A pair of eyes glared behind Raphael. Pools of dark tar and ice where all that you could see with in the shadows.
"R-r-r-raph" Mikey stuttered seeing the intimidating sight behind his big brother. Mie's eyes widen to the very sight and covered her head. She was doomed.
"W-w-w-what Mikey?" crossing his arms annoyed "Look behind you" baby brother whimpered. "What- there better not be a bug or so help me Mike-" He saw the eyes, this was alarming; he jumped from his spot quickly to join his brothers. Splinter stood guarding his kids and Mei. She hid behind the rat not knowing how she was going to explain this to their mysterious guest.
"You told" was hissed in a soft bone chilling way. The eyes moved into the light, white scales shimmered, a long sharp looking muzzle and blue spikes from the top of its head to the very tip of its tail. It was reptile looking and could be mistaken for an alligator at first but the legs were different. No front legs, the beast walked on its feathered wings instead. Think like a pterodactyl would do when they walk before they fly, body was long, its back legs were short. This thing was serpent like, despite the white, purple and blue coloring.
"You Told" the beast hissed again.
"I'm sorry" Mei whimpered. Splinter looked behind him seeing Mie holding her head.
"Dudes, there's a mutant in our living room" Mikey was literally trembling, the voice and the appearances was literally scarier than the boogie man. Never had he seen an animal like that or mutant for that matter. Donatello was stuck in awe and fear, he wanted to study it but he wanted it out of his livingroom, as did the others "Don't do anything" Mei muttered. "What-why?" Leo asked "Just don't do anything" Splinter looked to the tortoise. She was calm but was shaking in fear, she already knew what that was. "Mei-" before he could finished "Leo get that thing" Raph barked. Leo was going to protest, but something ungodly entered their home without them knowing. They moved on instinct alone. The two older brother needed to protect there family. But this just angered the beast already. Hissing the beast and the turtles went into a short battle. "To late" Mei sighed as she hid her face again. Splinter was interested and worried at the same time. "Boy-"
Leo took the left as Raph took the right seeing if flanking the winged serpent would disorient it. Leo throw a lamp and Raph chuckled the cups. The battle took hold of Splinters favorite tea set. Cups flying for the monsters head, wings blocked and shield it's head. Leo took the initiative to duck to the side and slammed the lamps pole right into the beast high quarters. Shreking a tail came out of nowhere , wrapping around Leo and flinging him past the others. "Bro!" Mikey watched his brother hit the wall with a fleshy smack. He was out. Human bodies were not durable in battle if you were not used to them. "Why you!" Mikey went at it as well, In mid jump he was smacked down by a wing pinned. "Mikey!" Raph was about to attack but his little brother was thrown at him like a ninja star and knocked down.
"Who else?" the beast hissed. It was eyeing Donatello and the Rat "Sissy Stop!" the tortoise got between holding her arms out. The beast hissed at Mei. She was shaking, as much as she loved her sister, she hated seeing her like, well this.
"THIS IS YOUR SISTER?!" Mikey spat. Over reacting to the situation that was currently not so good. The serpent like beast hissed at Mikey. Warningly he covered his mouth.
Donatello rather be a diplomat then fight Mei's sister of a beat "I apologies on behalf of my brothers, they shouldn't have attacked you" He said calmly. "Please...May I have my son?" Splinter pointed to Michelangelo. The beast sat upright, its long neck almost reach their ceiling, it watched everything. "YoU mAy." Mikey scrambled to his father's side when freed. Splinter stood there. Petting Mikey on the head then went to tend to the boys that have fallen from there so called battle, he knew he thought them better then to tack first. He would have to train them harder. And give them a better lesson on manners.
After things have calmed down a little. Leo,Mikey, and Raph sitting on the sofa with ice packs to their bodies and heads, Mei stood between Her sister and the rest. "Guys...This is my sister, Hope. Hope theses are my-" Mei was knocked down by Hope's wing. As she was about to lower her head.
THUNGONG!
They all held their foreheads, that had to hurt. Hope had hit her head on one of the thicker metal pipes. Hissed in pain, wings covering her head as she growl. "Well- what do you expect? You are far too big for this space" Mei sighed looking annoyed that she was now stuck on her back. "Being a big shot in front of strangers" Mei nagged. "I wouldn't have to be if you told me what was going on!" Hope spat back, her head lifted and she bumped it again "Ashhhhh" That had to hurt too. "Will you just change back!" Mei snapped.
