Hello, my name is Vicky. Yes that is my real name, if you read my stories then you noticed that my OC is named after me. Really not a coincidence there, I really love my Turtles, and since I can't make them real I figured that my kids and I could meet them in another way. Yes, the kids in my stories are based after mine and their names have been changed. Hey, I'm a Turtle fan...not an idiot. A little weird maybe, but not an idiot. Did I mention I got my kiddo's hooked on my favorite lean, mean, green fighting machines? Yup, I sure did. Drives their Grandma nuts too. (evil grin)

I grew up on the '80s version and I did love all three original Turtle movies (yes even the time travel one...so shoot me) and my mom thought it was one of the more stupider things she has seen. I used to drive her crazy, bouncing around the house singing the theme song. I still know that original song by heart and sing it every once in awhile to run her off if she won't go home. Works every time.

I also loved the '03 series, but I didn't get to watch it when it first came out. I was too busy for cartoons, even my beloved Turtles, at that point in my life. I never did really forget my passion for them, that is the only thing I still held onto from my childhood and I refuse to let it go. So I watched the '03 series a few years later when my life slowed down a bit. I had gotten married and my son (Dennis in the stories) had already blessed me with his presence and my daughter (Amy) was on her way when the TMNT movie came out in '07. I was thrilled, I finally had a new turtle adventure to watch, and I loved it. Still hadn't managed to watch the '03 series yet though. My 2 kiddos kept me on my toes to much. Finally I had gotten around to watching them though and I was very much impressed with it. It had a more darker tone to it but the message of family came through to me very strong, since I also consider mine to be my biggest strength. I could really connect with a lot of the things they went through in that series, especially Leo. I, too, felt like a failure to my family...but for different reasons. By the time I finally got around to watching the series my husband and I had split and the kids took it very hard. I felt like a failure of a mom because I couldn't keep my family together. I sank into a depression and I turned to something that had always made me happy as a child, my Turtles.

I spent hours watching the episodes after my kids were in bed for the night, in order. Something about season 4 and Leo's struggles brought to mind my own predicament. Finally the episode where Leo searched for the Ancient One really hit home, "I did the best I could." "Then why do you blame yourself." Now I'm not saying that the series cured my depression but it made me think enough about it to seek help. One more reason to love my Turtles...as if I needed one. Around this time is when my favorite turtle went from Mikey to Leo. I loved Mikey as a kid but as an adult I could relate more to Leo.

Next came the '12 series and this time my kids were old enough now to enjoy it with me. We spent many afternoons watching it. I loved the new fun loving goofball teenage aspect of it. It was kind of a mix between the '80 and '03 series, the goofiness of the '80s but some serious '03 tones to it as well and my kids loved it. We laughed together and I watched as a love for the silly green goofs grew in my children. Needles to say I now know all the theme songs by heart, though the '12 one gets me tongue tied if I don't pay attention. I really love the whole Donnie/April crush thing, but I still kinda feel bad for the smart guy.

Then finally came the new movie and I was so excited. I was literally like a little kid again and my kids were joining me in that excitement. This was something my kids and I could actually enjoy together. Usually I have to sit through stuff I really don't want to watch but not this time, for once they wanted to go see something I wanted to go see as well. Like a typical good turtle fan I was trying to keep my expectations low so I wouldn't be heartbroken if it didn't turn out good. I had read every review I could get my hands on and most of them said, in short, "It's crap and the Turtles look ugly." But I never listen to anyone's opinion, I like to form my own, so I took the kids anyway. We had a blast. I loved it, my kids loved it and we went to go see it again a few days later. I actually like the new look of them, it took a bit of getting used to but I really did like it. I thought Leo turned out really well.

Needles to say Turtlemania erupted in my small little mobile home I live in out in the country. (Yes I live in a house with wheels, get over it.) This was the time I started writing fanfiction for TMNT, listening to the movie score for inspiration. And when I wasn't doing that I was playing Turtle clips on the computer for my kids, movies, songs, episodes you name it I played it. Didn't see much of my mom during that phase, heh heh. She still don't really care too much for them even after all these years. My love for them however only grew and the internet made it possible for me to keep enjoying them.

