The Panda's Dreams

Po rubbed his head wearily. He went into the Hall of Heroes to speak with Master Shifu, who was meditating by the sacred pool. Po sat behind him. "Master Shifu?"

"Oh! Po," Shifu exclaimed a little. "I didn't hear you."

"You were sleeping?"

"No, I wasn't. I was just in...deep meditation," Shifu lied. "What is it you need, Dragon Warrior?"

"I need someone to talk to about these visions I'm having. Why are they happening now? Why are they involved with the past of other people? And why is it happening to me?"

"One question at a time, Po," Shifu chuckled. "To be honest, I'm not surprised you're having these dreams."

"You're not?"

"No, Master Oogway use to always have them."

"But I'm not Master Oogway," Po argued. Shifu sighed.

"I know, but you are the Dragon Warrior, which leads me to think that this is something you'll be doing in the future. So far, your visions haven't been wrong," Shifu said. Po sighed. "Next question, why are you having these dreams now?" Po nodded. "I think there is something coming. And in order for you to understand it, you've been given visions from the past so you can understand what to do in the future."

"Okay," Po said, a little confused.

"It will all make sense in the end," Shifu replied. With that, Po decided to go the Peach Tree. On the way, Po ran into Tigress.

"Hello, Po," Tigress said.

"Hello, Tigress," Po simply said, and then went to the Peach Tree. Tigress sighed. The day after the dream of Tigress's past, Po had become more distant to Tigress. It made Tigress feel bad. She brushed away the feeling and went to the Training Hall where Lillia was waiting. The warrior lamb was practicing with a staff.

"Ready to settle the match?" Lillia smirked. Even though Tigress was great at not showing her emotions, Lillia had learned how to decipher her cryptic ways. That and she knew what Po was like nowadays. "Po?" Tigress nodded. Lillia rolled her eyes. "Well, instead of waiting for him to talk to you, why not talk to him?" Tigress stared at the lamb for a while. Why hadn't she thought of that before? Lillia rested her hand on her shoulder. "Go to him. He needs his kitty," She smirked. Tigress growled and brushed her hand off of her shoulder, but Lillia still smirked as Tigress left. Tigress went to the Peach Tree.

"Po?"

"Tigress?" Po said in a questioning voice, "What are you doing here? Aren't you suppose to spar with Lillia?"

"I need to talk to you," Tigress simply stated. Po offered her a spot next to him. "I...feel that you're distancing yourself from me." Po's eyes widened.

"What gave you that idea?"

"You barely talk to us anymore. And when you do, it's not usually with me. Why?" Po guessed that it was because of the dreams. He had a lot on his mind and he couldn't really express it all to her. Po sighed.

"I'm sorry for distancing myself. I guess it's just these dreams that I keep having. It's starting to really bother me. I just have a feeling that everything is going to happen at once, but I don't know what." Po explained. Tigress stayed silent for a while.

"You know that whatever is frustrating you, you can always come to me, right?" Tigress asked.

"Of course," Po smiled. Tigress smiled back. Po's smile was starting to become a rarity. She stood up and went back down the mountain. Just as Po heard her steps almost completely vanish, he heard a rustle in the tree. Po looked up. "AHH! Lillia!" Po exclaimed. The lamb smirked as she jumped down to the ground and sat next to Po. "What are you doing here?"

"I was just making sure that you didn't say anything to Tigress that you would regret," She replied.

"You were listening?!"

"Of course," Lillia confidently said, crossing her arms, "I am the Gong-Go Warrior after all." Po groaned. "Why are you letting these dreams bug you?" Lillia asked seriously. "They only deal with the past. You shouldn't let it bug you."

"Easy for you to say. You don't have the dreams," Po grunted, moving his legs around.

"Po, the world still goes on whether or not you think that your dreams mean something more or not," Lillia replied. Po was silent for a while.

"Why are you so comfortable around me?" He asked. Lillia looked at him confused. "You usually don't like people bigger than you." Lillia laughed.

"Po, you're a panda," Lillia said. Po became offended.

"What's that suppose to mean?" He said.

"Even though you're a Kung Fu warrior, you're practically harmless to me. Now, if I had to fight you, that's a different story. I could still do that," Lillia said confidently.

"You don't know if I'm dangerous or not," Po exclaimed, "I could have been in a knife gang or something."

"Were you?"

"Well...that's not the point," Po said hastily. Lillia laughed.

"I'm sorry if I offended you Po, but the honest truth is that you have a personality that isn't, well, intimidating. And that's a good thing," Lillia said.

"Why?" Po stupidly asked. Lillia quickly pulled out her dagger, planted it in between Po's legs, pinning his pants to the ground. "YIPE!"

"Because if you were," Lillia darkly said in his ear, "I would not only give you a hard time, but I would definitely put your body somewhere nice." She smirked at Po's audible gulp, stood up, and walked away. Meanwhile, Po struggled to get the dagger out of his pants.

"Stupid dagger!" Po grumbled. He finally got the knife out. "Maybe she's right. I haven't been myself for a while." Po stood up and stretched. His signature grin was coming back. "Well, I got to get back to the shop. Dad must be needing me."

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