Stella's Pov...
As I begin to wake up from a restful sleep I smiled in happiness remembering that last night was one of the best nights of my entire life, Raph proposed to me asking me to marry him. It was just a dream come true. I never thought I would have my own wedding, I just thought I would still be living on the streets for many years and then die on the streets. But looking back after everything I have gone through and what big changes have occurred, it makes my heart flutter. I was going to get married and be the wife of the most gentle, brave and loving man I have ever met. If I could fly up into the air and explode like a firework, then that goes to show you that's how happy I was. But then again, I would miss my special day if I did that.

I turned over my head that was laying on top of Raph's chest as I laid on top of him, snuggling it deeply into it. It was like a pillow, firm enough but was cool and soft. I could hear the thumping of his heartbeat underneath my ear as it was beating slowly as Raph slept on. It was so soothing, like listening to a lullaby that makes me relax and smile. All those little things, always remind me how much I love my man. Only for them now to get better and more interesting to know of what our lives will turn out to be as husband and wife.

I feel Raph's arm stroke up and down my shell in a delicate way. I slid my head up, still keeping it on his chest as my eyes meet with his own. He smiled softly and he slid me up more on top of him wrapping his arms around me tighter, as I laid my head in the crook of his neck and my fingers gently stroked back and forth underneath his jawline. I saw his hand sneak behind my head as he leaned his head down and kiss my temple with warm lips. How I loved waking up to mornings like this. "Hey you", he said, whispering as he then kissed in between my eyes

"Hi, good morning", I said, softly rubbing his collarbone

"You sleep okay?", he asked

I nodded against him and peck his neck. "I did, last night was the best sleep I have ever gotten", I said "Like I could of slept forever"

"Me too, but we couldn't get married then", he said "We would be stuck in coma"

I giggled. "I dreamt about our wedding day. I wish you could of seen it all, you would of loved it as much as I did. The beautiful scenery, our family, my dress, and the ceremony", I said, remembering the details I saw in my dream "It was just perfect"

"Where would you want to have it?", he asked

"Me? Well I think the one place that I would love to have it, would be back in my hometown", I said "In the forest beside my house, its quiet, beautiful and most of all we can just be ourselves and never have to worry about anything"

"Well one thing I will tell you is that this wedding is going to be amazing", Raph said "We will plan every detail to make sure its perfect, because I want this night to be very special for you"

"Raphie, I know it will be", I said "I just want it to be all about us, us being together"

"Same here", he said "It will be perfect"

"Though how do we tell the others?", I asked

"You know I haven't really put a thought into that yet", Raph said

"Hmmmmmm, well since I do want April and Casey apart of the whole celebration, we should invite them over and we can tell them all at once", I said

"That's not a bad idea, I like it", he said, pecking my head

"By the way, you said that there was another surprise today you told me about last night, what is it?", I asked

"You will find out once we tell everyone", he said

I groaned playfully flopping my head down into his chest. "Something tells me you don't like waiting too much", he said, chuckling rubbing my shell

"What gave you the first clue?", I said, mumbling into his chest

He chuckled and he pecked my head again. "Well if you want to know so much, we should head down and call them both over", he said

"Good idea, let's do it now", I said, looking up at him

As we leave outside our room, I texted April on my phone asking her and Casey to come over to the lair since we got big news to tell. She responds back that she will be there with him as soon as possible. I smiled excitedly as I couldn't wait to see the looks on their faces of our engagement. I heard Mikey singing very funny from the kitchen and I giggled uncontrollably, walking downstairs. I saw Mikey flip a pan and I saw a pancake go flying towards me and I ducked just in time before it could of hit me. But then I heard Raph groan and I looked up to see the pancake had struck Raph in the head. I struggled not to giggle, since it was a bit funny to see. "I think the pancake chose you Raphael", I said, giggling

Raph took the pancake off his face and he walked towards Mikey quickly as Mikey came out of the kitchen looking confused. "Hey anybody know where my pancake went?", he asked

"You chucklehead! Why don't you look where you are flipping?", Raph said, glaring at him

"What do you expect me to have eyes in the back of my head?", Mikey said, arguing back

"Boys, boys calm down", I said, gently, getting in between them "Let's not get hasty with each other, it was just an accident, let it go"

"Okay Luna", Raph said, backing down

"Here's your pancake Mikey", I said, handing it back to him

Mikey then took it and flipped it up in the air and swallowed it whole as it landed. "Mmmmmmmm yum! Needs to be a little less pan and little more cake", he said, as he walked off "And less Raphael"

"Ugh I'm all sticky", Raph said, trying to get some of the maple syrup off his face

"Here allow me", I said, licking his jawline

"No Stella! Come on!", he said, laughing as he tried pushing back

"Awww come on, you taste yummy, I think I just might lick you clean", I said, with a giggle

