A new story! Yay! This one is a little different. Enjoy!

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Leo hated inter-dimensional travel. Period. He had given it three tries, willingly or not, and none of them had exactly been fun. His first trip to the Battle Nexus had been the worst—first, he had been dragged there by his brothers against Sensei's orders. Then they were attacked and Leo's swords had been broken. As if that weren't enough, he had almost been assassinated, he had been poisoned, and he had been forced to fight for the Daimyo's life as soon as he awoke. Not too much fun. His second trip had hardly been better. He had been separated from his family by the Ultimate Drako and sent to another dimension where he had to fight a giant snake to save Lord Noriyuki. He had then traveled to the Battle Nexus to try to find his family. There he had been tricked into helping the Ultimate Drako and forced to fight for both his and Usagi's life. The third time had sealed his distaste of other dimensions. Not only had he been depressed and guilty because of their last encounter with the Shredder, but he was scared to death for Mikey's life. He had again been forced to fight for someone's life—only this time it was a former enemy who now called him friend. Yes, he hated inter-dimensional travel.

But it didn't seem to hate him. No matter how much Leo detested other dimensions, he always seemed to find a way to end up in one. Whether he was sent there by an enemy or taken there by a friend, he never seemed to be able to escape. This time Leo wasn't even in the Battle Nexus. He had no idea where he was, but he knew that he didn't like it.

Leo pushed himself up off the ground where he had landed, instinctively checking for his swords. When he was satisfied that he hadn't lost anything, he began to look around for his family. He had been on a roof with his brothers and sensei when a portal had opened up and sucked him in. He could only assume that his family had been pulled along with him.

After thoroughly searching for any sign of his family and coming up with nothing, Leo truly looked at his surroundings for the first time. He was in a clearing in the middle of a forest of sorts. The trees were a silvery green and taller than any he had ever seen in his life. They were narrow but closely packed. The lowest branches were ten feet off the ground and touched those of the surrounding trees, creating a ceiling that kept all light from reaching the ground. The clearing Leo was in was large and completely enclosed by forest. There was a wide stream that flowed through the center of it, disappearing into the forest on both ends. The ground was rocky and there was little vegetation. Leo peered up into the sky, which was a very pale blue. He noticed with some curiosity that there were two suns, both smaller and dimmer than the earth's suns.

Leo sighed and began to follow the stream into the forest. If he was to find his family, he would have to move. He figured his best bet was to find some sort of civilization and make inquiries—if he could communicate with the inhabitants of this dimension, that is. If he followed the creek, he was sure to come across some sort of village or dwelling. He hoped that either his family was still at home, or that whoever did live here was friendly. Actually, he kind of hoped for both.

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Raph groaned and sat up, rubbing the back of his head. He was about to call for his brothers when he saw a tall human looking down at him curiously. Aw, crud. Raph stood up and backed away, reaching for his sai. I got sighted! Leo's gonna kill me!

"Please, friend. I mean you no harm. Your brother requested that I stay with you while he searched for the rest of your family," the man said, holding his hands out in front of him.

Raph leaped onto the man, knocking him onto his back. He placed his sai against the man's throat. "What do you know about my brother? Where is he?" he growled.

The man's eyes were wide but his voice remained calm. "Donatello is higher on the mountain, looking for your brothers and your 'sensei.' Please, Raphael, I am a friend." Raph begrudgingly let the man get up but kept his sai in his hands, eyeing the man suspiciously.

"And just how do you know Donny?" he asked, sparing a glance up the mountain to see if he could spot his brother. Wait, mountain? Raph looked around frantically, trying to think of how he could have ended up here. He definitely wasn't in New York anymore. At the foot of the mountain was a large strange-looking forest. A river ran in one side and out the other. He looked up the mountain. He felt relief when he saw Don carefully making his way toward them, waving happily when he saw Raph awake and standing.

"Raph! You're awake." The intelligent turtle's eyes darted between an armed and disgruntled Raphael and the noticeably nervous man. "It's okay. Haki's a friend. He's going to help us find the guys."

Raph snorted skeptically but put his sai back in his belt. "Where the heck are we, anyway?"

Haki stepped forward, obviously relieved not to have the daggers pointed at him threateningly, and said, "This is the planet Jata, part of fourth earth. I am one of the few native Jatans left. I was sent into the forest to scout, and I was the only one of my men to make it out alive. Most of my people live on the East side of the mountain, in small villages scattered throughout the desert. Very few have ventured into the Silver Forest in fear of the Kartan."

"The what?" Raph asked. This was getting way too weird.

"The Kartan are snake-like men with venomous fangs and claws. They are responsible for my people's dwindling numbers. They have taken over the forest where we used to dwell and are now preparing to advance east over the mountain and into the desert. The only other place for us to withdraw is the ocean, and we are not an aquatic people. We have been forced to fight the Kartan, and it has been a futile effort so far."

"So why do you want to help us find our brothers?" Raph demanded, his suspicion still lingering.

"I have agreed to take you and Donatello to the desert when I return. On the way we can scour the mountain for your family. They also may be in the desert with my people."

"And if they're in the forest?"

"Then there is little hope of them making it out alive."

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I started this not knowing at all how it was going to go, and I almost have it all planned out now. Don't worry, I'm not going to abandon "I Shall Avenge", by any means, but I got really excited about this one and wanted to go ahead and start it. Please let me know what you think. Thanks for reading!