Author's note:

Well, here's the next chapter, i hope you like it! I'm trying to update as soon as possible during this week. Anyway, I think your hate for the queen is also going to decrease during this chapter. ...

ENJOY!

Chapter 9

The ball ended, and everyone thanked and complimented the queen for the wonderful event. She was happy about it, but, she felt guiltiness wash over her every time she saw a couple walk out. She sighed, she tried to look around for her son, but he was nowhere to be seen. She knew he was mourning because of the harsh words that came out of fhe feline's mouth.

She shook her head, she owed an apology to the tiger, not only had she just gave her the wrong idea of her son, but she had broken her heart because of it. God, she had even made her cry!

She needed to swallow her pride and tell her the truth. To grant her and approve the relationship with her son.

After every guest was gone, the servants started to clean up. The queen marched out and went in search for her son. She thought about it again when she heard sobs coming out of his room. She frowned and felt her heart drop. She was probably the worst mother in the world rigth now.

She walked down to her own room and closed the door. Mothers where supposed to help their kids, and sometimes they did pushed away girls because they were not the rigth influence or missing piece. But why did she pushed Tigress away? It was just selfishness. Tigress was not a bad influence, on the contrary, she was the best option for a mate! She was strong, she was loyal, she was smart, she was independent. And on Po's eyes, she was the most beautiful girl. People like her where hard to find, it was as trying to find a pearl on the ocean... yet Po found her, and what did she do? She pushed her back into the water.

She fell sleep, her slumber invaded by her selfish and guilty thoughts.

The Next day...

The queen woke up and started to get into the less fancy outfit she could find. She was going to go to the Jade Palace but by herself. So she didn't wanted to attract attention.

Before going off, she went over to the kitchen and ate some breakfast that the servants had prepared. After, she went towards the exit door, going through some halls before getting there. But in one of those halls, he saw his son there, sitting down, looking at empty space, trying to bring back old memories.

"Hello son, how are you feeling?" She asked softly. Po didn't even flinched or turned to face her.

"Fine" he mumbled. He didn't asked her where she was going dressed like that, or why she was going outside. This only gave her more reason to go. If her son was acting like this, she couldn't even imagine how the tiger was taking out her emotions... she kept walking but got one last quick glance at Po. His face didn't have the usual happiness around it, and his eyes no longer had a spark, instead, they were all red and swollen.

She wiped a tear coming from her own eyes. This was not what she wanted, not by far.

She put a brown coat before going out. She started to walk through the streets, going unnoticed by the people living there. Every step felt lighter, knowing she was doing the rigth thing. As soon as she saw the Jade Palace before her, she stopped. She looked up and down in disbelief. There was no way she was climbing all those stairs. But the image of his son popped up and her feet immediately moved in reaction.

This was not tiring as she would have imagined. This was exhausting! Now she knew why Tigress was in really good shape, anyone climbing this stairs often would be.

She caugth her breath before knocking the door. The knock echoed throughout the whole palace, and after a few minutes, the door opened revealing the small red panda.

"Good Morning you Magesty, why do owe your presence?" Shifu gretted politely. The queen just nodded formaly. She peeked iinside to see if she could see the tiger.

"Well... i have come to speak with your daughter, Master Tigress" she answered. Shifu looked uneasily by the mention of her name.

"Did something happened between your son?" He asked.

"Not at all... well kind of. But ... the thing is, I really need to have a word with her, so if you could please lead me to her" she said, not wanting to give any explanations to anyone but the tiger, who deserved them. Shifu nodded, he lead her to the training hall, but before opening the door, he stopped and informed,

"You should know, she is not being herself since yesterday when she came back from your ball... she is melancholic and quieter than usual".

The queen felt guiltiness boil inside her like an erupting volcano. She nodded. Shifu opened the door, revealing the striped tiger jumping from one obstacle to another with no flaws. She kept hitting and destroying them furiously on her way to the other side.

"TIGRESS!" Shifu called. Immediately Tigress did a flip and landed in front of both of them, she looked quite shocked to see the queen standing there.

"The queen would like to have a word with you" he said, then headed out, leaving the master and the crane alone.

"Very well, what do you want to speak about?" Tigress said. The queen sighed and looked at her.

"Drop the formalities, today i come to you as a mother and not a queen" Tigress widen her eyes, not knowing what she meant "Tigress, I owe you an apology, for everything. I insulted you in the worst ways, i understimate you, i disrespected you, and i have left you with broken heart... all because of my selfish ways" she said, then continued,

"I knew you loved my son and he loved you. ... yet i had to come in between" Tigress interrupted her "You had nothing to do with that, he let a girl kiss him, that's why i told him we were over" she said, her heart crumbling again from the memories. The queen shook her head.

