Hi guys here's another chapter. Colorless got a little upset when I told her I'd change Tokei, so I decided to make her emotionless once and for all. I can't help but feel like I'm rushing my chapters a bit, but it should be ok.
"Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin."
-Mother Teresa
"What!?" I said. "I'm an only child!"
"Are you sure about that?" Asked Leo.
"Yeah." Said Raph.
"I'm pretty sure." I said.
"You'd think you'd notice when you have a sister." Said Mikey.
"Especially one like her." Said Donnie, pointing to Tokei.
Yoshi walked up to Tokei and sniffed her feet.
"A dog." Tokei said, with no emotion. Yoshi got closer to Tokei.
Mikey grabbed Yoshi. "Isn't he cute?" Mikey asked.
"Cute?" Asked Tokei.
"What's wrong with you?" Asked Mikey "Don't you know what Cute is?"
Tokei shook her head.
Mikey was surprised.
"Excuse me." Said Zoey "But who ARE you?"
Said Tokei. "I am Tokei Meiden. And I have lived on this Earth far longer than anyone else has. Because of this, they call me the Guardian of Time. I can interpret the future by remembering the past. History only repeats itself you know."
"What?" Asked Leo "The Guardian of Time is a real thing?"
"Of course." Tokei said. "But, there are both good and bad things about forever living. I was given this burden for as long as I can remember."
"How can you live for so long?" Asked Donnie.
"This is not my true body." Said Tokei. "Before being in this form, I was a real person. My remains were dedicated to science. A wise man recreated me as a doll with a special chemical that could make skin become more like a cross between wood and glass. He kept me in a clock for a very long time. I came out occasionally and every time, I hated what I saw. There was always pain and hatred everywhere I went. Eventually, a man named Harold O'Neil came to obtain my clock. He found me inside and then educated me. He told and taught me many things. He was the only friendliness I found in this world. But, one day came some men who were looking for him, Mr. O'Neil locked me away in my clock and I never saw him again. I stayed in the clock, and then, you reopened it."
"Yes." I said.
"What is it I am expected to do master?" Asked Tokei and she bowed.
"Master?" I asked.
"Would you prefer I called you another name?" Asked Tokei.
"Maybe Scarlett." I said.
"Yes, Scarlett." Tokei said.
I didn't know what to do.
Everyone was baffled. Too many things were happening at once today.
Yoshi sniffed at Tokei more. Tokei looked down at him.
"He's strange." Tokei said. "He's unlike other dogs I have previously seen."
"Yeah." Said Mikey. He picked up Yoshi.
Tokei stared at Yoshi.
"Oh, want to pet him?" Asked Mikey.
"It's no use." Said Tokei. "I can't feel, I'm just a doll."
"Oh..." Said Mikey.
Tokei stared at me, as if I was supposed to say something.
"If I am not needed here, then I will go back in my clock." Tokei said.
"Alright." I said.
Tokei turned and climbed into the clock.
In a few seconds, she was gone.
"My life has gotten weird." I said.
"Yep." Said Zoey.
I lay in my bed.
Zoey was in a sleeping bag temporarily until we moved her old bed back into the room.
I was wondering what to do with Tokei.
Yoshi lay on my stomach, I could feel his small body breathing.
"Hey Scarlett." Said Zoey. "What do we do with Tokei? We can't leave her in that clock forever."
"I know." I said "I'm thinking about it."
"Maybe we can just keep her around, like a little sister, you know?" Said Zoey.
"Yeah." I said "But she isn't like other kids. She said so herself."
"Well." Said Zoey. "I think we should start by being nice to her. Maybe we can make her a friend at least."
I nodded. "Sure." I said.
I sighed and snuggled into my covers.
"Hey Scarlett." Said Zoey. "Do you go to school now?"
"Yeah." I said.
"That's good." Said Zoey "You have any friends."
"Yeah." I said.
"There's one, who's okay."
"Nice." Said Zoey.
"So how are things with your friend?" I asked.
"Good." Said Zoey.
"Oh." I said.
The awkward conversation ended.
I sighed.
Tomorrow, I'd let Tokei out of her clock again and we would all befriend her.
It was strange. How come dad never mentioned her to me?
I guess he had his reasons.
I couldn't get over the fact that technically, I had a little sister. I became happy.
