Fair warning here. They are no main OC's here, everyone of the main characters is from kung fu panda.

I was sitting in lotus position in front of the place I had arrived too. A light drizzle fell from the thick gray clouds while I took a deep calming breath emptying my mind from the outside world. I wasn't sure why I did it, or how, or the purpose of finding myself in the same spot in the same position at least two hours daily. It was an oddity for me to find myself like this yet the familiar sensations that went through me were hard to deny.

I felt my muscles relax. The rain made noises that were muffled by own brain. I exhaled calmly and took another breath, slowly, carefully, methodical. It came naturally after such a long time doing it. A cold wind passed but I barely felt it. My heavy body passed to be weightless in seconds as I entered my usual trance. It was hard to deny the things that came with the trance; however, everything was so familiar and natural that it just became sort of a routine for me.

It was then that my mind finally emptied of everything and everyone. I was no longer myself as I left to enter the usual trance. I felt all my surroundings but at the same time I didn't feel anything. Everything around me was a blur of what it usually was and slowly everything disappeared allowing me to travel beyond anything everyone else saw.

"Lóng," a heard a voice in the distance call me. "Lóng."

I open my eyes to meet those of my boss. He was a pig from a nearby village. He owned a noodle shop and gave me the job to created noodles and broths for his soup after we discovered my hidden talent for it. Another thing that came naturally to me was cooking. It wasn't a big surprise considering my large body but considering I barely touched food lately I always wondered what ever made me have that talent in the first place.

"What is it Zhu?" I asked him.

"Did you forget I was to pick a batch of newly made noodles for tomorrow's course?" he said crossing his arms.

"I didn't forget," I told him. "But I'm not finished."

"Lóng you're a good boy but if you keep doing this I will have to fire you," said Zhu walking away.

I stood and followed behind him.

"Not many have the talent you do, so it would be a waste of potential," he continued. "I assume you must have been someone great in another life. Someone that brought joy and good food to the table you served. But you know I can't have a lost in the restaurant. Things are complicated now that Lord Shen is to have his first born. Double guard. Double everything really. Which means more money for you and more money for me, but it also means double the work." He finished as I finished putting the pots on his wagon.

"That should be all," I cleaned my hands. "I will be over with the next batch by afternoon."

Zhu nodded and started to push the wagon, "Great I'll be waiting."

Zhu disappeared in the distance before I moved back inside. It was getting dark and I hadn't done much of a dinner. Some tea and then do some practice before going to sleep, sounded fine. I stretched when I reached my house and looked around. It wasn't much but I couldn't go to town. Every time I thought about it I couldn't help but think something was not right.

I finished my tea and drank it. Standing up I went outside and bowed to no one. Then I closed my eyes and like always I could picture it perfectly in my mind's eye, a large hall with several specific machines, all used for specific training. I didn't know why these images followed me but I didn't question them either as I felt the same familiarity I did as when I meditated.

I got ready, and opening my eyes I set forward with the perfect picture of that hall still in front of me.