THis is a story based of on the work of Coneofwonders. I have his permission, so don't come saying that I stole his story. Enjoy the story ^^

Pain. Fear. Misery. It was all Tyler could feel. It all consumed him, consumed his very being, and consumed him inside and out. It was all he knew since everyone found out, and now, more than ever. Then suddenly, it was all gone.

Tyler opened his eyes startled, and got up in a jump. He found himself in a snowy field. There was a tree nearby with thick layers of snow in its branches, and there was a gentle cold breeze blowing, but he felt no cold.

Tyler looked around, trying to pinpoint where exactly he was, but found no distinguishing features in any place. Then a voice called his attention.

"Tyler." The young man quickly turned around, and screamed in surprised.

It was someone in front of him, someone that he was sure that wasn't there before. But what shocked him was what this creature was.

It was a turtle!

Not a four legged turtle, it was what seemed something came out of TMNT! It had an elderly appearance, was holding a staff in its hand and had a large cloth tied in its shell. It looked at him with a calm and knowing smile, and wise and smart eyes.

It simply stood there staring at Tyler, as the poor human stared at it "W-w-what?... Who…?" he tried to say, and the turtle chuckled.

"Its okay." It said with a voice clearly male, "I'm not here to hurt you."

Tyler stared at it speechless. Sure, he was already somewhat used to strange things, but this was just too much! What was the point of it? He was dreaming? He had lost his mind? He was going to wake up in a sanatorium in a padded room with a straightjacket?

The turtle, as reading his mind, said "You believe I'm real?"

Tyler snapped out of it by the question, and looked at the turtle, unsure of what to answer. "I… huhh… I… don't know?"

The turtle seemed to approve this answer as he nodded "Oh, yes. Assuming that you don't know is the first step to really learn and discover. Is the most basic essence of achieving knowledge and wisdom."

Tyler stared at the turtle, and, as if gaining courage, he stepped in its direction and asked "Wha-who are you?" he corrected himself in the last moment, afraid that he could anger the mysterious turtle calling him a "what".

"My name is Oogway." It said with a calm voice "And I came here from far away for you."

Tyler looked at him, and remembered what was transpired a few moments ago "Did you… Did you saved me from them?"

IN this moment, Oogway's smile faded, and he looked down. The turtle sighed, and then said "No… I didn't, I wish I had, but I couldn't." he looked Tyler in the eyes "You didn't survived."

Those three words echoed in Tyler's head. They repeated over and over again until settling down. This… This was really possible? He was really dead? At first his mind denied the fact. But soon, he started to see truth in this. All the wounds he knew he had were all gone, and he was sure he was in a different place before being in an open field of snow. When he finally was able to admit to himself that it was truth, one kind of sadness installed in his heart.

So it was really it. It had really been his end, like they promised it would. They really got rid of him once and for all, like they had been trying. It was all over for him, and, in a strange way, he was thankful for it.

He raised his eyes, to look at the turtle "You came to take me to the afterlife?" he asked, starting to not think it was so strange a talking turtle anymore. If he was dead, then it made sense that this one was his guide, or his "death angel".

But the turtle opened a weak smile, and said "No. I'm here to give you a chance to live again."

Tyler's eyes widened when he heard that. Was this guy serious?

"But I must warm you." Said Oogway "That if you choose to come back, it won't be in the world you came to know, nor as the person you came to know yourself."

Tyler stared at him "I…" he tried to for words with the storm of emotions that was inside of him "I'll be a different person?"

"Yes, and no." said Oogway, making Tyler look strange at him "You will still be yourself, but at the same time, you will be completely different."

Okay, first it was like this guy was Leonardo or Raphael, but now, he was sounding more like master Splinter with his wise-fu way, letting the others confused about what he meant.

Oogway, once again, seemed to sense his confusion, and said "In the outside you will change, you will have a new face, but on the inside, on the soul, you will still the same." He said "All your memories, your feelings, your characteristics and abilities will still be there, making of you who you are."

Tyler looked at him and listened carefully. He got special attention on the words that the turtle said, and he felt some weight on his chest "So… You mean I'll still be-"

"Different." Completed the world before he could say, but Tyler knew what he was going to say "So, they will still come after me?"

Oogway looked serious for a moment "There will be people who won't understand you, and people who will wish bad to you."

"Then why should I go back!?" he half-yelled in anger, tears perking from the sides of his eyes. "If it is all going to happen again, then why should I even bother going back to another miserable life?"

Oogway looked at him. "There is a destiny waiting for you." He said simply, Tyler scowled, he never believed in this thing of destiny, and that it was all just a big bunch of crap. "There will be people who will need you. There will be hardships in the way, but you may make friends."

