This is it, folks. The final chapter of the trilogy that all of you have been waiting for after I completed The Phantom of the Snow Leopard 2: The Return. This third and final entry will continue where the second had left off with Tai Lung's father living with him for nearly two years. It includes a new villain and a deuantagonist, but not only that. It will include a new hero which will be revealed in the later chapters. Wouldn't that be cool if this could get lots of positive feedback as possible or what? Oh, and by the way, this fanfic was going to be called Tigress's fate, but I changed that title to The Final Fate because the title will mean that Tai Lung would get less screen time and would leave Tigress more screen time. So I plan to keep the story involved with the two feline kung fu masters. With that said, here's the prologue and enjoy reading and reviewing while you still can, dear friends.

The Phantom of the Snow Leopard 3: The Final Fate

Prologue

A long time ago, there lived a snow leopard named Tai Lung. When he was a cub, his king and queen were worried that their only son will become a monster. So, Queen Mei Hu found a place where they'll never raise a monster like him: the most beautiful palace in the Valley of Peace. When Master Shifu of the Jade Palace found him near the steps of the training room, he raised him and named him Tai Lung thanks to the medal that had his name on it. A few years later, he grew up to become the most famous kung fu master in the history of China.

When he was chosen to become the Dragon Warrior since he himself had learned the 10000 scrolls, Oogway denied him of his title due to his dark heart for he said that a warrior must have a good heart to achieve that title. After this, hate and rage grew inside the snow leopard and attacked the village before he was taken to Chor Ghom Prison. He escaped 20 years later and wanted revenge on Shifu for not helping him. When he had almost killed the master that he had called father, a new warrior rose against him. His name was Po, a panda who was chosen to become the Dragon Warrior. Then, the two had a battle until finally, Po was able to defeat the snow leopard, but mysteriously, he did not killed him after he used the Wuxi Finger Hold on him.

Nearly three years later, we see Tai Lung, now dressed in his dark clothes with a white face that covers his identity so that no one would recognize him with the exception of Tigress who had secretly found out about his hiding spot and plans to save Po from the wrath of the snow leopard. Later, when we see Po having one more battle against Tai Lung, he told the denied warrior to use his Inner Peace to let go of the past and move forward to the present. Tai Lung managed to do so and succeeded in becoming good to all of the villagers of the Valley of Peace by being welcomed to stay here as long as he like before he marries Tigress.

Two years later, the snow leopard battles a new enemy named Ryshu, a treasure hunter who plans to use the three sapphires of Kudoha, Tai Lung's ancient ancestor, to conquer all of China. He, along with his wife, travel on their new journey to find the three sapphires. Along the way, while making some new friends in the process, he starts to have visions about his past when he was a cub and got abandoned by his mother near the Jade Palace. Before they can continue to battle Ryshu to find the third and final sapphire, they meet his mother and father King Tai Han and all of the snow leopards greeted him for his welcome to the village.

Before his father helped him and the others including an eagle Otar and a new snow leopard named Leona to find the cave that will lead them to the final sapphire, Ryshu captures Leona by forcing the snow leopard to find the final sapphire. He did what he told, but when he got hold of all three of the sapphires, he killed the snow leopard. However, when Tai Lung was given immortality, he recieved a fourth sapphire in his possession and with it's powers, he used it to defeat the ray of the fused three sapphires and managed to kill Ryshu once and for all, thus ending the treasure hunter's reign of terror. Later, he became king and Tigress became Queen before they returned to the Jade Palace. After presenting his parents to their friends and villagers of the Valley of Peace, they decided to stay with them by King Tai Lung's request.

Little does Tai Lung know that the last new foe that he will have to face and another person who wants revenge on him for something. Something that caused him to lose something that he had loved the most.