Hello! This is my first multi-chaptered story and I hope you'll enjoy it. I don't know exactly how long this story will turn out to be but it will contain at least ten chapters. Once again, English isn't my own language and my story will most likely contain some grammatical mistakes.

I wrote this chapter in 1st person but the perspective will change. I'm sorry if this chapter is a little bit boring but it's a prologue and I needed to explain some things. The chapter is also written as Mikey so I wrote it in a way I think Mikey would think. (if that makes any sense)

Anile :)

Disclaimer: I don't own any characters from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

I made 'Sparkle Time' and his articles up. If they accidentally truly exist (which I doubt) they aren't the same as the articles in this story. The title 'happy now?' is from a song by No Doubt. The song has nothing to do with my story, but I just thought the title suited it.

Happy now? – Part one, Prologue

I plumped down on my bed. Great now I have to clean my room. I looked around for what seemed the hundredth time. I must admit: My room is a mess. All right it looks like a tornado came by and stayed in my room. But beside that, I really don't understand why Splinter makes such a big point of it. I mean we've got more important problems than my stupid room right now. The return of the foot clan for example. Or the fact that the Hun and Bishop teamed up with only one goal: Our shells in a big turtle soup! I mean everybody is kinda uptight right now, Splinter is meditating a lot and he seems kinda worried. Donatello's trying to make something that can somehow help us against Karai. I don't know what he's doing actually but I don't really think I want to know either.

Leonardo is training a lot extra and he's obsessed with our training too. We must be faster, stronger, more focused, better, more careful, more perfect. Poor guy is still into the whole 'I almost joined the Foot, I trusted Karai and now I must find a way to fix everything because I'm responsible for anything that ever happened and everything that will ever happen in the future' thing. Kinda pointless to think like that, but yeah, that's Leo. It doesn't really help that Raph is constantly fighting with him. I must admit that it's kinda Leo's fault too because he's constantly bugging Raph and telling him how he should train better and should do everything better. Raph is irritated by that and he's picking on me because he needs something to work off his feelings.

I can totally understand that, but that doesn't mean I need to like it! My head's hurting 24/7 these days.

I sighed. I really should start cleaning now. I picked up a bunch of comics and papers from the floor. I made four piles on my bed : Comics, drawings, stuff, trash and things: 'I don't know what to do with or what it even is supposed to be' also known as the pile : ' will end up under the bed'. After an hour or two I could finally discern the floor from the garden hose. I didn't even knew I had a garden hose! That's kinda weird actually because we don't even own a garden. I took a closer look. Why was there a big lump in the middle of the hose? And since when does a garden hose move? Since when do they have teeth? … Oh my-…

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I can't believe I actually fainted! I fainted because there was a sneak in my room! Hello, I faced way more scarier things than a stupid snake. My brothers will never let me forget this! Raph will never let me forget this! This story will return on every family night and every Christmas party. O shell.

Good news is that my super brothers a.k.a. Leo and Donny removed the snake from my room and even checked if there were any others. They did the last because I refused to go anywhere near my room before I knew for sure there weren't any other unwelcome guests. They didn't want me in their beds tonight so they had no other option than check.

I'll worship my bro's for the next two weeks for that by the way. I'll give them the best omelettes and share my chocolate. Raph won't get any chocolate because he suggested to keep the snake, luckily for me the snake turned out to be poisonous and Splinter won't let him keep the snake. Hmm maybe I should give Splinter the good omelettes too.

I'm in my room again by the way. I'm checking everywhere if there is a snake and I still have to clean my room. I tried to convince dad that I was still too upset to finish my room but he didn't take it. Too bad.

I took my comics pile and began to put them in different piles.

An hour later I was rubbing the back of my head. That was so completely uncalled for! Apparently Splinter didn't like the fact that I was reading my comic books while I was supposed to clean my room. I huffed and sighed again. Dude, it's like cleaning my room takes the whole day! I crouched and picked up the comics I accidentally dropped. I saw a bright pink cover. What kind of comic is that?

'Sparkle time'? I sat on my bed again and flipped through the pages. ' Lose six pounds in six weeks', 'My husband cheated on me!' and 'I think I like my ex again but I'm happily married, what should I do now?' all came by.

Wait a minuet. This isn't a comic book! This is a magazine for chicks! I guess April accidentally gave it to me when she gave me those comics. I was just about to put it on the 'trash pile' when something caught my eye. 'Ten steps to a happy family. Page 23' I curiously flipped to page 23.

You don't know what to do anymore. Just having your family in one room causes trouble and conflicts. Everybody is arguing with each other and nobody listens anymore. Family time has become a unknown word in your dictionary and you're seeing you're family drift further apart every day. Do you recognise yourself in this description? Don't worry and just read along because 'Sparkle Time' presents you: Ten steps for a happy family. Follow this steps and your problems will disappear in no time.

I gaped. This description! This is our family! Conflicts, arguing, family time has become a unknown word? That's exactly what happens! Maybe I should follow these steps, I mean if it works for humans it has to work for four turtles and a rat too right?

I began reading the steps but I was disturbed by someone calling my name. I guessed it was time for training. I put the magazine on my desk and left the room with a smile.

Will be continued…

Thank you for reading! I would appreciate to hear if you like the idea or not and if you would like me to continue.