Introduction:

Greetings readers, I'm Jeffwolf, and right here, right now, a saga will finally be continued. I've grown to love reading the stories passionate fans write on this site, but my favorite is a saga from Kung Fu Panda fan fics about a wolf cub named, Erdan, and his foster father, Zhong. Well I'm happy to say that new adventures of them and all their family and friends are here. Welcome to "Erdan: Wolf Tales" a collection of fifteen stories for the heroic wolf cub to have. So sit back, relax, enjoy a snack or soft drink if you want, and get ready to enjoy this mini-series. And also get ready for "Erdan 3 a Legend's Rebirth" later this year.

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"Pride comes before the fall"

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Episode 1: The Jade heist

High above the ground, hovering in the atmosphere, the sun burned brightly down onto the land. A place of peace and sanctuary, The Valley of Peace. A beautiful place filled with fields of green grass, flowing rivers, and villages that were home to many goats, geese, and other animals who valued peace and harmony. But these farmers and shop keepers are often attacked and harassed by the larger animals such as Oxen, crocodiles, and gorillas. But these people were blessed to have powerful protectors, The Masters of the Jade Palace. Mighty kung fu warriors who have dedicated their lives to protect the innocent, and to preserve the peace.

But sometimes, the best heroes are the ones with the biggest hearts, and noblest of souls. No matter how young they are.

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As a preteen wolf boy approached the thousand stone stairs before him, he took a moment to reflect of what has happened recently. He has climbed these stairs before, and every time he felt both nervousness and excitement. Not even a year ago he was just a boy drifting across china, now he's a student of the Jade Palace, training with the famous Dragon Warrior and the Furious Five.

As he prepared to climb up to the mountain top palace, a voice sounded from behind him."Erdan, Erdan wait!"

The boy turned around and saw his mother, Shu, a female wolf who ran a pottery shop. She ran up to her son hoping to catch him in time. When she reached him, he greeted her with "Hey mom."

Afterwards they hugged and Erdan asked "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be at work?"

"Well I just wanted to see you off before you go train with your dad." She replied while giving a nice smile.

"Mom I'll be back for dinner." Erdan said.

"I know, but I just wanted to wish you luck before you go." Shu said.

After their small chat, the mother wolf hugged her pup and the he proceeded up the stairs after giving a goodbye wave. Erdan hiked up to the Jade Palace, he decided to take it easy. The preteen wolf knew that if he ran he would burn out all of his energy, strength and stamina he would need for his training. So he walked up and after twenty minutes he finally reached the top. He took a moment to catch his breath before opening the palace doors.

As he walked in he was greeted by a duck wearing a yellow robe and hat who said "W-welcome, student Erdan."

"Hi Zang, where are the others?" the cub asked.

"They are in the training hall." The duck replied.

"Ok, thanks." Erdan nicely said before making his way through the palace grounds.

He approached the training hall, walking through the courtyard which had weapons and equipment stacked up in corners. The wolf boy opened the doors to the training hall and walked in. But just a second later a huge body came falling down at him. The cub screamed and dashed out of the way just in time, and avoided being squashed by a giant panda's butt. The large bear crashed down, making vibrations in the wooden floor that the boy could feel in his chest. It took a moment for Erdan to realize what happened.

He saw the panda on the ground and urgently asked "Panda? Po are you alright?"

The large panda looked up at the wolf boy with his eyes rolling and replied in a dizzy tone "Oh, hey Erdan. I didn't know you had a twin… two of them."

As the large panda took a moment to sit and regain his senses, the rest of the Jade Palace warriors came rushing to check on him. Five other heroes, a tiger, a monkey, a crane, a viper, and a praying mantis made up the Furious Five. And a large and muscular one eyed wolf was with them as well.

Master Monkey placed his hand on Po's shoulder and asked "Po, buddy, you ok?"

"Yeah, yeah… yeah I'm fine, I'm fine. Just gotta wait for the room to stop spinning." The panda answered as he sat up with his eyes spinning.

However the large wolf saw that his foster son arrived and greeted with "Erdan you're here!"

As he hugged the cub, Erdan replied "Hi dad, good to see you."

Erdan's father, Zhong, released his grip on the boy, and Erdan was then greeted by his other friends The Furious Five. One after the other they each welcomed the wolf boy. Even Tigress, the most stoic of the group always cracked a small smile for Erdan, which was something she didn't do for just anyone. After Po got his senses back, he was excited to see his young buddy had joined them.

"Hey Danny boy, when did you get here?" The panda said while hugging Erdan.

"I walked up the stairs, like we all do." Erdan replied in a humor filled tone. "But what happened?" he said as Po released his grip on the kid.

"Po made a bet, to see if Tigress and Zhong could throw him across the room." Viper explained.

"Did you really throw him?" Erdan asked his dad.

"Yep, wasn't easy, but this time I won the bet, so pay up panda." Zhong proudly said before holding his paw out.