As the boys watched the 'girls' verbally fight. Mikey leaned into Donny "I'm sort of glad Leo and Raph are boys and not girls" Donny snickered at the thought and agreed.
"No! " Hope hissed. "Do et!" Mei snapped. "OKay" In a whirlwind wings spread out, everyone ducked and she wrapped them around herself. "Show off!" Mei attempted to get off her shell, Splinter aided in rolling to all sides she was on her knees. She was face to face with her sister. Who did not look like a long winged serpent but a gargoyle in a way. A very reptile looking, blue and purple winged, sassy looking, flat faced annoyed white looking gargoyle "You lied to your guardian and Sister, that is my point"
The boys were confused on what was going on "What happened to the big monster that was sitting in our living room" Mikey asked "Your looking at her" Hope said as she looked around "And you stole my spell books!" She began to pick them up, one by one "So that big thing is that little sassy thing over there?" Mikey watched "She's cute" she swooned. "Not my type" Hope said flatly. "Really there's marinara sauces on the covers, Mei!" Mei flinched slightly as she was being stared at "She's my sister?" she shrugged with a awkward smile. Splinter helped Hope clean up the scattered books. "I thought you told your sister where you were going?" Leo asked. "What do you want me to say, Hey sissy, I'm going to the sewers to help out four strangers that I acidentaly turned human and they were Turtles?"
"Point taken" He gave his ice pack to Raph "Girly you have made a fine mess of things, Ach Cold!" Raph throw the ice pack to the side. " mEI pIE cHI Dracon!" Mei got on her knees and turned toward her sister. "Explain now in 30 seconds before I ground you forever" Hope's arms where full with her books. She looked pissed.
"You can't do that"
"Daddy left ME in charge" Mei clicked her tongue, she hated that. Hope held her books under one arm as Splinter gave her a few more "Thank you" saying calmly "You're welcome"
"I messed up on a glamour spell, now they're stuck as humans, I thought I could fix it, and I'm sorry I stole your books, I'm not ready for Sorcerers level spells, they're all so confusing, will you please help me now?!" Mei said rather quickly then flung herself at Hope feet and bugged towards the end. "Did anyone catch that?" Leo asked. "Mei messed up, she was sorry and she's asking for her sister's help, Come on Leo keep up" Donny said.
"Riiight" he regretted asking. "Erk!" Hope was already in Leo's face "May I help you?" He asked as Hope just man handed him. Moving his head in each way that it was allowed to move "You know for a Knight, I would have expected a better fight.." Leo grumbled "I'm not a knight" wait a minute. Pulling his head away from the angry what ever she was. Hope moved on to Raph, Mikey and so on. Pinching, poking and moving their arms examining them left and right. Raph swatted at her clawed hands, she smacked him in the forehead "Ow, geeses lady!" Hope smirked "So the litterbug is a big baby?"
"I ain't no litter bug and I ain't no baby!" wait a minute. Leo and Raph were staring at Hope "There was only one person that called us that" Hope had this rather creepy looking grin. "No...It Can't be" Mei smirked "Guy guys are slow" Donny sighed.
"Dudes she's the blacksmith!" Mikey Jumped up. Yep slow, Mei had only mentioned she had one sister and two. This had to be the same sister from the fair. Just peculiar was all that she is.
"Magic" Hope waved a hand over her face, making it look rather human. The same human that annoyed the hell out of Raph and Leo. "I'm really starting to hate magic." Raph grumbled."It hates you too Litterbug." Mikey and Donny snickered. Hope collected the rest of her books, Snapping her fingers they got up then vanished. Splinter looked at Hope "Miss...Hope?"
