Heya Readers!

I know I've been quiet for a while, but writers block hit me quite badly, but I managed to come up with a couple of ideas just in time for Halloween.

I got quite a few plans for Halloween, being my favourite night of the year!

Hope you enjoy this next story! :D

Love Bloodrayne666

Stirring Ripples

Chapter One

Interruptions

"Let your minds become pools of stillness my children..." the soft voice of Splinter wavered through the air "Break the surface, explore the depths, that is where the true wonders lie..."

Deep down in the dark sewers in a hidden lair below New York, four male turtles and a lizard lady sat crossed legged in front of their rat sensei as he spoke softly to them, all breathing softly and gently as they took part in their daily meditation.

The red masked turtle Raphael opened one eye slowly and looked across to the female lizard Monalisa who was crossed-legged like the rest of them, her chest rising and falling as she took a few controlled breathes.

There were a couple of things of Raphael's mind as he watched his mate, part of him wished he wasn't doing daily meditation but rather in the bedroom with her where they could do their own one to one activities.

He was soon brought back to earth by Splinter coughing at him, he blushed madly then looked forward before closing his eyes again.

"Breathe deep as you look deep within..." Splinter continued to speak "Clear your mind of any disruptions..."

Raphael sighed again, the thoughts of what he wanted to do with Mona still swirled in his head so much so it was hard to focus, he had all these pervy thoughts in his mind and it was difficult to push them away.

If only he knew it, but Mona was also thinking sexy thoughts of Raphael, with him being next to her it was difficult to focus on anything.

The other turtles were having no luck either, Michelangelo was thinking of food and what could combine together to make a tasty snack, his stomach was already clenching as he was thinking of dinner and his mouth was watering.

Donatello was thinking of what he could work on next in his lab, before he was called for training he had left a lot of paperwork on the tables as well as spare parts, he was hoping to come up with new gadgets to help them on missions and topside.

The only turtle who seemed to be concentrating hard without problems was Leonardo, being the leader and wanting to take his duties seriously, he managed to keep all of the outside disturbances at bay and he was able to relax into meditation.

It wasn't any different to him as he always took his studies seriously, whether it was meditation or fighting practice and he always prided himself of that.

Just then the cries of a tiny voice broke the silence followed by some heavy sighs from everyone.

"Looks like the Little Geisha's awake..." sighed Donatello as he looked towards a white baby monitor that was sitting nearby.

Splinter looked a little disappointed that meditation session was over, yet he was concerned from the cries coming from the monitor.

"Coming Pandora..." Raphael sighed standing up, Mona also stood up and followed as the red masked turtle walked away from the candle-lit area to one of the rooms in the lair where the cries were coming from.

"Is that like the second time Little Geisha's woken us up from meditation?" asked Leonardo with a sigh.

"It's not her fault Leo!" Donatello said "She's only a little girl, kids often go through the stage of early mental development and they..."

"We get it brainiac!" Michelangelo interrupted before Donatello could go into a geeky rant.

"Little Pandora is just a child..." said Splinter "And normally she is quiet but she does have her needs."

"Yeah..." said Michelangelo "Well she's not a baby any-more, but she still has her needs."

The others agreed.

Meanwhile, Raphael and Mona headed quickly to their daughter's room on the other side of the lair. Raphael turned on the light and saw a small female green turtle/lizard hybrid with brown hair curled up under the covers, her eyes were wide and scared and some tears were flowing from them.

"Pandora?" he asked walking over and dropping to his knees on the side of the bed "Sweetheart? Are you ok?"

"Daddy..." Pandora whimpered "Daddy...I had a bad dream..."

"Awww babe..." Raphael said pulling his daughter into his arms and holding her close, Mona sat on the edge of the bed and stroked her daughter's soft hair.

"What were you dreaming about my darling?" Mona asked softly.

Pandora looked up tearfully at her mother.

"There were big skinny monsters hiding in my bedroom..." she sniffed " Tall, skinny, black and white eyes! I cried out for you...they all came for me and were going to hurt me..."

As she spoke Pandora began to cry more and Raphael instantly hugged her tighter and shushed her calmly.

"It's ok babe..." he said "The monsters can't get you, it was a nightmare..."

Mona smiled softly and continued to stroke her daughter's hair.

"You have nothing to be scared of sweetheart..." she said "Your daddy, Uncles, grandpa and I are always gonna be here to look after you."

Pandora sniffled again and hugged Raphael tightly as well as leaned her head against Mona's hand as she stroked her.

"That's a promise babe..." said Raphael "Those monsters will never get you, not as long as we're here..."

"Ok daddy..." said Pandora softly.

"That's my girl..." Raphael whispered as he kissed her little forehead "My brave little Geisha."

At Lunchtime, Pandora sat at the table on her high chair eating a peanut butter sandwich quietly, her parents and uncles were tucking into pizza whilst Splinter was eating a salad and drinking green tea.

Michelangelo noticed Pandora was very quiet as she ate her sandwiches.

"You ok little Geisha?" he asked leaning across to his niece causing her to look up.

Pandora said nothing, the nightmares were still on her mind and she looked down again.

"Awww, little frowny face." said Michelangelo in a mock sad tone "That won't do..."

Mona smiled at Michelangelo's attempts to cheer Pandora up and nudged Raphael so he could see.

Michelangelo then began to pull faces at Pandora to get her attention again.

"Awww come on Pandora..." Michelangelo called over to Pandora before gently flicking her under the chin, "Perk up little Geisha, you gonna smile for me?"

As he did so, Pandora looked up again and seeing Michelangelo grinning at her, she couldn't help but smile back.

Michelangelo laughed and beamed more as he saw Pandora's face light up.

"That's better!" he grinned "Can't have my pretty little niece all frowny can we?"

Pandora giggled and laughed more as Michelangelo began to pull more faces at her and make her laugh.

Splinter looked up from eating his salad and smiled at Michelangelo.

"You can always count on Michelangelo to make Pandora happy again." he said softly.

Mona nodded.

"Little Pandora's crazy about him!" she said "She loves her Uncle Mikey!"

Raphael nodded yet he looked a little worried.

"I just hope he doesn't turn her into him..." he said softly.

"I doubt it Raph." said Donatello "She loves you."

"Yeah." said Leonardo "You're her dad, she's always gonna think you're number one, you and Mona."

"If you say so." said Raphael looking back at Pandora.

"She seem's to have forgotten her nightmares now she's laughing with Mikey." said Donatello as he watched Pandora clap her hands and laugh as Michelangelo held out his hands and began to tickle her slightly.

"Awww, you scared Little Geisha?" asked Michelangelo affectionately "You can't be scared, Halloween is only a few days away!"

"And you know what that means babe?" said Raphael with a smirk towards his daughter.

"CANDY!" Pandora squealed happily "Candy! Candy! Candy!"

"Yeah!" Cheered Michelangelo "Lots of tasty candy! Yummo!"

"That's right sweetie!" said Mona softly "Candy!"

"And the fact we can go topside and not worry about being seen." said Raphael "I have to say, it's quite liberating at Halloween to walk around as you are."

"You said it!" said Donatello.

Leonardo nodded in agreement, as did Mona who began to laugh as Michelangelo stepped over to Pandora and began to tickle her as well as pretend to bite her making Pandora squeal and giggle harder.

Awww! So cute! You can tell Pandora loves her Uncle Mikey and they're both excited about Halloween!