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Life Is But A Dream
Row, row, row your boat
Noise. To many the sound of noises would be annoying and made it hard to get things done, but for him it was different. The soft tapping of computer keys, sounds of fists meeting a red punching bag, the even breathing of meditation was all but annoying or disturbing. It was a comfort to him, lullabying him into a peaceful sleep, telling him he was not and never alone.
Crystal blue eyes slowly opened, they stared at the white wall as though it held his answers to his dreams, sadly it didn't. The loud snores of his brother caught his attention for a second before the teen sighed got out of bed and went to the bathroom to shower, the noise of moment awoke his brother.
Amber eyes peeked sleepily at the clock on his side of the dresser, the numbers stared back innocently and hard telling him it wasn't even time to get up, he groaned and rolled out of his hammock, knowing that once awake he wouldn't be able to go back to sleep, the teen then cursed when he heard the shower running.
"Brat better not use up all the hot water"
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Blue eyes watched the water swirled down the drain, his mind still focused on the dream. The familiarity of it was just too weird; he let the water fall on him, the warm water relaxing his muscles.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
"Yo Mike, hurry up. I gotta take a piss!"
The teen sighed
"In a minute Raph!"
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Leonardo was always the first to wake, always an hour before him and his brothers had to wake for school, he didn't know why he did this, had stopped wondering when he turned fourteen just figuring it was a habit, an odd habit but a habit none the less.
The sound of his two siblings bickering had him sighing and shaking his head, but it also had him curious, this was too early for his brothers to be awake, it meant only one thing, Mikey had be unable to sleep properly….again. The sound of his room door opening alerted him to the arrival of his other brother.
"Morning Don"
"Coffee"
"Yes, I know"
A white mug was handed to the sleepy teen, and Leo turned his attention back to making breakfast, when he was done everyone was at the table.
Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo Hamato were four orphaned brothers; they had appeared on Mary's Orphanage for the Lost six years ago with nothing but papers that told their names, births, ages and race.
Leonardo or Leo for short was the eldest of his brothers, as he was eighteen he was also their legal guardian, he had black hair which was long and kept in a long single braid, and golden eyes. He practiced the art of ninjitsu, and the results were a lean figure. Leo was calm and quick with a plan, and was protective of his brothers
Raphael or Raph was the second oldest, he is seventeen, he too had black hair, but his was short and shaggy with red highlights in them, he had amber eyes, he like his brother knew ninjitsu but unlike his brother who was lean, he was more muscular, he also had a temper, which at times, got not only him, but also his brothers in trouble. Yet despite all this, his brothers trusted him to a fault.
Donatello was the third oldest, and the brains of the group, he was also seventeen, three months younger then Raphael. Soft spoken Don was the peacemaker when his brothers got to rowdy, he had long brown hair that stopped at his shoulder blades, he usual wore glasses but preferred his contacts, his eyes were a dark chocolate brown, like his brothers he too knew ninjitsu but since he preferred spending much of his time doing experiments he was not a lean or muscular as his two elder brothers.
Michelangelo was the youngest and smallest of the brothers, Mikey was sixteen with shaggy bright blonde hair that fall over crystal blue eyes, he knew ninjitsu like his older brothers, but was not as devoted as Leo and preferred to play video games and lazy about instead. Mikey was more innocent then his brothers and was also sensitive to emotions, making his brothers believe he was an empath, this resulted in them being very protective of him.
The four lived in Oakwood Hotel, a high class hotel. The owner of the hotel was a kind hearted old women, who Raph had saved from a mugging, when she had heard of the boys being orphans that no one would take in, she convinced them to stay at one of her hotels. They agreed only if they were allowed to help around.
That was five years ago.
"Hurry up Mikey or we'll leave you!"
"I can't find my bag!"
"Where was the last place you had it?"
"Don't remember"
Raph rolled his eyes, "Whatever I'm going to the lobby" with that he left leaving the other two. Mikey came out the room minutes later with his book bag.
"Where'd Raph go?"
"He in the lobby waiting, now let's go or we'll be late for school"
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Mayflower Academy was a school known for its bright and talented students, it was also known for being the most expensive, which was why Mikey counted it as good karma that they were able to attend with scholarships, Don said it was because of their talents, that they were even considered.
Mikey had to agree with him on that one, they were all called prodigies when they entered middle and high school, for Don it was his mind, Leo and Raph their ninjitsu and Mikey was his art, of course their caretaker the old women who they called Nana may have had something to do with them getting their letters.
"See you at break" Donnie said, Mikey nodded and entered his classroom as his brother walked off to his class. It was still a little early, only a few students were inside. He took his seat in the back, math was not his favorite subject especially early in the morning. He took out his sketchbook and pencil, he looked around and his eyes landed on a group of girls talking in a corner. He then opened to a clean sheet and began drawing.
He was almost done when the bell ranged and the last minute students along with the teacher came in.
"Good morning class, I hope you enjoyed your weekend. Now take out your book and turned to page 342"
Mikey put away his things and got out his math book, along with his green spiral and turned to the instructed page, once he deemed everyone was ready and he had their attention the teacher began teaching.
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After third period the students were given an hour break before going to their next class or lunch depending on their schedule, it was suppose to be used for studying, but everyone knew that the students used this time to goof off.
