A/N: ALRIGHTY! You asked for it my duckies, here we go :) SEQUEL! Don't worry, it's a little dry, but I promise it gets more exciting. Come with me while we join our special family in their endurance with functioning as a family, being parents for some -hint hint-, and growing up in shadow. While I am going to include all of my original OC's, Aanika is going to be my focus for this tale since she's the oldest of the "children". If you're just joining us, ehhh you might want to read Turtle's Vixen first for this to make some sense. ;D anyway, read and review. ENJOY!
NOTICE: THIS STORY HAS OC CHARACTERS. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT ANY OF THEM LOOK LIKE, PLEASE CHECK THE LINKS ON MY PROFILE FOR YOUR VISUAL AID.
Prologue
Growing up in a typical home meant soccer practice, Christmas plays, and finger paintings with gold stars from the teacher. Children from all corners of the world experienced the typical routine of growing and learning. They went to school, they made friends, they learned how to drive. But for a few select children in the underbelly of New York City, growing up meant something else entirely. They had to be invisible like the wind and swift like shadows when they lurked about. The hustling and bustling inhabitants of Manhattan never looked up, they were too busy with cellphones glued to their ears and their eyes buried into the head of the person in front of them. Occupied with the madness of bumper to bumper traffic. Had the people ever taken the chance to look up, they'd see these mysterious shadows leaping from rooftops to telephone poles and keeping a watchful eye on their city.
These shadows belonged to the one family of mutant turtle brothers and hybrid sisters. They were ninjas, powerful and skilled in their art like the master who had taught them everything he knew. The leaders of the group were the center of the family; Leonardo and Shiho.
Mates and partners, they led their family on nightly patrols throughout the city when they weren't home in the lair being parents. With the assistance of their human comrades, April and Casey Jones, and their sensei Splinter, the pair managed to keep their family under control and still find time to raise their three children. Aanika, the one who'd come from the same biological experimentation laboratory that Shiho had and shared the same genetic mutation; fox genes. Both Leo and Shiho had taken on the responsibility of giving the young fox hybrid as much of a childhood as they possibly could. She was their only child until by the grace of luck Shiho gave birth to the first offspring of their kind. The twins Allegra and Erasmus. But more about them later, on to the rest of the members behind the leaders.
Always on their left was the second pair, the strangest pair of them all; Raphael and Saundra. The hotheaded turtle and the smart-mouthed gecko hybrid, the only one of her sisters with a different mutation, collided and crashed more than they meshed but they were meant for each other. They fought and they disagreed, constantly at each other's throats. But that's what made them so right together. Raphael was drawn to that gecko hybrid like a bee to the flower, he could never imagine spending his life with any other being. Saundra constantly told her sisters how irritating Raph was, but they all knew just how much she loved and needed him.
To the right, never far behind their leaders, Donatello and Fiona. The genius and fiery haired fox were the prime definition of perfect. Both were smart beyond comprehension and could create any piece of technology that came to their mind. Their love and bond rivaled their leaders, if Shiho and Leo didn't have parenthood on their shoulders, they'd be all over each other the way Donnie and Fiona always seemed to be. They finished each others sentences and were always in tune to each others needs and thoughts, a pair of absolute geniuses in the throes of love and passion.
And finally coming up the rear was the newest mated pair, Michelangelo and Magdalena. Their relationship wasn't easy for the oldest fox to swallow, Mikey was Shiho's baby brother in all aspects and having him together with her clone was always a tough pill to take. But even so, despite the strange energy, Mikey couldn't escape the raging attraction to the blonde cloned fox. She was funny and witty, never too far behind him in being the one to crack a joke. Despite all of the raging battles and spats she had with Shiho, Maggie took a step back from the hateful energy she once possessed. Harmony was difficult to maintain, but with the sweet and one-of-a-kind Michelangelo by her side, Maggie kept a lid on her grudges and existed peacefully with Shiho and her sisters.
But this story isn't just about the hybrids and mutants we've all come to know and love. No, this is a story about growing up in secrecy and battling with the struggles of discovering individuality. One member, Aanika, discovers how truly difficult life can be when the rest of the world doesn't…no…when the world won't accept you. In the shadows of her miracle twin siblings and much more, Aanika will be our focus. The focus on blast, will anyone understand? Leo loves his daughter, he consoles her, he raises her…but would he ever really understand what she faces? Father and daughter, it's a special bond that only the two could ever share and understand. Aanika isn't Leo's biological daughter, nor his only child. But the difference meant nothing, she was his first baby girl and that's how it will stay. But even so, can Aanika really be Leo's little girl forever?
A/N: BOOM. Ehehe, now that I've got the ball rolling and your attention, note that I'm also going to be writing a 'Holes' fanfiction at the same time. So, keep an eye out for it. ANYWAY. Review please! Tell me if this sounds any good, if it's captivating enough for me to continue. You know me, duckies. You know I love your input and hearing how much you enjoy my writing. If you enjoy it, I mean. I'm ranting. REVIEW! Cowabunga, Duckies!