Mowgli shivered as he wrapped his arms around himself. The wind was getting stronger and hard to see anything up ahead. He could barely make out the shape of a sign that said, 'Patna, this way.' Mowgli smiled a bittersweet smile, he was close to the city. He had just had to keep going. Feeling some new sound strength Mowgli started to trudge harder against the wind. However, he was not looking where he was going and sidestepped off to the side of the beaten path. He misplaced his footing and fell over into the field nearby. He shrieked as he felt himself hit the ground hard. His hurt ankle had pain flaring up throughout his whole body. He grimaced as he got himself up and looked around. He had no clue where he was, but he knew he was far from the village now. He got up to his knees and walked back up onto the path. As he walked a few ahead, he saw a sign for Patna. He was only a mile away. Feeling new determination flooding through his veins, Mowgli ignored the pain in his ankle and picked up the pace. He was close to his destination.

Back at the village, things were solemn. Shanti was in the village helping her mother hang the clothes to dry. She looked over at the pathway that led to the jungle. Ever since Mowgli had disappeared things had seemed depressing. It didn't help when she went into the jungle with Baloo and Bagheera to go looking for him and come up empty handed. Ranjan had tried many times to come with them, but Shanti ordered him to stay put due to his habit of running off without thinking. Shanti sighed as she thought about Ranjan. Ever since Mowgli left, the poor little boy barely did anything. He just spent his time moping around and kept asking his parents if they ether found Mowgli or when he was going to come back to the village. Shanti sighed, not realizing her mother was looking at her curiously,
"Shanti?" She called out.
She tapped her on the shoulder, making her jump.
"Yes mother?"
"Are you alright? You were staring blankly at the shirt for a few minutes."
Shanti looked down at the shirt in her hands. She sighed as she gave it to her mother to help hang up on the clothes lining. Shanti's mother looked at her daughter and could see nothing but sadness in her eyes. Ever since Mowgli left, she had been nothing but sad. Shanti's mother put down the clothes basket and pulled her daughter into a hug.
"I know you miss him and its ok. We'll find him and he will come back."
Shanti felt her eyes starting to water as she gripped the hems of her mother's dress tighter. All she wanted was for Mowgli to come back.

Later that night, Bagheera was heading for council rock. He sighed, knowing the news he was going to have to tell Rama and Raksha was not going to be good. His heart weighed heavily on the fact it had been nearly a week and he had found no sign of finding Mowgli. He saw the rock formation just up ahead. He could hear the distant calls of the wolves. He padded up the side and spied the forms of Rama and Raksha.

Rama watched as his pups played with one another. He then caught the scent of Bagheera and was surprised to see him coming up the side with a solemn expression on his face.
"Bagheera, what brings you here my friend?" Rama asked.
Bagheera sighed sadly, "I have some bad news I'm afraid Rama. IS Raksha around?"
"It must be very bad if you need my mate with me too."
"It's Mowgli." He admitted.
Ramas's eyes widened, "Mowgli? What happened? Is he with you?"
"No, he's not with me. Can you please fetch Raksha? I really don't want to repeat myself."
"I'll be right back." Rama said as he ran off to look for his mate.
Bagheera watched as the pups play dreading what he was going to have to explain to Raksha and Rama. He knew since they raised Mowgli they would not take the news well. He was pulled out of his thoughts as Rama came running back with Raksha.
"Bagheera? Is Mowgli alright?" Raksha asked.
Bagheera sighed as he looked at the worried face of Raksha, "Mowgli's run away. We don't know where he is right now."
"Run away? What happened?" Rama asked.
"There was an encounter with Kaa and his friend Shanti. Both were caught."
Rama and Raksha looked worried,
"No, me and Baloo got them away from him, but afterwards, Mowgli was acting different. He was scared. Later that night, Mowgli wrote a letter to his family and took off. Believing that everyone would be safer if he wasn't around. That was four days ago."
"And you can't find him?" Rama said.
"No. We haven't had any luck. Shanti has come with me to search for him and so has Baloo but we all have come up empty handed."
"We must find him. Even with Kaa round, Shere Khan is still out there. If he finds out Mowgli is alone…" Raksha trailed off, scared thinking about the possible outcome.
"We'll find him before Shere Khan or Kaa realize he's gone. I fear Mowgli has already gone too far away from them. He didn't go through the jungle. I fear he headed in another direction." Bagheera admitted.
"Where else could he go?" Rama asked.
"I believe he went where the humans call the city." Bagheera said, "It'd be close to impossible to find him in there."
Rama and Raksha couldn't believe what they were hearing. Mowgli, their mancub, was gone.

Mowgli huddled his clothes closer to him as he kept walking to the city. Patna was not far now. He didn't know what he was going to do once he got there. He was too young to look for a job. But he was going to have to find something. He needed food and water, and a place to stay. Sighing he kept on walking trying to hug his shirt tighter to himself. The wind was fierce and it made him feel cold. Mowgli saw smoke up ahead and thought someone was lighting a fire. Fire meant warmth. And maybe he could find a place to stay. Mowgli plunged on ahead. He only had a little more ways to go. Pain was still flaring up in his ankle but he ignored it. He knew it would need medicine of some sort but he didn't know where. He sighed as he felt his lighter pack. He was running out of food and water fast. Hoping he would catch a break, he pushed on to Patna.

