Chapter 1

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I awoke to the feel of small butterfly kisses on my exposed stomach, and soft but sweet mutterings.

I frowned, slightly annoyed at being woken up... again... when I was in such a deep sleep, but I knew... I couldn't be mad at him for long.

Donnie must have felt me moving, as he seemed to freeze in place, and I opened an eye to look at him. He smiled sheepishly.

"Again?" I croaked.

"Sorry... couldn't help it. I felt-"

"I know, but... I was asleep"

"Well, little miss wasn't sleeping" Was his defense, and I sighed again.

Maybe I should back up a little.

My name is Jade Harper. I can now tell you my full name, because the Yeerks are now defeated, and there is now some sort of peace on earth. So, if you are the enemy... good luck trying to disturb it with all of us still here.

My husband is a turtle. Yes, you heard it... big, green shell backed hell raiser which I married some months before.

Okay, he's not that bad. He just seemed to enjoy getting on my nerves and waking me while I slept.

Oh, and here's a fun piece of info. I'm pregnant. All eight and a half months... and it was Donnie's.

Yes, you heard right. I got pregnant to a mutant ninja turtle. We can't explain it either.

We met when I was about sixteen, and he was about a year older. The circumstances in which we met were... well, lets just say... not pleasant.

But... somehow, through everything... our love blossomed, and soon we created something that was going to pop out of me in the next couple of weeks.

Through Rtaia's magic in healing and basically being my doctor, we'd discovered... well, as far as she could tell... that we were having a girl. A girl that... from the scans, looked like she would be like her father. She had a little tiny shell...

The rest wasn't so clear. She was too curled up to see how many fingers she would have, or if she would have a tuft of hair on her head, like her cousins now had.

Serah and Rachel both had little boys, and Kristiana had a little girl. All had cute little shells, with human features and a little tuft of hair. Their skin ranged from the same green their fathers had to a light creamy skin of ours. And they were all cute.

Now... I was the last.

Amanda just had a cute little Chanaiben boy, that looked just like a miniature Ithiell. He didn't have his wings yet, but he had the big eyes and made cute little squeaks when he was being held by his parents. When Ithiell held him, he made a clicking sound that seemed to soothe the little bub and put him to sleep. It was so cute, and so sweet...

Donnie's warm hands on my swollen belly brought me back to the present, and I looked down at him again.

"Donnie?"

"What?"

"She aint gonna cook any faster"

"I know... but..."

At that moment we both felt her starting to wiggle around, kicking my ribs while she did.

"I'm cooking a mini ninja" I muttered, reaching for Donnie, who understood and took my hands to help me up.

"You owe me breakfast" I told him as he helped me up into a standing position.

"Anything for my beautiful wife" He said sweetly, making me half glare at him. Then... my whole mood changed...

Donnie's face dropped as tears streaked down my face, pulling me into an awkward hug as I sobbed.

"I'm a whale!" I cried into his chest.

"You are not" Donnie protested, although gently, slowly moving me out of our bedroom and into the main room, where the sun was just starting to shine into.

"I am... and... and... she keeps kicking me" I blubbered like a baby. Some logical part of my mind was telling me I was just being a big sook, but I really couldn't stop myself.

"It'll be over soon" He assured me, and I blubbered some more before he got me sat at the kitchen counter, still in my nightie. I looked out at the rising sun, relaxing a little.

We had all decided to go and find our own places after the war, as we'd need some space for our children to move and grow. And... although the base would always be our home, our 'go to' place, we'd all found some safe and secluded places not far from one another. Donnie and I had found a big beautiful house on a secluded beach, making it kind of our own private beach. And... with Donnie and Ithiell's tech guarding it, we wouldn't be disturbed without at least some warning. Also... possibly someone getting a good zapping...

We still had our regular catch ups every few days with all the others, but for the nights and mornings... it was just the two of us. Well... two and a half.

"If she comes out doing back flips I'm blaming you" I told him as he shuffled around our kitchen, making his coffee and my tea. He chuckled.

"Hey, you're a ninja as well... well, sort of"

"I haven't trained with Splinter in a while...and... I... can't... move" I felt like crying again, being distracted as Donnie handed me my tea, which I gratefully took, thanking him and taking a big gulp to stop the annoying blubbering.

Rtaia and Splinter had decided to stay at the base, along with Amanda and Ithiell. So... the four... five... of them, pretty much had the run of the base now. I wondered how the little guy was going...

"Jade?"

"Hmm?"

I looked over at Donnie, shaking my head as he smiled sweetly at me. He moved from the stove, then over to me, kissing my forehead.

