What's up? I have returned to 'Panda Scars'. Just celebrated my 18th b-day and stuff. Pretty cool, though. You all were wondering when Po's quest about his parents will come, well you're just about to see what happens.

Chapter 5: The Quest Begins

As the days went on, Po still keeps having nightmares about his parents and that lead croc that killed them, and it goes to a point where he needs to find some answers the will lead Po to his quest. One day, he woke up and decided that the time has come to search his answers.

Po walked outside and went to the Sacred Peach Tree of Heavenly Wisdom for some peace and sanctuary that gets him thinking about that the croc will have a possibility to go after Po. Pretty soon, he heard a sound out of nowhere and saw Crane and Shifu standing there.

"What are you doing here this early, panda?" asked Shifu.

Po sighed and told him, "It's time."

"Time? Time for what?" asked Crane.

Shifu didn't what he was talking about, but then the tough occured to him, his quest. He wanted to know more about his parents' past and wanted to get some answers to it. He turned his attention to Crane and told him, "Go wake up the others and tell them to meet me in the front of the palace in 5 minutes."

"Yes, master." he said.

Crane flew off the Peach Tree and Shifu went to Po's side and told him, "Panda, are you really sure you want to take this on yourself?"

"It's what I have to do, master. I don't know much about my parents, and I was too young to remember them. So, I have to know every detail about them." said Po.

"As you wish, Po." said Shifu.

Moments later, everyone met up with each other at the front of the Jade Palace and wanted to know what their mission is gonna be, which is finding every answer about Po's parents. Shifu and Po looked at the Five and wondered that if their journey will become challenging and rough. Po told them, "We have to go across town, then to the Wudang Mountains and the one place we have to go is that place where my parents got killed by."

"Where?" asked Viper.

"Croc and Rhino hill."

"Sounds kinda dangerous." said Monkey.

"If it will help Po find more about his real parents, then we shall go there and confront them to why they killed them." said Shifu.

"Let's head off."

Everyone left the Jade Palace as they went down the stairs and headed straight to town. As they were heading off, they were stopped by Mr. Ping and wanted to give them some inside info about Po's bio parents.

"So, you all are heading to find answers about my son's parents?" asked Mr. Ping.

"You know about this?" asked Tigress.

"Trust me, I know my son. You can ask every single one of these people here in town about it and they'll give you the answers to everything."

"Wow. That might help us out. Thanks, Mr. P." said Mantis.

"You are welcome."

As they left, Po kinda wanted to stop and give his dad a hug and he gave the hug back. Mr. Ping looked at his son and said, "Be safe."

"Dad, don't worry. I can handle this. Besides, I'm the Dragon Warrior."

Po walked off the store and Mr. Ping whispered, "Good luck."

They went around the town asking questions about Po's bio parents and most of them were helpful and almost everyone knew about that story. Po got every single detail about his parents. Everyone saw one pig who knows about everything about that war 20 years ago.

"What do you know about this war?" asked Tigress.

"Well, I remember it happened 20 years ago. There was a big war between the crocs and the rhinos fighting off a family of pandas. The big one beat the mess out of these animals and then the lead croc came in a killed the female panda."

"Does this croc have a name?" asked Crane.

"He calls himself Pyro. The roughest, most furious croc that ever hit in the history of China. He had a tough exterior to the world and wanted everything his own way and he would kill anyone that stands in his way. Pyro was taught kung-fu, but then used it on the negative side of his life. And it really got to him because every ounce of pride he gets consumed his mind. He was chading this big panda who was carrying a little one and then left him in this noodle shop under his care. Then, after I heard the noise that he was coming over to my property, I saw the Pyro and his baby panda's dad, squaring off against each other. They were fighting like crazy and it was rainy outside." said the pig.

"Then, what happened?" asked Po.

"Well, after 45 minutes of fighting, Pyro stuck out his dagger and stuck it on his back. He stabbed him straight in the back and he fell down to the ground, lifeless and not moving. Soon thereafter, guard rhinos caught him on the act and took him away. I kept that sword since then and it's been a memory of mine to keep. All in all, that little panda cub was lucky that he was still living."

"Well, he's the little panda cub that's all grown up." said Viper.

The pig saw Po and recognized his green eyes and noticed that it was him. He received a little shock and said, "So, you're the one that got adopted to Mr. Ping, ain't ya?"

"Yeah, that's me."

"Wow, you've really grown up, haven't you?"

"Yeah, I have."

"Well, I brought in the sword in my place if you want to see it."

Everyone followed the pig and went straight to his house and they saw Pyro's sword where all the blood coming from Po's bio father has dried up. Po was astonished and surprised that he could actually see his real father's blood that's dried up.

He asked, "So, that's my dad's blood?"

"Yep, turns out it is. You know, you should be lucky that your father saved your life, kid."

"So, where is Pyro now?" asked Monkey.

"Now, he's in Chor-Gom prison. They locked him up for 20 years after that, but he escaped the prison in order to get revenge on this panda cub named.... what's your name?"

"Po."

"Yeah, you're dead, man."

Po was horrified that Pyro was released from Chor-Gom and that he would actually kill him after killing his bio parents. He asked, "When did he get out?"

"He got out of prison 5 years ago."

"I thought you said he was there for 20 years." said Mantis.

"Well, it was supposedly for 20 years to life, but from my source, he got out 15 years later, because of revenge."

Po pounded his fist hard on the wall and got really angry and said, "There's no way that no-good, two-faced, parent-killing skunk bag will go out and kill me for what he did to my parents. There's gonna be heck to pay and he'll be finished!! Finished, I tell you!!!"

"Okay, okay, sure, just... just don't bust up my wall, okay, kid?"

"We know you're hurting much, but you know you can't take Pyro down alone, not without us." said Crane.

"Yeah, he might be dangerous to take down with only one person." said Monkey.

"Like I said, panda, we're all gonna help you out. When we get through with Pyro, he won't know what hit him." said Shifu.

"I'm gonna make that croc wish he was never born." said Po.

"I will take him down using my good-looks and claws, to know that he'll never mess with Tigress." Tigress said.

"Be careful what you ask for, you just might get it, your nine lives being messed up with your so-called good taste." said Mantis.

"Like you'd know."

"So, where's Pyro now?"

The pig looked at them and said, "Past the Wudang Mountains, there's a place called Kumango Valley. Pyro has been living in the valley since his escape and now he has been around some snow leopards as his minions. He has a piece of land called 'Pyro's Mountain'. It's dangerous to confront him."

"I don't care if it's dangerous. I'm gonna make that croc wish he never killed my parents, understand?!" Po shouted.

"Okay, kid. Calm it down, wll ya? Yeesh!"

Shifu tried to calm Po down and he took a deep breath and exhaled all the anger out. He turned to the Five and said, "Let's go. We've got a croc to get rid of."

"Good luck, kids."

"Thank you very much." said Shifu.

The pig saw them leave the house and muttered, "Oh, yeah. They're all dead, especially that big panda, but I shouldn't worry about it, because he's the Dragon Warrior. Let's hope he makes it back alive."

This quest is just beginning, so please be patient with me. I have a little busted foot and I'm gonna have to wear this cast for 4 weeks, but it doesn't mean I'll stop making fanfics. Stay tuned for more!