-Next morning- (Crane's P.O.V.)

I blinked as I moved slightly, feeling a slight crick in my neck. I hate it when this happens, and I sighed, moving further, ruffling my feathers, moving my neck around when I realized that I couldn't turn my head all the way, and there was a cold sensation across my chest, and I looked down, screaming in shock. I had no wings, no feathers, only dark tan featherless skin, almost like Viper's, except more different. I had arms like the others, but that's where it ends. I had five appendages on my paws, not four, and they have dull, nubs of talons, sort of like Monkey's hands, except no fur or pads.

I noticed that my legs are the same as well, grateful that I had my pants on, yet scared of what's under my pants, and I moved one of my new hands to feel for my head, and in shock, I had a long, smooth ponytail, and as I turned my head to see the color, and it's black, reminiscent of my old upper neck feathers. It's different from my old ponytail I used to have at the Academy. I remembered how the others moved like this, and I nervously yet steadily got off a strange chair, and funnily enough, I wasn't allergic to it, as it had some kind of fabric covering the chair. I found my hat on some kind of stand table nearby, and put it on, relieved to feel its familiar weight.

I looked around to find that I was in some kind of house, yet the openings for the shutters wasn't there, replaced by strange visible metal. I heard Po's familiar snores, and I turned around to see Po, looking like me, yet more portly and no fur upon his head, figuring that he's bald. sleeping with no care upon a low-down mattress from a strange combination of fabric chairs in a three-way. I looked around for anything that resembles a bell, knowing it's the only way to wake Po when it calls him to the day, the kind he's ready to practice for, but found nothing.

I sighed heavily when I realized I had to yell into his ear, and I was a bit happy that my beak wasn't here to knock anything off as this room is a bit cluttered. I yelled, {"Po, wake up!"} A shout from Po, waving his arms as he fell into the floor with a thump, {"Up, I'm up!".} I snickered softly. Po groaned, {"Did anyone see that Boar who hit me?".}

{"There's no Boar bandits, Po. I think we got knocked off unconscious, and sent to somewhere strange, but for the life of me, I couldn't remember how or what.".} I replied cautiously. Po rubbed his face down, and looked over at me, then shrieked in surprise, {"Crane?!".}

I nodded stiffly, {"The one and only. We did the Twist Kick together, remember?".} Po blinked, then gasped as he remembered the past events. {"Crane, do you remember seeing a shiny gold sparkly thing?".} I narrowed my eyes slightly as I hummed, tried to remember what he described, then I nodded, {"Yes, it crashed into the ground, and there was a gold flash, some kind of sound as well.".}

"Is it me, or is his voice a whole lot cuter?". I heard a female voice, and I turned around, blinking in surprise as I beheld two females in quite lovely clothes, having long hair and different skin tones, looking like female versions of the new me or Po. The first one had bright hazel eyes and coal black hair in a curly braid, and the other had light green eyes, two shades lighter than Po's emerald green eyes, and her dark blonde hair in a unknown hairstyle.

Po gasped slightly, {"They kinda look cute".} The first woman spoke something, "They aren't speaking Mandarin.". The second woman agreed, "Even I know a bit of Mandarin, thanks to you, Justice, yet they are speaking something else.".

The first woman bit her lip, thinking thoughtfully, speaking, "It sounds similar to Mandarian, yet more different. I believe it's Xiang. Let me try it out.". She then gestured, brokenly speaking to me and Po. {"You happen crash to home, we help, you back home.".} I blinked, connecting her words, and I spoke to Po, {"I think we crashed into their gardens, and they want to help us while we find a way back home to the Jade Palace.".}

Po widened his eyes, {"Wow, and you got all that from a scattered mess of words. But how do we talk to them if they couldn't understand us fully?".} I smiled, {"I believe that our hosts can help us with that. I have a feeling that we may have to wait a while before we can get back home.".} The ladies giggled, smiled widely, and this new wold just got a bit more easier to understand now.