A heart-to-heart conversation with Po and Shifu. Pretty nice, ain't it? Anways, just enjoy!

Chapter 7: Panda to Panda

Po walked across the side of the Pool of Sacred Tears and sees his own reflection and sees himself in the river, thinking is he really a panda or somebody else. After the nightmare, he sighed and lowered his head down, wondering why Pyro wants a piece of Po.

Soon enough, he feels a hand coming from his arm and turned his head slowly to find who it was and it was Shifu. He let out a sigh of relief and thought he was glad to see him alive.

"You okay, panda?" Shifu asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine. It's just-- that dream was so scary." said Po.

"What was it this time?"

"Well, Pyro tried to hunt me, but then I saw you there, and Crane, Mantis, Monkey, Tigress and Viper there and you guys were killed and you had daggers stuck to your backs and then he tried to kill me. I don't know why he keeps haunting me, master." Po said.

Shifu sighed and sat down next to him and explained to him, "I see you had a painful childhood memory about this dream and it certainly followed you through adulthood and you want to find out more about this."

"How'd you know?" asked Po.

"It's a panda's instinct. Plus, Mr. Ping told me about it last week, so to speak."

"Thanks a lot."

"It's not easy following a quest like this, but if you want to find every detail about this, you know you can't do it alone. But what I will tell you to do is defend yourself against all odds and never back down when things get intense and always fight some demons that keeps haunting you."

"But you just said I can't do this alone."

"What I meant was, you'll always have our backs and we can take care of the rest for you, but you have to do your part as well. Either way, I think your parents are really smart and very thoughtful of them to let Mr. Ping take you in and even though in a short amount of time, you've got some pretty good parents and they would do anything for you, no matter what the odds are. And they always love you, no matter what."

Po chuckled a little, then thought about what he said and realized that he's right. Had it not been for their selfless act, he wouldn't have been the Dragon Warrior he's known today. He sighed softly, turned to Shifu and asked, "Do you always say the first thing that comes to your mind and also your mouth?"

"Most times. It just comes to me and I always give advice to my students and it always helps out a lot. You should try it instead of stuffing it with food all the time."

Po smiled and said to him, "So, you're saying I can take down Pyro, regardless if I'm alone and you're with me."

"Pretty much. We will take him down and also take all the other crocs and rhinos and they'll be pretty much outnumbered, because they don't know who they'll be dealing with. Besides what I just told you, you're kinda almost there and there's no doubt that we can take him down in a heartbeat."

"Thanks, master."

"We should get some sleep. We've got a long journey tomorrow."

Po and Shifu got up and walked back to the tents to get some sleep. Po took a quick look at the stars and wonders that their bio parents are up there watching him from heaven. He turned to Shifu, who's a little agitated, but in a humorous way. He let out a little chuckle and they kept walking back to the tents. They both got there and they said 'good night' to each other and they head back in. Po got in his tent and then some thoughts of Shifu's words came to his mind, like it really meant something to him and it made him feel like a part of his parents are here.... in his heart. He got up and saw Shifu, ready to get in some sleep, but as soon as Shifu got to his tent, Po said, "Master?"

He turned around and saw Po standing there and asked. "Yes, Po?"

"Thanks... for giving me the confidence I need."

That comment warmed Shifu's heart, and felt as if he was doing a good job at being a trainer... and a father. He turned to him and said, "You're welcome, Po."

Po got back on his tent and went back to sleep, hoping that the nightmare won't come again. Then, Shifu went to bed and then had Po on his mind about all the times he trained him to learn kung-fu to become the Dragon Warrior. He sighed softly and whispered to himself, "You're the son I never had."

Then, Po had Shifu on his mind and felt like he was a father to him, despite the fact that he's the same species, but smaller and different, then he describes him as a great trainer and mentor. He whispered, "You're like the father I never had."

Both of them fell asleep, wondering what tomorrow will bring them. But no matter what the odds are, they'll probably get through anything and nothing will split them apart in this quest.

Isn't that sweet? Well, anyways, stay tuned for the rest of this awesome story! Peace out!