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Summary: Throughout my life I've always been asked the same question. What's it like to be the son of a ninja turtle? Well, here's the answer. I guess I should start with the day I hatched.
I may not remember the day I hatched, since it was so long ago. But I have heard numerous times by my family about it. Now I know the story like the back of my shell. The date was July 26, exactly 15 years ago.
Donatello has been carefully watching over the big turtle egg in his homemade incubator. It's been exactly two weeks now. Everyone was very anxious for the egg to hatch. This will be the first ever baby mutant turtle to be born. But nobody was more anxious than Leonardo.
"Is this incubator at the correct temperature? Nobody has moved the egg, right? Don, what if he's too warm or too cold? What if he's not healthy and that's why he's not hatching!?" Leo panicked as he stared at the incubator. Don stopped typing and sighed.
"Leo, he's perfectly fine. We don't know how long it will be until he hatches. That's because there's never been a mutant turtle born. Trust me when I say that I know what I am doing. The temp is perfect and nobody has touched the egg. An alarm will sound when he begins to hatch. I know you're stressed out over becoming a father, but you got to relax." Don said. Then he turn to look at Leo.
Oh yeah, did I mention I am the son of Leonardo the ninja turtle? Sorry about that. I thought I did. Anyways, he was a nervous wreck during the entire day. And he never lets me forget it. That is, until midnight came around.
At just a couple minutes to midnight, the entire lair was disturbed from their sleep. A very loud alarm went off, making itself known to everyone in the lair. Everyone bolted from their beds and ran into the lab. Don woke startled at his desk and instantly went to the incubator.
"Oh shell it's happening dudes!" Mikey exclaimed.
Everyone watched with bated breath as the egg began to crack. Tiny spider thread cracks turned into bigger ones. And soon the egg was being chipped away piece by little piece. Donnie opened the incubator, ready to take the baby out of the egg at a moments notice.
"Ya think we should help the little guy out?" Raph asked, getting impatient of waiting.
"He has to do this on his own." Don replied.
Soon a little forest green hand was able to reach out of the egg. Each turtle never thought their hearts could beat so fast. They've battled Shredder after Shredder and never have they been so nervous and excited all at the same time. The tiny hand retreated and the baby keep working at getting out of his egg shelter.
At exactly midnight, the baby has finally opened up the egg. The turtles felt like they were waiting forever, but actually it's been only a few minutes. Now that the air can reach the baby's lungs, he wailed out a cry. Tears of joy swelled up in each turtles eyes.
Don carefully took the squirming little bundle of green out and into his arms. Like the doctor he is, he made sure there was no fluid in the little guy. And that he had a good modified apgar score. Don recorded the time and date of the hatch, the weight and length, and also took feet and hand prints. Then he handed the baby over to Leo.
"Congratulations on your new baby boy Leo. Be careful of the yolk sac." Don said as he carefully passed the baby to him.
Leo looked at his baby with love only a new father could give. The little boy finally opened his gray eyes and look up to his dad.
"Yoshi Usagi Hamato, I love you." Leo said to his new baby as they looked at each other. His brothers have never seen a bigger smile on Leo's face.
So now you know of my birth, or hatch that is. Next I should tell about my childhood. That is next chronologically.