Life through another's eyes
A/N: Okay, here is the first chapter of my newest story! I hope you'll like it. It's based on the 2k3 series, but it's where the turtles are human teenagers. And I hope that's okay with you all.
Plot 'People all have their problems. But they don't see the worst of the problems, cause they are too busy with their own. But there are those who can see, but they don't always have the courage to do something about it.' In a normal school in New york, with normal students and with normal lives, it's hard to know when to be sad or angry for the right reason. But when a new student starts to take classes there and start to take more place and do things more differently, three brothers will learn what life can look like through someone else's eyes. But what is it about the kid that seems so sad and heavy-hearted? Why does he seem so careless and patient, and at the same time so unhappy and melancholic? OBS, Human version.
Okay, you know the plot, know read and enjoy! Please review!
Chapter 1, The new kid in school
(Leo's P.O.V)
A new school year was starting today, and I had my hands full already. And it wasn't even 10 o'clock yet. In front of me to the right was my youngest brother Michelangelo sitting and looked out the window. Mikey wasn't listening to me, when I told him to start to focus on the teacher instead of what was outside the classroom. He had one hand on his chin and looked out of the window, his blue eyes where somewhere else than where his body where. The blond hair was falling over his eyes and not even that catched his attention. I sighed. I knew that if Mikey was caught daydreaming, again, he would get detention, and it was bad enough that Raph got detention almost every week. Our father did not need a new detention kid. I looked to my right and looked at my other younger brother Raphael, who was having trouble with the guy behind him who kept on poking him on the temple and head. I knew my brother good enough to know he would soon lose it and hit the guy, thus getting himself into trouble. ' I might as well kill two birds with one stone' I thought. I kicked Raph lightly on the shin, which stopped him from almost hitting that guy in the head. He looked at me in anger, but before he could do anything I nodded his head at Mikey, and my hot-headed brother looked at him, rolled his eyes and then stretched over his desk and smacked him on the head. Mikey let out a yelp and the teacher turned in his direction.
"Mr Hamato, is there anything you want to share with the class?" She put her hands in her sides and looked at the youngest of us. He maroon hair had a few grey stripes in it, and was collected in a bun on her head. And her green eyes where stern and slightly angry behind the glasses that rested on her nose. And her nose, that looked like a eagles beak made her look even scarier. She never was fond of our family. I glanced at Mikey, who looked like a deer in highlights.
"Uh, no miss Rocks. I just hit my toe in the desk leg. And I couldn't help myself, I'm sorry I screamed miss." He gave her his famous puppy eyes. Miss Rocks was about to answer, but someone knocked on the door. She sighed and turned to the door.
"Come in." The door opened and in came the principal, Mr, Hamato Yoshi, aka our father. And beside him walked a kid in medium length and brown hair that looked pretty disheveled and reached down to his chin, and he occasionally blew it out of his eyes. His clothes looked pretty shabby and had a patch on each of his knees and all over his legs his legs and stitches all his shirt, that made them look like they where from a second-hand shop and then had been renewed.
"I am sorry I interrupt your class, but your new student has arrived, Donatello Johnson." The whole class looked at the the kid, who shrunk down into his shirt and didn't meet any of the glances. His jeans where full of patches, but they where clearly resistant and they was about two sizes to big and he had a pair of converse that also was a little too big for him. All of his clothes were to big and the hair was hanging in his face. Raph heard some of the girls whisper about hobos, and turned to them. His look was more than enough to make them quiet. He had black hair with dyed red stripes and big golden colored eyes that looked like they came from a wolf. And he was always dressed in ripped pants and tank tops or hoodies. He was very muscular and the tallest of us and was even taller than me. No one was keen on getting into a fight with him, but it happen even though, cause Raph was good at picking fights and making small matters into fights. Even so it could be useful cause he was against bullies and tried hard to stop them, along with his best friend Casey Jones. Even if they did it in a wrong way.
"Oh yes, the new student. Thank you mr Hamato, and kid you can sit down there beside Michelangelo." Mikey lifted his hand so the new kid would know who he was.