I wanted to get to know her right away.
But first, it was time to rest. I had school tomorrow.
I yawned. I was at school.
Zoey had to stay at home. Yoshi also. And of course, the turtles.
I wouldn't open the clock until I came back.
I was in the classroom again.
It was the last class of the day, I was anxious to get home.
The bell rang and I gathered my things.
As usual, Elliot was already walking down the hall looking for me.
He must've seen me leave the room.
"Hey Scarlett!" He yelled at me.
I started running away.
I had no time to chat.
"Wait, Scarlett!" Said Elliot "Where are you going in such a hurry?"
"Can't talk!" I yelled back, but he kept chasing me.
I decided to walk to the lair today.
I ran to the street, I hoped Elliot wasn't following me.
When I got to the manhole that led to the lair, I panted and looked around, Elliot wasn't anywhere in sight.
I lifted the lid and jumped into the sewer, then I put the lid back in place.
I sighed once inside the sewer.
I started walking in the direction of the lair.
But then, I paused.
I could've sworn I heard footsteps besides mine.
And also, I felt like someone was watching me.
I turned.
I didn't see anyone. But looks can be deceiving.
"You can come out now." I said. "Whoever you are, I know you're following me."
Elliot appeared from the shadows. "You're good Scarlett." He said.
"Elliot!" I said. "I told you not to follow me!"
"But you left so quickly, I was worried." Said Elliot.
"It's nice you were concerned about me." I said "But you really need to leave."
"Why?" Asked Elliot "What are you hiding?"
"Nothing!" I said.
"Scarlett?" Asked a voice, who I recognized was Raph's. "Is that you?"
We weren't far from the lair.
"Scarlett!" Yelled Mikey "We're ready to open up the clock again!"
I turned. What was I going to tell Elliot?
"Who's that?" Elliot asked.
"Did you bring April with you?" I heard Donnie ask.
I was running out of time, I heard thier footsteps coming to me.
"Um, Elliot!" I said and turned. "You've got to lea-"
"Hi Scarlett!" Mikey said, he walked up to me and hugged me.
All the turtles were here already.
"What the-!?" Said Elliot.
"Who's the guy in glasses?" Asked Raph.
Elliot grabbed my hand and pulled me away from Mikey. Mikey looked confused.
"Who are you guys!?" Elliot yelled. "And how do you know Scarlett ' s name?"
"Um, Elliot..." I started.
"Hold on a second Scarlett." Elliot said. "I'll protect you from these monsters!"
"No Elliot..." I said. "They're...my family."
"What?" Elliot asked, dumbfounded.
"Let me ask this again." Said Raph. "Who is he?"
"He's a friend from school." I said "He followed me out here."
I walked up to the turtles. "Hey guys." I said. "How was your day?"
"Wait a second!" Said Elliot. "THEY are your brothers!?"
I sighed and turned.
"Technically, we aren't related by blood. But they're like brothers. These four are all really close friends of mine." I said.
"Yeah!" Said Mikey. He patted Elliot on the head. "She's in good hands here!"
"Yeah, so you can go now." Said Raph.
"Yeah." Leo said.
"Wait, she lives down here?" Elliot cringed.
"Yes." I said.
Elliot looked like he was going to scream.
"I must be dreaming!" He exclaimed. "That's got to be it!"
"No." I said. "I really do live here."
Elliot whimpered. "Really?" He squeaked.
"Well it's no mansion." I said "But it's home."
Elliot looked faint.
"Let's take him to the lair." I said to the others.
"Yeah." Leo nodded.
"Okay." Said Donnie.
I grabbed Elliot by the hand and led him to the lair.
"This place..." He said "It's so...messy! How can such a refined girl live here!?"
"What?" I asked.
There were pizza boxes everywhere.
I guess I never really cared about how messy it was, now I realized the mess.
"Oh yeah." I said "Sorry about the mess."
"There's no way you live here!" Elliot exclaimed "This has to be a dream!"
"Calm down dude." Said Mikey.
Instead, Elliot whimpered and fainted on the floor.
"Oh god..." I started.
"Now what?" Asked Donnie.
"I guess we wait until he wakes up." Said Leo "He can't go around telling people about us."
"Yeah." I said "Sorry about that guys."
"Nah, it's okay." Said Mikey.
