True friendship

My first OC story! I know there are a lot of OC stories so I'll try to add as many twists as I can. Also my first POV story :D read on!

Friendship is something that can happen to anyone, but true friendship is for a lucky few to experience. I was one of the lucky ones. Before it happened to me, I'd never thought anything d friendship. To me it wasn't anything special. I only had one or two people I considered my friends and even then we rarely interacted with each other. I felt it was better to be by myself. I felt no one understood me so why bother trying to make them. That is until one day, they day I met some one special. The one person who I could call my personal friend. It was odd, never would I have thought I could've been friends with someone like her. That's right, she was a girl, and even more surprising, she was human, and being a male mutant turtle, it was a genuine surprise that we became as close as we did. I didn't think much about it when we first met, and I was almost sure we would never meet again, but after some time, we discovered things about each other and our selves. She understood me, I understood her, we were a part of each other. My name is Raphael, and I'm about to tell you about my expirence with true friendship.

As far as I was concerned, it was just a normal day. My family and I live in the sewers under New York city. We'd spent our entire lives down there until our 15th mutation day when our Sensei allowed us to roam the city above, and despite the alien robots that kidnapped families and giant weed monsters that try to kill you, it was a blast. So much so that my brothers and I could wait to get up there again, but our Sensei still managed to keep us on a leash by telling us that we weren't allowed to go topside by ourselves. Which means that is I wanted to go up to the city, I had to shamefully ask one of my brothers to go with me. None of them ever wanted to the same things I wanted to do so it was a bust.

But this day, I wasn't even that lucky. Surprisingly, none of my brothers wanted to go topside which meant I couldn't go up either. Which also meant that I was stuck under one of the most lively and active cities in the world with only my pet turtle to keep me , there I sat, slumped over the kitchen table as bored as I'd ever been. I sighed deeply and flicked the leaf of lettuce that Spike had abandoned after one bite. I glanced over to him, he seemed as bored as I was, if not more.

"You bored too, buddy?" I mumbled.

He just looked at me and yawned. I chuckled.

"Yeah, I thought so…"

I looked up at the clock. It read 7:24 I groaned. Time always seemed to go slower when I was bored. Like god really liked messing with me at my lowest.

"Good evening Raphael."

I looked up again to see my sensei, Splinter, was looking down at me with a warm smile on his face.

"Hey sensei…" I grumbled looking back down at the table avoiding eye contact.

"Something troubling you, my son?"

I shrugged. "Just bored…"

"Where are your brothers?"

"Busy." I answered bluntly. "Nobody wants to go top side so I'm stuck down here."

"Hmm…" Splinter hummed. "That is not entirely true, Raphael."

I looked back up at him with a raised eye ridge. "What do you mean?" I asked.

Splinter smiled. "While you are stuck under the city, you are not limited to just the lair"

"But you said that we couldn't leave by ourselves." I pointed out, now sitting up.

Splinter shook his head. "An important lesson you need to learn is if you pay close enough attention to restrictions, you can use them to your advantage." He explained. "I only said you could not go to the city by yourselves, yet I said nothing about the sewers."

My eyes widened. That… actually made sense!

"Are you giving me permission to leave the lair?"

"I never said that, but if you choose to leave, I ask you stay underground."

Splinter winked and with that, left me in dumbfounded silence. I watch the door way where he left for god knows how long, trying to process what just happed. I was brought back to reality when Spike nudged my arm. I looked down at him and he looked back. It was almost as if he was begging for me to take him out of the lair. I smiled and picked him.

"I think I know what we're going to do tonight."

I stepped out of the kitchen and into the living room area where Leo, Donnie, Mikey and Splinter were gathered on the couch gazing at the T.V. I tried to slip out as quietly as I could. I came to the exit and quickly looked back to make sure I wasn't seen. I made sure the cost was clear before leaving.