"No!", he said, blushing as I tried to latch on to him

"Here I come!", I said, running to him

"Come on! No you are embarrassing me!", he said, as I wrapped my arms around his neck

I giggled as I got more of the syrup off his face as he continued trying to get me off of him by pushing or trying to outrun me. "Stella quit it!", he said, pushing on my face

"You know you like it", I said, whispering in his ear

He blushed red like a tomato all over his face as he then quickly got me in a head lock and he started tickling my plastron. "No! Hey! That's cheating!", I said, laughing

"Not in my book its not!", he said

"No! Raph quit it!", I said, losing my footing

He then released me on the ground as I giggled uncontrollably with him standing over me with his arms crossed smirking. "No fair", I said, sticking my tongue

"Mess with the bull you get the horns babe", he said

"Haha funny", I said, rolling up to my feet as he helped me up

"Hey you guys", a voice said

We turned to see April, whom I became good friends come walking into the lair. "April!", I said, happily

I ran towards her and we hugged each other. "Wie gent es lhen?", she asked

"Ich mache gute", I said, happily "Danke"

"Was that right?", she asked "I really have been practicing from your lessons in speaking German"

"That was perfect", I said, smiling "Now we can move on to longer sentences"

"Sounds great, can't wait!", she said

"Where's Casey? Isn't he with you?", I asked

Hey Raph think fast!", a voice said

I saw a man come jumping out with long blue hair in a gym outfit at Raph. "What the-", Raph said

He knocked him to the ground and they both started to wrestle. I got a look of worry about to rush over to settle the dispute, but April placed her hand on my shoulder. "Don't worry, they do this often", she said

"Oh what a relief", I said, letting out a breath

"Typical brother like relationship", April said, crossing her arms

I saw them wrestle and roll over each other repeatedly laughing, trying to get over the top of the other. I giggled and I walked over to them as Raph pinned him to the ground.

"I win again", Raph said, smirking

"Lucky shot green dome", he said

"Hey Friday the 13th", I said, giggling

April giggled and Raph snorted from the funny nickname I gave Casey when he was helping us out on patrol. "It's not that funny you two", he said, cocking an eyebrow

"Oh yes it is", Raph said

I giggled. "Come on you know we all find it funny, even you", I said

"Whatever", he said, standing up "So what's this so called big news that you called us over for?"

"What big news?", Leo asked, as he Don and Splinter came in

"Oh good you all are here", I said "Raph and I have a big announcement to tell you all"

"Alright sissy what's going on?", Mikey asked, smirking at us "You both are acting strange"

Raph wrapped his arm around me as I giggled. "Show them Luna", he said, smiling looking down at me

I held up my left hand showing my engagement ring. "Guys, we decided that we wanted spend the rest of our lives together and...I'm becoming Raph's wife", I said

Loud gasps were made as I struggled with the huge smile on my face, trying not to scream. "Is that what I think it is?", April asked

"No way!", Mikey said

"Seriously?!", Don said

"Oh my god!", Leo said

"I think I know what this means", Splinter said, with a smile "You both are engaged, are you?"

I nod and tears fall down my face in happiness. "Yes we are, we are getting married you guys!", I said

The excited screams came filling up the room from my brothers and April. "So are you guys?", Don asked

"Yes we are engaged!", Raph said, excitedly

Then the guys started to cheer and they ran giving us both bone crushing hugs, as we both laughed in happiness that they were just as excited as we are. "Oh my god! I knew it! I knew it was something like this!", April said, as we hugged each other tight

"I could not be any more happier for the both of you, you both have come a long way since your first interaction and you both have changed dramatically. As your master and father, I am proud of you both for taking the next step in your journey and I see wondrous things will be happening for you", Splinter said

"Thank you, sensei", Raph said, as we bowed to him in respect

"I told you she would accept", he said, with a smile

"You knew?", I asked, surprised "But how?"

"We all knew", Leo said

"Raphael asked me for permission to porpoise to you", Splinter said "It was rather difficult to keep the secret in"

"You sneak! My goodness!", I said, hugging Raph "I can't believe this! But we got so much to plan, I mean we have no idea of when to have it, where to have it and everything"

"Actually Stella, that's the second surprise", Raph said "Remember this?"

He then hands me a piece of paper, which turned out to be a magazine I was reading from my old room and I saw it had been ripped out and it was a photo of dream wedding sceneries and the one I loved the most was in a heart I did in pen. It was in a forest similar to like my home and there were huge trees with white flowers hanging down and a wedding arch with white flowers as well wrapped with branches and on the ground was a white silk runner in a beautiful nighttime setting with glowing laters hanging on the ground. "You ripped this out of my magazine, didn't you?!", I asked, giving him a cocked eyebrow

"Maybe", he said, with a cocky look "But do you remember it?"

