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Christ's Disciple: I'm glad that you like it
Pandamaster97720: I'm happy that you like the story!
Iceshadow911247: Yeah, I tried to go more in depth then the last one. And I'm writing out plans for the seventh chapter and planning future chapters in my head, so I'm hoping it all works out. And here it is!
Ok, enjoy chapter 2!
Jade Palace Student Barracks. Po's Room. Around Midnight…
Po was sleeping peacefully. The past few weeks had been pretty much same-old-same-old. He and the five would train, he'd cook them breakfast, they'd go back to training, he'd cook them lunch, then once again they'd go back to training, and finally after being dismissed he would go help his dad down at the noodle shop. Add this and the occasional bad guy here and there and it would be a long and hard day. So Po was grateful when he was able to go to bed.
But lately, for about the past month, he had been having this dream. It wasn't a horrible dream it wasn't a fantastic dream, it was a regular old dream. And every night he would see the same thing.
Basically it was just him, walking in the middle of a forest, and out of nowhere, a Black and White Dragon would appear. It would hover above Po and the Panda would just stare at him. Then, the dragon took off and without realizing it, Po would take after the dragon. He would chase the Dragon until he came to a sort of Mountain and then he would wake up.
Nothing really interesting happened so he never really thought anything of it. I mean, all that happened was he would spot a Dragon that looked like him and the Dragon would lead him toward a mountain. Nothing interesting at all!
That was, until now…
-Po's Dream-
"Hey, would you look at that! I'm in the forest. Again…" Po groaned. He glanced around. Same forest. Same ground. Same Panda.
He heard something roar above him and glanced up. Sure enough, a black and white dragon with jade green eyes was hovering above him.
"And… same Dragon." It was then Po had an idea. "Hey, buddy, I know you are supposed to represent me and all, and I know that you're supposed to show me something. So, and this is just a suggestion and you totally don't have to do it if you don't want to, but, why not just SHOW me what you gotta SHOW me!"
The dragon smiled and nodded. And then, took off in the same direction as before. Leaving PO confused.
"Wait! Did you understand what I said?! At all?! UGH!"Po groaned as he took off after the creature.
It was going the exact same why as it did before. The same path, the same forest, the same direction, and the same motive for the Panda. But, Po also sensed that something was different. Every now and then, he glanced behind his shoulder. Why? He felt as though he was being watched.
Po didn't see anything or anyone, but he swore he thought someone was following him.
But before Po could say anything else, he ran face first into a mountain. "OW!" He shook his head and glanced up but immediately regretted his decision.
While this truly was a mountain, a palace seemed to be carved into it. A creepy and scary looking palace. Po backed away from the palace. For two reasons. The first reason; it looked scary and creepy. The second reason; he got a really bad feeling about this place.
It was then that the dragon roared. Causing Po to jump. He whipped around to see the dragon fly high up to the sky and seemed to disappear. Po looked up in confusion. It was then he heard it.
A song-bird. He slowly turned to see a cute, little, orange and black bird with a few white feathers on its' head, perched in a tree that seemed to be a safe distant from the palace. The song-bird spotted Po and chirped happily, as if pleased to see him. Po relaxed and walked up to the little bird.
"Well hey there little, fella." Po said smiling. The bird stopped singing and shot him a nasty look, as if to say 'What did you just call me?' Po eyes widened in realization. "Oh! I'm sorry! Hey there, little LADY. Right?" Po asked cautiously. The bird smiled and nodded as if to say "Now you got it!'. And happily resumed its song.
"What are you doing all the way out here?" Po asked as the bird as it perched herself on his shoulder. The bird chirped happily and then flew a bit higher than Po's head. The bird then motioned for Po to follow her. Po smiled and did as the little bird wanted.
The song-bird seemed to lead Po away from the mountain palace and toward what seemed to be a valley. It was a beautiful place. Sunny, warm, wild grass and flowers growing everywhere, and unlike the mountain palace, seemed to be a warm and inviting environment.
Just as Po was about to question the little bird, he noticed said creature was doing something odd. It was glowing! Sure, Po knew it was a dream, but he knew that most song-birds didn't do that.
"Are you-"Po didn't have to respond, the bird then seemed to grow bigger and stronger by the looks of it. Po's jaw dropped as he watched. The cute little song-bird had transformed into a big, strong, and very impressive looking Phoenix. All while retaining its original coloring. "Awesome!" Po smiled. The Phoenix smiled back and then pointed toward the Valley below her. Po followed and was taken back slightly at what he saw.
Black and White wild flowers had somehow made themselves into the Yin-Yang symbol. And then he saw two children, probably no older than twelve, standing in each symbol. He gasped slightly when he realized they were tigers. The same species as Tigress.