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It was at the one hour point of wandering aimlessly around the sewers that I realized why Splinter let me out there in the first place, it was just as boring as the lair. Yes, it was extremely boring but for some reason I kept walking. I don't know why, it was like I was waiting to come across something interesting or at least something the slightest bit entertaining, but unforchantly, my efforts were proven wasted. I was wasting my time and my life wit each step I took.

Spike must of felt the same because while he was sitting on my shoulder he began tugging on my bandana tails, as if begging to go home or be somewhere other than where we were. I didn't think it would ever happen, but it did.

Sensei trolled me.

I sighed and took a seat against the sewer wall, tired of walking in circles and in need of a break. I took Spike off my shoulder and into my hands and began petting his head.

"Looks like Splinter got the best of both of us, huh?"

I swear that Spike glared at me. I smiled and rolled my eyes.

"Alright, he got the best of me" I corrected.

We sat there for awhile. I talked to him about nothing in particular and he answered me with a blank stare each time. Just as I was about to go home and call it a night, I began to hear footsteps. And over time not only were the footsteps getting louder, but also faster, as if someone was running. I stood up and his behind one of the walls. Whatever was coming, it was coming fast, and would no doubt be here soon.

I waited to see what would come and was surprised by what I saw. Rounding the corner and sprinting for her life was a young girl. She looked to be the same age as April. She had messy brown hair and carried a raggedy back pack. As she continued to run I heard voices following her. I couldn't make out what they were saying but I could recognize their voices. It was some of those idiots from the purple dragons. I groaned. Don't they anything better to do than chase little girls around.

I got out my sias and prepared to fight. I was use to saving people so this was just going to be like a routine. Or so I thougt.

Just as I was about to take matters into my own hands, The girl suddenly made a massive jump into the air and clinged to the pipes on the ceiling and proceeded to hide herself the best she could. My mouth fell open. What the hell did I just see? I didn't have time to process it though as those purple dragon creeps came running around the corner in pursuit of the girl, unaware that she had out smarted them, not that it was very hard. As expected, they ran right past her hiding place and continued to run after nothing. After a while, their footsteps faded away and the girl decide to climb down. What did she do next? Gloat of course!

"WHOO!" She cheered throwing her hand into the air. "Yea, you'd better…" In the middle of her cheer, she had just realized how out of breath she was. Bent over putting her hands on her knees and gasped for air, very over dramatically I might add.

"You'd…better run… PUH!" She managed to cough out. "Whoo, man I'm out of shape…"

I couldn't help but chuckle.

She stumbled over to the wall and sat down, trying to catch her breath. "This… never… happens in the movies…" She gasped. "America lied to me!"

I laughed again. She brought her back pack into her lap and pulled something out. It was an old cell phone, and as if on some kind of cue, it broke apart in her hands. She groaned.

"Ugh, you gotta be kidding me! I risk my but to get this thing back and it breaks!" She tossed the broken cell phone aside in frustration. She put her hand to her face and groaned again."Mom's gonna have my ass on a silver platter."

I laughed again. Damn, this chick is funny.

"Aw, hey there little guy."

I looked up with a raised eye ridge. The girl had a small turtle in her hand, wait, that wasn't just any turtle, THAT WAS SPIKE! How could I forget about Spike?! I had to get Spike back, but I couldn't expose myself, the chick would freak out. During my mini panic attack, I watched the girl reach into her book bag. She began to rummage around the bag searching for something and cursing to herself. She finally pulled out a small baggie and held it in the air.

"There is a god!" She joked.

I rolled my eyes. She was just like Mikey. She opened the bag and pulled out a baby carrot.

"Its kinda smushy but you'll live." She said holding it to Spike's mouth.

Spike happily chomped the carrot and swallowed within seconds. The girl chuckled.

"Geez, slow down there bud. I wonder if you've got a name…" She put her finger to her chin and examined Spike."Y'know this would be a lot easier if your owner would come out from his hiding spot."

I froze. She looked in my direction and smirked. "I'm talking to you, dude. Quit being some creeperish."

I hesitated. I wasn't sure if I could trust her. She was running from the purple dragons but that still didn't convince me.