"Yeah I do, why?", I asked

"I heard you saying to yourself that would be your dream wedding", he said

I blushed in embarrassment, looking down. "You are such a noisy nelly", I said, looking up at him slightly with a playful glare

"How would you like to have that?", he asked

"Wait, what do you mean?", I asked, looking up more to him

He walked up to me and he placed his hands on my shoulders. "Luna, how would you like to have that dream wedding back in your hometown in Bavaria?", he asked

My heart was pounding out of my chest as I looked at him with shock. "Seriously?", I asked, trying not to cry

"Seriously", he said, with a smile

I then shriek in happiness and tackled him in a huge hug knocking us both to the ground as I kissed him all over his face excitedly. "Well I guess that answers my question", Raph said, looking lovestruck

"Oh my god! Are you trying to make me a blubbering mess? Because if you are you are doing a good job at it", I said, wiping my tears away

"Not my intention", he said, sitting up

"This is amazing! I would love to! We just need to figure out when to go", I said

"How about now?", he asked

"Raph seriously?!", I said, smiling excitedly

"Would you like to go now?", he asked "We got everything packed and it's the best time of the year, the weather's perfect and everything will be perfect, what do you think?"

"Oh my god! Yes! I would love to go now!", I said, happily

"Told you she would of said yes! I told you!", Mikey said

"Wait you guys knew about this too?", I asked

"Yeah we did, he told us this morning", Don said

"Oh my god! You guys are such sneaks!", I said, throwing my head back giggling

"Hey we are ninjas we are suppose to be sneaky", Leo said, with a smirk

"But how will we get there though? I mean its hard to find a one way flight to Bavaria and it would take a week to get there by boat", I said

"That won't be a problem little sissy", Don said "I got that all taken care of"

"So when do we leave?", I asked

"Well let's eat breakfast first, then we can head off after that", Raph said

"Someone pinch me I must be dreaming", I said, shaking my head

I then felt a sharp perk of pain on my arm. "Ow!", I said, jumping in surprise

"You said to pinch you", Mikey said, shrugging

"Not that hard Mikey", I said, rubbing my arm, soothing the pain

"Sorry", he said, smiling sheepishly

Within a few moments we head to the kitchen and prepare a huge breakfast before we head off on our trip. We ate quickly and I did a quick cleaning of the kitchen, while the boys gathered up the bags that were hidden in the tunnel entrance to the lair. Don set the security codes to lock down the lair and then we headed up the elevator to the warehouse. "Alright guys, don't get too excited, it's still a work in progress", Don said, as he switched on a giant light switch

The light shined down on a huge helicopter that was painted light and dark green, with a see through pilot's seat, with a huge cockpit in the back, two silver blades and a huge light at the bottom. I looked at it with awe, seeing nothing like this before. "You like it? I call it the Turtle Copter!", Don said, proudly

"Woah oh my goodness, this is amazing", I said

"All aboard! Next off Bavaria, Germany!", he called out, climbing into the pilot chair

We all climbed inside and took seats in comfortable reclining airplane seats. I sat near the window with Raph sitting beside me. The Turtle Copter started up and the blades were spinning faster and faster each second. The warehouse roof opened and we took off into the sky. I looked out the small window in the back to see we were getting higher and higher into the air.

I reclined my seat a little letting my legs rest out. I felt Raph take my hand into his own and he kissed me on the cheek. "Thank you Raphael, I can't believe you did all this for me", I said

"Hey, anything for my gorgeous girl", he said

"Awwww baby", I said, hugging him around his neck

He rubbed the back of my shell as he nuzzled my cheek affectionately. I laid my head on his shoulder as I began to relax on our journey back to my homeland. After a few hours I was getting tired as I stared out the window watching the ocean down below. My eyelids started to droop as I began to fall asleep against the wall.

I felt a pair of hands bring me down on my side as I felt the coolness of a pillow underneath my head. I looked up to see Raph cover me up with a blanket as I snuggled into him. "Thank you sweetie", I said, tiredly yawning

"Sleep good, I will wake you up in a little bit", he said, stroking my head as my eyes began to flutter close

I curled up in a ball and drifted off to sleep. What seemed like a few more hours had gone by, I started to feel myself bouncing up and down a little. I peeked one of my eyes open to see clouds were flying quickly past in the window. "Luna", Raph said, softly shaking my shoulder

I grumbled and rubbed my face against the pillow, letting out a yawn before I allowed my eyes to open up. "What? What's going on?", I asked

"We are here, we are in Germany", Raph said

I quickly sat up perking up. "What? My goodness already? Let doesn't feel like we were flying that long", I said

"It took us less time than Don thought we would, the weather was clear enough to keep us going and we did a quick fill up at the edge of France, but we got here within in three more hours", Raph said "But now we are here"

"Oh my gosh! I can't believe it! I am home!", I said, excitedly looking out of the window

