Walls are closing in and I feel as if someone is breathing hard against my neck. Their hot breath searing my fur and making my panic soar. I run as fast as I can, throwing myself against the walls. The corridors are winding and I find myself lost and a dejavu feeling washes over me. I start to whimper as I fight for a way out. The fur on the back of my neck raises when I hear a blood chilling sound not to far away from where I was fleeing. I hear Ming Hua scream in fear as well as in pain. I twist around, trying to locate the sound. Pressed up against the wall with multiple wounds, was my sister. Father had her. He raised the belt and slammed it against her side again and again. She looked my way. "Run, Mei Xiang!" I took two steps away and stopped.

I can't leave my sister. The walls start to creep faster and I ran desperately to save my sister. "Mei Xiang!" I reached out my paw toward hers. Her bright green eyes pleaded with me and my heart broke. Father wrenched her head back and twisted it. I watched her body fall in a terrible slow motion. Her head was bent at an awkward angle, I ran over to her and touched her cheek, gazed into her once living eyes. "Ming." I whispered. A shadow covered me and I looked up to see a monster. My Father. I braced myself for the killing blow and buried my face in Ming Hua's snapped neck. Father raised a barbary sword and had the edge pointed for my back. He aimed to stab me through. I peeked out of her fur to watch my death happen. I don't really know why I did, but something made me do it. I saw the sword's gleaming edge fly through the air and just as it pierced me, I woke up.

I woke up screaming bloody murder, ripping everything my claws touched. Everyone came rushing in to the sound. Bingwen and Cobra shooed the younger children away saying that mommy was having another one of her moments. They nodded and went to go play outside. Viper flung her constricting body around mine to control my thrashing. "Mei Xiang, Open your eyes!" They all called. Cobra and Bingwen walked up and simultaneously touched my face. My eyes uncontrollably opened and wildly looked around. "Mei Xiang, you are fine. You aren't there anymore. Breathe. Calm down." My body reacted slowly to Cobra's soothing voice. Bingwen calmly stroking my face. The Masters stared in shock. "What just happened?" I took a couple more deep breaths to keep the dream at bay. My two comrades turned to face the speaker. "A twisted memory. She is plagued often by them. The death of Ming Hua didn't help matters either."

Tigress came and sat slowly on the bed. I eyed her warily, still half caught in the night mare. "Mei Xiang, it's going to be okay. I'm not going to hurt you." I nodded, "Can you tell us what happened?" I swallowed and Bingwen nodded encouragingly. "I was running in fear. I didn't know where I was, yet I did. I heard Ming Hua scream so I followed the sound until I found her." I broke off, trying to keep the tears at bay. "F-Fa-Father had her by the throat against a wall and was repeatedly beating her. She saw me and urged me to run. But I didn't. I ran to help her. Then I watched him murder her. I went to her side and then he killed me." Tigress nodded and wiped a stray tear off my cheek. I flinched and relaxed, guilty at what I just did. "Easy." Po whispered. I didn't notice the large panda come over next to me.

"We are family here. No one would hurt you." I looked at him with beseeching eyes. "Father, Mother, and Longwei were blood family and they hurt me, Po." Cobra and Bingwen tugged at my paws. "Hey, those Yúchǔn de wūpó are not your family. Even if they share the same blood. Blood doesn't matter. You taught us all that. Everyone here in this room and the kiddos outside these walls are your family. Family are people who love you and care about you. They support you and will do anything to keep you safe." I nodded softly as the last hauntings of the nightmare faded away from my mind. "Okay." Bingwen pulled me into an embrace and I laid my head on Cobra's head. Everyone else followed and we had a major group hug.

Hey everyone! Spring Break is over. I sad...nah. I had to help my mom at her inhome daycare all week. I didn't really want too. I more than really wanted to catch up on some much needed sleep and do what I wanted to do. But that didn't happen. So I'm posting a quick chapter today. I may post one later, but I have some school work that needs to be done. So...yeah. Please read and comment! The chinese in this chapter means Stupid fudging witches. I don't cuss you guys. So I try to make it as clean as possible if I want a character to curse. One more thing, I still need ideas for the sequel. I have everything planned out, but anything extra to make it more interesting would be wonderful.

~ShadowDapple~