"Dracon If you please" she was really snootie "Hope!" Mei snapped "Quiet you, you're in enough trouble, be grateful the Scolu didn't catch wind of this...yet"
"Miss. Dracon, can you help my sons?" Hope looked at Splinter "Did you do this too?" Hope pointed, Mei frantically shook her head. "For once you're not lying" She inspected Splinter. "Hey Get your hands-"
"Be still Raphael." Splinter warned. Hope was gentler with Splinter then with the others, she moved his face from side to side, examined his hands and tail "Magic didn't do this, but Alchemy" she said. "You mean science?" Donatello corrected. Hope just laughed "Magic and Alchemy are the heart of your science, if it wasn't for that, you would not have what you got today." Donatello was going to protest but what she said was the heart of the truth.
Splinter stood still until Hope was done. Her smile sadden to the rat "I'm sorry that this had to happen to a man like you" Splinter's ears sadden "I don't regret it" he said simply. Hope smiled and turned away.
"No" and it was just like that "Hope!" the Mei whined. "Do you honestly think I can fix this mess you made?" Her hands were on her hips as her tail twitched about. Mikey couldn't help but watch it, he wanted to touch it, wondering if it was all really and not another magical fake. The two sister started arguing this was a better time than any to just do it. It felt like snake skin, soft and smooth. And there hairs on her tail were just soft. As he kept touching it sent a chill up Hopes spine, her wings puffed in shock "Hay, hay, hay!" Hope turned. "Dudes it's really real, and it's so soft" Mikey queued.
"Lies" Donatello protested, he did the same "She is soft" he started examining her "Fascinating" Hope was flustered pulling her tail away she hugged it, taking a step behind her sister she was in shock. "Miss. Dracon can you do other things to?" Mikey asked "Y-yes.."
"My sister can do anything"Mei added. "She's the greatest, she's even greater than Merlin and Morgana" Mei had a plan. Hope was easily won over by pretty words but Hope was humble "I-I'm not that great" she was blushing. "Yeah? well if she was so great she would help us, I bet she can't even do it" Raph snorted, and there goes the nice approach. Hope chirped in disgust "I can do almost anything and I will prove it!" she turned to make her leave "Mie, bring them to our place in an hour I need to prepare." And she left. Just vanished into nothing. Quickly as she came and quickly as she left.
"Nice one"
"How do you think I get Leo to do stuff?" Raph smirked "Hey!" well it wasn't completely untrue. Splinter shook his head "Kids" Rubbing the spot behind his ear, Mei bowed her head to him "I am so sorry for my Sister." The rat smiled "It's fine." he knew the nature of overprotection when he knew it. He was the same towards his six children. Counting April and Casey of cores. "Boys!" Each one of them stood in a line "Hai sensei" Mei awned, they were obedient to their father, cute. "Be on your best behavior, at the Dracon's, Mind their parents rules..." Parents, that word sadden Mei when was the last time she saw dad? "Ready to go Lady?" Mikey asked "Huh?..Oh, yeah, yeah sure, let's go." Mei bowed her head to Splinter to show her gratitude "Thank you sir."
Splinter sighed when they left. He would have told them to stay hidden, but as they are now. Human in every witch way. There was no point. Locking at the broken cups, he was about to pick up the broken pease. But one by one they got up and placed them selves together, the mess that the little fight was cleaning itself up on its own. Baffled he smiled. "Magic is a wonderful thing."
They had to take three buses, and one train "Can't you do that magic poof thing like your sister?" Mikey whined. "No, not in my area of expertise" They were coming up the stairs from the subway "What are your expertise? Goofing up spells?" Raph asked.
"Ha ha, funny, you're funny, he's Funny" Mei said sarcastically and punched his arm. Raph chuckled. "No- It's the white arts, thank you" The boys noticed they were in a rather nice part of New York " White arts?" Leo asked. "Magic is an art form putting it bluntly, I'm best at well spiritual connections, healing and searching for things" She lead them down a street of row by row of houses connected together and little shops here and there. It was clean and quiet here, far better than the center of New York where it was loud and dirty. " Are we in Park Slope?" Mikey asked. "That would explain the long train ride" Leo said stretching.
"What don't like Brooklyn?" Me asked, she took them down a street that was decorated with trees and potted plants "Oh my goodness, it's that Pink House!" Mikey was giddie on seeing that famous houses he had read in the paper. He wanted to see it but couldn't on the account he was a mutant turtle. Humans had all the fun. They walked onward up the street more.