And that's what I was doing late one night when a really bad thunderstorm rolled in. Where I live we get some nasty ones, only stands to reason since I live in tornado alley. So I was up waiting to see if I needed to duck and cover with the kids or not. While I was waiting for the light show to begin I played my favorite clip to the new movie that someone had so nicely put online for me, and everyone else, to watch. I know this may sound strange but I really loved the "Let's play buck buck" scene. Something about them using a childhood game to smack the crap out of Shredder gave me goosebumps. Maybe it's the whole family aspect of it, I really don't know, but I love that scene. I figured that after watching it I would work some more on my fanfic stories, one of them I was dealing with I had severe writer's block. I'm not a good writer in the first place and I just couldn't get the chapter to flow the way I wanted. I never got that far though because right in the middle of watching the clip the storm had arrived and, go figure my luck, a lightning bolt hit near my house and the power went out. So there I was sitting in the dark, mad as Raph after one of Mikey's pranks.

I heard a crack, pop sizzle sound coming from my computer and I was actually kind of worried that the bolt had maybe fried it until I remembered I had it plugged into a surge protector, to be on the safe side I bent under the desk and unplugged it anyway and promptly smacked my head on the desk on the way back up. That wasn't one of my better moments. I was now sitting pissed off in the dark, I was so intent on watching the clip that my stupid ass didn't even think to get a flashlight ready. I knew how bad these storms could get, you would think I would have learned by now...noooooo.

Sighing, I stood up to go wander to the hallway closet to grab one. I had been living here a while and I could find my way around my small home with ease in the dark, that is if the kids had all their toys picked up. Lucky for me I had made them clean up their mess earlier or I would be tripping all over toys. I began to make my way to the closet and I didn't get very far when I ran into something. For a moment I thought maybe I had miscalculated and smashed face first into a wall but that couldn't have been right, my path to the closet was wall free at that spot in the house. I was trying to figure it out when I felt it move away from me. Now I was really confused, even a little scared, until the lights came on a second later. There standing in front of me, looking at me in as much shock as I was looking at them, were four large figures. Not just any figures but the big green guys themselves. Somehow I was standing there looking at the movie version of Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey. Needless to say I was more than a little shellshocked. Well now wasn't this great...

They were looking at me as dumbstruck as I was looking at them. I bet that would have made a great picture, all of us standing there with our mouths hanging open. I for one didn't know to be scared that I was going nuts or excited because they were actually there. If I had been a robot the phrase "does not compute" would have made perfect sense at that moment. Reacting the only way my blown mind could work, I reached out and poked Leo. Yup, he was real, swords and all. I let my gaze wander to the other three, debating if I should poke them too. Raph's scowl on his face quickly let that thought flee my mind. Nope, wasn't going to poke him, I valued my finger to much.

Finally getting my befuddled brain under control. I finally got the guts to speak. "Hi...um...welcome to my home." Why was I so nervous? These were my favorite fictional figures after all, they wouldn't hurt me. Maybe it was the shock.

Leo looked at me, damn his eyes were even prettier in real life, with a calm amazement. "I would say thank you but we had no intention of coming here in the first place." From behind him Mikey gave me a small wave. Raph just glared at me and Donnie was looking around. Leo took a deep breath and asked me "Did you bring us here?"

Who the heck did he think I was? Some kind of alien genius? Heck I barely mastered math in school, not to mention chemistry and physics. I had to laugh at the absurdity of it. That didn't help Raph's temper i figured out as I heard a low growl coming from him. Better do something about that right now. "No, I didn't bring you here. I wouldn't even know how to bring you here. And Raph don't you dare throw a fit. If you wake my kids up I'll throw one that makes yours look like a toddler temper tantrum." I returned his glare.

He blinked at me in surprise, I guess no one talked to him like that before. "How did you know my name?" I think I stunned the anger out of him because he was actually nice now. Or stupefied, wasn't really sure at that point.

"I know all of you." I pointed out to the others as I called their names out. "Leo. Donnie. Mikey and you're Raph." Now I had them all looking at me like I was a space alien or something.

