Po mumbled, "I had a rough night..."
"Sorry to hear that, what happened?" Shifu asked.
Po shook his head, "I had a nightmare and I didn't fall asleep for the rest of the night." Shifu nodded and said, "I'm sorry to hear that, Dragon Warrior. But we must have a quick breakfast and be on our way, our ride's gonna arrive in about an hour." Po nodded as he tried to get up but he fell out of bed, Shifu shook his head as he walked out of the room. Po pulled his heavy body up, his droopy eyes focused on the door and he walked out of his room. He saw Tigress walking down the hall and heading to the kitchen, thanking the gods above it was just a nightmare. Po tried waking himself up as he walked down the hallway. Then Monkey came out of his room.
"Hey Po," Monkey said with a smile.
"Oh...hi Monkey," Po said in a semi tired tone.
"You okay, buddy?" Monkey asked, concerned for his buddy, Po nodded and Monkey asked, "Are you sure? I heard you scream Tigress' name last night."
Po slightly froze, then he said, "Oh, that. Yeah...crazy dream."
"Po, there's no need to lie, did you have a nightmare?" Monkey asked, Po sighed, he nodded, Monkey balanced on his tail and put his hand on Po's shoulder and asked, "Do you wanna talk about it?"
Po looked at Monkey, aside from Tigress, Monkey is Po's best friend, he sees him as a brother same goes for Monkey. Po sighed and he told Monkey about the nightmare he had, about him asking Tigress to marry him, the scary earthquake and the sad yet horrifying ending.
"Oh, I am so sorry, for you, Po," Monkey said, feeling sorry for his buddy, Po nodded and Monkey said, "Po, it's just a dream, and nothing like that will happen when you propose to Tigress."
"Monkey! Shhh!" Po said desperately, "Don't let Tigress know!"
"Oh, sorry," Monkey whispered, "I'm happy for you, Po. But I assure you, nothing bad will happen during that moment."
Po smiled, Monkey is a fun guy to be around, yet he is a great friend to talk with if you're in need. Po wanted to tell Monkey about his fear of something going wrong on the vacation, he told him about that, and Monkey understood.
"Have you told Tigress yet?" Monkey asked.
Po froze, he's been planning this for three months and he hasn't told Tigress about it, he doesn't know what she'll say. Po shook his head and said, "I...I don't know what she'll say if I do tell..."
Monkey nodded as he hugged Po, the gentle panda hugged Monkey back and Po will tell, it's just so hard to do so. When they broke loose Monkey said, "Come on, Po! Let's got have some bean buns! Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!" Monkey took off down the hallway while Po chuckled and smiled. When Po got in Monkey sat down, Po sat down next to Tigress, she gave him a warm smile.
"Morning Po," she said, "Why're you late for breakfast?"
"Ah, y'know, guy stuff," Monkey said as he leaned back in his chair with his hands behind his head.
"That figures."
Monkey looked at Po and the panda was happy Monkey covered him. Monkey's not only fun and encouraging, but he's also trustworthy...some of the time. Then Shifu came in and said, "Morning students."
"Morning Master Shifu," they all said in unison.
Shifu joined them and they began eating their breakfast. After talking about how excited they were about their vacation and exchanging jokes, they all went into their room and got their bags, Po tucked his little black box in his bag so it wouldn't slip out of his pocket, Tigress saw Viper had slipped her new swimsuit in her bag, Viper was just outside so Tigress smirked and zipped her bag up, not taking the swimsuit out. They all met in front of the Jade Palace and they all were ready to go, it's a beautiful morning and a warm one too, but it's gonna get hot.
"Everyone ready?" Shifu asked with a smile.
"Oh yeah we're ready!" Po shouted in an excited tone making them all chuckle, well Shifu only smiled.
"Let's go then," said Shifu.
They began walking down the Thousand Footsteps while Mantis said, "I hope it's not gonna be a ride like last time."
"Yeah," said Monkey, "I threw up twice on that thing."
"Let's not talk about that..." Viper said, slightly disgusted, she shivered at a sudden memory.
The warriors continued to walk down the Palace stairs. Po's excited yet nervous, he and Tigress briefly looked at each other and smiled.
"Oh, Shifu," said Po, "I told my dad I'd say goodbye to him before we left."
"All right, we'll stop by, but make it quick," said Shifu.
"Right," said Po, "This is gonna be a slam duuunn…AAAAAAHHHHH!" Po began falling down the stairs! Tigress shouted for him, she ran down the stairs and managed to stop him before he landed on the bottom of the stairs.
"Thanks Tigress," Po said with a smile, slightly dazed.
"I couldn't let you get hurt before our vacation," Tigress told him, making Po smile brightly at her. She helped him up before Po began running to his dad's noodle shop. Mantis did wanna tease her, but Viper shot him a glare and he kept his mouth shut. Po ran while holding his bag tight, he ran into his dad's noodle shop, there weren't many customers but there will be soon enough. Mr. Ping saw his son, he smiled brightly, ran out to him and gave his son a hug.
"Hey Dad, how goes business?" Po asked in a happy tone.
"Going great son!" Mr. Ping said happily.
"Well, I wanted you to know we're leaving to go on our vacation now," Po said as he scooped his dad up in a hug.
"Well, I hope everything goes right," said Mr. Ping, "Unlike..." He stopped himself, knowing Po doesn't wanna talk about the horror memories, "Anyway, have you got the ring?" Po clapped his dad's beak shut.
"Shhhh! I don't want her to know until I do it!" Po said desperately.
"Oh, okay, son but you're growing up so fast!" Mr. Ping said, proud of his son.
"Okay, bye Dad!" Po said before he put his dad down and ran out of the noodle shop not wanting to be embarrassed by his dad. Mr. Ping just chuckled as he got back to serving customers.