"And what about your sister" Donny asked back to that interesting topic "I am not allowed to say.." she started playing with the necklace around her neck "Oh come on give us something!" Mikey begged "It's ..I don't know what it is" she sighed "So what good and evil?" Leo asked. "No, Magic isn't evil, never is or was, it's just natural... Like nature I guess.. I don't know My sister is complicated."
"Complicated or secretive?" Leo asked. "We all have our secrets Leo" Mei was rubbing her arm " We need them to survive..."
"Uh-huh- a secrets that make your sister go into a frenzy about more secret." Raph muttered. "Ta-Da! Home" It looked like many of the brown brick homes, but this one had large stair cases that twisted from one side of the sidewalk to the other and had vers potted plants going alone the steps.
"Who has the green thumb?" Donny asked. "Both of us, cores I have more luck with fruits veggies and anything herbal and flowers is pretty much Hope." Mei took out her houses keys and let them in "Please wipe your feet and take your shoes off, we both just waxed the floors"
"Oh my glob, can we live here if we can't get turned back ?" Mikey was marveling at the shiny floors and how everything looked pretty. It had a very 1800's feel to it. Old looking wallpaper and wood flooring. And the light fixtures were old looking with a slight updated charm to it. But there was no welcome home. "I don't think our dad would allow pets.." Mei joked.
The place was quiet, and spotless. Donny could smell something cooking from the kitchen and leo couldn't hear footsteps. It was envying, people should be home and yet.
"Okay I'll be the elephant in the room, Where are your parents?" Raphael asked. "Raph!" the three hissed.
"All I have is Hope." was all Mei said and started up the stairs "This way, she could be in the attic"
Well that was a shocker, Leo was expecting parents or some sort of fatherly figure questioning why there was a bunch of boys in their daughters house "If there's no mom why does the houses smell like freshly baked cookies?" he whispered to Donnie "Maybe she likes to bake?" Donny said back.
"Hope does like to bake, or she was baby sitting today"
"You let a monster Baby sit?" Raph asked
"Oh yes monsters are the best baby sisters" Mei chuckled. "But, kindly don't call my sister a monster" Mei was snippy all of a sudden. "Right, I take it back" they knew what it was like to be called monsters, that was stepping over the line.
Mei lead them up a few flights of stairs and then opened a door the had more stairs "So many stairs." Mikey complained. "Hey Raph..." Leo whispered.
"Yeah?"
"Haven't you noticed this houses is 3 stories right"
"Yeah..."
"Didn't we just go up 6 flights of stairs?" Leo felt like he was going nuts already in this house. "Mei what's going on?" Mikey asked. There was a hint of wonder in his voice, like he just wanted to run a muck in the houses exploring its wonder and magic. Mei reached the top of the stairs and smiled to them "Magic." The door flung open and there stood Hope in her beastly galore, this time dressed and it was yet another dress of that swishy nature. It looked like it was red with gold trim. The light behind her made her look creepy and sinister looking as she gave them a big toothy smile.
"You goofed up big time baby sis, Cookie?" She held up a plate of chocolate chips Mei sighed "Okay No babysitting today." and took a few and passed the plate "Come on in..."
"OOOOh Cookies, sweet"
"Okay maybe the so called lizard lady wasn't that bad" Mikey took a small hand full, of like Six cookies. The rest were just sceptical "You know she could poison us with cookies...ever thought about that Mike?" Donatello sighed. Mikey looked at Donny in horror and then at Hope. She was just smiling at them as she sat on one of those big workout balls. He looked at Mei who sort of averted his look and munched on a cookie "I wouldn't put it past her..." But Mei was eating the cookie so it's not poisoned. But that could all be a ploy, he looked conflicted "The cookies are safe" Hope said simply. "No lie?" He asked "No lie." she crossed her hear and then pulled up a few books in front of her. Mikey went back to gobbling cookies. "And I am a Dragon, not a lizard" Hope corrected. The older brothers scoffed as Mikey looked at her wide eyed. "No foolin?" Hope was still smiling "No foolin"
"So can you fix us?" Donny asked. "I can, but sadly you are stuck like that until I get the ingredients I need..." She snapped her fingers and a rather large wooden box floated past her and over to the four boys "pick a stone" she instructed "Mei..."
