Part 21

Everyone was already eating when Amy and I got to the kitchen. We took our bowls from Po, and sat down to eat. After breakfast, we all went to the Training Hall to, well, train. Amy and I were paired up as sparring partners.

"All right Amy. I'll go easy on you; you have nothing to worry about" I said.

"I think you're forgetting something Maya, I taught you what you knew before you came here" she answered with a smirk on her face.

"Whatever" I replied, a small grin on my own face.

As soon as Master Shifu gave the signal to start, I sent my fist towards Amy's face. She crouched down, and tried to sweep my legs out from under me. I stepped back a split second before her leg made it to where I used to be standing. I feigned a punch to her jaw. She dodged, only to feel my foot connect with her stomach. Amy stumbled back a little, but she got back into her fighting stance very quickly. Then, her face went pale white, like she had seen a ghost.

"Amy, what's wrong?" I asked.

"B-B-Behind y-y-y-y-you" she said, stammering as if she had forgotten how to speak.

I looked behind me, expecting to see something; that's a mistake I'll never make again. I fell down, and turned around when I heard Amy laughing.

"Gotcha" Amy said as she lowered her paw to help me up.

I grinned to myself, and allowed her to help me up. After that, we watched everyone else spar until it was time for lunch. I pulled Amy into our room on our way back to the kitchen. She can say that nothing's wrong all she wants, but I can tell she's lying. It was time for us to talk.

"What's wrong Amy?" I asked her in the sternest voice I could use.

"Nothingis wrong Maya. I've already told you that."

"You know that I know something is wrong. Don't try to deny it Amy, you might as well tell me now."

Amy looked down at the floor. She knew I was right; she can't keep telling me she's fine, when we both know she's not.

"All right, fine. I miss Mom and Dad" she told me.

"Then, go back home."

"No Maya, it's not like that. Mom and Dad are…gone."

"Gone? What do you mean by 'gone'?"

"I mean, they're…gone. You're all I have left."

Then she started to cry. I stood there, shocked, by this news. I couldn't believe what was going on; first Dad's after me, then Mom shows up after 9 years and now my aunt and uncle are DEAD!? I finally came out of my shock, and looked at Amy; she was still crying. I hugged her, and tried to comfort her, even though I felt like breaking down myself. After a few minutes, Amy had finally calmed down, and was just resting her head on my shoulder as I hugged her.

"Amy, I'm so sorry. I should've been there. I should've protected you instead of running away" I said, starting to blame myself for what happened.

Amy pulled herself away from me, and stared at me like I was some kind of idiot.

"What?" I asked her, with pure confusion written all over my face.

"NO! Don't blame yourself for what happened Maya. If you had stayed, then you would have been captured."

"But your parents would still be alive Amy."

"Maya, you can't change the past. What's done is done. Besides, they'd rather die than let your dad take you away" she told me as sternly as anyone can after crying for 15 minutes.

I sighed, and hung my head in defeat. I knew she was right, she always was whenever I blamed myself for something. Then, out of nowhere, there came the sound of two stomachs growling. Amy and I laughed. We had been so upset, that we had forgotten about our hunger.

"I think it would be best if we told our friends about everything Maya" Amy told me.

"I was just about to say the same thing" I replied, with a smile.

Our stomachs growled again, and we ran off to the kitchen, hoping that Po hadn't eaten all the food yet.