"I had friends in my old life." Tyler said angered, remembering how they turned against him when the truth came to surface, but Oogway said "True friends. And you may find something else."

Tyler looked at him "What?" Oogway opened as smile as he answered "Happiness."

Tyler stared at him for a few seconds, and went to thinking. Of course, he and never been happy in his old life. Even before people find out, he would deep inside be frustrated. He never knew true happiness in his life, and he died without really knowing it.

Now, this turtle was offering him a chance of finding exactly it, of course, Tyler was still afraid and confused. What if the turtle was wrong? What if his new life would be as miserable as his old was? But… if he never tried, he would never really find out. Besides, what else he had to lose now?

He turned to Oogway, who was looking at him expectantly; Tyler took a deep breath, and said "I… I accept." He said with the most confident voice he could muster. Oogway smiled, and walked to him.

The turtle stood right in front of him, and said "Good luck, and remember: believe." Was all the turtle said before suddenly moving his staff and hitting Tyler right in the forehead. Hard.

Tyler screamed in surprised, and clutched his forehead

"You son of a..!" Tyler said, opening his eyes, only to find himself in a different place. He was now in a clearing in a forest of what seemed to be bamboo. He was sitting in soft grass, and looked around, with no sight of the turtle.

"Oogway?" he called, but got no answer, he still clutched his forehead with both hands. He noticed he was still wearing his gloves, light blur in color. He looked over himself, and discovered he was still with the same clothing, the same plain grey shirt, and the same long crimson pants. Except for his shoes, that now were gone, leaving his paws exposed…

PAWS!?

Tyler's heart skipped a bit as he examined again his feet. But instead of feet, he found out what seemed to be dogs' feet covered in white fur!

"What the heck!?" he said as he scrambled backwards, when he suddenly felt like he was sitting on something, something that his body didn't had. Holding his breath, he slowly got up, and slowly looked behind himself, and his fears confirmed.

"I have tail!" He exclaimed to no one in particular, as he looked to what seemed a long, fluffy and white tail of a fox. "I have a bleeding tail!" he said, running after himself as if to grab the new alien appendage.

When he raised his hands, he now noticed that his hands had also changed, now they had one less finger! Leaving him with only four fingers in each hand. "W-what..?" and only in this moment, he noticed that he could see his own snout!

Looking frantically to the sides, he sighted a small puddle of water. He ran over it, and knelt in front of it, looking at his own reflection, and his heart almost jump out of his chest.

In the puddle, staring back at him, was a figure with a canine-like muzzle, two ears on the top of the head that now were pressed against it, and sharp teeth in its mouth. The head was covered in white fur, and his eyes where ruby-red.

Slowly, Tyler raised his shaking hand, only for the strange creature to do the same. And he touched his face, only to the creature do the same. Tyler felt a long muzzle, and pointed teeth at his own, now long, maw. He brought the other hand, and passed thin his whole face, form the tip of his snout to his ears, that pressed hard against his head.

"I…" he says, shaking "I turned into a fox!" He screamed to the skies. Yes, he had indeed turned into a white fox.

"W-what? How? Why?"

Tyler felt like he had actually gone to hell, like everyone said he would. If before he was a freak, now he was literally a monster, and would be chased by other humans in the moment he was sighted.

His panic soon became anger when he remembered of the one who did this to him "Oogway!" he growled in anger, and turning around he shouted to the woods "You think this is funny, you old bag of scales!?"

His voice echoed in the woods, but without an answer "This is part of the fun!? Ha ha, it was funny! Now turn me back!"

There was no answer though, just the gently rustling of the grass and bamboos at the wind. Tyler convinced himself that he was alone.

"Darn turtle." He cursed under his breath, as he turned around to find a way to… anywhere but there "When I get my hands in him I'm going to turn into a-" his thoughts were interrupted when he heard a voice "Hey, you!"

Feeling his heart sank, he raised his hands "Okay, okay, clam down! I mean no-" he said, turning around to look at the one whose voice belonged, and his eyes bulged when he saw.

In front of him was a rhinoceros, not a four legged one, but an anthropomorphic one! Standing in front of him with two legs, and his arms resting in the sides of his torso. He had grey skin and one big ivory horn, and he had a not amused face, almost angry. It was wearing a green colored body armor with red plates in his waist, tied with a studded belt and protections in his shoulders and wrists.

Okay, this was going to Ninja Turtles more and more as now an armored version of Rocksteady was standing in front of him.

