Monkey: Did you fix it?

Ali: Oh yeah. It was a lot of fun, being at Po's house. At first it was a little awkward and I was nervous.

Po: Especially because when we walked in my dad said "OH! Po! You got yourself a girlfriend?" and I said "She's not my girlfriend dad!" and he said to Ali "You're a very pretty girl!" and then "I can't believe my sons got a GIRLFRIEND!"

Mantis: Way to go, Dad!

Ali: He meant well...

Po: Or he could have been trying to embarrass me because I broke his spoon that morning!

Ali: That too!

Tigress: So what happened too Jasper and them?

Ali: Oh. Well they continued to try and humiliate us for the rest of our school days. I might tell you a few stories later because there's got to be like 5,000 times things happened. Usually I would win in the end though.

Viper: When's the last time you've seen them?

Ali: I haven't seen them since I got out of school really. And I was kinda missing for 10 years so...

Viper: Oh yeah. You don't think they'll come and see you, right?

Ali: With my luck, they will.

Tigress hesitated before she asked her question.

Tigress: What happened to Jackson?

She could tell by Ali's face that it wasn't a good answer.

Ali: That's the next part of the story I was gonna tell you... The next day after that happened I passed Jackson in the hallway in school. We stopped for a moment and just kind of, stared at each other. It was like there was this new wall of glass between us. We were from different worlds. He started to say something, and I turned around and walked away from him. Now, I wish I hadn't of done that. Because that night when I decided to forgive him. It was too late. He was already gone.

Ali's voice broke on the word gone. The room was so silent it felt like it was almost crushing their ears.

Crane: Gone?

Ali: That night, Jackson died of cancer.

No one spoke for a moment, making the silence even more unbearable.

Ali: No one even knew he had it. Not even me! I guess he decided not to tell anyone. And what makes me even sadder, is that at my last chance to talk to him, I walked away from him.

Everyone went quiet again. Tigress could tell in Ali's face for the first time that she had been through even more than her friend dying. And then Ali coughed and her face went to normal. Tigress then noticed that Ali isn't the always cheerful girl that she seems to be. She has just made herself forget all that happened to her. Just like Tigress did.

Mantis: But didn't you say that you two were just KIND OF close? He didn't help you when fighting Jasper, and he probably wouldn't have been on your side anyway. So it was kind of a good thing, right? So you didn't have to go against him?

Ali sighed.

Ali: And he was my only friend that I could depend on for the longest time. We were like cousins at the time. It broke my heart that he was gone.

Tigress could understand. Suddenly she had a flashback of a little boy that came up to her in the orphanage SO long ago. She shoved the memory out of her head.

Ali: Well, since I told you one bad thing that happened in my childhood. I guess I should tell you the rest.

Ali looked at Po who gave her a reassuring smile and nod.

Ali: Maybe you are wondering about my parents. This happened around 4th grade. Po and I had been friends for 2 years. We were really close, but not as close as we were afterwards. One night I was at Po's house. My mom had told me to come home early so she could tell me something. I left early but it was still dark outside. I walked down the completely empty street. It was chilly out and the wind blew gently around me. I looked up at the stars and admired their beauty. It was such a peaceful night. I couldn't believe that anything bad could happen. I came to my house and walked up the front stairs. I couldn't hear the noise I usually came home too. Something was wrong. I could feel it. Cautiously, I opened my front door. All the lights were out except the kitchen light. I walked over towards the kitchen and poked my head in. My dad was sitting in there at his desk, facing away from me. Oh thank goodness, I thought, I was thinking something bad happened!

I walked into the kitchen and threw my bag onto the kitchen table. My dad flinched at the sudden loud noise. That's when I noticed that my dad was breathing really hard and holding his hands together out in front of him, fidgeting.

Ali's dad: Ali, does anyone know you're here right now?

Ali: Well, Po and his dad do... Why?

That's when I remember that dad wasn't supposed to be there. My parents were divorced and we were in my mom's house. He lived far away. My dad slowly turned around.

But it wasn't my dad.

It was a tiger at first, but slowly he turned to a different form. A rhino. It was Master Wei Long. I didn't know who he was at the time but I could tell it wasn't good. I started to back away from him slowly, but I kept my voice fearless and strong.

Wei Long: Why, hello Ali.

Ali: How do you know my name?

Wei Long: I know a lot about you Ali.

Ali: Sorry I can't say the same about you. Where is my mom?

He ignored my question. I knew he did something to them then.

Wei Long: I've been waiting a long time to meet you, sweetie.

Ali: Listen, NEVER call me sweetie EVER! I don't know who you are! So get OUT!

Wei Long: I know you don't know who I am. But my name is Master Wei Long. I need you to come with me.

Ali: No! Stay away from me!

I backed up until I my back was pressing up against the kitchen wall.

Wei Long: Well, I knew this wasn't going to be easy. We'll have to do this the hard way.

His face twisted into an evil grin. He launched forward from his chair but missed his grab at me because I dodged him and hit the wall that was behind me. I ran out of the kitchen and then down the hall. Wei Long ran after me. What do I do?, I thought, Help. I needed help!