"Don't you want me to introduce me to the class?" The kid asked a little confused. Miss Rocks just waved off his question and ignored him. The boy rolled his eyes, he seemed to be used to be ignored, picked up a sleazy duffel bag and walked over to the desk beside Mikey, and sat down. Mikey smiled at him and the new kid smiled back, though not as bright. I leaned forward and tapped him on the shoulder, and he turned around to face me.
"Don't mind miss Rocks. She isn't really fond of children off any kind. Stick to me and my brothers, and you'll be just fine." He nodded and smiled in thanks. I smiled at him in return and reached out my hand. "I'm Leonardo, but call me Leo." Donnie reached out his hand to shake mine. Mikey turned to him and patted him on his shoulder.
"I'm Michelangelo. But you can call me Mikey. Out off all of us I'm the fun one." Raph rolled his eyes and smacked him on the head. Mikey let out a yelp and rubbed the his head.
"And the stupid one. I'm Raph, and is the normal one. Leo is a teachers pet, Mikey is a big doofus and I'm the normal one." I couldn't help but snort.
"You? The normal one? Since when? You knock people down in attempt to make them stop fighting and bullying! How's that for normal?" Raph playfully punched me on the arm. The new kid stared at us and tried to smiled at us with a raised eyebrow. Mikey looked at him and shook his head at his brothers and turned to the new kid.
"Ignore them! They always fight. So what's your name again?" The kid's smile fell and stayed silent for a few seconds.
"Donatello." He said at last and looked at the chalkboard where miss Rocks had started to write something. She had turned around to look at the boys.
"Talking is what we do on our breaks mr..." She tuned off and tried to figure out Donatello's last name, with no success. Donatello rolled his eyes, but didn't seem that annoyed.
Johnson." The teacher waved her hand at his words and turned back to the chalkboard.
"Whatever. You can get to know this class, after the class is finished. So back to the lesson!" Raph felt his blood boil. This teacher was driving him crazy! She didn't even know the names on half of her class, and she had taught them History over two years. And now she was really rude to a kid who had never been here before. But luckily for us all the lesson was over in just ten minutes, but they seemed very long. The class was silent, and the only thing I could hear, except miss Rocks talking, was Don blow his hair out of his eyes.
"Riiiiing" And do was class over. All students stood up from their seats and left the class room. On his way out someone walked into Donnie and made him drop his bag and everything inside fell out.
"Uhh, come on." He moaned a little more to himself than to any of us. But just as he was going to pick up a book that had fallen to the floor, someone put his foot on it. Donnie had to yank his hand away so it wouldn't get stepped on. The foot belonged to Hun. One of the schools biggest bullies, and when I say biggest, I mean biggest. He was about 6.5 feet tall and his body was practically only muscles, but his brain wasn't much to talk about. He was going the last year but he must have gone a few classes more than one time. He had long blond hair in a pony tail and always wore a tank top and baggy jeans and on his right arm was a big dragon tattoo in purple. He had his arms crossed over his chest and looked down on Donnie, who sat on his knees and had his arms in his knees.
"Lost something, nerd?" Don only looked up at him and just narrowed his eyes at him. But he didn't say anything. Raph turned his hands into fists and tried to control his anger, but it showed that he was angry.
"Why don't you go and pick on somebody in your own size Hun? Why do you go and pick fights with those that can't fight back?" Mikey asked and he was also angry, though not as angry as Raph. I was also angry, but I didn't want to get into trouble. But Hun did seem to care about what us. He only laughed at us.
"Where is the fun in fighting with people that actually have a chance? Do you think I got my cred in the school by being 'nice and honourable' all the time like you three?" He laughed again and stepped off the book he had his foot on, picked it up and looked at it.
"Hehe, do you keep your diary in your school bag? Aren't you just adorable? What do you write about? Let's find out shall we?" And he opened the book and started to look at the pages. But then Donnie seemed to have had enough, and flew up on his feet and stepped Hun on the foot! Hun let out a scream in pain, dropped the book and grabbed his foot with both hands and jumped up and down. Donnie picked up his book and walked up to Hun and grabbed him by the pony tail so he meet Hun's dark grey eyes. And he held him pretty hard by the hair.
