(Human/Hybrid AU)
Po might just be the laziest, clumsiest panda hybrid in the Valley of Peace, but he secretly dreams of becoming a kung fu legend.
In contrast to Daiyu who is quite cunning and sly for a caracal hybrid living in the Valley especial...
Meanwhile, far away in the snowy mountains of Mongolia, Zeng the palace goose is approaching the fearsome Chor-Gom Prison.
A rhino hybrid guard watches as Zeng flies past him, hearing Zeng's tired grunts from the long journey.
With a sudden cry, he crashes and lands on the ground outside the entrance doors, clutching a scroll in his hands.
In an instant, two guards thrust their spears in his face."Wait, wait, wait, wait! I bring a message!" Zeng yelled desperately as the guards kept their spears pointed.
He shakily lifted the scroll for them to see. "From Master Shifu!" He added, causing the guards to relax slightly.
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The enormous entrance doors are open. Minutes later, Commander Vachir, the warden, a large muscular rhino hybrid with a fake red horn cap striped to his nose horn, wearing his armored get-up except for his chest plate, leaving him shirtless as he stands before a frightened Zeng, reading the scroll.
"WHAT?! Double the guard? Extra precautions? Your prison may not be adequate?" Vachir repeats, enraged, slamming the scroll shut and glaring down at the quaking goose hybrid.
The guards behind the goose grip their weapons tightly, equally outraged, and stare daggers at the smaller man. "You doubt my prison's security?" He said as he jabbed Zeng in the stomach with the scroll, which made the smaller man squeak in fear.
"Absolutely not! Shifu does. I'm just the messenger." Zeng nervously stuttered as he gulped, intimidated, rubbing his likely bruised stomach.
"I'll give you a message for your Master Shifu," he growled, then proceeded to lead/drag Zeng along the bridge across from the doors.
"Escape from Chorh-Gom Prison is impossible!" the warden gloated as Zeng looked in silent awe around the cavernous prison.
Zeng then looks over the side of the bridge into the dark and seemingly bottomless abyss.
Vachir suddenly slaps Zeng on the back, startling him and knocking a feather from his wings, which floats down from the bridge.
"Impressive, isn't it?" Vachir laughed as he looked down at Zeng, who trembled. "Oh yes, it's very impressive. It's very impressive!" Zeng stutters.
Vachir continues to lead Zeng deeper into the prison, boasting about its security: "One way in, one way out, one thousand guards, and one prisoner." Vachir says as they walk on a pathway.
"Yes, except that prisoner is Tai Lung..." Zeng mutters, terrified.
The warden and the palace goose step into an elevator that goes deep into a pit. "Take us down" Vachir commands the two guards guarding the elevator levers, which the guards obey.
The elevator then descends into the darkness towards the very bottom area of the prison.
Vachir grasps the elevator chain and shakes it. "Ach!! What are you doing?! " Zeng yelps, clutching the sides of the elevator tightly as the warden laughs at his frightened reaction.
Eventually, they reach the bottom, where Zeng is then guided toward a set of heavily armored doors.
As they walk through, the doors open one after the other until "Oh my..." Zeng mutters in horror as the final door falls forward, creating a bridge towards a circular stone island in the middle of the abyss.
In the middle of the island, a prominent figure is shrouded in darkness as they kneeled.
"Behold, Tai Lung." Vaccine said ominously, causing Zeng's eyes to widen in shock. "I'll, um... I'm just gonna wait right here." He mutters, scared as he takes a step back into the elevator, causing the warden to laugh. "It's nothing to worry about. It's perfectly safe." Vachir laughs as he roughly pushes Zeng across the bridge and follows after the scared palace messenger.
"Crossbows! At the ready!" The warden loudly barked, "Crossbows?!" Zeng squeaked as
In sentry towers around the walls of the prison; guards trained enormous crossbows on the figure on the island as Vachir and Zeng approached.
The once mighty kung fu warrior is now weighed down with chains attached to enormous rocks hanging over the sides of the island, immobilized by a unique stone tortoise shell contraption on his back.
His head hung low, his grey hair from his greasy Mohawk falling on his face as he closed his eyes, his tan skin now looked pale due to being in a pit with no sunlight for 20 years, in the cracks of his shackles were pits of pale white spots on his skin resembling a snow leopards spots, his rippled muscles showed no restraint.
Along his skin over his back, arms, neck, and upper chest were tattoos of a dragons body swirling in between clouds.
He is called Tai Lung, a large male snow leopard hybrid, around 42 years old Now. His short beard was scruffy as two tusks of his sharp teeth poked from his mouth.
Snow leopard's ears flicker as they stood on his head. His hands clench nothing as his black claws dig into his skin.
As two whisker mustaches on each side of his mouth curved into a straight line. Grey chest hair trailing down his buff chest, down his stomach, in a happy train into his clothes.
He wore only a brown-studded belt and a pair of purple slacks with a small cut at the back for his long snow leopard tail lay still on the floor. Shaolin's leg wraps were around his ankles, and he wore no shoes on his scarred feet.
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"Hey, tough guy! Did you hear? Oogway's finally going to give someone the Dragon Scroll, and it's not going to be you!" The warden mocked as he neared the prison, causing Zeng to tremble more in fright."What are you doing!? Don't get him mad!" He whispered, shouting as he looked at the cocky warden.
"What's he gonna do about it? I've got him completely immobilized." Vachir says as he stamps his armored foot on Tai Lung's tail, which crunches on impact.
Zeng leaps back with a horrified gasp, but Tai Lung does not move or even flinch causing Vachir to laugh without shame.
"Awww, did I step on the witty kitty's tail? Awww..." He mocked as he leaned his head very close to Tai Lung's face.
"I'm good! I've seen enough! I'm gonna tell Shifu he's got nothing to worry about." Zeng quickly said as he promptly retreated without turning his back to the highly dangerous criminal as he speed walked backward to the bridge toward the safety of the elevator.
"No, he doesn't, " Vachir says as they both walk back across the bridge.
"Okay, I'll tell him. Can we please go now?" The palace goose hybrid whimpered as Zeng and Vachir walked down the bridge.
Meanwhile, Zeng's feather floats down and rests right in front of Tai Lung.
His eyes suddenly snap open, revealing striking golden scleras and deep red eyes.
He whips out his tail and quietly snatches the feather to use....