I slammed my shoulder into the front door and forced it open. I ran down the three front steps and then down the dirt path that lead toward the town. No one lived very close to us; the town was the closest place.

Then I did the mistake of looking back. I saw he wasn't there and stopped dead in my tracks. I looked around cautiously.

Wei Long: I'm right here.

I whipped around to see him standing in front of me. Gasping, I fell on my back in the dirt in surprise. He grabbed me by my ankle when I tried to scoot away from him and then pulled me onto my feet with my elbow. I was yelling and struggling to get away but he was very strong. He had a way stronger grip than Anthony did when he held me back in 2nd grade. He was just about to knock me out when he was pushed to the side. He was then lying on the ground about 5 feet away from me. The person who pushed him off came next to me. It was a boy about my age but a little taller. He looked like a tiger also. I couldn't see his face because he was wearing a mask and was wearing all black. He looked kind of like a bandit.

His eyes burned with anger as he looked at Master Wei Long. He turned to me.

Bandit: You need to get out of here! Now!

Ali: But what about you?

Bandit: Don't worry about me! Just run while you have a chance! Go and hide in the town!

Then he ran forward to meet Wei Long. I turned and ran as fast as I ever had in my life. I could hear the two fighting behind me.

My chest started to hurt from running but I didn't stop until I got to the town and hid behind a wall of a building. I peeked out to see if the Bandit got away.

They were fighting hard, the tiger trying to not let Wei long get to the town. But Wei Long was stronger than him. He put his hand to his throat and slammed him against a tree. The bandit slid to the ground. Clutching his head.

Ali(whispers to herself): Oh no!

Master Wei Long made his way to the town. I thought that the tiger wasn't going to be able to help me anymore. That's when he slowly got to his feet. He looked at Wei Long running towards the town and ran after him.

I ran to a long box in the alley way by the dumpster. I opened the top and stuffed myself inside. Then I looked through the hole that had been put in the box.

Master Wei Long was at the end of the ally way. He wasn't facing down it though. He was looking at something in front of him. Then the tiger came up and attacked. I stopped looking out the hole and curled my arms around my knees. I want this to be over. Where were my parents? I started to cry silently.

5 minutes later someone came and opened the box. At first I gasped and almost screamed thinking it was the rhino. But it wasn't it was the bandit. His look softened when he saw me.

Bandit: Are you ok?

I noticed I probably had tear stains all over my checks. I wiped my eyes quickly and then took the hand he was offering me and stepped out of the box.

Ali: I think so. Is he gone?

Bandit: The Furious Five just came and drove him out.

Ali: Did you help them?

Bandit: When they came I came back here to find you. I can't let them see me.

Ali: Why?

Bandit: It's not important.

He gave me a small smile after saying that. I couldn't believe this kid was my age. He looked like it but didn't act like it. I could barely see his fur because of the clothes he had on. But I could see some around the mask. It was a white/grayish color.

Ali: Do you know what happened to my parents?

Bandit looked down at his feet, and then looked at me with a sad face.

Bandit: I'm so sorry. I think Wei Long captured them and...

He choked on his words. I couldn't believe they were gone. They couldn't just disappear like that! Just then we heard voices outside of the ally.

Bandit: I'm sorry! I have to go!

He started to run away. I called after him.

Ali: WAIT! What is your name? Who are you?

But he didn't come back. I walked slowly out of the ally way. A bunch of people came up to me with relieved voices, happy I was ok. Hugs and smiles. It didn't seem right to me that all this happiness was going on after what just happened. Master Wei Long had even got away!

Then I saw the only two people I wanted to see at the moment. Po and Mr. Ping. I ran up to them and Po threw his arms around me. And then backed up and put his hands on my shoulders.

Po: I was so scared that you were hurt!

Ali: I'm ok Po. But Po?

Po: Yeah?

Ali: My parents are dead.

Po threw his arms around me again and I started to cry into his shoulder.

Po: It's gonna be ok! Don't worry, nothing will happen to you!

Ali(through sobs): But Po, both my parents are dead and that means I'll have to go to the orphanage!

Po pulled back from the hug and looked at me scared. As if to prove my point, a person I didn't know walked over to us.

Person: Ali, do you have any other family members?

Ali: No.

Person: You're going to have to come with me.

Just as we started to walk away, Mr. Ping yelled after us.

Mr. Ping: Wait! Don't take that child away! She is- She is my daughter!

Everyone looked confused. I stared opened mouthed at him.

Mr. Ping: Yes yes! My adopted daughter!

Person: So you're saying that you're adopting her?

Mr. Ping: Well she practically already lives at our home!

Person: Well, alright! I'll go get some paper work!

She left and I tackled Mr. Ping and Po in a bear hug.

Ali: THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

He filled out the paper work and adopted me.e filled out the paper Po and I became brother and sister and Mr. Ping became my dad. I never did figure out who that boy is that helped me. But I think about him a lot. If he hadn't pushed Wei Long away from me and everything, I probably would have been Wei Long's prisoner for longer than 10 years! I wish I could thank him.

I haven't seen my parents since. Wei Long told me that he did kill them. Ever since then I have decided not to hold to my past or regret it, because it made me who I am today. But I have made a very important conclusion after all these years:

Wei Long will fall.