Hi all! Thanks for reading this far! Now, in this chapter, despite the fact that it's Japanese, I can't really translate it for you.

Sarah: You want me to do WHAT!?

Me: Don't get your emotions in a bunch, and don't tell the readers what happens before they get to read it! Anyway, please enjoy this chapter, which you should if you've come this far...So, yeah...


"Sarah, I can't sleep. What if Daddy finds me? He might have been watching us and followed us here!" Candy cried, but Sarah smiled.

"Don't worry Candy, there's no way he could find you. Besides, I wouldn't let him hurt you." she replied soothingly.

"Are you sure? You're sure there's no way?" Candy said hesitantly, and Sarah nodded.

"I'm one hundred percent positive he can't find you. Now try and get some sleep." she said, pulling the covers completely over Candy.

"But I really can't sleep. My mom says it called insomnia. She always sings me to sleep." Candy said, looking up at Sarah.

"Really? Ok then." Sarah smiled and sat down on the bed next to Candy.

"Watashitachi no sekai wa, mahou wo kakerarete. Ai suru to kime kisae, namida ni ujirareteru." she began to sing in Japanese, and Candy smiled. "Boy futari de jumon wo sagashi ni ikou, kinjirare ta yume wo kanaerareru kuni he." She stood up and staightened out the blanket, all the while singing. " Dare ni mo naisho de, ashita na tchi awaseshiyou." Candy's eyelids were beginning to drop, and Sarah kept singing to the little girl. "Itsuka kotori wo ume ta, yowake no mieru oka de, tsumetai asamoya, kimi to te wo tsunaidara." Sarah got down on her knees and put her arms against the bed. "Hikaru michi no fuuin ga tokeru yo." She leaned over to whisper the last word in Candy's ear. "Hateshinaku."

Satisfied that Candy was asleep, she got up and walked out of the room, turning the light off behind her. When she walked back into the kitchen, everyone else looked tired, and Sarah smiled. That song was the one that put Sarah to sleep all the time. Her mom would sing it to her when she was a little girl, and one day she had begged to learn it. It had been hard, but she finally managed to learn to sing the song. Now she didn't need her mom to sing for her except when she needed help falling asleep. Her mom called it the song of dreams because it put most people to sleep unless they were the one singing.

"Don't tell me you guys are tired too?" Sarah laughed.

"What kind of song is that?" Leo protested against the unbearable urge to curl up in a fetal position on the floor. By the looks of it, the others were too.

"Sorry, it was the only way to get Candy to sleep." she apologized, then looked at the clock. It was 9:37.

"What about you Sarah? You aren't tired at all?" Donny asked, still trying to shake off his sleepiness.

"Nope, I was the one singing it." Sarah said, shaking her head.

"That's one interesting song..." Raph mumbled, resting his head against the counter.

"Maybe you guys should go to sleep? BEFORE you fall and hurt yourselves?" Sarah suggested, and they groaned their agreement. Slowly, they made their way to their rooms and collapsed in their beds. They won't wake up for a while, Sarah thought. Looking around, she saw that Master Splinter had stayed. He looked the least affected by the song.

"I take it you're feeling better, Sarah?" he asked, and Sarah smiled.

"Yup, all better!" she said, nodding. "It's amazing what a little time away from your house can do." she added in a lower tone of voice.

"Does Candy's story sound familiar to you? She ran away because of her father, then she was brought here?" Master Splinter mused, and Sarah's smile changed to a frown. She HAD thought about that. Then decided it was just a coincidence. For one brief moment, she thought about her friends back in Japan and how they must miss her by now. But she couldn't go back, not now. That would be giving up, and Sarah the Hedgehog never gave up on something like that. Never...

