Author note: I own nothing! Sorry about the length! Computer is acting slightly wonky so I wanted to load this before it I don't know...crashed! This story is kinda a Beauty and the Beast Kung Fu Panda Tigress and Po romance. Po is going to be out of character but that the point. Set after the first movie with a different ending. Enjoy
*Beast of the Valley*
-Returning Home
...what if...
What if Mr. Ping never told Po the secret ingredient to his secret ingredient soup when he did?
What if he had simply told him that he was adopted?
What if Po had instead defeated Tai Lung through rage and anger, bloodily killing the snow leopard?
What if the thrill of the kill drove Po power hungery and as citizens slowly started back throught the years he made them his servants?
What if two of those servants were Master Shifu and Mr. Ping, his father?
What if one day begger came to the Palace and asked for shelter from the cold and in exchange he'ld offer a single peach blossom?
What if Po turned the old man away?
What if the old man turned out to be Oogway, who had been sent to test the Panda's heart?
What if Po failed?
What if Oogway placed a curse on Po and the citizens of the Valley, turning Po into a gruesome beast?
What if the only way to break the curse was to find true love and have that love returned?
What if that peach blossom was in fact an enchanted one that would bloom until his thirtieth year?
What if Po gave up hope, because who could learn to love a beast?
"Crane are you sure you the all the citizens have gone back to the Valley?" Viper asked as the Five treked to the Valley.
"I'm possitive, according to the traveler Po was able to defeat Tai Lung. And Master Shifu's alive." All were happy to hear that.
Tigress remained silent while the others joked and laughed, which wasn't truly out of character for her. She felt ashamed and guilty. Ashamed that she couldn't defeat Tai Lung and guilty at how she treated Po. It wasn't his fault that Master Oogway had picked him...he was right anyway. The panda apparently had defeated Tai Lung. She was happy that he had, but wasn't looking forward to facing him.
Tigress then recognised the gates to the Valley, "We're here,"she said sternly, getting the others attention. As they walked closer they knew somrthing was wrong. The village was quiet. It was mid day meaning that the village should be busy as a hive of bees. But no it was quiet and still.
As they came closer to the gates they noticed that they looked old. As though were really heading to a long abandoned city not the Valley of Peace.
They entered the village to see that it look abandoned. No one was there. Wind blew through the village rattleing shutters. Some houses looked like they could fall apart any moment now.
It was awful.
Taking in the depressing scene in front of her Tigress sighed and then took command, "Split up: Crane north, Viper south, Mantis east, Monkey west. I'll check out the Jade Palace. Meet back here in an hour. Move out." Nodding they all left, heading into there assigned directions.
Tigress headed to the glooming structure on top of the mountain. Even at a distance she could tell that the source of whatever caused this was in the Palace.
She never expected what she found.
Again sorry about the length. Read and review!