Title: Musings of a Reporter
Rating: T
Summary: A short series of April and her thoughts about each of the four turtles. This is based on the movies.
Disclaimer: I do not own anyone or anything from Ninja Turtles!
AN: So I was watching the Ninja Turtle movies and decided that I wanted to do a short drabble series about her thoughts on each of the turtles and I may add Splinter, but I'm not sure yet. This is my first time writing for this fandom so I am sure the characters may be a little OOC, but I will do my best. The first short chapter is going to be her thoughts on Raphael.
Being a reporter I have seen my share of strange, scary, amusing, sad, and downright terrifying, but over the years I've gotten used to all the bizarre happenings. Well, at least that is what I'd thought until I met Raphael and after that night, things were never the same. Raph wasn't your typical New York guy, technically he wasn't really a guy at all in the human way of seeing things. Raphael was unique and by unique I was really stretching it. Raph was actually a giant turtle, with three turtle brothers, and a giant rat for a father, and he was also a ninja which is actually how we met. You see, another thing about being a reporter is the fact I tend to get on peoples bad sides and to make a long story short, Raphael saved me from some evil ninjas called 'the foot', they really needed to get a better name, but anyways, he saved my life and introduced me to the rest of his family. His father, Splinter, then explained how they came to be as they now were due to the effects of some substance we all referred to as green ooze.
I would never tell any of the others this, but my bond with Raphael was probably the strongest. We didn't talk much when the others were around, but when it was just the two of us, it was almost as if he changed in to an entirely different turtle. I think a part of it had to do with his brothers, especially Leo. Leonardo was the oldest and therefore the leader and considering Raphael had a problem with taking orders, well they tended to clash over everything. My sai using ninja turtle friend often felt as if Leonardo was taking everything from him and it was my belief he feared the same thing would happen to our friendship if his older brother realized how close we actually were. Of course Leo would never intentionally do that, yet I understood why Raph would feel that way; sibling rivalry was never easy or rational for that matter.
I'll admit that Raph can be a bit rough around the edges, but deep down he really cares. You could see it in the way he joked with Mikey, or listened to advice Leo or Splinter gave him even though he pretended not to in order to keep his tough turtle reputation. In some ways he wise beyond his years and at others he was so young. Raphael was like a puzzle that you never got around to finishing. Just when you think you have it all figured out, you realize you forgot an important piece and needed to start over. There wasn't a lot I could say about him other than the fact he may always be a mystery no matter how long we are friends and he's a hero even though he lacks the ability to see it yet. Maybe one of these days he would find whatever it was he kept searching for, but until I would always be there for him in whatever way I could because he was a my Raphael and that's all that mattered.
AN: Short and kind of vague I know, but it was just a test for this fandom. There will be three or four more short parts about the other turtles.
Please R&R like always!