I'd recommend watching this video first before reading. The link I originally added does not work unfortunately so instead, type in youtube "panda gets scared by a ghost story" and that should let you view the video. Special thanks to the reviewer who pointed it out.
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Alright, now I was really tempted to go and hit Po over the head. He had woken me up at one in the morning and brought me into his incredibly messy room (filled with nothing but posters, pots, pans and even weapons. He had even gathered one of the spinning wooden warriors from the training hall into his room. Did Shifu know about that?) to talk about ghost stories... I bloody hate him so much right now.
"Po, why couldn't this have waited until morning"? I hissed angrily. I was barely holding back due to how tired I was feeling.
"Well, I could have but it wouldn't have been as fun".
I felt my eye twitch.
"Po, if you don't let me go back to my room and get some sleep, I'll be sure to give you something other than ghost stories to be frightened about"! I threatened, having to keep my voice down because of the other sleeping masters. If I woke any of them up, they would probably thrash me as well as Po.
"Aw come Mikey. Viper told me it, I'm sure you'll like it".
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"First off, please don't ever call me Mikey again. Secondly, fine. I'll do it but only because it came from Viper and not you".
"That all the motivation I need". Po smiled, squatting down to my level.
"So what is this story you're on about".
"Well, Viper told me this scary story, I-ha ha I mean... I wasn't scared because... I am the dragon warrior after all".
"It would be nice if you acted like it then". I muttered to myself low enough so that the panda couldn't hear.
"And it's not like the dragon warrior gets scared... not even... late at night when...eheh. Everyone's gone to bed". He chuckled nervously, looking around as though he was expecting something to jump out at him.
"Yeah, everyone except you and me"!
"But lemme tell you the story, and explain how not to be scared, right"?
"I don't get scared". Especially not over something as childish as a ghost story.
"Jeez, when did you turn into Tigress"? Po chuckled softly. I just scowled angrily at the panda, resisting the great urge to gag him and tie him to the bed. Safe to say he got the message.
"Moving on"... He near whimpered, unable to look me in the eye until I slightly calmed down. "It's about the wandering brain eating Jiangshi"! He half whispered over dramatically. I on the other hand was not as enthusiastic.
"Now the Jiangshi, was the"...
So Po explained the story about the yang chi or whatever it's name was, really who cared, but after what felt like much too long,he begun to near the end! The only amusing part was when a creak from the other room startled Po who convinced himself that it was only the wind.
"He still searches to this! Very! Day"! And thus the story came to a close, thank God.
"Uh... awfully quiet huh"? He chuckled, becoming nervous again. Had he really just gone and scared himself with his own story? Idiot. Especially when he talked about the Jiangshi not existing and how the dragon warrior could beat him easily. I rolled my eye, feeling them sag slightly from lack of sleep.
A sudden noise sounded off, making Po give off a slightly undignified scream.
"Jiangshi! My brains taste like fur balls I swear"! He near cried as he covered his head.
"Po, that's just Mantis. His antenna always does that, remember"? I reminded the frightened ball of black and white. Po raised his head from under his arms.
"Oh. Yeah, totally knew that... I mean, come on how couldn't I"?
Another noise from the sleeping bugs antenna sounded off once more, making Po cringe. I sighed.
"Po, I'm off to bed now. And if you wake my up in the middle of the night again, I'll force you to listen to the story of a man named Isaac Clarke! Kapeesh"?
"Ooh ooh, sounds awesome"! Po smiled.
"Trust me, you wouldn't be able to sleep for weeks if I told you. Now goodnight"!
I slithered out of my room and back into my old one to find Viper sleeping on the left side.
After a talk about our relationship, Viper suggested that we should move in together as it was what most other couples did. It was what she wanted to talk about a week ago when we were sitting on that bench near the river until a certain grey gorilla with an army decided to show up. I accepted and now she sleeps in my room. I had decided to go out of the way and buy another bed which was a lot bigger than my other one by width and length, like Vipers old one which she kindly donated to the children s hospital.
I slithered back into the bed accidentally waking her.
"Mike? What are you doing up at one in the morning"?
I hissed angrily and turned to her calmly before speaking.
"Never ever, for the love of all that's good, tell Po another ghost story ever again. Now good night"!
I flipped over and tried to make up for lack of sleep. Viper just stared at me for another minute or so before shrugging it off and going back to sleep.
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Just another short over on DreamworksTV that I couldn't resist making ^^
Right now, I'm still working on the idea for the second part of the main story so that will still be a few weeks away, maybe longer what with summer holidays, so I'll be writing up another couple of stories to pass the time.
Also, I've now opened another channel over on Deviantart where I worked on the cover art for the story, so I'll be taking some time off to work on that as well. For those who want to find it, look for the channel named coneofwonder
That's all my news that I have for now. Cheerio!