"Yeah yeah..." she finished her cookie and went over to a wall, fully decorated with very short blades. From the most extravagantly complex to the most plain and simple. Mei picked out a simple one.
Donny was first and looked into the box. There was a large variety of stones "Why are we picking a stone?" he asked.
"You're not, it's going to pick you"
"Pffft, what is it just going to come out of the box and smack us in the for head?"Raph was skeptical of this , but like he said a rather a rather rough stone smacked him in the forehead. It was a brilliant green with red chunks in it. "Bring it here" she asked sweetly "Freaky witch." Raph rubbed his forehead and walked over to Hope. Dropping the rock in her hand she looked it over. She closed her eyes and felt it, Mei just watched in awe. "Your passionate, have confidence, determination, and adventures, but you have fears in you and you lack trust...a Zoisite with ruby..." She looked at Raph and smiled, who seemed bewildered on what she just said "I do not have fears and trust issues!"
"The stones don't lie puddin" She held her free hand out to Mei and she put the dagger in her hand "Now cut your hand"
"I am not cutting my hand!" Raph pulled away "Why are we doing this? Why do you have to be such a- Witch?" trying to put it not as mild as a word he wants to uses, because there are girls around. "This is the alternative, to get you back to normal, it is temporary , Until I can' teach my sister to fix her mess, but i can cover it up for now..." Raph looked like he was going to explode, as Did Hope. Donatello looked into the box and a stone shook in his line of sight. Picking it up he too took it to Hope and then took the dagger "Anything to get us normal even for a bit"
"Agate...Suitable... A well grounded and stable brother" She handed the knife to Donatello instead "Just a small cut on the hand and hold the stone tightly that's all I ask." Mei looked at her hand and rubbed her palm "Did you have to do this too?" Leo asked "We both did, Daddy said this would keep us safe.." Donny cut his hand quickly "Wow that's sharp.." He clutched his hand and held the dagger back to Hope. "The sharper the less pain you can feel, you wouldn't believe, how many times I have to do this in a month.." Mei clined off the dagger with a cloth. And did the same for the each of them.
Raph was still skeptical "Come on Raph it doesn't hurt that much, see we get theses cute little kitty band aids too" Mikey showed. He grumbled, growled paced around and sighed "Ffffffine." taking the dagger he cut his hand and held the stone tightly in his hand. "That is sharp..." Raph looked over the blade. Light and yet was thick enough to be a decent blade. "Did you make this?" Hope just smiled. "No" The dagger was cleaned and then she instructed him to places the stone on the cloth. "Alright, now go wait downstairs, I don't like being watched when I'm working."
"Awwwww I want to see the magic!" Mikey whined "Fine by me' Raph was ready to leave but Hope quickly wrapped her tail around his waist "Not you litterbug, your helping"
"What?! No way, I ain't helping you witch"
"Raphael, just do it, Do you have a phone?" Leo asked "It's in the kitchen" Mei gestured the rest to just follow her leaving the broot behind "Later Raph"
"Wait guys, come on this isn't funny" the door shut firmly behind them. It was just the two of them. Hope soon let Raph go "Just sit"
"But-"
"I said sit" there was a tone in her that just made him sit. Kind of that determined teaching tone Splinter had or was an elderly thing "Whatever you say grandma" he sat on the ball, comfy "Whipper snapper" she retaliated with a joke of her own.
"I have to say I really like this house." Mikey hollered from the third floor. So far there was a room that looked like it was an aquarium, a room that had nothing but fine china, a room full of stuffed animals, there was this one room that lead to a brick wall, and when he opened it again it was a really fuzzy wall. A room that looked like it came from a story book, a room full of bottles, and so on. "Will you get down here before you find mine or my sisters room?!" Mei howled from the bottom of the steps.
The other two were sitting in the living room with tea and sandwiches. Leo had called Splinter to let him know what was going on. April was over for training so this was fine. "So...where is your mom and dad?" Donny had to know "Donny!" Leo snapped "What? I need to know, this oozes mystery.."
"I...Don't know. I never had a mom. It was just Hope and Daddy. Hope doesn't remember having a mom either, she was only an egg I do belive, its a touchy subject for Hope but..."