I saw we were getting closer and closer to the ground, blowing the grass underneath us, then the blades of the Turtle Copter slowly started to stop. "We have now landed! Welcome to Bavaria!", Don said, over the intercom

The door of the helicopter slowly opened up and the glowing sun came flooding inside. I put my hand out in front of me to protect my eyes as I stepped out of the helicopter, feeling the cool soft grass underneath my feet. "Wow", I said, softly to myself

In front of me was like I just took a trip back in time to my early childhood and teen years. We had landed right in the center of a clearing in the Bavarian Forest, surrounded by some of the tallest oak trees you would ever come across. A beautiful bright blue sky with no clouds in sight and the sun shining down on me like a warm spotlight. Patches of little different kinds of flowers of all colors were in full bloom. "Oh my god", I said, amazed "Boys you have got to see this"

Everyone had climbed out of the helicopter and they had the same expressions, full of awe and wonder. "It's amazing, all this open space", Leo said

"Man we have been out on a lot, up here it's...it's", Raph said, sounding speechless

"Beautiful", Don said, finishing the sentence

"This is beyond awesome!", Mikey said

"You seriously lived here Stella?", Raph asked

"Yep, right in these woods, sure feels good to be home", I said, looking around

"So where exactly do you live here in the woods?", Mikey asked

"Oh that, of course, my cottage is just up that trail up there", I said, pointing towards a dirt trail up east "Come on! No time to waste!"

I started to run off from the others towards the trailhead to my cottage. "Hey Stella wait for us!", Raph called out

"Catch me if you can!", I said, looking back

I made it up to the trail and ran into the forest. It was a wide open trail with plenty of room to run without getting snagged by a tree branch or trip over rocks. All around memories flooded around me about my morning runs I would do along these trails, hikes I would do with my dad and my nighttime wolf callings with my mom. I weaved through trees still running along the trail with little more than my memory to guide me back to home. I had roamed these woodlands so many times since a very young age I had lost count. This place was one of the few pieces of paradise that has been untouched by man. Running along the trail I broke free of a dense patch of needle leaves and rolled freely down a steep dirt hill, a natural landslide that served my purposes more effectively now that it was out of my way and helped me getting faster to home.

I followed the sun through the trees with my eyes, allowing it to guide me past the red oak pine trees and lush green bushes that were everywhere you looked, casting a soft shadow along the dirt path, beckoning me forward. As much I loved the nighttime, the day had always exhilarated me, allowing me a freedom seldom experienced. I could run like the tall horned stag, waving his white tail in a gesture of peace instead of alarm. My laughter, breathless and sporadic, was an even cadence that mingled fluently with the day hours sung by the woodland creatures.

As the canopy overhead thickened, my steps grew muffled by the pine needles that blanketed the forest floor, the ground no longer hard beneath my soles. I paused stopping to a halt as I was just a few thick trees away from returning where my life began. I then could hear the pants of my family closing in behind me. I giggled and I quickly hid behind a large tree, as I watched peeking my head out slightly the boys running. I waited for them to get close enough to me as I then jumped in front of them shrieking.

Mikey shrieked the loudest tripping causing the others to fall on top of him, making it a huge dog pile. I giggled uncontrollably as they looked up at me still looking terrified. "Got you", I said

"Stella!", Raph said

"You nearly scared the shell out of me!", Mikey said

"Got to watch your shells boys, you never know what could creep up on you in these woods", I said, giggling

"Note to self, watch out for sisters popping out of nowhere", Leo said, getting up off his brothers

"Come on, it's just right up here", I said, walking along ahead

Towards the end of the trail, huge trees blocked the way to the cottage. Since they haven't been trimmed for quite some time now. I pulled back a few branches, bending them back behind other branches as I made a clear path. I stepped forward and gasped silently to myself seeing my old home, just the way I remembered it being left before we came to America.

It was a two story cream colored cottage, with two wooden hangovers in the front and side of it. A small window that lead to my rom upstairs, peeking out from a few vines growing around it. On top of the roof had some grass growing that lead to a brick chimney. Surrounding it was a small limestone bridge with a little flowing pond underneath and lush green hedges and trees.

