Hey I'm sharing one of my cousins stories from Quizilla. It's really not that bad and so ya'll will know that I got her permission, here's the link for the journal entry she just made so you'll know.
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Ok, onto the story!
Hey name's Samuriaya, you're probably thinking I'm japanese. Well I'm not, my mom is and dad's american. So basically I'm half japanese you can tell with my long black hair and tanned skin, anywho, my folks wanted some alone time with each other; so they plan on going out to dinner. They leave me in charge of the house telling me all the rules that I know by heart.
"Mom. I got everything under control. Just go out and have a good time." I told her.
"Are you sure?" mom asks fretting over me as usual.
"Yes, she's sure." dad says opening the door. "Now lets go. Our reservations aren't going to be there forever." Mr. Jones, my dad, tries ushering his wife out the door.
"Oh alright. Sweety we'll be back soon."
And with that they left, I wait a few minutes then turn on the tv. Watching tv is one the things I do when I'm bored. Anyway, it's been four hours; usually mom and dad are home by ten. But it's eleven now, I figured they hit traffic on the way home. But the news said there's no traffic on my side of town. I thought I heard something at the door, it sounded like a thud. As I open the door I'm just in time to see my parents car taking off down the road. I look down and stifled a scream seeing my parents on the ground in front of me. They're eyes hollow and staring up at me. I know I should've called the police, but mom and I made plans if this ever happens; I just never thought it would happen. I checked mom and dad to see if there is any sign of life in them. No pulse, no heart beat, no breathing it's official ... they're dead. I drag their bodies to the backyard, grab a shovel from the shed, and bury them near a tree we planted together. When I finished I sat before their graves, not moving. Wondering who would do this to them.
There are moments that I cry silently as I sit there on the ground. Sadness fills up my heart, so much it made it shake and quiver. I don't know how long I sat there mourning, all I know is when I finally look up the sun was beginning to rise. I groggily walk into the house and up to my room for some sleep.
When I woke up, the sun is glaring down at me. I look at my alarm clock that sits on my night stand, it's 12:30. I got up and go out into the yard, hoping it was all just a nightmare. But that hope is shattered when I see the two newly made graves near the tree. I walk back in miserable but decide to take care of the rest of the plan. I look up an old friend of my moms that lives in New York, April O'Neil.
"Hello." I hear her say on the phone.
"Hey, is this April O'Neil?" I ask.
"Yes, who is this? I hesitate for a moment, I don't want to go all the way to New York, I want to stay here in Roanoke. But who would help me look after the house that I could trust? "Hello?" I decide that it'll be better to go.
"This is Samuriaya."
"The mother or the daughter?"
"The daughter, I called to let you know that I'm coming to New York."
"Alright, I'll be at the air port when you arrive."
"Alright, bye." I hang up, flip through the pages of the phone book and call the air port for a ticket, and ask when the flight would be. I have until tomorrow to be ready. I pack a few personal items; clothes, the important stuff. I have everything packed except the money. I went to the china cabinet to get the emergency money we saved up. But I'm $50 short, I go to my parents room to get the money that mom had. I feel kind of guilty taking her money but I needed it and they won't be needing it anytime soon, I grab the spending money I have been saving up for shopping. Who knows when I might need it.
For the rest of the day I go about the rest of my day, before I go to bed for the night I set out my clothes for the next day. All through that night I have a hard time sleeping, I miss my family so much. I began to cry again; I'm finally able to go to sleep not long before the alarm goes off.
I grunt as I got out of bed and unplug the clock, anything electric was either unplugged or turned off. After taking care of the daily morning duties, I loaded up the spare car we had and drove off to the air port. It's a good thing I left when I did, my plane was about to leave with out me.
Some time later, I don't know when I landed in New York, I found April standing near the entrance door holding up a sign with my name on it. I walked over to her.
"April O'Neil?" I ask.
"Yes and you're Samuriaya Jones?" April asks.
"Yeah." April seems nice enough. As we drove off into the slow moving traffic of New York city. April suggests that we stop for some lunch, since I'm hungry I said sure. April parks in front of a place called 'The Hot Dog King'. We both order hot dogs, then she starts asking questions about what happened in Roanoke. I told her what happened; for some reason I felt comfortable telling her everything. It's like I met her before. Our hot dogs came, as we ate we continue our conversation. As we talk a question struck my mind.
"Who am I living with?" I ask. April hesitates before telling me. She seems nervous somehow.
"You're being adopted by a friend of your moms. I can't say anymore out in public. I'll tell you everything once we get back in the car." April says. I nod feeling a little quisy for a while. But I was able to get over it. We finish our hot dogs, April pays the bill, then we left.
"So who's my new family?" I ask as we got into the van.
"They're mutants, like you." April says, she saw my scared expression. I was born mutant, I have no idea which side I got it from my family. "Don't worry your mom told me everything. Anyways, as I said they're mutants. One is a rat, and four of them are turtles. Introductions will be made when we get there." April drove about 3 miles through the traffic before parking again. "We walk from here." She says getting out of the van. I follow her. April and I walk down an alley. April then kneels down and picks up a man hole lid. I stare at her curiously. "Donny! Mikey! Are you down there?" April hollers down the man hole.