For a moment, Tyler just stared at him, and then the rhino, clearly a male by his voice, said "You! White fox!" pointing straight at Tyler, that was only able to blink as he stared at the rhino as he continued.

"I see that you are here in this place, and heading for the place I'm going, I want to know if the place you are going is that same place, the same place I'm going!" he said, sounding very dramatic.

For a moment, Tyler's mind fluttered to the Krang, but soon he brought himself back, and, in middle of all his conflicting emotions, he said all he was able to come with: "What?"

"Are you going to the Valley of Peace?" the rhino asked more directly, think Tyler was thankful for. Though he had no idea of where or what was this "Valley of Peace".

"Well, I'm not heading for this valley." Tyler said carefully after finding his voice again "To be totally honest, I'm not sure where I'm going. I'm kind of lost."

The rhino evaluated him "So, you are lost means you have nowhere to go?" He asked, and Tyler answered "Yeah, kind of."

The rhino looked at him for a few moments, and said "You come to the Valley of Peace with me!"

Tyler was a bit taken back by this, and said "What?"

"I heard a lot about you foxes." Said the Rhino, walking in his direction "And you are said to be smart and very clever, able to put together the smartest and cleverest plans ever made, all too smart and clever!"

He looked at the Rhino for a few moments, unsure of what to say, the rhino now was less than three feet away from him and, despite they having almost the same weight, the rhino had clearly a much more developed building, this closeness, his size, and the expressions on his face was making Tyler very uneasy.

"I could really use someone like you." The rhino said, the way he said "use" made Tyler feel even more uneasy, but eh rhino continued "I could very well use someone like you to help me achieve my goals, by very imaginative ways to defeat enemies and punish all the ones that opposed me! So, what do you say?"

Tyler only stared at the rhino for a moment. This rhino sure could not be very friendly, and he probably was going to be even more if he gave him reasons, refusing his proposition, for instance. And again, he had really nowhere to go, and what could hurt having someone like him for companion?

"O-okay." He said simply "I have nothing else to do anyway."

The rhino then smiled "Then it's settled! From now on, you will be my partner, my helper, if you prefer. And I already have a first task to you: hel me get my revenge!"

Tyler looked at him, suddenly regretting his decision "Revenge?" the human-turned-fox asked, and the rhino said "Yes! With your mind helping me out, I'll finally exchange my revenge against that despicable being that is the most despicable! The despicable Dragon Warrior!"

"D-dragon warrior..?" Tyler said in fear. He was going to have to face a dragon!? Like, the colossal, fire-breathing thing? He suddenly was thinking that remaining dead would have been a good option.

"Now, I have the help I need to give the Dragon Warrior the end he deserves, an end that will go down in history, an end that they will talk about in all of China!"

"China?" asked Tyler, and the rhino said "Yes, of course! After all we are in China."

WHAT!? HE WAS IN CHINA!? But what… how? Okay sent him to the other side of the world? But, if he was in China them why he was an fox? And why there was an rhino talking to him? and in perfect English instead of mandarin? He had a lot of questions about it.

But before he could say anything, or even get away, the rhino grabbed him by the arm and started dragging him along the way.

"Lets go! Now the Dragon Warrior will regret the day he messes up with Hundun! My revenge will descent upon him like a dawn of pain of a burning sun of misery, that will burn and hurt with misery… and pain!"

Tyler tried to catch up with the rhino, who now he guessed was called Hundun, and asked "Everybody in this Valley of Peace talks like you?" But then another question crossed his mind, and one more important "In this Valley, there are any humans?"

Hundun turned to him, looking confused "There are many creatures in there, there are bunnies, gooses, pigs, but I never saw any of those 'humans'. Actually, I don't ever heard about such creatures, what are they?"

Tyler stared at him for a few moments, before finally saying "Nothing important." He said simply, and Hundun simply shrugged and resumed walking and dragging Tyler by the arm as he said "Be prepared Dragon Warrior, because you will finally get what you deserve!"

Okay, things were now very, very strange to Tyler. This mysterious turtle had not oinly turned him into a white fox, but also had somehow teleported him to a strange and wicked version of China, that instead of humans there had anthropomorphic animals that speaked in plain English. And now, he was being dragged by an ferocious and possibly aggressive rhino to a valley to fight off a "Dragon Warrior", what in his opinion, seemed like a suicidal mission, and he seemed to have not really a choice in that matter as the rhino dragged him by the arm, holding strong, as if afraid the fox changed his mind and tried to run away.

As Hundun dragged him along, Tyler could just wonder to himself What did I got myself into?

So is it. Tyler is into a new and strange world, and couping with his new appearence. What will be of him now? Stay tunned in this story to find out!