Disclaimer: Ninja Turtles are not mine but Chloe and her grandparents are. Please do not sue and no flames.

Ringing in the New Year

Mikey was in the kitchen preparing food for the New Year's Party that night. Just then, nine year old Chloe Calls appeared in the doorway.

"Hey, Chloe, what's up?" Mikey asked.

"I just came to see if you need help with anything," Chloe replied.

"Sure, you can help me."

"Great."

Mikey explained to Chloe what he was doing. Chloe immediately got to work and the two of them got done in a couple hours while happily chatting and preparing food the whole time.

"We'd better get the food out to the living room," Mikey said.

"The ball's going to drop in about an hour," Chloe said.

"I'll handle the food," Mikey offered.

"I'll go get the glasses and sparkling apple cider," Chloe volunteered.

Mikey started taking the food out the living room. Chloe went to find the glasses and sparkling apple cider.


The turtles, Chloe, Grandma Calls, Grandpa Calls, Splinter, April O'Neil, and Casey Jones were in the living room eating food and drinking sparkling apple cider. The TV was also on showing a crowd of people waiting for the ball to drop.

Just then, the doorbell rang. Raph went to answer it and came back with Angel.

"Hi, I'm Angel," Angel said to Chloe. "You must be Chloe."

"Nice to meet you," Chloe said to Angel as the two shook hands. "The two elderly people are my grandparents."

"Do you live here?"

"I do."

"Why don't you live with your parents?"

"They died in an apartment fire a little less than a year ago."

"I'm sorry."

"Thanks."

"You miss them?"

"I do but I'm glad that my grandparents let me live with them."

"How did you find your grandparents?"

"Actually, Donny found them for me when he was looking for my parents. When he found out that my parents had died in the fire, he also found out that I had grandparents in the area."

"Let's quiet down, everyone!" Casey called out.

"The ball's about to drop," April chimed in.

Everyone counted down from 10. Then the ball on the TV dropped and the announcer along with everyone else shouted, "HAPPY NEW YEAR!"

The turtles and Splinter threw their arms around each other and squeezed tightly while Chloe and Angel hi-fived each other. April and Casey kissed on the lips and so did Grandma and Grandpa Calls.

A few minutes later, April, Casey, and Angel said goodbye and left the house. Then Grandma and Grandpa Calls said goodnight and left the room.

The turtles and Chloe started cleaning up from the party. They finished in less than half an hour.

"I'm going to bed now," Chloe said. "Good night and happy new year."

"Night," the turtles said in unison and then Chloe left the room.

The turtles got an air mattress behind the couch, blew it up, and put sheets on it. Then they got under the covers, snuggled up together, and fell asleep.

The End