Disclaimer: As seen in first chapter. I obviously do not own most of the characters. I am making no money from this.
Mary Sue Disclaimer: OCs can come off as Mary Sues. I'm not terribly concerned about it. Any comment in that direction will be ignored.
Based on the 2012 TMNT.
Started as a "What if" - What if the turtles grew up with a mother. I threw a sister in partially because I wanted the mother to have acess to baby things (less to explain away) and adds another female influence.
No Pairings, unless they develop down the road.
Sorry it's taken awhile to get this back going. Life happens. I have a couple chapters on the way. So here is the first.
Also, all of my chapters are short.
Sorry about the dramatic nature of the title. But really, what do you name these things?
A Touch of Destiny
Chapter 2
Tara was woken by a whimpering sound. Blinking her eyes, she realized it was the middle of the night. One of the turtle babies was awake, and fussing.
"Hey, little one," she whispered, lifting the baby from the travel yard. "What's wrong?"
The baby whimpered then let out a heart rending wail. She checked the baby's shoulder, as it was the green eyed one with the injury. It seemed to be the same as it was earlier, so no infection.
Tara snuggled the baby close and, though the baby still whimpered didn't cry in the same heartbreaking way it had a moment before.
She looked at her daughter and the other turtle baby that had been sharing the same sleeping quarters. They were snuggled together making small murmuring and cooing sounds in their sleep.
"What's wrong little one?" she asked. "I bet you're hungry. I'm surprised Lily hasn't woken fussing for food. She didn't eat before you all fell asleep."
The baby calmed at her steady stream of words and kept it's face snuggled into her neck.
"So I wonder what half human half turtle babies eat," she said, entering the kitchen. "I guess we can start with fruits and vegetables,"
The baby was whimpering again so she grabbed a banana from the counter, peeled it and began offering the baby bites. The baby sniffed at it, then cautiously took the first bite.
After chewing and swallowing the first bite the baby giggled and opened it's mouth to receive more.
Tara laughed and gave the baby the next bite.
"So, you like bananas, do you?" she asked as the little one giggled once more. "I didn't get to get a good look at you when we came in. I was so worried about things,"
The baby watched her intently as she spoke, still eating bites of banana while sitting on her knee.
"Let's see, you are warm so I'm guessing you became warm blooded. Or warmer. I'm not sure how that all works. I was hopeless in school if it was anything other than art. I'll have to find a book or two I imagine," She inspected the small hands, "Three fingers, you're skin is soft, but textured. Not scaled anymore." As the baby opened it's mouth for another bite she glimpsed the inside of it's mouth. "Your mouth is very human looking."
Tara popped the next bit into the baby's mouth and said, "You're somewhere between human and turtle on the nose, but no denying it, that is adorable," she tapped the tip-tilted bit between the tiny nostrals and the baby giggled again.
"I wonder if you will be able to learn to talk?" she said. Instead of putting the next bit in the baby's mouth, she held it out in her hand and gently directed the baby's hand towards it. The baby tried to pick it up, but it slipped from the baby's fingers. Tara didn't allow for time for the baby to get frustrated went ahead and popped the piece into the baby's mouth.
"Mmm," she said as the baby chewed. She did it again with the next bite.
After the baby had swallowed that one it reached for the bit she had left saying, "MMM! MMM!"
"Alright!" she laughed, giving the baby the last piece. "Maybe you will learn to speak,"
"Well, let's see about a clean diaper for you and maybe you'll take a bottle and get some more sleep?" she said.
The little one giggled and climbed up to snuggle into her neck.
"Yeah, wishful thinking I know," she said, heading back to the nursery.
She laid the baby on the changing table, after glancing in at the two in the crib. She began to remove the diaper when she realized two things firstly that this was definitely a boy and he was just beginning to wet his diaper further.
"Boy, definitely boy," she half laughed at herself under her breath. The baby was smiling at her. "You think it's funny, huh?"
