We stayed there, looking at each other. I bit my lip and sat up. Raph narrowed his eyes.

"Did that mean anything to you?" Raph blushed. "The kiss?"

"I..." I got off the bed. "I-I... don't know."

Raph closed his eyes. "M-kay." He rolled over and leaned on his elbow. "See you later ." And he walked out of the room.

I threw myself onto my bed. "Ugh! I should have just said yes." Then fear gripped my mind. "What if he tells Leo?" I ran out after Raph. "Raph! Wait!"

He turned around. "What? If you don't have anything to say, I have to get some breakfast."

I panicked and jumped into his arms. I held his head and kissed him. "There. Yes, it meant something to me. A lot."

I sat in the dojo, in the bonsai tree. Leo sat by my side, eating a peppermint lollipop.

"Hey, Taylor?"

"Yeah?" I stared at him.

"How'd... how'd you sleep last night?" Leo threw the lollipop stick at the ground. "With Raph there?"

I felt my hands get sweaty. "Fine. Just... fine."

Leo sighed sadly. Then a soft light appeared at my other side.

"Hello, mija. How are you?"

Leo stared at my mom in shock, mouth hitting the floor.

"Hi, mom. Esto es Leo."

Another light appeared on the ground. "Is he your boyfriend?"

"Dad?" I jumped off the tree. My father held out his arms. I ran into them. "Papa!"

"Okay, wait. I thought you said your parents were... gone." Leo jumped off.

"Ah. This must be Leo." My dad held me at his side, and mom at his other side. "Tell me. What intentions do you have with my daughter?"

Leo widened his eyes.

"PAPA!" I nudged him and stood at Leo's side. "He's my friend, not my boyfriend!"

"Okay, if you say so."

"Anyways, mija." My mom shared a glance with my dad. "We came to tell you something."

My dad hugged me."You are part of a great destiny. A prophecy."

"What?" I held Leo's hand. "What do you mean?"

"Some 3,000 years ago," my mother started. "A young woman had found her inner power, yet she was not strong enough to deal with it. In her last moments, she had a vision."

"A young girl was to discover her inner power, but be able to control it. It did, however, come with a price." My mother bit her lip. "This young girl was to have two separate sides. And she would unlock her biggest fear. On the bright side, she would also unlock her greatest power and get control over her darker self."

I stayed there, this new information swirling in my head. I squeezed Leo's hand harder.

My dad cleared his throat. "We knew it was you who would be the young girl when you showed us how controlled you were when you were 2. That's when we got murdered by... a man who called himself Shredder."

I felt my throat get small. "What?"

Leo was the one who squeezed my hand now. My mom continued.

"We didn't give up on you. We watched you as you grew, always proud you had been raised so well by your cousin. The only thing that bothered me is that she never told you you were latina."

"Mom, I knew deep down what I was. But you're saying I'm a part of prophecy? I can't be."

Leo faced me and put his hands on my shoulders. "You fit the description, Taylor. You must be destined to do this."

I shook my head and ran out of the room. I started to glow, my anger and confusion rising. I screamed at myself and jumped out of the manhole. And bumped into Raph and Donnie.

" Taylor?" Raph tilted his head. "What's going on? Are you okay?"

I shook my head and jumped so I was on the rooftop. I ran until I was in the swamp.

"Taylor? Taylor!"

I ignored Mikey's call. The swamp had grown on me for the past three weeks.

"Taylor! I'll find you, I know it!" Mikey soon appeared from behind a tree. "There you are! Come on, we have to get back to the others! We all really miss you, especially me."

"I can't, Mikey." I tied my hair back with a vine. "I can't fulfill this 'destiny'. I'll just mess everything up."

"No you won't. I'll help you." Mikey held out his hand. "Now come on."

I took it and followed him out of the marshy land, leaving behind any fear I had.