CHAPTER 1: THE DREAM.
Leo opened his eyes. He was in the middle of a grass full of flowers of all kind of colours: pink, purple, blue and many others. The sky was blue and without a single cloud. The sun shined bright and warm. A gentle breeze blew on his skin. He suddenly heard a voice he knew very well calling him:
"Leo!" He turned around. It was Julie. She had a simple white dress and the brown hair fluttered lightly in the wind. She smiled at him and said jokefully:
"Try to catch me if you can!" She ran laughing trough the field.
"Ah, I'll catch you anyway!" He said running after her. Leo managed to catch her. He picked up her in his arms and her and spinned around. Julie laughed and laughed. Leo became warm inside. He loved her laughter,
"Well done!" Julie said. Leo put her down and she hugged him. Leo held her gently in his arms around her back. They looked deeply at each other. This moment was perfect. Just they two alone.
The earth started shaking abruptly.
"What the…?" They were both chocked by the surprise. A crack opened on the grass beneath them. Leo felt how Julie fast slipped down, away from his arms. He tried to take her hand, but he didn't make it in time. Julie fell in the darkness.
"LEO!"
"JULIE! NO!"
Leo woke abruptly up. He was sweating and breathed heavily. He looked at the clock. It was 01.00 o'clock, the others were surely sleeping. He jumped silently off the bed and went to the living room, in front of the photo of Julie's family. What did that dream mean? Was Julie in danger? Would something happen to her soon? Leo had this horrible feeling that tormented him and there was only one way to answer his questions. He touched the photo and a white light wrapped him and in one second, he was gone.
He appeared in Julie's room and landed silently on the floor. He went to Julie's bed. She was deeply asleep, with her TMNT 2k12 plush toys close to her and her brown hair was spread out on the pillow. Then nothing had happened. Leo caressed her hair and kissed her forehead. She was so beautiful. Julie smiled in the sleep and hugged the Leo-plush, which she held closer than the others. Leo went back home and fell asleep again.
But the next day, he was still thinking about the dream, and reflected much about it. He was sitting quietly on the sofa.
"Leo! What a face! Has something happened?" Mikey asked joyfully.
"That's enough! I'm going to Splinter!" He shouted with a decided voice, rising up and walking fast to Splinter's room.
"What's his problem?" Mikey said a little bit chocked. The others were a little surprised to by his behaviour.
"Maybe something has happened between him and Julie!" Donnie said.
"Are you kidding? They are like two turtledoves! They talk on the phone 24 hours a day!" Raph said with an obvious tone in the voice.
"But it could be, and in that case…" Mikey said with a secret agent-voice. They turned their head towards Splinter's room's door. Then they looked at each other. In one second, they flew to the door to see through the key hole.
"Move your ass!"
"No! I was here first!"
"WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING?" A girl voice shouted. The boys turned around. It was April, that had entered the lair and stood now on the stairs, looking angrily at them with a raised eyebrow.
"Leo is talking with Splinter!" Mikey said.
"But then it's none of your business!" April said irritated.
"But…maybe something has happened between him and Julie…" He said with an inviting tone. April was walking up the stairs and stopped when she heard those words. She remained still for some seconds, and then she shouted:
"Okay, leave me some space!" In the end they all could see. Leo didn't seem to have heard the noises outside of the room.
"Sit down, my son. I can feel that there is something that worries you." Leo sat down in front of the short and small table Splinter sat next to.
"Yes master, I had a strange dream last night…" He told him about the dream and Splinter nodded.
"And what do you think this dream is trying to say?"
"Well…it makes me feel that something is soon going to happened with Julie. This dream has made me think about a thing: Will I always be able to protect her? Will I make her happy? I can't give her what a human boy can: a normal life, a normal relationship…"
"Leonardo…if Julie loves you the way you are, because you're yourself."
"Yes but…"
"Do you love her?"
"More than everything."
"Then stay in the present and protect her as you can. If you think too much about the future, you will loose all the good things that happen now."
"Ok. Thank you father."
"You're welcome. But if you'll dream the same dream again, come to me, okay?"
"Ok!" Leo went towards the door. Mikey heard his footsteps and said to everyone:
"He's coming! Go to your Pokerface-positions!" Everybody ran away fast as lightning and went to their "positions": Raph started training, Mikey read comics and Donnie fixed something on his desk. April didn't understand a thing, and stayed were she was. Leo opened the door. He looked down with a curious face. Then he smiled.
"Guys! You shouldn't eavesdrop!" the Turtles sighed.
"How could you know it?"
"Well you're not so discrete when you move and you should know by now that the PokerFace positions don't work on me!" He giggled. Then he added:
"But now it's time to clean up the lair! Julie will be here soon and I want everything to be in order!
"Yes, fearless leader!" The said all together and started to clean up.