By the time Mowgli came to the next sign, it was a mad house. Mowgli saw more people than he ever had before in his life. It was overwhelming! He was more humans bustling around, walking around, at booths, stands, and riding on those two wheel things. He vaguely Shanti called them. What was it, bicycles? He shook his head. He made it to the city now, he just had to find out what he was gonna do about food and shelter. He looked around and plunged into the enormous crowd, he started bumping into people,
"Hey! Watch it!" A guy in a turban said carrying a basket,
"Sorry." Mowgli said, nearly colliding with a woman.
Mowgli looked around again, feeling his mind reeling at the many people around him. He than saw a small spot with no people and made his way over there. Mowgli breathed heavily and sat down. He watched the street goers and tried to figure out what he should do. He watched as some people glanced at him with puzzled expressions but everyone was moving too fast or doing something to even care about him. Mowgli looked as he saw clothing shops and food. His stomach growled as he held it. He looked through his pack and saw he only had a small piece of bread and a few mangoes with him. Not gonna last him long. Mowgli spied a small shop and saw a man frying up some meat. The smell wafted under his nose. It smelled delicious, but he had no money. He only knew money paid for things and that's what people in the city used the money for. Paying for things. Mowgli got up and decided to find a place to stay, he'd worry about the food later. Right now, he just needed a place to stay toil he could figure things out with food and other stuff.

Po stared out at the sky. It was clear and perfect for stargazing. He was so attuned to his own thoughts that he failed to notice Tigress behind him.
"Po." She called out, making him jump.
"Whoa! Don't do that!"
"Sorry. You seemed you were a million miles away."
"I a way I was."
Tigress sat down next to Po, looking out over the sky.
"Something bothering you Po?" Tigress asked.
"I don't know. Its just that ever since I've been having these dreams…I keep feeling like someone is crying out for help but I can't find out where or who its from. It doesn't even look like its animal."
"Not animal?" Tigress raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah, but I don't know for sure." Po sighed in irritation. "It's just been driving me nuts. I can't make heads or tails with what they mean."
Tigress placed a paw on Po's shoulder. "We'll figure this out Po and if somebody is in trouble we'll be able to help them out. Besides who else can help them than the Dragon Warrior."
Po laughed a bit along with Tigress. Po felt a pounding headache coming and suddenly felt like gongs were being slammed into his ears. He gripped his head with his paws.
"Po!" Tigress called out to him. Suddenly Po saw black.

Po woke up and he was back in the jungle again. This time it was windy. He felt the wind going through his fur like crazy, like he was stuck inside the eye of a storm.
"Hello?" He called out. All he heard was his voice echoing throughout the wind. It was the same jungle but this time it was different, like someone was waiting for him. Po heard crying this time and turned around but he couldn't see anything. He though felt his heart telling him to go left and so he did. Po found himself go through the brush again like he had before. There once again, pulling back some large fronds he saw the huddled figure. The figure was in the middle of the clearing. Po ventured towards the figure and found himself getting a clear view of what it was. IT was there that Po saw for sure it was not an animal at all. But what was it?
"Hey, you alright?"
The figure did not answer.
"I can help you if you want. I'm the Dragon Warrior."
"Help me. Please someone help me."
Po ventured closer and saw the legs and arms. They looked like it was from a monkey with no fur. But that couldn't be right. Po was about to put his paw on the shoulder of whatever it was till he felt himself shifting away.
"PO! WAKE UP!"

Po woke up and found himself on the ground with Tigress standing over him. Her hands on his shoulders.
"Po? What happened?" Tigress asked, sounding frantic.
"I had a vision again. Only I almost saw who it was." Po said as he sat himself up.
"Who was it?"
"I still don't know. I could tell that it wasn't an animal, but something else."
Tigress stared at Po in shock. This was the fourth time this had happened and now he saw the vision wide awake.
"We're going to Master Shifu. Come on."
Tigress helped him stand up and they both began running to Shifu's quarters.

-

Tigress barged into Shifu's room without knocking,
"Master Shifu, Po had the vision again. This time it was while he was wide awake."
"Are you quite sure?" The Red Panda asked his warriors as he turned around from his meditative sitting position.
"Yes and I know that it wasn't an animal." Po said as he huffed from the running he just did.
Shifu got up from is spot on the floor and walked over to them.
"You saw the vision awake." Shifu stated.
"Yes master." Po said.
"I would like to see what you saw."
Shifu came forward to Po and as he bowed his head. He placed two paws on Po's temple and felt the familiar rush of chi accompany him. Shifu found himself in the jungle just as Po had. A deciduous jungle that was trapped in a whirlwind. He watched as Po heard the cries of someone and was looking around. He watched as the scene u folded to where Po saw the figure. Shifu peered closer and saw it indeed was not an animal at all. He had heard stories of others who did not live anywhere near the valley of peace but never had he suspected that this is what the Dragon Warrior was dreaming about. It looked like…a human. Shifu pulled himself away from Po's mind and found himself back in the temple.
"I saw what you saw and it is very clear that someone is calling for help. Which is why I suggest that you and the furious five find out who has been in your visions. It is time you make the journey."
"When should we leave Master?" Tigress asked.
"Tomorrow morning. I fear that he or she may be in trouble if we don't get there first."
"Yes Master." Both Po and Tigress said before they dismissed themselves from the room.

After they left, Shifu went back to meditating. His mind was in turmoil as he thought about what he saw in the Dragon warrior's visions. Po had seen a human calling out for help. But why? Why was he seeing a human of all things?
"We'll see what happens when he brings him here." Shifu said to himself.