Unconsciously, he started to make his way toward them. He smiled when he saw the two twin tigers practicing Kung Fu and their abilities with weapons. Po also noticed his gaze returning to the young cub that remained solely on the 'Yin side' of the symbol. Po also came to the realization that this cub was wearing mostly black with just a few white objects and was, in fact, female.
Just as Po was about to call out to the young twins, an ice cold feeling over came him from behind. Po turned to see who, or what, was there. But the Panda saw nothing.
RI-II-II-I-P! The sickening sound made Po cover his ears. He turned to see a purely black creature that appeared to be admitting the cold from it. It seemed to tear the Yin-Yang symbol apart. Much to the twins shock, displeasure, anger, and distress. The creature then blocked the cub that remained on the 'Yang side' off from the young female cub.
The creature then seemed to talk to the child. Said child the shook her head and pointed furiously at her companion. The creature shrugged and hovered closer to the child and said something that Po didn't hear. But, he could hear what the creature said.
"If you and your brother do what I say from this point onward, I promise I won't hurt you two." Po shook his head and started to make his way toward the cub. He didn't know why, but he just felt as though he had to get those two out of there and fast. But before he could go any farther, a black and orange and white wing flung out and stopped the panda. Po turned to see the Phoenix.
"What are you doing?" Po asked the bird. Said Phoenix shook her head and nodded toward the scene before them, as if to say 'Don't. Just watch.'
Po wasn't happy at all about this, but did as he was instructed. He saw the female content about something. What it was, Po knew he would never know. For what happened next horrified him to know end.
The dark creature went over to the young, apparently male, cub and did the unthinkable. The creature picked it up and using its' claws, slashed the cubs throat viscously. The cub collapsed lifelessly to the ground. Dead.
The female cub turned to see this and screamed. She rushed to her brother's side and seemed to beg him to stay with her. To no avail. Then, the Yang half of the symbol seemed to vanish, and most of the valley seemed to die along with the cub.
The female cub was left, sobbing and visibly broken. The creature approached the cub as if nothing had happened. Without warning, the young cub let out a roar and lunged at the creature and attacked it. Punching, kicking, slashing with her claws, a sword, throwing knives, and a lone dagger, the cub seemed to be winning. If it wasn't for the creature grabbing her by the tail and lifting her up, she probably would've won.
"YOU ATTACKED ME!" The creature hissed.
"YOU KILLED HIM!" The cub roared back.
The two then seemed to be having and angry conversation. Po couldn't catch most of it, but he knew it wasn't going to end well. That's when he heard the young cub furiously roar:
"YOU PROMISED THAT YOU WOULDN'T HURT EITHER ONE OF US! AND NOW YANG'S DEAD! YOU BROKE YOUR PROMISE SO WHY SHOULD I TRUST YOU!"
The creature smirked. "But, I did be my promise."
"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!" The cub roared furiously
The creature smirked victoriously. "True, I promised I would never hurt you or your brother… But I made no promises about killing one of you two."
The cub's eyes widened in horror as the creature just tossed her aside and she landed to the ground with a hard and sickening thud.
Po rushed over to where she landed and found her, unconscious and lying on the ground, Po took note of how she looked more like a new born infant rather than a twelve-year-old they way she was laying. Curled around something she was clutching in her paws. Just by looking at her face, Po could tell she was in unbearable pain. She seemed to having something lodged into her abdomen. Po, as gently as he possibly could, removed her hands from the object and found a long piece of metal lodged into her body.
Po gasped at this sight. The cub opened her eyes and looked directly into Po's. She seemed ready to cry. Whether it was from the pain or something else, Po didn't know. The cub seemed to be silently begging Po for help. Before Po could say anything, the dragon from before appeared and as did the Phoenix. The Dragon then started to spin in a circle and transform into a Yin-Yang symbol as the Phoenix flew above it and spread its wings.
The two creatures the released a blinding light, which was just enough to wake Po up.
-End of Dream-
Po shot straight up. Panting. He glanced around and found it was still night-time. He smiled and silently prayed to the gods that he didn't make any noise, he didn't want to wake any of his friends. His mind was racing with the images from his dream.
Po sighed. Realizing that he wouldn't be able to get back to sleep he decided to take a walk. As silently as he possibly could, he snuck out of the Student Barracks and made his way to the calmest place in the Palace.
Peach Tree Hill. Shortly after…
Po walked up and sighed happily. He always felt safer here. More, at one with the universe. After all, it was his favorite place to meditate. He glanced down and smiled as he spotted the Peach Tree Sapling. He glanced not far away from there and spotted a watering-can that was, coincidently, partially filled with water.
Po reached over for the watering-can and proceeded to water the little plant. It was he could do, after all, this little plant saved his life.
Just as Po set the can down, a safe distance away from the sapling. A stern voice rang out. "Panda?"
