The Time I Knew You
Disclaimer: I do not own any part of TMNT, and most likely never will.
A/N- This is my first TMNT fic, positive feedback is much obliged, and please no flames.
I remember a long time ago, when everything was normal. The city was booming with the beauty of spring. The birds were always chirping, the sun was always shining, and the breeze danced around the lumbering clouds.
The night was even more special, the time I knew you, the moon was at its best, and the stars would always poke their shimmering heads out of the sky and looked down at us. The air was warm and held the scent of roses. Those times I hold dear and will never forget. The way that the water would gently caress the ivory sands on the beach, or the way that the rain would pitter-patter on the roofs, like silver bells. The long, mournful melody of the swaying trees rustling like maracas. The night was like a song, a lullaby, or a poem. You considered it all of these things and every time I think of you, I get those memories. You told me once, that if anything every happened to you, you wanted to be where you felt at peace. I remember those times when you said this, so the last time you did, I gave it some thought. 'Where did you feel at peace?' Then I heard your voice, deep in my thought, 'Out in the open air, where I needn't fear anyone, and they me be my appearances.'
Leo looked up from the magazine he was reading. Master Splinter was seated across from him. His brothers were eating a quick dinner; once again, they were a little behind to go out on patrol. Leo thought for a moment, lately the Shredder and his Foot, even the Purple Dragons seemed to be absent from their nightly deeds.
'Hey, Leo, you ready?' Mikey called as he and his brothers were standing by the ladder
'Yeah, coming' Leo lost his is train of thought and leapt up and joined his brothers. Master Splinter was watching them leave before he returned to his room. Quietly he began to meditate. Thinking to himself
'They need to be on high alert.'
The four of them then headed out and too the sewer grate. Raph was the first to get there; carefully he lifted the grate just a bit. He peeked at the sidewalks, there was no one, the streets were empty, not even the children, or the stray animals were out. Raph pushed the grate to one side and leapt out, landing neatly in the buildings shadow.
Don was next, closely followed be Mikey and Leo. Together they stole from their hiding place and to the roof tops. They were oddly quiet, but had a deep hidden serenity laced in. Leaping from roof top to roof top was now so easy to the boys, that they could do it with their eyes closed.
Leo took the lead, as he normally did, and was nearly a whole roof top ahead of his brothers before he stopped abruptly.
Raph was not far behind and nearly landed on top of him. The blue clad turtle drew his blades and walked carefully to the middle of the roof top. Don and Mikey landed next to Raph, drawing their weapons Don spoke to Leo
'What is it?'
'Something's not right.' Was all Leo could reply.