A/N: This is a "30-Day" challenge I've been working on since...November, but I decided this month was a good one to post it in.
In this lil fic, it's kind of a slight AU, though it's based on a headcanon I have about Donnie. I'll be updating every day, and the last day is when what's going on will be revealed (granted, if you guess, then I'll tell you if you're right or not).
Enjoy!
Splinter smiled to himself as he watched his sons play. Each of them were very unique, and it showed in the activities they chose to entertain themselves with.
Michelangelo, ever the energetic one, was practically bouncing in place while he colored a bit of a rainbow explosion on a piece of cardboard with crayon stubs Splinter had found for him. Nearby, Raphael was "practicing" with a practice weapon while Leonardo played with a toy spaceship.
Where was Donatello, though?
The second-youngest of the family both was the one Splinter could trust on his own for moments at a time and the one he often worried about the most. While the others seemed to be developing like human children, Donatello seemed to be a bit behind. While the others were running around yelling in full sentences at each other, Don just silently sat to the side, occasionally letting out sounds when anyone got too close or crawling out of the way.
The old rat often thought that the young kame wasn't as mutated as his brothers, though he tried to raise him as if he was. Whenever Splinter looked into those brown eyes, he saw an awareness he rarely had ever seen in a human.
Such different children...
The ninja master rose from his chair and walked over to the area designated as the boys' bedroom. Often, whenever his brothers were in the living room and Splinter didn't make him come out as well, the young turtle would prefer to be off on his own and take solace in his brothers being out of the room.
"Donatello?" He creaked the door open and peered in. "Donatello, are you in here?" The master moved to enter the room, but then a smiling Donnie came out of the blanket fort he had been in. "Hello, my son, just checking up on you."
"...R..."
What? Had Donnie just spoken?
"...A...T..."
"Donatello?"
Perhaps he had been underestimating this child...
A/N: This isn't one of the better ones...I'm fully aware of that...Don't worry, though! Most of them are better! Anyway review!