This may cause you guys to get some tissues and hope that you'll like it. Anyways, this is my version on what happened to Po's bio parents and why they left him to be taken in by Mr. Ping.
Chapter 2: Truth Comes Out
The next day, Po was taking a break from training and hung out in his dorm later in the afternoon. He started having visions about his parents and wanted to get some answers about why did he leave him and where did he belong in that element. All these things have gotten him confused and curious for something and wanted every single question he had answered. Then, came a knock on the door and he asked, "Who is it?"
"It's me, your father."
He got up from the bed, then he opened the door and saw his father, Mr. Ping, in front of him. He felt ecstatic about him being here and seeing how his son is doing. Mr. Ping gave his son a hug and gave him one also to feel a warm space inside of him. He looked in his father's eyes while his dad asked, "How are you?"
"I'm okay." he said, sadly.
Mr. Ping could sense that there's something wrong with Po and wanted to find out what it is, so he told him to come outside and sat down on the steps in order to talk about his issue and see if they can resolve it. Then, Po turned to his dad and asked, "Why am I so different?"
Mr. Ping already figured out the question and that it revolves about Po's past. It's like he already knew one of these days, he's gonna ask his dad that question by the time he's grown up and it's like he's trying to avoid answering that, but now that he's gotten older, he wanted his son to know why his real parents left him and that he knew the truth.
He took a deep breath and said, "Okay, I knew you were gonna ask me something like that, but it is time I let you in on the truth. See, when you were just a young cub, your parents were in a big war with some crocodiles and rhinos. They were fighting because they thought your parents were intruders and that they knew your father. So, they wanted of piece of them, but as they tried to get them, they saw him holding a baby panda with green eyes, just like you. They're trying to hide you in a safe place, but there was nowhere to keep you safe. So, at that point, he took one last look at you and realized that you were everything in the world to them, that they weren't gonna risk your life. So, I remember the first day I saw you and your father dropped you off at my place and by the time I opened the door, I saw a baby animal covered in a blanket, took one look at you with those green eyes and realized that someone left you. As it turned out, I remember that panda running quickly with some crocs and rhinos with big spears and archers. That's when I knew I wanted to keep you safe because your parents loved you more than anything in the world. It all happened like it was just 20 years ago..."
20 years ago....
Two pandas were quietly walking towards Croc and Rhino Hill to leave the place and wanted to go back home. Chao and Mei Chi were keeping closely guarded by their newborn son, Po. They went in to find an exit to leave this place because they knew that they had a kid in front of them. Chao quickly turned to Mei and said, "We need to get home. I do not want our son to be killed by these beasts."
She looked at her son and cuddled him with extreme comfort to keep Po safe. She turned to her husband and asked, "What are we gonna do? I'm not sure if I don't want to give up our son."
"I know it's harder on us, but there's gonna be war in our hands and.... we can't let him be a part of that war, because we'll lose him. And we don't want that to happen." Chao said.
"You daggone skippy we ain't gonna let anything happen to your son.... unless you give the kid to us." growled the croc, standing behind them.
Chao and Mei Chi turned around and saw the 12 crocs and 10 rhinos coming in their presence with spears, axes and weapons. Chao drew his sword and said, "If you want to get my wife and my child, you're gonna have to get through me!"
"With pleasure!" snarled the rhino.
"Get them, boys!" exclaimed the lead croc.
All the crocs and rhinos charged after the two pands and Mei Chi ran off with the baby, in hopes to keep him safe from any harm, while Chao started fighting with the creatures. One rhino tried to beat the crap out of Chao with a mace, but suddenly missed and hit his head... on purpose. The rhino screamed in pain as blood started coming out of his head and the fight continued to rage on.
The crocs were scratching, biting, and beating up Chao and he let out a big scream that echoed throughout all of the war. Just when you think that they weren't gonna get him, they didn't. Chao used his kung-fu methods to beat up all the crocs and rhinos. One croc came in with a sword and started sword fighting. As they drew their swords at each other, Chao sliced the croc's ear and it started bleeding throughout. The croc came down to his knees and began to moan in pain.
