Fading Wick…
While the preparations for the Dragon Warrior Ceremony where underway, Oogway decided to sneak away from the hubbub of the Palace and enjoy the tranquilly of which his tree held for him…
Oogway's tree was not a ordinary one by far…It had special life sharing properties with its master which allowed Oogway to live much longer than an average tortoise and bored fruit for over 900 years…But sadly things where about to change…
When Oogway reached the foot of his sacred tree's stoop, he looked up to see if the old thing had produced any fruit since the last time he had been here…The tree had been in a gloomy mood lately for some unapparent reason and Oogway was unaware why. He had given the tree all its needy requirements during the times of his visits and it still seem to be unhappy, even some peach blossoms had withered off…
Oogway sighed and shook his head at the tree's constant state and walked right by slowly… "Trees…"
As if to send a message to Oogway for being stubborn and not getting the tree's dilemma message…One its branches snapped off a higher range and crashed to the ground. Oogway also had a sudden heart attack in the process and fell from his meditation pose…
When the pain ceased shortly after episode, Oogway cast his eyes to area where the branch had fallen and slowly pulled his way up to go inspect it… When he reached the mini medium sized branch, he ran his talons along it and came to the wick stub at the end of it and examined it…Upon witnessing it he went back over to the bigger base of the branch and clawed away at it's surfaces…It's state made him sigh heavily and disapproved...The wick was a faded gray which meant the tree was dying, which meant he was going to go as well…
(I don't how exactly wick in a tree works but in this chapter it's like the veins of a tree. If the wick turns gray the tree is starting to die, if (an in true case) the wick is green the plant is alive…I only know that from the Secret Garden…)
If someone would like to correct me please pm me:)
Plus Oogway's life connection with the Peach Tree is real…You can read about it in the Art of Kung Fu Panda!