"An Egg?" Mikey asked "Like us?" Mei nodded "Yeah she's pretty much reptile, cold blooded and well more fire breathing then you or I, but she came from an Egg." Donny found this rather interesting "So...are there other Dragons?"
"And elves and fairies and trolls?" Leo added. They all looked at him. "What?"
"..., Yes, yes, and Yes"
"Are they all bad and ugly looking and want to eat little kids?" Mikey asked. "What? Heavens no, Well some, But I don't know about the children eating thing..." Leo thought about it "So it's real? Like really real ?" he asked. Mei looked at Leo then Mikey and Donny "As real as the blood that's in you"
"Sweet! Wait How come we don't see anyone like that?" Mikey asked, he finished up the last of his tea and battled leo for the last cookie "Why do you live in an abandoned train tunnel?" Mei asked She duplicated the cookie "Man, They obliterate what they don't understand..."
"True..but how..." Donny asked again. She just smiled and pointed to her pendent "Glammar charms" She was going to say more but "To hide something in plane sight so we The Magical can walk among mortals" Hope said as she and Raph had come down the stairs. And he looked like his Turtle self again.
"Magic is still here in the open, just normal people can't see it and if they do they think its fake, What do you think Penn and Teller have been doing? And all thoses Fiction books have been telling you."
"he's normal!" Mikey jumped over the sofa to see if it was really him. "Quit it." Raph smacked his brother hand away, removed the bracelet from his left wrist, Human, the bracelet went back on. "This is all I can do for now..." Hope sighed, she rubbed her neck and sat down on the steps. She looked tired. Raph handed the charms to his brothers
A bracelet for Mikey that went on his right wrist, Donny has an adjustable pendent where Leos hanged a little over his heart. They all looked over the trinkets. Such normal looking things and yet they could look how they were for the time being. "Thank you..." Mikey spoke and bowed his head towards Hope. She was a little startled by it, gripping onto the railing she stood up and the rest did the same "We really appreciate it Mis. Dracone" Leo said. He was playing with the pendent already looking over the craftsmanship. The stone itself was a brilliant malachite polished then wrapped in a dark gray wrapped around the stone along the edges. It had a slight dimond looking shape to it. All four where turtles again Hope sighed "you're welcome, keep these things closes and don't loses them...Now please go home..." Hope went back upstairs and didn't say anything more.
"She has her reasons for being the way that she is, please don't mind her too much" Mei suggested. Leo along with Raph minded but the other two not so much. "Take off the stones" Leo said "Aww but were sexy again, why?" Mikey whined. "I don't think this part of Brooklyn would like four large turtles walking down its residential street " Donny said as he did what his brother asked of him. "Ohhh right, right." The little brother did the very same.
"Hope I'm going to walk them to the buss stop" Mei was about to leave when a note fluttered down to them. Donny peeked over Mei's shoulder to see it was a list and "You're on probation, get milk eggs and something for dinner" Mei sighed as he had read that allowed "Gronding, sucks man" Raph smirked. But Mei didn't mind it too much. "It's worth it, You can be normal-ish until I can learn how to fix this mess." Leo stopped playing with the pendet "How come she just doesn't fix it herself" He asked as Mei ushered them out of the house.
"Magic has a magical makeup, when a person cast a spell that spell reacts best to the person that cast it. Sinces I plundered a simple spell as a Glamor-"
"What your sister did was not simple" Raph grunted, he was playing with his bracelet "If someone tries to undo a mistake someone messed up on a spell it will backfire on them, unless that person properly knows how to do said spell..."
Donny looked at her "So you did a spell that you had no clue on how to do, and you did it anyway?" Mei rubbed her head in defeat "I thought I could do it, I have seen hope cast the spell like a bajillion times!" she didn't know what was worse, getting the talk from her sister or four guys she didn't know too well, sort of. "Lady stick to your art, leave the hocus pocus to your sister" Mikey chuckled. Mei wanted to learn more than just her White Arts, she wanted to be like her sister. But the more she tried the more she plundered. "So..." Donatello walked next to Mei "Can anyone learn Magic?" Mei's mood turned to the better as she smirked "I don't know do you have the will and the concentration to be Mage?"
Thank you all for reading, if there is any misspelling and confusions let me know!