"Here it is", I said, looking back over my shoulder

The boys stepped forward into the sun and looked at the cottage with wonder. "Woah way cool!", Don said

"Much better than Casey's cabin, this one doesn't look like its about to fall apart", Mikey said

"Hey!", Casey said

"It does look rather homely", Leo said

"It's perfect", Raph said, softly

He then entangled my hand with his as we looked at each other with love. We then took that first step to getting closer to starting our future together. "So has this place always been here?", Don asked

"Yes, this cottage is at least 200 years of age", I said

"Wow, so has your family always lived here?", Leo asked

"Yes it has been passed on from many generations in my family", I said "It was built in 1803 by my fifth generation of grandparents"

"It certainly has come a long way, I can't believe it's still standing", Don said

We walked across the bridge and we made it towards the cottage. I picked through a plant beside the door and found a key. I unlocked the door and I walked inside and turned on the light, seeing it was the same as it was years before. It was like any cottage you would see. It had oak wooden floors and walls, with a stone fire place in the living room. A small kitchen with an oak dinning set right next to it, with a staircase leading up to the second floor. "Very cozy looking", Casey said

"You all can look around, I'm going upstairs for a moment", I said

"Here let me come with you", Raph said, quickly following behind me

I smiled and he followed me upstairs while the others explored around down on the ground floor. We walked past my parent's room, two guest rooms, and the bathroom before we reached my room at the end of the hall. "This is my room", I said "We both can stay in here for our stay"

I opened the handle of my oak door and entered inside. It was a small room with a queen size bed with a white cover with golden flower lace and a cream colored bed net surrounded it with a little golden colored bear sitting in front of light blue pillows, with a white nightstand with a light blue lamp, creamed colored walls, shelves with light blue flowers and books, and small window seat with a white cushion with icy blue pillows.

I walked in slowly with Raph behind me. I touched the bed net carefully, feeling the silky soft material rub against my skin, looking around taking in the warmth and safety it has provided me for all these years. "You okay?", Raph asked, touching my shoulders

"Just a bit stunned, it's been so long", I said, nodding a little "Can't believe I am here again"

Raph kissed my cheek gently and I smiled up to him and he stroked my forehead gently. He then looked away and his eyes caught at photo frame on my nightstand he walked over to it. He took it carefully and looked at it with curiosity in his hands. "Stella, is this your family?", he asked, facing me

I took the photo from him to see a man with black hair and icy blue eyes and a woman with brown curly hair and hazel eyes and a little girl with black wavy hair with icy blue eyes sitting on a hill surrounded by flowers.

"Yes, that is me, my mom and my dad", I said

"What were their names?", he asked

"My father's name was Rowan and my mother's was Judith", I said, sitting on my bed still holding the frame "They used to call me little butterfly"

"You look so much like your father", he said, sitting beside me

I smiled happily. "It was always like father, like daughter in our family", I said "Every day was adventure, we always would discover and conquer something new"

"They sounded like great parents", he said, smiling

"The best", I said, smiling

I then placed the photo down on my nightstand again. "After they died, and I was living on the streets, I had no one. I felt like my perfect world just crashed right in front of me", I said, looking away "It felt like a huge chunk of my heart was ripped out of my chest. I tried my best to try to survive, it was so brutal. I don't know how I even made it that far, when no one bothered to help. I felt so unloved, uncared for, and unwanted"

Raph looked at me with concern and he quickly gripped my shoulders and pulled me tight into his arms, as the tears fell down my cheeks. He pulled me into his lap and kissed my forehead, wrapping a hand around my head, rocking me slowly. He then titled my head up to face him. "Stella, I know I can't feel what you have lost, but even though no one cared about you. I do. I love you and I will make you feel wanted every single day of my life", he said, drying my tears

I smiled to him as I let out a few shaky breathes. "Raphael, you are the best thing that has ever happened to me", I said "I can't imagine life without you right now"

He smiled and I sniffed a little bit. He wiped away my tears very gently and he kissed me deeply on the lips. I kissed him back deeply and his hands slid up my sides delicately and I shivered at his warm touch and his arms wrapped around my neck. I wrapped my arms tightly around his neck and he slowly laid down on top of me on the bed.

His warm lips danced with mine deeply and his arms surrounded me with warmth and protection. His lips trailed down towards my neck and they started kissing my neck's sweet spot. I moaned with content and he smiled kissing it deeper with love and warmth. He started pressing his tongue gently on the spot and I moaned a bit deeper and I lifted my head up.

He climbed more on top of me and he kissed and sucked it gently, laying over the top of me. "I can't wait for tomorrow", he whispered

"I know, I can't wait either Softie", I whispered, giggling

He chuckled and he kissed my lips once again and I kissed his lips sweetly. He nuzzled his snout against mine and I giggled blushing and I nuzzled mine against his, touching my forehead with his.

"You know you are really beautiful", he said, sweetly

I giggled and blushed. "And you are really handsome, sexy", I said, giggling

He chuckled and he kissed my forehead. "We should head back downstairs to the others or they will think we will never come back down", Raph said

"Probably should, they will think we are up here doing you know what", I said, smiling

"Oh you just wait until that night", he said, smirking "It's going to be the best night of our lives"

I giggled uncontrollably, blushing pink in my cheeks. "I can't wait", I said "I'm looking forward to it"

He smiled and he pecked my forehead and he climbed off of me and I got off the bed. We walked downstairs to everyone and we were seeing April and Casey leaving the cottage.

