Ancient Prophecy.
Hey guys, this is sort of a re write of bumpy roads. I read that one again and hated how it was moving so scrapped it and wrote this instead. Unfortunately the turtle are not mine, although there are OC characters which do belong to me. (the poem is an extract from The Albion Song by Jennifer Smith) If you enjoy this then please review as it keeps me writing!
Fading away in the midst of time
The older Gods did go
And we mere mortals left behind
With younger Gods to know.
And now they too are fading fast
And we are left alone
And, oh, my love
I grieve that past and long to go back home
And oh my mother is crying and no one can hear her
Her children are dying
Oh, can she hear me wailing?
I long to go back home
Please come and take me home.
Leonardo ran as fast as his little legs could carry him, running from his master who would surely punish him for breaking his favourite tea pot. It had been an accident of course but Leo had never done anything so careless before and seen too often his brother Raphael punished for less. The turtle did not know where he was going only that he could not go up into the light, he couldn't go home either. Before long he had to stop and catch his breath if only for a moment and it was then that he heard soft sniffling from behind and shabby old card board box. His curiosity got the better of him and he snuck around to the box and peered over. Behind was a small girl with thick black hair which was pulled back at the sides and held in place with a big red ribbon, the rest of it falling down her back. She wore a little dress and shiny black shoes that looked like something out of one of the old movie Splinter would watch with them.
"What's wrong?" He asked frowning. The little girl yelped and turned to look at him with bright green eyes that matched his skin.
"Are you a demon?" she asked in an accent that was strange to him.
"I don't think so." He replied honestly not really sure himself.
"If you're not a demon then what are you?" she demanded sticking out her chin.
"I'm a turtle." He said simply and a little proudly.
"But you can walk on two feet," she pointed out, "and you can talk."
"I know but I'm still a turtle."
"Oh." She looked confused.
"Why are you crying?" he asked sitting down in front of her and crossing his legs.
"I'm not crying!" She exclaimed blushing.
"Yes you were," he said defiantly knowing what he had seen, "I saw you!"
"Oh, well," she looked to her left and then back at him, "my mummy and daddy died so I had to come here to live with my auntie. But I don't want to live here I want to go home and see all my pets and my house and . . . and, , ,and I want to go home!" She began sobbing into her skirt and Leo patted her back and waited awkwardly for her to stop. "I'm sorry, it's just everything's so strange here and I have no friends."
"I could be your friend." Leo smiled and her face brightened.
"Really?!" She beamed at him.
"Why do you talk funny?" Leo asked then frowned when she gave him confused look, "Um, I mean you sound different."
"Well I come from England and this is America and well . . . we just sound different." She replied.
"Why?"
"We just do that's all." She shrugged and sighed.
"So why are you here?" she asked straightening out the wrinkles in her dress and getting more comfortable, "Did your mummy and daddy die too?"
"No, my daddy will be cross at me cause I broke something of his and I didn't want to be punished."
"Well that's silly." She said matter of factly, "Mummies and daddies always punish when your bad but they still love you and it just means you have to try a little harder to be good so that they aren't cross at you anymore."
"But . . .I've never been punished before," he said bringing his knees up to his chin and wrapping his arms around them, "my brother Raphie gets punished all the time cause he's always breaking stuff and he gets cross lots. But I've always been good and I was just getting my book, I know I should have waited for Master Splinter but I wanted to practise my reading so bad and the tea pot just fell and it smashed into little bits and now my daddy's gonna be real cross at me."
"But it was an accident, wasn't it?" she asked tilting her head to one side.
"Leonardo what are you doing!" both children jumped and Leonardo hid behind the little girl, "who is this!" The rat walked over to the pair and stared suspiciously at the human child who stood up straightened her dress, curtsied and . . .
"My name is Serena Craft," she straightened once more, "please sir, I feel I must ensure that you know that my new friend did not mean to break your tea pot and is very sorry. So please do not be angry at him." Splinter raised an eyebrow at the child who seemed unfazed by the presence of a giant rat and turtle.
"I am not angry with him for breaking my tea pot, I am however angry that he ran away from his home where he could have been in untold danger."