~The next day~

Sarah's POV:

I hadn't slept well last night on the couch. I ended up just finally waking up for good at about 5 in the morning. I knew the boys wouldn't be up for another hour or so, so I wandered around. First I checked on Candy, who was sleeping soundly in my bed. That's cute, I thought. I tiptoed over to the desk next to the bed and grabbed my necklace off of it. Once safely out of Candy's hearing range, I put on the necklace, playing with the gem. Knowing nobody was around, I let my mind wander. I first though about Candy, and how her story was so much like mine. There were a few differences, but they were very similar in structure. Girl runs away from abusive father and ends up in the sewer with four turtles and a rat. Then I thought about what went on BEFORE Mikey and I had found Candy. I had to wonder what would have happened if I hadn't heard Candy crying. Let's see, I thought, there was a full moon, and Mikey and I were side by side. I laughed a little at the thought, knowing it was silly of me to think like that. I was still standing leaning against the wall when Master Splinter woke up, about half an hour before his sons. He didn't look surprised to see me wide-awake. Now that he was awake, there were a few more possibilities for things to do. While pondering this, I walked around aimlessly. Time often goes by faster when you least expect it, and by the time I gave up in thinking, the turtles had woken up and were making breakfast. I ran into my room and gently tried to wake Candy up. Finally, her eyes opened up and she looked at me.

"Time to wake up already?" she said sleepily, and I smiled.

"Yup, breakfast time." I said, and lead her back into the kitchen. I wasn't very hungry, but I ate anyway. I didn't want Master Splinter or the others getting up on my case about me acting weird again. I must have looked dull and listless to them, because they exchanged worried glances. I was just deep in thought. I was still in thought when it was time to go and train with them. I finally snapped back to attention and we were ready for an all out sparring match. Since I hadn't done much over the month when I was depressed, I hadn't gotten around to fighting Mikey and Leo. Master Splinter decided that now was a good time. Of course I took Mikey down easily, but Leo I knew would provide more of a challenge. But I wasn't worried.

"Come on Leo, I could beat you with my eyes closed!" I taunted, and Master Splinter looked at me.

"Really? Care to prove that?" he asked, and I shrugged.

"Sure, why not?" I said, then I found a blindfold and covered my eyes.

"You ready Sarah?" Master Splinter called over to me, and I smiled and nodded.

"Bring it on Leo!" I said confidently. Leo, who knew that sight was a strong point, ran straight to me and threw a kick. I jumped out of the way, and put out a kick of my own. Leo was caught by surprise and it hit him in the side. I kicked away from him and landed several feet away. I put out my hand and gestured for him to bring it. My ears twitched as I waited for him to move. He snuck quietly to the other side of me, and I grinned. I decided to play along, but when he attempted to hit me again, and dodged it once more. I put one hand on his shoulder, the other grabbed his wrist. In one quick motion, my leg tripped him as I had done with Donny before. Once he was on the ground, I knelt down next to him.

"I told you so." I whispered to him. He tried one last time to get me, but I jumped out of the way and smirked. The blindfold still on, I walked over and offered him my hand. My hands whipped around to untie the knot in my makeshift blindfold.

"See? I told you I could beat you!" I laughed triumphantly.

"Yeah Leo, looks like you're getting slow!" Mikey said, laughing with me. Once we were back in the living room, Leo finally asked me what I was expecting.

"How did you do that?" he wondered, and I smiled at him.

"I knew you would ask that." I said, then began to explain. "Well, my line of family has a generally bad sense of sight. Our sight is only half that of a human's sight. Since we don't see all that well, our hearing and sense of smell are twice that of a human. So, since we can't see very well at all, two of our other senses make up for it and then some!"

"Ah, I see." Leo replied. I smiled again and leaned back against the back of the couch and relaxed. Then something popped into my head randomly.

"Donny, what month is it?" I called to Donny, who wasn't in the room.

"October, why?" he called back, and I frowned.

"Next month is my birthday." I whispered to myself, ignoring everyone around me. That is, until a voice broke my train of thought.

"Really Sarah?" Leo asked, and I nodded.

"My birthday was this month." Candy said, and that made me laugh. I just realized something.

"Hey, if I was born in November, and Candy was born in October, that means our birthstones match our eye color!" I said, and the turtles look from me to Candy, me to Candy, me to Candy. I rested my head on my hand and smiled. It was nice to have people my age to talk to. But how long will this last, I thought.


There we go, now with the junk that I do after the chapter. The song is actually called 'The Shining Road' and I thought it sounded peaceful and somewhat like a lullaby! So, if you want to look it up to see what it sounds like or whatever, there's the name. Ah, it's nice that my document loader is working again! Anyway, please review, tell me what you think!