"Where are you two going?", I asked

"Oh Casey and I are going to head down to the village and get food for dinner tonight", April said

"Okay sounds great", I said, smiling "I'll just show the others around the cottage"

"We will be back in a little bit", April said

Casey and her left, closing the door. "I'm going outside to meditate", Splinter said "I'll be in the field if any of you need me"

Splinter left outside the back porch leaving me with the guys. An idea popped into my head of something we can do till the others get back. "Come on guys, I want to show you guys something!", I said, excitedly

I ran out of the cottage and off into the woods with the guys following behind me. I ran through the dense thickage till I made it to a tree with metal hook steps attached to the trunk of it. The guys were standing behind me, looking at me a bit confused. "So what is it that you want to show us?", Don asked

"A tree with hooks out of it?", Mikey asked, pointing

"Nope!", I said, shaking my head "Climb up here, you are going to love this!"

I started climbing up the trees with the others towing behind me. We climbed on to a wooden platform with a wire attached to the tree going across a clearing in the forest canopy. "What is this?", Leo asked

"Okay, so the reason why I brought you up here is that, you guys are going to go on one of the fastest zip lines there is to know!", I said, excitedly

What is zip lining?", Don asked

"Wait! You guys have never zip lined before?", I asked, shocked

They all shook their heads. "My gosh you guys are missing out on one of the most fun things to do!", I said "Well you guys are seriously going to love this one, perfect one for anyone with little or no experience"

"So how exactly do you zip line?", Leo asked

"It's easy", I said, smiling

I grabbed one of the black leather seats beside the platform and I attached it to the wire. "Climb in", I said, smiling

Leo climbed into the seat and I strapped him inside. "So now what?", he asked

"Enjoy the sights!", I said, pushing his shell off the platform

Leo yelped a bit as he went down the wire, but it was quickly replaced with laughter. "Woah this is amazing!", Leo called out, getting farther away from us "You guys have to try this!"

"Me next!", Mikey said, excitedly

He climbed into another seat and I strapped him and I pushed off the platform. "Have fun Mikey!", I called out

"Wahoo! Cowabunga!", he called out

"My turn!", Don said

I attached another seat to the wire and I strapped him in and I pushed him off quickly with him laughing. "This is awesome!", he called out

I laughed and I turned to see Raph smiling. "Ready?", I asked

"Let's give it a shot!", he said

I smiled and I got him strapped into another seat and I pulled him back a bit. "Hang on tight baby!", I said, giggling

I ran and I pushed him off the platform and he went down the wire, cheering. "This is amazing!", he called out "Come on Stella!"

I got myself strapped into a seat and I ran across the platform and jumped from the platform. "Here we go!", I called out

I went down the wire close behind Raph and the others and we were zooming across the forest, seeing the sun shining through the trees. We saw little birds and squirrels on the tree branches. We then heard a loud screech and we looked to see a huge golden brown eagle flying beside us, then it flew right across Mikey and Leo.

"Woah what was that?!", Leo called out

"A Golden Eagle, we see them all time in the forest around here", I called out "If we are lucky, we will spot some more up here"

"Very fascinating! We never have eagles like that back in New York!", Don called out

It felt amazing, the wind rushed past my face and I felt the crispness of the air all around me. As I was moving across the line, I let my arms go out to my sides soaring through the sky like a bird, out exploring anything that it could set its mind to. I was grateful, grateful that I was able to experience that I had this kind of opportunity to take in all of the forest in such a unique way. It was just a great, indescribable feeling. The boys looked like they were having the times of their lives as we weaved in and out of the trees and discovering what my homeland has to show of its treasures. Raph looked back at me as he swung weaving through a tree facing the opposite direction with a smile. I smiled and giggled, blushing, I then turned my body and I spun around in my seat, laughing. "Woah how do you that?", he called out

"Just turn your lower body and lean back a bit", I called out "It's fun!"

He turned his lower body and leaned back a bit and he spun around quickly. He laughed and he faced me again smiling.

"That was fun!", he called out

"Told you!", I called out

Raph's Pov...

"Man she is so beautiful", I said, quietly

"Look out ahead of you Raph!", she called out

I turned and my head was close to hitting a tree branch. I tucked my head into my shell, just right before I hit it. I popped my head out of my shell and I looked back at Stella.

"Sometimes it's good to be a turtle!", I called out

She tucked her head in just as she was about to hit the branch, then she popped her head out of her shell.

"And sometimes its good to be a short turtle too!", she called out

We both laughed and we continued going down quickly on the wire taking in the sights around us. We went across a huge lake that shimmered from the sun glowing down on it. We then zoomed across a huge field and we made huge curve turn around back towards the forest, heading towards the end.

