Kung Fu Panda Story (ORIGINAL)

Tiger's Cove

Tigress was almost there. She was almost to the mountains where Tiger's Cove was behind. After she had woken up that same morning, she started running for another three hours and there seemed to only be three more miles to go. An hour later, Tigress stopped for a break and stared in awe at how the mountains rose so high above her. 'Almost there.' thought Tigress. She was anxious as to what she would find there and whether she would find anything at all. She rested for fifteen minutes then began on her way again.

Another three hours of running, she had finally made it all the way to the mountains and started running around it. When she did, she stared at the sight in awe. The water sparkled as it was joined with the sea. The sand was soft under Tigress' feet and she dropped her bag on the ground. There was a tiny waterfall at the left and a little arch of a cave next to it. 

"I can't believe I was born here!" Tigress breathed. There were small abandoned houses dug into the rough stone and at the far end of the cove, were grass and trees. Tigress walked up a slope which led to them and noticed that beside them, stood a faded out arena . She then thought to herself, 'That looks like the same arena where the battle was in my dream!' From where she stood, she saw that the cave to her left had some sort of building in it.

Tigress jumped off from where she was and went to investigate. She cautiously entered the mouth of the cave, not knowing what to expect.

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When the masters woke up that morning, they realized that they still had a long way to go before they could reach Tiger's Cove and get Tigress to come back. After they had payed for their stay, the five warriors started to run on their journey instead of walk. They didn't want Tigress to be another tiger's bait.

They'd been running for what seemed like two hours straight, though Po of course always had to have a few snack stops. Yet, with the speed they were gaining, they had covered four miles. That's when they all decided to resume to walking again. Po noticed that the mountains ahead were coming more into view and that they were now very close to where Tigress was headed. 

Crane said, "I think it's a good idea to stop for lunch. If we keep going like this, we won't have enough energy to continue much further." Everybody else agreed and sat on the grass. Bean buns and dumplings were laid out for them to eat.

After lunch, the five walked for a little while to let their food digest, then they went back to running. "Guys, we're almost there!" exclaimed Po as the mountains came more and more into view. They stopped at the foot of the mountain, trying to catch their breath. 

"Umm...where exactly are supposed to go from here?" Po asked confused. 

"Look! Guys over here." Viper called over to the others from around the mountains. They went to where Viper was and saw a beautiful sight. 

"No wonder why it' called Tiger's COVE." Monkey noted. They suddenly noticed a bag on the ground. 

"Hey, that looks like Tigress' bag." said Monkey scratching his chin.

 "She must be here!" said Viper excitedly.

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Tigress was amazed at how big the cave was on the inside. All kinds of sounds bounced of the stone walls making it echo. She then reached the building she had seen and realized that it was a palace. 

Most likely the palace in the whole of Tiger's Cove. It was built into the very end of the cave and was more than thirty feet high. The palace went right through the the roof and was around fifty meters wide. The palace was mostly made out of marble, stone and bricks. 

Tigress moved to the main doors which were bright gold and eight feet tall. She reluctantly took hold of the door handles and took a deep breath. She then flung both of the heavy doors open making a gust of wind throughout the cave.

Tigress stepped into the castle doors cautiously, looking around at her surroundings. She jumped when the main doors closed shut behind her. Panicking a little, she took hold of the doors handles again and tried to open the doors. Her heart fell when it wouldn't budge. 'Well,' 

She thought. 'No going back now.' As Tigress made her way deeper into the palace, she saw to large staircases that leaded to an upper area. Then, a sudden light caught her eye from the top of the staircase. Curious, Tigress walked up the steps and slowly made her way to the half-open door, which held this mysterious glow. She caught a glimpse of the inside and it looked like the throne room. 

 Little did she know, that has she made her way closer to the light, a certain spirit smirked evilly as he sensed her presence. 'Finally!' The spirit thought. 'Someone worth fighting!' He awaited Tigress' arrival by the door she was headed too. This was gonna be fun...

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"Anyone have any idea where Tigress would have gone?" Po asked. 

"Well, she's not out here. Maybe somewhere with cover." Viper suggested.

 Po was about to nod in agreement when they heard a loud roar of pain from the inside of the cave beside them. The roar was loud enough that it blew the leaves off the trees. "TIGRESS!" Po exclaimed, as he recognized her roar.

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Shi Fu's eyes snapped open from his meditation as he vaguely heard a painful roar from the mountains. "Oh no! Tigress!" He yelled as he stumbled off his staff and made his way out of the Jade Palace. 

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The evil spirit laughed maniacally as threw this unidentified trespasser into a marble wall and laughed even more as they smashed almost right thought it, in pain. The spirit then summoned lightning and electrocuted the poor soul endlessly. 

He was planning to approach the trespassers, who were still being electrocuted, and say he wanted a fight to the death, but stopped dead in his tracks when he heard a load roar of pain. 'A tiger's roar.' The spirit thought, open-mouthed. He immediately stopped the lightning from raining down and went to have a close look at this so-called tiger.

The evil spirit gasped as he saw Tigress, then he suddenly smirked and said to her, "Well, hello there, fair granddaughter." Tigress, who was whimpering in pain, suddenly snapped her head up at the sudden voice to see a spirit floating above her. 

Her mouth gaped open in disbelief seeing such a spirit like this one. It shocked her even more that he was a tiger like herself. He had a long white beard and wore dull looking robes. She recalled his words and stuttered confused, "G-granddaughter? Who-who are you?"

"Oh, you don't remember me?" The spirit pretended to be sad. "You don't even remember your own grandfather? Well, I suppose you were just a tiny baby." 

"How do you know I'm your granddaughter?" Tigress asked suspiciously.

 "The mark on your forehead and the color of your eyes. You're the only tiger I know who had those features... Anyway, let's get down to business." The spirit told her.

"What do you want from me?" Tigress asked her so-be-called grandfather, rather suspiciously as she began to pick herself up. 

He replied, "I want you to join me. Since your parents had disappointed me terribly with their...bleh...'goodness', you are the only one to still make me proud." 

Tigress frowned. "Wait, so you were on the bad side of the battle...weren't you? You're- you were with the evil."

 "Yes I was. Still am." Tigress'grandfather said shamelessly. Now it's YOU'RE turn. Join me and I promise you'll get everything you could ever desire." With that, the old spirit held out his claw to Tigress. "Join me." He repeated.