"Yeah April, be right up!" Then a roughly 5 foot turtle climbs out of the man hole, then another. One has on a purple mask and the other has a orange mask.
"Samuriaya, these are two of your step brothers. The one in the purple is Donny and the one in the orange is Mikey." April says introducing me to the over sized turtles. Donny extends his hand to shake mine, I shook it. Mikey just waves.
"Can we go now? I got a serious case of the munchies dude." Mikey asks holding his stomach, I could hear his stomach.
"Go ahead, we'll catch up." Donny says, and with that Mikey hurries down the man hole. Donny realizes we're still shaking hands. "Oh sorry." Donny lets go of my hand.
"It's okay." I said.
"Thanks for bringing her April."
"No problem Don, well I have to get back to the shop. See you guys later." April says walking back to her van.
"Lets go." Donny says leading the way down the man hole. "By the way, is it okay if I call you Sam?"
"Yeah it's fine with me." I said. We don't talk much as we walk down the smelly tunnels and I'm wracking my brain for a topic to talk about. Then it hit me, I'll just ask about the family. "So what's the family like?" I ask.
"The family? Well, master Splinter is our father and also our teacher. Mikey, he's the clown of the family. Raph, he's a cool guy but has a bad temper. Leo, he's the leader always serious but a really nice guy."
"What about you?"
"What about me?"
"I mean what are you into? What's your role in the family?"
"Oh, I make all the gadgets and stuff." We came up to a wall and Donny pulls on a pipe. The wall slides away and reveals a giant room. "Here it is, sewer sweet sewer." Donny walks in. "Hey guys Sam's here!" I see what looks like a four foot tall rat in a burgundy kimono and carrying a walking stick. He stands up like a normal human. When I walk into the room the wall slides back into place. "Sam, this is master Splinter." Donny says.
"I thought her name was Samuriaya." Splinter says confused.
"It's a nickname sensei."
Master Splinter chuckles. "Probably to keep people from mixing her up with her mother." Three turtles came around a corner to a kitchen. Mikey has a slice of pizza in each hand. The turtle in the red mask gives me a suspicious look, like he doesn't trust me. The turtle in the blue mask gives me a welcoming smile.
"Hi, I'm Leo and this is Raph. You probably already met Mikey." Leo says. I look at Mikey chowing down on his pizza.
"Yep." I said. Things are starting out pretty well, Leo gave me a tour of the place and it ends at my room.
"Well, that basically ends the tour. If you want, you can unpack then come down to the dining room for dinner."
"Ok, thanks Leo." In my new room there is a bed, a dresser, and a night stand. Not much but it's better than nothing, I thought. Once I got everything unpacked the room looks a little more homey. I walk down to the kitchen/dining room. Everyone is still eating pizza except master Splinter he's eating sushi.
"Hey Sam, grab a plate get yourself some pizza and have a seat." Leo says. I did as he said and sit between Leo and Donny.
"So, what do you usually like to do Sam?" Donny asks.
"Hmmm, I like listening to music, reading, play sports, practice my powers you know get them under control." I said.
"What are your powers anyways?" Mikey asks through a full mouth of pizza.
"Fire breath, shape shifting, invisibility, flying, phasing through walls, and ... that's it."
"Cool."
"Samuriaya, I would like to speak with you after dinner, about your mother it's a private matter." Master Splinter says.
"Yes sir." I said. We talk some more while we ate. When we finish Raph gathers the dishes and starts washing them, along with some dishes laying on the side. The others go off to do their thing, Master Splinter and I go to the living room to talk.
"Samuriaya, what do you know about your mother?" master Splinter asks.
"Well I know she lived in Japan and was once a martial artist champion." I said. "Other than that, not really."
"Let me tell you something about your mothers past Samuriaya, your mother was a samurai in her early teens. A little younger than you actually. She was a leader of a clan that she started herself. Anyways, she fought battles to protect her home. When she was 20 she left Japan to come to America. There she met your father and they got married. When you came into the world they went to a different dimension much like Earth. But animals were the dominant species. There they went to a family that were friends of your mothers. They proclaimed that you and their son would someday be married."
"WHAT?" I exclaim in rage. "I'm supposed to be married? To who?"
"He is a rabbit, loyal, brave, strong, and kind; I'm a friend of his and so are your brothers."
"He's a samurai, isn't he?"
"Close, a ronin." Master Splinter says. "In fact, he is here in New York. Living with a friend of mine."
"How did he get here?"
"He got trapped here passing through Donatello's dementional portal." There is a long silence. I couldn't believe mom would have me betrothed to someone I never heard of and not even mention it.
"Let me guess, I'm supposed to meet him." I said.
"Yes, but not right now. There is more to your mothers past than you know. I have to give you something that your mother wanted you to have as well." he says "But you have enough to think about at the moment." After another long pause of silence I get up and walk to my room to sulk. After what seemed like forever, Raph came by to tell me it's time for bed. I gratefully start pulling on my pajamas. In less than ten minutes I'm in bed. I couldn't sleep really and it isn't just because of my family, for some reason I'm actually anxious to see this person I'm supposed to marry.
Review please. My cousin doesn't get much praise on her work by other people and I'm changing it up a little bit because there are some quirks in the original she posted on Quizilla.