"I'm sorry master Splinter." Leo said as he edged out from behind Serena.
"It is alright my son; you are safe that is all that matters." He placed a loving hand on the boy's shoulder then looked toward Serena, "Where are your parents child, this is no place for you." The girl sniffled and buried her face in her skirt again.
"Her parents are dead father," Leo whispered, "but she said she was sent here to live with her auntie."
"I see," Splinter turned back to the girl and gently pulled the girl's skirt away from her face, "do you remember where it is that your aunt lives?" She nodded and stuffed her right hand in a small pocket sewn into the dress and pulled out a little card with a moon and star design; it had the name "The Craft" written on it and an address below. Splinter had noticed the shop once or twice when scavenging for food and it wasn't far. "Come child lets us return you to your aunt before you get into any trouble."
"But I want to go home to my animals." She sniffled.
"I understand that starting out in a new place is very hard," Splinter brushed a few strands of hair that had come loose from her ribbon away from her face and smiled, "but your parents loved you enough to ensure that you had someone to care for you when they were gone and you must respect that they wanted you to be safe and looked after." He smiled again and held out a paw for her hand which she took with another sniffle. "Come I will return you to your aunt."
Leonardo awoke with a sigh, he hadn't even realised he had fallen asleep. Across the room he could see Serena writing in her school books and smiled. They had returned her home and he had thought that he would never see her again despite their promise to be friends, but a few days after their meeting, Splinter had found a box of food, a new tea pot and large bag full of tea leaves outside of their home. Two weeks later Splinter had taken him top side for the first time and over to the back of a shop with strange looking things in the window and introduced him to Isabella Craft, Serena's aunt, they had allowed he and Serena to play games as the two elders talked of Japan and the various ways of making tea for medicinal purposes. The Craft family were an ancient family of witches and warlocks from England and as he had grown and mastered his own art he also watched as Serena mastered the various forms of magic. He silently got up and walked over to her determined he was going to catch her off guard at least once but as he grew closer.
"I'm nearly finished Leo," he stopped dead and saw a smile on her face, "so don't even think about it. I finish this now and I've got the whole weekend free. And I really want to try out some new spells I've found."
"None of my brothers can hear me when I sneak up on them, even Splinter's having trouble sensing me nowadays," he sat heavily back down on the bed, "but I still can't sneak up on you!"
"What do you expect I'm a witch," she chuckled and finally closed her book, "now then, what should I wear?" she asked as she walked over to her wardrobe and tried desperately not to laugh as Leo rolled his eyes and groaned.
"Come on you're only meeting my brothers, the only person you ever needed to impress was Splinter and you did that years ago," he walked over and pulled her away from the large closet before she could get too carried away, "the guys won't care what your wearing," he paused and had a sudden thought, "so long as you wear something."
"Leo!" she slapped his shoulder, "Cheeky!" She laughed and walked over to her full length mirror and checked herself. Her hair was piled messily on top of her head and the dark make up she wore made her bright green eyes more prominent. She wore her favourite black dress that finished just above the knee and fanned out at the waist with long sleeves that flared over her hands.
"You look fine to me." He said itching to get going; he wanted to get this over with. He and Serena hadn't been romantically involved for long, in fact he wasn't really sure when it had happened exactly but when he had finally plucked up the courage ask master Splinter and Isabella their permission for the relationship the pair had laughed an told him that "it was about time" and that he should bring her down to meet the others along with the tea delivery that Splinter had not gotten around to collecting, Leo'd gone that night.
"Leo?" He blinked as she waved a hand in front of his face, "you still with me?" She raised an eyebrow then made a dramatic face, "there's not another girl is there?! Do I have to fight to keep you?!" She finished in a dramatic pose.
"Took up drama this semester huh?" She grinned and placed her hands on his chest, whilst he wrapped his around her waist, "And I'm all yours witch girl."
"Glad to hear it Ninja boy."
"Ready to go?" He asked pulling away and looking at the time mentally thanking the fact that he was doing this on a Friday and not on a school night.