"Dudes, she can read minds..." Go figure Mikey would say something like that.

"I'm afraid you have us at a disadvantage, miss." Leo calmly told me. Those eyes of his...they gave me goosebumps and a shiver ran down my spine. I still couldn't believe he was really here.

"My name is Vicky. I think I should show you how I know you. Not sure if you will believe me otherwise." I turned back to my computer, really hoping that it wasn't fried. In shock I just now realized that the storm had moved on, I was so caught up with what just happened I didn't even notice. Good thing no twister made it's way toward me that night. I reached under my desk and plugged my PC back in, once again smacking my head on the desk, and fired it up. Grumbling as I rubbed my head I sat in my desk chair and waited for it to load as they gathered around me. I felt so small with them towering over me like that.

Finally the stupid thing was ready, have I mentioned I really hate computers?, and I pulled up my collection of Turtle stuff. I loaded the video I was watching when the lightning bolt hit. Stunned they stared at the screen.

"What the hell? That's our fight with the Shredder from years ago!" Raph exploded. Wait, what? Years ago? This movie just friggin came out? Did I miss something?

"How did you get this?" Leo asked me. Well now this was going to be fun to explain. How do you tell four living beings that they are the figment of someone's imagination turned into a movie? Oh boy...

"Well guys, this is actually a movie. It just came out in theaters. Someone filmed it in the theater and posted it onto the internet. You're actually pretty famous." This stunned them all into silence. I could feel them looking at each other and the air was filled with 'what the fuck?' vibes.

"How famous?" Once again leave it to Mikey to ask something like that.

"Let me show you." I then pulled up every incarnation of them. I started with the '80s version and worked my way up until the movie version.

"You have got to be kidding me..." Raph whispered. "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? Seriously? Did we travel back in time or something?"

Donnie chuckled a little bit. "What's the matter, Raph? Your teenage years embarrass you?"

Ok now I was really getting confused. "If you're not teenagers then how old are you?" I just had to ask. I just hope they wouldn't smack me or something.

"Actually we are close to forty." Leo told me.

"Forty!" Talk about looking like an idiot. "But you look exactly like in the movie!"

"Turtles by nature age slowly." Donnie informed me. Well that really blew my expectations out of the water. Jeez they were older than me and adding insult to injury they looked better than me for their age. Talk about a let down... I guess I should call them Adult Mutant Ninja Turtles...boy that just sounded stupid...

"This is all very interesting but it doesn't explain how we got here." Leo looked at me. "And I'd like to know how we came to be in your living room."

"I don't know." Hell I was as dumbfounded as him. "I was just watching that video when lightning hit and the power went out. I heard the computer make some weird noises so I unplugged it. Then I went to go find a flashlight and bumped into one of you. Then the lights came on." I wish I could have told them more but I didn't know what happened either.

Leo turned his attention to Donnie. "Don't look at me. I don't know either."

Well that's a first. This even had Donnie stumped. I actually kind of felt bad for them. That's probably why I made them the offer, that and I was actually thrilled to have them here. "You guys can stay here. It's not much but you're welcome to whatever I have."

Leo turned that blue eyed gaze to me, talking about butterflies in the stomach. Here I am a thirty five year old woman getting all fluttery over him looking at me. How old was I again? Fifteen? Ugh. "We don't want to be a bother or a burden."

"If I thought that were to be the case I wouldn't have made the offer. You need a place to stay until you can figure things out. I'm not going to just kick you out with nowhere to go." That and I felt responsible for what happened. Least I could do is make it up to them by letting them stay here.

Leo looked kept looking at me, man if he didn't quit I was going to melt into a puddle of silly goo, and then nodded his head. "All right. Then we accept. And thank you."

"Well that takes care of that issue. I'll go get some blankets and stuff and get you guys settled in. But I warn you, in the morning I have to get my kids up for school. They are going to be really excited to see you."

Leo smiled, seriously...dreamy. Oh come on, get a hold of yourself, Vicky. "I think we can handle them."

Now I have to figure out how to explain this to my family, my mom's major annoyance standing in my living room. I couldn't help but chuckle.