"Hurry up, dude, I have the attention spand of a gold fi- oh, look a penny!"

I laughed.

"Ha! Made ya laugh, now you have to do as I say!"

I took a deep breath and stepped forward, reavling any not so normal complection. Her eyes widened but she kept her smile. I walked slowly towards her as she watched me carefully scaning me up and down. I stood in front of her and she held up Spike to me.

"I believe this is yours?" She said with a smile. I smiled back.

"Yeah, thanks." I answered.

She extended her hand to me. "Kyle."

I raised an eye ridge. I may not know a lot about humans, but I was pretty sure that most girls weren't named Kyle.

I brushed it off though and went to shake her hand. "Raphael." I took her hand and her face lit up. Before I knew it, she pulled me closer to herself and was then examining my arm.

"Dude! Your skin feels so weird!" She started poking my arm and I just watched her in confusion. This wasn't at all how April describe girls her age.

"Uh, that arm already belongs to someone…" I said nervously.

"Huh? Oh, right, sorry." She let go of my arm continued to create a conversation. "So, what are you suppose to be." She asked eagerly.

"What, you haven't seen a Mutant turtle before?" I asked.

She chuckled. "Well there was this one guy at my family reunion that kinda-"

"I don't need to know." I cut her off.

She smile grew wider. "Question. What exactly are you?" Pretty sure she'd already asked that.

I smiled. "A teenage mutant ninja turtle."

"Seems legit." She answered.

"My turn. I thought Kyle was a boy's name."

"My mom wanted a boy." She groaned. "My turn. How come you're a turtle that has a pet turtle?" She asked pointing to Spike.

"I found Spike in the sewers when I was little."

"Spike?" She asked with a tilted head.

"Yeah, that's his name."

"Wow, how original." She joked

"Whatever you say, miss Kyle." I teased.

"Shut up!" She laughed trying to punch at me.

"Cut it out!" I warned still smiling. "that tickles!"

Her eyes widened. "Ah, so you're tickleish then, huh?"

'Aw, crud.'I thought.

Before I could stop her, she reached for my arm pits and began to tickle me. No one my family knew I was tickleish, mostly because they'd never dared to get close enough to try. I laughed hard. I rarely laughed at all so I honestly say that was the hardest I'd ever laughed in my life. I laughed and begged for her to stop but that just made it worse. I decide then to return the favor. I reached for her stomach and prayed she was tickleish. My prayers were answered as she began to laugh and snort. After awhile neither of us could breathe and we settled on a truce. We sat there for awhile trying to catch our breath and giggling slightly.

"Best…day…EVER!" Kyle gasped.

"No more… I just stopped laughing."

She giggled. "You're fun. Raphael, right?"

I nodded. "My family calls me Raph though."

"Family? There are more of you?"

"Yeah but you can't tell anyone." I warned.

"Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." She said with a grin.

I didn't know what she meant so I just assumed she agreed not to tell.

"Good…I think." I muttered.

Kyle looked down at the watch on her wrist and groaned.

"I gotta get home." She said standing up. "Big momma don't like it when I'm late. She might sit on me again…" She said with a shutter.

I chuckled. "You want me to walk you home?"

She shook her head. "Nah, I'm good." She picked up her back pack turned to leave and then looked over her shoulder. "See ya around?"

I shrugged. "Not sure, I'll try though."

"Sweetness." She started to run away while waving to me and shouting. "Bye Raph! Bye Spike."

I smiled and watched her until she was out of sight. My smile vanished though as I began to put together the event of what just happened. What did I just do? I just told a human about my very existence. The one thing I wasn't suppose to do! No matter what, Splinter couldn't find out, non of the others could. I looked down at Spike who looked back. I looked back to where Kyle had disappeared from and sighed.

"Let's just head home and forget that happened."

That, I would later find out, would be easier said than done.

Did anybody spot the MLP reference? And before you ask, no, I'm not a pega sister, I'm just a female Brony. Your argument is invalid! Anyway, please review and tell me what you think