Stella's Pov...
We went through another part of the forest, seeing birds flying past us, going past a small creak below us then we were close to back to where we started with it ending attached to another tree, under a small mossy cliff. We came to a stop hitting a spring that bounced us all back making a safe stop before hitting the tree. "Wow that was...fun!", Leo said, as he jumped down on to the ground

"Yeah dude! That was awesome! Way faster and fun than skateboarding!", Mikey said, following behind him

"Very interesting if I do say so myself", Don said

"Yeah that actually was pretty fun", Raph said, as he flipped down

"I told you guys would love it", I said

I unstrapped myself from my seat as I fell backwards flipping down. "Geronimo!", I said

"Woah hey!", Raph said, as I landed on top of him

Luckily he was able to catch me in his arms, but it ended up knocking him down on the grass with a thud. I giggled as I sat up on top of him as he looked at me with a cocked eyebrow. "Sorry baby", I said "My bad"

"Nah don't worry I have had harder landings", he said

I giggled and I rolled off of him as I helped him up to his feet. "So Stella did you make this zipline?", Don asked

"Oh no, my father and my older cousins from Denmark did", I said, smiling "They made this for me when I turned twelve"

"Well they certainly did a pretty good at making it for being in such a dense environment", Don said

"Believe me, keeping this a secret from me for over three months was well worth it", I said "I love this to death"

I then looked over my shoulder to see the sun was setting off in the distance behind more mountains farther off in the west. "It's starting to get dark out you guys, we should head back, April might have everything we need to prepare dinner for tonight"

"Yum dinner! I'm starving!", Mikey said, running off back on to a trail

"When are you not Mikey?", Leo asked, running behind him

I laughed and we started running back towards the cottage. We made it back to see smoke coming out of a chimney as we walked inside to see Casey had started making a fire in the fireplace. "Oh good you are back", April said, taking ingredients out of a woven basket

"This place is awesome!", Mikey said "Stella showed us how to zip line!"

"Well I am glad you guys loved it, and you guys are going to love this German dish we are about to make", I said, walking into the kitchen

April had brought make chives, potatoes, bread, and carrots. "Mmmmmm these will be perfect for making a very good dish my father made for me", I said, getting a cutting board and knife out

"What is the dish?", April asked

"You will see, it won't take long to make", I said

April and I started peeling the potatoes as we heard the others chatting in the living room. I started humming a little tune as I chopped up the carrots into little pieces. April boiled the potatoes over the stove in a huge pot and I started chopping up the chives and making some herbal tea in a kettle beside me. After finishing boiling the potatoes, I rolled them into bread crumbs and setting them carefully on plates. "Hope you guys are hungry", I said

"As ever", Raph said "That smells really good"

We gathered in the living room around the fire place as April and I served everyone a plate and I brought in a tray of tea. "Mmmmm this is delicious, what is it Stella?", Leo asked

"It's Knödel", I said "One of my favorite dishes"

"Very tasty", Casey said, taking a bite

"It's dumplings made from potatoes, sprinkled with bread crumbs", I said, smiling "My dad showed me how to make it, can't believe that I still remembered how to make it after all these years"

"Wise men say, sometimes you will never know the true value of a moment until it becomes a memory that helps you succeed in life", Splinter said

"So Stella I have been curious to know, what is that necklace around your neck?", she asked

"Oh it was my mother's", I said, lifting it up in my hand "She gave it to me when I was ten, and I haven't taken it off since that day"

"So you have worn that for nine years straight?", Don asked

"Yes, it's very special to me, I would be heartbroken if I lost it", I said "After she died, I swore to keep my promise to her that I would never let anything happen to it"

I saw Mikey snicker and he quietly used his chopsticks and swiped a dumping off from Raph's plate and ate it quickly. He growled and glared at him and Mikey smiled sheepishly with a full mouth.

"Why you little?!", he said, about to hit him

"You are in trouble", Don said, looking at Mikey

Mikey yelped hiding himself with his arms and I quickly grabbed a hold of Raph's arm and my eyes glowed brightly as my power shot through my hands and up his arm. The calming touch was starting to calm him down and Raph's arm softened and relaxed in my hands. He breathed out a little bit calming down and I placed a hand on his shoulder, as my eyes dimmed.

"Raph, are you okay?", I asked, rubbing it softly

"Yeah I'm alright thank you Stella", he said, panting softly

April and Casey then looked at me with shock of what just occurred. "What just happened?", April asked

"It's my power", I said

"You have a power?", she asked

"Yes I do, it's one where I am able to calm someone when they are angered or distraught", I said

"Like a huge tidal wave over a fire!", Mikey said

"How did you even get this power?", Casey asked

"I'm not sure to be quite honest", I said "I don't know how I got it, I have been trying to find the answer for a very long time"

"Okay that is strange", Casey said

"You are telling me", I said, nodding in agreement

"So every time you touch someone when they are angry they calm down immediately?", April asked

"Yes, my power goes through the one I'm touching and it triggers the mind to release the tensions and move it into a state of tranquility", I said

"Well that is certainly is some specialty you have", April said "It must be very effective"

"It is, it helps keep the peace back in the lair", I said

"That must be a good thing", Casey said

"Trust me Casey, it is", Splinter said, with a smirk

We all laughed at his little remark, then we continued eating our dinner. After talking for a little while, it was getting darker outside with the full moon glowing over the cottage and the fire in the fireplace had burned out, sending the smoke fly up in and out of the chimney.