Mikey made his way through the aisle of the school library, he had saw a comic in here last week the he wanted, when his history class had came in for some research for a class project, he was planning on getting it but the teacher had called him away before he could.
"Found you!"
The blonde took the book off the shelf, and headed to the checkout line, once the comic was in his bag the youngest headed out to find his brothers who he knew were in the science lab, he was half way there when suddenly he was pushed to the ground.
"Aww did the poor baby fall down"
Mikey sighed "Great Sebastian" slowly he stood, a large hand then grabbed him and shoved him face first into the wall, hard.
"That's going to bruise" the blonde thought just as he was whirled around to face his tormentor
"Hey shrimp, ya miss me?"
"About as much as I miss that bird crap in my hair Saturday"
Sebastian slammed him into the wall again
"Funny, now where my money?"
Mikey paled, he had forgotten!
Quickly he tried to find an excuse, but couldn't think of anything as the large looming figure towered over him. He whimpered when the body came closer.
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Leo did not began to worry until last period, when he saw no signs of his youngest brother, last period was an electives class and resulted in mixed grade levels, Leo and Mikey both had Spanish. After class the elder headed straight to the front office and learned that Mikey had not attended any class after third period, of course this did not sit well with Don and Raph especially when none of them could reach Mikey on his cell phone.
After checking the usual places, Donnie suggested going home to see if Mikey had gone there.
He was right; Mikey was indeed there, carefully covering up any evidence of Sebastian's abuse, the younger was wasn't sure if he should be proud or ashamed that he was now an expert at this; as he examined his face in the bathroom's mirror. Making sure no bruises were peeking through the special make-up he had and that the color tones were even and blended in perfectly.
"I can't believe I forgot the money" he thought as he changed clothes, switching from short sleeves to long sleeves. He blamed his memory lapse on his weird dreams.
"Mikey?"
His brothers were home
With a deep breath Mikey checked himself once more before heading out.
"Where the hell have you been?!" was his greeting.
"Missed you too Raphie"
"Don't call me that!"
"Michelangelo"
Mikey looked at his elder brother, who was not happy.
"Where were you? The office said you missed the rest of your classes"
Mikey lowered his head in what looked like to his brothers in shame, but the truth was it was so Mikey wouldn't be able to look at them when he lied, it was much easier for him.
"I wasn't feeling well, and I meant to go to the clinic but instead I went home, m'sorry for not telling you guys"
A hand placed itself on his forehead
"You do feel a little warm" Don said, "alright go lay down, I'll be there to check on you in a little while"
Mikey wasted no time going to his and Raph's room, once the door closed the three let out a breathe of relief.
"Damn brat, making me worry for nothing"
"Raph language"
Raph ignored Leo and went to watch TV. Leo watched him go the feeling of anger towards his younger brother gone, yet he couldn't help feel as though something about what the younger said wasn't right .
Inside the room Mikey heard everything from where he had buried himself underneath the covers; he felt a wave a guilt come crashing down for lieing to his brothers, even though this wasn't the first time.
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He loved his brothers he really did, but sometimes they could be a real pain in the butt. Like now, all he wanted to do was go and watch TV and maybe play some video games, but noooo, Fearless Leader just had to decide that he needed extra training, and the other two were encouraging him. The traitors!
"Alright Mikey once more"
Mikey groaned and pouted, before falling to the floor too tired to go on. A shadow loomed over him.
"What are you doin?"
"Dying"
"Well can you do it later; we have more training to do"
"We've been training since 5 this morning! Can't we take a break, not all of us are robots like you"
Mikey knew he stepped on a crack with the look he receive, with a mental sigh he prepared himself for a lecture which was to start in 3…2…1
"You know Michelangelo—"
Mikey toned him out after that.
Saturday afternoon found Don entering the lobby, duffle bag strapped onto his shoulder.
"Ah, Donatello right on time as usual"
"Hey Mr. James"
Mr. James was the manger of Oakwood
"The air conditioner in room 213 is out and the guest in 112 are complaining about the T.V goin on and off"
"I'm on it"
"Good, oh! Where are your brothers?"
"Leo had practice at school, who knows where Raph is and Mikey in the room, he hasn't been feeling well lately"
That was half the truth, Mikey had a sprained ankle thanks to Sebastian, but his brothers didn't need to know that.
"Poor boy, I hope he gets better"
"Me too" Don said.
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Back in the room, Mikey was laying on the sofa watching T.V, a comforter wrapped around him, his leg propped up on the coffee table. He had wanted to go down and help Don, but the older refused, telling him that he was sick and needed rest.
The blonde chose to ignore the "I'll get things done faster anyway" comment Don had made, sure he broke some of the brainy teens experiments but it was only because he was trying to help.
Mikey blinked when the T.V began to fuzz, he rubbed his eye and looked again, it was still fuzzy, he rubbed both eyes this time. When he stopped and looked he gasp, the fuzziness in his vision was gone, but in front of him were dozens of stack on top of each other creating a wall, once the shock wore off, the blonde felt a wave of familiarity.
Like they belonged here
Wood tapping against concrete floor
"Michelangelo"
Mikey looked over his shoulder and saw nothing, when he looked back the wall of were gone.
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