"Listen here you pea-brained neanderthal, cause I'm only gonna say this once! What's inside my bag is private, and you have no business of what's in it! And if I ever find you looking through my bag or try to bother me, you'll have to deal with me! And I warn you, I grew up in the New York City slums. I know how to deal with kids like you! Capish?" Hun didn't look away from Donnie's eyes once and almost looked scared and unsure. He shrunk under Don's glance and if I didn't mistake, he looked like he shuddered. Hun didn't even answer first and just stared at Donnie in fear. Donnie's gaze hardened and he yanked in Hun's pony tail harder.
"Do you understand?!" He said louder and harsher and his eyes narrowed. Hun couldn't do anything else but nod, slowly and in fear. Donnie yanked it down a little more so Hun let out sounds of pain. He sounded like a little girl
"And I don't think telling the teachers is going to work on your behalf. From what I can tell from your personality that they won't really believe you. I mean come on, a nerd giving a bully a piece of his mind? That doesn't sound so easily to believe in. So this stay between us, okay?" Hun nodded again and now he had closed his eyes in pain. Donnie yanked a little more, then let go of the bigger students hair. And Hun actually ran away from him as fast as he could. Me and my brothers looked at him in shock, but Don just bent down, picked up all of his stuff with the book at the bottom of the bag and kept on walking down the hallway. I couldn't help but stare at him, and then I looked at my brothers. They looked just as shocked as I was.
"Did you guys just see what I think I saw? Did the new kid just give Hun a lecture?!" I nodded and Raph just kept on looking after the kid. We looked at each other, then ran after Donnie. He was just closing his locker and had his math book under his arm and his duffel bag over his shoulder.
"Hey Don?" Mikey called, and he turned to us. We stopped running and walked up to him. "Why did you do that? Do you know who you just lectured? Hun, is the biggest, meanest, strongest and toughest guy in this school! He'll kill you when he get back to his senses! I suggest you apologize to him, when you meet him next time!" He looked at us and raised his eyebrow at us.
"Why?" He asked and crossed his arms over his chest. I just let my mouth hang wide open. Raph raised both eyebrows and opened his mouth slightly.
"Why? Because that guy is crazy! He's gone the 11th and 10th grade two times! He's practically grown up! Not even Casey or I take him on alone! And we can take on bullies really good! And you've lectured him on your first day of school?" He shook his head with a crooked smile "Not off to a good start buddy." I rolled my eyes and nudged my brothers in the side and looked at Don with the most serious look I could manage.
"What my brothers is trying to say." I glanced at Raph and Mikey when I said that. "He's a pretty tough guy, and not somebody you should mess with."
"And he's not gonna go easy on you just because your new." Mikey said and looked at Don with a tilted head. Donnie rolled his eyes and turned to look at all of us, one at the time.
"What's the point with having people put you down in the dirt? I hate being put down by people just because I'm different or because I'm a nerd. And let me make one thing very clear, There is a saying I'm doing things after, 'if you want to have something you have to work hard for it.' Things doesn't come to you simply because you want them to! You have to work to pay your bills. And not stop for anything. Including bullies. And that's how I do it. How will you guys do it? Will you let someone stop you from getting what you want? Or will you work your butt of to get it?" With that he turned around and walked away from us to his next class. We just stood there dumbfounded and looked after him. What was this for some sort of kid? How would things turn out from here? I had a feeling things would change dramatically from this day.
A/N: And that's the first chapter. Hope you liked it. And first of all, I know I said it was based on The 2k3 series, but I can't write Raph's talking in a more Brooklyn style, so don't expect something like that from Casey either. And both Casey and April will be introduced soon, but I don't think be able to fit in the Shredder, cause I have another 'villain' in mind. And Master Splinter will get more spotlight later. Anyway that's it for today. T.T.F.N Ta-ta for now! ^_^
