Author's note: This story's character, Alexandria, is based on one I've been roleplaying as for over a year now. Some of the details of her story are changed so that those who are unfamiliar with her and her roleplay storyline won't get confused.

Disclaimer: I do not own the ninja turtles, I am simply borrowing them for my story.

Prologue

Alexandria Jane stood in front of her bedroom window, watching. Chaos was reigning below. The sounds of war resonated through the walls of her Palace, causing it to shake slightly, as if in fear.

Yes, it had finally happened. The delicate balance between the Good of her world and the Bad had finally shifted and broken. It had all happened so fast…

Unearthly roars and screeches could be heard from the beasts known as The Black Helldragons. Alex shivered a bit. How she hated them…

They had black as night scales and red as blood eyes. Their only purpose had been to cause destruction and overthrow her kingdom. Luckily, only one of those was working…

The city below was in ruins. Fires were everywhere…and so was blood.

She could see her Royal Guards fighting, not just for her kingdom, but of their lives. They were the best trained in her world. Hopefully, they could handle this madness.

The stone floor beneath her feet was warming, heating from the fires. She didn't have much time. As Queen, she had to escape…and soon.

However, her belongings had to be left behind. There was no time for them.

Her room was the largest in the palace. The walls made were of black stone that seemed to glow with life, like embers from a dying fire. Her bed was a deep red Cedar, with a full frame and a full black silk Canopy and curtains. The frame was carved in a bit of a Gothic style, with black panthers sitting on top of each pillar seemingly watching the room.

She had a dresser and closet doors made of the same word, carved in the same style. The room's masterpiece, in Alex's opinion, was the fireplace. Instead of being carved from wood, it was carved from the same stone as the wall. The paining above it was of her and her mother.

Alex smiled a bit at it despite everything. They both had the same raven coloured hair and sharp green eyes. Her mother was taller though, standing at 5'10" instead of her 5'5".

With one last sigh, Alex went to her fireplace and pushed against one side of the frame. It opened, revealing a secret passage way. This would lead her out of the palace, to safety.

The sounds of war echoed through the tunnel as she ran. A part of her feared that at any moment, the claws of a Dragon would reach down and snatch her up.

With a flick of her wrists, she called upon her element, Fire, for which her home was named. It was Bladhm, actually, the Gaelic word for flame. With it, she summoned her weapons, her Sai. They appeared in her hands with burst of light. They, like the walls of her home, were made of the same black stone. Words were carved into the three prongs in her ancient language. The blades were longer than that of the traditional Ninjitsu weapons. The middle prong was the full length of her forearm.

Alex held these tight in her hands as she reached the tunnel's exit. Now, she would become the warrior. It was the only way she'd survive now. No crown was going to keep her from death's door.

Thoughts her mother and her father entered her mind, making her eyes sting with tears. She had no idea where they'd ended up in this chaos. And now, there was no time to find out…

There was a primal need inside of her to fight. That of the Hellcat… She could feel its need to shift her body to that of the Black Panther and attack those who'd harmed her people…those she loved…

That would mean death aswell. There were hundreds, possibly thousands of Black Helldragons out there who would have no trouble against her.

So, she pushed the feeling away, but not without letting out a pure predatory growl.

Alex ran with everything she had, stepping over stones and what she was sure were bodies. She didn't dare look down and see.

As she did, she whispered a simple spell that she'd learned from her mother. One, she told her that would take her somewhere safe should something like this happen…

The light of her fire surrounded her, and teleported her away… far away…