Before he could move away, I grabbed his face in my hands.

"Not so fast my love" I kissed him as hard as I could, hearing him make a funny sound in the back of his throat.

I only pulled back after there was another swift kick to my rips, making me pull back in pain.

"Ninja" I told Donnie as he looked at me strangely, and he nodded, smiling at me a little as he moved away to start our breakfast.

As horrible and awkward as pregnancy had been so far, I was actually the happiest I'd ever been.

I had my ninja nerd, and I felt safe here. No wars... no Yeerks... no Terinans...

Just... peace.

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The first thing I felt was a hand gently stroking the top of my hair, and a kiss on my forehead as I struggled to open my eyes.

Whatever Rtaia had given me had made me kinda groggy...

"Jade?" Came that wonderful voice above me as I was finally able to open my eyes, looking up to see Donnie's worried face staring down at me.

"Donnie... is she... okay?" I managed to get out, feeling something being stuck in my arm. I managed to look to see Rtaia there, pulling the needle out and then moving way. She hadn't even looked at me...

"She's..."

I looked back up to Donnie, who was now looking away. Had something happened to our daughter?

When my water broke, we'd had some trouble, and then Rtaia had to put me under to get her out... because a human body was not meant to give birth to a strange little shell backed mutant baby...

Donnie moved away, and I was able to shift myself up into a sitting position as I felt the groggy feeling start to slip away.

"Donnie? Is..." I watched as he bent over something, picking it up and turning to me.

Relief flooded through me as he brought me a slightly squirming bundle wrapped in a blanket, hearing a small cry which died off as Donnie bounced it a little.

He sat beside me, and I managed to move enough to finally see our daughter for the first time.

She had alot of Donnie in her, but she had a tiny tuft of brown hair on the top of her forehead. Her skin was like mine, but the colour was a light green like Donnie, and her lips and nose were most definitely his. She had a shell, and from what I could see she had managed to wriggle one of her little hands free of the blanket. She had five little tiny fingers, which were curled up and against her cute little face.

"She's... shes beautiful" I felt tears spring to my eyes, my heart feeling like it could fly. I had a daughter... I had brought this tiny little bundle of joy into the world... cooked her for almost nine months...

"She is the most gorgeous thing I've ever seen... well, besides you" Donnie kissed my forehead again, before handing me the little bundle. I looked down at her little face as he put an arm around me, pulling me close to him.

"You're just saying that so you wont get in trouble" I managed to get out, elbowing his side a little. He snorted, and again our attention was now back on this little miracle.

"I... I can't believe she's ours" I finally admitted, watching as she squirmed a little, her eyes still closed, before settling again.

"She really is just... so perfect" He sighed, and I hummed in agreement.

"What are we gonna call her?"

Donnie made a strange sound, and I looked up at him as he shifted his glasses, shrugging at me a little.

"I honestly wasn't thinking about that. I was... well..." He trailed off, looking away. I heard him sigh, managing to move our little girl to hold in one arm, using the other to reach up and move his head back to look at me. He looked... well, upset to say the least.

"Dear husband?"

"Yes wife?"

"What's wrong? What aren't you saying?"

"I was worried that she wasn't... I mean, that..."

"Donnie?"

He sighed, closing his eyes and finally managing to put a sentence together.

"I was worried that something might happen to you or her, so I wasn't really thinking of names or anything"

I felt tears in my eyes again, using my free arm to pull him down for a short kiss.

"You are the best husband a girl could ever ask for"

"And you're the best wife a mutant turtle could ever need"

I stuck my tongue out at him "Flatterer"

He snorted a little, shaking his head as we both turned back to the little bundle. Donnie managed to put his other arm under both mine as well as our little miracle, so we were now both holding her.

"So... what do we name her?" I asked again, and we fell into silence. At that moment I realised that Rtaia had left the room, and I could see the door was ajar a little. I couldn't see them, but I knew the others were out there somewhere...

"Miah?" Donnie suggested, and I turned my attention back up to him.

"That's pretty... where'd you get that?"

He shrugged a little "Kind of just made it up?"

I snorted a little "Still sounds pretty, made up or not"

"So.. Miah?"

"How about... Miah Rose"

"Rose?"

"Well... after my grandmother on my mums side... would mean alot to my mum to have something of her in there. As a middle name, you know?"

He nodded "Well... Miah Rose then?"

I smiled up at him, moving up to kiss him again, before once again looking back down at our little sleeping beauty.

"Well, it's decided then. Welcome to the family Miah Rose"

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Constructive Criticism appreciated!