Chapter 1 New York City

I was furious at my mother for moving us to New York City, but I was trying to not show it because I knew how hurt my mother would be if she found out that I wasn't happy about the move. I just missed having my friends in Portland come over to my house all the time, and I missed my father. You see, my mom and dad had gotten a divorce weeks earlier and I was still a little mad at them both.

But I was trying to forget that. I was granted a chance to start my life over in New York and I was going to take advantage of it. I was also going to enroll in a gymnastics academy! That was actually something that I was looking forward to. I watched as we finally drove into the city. My mother couldn't afford a house in Manhatten so we were stuck living in Brooklyn. Not exactly the best neighborhood but not Harlem either. So I was excited at living in a big city.

"Here we are!" my mom announced a bit too cheerily. It was what New Yorkers would call a brownstone. Just like the other houses on the street. Nothing too fancy or elaborate.

That night I was up unpacking my clothes and belongings in my room while my mom was quickly unpacking the kitchen stuff and her room boxes. Finally after a few hours I had to take a break from all the work and climbed up my fire escape to the roof. I loved just looking at the stars and the night was so clear. I was so engrossed in the stars that I did not notice four pairs of eyes staring at me from the shadows.

The next morning I finished helping my mother unpack the rest of the boxes and we quickly decorated the house to make it feel like our own. When we finally finished this challenging task of cleaning the house and decorating it, the time was 6:00 PM. I practically had to beg my mother to let me go tour a few blocks of New York.

The sky was already darkening as I walked through the mostly empty streets of Brooklyn. Suddenly I heard a male voice in an alley. I peered around the corner and I saw a huge blond man with a purple lizard tattoo on his left bicep. He was beating up a man that was whimpering. The blond man was threatening him with something that I didn't understand. I figured that I had seen enough when I tried to back away I bumped into a trash can. The bolnd man whirled around and began to walk towards me.

"Who are you?" he asked me darkly holding me up by the collar of my shirt.

"No one! I swear," I told him panicked. Or what it seemed to that guy. I wasn't panicked. I wasn't ever afraid. The simple explanation is that I was born without the fear gene. You know the gene that makes people afraid of something. Well I didn't have it.

"Well you're obviously someone," he smirked still holding onto me. I swung my leg up at that moment and it connected with the side of his head. He didn't let go of me rather he began crushing my windpipe.

"Let her go, Hun," a voice said from the darkness.

"You turtle freaks!" the blond man snarled, who was obviously Hun. Four turtle creatures came out of the darkness, as Hun slowly crushed my throat. I clawed desperately trying to get him off of me. I. Couldn't. Breathe. Then I blacked out.

I awoke to bright lights and people yelling.

"Shut up!" I shouted holding my throbbing neck and head in my hands. The entire place went silent and a purple clad turtle came into view.

"How do you feel?"

"Like a giant man crushed my throat, and then I was thrown in front of a truck," I replied. A turtle clad in red chuckled.

"I'm Mikey!" A orange clad turtle said. "Wait, you haven't screamed yet. Why?"

"Oh my god YOU'RE A TURTLE!" I screamed. "Satisfied?" I asked sarcastically.

"Funny!" Mikey pouted.

"I'm Leonardo," said the blue clad turtle. "But call me Leo."

"Donatello," the purple clad one said. "Don or Donnie works fine."

"Raphael or Raph," the red one said gruffly.

"Elektra," I told them with a smile.

That night I had to stay in the Lair because of my neck. I called my mom and told her that I would be out a little later than I had originally planned but I would be back tomorrow. I slept on the couch after watching three movies with Mikey and after I had heard their origin story from their father Master Splinter.