Po grumbled and then handed Zhong and tigress each a paw full of coins. Curious Erdan asked "I thought you two weren't gonna make any more bets, since last time you almost got mauled by a crazed rhino?"

Mantis then hopped onto Erdan's shoulder and answered "Kid, trying to make Po not do bets is like trying to make a fish walk on land."

But a voice from behind said "I hope that's not what's happening." They all turned and saw the master of the Jade Palace, a red panda named Shifu. He walked in with his cane and everyone bowed in respect to their teacher.

Po, feeling a bit guilty awkwardly asked "Which: The bet part, or the thing about the walking fish?" But the master just gave a silent stare.

Shifu walked in and saw Po, and a huge dent in the floor, he looked at the large panda and sighed before saying "We'll discuss this later."

The old master walked to Erdan and with a smile said "Welcome back Erdan, how are you feeling?"

"A little shaken up, but I'm ready for my lesson, master." The wolf boy said before bowing in respect.

"Very good, let's begin then." Shifu replied.

All the warriors then followed their master to the sparing square outside. And then tigress was asked to bring a training dummy. Erdan took off his bandana and vest, and was then instructed to show his moves and the boy delivered his punches and kicks on the rubber target. Erdan and Zhong developed a wolf style of kung fu, which was similar to tiger style but focused more on speed and swift strikes. After beating the dummy, Erdan finished showing his skills. Shifu knew the boy was a fast learner, but even he was surprised by Erdan's growing skills, especially since the boy was only fourteen.

"Very good, your developing your form nicely." Shifu said and Erdan smiled proudly.

"Now, let's see how you fare against an opponent." Shifu ordered Erdan to stand in the square and he walked to Monkey and told him "Don't go easy on him."

The simian master made a sly grin and walked to the other side of the sparring square. Shifu then instructed Erdan to tackle Monkey to the ground. The wolf cub got on all fours, getting ready to charge at his prey. Shifu then yelled "Begin!" and Erdan rushed at Monkey, who had his hands behind his back. But as Erdan approached his opponent, Monkey grabbed the young wolf and tackled him to the ground instead.

Shifu yelled "End." And Monkey got off and helped Erdan up only for Shifu to order them to repeat again. Erdan tried to tackle his simian opponent from a different angle, but again he lost. He tried another tactic but like before he was pinned down. Over and over again the boy lost to his more experienced foe. While the other warriors watched, Po could tell Zhong was flipping out inside. Seeing his boy be tackled down again and again was making his paternal drives go crazy. So Po put his paw on Zhong's shoulder, to help the wolf father bare through the moment, and Zhong gave a thankful smile to his friend.

Now Erdan lost twelve times in a row, no matter what he couldn't win. Shifu, who had seen enough, yelled "That's it!" and Monkey helped Erdan up. The cub groaned while rubbing a sore spot on his arm. He saw Shifu and said "I'm sorry master, I couldn't do it, I'm sorry."

Shifu then looked at the cub and answered "You weren't supposed to win but to lose."

Erdan didn't understand and asked "What? Then why make me go through all that if I wasn't meant to win?"

The red panda then explained "To teach you about humility. Erdan, you have much potential, and you're growing stronger, both in body and skill. But many young warriors grow overconfident in their new strength. They become arrogant and sometimes start fights they can't win. If you want to be a kung fu master, you have to accept the fact that there will always be someone better then you. Understand?"

The wolf boy thought about it for a moment and nodded. Shifu then told Erdan to take a break and the red panda had crane bring the boy some water. Erdan sat down on the steps outside of the training hall and Zhong took some time to talk with his son. They chatted about how Erdan was doing and how well his mother was. Zhong was glad to hear his girlfriend was alright. Erdan also talked about how Mr. Ping was doing good, as well as the boy's job at the noodle shop. Erdan also explained how that now he comes to train after his afternoon shift. And told his dad about the hectic negotiations between Shifu and Mr. Ping. The arguments that convinced the goose to let Erdan leave early, so he could catch up on his training. Though the goose only agreed because he trusted Erdan… and he liked the benefit of have a stronger wolf boy protecting his business.

"Wow, how long did that take?" Zhong asked.

"Oh, not long, just six hours." Erdan answered before the father and son laughed before sipping the water crane gave him.

After his break, Shifu told Erdan to fetch something from the Hall of heroes, and the boy rushed off to pick up some equipment and hurry back for his lesson.

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Meanwhile, in the hall of heroes, a gang of bandits broke in and were preparing to pull off the heist of the year. They were inspecting the treasures and artifacts that were preserved and displayed for decades. The leader of the bandits, a large boar, ordered his goons around, telling them to bag as much as they could.

"Take what you can boys, this is gonna make us rich for years." The boss said while looking at his own reflection in the sword of heroes.

One of the bandits, a fox, said "Maybe you shouldn't shout so much, or else the whole place will know we're here."

But the boar just looked at him and loudly said "Just shut up and bag the stuff." The fox again tried to speak but the boar shouted "I said SHUT UP!"