"Yes I. . . Oh! Just wait one minute." She said and grinned apologetically as he groaned, then rushed over to her closet again, she pulled on a pair of flat black knee highs and snatched a parcel off of her bed, "can't forget this."
"Master Splinter would never forgive us!" He said feigning shock and chuckling, "Wow, I can act too!"
"You're a regular Orlando!" she bit her lip as she wondered if he'd get the joke.
"Hey! You like Depp!"
"I know but your just not rugged enough!" she teased and allowed him to pull her into an embrace.
"It's not me that has to fight for you is it?" He asked quietly never quite believing his luck whenever he was with her.
"It's always been you Leo," she replied as she snuggled into him more, "even before you finally figured it out." He smiled and picked her up earning a squeal. "I can fly you know!"
"I know but this is more fun!" He said and leapt out the window and used the fire escape to get the roof tops. Before long he was racing across New York's sky line with Serena safe in his arms and heading towards Central Park. As he grew closer to the park he paid close attention to where was quiet and chose a deserted alley to enter the sewers through. "Sorry it's not the best entrance." He said sheepishly but she seemed preoccupied with her appearance.
"Are you sure I don't look too much of a freak, I mean I want to make a good impression. It wouldn't do to. . ." she babbled on until he stopped her with one green finger.
"You look beautiful, and your about to meet three other mutant turtles, they aren't going to care how gothic you dress," he kissed her forehead, "it's not your school Renie, they won't be make you life misery just because you're different."
"You're sure?" she said looking very worried.
"Positive, Mikey'll love you just cause I do, trust me." He said as he led her further into the sewers, "I bet you anything Donnie'll be really curious about your magic. Raph's the only one I'm not sure about, but I can handle him and he wouldn't take it out on you anyway." He stopped at a large wall blocking their path and pulled a combination of pipes.
"Okay but Splinter was warning them about me right? You know telling them how we know each other and all that?" she asked as she followed him through a door now open in front of them.
"He's telling the story of how we met you and that we're together now," he reassured and cupped her chin, "and there's nothing to warn about." They smiled at each other and he leant down to give her a quick kiss before he found his brothers but as their lips met a flash went off.
"Mikey!" Raph's voice bellowed from somewhere.
"Michelangelo, Splinter told you not to. . ." Donatello's.
"Leo and Serena sittin' in a tree K.I.S.S.I.N ow!" Mikey literally fell into view and beamed at girl in Leo's arms. Serena watched as Raphael walked out with his arms crossed and a scowl across his face directed at Mikey, then came Donatello. She knew who they were without having met them, how could she not after all Leo had told her.
"Hey!" Mikey ran up to her and invaded her personal space, out of the corner of her eye she saw Leonardo was not enjoying this spectacle one bit and was relieved when Raph pulled at the younger turtle's bandana tails.
"Welcome to our home child." Splinter finally came into view, "you must excuse my other sons, as I am sure you have heard many times it has never been what you could call quiet here."
"So you're Serena?" Mikey asked, "Wow, you are not what I pegged as Leo's type! Ow! Raph!"
"Will you just stop talking?!" He growled at his little brother very conscious that his eldest brother was looking very embarrassed and uncomfortable. Serena just laughed.
"Well I'm not sure my family would have thought Leo was my type either!" she said still laughing a little at the young turtles antics.
"So you're a witch?" Don asked genuinely curiously.
"Yes, I'm what's known as a traditional witch," she explained, "which means I inherited the magic from my parents." Splinter was quietly scolding Mikey as Raph walked straight up to her making the whole room silent. He glared down at her and was surprised that she looked straight back at him showing now fear at all despite his size and form.
"Well witch girl," he said earning wary glances from his family, "welcome ta the family." He grinned.
"One big, weird happy family!" Mikey shouted gleefully, his grin growing wider as his eldest brother wrapped an arm around Serena's shoulders and sighed in relief.
Well there's chapter one, I know it's rather sappy but 1.) I'm a hopeless romantic and 2.) I was watching Enchanted as I wrote this so gush was kind of inevitable, I hope you like it, either way please review as I like both good reviews and bad (provided that they come in the form of constructed criticism and not just plain rude ones of course.) Toodles Angel xxx