Finding the Strength

Ch 7

Carley clawed at a tree angrily. She had hated the way the other Masters had stared at her and Leah like that.

Po watched as she reached into her pocket and pulled out her MP3 walkman/

A smile crossed her face at that.

Leah and him watched as she sat under the tree bobbing her head in time to the music.

"She uses music when she's upset like the way you eat when you're upset.

She doesn't know how to control how she feels so she feels weird most of the time as well as upset.

We should talk to her." She said as Panic at the Disco blasted out of the head phones.

"Maybe I can help her to get confident in herself so she'll be strong enough to beat Tao.

But maybe she's like me, afraid to be herself around the others but is herself around me and Leah." He thought walking into his student's room.

There were posters on the wall of Demi Lovato and other musicians she loved, on her bed which was made was a back pack.

He then went through it carefully and found note books and a framed picture of her and Leah.

"Wow she and Leah must like each other like me and Tigress." He thought leaving the room and walking into the kitchen.

Leah was there while the other Masters were on patrol.

"You were in her room, weren't you?" she asked playfully.

"Yeah I… was getting to know what she's into." Po answered her.

"She likes music a lot, doesn't she?" he said as he made noodles.

"Yeah she wants to be a musician and she can sing.

It's…. just she's afraid to follow her dream because her family are into sports.

In our world she only has me. Now you understand why she's like that." Leah explained to him.

He nodded to her.

Later they saw Carley come in.

"Hey guys. What's going on?" she asked them.

"Nothing... much. I'm sort of making luch.

You want to help?" Po answered her.

"Sure. I've got nothing else to do." she replied as she began cutting vegetables up.

"Leah told me... you're good at music and that you wanna be a musician." he said to her watching her face as she opened her mouth.

"Yes I do but... nobody thinks..." she said trailing off.

"Think what?" Po asked her.

"That I'm a loser and I'll never amount to anything in life like the way your father was like ubril you became the Dragon Warrior.

They treat me differently like a freak because I'm half blind.

I'm not even allowed to drive.

Do you know how it feels to be a loser?

Maybe it's just my destiny to be a nobody." she replied with hurt in her voice.

Po felt sorry for her. He knew how it hurt when nobody believed in him or cared that he loved Kung Fu.

"Yes I do. I always felt like you do, like you don't fit in but after meeting Shifu and the others and being the Dragon Warrior, I found I was supposed to be here.

I'd found a place where I belong.

You shouldn't give up your dreams. I know how important they can be.

I believe in you as well as Leah.

You need to get confident in yourself." Po replied as they made noodles.

"Yeah I know. My family say that all the time.

Every time I try, it fails." Carley said to him as they poured the soup into bowls.

"I see... You're not so nervous when Leah or I am around." he said to her.

"Yes but that's because... you both like me for me nd not because I can't see." she replied to him as they heard the Furious Five walk out of the training room along with Leah.

She looked tired and sore.

"What happened to you?" Carley asked Leah.

"She was training against Tigress and you know what that's like.

She takes no prisoners!" Mantis answered but Viper smacked him for that.

"What did I do?" he asked rubbing his head.

Carley laughed at that.

Po loved it when she smiled or when she was happy.

Tigress sighed as she watched them.

She felt bad for going aggro on Leah in training. It was because Mantis had been teasing her about her and Po.

She watched as they ate and joked but she was quiet as she ate...