Po shook off his light blush he had, he met up with his friends and master. Shifu nodded and they began walking to their ride.
"Are...are you sure that they're not those fast oxes like before?" Po asked.
Shifu smiled, "Now don't worry, we won't be traveling as fast like last time."
They walked out of the village and then they saw six gazelles that're hired to pull the cart. A goose met up with them with a big smile.
"Are you ready?" the goose asked.
"I thought you said this wouldn't be a fast ride!" Shifu shouted.
"Oh, don't worry, these gazelles won't go very fast, they're strong and won't go very fast," the goose explained.
The warriors raised eyebrows, not knowing if they should trust him saying they won't go as fast. Reluctantly, they put their bags in the cart, they all climbed aboard while Po and Tigress sat by one another, they held hands while Shifu raised an eyebrow at the goose. The goose climbed aboard and grabbed the ropes. He told them to go, the warriors slightly winced but then the gazelles began moving, they began running but they're not going too fast. After a while, the warriors began to relax, happy that it's going to be a pleasant ride.
"Huh," said Shifu, "It's a much better ride that I thought it was gonna be."
Then the gazelles dashed! The warriors screamed as they began moving VERY fast much faster than the oxes! The warriors continued screaming as the goose just plainly smiles as he enjoys the ride.
"I...I spoke too soon!" Shifu shouted over the noise.
Po and Tigress held onto one another, praying that they'll live through this ride. The gazelles ran over hills, over bridges, through crisscross roads, across daisy fields, some flew into the cart and Po gave Tigress some, she smiled and accepted them. Later they entered the mountains, the journey's become much more treacherous, they all point right up at the sky, Po was excited, but he feels a bit sick as he rides on the cart. They looked straight ahead, for they all feel sick, even Tigress. They wanted to get off right away, then it began to slow down, the cart eventually came to a stop in a small village, it was a nice looking village, Po fell out of the cart while the goose shouted, "Misty Sparkling Village!" Tigress got out of the cart, she was dizzy, she managed to stand up, Po felt sick, so he ran and threw up behind a house, and Tigress cringed in disgust.
"Oh...darn..." Tigress said in a sick tone, then she went behind another building and began throwing up.
Shifu glared at the goose, "You said it wouldn't be fast!"
"Well, sorry, that ride was below the average speed though," said the goose.
Shifu glared at the goose, his ear twitched in anger. The goose left and Shifu groaned as his students recovered from their motion sickness. Monkey threw up behind a building as well while Crane and Viper were so dazed, they couldn't control on where to go, Crane even ran into a building. They all recovered after 3 minutes had past. Shifu shook his head and said, "Next time, we're taking a rental cart for us to drive." They all agreed at that, they've had enough of the fast animals pulling the carts. Shifu went into the hotel to check in while Po looked at the beautiful mountains surrounding them, they're tall and thin with green trees on them, they're beautiful, the golden sun shines down on the flatter terrain below and Po sees the lakes, he looked close and he saw that there was a lake in the exact position as his dream.
Déjà vu, Po thought with wide eyes.
Po shook off his thoughts and went into the hotel, he entered the lobby and met up with his friends. An assistant took his bag and they began to head up to the room while Po feels nervous about his nightmare. Monkey knows about it, and he's promised he won't tell anyone else. The warriors entered their room while Po thinks about his nightmare, his friends were wondering why he was being quiet unlike them who're chatting. Po looked around the room, it has a table with seven chairs around it, there's one bedroom to the right with a bathroom in it with another bedroom to the left it also has a bedroom, the kitchen is right next to the bedroom on the left, Shifu decided to sleep on the couch again. Tigress and Viper entered their own room with a queen-sized bed, it has pink walls again, Viper slightly squealed while Tigress was slightly annoyed it had pink walls.
The boys had a slightly larger room with dark blue wallpaper, Po took the best spot on the bed while Monkey got in the next bed, Crane stands up while sleeping so it doesn't matter, Mantis opened up a drawer and put a small pillow in it to sleep on, he also uses a piece of cloth as a blanket. They all settled into their room while Po stepped outside to see Shifu has set the couch into his own bed. Deciding to get some air, Po went outside to the balcony that gave them a beautiful view of the mountains, the sun's shining high above, and the mountains are a wonder to behold. He tried to relax, trying to contain his fear of something going wrong.
Come on, Po, he thought to himself. I'm here on vacation, I shouldn't be worried about some stupid dream...
He hoped it was just a dream, he prays that it was, he felt a pair of arms wrap around him. He smiled, not having to guess who it was.
"Hey Tigress," Po said, smiling.
"Hey dumpling," Tigress said sweetly, "You haven't been talk active lately. Is something bothering you?"
Po slightly froze, he didn't want Tigress to know he's worried, but she's trustworthy.
"Tigress...I just had a nightmare...and it's haunting me..." Po told her.
"Really?" Tigress asked, "Is that what's been bothering you?"
"Yeah," Po admitted. Tigress turned around and asked, "What was it about?" Po slightly froze again, he looked at Tigress and said, "Well...you and I were having a good time...then...then assassins attacked and they killed you!" Tigress' eyes widened, she couldn't believe Po had dreamed something so horrible. She hugged him, Po hugged her back.
"It's okay, Po," Tigress whispered, "It was just a dream, I'm right here, and I'll never leave."
Po smiled, feeling touched by her words, "Thanks Tigress." Tigress nodded before she gave Po a quick kiss on the cheek. Po feels happy around her, but he still feels the sense of dread of his dream. Was it just a dream? Or...?
A/N: WAS it just a dream? Was it? We'll see, please review and if you have any ideas for any vacation ideas, just let me know. :)