The boys and April took what spare bedrooms I had, bunking with each other for the night. I blew out the candles that were lit in the kitchen before I made my way upstairs. I made inside to my room before I laid down on top of it sighing with content as the cool feeling of my comforter felt so good on my skin. But it wasn't long till I felt heat rush over the top of me as my eyes opened to see my fiancé Raph climbing over me with a smirk. "What?", I asked, giggling

"You just are too irresistible to ignore laying like that", he said, chuckling

I giggled. "You can be such a kinky turtle Raph", I said, smiling shaking my head playfully

"I know and this kinky turtle loves you", he said, placing hands on either side of my head looking down upon me

I then smirked and suddenly flipped us over where I was laying on top of him while he looked at me surprised from the sudden attack. "And I love you too", I said, giggling

I then suddenly kissed Raph with deep passion and he immediately melted into it as his huge muscular arms wrapped around me quickly, deepening it. My free arms allowed my hands to roam around him feeling each bulging muscle he has on his body until they came to his buff chest and down his tight sides. I felt Raph's hands move under my shell and I felt his fingers massage right underneath it and I moaned deeply, curving my back.

Raph tried to sit up to take back control, but I quickly reacted pushing him again down on the bed and smirk shaking my head. He chuckled at my behavior and he stroked the back of my head. I sighed softly as I felt him take a deep breath against my chest and that's when I became more excited. I think Raph could of sensed what was happening with me because he jerked me down and kissed me again with lust and desire.

I felt him lick my lips and I opened my mouth to allow his tongue slip into my mouth, making it have its own seductive dance with his. I moaned softly in pleaser and I slid my hands around his neck wrapping it tight with my arms. His hand then stroked down my shell tracing the outlines of it, which make me giggle and twitch slightly from it being sensitive. My stomach becomes tight, my muscles become jelly, and for the first time I could feel a growing heat in between my legs.

I knew that if he kept this up, then I knew what would happen. I moved my lips away from his and I began to suck on his neck deep. He moans with delight as he arched his head to the side allowing more access. I kissed down to his chest and down to his plastron making delicate kisses and he inhaled a sharp breath gripping the comforter in his fists. I knew he was enjoying this very much.

I then go back up to kiss him again as Raph forced himself up and I cling myself on to him kissing him deeply, closing the gap between the two of us. I gasped softly when I felt a warm hand of his cup and rub my breasts. He rubbed his hands all over as I moaned leaning back panting rapidly. Raph then suddenly flipped me over as he got over on the top of me, and I allowed him to lay on top of me. My legs wrapped quickly around his waist tight as he continued rubbing my breasts deeply, but yet with delicacy.

He brought me into another deep kiss and I felt his hands move from the top of my breasts down my sides, gently tickling them as I let out tiny giggles. He then began to kiss my plastron and I let out a yelp of delight arching up immediately, wanting more of this pleasure.

The excitement levels inside of me were soaring through the roof as I just wanted this to happen now, and I wanted him to show me what the true meaning of love is by allowing us to become one. But Raph gave me one more kiss on my lips and stopped panting. Our breathing was fast as I looked up at him, thinking he was going to do it but I then remembered what we wanted to do and wait till we were married first. "We kind of almost did it again Stella", he said

"I think this one really did almost make us do it", I said, panting "Better than the last one"

"I just can't wait too much longer until we do it", he said

"I know, believe me I am just as eager, but it will be amazing", I said, nodding

"The best you will ever know", he said, pecking my forehead

I smiled and we gave each other a small kiss and Raph slid off of me as I cuddled into him, while we got underneath the covers. I sighed with content as I hugged Raph tight to me like a child with a stuffed animal curling up in a ball. "You are so beautiful you know that", he said, softly

"You sweetheart, thank you", I said, softly looking up at him

"Anytime", he said, kissing my snout

He laid his head against mine as he fell asleep hugging me tight. I absolutely can't believe that this was happening to me. We were back in my hometown to celebrate one of the biggest steps that Raphael and I have decided to take. I was going to have the life I was suppose to have. To be filled with love and family. I always wished that I would find the man of my dreams someday and my wish came true. Now he was going to be my handsome husband, to love him, and to spend the rest of my life with and give each other huge amounts of unconditional love with have for each other.