"Not really." Said Raph.
"Raph!" Scolded Leo.
"What?" Asked Raph "I just feel like too many people are figuring out about the lair."
"He's right." I said "Soon, this place won't be safe anymore."
"Maybe we should get a new lair." Said Mikey.
"Ha. Good luck on that." I said.
Elliot sat up.
"Scarlett!" He said "I had the weirdest dream where you lived in a sewer!"
Elliot grabbed me and shook me as he spoke.
Then, he paused to look around.
"It wasn't a dream?" He asked.
"Nope." I said.
Elliot hugged me. "Waah! Scarlett! Why do you live in the sewer?! Where did you go wrong?"
"Hey Scarlett!" Said Zoey, as she entered the room.
"I just saw Yoshi do the cutest thing, you need to-"
Zoey stopped and saw Elliot hugging me.
Zoey ran over and punched Elliot to the wall.
"Hey Scarlett!" She said "My BEST FRIEND. How was school?"
Elliot groaned.
"There goes my ulcer..." He muttered in pain.
"About time someone did that." Raph smiled.
"Raph!" Leo scolded again.
"What?" Asked Raph "I didn't do anything, Zoey did."
At that, Leo didn't have a response.
Yoshi walked into the room.
"Hey Yoshi!" I smiled and Yoshi licked my face.
Elliot peeled himself off of the wall. He fell to the floor.
Zoey hugged me protectively and frowned at Elliot.
Elliot backed up to the wall.
"This is weird!" Elliot said "First, I see these weird...Things and Scarlett claims they're her brothers or friends or whatever, and then she shows me her home, and now I'm being attacked by random people! What is going on?!"
"Listen Elliot." I started. "You need to calm down."
Elliot was hyperventilating now.
"I can't." He said.
"Can I please punch him?" Asked Zoey.
I shook my head at her.
"Fine." She said. "But he can't be here, he's an idiot with no clue what's going on."
"Everyone, please calm down." I said "I can fix this."
Elliot started breathing normally.
"Now look," I told him. "You can't tell anyone about seeing them." I pointed to the turtles.
"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't." Elliot said.
"Your life." Said Raph.
"Raph!" I said.
Zoey chuckled. "I agree with Raph."
I sighed and tried ignoring them.
"These are the guys who saved everyone in that Alien invasion a few months ago." I said.
"What?" Asked Elliot. He looked at the turtles. "Did you really?"
They nodded. "Yeah."
"Woah!" Said Mikey "We're famous now?!"
"Kind of." I said "Everyone wants to know about the heroes of the invasion."
"And now he knows." Zoey said. "I still don't trust him."
"Well we have to!" I said "Because like it or not, he knows about the lair now."
Everyone was silent.
"Yes Scarlett." They all said.
I smiled.
"Good." I said. "Now, let's all be nice to Elliot."
No one moved.
"And I mean now!" I yelled.
And chatter filled the room.
"What's up?"
"Hi"
"Nice...glasses..."
I smiled again.
At least they tried.
But, there was still a small problem, Tokei.
How could I explain her to Elliot?
"Elliot," I said.
Elliot turned his head.
"There's something else you need to know about."
Everyone surrounded the clock.
I explained it all to Elliot the best I could.
I took a deep breath and unlocked the clock again.
Tokei climbed out of the clock like before.
"Yes?" She asked.
"Tokei." I said "If it would please you, I don't want you to do anything."
"What?" Asked Tokei. "I don't understand."
"I mean, I don't need you to be like a servant." I said "I just want us to be like sisters. I want you to make connections with everyone in this room."
Tokei looked around the room.
"That's a lot of people." She said.
I smiled. "Yeah, that means you'll have a lot of friends too."
Tokei stared at everyone blankly. It was hard to tell if she was happy or not.
"Come on." Said Mikey "Smile."
"What's a smile?" Asked Tokei.
"A way to show your happiness." Mikey said.
He pointed at his smile.
"See?" He asked.
Tokei didn't quite get the concept of a smile, but she lifted the corners of her mouth and created a small smile for us.
"Okay." She said.
Well that's it for now, I made this on my way to school. If you guys don't mind, there's still about two more chapters of made up adventures before we go to episodes. I'll try not rushing the chapter nnext time. Bye! :)
