I thought I should make my own fic about our Dragon Warrior's past. I hope this impresses Joe 'Po' Navark, Wolf Mystic, Kippis05, Skyyler, Edge the Hedgehog, Luigi Mario 09, Writerdragon and mostly, FalconMage.

FalconMage, please, please, PLEASE be nice to this fic. I just wanted to see if it's good for ya. Well, anyways, enjoy!

Panda Scars

by: Terrell James

Chapter 1: Where Do I Belong?

One late night in the Jade Palace, Po sat down in the Sacred Peach Tree of Heavenly Wisdom, looking at the stars, and he's gont one thing in his mind: family. It's like something was missing in his life and somehow, he feels different from any animal. He thought much about his past and that Mr. Ping took him in and has remained there through most of his life. His childhood became a little distant and he barely remembers every aspect of his biological parents' lives. It's like somehow he felt like they left him behind with no reasons at all.

He sighed heavily and felt the cold air blowing through his fur and shivered softly and brought a blanket to keep him warm. He closed his eyes and felt like every memory he had with Mr. Ping has been kept inside of him ever since he was adopted. Most of the good times he had with him and had some memories of dealing with his obesity throughout most of his life, which was full of sorrow. It was a mixture of a good childhood and a very traumatic one. Somehow, it seems like Po has been haunted by his childhood and always feel afraid that it was all fading away.

And that the memories of his real parents has faded away and had forgotten about it, but it seems like every night he fell asleep, he sees some images about his parents about what happened after he got adopted and taken in by Mr. Ping, like something bad was happening to them.

Pretty soon, he heard someone walking in and wondering if it was a stranger coming in. But, by the time he turned around, he saw someone holding a paper lantern and it was Shifu walking in. He sighed heavily and thought that he was alone, but as soon as Shifu came in, he could see the concern coming from his blue eyes, like he wants to talk about it.

"Pretty cold out here tonight, isn't it, panda?" asked Shifu.

Po turned around and saw his master standing next to him and answered, "I've already got a blanket to keep me warm."

"I see. Is there.... anything you want to talk to me about?"

"There's nothing. I'm totally fine."

Shifu scoffed and realized that something's bothering him. He stared at Po and said, "Look me in the eye, panda. And this time, the truth."

Po slowly turned his head to Shifu and stared at his blue eyes and his eyebrows growing a little lower, like he wants a straight answer, but more of a 'tell me your feelings' answer to try not to cover-up his true feelings. He finally sighed and said, "I probably have a few dreams about.... my real parents. It's like, every time I got to sleep, I keep thinking about them, wondering why they left me and.... didn't even come back, you know? It's haunting me."

Shifu suddenly rubbed his temples and sighed heavily about everything Po just said and definitely felt a little concerned about him, like he barely remembers everything about his parents. It's like a part of that didn't even exist anymore and looking at Po's emerald eyes, made him realize that he needs to know why they left him.

"You know, panda, things always happen for a reason and sometimes, we don't even know why parents left newborn animals behind, but there are several types of reasons why. Because they don't want to risk having the young ones in such risk, like getting hurt or die and the second reason is that they gave them up because they feel like they should be taken care of by other parents and it's not because they didn't want them. It's because they love them. And I'm sure, your parents did that because they feel like they love you so much." said Shifu.

"What makes you think that?" asked Po.

"It's the same I felt with Tai Lung, but that's another story. But, just because you're adopted doesn't mean that you're different from other species. I felt the same way since you were the Dragon Warrior and you blend in our family really well."

"You really think so, master?"

"I know I don't say this much, but you are my son, Po. It's crazy that I'm your master, but I treat you like a father than a master and I like one of those better."

Shifu smiled at Po and he gradually smiled at his master and gave him a little hug. Po definitely felt his heart warming up and that the conversation he had with Shifu definitely made him feel like he's a part of their family. Shifu grabbed his lantern and left the Peach Tree and Po still keeps thinking about that conversation and about his parents.

He picked up the Dragon Scroll and saw only his reflection, like he sees himself being taken in by different types of species and that he wants to find out more about his parents and then as he looked at his reflection, he asked himself a few questions, "Where did I come from? Where do I belong?"

He was really confused about who he was and where does he belong and how his dad took him in and became raised by a goose. The biggest issue that Po had was did he really have a childhood past and that where did he come from, from all those haunting dreams he had through most of the night.

I know it's short and I apologize, but just bear with me. Chapter 2 is coming up and by the time you read this, OMG will the be word you're screaming for. That and do more chapters.