All the rhinos and crocs were charging Chao while the lead croc spotted Mei Chi with the child and throught it was a better time to kill her and the kid and he quietly pulled out his sword and crept in the darkest part of the forest, while the battle still kept going strong. Chao caught up to the crocs and rhino as he kicked them in the face with his foot and defnitely tackled them with his heavy-body slam.
After he got up, all the crocs and rhinos saw the kung-fu coming out of him and they surrendered, running away in fear. He panted heavily and knew that he won the battle, but then, he heard a scream coming out of nowhere. He finally found out what that scream was: his wife. He ran quickly to the dark forest and saw his wife being beaten down by the lead croc and he saw Po still covered up in a blanket, and thought it was a good idea to hold him and run away with him. But before he could even go, he saw the lead croc holding a sword in the air and stabbed her in the arm. He was shocked and in disbelief that his wife was stabbed by a crocodile. He quickly let go of her as blood started coming out of her shoulder and dropped her down on the ground.
Chao hid in a tree, hoping the lead croc couldn't be found and that he walked away, hoping that Chao was also killed. The coast was clear as he ran towards the ground to see his wife, lying there, lifeless and he touched her shoulder and felt her blood coming out and it was all over his hand. The tears are staring to come out of Chao's eyes and starts crying softly. Then, he heard his son crying and that he looked at him and knew that he wasn't gonna be involved in that kinda of gruesome war and it would be difficult to let him go to another family, but he felt like there was no choice and he took one last look at his son's green eyes and hugged him tightly.
Then, he heard a low growl out of nowhere and it was the lead croc coming after him for some much needed revenge to finish what he started. He knew that he was gonna go after Chao and Po, so he started to run away from the croc, hoping that he wouldn't get caught and suddenly, the lead croc came after him with a sword and spears to catch up to him.
Chao panted furiously and ran faster until he lost sight of the lead croc. As he walked towards China, he saw a little town and walked there alone, in the rain, beaten, scarred and bruised and he found a place where it said, 'Mr. Ping's noodle shop' and he wrote a quick note, in order to let one guardian know that this panda will be in his hands. He set Po down by the door and quietly said, 'I love you, son.'
Pretty soon, he knocked on the door and went away while taking one last look at Po and runs further away as possible. Then, the doors open and a certain duck was looking around to see who was there until he heard a baby cry in the ground. When he looked down, he saw a little baby panda with green eyes and cuddled him up to see if he was lost. He looked around and wondered who left him, but he saw a note and it reads,
'To whomever it my concern, please take good care of my son, Po. He needs some looking after and will grow up and I would gratefully appreciate it if you treat him like your own son. I won't be able to come back and retrieve him from you and don't ask about his mother. It's too horrible to even put it in words. Hopefully, he'll remember us if he's grown up and we love him very much. Please take good care of our son and he needs a father figure in his life. We would be forever grateful.'
Mr. Ping looked at Po and let out a little smile and decided to take him in as his son. He always wanted to have a son of his own and it definitely came true for him and that he would take care of him, always. He stared at his green eyes and said, "Come on, son. Let's get you inside."
20 years later....
Mr. Ping reminisced that night when Po came in his life and it felt very emotional for him as well. He turned to his son and said, "That's the reason why I had you as my son for 20 years and I loved you like my own son. After I took you in, someone told me the one who gave you to me, died afterwards. He really did love you very much, Po. I just wanted to see if I was ready to tell you the truth and you being older, I guess I felt like... it was time that you would really know."
Po finally realized that his own father left him behind, because he didn't want to end up like his father did, but the fact that he left him out of this world, makes him feel like he's been abandoned for some reason. Po's eyes started to become misty-eyed and felt some tears coming in. He quietly wiped them away, but didn't realize that his dad was still here and he asked, "You okay, son?"
"Yeah, um... I'll gotta go inside for a minute." said Po.
Po got up from the steps and walked back inside the bunkhouse without another word. Pretty soon, Shifu was there behind him and he overheard every single word he said to Po. He turned to him and asked, "What's going on?"
Mr. Ping saw Shifu behind him and said, "I ended up telling him everything about why I took him in as my son."
"You mean you told him about--"
"Yes, I did. He wanted to know about his parents and why did they left him and I was the one who remembered that rainy night that Po came in to my life."
"You wanna check to see if--"
"He's okay?"