Startled, Po struck a fighting stance, but immediately relaxed when he saw it was none other than Master Shifu. "Sorry Master Shifu, you just scared me a bit there."
"First order of business; I thank you for watering the Peach Tree Sapling." Shifu smiled lightly as he approached the Panda. "Second; what are you doing up so late, Panda? It's still two hours before dawn."
"I could ask him the same thing." Po thought. But instead he shrugged and said "Nothing really. Just couldn't sleep, is all."
"And why might that be?" Shifu questioned further.
Po shrugged once again. "Just a freaky dream. Nothing really."
"Is that so? Well, if that is the case, then why not tell me about this dream?" Shifu's questioned caught Po off guard.
"Wait, what?" Po asked his master.
"Sometimes, one's dream can be a foretelling of an event from the past, or an event yet to come. So, I see it as important to hear about this 'Freaky Dream'." Shifu explained to his student.
Po was about to object to this, but then he saw that Shifu was looking at him patiently, a small, expecting smile playing across his lips. Po sighed. "Neither one of us is leaving unless I tell you about my dream, right?"
Shifu smiled and nodded. Po then proceeded to tell his master of his dream. Being in the forest, the dragon that resembled him appearing and him following it, coming upon the scary mountain palace, meeting the cute little song-bird, said bird leading it to the valley and the it's transforming into a Phoenix, watching the twin children (he forgot the crucial fact about the two twins being tigers) that were standing on the Yin-Yang symbol, the twins demonstrating remarkable skills in Kung Fu and weaponry, the cold, dark creature appearing and promising the female twin that it wouldn't hurt either one of the twins, the creature's betrayal toward them, the brother's slaying, the sisters break-down, and then the creature tossing her aside. And then, with slight difficulty, Po told Shifu of what happened when he ran toward the child. From finding her fatally wounded to the Dragon and Phoenix making that symbol and eventually the blinding light.
"And that's basically what happened." Po said, exhausted from retelling the entire dream. Well, most of it. He couldn't remember what species the twins were.
"Panda. Your dream it… It sounds familiar." Shifu seemed to ponder something. "Po, you and I must take a little trip to Hall of Heroes. Immediately."
With that, Shifu led the Panda toward the Hall of Heroes.
Hall of Heroes. A few minutes later…
"So, Master Shifu. Care to explain what we're doing here, exactly?" Po asked his Master as he browsed the shelf of 1,000 scrolls.
"A few months before you became the Dragon Warrior, Oogway wrote one final scroll. One prophesies Two Warriors. Each one being able to posses an unheard of ability." Shifu explained.
"What is it?" Po asked.
"The Internal Flame." Shifu answered.
"Awesome!"
"And, it was told by Oogway to me that the Dragon Warrior would be one of these warriors." Shifu told Po. He then, apparently spotted the scroll he was looking for. "Ah, here it is. The Phoenix Scroll." He grabbed a scroll. This one seemed like an ordinary scroll, but it's seal seemed to be a Phoenix it's self.
Shifu unrolled the scroll and read aloud "Two Warriors, One Fire. One is known, One is young. It is destined that the Dragon Warrior, before their meeting, will dream of what is to come if an evil act is not made right. A broken young warrior, destroyed from fire, shall rise out of the ashes to a Dragon's aid. Preventing China's fall, and the world's end…"
Po was left shocked. Then, he put two and two together. The twins were young, probably no older twelve. He dreamed of a horrible… thing attacking one of the twins. Then the female twin seemed crushed.
"Po, it is your destiny to find this child, whomever it may be, and train them to use this ability for good." Shifu said, snapping Po out of his thoughts.
"What? Why Me?" Po asked appalled.
"The Phoenix of Harmony and Dragon Warrior are the only ones able to posses the Internal Flame and use it to their advantage." Shifu explained
"Ok, don't get me wrong Master Shifu, I'm all for training this kid except-" Po trailed off
"What is it, panda? I don't see the problem."
"I'm pretty sure this person works for an Evil Overlord."
Outside the Valley…
Kai stood watching over the Valley of Peace. The Twins to his right, General Li to his left. He smirked maliciously. "Now, the time has come. At precisely mid-morning, we proceed with the plan."
He was greeted by quiet cheers from the army. Kai turned to them. "Any questions?"
Yin and Yang raised their hands, smiling. Yin spoke up. "We both have a question!"
Kai, visibly, was surprised at this. But, he was also impressed. "Alright, what are they?"
"Why do cats purr?" Yin asked.
"What's bigger? A lion or a panther?" Yang asked.
While General Li and the entire bobcat army laughed, Kai only face-palmed and groaned in annoyance.
BOOM! Done! I hoped you like this chapter, because I've been doing this for practically five hours! So ya better at least think it's' semi-interesting
Smiles1998 is out!