The fox grumbled to himself quietly saying curse words to his temporary boss. As the other bandits gathered their things they heard the doors open, and in came a wolf boy?

Erdan immediately noticed that the Jade Palace was being robbed. He tried to run and warn the others but was grabbed by two ox goons and brought to their leader.

"Well well, what is a pest like you doing in the famed Jade Palace?" the large boar asked.

"Well... I could say the same thing about you." Erdan replied simply.

"What should we do to him boss, I can thump him, thump him real good." One of the ox said while Erdan struggled to break free.

The boar took a moment to think and asked his other minions "Hey, how soon will we be ready?"

"Just a few more and we'll be set to go." Said the pig goon.

The bandit boss looked back at his captive and said "Just tie him up and leave him in the closet, we'll be long gone before he can alert anyone."

The two ox then held the boy down and started to tie him up in rope. But Erdan had to do something, or else these scumbags will get away with the sacred kung fu artifacts. There's no way he could win a fight against all of them, not on his own. He knew the others must come searching for him now, he just needed to stall the robbers long enough for his friends to arrive. As the boy looked at the bandits gang, he noticed that there were seven of them. The boar boss, the two oxen, three pigs, and a fox. Then an idea popped in the young lupine's sly mind.

As he was being tied up, with his legs already wrapped in rope, he said "So… which one of you gets the extra coins?"

Everyone stopped and looked at the wolf and the fox asked "What do you mean?"

"Well I'm just saying that, there's seven of you, and you can't divide seven equally, so… who gets the extra money?" Erdan hinted out loud hoping his plan would work.

After a minute of awkward silence the fox said "Well, seeing as I was the one who scoped the place, and recorded the masters routines, I should get the extra."

But the boar yelled "Hell no, I'm the leader so I get fifty percent!"

"What? No way you're getting half of everything!" the fox protested.

"Yeah, well what are you gonna do about it, huh?" The large boar said as he shoved the fox to the ground.

The fox then began to fight back as did the pigs and oxen who dropped Erdan after tying the preteen wolf up. Erdan watched the bandits fight among themselves, all for nothing but money shares. Although the boy was tied and lying on the ground, he did find their infighting a bit amusing. The boar overpowered his men and grabbed the biggest bag of treasure and proceeded to leave, but when he opened the doors he came face to face with a large one eyed wolf. And behind him, a whole group of kung fu masters.

"Who are you?" said Zhong.

"Uhhhh…" was all the boar said before closing the door only for it to be slammed opened by the masters.

The kung fu warriors rushed in to stop the bandits, Zhong saw Erdan tied up and rushed to help his son. Meanwhile Tigress and Po fought the boar boss while the rest stopped the oxen and pigs.

'Are you ok Erdan? Did they hurt you?" Zhong said while cutting Erdan's ropes with his claws.

"Dad I'm fine, Now that you guys are here." Erdan thankfully replied.

The battle continued but the robbers were quickly losing, the pigs and oxen were knocked out, and it wasn't long before the boar boss was defeated. But out of the corner of his eye, Erdan noticed the fox was getting away. So the young wolf dashed and gave chase, and in just a few minutes he tackled down the fox.

"Let go of me you dog!" The fox shouted.

But Erdan replied "Yeah, well, I'm kinda new to this hero thing, but I'm pretty sure that stealing is a big no." Erdan then knocked the fox out cold and brought him to the other passed out bandits.

Shifu, Po, Zhong, and the Five were tiying up the robbers when Erdan came in and shouted "I caught the fox!"

After all the goons were secured and ready for prison, Po said to Erdan "Congrats Danny boy, you made your first official arrest." And he gave the lad a high five.

Shifu then walked to Erdan with his cane and said "Erdan, what happened?"

Erdan bore a proud smile and replied "I used their overconfidence against them."

Shifu smiled as Erdan explained what he did and afterwards the old master replied "Well done boy, well done."

"Should I get back to training master?" The wolf boy asked.

"I think you've gone through enough today, so you're excused." Shifu answered.

Po and the five took the robbers to Chor Gom Prison, where they get all the cell space they'll need. Zhong once again checked on Erdan, much to the boy's dismay. But sometimes a father can't help himself. Erdan put his vest and bandana back on, although he liked to be shirtless, he always kept his modesty. Five minutes later the sun began to set on the horizon and Erdan begun his walk down the stone stairs and back to home. But he won't walk alone today.

The boy looked back and he saw his father who said "How about I walk you home?"

"It's ok dad, If I can handle some bandits, I can handle a few thousand stairs." Erdan said trying to reassure his dad.

"I insist." Zhong replied.

"But you'll just have to climb them back up again?" the boy questioned.

Zhong chuckled, patted his boy on the head lightly, and answered "It don't matter, I'd do it every day, for you son."

Erdan smiled and the father and son walked down to the valley together. Sharing stories and laughs to bring a happy end to a hectic day.

Author's note:

And that's the first episode of this mini-series. Keep an eye out for future adventures every week.

Stay safe. Stay cool – Jeffwolf.