Both Mr. Ping and Shifu were concerned about Po and they entered the bunkhouse to find Po's dorm and he heard someone crying in there. They soon realized that it was Po crying in the room. Their response to that is that his parents left him and that Mr. Ping told him the whole story.
Shifu entered the room and Mr. Ping went in first and saw his son breaking down in tears that his own father-- biological father-- left him behind to live with another type of species. He looked into Po's eyes and they were starting to turn red and puts his hand on his shoulder and said, "I'm sorry. I guess I should've told you."
Po wiped his eyes and sniffled a few times and said, tearfully, "Now I finally know the truth about my parents."
"You have to know, that they do this because they love you and really wants what's best for you and it was pretty selfless of your father for doing that. Throughout all your life, I've done everything for you-- fed you, clothed you, bathed you, healed you-- everything. Everything I did, I did it for you." said Mr. Ping.
"What I don't understand is... why didn't you tell me?" asked Po.
Mr. Ping sighed nervously and said, "When you were little, you always ask me why am I so different and I always end up with everyone else isn't the same species you are and now that you've gotten older, the real reason is that after your father left you with me is that there was a big war going on between all the crocs and rhinos and one croc killed your mother while and he risked his life to save yours. They really loved you and they would do anything in the world for you and I would also do anything for you."
"I never... I never thought of that. They really love me, don't they?"
"Yes, son. With all their hearts and they would never let anything happen to you... and neither would I."
Po smiled at him and his tears were still coming out his face. Then, he gave his father a hug and rubbed his head. Po continued crying and sniffling while he was hugging his father. Shifu saw the whole thing unfold that a father's love is undying affection. He let out one tear from his eye and started feeling a warm place in his heart.
Shifu came close to Po and started to hug him too. He whispered, "I promise you that nothing will tear you and Mr. Ping apart and if you want to find out more about it and what kind of dreams you've been having that haunted you, you can tell us about it."
Po nodded his head and agreed to it that he wants to find out more about his parents and Mr. Ping wanted in on the promise also. He smiled at him and gave him another hug. He said, "If one of you two need me, you know where I'll be."
"Of course, dad."
Mr. Ping and Shifu left the room and walked out of the hallway and Po was in his room, thinking about the memories of his parents and why they left him. He felt like he should get the urge to sing it out and get it out of his chest, in order to release all of those emotions.
How can I decide what's right
When you're clouding up my mind?
I can't win you're losing fight
All the time
How could I ever own what's mine
When you're always taking sides
But you won't take away my pride
No, not this time
Not this time
How did I get here?
When I used to know you so well
How did I get here?
Well, I think I know how
The truth is hiding in your eyes
And it's hanging on your tongue
Just boiling in my blood
But you think that I can't see
What kind of person that you are
If you're a person at all
Well, I will figure this one out
On my own
(I'm screaming, "I love you so")
On my own
(My thoughts you can't decode)
How did we get here?
When I used to know you so well, yeah
How did we get here?
Well, I think I know how
Do you see what I've done?
We've gone and made such a fool
Of myself
Do you see what I've done?
We've gone and made such a fool
Of myself
How did I get here?
When I used to know you so well, yeah
Well, How did I get here?
Well, I used to know you so well
I think I know
I think I know
There is something I see in you
It might kill me
I want it to be true
There's something about his parents that he just wanted to know about and the question is: How can he confront his childhood fears about his parents and find out everything about them? For Po, it seemed like it could be a never-ending quest to find out more about his parents.
But, he's lucky, though. He has two father figures; his master Shifu and his father, Mr. Ping. He wouldn't trade them for anything else in the world and has made an impact on his life that they are like family to him and it made him grow up to be the panda that he is.
That song was "Decode" from Paramore from the soundtrack to the movie "Twilight". I love that song very much and can you believe it's nominated for many Teen Choice Awards? It's weird.
If any of you are Twilight fans who's heard or never heard of the song "Decode", feel free to drop in and see the song here.
Anyways, this is for Wolf Mystic, klonoakazeno, Edge the Hedgehog, Wolf's Flame, STARFOXLOVER61900, Skyyler, SkytheHawk, Telracs1994, Dr. ET, Kippis05, FalconMage, and cplangel132.
Stay tuned for more of 'Panda Scars'. I promise you guys that it will be awesome.