"That's where you are wrong. It was me, I told the girl to do anything to get him away from you, that was wrong of me and almost cost me my son's life if it weren't for you".

"Po didn't pull back because he couldn't, yet I could see his struggle to break free" the queen informed. Tigress looked down, ashamed of her words.

The queen saw her expression and lifted her chin.

"But my dear. Yesterday, your words were rigth. You were put in that position and you handled it well. But now I have come to tell you that both of you, Po and you, are miserable without each other. I take back everything I have said before. You and my son deserve happiness". She siad smiling, her voice cracking up.

"Thank you. But what about Po, i fear he... he doesn't want me" Tigress said. The queen chuckled.

"He doesn't want you, he needs you, i have seen that" she replied.

"What about Shifu, he won't approve the relationship" Tigress said. The queen laughed.

"Oh dear, don't worry about it, I am the queen, i can be very persuasive" Tigress chuckled. She gave the queen a quick hug and then let go off her.

"Thanks" she then ran off to find her prince.

She ran quickly, jumping through the rooftops. All she wanted was to see him one more time, to get another kiss. To see those eyes. When she finally got there, she was breathless. She waited before going in.

She approached the door, and the guard was there. Same as always, he wasn't letting her come in, even if he knew she wasn't a threat.

Po was sitting at the entrance thinking about what did he do wrong. Maybe it was the kiss with Ju, but Tigress should know that he tried to pull back. He sighed. He tried on thinking on another thing, but he heard some arguing outside the door.

' Wow, now I'm even imagining how Tigress and the guard used to argue" but he heard the voices get louder and louder. He then realized that Tigress was indeed arguing. He laughed, then gave into a sad smile. He went over to the door and opened it.

The guard and Tigress turned to him. The guard look at the ground ashamed, and let Tigress in. Po started heading inside along with her.

"Thanks" Tigress said. Po just nodded in response.

"Po, I need to talk with you" she sighed and turned to her direction.

"About what?"

"I love you Po, I really do. Sorry for the harsh words I said yesterday. Its just I thought you let the other girl kiss you...and that... you would abandon me. But your mom explained to me that" she got cut off by Po.

"My mom? Isn't she the one trying to break us apart? And how did she get into this mess?" Tigress smiled at his questions.

"Your mom has to do with everything. She was the one who asked phanter to get you away from me, in other words, to kiss you"

"Did she told you that... because that doesn't make any sense" Tigress sighed annoyed.

"I know it doesn't make sense! But she told me that. So I'm sorry, ok." Po smiled at her.

"Apology accepted, I'm sorry too you know, for what I said." Tigress nodded and held him in a hug. He returned the hug and Tigress let herself be wrapped by his arms.

"I'm just wondering, did she told you in a dream, or like in a vision or..." Tigress gave him an are-you-serious look.

"She came to the Jade Palace this morning" Po nodded, now it made sense why her mother was dressed like she was.

"Tigress, I love you and you don't have to worry about me abandoning you, because I'm smart enough to know that people like you are hard to find...and I love you a lot to just let you go". Tigress backed away from the embrace enough to be able to look in his eyes. She leaned forward and got on her tiptoes.

Po leaned in as well , and in a couple seconds, their lips were touching. Tigress smiled into the kiss, liking the warm and safe feeling it bought. Po started to rub her back up and down, making her purr. He liked seeing her like this, when she was just herself and not what people thought of her. Even though he loved every version of her. He also formed a small grin, there was no other person in the whole world who he would rather be with.

Prologue

Tigress and Po dated for a couple of years... they did have to give Shifu some explanations, but besides that, the queen managed to make him approve the relationship.

As said, they dated for two years, before Po proposed to her... in a ball. Tigress obviously said yes. And that's how she was not only Master Tigress, but now also a queen. Still, she refused to wear a dress.

But Po was happy she did, afterall, he fell in love with her and he would never regret doing it.

" So that's how you became a princess mommy?" A little female panger cub asked her in her sweet and soft voice, just like Po's.

"Yes, but that's also how I found my prince" the kid giggled at her mother's response.

"That's really pretty, and you did it through a mission!" The kid added.

Po, who had just entered the room, chuckled and kissed Tigress on the forehead. Tigress smiled. How could they ever forget their story. It was a mission that changed their lifes.

Bam! Done. Ok, so i ran short of ideas on how to actually end it, and this is the first prologue I have ever written, so I hope it was ok. Hoped you guys liked it as well! I will be writting other stories soon... well, not sure, i have the ideas, but I'm not sure i have the time... so we'll see. Anyway, thanks for eveything, review and again, hoped you liked it!

-peace out:)